The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 303, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1976 Page: 2 of 52
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2—THE DAILY NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas. Thursday. December 23, 1976.
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Opinion - Features
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Editorials:
Another Energy Lesson
Americans once more have been
alerted to the nature of the world
oil situation, but we still are concen-
trating our concern on the wrong
side of the price equation.
As long as we keep importing a
steadily increasing share of the oil
we use, there is nothing we can do to
influence the price of the essential
product. The demand side is some-
thing else.
For more than three years now,
it has been painfully clear that the
nation needs an all-out effort to in-
crease our own energy production
while decreasing our profligate use
of oil.
Instead, the net results of our ac-
tion have been in the opposite direc-
tion. We have refused to take conser-
vation seriously, to stimulate our own
energy production or even to agree on
a national energy policy.
Until we can bring ourselves to
face reality in this area, we are invit-
ing continued inflation, disruption of
our own economy and blackmail by
foreign nations.
President-elect Carter could per-
form no greater service than to take
a firm grip on the realities of energy
and lay down a hard-boiled program
of what the nation must do to reverse
its present disastrous course.
The failure of leadership on this
issue during the last three years has
been an enormously costly one.
We’re Out of Step
The Texas United Way Commit-
tee reports that as of Dec. 14 cities
over the state had raised 99.3 per cent
of their combined United Way goals
of $64,067,76-.
Sixty-three individual cities had
reached or exceeded their objectives.
Fifty-one were above the 100 per
cent level. Thirty-two other commun-
ities were listed as between 90 and
99.5 per cent.
At the last public report meeting
of the Hopkins County United Way
organization, it was announced that
slightly more than $30,000 had been
raised against a goal of $41,600. This
amounts to slightly better than an 84
per cent performance.
Meanwhile, back at the White House
The extreme difficulty experienc-
ed in meeting United Way budgets
here year after year indicates that
something is lacking in the local ap-
ide
proach. It could concern the attitude
of people here toward responsibilities
of this nature, the way campaigns
are organized and conducted, or both.
When you are out of step with the
procession, something usually is
wrong with you.
England In Trouble
With Inflation Ripe
Measuring the Risk
Noting that automabile accident larly convincing argument for using
fatalities are on the increase again, seat belts, especially for highway
a Texas Medical Association news driving.
release blames carelessness, unsafe “Hospital beds or caskets are
w. cafs, bad feather and motoris^ who, much more confining than seat belts,”
don’t wear seat belts for the destruc- the pie6e concludes
fc tive trend. .Eyea the most rugged of individ-
The article closes with a particu- - ualists isn’t likely to debate that point.
(Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kraft
recently returned from a trip to
London and Madrid and Mr.
Kraft reports on his ob-
servances in this i-part series
exclusive for The News-
Telegram)
By KENNETH H. KRAFT
Senior Editor
It has been 40 years since
we’ve^een Madrid, though we
Nothing complex. England The only course now is to
simply consumes more than “nationalize” all private
she produces and has to borrow property and industry — which,
igNfi London fftir years r ;tand someday pe<hapsvwill of course, is Commumam.
aon ~ have to beg) money to pay for It s simple to nationalize.
More Efficient Engine?
Newspaper Enterprise Association
There may not be anything new
under the sun, but there are still plen-
ty of wrinkles left to be explored in
the old.
Sandia Laboratories of Albuquer-
que, N. M., and Livermore, Calif., is
testing a new kind of automobile
engine which may average 40 per
cent better gas mileage than a con-
ventional engine of equal perform-
ance.
Well, not a new engine. The
Pouliot engine, named after its inven-
tor, Sandia engineer Harvey H. Pou-
liot, is similar in most respects to the
familiar spar k-ignition, four-cycle
piston engine.
The wrinkle is that instead of hav-
ing a throttle in the carburetor to con-
trol engine speed, the Pouliot uses a
mechanical linkage with the accelera-
tor pedal that enables the driver to
automatically change the length of
the engine stroke, or displacement.
In effect, the horsepower of the en-
gine is adjusted to meet the varying
demands of driving.
Varying the displacement of the
engine eliminates the need for a
throttle, which is one of the major
causes of inefficiency in conventional
engines.
