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2—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Spring!, Texot, Friday, Feb. 8, 1980.
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In our opinion
New energy ideas keep
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coming despite DOE
While the government’s super-
expensive Department of Energy
seems to be generate almost nothing in
the way of effective leadership in its
field, individual Americans are plugg-
ing right along with their own methods
of beating the fuel problems.
The Wall Street Journal reports
that the Mother Earth News, a
magazine published for ecology buffs,
has sold almost 3,(MX) sets of plans for
building small home gasohol stills.
Another Journal article throws
some significant light on what can be
done toward fuel conservation at com-
paratively modest cost in the construc-
tion of new homes.
The design discussed is called the
Illinois I,o~-Cal Home and was worked
out several years ago by architects and
engineers at the University of Illinois.
It contains no exotic hardware but
depends entirely on heavy insulation
and placement of windows and roof so
as to catch maximum sunlight in
winter and virtually none in summer.
Six of the houses built in Spr-
ingfield, Va„ required an average of
only 300 gallons of oil to heat their
1,500—square-foot interiors through
last winter. This is approximately
one—fifth the fuel used by conven-
tional homes in the same area.
An Illinois Do—Cal in East Pep-
pered, Mass., studied.....by Princeton
researchers, burned only $38.50 worth
of natural gas from January through
April.
One of the houses maintained a
temperature of 72 degrees inside on a
day when the outside reading was 23
and ,the heater thermostat was set at
58.
Admirers of the design say it shows
you don’t need a lot of high technology
to make use of solar heat in a home.
You do need to be building a new
house, though, since standard designs
do not leave room for all the insulation
required by the Illinois Lo— Cal.
The big question remains why all
the progress reports are coming from
ordinary people on the outside and lit-
tle except ideas for regulation,
obstruction and general confusion
from the government.
Scouting movement
continues success
As the Boy Scouts of America
observe their 70th anniversary, pre-
sent leaders of this great organization
can reflect on the contributions it has
made to this nation's youngsters. The
Boy Scouts have a splendid heritage, a
great today, and bright future.
Hopkins County has been fortunate
to have many adults to offer the type of
leadership that through the Boy Scout
program builds character, provides
exciting learning experiences, and
then enjoys the pride of watching their
proteges gain success in life.
Income averaging can cut tax in ‘good’ year
By Kay DH’rane
(I Oth in » Series)
Just as some years arc
extra good lor vintage wines,
solne years are much better
than others from an income
standpoint
If 1979 was a very good
year for you because of a sub
stantial salary increase, a big
bonus, a clean up in the stock
market or winning the top
prize in (he state lottery, you
could have a problem
Admittedly, it's a
"problem" that most people
would like to have, but it is
going to call for .a hefty tax
increase ’
There's a solution for you,
though, and it is called income
averaging When you use this
system, you include this
year's big income with the
total income you reported in
the four previous years Then
you average it out This has
the effect of nulling you down
into a much lower tax brack
For your copy, of the 1980
edition of Tut Your Own
Taxes and Save" by Ray
Det'rane. send a check or
money order for If 1.50 (plus 50
cents postage and handling) to
"Cut Your Own Taxes" c/O
this newspaper I’ O Box 489,
Radio City Station, New York,
New York 10019
To take advantage of
income averaging, you must
use Schedule (I You will also
need copies of your income
tax returns going back to
1975. because you will be
required to take figures from
those former year's returns
If you think you might be
using Schedule G this year
and you don't have copies of
those older returns, write now
to the IKS Service Center in
your region for copies Allow
a few weeks for a reply and
expect a modest charge for
the copies
This quick lest will tell you
if Schedule G will save you
money
1 Total your base period
income figures (lane 6 of
Schedule G) for the years,
1978. 1977, 1976 and 1975
2 Multiply the total by
30 percent
3 If your taxable income
figure for 1979 is at least
$3,000 higher than your
answer on lane 2, averaging
will be to your advantage
Schedule G is somewhat
complicated and calls for
many mathematical computa-
tions Have the four previous
years' returns in front of you
before you start Then check
and rechock all of your fig
tires before submitting your
return
Schedule G may take you an
hour or rfiore to complete But
if it saves you several hundred
dollars in tax (not an unlikely
prospect), you will be well
qiaid for vour time
(NEXT: Tax consequences of a
home sale)
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN I
Jack Anderson
commerce exec
sunk for rocking boat
Bv JACK ANDERW
WASHINGTON - Larry
Brady is a 40-year-old New
Hampshire man. .eOTt$rva
five by nature, who used to
run the Commerce Depart
ments export admimstra
Don office Then last spring
he made a career-shattering
mistake
He told Congress some
unpleasant truths about the
department's licensing pro
cedure for, U.S. firms doing
business with the Russians
U.S corporations Were ship
ping to Russia high-techno] ■
Ogv cifuTpTiTUnt that could be
converted to military use. he
warned'
For the dollars spent, the Boy Scout
program easily is one of the best
bargains around. The volunteer
leaders offer directions and instill a
respect of values needed to keep
Americans on the right course.
