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By NEA/London Economist News Service V-
"The actions of the Warsaw Pact are having a major
influence in shaping the situation not only in Europe, but far
beyond Europe.”
Gen. Alexander Haig, Nato commander in Europe, poin-
ting the usual Nato finger of alarm? James Schlesinger, skep-
tic about detente anddismissed Secretary of Defense? No.itwas
Andrei Gromyko, foreign minister of the Soviet Union, writing
recrntly in Kommunist, the monthly organ of the Soviet Com-
munist party.
Gromyko added that “The forces of peace and progress”
now have a “visibly increased preponderance” and may be in
a position to “lay down the direction of international politics.”
The main event of the first weeks of 1976 is the fact that is
has suddenly become popular in the West to admit that what
Gromyko says may actually be true. Since the Soviet interven-
tion in Angola, the minority of voices which have long been
arguing that the kernel of truth in detente has been lost under
layers of dangerous illusion have started to become a majori-
ty
The kernel of truth in detente consist of two propositions.
First, the countries which possess nuclear weapons have a
powerful interest in trying to keep their nuclear arsenals in
some kind of balance, thereby lessening the danger that they
will be used; and this points to an attempt to keep their non-
nuclear strength in balance too. This is the arms-control part
of genuine detente.
Second, detente is one possible way in which the
democracies can try to make up for their permanent disad-
Where Will This
Nice Guy Finish?
Russian Definition Of Detente: ‘Confrontation With Brakes’
means negligible); but It has provided a salutary shock on the
wider East-West issue - if not on Angola itself.
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vantage in dealing with authoritarian states. This permanent
disadvantage is the fact that democracies have a public opi-
nion in a way dictatorships do not; public opinion understan-
dably dislikes war, and having to pay for the armies that
might have to fight a war; and it is therefore desirable to limit
the extent to which public opinion is asked to face either of
those disliked thingsr ■'
I Economist Commentary
This is the argument for going on talking to the Soviet Union
in an attempt to settle minor disputes by political com-
promise, so that when a major issue combs up public resolu-
tion will not have been so whittled away in a series of lesser
crises that it is incapable of making a stand. This is the crisis-
frequency-limiting part of detente, and,,the part Henry
Kissinger, as he contemplates what he sees as the erosion of
American will to take on Russia in Angola or anywhere else,
thinks is most important. ,
It is probably no accident that the Angola war, more than
any previous event, has helped to prick the bubble of detente.
The very remoteness of Angola - which persuaded the
American Congress that it did not justify even a small expen-
diture of American money - is also a striking example of the
expanding range of Soviet ambitions The Angola issue may be
less-than-central (though its possible effect on the hopes of
peace in the rest of southern Africa means that it is by no
The valid cote of detente - though it really, needs another
word - is therefore reduced to three things:
1. The attempt to balance the armed strength of the
Western afliance and the Warsaw Pact should certainly con-
nue. This includes the present Russian-American mis;
tinue.JL-______
negotiations, and the
the armies in central
the present
parallel tall
Europe. But
Russian-American missile
talks about limiting the size of
But it is doubtful whether these
“visibly
Gromyko ^wke of.
2, There can obviously be no objection to agreements on
remove obstacles to what would otherwise be a mutually
benefical flow of goods, and do not merely divert resources
from healthier uses for the sake of some hypothetical future
political benefit.
3. It is also necessary for the two superpowers to keep up the
practice of consulting each other when their friends in parts of
the world away from the European front line seem to be
heading towards a fight that could involve them. The most ob-
vious exapmle is the Middle East; southern Africa could be
another before long.
But that is about it. This list does not warrant the wont
"detente,” with its comfortable implication that we can af-
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with the democracies, if handled with skill, can actually help
fflSSKS the dispatciTof
possession of a visible superiority of armedJorce.
To public opinion in the democracies, unwilling to con-
template a foe who makes his peace only-where and when,
suits him, the end-of the false hopes attached to detente will
not be pleasant news; but it is the reality. It calls for a
willingness to use all the forms of countervailing pressures
needed to hold Soviet policy in check; economic assistance to
the West's Maids, where that is.
arms; when arms are needed and. . . .
rather than domestic political convenience And to achieve all
that the West needs, in tandem with careful detente, spiritual
rearmament.
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There are drawbacks to being known-as a “nice guy.”
What other President could accuse Congress of "losing
its guts” because it refused to okay the spending of a paltry
few million to counter the Soviet-backed faction in An-
gola'^ civil war and elicit a collective response on the or-
der of, “Yeh, sure, Jerry, and how’re the wife and kids?”
