Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 93, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1980 Page: 4 of 26
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4i-THI NEWS-TELEGtAM Sulphur Springs. tesosySHHf. Aprf 1l. W*
forum
In our opinion
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Festival highlights
deserve big audience
The 1900 Hopkins County Dairy
Festival will reach a concluding
|limax Saturday with two major
events.
: They are the annual Dairy Parade
in the afternoon and the Coronation
pageant that night.
!. The festival is being presented a
month earlier than customary this
year in an experimental effort at
avoiding the pressures that come with
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the end of a school year.
A good many people have put a
great deal of work into the tribute to
the county’s huge daiiry industry.
Every' indication points toward
another high class display of communi-
ty talent and beauty.
Let s all plan on giving the festival a
hand by participating in it as sup-
porting spectators. Past experience in-
dicates that we will be glad we did
Alaska gives money
back to taxpayers
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l Alaska’s oil bonanza finally is pay-
frig off in a big way.
; Money is accumulating so rapidly
in the treasury of the nation’s far nor-
thern outpost that the politicians can’t
Spend it.
: Apparently in sheer desperation,
Che state of Alaska is now
Redistributing money back to its tax-
payers.
That is a situation that never would
have been allowed to develop in such
advanced centers of political
sophistication as Washington, or even
down in Austin.
In the rest of the country, the late
Harry Hopkins’ famed declaration that
“we will tax and tax, mend and spend,
elect and elect” still remains the
guiding light.
Khomeini and co.
i
Credit him at least with consistency
In declining to nudge the Tehran hostage crisis toward a
ah Khomeini was true tb the refusal to deal
resolution, Ayatollah 1
directly with the situation that has been his form throughout
the six months'sinee seizure of the American embassy
The only thing reallv surprising in the latest dashing of
hopes is that anyone of consequence in Washington actually
thought there might be a possibility of cbming to reasonable
terms with the Iranians You don't negotiate with chaos, and
that is still the best description for the Iranian revolution with
its powerless president venomously divid d Revolutionary
Council and irresolute iman who has proven imself infinitely
better at the seizure of power than its exercise
COMMENTARY
Don Graff
So now it is. back to more nerve-straining, watching and:
waiting, at very'likely some political cost to, Jimmy Carter
despite the all-new get-tough policy on Iran You can only go
so many times to the well without bringing back water before
washing out your own credibility
But likely also at some cost to Iran and Khomeini. Iranians,
to be sure; have responded with heightened revolutionary
fervor, as they have each previous time the malevolent United
States and satanic Carter have been rebuffed The did David
and Goliath bit
The highs, however, must be getting progressively lower as
the same confrontation script is repeatedly replayed Instead
of producing the shah or anything else of substance, they are
pre-empting attention and sapping energy urgently needed
elsewhere, for the resc.ue of a disintegrating economy and the
construction of a political, system operating on some basis
other than whim . „
Khomeini has been remarkably successful to date in letting
others take the falls for his repeated failures to provide post-
revolutionary Iran with much more than rhetoric But there is
a question as to how long it can continue
i
The continuing support for Khomeini within Iran a. howev-
er, much less surprising than continuing efforts by some quar-
ters outside Iran to explain him lh rational, even sympathetic
terms.
Such'.as the recent first-person report of an American min-
ister who came away, from an audience with the news that
Khomeini is not the 'lunatic' envisaged by most Americans
How could he teir Well, in response to the oft-asked question
as to how the holding of hostages could be reconciled with
♦ Islamic injunctions to protect the foreigner Khomeini
responded with a ' hard' question of his own How could West-
ern followers of a Christ concerned for the' downtrodden
remain silent as on the plight of the contemporary world i
oppressed0
Well, there are various definitions of lunatic ace of wtuerf
is "given to extravagant folly.” which might fit But that
aside, Khomeini’s question neither answered the original
query nor was it “hard” It primarily,demonstrated iss inabili-
ty or unwillingness to comprehend the world outside his own
very narrow focus j
There are, of course, multitudes in the West practicing
Christians and otherwise, who care deeply about ate world's
disadvantaged and persecuted and attempt to do something
for them, individually and through numerous organizations
As-, examples of the’ latter, - name- Amnesty"fmernaTiortaT'
Oxfam, Freedom House, the International Rescue Committee
and you've only started
Their area of concern is broad enough to include Indochi-
na's refugee masses, harassed Soviet dissidents -South Africa s
repressed black majority, the victims of authoritarian Latin
American regimes, nacial minorities in the United States still
striving for full economic and political equality and even, ore-"
Khomeini, many Iranians who suffered for their opposition ta
the shah.
