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2—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Monday, April 21,1980.
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In our opinion
Younger voters
skip elections
Young voters, especially those who
are new residents and living in rented
apartments, are likely to pass up a
privilege of casting ballots in Texas
elections.
A recent study showed that only 15
percent of the new.residents in the 18 to
24 age bracket bothered to vote. That’s
a shamefully low figure.
In Texas and across the nation
many elections attract 50 percent or
less of the qualified voters. The reason
behind the voter apathy is puzzling. If
the puzzle could be solved by the
political promoters and advertising ex-
perts, they might be. able to develop
stronger programs for their clients.
The study, incidentally, found that
homeowners have stronger communi-
ty ties and are more likely to vote. In
fact, the survey showed that home
owners voted at twice the rate of
renters. The difference in voting oc-
curred regardless of age or race.
The study also indicated that length
of residency was a factor in voting,
with longtime residents more likely to
vote. Sixty percent of the people who
had lived in the same house for at least
six years voted compared to 26 percent
of those who had resided there for less
than a year.
Another Study comparing mobile
home owners suggests that rental or
ownership of the mobile home site also
makes a difference ip voting practices.
Different conclusions are possible
from the study results. The candidates,
it would appear, should direct their
sales pitches to homeowners who have
lived in their present homes for six
years or more. ,
On the other hand, candidates who
have the charisma to appeal to young
voters, as well as renters, should have
a fertile and almost untapped field if
they can get the younger people out to
the polls. With the May 3 primary in
Texas coming up soon, the candidates
have a real challenge in breaking the
voting apathy that normally exists.
THE WAGMAN FILE
BobWagman
IT HURTS SO MUCH
We know it must be working
Speed tied closely
to auto fatalities
Traffic accident statistics show that
excessive speed is involved in 70 per-
cent of all fatal car wrecks.
Drunk driving is another law viola-
tion that figures prominently in the
highway carnage.
Various other illegal practices also
fit into the accident picture.
If a state of perfection could be
achieved in which all drivers would
meticulously obey the law, there would
be extremely few serious accidents.
Such an ideal situation isn’t going to
develop, but if enough of us just keep
the idea in mind a lot of tragedy could
be averted.
QUOTE/UNQUOTE
What people are saying..
"I think the people in the
Kremlin would agree com-
pletely with what Mr Reagan
said - that the invasion of
Afghanistan was not the fault
or the responsibility of Presi-
dent Brezhnev and the Polit-
buro, but was the responsibili-
ty of, thex president of the
United Stales."
— Jimmy Carter, refuting
Ronald Reagan's claims that
Jack Anderson
U.S. vacillation lead to Soviet
expansion
"Once we heard a customer
in a restaurant stumbling
over the word while trying to
order a breast of chicken He
tried to make a joke of it by
telling the waitress to make it
a 36C."
— Daphna Ayalah, co-
author of the book, "Breasts:
Women Speak About Their
Breasts and Their Lives.”
Ayalah feels that society puts
too emphasis on women hav-
ing perfect breasts. (Ui)
"This house was alive with
prayer. It's God’s providence
- and maybe a bit of luck.”
— Sister Chittister, one of
the Benedictine nuns who
stuck natural gas near a con-
vent at Lake Erie.
By MICHAEL GRANT
Copley News Service
It has been about a month
since the President pre-
scribed his program of
"pain and discipline" to
quell inflaUon, and now his
economic advisers are arm-
ing out to see if P and b has
been clutched to a grateful
nation's bosom.
One adviser, disguised as
a battered head of house-
hold, went to a bank and
approached a teller.
"Whom do I see about
arranging a loan?” he
asked. He took her sustained
laughter as a good sign and,
after a proper interval (lest
he blow his cover), he joined
in.
"What’s so funny?" he re-
membered to ask presently.
"Owowowo heeeee," cried
the teller, wiping her eyes.
“Come on, I’ll take you to
the ah haaaa loan officeree
hee hbo. ...” "j --------
They walked to the back
of the bank, then through a
dark passageway, down a
winding stone staircase, and
along another gloomy corn-
dor, with a gaggle of other
bank employees tagging
along behind.
At the end of the corridor
was a massive black vault
door.
The teller pulled three
times on a hidden gong and
swung open the door.
From the sill to the mid-
dle of the room stretched a
bed of glowing coals. Be-
yond that sat a medieval-
rack, fully equipped and at-
tended by a smithy’s forge.
Satellites over Cubairbuilding
of missile sites is suspected
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - The lat-
est intelligence information
gathered by U.S. surveil-
lance satellites and other
sources has confronted the
Carter administration with
the alarming possibility that
the Soviet Union is once
more preparing nuclear
missile sites in Cuba.