The Boy Scouts of America, in-
ported from England in 1910, was
founded on lofty, but attainable prin-
ciples.
It is the hope of most Americans
that the Boy Scouts as an organization
and as individuals have many more
happy birthdays.
By The Associated Press
Today is Friday, Feb. 8, the
39th day of 1980. There are 327
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history^
On Feb 8,1940, the Nazis shot
every 10th person in two Polish
villages near Warsaw — in
reprisal for the deaths of two
German soldiers.
On this date:
In 1587, Mary Queen of Scots
was beheaded after being
accused of plotting the murder
of England's Queen Elizabeth I.
In 1725, Peter the Great of
Russia died. He was succeeded
by his widow, Catherine.
In 1904, the Japanese
besieged Port Arthur in
Manchuria, starting the Russo-
Japanese War.
In 1974, Three Skylab
astronauts returned to earth
after setting a record of 84 days
spent in orbit.
Five years ago, after a six-
month transition period
following his resignation,
former President Richard
Nixon lost his military aides,
two employees and eleven cars.
tast year, Iranian troops
killed more than a dozen pro-
Khomeini demonstrators,
wounding dozens more as the
government crisis continued.
Today’s birthday: Actress
Dina Turner is 60.
Thought for today: When
men speak ill of thee, live so as
nobody may believe them. —
Plato (427-347 B.C.)
BARBS
Phil Pastoret
Why, when you’re ready
with all the answers, does
someone come up with a dif-
ferent question'’
They call it a diplomatic
breakthrough when the roof
falls in on the opposition.
1 I
When vou were 20, you
thought that anyone 40 was
incredibly ancient, after 40,
you're ariiazed at how percep-
tive you were at age 20.
We always win at medical
roulette: The doctor invari-
ably picks us as the next vic-
tim from the clutch of misery
in the waiting room.
What to do it fire strikes
By Harold Biumenfeld
a major
even to
-\
Home fires are
threat to our safety
our lives.
To help us prepare for these
emergencies, our fire depart-
ment in Hallandale, Fla , pro-
vides a brochure on how to
cope with fires in high-rise
apartment buildings'
This information is espe-
cially important to me
because I live on the 16th
floor But much of it also
applies to those living in
single-family houses
Modern high-rise buildings
are generally fire resistive
(but not "fireproof") and are
built with strong enclosed
stairways Fires are usually
confined to individual apart-
ments They rarely spread to
more than one floor.
Residents are urged to
remain calm in the event of
fire There is no reason to
panic if certain precautions
are taken.
Seek safety immediately
We are particularly warned
not to wait for elevators They
already may be out of service
Or the fire department may
be using them to get to the
fire area
GROWING OLDER
Harold Biumenfeld
So, you should learn the
locations of all stairways in
your building Since no two
tires are alike, it might be
necessary to change your exit
plans
Count in advance the num-
ber of steps between your
front door and the stairway.
You may not be able to see
exit signs during a fire due to
dense smoke or a cutoff of
electricity.
Remember, your fire
department'works for you 24
hours a day. Call immediately
upon discovering a fire so that
proper personnel And equip-
ment can be sent to help
Trovide the dispatcher with
accurate location informa-
tion. including street address
and apartment number.
