Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 6, 1983 Page: 4 of 8
eight pages: ill. ; page 22 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm microfilmView a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
r.
have Democratic politicians wishing they were Republican
3
0
Mr. Clark came by while you were out — did you get his message?
Virtues of urban waterfronts
arc
f
visibility than women," con-
»
*
KAO MAN VICTIM
Q
r
_
By William A. Rusher
confused property lines in
many areas.
U.5.
STATE
KEPT
is
$
Page 4—Port Lavaca Wave, Tuesday, Sept 6,1983
~e3itorials7 comments
The Jesse Jackson factor prevails
water or the middle of the
beach, causing legal compli-
cations for their owners and
the state
Texas law sass the state
owns land which is covered
by high tide.
Thus, the
commissioner
The group is now intent
on healing inner* wounds
which might hamper the po-
nnssioner
Ironically, the grand sll!:gcslfd
is probing whether
were
ago a woman's primary role
in adult life was that of
homemaker A housewife,
sneaking her gins from
under the kitchen sink, was
difficult to find and reach
She remained hidden, living
the life a virtual prisoner in
her own home, unaware that women have been slow to ap-
she was suffering from a
disease for which there is all
kinds of help ”
Despite the fact that
women's role in society has
pear compared to those
about men From the few
studies that have been done,
there is mounting evidence
___ that alcohol affects the sexes
changed and continues to differently Recent research
-----j---. U-. .u_ kt-.:---1 t--.:.,,.---J
Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism reveals that
women may become more
intoxicated than men on the
same amount of alcohol,
even when body weights are
identical One explanation
for this is that a woman has
less body fluid and more
body fat than a man And
since alcohol does not diffuse
as rapidly into body fat, the
concentration of alcohol in a
woman's blood will be
higher
As the physiological ef-
fects of alcohol and the
diagnosis and treatment of
alcoholism are different for
women, so are the disease's
ramifications, not the least
of which are its effects on un-
By Robert Walters
The Railroad Commission
can now impose tines ot up
to $10,000 a day tor oil and
gas drilling violations and
pollutions 1 he Commission
now also charges a special
■si Oil fee tor drilling permits
which goes into a special
fund to plug (he many aban-
doned wells in Texas.
Mew Stale Laws
Meanwhile, more than
800 new stale laws went into
effect last week as passed by
lhe l egislature last spring
Among them are a $200 fine
for cussing in class and a
$1,000 fine and year in jail
for knowingly passing vene-
real disease.
Eliminated is the tradi-
tional blood test for newly-
weds, which the law's advo-
cates say was ineffective in
tracing the diseases.
The Texas Parks Wild-
life Commission now has
regulatory powers over all
Texas counties. Until now,
over 70 counties had veto
power over commission reg-
ulations
“Secret Code”
A Houston legislator. Rep
Paul Colbert, says the state
laws and regulations on pub-
lic education contains terms
which must sound like a
secret code to the layman
The former Senate Edu-
cation committee clerk has
compiled a "glossary" of
school finance terms which
is 10 pages long, typewritten
in the singlcspaced
own helplessness and
tends Mackay. “Not too long idependence.” As a result,
□on a women in America annually
receive twice as many
prescriptions for mind-
altering drugs as men —
thus creating the double-
whammy effect of cross-
addiction
Studies on alcoholism in
Ethiopia is as large as
Texas. Oklahoma and Mexi-
co combined
TIM POTTER -Managtng Editor
GEORGIA HRDLICKA-Advertising Director
TERRY HAMMONDS Agribusiness Editor
VIRGINIA OCHOA Composing Room Supervisor
CAROLINE GRANATO-Circulation Manager
EDWARD HAWTHRONE JR. Pressroom Foreman
side in Norfolk. Va . both opened earlier this summer
"The momentum of waterfront development is likely to
continue and perhaps accelerate," predicts the newsletter of
the Waterfront Center, a non-profit Washington-based organ-
ization which monitors developments in the field
"Just a fraction of what's going to happen has happened
yet," says Cambridge. Mass . architect Roy Mann. "Clearly,
there's going to be more of what we're seeing in large metro-
politan areas and it's going to spread to the smaller
communities," adds Philadelphia architect Philip Franks.
Much of that activity in smaller cities already is under-
way — and one of the most striking aspects is its popularity
in Midwestern communities far removed from the Atlantic,
Pacific and Gulf coasts.
