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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Monday. April 19. 1982
‘EDITORIAL
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Long '84 Election
In Spite Of Reform
With the 1984 presidential race already under way, the
Democratic National Committee (DNC) has adopted
rules it claims will shorten primary campaigns. Seeing is
believing.
Approved by the DNC were the bulk of recommenda-
tions from the Hunt Commission, a panel chaired by Gov.
James Hunt of North Carolina that is just one of 80
separate groups or studies involved in reforming the
presidential selection process. What the commission
recommendations actually will do is open to conjecture.
Changes in rules governing the presidential nominating
process have become so important in recent elections that
they are called the “invisible primary” system. George
McGovern and Jimmy Carter owe their places in the
history books in large part due to their mastery of the
rules. As the fourth major rules change for the Democrats
in the last 10 years, the Hunt proposals could give former
Vice President Walter Mondale an early advantage
because they put more than 500 elected and party officials
in the convention as uncommitted delegates.
Specifically, the major changes purportedly shrink the
so-called primary-caucus “window” to three months,
from the second Tuesday in March to the second Tuesday
in June — although exemptions are made for the Iowa
caucuses and New Hampshire primary, which will be
' held 14 and seven days earlier, respectively, in addition to
the bloc of uncommitted delegates, first-ballot com-
mitments for other delegates are made less binding.
Finally, there is a partial return to the winner-take-all
system; states now will be permitted that option on a
congressional-district-wide basis.
(The Republicans also have engaged in reform studies,
but GOP by-laws require major rules changes to be
adopted at presidential nominating conventions. Any shif-
ting of state primary dates, which require legislative ac-
tion do affect the GOP process, though.)
Although the time frame for the primaries has been
shortened, nothing has been done to reduce their number
or to schedule thejjunore coherently. The new rules also
may encourage more states to crowd their primaries ipto
the early weeks to enhance their importance, thus forcing
candidates to raise and spend more money earlier In the
process.
Several bipartisan study commissions made more sen-
sible and sweeping proposals which require congressional
action, and which are not likely to be im] ’
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WASHINGTON - Michael
Zepin is a federal prisoner with
probably less than seven months
left to serve on a conviction for.
bank fraud and car theft. But he’s
afraid he won’t live to make it. He
fears he has been marked for
death because of testimony he
gave that helped New York
authorities convict a gang of
chance to refailiate because of
your testimony.”
As it turned out, Zepin testified
in good faith, but the authorities
reneged. Oneida County Assistant
District Attorney Edward A.
Wolff Jr. wrote iater that Zepin’s
testimony “played a valuable
I was at home in Kentucky
recently when the news broke
that President Reagan, in his in-
finite wisdom, had seen fit to lift
the ban on the controversial
poison known simply as 1080.
Needless to say, as an outdoors
and wildlife enthusiast, I was
sickened to the marrow of my
bones at what I regard as one of
tjie most heartless, heedless ac-
tions of the Reagan administra-
tion.
For those of you who are not
familiar with either the poison or
lte purpose, It is an extremely
lethal concoction used primarily
by sheep herders in the western
states for the control of coyotes.
A. few years ago, Interested in
the controversial poison, I ran
across a book that detailed the ef-
forts to decimate the coyote
population.
The book, entitled “Slaughter
the Animals, Poison the Earth,"
was not your usual bleeding-heart
tome against the hunting of any
and all animals, but a well-
researched essay documenting,
among other things, the effects of
1080 on the environment........
The emerging picture was of an
indiscriminate poison that killed
not only coyotes but large
numbers of other domestic and
other wild animals — some of
those wild animals on the en-
dangered list.
The poison 1080 may be one of
the most deadly ever used for
such purposes. And what makes it
even more harmful to the en-
vironment is the fact that it does
not break down very well in the
animals it kills.
Bluntly, the poison is passed on
with a negligible loss of killing
power from the body of its prey to
whatever animal should eat of the
carcass. The poison, which then
kills the carrion-eater, is passed
on once again — with almost no
tenslvely in the west at one time,
and the results — not to the coyote
population, but to the other
domestic and wild life — were as
horrible qs they were awe-
inspiring.
Hundreds and thousands of
domestic animals fell prey to this
poison, as did much wildlife — in-
cluding eagles, hawks and other
' endangered animals. Finally,
Richard Nixon put a ban on the
use of 1080, a policy Gerald Ford
and Jimmy Carter also followed.
But Reagan, advised by enemy-
of-anlmals James Watt, saw fit to
reverse that policy. And all at the
urging of western ranchers faced
with coyote problems.
