The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1986 Page: 4 of 20
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Friday, December 5, 1986
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WASHINGTON — The frustration and Kilbum from captivity. The National Securi- Arabs, was one victim of a tragic situation
ultimate futility of trying to ransom ty Council gave serious consideration to the that has made very American in the Middle
American hostages with arms or money 'idea of raising several million dollars East a potential target for abduction and
were tragically demonstrated Just spring, a privately from American humanitarian and murder by pro-Iranian terrorists —
few days after the Americanbombing raid church groups to meet the kidnappers’ ran- mercenaryJhugs who hide out in the Bekaa
It is disturbing when a Supreme Court justice on Libya, A gentle, pro-Arab librariari at the som demands for Kilburn and other Valley of Lebanon under the protection of
^-criticizes the tribunal for what he perceives to be its American University in Beirut was hostages. ’ .Syria,
fflilurp tn rin it<? most imnnrtant inh of nrotectins in- murdeTed when his kidnappers, tired of The same well-meaning groups were pro- ’
tauure to do its most important JOD Ot protecting m waiting for the $3 million the Reagan ad. vjding (as they do to this day) tens of BILLBOARD ALERT: Communities across
dividual rights and llOerties. ... ministration was hoping to raise for his thousands of dollars to keep negotiations the nation face a deluge of applications for
Although we admit that Justice William Brennan release, sold him to the Libyans, who wanted alive through Anglican minister Terry,,‘billboard permits before Congress
knows a great deal more about the high court than most revenge for the U.S. airraid. >- ^ Waite.As a special adviser to the archbishop reconvenes in January and takes up revi-
Citizens, we cannoF agree the justices are abdicating Peter Kilburn, 60, was abducted on Dec. 3, of Canterbury, Waite seemed to be close last sions of the Highway Beautification Act.
thpir nrimarv rpsnnnsihilitv nf unhnldinP “individual 1984‘ His body was found last April 17, three Christmastime to getting several of the “The billboard industry is going all out to
tneir pnjnary responsiDUiiy oi upnoiaing inaiviaudi dayS after the v s bombing raid on Libya, hostages out. (He also visited the United erect thousands of new billboards before
ngnts ana HDerties. Here’s what happened during the 16% mon- States at least twice during that period, and Congress takes up the billboard issue again,”
Justice Brennan believes SO strongly in what he said in thsof private hell that Kilburn endured: met with Lt. Col. Oliver North, the National warned James McMahon,,executive director
a speech at New York University that he invited State An erudite, generous man. said.to have had Security Council official who, as it turned of the Coalition for Scenic Beauty.. “Cities
courts to “Step into the breach” created by the Supreme the best collects "of Verdi opera records in out’ was oversee‘ng the arms/hostages need to act now or they are going to be inun-
negotiations with Iran at one time.) dated by new, giant billboards.” Fear of
Waite’s negotiations for Kilburn broke stricter controls is inspiring tjje industry’s
down several times — and ended abruptly action; they want to get their billboards up in
and finally when the United States bombed case Congress passes tough restrictions.
