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In our opinion
County facing big
problem on building
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - House
Speaker Tip O’Neill was a
high-priority target of the
”BI’s ABSCAM investiga-
Itis far too early to settle on a final
answer to the problem left by the fire
that ravaged the county’s tax office
building, but one sound opinion on the
question already has been voiced by
County Judge Joe Pogue.
The damaged structure should be
written off as a complete loss and
something more sound and satisfac-
tory built in its place. i
The building was old and in poor
condition when the county took it over
for regular use some years ago. Ef-
forts to modernize it have not been
particularly successful and the fire
served as a sort of coup de grace for it.'
What the Commissioners Court
must determine now is how far to go in
building new facilities and how best to
integrate them with those now
available.
This will not be a simple process.
Combining a new jail with the office
space lost alone would represent a
fairly large investment. Pressure
among county officials to get space in a
new building is likely to be strong.
Unless lines are held extremely firm,
the project could develop into a second
courthouse very easily.
, A first magnitude building program
undoubtedly would encounter strong
opposition from many taxpayers, who
are already uneasy over the state-
mandated change to property
assessments based on full market
value.
tion, according to sources
close to the bribery caper
In fact, the Massachusetts
Democrat was such a tempt-
ing possibility that the Jus-
tice Department earmarked
an unprecedented $75,000 in
bribe money for him
No actual offer was made
to O’Neill by the FBI’s
phony, favor-seeking
^Arabs," insiders told my
associate Gary Cohn, for the
simple reason that they
were unable to lure the
Speaker into the scain But
there’s considerable evi-
dence that they were dead-
serious about nailing O'Neill
- who has had strong differ-
ences with the Carter
administration, and whose
son is a vocal supporter of’
for
We hope the court will be able to
come up with something that will
improve the country’s poor boy type
working environment and still can be
sold to the taxpayers. We wouldn’t bet
too much on this possibility, though.
Chamber chairman calls
for regeneration
The new chairman of the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce has outlined a
national program of “Let’s Rebuild,
America. C. William Verity Jr.,
whose civilian job is that of chairman
of Armco, Inc., says that the citizens of
the United States must take a stand
that places the preservation of
freedom as its top priority.
Verity is a realist in that he believes
the leaders in business at all local
levels must become active in the
support in 1980 to record positive steps
forward.
For his plan to meet with success,
he says the federal government must
cut spending and provide incentives to
save and invest, boost America’s
ability to compete in world markets,
and, importantly, rekindle the people’s
political process to get his program
rolling. He wants a restoration of a
strong military capacity, a renewed
economic growth and an expanded role
for America in world trade.
How can the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce stimulate the plan?
“The real bottom line is politics,”
Verity said. “That’s where everything
happens.”
Verity is planning to carry his
message for rebuilding America to the
roots areas, hopii
grass
areas, hoping to gain
confidence in their institutions.
Verity does not believe that
business people should become in-
volved in military policy, but he
contends that their views should be
channeled in a manner that causes
America to become fully capable of
defending itself quickly.
Verity’s goals for the United States,
as well as the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce, deserve the attention of
business leaders as well as those just
plain average citizens. America needs
to regenerate. The time is ripe to get
strong programs moving before a
costly decline in prestige and military
strength saps America.
Sen. Ted Kennedy for presi-
dent.
O’Neill’s emergence as a
target raises new and dis-
turbing questions about the
ABSCAM operation. Justice
Department officials have
insisted that no members of
Congress were pretargeted,
or entrapped, but rather that
the congressmen themselves
made the overtures, usually
after being contacted by one
of the middlemen used by
the FBI.
While it’s true that
O’Neill’s name was first
mentioned by one of the go-
betweens, it is now clear
that the middleman did it
only to impress his wealthy
“Arab” benefactors with his
own importance. The
middleman, a New Jersey
building contractor named
Joseph R. Silvestri, actually
didnrt know O’Neill at all.
But it's also true that the
undercover agents pursued
the O’Neill possibility With
uncommon enthusiasm.
IT'S POSSIBLE!
Robert Schuller
Today, the crow would have
difficulty With homogenized
milk the rule, he would have
trouble finding cream Yet in
most matters, the expression.
"Cream rises to the top” is
still valid.
Set an example
By Robert Schuller
When I was a boy, one of
our neigbors kept a pet crow
The bird’s tongue had been
clipped so he could talk, and
he had several phrases in his
vocabulary, but the crow was
also smart in other ways
One of his tricks was to fol-
low the milkman around and
help himself to the products
the man delivered to the front
doorsteps The crow particu-
larly lilted cream. He would
lift the caps off the bottles of
milk and drink the rich but-
terfat at the top.
Take personal character,
for example When it comes to
honesty, gratitude, discipline,
kindness and courage, those
who have been schooled in
such things invariably stand
out. They are singular bea-
cons on a dark horizon
God’s children, in particu-
lar. should be models of high
character If you make a
promise to someone, be as
good as your word
No problem' for Ozzie Myers
WASHINGTON (NEA) - The Democratic voters in Pennsyl-
vania’s 1st Congressional District may never again match
their 1976 performance - that’s when they nominated a dead
man to represent them in Congress — but they came close this
year.
They've just decided to return to the House of Representa-
tives a man whose only distinction during a decade of service
in state and federal legislatures is his reputation for getting
into trouble with the law.
He’s Michael 0. “Ozzie" Myers, whose legislative record in
his first four years in Washington is as devoid of accomplish-
ment as was his undistinguished performance during six earli-
er years as a member,of Pennsylvania’s House of Representa-
tives.
IN WASHINGTON
Robert Walters
In an era of supposedly sanitized elections aggressively pro-
moted by "good government" organization, Myers’ recent suc-
cess is a reminder that old-fashioned scoundrels ai
uoned scoundrels and big-city
political machines still wield considerable influence in some
of the nation’s major urban areas.
Myers' congressional district, which encompasses the sou th-
ru half of this city, is bisected by the Schuylkill River. On the
rest bank is the University of Pennsylvania campus and the
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west bank is the Oniversity of Pennsylvania campus and the
heavily black wards of West Philadelphia. Although blacks
comprise about 45 percent of the district’s potential voters,
their rate of electoral participation is far lower.
The political heart of the district lies east of the river, in
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to three years in prison after being convicted on federal mail-
fraud charges stemming from an insurance-fraud scheme.
Pennsylvania's House is hardly a bastion of integrity, but its
members knew they couldn't justify a convicted felon in their
midst, so they voted 176-1 to expel him from the legislature.
The lone dissenter: Ozzie Myers.
Because South Philadelphia is overwhelmingly Democratic,
the real political battles are fought in the spring primary
rather than the autumn general election.
When Rep. William A. Barrett, D-Pa., who represented the
area in Congress for more than a quarter century, died only 15
days before the 1976 primary, there wasn’t enough time to put
a new name on the ballot. So, the ward leaders turned out
what one local politician described as a massive “nostalgia
vote” for Barrett, renominated him posthumously to retain
control of the seat, then began searching for a successor.
That’s how Ozzie Myers became a congressman.
Little was heard from him during his first term, but Myers
made a big splash early last year when he and his friends went
to a rooftop bar in a Washington suburb to celebrate being
sworn in for a second term.
A rowdy party (the congressman danced in a gorilla
costume) was followed by a brawl in which Myers allegedly
punched and kicked a female cashier and a male security
guard. Originally charged with two counts of assault and
battery, he later was allowed to plead “no contest” to one
count of disorderly conduct.
Myers disappeared from public view after that melee, but
resurfaced recently as one of eight congressmen allegedly
being investigated in the Abscam scandal. * *
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Although no charges have yet been filed against any o
legislators, Myers is reported to have accepted $50,000 from
FBI agents posing as Arab sheiks anxious to buy influence on
BI agents i
apitol Hill.
Myers’ presumed liabilities produced a crowded field of no
fewer than 18 opponents in the recent Democratic primary.
Although he received less than 27 percent of the highly frag-
mented vote, be won the race.
Stallone’s fictitious boxing champion:
Back in 1975, when Myers represented South Philadelphia
in the state legislature, a Pittsburgh Democrat was sentenced
I vote, be won the race.
What about Myers’ future, especially in the Abscam probe?
“It don’t worry me,” says the 57-year-old former longshore-
man. “I don’t see no problems.”
Tip O'Neill was a fish
ABSCAM failed to catch
in North Carolina
Instead, they pressured
Silvestri again and again to
set up a meeting with Speak-
er O’Neill
Footnote Silvestri refused
to comment
They repeatedly pressed
Silvestri to make good on his
boast that he could produce
O’Neill. They dangled the
promise of a $50,000 payoff.
Silvestri, trying to stall
the agents until he could find
someone to introduce him to
the Speaker, suggested that
$50,000 wasn’t big enough
bait for such a big fish. They
told him they’d consider a
bigger offer, and four or five
days later -- apparently
after checking with Jqstice
Department brass in Wash-
ington -- they authorized a
payment to the Speaker of
$75,000.
One of the big mysteries
of the ABSCAM operation is
the zeal - or lack of it -- that
was shown in following up
leads that pointed to various
government offfei^ls. Same
leaders were pursued; some
were not.
That’s what happened in
the O'Neill case. Silvestri,
trying to appease the FBI
agents for his failure to pro-
duce O’Neill, offered to
introduce them to other offi-
cials -- including North
Carolina Lt. Gov James
Green. The ABSCAM agents
said they weren’t interested
in Green, who happens to be
a prominent member of the
Carter re-election campaign
/DOWN WITH PROFITS:
President Carter has direct-
ed his anti-inflation pro-
gram against the wage earn- k
ers, small businessmen and
small fanners By pressing
the Federal Reserve Board
to boost interest rates and
tighten the money supply, he
has stimulated over-the-
moon prices and profits
The corporate giants are
raking in profits up to 200
percent at the same time
that Carter has brought
pressure on unions to hold
salary increases to 7
percent. Now that a reces-
sion is slowing the economy
the companies will close
plants and lay off workers
before they will cut prices
and give up their record
profits.
The most recklessly
greedy are the oil compa-
nies. which have created
phony gas shortages so they
can squeeze motorists for
higher prices From secret
corporate papers. I have
established that oil supplies
were more than adequate
when motorists were lining
up at the gas pumps last
year
The oil companies claim
they need higher profits to
pay for oil exploration. The
cost of exploration, howev-
er is deducted from the
profits. So w,hen Exxon
admitted it piled up $2 bil-
lion in profits during the
first quarter of 1980, this
was $2 billion that was not
spent to find new energy
sources
Last' year, oil earnings
soared out of orbit. Yet
already this year, Exxon’s
profits have catapulted
another 102 percent. Stand-
ard Oil of Ohio has increased
profits an astounding 170
percent. This makes Texaco,
at a mere 97.6 percent, look
like a piker
are "your colleagues?”
“The president,” con-
fessed Duncan a bit sheep-
ishly. V
THE HORSE’S MOUTH:
Tempers were rising at a
recent appearance of Ener-
gy Secretary Charles Dun-
can before a House energy
subcommittee to explain
why certain documents on
the proposed oil import fee
were being Withheld.
Chairman Toby Moffett,
D-Conn. angrily accused
Duncan of using executive
privilege Duncan tried to
sidestep the accusation.
Moffett then proposed a
SNOW JOB: Residents of
Aspen, Colo., the ski resort
that’s almost as famous for
its cocaine-type “snow” as
for Mother Nature’s variety,
were outraged to learn that
census takers were being
trained by a man who had
worked informally for the
Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration.
compromise. . .