Had Richard Nixon and not Gerald Ford made the same
accusation, there would have been all kinds of expressions
of outrage on Capitol Hill. But Richard Nixon was not a
“race guy.”
Even Henry Kissinger, who certainly has no reputation
for nice-guyness, shows increasing signs of frustration over
the administration’s inability to get anyone to take it
seriously, especially when it warns of the dire threat posed
by Soviet machinations in Africa.
Which suggests that while President Ford’s likable but
unconvincing image has something to do with the present
mood of the nation and the Congress in the area of foreign
affairs, the real fact of the matter is^that Americans sim-
ply used up all the trust they once had in their leaders in
Vietnam. There’s no more left for Angola.
There is, moreover, a general feeling that there is some-
thing slightly crazy about pushing high-level detente with
the Soviet Union while at the same time peddling the line
that the security and prestige of the United States depend
upon the outcome of a sideshow called Angola. The cry of
“Wolf!” lacks a certain urgency When the shepherd - the
Secretary of State — is seen in smiling conference with the
wolf himself in the wolf’s own lair.
Nevertheless, it is rather amazing that Gerald Ford can
get away with the most provocative statements and still be
thought of as “basically a nice guy.” Whether this is
enough to influence voters and win elections, of course, is
the looming question.
From Sun Files- .
Editorial
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The IRS May Declare
Howard Hughes Dead
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
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Sunday, February 29, 1976
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BB Bandits Bad Back
In 1956 In Baytown
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was 40 and 30
and 20 years ago: —--
FEB. 28,1936
Attendance is back to normal
in schools after an outbreak of
influenza.
Goose Creek City Judge W. E.
Williams warns those who have
ed traffic tickets and have
to appear in court they are
_ for trouble.”
W. H. Reber is general
chairman of a finance drive for
the Tri-Cities Welfare League to
raise $7,000 to feed and clothe
needy persons.
Robert Strickland heads a
speakers’ bureau for the Welfare
League drive.
FEB. 28, 1946
Goose Creek City Commission
sets April 2 as the date for a
recall election for Mayor C. Q.
Alexander and Commissioner
Alvie Sims after checking names
on a petition from the Goose
Creek Taxpayers Association
asking for the vote. Com-
missioner H. G. Bailey, whose
name also was on the recall elec-
tion request, has resigned
because of a job transfer to
Jacksonville.
Lt. Col. Jack G. Hester, who is
home on leave, expects to be dis-
charged in four months.
— FEB: 28,1956
United Press: President
Dwight D. Eisenhower says he’ll
ran again.
' Ten autos are hit as the BB
bandits strike again. Seven of the
cars are parked at Allen Rice’s
Humble Service Station.
The Rev. M. E. McPhail will
resign from First Presbyterian
Church to become pastor of
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
in Meyerland.
W. H. Fortney is in St. Peters-
burg, Fla., attending the con-
ference of the Instrument Socie-
ty, of America. Fortney is
general shops foreman at
Humble’s Bajdown Refinery.
Joe Glass, all state guard at
REL, receives an invitation to
play with the South All Stars in
Lubbock. Glass, a power-packed
185 pounds, was a scrawny light-
weight when he first went out
for football, his coaches recall.
“We’ve got to tighten our belts!”
Wandering - -
Man Ired At Way
Wife Was Attired
Footnote to Files: :
Jack G. Hester (see 1946) has
been active in Democrat politics
in recent yean here and is the
longtime election judge at
Precinct 99.
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We got a kick out of reading a
story in The Sun files, circa 1945,
about the man kicking his wife
for wearing slacks.
The story reported she was
walking on a sidewalk on Texas
Avenue, wearing her first pair of
slacks, when sighted by her
husband.
Was he mad! The nerve of his
wife being seen out in public in
such attire.
With Words to that effect, he
proceeded to kick her on the
.. . sidewalk, the story said.
• Afterward, the man paid a fine
lor the affray in Justice of the
Peace R. R. Zierlein’s court.
We wonder what transpired
when the couple returned home.
The wife could have sung, “I Get
a Kick Out of You.”
The husband could have
griped, “And I don’t want any
slack talk out of you.”
Or; Tm proud to be a
kicker.”
Even though .the man-kicks-
wife story sounds silly (almost as
silly is this column), wc
remember a time not too long
ago when women did not wear
slacks except on such acceptable
occasions as picnics or working
out in the yard.