The introduction of nucle-
ar missiles into the Russian-
dominated island 90 miles
from Florida took the world
to the brink of war in 1962
That time, the Kremlin
backed down in the face of a
determined stand by Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy
But the Soviet leaders
have obviously decided that
Jimmy Carter is a president
who can be pushed around
His sorry performance last
October - when he marched
up the hill and back down
again over the presence of a
Soviet combat brigade in
Cuba - coupled with his
ineffectual handling of the
Tehran hostage situation,
may have convinced the
Russians they can flout the
Monroe Doctrine with impu-
nity.
this changed attitude of
the normally cautious old
men in the Kremlin lends
or underground silos for
nuclear missiles aimed at
the United States?
and runwavs at a third field
are being lengthened to the
uired 9,000 feet. A
tne united Mates' required 9.000 feet A
CIA sources have told my Defense Intelligence Agency
associate Dale Van Atta that report last year warned that
the holes are "strikingly
similar” in size, shape and
construction to those that
house nuclear missiles in the
Soviet Union. Other agency
analysts are not so sure,
theorizing that the holes
could be part of housing con-
struction or similarly peace-
ful projects.
Tne experts who lean
toward the view that the
holes are missile sites are
the same ones who argued -
correctly -- that the Soviet
brigade identified last year
was a combat unit.
report last year warne
the Soviets may send a
detachment of the nuclear
bombers to Cuba in 1980
* Our spy satellites over
Cuba have sent back pic-
tures of a suspicious-looking
building at Punta Movida,
Department of Energy offi-
cials are experts in the use
of obfuscatory bureaucratic
language when they write
contracts for outside firms
They laid out some $30,000
for "technical analysis and
support," for example, and
listed such impressive-
sounding tasks as “agenda
preparation,” "assessing the
technology base” and
‘^abstracting from technical
nd pragmatic documents
nd reports." But under
estioning by government
spectors, a DOE official
admitted that what the con-
y
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near Cienfuegos. It closely
resembles the Soviets'
nuclear missile, storage and
maintenance sheds in East-
ern Europe. Some intelUr
gence analysts caution,
hQwever, that the Cienfue-
gos construction, which
includes a railroad line to .
the naval base at Punta
In support of their inter- Movida, may be simply part
pretation, these analysts of a nuclear power plant the * Back in 1978, the Office
point out that the construe- Russians are building there, of Education gave a private
The Soviets have been
tract basically provided was-
the services of typists and
secretaries at a time when
the agency was ,« short-
staffed
era! large holes the Russians
are digging near the Cuban
city of Matanzos Are they
an innocent feature of a sub-
urban housing development.
tion near Matanzos. and par-
ticularly the Russians'
involvement in it. are being
protected by unusually strict
security. The secrecy
extends to the point of barri-
cading the road that leads
east from Havana to the
construction area.
The mystery of the
Matanzos holes is just one
more ominous development
in the Soviets’ increasingly
bold military presence in
Cuba. In recent months I’ve
reported a number of dis-
turbing intelligence discov-
eries from Cuba:
upgrading their communica-
tions equipment in Cuba,
and can now conduct virtu-
ally simultaneous two-way
exchanges between Havana
and the Soviets' intelligence
headquarters in Moscow
Havana has become the
KGB's relay center for its
intelligence and subversion
operations in Latin America.
* Russian pilots have been
flying regular reconnais-
sance missions from secret
Cuban bases, monitoring
U.S naval movements in the
Atlantic. The Russians even
contractor $160,947 to sur-
vey some 12,000 college
graduates in the Classes of
1976 and 1977, to determine
how many had become
teachers. The original dead-
line for the report was Sep-
tember 1978. But what with
extensions and no less than
seven contract modifica-
tions, the cost to the taxpay-
ers has now reached
$325,920 - more than double
the anticipated cost. And the
taxpayer is still waiting to
find out how many of those
graduates became teachers
• There are already two have an independent fighter 8ri,uu*‘cs oecame leacners
airfields on the island that unit flying MiG-21 jets out of w"*n they 80t out of school
can accommodate the an airfield near Havana. two and three years ago.
Russians' Backfire bomber. WATCH ON WASTE:
hree years ago.
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A man in black leather was
'working the bellows. He
looked up at the party’s ar-
rival and cackled.
"May I help you?” he
leered, working his hands
together.
The adviser was satisfied.
He identified himself, con-
gratulated all concerned,
and gave the manager a
"We Employ P and D" pla-
que to hang in the lobby.
