The Lewiston Daily Sun from Lewiston, Maine • 4

I- '-tv'V'-' al" 1 ---v- i WASHINGTON When a president During last year coal etrike the White' Houm Issued a hatecuritag dalm that eon-llnuat Ion tf the ttrikecoukf throw L9 mUlton worker out of their Jobs RepJohn Dtngeil rw and D-Mtch who head the Houm energy "ewrtlvw privilege" (be raeno hr Jbhoidlng Infarauttkia the suspicion to that he hee aomettihg to hide Richard Nixon le responsible for that widely held public belief asyssas! SSv jgr claiming execUlve privliege to bar ua from recorda we need they engage to a wide variety of stalling tactic maiding dalma that recordo have been kwt or mtaplaced" a top GAO auditor iakL many napeda la Thursday January 4 1979 ln hle twoeer tight cover up Watergate and the other candata of Me admlrtatraflon Nixon worked the executive privilege claim to i unfortunately executive privfieae he V-J been resurrected by the current resident of MN PeomytvaniaA venue Jimmy Carter wte made loud cafflpaigi aotoM toMut nm- Bing an heo now In- voted executive privilege to thwart a mngremlmnny ordered tovertlgatloa by the General AecounttagOfflee vTbe aubjectef the investigation Wm not criminal act that could endanger the Carter toe Watergate break-ln the Nixon White Home It wee aimpiy a White Houm atatement of ttoblouo authenticity which if inaccurate could at moot be embarramtaig to the Yet "executive wee torlh to deny toe GAO investigator tntormatioa ij Investor to 1 register" with the Agrlcidhnw Department when they boy UB lennlemL--: ii-iiiM' xvi jj QawMwato'UMoB President (tartar's pieea to untone that they bokfcdowp their wage demands to help Mow taiflatloq have teen received wlth mmethlng lees than hntlxwtaem by mo4 labor leaden But One union repreeentlng the U5 public works rtnployeee' oMtontaalr NJ bas exceeded tlie president1 wildcat hoper It has MtaCIM A MnlMM IHM Bflttll Bn Min was probing tbe Impact qt lorelgn tnveetment tarofno rataeat on tamlly tarmen Vwnd of layofli if mortty budget eon- -v Tte oubcommlttoe waa concaoed fcTMRSaSJ ln710" American farmland un to tte potat feat tean Wlw larmer would teuuaole to match the price ployeM won a guarantee that no one would te paid by thewell-beeled foreigner AltWb laid off Ifthercta prectae Biaae were hard to coma byr tnean3rthlng left in Ihe public works widget at the Agriculture Department estimated that endoftheyearlteaiBptoiwfflbediatributod percent of tarn sales In 1977 were to tarelgn evenly amonthee Agriculture Departmem wneu ra InaugurationTonight Governor Joseph Brennan became chief executive pf Maine Just after midnight today his formal inauguration will not take place urtll this evening The ceremonies open to the general public will be held at the Augusta Civic -Center as they were four jreara ago Before 1974 the hiauguratkm oiT a Federal Election Commission Hassles nhwiHi waa ewnorted by ex-Rea- ItoeorScallfJ toSorlThi rSSdom of Information Act constatent i foe of eaecutlvw privlhL Morn sold there I no hwtlflcatlon tor wxhlioidlng any recant tram ue UAO a noopolitiaiirad Congress set coal atrlke1 effect "dU not preaent of Uie situation to the pubUc plenty of taken In Stem District tor example there are flue Republicans and three Democrats 'already leeklng the seat vacated by the death of Republican Rep William Steiger a few weeks ago And more may surface by the time the filing deadline la reached next week tor the election tills Bring The dtatrict la tradHlobally Republican but there ta enough Democratic strength there Jimmy Carter managed percent of the vote two yean ego lend the Democrats to bellevw they may capture It particularly a rough tight devaopa among tne RepUMIcani Tbe GOP poirtwitlte Include Mate Sen Thomas Petri of Fond du Lac and such prominent conservatives as former state Sen Jack Stein Steinhllter me state chairman tor Ranald Reagan la WS Richard WrlrtL a former state chairman of Young Freedom and Tommy Thompson? lewder of ihe Assembly 1 1971 opponent Robert Steffes taoae of tbe Democrstsjbut the tavortte may bn out to be one of