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MEMPHIS PKE5S-5C1MITAH FRIDAY JUNE 16 1978 BERRY'S WORLD By Jim Bony tSTROL LING With' Eldon Roarkt William The President Has Ruined Postman Delivers His Own Farewell Letters A Father Day Dream tag are catching the public's fancy at a consistently growing pace" Wed Oafs what the world has been needing aU right dutch action in a lead pcndL AWHINGTON Now I know how my wife Tv tai btr birthday gift something practical like a vacuum cleaner or a cake mixer Such gifts do to her what President Carter Hi ma tk (fid to the who had been looking forward to a weekend of pampering do not wish to be burdened with reminder of responaibility traditional or new The fact that he opake the truth in Ui Father Day proclamation iacompletety heckle the point There i truth to the wanting against too much refined sugar in the American diet but you don't want an anti-sugar lecture when They offer four models ranging in price 5L69 to the top of the one at 1150 me other day ng fo I had been looking from leap from the old nickel pencil) That 54J0 job 'that must be a dilly the model forward to Fhthn's Day my day for being pampered with breakfast in a new jogging init or flame other poindoo Iwuiy Thm Carter nude hia statement Todays father face new challongeo ao Amrica he warned in bio Father' juit come home with a taw of sugar cookies from the homeotyle bokery down the atreet from the homestyto bakery features a sliding sleeve permitting lead to retract the tame rate aa it wears Think of the time that saves for the busy executive) If I rare an executive I'd surely rant one as a status symbol if far no other There' truth in the reminders that alcohol i be dangerous butyou don't want to hear them cn route to the office party somotMng unusual Tuesday every resident on the Orange Mound mail route of poatal carrier Chrenee Holmes received a letter The fatter waa from him and he spent his off day delivering it The fatter was his farewell toaU the he has served for years Tomorrow wiU last day on the route: He fa retiring Clarence works out of Lamar Station Jfihn Bowlan manager of the station dedans Clarence is one of the best noatmen and one of the Attest personalities he has ever known "We are sorry to fare him" he said "ft has been my pleasure to serve as your postman for 12 years Clarence says in his farewell letter "Doing those years I have had the privilege of during many wonderful experiences with you The daily visits with you confirmed many of you as my personal friends Per-haps there were times when I brought mail that had a note of there were times when the news was joyous other times I brought some of you the monthly compensation that sustained you Mmmmmum WUUW UIBU UgtMUUy al role aa breadwinner for the family many fa-ftere are playing a greater role in ndaiiuchfl-dren and in the home The preservatta of America' family atructure will in large mea-wre depend upon their ability to meet theae AMIMWlle ft Ifs not a ness of sa voir dim of knowing what A few days before Fathers Day is not an appropriate time to remind fathers of their responsibility for "the preservation of family HuTb a Father' Day meaaage? No my friends that is a vacuum cleaner a cake OM mu a- mm ua nnim vmnrrt MW Hiuwr and "ProbMy some kfad of promotion for 21" a steam inn It is the Day equiv-of a brand new darning egg and a dosen dent of pain of socks with "the heels out A PRETTY GOOD family man if I do say rfc at it for moat of the myaelf and I try to work at so year as breadwinner and the rest But Fll continue to struggle along with the regular old wooden pencils the office furnishes me TeU you the truth I like having to go out into the newsroom to the electric penal sharpen-er two or three times a day The exercise fa good for me and I get a chance to pare a few peasantries with colleagues I pass on the way Besides that electric pencil sharpener is just About the nicest thing in all of our new equipment I love to hear it grind Another reason I want one of those swanky "executive pencils is that I am not an executive: If I got one surreptitiously sooner or later my fraud would be discovered I don't want again to go through a traumatic experience I had in our old building In my old chiur I had an aeat cushion much wider than the ordinary and cheaper model and I always felt a little guilty sitting on it But I no longer have a guilt complex Now I have a new padded chair that doesn't need a cushion Ift very relaxing I can lean back swivel and not fool that I am sitting on a big deception inside Report Joe Califano Used "RETIREMENT for me means a greater opportunity for service In the future I plan to be involved in civic and community affairs I will also devote more time to my church activities "As I leave you may I wish for each ofycu To Lure Lobbyists nffi SPENT the past year and a half worrying that I understand Jimmy Carter The problem I finally conclude ia that he doesn't understand me Maybe he doesn't understand any of us Maybe that is the key to bis whole problem with the pods Them were earlier hints if we had been smart enough to see them We were concerned that we didn't understand his PUyboy interview What we should have seen is that he understand that we dhkrt want to be reminded of the hist in our own hearts We were vaguely uneasy when as part of his energy plan he aifced us to give up our gas voluntarily He didn't understand mat although we always feel wonderfully self-righteous after we've made sacrifices for some overriding goal we never make thooe sacrifices voluntarily He didn't understand that And now be doesn't understand that those of By ROWLAND EVANS rad ROBERT NOVAK I take seriously my responsibilities as husband and father I am nan as the president said that America is changing and that the us with new daflenaes If those include a greater role in raising iUt mH But jurt for this weekend I was hoping someone would remind my family of their responsibility toward me I had visions of a luxuriously lazy day of honeyed melon balls andbuckwneat cakes of having my slippers fetched and being allowed to moke a dgar in the house But President Carter has ruined all that TU Sup Sunday morning fix the kid their break-t and putter aroundin the yard for a while Then I think TU go and dean out the garage Happy Father's Day good health prosperity and success your endeavors May choicest blessings be yours forever" Although Clarence and Mrs Holmes do not have any children of their own they have been like parents to many Same veen ago they took into their home eight children whine parents had died and kept them for a year till other arrangements could be made They have been active in PTA work and in the Orange Mound Senior Citizens Council Watch it Clarencel Better take time out for a Kttie rest in your retirement WASHINGTON Health industry lobbyists unable to gain the briefest audienw with Joseph Califano: the secretary of health education and welfare can spend a whole evening with WONDER IF ANYBODY in the Horn Lake him here June 27 by riwUing out a mere SSOOl That money would enrich the war chest of Rep manor wouk are of Mississippi saw an unidentified flying Rich- object a few nights anybody besides Maguire a gravely lib-xnocrat front New Jer- Democrat and CAqtpbefl Richard construction man was standing at bis bedroom window when he saw it a large white object in the shape of an the size si reueura mO an mttSfeurlm nl 1 flflO fmmO of car1 hovering at an altitude of 1000 feet Andraw era sey whose views collide with the lobbyists clients For that the lobbyists not only get intimate dinner" with Califano but also with the secretary of transportation the speaker of the House and assorted congressksisl grandees roles ia health leg- gjayjng key i a Then whoosh! ft i shot away and disappeared HOLD THE PRESSES! I have BIG news The lead pencil fa on it way back! That's what it says right here in this "news release" from the press agents of a pencil manufacturer They shout: action mechanical pencils with ultra-thin lead diameters newest rage in pencil writ- 3 on the horizon Clarence says he used to read with skepticism reports about UFOs but he won't any more a popeyed believer People Need to Get Mad About Things Like This 'GOODMEMGGyBillEtBu'k revolted in California and sloshed into the hands of radical activists hardcore bureaucrats The annual lobbyist shake-down is dearly alive and well in Washington Mum undiiniis-iahed by post-Watergate morality Pressure for campaign com tributtas from lobbyists ia traditionally applied by Republicans and Democrats alike though moot heavily by the party fajqwer it canalwaysorder up Cshinet members Jimmy (artel's non-imperial presidea- Independent Station Plans Big Splash bkmeyed dreamers professional and etreet-wise con artists who know the xs WASHINGTON The California landslide of June 6 demonstrated one aspect mom heartening than all the mat: Our people hove not wholly loot their capacity for anger 1 wa beginning to think the characteristic was gone for good It is a curious thing In toe stereotyped view Americans am caft as voiatOe hot-tempered fellows in the same way that Scots are csft at akin- way mat Sco train is naming when they hear the INDEPENDENT TELEVISION at fang fast is I coming to Memphis JOSEPH CALIFANO "Memphis Forum" to air on Sunday nights will be an audience and viewer paiticipatioa show taking a key local issue and debating it one speaker ftum each tide inviting questions flints and Latins at laudable lovers tahape in as so but it the days of the u-giat shootout it was i The Year for Action (UYA is typicaL Read the next sentence riowly: Tht program "is designed to encourage the involvement of student volunteers and unH the resources of educational Institutions fat community efforts to eliminate poverty and povertvralated human social end environmental problems" Now read the sentence again The sentence is WFTY-TV UHF Channel 24 plans to go on the air Aug 27 broadcasting hum new etudios currently under construction at 2225 Union "Memphis until now has been the largest market in the UA without an independent" said has been a long tone itoce the capacity tor sustained unquenchable anger has