The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 279, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 20, 1984 Page: 4 of 48
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Thursday, September 20, 1084
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and 20 years ago:
SEPT. 20,1944
Mrs. R. Williams of Goose
Creek learns about the death of
another nephew, Pvt. Grady *
Williford of Corrigan. Grady was i
killed shortly after writing his -
family about seeing his brother, l
Pfc. Dain Williford, killed in ac- ,
tion. The brothers visited here }
frequently before entering the }
service together. They par- ;
ticipated in the D-Day invasion *
and fought side by side. *
Pelly Mayor C.H. Olive ap- ,
points a committee to obtain j»
signatures for a petition to call J
I guess we’ll soon be electing another party chairman. They say the candi- an election of the consolidation :
(dates are all well-qualified-every one of them has a pulse." , ^1%“^ :
county judge.
E.M. Watkins and E.V. Muller
will go to Fort Worth this week to
accept a federal grant for the
water district in Wooster.
Pvt. Hilmar Kaderli, a glider-
trooper with the 82nd Airboime
Division in France, sends home
a box of war souvenirs.
SEPT. 20,1954
Dudley Bowman, Horace
Mann eighth-grader, is back in
school today after his narrow
escape in quicksand yesterday.
He was trapped in quicksand on
marshy flats at Evergreen
Beach before his friends heard
his cries for help and dragged
him from the oozy mud. Douglas
Johnston, Richard Crawley and
Tommy Herrington were able to
rescue Dudley by throwing him
a long stick with fishing cord at-
tached.
J.D. Allen, attempting to avoid
a collision when a car swerves in
his path, crashes into a pile of
tombstones on display on pro-
perty off North Main.
Melvin Sperry, manager of La
Porte’s Du Pont Plant, will be
transferred to Wilmington, Del.,
on Oct. 1.
In the wake of a rabies scare,
Harris County Health Director
L.D. Farragut tells plans for
dog-vaccination clinics
throughout the county.
SEPT. 20,1964
Redeemer Lutheran Church
begins adult instruction classes.
Fifteen sessions will be held, the
pastor, the Rev. Glen C.
Kellmeyer, announces.
The Rev. Edwin T. Summers
presents a sermon during con-
secration services at Grace
Methodist Church.
W.B. McNulty takes office as
general superintendent at
Wooster Baptist Church.
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Change comes slowly in apartheid South Africa, but
its government of whites, by whites and for whites yield-
ed somewhat.
Elections for a historic multiracial parliament allow-
ed Coloreds (racially mixed people) and Asians to go to
the polls for the first time.
By most standards, it was a modest concession.
Blacks, who make up 73 percent of South Africa’s
population, weren’t permitted to vote.
The 45 Asians and 85 Coloreds elected must sit in two
segregated chambers, while the third house of 178 white
members will have the last word on laws.
Far from sparking gratitude among the newly enfran-
chised, the election brought boycott demonstrations by
thousands of non-white students. More than two-thirds
of the eligible Colored voters stayed away from the
polls.
Black leaders almost universally condemn the
multiracial parliament as a ploy to continue white
supremacy. They are suspicious of a legislature that ap-
pears to set up a political caste system on the basis of
skin color.
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Auto inspections handled by
government in three states
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WASHINGTON (NEA) - A dents, fatalities and injuries. cent or more in favor of manda-
... ... ...... ,, . a. car with only one functioning The Nebraska Denartment of tory inspection programs.
Non-whites are understandably impatient with a headlight roars down a narrow Motor Vehicles for exaZle But only DeIaware’ New Jer'
system that built a modern, prosperous society with the country road on a dark night, found that io percent of all fatal sey and the District of Columbia
sweat of their labor, then gave them almost nothing in menacing the drivers of oncom- accidents on rural interstate have thor?ughly profe4ss!onal
return. ing vehicles who are unable to highways in 1968 involved at state-owned and operated m-
identify the position of the one- least one defective vehicle. After spect'on ,stat!ons where veh.lc
are checked by government em-
ployees hired and trained for
that task.
