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Page 4 THE CUERO RECORD Sunday, April 13, 1969
Editorial
The Commercials
In Germany television commercials are limited to a
certain time of day. Those who wish to "read the ads"
tune In and know what to expect. Musical programs,
plays, films, etc. are not interrupted with screaming
pitch men doing commercials every five, ten or fifteen
minutes.
In England, a country which offers viewers both
government-supervised television and commercial tele-
vision, the set owner can choose between television fare
free of commercials and purely commercial television
fare. (In Germany there is no network in the hands of
commercial interests.)
In the United States, the thirteen prime VHF chan-
nels were long ago turned over exclusively to commercial
interests and unless the viewer makes provision to re-
ceive other fare on UHF or VHF channels which might
be allocated to non-commercial interests, he is com-
pletely at the mercy of the hucksters. The people’s air-
waves, to be candid, have been turned over to the money
makers seeking profits.
This is not to argue that the German system, run
by the government, is desirable. Perhaps the British
solution is worth study — a system in which both public-
service television run by an impartal government board,
and commercial television coexist. We Americans hall
our way as the "free enterprise system” and it has its
advantages. But the level of fare on our thirteen com-
mercial channels, in comparison with the BBC in Eng-
land and German television fare, is cheap, lound and al-
most sterile, intellectually speaking.
The so-called comedys are more often than not
phony, canned laughter and puerile scenes. Westerns
and crude, pioneer philosophy dominate the cultural
content. Violence and degenerate portrayals have been
one of the causes of spiraling crime rate. Broadway
types, who do not reflect the American mainstream or
really interest the average non-metropolitan American,
understandably predominate.
Eventually, the FCC or Congress must limit or space
commercials to provide the American public less carni-
val-type television fare and demand higher quality
programs aimed at the public good, not company profits.
For the public owns the airwaves and they should be
utilized for the public benefit, not primarily for the
benefit of big business. With such an uplifting and also
improved educational television, the great technical
miracle of television could be used to strikingly benefit
the people and the nation, while also enabling commer-
cial interests to prfit, as a secondary and not a primary
consideration. __
IS THIS THE ANSWER?
SENSING
THE NEWS
By THURMAN SENSING
THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES
While the Nixon administra-
tor! {s trying to bring order out
of the«chaos created by the
Now Frontier and the Great
Society, politicial elements that
formed and supported those
mistaken schemes to restruc-
ture the United States are lay-!
ing plans for regaining power in
1972.
New Frontiersmen and Great
Society advocates have a built-
in advantage that should not
be overlooked. During the time
they were in power, they ma-
naged to pack the federal ser-
vice with adherents and give
them Civil Service status. Thus
the Nixon administration is sev-
erely handicapped in introduc-
ing reforms or changing policy.
Middle-echelon "liberal" ele-
ments still control many of the
levers of power in Washington
and in regional government of-
fices.
Unfortunately, the New Fron-
tiersmen and Great Society
types have allies in the ranks
of the opportunists, some of
them in Southern states that
long have been a bulwark of
conservatism and good govern-
ment. Some office-holders ap-
parently have concluded that
mass enrollment of new voters
in their states has decisively
changed the character of the
HONEYMOONERS HERE—Arriving from England to visit
with the bride's father In "parts unknown," Bcatle Paul Mc-
Cartney, his bride, the former Linda Eastman of the East-
man Kodak fortune, and daughter Heather, 6, by a previ-
ous marriage, leave plane at New York’s Kennedy Airport.
DAILY CROSSWORD
Pen Am's Offer M
In a full-page advertisement seer In various sec-
• -ns of the country the nation’s biggest overseas air-
' Pan American, recently offered Americans the best
naan travel bargains in the history of air travel.
l an-Am can reduce fares, as can other major airlines
1 -'cause of recent rate agreements and because the use
of jets in the past decade has greatly lessened flying
time and enabled airliners to carry more passengers.
Here are surprising examples of today's costs — in
visiting Europe. One can fly to Ireland and back, via
modern jet, stay two weeks at a guest house (without
meals) have a car with unlimited milage, for $275.
Obviously, this price often beats what most Americans
can do at home paying hotel or motel and car rental
charges for two weeks.
Pan-Am’s special for visiting England includes jet
return fare, lodging in a guest house in Manchester or
Buxton, and a car with unlimited mileage for $300. There
is a special package offer of three weeks in France, guest
house west of Paris, a car with 1,000 free kilometers, for
$320.
There are two trips to Germany and Denmark, three
weeks each, with a car free for 1,000 kilometers and
guest lodging north of Frankfort or just outside Copen-
hagen for $332. Etc., etc.
Pan-Am is not the only airline offering such bar-
gains; most of the major airlines have similar plans.
Thus the cost of a vacation in Europe is not as forbid- j
ding as it was a few years ago, and if you wish to visit.
the old world bad enough, you can certainly save your
pennies and go.
2. -fell
swoop
3. Gloomy
4. Power
vessel:
abbr.
