Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 169, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1980 Page: 4 of 18
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4—THI NEWS-TELEGRAM MpMr Springs. Two*, Thursday. My 17.19M.
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Water system needs
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iise of 3 million gallons-plus
represented an apparent practical
ceiling for the City of Sulphur Springs,
ft If memory is correct, this level was
first attained during one of the searing
summers of the 1950’s and remained as
a consumption peak for some years
thereafter.
ft Things are different now.
ft The demand for water soared above
5 million gallons on all except four of
the first 13 days of this month and
approached this figure on each of the
^exceptions. Biggest single days’s draw
was 5,860,000 gallons on J uly 1.
*: The strong upward trend in water
use reflects the general growth pattern
prevailing in this area. The city con-
tains more people and more industry.
More rural residents are using Sulphur
rings water. Cooper was added to
Sulphur Springs system last year
ir that city’s own supply became
after
exhausted.
Fortunately a great deal has been
done to enlarge and improve our water
distribution system through the years,
but problems arising during the
current high use period emphasize the
necessity of continuing to upgrade the
facilities with a high priority tag at-
tached to the program.
City officials already are con-
sidering the things most needed to
eliminate the bottlenecks that are
being revealed during the extended
period of high volume use..
This program should receive top
attention au the way along. Demand
for water is certain to continue rising,
and everything possible should be done
to make certain that this water can be
delivered when it is needed.
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Under the conditions that prevail
any less positive approach would be
folly.
Degree of hotness
is minor point
:: Hardly anyone will stand up to claim
that Hopkins County is enjoying resort-
type weather at this point. The fact is it
isn’t.
But Sulphur Sprins does have a slight
distinction in this hotness evaluation.
There have been only seven days in
which the thermometer has officially
registered 100 degrees or more in
Sulphur Springs. The measurement is
made at the municipal water treat-
ment plant, where rainfall also is
recorded.
The official records reflect that the
temperature reached or exceeded the
QUOTi/UNQUOTE
What people are saying..
"I know its risky, but
you're not courageous if you
don’t take risks in life I
want a record that can’t be
broken Maybe if I win it four
times, that'll give me some
insurance Plus, $20 million
ain’t too bad"
— Muhammad All. former
world heavyweight champion
boxer, on his decision to chal-
lenge Larry Holmes and hope
folly reclaim the title for the
fourth time.
"I don't go for people who
poo-poo the pageant ...
They’re willing to go on even
when their feet hurt so much
they want to cry."
— Sid Smith, director of the
Miss Universe Pageant,
describing the hard-working
attitude of the beauty contes-
tants, (CBS-TV)
“Being caught by surprise
They expectwl a girl. They
An ex-girlfriend of Reagan's
remembers the way they were
100-degree level two days in June (25
and 26) and five days so far in July.
These days were July 2,9,10,11 and 12.
Unofficially, other thermometers at
different locations in Sulphur Springs
have consistently recorded higher
temperatures. This is not unusual.
There are hardly any nice things that
can be said about the extreme heat in
this area,but it could be worse. Dallas
has recorded 100 degrees or above for
28 days - 23 of them consecutively.
The degree of hotness is a minor
point, but it is desirable to live in an
area on the downside of 100 degrees
most of the time.
never mentioned anything
about a boy until after he was
born ’’
— An aide to Kentucky
Governor John Y. Brown, on
why it took almost a week for
Brown and wife Phyllis
George to think of a name for
their newborn baby. They
named the boy Lincoln
George Brown.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN )
By JACK ANDERSON
DETROIT — Ronald
Reagan s old associates -
including a one-time girl-
friend - have described
what he is really like, and
their recollections lend valu-
able insight into the charac-
ter of the former actor who
may be our next president
In his Hollywood days,
Reagan never became a
superstar And though his
movie assignments were
usually a cut above "Bed-
time for Bonzo." when he
played second banana to a
chimpanzee, there is a
strong possibility that his
mildly successful profes-
sional career played a part
in his political development
Most associates agree that
Reagan has developed intft
an amiable leader, whose
instincts are decent and
whose conduct is gracious
He delegates authority and
relies heavily upon his aides
and advisers He seldom dis-
plays anger except when he
thinks an aide has let him
down Then he flings his
glasses across the table in a
quick burst of temper.