Now they wear them
Dun-
By WANDA ORTON
dress code meant girls wore
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Take that back: There was a
brief but mad, mad, mad fad In-
volving a weird costume com-
posed of big, tacky shirts and
blue jeans. Girls rolled the jeans
up to just below the knees and
the oversized shirts billowed to
just above the knees. , *.
I remember wearing this
strange get-up to school in the
sixth grade at Baytown Elemen-
tary, thinking I was a real, cool
bobby-soxer.
Maybe such an outfit was
banned at other schools in this
district but our principal, Dr. A.
N. Foster, ignored the fad,
thinking it, like most foolish
things, would pass someday.
Soon afterward, the horren-
dous fashion was replaced by
billowing ballerina skirts that
skirted the ankles.
' TALKBACK
Funniest thing about the
“kicker” back in ‘45 was his pay-
ing a fine for the act of violence.
Could be, he considered the
cost of the fine worth it to kick
his wife.
When I used to cover die
police beat, I remember a
woman who wanted to do
' bad so badly she was
I drunk in
____________light to the
police station, she directed her
abusive language toward the
police officers.
Police warned her she better
shut up. She was already in a
heap o'trouMe.
Mulling this over, she asked
how much it would cost if she
could cuss out the officer who
arrested her.
“Another $25 fine,” she was
told.
“Well, it’s worth it," she an-
nounced, proceeding proudly
and profanely to tell the officer
what was on her mind and then
paying another fine. I
WASHINGTON-Howard R.
Hughes, the phantom billion-
aire, has been out of public sight
for so long that the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) may
move to declare him legally
dead.
Several federal gents, who
have followed Hughes’ move-
ments, believe he is dead. As far
back as Feb. 18,1972, one agent
declared in a speculative memo:
“It Is my belief that Howard
Hughes died in Las Vegas in 1970
and that key officials in charge
of running his empire concealed
this fact at the time to prevent a
catastrophic dtoiwhitkm of his
holdings.”
The memo suggests that a
“double” could easily have been
substituted for the real Howard
Hughes, since almost no one out-
side the recluse’s inner circle has
seen him in years. "The double
no doubt has been schooled in
Hughes' speech, mannerisms
and eccentricities,” the memo
conjectures.
A pattern of “complete isola-
tion" was established, wttt “on-
ly a few trusted servants” hav-
ing direct access to Hughes,
notes the memo. The next step,
it suggests, was to move the sup-
posed imposter “to a friendly
foreign country.” This would be
necessary, in the agent’s opto-
ion, ooviatc tne possiDinty 01
warrant” ■
The danger of exposing the
masquerade would have les-
sened, adds the memo, "with
/ the passage of time and the dou-
ble’s isolation from any.outsid-
ers who knew the real Hughes."
The scenario has not been dis-
missed to Washington as com-
plete fantasy. Other govern-
~ mAdl etmtimd
iiit.ni iiivcsujjdiurs di50 suspect
that the eccentric billionaire
may be dead, although they lack
conclusive proof that he is eith-
er dead or alive.
Spokesmen for the $2 billion
Hughes financial empire call the
speculation preposterous. They
contend that the elusive Hughes
is quite alive, sound to both body
and mind. He Is now residing,
they say, at the Princess Hotel to
Acapulco
The government has a deep in-
terest to Hughes’ welfare. If he
has departed fids world unan-
nounced, someone owes the
Treasury tens of millions of dol-
lars to estate taxes. Three re-
sponsible for the hoax would
also be subject to prosecution.
For them, too, the stakes
would be Ugh. As the memo
points out: "The power and fi-
nancial benefits torturing to any
group to control of a 82 billion
empire are manifest. The op-
portunities for the siphoning off
of hundreds of millions of dol-
lars are also obvious.”
Alarmed over this possibility,
House Monetary Affairs Chair-
man Ben Rosenthal, D.-N.Y.,
BIBLE VERSE
“Do not jadge by
appearances, but judge with
right judgment.” - John 7:24.
The Way
It W?s
Feb. 29,1794 ~ Deerfield Mas-
sacre - worse disaster of
Queen Anne’s War in colonies.
FRIENDS and ROMANS
WHERE YA
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has privately urged the IRS “to
determine whether Howard
Hughes still exists.”
The IRS 1* retoetant tr com-
pel a showdown with Hughes
without "reasonable" evidence
of fraud. But if the billionaire re-
fused to meat personally with
IRS agents to prove he is alive, a
case could be made to declare
him legally dead^
OUR ASSOCIATE Bob Owens
has spent several weeks, mean-
while, tracing Hughes’ move-
ments during the past six yean.
