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-THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Monday, April 21,19M
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the Rus&Kieg, TV|0La^ evErY /eAnd we’ve
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In oor opinion
Time running out
to make decisions
As far as the political party
primaries are concerned in Texas,
time is running out for eligible voters
to make up their minds. If they chose
to cast absentee balots, they must act
quickly as Tuesday is the deadline.
Those planning trips to the polls on
Saturday nave a few extra days to mull
over the names of the candidates
before marking their ballots in person.
With only a handful of local races,
Hopkins County voters should have lit-
tle trouble reaching decisions on these
contests before Saturday; that is, if
they have not already made up their
minds.
Some of the state races—particular-
ly the judgeships where some of the
candidates are relatively
unknown—offer more challenges. It is
suggested that voters take a “cram”
course so that they may make in-
telligent decisions when they vote on
Saturday.
By reading local and regional
newspapers, citizens have the op-
portunity to learn about the candidates
in the state races. Hopefully, the in1'
formation will be sufficient to permit
voters to make sound decisions.
While local observers are predic-
ting a light turnout for the primaries in
Hopkins County Saturday, it is hoped
their forcasts prove inaccurate. It
would be much better if all of the eligi-
ble citizens vote their choices and pick
the best men and women available
seeking the nominations.
ARE U£)1NG
NERVE GAfe AND
GERM WARFARE!
Principle of l
PECENCY AND G
MORAl! Ty.1^ 1
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*OCKV Min NEvljj NtA
IT S AN OLD GAME
With some brand-new names
Zip code errors.are
governmental affair
A line of mail received regularly by
this newspaper carries a U.S. Postal
Service stamp urging us to get our cor-
respondents to use the proper zip code
number.
Under more ordinary cir-
cumstances we would be happy to com-
ply with such a request, but we con-
sider that this particular case
represents an inter-governmental mat-
ter.
The envelopes say that the mailer
who can’t get the zip codes right is so-
meone in the White House.
The government should have a form
to cover this type of thing without hav-
ing to refer the job to a neutral third
party.
Yellow brick road
worth developing
Highway officials are keeping their
fingers crossed and hoping for good
results'in the new experimental road-
way being tried made out of Sulphex, a
plasticized sulphur. Asphalt costs have
increased so drastically in recent
years that other materials must be
considered as all alternatives are
researched and developed.
There appears to be a relative abun-
dance of sulphur available for the new
experimentations and it is well that
Sulphex be tested under road condi-
tions.
Jack Anderson
Not only are asphalt prices
escalating, there is a difficulty in ob-
taining firm commitments for orders,
posing a severe problem for contrac-
tors. Thus, the push to come up with
viable alternatives to asphalt is grow-
ing more important daily.
Since sulphur is yellow, the Sulphex
mix used in the new experimental road
had caused observers to label it the
“yellow brick road.” Texans could
receive a windfall profit if it becomes
cheaper to build highways with a
substituteior asphalt.
By MICHAEL GRANT
Copley News Service
Carlos turned the key in
the lock and stepped back,
letting Holly enter first. She
brushed against him and her
scent (Revlon's Cheryl) sent
a tingle down his spine
Her Contessa (from
Charles Jourdan) heels
clicked on the. tiled entry-
way. She paused at the steps
to the sunken living room
"What a gorgeous apart-
ment,” she breathed.
. "It’s a condo, actually,”
replied Carlos, who was al-
ready slipping a Streisand
cassette into the stereo.
“There. Isn’t that nicer than
that disco racket?”
“God, yes. Such a meat
market. Why does anyone
go there”'
“I don't know I only go to
do research for my book.”
“My roommate made me
go," said HoUy, tossing her ^
blonde, streaked mane,
whose Clairesse highlights
shone even in the lamplight
“Now I’m glad I did.”
Holly ran her fingers
through his chest hair and.
hooking his Bjorn necklaces
with long, slender, Raquel
Red nails, pulled his face
down to hers. They kissed,
and the meUow warmth of
Brut’s Broadway Joe flood-
ed her nostrils. Her lips
were full and sweetened by
Secret Pentagon report pushes
for U.S. withdrawal from Europe
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - The
popular wisdom in Washing-
ton is that the United States
must depend on its allies in
Western Europe to help
achieve American goals --
whether it involves a boy-
cott of the Moscow Olym-
pics or sanctions against
Iran.
For this reason, the Pen-
tagon has kept tight security
wraps on a potentially
explosive strategy report
that advocates an almost
total U.S. withdrawal from
Europe as a move that
offers “the best prospects
for the future."
