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Editorials
A Dangerous Path
Although the U.S. strike against
Libya won President Reagan increased
public support, and although it might have
been justified, a good question is whether
Washington gained as a result.
If the present regime in Libya is toppl
ed, partly as a result, one can say it ac
complished much. But if not, and if it on
ly inflames further the Arab world against
this country, one must wonder.
The first nation in the area to employ
potent military strikes was Israel. Women
and children were often killed in these
strikes. Israel's response to protests was
that it had to fight terror with terror.
Israel, of course, is surrounded by enemies.
Americans are victims of terrorism not
because they are American but because
we, in effect, created the state of Israel,
financed it and still do, and support it
economically and diplomatically. Congress
is almost a rubber stamp for Israeli pro
posals and requests — even defying and
overriding the president when necessary.
Palestinians seeking a homeland and
the vote in a free country know the power
behind Israel has been and is the United
States. If the U. S. could — as Israel’s pre-
Rodino, Again
The nation can't do much about it,
since Congressman Peter Rodino of New
Jersey is chairman of the key House com
mittee through which immigration control
legislation must pass, but the media is
obligated to publicize disgraceful politics
Rodino again plays.
The ‘‘Christian Science Monitor"”
reports that prospects for immigration
reform are fading fast, even as record
members of illegal aliens cross from Mex
icointo the U. S. (The number expected to
enter this year has jumped to three
million).
Late in May Congressman James
Scheuer (D-NY) warned that unless the na
tion acts to stop the explosion of illegal im
migration, the national economy, the labor
market, the educational system and health
care systems now in place in the U. S. will
be overwhelmed.
Last year the Senate passed a far
reaching reform bill. In the House, Chair
man Peter Rodino (chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee) and Speaker Tip
O'Neill managed to block House passage.
In March, after a meeting with Presi
dent Reagan, Rodino promised to move
ahead with an immigration reform bill in
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39 YEARS AGO
The following are excerpts from the June 12, 1947 edition of The Summer
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INCREASE IN NUMBER OF BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED BY CITY
INDICATES BOOM UNEQUALED IN MANY YEARS — Most conspicuous
of the new buildings are those on both ends of Commerce Street and the Rome
Highway. Among those buildings that testify to the growth of the city are the
new Tooga Theatre, Tooga Grill, Brown's Barber Shop, Esserman and Co.,
Fuller Jewelry Co. and Knick-Knack Grill, all in one block adjoining the Western
Auto Store. Directly across the street is a new building which will house the
offices of Dr. R. N. Little and D: Bel;lon l;ovingood.
LOCAL GIRLS GRADUATED FROM GSCW JUNE 9 — Misses Charlotte
Lorraine Ballenger, Margaret Ruth Brewer, Mary Ann King, Mary Elizabeth
Tripp, all of Su-amerville, were among the 1947 graduates of the Georgia State
Colro?ge For Women on June 9. b i
DENTAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN MADE IN COUNTY
— The dentists of Chattooga County have made dental inspections of school
children’s teeth in all the schools in the county system during the spring
months. These surveys reveal that vast numbers of children receive no dental
care or inadequate dental care,
sent moderate prime minister wishes —
firmly force a settlement and mutual con
cessions in the Middle East, terrorism
would end.
But militants on both sides have thus
far barred the way to a peaceful solution.
And Congress refuses to support any U. S.
president who seeks to get tough with
both sides and force a general peace
agreement.
The military strike is a weapon used of
late only by Israel, the U. S. and South
Africa. Washington had as much reason to
strike Syria as Libya. Will Syria be next
— hit by U. S. forces or Israeli forces? If
not, where will the next U. S. strike be?
Certainly the U. S. strike encouraged
South Africa, apd if a different govern
ment were in power in Israel, it would
almost certainly have encouraged new
strikes by Israel.
The path of military force is always un
predictable. Where it might lead this coun
try no one can say. What one can say is
that we have followed long-standing
Israeli policy. That further antagonizes
the Arab world.
April. He later delayed until late May.
Then, pressured by 16 Democrats, he
delayed again — until mid-June. (Most
Hispanics who enter the U. S. and manage
to gain citizenship vote Democratic).
Some suspect the June date for
markup of the immigration reform bill be
delayed again. It's hard to conceive of a
more short-sighted or narrow approach by
congressmen who should be administering
to the nation’'s needs and welfare.
