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Editorials — Features — O
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Wednesday, Augu»t 2, Wl
Washington Report - -
Ross Wangled A
Hike In His Benefits -
WEST
♦ 98'
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Miracles Still
Are Happening
A young woman in Michigan lay in a, coma for six
months after she suffered a head injury in an auto acci-
dent.
Doctors and her family despaired of hope she would
ewer regain consciousness. The other day she opened her
ejies and said “Hi” to her mother.
There is still much uncharted territory between life and
ddath. It is now two years since the parents of Karen Ann
Quinlan received court permission to remove her from a
life-sustaining respirator.
The case of that New Jersey woman who had fallen into
a deep coma after mixing pills and alcohol stirred a na-
tional debate over the responsibility of doctors and fami-
ly members toward people who are terminally ill or in a
comatose state considered permanent. The decision was
made to let Miss Quinlan die - but she is still alive.
A new law took effect in California last year which re-
quires doctors to honor the request of people with incur-
able illnesses that no “heroic” efforts be made to keep
—themativer---——————— --——-—-
It has been suggested that the law be expanded to cov-
er cases where a terminal illness has not been diagnosed
but a person is in a “permanently” comatose state:
How far should the law go? The unexplainable - call it
the miraculous - keeps intruding on the presumption
that medical science can say with certainty whether death
is imminent or physical conditions are irreversible.
Wandering - -
i . tfUB.
These Jokes Are
So Dumb That t - -
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - The story
can, now be told how Richard
Roudebush, a rotund politico
who used to head the Veterans
Administration, wangled a $56-a-
month increase in his own vete-
ran benefits.
His claim was turned down by
four separate review boards. But
this didn’t deter officials, who
owed their jobs to Roudebush.
They allowed a private physi-
cian to give their former boss a
new medical exam. An adverse
file in his case also mysteriously
disappeared.
But that isn’t the worst of it.
The cronies Roudebush left be-
hind in the Veterans Adminis-
tration used job threats and
steamroller pressure to reverse
the findings of the four boards,
insiders allege. One inside offi-
cial called it “the most blatant
example of political pressure I
have ever witnessed in the Vete-
rans Administration.”
In the end, Roudebush wound
up triumphantly with the extra
$56 a month. He had been col-
lecting *216 a month Jrom the
Veterans Administration for a
pair of arthritic knees that he
had' ingloriously acquired dur-
ing World War n.
intelligence report, are arriving
"In Valdez area via numerous
tanker ships now lading crude oil
cargo.” The various schemes
have “included dropping pack-
ages from tankers for retrieval
by pickup boat". . . There has
been a dramatic increase in drug
smuggling from Vermont into
Quebec Province, Canada. Or-
ganized crime figures in Mon-
treal are believed to be involved
.. . Narcotics traffickers have
been trying to recruit em-
ployees of the Colombian na-
tional airline, AVIANCA, to help
them circumvent Customs in-
spectors in Los Angeles, Miami
and New York ... The U.S.
Coast Guard recently boarded a
fishing vessel in the Gulf of
Mexico and seized, according to
an Intelligence report, “400-500
pounds of marijuana and 13 par-
rots” .. . Another ship, de-
tained by the Coast Guard off
the Florida coast on May 6, was
carrying 25 tons of marijuana.
One of the crew members, it
turned out, had been rescued by
the Coast Guard in early 1977
when his ship went down with
an estimated 120 tons of mari-
juana aboard.
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Rainfall Was Running
Below Normal In 1958
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was 40 and 30
and 20 years ago:
AUG. 2,1938
Pelly Board of Aldermen
Faith In America
• Richard Nixon had a point when he declared that faith
in America is the strength of America.
Confucious said it in the fifth century before Christ:
“Tzu Kung asked for a definition of good government.
“The Master replied: -
‘“It consists in providing enough soldiers to guard the
state, and in winning the confidence of the people.’
‘“And if one of these three things had to be sacrificed,
which should go first?’ * ......
“The Master replied.
‘“Sacrifice the soldiers.’
“‘And if of the two remaining things one had to be sac-
rificed, which should go first?’