Indianapolis, for example, has ambitious plans for $182
million worth of development — including an amusement
park, conservatory, manna, zoo and performing arts center
— on 250 acres along the banks of the White River
Other Midwestern communities with riverfront or lake-
front renewal plans include Toledo and Sandusky. Ohio; Fort
Wayne. Ind Peoria. Ill; and Grand Rapids. Mich In St.
Louis, one of the region s most depressed cities, a $50 million
waterfront project, Laclede's Landing, has been highly
successful.
In the South, Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas, ranks as
one of the nation's earliest and most popular efforts to
™ Ami'W *rM* It tni.tiw Otlvtxtlv !• «»• *n *•>
.1 .11 Th. local „w,
M well •• all AR mwi 4hct
*acan< data ao«ta«a pawl at Ro»t Lavaca Vaaaa
by ctrri; On* month $2.80; Ono year $30 80
Detivorod by moll: Three month* $10 20. &i month* $20 40;
One year $37 40 Mall *ubechpt>one mmt be paid in advance.
Direct Grain Sales
I exas Agriculture Com-
Jiin Hightower
last week that
Texas farmers and the Mex-
ican government would both
benefit from direct t
sales between one another.
Icxas farmers could side-
step the major international
' : a
them monopoly on the business
and make more money sell-
ing the grain themselves di-
rectly to Mexico Mexico
could benefit from cheaper
grain prices
Returning from a visit to
Port Lavaca Wave
Rubinhep 1|«O
RutehthvA 88 ch aftvrnvon 8>C8$>I Christmas Day MoMiy
through Friday by Ron Lavaca Nawapapart. Inc 101 S
Colorado Fort Lavaca Teaaa 17919
Telephone 552 0701
CHESTER C. SURBER-Edifor and Publisher
ing room rug? According to
Mackay, the fear and shame
are beyond description. So
are the possible long-term
effects The protagonist in
Mackay's PRISMS, who
starts to drink as a teenager,
encounters such a scene with
her mother. “Offspring of
alcoholics develop
alcoholism more than the
children of non-alcoholics,"
says Mackay. “In my own
family alcoholism is ram-
pant and goes back genera
tion after generation."
Mackay urges anyone who
thinks she may be an ,
alcoholic to seek help im-
mediately.
iy win some delegates in areas of dominant black influence,
but in most places he will probably come in second, or third,
or last, winning few votes beyond his intensely loyal black
base The key point, however, is that almost every vote Jack-
son gets will be one that would otherwise go to one of the
more liberal white candidates, such as Mondale or Cranston
The net effect of Jackson's candidacy, therefore, will be to
help the most conservative Democrat John Glenn
Picture now the Democratic convention Mondale arrives,
perhaps still slightly ahead of Glenn in total delegate
strength but indirectly damaged by the Jackson candidacy.
Jackson has a fairly small but loyal and vocal bloc of dele-
gates, and is clearly ready to wheel and deal
Is it possible, in such a situation, that one or another of the
leading contenders might offer Jackson the vice presidential
slot on his ticket9 It would be a terribly dangerous thing to
do — not only because it has never been tried and we there-
fore cannot be certain how American voters would react to
’be nrospect of a black vice president, but because many
I
integrate a city's waterfront with the lives oi its people
Elsewhere in the region, waterfront rehabilitation is
planned or underway in Miami; New Orleans; Pensacola and
Sarasota. Fla ; Charleston, S.C.; Savannah. Ga ; Mobile. Ala
Memphis. Tenn , and a host of other cities
Not all waterfront development projects are highly suc-
cessful or widely acclaimed. For example, Detroit's Renais-
sance Center on the banks of the Detroit River has not met
its developers' expectations because of the city's depressed
economy and its harsh, forbiding design
San Francisco’s Fisherman's Wharf has been so successful
in drawing visitors that it ranks as California's second most
popular tourist attraction (Disneyland is first) but the water-
related aspects of the project have been almost totally
obscured by a honky-tonk atmosphere notable for pizza
parlors, T-shirt stores, topless bars and similar distractions.
Notwithstanding those problems, waterfront development
is proceeding at a rapid pace — and much of its recent
popularity is attributable to the country's success in
transforming previously polluted and contaminated rivers, ( ,
streams and lakes into relatively clean and attractive water-
ways.
As a result, people now are returing to waterfronts long
dominated by abandoned warehouses, railroad freight yards • •
and other facilities whose need for access to waterways dis-
appeared decades ago
voters, blacx ano white alike, have reservations about Jack-
son as a personality.
