Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 134, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 6, 1989 Page: 2 of 12
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Wave of trash
engulfs us all
A move toward recycling is needed across the nation
and around the world if the Earth’s inhabitants don’t want
to be buried in an ever-growing wave of their own trash.
Recvcling is an idea whose time would seem to have
ne. Tentati'
come. Tentative efforts at recycling have been attempted
before, but most have been considered havens for
charitable groups collecting paper and boxes, or children
trying to make a few cents on aluminum cans.
Now, however, the nation wants to , go nuts over
ecology and with good reason. Landfills are filling up,
is being floated on barges, waste is polluting
‘ ‘ ’ r that wifi
irinking water sources. And much of it is waste that
be around a long nme.
It is time for everyone to be concerned. Food manufac-
turers and the restaurant industry can help ease the situa-
tion a bit by reconsidering the packaging they use. Many
consumers may now be willing to accept food products or
hamburgers wrapped in paper or cardboard instead of
Styrofoam if they realize that the former is far more
biodegradable. Recyclable aluminu’ 1 cans or glass bottles
:ould be advocated f
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ment because of how long they will remain with us.
for soft d^nks instead of plastic bot-
tles, which are popular but n.ore harmful to
: of how 1
cnviron-
It’s also time for some of the larger cities around the
nation to get into the business of recycling at full scale.
The original concept for landfill disposition of trash was
that the tracts could be reused every generation or so as
the buried materials decomposed and became a part of the
land. But we’ve learned now that many of the materials in
use in every home simply won’t break down — at least in
the lifetimes of most of us.
There is a limit to how long we can keep burying our
waste, much of it with toxic potential, as the nation con-
tinues to use up the land suited for that purpose.
Recycling may be some distance in tnc future for a city
such as Sulphur Springs. The economy of th
_ Sulphur Springs. The economy of the systems
developed to date require huge volumes of material to be
cost-effective, quantities large enough to keep expensive
systems productive.
But the time is certain to come when such actions will
be required everywhere, cost-effective or not.
Consumers can help by choosing their product packag-
ing carefully and participating in programs to recycle
such items as paper, glass and aluminum. In fact, it’s not
bad to practice now, because the day will come when
every American will be separating trash by the type of
material involved.
And our environment doesn’t have much time to waste.
The opinion page
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Plan to honor Reagan flops
By Jesepb Spesr
What sort
to
DEWEY BEACH. Del
of memorial should we
honor the Gtpper’
It teems an appropriate question to
ask on Memorial Day. which It b as I
compose them ovdt Ssne people in
my very ncntj are pKactnt
strolling beaches, consuming beer
Bat yoor correspondent, an odd stick,
ts cogitating bow to honor Ronald Wil-
son Reagan
What hugs the matter to mind b a
movement cwrrently afoot m conser-
vative circles to carve Mr Reagan s
likeness into MomK Rnshmore. the
national memorial tacked away in the
tauntingly beautiful Black Hills of
South Dakota The granite rock now
bears the likenesses of former Presi-
dents George Washington. Thomas
Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln and
Theodore Roosevelt Some tacky
wackos think a (h foot bead of their
hero would look good stack jnst to tbe
right of George
According to the available evi-
dence, the notion was born in the mind
of R Emmett Tyrrell Jr. the erudite
editor-in-chief of the conservative
American Spectator magazine and
Tooting for whistleblowers
By Robert Walters
CAMBRIDGE. Mass (NEA> - Mi
chael Cavallo doesn t remember ex-
actly which of the many accounts of
whistleblowers being punished for
telling the truth finally inspired him
to take action, hut he does recall that
it occurred in 1987
*1 got frustrated by news reports
about people who had done something
morally exemplary, then suffered in-
stead of being rewarded.* says the 39
year-old money manager and self-
made millionaire
Cavallo knew exactly what he
wanted to do to help those who often
were humiliated by their bosses and
ostracized by their co-workers and
who sometimes had their lives threat-
ened because they told the truth about
graft. corruption and other
wrongdoing
He enlisted an attorney to draft pa-
pers establishing the Cavallo Founda-
tion. applied to tbe Internal Revenue
Service for tax-exempt status and
contributed 8390.000 to launch the en-
terprise designed to recognize and re-
ward "moral courage in business and
government"
In less than a year, the foundation
held its first annual awards ceremony
in Washington, giving $10,000 apiece
to three brave whistleblowers picked
from among 33 nominees by a nine-
member selection committee recruit-
ed by Cavallo
All three people recognized in that
ceremony lost their jobs after expos-
ing what they believed to be improper
conduct by tbeir employers
Leon Bard was fired in 1986 as a
Robert
Walters
quality inspector at one of the coun-
try's largest shipbuilding facilities,
the Bath Iron Works in Bath. Maine,
after he charged that uninspected
steel was being used to build tbe
Navy's Ticonderoga-class cruisers
John Berter was fired as security
chief at the Veterans Administra-
tions Cincinnati Medical Center after
reporting that his boss, the hospital's
police chief, was beating the patients.