Granted, the coyote population
in the western states is gnkdng
despite a number of efforts to
curb it.. But the ranchers already
have a number of weapons in
their arsenal, all of which are less
deadly and indiscriminate than
1080.
Too, I regard some of the ran-
.chers’ loss reports as .fairly
suspect. In the past, ranchers
were known to attribute all their
losses to the coyote. I find it im-
possible to believe that the coyote
— not the weather, or sickness, or
other predators — account for
every lost lamb in the West. '
I am a hunter, and have been all
my life. I know what it is to lose
stock to wild dogs and the like,
and certainly I believe the ran-
chers have a right to defend their
herds.
But 1080 is not the way. It is an
indiscriminate killer that spreads
with deadly efficiency through
the food chain, and is a danger not
only the coyote but indeed to
everything that walks free on the
earth;.—
Srsnri
number of primaries and a system of regional primaries
with schedules decided by lot.
Those changes could do more to curtail the. tiresome
campaigns already started by Mr. Mondale and Sens.
.Kennedy,.......Glenn, and Cranston. Perhaps one more
What makes Zepin bitter as
well as scared is that the pro-
secutors promised to do what they
could to protect him from retalia-
tion by" friends of the convicted
murderers, or from fellow
part in the conviction,” and add-
ed: “It is my feeling that because , . „ ,. .
has been placed in a great dea
jeopardy with regard to’&his
presence in the general popula-
tion of arjy prison. . .”
What Zepin hoped to get in
return for his testimony was
For a long time, I have felt
strong opposition to the en-
cond carcass.
The scenario that creates.is
mind-boggling, and unfortunately
all too real. It was used fairly ex-
mined to turn what Is left of the
green earth into a charnel house.
And with this latest action, l am
not too sure they won’t succeed.
marathon presidential'race isnecessary beforelRe voters
tity. What he got from U.S.
District Judge Robert W. Warren
have had enough. In any event, it is likely that this fourth
change in Democratic presidential primary rules will be
followed by a fifth.
Paying Brady's Medical Bill
world code of death to informers.
Apparently the prosecutors did
try to help Zepin, but they could
not prevail on a tough law-and-
order federal judge.
Zepin wrote me for help,’in the
hope that publicity will reverse
what he views doublecross. Here
is his story, which has been con-
firmed by my associate Sam
Fogg: »
In 1980, Zepin was temporarily
lodged in the county jail in
Waukesha, Wls., pending trial on
federal changes. One of his
cellmates confided that he had
From Sun Files
Congress recently passed a bill to authorize James
Brady to accept contributions to cover the expenses of his
recovery from wounds he suffered a year ago In the
assassination attempt.
. Brady is the White House press secretary. He was shot
in the head when President Reagan was wounded in the
chest. Brady’s wound was more serious. His survival was
in doubt. He remains partially parafyzed.
After eight months in the hospital, he was released to
his home. But now he is back in George Washington
University Hospital, undergoing treatment for ..a blood
clot in his right leg.—-— ——-----------------— ' —
He remains on the government payroll. But rehabilita-
tion treatments are expensive. Contributions are being of-
fered.
Federal law .bars federal employees from ^accepting* system . , . i wiU'do all in my
Such funds. But the special legislation passed exempts power to have you placed ip the
federal workers wounded in an assassination attempt. witn“s# nrnfpf’hnn nrnflram nr
No such exemption should be necessary. -
The government should undertake to pay all of Brady’s
legitimate and necessary expenses with public funds. He
should not be required to accept charity.
Brady’s wound was a direct result of his employment in
public service. The taxpayers should insist on paying the
entire bill for his rehabilitation.
of Milwaukee was four years at
the federal prison in Englewood,
Colo. The unsympathetic Warren,
the last federal judge appointed
by Richard Nixon, was Wisconsin
attorney general during the anti-
Vietnam campus protests, and
'52: Silver Star Awarded
Posthumously To Lt. Camp
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was 40 and 30 and
gained a reputation as a strict y APRIL 19 1942
A mission of mercy yesterday
cost (he life of Henry C,lay Lic-
law-and-order man.
Zepin’s forebodings came/true
at Englewood. Twice he was
assaulted by other inmates until
he found refuge in “the hole” —
participated in the murder of four .confined away from the other
persons inUtica, N.Y.
To obtain Zepin’s testimony,
Oneida County prosecutor
Richard Enders promised him, in
writing: “I will not put you on the
stand to testify unless some
positive agreement is made
beforehand that you will not be
returned to the federal prison
witness protection program or
such other disposition as will keep
prisoners.