The prototype engine has yet to
be installed in an actual car, but
computer projections indicate that
when fully reined, it should ultimate-
ly improve gas mileage about 40 per
cent.
One thing is as certain as the fact
that we will someday run out of oil.
And that is that long before we do,
the kind of cars we drive will have
to be markedly different from those
we are driving today.
Yeldell fans racist fires
Washington scandal enters phase
ago.
London’s central section has
changSti1 little; it’s packed too
tightly to allow change, so
tightly that we hear rents are
around $28 per square foot,
“downtown.”
But the city is spreading over
the surrounding countryside.
Along the road to Heathrow
Airport, about 14 miles from
London’s center, there are
many new high-rises and more
going up.
One wonders where the
money for construction is
coming from — with interest
rates so high that the govern-
ment is trying to float a loan at
around 13*6 to 13% per cent
And even these rates attract
little attention.
The International Monetary
Fund says it is not interested
until Britain puts its own home
in order and has reached fiscal
health.
The prospects don’t look too
good. London is booming, but
only London.
Outside, unemployment is
soaring and the inflation rate is
up for the third straight month
to an average annual rate of
14.7 per cent (Our current
administration would have had
to run fast downhill to keep
pace with Britain’s slide.)
What is the reason for this
constant worsening trend?
it.
“'•Even now, Germany is
sending her food with the
fatuous hope that someday,
somehow, she might get paid.
Add to this that Britain’s
taxes are so high that industry
can’t save money for new
machinery and with old, ob-
solete, equipment she can’t
compete in the world markets
and can’t create new jobs.
What’s the answer?
In all history, from 1100 B.C.
on, no nation has ever turned
back, once started down the
road to inflation. The end is
always the same, whether fast
or slow; repudiation of the
means of exchange.
The cause of this debilitating
illness is not mysterious. Labor
forever demands more pay for
doing less work. In England
they are now discovering to
their dismay that there’s a
bottom to every well.
Returning to interest rates;
why does the British govern-
ment need to pay such usurious
rates? Because the government
must borrow 20 cents out of
every dollar it spends.
Why so? Elementary. Britain
is spending more than it is
taking in.
Why not raise taxes?
Because there is just no more
juice lef.t in the turnip.
simple to nat
Congress needs only to pass a
bill; of course, the government
always politely reimburses its
victims in “money” or script of
“fair” value. If you don’t
believe it, just look at the
beautiful numbers on the
script. But don’t try to buy
anything with it. It has less
buying power and even less use
than toilet tissue.
This is fact, not fiction.
Tanzania recently
"nationalized” its economy and
paid for its robbery in script,
which is now worth less than
the sleezy paper it is printed on.
The answer to Britain’s
problem? Must we bail her out
when we are chasing right on
her heels down the same
primrose path to national
bankruptcy?
Britain’s only other course is
to appeal to the USSR, which
Fm sure would gladly lend a
hand — on conditions, of
course, such as those under
which Hungary and other
Communist nations are
struggling.
Has England the will to
restore her economy to health?
Will she do this? Can she do
this?
Or has the modern world left
her behind, a lovely but
unimportant relic in this
modern industrial age?
By NEA/London Economist News Service
WASHINGTON - (LENS)
— The government of
Washington, D C. ought to be
putting its best foot forward
as a new and Democratic ad-
ministration takes over
Instead the reputations of
both the city’s administration
and its mayor (also named
Washington) are being
damaged by charges that
nepotism, cronyism and bad
management are rife
Walter Washington’s own
influence and political future
are being undermined. This is
happening at a time when the
apital nee
capital needs an increase in
the federal payment that com-
pensates the city for the fact
that so much of its property is
owned by the federal govern-
ment and so is tax-free. The
city also hopes for fuller self-
government than that granted
in 1974.
The storm has broken over
Joseph Yeldell, an old friend
and supporter of the mayor,
by whom he was appointed
five years ago to head the
city’s department of human
resources. This is a huge
department, employing 10,000
people and spending a fifth of
the District of Coli
olumbia’s
biilion-dollar budget.
It oversees public
s, prevention of drug
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abuse, child care and homes
for old people and the mental-
ly ill and retarded. To run all
this is almost beyond anyone’s
power and Yeldell came to it
without administrative
talents or experience.
The result has been chaos.
Nearly every institution and
program run by the depart-
ment has come under fire.
The city’s main hospital has
lost its certification and is be-
ing sued for maintaining sub-
standard conditions.
Fraudulent checks appear to
have siphoned off $28 million
of welfare money. Homes for
the elderly and for the mental-
ly retarded have been criticiz-
ed severely.
To top all this, the city’s
newspapers recently began
reporting that Yeldell had
friends, relatives and former
business associates on the
department’s payroll.
This is not illegal. But it is
illegal for an official to help
certain people to get jobs. It is
alleged that Yeldell bent rules
to do this. He is also accused,
among other things, of diver-
ting money meant for mater-
nal and child health to buy
cars for himself and his staff.
The mild-mannered mayor,
who has been too indulgent
toward his friends and is not
known for decisiveness, at
last asked the city ad-
ministrator, Julian Dugas, to
investigate the charges.
Yeldell responded by defying
the mayor’s instructions and
holding a large lunch-time ral-
ly, attended mainly by city
employees, many of whom
arived in city-owned cars and
buses.
The Almanac | BeiTy'S World
Yeldell’s theme was that
the press was using trumped-
up charges against him to dis-
i charges against I
credit the city’s government,
now almost entirely black,
and return it to white control.
Moreover, he said that if
members of the Yeldell clan
were working for his depart-
ment, so were relatives of
many other officials.
By United Press International
Today is Thursday, Dec. 23,
the 358th day of 1976 with eight
t’to follow.
The moon is between its new
phase and first quarter.
The morning stars are Mars
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mer-
cury, Venus and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
Washington has now sent his
old friend on indefinite leave.
But the story does not end
there. It is being said that the
department of human
resources has concluded a
leasing arrangement with a
property developer that is dis-
advantageous to the city. And
that Dugas, the investigator of
Yeldell, may have had a hand
in it. So now there is yet
another investigation to see if
it is true that Yeldell has
abused his powers and
whether Dugas is implicated.
under the sign of Capricorn.
Mormon religious founder
Joseph Smith was born Dec. 23,
1805.
On this day in history:
In 1783, Gen. George Wash-
ington resigned his commission
he UA. Army and retired
with the UJ
to Mount Vernon, Va.
In 1928, the National Broad-
casting Company established a
permanent coast-Uxoast hoo-
kup.
In 1948, ex-Premier Tojo of
Japan and six other Japanese
war leaders were hanged in
Tokyo by the Allied War Crimes
Commission.
It was Mayor Washington
who, at Yeldell’s request,
gave the department its own
purchasing and contracting
power.
ici iWfccooomut of London
A thought for the day:
American novelist Thomas
Wolfe said, “Most of the time
we’re sick, it’s all in
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Ray Cromley
Aerospace industry
can help itself
By Ray Cromley
WASHINGTON - (NEA) - The other day a number of us
billion in sales this year.
lillion in sales tins year. .
’’’He’’toHUd’iwve’tookai’in more detail at the peesimiatic
statistics he presented at the meeting. ......
The way out for the aerospace industry was buried in his
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was not, apparently, at all clear to those
solution to all things is federal help.
The good news was that while aerospace sales had been hit-
ting rough times (in constant dollars), sales by some of these
same companies of new products and services outside the
narrow aerospace field had been doing very well. Exceeding-
ly well, in fact, in any kind of dollars figures, actual or cons-
tant.
These non aerospace items had grown to 10 yeai^from less
than 10 per cent ui wmu wyw ■— •• — ■ —
of almost 25 per cent. The largest growth here, percen-
tagewise, was in nongovernment purchases.
Men in the business, when cornered, will admit that the op-
portunities are there, and the know-how. The new sales use the
unique expertise the industry has developed in years of
building planes, missiles and other standard aerospace items.
But full-scale exploration and exploitation of the opportunities
has thus far been hit-or-miss, piecemeal, in the main by a
handful of firms. Much of the industry has stood by, wringing
hands, using all it* political know-how to wrest government
contracts, U.S. and foreign. A business so dependent on who is
up and who down and on who can get close to whom that
almost everyone involved ends up with the shakes.
