The Daily Sentinel from Scottsboro, Alabama (2024)

June 20, 1979

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The Daily Sentineli

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Scottsboro, Alabama

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Wednesday, June 20, 1979

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2

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PAGE 8 THE DAILY jswM'rmTt PAGE 2 SECTION A THE DAILY SENTINEL SCOTTSBORO ALABAMA WEDNESDAY JUNE 20 1979 COMMUNITY (ULENDAR Tournament Class reunion Reunion Bible school Benefit singing 8 Revival Memorial service Tea Saddle club Open house EDITORIALS VIEWPOINT AND Notice Adopt a pet Sunday dinner Reunion Special interest superstar PROCEEDS OR a turkey and ROBERT WALTERS Rodeo ffa Area weather Barbecue Area Deaths Senator 1) Howell Heflin i Reports to the people of Alabama What mass transit? Concerned over ability By DONGRA I know neeOa the ate Io' BB if6 neat for 1 rei a sha irival fectively in case of a disaster I have asked if detailed 1 I TI ISe 01 ar shar I orks i i $4' DOGS AVAILABLE for adoption through the Humane Society One spayed collie one male sheep dog and others Call 574 6627 if you would like to give a dog a good home st th i Bry far and licely lace i ted oi I lent i be a ar lings ne er ere Acres' cres Acres res ANNUAL MEMORIAL Service will be held at Larkinsville Cemetery Sunday Everyone with friends and relatives buried in the cemetery are asked to attend and bring a picnic lunch to be served at noon oom ini ire yr ici ow I SHAVERS AMILY reunion will be the first Sunday in July at the Veterans Home All relatives are urged to attend hi an lar pn no co: th da bedi jah a gi drei mor le rr 3 or SCOTTSBORO CIVITAN Club and I Band Boosters will co sponsor a barbecue July 4 at the Jackson County Park pavillion Tickets are $3 and may be purchased from Civitan or Band Booster members I have expressed a great deal of con cern lately about the direction this country would or would not take under the proposed Strategic Ar ms Limitation Treaty (SALT) But there is another area of the whole defense posture that concerns me equally as much and while it is an area that SALT II ignores it is still of vital importance to the shape of our national security That area is our conventional force strength The SALT II proposal deals with strategic weapons that have in tercontinental capabilities However conventional force strength deals with the numbers of tanks field artillery tactical aircraft attack submarines and the like that would be used in a con fined conflict rankly I am concerned about the continued viability of our conventional forces both on land and sea based We are at a significant numerical disad vantage to the Soviets in regard to the weapons in our conventional arsenal and there has been a noticeable decline in the development of new sea vessels in the past two decades take a moment to look at the comparison between US conventional forces and Soviet conventional forces The Russians currently have about 50000 tanks as opposed to 12100 by the 1 United States The Soviets hold a 2000 to 5500 lead in field artillery In tac tical aircraft the Soviets out number America 8000 to 5364 The only area in which the United States holds an ad vantage is in helicopters 9000 to 3750 In regard to sea based conventional forces the same trend exists While America has a 13 to 2 margin in aircraft carriers the Soviets lead us both in at tack submarines (195 81) and in cruisers destroyers and frigates (284 181) Of course the far superior technology possessed by the United States does in part offset some at the numerical ad vantages the Soviets hold However It remains of the utmost importance that US conventional forces have the ELLOWSHIP CIRCLE Singles' Group will have Open House at their new location on the corner of Scott and Martin Streets Thur sday night at 7 pm Everyone is invited to attend capability to be viable in a conflict one that Is not In tercontinental but instead is confined to a smaller area President Carter has taken note of the potential problems facing US land based forces and has said that he wants American forces stationed in Europe armed with better more sophisticated weapons And the Senate Armed Ser vices Committee in its report on military procurement this year en dorsed by the Army to Improve the posture of those American ground forces that contribute significantly to the defense of the Atlan tic Alliance The committee authorized some weapons programs that I think will enhance the viability of our land based forces or example about 1000 new XM 1 tanks were recommended as was the upgrading and conversion of about 750 M60A1 tanks to provide them with better combat capabilities Beyond that we have also moved toward pur chase of 208 new Infantry ighting Vehicles which are troop carriers con