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4—THt NEWS-TILECtAM, Sulphur Springs. Toxos. Thursdoy. July 3. IWO.
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Liberty a goal never
completely attained
It was 204 years ago that liberty was established with the adoption of the
first proclaimed “throughout all the Constitution and the election of the
land and unto all the inhabitant^
thereof.”
The proclaiming of a free and in-
dependent, United States was one
thing; the attaining of it quite another
matter.
Less than two months after the sign-
ing of the Declaration of Independence
in Philadelphia, the War of In-
dependence began in earnest.
The largest overseas invasion force
Great Britain had ever mounted struck
at George Washington’s army on Long
Island in the first large-scale, set-piece
confrontation of the war.
That battle and the subsequent
British invasion of Manhattan Island
were two American disasters. For
Washington and his perpetually under-
manned, undertrained, underequipped
and underfed army, there began five
long years of retreat and hit-and-run
strategy that ultimately.brought vic-
tory.
The last set-piece confrontation of
the war at Yorktown in October 1781
was a British disaster. Independence
was won.
It was to be another eight years,
however, before the form of the newly
independent United States was
first president and first Congress. Now
at last Americans could say the
Revolution was complete.
But it was just not political in-
dependence that had been proclaimed
erty. Ju
dependence from Britain was unfinish-
in 1776, it was liberty. Just as in-
ed business on July 4,1776, this matter
of liberty is unfinished business oh July
4,1980.
Life, liberty and pursuit of hap-
piness—these are heady ideas. Such
things are not guaranteed by the winn-
ing of a war or the writing of a constitu-
tion. They are not realized once and for
all time. Each generation has its own
definition of what they mean, and each
generation must do its own winning of
them anew.
That is why July 4th is so much
more than the official birthday of the
United States of America. The
Declaration of Independence is more
than just a national birth certificate. It
is a promise the original patriots made
to themselves and their posterity.
That promise comes up for
reassessment and renewal today, as it
has on every July 4th "for the past 204
years, and as it will on every July 4th
to come.
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
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Prediction of deadlock
seems premature now
Good old fourth has
full share of hazards
The at
period wf
for most
sorts of family gatherings, lots of out-
door recreational pursuits and the
traditional good feelings that ac-
company Independence Day.
For too many the occasion will pro-
ve to be one of high tragedy. The com-
bination of a long summer holiday in-
terval, hot weather and a highly
mobile population produces all sorts of
hazards.
The Texas Department of Public
Safety estimates that 47 persons will be
killed in highway accidents over the
state. The agency is planning a max-
imum patrol effort during the 72 hours
with special emphasis on speeding
violations and drinking drivers, the
two leading influences in fatal ac-
cidents.
Texas’ many lakes present another
Jack Anderson
common hazard this time of year as
people seeking refuge from the heat
lose their lives instead.
Careless use of fireworks can cause
serious injuries, with small children
posing especially severe risks.
People who feel they must play with
fireworks should observe an extra
degree of precaution against starting
fires this year. Vegetation is drying
rapidly under the extreme* heat, and
once a blaze gets started anywhere it
will be hard to stop.
As another possible source of
serious illness or even death there is
the heat itself to consider. Most people
aren’t conditioned to vigorous exertion
or prolonged exposure in this kind of
weather. . \
The best way to assure a happy
Fourth is to make certain that our am-
bitions don’t crowd our potential for
survival.
By WALTER R.MEARS
AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Those alarms former President
Gerald R. Ford is sounding
about the likelihood of a
deadlocked presidential
election are premature, despite
the vow of Rep. John B. An-
derson to wage his independent
candidacy to the end.
Ford warns that the An-
derson*fchallenge makes it
probable the three-way race for
the White House will ultimately
be settled in the House of
Representatives, two months
after the Nov. 4 election.
That certainly is possible, but
it hardly is probable, not at this
point.
Ford’s reasoning is that a
contest between President
Carter and Ronald Reagan
would be so close that, with
Anderson as the third man in,
neither major party candidate
will be able to gain the 270
electoral votes it takes to win.
Democratic National
Chairman John C. White draws
another conclusion from the
same set of facts, saying that
Anderson’s candidacy would
mean the election of Reagan
over Carter. ,
The assumption — which
Carter shares — is that An-
derson would likely siphon
away moderate and, liberal
votes that otherwise would be
cast for the Democratic ticket.
