The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1978 Page: 14 of 20
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/I n • A r* V /-'i *ITISA FA*, FAR BETTER TMIN6 THAT YtXJ 6©- 'flK
On Being A Complete Governor. . . ,{ 5?
Liz Carpenter, former press secre-
tary to Lady Bird Johnson during her
White House years, writes a newspaper
column in which she discusses all sorts
of things. . . including politics. Recently
Liz challenged John Hill to really get
after the job of building “a real
Democratic party in Texas,” maintain-
ing that “the poor old party has either
been an extension of some reluctant
governor’s personality, or used as a
rescue mission by Democratic heavies to
bring in the bread and the votes when
elections rolled around.”
She goes on to say that what she
has in mind is "a party that feeds the
soul as well as passes the hat. A party
for all seasons, and one that thinks
presidents are for more than kicking
around or demanding favors from.”
We would sure like to have a Texas
governor for a change who does a little
more for the party that elected him than
apologize for being a member of it. who
believes, really believes, in the tradi-
tional tenets of the party, who believes
in the two-party system.
We would sure like to have a Texas
governor for a change who realizes that
there is a time to be leader of his party
as well as a time to be governor of all the
people. The Republicans always
remember this. Why not the
Democrats?
On Law Evasion. . .
One of life's impossibilities, unless
one lives under a dictatorship, is to get
things done that need to be done.
But. pass a law to prevent teachers
or other public employees from unfair or
unwarranted dismissal. . . and the law
worki instead to protect people who
should be fired!
Call on the postal service to
economize, to cut out the fat, and they
talk not about fat but elimination of
Saturday mail service as they raise
everybody’s salary!
Tell California public employees to
cut out retirement income that exceeds
average earnings during productive
years, and other fat, and they begin to
talk about laying off firemen and closing
the schools!
Last week we suggested enforced
living within a budget. . . but that
probably wouldn’t work either. Dis-
honest people will find ways to circum-
vent the intent of any rule or regulation!
, We suppose that a demand to cut
expenses in a hospital would be met by-
cutting off the oxygen for a critical heart
patient!
It's an old trick when dishonest
people are asked to mend their wavs,
when the extravagant are asked to
exercise fiscal responsibility. . . save the
fat, but eliminate that unacceptable
expenditure.
Anyone knows that the ad valorem
tax on real property is valid, neces-
sary. . . how else would the rich be
forced to bear their share of the tax
burden? Proposition 13 or any similar
law must not be used to exempt the rich
instead of trimming fat from obese local
and state government.
On Truth In Advertising. . .
We're living in a day when the
pendulum has swung towards “truth in
advertising.” Curative promises for
patent medicines must be demon-
strated. Actors can no longer endorse
products they haven’t used. Gasoline
mileage claims must be valid. The
electronics media must explain that the
audience is "live” and not only “half
alive.” They must also admit that some
programs are taped. We remember
another such period when radio stations
could not get by with FCC by stating
that a musical number was "tran-
scribed” but had to use the blunt phrase
"this is a phonograph record”. . . as if
the sound of the old seventy eights
didn’t speak louder than the announcer!
We think we can go too far on this
or any other binge. A little should be left
to our imagination. Intelligent people
aren’t deceived by puffing, when some
old sourpuss claims to be the “friend-
liest man in town,” when a brand of
mouth wash guarantees a date for the
high school prom.
However, we do believe that there
should be a measure of integrity when
certain claims are made. We expect the
Southwest Conference football teams to
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be on the level, to play to win. and not to
throw games or to lose a game for a fee.
We shudder to think of the uproar if a
world championship boxing match was
rigged!
And this brings up a subject not too
distantly related called “wrestling." or
rassling as they say down where you
live.
All you who believe professional
wrestling is on the level, kindly stand on
your head.
Now we have no objection if these
big hunks of flesh call their performance
vaudeville acts designed to entertain.
But the implication should not be given
that they are serious, that someone is
REALLY the world’s champion
wrestler, using the dictionary definition
of “wrestling.” They may call them-
selves a noted “entertainer,” but not a
“wrestler.”
Perhaps the Fort Worth Star Tele-
gram handled this modern but popular
fakery appropriately when it refused to
label the North Fort Worth perfor-
mances as “matches" but “wrestling
exhibitions.”