. Their concern often leaos to conflict with government poti-
"- cy. This is a plurality of principle and purpose that may not
always be easily accommodated but is comprehended in West-
ern democracies
Not, however, in Khomeini's Iran His comprehension- a
that of many in history before him who similarly ciannejt a
monopoly on truth. That there is no other reality and no other
right than, his own And as a result, their rule becomes not a-A
revelation of truth but a despotism of lies
Now that, unfortunately, is consistency
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The Almanac
Controversial movie
poses big question
•• Saudi Arabia is reacting violently to
0 movie depicting graphically the grim
customs that exist in that isolated, oil-
Rich bastion of Moslem conservatism.
; It is the story of a Saudi princess
#ho was executed along with her lover
1977 on charges of adultery.
‘Death of a Princess” brought a
Saudi protest when it was first
on television in Britain. The
Iritish government officially apologiz-
ed for the affront and claimed it had no
Control over TV material.
: The film was broadcast in the
Netherlands Wednesday and is
scheduled for use on the PBS network
in the United States May 12.
• Meanwhile Saudi Arabia's
/emment-controlled news media is
will prove a touchy problem for the
showing date
United States when
approaches.
like the Saudis, we have our own
laws, traditions and customs. One is
constitutionally guaranteed freedom of
speech. Another is a historic aversion
to having other countries tell us what
we can or can’t do.
The U.S. government cannot legally
prohibit the showing of “Death of a
Princess” and probably will not at-
tempt to do so.
There is a fair question, though, of
whether our insisting on the privilege
of seeing this bit of sensational drama
By Th« Associated Press
Today is Friday, April 18, the
109th day of I960. There are 257
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history .
On April 18, 1775, American
Patriot Paul Revere made his
famous midnight ride to warn
the Massachusetts countryside
that the British were on their
way from Boston.
On this date:
In 1906, San Francisco was
hit by an earthquake, which set
off fires that destroyed half the
city.
WEIL,THE CAMPAIGN 1$ GETTING UGLV,,
&USH AND CARTER HEADQUARTERS
ATTACKED... AND NOW HERE'S A
REPORT OF A LAUNDRY RREAK-IN...
SHAPES OF
WATERGATE/
—
WHAT DOES A LAUNDR.V
BREAK-IN have TO
DO WITH THf;
Campaign^
1945, famed war
government
demanding economic reprisals against
countries in which the picture is broad-
cast. They denounce it as an attack on
Saudi Arabia and the Islamic world.
‘ If the furore continues, the issue
correspondent Ernie Pyle was
tilled in fighting on a Pacific
Island off Okinawa.
In 1955, Albert Einstein —
who wrote the theory of
relativity — died at the age of
76.
In 1977, Alex Haley won the
Pulitzer Prize for his best seller
tracing his roots back seven
generations to an African
village.
Ten years ago, President
Richard Nixon greeted the
Apollo 13 astronauts in Hawaii
REMEMBER WHEN JOHN ANDERSON
SAID HE'D RUN AG CONG AG HIS
CLEAN CLOTHES HELD OUT ?
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THE BURGIERG WERE NOT APPREHENDED
But the theorv is that tv*£y
WERE AFTER ANDERGONS SOCKS
£tta
is worth alienating a proud and sen- _
sitive nation that is highly important aTt«'their"^wing7 aborted
as an ally in the explosive Middle East attempt to make the third moon
and as the prime source of our foreign landing
oil.
Our own spot reaction tends to be in
the negative.
HULME fo(?r wottm N,6.A 0b
Five years ago, the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
approved $200 million to aid the
Vietnamese.
Eyes should last a lifetime
Jack Anderson
more than
help
Carter s crackdown on Iran
likely will avoid conflict
Eyes, perhaps
any other body organ, help
people enjoy active, independ-
ent, productive lives as they
grow older.
Eyes cannot be worn out by
ill
By JACK ANDERSON
. WASHINGTON - Despite
dirk hints of military
reprisals President Carter s
cfackdown on Iran won t
Igad to armed conflict if he
adheres to his past pattern
•This is the assessment of
military advisers who have
dealt with the White House
throughout the Iranian
chsis The introspective,
iijdecisive Carter has held
from military mea-
every turn in the
BfSScjr. Rep**atedh be
has approached a military
confrontation bat has
always backed away at the
list minute Here is the con
ffiMitation record
When the shah began to
lepe his grip on Iran, the
Jfint Chiefs urged Carter to
send a nuclear task force
into the Persian Gulf as a
sliow of support They
adgued that the U S had to
ddmonstrate its willingness
tef defend its oil sources The
pCesidem agreed to dispatch
a naval force, led by the car-
rier Constellation, from the
(Tnlippines to the Persian
Gulf Then he decided the
move was too provocative
and canceled the order
? After the Iranian null
lilts overran the US.
Ehibassy and seized the
American hostages. Carter
broadcast reassurances that
thy U S would not be pro-
voked into a military
response Not until his advis-
ers pleaded that it would he
better to keep the Iranians
guessing, did be speak of
pdhriMe military reprisals
,»nd rush naval reinforce
ments into the area But he
iontinued to make so many
conflicting statements that
even his own Joint Chiefs
were unsure of his policy
* The president gave
♦dvisers the impression Iasi
December that be was ready
to order a precision strike
against the Iranian island of
Kharg This is Iran’s great
oil port in the Persian Gulf
The strangling of Iranian oil
exports, the analysts ealeu
la ted. would hurt Iran more
than the West They estimat-
ed that Ayatollah Kbometm
had to ship between 2 S mil-
lion and 3 5 million barrels
of crude a day to avert an
economic collapse But
Carter couldn't bring him-
self to sign the order
* The president has
moved 3d warships and
1J00 Marines into the eras
zone The original intention
was also to deploy at least
one earner task force right
in the Persian Gulf The
move was scheduled last
December, but he decided at
the last minute to keep the
ships at a safer, leas provoc-
ative distance
Defense Secretary Harold
Drown, meanwhile, pressed
for a larger military buildup
in the troubled area In a
secret memo to the prat
aeni mown rrporiCa oy
Marine Corps
units normally
afloat in the Mediterranean
and the western Pacific, we
could rapidly assemble and
deploy a small Marine
Amphibious Brigade This
would provide some limited
near term presence and
combat capability ashore
Deployments above ulnsi
level could be sustained for
only a lew weeks without
causing severe personnel
rotation and equipment
maintenance problems
Carter has hesitated to
make this extra commit
ment
i~ * Brown has asked the
president for enough logist i
cal support according ni *
secret estimate to mamiain
"approximately 10.000
Marines for approximately
IS days” But Carter has
held up his approval
* He is considering a
naval blockade as his next
move to tighten the screws
on Iran Intelligence reports
warn that the Soviet Union
has offered to help break the
blockade if it is imposed
The president's inclination,
military advisers say. is to
back away from a military
confrontation with the Sovi-
ets. But lately Carter has
been under interne political
presence to end the Iranian
stalemate The same advis-
ers who have privately
deplored his hesitancy / tn
take firm measnra against
Iran » the past, are now
concerned that he aught go
too fpr and do something
party
on their respective
nominations by Jimmy
Carter and Ronald Reagan.
Jimmy the Greek has been
reduced to working out the
odds on a vice presidential
choice And since Carter is
unlikely to dump his vice
president, that means the
Re
use If kept healthy, they will
last a lifetime.
Eyes do change continuous-
ly, however. Certain vision
conditions may develop due to
the natural aging process.
Nearly all Americans over
65 have vision problems need-
ing professional care, says the
American Optometric Associ-
ation
Presbyopia — a form of
farsightedness — is a com-
mon vision condition that
than to -maintain otter ryag
of youthful performance Bsc
GROWING OLDER
Harold Blumenfefcl
develops with age. After 50,
vision may become blurry and
difficult at the usual reading
distance due to the gradual
work, regular bifocals for
near and distant viewing, or
and normal decrease in the
eyes' focusing ability.
