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Thursday. sept m
TOPS 638- 7 p m . Si Christopher s by the tea Episcopal
Church
Jayceet 7 TO pm . Community Center
SATURDAY. SEPT 16
Chamber of Commerce dance 8 pm . Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Catholic Church parish hall
MONDAY. SEPT. 18
Kotary Club 12 noon. Community Center
Lions Club -7pm. Shep's Chicken Shack
Parks and recreation board - 7 30 pm . Community
Center
Art Guild 7 TO p m . First Presbytenan Church
TUESDAY. SEPT, i*
Library Niard - 12 noon Mary and Jeff Bell Public
Library
City council meeting • 7 pm (workshop! 8 pm
(agenda*, city hall
Volunteer fire department - 7:30 p m . fire station
Eastern Star • 7 *1 pm . Masonic Lodge building
Booster club - 7:30pm high school cafeteria
WEDNESDAY. SEPT 20
Kiwanis (Tub 12 noon Shep s Little Chicken Shack
Portland Sea Gulls Square Dance Club -8pm
Community ( enter
THURSDAY, SEPT 21
Poland Home Demonstration (Tub - 9 30 am.
Community Center
TOE’S 638 ■ 7 p m . St Christopher's by the sea Episcopal
Church
Miss Gregory-Portland Beauty Pageant -8pm. high
school auditorium
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by U.S. Senator for Texas
JOHN TOWER
Citizun* CoiiimisMion to Solve
Red Tape
WASHINGTON—Nothing in this life is certain. Ben
I ranklin reminded us, hut death and taxes
If Ben could observe Washington today, he probably
would add a corollary: in the federal city, nothing is
certain but red tape.
Ask most Texans who have dealt with Washington, and
you'll likely be told generating red tape is Washington's
strongest suit. It's the one thing bureaucrats arc good at
Dr Franklin might also point out that relying on the
bureaucrats to put an end to bureaucracy would lie (list
about as useful as an admonition to the fox that unless
he guards the chicken coop, chickens will delight the
palate of would-be varmints.
Nothing seems more certain than that real reform of
the bureaucracy must come from outside to he meaning-
ful. A hard-nosed assessment by individuals who have
nothing at stake and who seek nothing more than better
government might he the only answer to a nationwide
chorus of complaint about cnsnarling bureaucracy and
ovcI regulation.
There is no time like the present That is why a hill I
have introduced would create a "Citizens Commission on
Fconomie Regulatory Oversight " Its mission would he
clear review Federal economic regulatory agencies and
laws and recommend to Congress the elimination of those
agencies laws, and regulations responsible for the dupli-
cation. c<sst and paperwork burden for everyone from the
businessman to the taxpayer
How would this commission he different from every
other commission^ Very simply: it would be comprised
i«f distinguished and impartial citizens from outside govern
ment who would go straight to the people to find answers
necessary to put a stop to excessive regulation and bu-
reaucracy
The Commission would he required to conduct town
mcctinus in communities all across the country to hear
what citizens have to say about the problems In addition,
a nationwide "hotline" would he established so that citi-
zens with complaints could register them with the Com-
mission.
