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GOLDEN WEST FREE PRESS, INC. KERMIT, TEXAS
109 S. Poplar Zip Code 79745 Telephone 586*2561
Second Class Postage Paid at
Kermit, Texas 79745
M. M. Donosky..... ...... ..................Publisher
Bill J. Beckham.............Vice-Pres. and General Manager
Elgin L. Maikell ....................... Managing Editor
Maud Green ..................................Editor
Jane Inskeep . ............ .......Advertising Manager
Yvonne Dick ...».......Circulation Manager
Gerry Smither . :...........................Staff Writer
Elgin L. Maikell ..........................Sports Editor
Henry Valdez ..............................Press Supt.'
This newspaper is dedicated to the spirit of civic progress; to the
unification of the townspeople in a common purpose for the
betterment of our community; to our churches, schools and
homes, that Kermit shall ever be a good place.in which to live
and rear our children. And, above all, honesty, decency, justice,
tolerance, faith in Almighty God — These shall be our citadel.
The New Imperialism
During Fidel Castro’s visit to Chile, a demonstrator
shouted that “Chile is the second country after Cuba that
is free of Yankee imperialism!” He, of course, failed to
note that Cuba is now discovering the meaning of Soviet
imperialism. Cuba has become economically dependent
on the Soviet Union. Likewise, Chile’s expropriation of
Yankee properties will not make Chile an economically
viable state. Bolivia’s take over of the tin mines years ago
did not solve her problems.
It is all too easy for Latin Americans to attribute all
their national problems to “Yankee imperialism” and opt
for economic nationalism, socialism or communism, only
to discover too late that there is no imperialism like Soviet
imperialism.
America’s relations With Latin America present a di-
lemna. American government aid and private investment
in Latin America are all too easily interpreted as “Yankee
imperialism.” On the other hand, the withdrawal of such
aid would be met with charges of indifference to our
neighbors below the Rio Grande.
Ultimately, none but the Latin Americans can solve
Latin American problems. No amount of American aid
can solve Latin American problems, unless these nations
put their own houses in order. The successful solution to
Latin problems must come from the Latins themselves,
not from the Americans or Russians. The United States
did not achieve its greatness by asking other nations to
solve its problems. Latin America’s future will be achieved
in the same way. Its natural resources are equal to those
of the United States. It is time that confidence in the hu-
man resourcefulness of the Latins be reinforced by the
Latins themselves.
The Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Paul
Harvey
News
One City’s
Crime Cure
With the crime rate nationwide continuing to increase
another 7 per cent this year, when one city has reduced its
crime rate—
When one city has reduced its crime rate a sudden,
dramatic 27.9%—
We’d better take a look who and see how.
Have they found a “cure for crime” in Rockford, 111.? We
can sharp focus on what’s happened because it’s happened
within one year.
In 1970 Rockford’s crime rate declined a worthy but
modest 2.9%.
It was during the first half of 1971 that the good guys
made the most gains. Burglaries declined from 711 to 498.
Robberies from 80 to 64. Rapes from 4 to 0.
And this, remember, while the national crime rate was
increasing another 7%.
Now — how?
Ask Rockford’s Police Chief Delbert Peterson and he’ll
credit four factors in this order: A police force expanded by 22
additional men this year.
Second, improved police training. Considering the
complexity of crime and the laws which circumscribe it, plus
the monumental decisions which police have to make under
stress and alone, an officer’s survival and public respect for the
lawman depend on adequate preparation.
Third, Chief Peterson credits the flexibility of his mobile
patrols which put 15 extra men in high-crime areas at high-crime
times.
And the fourth factor was reflected in the first:
community acceptance of and support for the uniformed men.
Because the community had to agree to finance the extra
police and the extra training.
And when the lawmen were upgraded, civic pride prodded
local courts to deal more expeditiously with criminals.
Indicative of this “pride,” last Thanksgiving season local
folks sponsored a Police Appreciation Dinner, hosting 160
officers and their wives.
And at that dinner was unveiled the model of a new
City-County Public Safety Building, largely to be funded by the
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission.
Rockford is no “tank town”; it’s Illinois’ second city,
population 150,000.
Yet lawmen have been re-elevated to the pedestal which
was vacated during a generation of preoccupation with the
rights of wrongdoers.
You have the police chiefs evaluation of cleanup factors.
Ask around the city rooms of the city’s news media — they’ll
tell you that Chief Peterson, himself, deserves most credit for
the friction-free marriage between police efficiency and civil
authority.
Federal aid to local police under the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration is commendable — is, in fact,
contributing to the new Public Safety Building in Rockford.
But Rockford says while imported monies from
Washington can pour concrete to support new buildings, the
pride which supports the lonely lawman has to be home-gjown.
MESSAGE
Thursday, Dec. 30,1971 & Monday, Jan. 3,1972
VIRGINIA PAYETTE *
The Lady Blows The Whistle
With the beginning
of a New Year, we take
pause to reflect and
resolve ... to hope
and to work for a better,
richer life that all
may enjoy, in a
world united by peace
and good will.
To every friend, our
heartfelt thanks
and hearty good wishes.
The Winkler
County News
& Employees
How to tell what your approximate
blood alcohol level is after drinking
Body
Weight
(lb.)
