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(Editor's note: The Cir-
cleville Philosopher on his
Johnsongrass farm on (he
San Gabriel Itlvcr this week
discusses oil or rock bands
one or the other.)
Dear editor:
There arc two main
reasons why the nations of
the world can't get along.
(1) They don't understand
one another and (2) they do
understand one another.
The first of the two is what
interests me this week after
I read what Iran's oil chief
said the other day.
As we know whether we
understand it or not the
United States has sold 47
million dollars worth of
scarce kerosene and heating
oil to Iran a country sitting
on top of one of the world's
biggest oil deposits.
A lot of people started
hollering about this despite
the fact Washington pointed
out it was an emergency
situation and made sense
considering that Iran sells us
850000 barrels of oil a day.
When the hollering reached
Kuhiak
AUSTIN Election Day is
less than a month away
Nov. 6 and you as voters
will be asked to approve or
reject three proposed Con-
stitutional Amendments
I strongly urge you to
approve them especially
Proposition 3: the Texas
Farm and Ranch Security
Program.
The GOth Legislature over-
whelmingly approved this
program to revitalize Texas
farm and ranch industries.
Similar to the current
Veterans Land Program the
proposed plan will guarantee
loans for the purchase of
farms and ranches by young
families entering the
agruiculturc industry.
Upon approval $10 million
in bonds will be sold to
guarantee up to $100 million
in farm and ranch loans.
One aspects need to be
clear: state money will not be
used to buy land and give it to
farmers and ranchers. The
state only guarantees the
loans.
How will this program aid
Texas?
High costs and the un-
predictability of agriculture
have been driving many
Texas farmers and ranchers
out of business.
Two to three thousand
people leave agriculture each
year. Today the average age
of the Texas farmer is 59 and
rising.
And as cities spread out
farmland and ranchland arc
developed into subdivisions
shopping centers and other
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the U.S. Senate the oil chief
of Iran said it ought to stop
or Iran might cancel the
purchase and buy its
kerosene some place else.
"I recommend to the U.S.
Senators that they stop this
criticizing" he warned.
This is the kind of lack of
understanding between
nations I 'm talking about.
Trying to get the U.S.
Senate to stop talking about
anything shows an utter lack
of understanding of the U.S.
Senate. It's as un-
comprehending as our trying
to send a rock band to play
for the Ayatollah who has
banned phonograph records
in Iran on the grounds that
music dulls the mind. His oil
chief following suit may
have been thinking that
Senate oratory also dulls the
mind but I don't know
enough about the Iranian
mind to go into this.
I seriously doubt however
that rock music does dull the
mind. Something else docs it.
There's no rock band in the
U.S. Senate.
Yours faithfully
J.A.
Reports
urban projects. Thus
agricultural acreage is
permanently taken out of
production.
We must save the family
farms and Proposition 3 is
an essential protection.
It will enhance the number
of family farms and ranches
in Texas.
It will make it possible for
farmers and ranchers to
realize ownership much
earlier than present con-
ditions allow.
Few individuals can afford
the high down payment of
farm and ranch loans which
now average 29 percent.
Consequently much land is
being bought up by large
agriculture corporations.
The value of this program
which I cosponsored with
some 10 other legislators is
reflected in the fact that it
drew some support from all
of the political factions in the
Legislature and is backed by
several farm ranch banking
and labor groups.
However next month's
election turnout is predicted
to be light in the rural areas
and heavier in the urban
areas. City dwellers may
have the decisive vote in this
matter crucial to rural
residents.
Propostion One revises the
jurisdiction and terms of
notaries public.
Propostltion Two provides
for legislative review of
rulemaking by executive
department agencies.
THfNKm F TtfaTS kWr GOOD OL" MVAY WANTS.. ."
LAW?
Kli
She was the perfect
complement to her hus-
band who served as Presi-
dent in the late eight-
eenth century; ho was
bumbling and lacking in
social graces and she was
famous for her charming
talents as a hostess. She
was known as a great
card-player and she loved
to use snuff. She died in
1849 and her name is
spelled differently from
what most people think.
Who was that lady?
Dolloy Madison
Would You Believe...
Between dawn and
dusk an acre of peas can
increase in weight by GO
percent because of the
vegetable's high rate ol
absorption.
In 1650 the first ship-
ment of tea arrived in
New Amsterdam and cost
from $30 to $50 a pound.
