European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes May Colu tins to err is of forgive is politics by Art Buchwald since this is a period of reconciliation and the presi Dent is in a forgiving 1 called one of his close associates and asked now that president Reagan has forgiven the germans for what they did in world War do you think he might forgive the american air traffic controllers who went out on strike the president would never go that you have to remember what the air controllers when they walked out on their jobs they committed an atrocity against every woman and child in the United i know it was a despicable thing to i but i thought after it would be the perfect time for the president to heal the wounds Here at the president is the first person to let bygones be but to my knowledge he has never forgiven anyone who has gone out on an unauthorized forget the air do you think in his present mood of reconciliation Reagan might for give the Mother in Chicago who chiselled on her Wel fare How could he forgive her maybe the president could Fly to Chicago and Lay a Wreath in front of the liquor store where he claims she bought a bottle of Vodka with her food too Many people in this country have suffered be cause of that welfare Mother in its one thing to forgive people you fought against during a War its another to turn the other Check to those who cheat on their food i guess there is no Way for the president to reconcile with the american Farmers who went bankrupt due to bad by reconciling with the Farmers at this time the president would be sending the wrong signal to the agricultural the germans May have made some mistakes in world War but you could never accuse them of looking for a bailout from Washington when they  sell their i dont imagine that the president would be willing to make a gesture of reconciliation toward the congressmen who voted Down Aid for the contras fighting in Nicara How can you compare what the people buried in the Pitburg cemetery did to left Wing spiteful legislators who exterminated reagans foreign policy in Central America my since this is National reconciliation week i thought the president might want to forgive those who voted against him on just so he could get his budget package Nicaragua is a moral and Reagan will never Compromise on a moral Issue for political that was the message of is there any possibility the president would want to make peace with the big spenders in the Senate who for the past 40 years have driven this country into debt with their wild socialist schemes its much too Early to offer an Olive Branch to although everyone who fought on the German Side in world War ii is no longer there Are Many big spenders walking around Scot free who have never an swered for their economic someday they will have to face a higher judge than the president of the United i do you think its too soon for the Reagan administration to Bury the Hatchet with those people in the Media who have blown the nazi thing Way out of proportion to what it really is if youre asking the president to Pardon them for what they have written about the answer is their stories Are too fresh in this administrations Reagan still believes in collective where the journalists of this country Are los Angeles times Syndicate Rural Texas towns headed for ghost food fort Texas a Homes on the Range in West Texas Are being vacated and some Small towns May face extinction because of depressed agricultural a newspaper reported this the Prospect of 20th Century ghost towns in the Region arises because agrarian economies Are reeling from the shift to Large scale farming and several years of Low crop and cattle the fort Worth Star Telegram it said 41 Rural counties of West Texas lost population in the 1970s and five had minute although the state As a whole jumped by 27 the metropolitan areas have absorbed the that where the action has said Adolph executive vice president of the Abilene based West Texas chamber of farming and ranching have gone Down As the Domi Nant he a lot of the family farms have gone by the some West Texas counties also have had a real scare thrown into them because of the realization that Oil and Gas arc Janca from 1900 to Haskell county grew from residents to but by 1980 its population had eroded to the Star Telegram unless your family has an established its pretty Tough for a kid to come Back said Haskell postmaster Joe they really dont have a lot of options eve lost a lot of Good James a labor analyst for the Texas employ ment said West Texas is suffering from a but steady decline in agricultural in there were agricultural jobs Barnes by february this the number had shrunk to the Oil and cattle industries also have suffered through recent hard since Oil prices began slumping in oilfield jobs have Barnes said the state had jobs in Oil and Gas extraction in january by the number had declined to while Many Rural communities Are West Texas larger cities have steadily gained for Lubbock population grew from people in 1940 to in the newspaper the which employs Many people in Oiland Agri cultural related has diversified its Economy Over the Lubbock is the Home of Texas tech University with students As Well As seven major hospitals and Reese Al san Midland and Odessa also have grown in recent soviet cities honoured Moscow a the West russian City of Smolensk and the Northern Barents sea port of Murmansk have been named hero cities for their roles in world War the official news Agency Tass the titles decreed by the presidium of the supreme the nations bring to 13 the number of soviet cities so honoured for heroism during the fight against the located along the Dnieper River about 260 Miles West of was the site of the nazis first major defeat during their 194145 occupation of soviet soviet troops dislodged the nazis from Smolensk on after German soldiers were killed in the Battle for the Tass 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