240
230
220
210
200
190
180
170
Empty Stomach
(little or no food intake
prior to drinking)
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80-Proof
Liquor Consumed
in One Hour
Full Stomach
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Maximum
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Body
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Texas Safety Association
If you have been eating, use the righthand chart. If you drink on an empty stomach, use the
chart on the left.
Draw a straight line from your weight through the number of ounces of liquor you have con-
sumed. Continue this straight line to the righthand column. Where the line touches the right-
hand column, you will see the approximate level of your blood alcohol.
At .05% the driving capability of many persons is adversely affected. This may be particu-
larly true of young persons, inexperienced drinkers, people taking medication, and those in
ill health. In Texas, at .10% you are presumed to be intoxicated.
ON TO THE
future
We’ve enjoyed working
for and with you. Once more,
let’s join hands to build together
for the future good of our community.
Oasis Builders Inc.
BY VIRGINIA PAYETTE
The one thing Sen. Margaret
Chase Smith didn’t need in her
Christmas stocking was a shiny,
new whistle. The one she’s
been blowing on her
Washington colleagues lately is
still working fine.
With a style that old Harry
Truman would be proud of,
the stately Republican from
Maine has been “giving
everybody hell” all season.
What set her off is anybody’s
guess, but after 24 years of
faithful, quiet service, Miss
Maggie has apparently had it.
Her latest blast, that
gallivanting Senators cut out
the politicking and
speechifying and get back to he
business at hand, ruffled a
flock of legislative feathers.
But as far as the average
voter is concerned, the little
lady hit the nail on the head
when she attacked roll-call
dropouts as “moonlighters”
and “junketeers.”
What they do on their own
time is no concern of hers, she
Maximum
Blood-Alcohol
Concentration
(% by weight)
Mr. Bill Beckham
General Manager
Winkler County News
Kermit, Texas
Dear Bill:
During the Holiday Season,
we here at the hospital would
like to express our appreciation
to you and your qualified staff
for the many public services
you have extended to the
hospital.
Your assistance in telling
the hospital story through
news releases and timely
pictures is greatly appreciated.
We also appreciate the coverage
and promotion you have given
to our Licensed Vocational
Nursing Program.
All of us here at the hospital
would like to wish you, your
family and employees a very
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
Yours truly,,...
Ralph F. Lennon
Administrator
says, but when they play
hooky from lawmaking to go
after high lecture fees — or the
presidency — they’re
“self-oriented prima donnas”
and she thinks it’s high time
somebody did something about
it.
She raised another ruckus
last summer when she dug up
the fact that $30,000-a-year
space officials were eating high
on the taxpayer by paying 46
cents for lunches worth $4.03.
Red-faced NASA chiefs
quickly . aborted that
lunchroom larceny.
And last month she went
after the Transportation
Department, where top-level
officials have been enjoying
gourmet lunches at the cut-rate
price of $1.51.
Not only that, she said, over
at Treasury and the National
Science Foundation, top brass
have been celebrating special
occasions with free booze from
confiscated government stock.
More red faces. More budget
reform.
To cure Congressional
absenteeism, Senator Smith is
proposing a constitutional
amendment to expel any
member who misses more than
40 per cent of the votes in any
session.
Otherwise, she says,
Congress just can’t get its work
done. (Come to think of it, the
92nd hasn’t exactly passed a
record number of bills this
year; two-thirds of President
Nixon’s proposals are either
bogged down or stalemated.)
So far, most of the
presidential candidates
(Jackson, Muskie, Humphrey
and Kennedy) are in the clear,
with voting records that
average out in the 70s.
But coming up is election
year, and Senate Majority
Leader Mike Mansfield expects
political truancy to get worse
as the primaries draw near. He
has even served notice that he
will not reschedule floor votes
to suit the traveling schedules
of Senators absent on political
business.
Democrat George
McGovern, who’s made it back
for only 59 per cent of the
Senate roll calls, was ready
with a defense even before
Senator Smith spoke up.
*‘It’s too bad,” he says, “but
I’ve learned you can’t run the
country from the back row,
and that’s why I’m running for
president. If this means missing
a vote now and then, that’s
something that’s just going to
happen.”
That’s just what Senator
Smith is afraid of. And the
melancholy fact is that her
back-to-work amendment
hasn’t a ghost of a chSnce. But
it’s nice t£> know that
someone’s in there trying.
Social Security
Taxes To Increase
In January
T axpayers will pay more
social security tax next year to
finance the 1-1-71 ten per cent
increase in benefits, according
to H. P. Thomas, social
security manager in Odessa.
For taxable years beginning
1972, the first $9,000 of a
worker’s income will be taxed
under the Federal Insurance
Contributions Act (social
security tax). For 1971 the
first $7,800 of earnings is
subject to the tax. The
increased revenue will be used
to pay higher benefits to
workers who retire or become
disabled, or to survivors of
deceased workers.
Additional financing will be
provided by gradual increases
in the social security tax rates,
although the rates will not
change before 1973. For 1971
and 1972, an employee and
employer each pays 5.2 per
cent of the employees wages
for the social security and
Medicare programs. After
1986, the rate will have risen
to 6.05 per cent.
Self-employed persons now
pay 7.5 per cent, and after
1986 they will be paying 7.9
per cent.
Increases in the tax rates
already were scheduled in the
law, Thomas pointed out. The
increase in the taxable base was
made to finance the 1971
increase in benefits.
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Maikell, Elgin L. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1971, newspaper, December 30, 1971; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth980565/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.