We used to resent it when two
Amarillo "wrestlers" would drive down
to Tulia in the same car. then get in the
ring here and allegedly give everything
they had to overcome each other.
They’d grunt, they'd groan, they’d
distort their faces. . . but if one ever
hurt the other, it was an accident!
Let us have good entertainment.
Let us have athletic competition of
all kinds.
But let’s also recognize the fact that
the two activities are not necessarily
synonymous. Let's be honest.
We want to believe that athletic
competition is on the level, that people
or teams are striving to win.
When a vaudeville act is staged, we
care little about anything other than
what meets the eye or ear. If someone is
able to do something amusing, by word
or act. we couldn’t care less about the
details, motives or honesty.
When we hear Henry Kissinger or
Bill Buckley deliver a serious lecture on
“Detente As A Solution to World
Tensions,” we have every right to
expect an on-the-level discussion.
If we hear Pat Paulson or Ray
Bolger on the Johnny Carson show
speaking on the same subject, we would
be a fool to expect anything other than
comedy.
We would enjoy either. . . but we
expect both to be on the level.
5 YEARS AGO
Ron Cromer is new mana-
ger of Tulia Livestock Auc-
tion. . . Trombley Trailers of
Tulia builds first product. . .
REA approves $774,000 loan
for Sw isher Electric Coopera-
tive. . . Man indicted for
burglary in connection with
break-in at Tulia High
School. . . David Otwell wins
First Division in State vocal
competition. . . Approxi-
mately 400 sheep killed in
one-truck accident 8 miles
south of Tulia on US 87. One
of the two occupants of the
truck was hospitalized with
arm and elbow lacerations.
10 YEARS AGO
Randy Foulch awarded
scholarship by American
Field Service and will leave
this week for a year’s studv
in Denmark. . . First in a
series of amateur talent con-
tests to he staged Saturdav at
the courthouse bandstand
Ray and Robert Caraway
deliver first load of w heat to
be received by Houston Ele-
vator. . . William F. Cook.
82. retired school teacher
and farmer of Kress dies. . .
Turbulent weather sweeps
Panhandle and South Plains
for second consecutive Sun-
day. leaving 1.05 inches rain
in Tulia. . . Golf pro. Dude
Kinkade. offers free golf
lessons to youngsters 9 to 17.
IS YEARS AGO
Six local beauties seek title
of Dairy Princess. Thcv are
Juliana Hansen. Peggv Pur-
ser. Linda Sharp. Rita Cook.
Ann Wallace. Chervl Cul-
well. . . Dr W. Neil Record
resigns as pastor of First
Baptist church to become
assistant to the president of
Wav land College. . . Year's
rainfall now totals 11.63 for
the year after b.45 inches fall
during week. . Grady
Thurman heads Jaycee com-
mittee sponsoring the beard
contest in connection with
county's birthday party in
Julv. . . Tulia assigned /ip
code ’’9088 . . Body of
Benjamin L. Hancock en
route to Tulia from Fort
Stewart. Ga. for burial .
.Little Shop opens in Tulia____
Rev. W F. Markham. 82.
former pastor of Happy Bap-
tist Church, buried at Hap-
py. . . Rites at Happy for
Mrs Janice Ann Knox. 74____
Ken Kuykendall awarded
MD degree at Dallas.
Death claims Carl King, 57
20 YEARS AGO
Barn destroyed by twister
on Oscar Weaks farm east of
Tulia. . . Henry Teubel
announced that Bill Blakley,
candidate for U. S. Senate,
will be in Tulia todav . .Four
Tulia FFA boys to receive
State Farmer degrees at San
Antonio. They are Thoran
Avent. Teddy Carruth.
Johnny Nix. and Jerry Slur-
gess. . . Mother of Roy
Holtzclaw breaks hip in fall
25 YEARS AGO
Rose Hill faces water cri-
ses. fund shortage. . .Dr. B
T. Kirkpatrick led his class
each year in dental school .
Donnie Bauer candidate for
governor at Boys State. , .
Mercury hits 105 in Tulia for
three consecutive days. . .
Thousands jam Littlejohn's
Super Market during grand
opening.
30 YEARS AGO
Harvey Foster, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F.. M. Foster, is
county's first polio victim of
season. . J. W Maynard
reports to Kiwanis club on
experience at Boys VFW
encampment at Corpus
C hristi I uthcr C Hvatt
buried at Vigo Park. Frank
Huscman, Nazareth, is sec-
ond place winner in Texas
Sw ine Production contest . .
