Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1978 Page: 2 of 8
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PAGE 2, HUDSPETH COUNTY HERALD-Dell Valley Review, OCT.
Paul Harvey
PmI Harvey News
WHICH ENERGY IS LEAST
DANGEROUS
(c) 1978, Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Which of all the alternative energy sources now under consi-
deration would you guess is the least dangerous?
Which poses the least hazard to your safety and your health:
wind energy, the tides, geothermal steam, nuclear energy, so-
lar energy?
This will surprise you: More people are likely to be hurt or
killed by solar energy than by nuclear energy.
Shortsighted protesters have been picketing nuclear power pro-
jects, assuming these to constitute the greatest danger. Wait'll
they hear from Dr. Herbert Inhaber, scientific adviser to the
Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada,
In the generation of electricity by atomic energy--and 10-11
percent of all our nation's electricity is now generated that way--
nobody has been killed.
However, the hazard from a solar panel perched on your roof
for the purpose of collecting sunlight is considerable.
I have always thought it unfortunate that the atomic age be-
gan with an exploding bomb.
I dare say that if we had first been introduced to electricity
by an electric chair, we'd be scared to plug anything into that
wall socket.
Dr. Inhaber says, "We must not judge the relative risk of an
energy system merely by its size or fearsome appearance. What
we must focus on is the 'relative risk per unit of energy pro-
duced. '"
In the 1976 Annual Review of Energy, authors Comar and
Sagan reoorted that when they had added up the risk factors
and the (energy output of each technology, nuclear power has
a substantially lower risk factor than either coal or oil.
And other studies before and since confirm this.
Now about the so-called "soft technologies"--solar, wind,
ocean thermal, methanol, geothermal and the Others--how do
they compare ? You'll be surprised.
When you take the total of man-days lost to workers due to
deaths, injuries or disease related to their jobs, the safest is
electricity made from natural gas. The next safest is nuclear
energy.
The most hazardous are coal and oil, 400 times more danger-
ous than gas!
And hear this--because of the comparatively immense amount
and complexity of materials and labor required to produce
the same quantity of energy, the most hazardous of energy
occupations include solar and wind.
Not from a flying windmill blade or from falling off the
roof but because each of these involves mining of raw mater-
ials and fabricating them.
To trust our intuition in evaluating potential hazards could
cause us to back away from systems which appear frightening--
into systems which really are,
CASH RECEIPTS
indicate a true picture ot
profits, Brown said. Due to
drought, low crop and
livestock prices and inflation,
the financial position of
many Texas farmers and
ranchers remained dismal, he
noted.
Production receipts by
From Page 1
Texas farmers and ranchers
brought them in much closer
range to the No. 2 state,
Iowa, as that state’s total
cash receipts in 1977 inched
less than one-half of one per
cent above its total for the
previous year.
27, 1978.
arms
Dear Mrs. Lynch:
H ?re are a few words on the
lighter side for which I want
to give credit to a scholar
and a gentleman of Dell City,
to-wit, Mr. I. E. Franklin,
who said that, if not actually,
at least in temperament Noah
was the first cowman.
When the Ark settled on
firm ground and it dried up
a little, Noah got out and
looked around and reported
back to one of his boys:
"With another shower like
this, next year we ought to
have a good crop of grass. "
May God Bless you.
Yours truly,
Colquet Warren
10/20/78
EACH AMERICAN
FARMER AND RANCHER
produces enough food and
fiber for himself and 56
fellow citizens, Agriculture
Commissioner Reagan V.
Brown pointed out in a
recent address.
“If this figure is
surprising, consider that
agricultural producers make
up just a scant three per cent
of our total population,” he
noted. “The key has been
increased productivity,
which has allowed Americans
to enjoy an abundance of
inexpensive food of the
highest quality and variety
available.”
Agricultural producers at
one time comprised a large
majority of the population
of the United States, he said.
“However, this once-great
majority has dwindled to
around 500,000 persons,
which makes it one of the
country’s smallest
minorities,” he commented.
“Many people take it for
granted that America’s
harvests will always be
bountiful, no matter how
desperate the financial
condition of our most vital
John Hill calls for
state tax freeze
“Our state taxes in Texas are among the lowest in the
nation, and I want to keep them there. As I’ve said many
times, I’ll veto a tax increase before the ink dries on the
bill.’’
