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2A—Burleson Star,' Thursday, July 3.19*0
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Editorials/Opinions
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Our own...and others1
OPEC, Showing Strains
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(Reprinted by permission of
The Philadelphia Inquirer)
1980, when the Organi-
zation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries was founded, there
have been 57 meetings of the
official representatives on that
cartel. The one which ended
itly in Algiers was, by all
>rts, the most strained
m all. At times, the oil
of the 13 member
came close to explosive
ony.
there were universal truth
proposition that a falling
| out among enemies is always to
be welcomed, that discord could
be regarded as good news for
the United States and its allies,
the industrial nations of
ndncommunist world and
less developed nations with-
out their own petroleum sup-
plies, which are most severely
savaged by the huge price in-
creases on crude oil:
there is no such universal
tndh, however, and there is
peril in grossly grouping the
OPEC members as enemies,
even in the narrow economic
sense. The enduring crisis of
petroleum for the U.S. is funda-
mentally a U.S. domestic prob-
lem. If it remains unsolved, it
threatens not only disastrous
impact on the U.S. domestic
economy but on the entire
swfcep of American diplomatic,
political and defense interests
as well.
At the moment, the U.S. is
importing foreign crude at an
annual cost of approximately
$90 billion. Under the new pric-
ing arrangement that emerged
from the Algiers meeting,
which set a floor price of |28 a
42-gallon barrel and a ceiling of
137 starting July 1, that out-
pouring may rise by |4 billion
or $5 billion, if there is no
Increase in American conserva-
tion. In consumer terms, it sug-
gests a rise of 3 or 4 cents in
gasoline at AiDerican pumps.
The OPEC members’ inter-
ests are to maximize the in-
comes and the influence in re-
gional and international affairs
whi<
them.
Apathetic to the U.S., others are
not. But certainly, it is both
impractical, from their vantage
ichtbeir oil reserves give
m. Several are stridently an-
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Commissioners
Consider Expansion
BV DORIS E. WILSON
Staff Writer
CLEBURNE—Aware of the current
crowded conditions at the Johnson
County Courthouse and considering the
future growth of the county as a whole,
commissioners Tuesday asked County
Judge Tommy Altaras to have a bond-
ing company prepare a study of the
financing to purchase the former First
National Bank building in Cleburne as a
° possible site for expansion'of court-
house needs.
The two-story building is located on
Main Street at the corner of Wardville
directly across the street from the court
house, and would be paid for on Time
Warrants.
Commissioners have been consider-
ing expansion plans for about two years
and have had several sites under con-
sideration; none of which were able to
be worked out. .
“We anticipate substantial growth in
the county; already the growth of
SJburns. Burleson and Joshua is
almost unbelievable,” Judge Altaras
said.
“There is a lack of any kind of space
in the courthouse,” he added
JUST RECENTLY THE county at-
torney’s office was expanded out into
the hallway of the second floor closing
off a flow of traffic around the rotunda.
“I’d hate to see this become a perma-
nent arrangement,’’Altaras Said
Commissioners Heard a presentation
from Insuranceman J. D. Enloe regar-
ding a Cancer Indemnity Policy
available to courthouse employees as a
to their present coverage.
The policy is available through the Na-
tional Teachers’ Association underwrit-
ten by Lincoln National Life. Enloe re-
quested permission to contact depart-
ment heads for individual talks with
employees to determine if they would
want the coverage at a reduced rate,
although there would be no payroll
deductions involved.
The resignation of Mrs. John
Beauchamp Jr. as election judge for
Precinct 5 in Rio Vista was accepted to
become effective after the November
general election.
Commissioners asked that the
Department of Justice in Austin be
notified they have given approval to
moving Box 26 in Joshua from the city
hall to the Old McPherson House, which
is a historical site in the county. They
decreed Box 9 will remain at the Fire
Hall in Joshua.
All of the election judges, who served
during 1979-80 elections, were re-
appointed to serve during 1900-81 elec-
tions.
ALTARAS INFORMED commis-
sioners Care Flites from Johnson Coun-
ty Memorial Hospital to Harris
Hospital in Fort Worth had been more
than was anticipated and he had been
asked to upgrade the lighting system on
the landing pad near the county
hospital and to have a red X marked on
the site. He said he had complied with
the request,
Adult Probation Officer Louis Spinks
was granted permission to attend the
. fifth annual workshop of the Texas
..Youth Council to be held Aug 6-8 at
Huntsville.
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point, and irrational in political
terms, that they are going to
return the world petroleum
market to low prices and inifin-
ite supply.
If that point needs re-empha-
sis, it was provided by the com-
munique issued at the end of
the Algiers conference: ‘‘The
objective of this new price
structure aims at achieving an
equilibrium between supply and
demand in order to avoid fur-
ther stockpiling, which is harm-
ful to producers and consumers
alike.”
To producers, certainly. To
consumers, however, especially
the U.S. stockpiling is an urgent
necessity — though not a long-
term solution, which will be
found only in major conserva-
tion and in development of al-
ternative energy sources. Only
through the accumulation of a
stockpile of crude petroleum
which would allow the U.S. to
maintain a healthy economy in
the face of a large-scale cut-off
of imports, can America avoid
the peril of being taken econom-
ic hostage by a few unstableoil-
producing nations.
