Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 206, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 1980 Page: 4 of 24
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An Anderson Profile
Friday, August 29.19M.
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Sissy's political life
tentatively tested
• Frances (Sissy) Farenthold quietly
: returned to Texas a few months ago,
• opened an office for the practice of law
: in Houston, and is now making the
: rounds on state talk shows. Her
-.-emergence as a guest on Texas-
: originated talk shows may cause
: speculation about her in possible
• future political tiffs.
£ Twice a candidate for the
• Democratic nomination for governor
•in Texas, Sissy made a big, although
^ losing splash in 1972. She captured
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- above Ben Barnes, sitting Governor
KPreston Smith and three others to
f, reach the run-off. She lost the run-off to
*$ Briscoe, but she attracted 884,594 votes
> to 1,055,168. Sissy challenged again in
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-612,061 votes in the first primary to
Spolph Briscoe’s 963,356, finishing well
1974, but the then popular Briscoe easi-
ly won renomination without a run-off
over the field of opponents.
Mrs. Farenthold later accepted the
presidency of a private girls’ college in
the East and departed the Texas
political arena for a few years.
Whether she aspires to return to
politics as a candidate remains to be
seen. But her appearance on talks
shows lends to the speculation that she
is keeping options open while also ex-
pressing views on a variety of topics.
In most cases a candidate for
statewide office can not suffer two set-
backs and hope to clout a home run on
the third trip. Former Senator Ralph
Yarborough is a prime exception,
however, and Sissy may be thinking
about trying to copy his example.
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•: During a long and colorful career on
;* the political front, Grover Sellers en-
joyed great successes along with a few
•:minor setbacks. Through it all, he
-never last touch with the homefolks.
Instead, he appeared to receive great
strength in his frequent visits to his
•: dairy farm home southeast of Sulphur
;< Springs even during the time he was in-
| volved in serving in government posts
•; in Austin, Texarkana and other places.
£ While he was serving as Attorney
General of Texas, he was called “The
• : General,” but from early days and
then later in his career his normal title
Grover Sellers
:i of respect was “Judge.’
? Judge Sellers’ death ends an era for
Jack Anderson
Slayings of 30 informants
traced to mob 'contracts'
frespecti
£ Judge S<
Hopkins County. He was the last of
£ several former citizens who had
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> WASHINGTON -- Begin
ning (our years ago. the FBI
'* was stunned by a series of
nearly 30 Mob-style exeeu-
:• Uons across the country
What disturbed the G-men
was the unmistakable pat-
£ tern of the killings: The vic-
f, Urns were informants or
•! witnesses scheduled to testi-
■; ly against Mob figures, and
^ all were murdered with
^‘silencer-equipped ,22-eal-
£iber revolvers
3* This became a grievous
£ concern of organized crime
£ fighters, who feared they
;< could get no more convic-
;!; tions if their witnesses could
;,;not be protected Law
£ enforcement authorities
£ began an urgent investiga-
|; tion, using agents in 20 FBI
£ .field offices and the federal
I Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
: and Firearms. Their find-
: ings have not been disclosed
; to this day.
•; A secret ATF analysis of
j, the killings in the New York
I; and New Jersey area con-
v eludes that all the victims
; - were slain on contract, and
I that all were members or
'^associates of the Vito
£ Genovese organized crime
; family. Here is a partial list
of the targets:
I:' • Vincent D. Capone, a
£ gambler and Mob business
^associate, who rashly
*- bragged about skimming
J money from Genovese
£ enterprises. He was shot
S with a .22 on July 1,1976.
• Frank Chin, a witness in
~;a federal extortion trial. He
?; was gunned down on Jan. 24.
>* 1977, with the same .22 used
to kill Capone
•V • TKAmac D<
statewide political influence. For
years, candidates seeking state offices
came to see Judge Sellers to seek his
advice and endorsement.
Not only was Judge Sellers a leader
in the political and legal fields, his
strong ties and love for the dairy in-
dustry earned him a degree of expert-
ness in this endeavor as well.
Judge Sellers was a strong family
man and they, in turn, gave him devo-
tion and support. They shared in his
victories and softened blows in less
successful efforts.
Judge Sellers was a unique man, a
leader and a do-er, a statesman who
earned great personal distinction, and
a citizen who reflected credit on his
beloved Hopkins County.
Fourth In a torlot:
Tho Innor Circle
By MIKE SHANAHAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - John
B. Anderson’s closest advisers
are as diverse as the voters he
hopes to attract to his
presidential candidacy.
