A6 Sunday, September 29, 2013 TODAY IN HISTORY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Sunday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2013. There are 93 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight On Sept. 29, 1789, the U.S. War Department established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. On this date In 1829, London’s reorganized police force, which became known as Scotland Yard, went on duty. In 1862, Prussia’s newly appointed minister-president, Otto von Bismarck, delivered a speech to the country’s parliament in which he declared the issue of German unification would be decided “not through speeches and majority decisions” but by “iron and blood (Eisen und Blut).” (Some references give the date of this speech as Sept. 30, 1862.) In 1907, the foundation
OPINION III stone was laid for the Washington National Cathedral, which wasn’t fully completed until this date in 1990. In 1912, movie director Michelangelo Antonioni was born in Ferrara, Italy. In 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders concluded the Munich Agreement, which was aimed at appeasing Adolf Hitler by allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. In 1957, the New York Giants played their last game at the Polo Grounds, losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-1. (The Giants moved to San Francisco.) In 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his Vatican apartment just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1982, Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide claimed the first of seven victims in the Chicago area. (To date, the case
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Re: “In defense of Kintigh”
Dear Editor, In a rebuttal published in Tuesday, September 10’s Daily Record Mr. Greg Neil, who views himself as local political king maker, disputes my statements on Denis Kintigh’s address to a Veterans Dinner. Mr. Neil is correct in that I was not in attendance, however many veteran friends of mine were. Their reaction to Mr. Kintigh’s remarks were shocking, so much so they made a point to inform me and asked me to share. Each recounted the same story. Even some of Mr. Kintigh’s political allies were amazed at his message and told me that he is a “one issue” candidate. Mr. Neil in the past had attached himself to the Jurney administration but was sidelined when he over stepped his reach. Evidently he feels that will not be an issue in a Kintigh administration. If Mr. Neil wants to make policy for the City of Roswell, I suggest he throw his hat into the ring and let the citizens of Roswell decide if he is electable. In Mr. Hudson Boue’s letter, of the same date, he makes a few arguably factual points, however he tries to tie Mayor Jurney to me, because of my support of the 1⁄8 of 1 percent GR T initiative on the last municipal ballot. He sites growth in other SE New Mexico cities during the same period. What he neglects to mention is that most of the communities he named voted for increases in their Gross Receipts Tax to help spur their economic growth. In fact the Roswell plan was modeled after the Clovis plan. Mr. Boue is quick to point out that I’m the chairman of the Chaves County Democrats. Well that I am Mr Boue, and a proud Democrat at that. Since both Mayor Jurney and Denis Kintigh are Republican, I don’t have a horse in this race... yet. My letter was based on my personal Christian convictions and not as the Democratic Party Chair. The Democratic Party of Chaves County does not endorse my opinions nor would I make statements on their behalf without prior approval of our executive committee. Mr. Boue has also confused my plea for common sense with a plea for leniency for people with substance abuse problems. I would be no less lenient with people who suffer from any other treatable medical illness. The U.S. incarcerates 25 percent of the world’s prisoners but has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. As of late we have taken to privatizing the prison system here in the U.S. Private prisons are like hotels, they profit only when the rooms are full. An estimated cost to tax payers of keeping a person in prison is approximately $100,000 per year. Is this the way we want to spend our tax dollars? Those individuals do not leave prison rehabilitated, so essentially we are subsidizing their education in “how to become better criminals.” One hundred thousand dollars would go a long way to help individuals who have committed non-violent crimes, become productive citizens if they were sent to mandatory rehab and trained in a skill that would enable them to earn a living rather than marking them as a felon which virtually assures little or no employment prospects and perpetuates the cycle of in
remains unsolved.) In 1986, the Soviet Union released Nicholas Daniloff, an American journalist confined on spying charges. In 1987, Henry Ford II, longtime chairman of Ford Motor Co., died in Detroit at age 70. In 2001, President George W. Bush condemned Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers for harboring Osama bin Laden and his followers as the United States pressed its military and diplomatic campaign against terror. In 2005, John G. Roberts Jr. was sworn in as the nation’s 17th chief justice after winning Senate confirmation. Ten years ago: The White House denied that President Bush’s top political adviser, Karl Rove, had leaked CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity to retaliate against her husband, an opponent of the administration’s Iraq policy. Presi-
