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PAGE 4A - THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE. SUNDAY JUNE 20.1993
EDITORIAL
THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Weekly Special
Senate becomes 'a body of beggars'
By JACK ANDERSON and
MICHAEL BINS ''-t
WASHINGTON ~ Me., who
came of age working as meat cut-
ters during the grimmest days on
the Great Depression don’t scare
easily.
But Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-
W.Va., a self-taught butcher, seems
scared.
His beloved Senate, which he
touts /is the "premiere spark of bril-
liance" by the framers of the Con-
stitution, is becoming a body of
beggars. Too many colleagues are
"running around the country with a
cup in (their) hand. I had to do that
too in the last few elections and I
think it’s demeaning." That’s why
campaign-finance reform has been
Byrd's 15-year-long calling.
Byrd's expression looked as cold
as a West Virginia coal miner's
during a 90-minute interview last
week in the chapcl-iikc markup
room of the Senate Appropriations
commitee, where he has reigned as
chairman since 1988. There was
little to smile about, as he pointed
out. The "honor" of the Senate is on
the line. The "greatest deliberative
body" in the world is looking like a
wholly owned subsidiary of special
interests. And senatorial panhand-
ling - the average member needs to
raise $2,000 a day, six days a week,
during his entire six-year term - has
transformed the upper chamber into
a part-time profession.
To colleagues who piously
profess to being unstained by the
money chase, Byrd begs to differ in
a week in which campaign-finance
reform hung in the balance on
capitol Hill:
"I’m sure that no member will
feel in his own mind that any inter-
est group has bought him. And yet
if he group has bought him. And
yet if he has to be perfectly honest
about it, and probes his soul, he
will have to admit - at least before
God • that the contributions do
have some influence, and that's not
good."
Byrd has a simple solution to end
the money chase: Get back to work.
He almost seems transported back
to the butcher shop as he bristles
about senators who "should be glad
to work six days a week. We have
plenty of time off. We don’t need
more time off."
MONEY LAUNDERING • Of-
ficials at a branch of the Virginia-
based Signet Bank Corp. have
suspected for three years that a
small retail clothing store was laun-
dering money through their institu-
tion.
The clothing store once moved
$5 million in cash through the Sig-
net account in just a year and a
half. Over the past three years, Sig-
net has filed some 300 reports with
the government detailing suspi-
cious cash transactions. Signet has
repeatedly called the IRS and filed
criminal referral forms. Even an
IRS dog trained to detect cocaine
residue on cash reacted positively
when exposed to the clothing
store’s mpney.
Signet told us that the clothing-
store caper alone cost the bank
more than $33,000 just to comply
with feredal laws and regulations.
"And we still haven’t heard any-
thing back from the government," a
bank official said.
Signet spent about $500,000 in
total last year complying with all
money-laundering laws, which in-
volved sending 48,000 cash trans-
action reports to the government.
The results have been meager.
Last year, Signet received only two
government subpoenas • neither of
which dealt with the clothing store.
Signet officials are among a
growing number of bankers who
worry that the money-laundering
laws are not delivering the bang for
the buck. Seven years after money
laundering became a federal crime,
it's a concern increasingly shared
by law-enforcement officials and
congressional investigators.
The banking industry currently
spends an estimated $130 million
per year filling out cash transaction
reports, which are the govern-
ment’s main weapon in fighting
money laundering. But in a 1992
survey conduction, one banker
complained, "In spite of the mil-
Letters to the editor
Attracting tragic tales
To the editor:
I know my letters to the editor
have been read by some. Some
have called me, while others
wrote. The message is that they
are supporting and encouraging.
My thanks to you. I feel like I
have been magnetized and at-
tracting stories of tragedy from
others since this started.
This week a man from
another state told me about his
brother and nephew. In a blind
curve, his brother and nephew
were hit head-on by a pair of
twin boys racing each other in
their new 'Verses, killing the
two unaware as well as a
banker’s daughter, a passenger
of one of the racer’s ’Veues.
The father of the twin boys, an
attorney, persuaded the local
They probably won’t even go to
jail. Now that is his logic of the
situation. He was 5 when his sis-
ter left home and 8 when she
died. He had a three-year
separation to be used to her not
living at home.
My other son, on the other
hand, was 9 when she left home
and 12 when she was killed. He
has shown more emotion and ef-
fect. He is now 13 and adoles-
cence compounds his logic. He
has been hurt not only by this
murder, but I haven’t been a
whole person since and. though
he has not been neglected, he
has not been comfortable with
the investigation distracting his
mother. His friends hearing
things, calling his mother crazy,
and even saying his mother
killed his sister, makes it even
authorities to write the report so
the dead man was at fault. The
dead man could not defend him-
self against this deceptive report.
So, is it fair his living family
had to have the lie in writing?
A man driving drunk ran over
and dragged a young woman
800 feet, leaving the scene. He
served 32 months of a 10-year
sentence. She lies six feet under.
He walks free now.
A young man was killed by
an off-duty policeman. The man
had no weapons to defend him-
self. The case was never tried
and the officer is still working
10 years later. It is one thing to
kill in the line of duty, but off
duty?
