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4—THE NEWS-TELECRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Thursday, Juna 19,1980.
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In our opinion
Crime rates rising
in rural communities
It usually takes crimes of a violent
nature to call attention to the rising
crime rates in rural Texas, but the
trend continues upward despite the
fact that many rural and small town
crimes are never reported.
These facts were among those
gleaned from a survey conducted by
the Criminal Justice Center at Sam
Houston State University in Huntsville.
The survey involved a sampling of
2,272 residents in rural areas and
towns of less than 2,500 in population.
The survey was undertaken to obtain
attitudes about rural crimes, the
criminal justice system, and to come
up with a more accurate estimate of
rural crime than is provided by normal
reports from the Uniform Crime
Reports.
The
Rural Crime Survey learned
that 90 percent of the respondents now
always or sometimes lock their homes
before leaving. In days fondly
remembered by oldsters, doors were
seldom locked and rural crimes were
minor in comparision to the cities.
Doors are now locked to discourage
mobile burglars from striking quickly
and disappearing to far away places in
a matter of hours.
Moisture lag felt as
summer's debut nears
Folks have been doing a lot of
fretting about the heat and drought
recently even though summer hasn’t
made its appearance yet.
That formidable season will begin
Saturday at 12:47 a.m. and will
dominate the Texas scene until late
September at least.
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Ixcept for its lamentable lack of
slightly
comfortable nights.
Hundred degree-plus weather has
made its appearance here as early as
June 11 and the all-time record high
temperature list grows steadily more
impressive as the month progresses.
Sulphur Springs Needs....
•Cooper Reservoir
•Broader Vocational Education
•More Downtown Parking
•Continued Industrial Development
•A More Prosperous Agriculture
•A City-County Health Unit
•City Beautification
•Enthusiastic Citizens
•Minimum Housing Standards Code
•Improved Streets & Drainage
Jack Anderson
Things were better
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under Shah's rule
The report notes that rural and small
town victims often do not report
crimes, especially if they are
vandalism, relatively small thefts or
assault.
Most often they report vehicle theft,
robbery, assault with weapon and
arson.
And why are not all crimes
reported? Some of the respondents felt
that nothing would be done by officials
to solve the crime or that the crime
was not important enough.
Although the report clearly shows
increasing rural crime rates, most of
the respondents continue to feel
comparatively safe near their homes
— auite unlike the citizens who live in
high crime areas of big cities.
As population again grows in rural
areas as many flee the heavily
populated areas with its dangerous
ways of life, citizens must become
aware of the fact that they are not
exempt from thefts, attacks and arson.
They need to take all precautions to
protect their own possessions and
cooperate in every way with law
enforcement officials to keep the good
and enjoyable “old way” of life.
Rainfall for the month has varied all
the way from .50 inch to a high of 8.18
inches. One of the city’s bigger rains,
amounting to 4.25inches, fell on June
15, 1958. Contrary to the prevailing
situation, the moisture generally has
come with the milder versions of June
and the dry conditions with the
scorchers.
Sulphur Springs’ last rain of
consequence fell on hfby 15, and the
dry conditions are beginning to take
their toll of vegetation.
The best thing June could do to
improve its image this year would be
to turn up with another of those four-
inch rains.
By JACK ANDERSON
WASHINGTON - Ayatol-
lah Ruhollah Khomeini,
glowering fiercely from his
shaggy countenance, declar-
ing his hatred for America
and all its works, has staged
a ‘Crimes of America'
conference It would serve
the Iranian people better to
hold a “Crimes of the
Ayatollah" conference
For the ayatollah, whose
dark and gloomy presence
now dominates Iran, has
forced on his people a harsh-
er life than they ever
endured under the shah
Khomeini has afflicted them
with severe economic hard-
ships and religious
restraints In return, he has
offered them rewards in
heaven
Applying the guidelines of
the United Nations Human
Bights Commission, here is
a list of the ayatollah's
human rights violations
- He has ordered hundreds
of summary executions; the
secret death list is known to
exceed 1,000 His victims
have been political oppo-
nents and religious viola-
tors, ranging from dissidents
to prostitutes to homosexu-
als They have been accused
at whim and tried before
revolutionary councils with-
out regard for due process
or defendants' rights
- Last December, I
charged that Khomeini had
revived the shah's dreaded
SAVAK secret police and
that he had kept in power
the shah’s closest confidant.
Hossein Fardoust, who head-
ed the imperial inspectorate
with authority over SAVAK
Khomeini has merely
changed the name of the
secret police to SAVAMA
This was confirmed by the
Washington Post in a front-
page story on June 7 SAVA-
MA, though not yet as cruel
as SAVAK. has allegedly
tortured its victims TTiere
have been reports of beat-
ings, cigarette bums, sus-
pension by the feet and psy-
chological abuses
- SAVAMA also arrests
and detains political oppo-
nents just like SAVAK used
to do. Estimates of the num-
ber of political prisoners
vary from 1,500 to 17,000
Many have been held incom-
municado for long periods
without formal charges or
trials. SAVAMA also taps
telephones and intercepts
letters
Khomeini has encouraged
religious persecution, which
reportedly has become
rampant The religious
minorities, such as Jews and
Bahais, live in terror They
have been hounded and
harassed Their religious
property has been seized and
their shrines desecrated
- He has also curtailed
personal freedoms He has
restricted the legal rights of
Tough act to follow
Considering the run of the news these days out of Iran,
Cuba, Western Europe, Israel and other crisis centers includ-
ing the American presidential campaign, any that might even
remotely be described as good is doubly welcome.
There is some, involving a once-familiar name in many bad
news reports.
Robert S. McNamara has announced his coming retirement
as president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development - or, as headline writers among others prefer
to refer to it, the World Bank.
McNamara's departure in itself is by no means good news.
But the story of the World Bank during its 12 years under his
leadership definitely is.
COMMENTARY
Don Graff
Set up following World War II as an institution for channel-
ing resources from the industrial nations into the development
of the world’s economic also-rans, the bank during its early
years did exactly that in a conscientious but cautiously con-
servative fashion. Dams, transportation facilities, agricultur-
al improvement and similar highly visible projects where
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returns on investments were virtually certain and fairly rapid
were its thing.
McNamara began diversifying the bank’s interests and
efforts as soon as be took over in 1968. Big projects continued,
but he also pushed the bank into taking greater chances.
Funds went into risk areas such as gas and oil exploration A
special “soft loan” affiliate lent to the poorest of the poor
countries on long term and at minimal charge. Sociological
problems, such as population control, ax well as economic
became bank concerns.
In little more than a decade under McNamara, the bank s
annual commitments grew from $1 billion to $11.5 billion, and
it currently supervises some 1,600 projects in more than 100
countries budgeted at $100 billion.
And all at no cost to the bank’s own soundness. Its bonds in
the capital markets, the source of the bulk of its lending funds,
are top-rated.
It is an impressive achievement even in perspective — the
dollars of 1980 not being those of 1968, a change for the worse
with which McNamara is not entirely unconnected
During the years immediately preceding his bank tenure, be
was, as U.S. secretary of defense, one of the most prominent
shapers of the involvement in Vietnam, an immensely costly
and disastrously underbudgeted commitment that more than
any other single cause is responsible for the destabilised'
American economy and institutionalized inflation of recent
years. ,
Some would attribute McNamara’s dedicated performance
at the bank in part to penance for that at the Pentagon.
Possibly. But whatever the background, it is a performance
that today stands on its own.
McNamara has given plenty of advance warning of his
departure. It will not actually take place until June SO, 1981.
his 65th birthday. That gives the United States — which with
its 22 percent stake is the hank’s largest shareholder and has
to date provided the president — and its more than 130 part-
ners a year in which to find a replacement.
It won’t be easy.
^Speaking of development...
Second Thoughts on Headlines Department
"Africa developing msdern rail system.”
(From the New York Times, reporting plans by the Organi-
zation of African Unity to quadruple mileage throughout
member nations and update facilities by the end of the centu-
ry. The primary problem to be reeoteed b neither financial
nor technical, according to OAU sources, bat political — get-
ting agreement on a common transportation policy.)
And if they can pull it off, it could mean there is hope for
United States. >
even the Un
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women, authorized searches
without warrants often at
night and barred freedom of
movement
- He has cracked down on
press freedom, closing more
than 40 newspapers and
magazines be didn t like,
expelling foreign corre-
spondents whose reports dis-
pleased him. detaining and
questioning newsmen,
interfering with internation-
al telephone, telex and satel-
lite communications
The ayatollah appears to
be oblivious to the contra-
diction. as be commits the
same crimes against human-
ity that he denounced under
the shah Indeed. Khomeini
has a capacity to cultivate
unreality, a mysticism that
undermines rational govern-
ment Yet be has a tenacity
and guile, with an inner fire
that counters the chill his
stern visage casts
OIL WAR? - The United
States, the Soviet Union and
the Arab oil powers are
maneuvering dangerously
near the edge of world war.
Here’s the ominous scenario:
The oil sheiks are plunder-
ing the industrial nations,
including the United States,
by recklessly holding back
production and rigging pric-
es. It probably will take mil-
itary action to stop this rui-
nous economic assault.
The Soviets, meanwhile,
are expected to cross the
great divide into oil depend-
ency in a matter of months.
In anticipation of this, they
are closing in on the Persian *
Gulf President Carter has
warned that the United
States will use military
force, if necessary, to main-
tain access to Persian Gulf
oil
Thus armies and navies
with hydrogen-headed mis-
siles are already encircling
the Persian Gulf. Strategists
in the backrooms of the Pen-
tagon believe war is inevita-
ble Indeed, it could erupt
into World War III.