two state legislators (ram Ortkoah Richard FUntnpor Gary Goyfce The Carter Admtatatratkn aiay have found the one budget cut not likely to cauM bowls of from a medal consUtuency The new idget for toe Department of Health but (he certlflabty poor HEW Secretary Joe CalUano arowa mat tte amount toot worth only 99 to toraw of tha doHark value when the25S figure wm act yean ago wont hurt families In the middle-and upper-income brackets And by dropping tbe benefit te claima HEW can cut Ltwtoderei employeM who do nothing but ackninisterthe program three stomachs but eats on hr soil foods became lacks a gSxzard to nandto tent tacts The Consensus has Utile structure and very few bones Generally is said of a Oonsenaus only that appears to be Hence when dtalntegratea vanishes quite ly leaving behind only a fine or ash which does not fend Uaelf readily to postmortem lor to psychoanalysis Another of my favorites ta'the book Is the Qualm: are addon found atom Usually they travel In a pack A' tew 'of Qualms A moat Np- la attracting Qualms ljtepUbtt ralalng mem ankibe Uberal Jtep Ltoeral Repubiidtais She Qualms they eaa overcome thorn Regular BegtoUcemcnnndtoteretoQuelme (Vhst emay la somewhat reminlaoent of the- musingiol an eccentric IrMunan who used to i 1 governor took place In the Hall of the House at the State House With the entire Legislature hand there was very little room tin the floorTbe back of the House and the balcony of the House were filled By moving the ceremony to the Civic Center large numbers of Maine residents were able to see an inauguration first hand for the first time And the big attendance showed that the public appreciated the cahnce to seriristory -1 made The Senate and House members wlll be in a special section The Judiciary led bV Chief Justice Vincent McKusick also will be on hand Former governors of Maine traditionally are special guests ai the Inaugurations but not the outgoing governor-' The Inaugural Bali suspended four years ago Is being revived by Gov Brennan and will -follow the Inauguration ceremonies That too will be open to the general public The change from the State House to the Civic Center for the inauguratkm of a new governor encourages public interest That is vital to good responsible government '-vir-: Deregulating Trucking A proposal In a report from the state office recommending a cutback) on regulation? tbe trucking Industry IrfMaine likely will become one of the hottest issws for the 109th Legislature to consider The truckers arcregulated by the Puhlic Utilities Commission: The special report con- eluded that the PUC- regulations create un necessary expenses for truckers which ultimately are passed on to consumers Jn the form of higher shipping costs Increase com- petition would lower costs the report said The Attorney report said: -evidence strongly -suggests that there is no Justification for continued 'regulation of this industry In the movement toward less govern- ment regulation and greater -reliance on the competitive marketplace the trucking industry on' both the interstate and intrastate level Is a logical place for regulatory The PUC already has power to review the regulations it has imposed and achieve many of the benefits of deregulation by updating them It need not wait for new laws power oubcommlttea put tUe atatement la the "Intereating If true category and asked the GAO to examine the document on which the White Houeeaeeertlonwa baaed The GAQ watchdogs requested aeceae te working paper of the Department of Energy and the PretodentV Council of Economic: Advisers The White House went to the JUttlre -Department for help Atty Gen Griffin Bell obliged wjtlr an unsigned memorandunl aettmg out ground! on which the requented tatormaUon fwJd bo wtthheld: Becauw'Uie Council of Economic Adviser' bad prepared the requeued data tor the '-president's use In court aption to atop the strike could be In-' Weeks of beMnd-thoecenee negoltatlon by the GAO Investigators tailed to budge the White House Eventually the auditors chided from data available