Western Cafe purchased hv
J. D New. . S. T. Whitman.
~'b. pioneer Happy stockman,
buried Sunday . Lightning
strikes home of Mr and Mrs.
Carden at Kress, burning it
to the ground .Waynclle
Hogan and Pete Hardy are
married.
35 YEARS AGO
Gwyneth Deb Bivens . who
has been attending Cook
County Graduate School of
Medicine in Chicago, study
ing laboratory and x-ray-
technique. has been given
x-ray scholarship. . George
Childress chairman of 1943
picnic celebration. . Swi
sher boys entering militarv
services are Carol J Kreig,
marines; Jack Grundv Jor-
dan. navy; Quince Billy
Workman, armv: and John
Isaac Ewing, navy. . Law-
rence Hodges gets armv
commission Dan Stewart
confined to hospital with
injury sustained while on a
cub scout hike
40 YEARS AGO
Robert Clayton dies in
Arizona . . Funeral in Silver
ton for Mrs. H. C. Seaman,
mother of Henry Seaman <*f
Julia Mrs. F. F. Irvin
returns from Jennings, La.
where she spent winter with
her son.
45 YEARS AGO
T. J. Evans observes 84th
birthday. . . Little Billie
Helms of Red Hill almost
gets finger cut of! while
plaving,
50 YEARS AGO
C. G. Haile, 72, Swisher
pioneer, dies . Allan Heard
of Amarillo and Walker B
Jones purchase Shaw
Drug. . . Friends of Mr. and
Mrs. J W Kikcr congratu-
late them on the arrival of
twin girls. . . Rav Bivens
building brick home in east
part of Tulia.
55 YEARS AGO
The 11-year-old son of J. J,
Williams of near Kress badly
injured when kicked by a
horse.
SPEEDY NIEMAN in The Hereford
Brand: There are no public tornado shelters
in Hereford.
This seems to be a common misunder-
standing among many citizens in Hereford,
according to Bill Bradley, civil defense
director. The idea apparently stems from a
number of years back when some public-
buildings were designated as "fallout shel-
ters.
Bradly points out there is "a world of
difference" between the two. In most cases,
says Bradly. a tornado hits so sudden that
the best bet is to get under a mattress in a
small place—preferably the bathtub.
If there is sufficient w arning, you might
want to go to a neighbor's basement, but
Bradly says one of the most dangerous
situations is to be caught outside when a
tornado strikes. "1 would rather be in my
home than in most public buildings.”
emphasized Bradly. "Most public buildings
are not really good places to be in the event
of a tornado."
Bradly reported that a number of
citizens flocked to the courthouse and to
school buildings during recent tornado
watches. He wants to make it clear that
public buildings are not designated as
tornado shelters.
B M. NELSON in The (astro County
News: A reasonable amount of criticism of
President Carter, or any president, is
needed and justified, but there>should be
some restraint at least by some of the people
who helped elect him There is no doubt that
he has failed to accomplish some, or many,
of the things that he promised to do during
the election campaign. However, his oppon
ent was also making promises in the heat of
the election campaign
On domestic issues the president, by
popular opinion polls, has had very low
marks. It is possible that many of his
detractors fail to take into account the sad
state of affairs when he was inaugurated He
did inherit many problems created under
previous administrations
He did take office in January of 1977, at
a time w hen huge surpluses of farm products
had alreadv accumulated and at a time when
it was too late to restrict increases in the
surpluses by the upcoming crop. The
program adopted bv the U S. Department of
Agriculture, with the President's blessings,
failed to anywhere near complv with the
demands of the American Agriculture
movement However, with the cooperation
of agriculture, the present government
program mav result in a healthy farm
economy. The government did come through
with low interest rate loans to tide farmers
over the depressed prices of farm com-
modities caused by a production glut
encouraged by former administrations
The latest criticism of the president, of
all things, is the pitting of his word against
that of Fidel Castro, the Cuban dictator
From all indications mans of the president's
critics are inclined to believe Castro when
his word is stacked against that of the
President of the United Slates The Presi
dent said that he had proof that the Cubans
knew of. and assisted in the invasion of
Zaire. Castro savs it's not so That's good
enough for some people Thcv prefer to
believe a Communist dictator rather than
their own government officials President
Carter has a lonesome job
JIM DAMS in The Plains tew Reporter -
Newa: You know. I sec many, many people
at cross purposes w ith themselves when thev
start talking about taxes and government
They often don't even seem to see the
contradictions within their own arguments
On the one hand they complain about
high taxes and stupid government spend
ing—a legitimate complaint
But in almost the same breath they
complain because the government won’t do
this or that which they would like to see
done.