been wen on our THE BIG airing nightly at 10:30 will have some strong entries In addition there cy and the advent of reform congressmen such as Andy Maguire have changed nothing What fa biltod "an evening with two members of the presidents Cabinet" to help fund" to fa the grand tradition The eveningbegins at 5J0 pm with at the Foiger Shakespeare Library Rep: Paul Rogers of Florida chairman of the House subcommittee considering hoelth cost cent sin ment (which include Maguire) will be present So will two other senior members of the parent Commerce Committee: and John John A Serrao vice president and director of operations far Delta Television Corp a subsid- The sentence conceals one of the cynfaaT blood vowels of the body politic that produce morrhage in the Treasury We saw it in California on the 6th The docile unoffending easy-going taxpaying sheep suddenly turned upon their shepherds them silly I loved It These am my kind of I i Dittgeil of Michigan Reps John Mom of California i Good Pickings for Others Too OTHER AMERICANS uht to follow California's example in other areas Incidents con- fir Movfat weeks) or stars (Gary Cooper Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum weeks! Delta Sports Central with Dawn Boner Davis a cobost wiU give periodic wrapupt of whafe happening in sports with heavy emphasis on toed sports A mini orrie The with star Lou Gossett narrating wiU air three straight nights for two hours at a time ft was filmed in six important African nations by an Australian crew of Fetry Television Inc "We are going to for some strong alternatives to network programming instance when the networks are concentrating on weekend sports and the male audience ra are going to put in some good movies and go for the femak and noo-sports audience While they go with regular pro For lobbyists outside the health field the pickim are joyfuL- atag that should provoke us to red-eyed rage the kind of gut Transportation Secretary Brock Adams Sea of New Jersey chairman of the Senate labor Committee Rep Thomas Ashley of Ohio chairman of the Haute Special Btergy Committee even Speaker Thomas OTfeilL Harrison Williams THERE IS TO BE a brand-new 540 million Title "Urban Volunteer Program" that will re- quire an additional 270 bureaucrats to administer This new program waa railroaded through a complaisant committee without one hour of 1 hearings Ike Andrews of North Carolina chairman of the subcommittee on economic opportunity bat acknowledged that ACTION Director Sam Brown the old radical could not answer questions about his own program Never theleso Andrews and his fellow Democrats srere agreeable to having your MO millian thrown That costs 5100 1 Far another 5400 says the invitation dinner with Secretary Califano will follow the reception" at gramming fas) during t) during the a private home nearby lobbyists seldom Next spring WFTY-TV wiU air a series of that cannot be contained by appeals to civility or expressed in parliamentary rrmh Let me provide a recent example About a month ago the Home Committee on Education and Labor reported an outrageous Btds bilL The measure provides a perfect example of the arrogance the extravagance the pure unbridled insult that fomented Proposition 13 in California The measure is known as the Domestic Vohm-Service Act Amendments of 1971 It's Shirley Barney specials along with "Holly- nceCm- a lSpart special with Sir Laurence I the week we're going to offer prime time week night sports For one thing we hope to offer St Senas Louis Cardinals baseball on week nights next We wiU also have Nick Gules' wrestling on vier as host This series wiU trace the story of Hollywood via interviews and over 10(1000 feet of Aim dips doubtful that you ever heard of the bill but if jtMBvewith the kind of madnes we of Washington I "We win open up the Memphis Serrao predicted The network stations here will at tag last have competition An independent in the market historically has never hurt anyone" "Ihe Utbon Service Corps win provide assistance to sponsor agencies in urban areas for the elected tpur to part-time skilled rauntoers to provide technical and man-cement utttHN to QmfflMft3oood ofco des and organisations The Neighbourhood Volunteer Fund will consist of email grants averaging 17000 but not exceeding SliOOQ to nity for a lobbyist to pay Us fee and mike Us case i important report juicy details to his client about dinner with Joe eir I toid Joe that Califano is becoming legend for cavalier treatment of businessmen He recently kept one health insurance executive waiting 60 minutes beyond the appointed hour then announced he was too busy to see him But the secretary hat no idea who Us dining partner! will be June 27 "The guret list fa the congressman's responsibility" a Califano aide solemnly told us If Califano don not know who fa invited Maguire fa not Idling you serious?" cracked the congressman when we requested the names solicited "We have simply mailed to people I know or to people known by people I know or to Bets provided by he answered But don tifat include lists of lobbyists? answered your he snapped Memphis WPTY-TV -TV all the time The bill's purpose is to revise reorganize and expand the "domestic volunteer service" pro-trims that were authorized by Congrew ia 1973 was true of the 1973 act aa it is true of every such act that the intentions were ostensibly toe volunteers! Who could object? toe billions that have been spent has programmed two blocks one in the morning and one in the afternoon heavy stress oo animated cartoons hop-to attract sponsor agencies in urban areas for support to local dtiaoa organisations Ming ADULT-WISE WFTY-TV wiU offer the Di volunteers working on community development projects That is bilge It is very high-priced bilge nah Shore and Mere Griffin shows on Monday de" "TheAd- through Friday nights plus over the yean by ACTION and its predecessor it would 1 be astonishing if at loaat tome 'Chain-Letter Invitations typifies the spend-happy attitudes of our reckless and wasteful federal estabUtoment When good had not been accomplished -But the programs have turned into a ripoff by which money is taken from taxpayers the tame kind of taxpayers who prabably could not supply the Hat One who has never met Maguire was invited will the people get mad about it? And how long wiU they stay tnad? DOT DOT DOF King Cotton Toastmasters Chib celebrates its 2Sth anniversary reunion dinner at 7 tomorrow night at the Fairview Restaurant says Charles Shivler Former members include Rep: Bil Alexander (D-Ark former Memphis mayor Wiliam Ingram 8 Toof Brown Jr and Fhfflip Kuhn Dadae-Bon Society of the UA Air Force farmed during World War 1 staged a reunion at San Antonia Of 75 founders only eight attended including Louis A Csmdhers former chairman of the Memphis Airport Commission At Memphis Rotary dub meeting this week at Holiday Inn-Ri Vermont Rotation Calvin Henze who announced involuntary retirement as head of Memphis Light Gas Water Division that day was given a standing oration Jeff Beimfohr 27 replaces Charlie MrAIrvxndrr asWREG-TVs sports man June 26 He's from WPTV in West Palm Beach Fla and a former basketball star i ams "Partridge md several new syndicated shows These include "Sha Na a 501 musical designed to take advantage of the John Travolta-inspired craze Haw with the tame producers as "Hee which win be aired immediately after "Hee Haw" goes off on Saturday nights the Robfauw "Laurel Hardy "Next Step a series about the supernatural and hosted by James Whitmore and focusing on people who have made it to the top slipped and came back Rosemary Clooney will be the Ant feature on 1 SylvTaPorter health! by a mutual friend to a recent planning session for the SSOO affair over coffee and Donfah at a Washington law Arm's conference room attended by business lobbyists Each agreed in chain-letter style to produce 20 new prospects The health lobbyist soon received from Maguire 20 blank invitations which he mailed to his on list of 20 lobbyists Every health insurance lobbyist we checked had received an invitation though few had ever met Maguire "I wouldn't know him if the walked through my said one who has been prodded by telephone on three occasions since receiving his invi- fade Quiz May Help Prospective Purchasers of New Lenses ment stores win be a waste of money for most of SAmBA There are signs however that the lobbyirt shakedown doesn't work on everyone One health insurance lobbyist with a good record of Democratic Party activism has been unAble to gain an audience with Calif ana "111 be damned if be blackmailed or allow clients to be extorted to sit down and have dinner with Joe Califano" he told na Another lobbyist also a faithful Democrat said: shameful ifs outrageous and ifs been going on for- you These mass-produced glasaesare simple lutftami magnifying lenses mounted frames Last of fbur Column THE PRESCRIPTION lens industry has soared into the multi-billioiKiollar range in recent years a the number of us wearing prescription lenses both in eyeglasses and in contacts has reached more than half of all Americans technological break- Thcgluses just will not work in the majority of cases because both lenses are identical and Telephone Solicitation Brings Complaints say nich shabby methods are necessary for electing congressmen against tough opposition But Rep Bar-ber ConAbfa of New York senior Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee never has solicited Washington lobbyists nor accepted more thro ISO from anybody even when facing a strong challenge from Democrat Midge Constanta in 1974 So maybe there fa a decent alternative to the oid-faihianed Washington shakedown 1 am making it a practice not to buy from this type of call Not only do these calls take my time and disturb my routine but they take the secretary's time and tie up the line so that legitimate cans cannot get through Anything you can do to work toward the elimination of this annoyance will be greatly appreciated Sincerely ram GORDON GRIN AND BEAR IT -By Uchty and Wegner DEAR ABBY: I make an honest living soliciting new customers for a ctanmg Arm by telephoning people and advising them of our special introductory offers But Abby I even repeat some of the names been called! Not only that but had people hang up on me telling me where to go rod what I can do with my offer! You wouldn't believe tome of the threats and curses been subjected to on this job! ft wouldn't take any longer to say "Thank you very much but I am not Please print this to remind people that telesolicitors are human too and deserve a courtesy and consideration Think you ABUSED BY THE PUBLIC 75 percent of aU of us wearing glasses need different lenses for each eye They never correct astigmatism which causes blurred vision in about 7S to 80 percent of all Americans who need eyeglasses They come in only one size (people's heads do not) The size refers not to the frames but to the distance between the optical center of the two lenees Is it wiee to shop far giaooes? By comparison shopping you almost surely wiU find a far larger selection of frame styles than in your doctor's office You probably also will save money But the big advantage fat getting your glasses from your doctor is that the doctor stands between you and the optical fob which fills your prescription If your prescription is filled incorrectly which happens more often than you might suspect the doctor has the leverage to require the lab to redo your glasses What about group vitioa care plans? Mounting awareness and concern about toe need for eye care and the costs involved have spurred many consumers labor unions and companies to consider group vision care programs Andit is highly likely that these will become part of the I of For mare on the sub ject of telephone read on: throughs have vastly broadened the contact lens field and prices have been fluctuating widely both up in eyeglasses and down in contacts This quiz will help guide you to buy toe right type and to pay the least price for the most quality (L What about bifocals and trifocals? If you are getting bifocals or trifocals you must be certain your prescription is placed precisely in the right spots within the lenses If it is not you may have difficulty seeing and you will be adding to risks of an accident while you are walking using stabs or driving You can help avoid this problem by telling your doctor your tasks that involve seeing both on mid off the Job Do this at the time he or she is giving you a thorough eye exam In this way the lenses can be designed to meet your needs The traditional placement of the near prescription on the bottom and the distance prescription on top may not be satisfactory for you Be extremely wary of multifocal glasses advertised at "bargain" prices Often thorn prices cover only a standard bifocal lent which may not meet your needs Cm you have year new glasses mailed to yon? DEAR ABUSED: I do not i for any woaon hut Judging from my mail many appreciate ft Al Ore srrate to DEAR ABBY: You told readers who resent being called on the tefaphane by someone sobering business to say "Because inconvenienced me I'll not buy your product or service too am a salesman (insurance) who solicits by phone for many reasons Some salesmen are too lazy todo otherwise however there are also valid reasons for telephone solicitation Fink our government has asked that we conserve gasoline and secondly I think a phone call is less of an intrusion than ringing someone's doorbell Abby people who want to be bothered by soliciting salesmen should request an unlisted telephone number i INSURANCE SALESMAN the public uHBtfai eomixlntanrr fa Salem Ore as foilews: or reducing toe cost factor it possible fori it possible for you to receive these pints make the vision care otherwise might neglect trou lily you can be translated into enor care You can but dart Pick up your new yourself for they must be adjusted to your mous dollar as well as health savings for the redandtheecon- individual the companies involved i DEAR SALESMAN: It coots to farts SIR: I as a very busy business executive am writing to protest being called from my work to take unsolicited sales calls and it is especially' galling to And myself talking to a computer We pay high telephone rates so we can use the phone in our business and have it available for legitimate calls We very strongly resent the tavasta of our premises via equipment pay for by these sates and especially computer calls If I want to buy insurance or seek investment tact the people need head and face If rat are hot looking directly through the optical center of your lenses omy as a whole Group programs though will not wipe out the need for you to know how to And that "doctor who know and cares" About you and your tor who knows and cares" about you and your may experience distorted vision and a sensation in your eyes What about ready4wear glasses? I ready-te-wear gfasoet? I people have a telephone for their era caw nee not a And why murti private citizen be forced to cheese between be fa bothered by a ralrimaa who rings hie door brll Or 'Mi-vfeu aui on phone? 1 in- nihnin individual problems It always will be up to you sWapairfa some depart- jwfee all tf Ready-to-wear "A picture to worth a fag a dollar a prescription for $5.