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The Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Monday, March 26,1973
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
Marie Butts .........................Circulation Manager
Phil Parks ............. Staff Writer, Photographer
Elgin L. Maikell...........................Sports Editor
Don Cox ..................................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 Qod — These shall be our citadel.
Free Work Right
On TV Upheld
On Jan. 23, Judge Charles L. Brieant Jr. in the United States
District Court for Southern New York upheld the right of
William F. Buckley Jr. and M. Stanton Evans to work on
television without belonging to a labor union. It was a historic
decision that received surprisingly little general publicity.
Evans, who is editor of the Indianapolis News and Chairman
of the American Conservative Union, appears on segments of
“Spectrum,” a CBS radio and TV program featuring opinion
from various columnists. Buckley’s program, “Firing Line,” is
shown on the public television network. When Buckley was told
that he had to join and pay dues to the American Federation of
Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), or go off the air last
year, he yielded, but he brought suit because he saw a threat to
freedom of speech. He said, “It is my opinion that the
requirement that an individual pay dues to a private
organization in order to work is a modern writ of indenture.”
He was joined in his suit by Evans, who charged that
AFTRA’s compulsory union shop requirement violated their
rights under the 1st, 5th and 9th amendments to the
Constitution. Their case was argued with the assistance of the
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
In his ruling, Judge Brieant held that contracts making union
membership compulsory for news commentators and analysts
exerted “a chilling effect” on free speech, and he declared
“illegal and unconstitutional” sections of the National Labor
Relations Act authorizing closed-shop agreements. The case will
be appealed by AFTRA. Meanwhile — Three Cheers!!
No To Marijuana
Most people, it would appear, support President Nixon’s
strong anti-crime stand, including his opposition to the
legalization of marijuana.
In his radio address, President Nixon said: “In recent days,
there have been proposals to legalize the possession and use of
marijuana. The line against the use of dangerous drugs is now
drawn on this side of marijuana. If we move the line to the
other side and accept the use of this drug, how can we darw the
line against other illegal drugs? Or will we slide into an
acceptance of their use, as well?
“My administration has carefully weighed this matter. We
have examined the statutes. We have taken the lead in making
sanctions against the use of marijuana more uniform, more
reasonable. Previously, these sanctions were often unrealistically
harsh. Today, 35 states have adopted our model statute on
drugs, including marijuana. I hope others will.
“But there must continue to be criminal sanctions against the
possession, sale or use of marijuana.”
Not everyone, of course, agrees with the President. There are
some who say that marijuana does little harm, that it is not an
addictive drug, and that it should therefore be legalized. But
there is increasing evidence that marijuana is indeed very
harmful, more than was heretofore suspected. And the United
States is not alone in its opposition. The U.S.A. is one of 95
nations which, in 1961, agreed to restrict the cultivation, traffic
and use of marijuana and its derivatives such as hashish.
Young people have enough ways of messing up their lives
without the use of marijuana. Giving way to the policy of
permissiveness in this matter would be a grave mistake.
National Library Week
“Books, the children of the brain,” as Jonathan Swift put it,
are truly remarkable creations. They reflect the very spirit of
man — his triumphs and tragedies, his knowledge and innermost
feelings. Too often books are taken for granted, yet without
them man is little more than a savage. Step into a library, and
you find yourself in the midst of an enchanted world where
books wait to whisk you away on a magic carpet of adventure
and excitement. There are books to make you laugh and cry, to
teach and intrigue. All that is needed is an inquiring mind and a
desire for knowledge.
National Library Week, April 8-14, honors the most precious
possession of mankind — books and the libraries that house
them. And well it should, for literature has perpetuated the
philosophies, sciences and artistic endeavors of man down
through the ages, making progress and technological advances
possible. So whenever you feel the need to expand your
horizons or just relax and unwind with a good book, make a
trek down to the local library. You’ll be glad you did.
We’re Still Growing
In spite of a great deal of talk these days about birth control,
population growth restrictions and fertility level reductions, the
United States of America continues to grow like Topsy.
Statistics just released by the U. S. Census Bureau report that as
of March 1, 1973 we have surpassed the 210-million figure by
380,316 souls.
