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cleville Philosopher U his
Johnsongrass farm un (he
San Gabriel Hiver throws a
small monkey wrench In to
the time machine this wl-ek.)
Dear editor:
It didn't bother mo but for a
while the other day some
people were excited because
a scientist said a large strip
of California was bulging
Said his measurements
showed that a section of the
earth's surface has pushed
up and it was a matter of
great interest if not profound
concern
Later it was reported his
measurements were based
on some original
measurements which were
themselves incorrect
This got me to thinking.
What if the guy who first
measured a minute and
reported it contained GO
seconds and then measured
an hour and found it con-
tained GO minutes was
wrong? And that later
calculations have found a
minute has only 50 seconds
and an hour therefore only 50
minutes?
Have you calculated what
would happen when the
Washington Office of Equal
Opportunity Minimum
Wages For People
Maximum Wages For
Congressmen and Universal
Fairness From Coast To
Coast And All Nearby
Islands got hold of these
revised figures?
I don't have a computer
and wouldn't know what to do
witli one if I did but if these
new time calculations arc
correct a rough estimate will
show that everybody who
works by the hour has been
putting in not just 40 hours a
week but actually a little over
45.
When you figure up the
overtime therefore that has
accumulated over the past 25
years you'll find that people
in the work force have been
short-changed something like
3 trillion dollars give or take
something or other due to
computer error.
But it's not just workers
who have lost. Consider what
it'd cost watch-makers to re-
tool for the new 50-minute
hour and it was too late to do
it before Christmas. Trains
that are now four hours late
actually would be five hours
late. And how many traffic
fines are due because people
who thought they were
driving 55 miles an hour
actually have ben going 65?
Patent medicine manufac-
turers who sponsor the
evening news for the net-
works at $300000 a minute
actually arc getting only 50
seconds.
Berry's World
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And on top of all this
another scientist has an-
nounced that the entire
universe Is only half as old as
he thought it was
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THE PRESIDENT ON
On December 12 President
Carter announced his new
defense proposals and
although there arc still some
areas that need to be seriously
strengthened I am absolutely
delighted with this announce-
ment. The President has taken
a much-needed and bold stand.
I hope that he will stand fast
and hold his ground with those
who will surely attack what he
has proposed.
In his opening sentence the
President said "My first con-
cern and that of every
American President is and
must be the security cf our na-
tion." Later in his speech he
pointed out quite correctly (hat
we will continue to hate much
debate about what needs our
federal government should or
should not be engaged in but
"a prerequisite to the enjoy-
ment of such progress is to
assure peace for our nation."
"Only through strength" he
continued "can we create
global political conditions
hospitable to world-wide
economic and political pro-
gress and to controlling
both conventional and nuclear
arms."
A very strong part of the
President's proposal is the fact
that it is a five-year plan rather
than merely a Fiscal Year 1981
budget. Such long-range plan-
ning is absolutely essential to
the development of military
capability both from a conven-
tional and strategic standpoint.
Basically the program calls
for five areas of action within
our defense function. First
and possibly the most urgent
is to improve all aspects of our
strategic forces. The MX
missile which is already in the
Administration's plan is ab-
solutely essential to accomplish
improvement in our strategic
capabilities. In addition to the
MX we will continue modern-
izing our Trident submarine
force with Trident missiles that
have a range of over 4000
miles giving us strike capabili-
ty around the world.
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There are times when
scientists ought to keep their
mouths shut
Yours faithfully
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From Congressman
Marvin
Leath
NATIONAL DEFENSE
Production of the first
generation of air-launched
cruise missiles will begin next
year. In my judgment the
President should have also in-
cluded here the development of
the B-l bomber.
Secondly he proposes to
upgrade our forces in NATO
and the Pacific as part of a
common effort with our allies.
This is another area that has
been drastically neglected for
over a decade.
Thirdly the President pro-
poses to modernize our naval
forces another area we have
sorely neglected.
Fourthly he proposes to
strengthen our rapid-
deployment capability to meet
our responsibilities outside
NATO. As the President
noted "Wc must be prepared
to deal with hostile actions
against our citizens or our
vital interests around the world
to counterbalance the growing
ability of the Soviet Union
directly or through surrogates
to use its military power in
third world regions." For
those who did not recognize
this need sooner Iran has
dramatically provided the
answer.