Libya last April 14. Kilburn’s kidnappers
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While agreeing with what he described as ‘ ‘the revival of needY students and bought books for them
of ^state constitutions as gua^ians bf individuals 2
rights,” Brennan warned that “revitalization of state Lebanon and had suffered a stroke that left
constitutional law is no excuse for weakening federal him walking With a cane. “I don’t think he were already sorely frustrated at their in- MONEY MEN: Bankers may not all fit the
and prohibitions ” ■ ^ could have harmed a fly ” said a onetime sbility to sell their hostage for the $3 million cartoonist's standard depiction of bloated,
He seemed to be savine the hish court is not Durooselv assistant. they had demanded. cigar-smoking fatcats wearing silk hats and
tieseemeq to oe saying ine rngn touri is noi purposely . ■ The Libyans had already offered them $1 diamond stickpins, but they have a pay ad-
\ neglecting its guardianship Of individual rights and , f “I d- million for the unfortunate Kilburn two days vantage over those in other financial jobs,
’ liberties, but may be depending more on state constitu- .5 before the U.S. raid. The.kidnappers quickly accordingto a study by Robert Half Interna-
tions to preserve suclj freedoms. If SO, there is a naDDedbv a gang of extortionists a sort of' cldsed the deal and sold their captive to Li- tional, a big recruiting firm. Starting
measurable as the court Of last-resort in ultimately Lebanese'mob They contacted'the US byanagents. On April 17, Kilburn’s body was salaries in the major banks rose an average
preserving freedom as it is exercised in a democratic government and demanded $3 million for the salarif
e & ' rpturh nffhisharmif.^ «irkiv the bodies of tw0 Britlsh hostages, who had for non-bank financial jobs, which rose only
return ottnis harmless, sickly hostage. also been shot in reprisal for Britain’s 3.1 percent. Perhaps the most surprising
Last Dec. 27, we reported that Kilburn cooperation in the American raid on Libya. thing was the salary increase for senior loan
Chief Justice Earl Warren, Brennan emphasized that “was being held by a different group than the According to our intelligence sources, the officers, whose credit decisions have led to
* -during the past 15 years state courts have handed down (pro-Iranian) captors of the other American British hostages — and presumably Kilburn record losses in the industry. They went up
hostages.” We withheld details while — were shot by a Libyan army officer, iden- 5.8 percent to a range of $36,000 to $55,000.
negotiations for Kilburn’s release continued, tified only as a Major Khalifa, who had come *
Several times within the next few weeks from Tripoli to do the job.
ficient to meet more stringent requirements of State the White House seemed close to springing Kilburn, generous, warmhearted friend of
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That would indicate retrenchment frpm the high
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14th Amendment under Justice Warren.
However, we do not see this as abandonment of the
guardianship of basic human rights that is the province
of the Supreme Court.
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From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was:
55 YEARS AGO
R.W. Land resigns as circula-
tion manager of The Sun. His
duties will be absorbed tem-
porarily by Robert Matherne, .
news editor.
Mrs. Allen Shaw’s music
students will present a program
, at the Community House to raise
money for the Goodfellows.
Low-slung racing cars will be
on display at auto dealerships
here in connection with the first
auto races to be held on the track
being built near Thompson’s
Corner. The race-cars will be
shown at'; Henry Cathriner’s,
J.J3. Hollaway Motor Co., Fred
Dittman Buick Co and at the
Pierce-Chevrolet Co.
50 YEARS AGO
Kenneth R. Chance, 22, of Pel-
-* ly dies of injuries suffered in a
" car-truck collision four days ago
in Wooster.
Another oil well is completed
—I in the Cotton Lake field by Glenn
McCarthy. Thg well, called
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Today in history
*Robert Walters
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS States, was organized,
- Un Dec. 5, 1933, at 5:32 p;m. In 1955, the American Federa-
, EST. national Prohibition came tion of Labor and the Congress of
to an end in the UnKed States as Industrial Organizations merg-
Utah became the 36th state to edtoformtheAFL-ClO.
ratify the 21st Amendment to the Ten years ago: Budget
Constitution, thereby repealing Director-designate Bert Lance
the 18th Amendment
In 1776, the first scholastic
fraternity in America. Phi Beta ministration was “almost a cer-
—. Kappa, was organized at the Col- tainty.”
lege of William and Mary in ’ Five years ago: U.S.
Williamsburg, Va. ' Secretary of Defense Caspar W.
In 1782, the first native Weinberger concluded a three-
American president qf the daji vfsit to Turkey with an
United States. Martin Van agreement between, the two
Buren, was born in Kinderhook,
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Water's rec^price
The Newman- Study Club
meets in- the home of Mrs.
Lawson Bergeron Jr. Mrs. D.W.
Alpha leads the discussion.
E.T. Arnett, J.H. Meek, Willis
Cobb and N.D. Stiles are guests*
of J.M. West on a deer hunt on " Yosemite National Park, lies Mono Lake, once a
the famous ranch. ■ proud body of water that sprawled across 85
40 YEARS AGO square miles.
ritv Attornpv Frvin Finwprs Today, Mono Lake has dwindled in size, and ly profligate In Denver, for example, lawn water-
nt rL» iiJ covers fewer than 60 square miles. Moreover, the ing accounts for 51 percent of all use.
heTxtSy Department of Water and P-Wer says , - ^
Attorneys Association. ‘ .t will continue to shrmk throughout the coming
n;ii„ a . century and eventually will cover fewer than 40
of the Robert E. Lee Bowhng less than h^Titsortginal si2e .