Billie Rimer Garde was fired in
1980 after she spoke out against al-
leged corruption and sexual harass-
ment in the Muskogee. Okla . office of
the Census Bureau
“I was confident that we could find
people who could use the money and
deserved the recognition." says Ca-
vallo. who operates his money man-
agement business and the foundation
from a borne office in this Boston
suburb
This year's trio of award recipients,
each of whom recently received
$10,000. is equally distinguished They
are
• Tim Reid, a San Diego. Calif., ci-
vilian engineer, who told the Navy it
wasted funds when it awarded a sole-
source $300 million contract to a Cali-
fornia firm. He said that the task
(overhauling electronic warfare con-
soles aboard fast-attack, nuclear-
powered submarines) could be per-
formed at less than one-third of that
cost by Navy personnel
Reid's superiors responded by
charging him with submitting fraudu-
lent travel vouchers and by revoking
his security clearance and demoting
him
• Judith Watts, a supervisor in the
New Orleans Finance Department,
who revealed a city-wide pattern of
tax-collection fraud, including secret
arrangements that allowed favored
businesses to delay payment of taxes
She lost her job after testifying before
a grand jury
• Jerry Smith, a nuclear power ex-
pert for the Tennessee Valley Author-
ity. who warned that inadequate
structural welds, improperly in-
stalled electric cables and other defi-
ciencies posed serious safety hazards
at a TVA power plant He was ha-
rassed at work, bypassed for promo-
tion and threatened with death
"Whistleblowers deserve all the
help they can get." says Cavallo
"There is such a huge disparity be-
tween the heroism of these people and
how they have been treated by
society."
Whistleblowers usually come in
contact with the public only during
the brief period when they are celeb-
rities and treated as heroes by tbe
news media In the ensuing weeks,
months and years, however, they of-
ten must deal with resentful bosses
and co-workers who don't appreciate
their truth-telling.
© NVWSPAPCT ENTERPRISE ASSN
Joe
Spear
JLL
the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public
Policy, a 82 8 million endowed fellow
step For some strange reason. Heri-
tage b looking to fill it with someone
who bears little resemblance to RWR
The Reagan fellow, they shy. "will be
an active and visible jmrtirijwnt ■"
spokesperson. ‘We d like to honor
>Reagan in any way possible, bwt
there must be better alternatives "
There are. The Spear Foundation, a
Washington think tank Of moderate
persuasion, launched a research pro-
ject and turned up a number of me
mortals that already exist, or are on
the drawing boards to honor RWR
For example the Heritage Founda
turn, a much larger think tank of con-
i there is the Han ard law pro-
ton Post that consideration be given
to Reagan's ex post facto impeach-
ment — a memorial of sorts.
As for repositories, the Ranald
Reagan Presidential Library is being
planted far construction in Ventura
Comity. Calif And tmy Eureka CoF
lege, the fllmoe school that granted
Ranald Reagan a degree in 1932. b re-
ceiving a collection of memoratnlia
from its famous graduate T-shirts,
caps, boots, belt buckles, yo-yos. pres-
idential cuff links, even a likeness of
Reagan sculpted by a young gir. from
a bar of soap — all will eventually be
put an display at Eureka
The Spear Foundation has come up
with a three-part plan of its own Not
being particularly enamored of the
former president, but respectful
nonetheless, we at SF would first like
to take a long. hot. ceremonial shower
with that little girl's bar of soap. Sec-
ond. we would sculpt an image of
Reagan in the sand here on tbe Dela-
ware shore And finally, we would re-
pose in silent meditation as we await
the flood tide
emwnvoiiNTninux ass*
Jj5>T LeT He Leave
WITH MY DiGMiTY iMTaCT-
was tendered to. the Gipper at a din-
ner last year Having hts mug immor-
talized in stone apparently appealed
to Ron s show biz sensibilities, and
tbe movement began to gain
momentum
Tyrrell says the country "burns
with interest." and he has been pur-
sued by "the maniacs in favor and the
maniacs against He has been threat-
ened with bombings, be says, and
praised by people who tearfully say.
