Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 51, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 14, 1976 Page: 3 of 8
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W:VKLUND DAILY SUN M.WS TUESDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1»I»-PAGE 1
Carter Scores On Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON - In Its
bnak outline, we’ve Men it all
Capitol HU1 dona to
baton. The pntodanUhrt Mrtp away any maak of pre-
goes to Capitol Hill, gives md tonrim . They sitbsr chose not
recalvaa pladgea of mutual to at tlria Uma. or etoe they
Carter
i It la the latter
________ to vary difficult
■on aa Jimmy Carter toft to one pottttdan to fool an-
~ ' ~ mmttiRi °toer; they have heard it alL
ImIh th» It waa, therefore, a warm
* that
i the uaual talk of hodaa well tor this new ad-
minfetratton that a small ma-
Jority oI voters to taking a
, chance on.
Mr. Carter came to Capitol
ttdBM to daaalbo it HfflwUhamrprtainggraapof
atonto behavior a p*tote to the executive
feeling that Mr. Carter to’not toanch. He knows what he
warns tor ms administra-
tion’s opening moves to
improve the economy and
foreigi policy.
Most importantly^ he
knows that just being a
Democratic president with a
Democratic Congress will not
be enough by itself. He made
dear his understanding of the
need for dose communica-
tion and consultation that to
at the heart of cooperation.
But he also impressed the
Capitol Hill leaders with his
determination that these pre-
inaugural cliches become
reality, that those who voted
for him and those still
skeptical of him will demand
no tom.
He knows, for example,
that he must make good cm
his campaign commitment to
reorganise the federal bu-
reaucracy in a way that
“He’s got the best oppor-
tunity in a generation to get it
done.’’ said Rep. Al Ulbnan,
the Oregon Democrat who
heads the House Ways and
Means Committee.
“There are people around
Washington who say it can’t
be done. Jimmy Carter has
the great advantage of not
knowing it can’t be done.”
But Mr. Carter to not Mr.
Smith coming to Washington
He to, as most of the Wash-
ington Establishment now
knows, an extremely shrewd
and gutty politician who rare-
ly starts something he can’t
finish.
His total understanding of
the political instincts that
make Congress such an intri-
cate institution also pleased
the leaders.
$afety Association Dispels
•few .
Myths About Alcoholic Beverages
AUSTIN — Are you a
“mything person” where
drinking alcoholic beverages
is concerned? If so, there are
some things you need to
know.
Do you feel like you are
really stimulated when you
drink? Wrong! Ethyl alco-
hol. the ingredient that pro-
duces the “effect," to a
depressant. Alcohol goes
into the blood stream from
the stomach or small intes-
tine and travels to the brain
where the depressive action
begins, to result in a lorn of
judgment and self-control.
Do you believe that drink-
ing either doesn’t affect your
driving or makes you a bet-
ter driver? Well, that notion
to a result of the alcohol
working on the part of your
brain that controls your
judgment. False confidence
and taking risks are common
by-products of alcoholic bev-
Do you rush in from cold
Texas weather and have a
drink to warm up? That
drink will actually be lower-
ing your body temperature.
A false sensation of warmth
may occur because the blood
vessels on the surface of the
skin become dilated. Ac-
tually, more heat can be lost
than gained by the “warm-
ing” effect.
Do you believe in the sob-
ering up remedies of coffee,
a cold shower, fresh air or a
run around the block? Time
is the only true remedy for
reducing the effects of al-
cohol. The ethyl alcohol
must leave the body by
oxidation in the liver, and
this process cannot be re-1
duced. (The old joke about
coffee producing a wide
■ESAFE - BE MODERATE
BE AWABE OF YOUR DRINKING LIMITS BEFORE DRIVING
APPROXIMATE BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION PERCENTAGES
Body
Weight
.1
2
1 * 1 4 1 *1 6 1 71
too
.02
.06
120
.01
.04
140
.01*
.08
160
.00
.08
180
.00
02
200
.00
.02
[ .04 IfiTTSr pH
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In Texas you are presumed to be driving while intoxicated if
your BAC to above .1Mb.
This chart is only a guide, not a guarantee. Only YOU can make any guarantees
about driving safely within your own limits. REMEMBER that half the accidents and
deaths on our highways are caused by drinking drivers.
