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-.“The law,” said the frustrated speculator who
deals in tax delinquencies, “has been kicked in
fteteeth.”
• He may be right.
... But most Americans will agree with the Florida
judge who believes the law should be tempered
frith conscience. ",
/ Circuit Judge Ben Willis voided the deed of the
ffiragpd purchaser of a $7,500 house, who bought
the property for about $100 at a sale ordered to
collect on a delinquent $3.05 tax bill. »
. The elderly black couple who bought the home
with their savings from a lifetime of tobacco-
picking bad forgotten the unpaid 1975 bill, <
although subsequent taxes had been paid. They
were ordered to reimburse the speculator for the
money he paid for the tax deed plus interest at 12
ptereeai ^ a total of about $l50r
’ The couple live cm their monthly check from
Social Security in the amount of $438.
The judge called the tax sale purchase “an
mrichment,... which a court of conscience may
not sanction. . ——
* The outraged tax purchaser, stripped of his
bargain, said, “When the judge doesn’t honor the
law, there is no law.”
There is heart and compassion, however, in
Judge Willis’ court, and our nation needs its fair
ration of that, too.
, Sunday, May 4, 1980
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' WASHINGTON - The every single federal regula- "Saturday Night Live” pro-
fiery deaths of three young tion relevant to the con- gram that featured con-
; people in a rear-ended Pin- struction of cribs.” sumer advocate Ralph
to led.to criminal prosecu- Ball was understandably Nader as a guest. Nader is
■ , tion of the Ford Motor Co. , furious at Snyder’s sugges- not exactly renowned for
Although Jthe auto maker fiodthat he andbis wife had his sense of humor, but with
was acquitted, the trial set overreacted. “How would the help of the program’s
an importantprecedent. you be ahle to make such a resident parodists, he
The court recognized that Judgment? . . , Were you managed to get off a few
a business firm and its ex- -■ there? jibes that sent Mobil’s even
heldThe irate father added: less humorous executives
responsible for-the safety of “The fact that the crib com- into a veritable frenzy,
product* they design, plies ‘with ever single Nadar-plugged- Big
-manufacture and market. federal regulation’ did not Business Day — an anti-big
In that sense, the Pinto pro-' prevent my cfiildfrbm get-, business” celebration. He
secution was not a failure. ting her head caught, did
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tried, unsuccessfully, to
purchase the Long Island
Presk'and the Washington
Star, and added: “I think
they should buy a publica-
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their image. Like Screw '
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Corporations are now on
notice that they must:.
'•v, answer to the public if they Gary Cohn that at the time
„ put profits ahead of lives. he had heard from. Ball, the
- It was more than three only incidents involving ac-
years ago that I first cidents in the cpmpany’s
* reported Ford knew from cribs (one fatal, one riea'r-
, - • its own tests how to position fatal) involved a different
• fuel tanks to give greater model crib. Asked about
protection in rear-end colli- subsequent deaths in the
sions: I cited suppressed same model as Ball’s,
documents from the com- ...Snyder said, “Looking
pany’s own files as back, we all have 20-20
" evidence that Ford could
“ have made safer
automobiles by spending a ed the corrective action be-
few dollars- more on each ine taken by Bassett ,-r- as
car.J y ' „ required by the consent . ,
“Secret tests by Ford \ decree. . Consumers who • Night s producer, Lome
and Democrats has, in fact,' third party formed ‘by . »ave shown ^t minor ad- have either Jhe Mgndajay MrcnaeI^ - ’
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As Saturday Night goes,
this was pretty tame stuff.
—But Mobil’s^-bots*oi-
p urb 1 i c i s t, Herbert
Schmertz, protested to NBC
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Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
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DEAR DR LAMB - For whereas vertigo involves a
fee i**11 three years I have false sense of motion. Either
had what my doctor called ■; you feel that your environ-
Ihattes disease For the ment is moving when it’s not
past six months I’ve had a or you feel that your body is
—: tBBUflcsd mating sound in-moving when it’snot-—-
on that nnpairs my There are many different
During the three opinions about Meniere's syn-
•earsTie had duzv spells. I drome and these various
presently taking medi- symptoms may cover several
las «iicfr acride a diuretic different defects. But it's fair
*ifrMH#9S4ythatmostearspecial-
au. Fm also on a low- ; ists beheve that a true
. Ipmcre’s diacase is caused by
an increase in fluid in the tiny
balance canals in the ear.
That’s probably why your doc-
tor has you on a low-salt diet.
There are basically four
systems that relate to your
sense of balance. Three o(
these are the receiving mech-
BEAR READER - "You ” anisms; specifically the eyes
two of the three for visual orientation, your
components of various nerve sensations from
the whole body which gives
you a feeling of body position
and the little balance canals
Anderson's Best Bet4s
A New Political Party
^Footnote: Snyder stress- a"d demanded equal time.