sidered to be far better armed than our existing equipment The committee also noted that we must reevaluate our present naval planning so that US sea based power can be properly projected worldwide I am concerned that the present US shipbuilding rate is not going to be suf ficient enough to maintain a 500 ahip fleet that is necessary to our national defense Interests During the 1960s for example 336 new ships were requested and funded in the 1970b that number had failed to 155 The Congress and the Navy must work in concert to assure the world that our sea force can keep its commitments As I said SALT II has dominated a good deal of the talk about military af fairs However we should never lose sight of the fact that on a global basis our strategic capabilities are very much related to our conventional capabilities They are equally necessary for a strong effective national defense lines at stations Agricultural Weather Scattered thundershowers north through Thursday The 36 hour rainfall amounts less than a quarter inch Drying conditions excellent today and Thursday Lowest humidity near 40 percent today and Thursday Sunshine 12 hours today and 11 hours Thursday Dew light this morning and thursday morning drying off by 8 am each day Winds southwest 5 to 12 mph The outlook riday through Sunday is partly cloudy with scattered mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers Lows upper 60s north to low 70s south Highs upper 80s north to low 90s south Well we certainly brought this one on ourselves The subject is again the gasoline pinch which is responsible for lengthening noticeably reduced highway traffic In more and more sections of the country and also a rediscovery of mass transit by multitudes of com muters and long distance travelers long accustomed to wheeling it on their own But a hitch The transit system as it semi exists today cannot accommodate these masses of new customers Surprise Which is what it cer tainly should not be to anyone even slightly familiar with transportation trends of the past 30 or 40 years The oil exporting cartel may have us over a barrel What can we really do to halt their game of price leap frogging as long as our economy is so dependent upon energy supplies available from diem and very likely for some time to come from them alone? Big oil may or may not be manipulating the situation far its own profitable benefit In the crossfire of statistics explanations and accusations between industry and government what can the public really do except declare a plague on both houses and pay up? We have however no one to blame but ourselves for the pat chwork transit system we must now turn to in time of need or decades THIS WEEKEND the Dekalb Jackson County Amateur Radio Clubs will talk to the world during a nationwide radio com munications contest Some 24 hours of continous radio com munications talking to various parts of the US and the world will be held at Tacobet ield will begin at noon Saturday and end the following day Any persons interested in amateur radio and how their communications are carried out are invited to attend and observe ir Cot ooms rans 1 cour! isomt de gas er S3' bath 00 to deal with disasters TRINITY LUTHERAN Church Hwy 79S will have Vacation Bible School June 25 29 9 11:30 am daily Classes for pre school through 8th grade elusive authority to initiate the notorious one word or one line changes in the tax code that can produce savings of millions of dollars annually for an individual in dustry or corporation certainly logical to assume that there's a connection between Rostenkowski's influential legislative role and his ability to amass a list of campaign donors that reads like a directory of PACs Among the donors of $1000 or more were trade associations organized by truck operators automobile dealers commercial banks savings and loan association commodity futures traders proprietary hospitals and dentists Trade associations contributing less included those representing op tical manufacturers machine tool makers chain drug stores magazine publishers apparel manufacturers confectioners in surance agents and textile producers Corporate donors included Westinghouse and General Electric McDonald's and Burger King Oc cidental Petroleum and Atlantic Richfield Monsanto and Dow General Motors and Chrysler Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward Northrop and McDonnell Dougias Raytheon and Honeywell When the House Administration Committee recently considered a bill to replace such contributions with public financing in general elections for all House seats Rostenkowski waged a determined campaign to kill the legislation His personal appeals to several wavering members of the com mittee were an element that con tributed to the decision to turn down public financing by a 17 8 vote Although he takes pride in being a and a party loyalist