"Thank God someone’s thought of if
He claims be is forming a Committee
for Monumental Progress to keep the
crusade rolling
Tyrrell is clearly having fun with
at idea that reasonable people cannot
possibly take seriously But there are
evidently a lot of unreasonable people
out there The Young Americans for
Freedom (in my imagination, they all
look and sound like Michael J. Fox
playing Alex Keaton) has been testing
public opinion with a letter that poses
the question. "Wouldn't it be a fitting
tribute to place Ronald Reagan
among the successful presidents on
Mount Rushmore?' Republican Sen.
Larry Pressler of South Dakota —
handsome, vacuous, a perfect mark
for such a 'sting — said through a
edSjeiM
Kactff MiM
NbWS W
nea
Jibril would side with devil
Bv Jack Andersua
and Dale Van Attn
DAMASCUS. Syria — Who crawls
into bed with whom in the Middle
East is of great interest to the L' S
government The most disturbing
bunkmates of tbe moment are Pales-
tinian terrorist Ahmed Jibril and the
irrational mullahs of Iran
Without a place to call home. Pal-
estinian terrorists take up with
whomever will tolerate them For
more than 20 years. Jibril has lived
off tbe charity of Syria and answered
to the wishes of the Syrian govern-
ment with an occasional dalliance
with Libya.
Recent top-secret Ux intelligence
reports and our own assessment of Ji-
bril after a four-hour meeting with
him here, have established that he has
now sold his soul to Tehran
Jibril’s relationship with Syria and
Libya has been strained over his new
ties with Iran, and he may move his
headquarters from Damascus to Teh-
ran sometime in the next year.
What difference does it make
where a terrorist lays his bead-’ A
world of difference when be does the
dirty work for his host of the moment
Moammar Gadhafi may be the "mad
dog of tbe Middle East." but Iran is a
veritable kennel
The Central Intelligence Agency
has concluded, using mostly circum-
stantial evidence, that Iran hired Ji-
bril to blow up Pan Am flight 103 last
Dec. 21. We have gathered other evi-
dence of Jibril's tUt toward Iran
If they gave frequent flier miles for
traveling to Iran. Jibril would be a
member of the bonus club He has
held a series of secret meetings with
Iranian officials in which he acted as
a visiting expert on mayhem. The
first, and most significant occurred
last July in Tehran when the Ayatol-
lah Khomeini was planning retribu-
tion for tbe accidental downing of an
Iranian airliner by a U.S. warship,
which killed 290 people Jibril went
back to Iran in February to celebrate
the 10th anniversary of the Iranian
revolution
We asked him about the meetings
and be didn't deny them Instead, he
*»id hi* ArganizatiOE “is resdy to
have alliances with any country that
would side with our (Palestinian)
struggle and support it ... even with
the devil, if it will help us reach our
ends*
Speaking of the devil — or. as the
ayatollah is fond of calling America,
tbe Great Satan — Jibril says tbe U S
government has made some strange
alliances, too. "You forwarded sup-
port and assistance to Stalin himself
in order to achieve your victory
against the Nazis and Japanese.* he
said. "How do you accept such an alli-
ance for you and not accept such an
alliance for others?*
Another clue of Jibril's bad compa-
ny was his reaction when Iranian
speaker of the Parliament Hashemi
Rafsanjani suggested the execution
of five Americans or Europeans for
every Palestinian martyr
Jibril told as be couldn't condemn
Rafsanjani because Rafsanjani had
been misquoted Jibril slipped over
the part about how Rafsanjani s blan-
ket execution order was published
verbatim by tbe Iranian government
news service and that Rafsanjani
himself later retracted it.
