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PAUL HARVEY NEWS
NOV. 22, 1991, HUDSPETH COUNTY HERALD-Dell Valley Review, PAGE 5
THE BOOK BURNING
FROM HERITAGE FEATURES SYNDICATE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
by Edwin Feulner
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OTERO COWBELLES
MEET AT COUNTY
FAIRGROUNDS
The Otero Cowbelles met No-
vember 7, 1991, at the Otero
County Fairgrounds, hosted by
Barbara Wagner and Mable Fra-
ry. Meeting was called to order
by President Elizabeth Jones
at 10:45 a.m., followed by the
Pledge of Allegiance and the
Cowbelle Creed.
Guests present were Laura
Lermayer, Vivian Marino,
Frank Trezise, Dr. Carter and
Renita Resin.
Minutes of previous meeting
were read and approved. New
members of the Otero County
Fair Board were voted on.
Treasurer’s Report was given
by Shirley Trezise. Shirley was
authorized to go to KPSA and
purchase ads promoting Beef
Certificates prior to Thanksgi-
ving and Christmas. The Cow-
belles voted to purchase one ad
before Thanksgiving and three
before Christmas.
Jean Lee showed the infor-
mation that went out to the
schools in Otero County, and
also some information that
the animal rights people were
giving out at NMSU.
Money made at the bazaar
will be held temporarily until
a disagreement between the
Fair Board and New Mexico
Boys and Girls Ranch is resol-
ved. A letter will be sent to
the Boys Ranch on behalf of
the Otero Cowbelles stating
the reason for withholding
the contribution.
Nominations for officers for
next year were Betty Stoots,
President; Martha Coody, First
Vice-President; Elizabeth Ma-
hill, Second Vice-President;
Judyann Medeiros, Secretary;
Shirley Trezise, Treasurer.
New 4-H Agent, Andria Nichols,
was introduced.
The Cowbelles will buy flowers
for Barbara Wagner’s installation
in Albuquerque when she takes
office as State President.
The meeting adjourned at
12:05 p.m., followed by lunch
and the bazaar.
—Martha Coody, Secretary
P. O. Box 659 Dell City, Texas 79837
Phone: 915-964-2426
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Here’s a depressing thought: With 5 percent of the world’s population, the
United States has 70 percent of the world’s lawyers. That’s one lawyer for
every 300 normal people more than twice the number in Britain, and 25
times that in Japan.
The results are predictable. The nation is awash in laws that are barely
understandable and frivolous court cases that benefit no one but the lawyers.
Last year, some 18 million lawsuits were filed in U.S. courts. The annual cost
more than $80 billion — including $22 billion in attorneys’ fees alone. (For
the record, the average attorney makes $' 68,000 a year.)
Our legal system no longer is designed to serve the common man, but to
provide more jobs and more money for lawyers. That’s why laws now are
written so that no one but attorneys can understand them. It’s no coincidence
that 224 of the 565 members of Congress — including 60 of 100 Senators —
are lawyers.
Even if we’re lucky enough to keep out of the grasp of the legal lepers, we
all pay for this mess in higher prices and higher taxes. Companies and state
and local governments spend millions hiring teams of legal advisors and
paying huge insurance premiums as protection against lawsuits.
Lawyer-driven court cases arc becom ing more ridiculous every day: After
injuring himself badly in a botched subway suicide attempt, one man sued
New York City for failing to have adequate safeguards. And in Cincinnati,
Umpire Gary Darling recently filed a $5 million suit against Reds manager
LouPiniella for accusing him of bias (what baseball manager has not accused
an umpire of being blind and stupid?).
There are other costs as well: According to one report, fear of lawsuits has
prompted 47 percent of U.S. manufacturers to withdraw products from the
market. Some companies have been dr iven completely out of business by
packs of ravenous lawyers.
It’s clear that the once-honorable law profession has degenerated into a
miasma of greed and parasitic self-interest. The question is what to do about
it
Vice President Dan Quayle has ansvers. .As Chairman of the President’s
Council on Competitiveness, Quayle — . lawyer himself—has developed a
50-point program to resolve the. natinn’s litigation crisis. Among his recom-
mendations:
* Limit punitive damages so they do not exceed the actual damages
suffered. This would eliminate silly multi million dollar awards for things like
"emotional distress."
* Discourage frivolous lawsuits by making the losers in a suit pay the
winners’legal fees.
* Limit “discovery,” the pretrial seancl through the opposing side’s records
that results in most of the costs in civil cases and which can tie up cases for
months, or years.
Not surprisingly, the nation's lawyers see reform as a threat to their
livelihood. Since lawyers take home 30 to 40 cents on every dollar awarded
in civil cases, attempts at reform cut into their profits.
This sort of self-serving, money-grubbing behavior has to be stopped, and
Vice President Quayle’s recommendations are a good place to begin. The
nation simply cannot afford the legal profession’s brand of justice anymore.
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There's a "book burning" going on in the United States.
It's not a single book or a dozen — it is tens of thousands of
volumes that are being "burned up" from the inside out by acid.
A-a When the manufacture of paper became mechanized and wood
pulp replaced rags, the chlorine and aluminum sulfate used by the
machines to bleach the pulp and enhance water resistance left
destructive acids in the paper.
Books of that generation are being eaten away by a "cancer" that
cannot be cured. Gradually, they turn brown and crumble.
This includes biomedical journals and books published in the 1850's
resources we cannot afford to lose.
Presently, whenever your doctor needs urgently to identify a
procedure or an antitoxin, his computer can interface with the
C National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md.
This immediate access to 6 million articles in 3, 500 medical
journals worldwide updates the physician within seconds. This
instant access to the world's largest medical library saves lives
every day.
But that library was about to self-destruct.
On Oct. 25 the National Library of Medicine is celebrating
initial progress in rescuing these irreplaceable documents.
Dr. Lois Debakey reports that 40 percent of all medical journals
~ are now printed on acid-free paper. After five years of diligent
effort, that's an accomplishment worthy of celebration.
In Chicago, the Library of International Relations is watching
its irreplaceable documents consume themselves and is presently
computer imaging its documents for storage on discs.
Ironically, there are writings of 35, 000 years ago on cave walls
and clay tablets that remain in good condition, while a 1912 work
by Henrik Ibsen is already discolored and brittle.
The National Library of Medicine was originally established in
1836, as the Library of the Army Sturgeon General.
0 When Dr. John Billings became director in 1865, he expanded the
library to mgke it available as a source of biomedical information
for all physicians.
Today's director, Dr. Donald Lindberg, notes that modern
computer and communications technologies are extending this
service worldwide and in the years to come newer technology pro-
mises even further to disseminate information from this source.
But it had to begin with preservation of the basic library.
If all written copies of all the music of Brahms, Beethoven and
. Bach were destroyed, this generation and all succeeding generations
would be poorer.
If all the written records of medical research to date were to
be destroyed, the loss in human suffering and human life would
be incalculable.
Convinced that one good example is worth a thousand admonitions,
let us hope that the work of the Debakey committee in preserving
medical journals might next insure whatever funding is necessary to
preserve the rest of what's left our written heritage.
(c) 1991, Los Angeles Times Syndicate
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