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Sunday, July 22, 1979 : DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE Page SA
exas Democrats keep primary option open
AUSTIN Texas API -— Texas only serious contender for the 1980
Democratic Party rules writers—Democratic nomination, party of
„gounseled party leaders Saturday -to ficials and subcommittee members
wait a few months before, deciding
whether to hold a presidential
primary in 1980.
said
July 3i
Since some influential Democrats,
such as Sen Oscar Mauzy, D-Dallas,
favor selecting delegates by means of
“It would be Carter versus" un- « a presidential primary, the issue
committed" or Carter versus a single
issue candidate like a pro-lifer." said
Billie Carr. Democratic national com-
The "keep your options open"
recommendation goes’ to the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
which meets next Saturday in Corpus
Christi. presidential primary is held, it should
Members of the party's rules
subcommittee said the key to holding
mitteewoman
The rules committee said if a
could be a live one at next Saturday s
SDEC meeting.
"Undoubtedly, I think it will be
raised.” said rules subcommittee
chairwoman Carrin Patman of
should be held on the same day as the
general primary elections
Clintine Cashion of Houston said
there was "no question" but the
Democrats would have a presidential
primary if Carter were challenged for ’
the nomination by Sen Edward
Kennedy, D-Mass.e
Ms Cashion made the motion’to
advise the SDEC to let the
a primary should be whether there is
a genuine race for the presidential
nomination
A Texas primary could be em-
barrassing if President Carter is the
be a merely a "preference poll " and .
not the mechanism for choosing
delegates to the 1986Democratic
national convention
The SDEC votes next Saturday on
delegate selection rules, which must
reach national party headquarters by
Ganado’ ■ presidential campaign jell somewhat
Republicans already, have cmade before putting candidates' for the
plans for a presidential preference White House on the primary ballot in
primary in conjunction with the May May
' primaries to nominate candidates for “I feel like the state committee
various state and local offices would go that way (hold a presidential
The rules subcommittee said any primary) if it saw a significant con
■ Democratic presidential primary also test developing," agreed Mrs. Pat-
man
Rules drafted by the subcommittee
call for national convention delegates
to be chosen at the Democratic state
convention to be held next June 20-21.
A presidential candidate's share of
the Texas delegation TWcas would
depend largely on his strength in the
precinct, county, senatorial district
and state conventions.
Ms Cashion predicted a candidate's
percentage of Texas delegates would
parallel his share of the votes in a non-
binding primary because "we trust
each other:"
Mrs Patman told reporters that,
historically, delegates from states
with non-binding primaries have
reflected the results -of those
primaries in their convention votes
Before approving Ms. Cashion’s
motion, the subcommittee voted 10-2
against advising the SDEC to im-
mediately commit itself to hold a
primary but with the right to back out
if there is only one “viable candi
date."
Nancy Williams of Austin said most
of the Democrats, in her senatorial
district wanted an early commitment
from the SDEC
Ed Cogburn of Houston said, "The
thing that bothers me is the frivolous
single-issue candidates I don't think
we should bind ourselves to that kind
of primary."
s.
Eagle Pass
, warns state
about rabies
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) -
Somehow it just doesn't look right.
The usually dog-infested, streets of
Eagle Pass and its Mexican sister city
of Piedras Negras are eerily empty of
strays.
That's about the only outward in-
dication that this poverty-stricken
border area has been stricken with a a
rare, deadly outbreak of rabies Three
children died, one of whom was in-
fected on the American side of the Rio
Grande.
Officials in this city of 20.000 point
out, however, that the empty streets
are just as obvious an indication that
they've won. It's been three weeks
since a rabid dog was found in Eagle
— Pass, prompting embattled City
Manager Roberto Gonzalez to say
Friday, "I feel very, very relieved."
Gonzalez and other officials also
hastened to warn other American
cities to heed Eagle Pass’ misfortune
and not be left vulnerable to rabies by
public and governmental apathy
“Other cities can't take this
lightly.'‘ said Gonzalez “It’s a serious
situation because a community can
become apathetic and dogs will not be
■ vaccinated."
"Is is a potential problem for any
city," said Dr. Hans Peterson, the
only veterinarian in Maverick County,
"The pet owners must get their
animals vaccinated. But the key is en-
forcement. The governments must
cooperate with the veterinarians,
enforce the laws and pick up those
dogs that aren’t vaccinated
"We had less than 30 percent of our
dogs vaccinated and you see what
happened to us. Officials in any city-
can find out their dog population, see
how many they've got vaccinated and
figure out their' own chances of this
happening," he added
More than 600 stray dogs — 14 of
them rabid — were destroyed in Eagle
Pass. About 50 of those were shot after
' evading capture. More than 90 per-
cent the remaining 6,000dogs are now ’
vaccinated — many after state of-
ficials went door-to-door giving free
vaccinations. Seventy residents, in-
cluding Peterson, have been forced to
■ take rabies shots.
- Looking a bit like a pin
cushion. German Shepherd
Sam (above) receives an
acupunturetreatment at Dr.
Norman C. Ralston’s
veterinary clinic in Dallas.