Jibril has been more than eager to
take Iran's death aentences seriously
When the Ayatollah Khomeini called
for the murder of British author Sal-
man Rushdie. Jibril. alone among ter-
rorist leaders, promised to follow up
When Iran says ‘jump.* Jibril says
"on whom’*
SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR
WARD TO — The man who brought
China out of its isolation. Deng Xiao-
ping. introduced reforms ip” China t
long before Mikhail Gorbachev came
to power in the Soviet Union. But
Deng reached the point that tbe re-
iurnis utreateneu nis own power base
The students demonstrating in the
streets are demanding more th"' he
is willing to give Gorbachev must
have felt a particular unease being in
the center of tbe demonstrations on
his recent visit to China. Deng is trod-
ding a path that Gorbachev will have
to go down. too.
MINI-EDITORIAL - Washington.
DC, frequently grumbles about the
diplomatic immunity that lets for-
eign diplomats off tbe hook for
crimes But the US government
practices a reverse form of immunity
and the taxpayers pick up the bill.
Tbe Washington Post reports that a
U S foreign service officer now doing
jail time for using his diplomatic
passport to smuggle gold is still col-
lecting his salary. Foreign service of-
ficers can’t be fired without a hear-
ing. and the bearing process takes
months Tbe wheels of justice moved
fast enough to put the man in jail, but
tbe wheels of government can’t get
him off tbe payroll. . .
Berry's World
By Lewis Grizzard
As you may know, the federal
government is planning to take the
nation's sexual pulse with a Dr-
reaching poll
Not everybody is for sOch a thing
Said one citizen when asked about
the poll. *lt s none of the govern
ment's business. I won't say one word
about my sex life * The man was
identified as a J. Swaggart of a Baton
Rouge address
Others, however, said the poll was
a good idea since it's been a long time
since anybody really tried to find out
about American sexual attitudes
Said a J. Tower. "Hey, I don't have
anything else to do. shoot*
Pm for the sex poll, too. Sex has
been thoroughly confusing for me for
most of my life, and after watching a
few installments of "Geraido," I'm not
certain I could put names to al of the
intimate things discussed there
Maybe I could bring myself more
up-to-date by reading the findings of
the poll
said the
Volunteering for the sex poll
Lewis
Grizzard
I said
Because of my interest in and
support for the poll, I went ahead and
phoned Washington and volunteered
to be the first interviewee. I didn't get
a chance to volunteer for World War
D, so I try to do everything I can in the
area of patriotism
‘It s Americans like you,* said the
guy who answered the phone at Sex
Poll Headquarters, “who make this a
great country *
I thanked the man and insisted we
get down to business because I had
an appointment with my accountant
to see if I could get an extension on
my income tax bill — until 1996 when
the IRS will have
"You are obviously male,'
pollster
‘Last time I checked,'
Pollsters like a bit of levity.
‘Age?”
*42."
•Occupation?*
Type** .
Tell me. sir,* the pollster con-
tinued, "how often do you have sex?*
“In a decade?"
“No, let’s say a week.*
“I once had sex eieven-and-a-half
times in a week."
“How could you have one-half of a
sexual experience?*
f “She was asleep *
‘What is your wildest sexual fan
tasyT
"To make passionate love to Kim
Basinger on the pitcher's mound of
Dodger Stadium during the seventh
inning stretch of the seventh game of
the World Series, and then to put on a
Dodger uniform and hit a home run in
the bottom of the ninth to win the
you
the
become
pollster
“How aroused do
during this fantasy?1
continued.
“Everytime I hear the Star-
Spangled Banner, 1 begin to tfrooL’
"Were your parents the first ones to
tell you about sex?”
“No. It was when I was 8, my
boyhood friend and idol. Weyman C.
Wannamaker. Jr., a great American,
explained it to me.*
“How did he begin his explana-
tion?"
He said, "You ain't gonna believe
'=^Ws.'*
“I have just one more question,*
said the pollster Have you ever
considered having a sex change
operation?*
•Once,* I said 1 figured It might
he*> my golf game *
Howe-
Then.* I said to the pollster. “I
could hit from the ladies' tees.*
C IMS tjr Coots* SyuBcatt. toe
*7 heard you were beck How about helping us
get e handle on the crime thing?"
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 134, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 6, 1989, newspaper, June 6, 1989; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824549/m1/2/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.