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—______* ~ ~ » — I - » w wEditorialPat M. Bassano, PublisherOpinionDavid Sullens, Editor•Write yourofficialsWant to write your governmental repre**n latives? Here’s how:U.S. SENATORS: The Hon. John Tower or the Han Lloyd Benlflen Jr., Old Senate Office Building, Washington, D C. 20510.U S CONGRESSMAN: The Hon. Sim B. HallJr., 223S Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, phone {202 } 225*3035. Parla♦ «/Vo man takes with him to Hades all his exceeding wealthTheognis (c. 545 B.C.)Office: Room 210, Poal Office Building, P.O. Box 350, Paris, Texas 75460, phone {2H 7B545723.STATE SENATOR: The Hon. Ed Howard, Texas Senate. P.O. Box 12068, Capilcl Station, Austin, Texas78711, phone {5121 475-01*0.STATE REPRESENTATIVE: The Hon L.P. lt;Petei Patterson, Texas House of Representatives. P.O. Box 2810, Austin, Texas 7B7S, phone lt;512) 475-5727. Rep. Patterson may also be contacted In Brooks I on, Texas, where he makes hi* home.demic demandsJimBerryWayneStayskalU l*W3 by MCA IfXCuba and the United States don’t agree on much. It does seem now, however, that Washington and Havana may be able to work out some sort of arrangement which will enable us to bring the current outbreak of aerial hijackings under control.Since May I, no fewer than eight flights have been forced off course to Havana, in all but one case by expatriate Cubans desirous of returning to their homeland. Thus far, there have been no injuries — but with each incident, the probability of serious trouble, if not tragedy, grows.Each government has in its own way tried to cope with the hi-jkacking problem. After a long hiatus, Washington has resumed the practice of putting armed sky marshals aboard some American liners flying routes which seem particularly attractive to the aerial pirates — but that hasn’t paid any significant dividends as yet. As for the Cubans, they continue to warn would-be hijackers that upon their arrival in Havana, they will be subject to long terms in Cuban jails; but, again, that hasn’t proven much of a deterrent.Clearly, it’s time to up the ante — and Washington is proposingthat Havana make this possible by extraditing air pirates to the United States for trial. There’s no doubt that would be a strong deterrent,” said Jack Barker of the Federal Aviation Administration in Miami.On Wednesday, the FAA intimated that the Cubans could conceivably be ready to extradite hijackers.As Barker pointed out to the Associated Press, a wave of skyjackings in 1980 ended abruptly when Cuba extradited two hijackers to the United States. The 40-year sentences that each of them drew had a definite dampening effect on the ardor of would-be imitators.This is one of those rare instances in which the interests of two hostile nations converge. American authorities want to stop the hijackings before someone gets hurt; Cuban authorities don’t want more hijackers cluttering up their prisons. That being the case, perhaps the Cubans can swallow their objections to Yankee imperialism long enough to dispose of this particular item for the common good.Many public issues have clear and profound bikinis — I mean, moral dimensions. Wouldn't you agree?BenSargentik^cAbout disability income insuranceThe odds that you will be hit by adur-disability of long-term duration ing your working years exceed the odds that you will die, particularly early in your career. Shocking as this may seem to you, the odds are: 28.9 percent of 30-year-olds will be hit by a disability of at least 90 days’duration before age 65: 28.4 percent of 35-year-olds will suffer the same fate; and 27.8 percent of 40-year-olds will be stricken.How succesfully you, your family, and even your business cope with a prolonged disability and subsequent drop in income depends significantly on measures you take now — in advance of this startling probability.Even if you have adequate health and life insurance coverage, it’s unlikely that you have sufficient (or any) disability insurance. WhileSylvia PorterConiumir Colomnlit Fl*ld Syndlcat*about 80 percent have some form of disability protection through work this coverage usually is limited to two years of benefits.Before doing anything — buying disability insurance and comparing policies — determine what other sources of income would be available to you.Contact your local Social Security office and ask what disability benefits you could get. If you have disability insurance through workV:Looking Backexcerpts from The Paris News25 YEARS AGO,ir Thursday. July 31, 1958Washington Living costs have gone up 105 per cent in the 20 years since 1938, years that have included World War II and the Korean War. That means that on the avereage, you must pay $2.05 today for something you could have bought for a dollar back in 1938.CAPT ROBERT M. WHITE, U. S. Air Force, is slated to become America s first space pilot. White, 34, is expected to pilot the Xl5 research plane higher than man has ever flown sometime within the next two yearsLOTT KYLE, salesman at Ayres Department Store, has been named Most Courteous Employe for July by the Chamber of Commerce.WASHINGTON — The United States reported development of new types of atomic and hydrogen weapons which can be put to deadly use more quickly than earlier models.WINIFRED HEAVNER today announced the official opening of the fans Machine and Equipment Store. The store, located at ll-2nd NE, will observe the opening for two days, Aug. 1-2.WASHINGTON — In one of the enlivening paradoxes of politics, Gov. Or-val Faubus’ runaway victory in Arkansas has boosted the presidential stock of Sen, Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex.) Southern Congress members who fear a national party split over racial issues are talking more and more of Johnson as the kind of moderate in that field who might keep the party united. jHUGO, Okla. — Hugo’s new swimming pool is due to open for the 1958 season at l o’clock Sunday and to be open each day from 1 to 9 p.m. until about Sept. 15. Lifeguards are Jerrell Sadler, Jerry Sadler, Charles Park Tommy Hay, Martha Eddleman, Wanda Jo Henderson and Gail Mobley.’AN ALL STAR Twirling Clinic opening in Paris Aug. 4 brings two nationally famous baton artists to Paris Junior College. Duke Miller of Phoenix, Ariz.and Boss Malone of Mary Baldwin College, Va., will be instructors for the clinic.find out whether it is short-term (up to six months) or long-term (six months or more) and whether there is a maximum payment. Typically— and unlike hea’lth insurance — disability insurance is not portable. You cannot convert to an individual policy when you leave the job, counsels George C. White, a chartered life underwriter and independent consultant.In addition, your state might be among those offering statutory disability benefits (including New York, New Jersey and California).By adding together these sources of income and measuring them against your projected expenses, you can decide whether to look into buying a policy to bridge any anticipated gap.Be warned, though: No companywill sell you a policy that, when added to employer-sponsored and other benefits available to you, will pay you more than 80 percent of your monthly income.Also be aware: Disability insurance is not available for all occupations. Provocatively, the occupations excluded from coverage (and companies make their own decisions) aren’t always the same as those so deemed for standard life insurance purposes. Free-lancers of any sort — artists, actors, writers— aren’t eligible for coverage by at least one major company, along with air-conditioning installation and repair workers, antique dealers (!), and sanitation workers, among others.When you compare policies, you’ll find three generic typs of disability insurance. Not all are universally available, but at least one variety is offered in every state.— “Non-cancelable and guaranteed renewable contract” is a misnomer, says White. Non-cancelable” means that the company can’t raise your premium; “guaranteed reneweable” indicates that you, the insured, have the right to renew the policy at the premium rate stated in your contract up to a specified age, usually 65.—“Guaranteed renewable” is a less expensive option. In exchange for lower premiums, the company can raise the rate, but only for an entire class of policyholders (notTree planting the modern wayYou look at the great forests, and think how lightning set the growth ablaze, and ash reinvigorated the ground cover, and wind spewed the seeds into the incidental crannies,and the rains fell, and Nature marked its time with slow seasonal beats until green sprigs stretched into towering timbers. One, that was the way. Now, two-inch seedlings are encapsulatd in fertilized bullets. These are fired from inertia guns. One man can plant 2,500 trees a day by shooting them into the ground.in that line of work now.SOUL FOODQ. What’s “rappin”?A. Soul food. Turnip greens plucked young. Boil them with small onions and stew meat.SOMETHING ELSE that could keep you busy for a dozen years or so might be to list the ways in which Alaska is unique. For starters, it’s both the westernmost and easternmost state in the nation.THE MODERN blood transfusionwas conceived not by a doctor butby an architecet — specifically, by Sir Christopher Wren, designer of St. Paul’s in LondonMAKERS OF cockroach traps like the Los Angeles market. People there buy 69 percent more of them than the national average,TIBETQ. HOW many of the published novelists in this country actually make a living from their writing? A. Maybe 700 of the 35,000.DOES $442 a week sound like an appropriate salary for a university professor? It’s the national averageAt 16,000 feet of average elevation, Tibet is not a likely candidate for a tidal wave, what? Never can tell, though. Fossils of sea creatures have been found in the rocks there. It was underwater once.ANOTHER PRIME-time offering on television in the Teople’s Republic of China is “How to Prevent Chicken Pests.”ftCLOUT” used to bandage.meanjust you). One danger: you’ll eventually be priced out of the market. You always retain the right to renew, however.—“Commercial” disability insurance guarantees neither the rate to you nor your ability to renew. But your policy cannot be terminated in mid-term. Pay your premiums annually, not quarterly, and cut your exposure to cancellation.Buy a policy in which the cause of disability — illness or injury — is immaterial. Lower your premiums by electing to have benefits paid to you 90 days or more after you become disabled instead of 30 days. If you ever collect disability benefits on a policy you pay for, the funds are non-taxable.Final note: Be absolutely sure how “disability” is defined by your carrier. It should mean your inability to work at your occupation.Copyright 1983 Universal Press SysndicateNo Flat Earth folks on HillDear Editor:Did you know that only 10 to 20 percent of the people in the United States think the earth is round?The rest, the B0 to 90 percent, think the earth is flat, or probably don’t give a hoot.I give a hoot, all right, but I’m not saying that many Americans think the earth is flat. That’s the opinion of the president of the Flat Earth Society which was founded in 1888, nearly a hundred years ago.According to the report I have, the Flat Earth people believe the earth is the focal place of existence and that it is dead level. I don’t know the difference between dead level and live level. Put me down as being flat ignorant on that subject.The Flat Earth People have it all figured out that the earth is 6,400 miles across, and that the North Pole is the earth’s center and theRockin’ Chair PhilosopherRCP It a [oft-rockin' former resident of lamer CountyPtolemy, he said. He’d get a laugh out of it.I don't know old Ptolemy, but I'd like to meet him if he’s a friend ofthe professor, and rock with him on my front gallery. Straight and easy,of course, and right with the grain.Well, it’s about time to pull my rocker back toward the wall. The sun is gaining on me.Warmly yours, RCP.P.S. I understand that George Burns, one of my favorite readers, is burned up over something left out of this letter last Sunday. He’s the one who said life begins every morning when he wakes up. He said the old saying that life begins at 40 is wrong.Mr. Editor, I don't mind you leaving out something I say, but go easy on George. He’s old.whole she-bang is encircled by ice. - ■ Ti -How do you like that?Here's more: the sun is 32 miles in diameter and it travels around the earth. The moon is even smaller, and it’s hung up there to light the night.That’s not all the Flat Earth folks think, but it’s enough to shift my rocker from low to high. And my temper likewise,I flat don’t rock with that kind of reckoning. The Hill itself proves the Flat Earthers are wrong. The Hill is not flat. No Hill is flat. A flat placePointing is not only bad manners — it can also get you the threetiered whatnot you DON’T want if you raise your digit during an auction.Don-t beat on the computer. It’s malfunctioning perfectly without any assistance from you.People who don’t believe in hell have yet to try opening a sardine can if the key is missing.There’s nothing that will stop a jogger from jogging more effectively than a glob of bubble gum that’s jogged on,is a plain or a prairie or a steppe. A flat is a fine plaplace to shoot marbles or chase jackrabbits.The Flat Earth folks may say our Hill and other hills are only pimples or goosebumps on the flat earth. And they say the flat earth is iced in and therefore kept on ice.Let them say it, I say.I say the earth is round and I’ll keep on saying it, even ifThe critic is one for whom opportunity always knocks.When you’re 20, you wonder what’s around the next corner. AFter 40, you check for muggers.Today In HistoryRepublicans also say it’s round. And I don’t subscribe tothetheshrunken sun thinking, either.A sun only 32 miles in diameter would not be big enough to light up all of Texas at one time. A runty sun like that wouldn’t be warm enough to sprout black-eyed peas.I'd like to invite the president of the Flat Earth Society to Morning Glory Hill this summer. I’d like to roll his rocker out into the front yard some bright day and let him feel the full bite and power and glory of the Texas sun.I!ll bet that open exposure to thela curound earth sun would curl him up and roll him down the Hill.When I showed the Flat Earth Society story to the retired professor up here, he smiled and said such flat earth thinkers have been around long enough to know better.I’d like to show this reportr to oldBy The Associated PressToday is Sunday, July 31, the 212th day of 1983. There are 153 days left in me year,Today’s highlight in history:On July 31,1790, the U.S. government issued its first patent — to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for a process in making potash.On this date:In 1498, Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Trinidad. 8T7A.Th0t.mas Ediaon t00k out an early patent leading to his development of the phonograph. ^In 1917, the World War I Battle of Flanders began,In 1964, the U S. Ranger 7 spacecraft transmitted to Earth the first close-up pictures of the moon.Ten years ago: A Delta Airlines jet crashed in heavy fog at Boston’s Logan International Airport, killing all but one of the 89 people aboardFive years ago: A gunman shot his way into the Iraqi embassy in Paris and held hostages for several hours before surrendering to French policeOne year ago: U.S. officials reported that the Soviet Union is willing to cut its long-range missile and bomber force if the United States would caiweJ deployment of medium-range missiles in Europe and restrict future cruise missile deployment.Today’s birthday: Actor Don Murray is 54.Thought for today: “Behind every argument is someone’s ignorance. —Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court justice (1850-1941),
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