Ralston—tleft) sends a
micro-electrical current
through the needles inserted
at specific acupuncture
points along Sam's hack and
legs to help cure the dog's
paralysis. Ralston is one of
the few veterinarians in the
state to use acupuncture to
treat animals.
AP Laserphotos
Acupuncture vet’: .
Putting more yang
into a dog ’s life
DALLAS (AP) — Sam was unaware
that he had a yin condition and didn't
seem to notice the short needles in-
serted along his .back and legs.
and surgery ..
"Everything rs one,” Ralston said
"In space travel, you could apply the
same proposition. This is the order of
designed to bring more yang into histhe universe - we begin to bring
life
"This dog has a yin condition,"
announced Dr. Norman C. Ralston.
Ralston is one of the few veterinarians
in Texas who uses acupuncture to
treat animals.
ourselves more in harmony. We use
the acupuncture meridians in the
body to accomplish these.things."
The universal theory that Ralston
and his colleagues subscribe to
contends all things are differentiated
He attached clips to each needle and apparatus of one infinity, everything
turned on a microcurrent, allowing changes, all antagonisms are corn-
energy to flow back and forth between plementary, there is nothing iden-
the needles, tical, what has a front has a back, the
Sam, plagued by back and bladders bigger the front the bigger the back,
problems, couldn't stand up before his
first acupuncture session Before this,
his second treatment, he was standing
on all four feet — albeit a bit shakily.
and what has a beginning has an end
In addition, the unifying principle of
yin and yang says the two are polar
and must be together to form a whole.
Generally, yin is the feminine, pas
. He appeared to perk up a bit during
the 15-minute session, designed to put sive. negative; yang the masculine,
more yang into this dog’s life.. active, positive_________
“This energy is going on all the Diet is most important. Ralston
time." Ralston said, adding he would
not use acupuncture during an
electrical storm.
The gall bladder meridian has the
highest level of energy, he said. His
own gall bladder problems wake him
up at exactly 3 a m every night.
Ralston, a 1945 graduate of Texas
A&M University veterinary school,
said he became interested in Oriental
healing in the early ’70s after wat-
ching demonstrations with horses at a
' California conference. ‘
Ralston, one of about 250 U.S.
veterinarians who use acupuncture,
went on to complete a course in
Chinese Total Health and Fitness at
the Center for Chinese Medicine in
Anaheim, Calif., and studied further
at Purdue University and Michigan
State University. He is a member of
the International Veterinary Acu-
__puncture Society__________________
But acupuncture is used as one of
the last resorts in health care, he said.
Chinese philosophy outlines seven
gradations of treatment: diet and
daily activity, special exercise and
said. “We don't have a specific diet
that we recommend for a dog,” he
. said “We try to fifthe diet to the ani-
mal."
He recommends whole grains and
vegtables mixed with meat as a
general diet for pets
"There's a dog outside that was a
very yang dog. We have changed her
to a yin dog. I did this after I heard the
theory and came home. 1 found very
yang dogs and found through diet I
could change them within their
constitutional parameters.” he said-
"We’ve learned to treat many of the
deficiency diseases that the animal
got from the mother but are not really
genetically' transmitted For exam-
ple. the time of most influence is in the
uterus You go from one cell at the
time of conception to 3 2 billion cells.
This is called the water stage of
evolution,” he said
deep breathing, massage and
manipulation, herbs and teas,
acupuncture, medicines and poisons.
Ralston has experimented with his
own body as well. “I had a large
growth in the side and was able to
overcome that," he said *•
“Hesaid most owners Cooperate with
his programs. And those who visited
the veterinarian Friday had nothing
but high praise for him
Everything about the gas shortage
and more
By MARK POTTS
AP Business Writer
Many Americans have been stuck in
gasoline lines' this summer for a
bewildering array of reasons, most
complex, some contradictory. Here
are some answers to often-asked
questions about it all.
Qi Is there really a shortage of
gasoline?
A. Yes. Several factors have cut
supplies in recent months to about 90
. percent of what they were a year ago
Combined with an anticipated rise in
demand of about 4 percent, that
leaves a gap of as pinch as 14 percent
between gasoline available and what
motorists, want to buy.
Q. What factors cut supplies?
A. The most publicized was the Over the past couple of months.
__revolution in Iran, which halted that * • they've built them back up
nation's oil production and deprived. C
the world of about 10 percent of its oil
• supply last winter. Partial production
has resumed in Iran.
W hile oil imports were dropping, so
was the amount of oil being produced
at home. Domestic oil production
slumped significantly last winter, at
the game time Iran's production was
cut. So far, the oil industry has been
unable to fully explain this drop in
domestic - production — which
amounted to almost as much as the,
Iranian loss — or explain why it was
never made public.
Q. So it was the loss of oil from Iran
and domestic wells that caused the
crisis?
A. Not entirely The United States
might have experienced a gas shor-
tage this summer even if those events
whadn't 'taken place After several
years of moderate growth in gasoline
demand following the 1973-74 energy
crisis demand began soaring again
last year, severely straining the
ability of oil companies to meet
demand
Q. What about the build-up in oil and
gasoline inventories we've heard so
much ahout'’ Weren't the oil com
panies withholding some petroleum
from the market?
