Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 229, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1980 Page: 4 of 26
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forum
our opinion
Savage summer leaves
massive damage trail
• Acting almost predacfr m sriwisw,
Nature finally has produced a fcogJah
♦efcome break in Use keg ordeal of
(eat and drought that has made the
iumroer of 1W soch a (fifficul penod
: Only a few days after ttfinu's
qffidaJ arrival were required to bring
desperately needed ram and to ease
§£ burning edge on a full summer of
lavage temperatures.
i It may be too early to start
[ the release from weather
rments, but prospects must be
garded as good. If for no other
Anson, there simply isn’t enough time
^ft to put such a summer back
together again.
flhe cost of the experience has been a
painful one. Losses in agriculture have
been thoroughly detailed and will
mmwfcatffr ohnous but still a potent
factor has been the depresszsg effect of
the —t on general business In
Acs part of the coentry, the weather
prebaMy has done more than the
reoessax to pet a brake oc sales
FiaaUy. the community has been kft
facing some ftrnadaWe challenges..
Experience has shown that tap
priority needs for expanding the water
distribution system exist and require
immediate attention In the longer
range background, the need for getting
Cooper Reservoir moving again loams
as more imposing than ever.
It has been a long, hard summer
Let’s hope it finally is over. There a
lots of work to be done.
§Te*T
SeUor PilPT, AMERICA Truly t§
The land of opportunity! i came
Tc tu:& country in a leaky
wccpen Boat, and Tm 6C/n6 hone
in A oet Plane!
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Carter stabs Stabler
to stun Houston crowd
TEC office proves
effective in county
It is a wise decision that the Texas
mpioyment Commission has made to
operation of its local office in
gs-
for the past year was
by the federal government,
finds have been cut off, but the
leadership has voted to tap other
aide resources so that Sulphur
gs and Hopkins County citizens
not be without this valuable ser-
iet
• Statutes bear out the need for the
qff. •
; The TBC office in Sulphur Springs
ftwnd jobs fur Uli The office took
foyirarwar fur 4.1M persons seeking
r —
Sulphur Springs Hands....
a
fCooper Reservoir
‘Broader Vocational Education
•More Downtown Parking
tContimjed Industrial Development
•A More Prosperous Agriculture
B
•i
&
jock And«r»on
work. It accepted 10,623 claims for
unemployment benefits.
Employers are well-served by the
local office of the Texas Employment
Commission. In other words, the office
has responded well by serving both the
needs of applicants as well as firms
and other seeking to employ workers.
Fortunately, the Hopkins County
economy is solid ana the unem-
ployment here is well below the
national rate.
The local office erf TEC serves as a
clearing house to match employers
and prospective employees and it has
done a job that needs to be continued.
•A City-County Health Unit
•City Beautification
•Enthusiastic Citizens
•Minimum Housing Standards Code
•Improved Streets A Drainage
Sr MICHAEL PUTZEL
bwcuM Prwi Wrrtar
WASHINGTON *AP - P*r.
of a Whse House advance
man's job is to give tbe fass-
travelmg preadra: a koi item
or two he can stser. id has
speech to make a appear fa*'s
familiar wrsfc the area he's
visiting and aware of his
listeners' concerns.
But last week m Houston.
President Carter — never
known for its fascination with
spectator sports — mistook a
“b” for a ‘1" and spoiled the
best-laid plans of a vigilant
staff.
"I would like you to know that
I’m aware of some of your
pressing local problems,"
Carter told a $2.50O-a-plate
fund-raising luncheon. "As soon
as they get their timing down
with Statler and his receivers,
theyll be winning games every
week and put Houston back in
the top where you belong. The
Oilers are a great team,
Houston is a great city, and Tm
grateful to all cf you."
Members of the audience
stared blankly at the president,
no sign of recognition on then-
faces. All except one advance
nun, who cringed.
Carter was referring to the
pro football Oilers' new
Carter orders options check
of nuclear use in Mideast
I JACK ANDERSON
{WASHINGTON - la an
i development Pres
Carter has issued
I directives to the Pen
to prepare the option
ng nuclear weapons in
i volatile Middle East
have been hinu of
i a powibility m the past
■’» state of the union
last January, for
, declared that an
t by any outside force
Mi gain control of the Per
■fhn Gulf will be regarded u
as assault on the vital inter
Mgs of the United States
(Arid) will be repelled by use
of any meant necessary ."