1 could continue with these
nones, but there is a limit per
letter and I was wanting to ex-
press my message at this time. I
asked my 9-year-old if his sis-
ter’s death bothered him and he
vaguely said a yes, explaining
she was not in our home much
except when we ate deer meat! I
asked what he thought should
happen to these people that
killed his sister and he thought
they should be killed. I then
asked what did he think the in-
vestigation and courts would do
and he said, probably
tougher! Just recently he said his
dreams now consist of these
people that killed his sister com-
ing after him and his family.
Natasha’s stepfather travels to
Houston five days a week,
generally making two round
trips, so he passes the entrance
of Five Acres and Independence
approximately 20 times a week
as a reminder to him of this sick
violation that goes on without
the truth so this family can put a
closure with some kind of
answers.
Hearsay, psychics, rumors do
not stand up in court, only God
and the ones that were actually
there know what really hap-
pened. I pray to our Heavenly
Father on this Father’s Day:
from this day forth nothing but
the truth, the whole truth, be
spoken from the mouth's that
are guilty of this vile act against
my daughter and God’s com-
mandments as well.
In closing. I would like to
wish all fathers a happy day,
especially Chess, my dad, and
pop!
Praying for the truth while
remembering Natasha with love:
K.S. Woodard
P.O. Box 503
Corrigan
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POLK COUNTY
ENTERPRISE
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EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Barbara White. Editor
Van Thomas, Sports Editor
Greg Peak. Area News Editor
Don Hendrix, Special Sections Editor
Debbie Brown. Living Section Editor
Emily Banks, Reporter
Gordon LeBarron. Photographer
PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
Cameras / Plata making
Don Holeman, Paul Holley
Beamon Goodwin, Adrian Dunn, Lee Torres, Phyllis Watson
Jose fine Celedon, Rosie Celedon
Dorothy Wilson, Composition Bupor visor
Jennifer Cushman. Cathy Spencer
Freedom slipping away?
To the editor.
It was Perot who put Qirtoe
■ office. .. Perot’s hg opens up
a factory in Vietnam We’ve
been rocked into fighting Korea.
Vietnam and the Gutf War Cot-
je graduates are to be pu: os
fee federal dole upon gradua-
tion. Think of it - youngster}
out of coOege going directly an
fee federal dole. Wouldn't u be
Federal hate crimes statute -
used as an excuse to infiltrate
police departments. One
hundred and thirty-five military
banes to be closed and con-
vened. Part of the plan is to coo-
ven these men to a domestic
police force to control the
American public, confiscate
guns and eliminate constitution-
al guarantee} and freedom.
Jalia Henry
P.O. Boa 293
Mary Jo Watson, Sandra Jackson,
Kay Lay Cuevas, Jennifer Btrdwell
Linds Jacobs, Classified Manager
Patty Smith
BOOKKEEPING DEPARTMENT
Georgia Bailey, I
Barbara Wilson. Laura Munson. Janna Martin
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Published semi-weekly, Sunday and Thursday at 100 Calhoun in
LMngston. Texas by the Polk County Publishing Co.
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, stading or reputa-
tion of any person. Arm or corporation which may appear in this
newspaper will be gladly corrected upon being brought to the
attention of the publisher.
ID •
Local on honors list
lions of these forms complied an-
nually, there are few, if any, con-
victions generated by the database.”!
MARKET PROMOTION
Funding advertisements fori
Japanese made underwear is not!
how the Agriculture Department!
usually promotes American . farm |
products abroad.
But ever since the USDA created I
the Market Promotion Program ini
1986, it has given scores of private |
companies - foreign and domestic
a total of $400 million to, quite!
literally, advertise their "wares"!
over-seas. In particular, the I
program provided $1.6 million to a I
leading Japanese underwear!
manufacturer last year so the com-1
pany could advertise its briefs in|
Japan.
The USDA has justified the un-|
derwear subsidy as an incentive fori
the Japanese company to use!
American-grown cotton in their un-|
derwear. The little-known subsidy,!
which still exists despite our grow-l
ing dificit problem, recently!
prompted Sen. Tom Daschle, D-|
N.D., to dub the program an "inter-l
national corporate slush fund” that!
helps pay the advertising budget of I
some enormously profitable cor-f
porations but does virtually nothing!
for farmers.
FORT WORTH - Victoria Holt
Deen of Livingston was among stu-
dents named to the Dean’s Honors
List at Texas Christian University
for the 1993 spring semester. This
recognition cites undergraduate stu-
dents for academic achievement.
Though not the only indication
of educational accomplishment,
outstanding grades mark the meet-
ing of high challenges set by the
university’s faculty members, ac-
cording to Provost Dr. William H.
Keohler.
In order to be eligible, a student
must have been enrolled for 12 or
more semester hours of study and
have earned an exceptional grade-
point average.
Deen is a sophomore English
major. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Deen and a
graduate of First Colonial High
School in Virginia Beach, Va.