News Clips
A DIFFERENCE
Getting old is merely a matter of feel
ing your corns more than you feel your
oats. — Columbia (S. C.) Record
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TRUE
A smile is one curve that looks just as
good on a man as it does on a woman. —
Toledo Chronicle
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Plant Vogtle Issue
A news release from a group named
Education Campaign For A Prosperous
Georgia recently crossed my desk ques
tioning the containment dome at Plant
Vogtle in east Georgia.
The release claimed that the contain
ment dome at the plant, which is 94 per
cent complete, is “‘riddled with air pockets
and trash which could render it ineffective
at containing the type of explosion which
occurred at the Chernobyl reactor ... "
The information came from an ex
worker at the plant who claimed she was
fired following her safety complaints at the
facility.
I was curious and called Georgia Power
wanting to get their side of the story.
A fellow named Craig Lesser in Atlan
ta said the Southern Company, which is
the parent company of Georgia Power,
created a Quality Concern Program where
safety questions can be raised by anyone
who wishes to do so. In addition, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission in
vestigates complaints. Lesser basically
said the complaints in the news release
were baloney.
Lesser said the woman who brought up
the safety claims was not fired for the
cause she stated, but for another work
related cause.
Ex-employee Leslie Price said in the
news release: ‘‘From what 1 saw, Plant
Vogtle might as well not have a contain
ment. When I reported this and other pro-
Guest Column
The Graying Of America
By CONGRESSMAN GEORGE
“BUDDY"” DARDEN
Recent years have brought youth to
prominence in our nation. The massive
“Baby Boom' generation born in the
1940 s and 1950 s has grown to maturity
and taken its place among the business,
political and cultural leadership of the na
tion. We are said to live in the age of the
“Yuppie"' —the upwardly-mobile young
professionals.
But the men and women of an older
generation are exhibiting strength and
stamina not always expected of people in
their later years. We have a President who,
at 75, still chops wood and walks at a brisk
clip. We see diminutive jockey Bill
Shoemaker win the Kentucky Derby at
age 54. Actress Katherine Hepburn con
tinues to entertain and speak her mind
well into her 70s. And Phil Neikro keeps
baffling batters with his knuckleball at age
47,
These people’'s achievements in their
middle and later years exemplify a grow
ing attitude that advancing age need not
mean an end to vitality. That bodes well
for the Baby Boomers as they make their
inevitable journey toward what they now
consider “‘old age' in what has been call
ed “The Graying of America."
Older people constitute the fastest
growing segment of the population in both
our state and nation. In 1900, only one of
10 Americans was older than 55, and only
one in 256 was living past age 65. But
medical advances have brought a dramatic
change in this century.
Today, one person in five is at least 55
blems to the Nuclear Regulatory Commis
sion, they said they lack a staff to in
vestigate workers’ concerns. Then, though
they promised me confidentiality, the next
week my complaints were repeated back
to me by other workers at Plant Vog
.
The price tag of Plant Vogtle has
burgeoned from S6OO million when it was
first proposed to an estimated $8.4 billion
currently.
~ Unit 2 of the nuclear facility is 56 per
cent complete and Unit 1 is 94 percent
complete and should go on line in the fall.
Other news releases from opponents to
the plant say the cost overruns will cause
the average Georgian's power bill to in
crease as much as $1,500 a year.
I questioned Lesser about that. Accor
ding to latest company estimates, the
average Georgia Power customer will pay
about 87 a month more or about SB4 more
each year to pay for Vogtle.
The Georgia Power estimates are bas
ed on a phase-in of rates that are subject
to approval by the Georgia Public Service
Commission.
I suspect some of the anti-Vogtle
groups are using attention-getting
methods in their new releases. ‘‘Cher
nobyl” and 81,500 increases’ in power
bills tend to draw attention quickly. If that
was their intent, then they succeeded.
Let's hope they don't prove right.
years old, and one in nine is in the 65-plus
age bracket. Life expectancy, now about
75 years, will jump to 77 years by the end
of the century. And people who already
have reached age 65 can expect to live an
average of almost 17 more years.
Of course, with the Baby Boom popula
tion aging and the birth rate down for the
foreseeable future, that balance will shift
more and more toward the senior citizens.
The ratio of working age people (ages 18
to 64) to the retirement-age population is
beginning an unprecedented decline. In
1982 there were 5.3 working people for
each person 65 or older; by the year 2000
that ratio will be 4.7 to 1 and by 2030 —
when a person born in 1950 will be 80 years
old —the ratio will be only 2.7 to 1.