Finally the President pro-
poses to maintain an effective
force of highly-trained military
personnel. I totally agree with
this need but totally disagree
with the fact that he implied we
could do this through an all-
volunteer army. We absolutely
cannot. I hope the President
can be convinced that the draft
is absolutely necessary and
vital to the development of an
effective conventional military
strength.
As I said earlier we still
have many unanswered ques-
tions many defense needs. I
repeat however that I am
delighted with this statement
by the President and will en-
courage him to stick to his guns
and once again make us
strong and honored around the
world.
Would You Believe...
There's a TV on the
market that weighs 28
ounces and has a screen
which measures 2 inches
diagonally.
Tho Qunhog clam found
in tho North Atlantic
lives 100-150 years.
Tea tho kind usually
found in supermarkets is
a blend of from 20 to 30
different varieties.
Snails kiss by caressing
antennae.
The people of the
United States are tho
greatest meat eaters in
the world consuming an
average of 10 ounces per
person per day.
More people emigrate
from Mexico than from
any other country.
The first Christmas
card was sent in 1843.
AUSTIN Texas -
Most of the 1980 election talk
so far has been about
presidential prospects with
maybe a little about the
Texas Ilailroad Commission
and local races.
Before it's over however
you may be hearing a lot
about horse racing bingo and
Sunday closing laws in the
balloting.
The legalization of bingo
and raffle games for the
benefit of charitable
organizations is already
guaranteed for the Nov. 4
general election ballot The
proposed state constitution
change was sent to the people
for a vote by the 1979 Legisla-
ture. If approved by voters
local option elections could
be held to authorize bingo
within a county in much the
same way wet-dry elections
are held now
Already there are in-
dications of statewide op-
position to the amendment
particularly from church
groups who traditionally
oppose gambling in any
form. On the other hand
some of its staunchest sup-
port may come from other
church groups who have
traditionally held bingo
games in churches for chari-
table causes.
At a recent meeting of the
State Democratic Executive
Committee State
BARBS
Phil Pastoret
We live in the snow belt
and that's what our bibulous
neighbor calls the libation he
swallows before going
outdoors.
Do you ever feel that the
light at the end of the tunnel is
that of a locomotive bearing
down on you?
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Waiting up in hopes of see-
ing Santa was mucn more fun
when you maintained a vigil
by the fireplace rather than
the cold air return.
Stores offering gift wrap at
50 percent off before the holi-
days must assume that cus-
tomers are 100 percent gulli-
me says our rcsiaeni snoppcr.
Whatever did they do with
leftover tile cement before
toasted cheese sandwiches
were invented?
If you can refer to a market
report on the "downside" it
means YOU didn't lose your
shirt In the market.
yo
very acute hearing if you can
hear a little child's cry over
the clatter of the cash regis-
ters. An old-timer recalls when
tbe department store Santa
asked for Mommy's and
Daddy's Barnes Instead of
their charge card Bumber.
Dateline Austin :
Democratic Chairman Billy
Goldberg said lie had been
approached about statewide
straw votes on horse racing
and Sunday "blue ' laws to be
presented to the state
committee at its March 10
meeting That is the same
time the Democratic policy
makers will consider a
statewide presidential
preference poll at the May 3
party primary
Gary Mauro director of
the state Democratic
headquarters said it was
expected the requests would
be made directly to the state
committee at the March 10
meeting instead of
presenting petitions
Petitions that would require
the committee to order a
referendum must contain at
least 49000 names On the
other hand the state com-
mittee can order a straw vote
on its own without a petition
Wayne Thorburn head of
the state Republican
headquarters said his party
had not received any
requests for similar straw
votes. A GOP petition would
require about 8000
signatures The state
Republican party has
already ordered n
presidential primary at its
May 3 primary.
"There is no doubt" said a
political figure who did not
want his name used "that
Relative humidity is what
causes you to get 'hot under
the collar about your in-laws.
The boss In his snit for the
day has suggested that his
salesmen should be added to
the list of disposable items in
the economy.
Any manufacturer who says
his toys are "unbreakable"
hasn't had them product-tested
by the romper set In our
house.
A parakeet's vocabulary is
directly proportionate to the
inventive imagination of its
owner.