Rostenkowski's lobbying efforts un dercut O'Neill who had staked his reputation on the passage and the House Democratic Caucus which had strongly endorsed the concept As a result of the rejection Rostenkowski and others are free to again place themselves on the auc tion block next year and to attract a high price from those willing to in vest in legislators and their future votes SALTY 4 jnsc Tol RE be at lat Rock School lunchroom Everyone is invited t( The Daily Sentinel is ssrerr to The Progressive Age lestablishcd HI Tie County Sentinel and the Sentinel Age Publication offi 704 East Laurel Street Scottsboro Alabama Second Class Postage paid al the PoM Office in Scottsboro Alabama 35768 i The Dail' Sentinel reserve the right of reproduction and publication of all ne'" and advertising contents of this newspaper To reach all depart ments Phone 259 1020: Office Hours: Daily 8 am tb 5 pm Saturdays 9 am 1 pm Closed Sunday BENEIT SINGING to be held at Pleasant View Baptist Church on Sand Mountain riday night at 7 for Charles Coleman who has cancer Special singers will be the Silvertones Wayne Pope Singers Pat Guinn amily and others Everyone is invited 1 0 8 Ji 5 ty jyt 0 3 on pr fii wi th bj rt JACKSON COUNTY Saddle Chjl will have trail ride June 24 Everyone is welcome or furth8' information call 587 6040 or 574 3543 nt Gi ARTS LEAGUE will have a tea Thursday from 2 4 pm at the home of June Corren on July Mountain for members and prospective members we the public have been deserting public transportation allowing passenger rail and urban bus routes to shrink and facilities to deteriorate while we overindulged our love af fair with the automobile In the process we seduced our selves into a multi billion dollar orgy of highway building that com pounds the present problem The expressways transformed once compact cities into sprawling subur ban dominated complexes created by and for the private auto that are today much more difficult and ex pensive to serve even if mass transit can be upgraded to the task That last is a massive "if Systems in many cities are putting old but stil operable vehicles back Into service and some may make emergency use of vans and even school buses New equipment is on order but production facilities are limited and even should orders by multiplied several times over It would be a year or moat likely more before the result would be evident In expanded service There Is also the problem of finan cing Most municipal systems currently not paying their way have anything approaching the money necessary for the job They look to Washington but the current federal budget includes only $32 billion for transit aid compared with a minimum $15 billion estimated to be needed In the meantime it will be stan ding room only for many members of that public who must crowd onto available buses and trains WASHINGTON (NEA) Outside his congressional district on North Side Rep Dan name familiar in most households but cer tainly a celebrity among the coun special interest groups The Illinois Democrat last year collected close to $120000 in cam paign contributions from almost 200 political action committees (PACs) operated by trade associations cor porations labor unions and other in terest groups considerably more than most of his colleagues received Moreover the generosity of benefactors is par ticularly noteworthy because he had no political opposition In 1978 in either the primary or general elec tion Neither Rostenkowski nor his donors have acted illegally But an examination of the campaign contributions his political power and his recent legislative ac tivities illustrates the gross deficien cies of the current system of finan cing campaigns for seats in Congress A product of Chicago's famed Democratic Rostenkowski is a savvy street wise politician who has shrewdly built upon more than two decades of Capitol Hill service to amass con siderable influence in Washington His party title of deputy majority whip makes him the fourth ranking Democrat in the House behind Speaker Thomas (Tip) Jr of Massachusetts Majority Leader James Wright Jr of Texas and Majority Whip John Brademas of Lndiana More significantly Rostenkowski ranks second among the Democrats on the House Ways and Means Com mittee behind only Chairman Al Ullman of Oregon Because UUman now is 65 years old and Rostenkowski is omy 51 widely assumed that the Chicagoan even tually will ascend to the chair manship of the committee that originates all tax legislation Meanwhile Rostenkowski this year assumed the chairmanship of the Ways and Means subcommittee on select revenue measures Behind that opaque title lies the panel's ex ALL ARMERS are reminded of the importance of filing their report of planted acres by July 15 with the Jackson County ASCS office The filing of this cer tification will assure the farmer of proper history credit in case