The staunch opponent of
the Equal Rights Amend-
ment believes women should
be "seen and supportive of
their husbands," according
to a former girlfriend who
saw Reagan socially in the
years between his divorce
from Jane Wyman and his
marriage to Nancy Davis.
An evening with Reagan
was an exercise in patience,
said the former girlfriend
“You have to be prepared to
listen to him talk for hours,"
she explained. “He is a clas-
sic narcissist He likes to be
surrounded by beautiful
intelligent women They just
better not try to upstage
him."
Other Hollywood sources
confirmed this, noting that
Reagan couldn’t stand the
idea that Wyman's stature
as an actress eclipsed his
movie career Nancy Davis,
on the other hand, was never
a professional threat to
Reagan, and appears to rel-
ish her role as the suppor-
tive wife who never steals
the spotlight
Reagan's long career in
Grade B movies, with their
simple-minded approach to
life’s problems, may have
shaped his politics of
nostalgia," the yearning for
a return to the good old
days. Former California
Gov Edmund "Pat" Brown,
who was upset by Reagan in
1966. likens him to Walter
Mitty. “Reagan lives in a
dream world." Brown told
my reporter Carol O'Connor
“He sees solutions to our
world problems in simple
terms ”
Once a New Deal Demo-
crat, Reagan became presi-
dent of the Screen Actors
Guild just as the Great Hol-
lywood Red Scare was being
produced and directed by
headline-hungry congress-
men. Reagan was a valued
Cut ups on the Potomac
The question is no longer if there is to be a tax cut. but
when
Also, how large and to what eventual effect
For all except those few who may have discontinued the
paper and turned off the television for the summer, that has to
be old news
Talk of a cut has been around for some time, antedating by
quite a bit the current slide into recession The subject was
raised months back along with warnings of the coming steep
increase in Social Security rates, a compensatory tax break
being a quick way to ease the pain of larger paycheck deduc-
tions And more on that later
m COMMENTARY
Don Graff
But it has now become much more than talk It is an issue in
the campaign
Republican nominee-presumptive Ronald Reagan's call for
a 10 percent cut across the board brought an immediate Dem-
ocratic response, first from congressional leaders on their
panicky own and then from a reluctant administration
The latter is about to unveil for the third time this year yet
another budget for the next fiscal year. It is widely advertised
that it will provide for tax reductions totalling some $25 bil-
lion — with a consequent projected deficit in the $30-$40 bil-
lion range
That compares with an inflation-fighting $16 billion surplus
on the previous try. And with the one before that, way back
last January, that worked out to a mere $16 billion deficit and
was scrapped as dangerously inflationary
Does this mean inflation is no longer a problem?
Come now Have you checked your income and outgo late-
ly? But the effect of a recession on voters (it tends to turn
them surly) is a much greater problem from your average
politician’s point of view.
So much for if. Now we come to the matter of when.
The administration is pressing — holding back is probably
the better way of putting it — for after the first of the year,
arguing in principle that a tax bill should not be slapped
together in the heat of the campaign and on practical grounds
that there isn’t enough time to get one through the legislative
mill before Nov. 4 anyway
But rest assured, there are those who will try. Including a
considerable number of vulnerable Democratic incumbents in
Congress
As for how much, the Reagan proposal is guesstimated to
come in at a good $10 billion more than what the Carter folks
have in mind.
Meanwhile, individuals on Capitol Hill are tossing proposals
of their own into the debate One would be based on those
higher Social Security rates, splitting a 10 percent tax credit
on payments between employees and employers. An argument
in its favor is that by reducing the tax load on business, it
theoretically would have an anti-inflationary effect
Another approach finding considerable favor would reduce
the number and widen the income range within tax percent-
age categories, providing relief from "bracket creep — the
particular curse of middle-income groups who find that higher
wages, by pushing them into ever higher tax brackets, can be
less than no help in keeping up with inflation
There are also varying opinions as to how the benefits of tax
reduction should be split between individual taxpayers and
business - the business view, naturally, being that emphasis
on the latter would be most effective in shortening the reces-
sion.