The eye doctor can deal
with presbyopia in several
ways, including prescribing
reading glasses for close
Republican running mate.
No one is an odds-on
lavorite as Reagan s choice,
but Sens Howard Baker of
Tennessee and Richard
Schweiker of Pennsylvania
have an edge over the field
with odds of 5 to 2 George
Bush and Delaware Rep
tom Evans come in next in
Jimmy's book at 4 to 1, with
Sens John Danforth of Miss-
ouri and Paul Laxalt of
Nevada coming in at 10 to 1
If you insist on short odds
Jimmy says it's 4 to 5 that
Berry s World
Reagan will choose one
the above.
Moving along into
longsbot territory. Jimm
quotes 15-to-l odds on Jacl
Kemp, Bill Brock and Rich
l
OD HI
ard Lugar. 20-to-l on Bob
Dole and Jesse Helms and
30-to-l on Phil Crane, Wil-
liam Simon and John
Connally. People who bet on
the color of a candidate's
necktie might want John
Anderson, at 500-to-l.
precipitous Amateurs in the
world power
ne. like
Carter, sometimes tend u>
overreact the professionals
say
THE ODDS COUPLE:
Paces with apparent locks
Jimmy won't put a price
on former President Jerry
Ford, though he figures it
would be a dream ticket. His
feeling that Betty Ford and
Nancy Reagan don’t get
along makes a Reagan-Ford
ticket too chancey to call.
Is
i
QUWbirN>«,m
"I'm an Anderson man myself — LONI
Anderson.
graduated “invisible” bifo-
cals. He or she may think tri-
focals — with corrections for
near, intermediate and far
distances - are best for your
eyes.
Certain serious eye condi-
tions, such as glaucoma and
cataracts, may develop as you
grow older Early detection is
crucial for successful treat-
ment.
Periodic optometric exami-
nations are important to
guard against these condi-
tions. If the doctor finds signs
of eye disease, he or she will
then refer you to the appropri-
ate health-care professional.
Many senior citizens suffer
from low vision, a term used
to describe very limited sight
that interferes with routine
daily activities.
lie par-
tially sighted, those whose
he term includes the
it is important to te aware
that some vasal tSxseacj
will be lost as you age and to
accommodate ycunetf to uu
reality
Older people need sure
light for most tasks. Ties’
eyes do oot adjust to glare at
rapidly as they once rid.
■ So. increase the wacuge of
bulbs is areas where jm aunt
see well Carry a scia£ Sash-
light outdoors to avoid fiTTing
over hazards at sight Ate
make sure to keep tom eyeg-
lasses clean.
Television a a peat recre-
ation for house-fecund
citizens Although wmc&sg
television a doc larxrit to
the eyes, dose cowmatraasn
over an excessive tan# nay
contribute to general faegne'
Sit a distance fresn the tele-
vision that a at least five
times the width of as psetare
screen
Watch tdevuMU ■ a softy
lighted room, not is the dock.
If the mom a onsrpinriy
dark, the contrast wok the
screen a too great far com-
fortable viewing Dart place
a light where glare or reflec-
tion will be seen cm or amr
the screen
corrected vision is between
20-70 and 20-200, but not the
blind. (A person with 20-70
vision can clearly distinguish
an object at 20 feet that some-
one with normal vision can
see well at 70 feet)
A low-vision specialist can
make your life more enjoy-
able if you have a condition
that cannot be corrected with
ordinary glasses or with medi-
cal or surgical techniques
Sophisticated, innovative
optical aids have recently
been developed that might
reduce your low-vision prob-
lems. New mkroocopic learn
for near work, telescopic
lenses for distance and a vari-
ety of other devices may be
able to open up a new wond of
seeing for you.
* Thanks to advances in
Most eye doctors say people
can contne to drive as log
as their visnal and otter phys-
ical abilities perteL Bat he
especially carefaf wha driv-
g^po^hgtted^ra^
dean.
On long trips, avoid driviag
at night and at dmh. whew
most people s tpjjRRRii jjs pflffRc**
ulariy poor
Drop of aB types can
affect vision and other
health care in general and eye
care in particular, it is easier
to keep one's vision op to par
tf life
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