_ . _ „ In another 19 states, privately
In Texas, 13 percent of all ve- owned service stations and gar-
hicies involved in atal accidents are ,icensed to conduct in.
in 1951 had defects that were a _ but th often are
causative factor in the crashes. in c„nina .h„ir
lican policy of distorting facts, every time it stops. ln 1977, after the introduction of JJX ^nT^r^es than ^assur-
In the 1980 campaign, as well thus gaining votes and support Those events - at best dis- an inspection program, that fig- sS of S veSdes
as the one this year, Jack Fields from those who are lax in check- trading and at worst terrifying ure plummeted to 3 percent. !"g “f safety of ttie vemc,es
made the ludicrous claim, “I am ing out alleged facts. — have become common on « ,oi» nnmmudnnaa h« they check,
not a politician,” and contended Another shoddy trick was: highways throughout the coun- thJ E £^ Nine additional states have
he had the support of the senior One of Fields’ cohorts sent a let- try at a time when periodic auto „ Vph- 1 y f f . ... s?me form random mspec-
citizens of this district. ter to Bob Eckhardt, designed to safety inspections are increas- h ®s ftha‘ * tion, seven others have limited
I wrote a letter which ap- discredit him but addressed it ingly needed but seldom requir- miiiuvn annnaiiv msPecf.lon aw® and ^.e rem‘im‘
peared in The Sun Nov. 3, 1980, Jack Fields headquarters, ed. hf.i nrnrinral vparlv hnnnfiK of in8 13 have no type of inspection
exposing the fact that the basis Fields claimed Eckhardt’s name The escalating prices of new .,-,-4 y y whatever, even though the High-
of this claim was an obvious was, inadvertently overlooked, cars have discouraged many ’ ' way Safety Act of 1966 requires
political ploy. Fields had people resulting in the letter being drivers from replacing older au- T.,,^ew dersey sttudy found nationwide adoption of the prac-
believing the National Council of opened. Fields belied this posi- tos, thus significantly increasing that although mandatory inspec- tice.
Senior Citizens, headed by tion by turning the letter over to the average age of vehicles in tlon ^ not markedly decrease
Claude Pepper, had rated Bob the news media. use - many of them so poorly crash-related injuries, it signi- the federal government to with-
Eckhardt (former Democrat ... The 1980 election was so maintained that they are life- Jjcantly reduces highway fatal!- hold highway construction funds
District 8 congressman), as hav- close that it might well have threatening. ties, reduces the number of high- from noncomplying states, the
ing voted over 90 percent of the been just these two, out of many The most logical remedy, way accidents ... (and) reduces statute has never been enforced,
time against the interest of acts of dishonesty by Fields, that statewide inspection programs, the property damage which re- Vehicles with defective equip-
senior citizens. resulted in the defeat of Bob dates back to 1926 when Massa- suits from accidents ment are responsible for an esti-
1 knew this was false so I Eckhardt, a highly respected chusetts introduced voluntary That s hardly surprising be- mated 5 percent to 10 percent of
checked the library ... In the man who was dedicated to the in- inspections. By 1929, there were cause inspection programs iden- the highway crashes which are
1980 campaign, as in this year’s, terest of all the people in his dis- mandatory programs in Mary- tify and require repair of cars the country’s leading cause of
Jack Fields proudly announced trict. In his stead we are saddled land, Delaware and New Jersey, operating with defective brakes, death, injury and property dam-
he was supported by the Na- wtih Jack Fields, who, by his The number of states with uni- tires, lights, suspensions, wind- age. The time for federal and
tional Alliance of Senior Citi- voting record, has demonstrated versal, required auto inspection shield wipers, exhaust systems state initiatives to remedy the
zens. In the library I found this he is dedicated to the corporate peaked at 32 five years ago. But and other equipment. situation is long overdue
was not Pepper’s organization interests who finance his cam- today it has declined to only 21
but an organization formed in paigns. despite evidence that inspection ies and states consistently have
1974 with 22,600 members. It was J.P. Bailey programs reduce traffic acci- produced majorities of 84 per-
certainly started by the ultra P.O. Box 401
right for use in misleading peo-
ple into thinking it was the Na- EDITOR'S NOTE: Fields, when f.
tional Council of Senior Citizens, asked about the endorsement by
formed in 1961, which now has 4 senior citizens, said, ",In each of
my congressional campaigns I
The success of this political have enjoyed the support of
ploy by Fields is apparent by the many 8th District seniors. There
fact that this decoy outfit now are several respected nation-
has 770,000 members. Fields’ wide organizations working on
success in 1980 can be measured behalf of America's senior
by the fact he was able to get a citizens. The National Alliance
paid political ad in The Sun. of Senior Citizens, with nearly
signed by many senior citizens 800,000 members, Is one of those
who were led to believe they groups. I won’t apologize for my
were following the recommen- efforts on behalf of senior
dation of Claude Pepper. This is citizens and I am proud to have
an example of standard Repub- won the NASCendorsement.