Of course, it might do much more than that Under the
pressures of the election, it could easily be too big, too much
stimulus for consumer demand The result would be to give
the economy another powerful inflationary push that would
leave everyone in the post-election long run worse off than
ever
Ideally, a tax cut should be structured to brake the reces-
sion and at the same time slow inflation. It is not inconceiv-
able that such a measure could be devised, although history is
not encouraging on that point.
But that's an operation calling for exceedingly fine surgery
on both national finances and their complex impact on the
larger economy
What
at we're much more likely to get under the prevailing
election-year panic on the Potomac is butchery
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN I
front man for the frightened
movie moguls
’Although his movie career
never took off - the public
being largely indifferent to
an actor s political persua-
sion - Reagan's super-patri-
otism won him lucrative
employment in the less
demanding medium of tele-
vision His simplistic con-
servatism delighted a spon-
sor such as General Elec-
tric. which tends to view
government regulation of
Big Business as a Kremlin
plot
A HOSTAGE LETTER’’
The Iranians may now be
using the hostages in Tehran
as part of a clumsy attempt
to capitalize on the Ameri-
can election campaign. Two
letters purporting to be
from US. hostages have
recently been sent to the
press in this country. One
went to the Pittsburgh
Press; the other came to me
There are similarities in
both letters, and the theme
of both is the same: The for-
mer shah of Iran should be
returned for trial
The letter sent to me was
supposedly written by
Charles Jones Jr., a Foreign
Service officer, yet it is
replete with grammatical
errors and peculiar literary-
forms that would be
uncharacteristic of a well-
educated American - or at
least dne writing without
coaching or duress
Some examples: The num-
ber “7” and the "Z". in the
block-printed letter are
crossed with horizontal lines
not consistent with Ameri-
can-taught penmanship. The
writer identifies himself as
"a U.S. Department of State
Foreign Service Reserve
Officer" - hardly a descrip-
tion that would be used
routinely by one American
writing to another Simple
words and phrases are
misspelled - like “love
ones" and "respectively”
(instead of respectfully).
Also, the underlining of
words, supposedly for
emphasis, betrays an unfam-
iliarity with idiomatic
English.
I have concluded that the
letter is either a complete
forgery, or was written and-
or signed by Jones under
extreme stress, though it
contains accurate back-
ground information on
Jones Experts at the State
Department agreed with my
conclusion
UNDER THE DOME:
Referring to his colleagues'
clamor for a balanced budg-
et - without cutting their
own pet projects - Sen. Wal-
ter Huddleston, D-Ky.,
observed "Everybody wants
to go to Heaven, but nobody
wants to die.” ... When Sen-
ate Majority Leader Robert
Byrd impatiently ordered
staff aides to clear the floor
near the podium recently, it
turned out that one “staffer"
was Sen. Mike Gravel, D-
Alaska. One wag speculated
that Gravel had been away
from the Senate campaign-
ing for so long that Byrd had
forgotten what he looked
like At a recent Senate
Banking Committee hearing,
there were only four sena-
tors present - attended by
21 high-paid aides doing lit-
tle or nothing ... Pressed into
service to make a quorum at
a routine subcommittee
hearing, the venerable Sen.
Jacob Javits, R-N.Y.,
observed drily: “This is the
first time in my Senate
career that my body was
more appreciated than my
mind.”
Copyright 1910
I mied Feature Syndicate Inc
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Ford responds to aid call
By WALTER R. MEARS
AP Special Correspondent
DETROIT (AP) - Four
years ago, Gerald R. Ford
needed Ronald Reagan. Now
it’s the other way around.
As the 1980 Republican
presidential nominee, Reagan
needs convention and cam-
paign help from the former
president he challenged un-
successfully in 1976. And Ford
is promising to go all-out for the
election of his former rival.
There are Ford associates
who still bristle at what they
contend was a half-hearted
Reagan effort to help elect the
president in the last campaign.