One year ago: On Wa„ Street. Leagi^ Ta^W ^ier is ricf ‘
--Average rose above the 1,500 seeretarv: Benny Moskowitz! “>Uf ^ M b?n Supplies,
Inl848 President James Poik jevel for the first time, then fell treasurer. lSaJS?** ““*** World ReSOUrCeS Institute
triggered the Gold Rush of'49 by back to end the day at 1.482.91. in YFARS Ann years to siaxe los Angeies tmrst. _ -
; confirming thM gold had been Today’s Birthdays: Sen Baytow/^ Chief Art coS^l^tmSS^^u^ L^s
d—a,! Disnev'was born Sineer TL,S°nRichardC ’isS 54 - Lintelman died early today at apprSimatefy 32.6 billion gallons of water every
In 1901. Wait Disney was born. Singer Little Richard is 54. the age of 66. He had been fire vearfromMonoLakeasoartofthemostam-
-------4n 1929. the American League Author Joan Didion is 52. Author chief since 1947 year Irom Mono LaKe 38 part ot 016 most am
for Physical Culture, the first Calvin Trillin is 51. Actress
nudist group in ’the United
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LOS ANGELES — Far north of this city, in the resource on car washing, lawn \gatering and other
foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains east of non-essential uses.
Los Angeles consumes — and wastes — more
water than any other city in the West because of
the size of itf population. But other cities are equal-
told the Los Angeles Timesthat
a tax cut in the Carter ad-
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The future of water use lies in
f conservation, improved effi-
ciency and re-allocation of
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countries to ^expand military
cooperation.
In 1791. composer Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart died at the age the Dow Jones Industrial
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If those practices continue, many areas in the
bitious continuous out-of-basin water diversion naturally arid West could face severe water shor-
tages in the coming decades. “Evidence of
Early in this century, Los-Angeles officials iden- pressure on water is everywhere,” warns the
A Houston salesman, John project anywhere in the nation.
Wise, 44. is killed when his panel
truck overturns at a curve hear tified the Owens Valley in distant, remote Ijnyo World Resources Institute,
the Wooster Fire Station on County near the Califomia-Nevada border as a -“Use exceeds streamflow in nearly every
Market Street Road This victim likely source of water for this city. ,Western subregion, and the deficits are being off-
is the Baytown area's 10th traf- The city’s voracious demand for water, hauled set with groundwater and imported waterfrom ad-
fic death in 10 days. 534 miles from the Owens Valley in a specially con- joining basins.” the Washington. D.C. organization
Mary Glenn Cunningham structed aqueduct, transformed Owens Lake from notes in a recent report titled “Troubled Watji^f L
demonstrates portrait sketching a body of water once as large as Mono Lake to a New Policies for Managing Water in the American
’.. Mcmoging Editor at the Christmas bazaar of the . dry bed. t > West.” *• ^
News Editor Baytown Art League. ' In the 1930s,lhe aqueduct was extended to enable “The future of water use,” suggests the study,
— the city to draw water from Mono Lake and four of “Lies in conservation, improved efficiency and re-
- its seven tributaries, just beyond tlie headwaters of allocation of supplies" rather than in perpetuating
4- / the Owens River. . . the practice of constantly reaching greater
In the 1940s, a second aqueduct was constructed, distances for more water,
and today Los Angeles diverts more than 175
billion gallons of water yearly - almost four-fifths by convincing the public to reduce its consumption,
of its total annual consumption — from the Owens especially by limiting non-essential uses of water
Valley and Mono Lake BMln * - btit ffieBme is approaching for realistic- pricing
Because that far exceeds the amount of water of water to deter waste
produced by rainfall and the melting of the moun- v-._.j
reserves of water in the rural with cheap water
and aoue
irgan Brittany is 35.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, December 5, 1986, newspaper, December 5, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1152950/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.