otoewhoro that President Carter's alarmist statistics on the Germond and Wlteover Nelson Rockefener-i total withdrawal from politics has left the New York' Republican Party In ettre straits in more ways man one Perry Duryea the state legislative leader who bombed as the GOP gubernatorial candidate Nov 7 came out of the campaign with 1300000 la unpaid Mils and 91 million debt Incurred by the party date committee In the past Republtcan candldatee rarely got Into such a fix In New York because of the money contributed by Rockefeller Mi family and mends- And if I Rocky often balled them out when the time was right There was tor example one occeetoa when a 1 meNew York $180000 debt owed CO by John Y- Lindsay then a lust vanished at a time Rockefeller Lindsay aa an ally against Sen Jacob Javtts in an tntraparty squabble Duryea a longtime Rockefenerantagontat can expect no such help Democratic the campaign OZmllllonu unpaid bills and loans but aoniehow winner never bare much trouble finding people who want to bebeipfuL Sensible people may wonder why anyone wants to be a member of the houm of Representatives but there always seem to te DovidS Broder most ImpaMive Is to te found In tM desert arena of Northern Africa and In the arid i of the Mlddte Bed For some reason determined Impasses appear to te tout of their normal range Jlaweweek 1 1978 reported a fully verified Impome mer'JnvertgMore found that Ihere was no ocarcXy of food In tte normal range of the It la assumed that the came tale mate In die It Is lees likdyi that 1979 wlHproduce a'? Oonaensus on anything but intoes Mq-Cartoy-Kilpatrtck (or whoever topy are) have given us a perfect three-paragraph description: Oomemii to a problem td thenatwal denttati 11 has no before tthaanaaflerlt to a coming togetber aot unilke the aardvark wbick did not evolve from any other animal -and la not evolving Into any other It faUowa thrttt to Messy Joo togeneratopqneenius Consensus also Is like theMandate can be compared to a Gathering Momentum that has not yet atarted to more It has some of toe attrlbutea of the Aura But no one of? these the QH1! nr Momentum or toe Pg jjyJ? trwn natelntbedeaen Aura bmlairly te uid to be ltaa a Don- senaua ConacnouQ to eepedaily noted for Ks dlgostlve ystem It chews a cud and -4 i 1 know it's Dear Dr Ruble headache a pounding sensation to toe head or a burning under tte tongue whentaklsg a nitroglycerine tablet under toe tongue? Is mis the only way to tefltf KtaeffedmT been told If you get toe symptoms you need me tablet JB I know where that Idee originated but you can forget nRro to be effective 0 t)teu 8 totoca udiutea yX aboutSmlnutea jSSmSiSlo1" TTPP1" vohiablwJ Dr Pouf Ruble 3 A 0 No rtSuld be reed by pregnant for the same reaaoe Dear Dr am (2 year i gdhe Myprabini to £ttl am always ZfrMdTattortTI lo to rjutt whea they are chUlv Indoor No law prahtolta tt Try that tint and aee 1 you do not nave the deficiency Then look to Uie other problem Deer Ur Ruble: Do you advtoe a woman who to pregnant to continue taking part in 1 Sect eportrt Lite bertetonUT-Tz mooiaB i7i0 poiVm pfovMBi mtemuc pmaction tor fita uteres but re pregnancr pregreMM toe uterus entargee mutTST ngn vulnerable nortkin- whore a San' -a r- THt LOWIITOeiMLV (UN iNhlNMNM0 'rfTf rr 0 0 0- 6 are am pm own a acipaamcMTinprem daM Km MMM wcMMy an Mbs SO bed mm prtbM 1 1 "AMrSwra WMS BbJi tat Wi by- tMieMMSallMtbrMlHrabpMWiwaSrbrb jysSerMIMbiwWbmvbpMlnSlbibitMwab bMaMosasiebiiMeriiMrtb TSa tun bWiMW Obt pM by buSM caummu ta auaMw Ob rabra al MoNdMabtuai ana mnaoWb abnWtbd TSa tin br aubhcanib oaLvureceipnoe mtIi HnabCapyboab MSkTy sMi SbbawA PsMbbaeCanbrWeMTt 1 mvaaia waovwca 0 0' 0 CMMWB DH4VCBV UWWTON AMO AUBURN 0MV IbnamMha -( 1 J- i 4 li -t la WASHINGTON You can look tor man baaellng between the Whtte Houm end Oongreasjn 1971 over the composition of the Federal Election GommMon The tennoof two members Democrat Thomas Harris and Republican Vernon Thompson will expire la Apr and expectations are that the arpunent between Pnaktoat Carter and Republican congressional