Finally, by appealing directly
to another federal judge, Zepiii
Won a transfer to the federal
facility in Texarkana, Texas.
Prison officials there insisted thpt
Zefein is “enjoying all the
privileges of the general prison
population.” They contend he has
po troubles. *
Meanwhile, the prisoner who
cooperated with the prosecutors
lives in fear of his life. As he put
you out of the federal incarcera- it, with stark poignancy: “Plain
tion and an environment where and simply, I am very, very
any fellow prisoner would have a scared.”
'Readers' Views
Poison Prevention Week
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There ore times when these articles do not reflect the Sun's viewpoint.
To The Sun,
AAasslstant director of phar-
ma! at Baytown Medical
Cenjjr, I recently had the
privilege, of visiting each of the
elementary schools wi,thin the
ichool district. My reasoiffor be-
ig at the schools was to present a
in prevention program to the
first grade students. This Was
done in conjunction with National
Poison Prevention Week.
Please allow this letter to serve
as my expression of appreciation
to the elementary school prin-
cipals and their first grade
teachers for allowing me to pre-
sent this program. I enjoyed do-
ing this and am hopeful that I
may have been instrumental in
preventing accidental poisonings
of the children in our community.
I would also like to thank
Baytown Medlda] Center Hospital
for support of' this program,
Baytown Medical Center provides
the funds necessary to give each
child a “Poison Prevention
Packet” which includes a color-
ing book on poisons, Mr. Yuk
stickers, a Poison Primer, Phar-
macist’s Guides for Poison
Prevention, and a Counterdose
Chart. The hospital also allows
me time from my normal work to
prepare the packets and to pre-
sent the programs.
cioni, 51, tinsmith foreman at the
Baytown Refinery. He was fatally
injured when a speeding car
crashedinto a crowd at the scene
of a traffic wreck that had oc-
curred minutes before. Liccioni
was administering first aid to one
of the, vicltms in the collision
when he was struck by
speeding car.
A 10-month-old boy; Gary Neal
of Baton Rouge, was killed in the
first accident and the man Lic-
cioni was helping — Julius Storey
of Houston — was killed, by the
speeding car that crashed into the
crowd.
Liccioni, W.J; Moore of Chan-
nelview and George N. Davidson
of Morrell Park had been on their
way home from a Houston
hospital where they had' been
visiting a sick friend. As they
neared the intersection of Market
Street Road and the Beaumont
Highway, they saw the-first acci-
dent and went to the scene.
Davidson, who was standing at
the edge of the crowd, was struck
on the right leg and knocked on
the ground by the speeding car.
Moore was uninjured.
Out of respect to Liccioni, the
Humble Oilers today called off
their baseball game. Liccioni was
a great supporter of the Oilers
and all Humble Club activities.
APRIL 19,1952
The Silver Star will be awarded
posthumously to First Lt. Gerald
M. Camp of Baytown at the Aggie
Korea. He commanded Company
C, 38th Infantry Regiment of the
Second Division.
Mrs. Elinor Thomas and Mrs,
C.I. Fortinberry will leave tomor-
row on a trip to Europe.
Mrs. S.M. Butler becomes
president of the Sam Houston
Parent-Teacher Association.
, APRIL 19,1962
A Wooster Marine corporal,
whose great-great-grandfather
founded the community in which
he lived, was killed in a car wreck
the in Japan yesterday. Cpl. John
Henry Wooster, 20, was one of
four persons killed when the car
crashed into a truck trailer 10
miles west of Yokahama, Japan.
Mrs. Madge Atiyeh, - home
economics teacher at Baytown
Junior High, died today in a
Houston hospital. J
Barney Webber, Spanish
teacher at Robert E. Lee High,
School, this summer must forget ‘
he ever knew English. He will
speak, Write, listen antf think in
Spanish from June 25 to Aug. 10 at
the University of Puerto Rico.
Webber has been awarded a study
grant by the National Defense
Education Act. ——~—I —
J.W. “Jack” Strickler becomes
president of Harris County
Federal Savings and Loan
Association, succeeding the late
A.C. Kraft.
Bible Verse'
Carla Sanders, R.Ph. Muster Day ceremonies at Texas
Assistant Director of Pharmacy A&M. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Baytown Medical Center Hospital Camp, he was killed last May in
V “I beseech you, therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, ho-
ly, acceptable unto God,
which Is your reasonable
service.” Romans 12:1
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