What lends the report
weight is its authorship by
two of the Defense Depart-
ment’s best and brightest --
Adm. Henry Train, head of
the U.S. Atlantic Command,
and former Deputy Defense
Secretary Robert Ellsworth.
Train’s duties include com-
mand of NATO’s Southern
European naval strike and
support forces.
The secret, 35-page report
spells out the authors' rec-
ommendation that the Unit-
ed States drastically
decrease its NATO commit-
ments in the interests of
national security. In a
nutshell. Train and Ells-
worth suggest that our Euro-
pean allies simply cannot be
depended upon.
The report is not regarded
as a crackpot commentary
by any means. Pentagon
sources told my associate
Dale Van Atta that the
report offers “very viable"
alternatives to present U.S.
policy. How many top
Defense Department stra-
tegists share the authors’
views is not known
Train and Ellsworth
acknowledge that Western
Europe has top priority in
U.S. defense thinking, over
Asia and the Middle East.
But they note the difficulties
involved in this long-accept-
ed priority.
-- There has been, they
report, a steady "decomposi-
tion, erosion and destabiliza-
tion of political will in
Europe and of the European
defense posture."
-- There will be "continu-
ing congressional and public
desire to cut U.S. military
presence abroad. ”
-- There exists ‘‘an
unhealthy (if unavoidable)
dependency by Europe on
the U.S. for Europe's mili-
tary security ... (which)
tends to further erode Euro-
pean will."
The authors of the secret
report are convinced that
the last-named difficulty is
the most serious. They note
“growing European frustra-
tion with having to pay, eco-
nomically and politically for
a security guarantee from
the United States.”
Train and Ellsworth then
argue that “a reallocation of
resources and restructured
defense of NATO Europe
offers the best prospects for
the future.”
America’s long-term
strategy, they suggest,
should aim for “an autono-
mous European defense and
deterrent capability.”
In other words, our best
bet would be to force West-
ern Europe to fend for itself,
instead of depending on
Uncle Sam’s protective
umbrella.
In terms that might irri-
tate our European allies, the
Pentagon report observes
that the recommended U.S
pullout "recognizes that the
Europeans today are basi-
cally irresponsible and
impotent in foreign policy
and security terms, (and)
that their impotence is due
in no small measure to their
dependency on the U.S. for
their military security "
The authors recommend
that the United States with-
draw all but a "small U.S
force" from Europe, making
up for this pullout by a
promise of quick military
backup in the event of a
Soviet attack. This would
free the limited American
military strength for use
elsewhere in the world,
encourage a credible Euro-
pean rtuclear deterrent -
and, of course, be popular
with budget-cutters at home
The possibility that the
Russians would "react
aggressively” if the United
States pulled out, or that the
Western European nations
might “run to Moscow,”
were discounted by Train
and Ellsworth as unlikely.
RED TAPE RIGIDITY
While thousands of militant
Iranians are allowed to stay
in the United States because
of their status as students, a
24-year-old Japanese wom-
an is being denied her dream
of attending college here
because of inflexible govern-
ment red tape.
Yuko Hori saved up mon-
ey from her secretarial job
in Tokyo enroll in an
American university.
Accepted by Ells.worth Com-
munity College in Iowa, she
changed her mind about
going to that school and
chose Lake Region College
at Devil's Lake, N.D,
instead
An inexperienced official
at the 500-student Lake
Region College told her that
her acceptance by the first
school would allow Yuko to
complete her studies at
Lake Region on a student’s
status She was advised to
come to the United States on
a 90-day tourist visa, enroll
at Lake Region and then
straighten things out
But though she was doing
well at the North Dakota
school, and was popular in
the small community, her
U.S. college career has been
blown away by immigration
bureaucrats who ordered
her to leave the country
when her tourist visa
expired. Friends put her in
touch with an attorney
versed in immigration law,
but he holds out scant hope
of winning an appeal from
the immigration ruling
Footnote: Lake Region
College refunded Yuko’s
|600 tuition and the money
she had spent for room and
board,
WATCH ON WASTE: One
of the things that infuriates
someone who challenges a
member of Congress is the
cut-rate TV and radio studio
available to an incumbent -
with a taxpayer subsidy. A
20-minute videotape sets the
congressman back $35,
while a five-minute radio
spot is $1.50. Congress
appropriated about $550,000
for the studio’s services this
year.
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UaMcd FeMan Sjmdicat*. Ik
Cover Girl’s Soraya at
Dawn, Maybelline’s Liza
lashes fluttered against his
cheek. Reaching up to
scratch, his fingers brushed
against her hoop-and-
clapper (by Jackie O for
Van Cleef and Arpels) ear-
rings, and they jingled like
tiny sleigh bells,
“Like some wine?” he
asked at last, and smoothed
his moustache.