leaden Uut appointments In 1971 will te aired again the GOP leaders In finally getting the' name of liberal Republican Sam Zagoria withdrawn have insisted that Congresaln-tended that the apportion parly have tte right to have Republican members aelected by a Democratic preaident from an approved Hat submitted 1 by tbe GOP leadership-' Zagoria a former aide to liberal SenCUftoid Case waa not on that list tart year -But FEC Insiders say the dispute goes beyond that Issue W1 they say le whether say the dispute goee What le really at stake wr the commisalon that oversees the federal campaign finance law la to te made a bhie-rtbbon body of eteetkm experts or la to continue to be what one of the insiders cells dumping tor political KXJ-bolders and hacks When the commiarion was first established to oversee Uie 197 preridentlal election (our of ita six members were former congressmen Currently three are Houm alumni and a fourth Neil Btaebter la challenging an Interim appointment Carter made to replace him Tm argument for former Houm member! is that they know politics and know Houm what Congress bad ln mind when the law was written The gr that they may On WASHINGTON I hard to face a new year of politics That la 9 Candid Admission For some reason unkown to me tbe Candid Admlsaion la one of the Conspicuous OpitasioM ki an otherwlM Invaluable guide to such important political and Journalistic phenomena as the Bloated Buramicrecy the Mounting Crisis the High-Level Advisor and even qtare the mark the Retiabie Source Each of them I among the chapter headings hi a wtendld volume called Political Bestiary" which I found under my Chrlatmaa tree and which recommend you quickly acquire lor yourself No one should te without when tte State of the Union and the Budget meoMges are unveiled It la an austerity book for a Time of Autferity Each ampler mnxtats of two pages One is a page of text written by a McCarthy and a James McCarthy in tdenUfled aa a fcr! Democratic senator from Minnesota but schoolboy know Minnesota dost Democrats to tbe Senate Me real rematae a mystery Hppooed to te a widely indicated newspaper eoiumnW and famous commentator but the newspaper television networks deny this second page of each diopter constats of of by Jeff BdcNeUy the Rlchi Loader's cartoonist who la an authentic there le no wit of the to convey the1 In words I am by the to give j- example tola year wifi undoubtedly 1 Ks ihare of unpaoMt The authors ImpaooM are found In toe moat serious Impaaae the I VJnYlCXS Of rOllCB TO the Editor: A recent Incideat of breaking and entering on my property ha proitip-nite tbto letter Early ia ted me to-wriie this letter Sm rtmd therakL WM amltackiai? of dose the age of OeuTiR Mgr Welt I could mention a lot of fainey totaot notice toe absence of aa tirtreiM (luxlit) te Ian-auv hang around pram parties In toe 1960a and 19MM making up Joins about Ltoerto Republlcans I have forgotten hie name but 'come to think of he too claimed to haw been a Democratic senator (ram Minnesota) The final kern In Ole sampler la the Last Priority they- note existed in greet numbers si varieties Given-ouch abundance became a lad Everyone bad to have them pets Now only one Priority remains This lame Leaf Priority It lives peacefully in a mall corral near tte Whtie Houm Rom to AdTnta uewjovwl iTeaMMjt Htffr wiUihei It my IMMw 1x1 to toom a half relief should occur In TP factor! Mtoo strength of tho tabieja you 1 Them qrmptonw wtae to te cautioui ywnr Chinese Gxinection Presideot Jltniny CRrter has gooe ahead with his plan far diplomatic relation with Communist China far spitQ at coogressknal opposition and a pending suit' far the federal: Courts challenging his power to act unilaterally 'This week ceremonies In' Peking and Washington confirmed the new link between the twp countries Formal exchange of ambassador expected to take place March The Carter initiative puts an end to a half century of recognition of the Nationalist1 Government of Taiwan as the legitimate anwef government of -all of Chlha7As the Chinese