And don’t assume that
someone has already called
the fire department You do it!
Before leaving vour apart-
ment, place the palm ot your
hand on the door.
If the door becomes warm
to the touch within five
seconds, do not open it. The
heat indicates a dangerous
fire condition in the corridor.
If the door isn’t warm, open
it slightly and carefully to
determine whether there is
smoke in the corridor. Place
your weight against the door
as you open it That permits
you to close the door quickly
if necessary.
If you think the corridor
can be used safely, alert other
occupants by pulling the near-
est fire-alarm box on your
floor Then proceed quickly to
the nearest stairway exit.
Be sure to close the apart-
ment door and the stairway
door as you leave
If your apartment door
feels warm or if there is
heavy smoke in the corridor.
"’Th'c"
other controlled countries
arc now capable of acquir-
ing some of the most sophis-
ticated Western technology
and diverting it to military
forces, he testified behind
closed doors
That was enough to upset
his bosses in the Commerce
Department But Brady
went on to describe the
department as basically a
lobbying; agency for Ameri-
can businessmen
' I think over the. past few
. years," he said. "We have
not been able to sav 'No' to
'an exporter 1 don't think
other agencies are able to
rely on Com'merce
.Department judgment with
regard to license applica-
tions There are very very
few cases that we propose a
denial
Thai did it The Com-
merce Department brass
labeled Brady's, testimony
"incorrect and irresponsi-
ble " He was summarily
demoted barred from high-
level meetings and denied
access to classified informa-
tion
According to a special
counsel's report, Brady was
slowly eased out of a poli-
cymaking role by being
excluded from meetings that
had a direct bearing on his
-Jus,
--ability •. to—tHscharg*
responsibilities."
Brady’s boss, Stanley
Marcuss. ordered secret
reports prepared that would
grease the skids for the trou-
blesome truth-teller's down-
slide One such report blast-
ed Brady as a man
committed to his own agen-
da not to positive manage-
ment. to public arguments
over the past not improve:
ments for the future: to
obstructionism, not the fur-
therance of the administra-
tion's export control
policies"
This hatchet job was writ-
ten by Vincent Rocque, a
Marcuss aide: who denied
the existence of his handi;
work When my reporter
Mark Zusman quoted it to
him. Rocque retreated to
"No comment"
It Brady was guilty of
obstructing the Carter
administration's export poli-
cies. it's too bad hi- wasnt
more successful He told the
truth behind closed doors to
a House committee, I made
his. warnings public last
July Now his testimony
stands as an indictment of
the administration
The Russians have turned
to military use the sophisti-
cated U S computers that
they promised would be eon-
finpri to peaceful projects,
just as Brady had warned
What was his reward for
being right0 He was pun-
ished as a disloyal public
servant and harassed by his.
superiors until he quit his
job at the Commerce
Department'in disgust last
month ■ -
There was no help from*
higher up. either Despite
Jimmy Carter's promise ro
protect whistle-blowers.
Brady was ridden out of the
government by those who
were embarrassed by the
accuracy of his warnings
SOVIET SWEETHEART *
When Congress passed a law
in 1978 limiting diplomatic
.immunity to only top-level
foreign personnel and their
families, the State Depart-
ment quietly arranged an
exception All employees of
the Soviet Embassy were •
upgraded to the special sta-
tus that makes them exempt
from prosecution or damage
suits while in the United
States.
A sweetheart deal in the
name of detente0 Not at all
The Russians were given
preferential treatment for
the protection of the many
Americans stationed in the
Soviet Union -- including the
non-diplomatic construction
workers engaged in renova-
tion of the U S embassy in
Moscow
WASHINGTON WHIRL
When Rep Richard Kelly
R-Fla.. insisted he hadn't
received a reply to a letter,
he'd sent to Rep Henry
Reuss. D-Wis. Reuss sum-
moned thecongressionallet- ,
ter carrier to the hearing- •
The mailman said he d
delivered the letter
Unabashed. Kelly retorted.