.And Robert Kotner.
undersecretary of defense
fgr policy, publicly staled
that if conventional deter
^ to tbe Middle East
the use of nuclear
would be coraid
But in secret direc-
tbe president has
out the nuclear
i dearly and explicitly
. mm. Presidential Decision
Unwrandum No SI, Carter
nwiitned a new UJ5. nuclear
ptilicy for the Middle East
Hit this memo was ignored
W the furor over Presides
Oil Directive 59. which
dinged US missile targets
iw the Soviet Union
IThe contents of PDM No
and related documents
a directive to the
itegic Air Command
Defense Secretary
___Brown, are designed
"significantly degrade
.■sssssEfi
-Persian Gulf region fw
I of at toast 30 days
accomplish this, the
lent ordered the for
i of various military
my associate Dale
Atta has learned The
most significant of these
was the "limited strategic
option" for use by the com
minder of the Rapid
Deployment Force. Gen
PX Kelley
Subject to the usual presi-
dential authorization for use
of any nuclear weapons, this
option involves 19 nuclear
bombs earned by B-52
bombers The aim a to keep
Soviet forces from invading
Iran, and the weapons
include both B-57 bombs,
with an expkmve power
about equal to the Hiroshi-
ma bomb and the more
powerful B-61 variable yield
thermonuclear bombs
Sources said Carter
ordered his planners to for-
mulate several additional
limited strategic options as
well as a more far-reaching
selective attack option
that would target Russian
facilities near Iran, includ-
ing military bases and air-
fields inside the Soviet
Union
Military experts noted
that with a B-52 force - the
SACs 57th Air Division at
Minot Air Force Base N D •
• already earmarked for
Middle East deployment the
bombers would be the most
likely vehicle for nuclear
weapons, rather than long-
range missiles in silos in the
United States The bombers
are far more flexible one
source pointed out, adding
“If we screw around with
our ICBMs. you don't know
what the response would
be
"Flexible" does not mean
"reasonable." however, in
the view of some insiders
They contend that the con-
cept of limited nuclear war-
fare confined to the Middle
East is a child's dream that
could become a nightmare
for the whole world
"If we initiate tactical
nuclear warfare m that
area, we are opening a
Pandoras box, said one
Pentagon source who is
alarmed at the idea of pre-
paring strategic options for
the huddle East The Sovi-
ets could respond with tacti-
cal nuclear weapons against
our warships u the Persian
Gulf area, and who knows
where it would go from
there’"
Footnote A White House
spokesman refused to con-
firm or deny the contents of
PDM No 51. or to discuss
US unclear policy with
respect to the Middle East
JIMMY’S LATEST Our
political odds man is out
with his latest pick - and it's
Ronald Reagan
Ununpresaed by the latest
polls. Jimmy the Greek still
make Reagan a 2-and-ooe-
half - to-1 favorite over Jim-
my Carter to win m Novem-
ber Jimmy has zeroed in on
the state with many elec-
toral vote and here s bow
be see Reagan winning
New York (41) - Carter
earned in 1976. but the
unhappv Jewish voters -
given John Anderson as a
Liberal Party alternative -
will tip the scale for
Reagan
New Jersey (IT) - Ford
earned last time It's dose,
but Reagan has the edge
Pennsylvania (27) --
Carter and Reagan are even
right now. but if Reagan can
nail enough of the ethnic
vote, he’s got it
Florida (17) - Carter won
here four years ago. but
resentment over bis han-
dling of the Cuban and Hai-
tian refugee problem in
heavily populated Dade and
Broward Counties may give
the slate to Reagan
Michigan (21) - Gerald
Ford took the state with 5t
percent of the vote
Reagan s not as strong as
the native son was. but the
depression m the auto indus-
try should work to Reagan s
advantage
Ohio (25) - Carter won by
an eyelash - 15.000 votes -
in 1976 But unemployment
in the steel, glass and rubber
industries helps Reagan, and
the state's Conservative
Party, which sat it out last
time! is working enthusias-
tically for Reagan
Illinois (26) - Reagan s
native-son status and discon-
tent among blue-collar
workers put this in the
Republican column
WATCH ON WASTE; The
Pentagons philosophy on
expenditure of public funds
was made stunningly clear
the other day One of my
reporters called to inquire
about a contract for 300.000
laminated-plastic recipe
cards to be used by barten-
ders at the Army's officers
clubs and enlisted men s
saloons around the world
The bids aren't in yet. but
the cost is expected to run
somewhere between $5,000
and 110.000. When my
reporter suggested that per-
haps the military pubs could
get along - as they have for
decades - without official
guidelines, the Pentagon
spokeswoman observed
brightly that "even if it is
wasting money.” printing
the recipe cards will “still
be providing jobs to
qnrtatwck, Ker Stabler wfac
bad problems doing Boost:-:, s
opening game toss against
Ptrtstergi wife na receivers
tapping passes.