Herman the key findtop:
+ Sheriff Ralph Lunb In-
vestigated Hughes' sodden dis-
appearance bom Las Vegu on
Thanksgiving eve 1970. The in-
vestigation led to Dr. Harold L.
Feikes, who had been sum-
moned to Hughes' penthowt the
previous month to give him
blood transfusions. The doctor
warned inai u nugnes naa wen
taken anywhere except an inten-
sive care unit, his life could be to
danger, the sheriff told us.
Feiies refused to
f At the time Hughes left Las
Vegas, be hid seen no one out-
side his tight pencnal drde for
more than a decade. During the
next several months, a mu pur-
porting to be Hugbte met face-
to-face with half-a-dozen outsid-
ers. The first was Turner B.
Shelton, then the Ui. ambassa-
dor to Nicaragua, who de-
scribed Hughes as "about tbs
iw, uiree inenes uui, vnj
thin, weighing from 140-150
pounds, wim graying obit aixi
wearing a neatly trimmed Van
Dyke type bend."
+ The last known visitors to
call on Hughes were Nevada’s
Gov. Mike O'Caltoghan and
Gaming Board Chairman. Phil
Uanntflln TV*,; aWen Hmuwihail
nanruiun incy also oocnwQ
him as tall, thin and greybeard-
ed and found him to be fully
alert. The meeting took place to
London to March 1973. No out-
siders have visited him since that
date, so for as we have been able
to lean.
+ Hughes has been able to
travel from country to country
without a valid passport He re-
portedly lost his passport during
the 1972 earthquake in Maoa-
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Dr. Lamb
in belly
DEAR DRIAIOL- Ihaue
a weight proWeijJs Irt my
stomach. I seem to put all my
iHAtffht am fhn efnmoAh an<4 U'a
weight on the stomach and it's
ready big. J i
other plates, just my
stomach In other words, I
am not big to
plates, just
havpa fat belly. I don’t eat a
lot and to the evening I don't
eat much at all. Ido drink tea
with sugar, but not too much
What could be the cause of my
having such a big stomach?
DEAR READER - Body
fat distribution does have
some hereditary and familial
characteristics. A classic ex-
ample Is one of the African
tribes to which there Is a large
amount of fat accumulated to
the buttocks area. The ac-
cumulation is so large that it
looks like a localized pillow.
Nevertheless, fat storage
anywhere means excess fat.
You probably do have excess
fat inside your abdomen as
well as whatever amounts you
have underneath your skin.
That will contribute to your
problem. You can’t squeeze
down fat that's already inside
the abdominal cavity with any
form of exercise.'
The twoprinclpal attacks on
the belly bulge arc
are simply a
dietary program that enables
you to eliminate excess body
fat and an exercise program
that helps you take up the
slack.
Many people do not know
how to exercise properly to
Improve the muscle tone of
the abdomen. This to not ac-
complished just by simple
situps or walking or bending
over to touch the toes. What
domtoal muscles and helps to
eliminate that lower pot.
While doing these exercises
It's important to voluntarily
contract your abdominal -
muscles.
DEAR DR. LAMB-Would 1
yoo please tell me whether or
not hair continues to grow or
thrive on the human body
after death and explain why
What is human hair anyway?
DEAR READER - You
have been listening to old
folklore. 1 used to hear that
kind of thing when I was a boy
and before I became a physi-
cian. One reason (or this idea
is that men often have to be
shaved after death so that
they won’t appear to have a
prominent beard. TWa Is not
because the hair has con-
tinued to grow, lt to because
the tissue around the hair
shrinks. The shrinkage to due
to loss of water in the skin and
tissues.
Specifically, hair does not
grow after death, Hair is
nothing more than specialized
skin. It to mostly protein. The
growth of hair requires
nutrients, especially protein,
and oxygen which requires
circulation, the same as the
growth of any other body
tissues. When death occurs
and circulation stops the ox-
ygen supply stops and hair
growth r
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you need are leg lift exercises.
Namely lying flat on your
back and lifting your feet
growth stops I recognize this
BCMvaS
who are firmly con
hair grows after
will sly ln <
scientific evi
straight up from
Moving the feet
In these types
floor,
and down
exercises
who are firmly convinced that
hair grows after death so I
in advance that the
: evidence to at I have
stated it, the rest to folklore
and misunderstandings of
natural observations which
are often embellished by
enthusiastic story tellers.
by TOM ISBELL
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