A. .Yes. they were, but with the
government's blessing The amount
involved was not much — a couple of
days' supply, which the industry likes
to keep on hand to cover emergencies,
such as supply disruptions or refinery
breakdowns. When supplies ran short
last winter, the companies used up
most of these reserve' inventories
a year ago is not going to be hurt
_______ nearly as much as one whose business
Q II the actual cutback in the has doubled. For this reason, lines
have appeared in high-growth areas.
such as California..
Q But if a station is getting 79
percent of what it got a year ago. why
should it cut its hours so drastically?
Why should it close at noon instead of
amount of gasoline available was only
- about 15 percent, why are oil com-
panies in many cases giving their
dealers only 7(1 percent of the gas they
got last year?
A., Because federal rules on how
companies must distribute — or
allocate — their gas tended to
magnify the shortage. Companies
must estimate how much gas they will
have available in a given month
From that supply, they must give to
certain priority users — agriculture,
the military and public-safety ser-
vices. to name a few — the same’
amount of gas they got a year ago
What's left over is divided among
the company's dealers. So while a
company may have 90 percent of the
gas it had a year ago, its dealers could
get a significantly smaller fraction.
Q. Why are there lines in some
states but not in others'" centrated them" into the morning
A. The allocation program tends to hours,-compressing what might be a
favor stations in low-growth areas. A
station that is doing less business than
midnight, as it once did?
A This is a complex question With
less gasoline to sell, most dealers
begin limiting operating hours — first,
closing on weekends and in the eve-
ning. the times they’d rather—net
work Then, many dealers divide what
gas they get in a month by the days in
the month and set a daily quota on
sales, attempting to spread supplies
evenly through the month. When the
daily quota is sold out, they close
Many customers began arriving
earlier and earlier to get gas before
stations closed. Instead of spreading
sales throughout the das this coni
The
90s
crisis
• unless a dealer is able to get gas from
his allocation for the next month,
which complicates the next month's
situation. As a result, many stations
close in the last few days of the month,
further limiting the amount of gas
normal business day with no gas lines
into a couple of hours with huge lines.
In addition, many motorists,
available and, again, compressing an
, unchanging amount of demand into a
much smaller amount of supply
Q What about prices? Why have
they gone up so much this year?
A. The major reason is that the
price of crude oil has nearly doubled
this year because the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries has
found that customers are willing to
pay top dollar. As oil prizes go up.
gasoline prices go up
And the government has modified
several of its gasoline price-control
regulations in recent months, adding
tearing they would not be able to find a few more pennies to the p[jice bf a
gas, began topping off their tanks at gallon of gas.
Pricks have also gone up because of
the short supply of gasoline in the.
United States. Earlier this year, most
of the nation's gasoline dealers were
selling for a few cents a gallon below
what federal price rules allowed. As
supplies grew tight, most dealers, like
the members of OPEC, found that
consumers would pay almost
anything to get gas,
Q How are the oil companies
benefiting from thehigher’prices?
A. The companies are allowed to
raise their wholesale prices only as
crude oil prices go up But because
crude oil prices have gone up so much
so fast, oil company revenues have
skyrocketed in the first six months of
every opportunity, buying two, or T
three gallons at a time The lines
grew x
Q Why are lines longer on some
days than others'’ Why is it easier to
find gasoline earlier in the month than
later ' 1 -
A Two factors One is the large
number of stations closed on
weekends That causes many
motorists to race to buy gas Thursday
and Friday because they know it will
be much more difficult to find on
Saturday and Sunday, So lines in-
crease late in the week
The reason for the end-of-the-month
lines is the monthly allocation system
Although a gas station gets several
deliveries of gasoline throughout" the
month, once it uses up its monthly
allotment, that’s it. There’s no more
until the beginning of next month —.
interest to create this shortage? Isn't
this whole thing the result of an oil-
company conspiracy to force prices —.
and profits — up?
A. There's no firm evidence sup-
porting that oft-repeated charge, and
sources say an investigation con-
ducted by the Energy- and Justice
departments has determined that the
shortage was not manufactured.
Congressional inquiries continue, and
part of President Carter's new energy'
program is the assignment of several
hundred auditors to check the oil
industry's books
There’s no evidence, though, of the
popular rumors of tankers waiting
offshore until the price goes up, or or .
unusually full holding tanks
The government has accused some
companies of overcharging on some
__crude oil sales in recent years, but the -____
amounts’involved were fairly small
Q. What about the future? What’s
the outlook?,..
A. Gasoline supplies will likely
remain fairly tight for the remainder
of the year, although the situation has
been considerably improved by a
steep drop in gasoline demand this
summer as the result of conservation
efforts and simple lack of supply
There are some questions about
whether there will be enough heating •
, oil available next winter — an issue at__,
particular interest to politicians who
have to campaign in the New Hamp-
shire primary. The government has
implored' the oil industry to step up
production of heating oil, supplies of
which are now at unusually low levels
this year, and profits have gone up , And government and industry
with them. analysts now believe that there will be
Q Since the companies want profits little or no problem with heating oil
to go up, wouldn’t it be in their best—supply this winter
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