“The Master said: -----
“‘Let it be the food. From the beginning, men have al-
ways had to die. But without the confidence of the peo-
ple no government can stand at all.’”
So it is today, and America has been weakened by the
way in which the people’s confidence in their govern-
ment has been shaken in recent years.
Considering former President Nixon’s own role in that
loss of faith, it is ironic that he should now deplore'it.
Capitol Spotlight -•
By WANDA ORTON
With the daze of August upon
us, shall we joke around a bit.
Play it dumb, if you will, with
the following:
“He’s SO dumb, he thinks
Stonewall Jackson is a
bnckmason.”
If you liked that one, you’ll
love: - ■
“He’s so dumb, he thinks St.
Louis is Joe’s brother.”
Both of the above were wean-
ed from the wit and wisdom of
Preston L. Pendergrass, who
traced the sayings to his
Tennessee roots.
Mike Finley dumbfounded us
with:
“He’s so dumb, he thinks
manual labor is the president of
Mexico.”
”... he thinks Birch Bayhis
a fishing hole in Louisiana.”
We asked for other dumb
“He’s so dumb, he wonders
when they’re going to find Lost
River.”
.“ .... he thinks General
Telephone is one of the joint
chiefs of staff.”
____“ ... he thinks the Houston
Ship Channel is a new cable TV
network.”
”... he thinks the Presiden-
tial Seal is Jimmy Carter's new
pet.”
Lynn Hughes donated these:
“He's so dumb, he thinks
Panhandle is a kitchen
appliance.”
”... he thinks Cut’n Shoot is
sayings. Ever the good sport,
Mike Mann scored with this one:
“He’s so dumb, he thinks the
city charter is a bus.”
From Muriel Scott:
Congress Abuzz About
a new cop show.”
”... he thinks bluebonnets
are ladies’ hats.”
Jim Kyle, the barbecue king of
Cove, happened by about the
time we were collecting our
dumb jokes and obliged with:
“He’s so dumb he thinks a
slipped disc is something
someone drops at a track and
field meet.”
“ . . . he thinks Trinity Bay is
Turhan’s brother. (The old
movie star, Turhan Bey, get
it?)”
" . . . he thinks Cab Callaway
is a taxi.” ■ •
“ ... he thinks Farrah
Fawcett -Majors is an officer in
the Egyption Army.”
Kyle pondered other types of
dumbness, too, such as being so
dumb “he drives OVER the
tunnel” and when in England,
he puts his shcx® on the wrong
.feet since the, driver’s seat is on
the right side.
Probably shouldn’t admit it,
but we thought of this one: -
“He's so dumb, he thinks
Tabbs Bay is sugar free.”
DON’T KNOCK IT
You thought THOSE were
bad. These’ll really knock you
out:
“Knock, knock.”
“Who’s there?”____________________________
“Police."
“Police who?”
"Police let us in'.”
“Knock, knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Sam.” '. —
"Sam who?”
“Sam enchanting evening,”
“Knock, knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Nacho.” '
HE ALSO HAD a pain in his
back, which he thought was
Worth more monthly money. But
.he was repeatedly refused on
grounds that medical records
showed he had the back condi-
tion most of his life and that any
worsening of the problem re-
sulted from a small plane crash
he survived in 1968.
This lack j>f sympathy for his
backache prevailed, despite dis-
tinguished service as Indiana’s
jwppy chairman and Veterans of
Foreign Wars commander. In
1971, then-President Richard
Nixon brought Roudebush into
the Veterans Administration as a
consultant. Subsequently, the re-
doubtable Roudebush was ele-
vated to veterans administrator.
So far as we can learn, he en-
dured his weak knees and back
pains in silence until his depart-
ure in February 1977. Then the
loyal subordinates he had left be-
hind spoke up. Charles Pechaf-
sky, promoted by Roudebush to
be national director of compen-
sation and pension service, tele-
phoned Indiana Regional Direc-
tor James Crowe, demanding
the Roudebush claim be re-
opened.
to ask for Reconstruction
Finance Corporation assistance
in acquiring a municipal power
and gas system.
New members of the Lions
Club are R. R. Buckley, Robert
Hill Sr. and W. E. Peyton.