The network spoke to
Schmertz and discussed the'
problefn with- Saturday
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WASHINGTON (NEA) - gradually declined during Anderson’s supporters. .........
If Rep. John B. Anderson, . that period. > ; ' both-tnvolving new parties fue . an.k C0U.W grea,t,^
R-IU., decides to se’ek the The only substantial organized around the reduce the fiery danger, I at
presidency outside Vthe grpv»th during those years ‘ presidential candidacies -of - ^ported on Dec.30,1976. ^ Virginiaconsumers should
framework of the two domi- has been among.voters who men who Were progressive 1;am Investigating call Bassett collect at 703-
nant political parties, he proudly proclaim Republicans. > another case involving 629-7511,extension340. .
will be doing a disservice to th"emselves to bb in- '* , -Basett Furniture lp-
himself and his-supporters "dependents - a self- IN 1912, THE Progressive dustries, a leading maker
if he runs as an indepen- classification that clearly Party - commonly called , °f ba“y cribs_ mx infants
dent. represents a rejection of the “Bull Moose” Party — . ..have died in Bassett cribs
But._another option the two existing but was cheated by--former fince 1977. The tots got
PrcsiHent Yheodore tneif
ween the decorative finial . industry’s most outspoken reporter Richard Chimberg
on the corner post, head- member try. But Mofcil ap- he’s not interested — the
boaqd or foot panel. Ac- parently isn’t interesred. script would still be done by
cording to Consumer Pro- The whole bizarre Saturday Night’6 ir-
duct Safety Commission ex- possibility arose from reverent writers,
perts, the infants strangled
when they tried to pull their
heads out of the trap.
The company knew as .
too ofen plague independent as September 1977,
the early 1800s after con- candidacies. Each was CPSC investigators have
trolling the federal govern- organized exclusively' charged, that its cribs could
ment for only slightly more around a charismatic kill or injure infants, but it
H than a decade. leader and each collapsed failed to notify the commis-
Similarly, the when that man no longer -®}on..as [ec*uired “J lav^:
Democratic-Republicans. was available to seek the-Earlier this year, Bassett
the National Republicans v presidency. signed a consent decree
and the Whigs all were,' at* ' -the "'circumstances the CPSC which re-
one time or another in the may be more propitious to- quired it to take extensive
nation's hjstory, one of the day. If Andersen and his remedial action and pay a
jirties and all -backers are seriously com- $175,000 civil fine.
Iral death when milled to institutional
they no longer fulfilled a reform, they could have a
public need. - profound and lasting im-
They are two especially pact on the future of
relevant precedents for a American politics.
But Michaels professed
astonishment that Mobil ;
washurtby anything onthe - ;
late-night comedy show. He
said he had no objection to
Schmertz as a program
host, but added: .“I don’t
think he’d be very funny. I
mean, have you read their .
stuff on The New York-,
Times’op-ed page?”
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LAUGH TRACK: Could
Mobil Oil make it on
“Saturday Night Live”?
The far-out s^rlqial pro-
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available to Anderson - ' discredited alternatives. "
establishing a new political fr Contemporary Roosevelt. In 1924, Sen.
mythology nofwithstau-’ Robert M. LaFollette, R-
ding,' there is nothing /.Wis., also bolted from the
especially sacred about the GOP and led the campaign
perpetuation of existing to form a new Progressive
rejuvenate the country’s political parties. Many of Party.
the nation’s founding Both of those efforts, it
fathers, for example, were ’-must be noted, suffered
organizers of the Federalist from the weaknesses that
fruitful if President Carter - Party, but it collapsed in
and former California Gov,
Ronald W. Reagan were not
moving inexorably toward
their parties’ presidential
nominations.
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party and rutfning for presi-
dent as its ifbminee — could,
be the vehicle to not only
advance his cause bat also
mt# or dizzy spells that
jw’k experienced and the
arise in ynr ear called in each ear.
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Bible Verge
The third feature is loss of
ailing political system.