As Attorney General, John Hill
proved he could increase the effi-
ciency of his office without any
unnecessary budget increases.
He absorbed a three-fold increase
in his office caseload by hiring top
legal talent capable of higher
productivity. The result: his staff
lawyers doubled their average
workload, and the increased court
judgments and enforcement of
civil penalty laws returned $25 for
every $1 of state funds spent on
his office.
As Governor, John Hill will insist on this same type of increased
productivity for all state agencies. He will institute new controls
over federal funds, demand that we follow our “pay-as-you-go”
budget policy, and use zero-base budgeting to eliminate un-
needed programs before any new programs are added. And he’ll
block any state tax increase — there won’t be any new taxes
under John Hill.
.lOlrflllLi.
(XIVERNOR
P.O FOR BY JOHN HILL CXMPXIGH FUND LOWELL LBBERMANN TREASURER 1035 BROWN BLOG AUSTIN TEXAS 70701 TELEPHONE <5181 «7B-MB9
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THE ABUNDANT LIFE
iDON'T PANIC
Bob Wear
PANIC IS ONE OF the mental and emotional experiences which
will disorganize us to the extent of making us helpless, or worse
This feeling can cause us to do undesirable and harmful things
which would never have occurred, if we had remained calm,
ALL OF US KNOW what happens when a group of people "pan-
ic". We know about the disorder, the destruction, the los§ and
the general difficulties produced by the mental and emotional
turmoil of "group panic". Nothing of value is accomplished by
such lack of group control.
THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD "panic" is both interesting and
significant. PAN was a god of Greek mythology who was drought
to be half man and half goat. He was said to have caused peo-
ple to feel sudden fear by his strange appearance, and thus the
work "panic" comes from his name.
THE POINT FOR US TO REMEMBER is that this god was the
figment of human imagination. He was not real. Therefore the
people had no rational, intelligent basis for their fear,
"A PANIC IS a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the
enemy of our imagination, " --Bovee.
TODAY, THERE IS SOME "PANIC"; some unreasoning fright,
Some people are doing such things as hoarding commodities of
various kinds. They are afraid that there will be shortages which
will affect them. Of course, if this "panicky" behavior becomes
widespread enough; there will be shortages.
YES, IT DOES APPEAR that there are some real shortages;
but this is no time for "panic". This is the most damaging
response to the present "energy crisis". Calmness, deliberate
calmness is our need.
"GROUP PANIC" IS A THREAT to our well-being, but this is
not the only panic which threatens us,
"PERSONAL PANIC" IS a real possibility against which we
must defend ourselves. Most of us, perhaps all of us, know this
feeling; and we know how inept and awkward we are, when
"panic" overcomes us.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF "PANIC", however, can be much
worse than personal ineptness. We can be hurt in a variety of
different ways, if we do not remain calm in the midst of un-
wanted and difficult problems and happenings. Calmness is so
much better than "panic" which causes such terrible and costly
mistakes, and sometimes death,
"DON'T PANIC" MUST BE our constant guideline, We cannot
afford to lose control of our emotions. "A panic is the stampeded
of our self-possession. " -RivaraL
WE MUST CONDITION OURSELVES through realistic and ade-
quate understanding coupled with sound, practical viewpoints.
Thus, we can apply the self-control which will keep our emo-
tional upsets "below the panic level".
OCCASIONALLY, WE MAY NEED HELP to handle what happ-
ens. This help is available, and we must ask for it and accept
it. "Don't Panic. "
THERE WILL BE INSTANCES when our poise is disturbed, when
we feel some degree of confusion; but we can make sure that
these are for the moment. We can handle them as part of our
everyday living, by being sure that "we don't panic".
There are over six million
more women of voting
* age than there are men.
TEXAS
MEMBER 1978
riACE >
NOTICE is hereby given
that the City of DeB City
will receive sealed bids
the old pull type fire 2
pumper at City Hal
October 30, 1978, SiOOW
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Lynch, Mary Louise. Hudspeth County Herald and Dell Valley Review (Dell City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1978, newspaper, October 27, 1978; Dell City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1197080/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .