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Page Two THE INOLESIDE INDEX Thursdoy, April 15, 1982
"United we stand..."
The old adage about being able to attract more flies
with honey than with vinegar is one that the cities of
Aransas Pass and Ingleside should take a close look at
The close proximity of the two towns means that
cooperation with each other will be of mutual benefit.
The two towns are linked in business dealings, family
and friendship ties as well as in mutual problems
Another adage that fits is the one that deals with two
heads being better than one If Aransas Pass and In
gleside could channel their efforts to progressing
together, there would be no limits to what could be
done
Other Texas cities have managed to thrive and
flourish by this spirit of cooperation The Dallas Ft
Worth metroplex is a prime example of what two
cities, closely related geographically, can achieve by
combining their energies.
The Odessa Midland area has a branch of The
University of Texas and a regional airport
A peaceful and productive coexistance has made the
cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange known as
the Golden Triangle.
If other Texas cities can do it, there is no reason that
Aransas Pass and Ingleside can't do it. The bottom line
is simply wanting to and working towards that goal
Aransas Pass and Ingleside together could easily at
tract major hotel chains’ attention and each then cash
in on the natural vacation spot that we are blessed
with
We could work towards implementing regional ser
vices in water and sewer supply to meet this area’s
growing needs
The combined efforts of Aransas Pass and Ingleside
could give Corpus Christi some real competition for all
areas of growth with new business and the personnel
that business always brings.
Together, we can make it happen.
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CONGRESSMAN
BILL PATMAN
CENTRAL AMERICA’S REAL PROBLEMS:
POVERTY, ILLITERACY, REPRESSION
I he linchpin of Presi-
dent Reagan’s plan for
economic recovery is the
hope that the American
people can once again be
turned from a nation of
spenders into a nation of
savers. If this happened, it
could produce the new
pool of capital we need to
spur economic growth and
heat inflation.
Regrettably, the pros-
pect for this turnaround in
our nation’s personal
spending habits still ap-
pears to be sadly dim.
In America we used to
pride ourselves on being a
saving nation ... a frugal
people who believed with
Benjamin Franklin that “a
penny saved is a penny
earned.”
But last year the United
States had the lowest
record of any Western na-
tion in saving as a percent
of disposable personal in-
come. Our savings rate
stood at 5.6 percent.
Canada’s rate was almost
double ours. And France,
West Germany and the
United Kingdom nearly
tripled our rate. Japan had
a whopping personal sav-
ings rate of 18 percent.
America had turned
from a nation that saved
something of every dollar
earned into a nation that
said, ‘‘We live within our
incomes, even if we have to
borrow to do it.”
Some experts think our
tax system is partly respon
sible for the problem
because they b ieve it is
biased in favor of con-
sumption. They point to
the fact that in this coun-
try we allow individuals to
deduct all the interest they
pay on money they’ve bor-
rowed . . . but we let them
deduct little or nothing of
the interest they receive
from savings.
In other words, it’s a
better deal to borrow than
to save.
For example, if you’re
in the 40 percent tax
bracket and want to save to
buy something, the govern-
ment taxes 40 percent of
what your savings earn.
But if you go into debt to
buy these things, the
government picks up 40
percent of the interest tab.
In many other coun-
tries, it’s the other way
around. The typical
middle-class taxpayer
keeps most of w hat his sav-
ings earn, but foots the full
interest tab for everything
he borrows — with some
exceptions for mortgages.
Some countries, like
West Germany, actually
subsidize some kinds of
saving with heavy bonuses
paid by the Federal
government.
In France, the newest
saver-incentive scheme
allows people to deduct
some of their dividend in-
come from stocks . . . and
also gives them a deduction
on stock investments.
The Canadian govern
ment defers taxes on
employee contributions to
pension plans that are
sponsored by the employer.
And Britain offers tax-
free retirement bonds that
are indexed to retail prices
as a hedge against infla-
tion. There also are special
tax-free save-as-you-earn
programs.
Many of the provisions
in the tax legislation passed
by Congress last year were
meant to increase personal
saving in this country —
for example, the liberalized
Individual Retirement Ac-
counts . . . reductions in
the capital gains tax . . .
and the massive individual
tax cuts that especially
favored high income
earners and the largest
businesses who it was
thought would save and in
vest more as a result.
It now appears the im-
pact of these changes will
not be all we had hoped.
One problem remains,
the sharply rising cost of
living — which, for
necessities, has been in-
creasing at the rate of 17
percent a year. Extra
money is still needed just to
stay on top of bills.
Continued high interest
rates arc still discouraging
capital investment, offset-
ting much of the benefit of
the new depreciation rules.
They also are making it
harder for corporations to
restore their balance sheets
that have been battered by
the recession. This would
be necessary before they
could even think about
borrowing for expansion.
And the biggest
roadblock of all to any
realistic hopes for improve-
ment are the staggering
new Federal deficits that
we recently learned arc tied
to the President’s program
MEMBER 1982
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
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(J U.S. SENATOR for TEXAS
142 RUSSELL OF t ICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D C. 20510
In recent weeks, increasingly vocal calls have been heard
for a freeze on nuclear weapons production. These calls stem
from a sincere desire to reduce the danger of nucear war.
Yet, ironically, an immediate freeze actually would increase
the risk that nuclear weapons might someday be used,
because such an arrangement would effectively “freeze” the
Soviet Union into a position of superiority in strategic
weapons.
The United States has consistently pursued the quest
for peace along two parallel paths -- both of which are in-
tended to lead to international stability and the prevention
of nuclear war: maintaining a military force capable of deter-
ring aggression, and seeking meaningful, verifiable arms
reduction. Each of these proven methods of keeping the
peace would be profoundly and adversely affected by an im-
mediate nuclear freeze.
While we have pursued this course of restraint the
Soviet Union has engaged ; i a massive arms buildup. They
have built a dangerously strong ofiensive capability. More
worrisome still, the Soviets have shown over and over again
- in overt action -, such as Afghanistan, and through sur-
rogates - that they are willing to exploit for aggressive pur-
poses the power provided them by their enormous military
establishment. To acccept Soviet nuclear superiority as a per-
manent state, especially when coupled with their long-
standing advantage in conventional forces, would be
dangerous indeed.
Unless the Soviets believe that the United States can
credibly respond to any aggression in an appropriate and
effective manner, we risk being unable to deter such aggres-
sion. Freezing U.S. forces at their present levels and
capabilities aises the very real danger that America will cease
to haze the kind of deterrent that has prevented war bet-
ween f :e soviet Union and the United States over the past
37 \ .,a’S.
if we were to agree to a freeze which left the Soviets
in a superior position, we would make it virtually impos-
sible to achieve i verifiable arms control agreement which
provi( .‘s for sigm icant reductions in both Nation’s nuclear
arsen,. s
1 j.i sine tnii the Soviet people want peace and security
as much as do our own citizens. But their leaders must be
constantly pressured to take steps to increase the prospects
for peace. Unlike in this country, public opinion in the USSR
has a negligible effect on official policy. The United States,
must maintain a deterrent posture that shows that further
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Resolution
WHEREAS, Texas law does not allow attorneys
to explain the parole and "good time'" (credit
given on prisoners' behavior) laws to jurors, and
whereas, jurors sentencing defendants without
knowing the parole laws is comparable to jurors
sentencing defendants without knowing what
crime was committed, and
WHEREAS, jurors who might have some know-
ledge of the parole process are specifically
ordered not to consider parole when deciding on
the sentence, and
WHEREAS, jurors who stay around the court-
room after a sentencing occasionally learn
--much to their dismay -- that a person just
sentenced to a multi-year term in prison could
be paroled in just a few years, therefore be it
RESOLVED that (Texas Federation of Women's
Clubs urge that) a bill be passed that would
ALLOW the laws to be explained to jurors.
Submitted,
Mrs. Charles M Runnels, president
Pioneer District, Texas Federation of Women's
Clubs and Mrs. Cleo Pierce, state chairman for
public affairs.
investments in threatening offensive weaponry will not result
in increased military advantage. We must, through the
deployment of modern, surviva'jle strategic forces, convince
the Soviet Union’s leadership that it should opt for arms
control — not further arms build-ups — to promote Soviet
security and world peace.
Although a freeze of current forces.will not contribute
to the United States’ efforts to prevent nuclear war, there
is an alternative that I believe is much more promising. I
have joined in sponsoring a resolution calling for a long-
term, mutual and verifiable freeze as soon as an arms con-
trol agreement has been concluded with the Soviet Union
that provides for sharp reductions in both sides’ weapons
to equal levels.
Unlike the other approach, this proposal supports our
dual-track efforts to maintain an effective deterrent and to
reduce world tensions through negotiated arms reductions.
I hope that the American people will recognize the prudence
and sense of trying to achieve verifiable arms reductions to
lower, equal and stable force levels, to be followed by a
freeze which can be confidently monitore^l, and throw their
support behind this proposal — the only one with true
potential for making the world safer.
Drug hotline
number open
Be a-snoop and STOP CRIME is the theme being us-
| ed by the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs (TFWC)
| public affairs chairman, Mrs. Cleo Pierce.
| She recently attended the Governor’s Crime Stop-
. pers’ luncheon held in Austin as a member of the
Governor’s state-wide advisory council.
■ She reported that although there are no absolute
| answers, a major step has been taken to halt drug traf-
I ticking in Texas. Gov Bill Clements and the Texas
Legislature have created a statewide anti-crime
hotline through the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.
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The hotline is designed to aid law enforcement in a
crackdown on drug traffickers. The effort is being
made to combat daily drug use by over 17,000 Texas
high school seniors. This alarming statistic merely
scratches the surface of drug use.
Any citizen having information about drug traffick-
ing is asked to call the Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory
Council at 1 800-252-TIPS.
Citizens do not have to reveal their names, just their
information, and they will be given a unique code
number for identification purposes
STATE CAPITAL
HI6HLI6HTS
By Lyndell William*
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
AUSTIN — Higher edu-
cation in Texas could un-
dergo sweeping changes in
the 1980s if the Legislature
follows recommendations
now being prepared by a
special task force.
The Governor’s Task
Force on Higher Education
has approved a preliminary
report that would shift the
emphasis away from con-
struction of more and more
higher education facilities
and toward increasing the
quality of instruction at
state senior and junior col-
leges.
College officials have
seen the enrollment boom
of the 1970s coming to an
end in recent years, and
task force members believe
now is the time to concen-
trate on quality and cost
effectiveness.
Included in the draft re-
port are recommendations
that the Legislature take ac-
tion to bring the University
of Texas at Austin and Tex-
as A & M University into
the ranks of the nation’s top
higher education institu-
tions, while more clearly de-
fining the role and scope of
the other public senior col-
leges and universities to re-
duce ' duplication of effort,
proliferation of programs
and overproduction of grad-
uates in specific fields.
The task force also is
calling for large increases in
faculty salaries, significant
tuition hikes to offset in-
flation and consolidating
the colleges and universi-
ties outside of the UT and
A Ac M systems into region-
al university systems.
The last recommendation
was unpopular with some
task force members who
feel additional university
systems arc not needed or
should be based on some
criteria other than geo-
graphic areas.
The task force is sched-
uled to meet April 22 to
consider approval of the
final report.
Bid-Rigging Picas
Two contracting com-
panies have pleaded guilty
to rigging bids for state
highway construction con-
tracts.
Brannan Contractors
Inc., Victoria, and Jagoe
Public Inc., Denton, both
pleaded guilty to conspiracy
to restrain trade charges in
plea bargaining agreements
with federal prosecutors.
Brannan pleaded guilty
after prosecutors agreed to
drop mail fraud charges
against the company, and
Jagoe Public entered its
plea with prosecutors agree-
ing not to seek further ac-
tion against the firm.
Gerald G. Ricks, presi-
dent of Jagoe Public, also
entered a guilty plea before
U.S. District Judge Jim
Nowlin.
Sentencing for the two
companies and Ricks will
be held at a later date. The
firms face maximum fines
of $1 million, while Ricks
could receive up to three
years in prison and a
$100,000 fine
Earlier, Stafford Con-
struction Co. of Lubbock
had entered a no contest
plea.
Campaign “Hitch”
State Land Commissioner
Bob Armstrong has found
a novel way to reach out to
the common man in his
gubernatorial campaign —
hitchhiking
While campaigning in
South Texas, Armstrong’s
car broke down between
Del Rio and Eagle Pass,
and the Democratic candi-
date had to hitch a ride
with a passing motorist.
Armstrong says you can
meet a lot of good ol’ boys
standing around a gas sta-
tion.
l.aDor Endorsements!
Meanwhile, Railroad
Commissioner Arthur "Bud-
dy” Temple, one of Arm-
strong’s Democratic oppo-
nents in the May 1 primary,
has been endorsed by three
labor groups.
The groups—the Texas
Federation of Teachers, the
Texas Joint Railway Labor
Legislative Board and the
Combined Law Enforce-
ment Associations of Texas
—made the endorsement de-
spite the fact that the po-
litical arm of the Texas
AFL-CIO, the Committee
on Political Education, de-
cided not to make an en-
dorsement in the Demo-
cratic primary race for
governor.
The three groups re-
portedly represent some
40,000 members of AFL-
CIO affiliate unions.
Other candidates en-
dorsed by the teachers
union included Lt. Gov.
Bill Hobby for re-election;
Dallas Congressman Jim
Mattox for attorney gener-
al; Comptroller Bob Bullock
for re-election; Jim High-
tower for agriculture com-
missioner; Garry Mauro for
land commissioner; Rail-
road Commissioner Jim
Nugent for re-election; Ann
Richards for state treasurer
and U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bent-
sen for re-election.
Even though it did not
make an endorsement, Tex-
as AFL-CIO apparently is
willing to back whichever
Democrat gets the nomina-
tion and the chance to take
on Gov. Bill Clements.
Head Shop BUI
A group of “head shop”
owners in Dallas have de-
cided to challenge the new
state law outlawing the sale
of drug paraphernalia.
The owners, whose stores
were raided by police in
February, contend the law
violates their civil rights,
specifically by depriving
them of their property
rights and rights guaranteed
by the U.S. Bill of Rights.
The law already has been
held constitutional by one
U.S. district judge.
The February raid netted
some $100,000 in merchan-
dise.
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we can
change things.
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