Tho possum has been in
existence for 70 million
years which makes it
America's oldest Wild
animal.
AUSTIN Texas Attor-
ney General Mark White
said last week that impor-
tant evidence for his investi-
gation into (he cause of his-
tory's largest oil spill was
lost when a SEDCO drilling
rig was scuttled by its own-
ers. White is investigating
Gov. Hill Clements' SEDCO
drilling firm and other par-
tics involved in the Campc-
chc Hay oil spill to deter-
mine if negligence was the
cause of the spill.
He told Austin reporters
he was "shocked" to learn
SEDCO had towed the rig
into Gulf of Mexico inter-
national waters and sank it
in between 6000 and 10000
feet an irretrievable depth.
"I couldn't understand
why they would have taken
this action. You know this
(the drilling rig) was ob-
viously going to be a piece
of evidence that would be
important in terms of an as-
sessment of negligence"
White said.
Gil Clements the gover-
nor's son who now runs
SEDCO said the decision to
sink the rig was made after
company and insurance of-
ficials determined the rig
could not be salvaged.
Clements said that after
BARBS
Phil Pastoret
Someone has suggested that
merry-go-rounds replace con-
ference rooms in Washington
saves changing nameplates
on chairs for revolving offi-
cials. Test plants for gasohol are
being set up. The stuff's been
tested disastrously behind the
steering wheel for years.
P&ce
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STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Lyndall Williams
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION
the June 3 blowout the rig
was towed from the spill
site and examined by insur-
ance officials who settled
with SEDCO for S20 mil-
lion. The rig was then scuttled
after the first of July ac-
cording to Clements who
said he suspected "that
White's staff was told early
on that this rig had been
sunk."
White was looking into
reports that when SEDCO
pulled the rig from the well
that action cracked a well-
head casing which may
have resulted in the uncon-
trolled flow of oil into the
Gulf.
"Profit": No Dirty Word
The balance of power in
Washington is shifting to the
Southwest and South and
citizens can expect to sec a
change in federal laws
Speaker of the House Dill
Clayton told a Beaumont
audience last week
Clayton said the popula-
tion growths in those parts
of the nation will result in
more votes in Congress
and Texas will receive two
additional congressional
scats.
New industries and resi-
dents come here because
They call 'em "rumors"
because lodging is usually
found for 'cm in heads with
space to let
Dlplomntcsc: "Concrete
results" means that the oppo-
sillon is being fitted with
cement booties before being
dropped in the nearest pond.
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fits gnvwHere...
"the people in Texas don't
think profit is a dirty word."
The result in Congress
Clayton said will be "a lot
of difference in the formu-
las written for federal regu-
lations." Party Switch
A power shift of another
sort occurred last week
when veteran Democrat Sen.
Dill Draccklcin of Dallas an-
nounced he is becoming a
Republican His reason is he
can't support President Jim-
my Carter and he believes
Carter is too great a burden
to carry in his district which
almost went Republican in
the state senate race four
years ago
Dallas State Rep. David
Cain and County Demo-
cratic Chairman Ron Kcss-
ler arc both eyeing that
party's slot for the race
against Draccklcin
Crcighton to Step Down
State Sen. Tom Crcigh-
ton D-Mincral Wells has
announced he will retire
giving up his scat of 20 years
to devote full time to law
practice.
"I'm tired" Crcighton ex-
plained. "I've had 20 years
in the senate plus another
eight years public service us
Palo Pinto County attorney.
That ought to be enough
don't you think?"
A staunch business sup-
porter Crcighton chaired
the economic development
committee. Supporters of
Gov. Dill Clements had tried
in past weeks to get Crcigh-
ton to switch parties but he
balked at that saying he ran
as a Democrat and would
die a Democrat.
Crcighton was the last
The Speaker
aT. . UJI ytSfris.
reports afasfa
itfet'
byRSll rlifn
Dill i-laytOn
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AUSTIN In response to
undeniable needs the 66th
Legislature has passed sev-
eral bills dealing with child
abuse and child care.
H.B. 43 changes the defi-
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breast of any male or
female. It is known that
child molesters often abuse
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children or both sexes and the children In a suit aricct- business interests On the
that the former age limiting the parent-child rela- other hand liberal interests
hindered convictions on cer-tionship. S.B. 270 requires ore aiming at certain
tain cases when the children that children who are placed senators."
involved were less than 10 under the care and custody one of the main targets of
years old. of the Texas Department of the liberals was Sen? Tom
Though we do not even Human Resources must be Creighton D-MlneralWells
like to speak of such mat-periodically reviewed by the who had close calls In the last
ters I believe we must court In order to prevent two elections On Labor Day
speak about them in order them from becoming lost in Creighton announced he
that we can "speak out tho system. would not seek re-election
ncrnlnst them."
