The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1983 Page: 2 of 16
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Editorial
Briefing Papers Case
More ‘Pap’ Than ‘Flap’
m Ruminations
WHILE MUCH OF THE national
press, along with a few members of
the U.S. House of Representatives,
appears intent on turning the flap
over the Carter debate briefing
papers into a modernized version of
“Richard III,’’ it seems here that the
case bears much more resemblance
to a more fluffy Shakespearian effort
— “Much Ado About Nothing.”
A PASSING REFERENCE to the
papers in a book recently published
by a former member of the White
House press corp has managed to
create quite a stir, although the
author himself gave the story short
shrift in his own manuscript. Much
as Pavlov’s dogs were conditioned to
slobber at the tinkle of a bell,
however, there is nothing so likely to
stir the juices of the post-Watergate
Inquisitors as the hint of political
chicanery, however small its scale.
AT A TIME when the Soviet Union
has doubled ity aid to the insurgents
who threaten continental stability in
Central America; at a time when the
Congress and President continue
their struggle to reach accomodation
on an acceptable budget; and at a
time when a million and one other
matters of urgent public business
demand our rapt attention, we are
once more being sidetracked by an
incident which within a month will be
forgotten as surely as those dozen or
so other trivialities which have been
blown into Olympian proportions
since the Watergate years, and then
just a? quickly allowed to blow over.
THEftE IS NO DOUBT that this
administration has been at least as
formright In answering questions
about the latest cause celebre’ as the
previous administration was in deal-
ing with such other non-affairs as
“Billygate” and the Lance affair.
This latest flap appears on close
examination to be even less worthy of
dissection than did those loudly
trumpeted and quickly buried whirli-
gigs.
WATERGATE WAS A good story,
and we suppose it is inevitable that
the Washington press, given its
pack-like propensities to chase off at
once after the same hare, should get
their blood up at the idea of a new
trail to snuff after. It is also
inevitable, we suppose, as the
silly-season of election draws near,
that a few congressmen, eager to
score political points and see their
own names bandied about the press,
should also be eager to join in the
hunt. Hopefully, they’ll all enjoy
themselves for a couple of weeks, get
it out of their system, and direct their
attention back to matters more
worthy of their professional concern.
To put it bluntly, the whole briefing
paper pap bears more resemblance
to Dick Tuck than Dick Nixon, and
Tuck’s political shenanigans on
behalf of the other party were always
viewed with more amusement than,,
outrage. In the meantime, if the
Washington tongue-waggers a r e
really looking for a story, we suggest
the previously unthinkable meeting
of the minds between the President
and the Speaker of the House — Both
Ron and Tip agree that this latest
“scandal” is more a "tempest in a, }
teapot” than a “Teapot Dome.”
Now, if those two Irishmen can agree
on something, you’ve REALLY got a
story worth pursuit.
—Mike Reeder
Harry Truman once advised, “If
you can’t stand the heat, stay out of
the kitchen.”
The "Show Me State” native
didn’t say a thing about what you
were supposed to do if you were
broiling in Texas in July.
You see, I have a confession to
make. Although I’m one of those
people who can legitimately plaster a
“Native Texas” bumper sticker on
my car (although I don’t), and
although I can honestly claim a Texas
lineage that even includes one
hard-headed ancestor at the Alamo, I
must nevertheless shamefully admit
to envious feelings regarding our
yankee neighbors to the north. Bear .
in mind, this admission comes from
someone who until about the age 13
thought "damn yankee” was one
word (spelled “damyankee”), and
from someone whose ancestors spent
the better part of their time trying to
reverse the verdict of the War
Between the States. Just in case you
doubt the fervor of their commit-
ment, one of them served as a South
Carolina legislator and signed that
state’s original orders of seccession,
and another was with Beauregard at
Fort Sumter to help fire the shots that
started the whole free-for-all.
So you can imagine the chagrin I
feel each sizzling summer as I watch
the heat waves shimmer up from the
sidewalk, wipe away the stinging
sweat that flows into my eyes, and
find myself dreaming heavenly tho-
ughts of the cool, crisp air that flows
tantalizingly out of reach beyond our
northern borders.
It’s just not fair, darn it. Men are^
not supposed to question fate, but'
fate is cruel indeed when it decrees
that someone who finds their great-
est comfort in the windy icebox of a
NEW ROTARY OFFICERS - The Bosque County
[Clifton] Rotary Club’s 1983-84 officers include, from
left, Past President Steven C. Schmidt, director; J.B.
Jordan, Jr., president-elect; Clifford A Teufel, vice-
president; E.J. Belvln, immediate past president and
director; the Rev. Frank L. Turner, Jr., secretary; Tom
Parks, treasurer, and Calvin Rueter, president. Wilson
E. [Pat] Speir of Austin, past district governor of Rotary
International District 587 and former director of the
Texas Department of Public Safety, was the installing
officer. The installation banquet was held Thursday
evening at the Clifton Civic Center.
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InterFirst, First United Banks Sign Merger Agreement
FORT WORTH — InterFirst Corp.
Dallas and Fort Worth-based First
nited Bancorporation have official-
signed their previously approved
erger agreement. The signing took
ace Tuesday, June 28.
Elvis L. Mason, chairman and
lief executive officer of InterFirst,
id Paul Mason, chairman and chief
:ecutive officer of First United,
gned the merger papers on board
e InterFirst/First United Special
jin at the historic Texas and Pacific
jilway Station in downtown Fort
’orth. The ceremony was held on
the back platform of the “Houston,"
an historic railway car used by Harry
Truman during his 1948 whistle-stop
Presidential campaign.
‘ ‘ Dal las and Fort Worth have truly
become major banking centers in the
country,” said Elvis L. Mason. “The
merger enhances our ability to help
both corporate and individual cus-
tomers reach their goals. ”
"The merger doesn't mean that
we will Ipse the personal touch,”
added Paul Mason. "We will con-
tinue to provide our customers with
the service they have come to expect
from us through the years.”
The merger, the largest in Texas
banking history, created a con-
solidated institution with 66 banks
and assets of more than $22 billion. It
strengthens InterFirst's position as
the nation’s 14th-largest bank hold-
ing company, the largest outside of
New York, Chicago, and California.
Under terms of the previously
announced merger agreement, each
of the approximately 5.5 million
shares of First United will be
exchanged for 2.2 shares of Inter-
First stock.
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By Mike Reeder
winter duckblind should be forced to
live out their days in a place where
fall is characterized by 90 degree
mornings and hotblooded, dusty
doves.
To make matters worse, I am one
of those unfortunate individuals who
wears glasses. Others similarly af-
flicted will know exactly what I’m
talking about, but for those who
don’t, imagine that for at least three
months out of the year your entire
view of the world appeared to be
through a window being splattered
by a driving rainstorm. Got it
pictured? Well, that’s the way your
lenses look each time your over-
loaded eyebrows dump a load of
sweat (in Texas you don’t “pers-
pire,” you sweat) into your field of
vision.
Another big problem with hot
weather is that, unlike cold weather,
there’s nothing you can do to reverse
it’s effects. Chilly? Jump up and
down. Wrap up in a blanket. Slip
your feet under a bird dog. (There
are other, even more pleasant ways
to stay warm, but this is a family
newspaper.) But what do you do
when it’s 100 degrees? Your choices
are pretty well restricted to being
perfectly still (which presents an-
other problem altogether — gnats) or
paying the electric company $250 a
month to keep the temperature down
to a more survivable80 degrees.
I know, I know. “If I don’t like
Texas summers,” you say, "go
somewhere else." But then there’s
that problem of ancestral loyalty. I
said I envied our yankee cousins; I
didn’t say I had fallen so low that I
wanted to become one of them.
Besides, travel costs money, and I've
already pointed out the problems of
cash flow experienced by those of my
profession in a previous dissertation.
About the only thing I've discover-
ed to do, in some 29 years of similar
suffering, is to grit my teeth, bear the
heat, and dream of cooler climes. Try
it. Right now, I’m concentrating on
being somewhere in the mountains.
It’s 56 degrees, the air is clean and
crisp, and the trout are shivering in
the stream. The people are dressed
in bulky sweaters, and their breath
forms little puffs of steam as they
speak. Somewhere up above, a bald
eagle soars through even colder
climes, and looks down on the
Christmas card scene below.
As long as I don’t open my eyes,
I'll never know that he's really a
buzzard watching me for signs of
heatstroke.
LETTERS to EDITOR
Dear Sir:
I would like to thank the Clifton
Baseball Association for the plaque
presented to me at the recent
covered dish supper.
Words cannot express my feel-
ings, how this community’s warmth
and friendliness is what small town
living is all about.
The local merchants that sponsor
our league, the newspaper and their
coverage of games and baseball
events are super.
Baseball plays a big part of
childhood, and we should do our
utmost to make their memories of
baseball pleasant. The more people
involved in the program, the better
our chances of bei ng a success.
Sincerely,
Diane Kettler
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