Neither alternative would
have a chance of proving
hearing Sometimes the loss of
haring is not apparent but
on he detected with tearing
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BLESSED is the man that
endureth temptation: for
when he is tried, he shall ’
receive the crown of ljfe,
which the Lord hath pro-
mised to them that love
him. James 1:12
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From The Baytown Sun J.E. Blackburn, Boy
files, this is the way it was Scout executive director,
40 and 30 and 20 years ago: will direct a Boy Scout
MAY 3,1940
Melvin Parker and Myr- years. :
tie Lea Johnson will reign Zenobia Booth is elected-
?s kmg and queen pf tpe president of Baytown
ditt r aim May Fete to be held on the
documents, not Included in ' ^
the consent decree, that 11, 'L
lustrate the true insensitivi- ®,c®8 “JjL E
vrrs*- 'be is
customer named Richard Bo^v'Dbcon wib^be^crown Antle-.recording secretary,
Bobby Dixon will be crown • and L‘aVerne McCullough,
bearer., •■■■■..• e
•Starring in the senior
play, “Young April,” at
Robert E. Lee High School George Cr^w, Port Ar-
are Hopart Enoch, Robbie
Jean Baker, Allene Sim-
mons and Donald Jones. ^
Cecil Hollingshead of
Goose Creek completes
training in the Navy at San surance business.
Diego.
MAY 3,1950
Max Altman will take mer math institute,
over as the new president of ' ; Doit Perry is hired to
the Baytown Lions Club in teach math at Highlands
June. R.L. Gillette will be Junior School,
first vice president; Mur- New cheerleaders elected
ray Rogers, second vice at REL for next year are
president; Allen Rice, third Jimmy Bevers and Sandra
vice president; pr. Ben
Ammons, secretary; Don
Allen, treasurer.
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Republicans are determin-
ed to choose Carter and
Reagan, Anderson could
well be the beneficiary, of
support from millions of - two m
alienated voters who dffd 3
previously identified
the ms el v es as i n-
dependents or members of
one of the major parties.
The distinction between . / \ /.
an independent candidacy Dpnnpr*C \/ |P\A/C
and a third-party nomina- IvCUUCI O V IC YY J
tion obscured in the recent ' Ball wrote the company
flurrv of ill informed’ Dear Editor-: We all insist upon a dog about the crib he purchased
sDeculation about Ander- On behalf of St. Joseph’s being vaccinated bef&re it in July 1976. “At that time
Wc intentions assumes Home and School Associa- is accepted. It is my opinion we were assured by the
critical importance in tion, the bazaar committee that the rather., large store salesman that the crib
terms of initiating a serious and students of St. Joseph’s number of stray dogs being had been designed so that it.
offnrt fn revitalize rnntpm School, I wish to"express let run loose are reasons for was impossible for a child
Dorarv Politics our appreciation to The the epidemic. to get the* head caught in
^ An independent can- Baytown Sun and especial- Please inform the public the headboArd,” he wrote.
Hiriaevis almost hv defini ly to Debbie DeShazo and , to keep the* dogs confined, “Our daughter did get
Z little more toan an ex- Melanie Knight for their and may I please stress - a her head stuck . . . on two
ercise in^eeo gratification helP with the Publicity for boarding kennel isn’t a separate occasions, To say
and self-aggrandizement our ninth annual bazaar. place harboring sick dogs, - the least, this was a very
for the candidate The ma Thanks also to everyone We are very careful about traumatic- experience for
jor parUesmhy view it as a i» Baytown for your such matters!he* her and a most frightening
temporary-irritant but Will generous gifts and support Mrs.E.L. Boo s one for us. We did discover
nni he hestirred from fheir Janie Poepsel . Boots Boarding KCftnels her before any serious in- ,
toroS bv a MliS fad St. Joseph’s Bazaar ~Z~ " Baytown jury occurred. Such a situa-
wtaellle span probably is Publlcily Chairman _ ... _rT3 ~ .0111111 ha,e ',r“ve<l
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trainer, will succeed Bobby
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Ball concluded: "We feel
that there is faulty design in *
this model crib and that to
represent it as a safe design
is misleading.”
Bassett’s general
counsel, Frank Snyder,
—v replied with a chilling cor-
porate putdown. "I sug-
gest,” he wrote, “that you
have over-reacted to the ex* - .
perience of your child. Cer-
tainly, the suggestion that - . ,
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proved fatal’ magnifies the
incident out of reasonable
proportion.” *
He then recommended a
way to make the crib safe
(by removing the finial),
but added: ’‘Naturally we
disagree with your
characterization of the
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Dear Editor:
I wish to express my opi-
nion on the parvo virus and
help make the public more
aware.
Your article mentioned
dbg kennels as being the
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political system is in
desperate need of stimula-
tion — possibly leading to a
major realignment -
precisely because the cur-
rent-r institutional arrange- | place where the disease
ment has become increas- was contracted. ‘ Can you match these memo-
Ingly irrelevant to the > This is not necessarily the rab]e events ;n history with
needs and interests of tlie case. We have not had one
voters. incident of the virus here,
The unmistakable signs ^ and-.the one other kennel in
of lethargy, disarray and Baytown also has not
even paralysis have reported any.
become obvious throughout -—----
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 177, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 4, 1980, newspaper, May 4, 1980; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1145076/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.