And. if government were to start cutting
services, they would complain even louder if
the cut service happened to be one that
affected them.
You can sec that attitude in candidates
around here, most noteworthy of which,
were the five men wanting George Mahon's
job in Washington.
They talked conservation of one degree
or another; they talked cutting government,
government spending and government regu
lation; they talked limited government
But when they faced the basic question
of our area they talked about doing
everything they could for farmers
Unfortunately C ongressmen from Texas
can't have multi billion dollar farm pro-
grams. Congressmen from the East can't
have multi-billion dollar urban programs.
Congressmen from the poor areas can't have
multi-billion dollar poverty programs; Con-
gressmen of a military ilk can't have multi,
multi-billion dollar expansions of the armed
forces. . and all of us have small cheap
government with low taxes.
On the local level the same thing holds
true. You can't have a well rounded produc-
tive educational system, or quality county
roads, or smooth city streets, or no crime, or
smooth city streets, or no crime, or any of
the many, many other things that local
government is supposed to produce unless
vou provide the money that it takes.
Certainly the federal government
«spends money uselessly and certainly local
government does the same thing on a
smaller scale. Certainly with a little real
intelligence and effort both governments
could save some of your tax dollars But, a
lot of the so-called useless spending is the
result of some constituent demand When
government stops meeting constituent de-
mands it will be accused of being just as
unrepresentative as it is now accused of
being because it spends so much
When vou get right down to it, I have to
admire any person who is fool enough to be
willing to get into politics and put up with
whimsual wanderings of the American
voting mind
Bill (OMHS in The Memphis Demo
crat: Memphis and the entire StHithoastem
Panhandle suffered an economic loss with
the announcement of the closing of Hurling
ton Industries Postex Hall Plant last
Wednesday.
The loss in payroll alone amounts to
over $25,000 per month in the area economy
This editor, along with other community
leaders, was present at First State Bank last
Wednesdav when officials from the companv
with Postex Manager Don Smith as spokes
man made the announcement
Postex Hall Plant began operation some
15 sears ago sew ing flat. » hue cotton sheets
in a building now occupied bv Memphis
Glass and Supply
Burlington Industries bought propertv
and built their facilities, and even expanded
upon their original building during the
plant's life, but according to officials from
Burlington the American market for white
sheets has declined to the point that the
companv can produce what is needed at the
Pom Plant
Offu talc stated that once the faitlilv
here has been vacated, the companv will try
to find a buver for their plant facilities here
According to the news release on the
annual report from Burlington Industries,
the companv\ earnings for 197' were below
those of |9'ri Net earnings were $89 9
million versus i 104 5 million in 19'n Per
share earnings were $1 18 compared with
$3 '4 in the previous sear and sales reacbed
$2 4 billion, up from the $2 3 billion attained
in 19'b
I he closing of the Memphis plant was
nought on by the preference of the busing
public for "printed'' sheets rather than
white sheets, according to the company’s
ivffic tals
Burlington w as an excellent industrv for
Memphis, and during their 15 vearv of
operation, the plant gave Memphis and the
surrounding area a year round economic
stability lhr plant wav brought to Memphis
through the Memphis Industrial f oundation
and the Chamber <4 Commerce
These organizations will be increasing
their activities to try and land another
industrv for Memphis Citizens w,<uld be
wise to lend full support to everv effort
toward securing a new industry for
Memphis
I be Memphis Chamber of C ommerce,
under new Manager Jim Beeson, will be
leading community eff'irts to seek industrial
prospects Working with Texas Industrial
Foundation, efforts could prove successful
If this crisis jars our citizens enough to
produce a united effort toward selling our
community to industrial prospects, long
lasting good can come of a otherwise tragic
turn of events
DOUGIAS MEADOR in The Matador
Tribune:
Mv physique has reached a condition
where I find it convenient to eschew jokes
pointing to the girdles women deceive
everyone but the public with
A poor excuse offends the ethics of a
habitual liar
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