She and her mother
wero Algonquin Indians
who had converted to
Christianity. When thoy
were captured by tho
Mohawks this woman
was stoned because her
Jesuit faith forbade her to
work in the cornfields on
the sabbath She finally
escaped to join a group of
Christian Mohawks in Ca-
nada and with this tribe
she was revered by many
as a saint. She died in
1680. Who was that lndy?
Catherino Tekaakwitha
sal HMkE wk
horse racing and blue laws on
the same ballot with the
presidential primary and
other races would have an
effect
"For one thing it would in-
fluence the Baptists and that
would help Jimmy Carter
Wouldn't if"
Doug McCrary Calvert
banker who is president of
the Texas Horse Racing
Association personally
doubts if a major effort will
be made for another straw
vote on parimutucl betting in
1980.
"I would guess wc will not
go the petition route again"
McCrary said "I believe the
Legislature has come around
to favoring horse racing and
that's what we want for 1981"
the next regular legislative
session
Horse racing can be ap-
proved by the Legislature
without Texan: having to
vote on a constitution change
"We lost by one and three-
quarters percent in 1974 and
only by 1.15 percent in 1978"
he said "Wc know the
majority of the people in
Texas want horse racing but
unfortunately a lot of those
arc in the G5 percent that do
not go to the polls "
The 1981 Legislature also
will have the guidance of
voters in the 1980 vote on
bingo. Legalization of bingo
would be a long step toward
legalization of panmutuel
betting.
The 1978 horse race betting
poll results showed a total of
811734 for horse racing and
774.58G against it in the pri-
mary poll.
In the 1979 Legislature a
local option horse racing bill
failed to clear committee
Six proposals to change the
"blue" law that prohibits
sales of about 4G specific
items on both Saturday and
Sunday were introduced in
the House. All died in sub-
committee. According to
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Many consumers are
looking for ways to earn extra
cash for the holidays. One
money earning; scheme being
promoted throughout Texas
for the past few months should
be avoided according to the
experiences of many consum-
ers who have complained to
our offices: envelope stuffing
"business opportunities."
In recent months the
Consumer Protection and
Antitrust Division has filed a
number of lawsuits and
Assurances of Voluntary
Compliance against compa-
nies advertising envelope
stuffing as a money making
stay-at-home business
opportunity. Consumers have
found in many instances that
instead of earning money they
have lost money: the
opportunity turned out to be
an untested idea and in one
case a fraud.
Typically Dromotcrs of
envelope stuffing as abusiness
opportunity advertise that
they will employ consumers to
stuff envelopes. When
consumers respond to the
advertising they learn that
Instead of being offered a job
they arc instructed on how to
place advertisements which
will lure still more consumers
to the promoters.
Once consumers show any
interest in the business
opportunity the promoters
represent that if they will
follow the promoter's
instructions by placing
advertisements specified by
the promoters in various
publications they will make
an average of 530 for every one
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Reports
AUSTIN The United per day from Bryan Mound
States has at least one lost in Texas and from two
resort in providing oil for Louisiana sites. That's not
the nation in event of a much oil for a country with4
national emergency. an appetite for 100 billion
Oil stored in underground gallons of gasoline per year.
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The amount now in
storage is not even close to One major problem of re-
tho goal. There is only suming storage of oil in the i
about 91.7 million barrels of domes is that adding to the
crude oil the amount reserves would require ad-
America imports every 11 ditional imports. If we do
days now in storoge. import additional oil we
The multibillion dollar stand to dry up the supply of
withdrawal system can available oil and drive
pump out a million barrels prices even higher.
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ANSWER
by Mark White
Attorney General
hundred envelopes stuffed. In
several cases these projected
earnings are little more than
wishful thinking since no one
in the area has made that kind
of Income before.
Another complaint fre-
quently voiced against
envelope stuffing promoters is
that when consumers respond
to advertising and send in
money the promoters are slow
to respond with promised
instructional materials. In
some cases the materials
never arrive; in others by the
time the materials arrive
consumers have lost interest
or have turned to other
opportunities to supplement
their incomes.
Finally some promoters
promise consumers a certain
sum of money for bringing
additional consumers to the
promoter or for providing the
promoter with a list of '
consumers' names. This type
of sales gimmick often
constitutes a chain referral
sales scheme and is just as
unlawful as a chain letter.
Beware of any business
opportunity that promises
easy income. One surprise you
do not want to receive this
holiday season is to find your
income depleted further
instead of supplemented by nn
empty promise of a money
making opportunity. If you
have a complaint about an
envelope stuffing scheme
operating in your area or any
other business opportunity
that appears questionable 1
contact the Consumer
Protection and Antitrust
Division's office nearest you.
The Speaker
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