As if that weren't bad enough,
aoe of those to the we3-6eetod
audience was Joe Santee. a
relief pother for the Houston
Astros baseball tear, which is
leadng the Natixis! League
West dms&or-
“I cant bebeve be talked
about the Osiers and didr. t say
■yfttog about as," Sambno
said afterward The major
league baseball player said be
is a former Democrat now
registered as an independent
who was invited to see the
president as a guest of two
sports agents.
When be reached his home
state to Georgia later m that
campaign trip. Carter dkfc't
need any befp from ins advance
staff.
.Before attending the
dedication of the new Harts5eld
Atlanta Internationa] .Airport
terminal, the president was
given a tour of the facility's
subways, mmpg sidewalks and
other modem •people movers"
deseed to speed passengers to
then flights.
When I was running for
governor and later serving as
governor, when I was running
for president. I promised
myself that one of the first
I wouid beip with was the
improvement of the Atlanta
airport." Carter told airport
officials aid employees at the
takwtioe ceremony. “I don’t
know if y'all know where I
learned how to jog
"It was in the old airport."
The modem air terminal,
however, hasn't exactly made
airport jogging obeolrte. .As
Carter walked briskly from the
ceremony to board Air Force
One and become the first
passenger to use the ultra-
modern terminal, the White
House staff and press corps
(raveling with tom had u grab
thesr bags and run several
hundred yards to the chartered
jet accompanying the
president.
The Almanac
Today in Hirtory
By The Associated Press
Today is Fnday. Sept. 26, the
27Wh day of 19S0 There are 96
days left m the year
Todav’s highlight in histone
On Sept. 36. 1777, British
troops occupied Philadelphia in
the .American Revoluion
On this date
In 1907, New Zealand became
a self-governing dominion
within the British Com-
monwealth
In 1918, the World War I allies
launched an offensive that
broke the German "Hin-
denburg Line."
In 1950, United Nations troops
in the Korean war recaptured
the South Korean capital,
Seoul, from the North Koreans.
In 1969. a mihtary govern-
ment, with leftist leanings
overthrew the government ot
Bolivia.
Ten years ago. Jordan's King
Hussein named a new govern-
ment to placate critics who
accused him of plotting to
liquidate Palestinian guerrillas
in his country.
Last year, the House of
Representatives joined the
Senate in approving legislation
that would carry out the
Panama Canal Treaties.
Today's birthdays: Actress
Julie London is 54 years old.
Iowa Gov. Robert Ray is 52.
Thought for Today: There is
no grid which time does not
lessen and soften - Cicero (106-
43 B.C.)
Berry's World
C •* 6, Hi* M
‘‘Let’s put it this way! tt I'm fired, it won't be
Jimmy Carter and his economic policies that I'll
blame."
Ca*rr«* I«N
I ’wiled Feature Nvwdacntr tar
COMMENTARY
Don Graff
Iraq, Iran and arms
By Dra Graff
la the short run Iraq would appear to have the best of it in
ss war with Iran
The Iraqi forces thanks to their Soviet connection, are
among the best-equipped id the Mideast with the advantages
to striking first and heavily at a disorganized opponent
already at war with itself
In the long run
Who knows’ It could be very long indeed, and the Iraqis and
Iranians may have less to say about it than a number of out-
side parties whose interests converge in the explosive Persian
Gulf
These are for the most part the same parties that at the
moment are urging the combatants to cool it and calling upon
each other to pledge non-intervention.
Thev are also, however, already deeply involved in the
fighting itself Those are American-supplied Phantoms with
which the Iranians are raiding Baghdad. Those are Soviet
tanks in which the Iraqis are striking at Abadan.
