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2—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Taxas, Wadnasdoy, Jon, 23,1980.
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In our opinion
Promotion slated
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for little dollars
The Susan B Anthony dollar coins
so far have not been a popular attrac-
tion for Americans. The coins, closer to
the size of a quarter than a silver
dollar, have not caught on. with the
public.
When the new coins were introduc-
ed, local banks received a supply of the
coins and distributed them to
customers who asked for them. But the
demand for the coins was so small that
the banks were not required to reorder.
The federal government is not
about to admit that the coins are a
failure, however.
So, beginning Feb. T, post offices
across the nation have been instructed
to use the “Susie” coins in making
change for patrons. However, if the
postal palfons do not want the
diminutive dollars, clerks have been
instructed to use paper money.
It may be negative thinking, but we
do not believe the new promotion of the
Susan B. Anthony dollars will
popularize the deflated coins.
People may be viewing them as too
convincing;a reminder of what has
happened to the purchasing power of
all their money.
Bentsen foresees
encouraging sign
Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas,
chairman of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, believes that there are en-
couraging sigas that congress is begin-
ning to recognize the need to enhance
the productive capacity of the United
States in order to solve its economic
problems.
He recently expressed the opinion
after all 20 members of the Joint
Economic Committee — for the first
time since it was established in 1946 —
agreed on an economic strategy as
published in its annual report.
When the Joint Economic Commit-
tee was established, congress gave it a
major mandate — formulate an
economic program which promotes
price stability and full employment.
Over the years, the 20 members
have never been able to agree on the
overall strategy. It is difficult to get
any 20 people to agree on anything, but
it is obvious that at this time in history
a unified approach is required to solve
the nation’s serious economic pro-
blems.
The committee has recommended a
fundamental change in the direction
economic policy has taken in the last
generation. It has called foP an end to
an economic philosophy which seeks to
solve all economic problems by focus-
ing exclusively on th<? demand side of
the economy. The coijunittee has urg-
ed a new strategy to beef up the supply
side through new tax incentives for
savings and investment, major
reforms in the federal regulatory
system, and a reduction in the percen-
tage of the Gross National Products
allocated to the public sectors.
. Bentsen knows that congress must
go along with the panel’s projections if
progress is to follow. He is encouraged
that favorable reaction by members of
congress will enable a start in the right
direction. On the other hand, addi-
tional delays in facing up to the pro-
blems and failure to legislative correc-
tive laws can mean a more serious
threat to America’s economic future.
QUOTE/UNQUOTE
What people are saying...
“Can you imagine what it
would look like if a hamburg
er ate a man’s face7 It hap-
pens while a clay man in a
day audience watches a clay
movie.”
— Prank Zappa,
mniician/filmmaker, describ-
ing a scene from his latest
movie, “Baby Snakes .” (Vili»*r
V«fc»)
a "It has become increasingly
evident that more govern-
ment is not only wasteful.
Inefficient and terribly expen
sive, but also often ominous.’’
- Bill Brock, G.O.P. chair
man, speaking at a party plat-
form hearing aimed at show-
ing Americans why they
should vo.te Republican this
year.
“The baboons must have
been planning a party.”
— Vernon Wicomb, who
was picnicking in South Afri-
ca with his family, when a
gang of aggressive baboons
robbed his knapsack. The
baboons took only his liquor.
cigarettes and car keys, leav-
ing the food behind
“The U S. government has
no jdea what martyrdom is. In
this spirit, we will solve all
the problems of Iran.”
— Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini, declaring that the
revolutionary spirit of the Ira-
nian people will overcome the
country's present economic
and political difficulties. (Timr)
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN)
Jack Anderson
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U.S. embargo vs. Ifan:
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a big stick' with no clout?
By JACK ANDERSON 1
WASHINGTON - Whed
U.S hopes for a United
Nations economic- embargo
of Iran were dashed by the
Soviet veto, the Carter
arknirtistratjon sjLputly jdemic described, it
declared that the ^nlteT^~-^',place seems .quiet.