Sworn in to serving, on the
Harris County grand jury from
East Harris County are W. J.
Wells, Baytown; W. T. Busch,
Goose Creek, and T. L.
Chandler, Highlands.
AUG. 2,1948
The new garbage ordinance
will not be enforced until the
city can provide improved ser-
vice, says City Attorney David F.
Donoghue. Two new trucks are
expected to (arrive before the
middle of August.
Mrs. Sally Brook:
of Highlands dies in a Bay City
hospital. She was the mother of
Mrs. J. M. Douglas of Baytown.
AUG. 2, 1958
Baytown’s rainfall in July was
only 2.9 inches.- -
Total for the year so far is 22.07
inches, 6.06 inches lower than
normal.
R. L. Martin of the technical
division at Humble's Baytown
Refinery speaks at a meeting.of
the Instrument Society of
America
HEALTH
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
“Nacho whp?”
“Nacho fast. ^
CROWE ADMITTED that a
phone call from a national di-
Airport Restrictions Today In History
By MARTHA ANGLE
And ROBERT WALTERS
WASHINGTON (NEA) - As
the 95th Congress enters the
- homestretch, what do you sup-
pose has got the adrenalin really
pumping on Capitol Hill? The
energy bill? Civil Service re-
form? A tax reduction?
Of course not. Who can worry
about such mundane matters
.when the , Federal- Aviation
Administration is about to clamp
new restrictions on flight opera-
tions at Washington National
Airport so a few hundred thou-
sand local residents can get to
. sleep a bit earlier?
Washington National, after all,
is not just another airport. It is,
in the words of Sen. James
Sasser, D-Tenn., "the center of
this nation's government opera-
tions," a veritable hub of the un-
iverse, as it were, where “ser-
vice should be expanded rather
than curtailed,”
Sasser is one of more than 70
members of Congress who have
written the FA A protesting a
proposal to cut off scheduled
flights in and out of National Air-
port at 9:30 p.m. instead of the
current 10 p.m. deadline.
If adopted, the proposal would
mean 37 flights that now oper-
ate after 9:30 p.m. would either
■have to be rescheduled earlier in
rector was an unusual way for a
claim to be handled, telling our
reporterPeterGraht,“itd(^shT
DEAR DR. LAMB-I am
„ a woman 46 years of age and
I have had surgery for my
ulcers. They cut the vagas
nerve and on my last opera-
tion they removed three-
fourths of my stomach. At
that time I was bleeding
very badly and they had to
wait two days before they
could operate. My weight is
only 109 pounds and I am 5-
feet-5. ,
I would like to know if you
could, explain the dumping
syndrome for me. I am on a
low carbohydrate diet with
lots of meat and no sugar,
TToney, jelly, candy, ■
blood sugar with an immedi-
ate fall. When the blood
sugar falls too low, the indi-
vidual may feel faint from
that cause also. Such an
individual may break out in
a sweat, feel anxious and
have other symptoms of low
blood sugar. *
Most individuals who have
had such surgery^ recover
from this reaction, although
it does persist to some de-
gree in some patients. The
best management is to treat
yourself with the kind of diet
that you mentioned.
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the dumping syndrome!
the day or booked into the area’s
two other airports, Dulles Inter-
national and Baltimore^Wash-
ington International. •
OVERSTEPS BOUNDS
And that, as far as Congress is
concerned, is an exercise of gov-
ernment regulatory authority
which oversteps all bounds of
decency and compassion.
National Airport, a cramped
and congested facility built back
in World War II, happens to be a
mere 4.5 miles from downtown
•r Washington - a comfortable 10-
minute ride from Capitol Hill,
But Dalles and Baltimore-Wash-
ington are at least 45 minutes
away.
Members of Congress have5
never forgiven the FAA, which
owns both National and Dulles,
for slapping a 650-mile perim-
eter oh cities that may receive
non-stop service to and from Na-
tional Airport, a policy the FAA
plans to continue under its new
operating proposal.