"1 wasn t contesting the
delivery of the-letter I was
only contesting the quality
of the response"
* Washington s revolving
door is * still well-oiled
Charles* Jennings, who used
to head the Agriculture
Department's office in
chqrge of policing the meat
industry's practices, once
cut off an' investigation of
the Iowa Beef F’rocessors
Co . the world s biggest meat
packer Jennlng^ just went
to work as head of public
relations for Iowa Beef
Processors
• To got support for a
House resolution honoring ,
the late Walt Disney. Rep
Jim Lloyd. D-Calif. handed,
out Mickey Mouse hats to hi-
colleagues He got 85 co-
sponsors in a matter of day s
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What recession?
By Don ((raft
Consumers can be the craziest people
And as a consequence, economics is still a long, long way
from being an exact science
Take, for example, the widely predicted recession with
which the nation was supposed "to sav farewell to 1979. It
didn't show
The reason it didn't, as one of the prominent predictors,
economist Andrew Brimmer, noted the other day, was that
American consumers refused to behave as economists thought
they rationally ought to behave. Instead of tightening belts as
the economy sagged, they went right on spending at a rate
sufficient to counteract the anticipated business downturn
But don't cheer yet. If a recession is bad news, the motiva-
tion for the contrary consumer behavior is worse: Inflation
People have been buying now in the expectation that they will
COMMENTARY
llrfl Don Graff
Berry's World
eep t
Use wet towels or blankets
to seal cracks around the door
and other places where smoke
is seeping into your apart-
ment. Turn off air-condition-
ing units that bring in fresh
air from a corridor or other
public space outside your
apartment
If smoke is coming into
your apartment and if you
have windows that can be
opened, open one of them a
couple of inches as close to
the ceiling as possible Lie
down on the floor where the
air usually is cooler and
fresher,
Some apartments have bal-
conies that offer access to an
outside stairway. That is a
good way to reach safety. But
be sure to close all doors and
windows when you leave.
Whether you live in an
apartment ’or a house,
predetermine a location out-
side the building where all
members of the family will
gather if evacuation is neces-
sary Many people have died
upon returning to blazing
buildings to rescue family
members who already left the
premises safely.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN )
have to pay more if they put it off until later
This may be the explanation for the latest monthly survey
of consumer attitudes taken for The Conference Board The
New York-based research organization found consumer confi-
dence “surprisingly strong" in December, virtually unchanged
from the month before.
But if the present shaped up as better than expected, the
Board's Consumer Confidence Index in this case, apprehen-
sion may be a more appropriate word than confidence — sug-
gested a somewhat less rosy cast to the future. Significant
numbers of consumers anticipated an eventual worsening of
business conditions and falloffs in incomes and employment.
And their future buying plans showed downturns according-
ly, with fewer home, auto and major appliance purchases
planned.
It could mean that the consumer is beginning to lose heart
in the effort to outrun or outmaneuver inflation: And that far
from having gone thataway, the recession is still right out
there, waiting for us. <
Down but far from out
© 1N0 0V NtA, Inc
"I call him Jimmy. His bark is worse that
bite.”
It is not standard practice for a nation to brag about its
deficits.
But usually low-posture Japan is doing something very
close to that with the figures on its 1979 trade with the rest of
the world
The balance showed Japan on the losing end by $7-5 billion,
an abrupt shift, official releases point out with an almost
unseemly eagerness, from the previous year’s surplus of $18 2
billion.
Japan still recorded a $6 billion surplus in bilateral trade
with the United States, but that was far short of the $10.1
billion Japanese edge in 1978.
The shift from surplus to deficit can in part be credited to
the sharply and steadily upward movement in the price of oil,"
of which Japan as an industrial superpower is dependent upon
imports for ifsentiresupply.
But imports'in-'general are up as compared to exports In
the case of trade with the United States, the former showed a
30 percent while the latter were up 6 percent.
The reasons for the Japanese making such a big thing of
their deficit status are by no means inscrutable.
Through most of thp'DOs they were running such regular
and massive surprises that relations with their major trading
partners - West Europeans as well as Americans - were
severely strained
The shift to deficit eases the pressure - and considering
that something like $30 billion in surpluses accumulated in the
three years prior to 1979 alone, should be affordable.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
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