LSD makes comeback
Dear Ann Landers: I read your
column in the Stars and Stripes
newspaper in Ankara, Turkey,
where I work for a contractor. Our
(greatest links to what's happening
in the United States are CNN and
Stars and Stripes.
Recently, there was an article in
Stars and Stripes about how LSD is
making a big comeback among the
youth of America. I was a teen-ager
in the ‘60s, and although I never
was involved in the drug scene, I
remember hearing a lot of horror
stories about young people jumping
in front of trains, off roofs and out
of windows while under the in-
fluence of LSD.
I am very concerned for theis
new generation of LSD users. I
realize most teen-agers do not lis-
ten to their elders, but I do feel that
a great many of them read your
column and pay attention to what
you say. Maybe if you would en-
courage readers who have had
some experiences with LSD in the
‘60s to write, you could publish
some letters describing how this
drug ruined their youth and possib-
ly their adult years as well. Some
families lost loved ones because of
LSD, and perhaps they could tell
today’s teens how it affected their
lives.
Please do what you can to open
the eyes of this new generation. ~
K.A.S.
Dear K.A.S.: 1, loo, have heard
and read that LSD is becoming
popular among young people again
because it is cheap and easy to
come by. The prospect of this dan-
gerous drug making a comeback is
bone-chilling.
This mind-altering drug has been
responsible for many deaths. Flash-
backs which can occur years after
the user has sworn off can be
frightening. Thank you for suggest-
ing that individuals who have had
experience with LSD write to me. I
will be happy to share some of the
letters with my readers.
Dear Ann landers: My wife is a
very good cook, and she also bakes
the best pies in the world. What I
am writing about is the pies which
caused a lot of trouble last Friday.
"Erma" baked two cherry pics
____ on the counter for
cooling. They looked wonderful.
About an hour later, I went back in-
to the kitchen and noticed that two
slices had been taken out of one of
Ann
Landers
Syndkrtnl rnhinuilul
the pics. I went to get a plate and a
knife to help myself to a slice when
Erma walked in. "What do you
think you’re doing?" she asked.
"I’m going to have a piece of pie,” l
replied. "No you’re not," she
yelled. "That’s for company."
"Who hod the two pieces that are
missing?" I asked. "Oh," she said,
"I put them aside for ‘Ruth’ (our
daughter) and her husband."
That really burned me up, but 1
didn’t say anything - just walked
out of the house to cool off. I need
to know from you if I am right to
feel like a second-class citizen in
our house. Please answer in the
paper. ~P.O.‘d in Ga.
Dear Ga.: Second-class citizen?
Undcrsirable alien is more like it.
I hope the pie incident is a rarity
and Erma doesn’t treat you that
way all the time. Make sure shee
sees this letter. The woman’s lack
of consideration is disgraceful.
Dear Ann Landers: A friend
told me that I should not use
aluminum cookware or aluminum
foil or drink beverages that come in
aluminum cans because it could
cause Alzheimer’s. Is there any
truth to this? -Concerned in Ken-
tucky
Dear Concerned: Not a shred of
truth in any of the above. Forget it
Is life Ipassing you by? Want to
imporve your socsial skills? Write
for Ann Landers' new booklet,
"How to Make Friends and Stop
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for $4.15 (this includes postage and
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50611-0562. (In Canada, send
$5.05.)
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tional Propane Gas Association
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a cleaner world by creating the
nation’s most outstanding en-
vironmentally responsible home
designs.
The second annual Propane
Gallery of Architecture Design
competition was recently kicked
off at the National Association
of Home Builders (NAHB)
show in Las Vegas, Nev. This
nationally-acclaimed competi-
tion spotlights builders, ar-
chitects, and the architects of
tomorrow who are designing
energy-efficient homes that
depend on environmentally safe
propane gat.
According to Richard Gilbert,
president of the Texas Propane
Gas Association, two NPGA
design awards will be presented
to the top 1993 entrants - ohe
for a professional builder or ar-
chitect and the other for an ar-
chitectural student.
The propane gas "Home of
Today" award will go to the ar-
chitect or builder who ha*
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The winning architect or buil-
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•no ins association s enviro-
flame trophy, • symbol of excel-
lence in environmental building
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sumer publications and NPGA's
national promotional campaign.
The first place architecture
students will receive one year’s
tuition up to $5,000, the sculpted
steel and glass enviro-flame
trophy and free entry, travel and
lodging at the 1994 NAHB show
for designing the "Home of the
Future.”
All entries must include infor-
mation on the energy efficiency
of the home, its floor plans, a
description of the propane tank
placement and landscaping,
elevation designs, any special
applications and the official
entry form.
One builder/designer and one
student entry will be chosen to
receive the beat overall design
award. All entries must be single
family custom, production,
vacation or manufactured
homes. •
The entry deadline for stu-
dents was June IS, but the dead-
line for builders and architects it
Aug. 31. The winners will be
announced at the 1994 NAHB
show, Jan. 21-24.
Official entry forms are avail-
able at Gilbert Gas Co. in
Livingston. Entry forms and fur-
ther information about the 1993
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Design competition can be
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