States would go it alone*, j and,; IJs •-only
What the White Hous|^'/wd^se?':bad new;0 slow in
neglected to say was' that’
effective ammunition would
be rice. The kind preferred
by Iranians is ip short sup-
ply worldwide But the Ira-
nian view of life as a vale of
tears.-- as one Iranian aca-
If any
happy
the big stick of U S -sanc-
tions may turn out to be a
rubber billyclub The revolu-
tionary regime in Iran had
already' reduced trade with
the United States to the
point where a total cutoff
won t really punish the Ira
mans’- - and may even play
into the hands of Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Trade data from the Oom-
/fneree Department,, the Cen'
tral rhtelliggnce Agency and
the C-ongressirnfal Research
Service show how laughable
it is. to suggest that a U S.
trade embargo would bring
the mad mullah to his knees,
much less put the fanatic
captors of the American,
embassy in a more* reason
able frame of mind ’
It appears that exports
to Iran have fallen of! so sig-
nificantly as to reduce Irani-
an vulnerability to a U S.
trade embargo." states an
internal CRS analysis with
bureaucratic understate-
ment
For example, in 1978 Iran
purchased $14 billion worth
of machinery and transport
equipment from American
firms In the first nine
months of 1979, due largely
to the chaos created by the
revolution, it bought only
$326 million The purchase
of electric generating equip-
ment totaled $223 million in
1978, but only $15 million in
the first three quarters of
last year
The fundamerfalist Kho-
meini wants to put the
brakes on the rapid industri-
alization pushed by the
deposed shah Industrial pro-
duction has been reduced by
60 percent at some sites, and
further U.S technological
cutoffs might help the
ayatollah's efforts to throw
his nation's economy back
into the Middle Ages.
“It appears that Iran
could survive any unilateral
U.S. punitive economic
efforts, even though it may
impose temporary hardships
in some sectors," another
internal report warns One
such hardship sector might
be food - but President
Carter has ruled out a food
embargo And even here, a
U.S boycott would have lim-
ited effect, knowledgeable
sources informed my associ-
ate Tony Capaccio
Iran would be most sus-
ceptible to a cutoff of rice,.,
add feed grains - corn and
soybeans - vital to poultry
production While a shortage
of poultry feed might crip-
ple that already shaky indus-
try. the Iranians hedged
against this possibility by
buying up huge sffires of
such grains from the United
States in the months before
•the embassy seizure
If Carter decides to use
food as a weapon, the most
Consumer tips for free
The federal government — namely the White House —
finally has come up with a service that pulls together monthly
tips on how to beat inflation
Called the National Consumer buying Alert, it offers down-
to-earth information from such sources as the Department of
Agriculture crop forecasts
The December issue will tell you what foods will be good
biiys this month, especially for the holidays. It has specific
advice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission on
. how to avoid being a statistic in the 760,000 injuries associat-
ed with Christmas and toys each year It has detailed instruc-
tions on what to do if you can't pay your fuel bill or need help
weatherizing your house X
THE U.S. AND YOU
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William Steif
The Alert originated with Esther Peterson, President
Carter’s consumer adviser. She has been grumbling for years
that the Washington bureaucracy has lots of information tax-
payers could use if they could receive it in readable form
The December Alert notes that food prices in October were
almost 10 percent higher than they were a year ago and that
meats, poultry, fish, eggs and non-alcoholic beverages were
the big offenders.
Good buys this month should be citrus fruits, cranberries,
raisins, almonds, eggs, rice, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes,
pork, hams, turkey, shellfish. Skip beef - production is down
11 percent from last December.