The Commission would file a tentative report to the
Congress within one scar's time and a final set of recom-
mendations after 18 months to assure that the recom-
mendations result in action
The Commission totaling 12 members, would he ap-
pointed hv the President and hy the majority and minority
leaders of the House and Senate
There has been practically no end to commissions and
various task forces in the past which have sought to re-
form the “unanswerable bureaucracy ” The real difference
See TO WEB, Page II
Hill Wears New Type Choker
by pdl
The Republican Party of
Texas is optimistic about
Novemlier
They have a right to be
They have a good ticket
And. the "John over the Hill
gang has a great big Jimmy
and Walter act with its
ineffective Washington show
flanging right around their
neck and is having one big time
trying to smile about the w hole
thing without choking
Hill hasn't caught on to the
mood of America yet and is
promising more and more,
even though it really isn't his to
promise If he thinks he will be
able to punch through yet more
punishment on the taxpayer to
pay for some <4 the promises
he has dropped along the trail,
he is jus) not in touch
Already Hill is leaning on (he
legislature saying that it will
have to choose priorities wisely
to even Ire able to fund his
cummitment to teachers
Too. Hill still has to deliver
or. a promise he made to the
larmcrs when they wen1 being
gused and »tubbed a few
months ago hy \ alley “police"
officers He said then, in a tug
political show at the scene, that
there would he “an
investigation by his attorney
genera I office "
The investigation never
came about That is. unless it
was done in great secrecy, and
that surely is most doubtful
The average guy and gal is
sick of hearing the liberals yak
about how great il is going to he
with more
There is a conservative
trend There is talk of some
relief from more and more
Hundreds of Briscoe
campaign workers are turning
their efforts toward a new light
on the horizon which could
bring a brightness of leveling
off and of reducing the muck of
slate government
That light (* going to shine
There is plenty of power to fuel
the reasoning of getting on with
the job of having food
government without the
obesenei
Austin
i4 (he stopovers in
Some Difference
Every day it is becoming
more evident that the United
Stales is falling further and
further behind the Huskies in
military strength
The volunteer military
concept is cutting the armed
forces to shrews
Now. the Fresident has
vetoed the hill for a nuclear
carrier in yet another
unilateral disarmament step,
ora- of many he has taken since
taking over the head shed
Money was not the reason
because the $37 billion defense
procurement hill was less than
lie had actually requested
There are 2 1 million active
military personnel in Ibis
country's all volunteer armed
forces The Huskies have 4 I
million and that doesn't count
the millions under arms in the
slave countries of Eastern
Europe
The Soviets have 12.000
surface to air missiles The
U S has 990
The Soviets have 2.700
interceptor aircraft The U S
has 357
The Soviets have 45,0(wi
tanks The U S has 7.835
The Soviets have 942 active
units in their fleets The U.S.
has 456
The Soviets have 1.549
intercontinental ballistic
missiles The U S has 1,054
The Soviets have 842
submarine launched ballistic
missiles The U.S. has 656
These figures do not really
instill a sense of continuing
security
Uncle s Sam's proud tall hat
and sui>erbly tailored tails are
getting lust a little frayed
around the edges
It will tie reassuring when a
new tailor gets into town
Sauce Reporter
One “political reporter
commenting on the Hcpubhcan
convention said that on the
cocktail circuit the night before
the convention, he could find no
enthusiasm (or John Tower
The guy should push himselt
away from the sauce wagon
and get out to where the real
action is and he would soon
discover exceptional
enthusiasm among the rank
and file
Tower had in his previous
elections, and is again picking
up. reassuring support from
Democrats and Independents
in addition to his solid base in
the Hepublican party
Two recent votes in the
House surety show that Bob
Krueger is somewhere other
than representing his
constituency May be that he is
politicing. or maybe he just
didn't want to go on record
That way he can play it cozy
with both sides of the table
One amendment adopted
was the limiting of wages for
employment under the
Comprehensive Employment
and Training Act iCETAi It
limits wages under CETA to
$10,000 per year in "low Wage
areas" and to $12,000 in so-
called high wage locales
The second amendment
reduces funding for the
controversial Title Vl» public
service jobs by about $t billion
Excellent moves which
passed even though Krueger
was no when' in sight
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Vivien Leigh — Thought Of As Scarlet O’Hara
ItY I.YRA SPARKS
As spell binding as any
hiographv I have read-at least
recently-is Anne Jackson's
“Vivien l-eigh", Perhaps it is
because of the character she
portrayed But this is not about
Hollywood It is about almost a
legendary lady behind whom
lav two deeply divided
personalities -one charming,
elegant, convent-schooled,
“perfect hostess", whose
friends included actors,
writers, glittering
personalities-even Winston
Churchill-from all over the
world The other was a self-
destructive. spoiled, recklessly
ambitious manic depressive
w ho puzzled and hurt those who
loved her
It is also a story of a woman
who was deeply loved by three
men The setting is in India
where she was horn, in
England where she grew up.
was educated, and had most of
her theater career, and
America, whose heart she
Weekly Portfolio
Having established its
beachhead above 9«0, the
market has chiwen to regroup
and prepare for its next upside
challenge Yesterday's session
siw a weak opening and then a
gradual recovery with the list
looking positively perky at the
close The "onward and
upward" school faces a mixed
news background
Senator Hussell Long.
Chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, continues
to restructure the tax hill with
some interesting new wrinkles
on the capital gains tax which
we view as imsiiive on balance
Conditions are quiet in the
Senate as deliberations on the
natural gas de regulation hill
remain in effect with a critical
(irocedural vote scheduled for
tomorrow It should he close,
lint we leel the administration
will score victory
No clear cut victory seems
imminent in the Mid East
summit and we would have to
dow n play this area as a source
of stimulus for Hm- market
(in (lie monetary side, the
fixed income markets have
N-en acting well responding to
a favorable technical position
But rates remain poised to
move higher and there is street
speculation that the prime rate
c (Slid go to 9' per cent before
the week is out
Finally. administration
sources indicate that the new
anti-inflation game plan could
tie out next week encompassing
wage guidelines with a seven
per cent top and price
guidelines with a 5:l i per cent
limit All in all. there is a lot to
chew on and the market will
probably remain a lively
affair Since the summer rally
kick off on July 6. market
pauses have not exceeded
three trading sessions While
we are willing to concede
another day of rest, we want
the hull charging hy tomorrow
We are driven
In terms of leadership, the
gambling stocks carried the
day as the shorts become
bloodier and bloodier, hut we
also had IBM ticking back up
above 300 at the close.
Kastman Kodak closing a point
above its intraday low and blue
chip Exxon making the most
active list with a spritely gain
Thus, we see some promise in
the opening today However,
we will probably require some
news development to get us
mining again It could either
In- positive, natural gas tax
legislaiion. or it could lie a non
by Bill Germany
William V. (Hill) Germany is an account executive with
Bathe Halsey Stuart Shields. Incorporated.
Germany, a native of l.akr Jackson. Texas, attended the
l mversitt of Texas. He plated end for U.T. in 1*55, 1956 and
I9-.7, and later plated professional football in the Canadian
EiMilball league
Since muting In (his area five tears ago. Germany has
been active in real estate, in addition to his work as a stork
broker.
response to negatives, a prime
rale Ninst We still have our
eye on the volume level and are
reminded that the spring rally
ended only when the turnover
contracted Where there is
volume, there is hope
Getting down to the specifics
again, the United Press
International is the wire
service which indicates that
the Phase II inflation message
would be out next week In
addition to the specific
guidelines mentioned above,
sources said the revamped
program would probably also
include a Carter pledge to limit
the federal budget deficit for
fiscal i960 lo about 20 billion
dollar This is 7 5 billion below
the previous estimate and 10
billion below the projected
deficit for fiscal 1979 Another
possibility is a freeze on filling
some federal government job
vacancies to hold down
expensive personnel costs by
cutting the payroll hy attrition
The Administration
continues to insist that wage
and price controls are not
contemplated And. as we all
know the difference between
1972 and today is that President
Nixon had authority
to impose controls while
President Carter would have to
get that authority from the
Congress So this recurrent
mvth about the administration
springing controls on any
particular dav is patently
ridiculous But. as Herb Stein,
the chief economist in the
Nixon Administration,
observes in the Wall Street
Journal, wage and price
guidelines are simply a way
station on the road to controls
And as Stein observes from
previous experience,
guidelines and controls don't
work They buy time but
inevitably they break down
The only wav lo really control
inflation is to bite a lew
political bullets
Back to de regulation ol
natural gas our people in
Washington believe that the
captured and where she won
two Oscars People all over the
world are inclined to think of
her as Scarlett O'Hara one of
drama's most fascinating
characters
Everyone was speculating on
who would play the part of
Scarlett O'Hara David
Selznick was still searching for
her w hen he started the filming
of the burning of Atlanta He
knew he had to satisfy his
backers by getting into it
Before this scene was finished,
however, his brother came to
the set bringing this super
beautiful woman;“Here is
your Scarlett.” he said as he
presented Vivien David could
see that she was. but he had to
run tests before he could take
her There was no doubt then
Vivien had read the script
and wanted this part more than
anything in the world In many
ways she was very much like
Scarlett-It was a part she
fitted She had flown from
England to see her beloved
l^wrence Olivier (They were
not vet married as their
spouses had not given them a
divorce Olivier had come over
to do a screenplay; when
Vivien had the part of Scarlett
she stayed
Vivien l^igh was born in
India, educated in England
Early she was attracted to
l^tgh Holman, a man older
than she Against her mother's
better ludgemenl, they were
married Vivien was restless
and very interested in the
tlieater She had one daughter.