But the plan to farther re-
strict flight operations at Na-
tional to cut the noise and traf-
fic burden on local residents has
law-
tests in rhetorical flourishes be-
moaning the inconvenience their
constituents will suffer if forced
to visit Washington via Dulles or
Baltimore-Washington. *■
DOWN TO FACTS
Some, however, got right to
. the nitty-gritty. “I find it neces-
sary.” wrote Rep. Louis A.
(Skip) Bafalis, R-Fla., "to re-.
turn to my district almost every
weekend. During the six years I
have been in Congress, I have
averaged 34 such trips per year.
Present airline schedules and
terminal operations at Washing-
ton National permit easy and
timely access which should re-
main undisturbed.”
Schedule cutbacks at Na-
tional, groused Rep. Larry Mc-
Donald, R-Ga., ' will mean I will
have to stay overnight on many
more occasions, miss roll calls
and being with my family.” '.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Wednesday, Aug, 2,
the 214th day of 1978. There are
151 days left in the year.
’ Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1914, Germa-
ny invaded France, Belgium
and Luxembourg, dud Russia
invaded -Germany as World
War I heated up.
On this date:
In 1610, English navigator
HCnry Hudson entered the body
of water now known as Hudson
.Bay.' : * "■'
In 1824, a new avenue was
opened in New York City from
Art Street to 13th Street. It be-
came one of the world's most
famous thoroughfares - Fifth
Avenue. ■ v
In 1934, Adolf Hitler became
dictator of Germany after the
death of President Paul von
Hindenburg.
ard Nixon received an enthu-
siastic welcome in Warsaw, Po-
land. -*•■■
In 1974, former White House
counsel John Dean was sen-
tenced in Washington to one to
four years in prison for his ad-
mitted role in the Watergate
■ scandal.' '
Ten years ago: The accused
assassin of Sen. Robert Kenne-
dy, Sirhan Sirhan, pleaded in-
nocent in Los Angeles, and his
trial was set for Nov. 1.
Five years ago: Former CIA,
Director Richard Helms told
the Senate Watergate Com-
mittee he resisted White House
pressure to help out in the Wa-
tergate cover-up. ;•
One year ago: A bilI,to estab-
lish a federal Department of
Energy won approval in both
houses of Congress. ,
Today’s, birthdays': Writer
positively infuriated the
makers.
Most congressmen showering
complaints on the FAA have
been careful to couch their pro-
The whole scheme is a safety
hazard, McDonald argued with
ingenious logic, "It will be dan-
gerous in that many people, par-
ticularly in public life, will tend
to compress their schedules in
order to dash for the’last’plane
and drive too fast,” he wrote.
In 1939, Albert Einstein wrote—-James Baldwin is 54 years old.
to President Franklin Roosevelt. Actress Myma Loy is 73.
the United
atomic re-
and advised that
States begin an
search program.
In 1959, Vice President Rich-
, Thought for today: If you
look baek too much, you wiil
soon be heading that way -
anonymous.
paptoton $>un
-* Not every comment from
Capitol Hill was negative. House
members and senators from
nearby Maryland and Virginia
’ either endorsed the FAA pro-
It’S
Possible
By Robert Schuller
Brown . ...........................Editor and Publisher
“Fred Hofflberger ..,....... ................. ^
Fred Hartman............................Editor antfPubllsher, 1W0-1W4
(Chairman of Board Southern Newspapers, me.)
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
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Jim Flnlev ’ v ■■■■■.......................^...Managing Editor
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advertising department
iako Osbourn ...................... .Retail Manager
Pat B. McDonald.....--v......Classified Manager
posaJ or said,it,doesn’t go,far.
enough toward restricting opera-
tions at National Airport, now
passengers a
with 13 million
year.
LOCALS OUTNUMBERED
But the locals are clearly out-
numbered on this one, and there
is no end in sight to the pressure
other congressmen are exerting
on FAA even though the offeial
"commeftt period” ended Jtily 1.