His ‘inner circle” is com-
posed mainly of men in their
30s, drawn from Anderson's
Republican congressional staff
or from an odd assortment of
Republican and Democratic
campaigns of the 1970s.
Most are unknown to the
public and few have more than
a little experience in national
presidential campaigns.
The most powerful staff
person in the campaign is David
Garth, a volatile, cigar-
chomping New York political
consultant hired to plan
national strategy when the
congressman announced his
independent campaign April 24.
Garth has engineered some
major political upsets, mainly
through imaginative television
advertising, but few others in
Anderson’s campaign have had
a role in a previous national
campaign.
‘‘These are amateurs and
amateurs will make mistakes,
but they are refreshing and
completely dedicated to elec-
ting John Anderson," said one
senior Anderson campaign
figure with an intimate
knowledge of the organization.
Because Anderson has yet to
become a significant threat to
either President Carter or
Ronald Reagan, some of those
who have advised him on issues
have been reluctant to become
publicly identified.
An exception is George Ball,
undersecretary of state under
then-President Lyndon John-
son, who dropped a surprise
endorsement of Anderson
during a nationally televised
interview show.
Although a heavyweight
among foreign policy experts,
Ball is controversial because of
his generally pro-Arab views on
Middle Eastern peace
questions.
Anderson also seeks advice
from Felix Rohatyn, the in-
vestment banker who
masterminded the effort to
Thomas Palermo, found
stuffed in the trunk of a car
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I parked at Kennedy Interna-
I tional Airport in March
£•1977. The same 22 pistol did
1 the job
£,■ * James Joseph Queli Jr..
• slain on Nov 1,1978 Again,
the hit was made with the
same .22 handgun
"The acts are believed to
have been planned and exe-
cuted by various members
of the Genovese Crime
Family.” the ATF report
states It adds that in addi-
tion to gambling, narcotics
and hijacking activities,
“this Family is particularly
active in contract killing
and acquisition of firearms
for this purpose ”
The ATF traced the con-
nection between the 750-
man Genovese family and
the smaller “Purple Gang"
of New York City. Between
August and December of
1975, members of the Purple
Gang traveled through Flor-
ida buying handguns Of the
86 pistols they bought, more
than half were 22-caliber
revolvers
The gun cache was tran-
sported to the New York -
New Jersey area, where
"these weapons will contin-
ue to be utilized as the need
arises," the report states. It
concludes that "handguns
and silencers are being
made available to members
of the Genovese Family by
the Purple Gang, and there
is a certain amoung of con-
tract swapping.’"
What that means is
explained this way: "In
essence, when people of “lit-
tle respect’ are to be
whacked,' the contract will
be given to the Purple Gang
When more respect' is
demanded, the contract will
go to Hoboken-Genovese "
One Genovese hit man, the
report states, is a shrewd
and successful businessman.
“It is assumed." notes the
report, “that he does con-
tract work for status and
prestige and not money.”
Footnote: The alleged
leader of the Genovese
Family, Frank “Funzi"
Tieri. was recently indicted
for racketeering Law
enforcement authorities told
my associate Tony Capaccio
that, with only two of the 86
pistols recovered so far,
there is the possibility of
another rash of .22 caliber
slayings.
CUBAN CHILDREN:
Rapes, assaults and suicide
attempts mark the daily life
of the 900 Cuban refugee
children who are without
parents in the hastily set-up
refugee camps. But legal
technicalities prevent the
youngsters' release to rela-
tives or foster-care groups
"It is a real crime that
this legal issue has not been
resolved." said an official of
the U.S. Catholic Confer-
ence, the largest of the vol-
unteer resettlement agen-
cies involved in the Cuban
refugee program There's
violence being done to these
minors in the camps, and we
are angry as hell about it.”
The trouble is that before
Cuban children can be reset-
tled permanently, the states
to which they are going
must accept long-term legal
custody This is a safeguard
in case individual sponsor
ship breaks down But so far.
only two states - New Jer-
sey and Florida -- have
agreed to take legal custody
on a long-term basis
Until the red tape can be
untangled, the kids stay in
the refugee camps. And as a
Catholic welfare worker
noted to my reporter Jutta
Hennig. "... a camp with a
prison-like atmosphere
behind a 12-foot barbed-wire
fence is no place for
minors." v
In fact, it is far worse
than that. Sexual abuse and
assaults are commonplace,
if undocumented, according
to workers in the camps.