This is somewhat startling to learn, in view of the fact that as
of the 1970 census, U. S. population numbered a little less than
205 million. This means that our population increase alone, in
the past three years, is equal to more than the entire U. S.
population in 1800. Indeed, even by the year 1880, we still had
only 50 million people in what was then 47 States. Or, to make
another comparison, we have doubled our population since
1920. It took us 300 years to reach the first 105 million; only
53 years for the second.
In the last year, since March 1, 1972, we have added more
people than the entire population of Detroit. Indeed from Feb.
1 to March 1 of this year, we grew by 84,522.
That is a lot more mouths to feed, bodies to clothe, and — in
time — families to house. And what happens when all of them
reach the age to drive their own cars? It boggles the mind!
Labor Aide Tells
Where to Hunt
For Summer Jobs
Millions of young people
will enter the job market for
the first time this summer,
an experience that should be
regarded as part of their ed-
ucation, according to Herbert
Bienstock, Middle Atlantic
Regional Director of the De-
partment of Labor’s Bureau
of Labor Statistics. Job ex-
periences teach them the hab-
its and disciplines necessary
for future success in the
world of work, he said.
Mr. Bienstock suggested
that for an answer to finding
a job, young people should
turn to their school counse-
lors, the classified pages of a
newspaper, or to personal
contacts. Many companies en-
courage employees to refer
friends for employment, he
said.
Another popular type of
job-hunting is to call the per-
sonnel office of a business to
find out what vacancies the
company has available. State
employment bureaus and
commercial agencies are also
places to job hunt. Those who
use a commercial service
must make sure they under-
stand the terms of employ-
ment and any placement fee
before accepting a job.
Mr. Bienstock advised stu-
dents to look into local busi-
nesses such as stores, facto-
ries, offices, restaurants, or
gas stations. Those who want
summer jobs away from
home might contact the
Chamber of Commerce in a
resort area or visit local
chapters of “Y’s” or other or-
ganizations sponsoring sum-
mer camps that may need
camp personnel. When apply-
ing for jobs away from home,
Mr. Bienstock urged students
to consider living expenses.
In some summer jobs, liv-
ing expenses are part of the
wages, he said; in others, the
employee is responsible for
his own room and board.
Factories in Space
Believed Possible
The possibilities of carry-
ing out manufacturing proc-
esses aboard space laborato-
ries show considerable
promise for the future, ac-
cording to L. R. McCreight
of General Electric Co.’s
Space Sciences Laboratory,
Philadelphia, Pa.
He said that the manufac-
ture of “more perfect crystal
electronic material compo-
nents” and “pure biologicals”
is a possibility.
Crystal germination of
substances for use in elec-
tronic and computer technol-
ogy could be done at cost sav-
ings in zero-gravity space,
Mr. McCreight said.
One out of every three
households now owns more
than one car.
Not that it’s anything new,
but something seems to be
slightly cockeyed in those
screams of fiscal anguish from
state and local officials over
President Nixon’s proposed
cutbacks in social-welfare
spending.
In many cases the bellows
just don’t jibe with the budget
balances.
And, for the benefit of us
perplexed taxpayers (already
confused by the mumbo-jumbo
of high government finance), it
might be helpful if someone
would explain why so many
big-city mayors are pushing the
panic button when:
(1) A Tax Foundation study
projects a potential $13 billion
SURPLUS in state and city
budgets by 1975.
(2) At least 39 states have
enough in their treasuries right
now to cover planned spending
without any help from new
taxes.
(3) Half those states are
even talking about reducing
taxes.
(4) Thirteen states already
have hefty surpluses.
Why, for instance, all this
talk about “fiscal chaos” when
so many governors, for the first
time in many years, have sent
budgets to the printers without
ordering any red ink?
California’s Ronald Reagan
says his state has a surplus “in
A potential killer is listening, and I almost threw this item
into the wastebasket. In fact, I did.
The “news” I threw away was teletyped to my office by the
Associated Press. It was one of thousands this one day. Of those
thousands, there’s time to broadcast only a few dozen. It said
they’d caught the guy suspected of killing that Wheaton, 111., girl
last September.
So — regional interest if any — I discarded that item.
Minutes later I saw this report of five Florida bank robbers
who got away with $3,000 and that one I set aside for use.
That’s when the cerebral lightning struck, and I sat there and
gave myself a good hard look.
A potential killer is listening and I am going to tell him about
the ones that got away and not about the one that got caught.
