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Letters To The Editor
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ago, park officials found three bullets
rights group charged in its newsletter “Town supervisors here arc petrified lion Army in Chickasha and Grady
that they’re going to have their house County, I would like to express you would simply like to say “thank you!" Cheyenne’s efforts to wake my
burned down if they offend these sincere appreciation to the individu-
And that "since Communism has been people," Sheehan said.
als and businesses that helped make
Editor:
I would like to take this opportu- works nights at Goodyear, lay sleep-
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By GEORGE PLUMMER
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whether this administration is a win-
lure on the second.
Obviously, the proof of success ner or not, just as history always does.
assured.
cut out by a rigid pressure group for- widely understood and applauded
At other times, it seemed a living mula that penalizes talent.
practice, intended to knit the party
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Chirkasha Sally Express
Brenda K. Haney, Publisher
Lewis Cook, Cine Mgr.
Tami Butler, Adv. Mgr.
JoAn Wyail, Fio. Supervisof
HODDING
CARTER
proof were comparative as well. For
example, her opponents should be
the process was un-American and the ton put together proves that you play
results were mediocre. The critics are by the new rules and do at least as well
wrong on the first count and prema- as by the old. History will determine required. It would be helpful if the
Working
in the media
givesaperson
a chance to
meet a lot of
people. Som-
etimes these
individuals
maybesome-
-In Gillette, Wyo., the Abundant lodged in their car after they sped
Wildlife Society—aself-proclaimed away from a Solidarity Alliance
together by a common gospel: Envi-
ronmentalists threaten careers, com-
munities and even Christianity. “It’s
really an extremist movement,"
Gnig Plummt, Managing EGi0
Ed Cuyler
Lawton
Editor:
On behalf of all of us at the Salva-
helping to fuel that fire.
The wise-use movement is like a
church with different denominations,
one the average person may never
get to see up close — or in some
cases might never want to.
Politicians, athletes, musicians,
movie and television stars all have
stories to tell and all have fans —
or critics — who want to follow
their every move.
In the dozen years I’ve worked
in newspaper and radio I have
have gotten to know a lot of people.
And though I can share a story or
two with them when they’re in the
office or call on the phone, there’s
“Westward ho. Northward ho. Southward ho. And now Eastward ho.
We’re running out of options.”
•Chickasha Daily Express
• Sunday, January 17,1993
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Aux. Capt. Don Harris daughter that she is alive and with us
Chickasha today. Smoke and flame and engulfed
the house while my daughter, who
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not too many I can consider
friends. It's like that in this busi-
ness.
One of the people I’ve met
through this business that I con-
sider a friend is baseball coach
LJ. Powell. He was one of the
first people I met when I came to
Chickasha and is a favorite person
of mine because of his dedication
to the students and programs in
the Chickasha school system.
It seems like LJ. has coached
baseball forever. I’m sure his wife
Laverne probably feels the same
way. After “retiring" from coach-
ing a few years ago, he returned to
the helm of the varsity baseball
team and also coaches girls soft-
ball. He has brought back a win-
ning attitude and tradition that this
city can be proud of.
The tireless efforts of Powell
and the many volunteers to make
A LOCALLY OPERATED MEMBER OF THE
DONREY MEDIA GROUP
Donald W. Reynolds, Founder
HE—
an array of preachersand pulpitsglued pro-hunting, pro-trapping, property demonstration whereshots were fired.
that “most environmentalists arc anti-
God, anti-American and anti-gun.”
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continue to face the great challenges mentioned in your coverage. That is
during the coming year. my daughter’s dog, Cheyenne, which
For the time being, however, we did not survive. It was only due to
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will be in the pudding. But while the But it does not take history’s judg- able to offer evidence that the pro-
selection process was not particularly ment to declare that this Cabinet, on spective attorney general, Zoe Baird,
pretty, what it produced was a long balance, is competent, strong and whose name is not a household word,
step toward the day when the govern- creative. Most of the carping man- is less qualified than her four prede-
mentofthe United States will be truly ages to avoid that all-important point, cessors. It can’t be done.
representative of all its people. Something else needs to be added As for the notion that criteria other
Which isn’t to say that all the for the record. The criteria behind the than merit were never used before the
concerns about the selection process Cabinet’s selection have been mocked days of affirmative action, it is to
were misplaced. At limes it was bru- as “PC" — politically correct. It is laugh. They wereall white, butCabinet
tally inept. A few good people who suggested that the selection of women nominees historically were tapped as
didn’t deserve the humiliation were orblacksor Hispanics meansdiversity much to appease sectional, financial
rejected for trifling reasons after being has been pul ahead of ability, that and factional interests as to make a
led to believe their nominations were belter qualified white men have been statement about excellence. It was a
former Interior Secretary Stuart L. thoroughly discredited, it has been Dale French of the Adirondack our 1992 Christmas effort such an
Udall told us. “I think their use of repackaged and called envi- Solidarity Alliance denounces the overwhelming success.
By HODDING CARTER III over. Foreign observers, and in par-
Candidate Clinton promised a ticular those who live in parliamen-
Cabinet that would look like America tary democracies, once more had to
in all its diversity, and President-elect marvel at the untidiness of the Amcri-
Clinton has created one. According to can system.
the complaints that preceded, accom- That’s the bad news. The good
panied and followed his appointments, news is that the Cabinet that Bill Clin-
parody of that old rueful warning that The charge would make sense if it and nation together. A A AT m) । A A _ _ __
you should never visit a sausage fac- couldbedemonstratedthaitheCabinet That’s still the point, but the net is Carter IN 0 KOle Vode H or ( inton
lory if you like to eat sausage. A lot of nominees are unfit for high position nowthrownmuch wider and the pool VUV1 A ~-IIIUUII
messy maneuvering was played out by reason of inferior intellect and is wider and deeper. The Constitution By BARRY SCHWEID The Haitians intercepted on the---
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seemed to boil down to seat-of-the- as it is sexist What it boils down to is Asians. Common sense and butheisnotBillClinton’srolemodel. tration since the spring the lead of President
pants improvisation two of this, three an assertion that white men are better democratic principles demand that “Carter came in and felt he had to But in at least two important wavs Georse Blish
of that and a dash or two of those. able togovem than anyone else. What they be allowed full participation in reinvent the world,” a top Clinton Clinton will be different from Carter
And his anxious allies did nothing it ignores is that Cabinet balancing is governance as well. aide said the other day. Bush and all his other predecessors’ yogg-------
to make the undertaking more as old as the republic. Some in the new Cabinet may turn The aide then reached for a word He intends to attach nindrrsto to lous. reguentlythex disagree in
palatable. Their pushing and shoving The Senate confirmation hearings out to be total failures. bad jokes who hardly heard during the campaign: stemming the spread of nuclL PA a eomX «tonapotenttialsale
took on grotesque proportions. The already under way are the proper place give the administration a black eye. continuity chemical and lo1nt,,) I’ computerorsomeotherequip-
pressure for more or quicker appoint- to examine the candidates’ creden- What’s new? White Cabinet officers “Ze is a certain continuity ” he ttzniopgmnd biological weapons ment to another country.
ments, whether from women’sgroups, tials. A campaign of background in the past have been indicted for said, referring to the way Clinton will And he wants to assume a leader- Amerrmsreisincltnedtolookafter
neo-conservatives, Hispanics, or murmurs and innuendo won’t do. felonies, resigned in disgrace and seek peace in the Middle East, deal ship role in protecting the global isAnccmm15Son f
members of the Israeli lobby, verged Forthright identification of the alleged presided over disasters. That didn’t with reform in Russia, and approach environment 8 ts of enedwith th military
on theedgeof the unseemly, then fell dolls, backed up with evidence, is keep future presidents from picking many of the other traditional foreign “These are the two new areas that weighs the imrtatcepartmen ‘
whites for the same jobs, and it’s no policy issues. will get serious attention," said the endships. Andh White Hous! ws
indictmen tofminoritiesor womenif He will follow the lead set by aide, who was willing to look into is supposed to set policy reSZ
some of their representatives fail as George Bush. Clinton’s crystal ball for a reporter disagreements ‛ the
WC" „ a , “There is not going to be a Clinton only if his identity was not divulged. Most experts agree the nuclear
Allowing Americansof every sort peace plan,” for instance, the Clinton “I don’t see a lot of new initiatives genie is out of the t) and li
andsondition the chance to succeed aide said. in the foreign policy area except for only thing that preventsdoyhnstof
or fail at all levels of national he is Rather, the President-elect will these two in the first six months,” he nations from producing nicdertsg
what our system is supposed to offer, pursue what Bush and former Secre- said. ons is limited ac - R
The Clinton Cabinet makes good on tary of State James A. Baker III setup: Getting at proliferation and the material and tecLnis"
thepromisc.lt’sanachicvcmcntworlh Arab-Israeli negotiations that are environment will begin with reorgan- "Clinton isrealiy seized with this „
cheering: r. mf g makingmorequietprogressthanmost izing the bureaucracy. the aide said. “This is being driven by
Hodding Carter III, former State anyone imagined. “Everybody’s got a piece of it.” him. This is not a priority Z wZ
Department spokesman and award- Even on Haiti, where tens of thou- theaide said of dealing with the spread pushing on him This is a nrioritvhek
winning reporter, editor and pub- sands of poor people are ready to set of sophisticated technology, pushing on Us And hex m -
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Washington, D.C.-based television America. Clinton himself said Thurs- Right now it is divided among the EDITOR’S NOT^
production company. day U.S. policy would not be changed Commerce Department, the Pentagon, Schweid has covered diplomacy for
© 1993 Newspaper Enterprise Assn, “on a dime." the State Department and the White The Associated Press since 1973
Elliott Field one of the best in the
state have not gone unrecognized.
And now, his closest friends and
associates are honoring him with ni
efforts to build the LJ. Powell'
Baseball and Softball Complex. 3
A pancake breakfast held at the;'
Elks Lodge to benefit the fund
raising is one of just a few projects
to be held over the next several -.
months to obtain funds to build •.
the complex.
We’ll be publishing a lot of .
information about these projects •
as they arc planned. Terrill •
McBride and others have had a ;
donor program underway for sev- ;
eral months, and are working hard ;
at trying to reach their goal.
Thanks for the pancakes LJ. •;
and congratulations on a great
career. We’ll be looking forward
to another great baseball season
this spring!
By JACK ANDERSON ber because of the spotted owl. People The Adirondack Council in Eliz-
and MICHAEL BINSTEIN are hurt, desperate and going to get abethtown, N.Y. — a group advocat-
WASHINGTON - If Ron Arnold even.” ing preservation of the Adirondack
is right, former Arizona Gov. Bruce -During a town meeting in Libby, State Park — has been victimized by
Babbitt will be to the so-called “wise- Mont., a pro-development activist a string of violent incidents, verbally
use movement” what former Reagan argued that a forest accord would and physically. John Sheehan, the
administration Interior Secretary cause 30 percent unemployment in council’s communications director,
James Watt was to environmentalism: the timber community, and added: has experienced the threat firsthand,
a fund-raising bonanza. "And along with that comes wife “I can’t tell from their rhetoric
"They’llmakeusrichandfamous," battering, child molestation and all whether I’m Hitler or Lenin from one
Arnold predicted. “I think he’ll the rest of it Now do you think the day to the next,” Sheehan told our
(Babbitt) be the perfect Darth Vader.” environmentalists give a damn about associate Dean Boyd. Lastycar.Shec-
Amold is one of the leading wise- the fact that kids are going to be han was physically assaulted by a
use gurus, part of a growing nation- molested as a result of this?” member of the Adirondack Solidarity
wide coalition of landowners, farm- -In Eureka, Mont., Forest Service Alliance, a property rights group
ers, ranchers and off-road-vehicle worker Dave Nesbitt and his wife whom opponents claim has lies to the
buffs seeking to roll back envi- dropped by a local high school last far-right John Birch Society. Over the
ronmental regulations governing year to hear timber proponents dis- last two years, vandals have spread
public and private land use. By stok- cuss the future of the local economy, nails in the street in front of the
ing fear and resentment in depressed What they heard wasa fire-and-brim- council’s office, sprayed the building
timber and mining towns, the move- stone lecture on “attempts by the with liquid manure and pelted their
ment has traveled like a prairie fire environmentalists to brainwash chil- office with fruit laced with skunk-oil.
across the country. The environmen- dren at schools.” According to Ncs- Adirondack Park officials have
tally minded Babbitt, who isClinton’s bitt, one speaker stated that “environ- fared worse. One official had her barn
choice for Secretary of the Interior, is mentalistsweredeterminedtodestroy bumeddown last summer. Two years
Brenda Baker, Office Manager H.S. Caldwell, Press Room Supervisor
religion to further their cause is absurd ronmentalism. Communism attacks violence. “All we’redoing is trying to Because of the great kindness nity to publicly thank the Chickasha ing. The dog licked her face until she
and dangerous.” Christianity, so does environmen- protect our property and have a future shown by many people in this com- firemen that were called to my woke up and then followed her back
Interviews with activists across the talism." for our kids,” he said. munity, over 200 families and 600 daughter’s house on Friday, Jan. 8 at into the house when my daughter
country suggest that no rhetoric is too Though perceived by some as mere Asked about outbreaks of violence individuals had a brighter and more 615 S. 6th. I realize that these firemen thought her roommate’s baby maybe
inflammatory: rantings by the radical fringe, envi- like those in the Adirondacks. Ron joyous holiday season. The contribu- weredoingtheirjobs,buttheyshowed in the house.
-”I just had a school teacher call ronmentalists are deeply troubled by Arnold acknowledges that he has had lions of food, toys and cash which we concern above and beyond the call of Ourfamily wouldalsoliketothank
me about the last sawmill to be shut the movement. “I have made a point “groups calling me about armed in- received were the key elements in this duty by coming by the hospital to the neighbors, friends, and complete
down in her town,” Arnold said, of not taking them for granted,” said surrection.... But I have to tell them program, and we consider ourselves check on my daughter, and they also strangers that offered help, money
“Everybody was coming apart. Men David Abersworth, a National Wild- that we won’t be a party to any vi- privileged to have been the means by came by the house as we were trying and goods. There is not room to name
were beating their wives, molesting life Federation official. “They are a olence.” which these generous gifts could be to salvage whatever we could. You them all, but you know who you are.
their daughters. They can’t sell tim- real threat.” © 1993 United Feature Syndicate, Inc. delivered lothose in need. guys are much appreciated. Thanks so much.
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