Whatever else develops from the Iraqi-Iranian war, it is
providing a beautiful example of the consequences of one of
the world's biggest businesses - the arms trade
Total arms exports,during lfgO are expected to hit $25 bil-
lion — not counting spare* pans, maintenance and training
costs, which'fcan increase a supplier's eventual take by two or
three times — arid are increasing by some $5 billion a year
It is a business dominated by a handful of super arms pow-
ers - the United States, with a declining share but still close
to half the world market, followed by the Soviet Union and
wuh France a strong third Britain and Italy make up the rest
of the first team
Customers for everything from sopersophisticated jet* to
nfle ammunition are found anywhere in the world there are
regimes that can afford to buy — and sometimes among tboee
that can't
The most lucrative single market, however, is the Mideast,
where the oil exporters have been pouring much of their
wealth into arms Several of the arms suppliers, in turn,
depend upon the sales to pay much of their oil bills — an
estimated 20 percent in the case of France
Buyers and sellers tend to specialize The American over-
equipping of the shah s forces is a much retold story since the
revolution The Saudis have also been U.S clients, but are now
also talking to the French about planes Jordan looks primari-
ly to tbe United States and Britain
" Iraq, after absorbing something like $3 billion in Soviet
matenel in the last two decades, is now turning to Europe -
to France for planes and to Italy for a reported 31-plus billion
warship deal that would make it the strongest naval power in
the Gulf
has quietly abandoned its efforts of a few years back to
restrict the trade Foreign sales, especially of aircraft are
increasingly important to the economic health of U.S manu-
facturers and. by lowering unit costs, save the Pentagon mon-
ey in equipping U.S forces
.An extreme case is France, which depends upon the foreign
market to maintain its warplane industry, selling abroad
three times as many planes as it buys for the French air force
There's more, but we may not have seen anything yet Tbe
Japanese, who have maintained a very low post-war military
posture are reported seriously considering dealing them-
selves in on such an obviously booming business Don’t be
surprised if the next Toyota-style success story involves
Super-Zeroes.
But back to Iraq and Iran, whatever the long-run conse-
quences of the conflict it is providing ample evidence that it is
a little bit late in the game for the interested outside parties to
be talking about non-intervention Without their contributions,
tbe short run already would have been a lot shorter
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SAINTS AND SINNERS
George Plagenz
The message is clear
By George R. Plageni
My normal way of addressing you is not to shock you, or
even lecture you. I am a gentle soul who, under most circum-
stances. would rather switch than fight. A black eye is not my
trademark I prefer speaking softly to shouting and wielding a
big stick.
But there is a time to be winsome and a time to shock And
even nice guys have a right - even perhaps a duty - to step
out of character once in awhile. I am stepping out of charac-
ter today
I remember reading a book once about an alcoholic priest
called. Shepherds in the Mist." In looking back on the people
who helped him most in his recovery from alcoholism, the
priest recalls one person in particular. "He did not counsel or
criticize me." says the priest. “He just stood by me a silent,
affectionate reminder of better things."
More good in the world is done, 1 think, by being a "silent,
affectionate reminder of better things" than by counseling or
criticizing. Or by shocking people with the possible conse-
quences of their actions Yet our drift toward nuclear war is
proceeding at such a rapid pace that perhaps only a shock will
awaken us to the horror facing us
So I am recommending that you spend $2 50 and get the
September issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (1020
East 58tb St . Chicago 60637).
I want particularly for you to read. Medical consequences
of a nuclear war" - remarks from a symposium organized by
tbe Physicians for Social Responsibility and sponsored by the
Harvard Medical School and the Tufts University School of
Medicine
Dr Howard Hiatt dean of the Harvard School of Public
Health, discusses the effects of a hypothetical nuclear attack
on Boston
“In the aftermath of such an attack," he savs. “what are the
prospects for medical care’ Using a figure of 6,560 physicians
in tbe Boston metropolitan area at the time of attack, tbe
studies project that almost 5.000 will be killed immediately or
fatally injured and that only 900 will be in a condition to
render post-attack medical care The ratio of injured persons
to physicians is thus in excess of 1.700 to one Thus it is
unrealistic to suggest a meaningful medical response to tbe
overwhelming health problems that would follow a nuclear
attack"
We are altogether too unrealistic in our views about a
nuclear war A woman of my acquaintance said to me recent-
ly, ‘1 am not afraid of a nuclear war My children are all
grown I am not afraid to die." This completely the
point In a nuclear war. you can't count on dying
Consider this picture presented by John Hersey in his book,
'Hiroshima": “There were about 20 men, all in exactly the
same nightmarish state: their sockets were hollow, tbe fluid
from their melted eyes had run down their cheeks Their
mouths were mere swollen, pus-covered wounds which they
could not bear to stretch enough to admit the spout of a t*»pto
What we must keep in mind when people speak glibly to
fighting a nuclear war for freedom is that freedom a Ur
people. Any victories for freedom which do not result in a
fuller enjoyment of freedom by people is folly. And a
victory for freedom would not allow for a fuller enjoyment to
freedom because, after a nuclear war, no people would be hi
any condition to enjoy it
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 229, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1980, newspaper, September 26, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824880/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.