One child psychiatrist at the
Indiantown Gap, Pa., camp
resigned when the adult men
who raped an 11-year-old
boy were not even arrested
Several suicide attempts
have been reported in the
camps. But the State
Department tends to pooh-
pooh the seriousness of the
reports. "Until all these cas-
es are examined,'* a spokes-
man said, "we cannot say
which are attempted sui-
cides and which are atten-
tion grabbers.”
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FATHER OF THE
BRIDE: Human frailty is
Billy Carter's specialty, and
he displayed it in a minor
matter when he testified
before the Senate the other
day And as any married
man would expect, it was his
wife who spotted it
The president s bumptious
brother was asked the date
of his daughter's wedding, to
which he apparently had
invited some of his business
associates For the life of
him. Billy couldn’t remem-
ber Finally, he blurted out.
“June 1978'"
In the audience, Sybil
Carter shook her head with
the tolerant look wives have
in such situations, and
murmured, “May 1978 ”
WATCH ON WASTE: Con-
gressional largesse to its
own extends beyond the
grave. By law the survivors
of a congressional employee
can collect the deceased's
salary for as long as a year
after the dear one departed.
The maximum amount of
this unique death benefit ~
which is paid in addition to
life insurance and retire-
ment benefits - is one year’s
salary. To guarantee this not
inconsiderable sum to his
survivors, the employee
must work on Capitol Hill
for at least 18 years
C<n>yri«fc. I Ml —
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stave off New York City’s
flirtation with bankruptcy five
years ago.
The congressman quotes
Rohatyn's views on various
economic issues. A plan to shift
some tax wealth generated in
oil-producing states to
deteriorating inner cities of the
Northeast and Midwest is
known to have originated with
Rohatyn.
Anderson also listens to
Clifford Brown, 37, Harvard
graduate and political science
professor at Union College in
Schenectady, N.Y. Brown is
responsible for campaign issues
and is known to be preparing a
series of speeches laying out
Anderson’s views on health,
energy, economics and
government deregulation.
Both Nancy Reagan and
Rosalynn Carter are known to
have important places among
their husband’s advisers. Even
so, it is doubtful their roles are
as central as that of the
congressman’s wife, Keke. She
is credited with persuading
Anderson to run as an in-
dependent.
Anderson is a strong
proponent of the Equal Rights
Amendment, but his staff is
dominated by men. With the
exception of Mrs. Anderson,
deputy press secretary Joana
Johnston and Dee Frankfourth;
who monitors the fight to get on
state ballots, there are no
women m key staff positions.
If Anderson's political
odyssey should end in the White
House, he has said his ad-
ministration would be com-
posed of the best talent he can
find among Democrats,
Republicans and independents.
Beyond that, Anderson
declines to name those who
might fill important posts,
saying he must first make
prospective nominees believe
he can win.
Among all the candidates,
Anderson probably relies more
on his own judgment than those
around him. Aides say he
listens to advice and sometimes
takes it, but more often makes
up his mind as he goes along.
Former associates in
Congress say Anderson’s office
suffered from organizational
problems during his 20 years
representing a conservative
northern Illinois district.
Privately, they say Anderson’s
weaknesses as an ad-
ministrator were overshadowed
by his abilities as an ex-
temporaneous speechmaker in
the House.
So to provide strong direction
from the top, Anderson hired
Garth, who has pulled off upsets
for such politicians as New
York Mayor Edward Koch, and
New York Gov. Hugh Carey.
Among other key Anderson
staff members are:
-Mike Macleod, campaign
manager, had been Anderson’s
administrative assistant.
Macleod, 37, worked as an aide
to former Sen. Robert Griffin,
R-Mich., and as director of the
Ripon Society, an organization
of moderate and liberal
Republicans who urged An-
derson not to run as an in-
dependent. ■>
-Edward Coyle, 32, deputy
campaign manager, worked for
the 1972 presidential campaign
of Edmund Muskie. After
briefly working for vice
presidential candidate Sargent
Shriver, Coyle joined Rep.
Morris Udall, D-Ariz., and
became staff director for his
1976 presidential campaign. He
worked on Udall’s House staff
before joining Anderson.
—Michael Rosenbaum is
direct evidence of Garth’s in-
fluence. A 32-year-old fanner
New York reporter, Rosen-
baum was hired by Garth, who
eased out a former press aide
he did not like.
—Michael Jones, 29, a
Washington lawyer and the only
black member of the senior
staff. An aide to former Sen.