Nevertheless, the significance of the elections cannot
be overlooked. Non-whites are sharing power, however
slightly, for the first time.
eyed auto.
On a city street in mid-after-
the inception of an inspection
program, however, that figure
noon, a car with a defective ex- dropped to 5.6 percent in 1972.
haust system spews black clouds
of smoke and fumes in its wake.
Another auto, with faulty
brakes, emits a piercing shriek
Readers' views
To The Sun:
Although that law authorizes
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Robcn Wallers Is t columnist /or Newspaper
Enterprise Association
Today in History
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Today’s highlight in history:
On Sept. 20, 1881, Chester A.
Arthur was sworn in as the 21st
president of the United States,
succeeding James A. Garfield,
who was assassinated.
On this date:
In 1519, Portuguese navigator
WASHINGTON - The aging spoke not a word to the faithful. assembly speaker Hojatolislam Ferdinand Magellan set out
Ayatollah Khomeini has been This anomaly lent some Rafsanjani sneaked a look at the from Spain on a voyage to find a
reported to be on his deathbed at weight to reports ln mid-July document and was dismayed western passage to the Indies,
least a dozen times since he took that Khomeini had suffered a when he found no designated One of his ships eventually circl-
power in Iran more than five mild stroke. Lacking hard successor in it. Rafsanjani’s ed the world; Magellan died en
years ago. evidence, though, intelligence choice is Ayatollah Montazeri, route.
Now he has emerged once experts lean toward the but he has so far been unable to In 1870, Italian troops took con-
again looking hale and hearty possibility that Khomeini’s sum- persuade Khomeini to give Mon- trol of the Papal States, leading
after a flurry of reports that he is mer ailment — If indeed there tazeri his official blessing.
was one — more likely was a The State Department’s morn-
State department takes bets
on successor to Khomeini
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In 1873, panic swept the floor
Ing line makes Montazeri the of the New York Stock Exchange
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Intense speculation continues heart attack.
In Western Intelligence circles Then, only last week, Kho- favorite.
on the state of Khomeini’s health meinl addled professional Iran- Another candidate is Kho- defaults and bank failures.
- and on which of several poten- watchers by making some per- melni’s son, Ahmad, who is In 1884, the Equal Rights Par-
tial successors appears to be in sonal appearances and meeting believed to be his father’s ty was formed during a conven-
the best position to seize power with a group of Western favorite. It is also considered tion of suffragettes in San Fran-
when the ayatollah finally dies. reporters.
Since Iran Is a closed society, Secret intelligence reports succeeded, at least Initially, by a Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood of
the experts'assessments remain assert that Khomeini suffers committee of rivals jockeying Washington, D.C., for president,
only speculation. But this much I from another condition not un- for position. and Marietta Lizzie Bell Stow of
common for an 84-year-old man: Whatever the outcome, In- California for vice president.
During the summer, reports severe prostate problems. But telligence experts foresee unrest In 1947, the “Little Flower” of
flowed regularly Into the State the ayatollah’s personal physl- and disorder In post-Khomeini New York City — former Mayor
Department suggesting that clan has reportedly joked that Iran. At this point, though, they Fiorello La Guardla — died.
Khomeini was at the point of Khomeini “could handle another don’t predict an actual revolu- In 1963, President John F.
death There were even reports wife,” which suggests the pro- tion. Kennedy went before the United
that he haddied, but that the fact hlem Isn’t as serious as Nations General Assembly to
was being kept secret while sue- reported. EYE ON THE ECONOMY: propose a joint U.S.-Soviet ex-
Editof and Publisher cession was being decided. One thing Intelligence sources Reagan administration officials peditiontothemoon.
Aituton* to Put>ii»h#r Khomeini spiked these rumors do know is that Khomeini’s heart are predicting that the economy In 1973, In their "battle of the
EditofondPubiith*. 1950 1974 py making a few public ap- specialist has made several will go bust If Walter Mondale Is sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean
pearances In the last couple of house calls to his famous patient elected this November. But King defeated Bobby Riggs in
weeks. Indeed, Foggy Bottom in recent weeks. The visits are some government economists
sources told my associate relatively easy to log, because believe the same Is true no mat-
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melnl's televised appearances regular appointments when he is 1180
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