If that amoral somebody is thus encouraged to steal or rape
or kill, is not the newsman an accessory if most of what we
report indicates how easy it is?
Almost any killing is news.
But, by the time a case goes to trial, only the superkilling is
still news.
Usually once a year we recite the FBI’s efficiency record.
More than a thousand federal-size criminals including some big
racket bosses were convicted last year. That’s three a day; big
ones!
But numbers never seem like people.
Besides it’s noise that makes news, and one gunshot makes
more noise than a hundred gavels.
About that story I’d thrown away:
With painstaking police work, lawmen had backtracked on a
grocery shopping cart handle which had been the bludgeon —
the only evidence. Somehow, without fingerprints, they’d
managed tediously to trace the source of that handle, that cart.
Mr. Potential Killer needed to know that.
Mr. Potential Kidnaper needed to know that that same day in
Bellingham, Wash., the kidnaper of Mrs. Hillyard was followed
from the drop by a police helicopter and got caught.
Mr. Potential Embezzler needed to know that the same day
in Carterville, Ga., an embezzling bank president, a power in the
town, did not get away.
Anyway, that’s how come I scrounged around and dug that
item out of the wastebasket again.
“All things come to those
who wait — except the man
who owes them money.”
Through
The Years
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the neighborhood of $850
million, which is a very nice
neighborhood.” He’s thinking
of ways to give some of it back
to the taxpayers.
And yet Riverside, a city of
150.000 east of Los Angeles,
says it is facing “a financial
crisis of major proportions”
because of the cutback in
Federal funds.
New York, for the first time
in many a taxpayer’s memory,
is expecting to wind up the
year with money left over.
Maybe as much as $500
million, according to some
optimists.
And yet New York City,
which had been counting on
Federal money for jobs to keep
50.000 ghetto youngsters off
the streets this summer,
predicts “an absolute disaster”
during the tension-filled
months.
Other wealthy states (with
surpluses from $21 million to
$500 million) include
Arkansas, New Mexico,
Missouri, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin,
Florida, Colorado and New
Hampshire. Even West Virginia
is losing its status as one of the
poorest; it has a $20 million
surplus.
More puzzling is the fact
that a third of the governors
are talking about reducing
property taxes at the very time
mayors are complaining that
Mr. Nixon’s “gigantic
double-cross” in cutting back
on Federal funds will be the
death of city-financed
programs.
Connecticut’s governor
proposed a cut in the sales tax,
abolition of taxes on dividends,
lower business taxes and
property tax relief for elderly
homeowners.
In New Jersey, where
Newark, its biggest city, is
supposed to be “bankrupt,”
the governor stuck to his
no-tax-increase budget as
“dramatic evidence that we can
get along without a state
income tax.”
Confidence like this is in
line with the Tax Foundation
findings that (unless something
unexpected happens) the
71.000 different state and local
taxing bodies will take in about
two and a half times as much
money in 1980 as they did in
1970.
In dollars, that’s a jump
from $131 billion to $329
billion. It should cover the
projected 144 per cent rise in
spending (from $131 billion in
1970 to $320 billion in 1980),
with a tidy nest egg of $9
billion left over.
So far, so good. Now if
somebody will just explain to
us why the governors are so
rich and the mayors so
poor...
iheOld idme/i
25 YEARS AGO
W. M. Walker and W. M.
McMurry Monday let a
contract to W&D Construction
Company for construction of a
20-unit motel on the northwest
corner of Highway 82 and 302
in Kermit city limits.
Estimated cost of the project
has been set at $ 100,000.
County Commissioners, in
session Monday, rescinded a
previous work order for bids
on the Wink library unit and
ordered new bids be advertised
to conform with architect
plans drawn by Wyatt C.
Hedrick.
Saturday, April 3, is the
date tentatively set for opening
of Hotel Reneau, according to
Gene Reneau, who is to be in
charge of the hotel.
Mrs. Melba Martin, Dorothy
Taylor, Jenny Lynn Rucker,
Shirley Waterstreet and
Geraldine Hudnall left this
week to a District Future
Homemakers of Tomorrow
Convention in Ballinger.
Rev. and Mrs. W. W.
Dishong, accompanied by Mrs.
W. C. Hancock, Mrs. Dennis
Hughes and Mrs. J. W.