The alert suggests low-cost gifts of food this holiday such
a>: do-it-yourself gourmet rice combinations using white or
brown rice with a variety of dry spices and herbs in a fancy
jar; oranges covered with cloves to use as sachets; toasted
almonds, peanuts, walnuts and sunflower seeds sprinkled with
onion salt, roasted at 350 degrees'T'and put in a nifty jar;
packets of seeds and herb pots for a kitchen garden
The alert warns families to buy only Christmas trees that
are sticky with resin at the cut trunk end and needles that are
hard to pull from the tree ,
"Bubbling” Christmas lights are bad where children can get
at them, the alert warns, because they qre easily broken and
contain a hazardous chemical
Christmas is a time when more children than usual swallow
and choke on small objects, especially Christmas ornaments
that have small, removable parts. Decorations that resemble
food are big lures to small eyes
The Alert also has detailed information on how to obtain
federal help in paying winter heating bills and where to go for
federal aid in weatherizing your home Addresses and tele-
phone numbers in each state are provided
Every month the Alert changes Last month, for example, it
bad 11 ideas on how to save energy with precise information
on how much they will save in dollars and cents. Insulating
heating ducts that pass through unheated attics or basements
will save $100 a year in cold climates
November's issue also had hints on shopping for a surgeon
An appendectomy in Washington, for example, can cost
between $250 and $450 and the only difference, says the Alert,
is the money
Last month's Alert also had advice from the U S. surgeon
general on how to prevent disease by eating better
The alert also warned that the new bacon, hot dogs, sausage
and luncheon meats without the preservative nitrite, which
causes cancer in animals, must be handled more carefully for
spoilage
Monthly copies of the National Consumer Buying Alert,
which averages 12 pages, are available free by writing Esther
Patterson, Consumer Information Center, Ptjpblo, Colo.*
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(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN-)
arriving” - wou$$ classify a
shortage of rice .as simply
one more spiritual test to be
endured
And of course the Iranians
have another, quite worldly
cure for any U.S attempt to
boycott them into submis-
sion singlehandedly: With
their oil billions,’’ they can
phy whatever price' is\ um3,™:aic l.i„uh6. .i u«.
demanded, for goods on the s accident wasn't extraordi-
world market
In short, a solo'embargo
ar Regulatory Commission
staff, after months of indeci-
sion. JiasrJtfiCfSMmended_Jeti
ting the operators of the
Three Mile Island nuclear
power plant off the hook for
legal liability in the nation's
worst nuclear reactor acci-
dent
The NRC staff has decid-
ed- that the near-meltdown
last March-, which caused
evacuation of thousands of
residents and near panic in
the Harrisburg, Pa., area.,
was not arJ officially desig-
nated ^Extraordinary
Nuclear Occurrence"
The implications of this
decision are chilling If the
by the United States won't
buy tickets home for the
American hostages.
WRIST SLAP'’ The Nucle-
narv, one might well ask.
what in the world .would be''
The legal meaning is clear
General Public Utilities
Corp.i the operator of Three
Mile Island, will ' escape
automatic liability under
federal law. and will be able
to delay compensation
claims in court for years.
What'does it take for the
NRC staff to label some-
thing an Extraordinary
Nuclear Occurrence? At
least $5 million in damages
and exposure of nearby resi-
dents to at least 20-rems of
whole-body -radiation (the
equivalent* of 400 to 800
chest X-rays), resulting in
the death or hospitalization
of at least five persons with-
in 30 days.
Footnote: When my asso-
. ciate Howard Rosenberg
asked for comment, the
utility's spokesman begged
off on grounds that the NRC
hasn't acted yet on the staff
.recommendation
PAJAMAGATE? When
Treasury Secretary William
Miller learned from an aide
- at* 5 a.m. last Nov. 14 -
that the Iranian government
was planni'hk to withdraw
its U.S. bank . deposits, he
immediately telephoned
President Carter
NBC - sketch artist Betty
Wells of Baltimore drew a
rumpled, pa jama-clad Mil-
ler for the network news
show The secretary, in a
thank-vou note after receiv-
ing a copy of the sketch,
couldn’t, resist a good-
natured critique of the
rtist's work:
“Aside y-om the fact that
the pajamas were the wrong
pattern ana that you had the
subject on the wrong side of
the bed and that it is my cus-
tom always to comb,my"hair
before answering 5 am.