Another adviser donned
mechanic’s fatigues and,
picking a busy intersection,
took up a surrepitious posi-
tion near the unleaded pump
on a self-service island. In a
minute a young mother with
three small children drove
up.
She stopped by the
unleaded and squinted at the
price: $1.40 per gallon.
“Ungh,” she grunted.
"Excellent,” noted the
adviser. Grumbling, she
took the hose and pumped $5
worth. “It’s working!” the
observer exulted.
She had pumped just a
tick over $5, so part of the
“1” in ”$5,01” was showing.
"That'll be $5.01,” said the
attendant, coming to collect.
"You must be kidding,"
said the woman. ”$5.01,”
shrugged the attendant,
holding out his hand.
“Bravo!” said the econo-
mist under his breath, but
she must have heard him
because she turned and
spoke.
"Can you believe this?”
she fumed. "There’s a Chev-
ron four blocks from here
selling it for $1.20.” “But
they were closed?” burbled
the President’s man. "What
do you think?” she yelled,
and drove off.
The adviser paused to
bestow a plaque on the
station’s owner and pin a
badge of special merit to the
attendant’s fatigues.
He then proceeded direct-
ly to the Chdvron station and
there delivered a harangue
on looking out for the coun-
try’s interests. The manager
would not raise his prices,
but the adviser took a moral
victory by extracting from
him a promise to close an
hour earlier.
The staff expert on enter-
tainment P and D popped up
a batch of popcorn at home
and, carrying it in a small
grocery bag, went to i
movie theater. "The Black
Stallion” was playing. He
was pleased to see a short
line. The sight of long lines
made him break out in
hives.
"Is that popcorn?” the
girl asked when he reached
the window. "Yes,” he said.
“You can’t take it inside,”
she said. "Hoo, that
smarts," he grinned, hand-
ing over the bag and a $10
bill. "Give me three adults
and two children.”
"How old are the kids?”
she asked. "They are 3 and
5," he said. "That'll be an-
other $1.50,” she said. “But
adults are $2.50 each,” he
said. "The kids are $2
each,” she said. “If they
walk, they pay."
The adviser burst Into
tears of joy. "A perfect
Score!" he cried, "with
bonus points for exemplary
discipline! ” He passed out P
and D buttons ail around,
and told the assembled staff
that if every business was
operated so vigilantly, the
President surely would have
inflation on the run.
He asked and received
permission to use "If They
Walk, They Pay" as the
unofficial motto for P and D
nationwide. As he left, he
noticed they were charging
a dime too little for JuJu
Fruits and pointed it out to
the manager.
Another adviser was as-
signed to monitor the spend-
ing habits of the elderly, an
effect on inflation too often
overlooked. He set up a
supermarket observation
post, dawdling near the
charcoal briquets for a good
half-day before an old cou-
ple came in.
He followed them to the
fresh-frozen orange juice.
The woman checked prices
on several cans and put
them all back. Up one aisle
and down the other she re-
peated the routine, checking
prices, putting things back.
Eventually, they checked
ouu with nee-;-dried beans,
eggjs, a small loaf of white
bread, a quad, of milk and a
jar of powdered orange
drink. She paid cash, from
her coin purse.
The adviser gave the
market a passing score,
though he suggested a disci-
plinary price hike on the
powdered orange drink, re-
minding the manager that,
old folks these days just
don’t know the value of a
dollar.
The Almanac
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Dual missions in conflict
By Robert J. Wagman
y
WASHINGTON (NEA) - It is often said that various seg-
ments of the federal government work against each other.
This is only too true.
Consider, if you will, the Department of Energy, whose
sworn mission is to cut our nation’s dependence on foreign oil
by demanding that the automobiles on our roads achieve bet-
ter and better gas mileage each year. Consider, at the same
time, the Department of Transportation's National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, whose equally dedicated mis-
r sion is to make those automobiles ever safer.
Do these missions conflict? Consider this example:
Renault is one of Europe’s major car manufacturers. Its
products are the industry leaders in France and it has a major
k I share of other European markets.
- v. > Of all the auto makers in the world, probably no other has a
greater commitment to safety. So committed is Renault, in
fact, that the company has a whole department that does noth-
ing but work with the French police to study any accident in
which there was a fatality involving one of its cars, including
computer modeling of the accident to see if something can be
learned to make its cars safer in the future.
Recently. Jacques Provensal, Renault’s director of struc-
tural safety, came over from Parts to testify before a NHTSA
hearing on a proposed rule that would Require cars sold in the
United States to have increased side protection to guard occu-
pants from a lateral impact. Afterward, he noted:
"I am very concerned about what effect this rule will have
on" the overall design of our small car which we market in
your country To meet the proposed requirement, we will have
to insert cross rails in the side of the car. This will add signifi-
cant weight to the car
"Then our studies have shown that even if you were in a
tank, if it is struck you will be injured unless surfaces are
properly padded So, we will have to add specially designed
interior padding to both door sections of our cars. This, in
turn, will add still more weight.
"But more importantly, it will cut down on the interior
dimensions of our cars about 4 inches on each side. We have
designed our cars to be competitive in the marketplace and
one of the most important features in a small car is interior
room. So, if we lose 8 inches from new padding, we will have
to increase the width of the car by 8 inches. Now.,we really
start to add weight.
“First, you will have additional structural steel. Then, since
the car is now considerably heavier, we will have to put in a
slightly larger engine to power it and larger brakes to stop it.
1 This, in turn, will add additional weight. All told, we believe
that to meet the proposed new side-impact standard, we will
add some 100 kilos (220 pounds) to the car
"Then, since the car is wider, it will, have a largqr (and
heavier) glass area and will be less wind resistant. Given the
combination of more weight and less wind resistance, our
studies show that the redesigned car will lose 7 percent fuel
economy."
Provensal went on to describe studies done by Renault
showing the relatively low number of fatalities resulting from
side impacts. While deaths do occur from such impacts, the
Renault studies show that theyre very infrequent and that
the proposed rule would only eliminate a few of them.
“In Europe, with gasoline selling at well above $2 a gallon,
fuel economy is a passion with auto makers," Provensal
continued. “People will not buy your product unless it is the
most fuel efficient possible.
“We spend millions a year in research trying to increase
fuel economy even by a half a percent. So you can imagine we
are rather startled when we see your regulation makers put-
ting in one which, while it will make the car a little safer, will
i do so only at such a cost in fuel economy.”
With our energy people demanding ever more fuel-efficient
cars wljile our safety people are demanding ever more safe
cars, Provensal sees duel missions that are at least partially
in conflict: “We learned long ago that we can build the abso-
lutely safest car or we can build the most efficient car, but not
both. Some compromises have to be made. I wonder when
your regulators will discover this.” '—*
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
Subway talks
don't hit spot
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, April 21,
the 112th day of 1980. There are
254 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 753 B.C.,
tradition has it that Rome was
founded by Romulus.
Also on this date:
In 1509, Henry VIII became
king of England.
In 1836, Texans led by Gen.
Sam Houston defeated the
Mexicans in the battle of San
Jacinto, assuring the in-
dependence of Texas.
By WALTER R.MEARS
AP Special Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -
Notes on the Pennsylvania
presidential primary cam-
paign:
It may be that subways are
not for campaigning.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has
made subway appearances now
in Boston, Chicago, New York
and Philadelphia, but the
balance between commuters
inconvenienced and commuters
convinced is less than clear.
With Philadelphia Mayor
William Green, Kennedy went
Berry's World
#4,000,000.*
"If I get the asking price, this will be the most
expensive American painting ever sold."
hunting for votes at a Northside
subway station, greeting
passengers just inside the
turnstiles. Some of them liked
it. Some didn’t and said so. The
man at the newsstand said the
crush of politicians, reporters,
security men and Kennedy
greeters was keeping his
customers away. So he shut
down for a while. More than a
few people grumbled that they
didn’t want to see Kennedy
nearly as much as they wanted
to get past the crowd and onto
their trains.
Kennedy aides huddled and
decided there had to be a better
way. So Kennedy and Green
went outside, shook a few more
hands and moved on. Kennedy’s
wry assessment: “Well, first of
all we made about 75,000 people
mad."
President Carter contends
that with 35 presidential
primaries this year, he would
have a hard time making a
foreign policy announcement
that didn’t come during the
campaign in one state or
another. Carter said Thursday
that politics have not been a
factor in the timing of his
statements on such issues as the
Iranian hostage situation.
The question was prompted
by his optimistic assessment of
the prospects for progress
toward release of the hostages,
issued just before the polls
opened in Wisconsin and
Kansas. He defeated Kennedy
in both those primaries. But the
optimism proved unfounded; an
arrangement for transfer of the
hostages to Iranian government
control fell apart.
So, four days before the
Pennsylvania primary, Carter
announced a new set of UA
sanctions against Iran. Ken-
nedy watched the nationally
televised news conference at a
steel workers’ union hall in
Holmstead, Pa., then held a
news conference of his own.
He said he had no complaint-
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