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THE BAYTOWN SEN
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Jack Anderson
(EDITORIAL
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Capote and Kansas cops
Go on cruise at
expense of U.S.
In the context of the l S budget $556,232 is a smalt
sum. but that and similar expenditures could become
the straw that broke the camel s back as Congress ex
plore* ways of balancing the budget and paying off the
deficit
General Accounting Office figures show that State
Department and l 5 Id-formation A gene > employee^
spent a combined total of $556 232 on luxury cruise ships
in a recent three-week period
If the employees had used commercial airlines, the
102 trips between the United States and overseas
Alignments would have cost taxpayers Sl6o<>47
possibly less. GAO auditors told congressional in-
vestigators and members of the House Government
Operations legislation and national security subcom
mittee
In addition a GAO report, describing ocean and
Mississippi nverboat travel as excessive and un-
necessary expense, said employees time aboard ship
was considered duty not vacation and cost tax
payers an average of t2U»i a day m lost produc tivity
* It appears there are few if any regulations governing
federal employee travel to and from foreign
assignments It is no wonder employees choose iuxurv
cruise ships over commercial airlines
This is indicated by a GAO observation that because of
accounting--procedures, the State Department and
' Si A as of last January had given people $12 3 million in.
advance travel payments that had not been reconciled
either by refunds of unspent money to the government
k umeritation of actual travel expenses
Congressional investigators have their work cut out
for them ■ -
WASHINGTON - FBI documents have
jiM come to tight that provide an trout foot
note to American literary history The late
Truman Capale mtome stock n Wade was
writing about cetennties and being -one
himself once had to ask the FBI to teiTKan
sa» authorities who he wa»
They were® t com raced that he was a New
larger magazine correspondent as he
ciatroed to be But eve® more humiliating
WUS"the- bureau's response * We- are 'oat.
acquainted with Mr Truman c apote nor are
*e familiar with huconnection with the New
Yorker
The embarrassing episode - described cn a
memlo orf Dec 2! 195b toCartba Deke
DeLoacft, assistant FBI director-is.charge of
the criminal records dtvism® at '.he time Dis-
associate Tony Capaccw obtained a copy of
the document Here's what tt said ..
Ob Nov IS. 1*5# wealthy wheat farmer
Herb clutter his wife and tw.< •. midreo were
say agety murdered tn their home ro Garden
y t> Kan Five weeks .ater Capote arrived
at the scene and informed the local lawmen
that he was a reporter for the New Yorker
l nfortunateiv the diminutive writer had
neglected to pack any credentials from the
magazine and discovered that his literary
fame had not -'-acne*: '.he hinterlands of
western Kansas He prompt:* called ms
publisher Random House for assistance
apote may have, mtagined the pure 'Her
. alr.ng J Edgar Hoover on the hot fine But „
left ha many articles m the New Yorker had
given him a national stand as a writer and
be a quite crushed to think that the official
of Garden City Kan has 'never heard «f
huh "
Because Capote "had written many apiece
did articles and books and has a fine na
twnal reputation as a writer the Random
House man said he would appreciate the
FBI sending a wire to Garden City; identity
tng Truman Capote as a legitimate writer
telling book. In Cotd Blood
He added that the skeptical Kansas cop
would not accept telephonic identification
The author was quite
crushed to think that the
official in Garden City.
Kan. had never heard of
him.
eoukf come up ,w ith
torn House rep and h
FBI building and n.
an FBI
•
fktrm
e ‘ waot the FBI
tt* unnai
rta.-.-.>,r H,
explained that
j a TU d.n
a former G-mai
Gapoie
'
asc .because he .didi
assigned to do a storv
< apote .didn’t tax#-
jublisher s represent
kctt»rdir,|t ■ the FBI memc Nuttier told
the publishers representative that as
much as we would like to do him a- favor
some checking would have to be done as he
was not personally acquainted with Truman
i-apote nor could he see why (he FBI should
enter the picture p
.see *• r , an be tore Bemie ami * a., me
back ." the Random House man'persisted
A cheek was made but no reference
sources show Capote s connection - with the
New ■ Y or ker ■ so he might be .used for special
assignments only Evidently no one thought
to call the magazine . "
In the end the FBI refused to vouch for
Capote because no one tn -the bureau knew
him or could confirm his alleged connection
• ith the New Yorker and because the (Tut
ter case ti not 'a federal case under our.
jurisdiction
Nuttier called the Random House man -and
r*roke’r»e bad new>
* apote went ahead, without the- FBI s
.
four part series ui the New Y orker uy Oc
lober IMS and three months later the best-
PEN PALS Prison has not dampened
dotal Junta ! fees* for politics The former
South Carolina Democrat doing time in a
federal prison tn Atlanta for Ms part tn the
Ahocaao scandal may try t* regain hu ok!