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dent Bush signed legislation to ratify the Federal T rade Commission’s authority to set up a national do-not-call list for telemarketers. Five years ago: On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 777 points after the House defeated, 228-205, a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation’s financial system, leaving both parties and the Bush administration scrambling to pick up the pieces. One year ago: Omar Khadr, the last Wester n detainee held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, returned to Canada after a decade in custody. Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger died at the age of 86. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Lizabeth Scott is 92. Conductor Richard Bonynge is 83. Actress Anita Ekberg is 82. Writerdirector Robert Benton is
81. Singer Jerry Lee Lewis is 78. Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is 77. Sen. Bill Nelson, DFla., is 71. Actor Ian McShane is 71. Jazz musician Jean-Luc Ponty is 71. Lech Walesa (lehk vahWEN’-sah), the for mer president of Poland, is 70. Television-film composer Mike Post is 69. Actress Patricia Hodge is 67. TV personality Bryant Gumbel is 65. Rock singer -musician Mark Farner is 65. Rock singer-musician Mike Pinera is 65. Country singer Alvin Crow is 63. Actor Drake Hogestyn is 60. Broadcast journalist Gwen Ifill is 58. Former child actor Ken Weatherwax (TV: “The Addams Family”) is 58. Olympic gold medal runner Sebastian Coe is 57. Singer Suzzy Roche (The Roches) is 57. Comedian-actor Andrew “Dice” Clay is 56. Rock singer John Payne (Asia) is 55. Actor Roger Bart is 51. Singer-musician Les Clay-
pool is 50. Actress Jill Whelan is 47. Actor Luke Goss is 45. Rock musician Brad Smith (Blind Melon) is 45. Actress Erika Eleniak is 44. Rhythm-andblues singer Devante Swing (Jodeci) is 44. Country singer Brad Cotter (“Nashville Star”) is 43. Actress Emily Lloyd is 43. Actress Natasha Gregson Wagner is 43. Actress Rachel Cronin is 42. Country musician Danick Dupelle (Emerson Drive) is 40. Actor Alexis Cruz is 39. Actor Zachary Levi is 33. Country singer Katie McNeill (3 of Hearts) is 31. Rock musician Josh Farro is 26. Actor Doug Brochu is 23. Singer Phillip Phillips is 23. Actress Clara Mamet is 19.
Thought for Today: “Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.” — Eleanor Roosevelt, American first lady (1884-1962)
and out of jail. Mr. Boue states in his letter “Roswell has an anemic program to persuade businesses to locate here.” The reasons, companies are less than eager to locate here is that; The workforce is unskilled. The cost of transportation is high. Poor infrastructure in the industrial zones. Their key management personnel refuse to relocate here for reasons such as, the poor quality of education for their children, the lack of access to major hubs, etc. These are the issues that city and county governments need to address if we really aspire to growth in this community. Republican or Democrat, Roswell needs leaders who understand business, who can rally and unite people of all cultural, socioeconomic and political backgrounds to enhance the quality of life for everyone in our community. In the 22 years I’ve made Roswell my home, I’ve witnessed almost every major employer leave this town. All of this under the leadership of myopic administrations. It’s time to put aside the political posturing and develop a real and sustainable plan for economic growth in Roswell. Sincerely, Fred Moran Private Citizen Roswell
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The perks of solar energy
Dear Editor, I read with some interest Ms. Marita Noons’ column on solar energy. She condemns the practice of people who invest in solar being paid for the power they sell back to the power companies. She does not mention the cost to the individual who has it installed or the long time it takes to get a small part of their investment back. These programs are in place to encourage people to generate electricity to help reduce the carbon content in our atmosphere. Global warming is a serious threat to the future of the planet and should be addressed much more aggressively. One area here in the U.S. and Canada is ignored: Glacier National Park, Montana. By 2020, the name will have to be changed. Of the 150 glaciers in the park some years ago, only 25 are left. Coal-fired power plants are the worst CO2 producers and should be replaced with other power sources. China is even doing that while we do everything to NOT change. We are consuming far too much fossil fuel and brag about our oil sales. Oil is a finite resource and we do not produce it, we mine it and it is absolutely necessary to modern living. The products we make with it are a huge part of our economy and when the oil is gone what will we do? Solar and wind technology help alleviate that and global warming. I am an old man and these problems will not affect me too badly yet, but what about the younger people? the next generation? Shouldn’t we educate them and encourage them to clean up the planet and the atmosphere?
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