“I’ll have to talk it over
with my colleagues." said
Duncan Just who. a sub-
committee member asked,
A spokesman for Pitkin
County snorted indignantly,
“We were shocked and upset
when we learned of the
connection. We saw it as an
invasion of privacy.” Not to
worry') The DEA nark, a
ham radio operator named
Richard Thomas, no longer
works for the Census
Bureau.
Copyright. 1980.
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Been counting sheep?
For millions of us. sleep is a real problem
About 8 5 million Americans take doctor-prescribed sleep-
ing pills At least $25 million a year is spent on over-the-
counter sleep aides Americans go to sleep clinics, use hypno-
sis or self-hypnosis, yoga or similar forms of meditation or a
system called "Biofeedback," which helps people partly con-
trol some functions
All this and more is done in a desperate pursuit of sleep
Experts categorize sleeplessness in at least six different
forms
— Fear of not being able to sleep rather than inability to
sleep.
— Use of insomnia as a way to avoid more threatening
problems
— Failure to get eight hours of sleep when that isn't really
needed
— Insomnia in which persons think they haven't slept but
actually have
— Insomnia resulting from an upsetting or exciting event
— Pathological insomnia which is really a sign of emotional
illness.
A new pamphlet, by the Food and Drug Administration's
Judith Willis, says that if your sleep problem doesn't fall into
one of these areas, you should look to environment and habits.
For example:
— Irregular times of going to bed and getting up.
— You may be a "lark" or an "owl.” Larks are at their best
going to bed early and waking early, while owls go to bed and
get up at later hours
THEU.S.ANDYOU
William Steif
Berry's World
— People need less sleep as they grow older, especially
after age 55.
— Women can be roused from sleep more easily and start
needing less sleep than men at an earlier age. Women also are
affected by hormonal factors, such as pregnancy or pre-men-
strual tension
— Diet and exercise influence insomniacs. You can do
something about them.
The FDA has looked at the sleep problem numerous times,
primarily to make sure sleeping pills are safe. FDA experts in
1975 warned against a group of pills and last summer recalled
sleep aids containing methapyrilene, an antihistamine held to
be a possible cancer causer
The National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine
recently ran a study on prescription sleep aids known as
sedative-hypnotic drugs.” Its conclusion: Such drugs should
be confined to short-term doses because they lose their effec-
tiveness after three to 14 days of continuous use. Other
experts have found that barbiturates and chemicals known as
benzodiazepines (Dalmane is in that class) interfere with vari-
ous stages of sleep.
What can you do? _ ...... )
One answer, curiously, is an old folk remedy: a glass of
warm milk. A study has shown the amino acids in the milk
have a sedative effect.
Another experiment showed that when persons were
deprived of two amino acids in high-protein foods, there was a
dropoff in one stage of sleep.
So, says Judith Willis, “a good rule of thumb might
have a high-protein dinner and a glass of milk 1
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high-protein dinner and a glass of milk before-
bedtime.”
Avoid beverages that act as stimulants: coffee, tea, colas.
Nicotine is a stimulant, too, and ex-smokers tend to sleep
better. Alcohol doesn't always work because it can be a stimu-
lant as well as a sedative.
Regular daytime exercise is good. But nighttime exercise,
especially if you’re not used to it, can cause insomnia. So can
pre-bedtime mental stimulation.
Judith Willis’ pamphlet, “Insomnia,” is free. Just write for
it to the Consumer Information Center, “
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Colo. 81009. It’s short, easy to read and may help you if you’ve
been counting sheep lately.
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Phil Pastoret
A cynic is a person who
says that the pot at the end of
the rainbow is the one on the
fat gnome guarding the trea-
“I’ve got an idea, Norman. Let's go out of con-
trol-like- THE ECONOMY!"
Dsu’t worry about not being
able to take H with you — at
the going rate no one op there
is going to want it
are
Best show at the drive-in is
in the car next to yours. -
Fairy tales for grownups:
newsletters” from denizens
at Capitol Hill.
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bd) have never tried to start
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