Motor vehicle operators are considered by law to be impaired when the per cent of
alcohol in the blood is above the .10 level. By using the chart on the reverse side, you
can determine the relationship between the number of drinks (taken by normal
adults), your weight (use the lower weight if you fall between two weights shown),
and the legal limits.
The legal limit to not necessarily the same is your own personal, safe limit.
Hospitality
Includes
Guests' Safety
AUSTIN - Warm,
friendly holiday hospitality
to a tradition in Texas. ^
But the responsibilities of
being host or host see go
beyond providing comfort,
good food and good drinks,
according to the Texas Safe-
ty Aseodetion.
For those who serve al-
coholic beverages, hos-
pitality alge include* the
safety of guests who drive
home and those who
“weren’t invited to the par-
ty,” by share the road.
Some of the responsibili-
ties include:
•stowing down per-dinner
cocktails,
•not forcing drinks on
awake drunk is true.) The
body needs about one hour
to get rid of the alcohol in
one average drink.
Do you swear by the old
adage that it’s mixing your
drinks that gets you drunk?
The truth to that ethyl al-
cohol, the intoxicant. to
found in all alcoholic beve-
rages. The same concentra-
tion of alcohol in the blood to
produced from 3‘/i ounces of
wine as from a 12-ounce
bottle of beer or 3/4-ounce
of 100 proof whiskey, though
the volume of liquid differs.
So staying with one kind of
drink offers no advantage;
only the amount you drink
can control the degree of in-
toxication.
Do you believe that you
get “picked on” about drink-
ing and driving? There are
places where a DWI to con-
sidered a worse offense. For
instance, in San Salvador,
the penalty for DWI can be a
firing squad. If you think
your spouse would be upset
if you got arrested for DWI,
consider Malaysia. There,
your spouse goes to jail with
you if you are convicted of
driving while intoxicated.
Do you think the Texas
presumptive limit of .10 per-
cent blood alcohol concen-
tration level to too tow? Well
many countries have even
tower tolerance and pre-
sumptive limits for driving
while intoxicated. Sweden,
for example, uses a .08 per-
cent leve, and Denmark and
Norway, .06 percent.
The Texas Safety Asso-
ciation urges everyone to
slow down their drinking
and driving during the holi-
days to a responsible, in-
formed level.
Christinas Toast
To W.C. Fields
•providing plenty of non-
alcoholic drinks for those
who may prefer them,
•making sure that any
who might have had “one too
many" geta transportation
home instead of driving
themselves,
•serving coffee and des-
sert before your visitors
have to drive home to allow
that extra time toward sob-
ering up.
Horticulturist
Offers Tips On
Christmas Trees
COLLEGE STATION -
With the rows and rows of
Christmas trees on every
other street corner, it seems
almost inpossible to find or
select that “perfect” Christ-
mas tree.
“Four basic points must
be remembered in selecting
a Christmas tree,” points
out Everett Janne. “The
tree should have a triangu-
lar shape, it should be well-
filled out, and it should
not be too large or bulky for
the allotted space in the
home or apartment. Fur-
thermore, it should be fresh.
“Shake the tree and note
how many needles fell to
check the tree’s freshness,”
suggeetr the Texas ARM
University System special-
ist. U fresh-tree will shed
only a few needles.”
Once you get the tree
home, cut about an inch off
the butt end and place it in a
tree stand that holds water.
Check the orator supply re-
gularly and replenish it as
needed to help the tree
maintain a fresh
ance.
In the home or apartment,
keep the tree aoray from
heating events, radiators
and fireplaces, cautions
Janne. Check the wiring on
lights before decorating the
tree to prevent a fire, he
adds. And always turn the
lights off when leaving home
By DON FREEMAN
Cepley News Service
HOLLYWOOD - Three
decades have passed, a gen-
eration has flowered, since
that Christmas Day of 1MI
when W. C. Fields slipped off
from his hilltop home in
Hollywood to be met by “that
fellow in the bright night-
gown.” Such was the old
vaudeville juggler’s phrase
for life’s ultimate curtain.
Likely (Fields often started a
sentence with “likely”) his
last words on that Christmas
Day were one final Ed-
wardian expletive at the dis-
maying Irony, the consuming
futility of the human condi-
tion.
How improbable a coupling
- W. C. Fields and Christ-
mas, a wry mismatch of des-
tiny. And yet, one remembers
the movie version of Dickens’
“David Copper field” and
there was Bill Fields rum-
bling on as the perfect Mi-
cawber, the definitive
Dickens character. And who
better than a character of
Dickens to personify Christ-
mas?
So Bill Fields died on
Christmas Day, at an all too
early and ravaged M, this
man with a face erected from
Silly Putty, to the end vowing
vengeance against the world.
There was Bill Fields, for-
ever and scheming
and jubilant in his small tri-
umphs against society, rasp-
ing out his volcanic disdain
for children and dogs—there
was BID Fields scoffing in
real life, as in his films, at the
soft caress of sentiment.
How ironic that Fields
would be gone, his marvelous
nasal trumpet of a voice
stilled, at Christmas time
when sentiment to at its
warmest. It to an irony that
BUI Fields likely would have
rejoiced in, would have
toasted as yet another exam-
ple of life’s essential and in-
explicable folly
Shortly before his death.
Fields observed with charac-
teristic wryness but not an
ounce of self-pity: “I’ve
chunk to so many friends’
health that I’ve lost my own.”
Well, this one is for you,
Bill, a Christmas toast lifted
high to the good health — the
thriving, booming, astonish-
ingly enduring good health—
of the Fieldslan memory.
‘Godfrey Daniel!” BUI might
have said as he glared a pass-
ing child into tears.
And so it was, on Christ-
mas, that William Caude
Dukinfield, also self-intro-
duced at times and at various
places as Prof. Eustace
McGargfo, Egbert Souse, T.
Frothingell Bellows and
Chester Snavoley, slipped si-
lently from the world he had
accused of deception at every
turn. ^ .
It is beyond warmth of
sentiment, however, that
each yew builds more life
wid substance to the Fields
legend There are Fields
festivals in the theaters and,
Just as often, on television.
Each year, Fields enjoys a
rebirth and on the campuses
there are dormitory walls
adorned with his posters.
The Fields buffs gather
now and retell the old Fields
yams. They recall the time,
for instance, that H. Allen
Smith, the writer, paid a no-
dal call on Fields and found
the comic standing by a la-
goon, a martini in one hand, a
whip in the other. He was,
Smith saw to his horror,
whipping a swan.
“BUI!” Smith cried. “What
in heaven's name are you do-
ing to that swan?”
Crack! Fields’ whip lashed
out once more. Malevolently,
he explained: “The so-andeo
hissed at me!”
They remember with fond-
ness Bill Fields, punctuating
his whine of mockery with a
dandy’s flick of hto stick,
reminiscing about a girl he
had met once in his travels in
some South Sea island. “She
was tattooed all over with
pictures of rattlesnakes,”
Fields confided. Then a
pause, a rueful shake of his
head and: “Yas, she was one
of the prettiest girls in those
parts!”
Fields used words as he
juggled, with a fearless, col-
orful, casual quaintness of
style. He had the words, he
had the comic’s face and he
Anton School
Board Meets
ANTON — The regular
meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Anton ISD was
held Thursday morning in
the Board Room with all
members present.
Mrs. Donna Kay Moffett
was hired as a 5th grade
teacher for the remainder of
the year.
A discussion was held con-
cerning the feasibility of
preparing meals for a “Meals
on Wheels” program in the
school cafeteria. The Board
tabled action at this time in
order to secure more infor-
mation about the prog^un.
The Board voted to give
all full time employees a $20
Christmas gift.
Report was made on the
Anton Invitational Basket-
ball tournament completed
last Saturday.
It was voted to install a
pay telephone in the foyer of
the gym at a cost of $15.60
per month with a $40 instal-
lation fee.
waq blessed with a prodigious
nose, a flaming beacon of a
tribute to intemperance. He
looked exactly the way he
should
As the end approached, on
that Christinas Day in IMS,
an old writer-friend named
Gene Fowler entered the hos-
pital roam and there was
Fields, a self-admitted ag-
nostic, thumbing through a
Bible.
“What are you doing,
BUI?” asked the incredulous
Fowler.
“I’m looking for loop-
holes,” Fields whispered.
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