Suzanne, hut she turned her
over to a nanny and continued
in the work she loved When
she met Lawrence Olivier
“Larry" and even though he
was apparently happily
married, she knew she wanted
Sse BOOKSHELF, Page 17
Band Box
by Shawn Strain
HP I'm Shawn Strain your friendly roving band reporter
I'll he here every week to keep you abreast of the latest
happenings in the hand world
Well folks it's that time of year again - football,
volleyball, homework and of course band is starting a new
year The muscles begin aching, the' eyes begin
awakening and the out of tune sounds begin invading the
hand hall once again
Hand members, like many athletes, can also become out
of shape over the summer, their lips can no longer sustain
more than five seconds of pressing against the mouthpieces
of trumpets and their knees can no longer lift to a height of
more than two inches above the marching field
In order to get the band hack into shape, Mr
Vanlandingham and Mr Medina punish the hand with
seemingly endless scale exercises and absolutely brutal
marching drills Don't get the wrong idea, though Band is
not all work and no play. Three weeks ago the band packed
up their bathing trunks and traveled to the H K B. water
bole for a swimming party Mr Van was thrown into the
pool, his daughter. I .aura, broke her wrist, and Ginger
Morlenson led a game of follow the leader off the diving
board
So now that everyone knows how wild and crazy the band
is, they can come attend the band and football team's
debut at Buccaneer Stadium tommorrow night
State Spending:
Economy Must Begin Now
legislation will survive the vote
tomorrow w hich will deal with
recommittal of the Nil to the
House Senate conference
committee or. in effect, lo a
watery grave If it does
survive, it then faces a
filibuster in the Senate but
Senate Majority leader Byrd
says he may have the votes to
imokc cloture and cut off any
filibuster Bight now a UPI
count shows 35 Senators in
favor. 30 against, with the rest
undecided
As to the Mid east summit,
apparently the outcome now
depends on Egyptian President
Sadat President Carter has
apparently gotten as much out
of ihe Israelis as possible and
President Sadat must decide
whether it is sufficient Sadat
has reportedly been in touch
with Jordanian officials on the
new Israeli plan and officials
now consider it likely the
conference will end by
Thurday at the earliest and
(Missihlv 2 3 davs additional at
IN* latest
i in the monetary situation,
ihe Reuters News Service says
that several money market
analysts have been predicting
a 9‘ per cent prime rale by the
end of IN' week Citibank's
formula tor IN- prime rate,
which uses 90-day commercial
paper as a barometer,
currently calls for 9*■> per cent
prime Alan larner of Bankers
Trust says he expects a 10 per
cent prime by the end of the
year and First Boston Corp
(iredicls a prime rate Nk»I
very soon and not for the last
time cither
The dollar is a mixed hag
today, moving slightly lower
against major world
currencies We continue lo
believe that Ihe natural gas
vote tomorrow will have an
important influence on the U.S.
currency
Itarhe llalsex Kteert
Shields Inr.
Itrsrarch Department
9-13-78
Everyone wants to cut state
•pending It's a popular battle
cry this election year But no
one is specific. The cuts, we re
to assume, must then come
from the “fat" in the budget.
But one person's fat is anoth-
er’s pet project. So the old cycle
continues.
According to the Texas
Research League, the Mth Leg-
islature will have almost $24
billion in “free" money to dab-
ble with next year. This is
money that will be generated
by the state's tax system over
and above present spending
levels. It's free because it is
available without a noxious
direct vote on increased taxes.
Let there be no doubt: That
money will be spent Too many
Texans have pet projects that
need funding And the lawmak-
ers can accommodate them
without provoking the folks
back home with tax increases.
thanks to the healthy state
economy that keeps generating
surpluses.
But voters. If they will, can
put the brakes on this spend-
ing. How? By drumming into
the heads of legislative candi-
dates that they want the spend-
ing line held And this should
be emphasized time and again
during committee hearings
next spring Usually the
lawmakers hear only those wit-
nesses who went to increase
spending Economy-minded cit-
izens don't bother to appear,
and they don’t protest spend-
ing levels until the appropria-
tion bills are passed And that's
too late.
Growth in state spending
can be curtailed. But it will
take hard work by citizens
Those who aren't willing to put
out the effort really don't have
grounds for complaints.
(Reprinted by permission ol The Dallas Morning News)
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