phone calls (after all. you
never know who. may be
.calling;, your sketch was
completely accurate"
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A matter of opinion
There are some people who djiriR have to be told Anything
twice, and there are others who ought to be >
They are the millions of Americans who undergo non-emer-
gency surgery every year, too many of whom may be doing so
without first getting a second opinion as to the necessity ojkan
operation. ^
It’s not that a second professional evaluation^ an individu-
al’s medical condition is difficult to obtain IUs-Simply that ,
most prospective surgical patients aren't informed as to the
advisability of further consultation or don't bother to seek it
In an effort to remedy that situation, the federal Home Care
Financing Administration is launching a nationwide campaign
to alert the public to the importance of second opinions and
how to go about getting same ' ^
The goal, of course, is to reduce unnecessary surgery, which
evidence suggests accounts for a sizable and costly proportion
of the more than 20 million operations performed annually on
in-patients in U.S. hospitals.
In a three-year New York demonstration project begun in
1978, second opinions are available without charge to mqre
than a million Medicare benefitiaries in 17 counties of the
metropolitan New York City area First-year results showed
that for a total 1,464 patients recommended for surgery, the
need was not confirmed by consulting physicians in 31 percent
of the cases ^ /
A Michigan project covering some 365.000 individuals pro-
duced similar results Both projects are joint undertakings of
the Health Care Financing Administration, which administers
Medicare and Medicade, and local Blue Cross Blue Shield
COMMENTARY
Donald F, Graff
Berry's World
f) *9*0 hi ve\ i«.
"It seems we have finally come to an end of our
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' approach to the
Soviet Union. " . ' *
organizations. <
Medicare at'present pays for second opinions on a nation-
wide basis while Medicaid covers charges in most states
The campaign, making heavy use of radio and television
spot announcements, stresses the ease oKobtaining second
opinions. To start with, patients are urged to diScuss the situa-
tion frankly with their own physicians.
And if it is necessary to turn elsewhere for guidance on
physicians willing to give second opinions, it is available via a
toll-free hotline.
The number is 1 (800) 638-6833, except in Maryland where it
is 1 (800) 492-6603.
A call could be well worth it There is nothing to lose and
possibly muoh to gain.
When value takes flight
It’s not that Americans don’t get around much anymore, but
that non-Americans are getting around much, much more —
particularly to the United States.
With the result that 1980 is likely to be the first year in
which foreign visitors to the country will outnumber Ameri-
cans going abroad via air transportation.
This estimate is based on preliminary figures being pro-
cessed by the Department of Transportation indicating that
the division in 1979 between Americans traveling abroad and
foreigners flying to the United States was just about even,
confirming an accelerating shift in the U.S.-international air
travel market. As recently as February 1978, Americans
accounted for 61 percent of the passenger total.
Americans are not suddenly becoming homebodies; the for-
eign air travelers among us increased by 4 percent during the
first nine months of 1979, the latest period for which complete
statistics are available. But wanderlust is becoming epidemic
among non-Americans; foreign arrivals in the United States
increased 28 percent during the Same [period.
This is being read in part as an indication of the success of
American efforts to promote international air competition
and the United States as a place to visit.
It is probably even more a consequence of the decline of the
dollar, which makes its homeland an increasingly inexpensive
destination for citizens of hard-currency nations
Success may be sweet, but the price at times can be painful-
ly high. '£>
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN )
The Almanac
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By TIm Associated Press
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 23,
the 23rd day of 1980. There are
343 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history;
On Jan. 23, 1973, President
Richard Nixon announced a
cease-fire ending the Vietnam
war to take effect in four days.
On this date:
In 1937,17 communist leaders
confessed in Moscow they had
conspired with Leon Trotsky to
undermine the regime of Josef
Stalin.
In 1920, Holland refused to
surrender former Kaiser
William of Germany to the
Allies, who wanted to punish
him as 8 war criminal.
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