But what if, despite a strenuous Jackson bid for the vice
presidential nomination, the Democarats wind up rejecting
him and choosing a white instead9 Is there any doubt that
millions of black voters would feel that Jackson was reject-
ed solely on account of his race9 And, if they felt that way.
would they swallow their pride and vote Democrat in
November anyhow, or would they grimly sit on their hands?
Would it matter whether Jackson himself endorsed the
Democratic ticket or sulked, or would black voters refuse to
follow his lead in the matter9 Could Jackson publicly be
promised something else — a Cabinet post, perhaps — with-
out the gesture doing more harm than good9
At this point these are unanswerable questions, but on
their answers may well hinge the Democratic Party's hope
of victory in 1984 Before he is through. Jesse Jackson may ’
change drastically, much of by the National Institute on
the misdiagnosing of women *’—---*
alcoholics is steeped in
cultural myth Women
manifesting blatant symp-
toms of alcoholism are fre-
quently treated as though
they were merely malad
justed The most obvious
symptoms may be excused,
ignored or eventolerated A
vague, passive woman is not
a cause for alarm in a lot of
people In fact, she might
even be very acceptable in
some areas If her behavior
is a little eccentric or
depressed, that's acceptable
too.
"Compounding the woman
alcoholic's dilemma." says
Mackay, "is the fact that she
is more likely to become in-
volved with other drugs as a
result of misdiagnosis of her
illness Mood-altering drugs ____________
are freely dispensed by Society, founded in 1888 "is
-----J .k----. .. .
who contend that these
women are victims of their
sad — statistic reveals that,
although nine out of ten
wives remain with their
alcoholic husbands, nine out
of ten men leave their
alcoholic wives According
to Marianne Mackay, author
of PRISMS (Fawcett Crest,
$3.50), a novel about a young
woman's struggle with
alcoholism, this is largely
due to societal attitudes that
still persist about women
drunks "It has always been
considered 'unladylike' for a
woman to get drunk,"
observed Mackay recently
"The alcoholic wife receives
less understanding than the
alcoholic husband The hus-
band of an alcoholic wife is
perceived as deprived and
worthy of sympathy while
his wife is seen as weak, self
indulgent, immoral and wor-
thless."
Mackay, herself a recover-
ing alcoholic, is quick to
point out that there is some
good news in all of this: to-
day, more and more women
alcoholics are reaching out
for help Alcoholics
Anonymous reports that one
third of the peole now enter
ing A A are women 25%
homemakers; 15% ex-
ecutives; 15% office
workers; 18% sales; 7%
labor. 9% unemployed; 5%
retired; and 1% other
Historically, women
alcoholics have been tougher
to diagnose than men "This
is undoubtedly due to the
fact that until recently
alcoholic men had a greater
in fact, is one of Jackson's major strategic aims to increase
black voter registration, and thus black influence, not onlv in
next year's elections but for the foreseeable future
Such an increase will be an unalloyed boon to the Demo-
cratic Party and a corresponding blow to the Republicans
since something over 90 percent of these new black voters
can probably be counted on to vote Democrat
The GOP’s likeliest strategic response is a vigorous bid for
a larger share of the Hispanic vote, which now is predomi-
nantly Democratic and growing fast The Republicans
believe, with some reason, that they can attract a substan
tial number of Hispanic voters — especially Cuban-Ameri
cans (who are passionately anti-communist) and Mexican
Americans President Reagan's recent speeches to Hispanic
American audiences make it plain that he is aware of this
possibility — and also of the dangers posed by higher black
participation
But how is Jesse Jackson s presence in the Democratic
primaries going to affect those contests9 He will undoubted-
State Capital highlights
AUSTIN—The hubbub
stirred by a grand jury's in-
vestigation of Texas Attor-
ney General Jim Mattox's
campaign tmance practices
has died down while the
probe continues behind
closed doors.
Mattox, himself, voluntari-
ly appeared before the grand
jury last week clutching an
armload of documents he
says will convince jurors
he correctly reported some
questionable campaign loans
The effect of Mattox's
testimony on jurors will re-
main unknown until the jury
decides whether to indict
him.
Following his courtroom
appearance, Mattox put the
final touches on a controver-
sial state-Exxon oil lease set-
tlement.
Mattox said South Texas
multimillionaire Clinton
Manges' firm should get
SI.3 million of a $4 million
settlement that Exxon will
pay the state. The dispute in-
volves South Texas acreage
where the state has con-
tended Exxon has operated
for over 50 years without a
valid lease
Exxon had fought Manges,
who owns the land, in the
case,
jury is probing
some of Mattox's loans
arranged by Manges, who
also contributed several thou-
sand dollars to Mattox The
question is not whether the
loans were illegal, but wheth- «rjl" traders who have
er Mattox reported
correctly
NEW YORK (NEA) — The Rev Jesse Jackson's evident
intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination
inevitably inspires some fascinating speculations Whatever
else he may accomplish, he has already made the 1984 battle
for the White House a far more interesting affair
His bid comes at a time when blacks are acutely conscious
of their growing power in the voting booth The recent victo-
ry of Harold Washington in Chicago's mayoral election, and
the nomination of W Wilson Goode by the Democrats in
their primary for mayor of Philadelphia, have demonstrated
afresh that solid black support for black candidates can. in
many areas, produce impressive results. Not unreasonably,
many blacks are curious to see just how far they can push
their luck.
The first result of a Jackson campaign in next year's
Democratic presidential primaries will be a marked
increase in the number of blacks who register to vote That.
Lyndell Williams - Texas Press Assoc.
’ ‘
it
The loinwr 18 percent
minimum and 24 percent
maximum interest rate on
bank credit card purchases
was lowered to 14 percent
and 22 percent in July.
The transportation of sev-
eral agricultural commodi-
ties is deregulated. Products
being transported from farms
and ranches to the point of
first manufacture are exempt
from Railroad Commission
regulations
born children Only recently
it has been discovered that
maternal alcoholism can
cause infant addiciton to
alcohol and Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome, which is produc
ed by drinking during
pregnancy, could cause
mental retardation and
deformities of the face, heart
and limbs While it hasn’t
been widely publicized, the
Surgeon General has recom
mended that women not
drink during pregnancy
And what of the young
child who comes home from
school to find his or her
mother passed out on the liv-
PORTLAND. Maine (NEA) - From Seattle to Miami, this
country is rediscovering the virtues of its urban waterfronts
— and nowhere is that phenomenon more evident than in
this seacoast city whose harbor was first used 350 years ago
In a thriving port area bustling with activity, a new gener-
grain ation of trendy boutiques, pricey art galleries and chic res-
taurants coexist with long-established ship chandleries, sail-
makers' workshops and mariners' bars.
The city has carefully preserved dozens of century-old
buildings, providing visitors with an opportunity to examine
the Italianate. mansard and colonial revival architecture of
the 19th century while touring specialty shops offering eve-
rything from scented candles to antique furniture
But because Portland is firmly committed to sustaining an
active working port, the most ubiquitous sensations are the
sights, sounds and smells of maritime activity The pungent
aroma of fresh seafood is inescapable.
............t ....... „ ,,,„ More highly publicized waterfront revivals are underway
Mexico last week. Hightow- ln four cities where developer James W Rouse has designed
er said officials there arc festive markets which have been highly successful in
interested attracting both local residents and tourists.
X. Xicnr-*,! Boston s Quincy Market-Faneuil Hall restoration was
ixew M AU x hair completed in 1976. followed by Baltimore's Harborplace in
The battle was serious 1980 The South Street Seaport in New York City and Water-
Mary Harz - Press Syndicate
Alcoholism is a feminist issue at large
Recent statistics reveal
that in the United States to-
day more than 60% of all
adult women drink 90% of
all women in college drink
One out of three in each
group is an alcoholic.
Although government
estimates on the number of
enough to cause sonic mem-
bers io spcculut: it the rift
could ever heal, hut last week
Texas Mexican American
Democrats elected a former
farmworker as new chair-
man
Juan Maldonado, now a Thus, the erosion and
Rio Grande $ alley school newly formed beaches have
counselor, sunned a creden-
tials committee battle to top-
I imon Law pie long-time activist Rieh-
I c»as new "lemon law" is »rd Moya ot Austin, a county
in cltect and allows the Tex- "
.is Moto. Vehicle Commis-
sion to order car manufac-
turers to pay the consumer
for a lemon" car or replace Htical muscle it has acquired
Galveston Shoreline
Shoreline erosion from
Hurricane Alicia is up to
100 feet in some places on
Galveston Island, and dozens
of houses are now
active women alcoholics
range from 1.3 to 3 million,
there is growing conviction
among professionals in the
alcoholism field that the
number is far greater and
equals, or may even exceed,
that of men
Another surprising — and
<at»n Rrttr wowuHmx-’
The National Geographic
physicians and psychiatrist the world's largest nonprofit
“•he the! th“3 scientific and educational
institution.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Surber, Chester C. & Potter, Tim. Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 6, 1983, newspaper, September 6, 1983; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1288419/m1/4/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.