Brumlow, left Kermit
Wednesday for El Paso where
they will attend a District 7
convention of the Baptist
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Nev Williams
Jr. and daughters, Toni and
Vicki, are visiting in the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Nev Williams. Young Williams
is a student in Texas
University.
A fire in the garage and
machine shop of W. M. Walker
Trucking Company Thursday
night resulted in one man
receiving burns, loss of the
building and damages
estimated to run into several
thousand dollars.
20 YEARS AGO
The last four winners of the
20-30 Club Safe Drivers awards
have been announced by the
club to be Carter B. Stewart,
THE
FAMILY
LAWYER
Rights of
Unwed Father
Does an unwed father have any
right to the custody of his child?
As a rule, in case of dispute, the
law gives preference to the moth-
er. Two arguments are generally
cited in her favor:
1) that mother’s love is a more
powerful emotional tie than fa-
ther’s love; and
2) that the mother’s kinship to
the child is more certain than the
father’s.
Pete Sutphen, Lois Wilson and
A. L. Dixon.
Charlie Brown has
announced purchase of Cook
Electric Company and will
operate the firm under the
name of Brown Electric
Company.
Miss Camilla Hoisager was
hostess Thursday night to
members of the Evening
Garden Club who met in her
home for regular session.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Bailey of
Wink announce the
engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter,
Patsy, to Robert E. Perry, son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Perry of
Kermit. Wedding date has been
set for May 1, in Wink First
Methodist Church, with Rev.
Harvey E. Carrell reading the
ceremony.
Newly elected officers for
Young Men’s Bible Class of
First Baptist Church are
Wayland Smith, president;
Stanley Mulsow, vice-president;
Alvin Taylor, secretary; Bill
Freeman and Bob Nolen, group
captains; and a social
committee composed of J. M.
Myers, J. B. Hurley and F. E.
Childress.
Four Kermit girls
entertained with a dancing
routine at the Federated
Women’s Club meeting held
Friday in Lincoln Hotel,
Odessa. They are Sharon Dean,
Linda Hayes, Saralyn Cameron
and Rena Lou Glass.
Dr. Rose Robinson flew
down from Chicago to spend
last week with Mr. and Mrs.
John Nuckols. Her son, Al,
joined her here Friday and the
two left for Snyder and Dallas.
15 YEARS AGO
A vote of confidence was
given to Kermit School Board
Saturday when voters went to
the polls in record-breaking
numbers to approve the school
bond issue by almost 7 to 1.
Pfc. James E. Bolf, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed C. Bolf of
Kermit, recently completed the
military police training course
at the Army’s European
Intelligence Military Police and
Special ,S chool in
Oberammergau, Germany.
Mrs. Alvin Dean, mother of
Mrs. D. O. Gray and Mrs.
Marjory Brown, was honored
Friday morning with a coffee
at the home of Mrs. A. O.
Nolen with Mrs. H. B. Phillips
as co-hostess. The occasion was
to introduce Mrs. Dean, who,
with her husband, recently
moved here.
The election of A. B.
Johnson as general chairman of
LEWIS LLEWELLYN
the 1958 Cancer Fund Drive
was announced recently at a
meeting of Winkler County
Chapter of the American
Cancer Society.
After winning two matches,
Nancy Siler and Nancy Lewis i
lost in the semi-finals of the.',
girl’s junior doubles division in**
the Odessa Invitational Tennis
T oumament Friday and
Saturday, to advance to the
highest of any Kermit tennis
players entered in the
tournament.
Fumes from gasoline being
poured into a cleaning
container ignited a fire Friday
morning at Jal Highway
Garage. Bill Hocutt, owner,
reported minor damage.
OxHiobfc
From the Living Bible
“Rejoice greatly, O my peo-&f
pie! Shout with joy! For,,
look — your King is com-
ing! He is the Righteous
One, the Victor! Yet he is
lowly, riding on a donkey’s
colt! I will disarm all peo- \
pies of the earth, including, \
my people in Israel, and he'
shall bring peace among; |
the nations. His realm shall j
stretch from sea to sea/ l
from the river to the ends'1
of the earth. I have deliv-*'*
ered you from death in a//
waterless pit because of'
the covenant I made with *
you, sealed with blood.