In the face of the obvious
threats, the U.S. government
has failed dismally to rise to the
challenge. The strategic petro-
leum reserves program has
been handled poorly and sheep-
ishly subordinated to the con-
cerns expressed in the Algiers
communique. But far more con-
sequentially, the Congress, de-
spite an essentially sound set of
proposals by the Carter admin-
istration, has steadfastly
refused to move forward with
either courage or imagination.
Only the week before the
OPEC conference, the House
and Senate sent an unequivocal
message to Algiers. It took the
form of legislation, enacted by
overwhelming margins, to
prohibit President Carter from
imposing a mild petroleum im-
port fee and then by overriding
Mr. Carter’s entirely responsi-
ble veto.
That message told OPEC one
thing, and one thing only: The
U.S. government does not have
the will to protect America’s
most vital national interests.
The U.S. there real
enemy. and, in the immortal
words of the late Walt Kelly’s
Pogo, it is us.
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City and Bethesda pumps have all
been working 24 hours per day for well
over a week now.
(
Moore suggested that Bethesda
customers could save money as well as
water by doing their outside watering
at night or in the mornings, “About half
the water is lost to evaporation during
the hottest part of the day,” he said.
The water restrictions will be in ef-
fect probably until lower temperatures
and near normal rainfall are experienc-
ed in North Texas.
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NOW THAT’S
FUNNY!
COMPOSE YOURSELF
Silly: Where's Beethoven7
Willy: He’s Haydn.
Silly: Can you bring him Bach7
Willy: I think 1 can Handel it.
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WOODEN YOU KNOW IT?
Q What type of wood remains the
same before it is burned and after it has
been burned7
A. Ash.
★ Robberies
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newspaper said the woman was ar-
rested and named her was eroneous.
They said they were hoping the
woman, who is still at large, did not
realize she had been identified.
The method of operation seemed
similar in all three burglaries.
Hood County Chief Deputy Cecil
Kuykendall said a clerk at Acton
Grocery told them two men entered the
store after receiving $9 in gasoline.
They said as one man went to a beer
cooler, the other man pulled a gun and
demanded the money. The woman was
seen by a witness outside the store who
said she looked in the store but never
entered.
He said about $800 was taken and
none was recovered.
Kuykendall said the addresses given
by the men were ficticious and deputies
are looking for a place where they may
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Public Hearing Set Here
have been staying between robberies.
JOHNSON COUNTY Chief Deputy
Larry Young said the store near Joshua
suffered a $362 loss plus $8 worth of gas
purchased before the burglary.
Young said that while he knew of no
unsolved armed robberies investigated
by sheriff’s deputies, they did want to
talk to the pair.
Tarrant County Sherriff’s Captain
Bill McConnell said the men had $230 on
them when arrested. He said the only
thing found in a recheck of their path
was two guns—the one taken in the
Joshua holdup and another believed to
have been used in all three.
Meanwhile, Burleson police are tak-
ing estimates on the squad car rammed
in the chase. Chief Homer Barns said
damage would be between $800 and
$900.
Fort Worth Delays
Action On Airport
Got Their Man
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The on-again, off-again inaction by
the Fort Worth City council on selecting
a South Tarrant County Airport site
now seems to be on a definite schedule.
At the request of Burleson Mayor
Robert Abies, the Fort Worth council
delayed action on a site selection for
two weeks at its meeting Tuesday
night. *
By that time, Burleson will have con-
ducted a public hearing on the airport
(Monday night at 7 p.m.) and meet in
regular council session (July 10) to
make its site recommendation.
The item has been on the council
agenda for several weeks but each
week is delayed for another week. Now
the item is set July IS and there is a
good chance the Fort Worth council will
make a decision at that time.
At each meeting many persons in-
terested in the airport location have ap-
peared. An estimated 75 persons were
at the council meeting with interests in
the airport Tuesday.
Two Fort Worth councilmen asked
about the possibility of environmental
studies before an airport site was
selected.
Abies said he doubted that would be
possible because a specific site would
have to be selected before funds would
be available for an airport site.
A consultant’s report to the Fort
Worth city council examined four sites
and suggested a location adjoining the
present Oak Grove Airport as the most
financially feasible.
At a discussion-type meeting last
week at Huguley Hospital, Fort Worth
officials treated a site adjoining the
Oak Grove airport and a site adjoining
Luck Field equally.
The Oak Grove site would extend into
the Burleson city limits and would force
the relocation of Hardgrove Lane. It
would be in the Burleson School
District.
The Luck site would be primarily in
the Crowley School District and Fort
Worth City Limits. City limit boun-
daries were not included in the
preliminary study.
Most opposition has been to the Oak
Grove site and many residents east of
the site fear an airport would spoil the
rural setting they sought when they
moved to the location.
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INFLATION
Have you noticed the prifce of lumber
lately? Take every wooden nickel you
can get!
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WHAT’S UP, DOC?
The healthiest time of your life is
betweenihe ages of 6 and 17, according
to statistics. People in that age group
make fewer visits to the doctor than
any other, an average of 1.2 per year.
Those 6 and under, and tftose 18 to 54
average at least four visits to the doctor
each year, and those 55 and over
average at least six visits each year.
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The Oak Grove site would require the
relocation of il occupied homes and the
Luck site apparently one.
Burleson policeman Ken Stevenson looks over newspaper with headlines telling
of the police chase and arrest of two men Friday. The men have been charged in
armed robberies in three counties and are jailed in lieu of bonds totalling
$155,000 each. StarStaffoto
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