Panola Watchman Sunday Review (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 24, 1974 Page: 4 of 10
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, In Our Opinion--------------------------
/ SUNDAY RElIEfF /
Not The Shortage
The fact that ve have a fad shortage id
thu country is not what btNWgMCua Our
big beef ia the way to which M is being
handled
At the outset, moat Americans set their
thermostaU bach i to 10 notches and
began wearing sweaters Oh, there was
some grumbhng and some who still do not
think there a any real shortage ref used to
do with leas heat and light But the
majority of dtizena went along with this
simple, obvious way of using less fuel
Then everyone seemed to get into the
act Congress, the White House, the
Executive Branches of the Federal
Government, and the State Government
all iwgan issuing statements or proposing
regiilaiinns or passing legislation that
each day brought more woe.
Two of the outstanding exampies were
the return to daylight saving time and the
gasoline allocution.
Utility spokesmen and school officials
have confirmed that daylight saving time
has saved very little if any power
tivoiwhout the nation On the ether hand,
it has created a real danger to dtoMran
who have to go to achoai in the dark . Some
have boan killed We don't tfatok the to-
convenience and the real danger this one
action has canoed is justified by the
results achieved
At the same time, the helterekeiter
results af the gasoline ettoratia-f include
a truckers stride, accidental deaths on the
highways, traffic tie ups, hours waatad by
motorists looking for gas, videnee and
increaae in crime.
Basically, we believe a greet deal of the
trouble the country u faced with today in
the fuel crisis results from a lack of
confidence the people feel in those who
are handling it. There are too many
statements being issued combining
pessimism and optimism
We need someone to step up and tell us
how it is and what we need to do to meet it.
The American people can take it. They
just don't want to be nagged into a panic.
Why Vote?
Here and there around the country
i here are signs that the candidate* in the
next election are going to be running
scared Scared hvcemT revelations of
corruption in state and Federal govern-
ment are causing more than usual con-
cern among the voters.
Avowed candidates are publically
announcing that they won’t accept large
contributions. Some say they won’t take
any cash.
It looks to us that if this backlash is
strong enough we may have one of the
most nonest elections bald in thto or any
other country fair a long time
It could well be that instead of hand-
picked candidal by political machines,
a number of candidates may enter the
field who have something to give this
country of great value. It may be that we
will make a real turn away from huge
campaign funds that are used by the venal
to buy ar.d sell public offices.
We'd say right now that there is a
chance that a real turn for the bettor could
occur but we are realists enough not to
think thia will be a complete victory
Politics is still not a science nor an art
but a face-to-face confrontation of
millions of people on election day. Un-
fortunately, many never pay any at-
tention to that day. Moot of those don’t
oven vote. Many who do vote do so as a
whim. Others haven't one real reason for
casting their ballot except that it’s the
thing to do. Some never even heard of the
candidates they vote for.
But we thank Our Heavenly Father who
created this country that there are many
dtiuns who do know who they are voting
for and why they are voting
It is our opinion that this election day
there will ba a lot more voters who know
what they are doing when they go to the
polls We also think there will be a lot
more voters who will vote their con-
victions for an honest government.
May we respectfully suggest that you
begin to consider right now how you are
going to vote.
Between
The Lines
by Jim Sleveas
Editor
SPEED DEMON
It's amazing how quickly we humans adjust to new situations. Take, for example, the
new reduced speed limit.
Though many seemed to find it difficult at first to slow down 15 miles per hour, moat
folks now seem pretty well adjusted to the slower speeds
Thai adjustment was strikingly demonstrated to me last week when some friends
riding in my car ware holding on for dear life as I passed a car and reached a speed of
70 In fact, everyone in the car, including me, was amazed that we had been going “only
70 ” It seemed like we were traveling much faster than that.
INNOVATIVE PLAN
People I know who are parents are constantly expressing amazement at the level of
education their children reach in today's school systems.
Some of the programs in today's schools also astonish those of us who completed our
high school educations some years ago.
One such program at CHS, a program begun this year and one that Principal Melz
Lafollette says is proving quite successful, allows students at the high school and
junior high to skip quarterly exams if they have met certain attendance requirements
during the year.
Under the new pton. a student who has been absent or tardy no more than three times
m a ctarn who has a passing pads and who has not been a discipline problem is excused
from taking quarterly exams unices he wishoo to try to raise his grade.