connection was beihg: toasted' the Stantflng Committee the Chinese National -Ctmgres offered to negotiate a reunification of the communist mainland and capitalist Taiwan Eugene Kilpatrick mer since every not send Identity Kilpatrick television and Tbe a drawing the concept News Since delightful a HfCCQ 10 For provide note that an continents with a guarantee that the statux quo on the island would not be disturbed The offer was rejected put of hand as the Nationalist president promised to continue tbe struggle MuntiljlbeJ: Chinese communist 'regime hasTbeeo The llkellbood of tbe latter to ranofe indeed especially In view td tbe American about-face on recognition Write te able to tolerefe For mere ttowtoHanJeAnglna Far Jl? Jope to PIS' rare of this told me Im are barmleaa but to baaed on experience For headaches ai cardiac toctemta and be praecrtted a medicine called Ferttrate How long mutt tola be taken? My doctor to now decocted MMC a Cardiac tacbemia (taa-KEY-me-iib) meana that there to kwutfldeat flow of blood to toe heart rnuode Th Inckide en0ne (pain) to toe cheat MdiMnMnHa The medicine yixir former doctor gave you la a nitrate preparation It acta on toe veMtta waUs lnxvring Mood flow Yon rtould continue taking It long ao you haw tte dtooomfort but 1 advtorynu to find another physteten He mw bare some new ote tochemla aervatlons With I itoeremay teeome ctiangw to tte EGG readiiua bt aome team of padually I exercise can reduced or Mapped Yyu will need a evaluatlqn before toto caa te done however Medicine to often only a lint step In treatment' reduce your pain- of euchcondltloni become anahwntee patlent Tbere are I tear too many peraone who continue to take preaalted meqfctee long peat toe point where to needed or beyond toe point where an adjustment of dow might te made For toetar puraoiH their docfori might be con-taktored te torae engetegdiaeioeto Dear Dr? Ruble: Should a woman who to -nuntagatebyUMtotraCydtea? --MrHr Not unlea the need for to overwhelmliqt may dtocokr the teeth of nursing Infants1 am they haw rendered Political BeOUary" comm Urgent Neceerty lor anyone vtve 1979 CL Thnjprobiem become emryenaV-- The case of breoUng and entering may not be aerioua however we now have several more youngster In the community who' lacking guidance from the authority that could help' them" may consider themselves licensed to pursue greater freedom In my opinloa this 1 j)rice wt reaUy cant afford to pay ivi -'7 urge all ettbena yfety thrir property and wfawe tbetr taxdohare are gotag to-be newyearoqp -r Dsm elicyCti2 Lewiston UF09 Photpgiraphbd i Juvenile dlvtolon In another call to a 1A fe charge of Juvenile eases I wag Informed that they were very busy and yet begitt to follow up on the inveBtigation 1 was even naked why I was ao anxious to prosecute a nuumer that est November 1 arrived home One evening to find six young people havintf a "Dot- and beer party and ma a considerable mras of my about tiie recwt reporto of Utchen and living room Five negHgenre mlscoatot and other mwbi- how itni hM flcer are often unploaant and that It fftte tbfftte -require lonhou of hard several to the dept to find out- ppoar to be fnuueas la8k what was happening wife the care On 'But! when any' cUy departmenf on oqcaslqn 1 wretofonned that the-becomes unable to function In a three of become very The latest sighting of Unidentified Flying Objects in New Zealand bas produced the ujost" convincing evidence yet that extraterrestrial' vehicles are visiting tbe earth Moreover the' objects were photographed from tbe'air and -detected on radar from the ground -r- '-A tdevlsion crew Id a high flying plane fumed a group of UFOs which the pilot had -spotted The filming continued -fer seven minutes" Meanwhile air icontrpilert' on1 the ground tracked strange blip on their radar Weather balloon or mirages do not i the New Zealand sightings There was i loutostantjal Id the night sky It waa convincingz enough ao that the NexTZedlaAd Air Force some war planes on standbyjlol One pad been tuned overfto the 7 1 1T I i5w.