Yet this horrendous
calamity can be avoided
simply by pushing ahead,
full speed, with the develop-
ment of alternate fuels. But
first, the politicians in Wash-
ington must break loose
from the financial grip of
the oil companies. The
threat of nuclear war ought
to have priority over pro-
tecting tiie profits of the
insatiable ojl tycoons.
What the country needs is
a Manhattan Project that
will . bring together the
nation’s best brains and
industrial resources to find a
substitute for oil.
WASHINGTON WHIRL -
President Carter politicized
the 1980 census by giving
political loyalists the first
crack at the jobs. The result-
ing national head count has
been flawed by incomplete
returns, inadequate follow-
ups, staggering errors and
widespread confusion ...
Officials from more than
one government agency
have complained to my off-
ice that they are short of off-
ice supplies but have a sur-
plus of Jimmy Carter photos
... Under federal manage-
ment, Amtrak has canceled
five trains in the past year
while President Carter has
been calling upon Ameri-
cans to rely more on mass
transportation.
WATCH ON WASTE -
The Army’s Washington
(D C.) Finance and Account-
ing Office is having a hard
time accounting foe itself to
government auditors. On a
recent unannounced visit,
the gumshoes found Treas-
ury checks totaling more
than $300,000 strewn around
the office, lying on the floor,
scattered on desks and
stuffed helter-skelter in
drawers.
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Military needs are extreme
Al Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, some of the world's
most sophisticated jets sit unused in aircraft hangars. They
are muItimiilion-doUar F-15 fighter jets—the pride and joy
of the United States Air Force, the front line of our defense.
Bui, these particular planes have
the better-known epithet of
"hangar queens." This refers to
the fact that they have been
grounded for more than three
weeks. Some of them, in fact,
have been grounded for nine
months.
A recent check at Langley
showed that only 20 of the base’s
60 F-15’s were capable of per-
forming their missions. Of the 40
grounded planes, some 20 were
the U.S. Navy’s Wesi Coast fighter base at Miramar, Cali-
fornia, a spot check revealed that over half of the F-14
fighters were grounded.
Frequently, airplane mechanics must resort to “cannibali-
zation.” They have to strip parts from one plane to keep
another one flying. The mechanics have little choice but to
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do this; the reason is, simply, that there are not enough
spare parts to go around.
It is estimated that, overall, only 53 percent of the F-15
Eagles in the entire Air Force are ready to take off at any
given moment to meet an emergency. The same percentage
holds for the Navy’s F-14 Tomcat fighter.
The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee re-
cently discovered that the Air Force fills half or more of its
demand for spare parts either through “cannibalization” or
by drawing from war reserve stocks. Air Force leaders say
their budget for spare parts in fiscal 1981 falls more than
$2 billion short of what they need.
It makes you wonder what good are our sleek new F-15’s
if we are barely able to keep half of them in the air?
Not only are we short of parts for the planes, we also are
short of the highly-skilled mechanics needed to service them.
Most branches of our military are experiencing a dangerous
exodus of noncommissioned officers—the second- and third-
termers who make our increasingly sophisticated weapons
function.
Last year, more than 40 percent of those up for reenlist-
ment in each service chose to leave.
After years of cutting, or at most holding the line in de-
fense spending, we find our capability deteriorating as our
principal adversary continued to build and build its military
machine.
Every year since 1960, according to best estimates, the
Soviet Union has increased its total military spending by
three percent. Today, the Soviets spend about 50 percent
more than we do, in equivalent dollars. And they are con-
tinuing to raise that by three percent a year.
la view of this intensive buildup on the part of the Soviets,
it is evident that now more than ever is the time to commit
ourselves to vigorously renew our military establishment. The
challenge ahead of us is to spend whatever is necessary to as-
sure that our Armed Forces are fully capable of carrying out
the missions to guarantee our couhtry’s well-being.
For fiscal year 1981, the Operations and Maintenance Bud-
get of the Defense Department stands at $51.3 billion. Like
every other budget, its biggest problem ahead is to keep pace
with inflation. Only in recent years has the government even
begun to recognize the importance of including enough funds
for operations and maintenance to keep our defenses in op-
erating condition.
Since coming to the Senate, I have advocated that our coun-
try maintain a defense capability second to none. Over the
past several years I have repeatedly warned that funding
levels for operation and maintenance were too low and have
urged that more attention be paid to this often-neglected, but
critically important, facet of our defense capability.
This year there are heartening signs that my warnings and
those of others are receiving overdue attention.
It sokei no sense to develop the most sophisticated mili-
tary equipment in the world, then not provide enough spare
parts aixQiqualified perso^M to operate it. In recent yean,
two vital words have been left out of our defense vocabu-
lary-readiness and preparation. I am hopeful that this year
they'll be brought back into popular use.
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