Two other bills H.B. 1741 is to see that those children ofnce-
and 1742 expand jind re- who are in unfortunate cir- A tcw dnys earer gen
define what is obscene pro- cumstances such as child nm Braecklein of Dallas
vide stiff penalties for abuse child neglect dl-who faced strong Democratic
wholesale promoting and vorce etc. are given new opposition next year an-
possession of obscene mate- protection better defense nounced ho was switching
rials and for those who pro- nnd the best arrangements from Democratic to
duce present or direct that can be provided Republican with the blessing
"admitted" tobacco chewer
in the Senate and an adept
pilot who once had to crash
land his plane in an emer-
gency white en route to a
Colorado hunting trip.
He is also the only Texas
senator to have been mar-
ried on a radio show. He
and his wife Sue were mar-
ried in 1950 on the "Dridc
and Groom Show" in Holly-
wood. Marathon Suit Settlement
The Texas Railroad Com-
mission approved final set-
tlement of the marathon
natural gas contract dispute
between Coastal States Gas
Corp. and LoVaca Gather-
ing Co. and some 400 cus-
tomers. The six-year legal battle
is the longest and most com-
plex in the commission's
history.
The $1.6 billion breach of
contract suit began in 1970
when it became apparent
Coastal LoVaca would be
unable to meet long-term
contract conditions to sup-
ply natural gas to Austin
San Antonio and other
Texas cities.
Under the settlement cus-
tomers will drop their $1.6
billion damages suit Lo-
Vaca will be separated from
Coastal States and trans-
formed into a new company
known as Valero Energy
Co. Coastal States will
spend SI 80 million mini-
mum over the next IS years
exploring for gas for Valero
and Austin San Antonio
and the Lower Colorado
River Authority will have
the chance to buy extensive
lignite leases now owned by
Coastal in Dastrop Fayette
and Washington counties.
obscene performances; and Almost every business
make it an offense to cm- interest in Texas has a
ploy authorise or induce a statewide association that in
child younger than 17 to en-tur" has a "?' 0 carry
fnce" or ator"i!S-fc
once or to produce direct the recent Uglslalure
or promote an obscene per- were the PACs set up by the
formnnce by a child. rcal cstatCi tria iawyerSi
S.B. 394 amends previous auto dealers savings and
siuiuies to inciuac
injury
child
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abuser could be guilty of and others are showing signs
causing bodily Injury to n of backing some legislative
child though the child might candidates in 1980.
not have suffered what is M easl fiye Scmte seats
r. 7 ' uuu:5'un
bodllv Injury.
ILB. 1375 creates the
fense of harboring a run- There's going to be a
away. Under this law it is world nf mnnpv snont in
illctral for an adult to know
ingly house a runaway child palgner who has been busy
There arc two other sig- signing up clients.
nificant bills which will ..A11 tne Scnate that volcd
frl.Tn.t.eptive trades
to ;urM ho) M
.- I"-'- ..w. .u. .w. uci against me uocumemary
children. S.B. 172 allows auto fee and naainst the in-
both parents to bo appointed crease in home interests are
mnnuging conservators of attracting support from
The nlm of nil thosn Mils and would return to his law
If you have a choice between
paying $3.00 for a prescription
drug or $7.00 for the same
drug which would you choose?
Obviously most consumers
would choose to save $4.00 by
paying the lower price. The
fact is you do have this choice!
Comparison shopping for
prescription medications will
enable you to substantially
reduce the amount of money
you must spend to stay
healthy.
A recent investigation by
the Consumer Protection and
Antitrust Division produced
some rather startling results
about prescription drug
pricing practices. The
investigation revealed that
among the fourteen pharma-
cies "shopped" there was a
price difference of up to 230
for tho same drug.
The Division's investigation
was begun to determine
whether any pharmacies in
the Austin area engage in the
unlawful practice of substitu-
ting generic drugs for brand
name drugs while charging
consumers the brand name
price. There is nothing wrong
with substituting generic
drugs for brand name when
the doctor approves; but it is
unlawful to make the
substitution and still charge
the consumer the brand name
(higher) price.
Although our investigation
was quite limited in scope we
found no evidence of this
practice. The investigation did
reveal however a major
discrepancy in prices
depending on where the drugs
were purchased.
The investigation wns
conducted with the assistance
of an Austin physician who
provided our investigators
with a quantity of prescrip-
tions for two drugs Polycillin
Dateline: Austin!
AUSTIN Texas
Business interests in Texas
have a problem.
They have a pot of political
money handy and right now
they are undecided where to
spend it.
Indications arc that a lot of
it will go into Texas Senate
races in 1980.
The "crunch" is this.
Next year will be mostly a
presidential election year
no governor's race no U.S.
Senate no other statewide
races except a couple of
Texas Railroad Commission
fights that have limited
appeal.
And most of the political
action committees known
familiarly as PACS are not
organized for presidential '
races. They prefer to save
their money for Texas'
lobbying and campaigning.
bodily loans banking and medical
hus in associations and the labor
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uiu unions incse SUIIIC I-mo
ou: show signs of attracting both
liberal ond conservative PAC
of-
- ionn mvc nn Austin mm.
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The
Consumer
Alert
by Mark White
Attorney General
and HudroDiuril. The
investigators then took the
prescriptions to fourteen
pharmacies selected to
provide us witli a cross-section
of chain and locally owned
businesses. Posing as average
customers the drugs were
purchased by the Investiga-
tors and returned to tho
Division for analysis.
The following listing
indicates the prices paid for
the identical drugs in identical
quantities at the different
pharmacies:
Polycillin HydroDiurll
3.39 2.79
3.91 2.82
-1.0 1 not available
4.69 notavailablc
4.79 3.99
4.89't 3.59"
4.99" 4.19
5.39" 2.61"
5.51 5.20
5.59 notavailablc
5.G0 4.95
5.89' 4.95"
6.00 5.95
7.80 6.80
The prices that are starred ()
indicate pharmacies that
advertise as "discount
pharmacies." Thus our survey
also indicates thata"dlscount"
pharmacy may not charge the
highest trices but they do not
appear to charge the lowest
prices.
In Texas businesses may
charge any price they choose
for their products. The state
has no price controls. For this
reason thediffcrence in prices
found by our investigation
does not indicate illegal
activity. Our investigation
does prove however that
consumers can substantially
reduce the costs of health care
by taking the time to call
several pharmacies and ask
about prices before buying
prescription drugs.
of Gov. Bill Clements.
But still facing strong
opposition in 1980 is Sen.
Grant Jones D-Abllcne head
of the influential Senate
Finance Committee. The
trial lawyers association and
some liberal Democrats have
him marked.
Sen. Carlos Truan D-
Corpus Christi a liberal is
likely have both Republican
and conservative Democrat
opponents. Some of Truan's
legislation more raised
hackles among the medical
profession.
Sen. Ron Clowcr D-
Gnrland one of the original
Killer Bees and opponent of
early presidential primaries
also expects heavy
Republican and conservative
Democrat opposition.
Clements is said to have a
special interest in his race.
Sen. A.R Schwartz D-
Galveston another Killer
Bee and outspoken advocate
for many liberal causes
expects both Republican and
conservative opposition
despite the fact he has cast
numerous business votes in
the past.
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Another senator sup-
opposition Is Sen. Bill Pat-
iw;nj. .im ji.
KilIe'r Bee t
for many years of ln'cfenscd
home interest rates
But not all the Killer Bees
nreiargeea t
Sen. Glenn Kothmann D-
San Anton o. s cons dered
secure in his district as is
Sen. Carl Parker D-Port
Arthur. Sen. Gene Jones. D-
Houston who at times has
favored business interests
nothave str8
TS Uoyd Doggett. D-
Sens. Lloyd Doggett
Aust n- Chot Drnnkq n.
SftM7n.L. E.. S
Dallas- Bob Vale D-Sati
Antonio and Raul Lonuorln
D-Edinburg are not up for
re-election next year
Actually Longorla" he says
wm b8 running for district
Judgc and lf elected will
resiSn n's Senate seat In
Jnnuarv 19B0
Another angle is attracting
business interests into the
1980 legislative races
"The business types
suddenly woke up and
realized they will be looking
at the next 10 years in state
government in 1980" said a
prominent lobbyist "They
will be drawing new new
district lines after the 1980
census and those elected In
1980 will have the best chance
for the new districts"
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