Reagan always claimed he
did his best for Ford, although
his campaign schedule was a
limited one.
But if Ford resented it,
there’s no evidence now, as he
tries to unify Republicans
behind his one-time challenger,
and promises intensive cam-
paign efforts of his own.
"This Republican is going to
do everything in his power to
elect our nominee to the
presidency of the United
States,” he said Monday night,
to the cheers of the Republican
National Convention. "We’ve
got a lot of work to do, and you
are looking at one volunteer
who will try harder, work
longer, and speak with more
conviction to get this country a
competent president again...
“So, when you field the team
for Governor Reagan, count me
in,” Ford said.
The former president made a
point of saying that he’s not
ready to become an elder
statesman and sit on the
sidelines. At 67 — Monday was
his birthday — he’s two years
younger than Reagan.
He got an elder statesman’s
affectionate ovation. After a
half-dozen convention speeches
that left the delegates con-
versing in disinterest, Ford’s
appearance got their attention.
Many are the same delegates
who almost denied him
nomination in favor of Reagan
last time, but that’s forgotten
now. Ford flirted with 1980
candidacy, decided against it,
and obviously is through
running for office. He’s no
threat to any politician’s job or
ambitions.
But he is a key figure in
Reagan’s quest for Republican
unity, and he can be a highly
visible and valuable cam-
paigner in the fall.
He’s basically a con-
servative, but his credentials
and his appeal reach to the
moderate middle of the
Republican Party. That makes
him all the more important to
Reagan today, as the former
California governor tries to
broaden his own appeal so as to
align moderate and even
liberal Republicans behind the
ticket.
After his nomination four
years ago, Ford sought out
Reagan for a reconciliation.
Now the gestures are coming
from Reagan. One of his first
stops in Detroit on Monday was
at Ford’s hotel suite, to pay
birthday respects. They’re to
meet again today, this time for
the serious business of
discussing Reagan’s vice
presidential selection.
Ford said access to the
president and his high com-
mand is the key to influence for
an unofficial adviser. And he’s
obviously been promised that
he will have that.
Whatever Ford’s future rote
as a counselor, it is clear that
Reagan and his managers are
anxious to make sure that his
current rule is as a cam-
paigner, for Republican unity
and then for the Republican
ticket.
The Almanac
Berry's World
"Gosh, man! You've got a lot ot guts wearing
SOCKS to a party in the summertime."
Today in History
By The Associated Press
Today is Thursday, July 17,
the 199th day of 1980. There are
167 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On July 17, 1936, the Spanish
Civil War began as General
Francisco Franco led the army
in revolt against Spain’s
government.
On this date:
In 1762, Czar Peter III of
Russia was assassinated and
succeeded by Catherine II.
In 1898, in the Spanish-
American War, Spanish forces
surrendered to American
forces.
In 1945, the leaders of the
World War II Allies -
President Harry Truman,
British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and Soviet Leader
Josef Stalin — opened the
Potsdam Conference to
determine how to occupy
Germany.
In 1978, the leaders of seven
industrial nations, meeting in
Bonn, West Germany, agreed to
cut off air traffic to any nation
that fails to extradite airline
hijackers and return planes
promptly.
Ten years ago, authorities in
Argentina found the body of
former President Pedro
Aramburo, who had been
kidnapped by guerrillas.
Five years ago, American
astronauts and Soviet
cosmonauts in their Apollo and
Soyuz spacecraft linked 19 and
joined hands.
Last year, Nicaraguan
President Anastasio Somoxa,
toppled by the Sandinista
guerrilla rebellion, flew his
private jet to exile In Florida.
Today’s Birthday: Actor
James Cagney is 81 years old.
Thought For Today: Nothing
can be honorable where justice
is absent - Cicero (106-43
B.C.).
BARBS
Phil Pastoret
Be the first oh the job in the
morning, and you’ll become
the permanent coffee maker
for the whole crew.
If yoa’re never asked to
shat ip, It’s qaite likely yaa’ve
been talking to yoaraelf far
some time.
Withdrawal symptoms are
what bank officers experience
when you try to get your
hands on your hoardings
quickly.
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