‘The Graying of America’ will bring a
whole new social and cultural order. The
emphasis on youth in marketing will yield
to a focus on products and services which
suit the needs of an older population. Qur
health care system — geared today to a
youthful, generally healthy majority —
will have to address the infirmities of old
age in a growing segment of the
population.
The shrinking ratio of working-age peo
ple to those now considered retirement-age
has the potential for a dramatic effect on
our Social Security system, which depends
on those in the work force to finance the
benefits of retirees.
However, the growing vitality of senior
citizens — as exemplified by President
Reagan — should lift much of the burden
from the younger generation. It is likely
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{39 Echoes
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a Jimmy Townsend
Injun’ Fighter
JASPER, GA. — I regretted very much that I couldn’t
go up in Tennessee to Jack Culhane's funeral the other
day, but I did a lot of thinking about him all day. We were
children together, started to school the same day and
played together. The last time that I saw him was in
Honolulu just before World War 11. He was in the Navy,
passing through, and I was stationed out at Hickam Field.
Jack and his mother made their own way. She took in
washing, sewing, ironing and did general housework for
other people. He never mentioned his father, but his grand
father lived with them, or vice versa, until he died. That
was up at Jellico, Tenn., before they moved near us. Most
kids talked about their daddies and grandparents, but
Jack never mentioned these. He did, however, brag about
his great-grandfather being an Indian fighter. This made
other children hoot and holler *‘faker” at him. He left the
school grounds one day crying while two other boys threw
rocks at him.
His mother brought him back. She came into the room
leading him by the hand. She stood before the teacher
straight and proud. Her hands were bony and her face was
drawn. She asked the teacher in real nice words if she
would please read to the class what she had in her hands.
Our teacher was a kind young lady, and she asked Mrs.
Culhane to be seated and she began to read from an old
document, which had pages that were worn and yellowed.
It was a diary of Jeb Culhane. As a tribute to Jack, a win
ner of several medals in the war, I would like to tell about
it from memory as best I can. It's been 56 years now since
the teacher read it.
Jeb Culhane reined in his horse, reached down and pat
ted him as the two rested in the shade. Overhead, the
leaves of the tree shook in the breeze. Beyond the tree,
which provided the only shade he had run into for miles,
the Missouri River bent as it flowed down from the north.
That was Jeb's course, northward, tracing his way back
along the strangely familiar banks of the Missouri.
He knew this land well. Just across the river were the
Dakotas, and northeast was lowa. His father had left lowa
with a new bride pushing west to Nebraska. That was
where Jeb was born, just outside Omaha. But he knew the
lay of this land because he came back here with his father
and they stayed in the wilderness for a whole year.
Jeb had been in the Army for 29 years, 11 months and
was on his last detail before retiring. Astraddle his horse,
sweating hard like himself, Jeb headed toward Ft. Lincoln
where he was to deliver a brown envelope to the Comman
ding Officer. He headed on up the familiar territory. He
grinned when he thought about his father and him trapp
ing every inch of this country. He thought of his wife An
nie and their one-year-old son back at the farm near Ft.
Smith, Ark. They married two years before and Jeb
bought the farm for his retirement.
He greeted the Sergeant Major, an old buddy who serv
ed with him in the Kansas wars. He took Jeb in to the Com
manding Officer. The Colonel opened the brown dispatch,
read it, then handed it back to Jeb to read. He did. His
name was on it.
WASHINGTON: 1 JUNE, 1876
YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED TO REPORT TO
GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER AT FT.
LINCOLN, DAKOTA TERRITORY, TO ASSIST IN
THE CAMPAIGN TO SUBDUE THE SIOUX.
RESPECTFULLY,
WAR DEPARTMENT
That day in Honolulu, Jack and I proceeded to drink
all the beer on King Street. We talked about our town and
our old school. 1 brought up that old diary of his great
grandfather's and how he became a hero to all our peers.
He said that it did make life easier for him and his mother
gained a lot of respect also. He told me something else,
too, but rest easy, old friend, your secret is safe with me.
N A DIFFERENCE 2
A single man can be a fool and no
ews know it. But it's different with a married
man. — Cincinnati Enquirer
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EXPERIENCED
A successful executive is one who can
delegate all the responsibility, shift all the
blame, and appropriate all the credit. —
Boston Fulerum