■eat ta Congress next year He totd us he s
getting s strong push to run," and added m
bemusement, -Isn't that wHd’”
Wild or not politicians tn Jenrette » old
district don t discount hu chances of a com
eback He lost narrowly in the liiO primary
even though it came only a lew weeks after
his bribery conviction Hi* successor
Democrat Robin Tailon. is regarded as able
but lacks Jenrette s charm and dynamism
As a convicted felon. Jenrette won't be
able to vote for himself but nothing prevent!,
him from running and serving if eiectec
He expects to be out on parole by the end of
this year so would not actually have to cam
paign from prison
Jenrette can get financial advice right i
the Atlanta prison Former Tennessee bans
ing magnate Jake Butcher is a fellow in
mate According to Jenrette. Butcher is plan
rung to write a book while he s serving a a>
.ear sentence for bank fraud and tax eva
sum
POLITICAL POTPOURRI The
Democratic gala earlier this month was a
huge financial success raising more than
twice the I Tim (MM) in cash and pledges party
officials had hoped to pull tn Though,
Democratic National Chairman Paul Kirk
personally praised the party s chief ftaad
■ Mset E A im Crotty of Florida. Kirk s
>taff persistently 'ned to claim all credit for
.their boss In fact many Democratic fit cats
forma and elsewhere had flatly ref us
ed to heed Kirk s appeal for funds But ( rot
ty presenting the conservative moderate
wing of the party made up for this by tapp
Tig Nou'herners and individual corpora'#
sources
rom St
Bennie Middaugh sings at
Carnegie Hall in NY, 1965
Today
in history
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M iddaugh presents a
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professor ai Alabama
for the annual
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Robert Walters
O Commercial fishing fleet
counting more casualties
Cfir WartoUin &un
s an DlEgo 1 alif During the past five years.
175 fishing vessels 'have been tost at sea and 25-
fishermen have died here in Southern California
In< iuded in that. total were 10 iarge commercial
tuna boat*- mm-that foundered flooded and cap
sized and a tenth that was destroyed by fire
in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the com-
mercial fishing fleet's safety ret ord has been even
more abysmal >-cause of she ».-rtual di.sap
pea ranee of the king , rah
Boats that wer> built for crabbing have been
haphazardlv re rigged for fishing. producing struc-
ture. instability that endangers the lives of all
aboard -
Because the situation is no better on the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts the nationw ide death rate for com
mercial fishermen is seven times higher than the
average for all industries and even greater than in
mtmng and const ruction
During the 1970s and early 19h0s an average of
about 18S commercial fishing boats and more than
70 crew members were lost annually - but in 19*3
the most recent year for Which statistics are
available 250 fishing vessels went/dowr resulting
mil! rf*»2i'fhv at
. SO to M annualty — but that average
■has risen lo almost 250 yearly
Many casualties could have been prevented
or their severity diminished if more precautions
had been taken or the vessel had been operated
more prudently he testified
But. as Calio noted m hts testimony there are
few mandatory standards for the construction
maintenance or operation of fishing vessels
registered in this country
Forboais weighing less than 300 tons, which tn
etudes more than 9t percent of the nation s 32 ooo
commercial fishing craft the only federal safety
requirements are that each crew member carry a
life jacket or life preserver and that the vessel be
equipped with a modest amount of firefighting
training
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6 Pub* ; 950 f 9 7 4
roiTotiAA mruTwtm
^onjdo O’or'
kyor Me. Andy
A9mTHMMfltTM0n
cscvunoi
1 •FCirfOtorv Wonotjr
„in 111 deaths at sea,
When the Hchjv Merchant Marine aodfishenes
* ommitteerecentiv held a bearing here on the sub-,
ject it was told that intense competition from
toreign fishing fleets may be causing desperate
owners and captains'of domestic vessels to cut cor
ners on safety
Earnings in many fiafesries have been depress
ed m this decade, which may cause vessel
operators to lake increased risks or defer vessel
mamtenance Anthony J. Caito head of the Com
merce Department s National Oceanic and At
Faced with increased competi-
tion for limited resourcesT boat
operators embark on voyages
under conditions which other-
wise would dictate staying in
port
sag Tv* fki'TO—« W
mospberw Administration, told the c6ngreaM»y'
bearing
Faced Mill increassd competition for limited
resources, operators are embarking on voyages
under conditions which otherwise would dictate
staying tn pert testified Coast Guard Capt Got
don G Ptche LowmareMeettaMe
During the 1970s. Ptcfee noted, tosses of coramer
dal ftotaag meads wsttataag mere than S tons
There is no federal requirement that those
vessels carry lifeboats or eroerfney radio
beacons and neither captains nor crew members
are required to have any formal safety training.
The typical (idling vessel captain has had no
formal training in vessel safety and baa teamed
navigation, radio procedures first aid and the use
of .lifesaving equipment fronfb
>flifesaving equipment froof otFthr job tratning or
by attending fMMng industry expodttaaa. says a
National Transportation Safety Board report
The only remedy ’ for the problem, moots the
VTSB. “Isa licensing program that would tnchidr
"a mandatory safety program ’ — but Calio notes
such a program hao no support
signed set off celebration*,
across the countrv
In !*H1 Franklin D Roosevelt
wor, a towth term in office
defeating Thomas E Dew ey
rv \! N^f-.T
having lost - nuber -
’ natoriai race gave what he call
ed hiv last prevs conference
telling .reporters. - You
hare Nixon to kick around
anymore
In i9*2 former First t-ady
Fie a nor Roosevelt died
In 1967 . es was
, elected the first black .mayor of a
major city*- Cleveland Ohio
In 1972 President Richard M
Nixon was reelected in a land
slide over Democrat Georgr
McGovern
In 1973., Congress overro*
President Nixon> veto of the
War Powers Act which limits a
chief executive s power to wagp
war without congressional ap-
proval
Ten years ago India’s
Supreme '<Ymrt unanimously
reversed the conviction of Prime
Minister Indira Ganttoi on tw©
electoral offenses thus remote
ing the threat of her having to
resign her officX
Fire years ago: Actor Steve
McQueen died at a clitac in
Juarez Mexico having toot his
battle against cancer He was 34
One year ago Preside#
Reagan said Im electoral land
aOge proved retars wanted
second term programs iikt
those of his first four years, and
be vowed to "take our caeeto the
people if the amt Congress
Idochod hit pofirtos of ^pending
...—^ —* JL
—
Bible verse
Hew faith is the
tings hoped far. the
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 1985, newspaper, November 7, 1985; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074262/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.