When the final decision is
made by the FAA this fall, there
will be a 30-day period for ap-
peals widi the president of the
United States as the final ar-
biter. Which means Jimmy Car-
ter may find his legislative pro-
thinker is'
fail—
ure. I was reminded of this
by a cartoon recently. A big-
game hunter in Africa was
• on his way back to camp one
evening. Suddenly an enor-
mous lion stalked out of the
: Y jungle™- Zdfeetitwzry:
Just as the lion was about
to spring, the hunter fired
his last shot and missed But
the lion sprang too far and
landed 20 feet beyond the
hunter. This allowed, the
hunter to make it back to
' -camp safely. ■ ,
, The next morning, the
hunter went out back of
camp to practice a little
shooting at close range. He
Failure4S®*Ver an excuse
for quitting!" When you miss
your mark, adjust your
sights and try again. Suc-
cess is wattinrfofti^persmi
willing to get up and get
moving in the right direc-
tion!
happen every day.” Pecharksy
said he telephoned merely to
give his suboridnate “informal
advice” on the case at the be-
hest of someone else. He said he
couldn't remember who it was
but vaguely acknowledged, “it
„ could have been Mr. Roude-
■ bush.” ;
Another Roudebush appoint-
ee, R.L. Hornbarger, was adju-
dication officer at the Indiana-
polis regional headquarters. He™
summoned the three rating
board members and threatened
them with dismissal if they fail-
ed to approve the Roudebush
claim., When the three again re-
fused to accept the backache as a
disability, they were told they’d
be looking for new jobs the next
morning. • •
The review board was re-
placed at the end of its six-
month tenure, and Hombarger
resumed his pressure tactics on
the replacements. Roudebush
was allowed to take a new medi-
cal examination froml private
physician rather than report to a
veterans hospital where most ve-
terans go.
The private doctor indicated
that Roudebush was 100 percent
disabled, but the new board
members remained uncon-
vinced that the back ailment was
service-related. Hombarger
again demanded that they re-
verse the decision or lose their
posts. This time, two of them
buckled, and Roudebush was
awarded 60 percent disability
pay.
DEAR READER ^ Indi-
viduals whq have had sur-
gery, particularly of the
stomach such as you’ve had,
tend to empty the stomach
rapidly after eating. The
food you eat is "dumped”
from the stomach into the
small intestine.
Ordinarily the stomach re-
tains the food you eat for
.some time to churn it and
start the initial phase of
digestion. The food is lique-
fied and released in small
amounts into the small intes-
tine. This way the small
intestine is never overloaded
with food.
When dumping occurs, the
excess amount of food
dumped into the small intes-
tine causes a lot of water and
salts to be pulled into the
small intestine front your
circulation. This may cause
the person to have a tend-
ency to faint.
Also the rapid absorption
of too much sugar and
sweets causes a rapid rise in
meals frequently, being
careful not to overload the
stomach:
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sweets, particularly the con-
centrated ones, and the
starches as found in bread.
The diet should include lots
of protein as found in meat.
And it is one condition
where including some fat in
the meal.is probably helpful.
This helps to delay the emp-
tying of the stomach.
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Army
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August 2,1776 — Signatures af-
fixed to engrossed Declaration
of Independence .
Bible Verse
AND WHOSOEVER was not
found written in the book of
life was cast into the lake of
fire. Revelation 20:15
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OUT OF DEBT
V The House of Representa-
tives on July 24, 1970, ap-
proved the assumption by the
federal government of the
states’ debts.
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heard a strange noise in the
ter may nna ms legislative pro- : brush and quietiy jnVestigat-
gram rests upon the flight sched- ^ it was the lion - practie-
ule at National Airport. What a , mg short leaps. Both were
Possibility Thinkers!
iwajr to run the country!
NAVY WITHDRAWN
! France withdrew her naval
forces from NATO on June 21,
1963. ■ T " ’
HORNBARGER REFUSED to*
f -discuss the case with us except
r to say that as adjudication offi:
cer he had the right to disagree
on a claim with board members.
Roudebush, now back on his
185-acre farm in Nobslsville,
hid., disavowed any knowledge
of pressure being brought on Ids
behalf and said any allegations
of the sort were “a smear tactic
by a paranoid personality.”
He said that being examined
* by a private physician rather
than at a veterans hospital was
"for my comfort.” After all, he
reminded us, "I was the ad-
ministrator for the Veterans Ad-
ministration.”
Latest Dope: The oil boom in
Alaska has brought with it a
boom in illicit dreg trafficking.
The narcotics, according to one
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