But a New York Times-CBS
News poll lends no support to
either case. That survey,
completed June 22, showed
Reagan preferred over Carter
by about the same margin,
whether Anderson is in or out.
In a two-man matchup, the
poll showed Reagan preferred
by 49 percent, Carter by 36
percent. Add Anderson and the
poll found Reagan support at 43
percent, Carter at 28, Anderson
at 17.
That’s about where Anderson
started in the polls when he
announced his independent
candidacy April 24.
The deadlocked election
theory envisions a close count
in electoral and presumably
On wage and price stability:
how committed is government?
© 1980 by NEA. Inc
”You don't know how lucky you are. Your life is
so STRUCTURED!"
THE WAGMAN FILE
Bob Wagman — ^
carrying enough states to
prevent a majority decision.
Anderson still is engaged in a
campaign that isn’t necessary
for the major party candidates.
They go on the ballot
automatically; he has to get his
name listed by petition, and in
four states so fgr — with more
likely — has gone to court to
demand the chance to run.
He says his campaign has
collected enough signatures to
qualify for the ballot in 14 states
so far. He says he'll have to be
on the ballot in at least 40 states
popular votes, with Anderson to have a chance in November.
Berry's World
Needed: Campaign director
By Robert J. Wag man
WASHINGTON (NEA) - A big question. around town is
whether Ronald Reagan has assembled a campaign team
capable of unseating an incumbent president. The accepted
answer is that he has not — and that some radical changes
must be made between now and Labor Day if he is to chal-
lenge Jimmy Carter successfully.
Most political professionals consider the Reagan campaign
something of a disaster. During the primary season, they say,
the candidate was poorly briefed on issuesj/his scheduling was
haphazard at best and strife was constant between his nation-
al and state campaign organizations. /
Things are not looking up for the fall. No clear strategy has
yet emerged for Reagan’s general-election campaign.
In fact, the top-level campaign staff is divided into two
sharply contending camps over exactly how the campaign
against Carter should be waged. This division has left workers
at lower levels unsure of who is running things and of what
direction their efforts should take. Abthe very time the cam-
paign should be gathering momentum; it is idling in neutral.
On one side in the struggle within the Reagan'campaign are
what might be called the “moderate pragmatists," led'by
campaign manager William Casey and pollster Richard
Wirthlin allied with Reagan's traditionalist economic advisers
such as former Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns. One
the other side are what might, be called the “dogmatic
conservatives," led by Sen. Paul Laxalt* R-Nev., and long-
time Reagan aide Lyn Nofziger allied with Rep. Jack Kemp,
R-N.Y., and other proponents of the new conservative
economics.
So far, the major confrontation between the camps was.
over the retention of Bill Brock as Republican national chair-
man. Though Brock is generally considered to have been a
good chairman, party conservatives have always thought-him
too liberal. Immediately after the California primary, the
Reagan camp decided that Brock would stay on through the
general election on the condition that he crack down hard on
his outspoken co-chairman, Mary Crisp. «
But just days later Laxalt and company, mounted another
major effort to unseat Brock. At the same time the campaign
was trying to recruit Brock’s lifelong friend William
Timmons, a former Nixon aide who is a highly regarded polit-
ical consultant, to run Reagan's convention effort.
Timmons reportedly said he would not even consider join-
ing the campaign if Brock were sacked. After a few days of
indecision, Reagan himself declared with finality that Brock
would remain chairman until November.
Now the contending forces are battling over Reagan’s run-
ning mate and over what position the campaign should take on
the key issue of a tax out. The moderates want Reagan to
choose Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., or former Ambassador
George Bush as his running mate and to endorse only as large
a tax reduction as federal budget cutting wpuld support. The
conservative wing is arguing for Sen. Richard Lugar as the
vice-presidential nominee and for a massive tax cut along the
lines off the Kemp-Roth proposal.
Some Reagan supporters say the former California gover-
nor showed he is in firm control of his campaign by personally
stepping in to end the Brock dispute. But political profession-
als here counter that the second attempt to unseat Brock after
the issue had seemed settled showed just the opposite — that
no one is really in charge of the Reagan campaign.
The crux of the problem is the lack of a single strategist
who has Reagan’s confidence and the proven ability to run a
successful national campaign. Reagan wanted to give that job
to Stuart Spencer, who headed Gerald Ford’s 1976 campaign,
but Spencer took one look at the warring factions within the
Reagan camp and said a quick no thanks.
Most observers here believe that unless an experienced
national political director emerges quickly, the Reagan effort
may begin to flounder just when the well-run Carter cam-
paign begins to gather momentum. If that happens, Reagan
might well squander the slight lead he now appears to hqld
over the president and g° down to defeat in November. R
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN l
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The Almanac
Today in History in 1890, Idaho became, the
By The Associated Press 43rd state.
Today is Thursday, July 3, the In 1950, American and North
185th day of 1980. There are 181 Korean troops clashed for- the
days left in the year. first time in the Korean war.
Today’s highlight in history; Ten years ago, a British jet,
in 1976, Israeli commandos crashed on its approach to the
swooped down on Entebbe airport in Barcelona, Spain,
airport in Uganda and rescued killing all 112 aboard.
102 hostages being held by Five years ago, Israeli am-
hijackers. bassador Simcha Dinitz and
On this date: Secretary of State Henry
In 1608, the French explorer, Kissinger held a secret meeting
Samuel de Champlain, laid the in the Virgin Islands to discuss
foundations of the Canadian a new Egypt-Israeli peace
city of Quebec. agreement.
In 1863, the Civil War battle of Thought for today: I may
Gettysburg ended, when a disapprove of what you say, but
charge led by Gen. George will defend to the death your
Pickett ended in heavy losses right to say it - Voltaire (1694-
for the Confederate army. 1778)
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WASHINGTON - If Jim-
/.my Carter and the Congress
’seriously believe that volun-
tary wage-price guidelines
are the way to lick inflation,
they have a strange way of
showing their faith. ’Hie
Council on Wage and Price
Stability was saddled with a
staggering increase in, its
workload, and then given
virtually no increase in staff
to handle the job. -
, The result is that busi-
nessmen probably won’t
take the council’s sugges-
tions seriously, knowing that
the hundreds of price
reports they submit cannot
possibly be analyzed proper-
ly by the oyerburdened'
COWPS staff
The council’s executive
director, R. Robert Russell,
warned in a private memo
to the president’s budget
chief, James McIntyre, that
the wage-price council's;
credibility - and thus its
effectiveness - would disin-
tegrate unless his staff was
increased substantially. The
memo was dated April 29.
but still nothing has been
done to give Russell the
staff he needs. --—
Russell's troubles began
in mid-March when Carter
revised his anti-inflation
program and called for the
submission to the council of
at least 1,800 new price
reports. These reports from
businessmen are the back-
bone of the anti-inflation
program, allowing the gov-
ernment to identify price
gougers and put pressure on
them to comply with the
guidelines.
Russell asked for 400
additional employees to han-
dle the new assignment.
White House budget mana-
gers refused his suggestion
that the necessary funds be
temporarily borrowed from
other government agencies
until Congress authorized a
larger staff After more
than six weeks, with his
dispirited staff snowed
under. Russell penned his
memo
“We cannot process these
(new) forms, let alone ana-
lyze them," he wrote to
Budget Director Mclntrye.
"Moreover, the business
community knows that we
do not have the staff to ana-
lyze these forms and they
are likely to treat these
reports less seriously for
that reason "
Russell emphasized his
concern this way: “I hesitate
to write this memorandum
because of the damage that
would be wrought by a leak,
but the dangers of continued
delay in COWPS (staff)
expansion now outweigh the
dangers of a leak. In fact,
the situation' has moved
from serious to desperate.”
Indeed, wrote Russell, "the
Council staff is demoral-
ized."
Inflation czar Alfred Kahn
scribbled an endorsement on
Russell’s memo to Mclntrye
“Jim, I agree totally. The
situation is critical.”
Footnote: One source
explained to my associate
Tony Capaccio that the pres-
ident and Congress have
failed to take the wage-price
council's plight seriously
because both labor and busi-
ness would like to keep
COWPS ineffectual. In an
election year, the council is
without allies in its lonely
battle against inflation.
THREAT TO PEACE:
Locked in secret State
Department files is evidence
that American Ambassador
Morton Abramowitz may
have helped to precipitate
the Vietnamese attack upon
Thailand. This has dan-
gerously kindled tensions in
Southeast Asia.
Abramowitz has turned
the U.S. Embassy in Bang-
kok into a strategy center
aimed at countering Soviet
influence in the region. As
President Carter’s man in
Thailand, Abramowitz has
sought to undermine the
Vietnamese-backed, Soviet-
biased Heng Samrin regime
across the border in Cambo-
dia.
He has encouraged the
Thais to support resistance
groups in Cambodia by giv-
ing them food, arms and
sanctuary. The Thais have
also allowed the Khmer
Rouge guerrillas to use the
sanctuaries as launch pads
for operations against the
Heng Samrin government
There is no real doubt that
these hostile activities pro-
voked the Vietnamese into
making retaliatory raids
into Thailand.
Abramowitz, of course,
took his signals from Presi-
dent Carter, who has formed
an unofficial, unspoken alli-
ance with the Chinese to
block further Soviet
encroachment in Southeast
Asia. Ironically, this puts
Jimmy Carter, the champi-
on of human rights, on the
side of the infamous Pol Pot,
the bloodiest tyrant since
the fall of Adolf Hitler '
WATCH ON WASTE:
Until recently, meat packers
had to certify that animals
for human consumption had
not been given DES (diethyl-
stilbestrol), a known carci-
nogen, and spent about
3750,000 a year filling out
the certificates. But govern-
ment investigators discov-
ered that Agriculturf
Department’ inspectors
didn’t even look at the certi-
ficates, and the requirement
was dropped.
Copyright. 1910
UfcitMl Feature Syndicate. Inc
Rex getting a rating
By George R. Plagenz
Since being referred to as “the Rex Reed of church critics”
recently on “Real People" on NBC-TV, I have been asked by
some readers to give them a sample of my weekly church
ratings. ~ >
■One recent Sunday I attended the Cathedral of Tomorrow in
Akron, Ohio, where evangelist Rex Humbard is pastor. Here-
with my review:
We heard more than just the gospel Good News at the
Cathedral of Tomorrow yesterday morning. We got the good
news that Rex Humbard is in excellent health.
He told us that the doctors at the famed Mayo Clinic, from
which he has recently returned, told him he is in good shape
and doesn’t look his age (he’ll be 61 in August). That is true.
They said he looks like a man of 40. That is not exactly true
(maybe early 50s) but he does appear fit. Even so, the Mayo
doctors have told Rex tt> get more exercise and lose 30
pounds
All of us in the congregation had to’stand the whole time
(seven minutes) as Rex told us about his physical exam and
how the doctors and nurses wanted his autograph. Humbard’s
followers applauded loudly before we were allowed to sit
down.
It is easy tp see ghy people flock to this church. (There were
2,500 in the congregation on this particular morning.) While
other churches are dying of dullness, there is not one dull
moment in this hour-and-a-quarter service.
Nevertheless, I gave the service only nine stars out of a
possible 12 (up to three stars are awarded in each of four
categories).
WORSHIP SERVICE (S stars) - Before the service, the
choir and 14-piece orchestra sit in darkness in opposite cor-
ners of the giant stage
Then when the service begins, they are flooded in light as
two small portable stages move them electronically forward
and we hear the rousing opening number, which is “Jesus
Christ is King.”
SAINTS AND SINNERS
George Plagenz
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Thrilling and effective.
Four TV
cameras record all this glitter and song. Part of
this service will be broadcast later over 600 TV stations.
After we sing a couple of songs, the big curtains part - and
there he is! From then on, it’s Rex’s show. , 7
MUSIC (3 stars) - The singing is superb. There are the 12
Humbard Family Singers. The featured attraction is the
much-traveled Cathedral Quartet. •:
The orchestra plays “Onward, Christian Soldiers” as the
collection is taken up — in buckets.
A very nice touch comes at the enil when the choir sings
“Hallelujah! Thine the Glory!" while the congregation files ::
out. This beats an organ postlude any day. .
SERMON (2 stars) — Humbard is not the skilled craftsman ■>
in the pulpit that Rev. Robert Schuller is - another leading %
light in the Electronic Church.
His sermon (16 minutes) is based on the story, in Mark, of
the demons Jesus cast out of a madman. The demons took i*
refuge in a herd of pip which went berserk, fell over a cliff [■
and drowned in the water below. ’ <
Humbard points out that the people in the town were more n
disturbed ovter the loss of the pip than they were impressed ^
by the healing miracle that had just occurred.
Often, he says, we spend our time complaining about unim-
portant disturbances in our lives, and completely lose sight o* •
the good we should be noticing right in front of us. / 7
He touches only briefly, however, on this point. Then he %
seems to lose sight of his text and talk about something else.
FRIENDLINESS (1 star) — This service is good theater. It 7'
’ . is true that when people leave a theater they do not usually :
get friendly with one another. In any case, there is not much ;
friendliness in evidence here. %
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