program changes are made in future years The report of planted acreage should be filed as soon as crops are up to a stand and not later than July 15 I ea se I STEVENSON High School Class of 1969 will have their class reunion July 21 6 pm at Holiday Inn in Scottsboro Contact David Grefen 437 8257 IlIThe Weekly Column of llv US Sen Donald Slewart INTEREST JACKSON COUNTY Association Rodeo will be June and 23 at McCord arms represent will be contacting areija businesses for support ti to woodi acts i i neigl' MEMBER The As ix iaH'd Press Southern Newspaper Publisher Aswint in and Newspaper Enterpri'e Association Area orecast Partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers through Thur sday High this afternoon and Thursday low 90s Low tonight near 70 Wind southwest 6 to 12 mph Probability of rain is 30 percent today and 20 percent tonight and Thursday Extended orecast Partly cloudy riday through Sunday with mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers Lows upper 60s north to lower 70s south Highs upper 80s north to lower 90s south I have asked if detailed tingency plans have been institute) in case of a disaster and if these pM are adequate And I want to know thp variftne a CTPllCl roonAncIkU I avapuusiuic iur 8ucn pruiauio coordinated their plans to achieve most effective response une area vucimig is uie ana interaction between feae disaster teams and state and officials I do not believe the federr government has provided state local governments with adequL financing training and inforiMifj nosuuinue I'kxg There simply have been too maW 'm near disasterous accidents not to1151 immediately to strengthen areas 4 know to be weak I e' tl j'rw I have become increasingly con cerned with the federal government's ability to react to accidents involving the transportation of nuclear waste and other hazardous materials Because of this concern I recently gained Commerce Committee ap proval for a Government Accounting Office study of this problem In 1978 4 billion tons of hazardous materials including nuclear wastes were shipped more than 218 billion ton miles by truck train boat and plane in the United States There were more than 18000 separate accidents last year and as a result 45 persons died Without a doubt there are weaknesses in the federal govern record in responding to these accidents I discovered while chairing a hearing on this subject that the federal government has inadequate plans to deal with some of these types of disasters I hope that the GAO study will point out the areas where we need to work I have asked if there are any high risk areas for which the federal government does not have a disaster prevention and response program I have asked if the federal government's disaster prevention and response programs are struc tured to respond quickly and ef LADIES GOL Association hosting an invitational tournament Tuesday June 26 am at Scottsboro Country ClA Public is invited Entrance fe $10 including lunch deadline is June 17 or res? vations call Maria Copeland aftJ' pm 259 0181 Mrs Machen uneral services will be held today I 3 pm for Mrs Matilou Machen 70 i Hollywood who died yesterday Jackson County Hospital Services will be conducted at Broi i utxi viiurcn ui vnnsi wiui Aiwr Parks and Charles Cobb officiatli? Burial will be In Pine Haven MemorT Gardens under the direction of Scot sboro uneral Home I Survivors include her husband bi a Machen one sister Mrs (Dora Mae) Webb of Kingsport Tenn I one brother Dee Jacobs lie Elizabethtown Tenn and one nlw Mrs Curtis (Glendon) Conant GUEY AMILY reunion will be Sunday at 10 am at the Veterans Home Bring covered dish or more information call Nancy Stewart 574 3396 ield day nihy Sentinel Jvili hcd daily Tuesday through riday afternoons and Sunday morning by Scot sboro Newspaper Inc JAMES HARKNESS President Editor and Publisher 1 nm (icaree AdiertisinL' Manager erguson I Editor Edna Kirby Office Manager Bookkeeper Perry Sweat Circulation Direclur Production Supervisor Open 1929 Ccsb Beni slnct she the Law recs Cat Ben! SOUTH SAUTY Baptist ChurA: Langston will have Revival Se I vices June 17 22 at 7:30 pit I Evangelist will be Tommy Turna' S' Pastor Johnnie incher hL everyone hen left tenwe weCen bre fac cor fac be dressing dinner June 24 11 am 1 aff pm will go to the Sand ea Primary Health Care Center Tta 4 ta dinner with all the trimmings With the near disaster st 113 Mile Island in mind we not to be too careful about safety 1 There is always the danger thl single mishap a train I nuclear wastes overturning lead to a horrible disaster 1 federal government must know to react to such an accident i 1 I hope we don't have to wait unti major nuclear disaster occurs we begin to formulate a policy to pl with transportation safety Lw ft I I 1 I i It 5 1 CZj rTTTn i A I ft 4 IwO 1 4 I I A.

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