3. Free
from
dirt
6. Peel
7. Symbol
of industry
8. Arthurian
magician
9. Russian
river
11. Suiting
fabric
13."-
Roasting
on an
Open Fire”
IS. Agita-
tion
18. Parti-
cles
19. A
hidden
obstacle
20. Rose,
genus:
poss.
22. Against:
prefix
24. Old
French
measure
25. Lucifer
26. Climb-
ing
plants
28. Hunter
29. To con-
tami-
nate
yesterday's Answer
31. Played
with Idly
33. Change
position
36. Nothing
37. Hair
ribbon
38. Land
measure
40. Calcium
symbol
ACROSS
1. Swine
5. Overcrowd-
9. Roman
goddess
of beauty
10. Actor’s
words
12. Mine
extracts
13. Middle,
to an
Englishman
14. Creole
state:
abbr.
15. Fish
16. Maritime
publication:
abbr.
17. Shine
20. Manipulate,
as bids
21. Beloved
of 9 Across
22. First-class
23. Scottish
plaids
25. Dross of
metal
27. Drooping:
Bot.
30. Sloths
31. Where
Bizertels
32. Tantalum
symbol
33. Speck
34. Music note
35. Plagues
37. Farm
building
39. Artless
40. French
landscape
painter
41. Sleigh
42. Astonished
DOWN
1. Forerunner
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A GOURMET DISH
IN THE MIDDLE AGES
CONSISTED Of HALF A YOUNG FIG
SEWN TO HALF A LARGE ROOSTER
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SAGE AND EGG AND ROASTED ON A SPIT
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WAS BUILT IN 1868 BY
CONVICT VOLUNTEERS
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FREED AS PART OF THE
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COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT
and the balance of I effectively aided, if they are .to
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political power. They are ne- • bc bl,JU,;ilt llp to thl, p,int
gining to trim tlieir sails ac- ... ., , ,
^rdingly. ,where they help sup|*irt the
In plain language, the op-[oountrv ’ns,t'ud of being su|>-
portunists believe that the in-1 ixirted by it, they must acquhe
fluence of the conservative social discipline. They must he
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white collar and blue collar
citizen is on the decline, and
that the real political strength
In future lies with herded mas-
ses of voters, many of whom
are getting organized in welfare
and public employee unions.
It is tremendously important-
ant, therefore, that responsible
voters keep a close eye on those
officeholders. Tile politicians'
response to the overblown non-
issue of the day, hunger, bears
close scrutiny. If former])'
conservative Congressmen start
making noises bout "hunger,”
if they begin to urge their fel-
low-countrymen to take part in
an orgy of emotionalism on this
issue, then it is safe to say
that these politicians are on a
new and dangerous tack.
Politicians who cater to the
extremists of the welfare unions
can’t be for responsible govern-
ment, and don’t deserve sup-
port of thoughtful, middle-of-
the-road voters.
Now, more than ever, the
country needs level-headed lea-
dership. The lack of progress
by some elements in the coun-
try is indeed a serious pro-
blem, but this lack of progress
has to be considered in strictly
realistic terms. Where there
are pockets of poverty, they
have to be dealt with realisti-
cally, not emotionally. More
and bigger federal handouts
aren’t the answer. Free food
stamps won’t uplift backward
people.
If backward people are to be
tutored to the point where they
don’t insist upon instant grati-
fication of their appetites. Giv-
ing them more money isn't, a
substitute for the discipline th.->
need.
Political opportunists aron t
thinking about the real needs
of the poor or of society in ge-
neral. They simply want to fin,J
a new formula for getting
elected, for winning the support
of the “gimme” element in the
electorate. They intend to rid.
the "hunger" horse into office.
Indeed opportunists can be ex-
pected to develop a series of
related issues between now and
the 1972 presidential election.
Opportunists undoubtedly see
Senator Edward Kennedy (1)-
Mass) as the leader of the new
movement growing out of a
combination of campus mili-
tants and welfare unionists in
the cities. Senator Kennedy s
recent sjieech favoring ropog-
nition of Red China, his link
with defense abolitionists in
opposing the anti-ballistic mis-
sile, and his continuing empha-
sis on catering to welfare ele-
ments — together give an ac-
curate picture of his intentions.
It could be politically advantag-
eous to Senator Kennedy to
have a "liberal” running mate
from the South, un officehold-
er who has taken to lecturing
his own people for alleged ne-
glect. It will be interesting to
see whether opportunists in this
region will try to fit themselves
to a Kennedy design.
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BERLIN UPI — A man tried
to flee into West Berlin Wednes-
day night but fell short of his
goal under a hail of gunfire
from Communist East German
By United Press International
Today is Sunday, April 13,
the 103rd day of 1969 with 262
to follow. | guards.
The moon is between its lastWest Berlin police spokesman
quarter and new phase. ' said the man was trying to
The morning stars are Ven- j work his way through barbed
us. Mars and Jupiter. ; wire fortifications when the
The evening stars are Mer- j Communist guards spotted him.
cury and Saturn. The spokesman said about 50
On this day In history: I shots were fired.
In 1846 the Pennsylvania Communist guards carried the
Railroad received its charter.! man back into East Berlin, said
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