“Love it.”
She followed him to the
kitchen and took a stool'at
the bar. One strap of her
Margaret Trudeau cerise
chiffon for Disco Fever
Slipped off one creamy
shoulder. He wiggled out of
his brushed-denim jacket
from the Johnny Carson col-
lection and tossed it on an-
other stool.1
Carlos selected a cool,
green bottle from the fridge
and set it on the bar with a
corkscrew. A black comma
of hair had fallen across his
brow. Holly giggled.
"What’s so funny? he
smiled, working at the cork.
“Anybody ever tell you
you look like Burt
Reynolds?” Her wide, blue
eyes danced mischievously.
"A few times.” He cocked
a Robert Redford glance at
her and poured. "I hope you
like Always Elvis.”
"It’s my favorite,” she
said. “How did you know?”
“I prefer the Neil Dia-
mond myself,” he said. “It’s
a little drier, with the same
bouquet. But the women all
tell me they like the Elvis
better. And you certainly
are all woman.”
He appraised her in the
tawny light and decided
with an appreciative glance
that she looked, smelled and
tasted exactly like Cheryl
Tiegs.
She caught the gleam in
his eye. “What are you
thinking about?" she said,
peeking at him over her
glass.
“How quickly the evening
will pass,” he said, lighting
two filter-tipped Bogies with
a practiced flick of his gold,
denim-inlaid Dustin lighter
by Ralph Lauren for Dun-
hill.
He handed her one, and
she puffed at it. Her Bo
eyeshadow caught the glow,
tranforming her lids into the
last blue smudges of a sum-
mer dusk.
“Let’s move to the couch
and get comfortable,” Car-
los said. Holly smiled and he
took her hand. They stood at
the couch, rocking gently
back and forth to the
Streisand. He kissed her
once more, and it took her
breath away.
“Where did you learn to
kiss like that?” she mur-
mured.
“The ‘Donny Osmond
School of Making Out,’” he
whispered, holding her
close.
"You must have been an
honor graduate,” she
sighed, and sat on Paul
Newman, whose likeness
was incorporated into the
denim weave of the couch.
She crossed her legs, and
her hem rode up above her
knee, showing the clingy fit
of Juliet Prowse pantyhose
to full advantage.
“You have magnificent
legs,” said Carlos admiring-
ly.
‘‘Thanks to ’Lynda
Carter's Wonder Body
Salons,’” she smiled, and he
squeezed her knee as he sat
beside her. She nestled
against him, her cheek Im-
parting a claret smear of
Simply Suzanne to the shoul-
der of his White Nights shirt
by John Travolta for Oleg
Cassini. ;
The evening proved true
to Carlos’ prediction, pass-
ing too swiftly. They talked
and danced and later Carlos
made Larry s Hagman’s
Moussaka Souffle and
opened another bottle of
wine. Holly was content at
last to snuggle beneath his
Shelley bedspread and lay
her weary head on his Jack-
lyn pillowslips, though as
she closed her eyes, the
queer feeling remained that
they were not alone.
Berry's World
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IN WASHINGTON
Robert Watters
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VA: in for big trouble?
By Robert Walters
WASHINGTON iNEA> —An boWwL reiameiy oterare
and fiercely independent government agency carcughHui zii
past half-century, the Veterans Aitointstraaiau tern faces
uprecedented pressures that demand'the public s
At a time when the VA’s own statistics Mww tac pubhf a
already dissatisfied with its performance the agency
soon confront a human tidal wave of older veterans reyamag
pensions, medical care and a host of other federal seaefcts
The pressure of preparing for a vastly expanded casefead
which it is ill-equipped to handle already has predated straws
Within the coalition that'has effectively insulated the agency
from outside criticism ever since it was established m
The three principal components of that cmhum save beer
the VA itself, the committees of the House and Senate with
jurisdiction over the agency and the fong-estabiisfied veteran;
organizations such as the American Legion. V etcram «f For-
eign Wars and Disabled American Veterans
The congressional committees, for.example tradKa'waijy
have served as little more than cheerleaders for expanded
veterans' benefits and increased VA apprepnsalMts
But in recent years, the Senate Veterans Affairs C^rsr-f-
tee, under the chairmanship of Sen Alan Craastan. DCabt
has insisted upon conducting a critical examination of maer-
essary, deficient and extravagant programs
At the same time, increasingly vocal veterans of the Viet-
nam era have begun to criticize the programs prwrrties and
goals of the VFW, DAV and other old-liase ocgaaEzatsaras
claiming they ignore a, younger generator with Afferent
needs.
Providing pensions, disability payments buna: benefits
vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance setae pur-
chase loan guarantees, life insurance. ■ hospttakzauoa bat-
patient medical care, prosthetic devices - and cowtlrw other
government benefits has become a massive federal operation
The VA’s 172 hospitals. 229 outpatient clams and Vt mrsag
homes qualify it as the largest operator of a nsedtcai care
delivery system in the Western world
The agency's payroll of more than 229.009 pecgie makes *
the second largest employer, within the federa. gcvernraec.
ranking behind only-the Defense Department, ttde-ike YA’s
annual budget now exceeds J21 billion
Despite the commitment of all that money and manpower
when the VA last year commissioned Louis Barra and Associ-
ates to conduct a national survey of public attitudes the agen-
cy received “decidedly negative marks among those asuec
how well it was serving veterans’ needs
“The VA’s less than positive job rating, said the report as
the survey, “suggests much room' fcr improvement
But at the same time the VA is being pressed :o upgrade .ts
performance to meet current needs, it also must prepare to
handle the old-age needs of the nation's World War fl veter-
ans.
American Demographics magazine recently noted mat tie
number of veterans over the age of 65 now amben 2.7 mil-
lion but will soar to 7.2 million by 199*1
“World War II veterans represent the largest group of ~t-
ing veterans — 12 8 million, fully 42 percent of the 34 rr___,oc
total veteran population. Their average age a already si dot
magazine added “Close behind are 3 8 million Korean eocfact
veterans, whose average age now is 49
Another perspective on those numbers Within 1® years
more than half of all American men over the age of 4v will be
veterans, eligible for free hospital and nursing home care
from the VA regardless of their ability to pay
Similar pressure for vastly increased federal assistance
will be placed on the VA pension program required by Saw to
provide government retirement payments to all veterans over
65 or their survivors.
In an era of soaring inflation and tight federa. budgets Use
government may well lack the resources to meet Ukase
demands— but neither the public nor its poiitica. leaders has
begun to seriously consider the problem
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASH*
PSYCHOLOGY
TODAY
Easy auto break-ins
By the Editors
of Psychology Today
Experimenters posing as
thieves recently tried 214
times to break into cars
parked on busy public streets
in New York City.
What did passers-by do’
Pass by They did the same
thing in other cities.
Two sociologists from
Fordham University. Harold
Takooshian and Herzel
Bodinger, conducted their
field research in five»New
York City neighborhoods Peo-
ple questioned the' mock
thieves less than 3 percent of
the time.
Attempts to intervene did
not increase even when the
subject was a shabbily
dressed 14-year-old or a scruf-
fy man trying to reach a
woman’s purse, or when the
“thieves" tried to break into
two adjacent cars simulta-
neously.
What might passers-by
have done? In Chicago, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., observ-
ers questioned 20 percent of
the mock thieves with such
phrases as “Does that car
belong to you?” or 'Is that
your camera?”
The safest place of all
seemed to be Phoenix, Ariz.,
where 25 percent of the
suspects were questioned.
The comparisons with New
York City are weak, since
only about 10 attempts each
were made in the other cities.
For the record, however, no
one at all intervened in Balti-
more; Buffalo, N.Y.; Toledo,
Ohio, Miami and Ottawa
To allay the mock thieves'
fears that they might be
arrested the researchers pro-
vided each with the registra-
tion of the car they were to
try to enter The precaution
proved unnecessary
At one point a passer-by
tapped the suspects arm.
said. "Hev baby this a my
schtick. opened the car r
and then asked for a up la a
few cases, police officers
assuming the thieves had
locked themselves out helped
them break mta the can with-
out asking for idestiftcatma
• • •
The odds of being a subject
of study in a research project
are going up
Paul Mucteicsky an indus-
trial psychologist at Iowa
State University, recently
analyzed studies of tanas
subjects that had bees pub-
lished in the Journal of
Applied Psychology at five-
year intervals over the past
20 years
.Among other things he
found that the average auoual
number of people included m
studies had nearly septupled
between 1957 and 1971. from
353 to 2.224
- That growth, faster than the
growth of the US pepafahoa
is one more consequence of
computers
Thirty years ago. psycholo-
gists analyzed their data
mainly with desk top adding
machines. Now those who caa
afford time an lugh speed
computers find they am typi-
cally do calculations ■ 29 sec-
onds that once would have
taken 11 mouths — and caw
include many more mpwwr
(c) 19M Psychology Today
(NEWSPAPER EVTOmaSE AS0)
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