The first reaction a reporter gets when he talks about the
new markets to men in the industry is a series of excuses: We
don’t have the money to make the investments. We’re unsure
on how to market. We don’t know what the potential sales will
be. It’s too risky. We’re used to dealing with the government.
We don’t know our way around in the civilian mass consumer
market.
When pinned down, these same insiders admit they’ve not
given the thought to the problem and to the opportunities they
should have. They’ve not generally gathered the statistics,
done the market research, or otherwise studied the oppor-
tunities in transferring their magnificent high-technology
know-how to the mass-market consumer field. At least not in
the detail necessary to insure profitability.
Now it is true that the industry leaders, taken as a group,
have had a most difficult time in raising the large amounts of
capital needed for major expansion. This, in considerable
measure, however, has been a result of their depending so
heavily on uncertain markets such as the federal government,
where it’s boom today and bust tomorrow. As one observer
says, “Who wants to invest in a company whose income charts
look like a eraDh of a roller coaster. Further, these men have
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN )
Dr. Lamb
Rare disease
cause unknown
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
DEAR DR. LAMB - Would
you write something on
Reiter’s syndrome? Any in-
formation would help. A
young relative has been ill for
more than three months and
does not seem to be
recuperating.
He was very active before,
now he is very down — sleeps,
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gets tired easily — still
on crutches. He has been
hospitalized several weeks
and now has been home a cou-
ple of months without much
improvement.
but maybe you could give
some additional advice to help
him. Also he has been warned
it could be chronic so how do
you avoid another attack?
He is taking Indocin. Is
there any way to avoid getting
Reiter's syndrome to begin
with?
Happily mos
spontaneous
disappears and
DEAR READER - Your
relative has an uncommon
disease. The medical profes-
sion has known about it since
about 1900 but we still don’t
know what causes it and that
means we don’t really know
how to treat it.
The disease almost always
strikes young males. Women
don’t seem to have it. The
three main features of the dis-
ease are an inflammation of
the eyes, inflammation of the
urethra and arthritis.
Because of the urinary tract
involvement it wai once
thought to be a venereal dis-
ease but most cases occur
without any apparent contact.
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with symptoms r
digestive system
Doctors have ;
—zeroed in on
small bacteria (called
mycoplasma) as possible in-
fectious agents. These are so
small that one of them was
once thought to be a virus and
ose who want______
Won on rheumatoid arthritis
esn send a long, stamped,
Mlf-addreaaed envelope with
W cento for The HealthLettor
number 4-11. Send your latter
to Dr. Lamb in care of this
’, P.O. Box 1861.
Station, New York,
when it
was wrongly filled virus
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own"numbers",’for' alfto see who were willing to look. But it
..... • ^jse businessmen whose
a graph of a roller coaster.r' Further, tbepe men have
not shown the imagination evident in some other businesses in
cutting costs and in improving efficiency — certainly not to
the degree necessary.
Yet these industry men are the same ones who complain of
excessive federal regulation, the mushrooming size of the
Washington bureaucracy — and of Inefficiency in the govern-
ment. All of which observations are true.
It seems clear, however, that these men contribute to the
evils they condemn. Their lack of courage and imagination,
their unwillingness to cut themselves free — or at least a little
more free — from the apron strings of Washington is at the
root of the problem.
disappear!.
n that happena he can
return to being the active per
pneumonia.
There are other theories
about the causes of Reiter’s
syndrome but none are prov-
ed. Using antibiotic medicines
or at least the ones that have
been tried does not seem to
help.
The arthritis is usually
treated similarly to the treat-
ment for rheumatoid arthritis
except that it usually Involves
asymetric joints, for example
the ankle of one side and the
knee of the other leg. That is
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most cases recover
The arthritis
—„—j and the individual
is as good as new. The remis-
sion usually occurs within
weeks or several months after
the onset.
How do you prevent attacks
of Reiter’s syndrome? Since
we don’t know what causes it
that is impossible to answer.
Similarly we don’t have any
answers about preventing a
The best we can do is
i treatment
relapse. The L......
provide supportive
for the Joints and_________
similar to those often used in
treating rheumatoid arthritis.
We have to let nature ran its
course and provide what little
assistance we can while
waiting for recovery. You
should encourage your
relative though that in most
cases the whole thing even-
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