Edward W. Brooke, R-Mass.,
Jones was named July 24 to
become political director for
the campaign.
—Francis Sheehan, 27,
campaign treasurer and a
former Udall aide, worked for
the public interest Legal
Defense and Education Fund in
New York.
—Michael Fernandez, a 30-
year-old Harvard law school
graduate, decides the details of
where Anderson will go during
each campaign stop. Once a
prospective professional golfer,
Fernandez and his wife Cindy
both worked earlier this year in
the campaign of California Gov.
Edmund Brown.
(NEXT: The Game Plan)
‘The Titanic has just surpassed you in the popularity polls . .
Entertainer, not preacher
Marjoe is back. Now he is host of the new George Schlatter
TV show, "Speak Up, America." Only the Bible is gone,
however. The old dazzle is still there
For in his last incarnation, Marjoe was a spellbinding evan-
gelist. He got his start at age four, when he was ordained He
performed his first wedding when he was five. He is now 36.
His ordination was an idea put in the head of Marjoe’s ambi-
tious mother by a Chicago Tribune reporter name Louis
Wolfe, who was always on the scent of a good story.
The crowds who came to hear little Marjoe preach thought
his sermons were extemporaneous. In truth, his mother made
the youngster laboriously memorize sermons which she and
her evangelist husband composed When Marjoe’s attention
lagged during the practice sessions, his mother would take
him by the seat of the pants to the kitchen sink and let cold
water run over his head When he gasped for breath, she
turned off the water, dried him and put him back in his chair.
The memorizing would begin again. To get him to project his
baby voice, she would make him shout. "Call for Philip
Morris'"
This went on five hours a day for four weeks until the four-
year-old had learned his first sermon
Marjoe (the name is a combination of Mary and Joseph) was
a sensation in his 24-inch-high pulpit, but he outgrew his cute-
Berry's World
SAINTS AND SINNERS
George Plagenz
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ness and his crowd appeal in a few years. In his 20s, howevei
he returned to the revivalist circuit.
A changed Marjoe spoke now at those evangelistic meei
ings. He preached “loving one another” and the social gospe
But it emptied the tents in less time than it took to say halleli
Marjoe did some soul-searching. He decided that he was "a
entertainer and people come to hear me to forget their misei
les for a while and I’ve got to give them their money's worth
If that sounded too crass, even to himself, he added the hop
that somewhere in his sermons people would discover some
thing to make them happier, better and kinder than before
So began a new and successful career as a religious swir
dler. Marjoe mixed charlatanism with Pentecostalism - unti
he could stand himself no longer. He publicly blew the whistl
on himself by starring in the documentary movie, "Marjoe
in which he confessed all.
Marjoe did what he did for selfish reasons — money Bu
the people would say they got “their money's worth.” The
felt the Spirit. I left the movie with the unsettling feeling tha
the people Marjoe swindled would gladly hear him agai
despite his admission that it was all an act.
Does the money-making evangelist - like Marjoe Gortne
and all those like him - feed people’s hungry souls’’ Or doe
he exploit the hungers, drabness, deprivation and emotiona
famine of their existence? Or both?
“The ill-willed benefactors of mankind will be God’s bigges
problem on Judgement Day," a professor of mine in colfeei
used to say. 6
Does that include many of today’s successful evangelists9
There is no doubt that the Electronic Church evangelist
spread a lot of “good feeling" among their followers and heli
to lift A hPAW wpiaht frnm mono k,„kA..u___rx. _ 1
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Harper’s magazine, the author, Dick Dabney, tells of a “b
again" radio journalist who attended the Washington for Jt
rally in tne nation s caoital in Anril Hp wac imnroccnj
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Then he went behind the scenes - to the speakers’ area
back of the platform. The people there, he said were “e
and hard-bitten. There were mean-looking security guar
Gone was all that good feeling I had experienced out front
these people had been wearing swastikas you wouldn’t ha
been surprised ”
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN)
BARBS Phil Pastoret
)1SSObyN£A*c.
“Gotlyf Just a mlnutel I'll check my home com-
puter to see If there is any more beer In the
refrigerator."
Faith is what can make a
man with a pot belly and spin-
dly legs believe he looks
macho while mowing the lawn
in shorts.
A friead says Us office
cmM ase heir conditioning
His boss’ bratty kid is allowed
to ran, undisciplined, through
the place.
Let inflation get just a little
more creepier, and you’ll be
money ahead with a zero bal-
ance in the ol’ passbook
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