Lafollette says the program, designed to increaae attendance, has done just lhat-by
two or three per cent The theory is, according to the principal, that students who have
low grades are often those who are also absent a lot and giving them an incentive to
attend class should help raise their grades
While the now program to proving succeoaful in the school, it has caused some
problems at home for some parents
Frank Willis says his youngest son, Kevin, who is not yet in junior high school, can't
understand why he to the only student in the family who has logo to school (Kring exam
Another way to look at that situation, however, to to consider the incentive for the
MOVED TO THE UA
Speaku? of testa. Andy, who constantly providea a teat of wita, really camo up with
a good one shortly after he moved to Colorado
Andy's comments often prove how much youngsters that ago retain, and prove just
how careful we adults shoiM bo in making comments while in their presence
For instance, my father, who to a bigger tease than I. often reform to Texas as a
nation separate from the US -frequently making some sarcastic remark to that effect
when a national event that to not to hto liking occurs
Naturally, during ths course of his visits, Andy was exposed to such comments and
though he d>dn't seem to pay any attention, the "truth "must have seeped into hto head
When we called hun to see how he Uked hto sow homo in Colorado, Andy said just
fine When we asked when he was going to come to vtait. however, the response was
Oh. he commented nonchalantly, "it's too far to come now Wo don't live in Texas
any more, we moved to the Newnited States
So much for the kid's educaiMnaalar an geography to concerned
Coal: One Fuel Solution
adequate domestic tnerg)
A CALENDAR OF
Research must be carried
increase productive) in the
resources If we care to apply it,
list of problems
provides an exceptional
moot of us were m grade school,
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be avaSable <m a wide scale for
fuels or high-quality gas from
coal, and research aimed at
developing better method# of
manner to solve our own
problems Energy supply is the
for the needs of industry,
unemployment would go up 1$
lew hundred
Despite this fact, and in the
Any (rronesus rsflsction upon IM
character, StMWno or rtfutnitn st
mining took place Naturally,
this becomes an increased cost
of production which must bo
reflected in the cost of fuel
Another problem is that
proposed, as well as existing air
pollution laws, strictly limit
sulphur emissions Unless they
are modified, these laws will
prohibit the use of large
which mpr aooaar in tea calui
me watchman w.ii to
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atruntion putwisliar
mortage, the nation has for the
past several years actually
moved away from coal as a
source of energy Until a
reversal of policy in the dosing
weeks of 1973, electric
generating plants were being
required to shift from use of
com to that of increasingly
scarce and high-cost, low-
sulphur oil.
Upto now the price of natural
gas and the various liquid fuels
derived from crude oil have
been held so tow that it was
Kenna president of the
National Association of
Manufacturers has warned the
Senate Interior Committee If
manufacturers' needs are not
considered there will be an
immediate adverse impact on
the economy with toss of jobs,
loss of buying power and a
domino effect on n>anufac
tunng. Mr Kenna asserted
“ what America has to attain
in the shortest possible period is
pure and simply national
energy self-sufficiency.'* he
insisted And he reminded the
legislators that state and local
governments must have a
major role to play in the
solution of our energy crisis. To
this we certainly agree
^analn JBatchmmi
SUNDAY REVIEW
James A. Smith, Sr.
Publisher 1N3-1973
Doris Smith, Publisher
All this is changing. Fud
prices are rising, and the need
for secure domestic supplies of
energy mounts But if coal is
going to turn out to be the best
answer to the energy crisis, a
great many problems of a
human, technical, legislative
and environmental nature are
going to have to be solved.
First consider the matter of
supply In underground mines,
productivity is going down- not
up. Since INI, according to a
Wall Street Journal article,
productivity has dropped 17
percent as a result ". of ever-
tightening federal health and
safety rules, rampant wildcat
strikes that the industry
calculates will cost it 540.000
man-days this year, inefficient
company management and
stagnant technology,...*’
Even while productivity
decreases, consumption is
expected to rise. No steps have
been taken as yet to modify
federal policies which
aggravate the situation. New
federally-imposed safety rules
for underground mines may
further cut procductivity, ac-
cording lo The Wall Street
Journal, by as much as 10
percent
Any major now coal
production within a reasonable
length of time will have to come
from strip mines, since it takes
a minimum of a year to II
months to open such a mine and
from three to five years for an
underground mine There are
vast coal deposits in the western
United States that could be
recovered by strip mining
processes, but proposed tough
now federal strip mining
legislation could halt or, as The
Wall Street Journal puts it,
" substantially slaw
development of surface
mines."
Unquestionbly. some ac-
commodation must be made
between the need for coal and
environmental preservation In
meat caaee, it la now peaaible to
rehabilitate land that is being
strip mined, an that when the
proc ess is completed the area is
in as good of oetter condition
after mining than it was before
Oparatot
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Stevens, Jim. Panola Watchman Sunday Review (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 24, 1974, newspaper, February 24, 1974; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1195727/m1/4/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.