Come to the place of safety,
all you prisoners, for there"'5/
is yet hope! I promise right
now, I will repay you two ox
mercies for each of your
woes! . n ^
Zechariah 9:9-12
Letters
Welcomed
\> We welcome letters to
’ the editor and, as space
permits, will print those
which follow these
guidelines:,
1. Letters must bear
signature and address c
the writer.
2. A length of not more
than 500 words is
suggested.
3. Letters must be ;! k
constructive, timely and of ;
general interest.
4. Personal attacks or
slanderous remarks wil
not be considered fc
publication.
Repeal Laws
on Sodomy?
But suppose the mother is out
of the picture—perhaps uninter-
ested in the child, perhaps unfit,
perhaps dead. Then, may the un-
wed father insist on custody if he
• so chooses?
The question arises in conflicts
with the mother’s relatives or with
a community agency. The tend-
ency in recent years—perhaps re-
flecting greater attention to the
role of the unwed father—has
been for the courts to rule in his
favor.
For example:
In a custody fight between an
unwed father and the maternal
grandmother, the court awarded
the child to the father. The court
felt that, other things being
equal, the closer relationship
should make the difference.
Of course, the father himself
may be disqualified by his own
failings. In another case, an un-
wed father filed suit to gain cus-
tody of his two young daughters.
They had been entrusted by their
mother to her aunt.
However, the court decided
that the children were better off
where they were, with the aunt.
The court pointed to evidence
that, on several occasions, the
father had been guilty of “cruelty
and depravity”—hence, was not
likely to provide a proper home
for the girls.
As one judge put it:
“The polar star for determin-
ing the custody of children is what
serves the best interests of the
children.”
A public service feature of the
American Bar Association and
the Texas State Bar Association.
Written by Will Bernard.
’© 1973 American Bar Association
If the National Organization
for Women ever had any
claim to respectability, that
is now a thing of the past.
If there was ever a reason
to consider the views of this
group as reflecting the views
of women in general, this is
certainly no longer true.
At the sixth annual confer-
ence of the organization, held
recently in Washington, D. C.,
a NOW task force voted that
members should fight for les-
bian causes as a “top pri-
ority.”
M s. Sidney Abbott, who
conducted the task force
meeting, said, “This really
merges the two movements —
the women’s liberation move-
ment and gay liberation.” She
added that it would have the
effect of instructing the mem-
bers of the National Organi-
zation for Women t o fight
for an end to laws against
sodomy.
Legalize Prostitution?
Further demonstrating their
utter contempt for morality,
the organization voted over-
whelmingly in favor of a
resolution calling far the re-
peal of laws against prostitu-
tion.
Since prostitution is the ul-
timate degradation of women,
it is saddening, while illu-
minating, to find an organi-
zation which should be work-
ing constantly for the wel-
fare o f women taking a
stand against laws prohibit-
ing prostitution.
It is obvious, of course,
, that the leaders of this group
have little regard for God or
the Bible. Nevertheless, it is
worth noting that the Bible
refers to lesbians and their ;• *
male counterparts in these;; *
terms: “Even their women-/;
did change the natural use J
into that which is against *
nature; and likewise also the Z
men . , . men with men work-v f
ing that which is unseemly
. . . knowing the judgment of *'*
God, that they which do such
things are worthy of death.”
Although in our society thev
death penalty has been out- /
lawed, the Scriptural condem-i 4!
nation of this perversion re-
mains undiminished.
‘ ‘Dangerous Hoax’ ’ •
Claiming to represent the — ’
women of America, women's.
lib groups have conned Gan-,/
gress into passing the so-
called “Equal Rights Amend//
ment.” Purporting to give' '1
women equal rights with i
men, this amendment, ac-
cording to recognized legal- \
authorities, would actually in- " \ \
validate many state and fed-- *;
eral laws enacted for the j {
benefit of women.
The amendment, which is' *:
perilously close to being rat-’ U
ified by the required 38 //
states, has been termed “a > f
dangerous hoax.” . J/
Some time ago, the Hous- ;
ton Tribune — which has a,. ’
woman editor — remarked , ;
editorially, “One wonders-, j
what kind o f women some
of the leaders of ‘Women’s'
Liberation’ groups are that
they would attempt such a
fraud on their sisters under
the guise of giving them
‘equal rights.’ ”
It is no longer necessary
to wonder. They have told:
us plainly what kind of
women they are.
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