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Richard Nixon had a great time in Egypt.
Any touch of homesickness was dispelled by gesticulating
hordes of illiterates who cheered his every movement, just as
they would in Jackson, Mississippi, or Bellevue, Washington.
It was a heartwarming reception for the leader of the free
world and he responded in kind. Mindful of the Biblical
lesson, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the greatest
of these my brethren, ye have done it unto all of us," he
presented a small, personal memento to his host, Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat.
The gift was a $2-million helicopter which the United
States Army had shipped to the Middle East to transport
Nixon and his staff during his visit there.
No official announcement was made of the gift at the
time it was given. Questioned by newsmen who had learned
of the gift from unofficial sources, Presidential Spokesman
Gerald L. Warren said, "You might say this was outside the
range of normal gifts."
Certain our readers would want to know more about
their president handing out $2-million keepsakes, the Journal
has gone to great expense to obtain a transcript of a tape
recording of the final meeting of Nixon and Sadat, at which
the gift was presented.
Expletives have been omitted in the interest of good
taste. Some portions of the tape are inaudible or
Cnintelligible due to a sticky substance on the tape which was
inadvertently put there by an Egyptian secret service man
who had been eating dates while on duty.
Sadat - Enter, (inaudible), and take the load off your
esteemed feet.
Nixon - Yeah. This has been a long (expletive deleted)
day.
S - That it has. You have gone from (inaudible) to
(unintelligible).
N - Yeah. Right. My (expletive deleted) is dragging. And,
on top of that, I don't get any respect around here. 1 been
here for two days and no one has called me effendi.
S - Effendi is a Turkish title of respect. We don't use it
much around here because of the (unintelligible).
N - (Inaudible). They always addressed Turhan Bey as
effendi and he looked like a (expletive deleted) A-rab to me.
He always had this big tent set up out in the middle of the
desert where all the chieftains would come and pound their
heads on the sand and call him effendi.
S - (Unintelligible expletive deleted). But, tell me,
(inaudible), how have you enjoyed your visit otherwise?
ommu
N It's been just great; that is (unintelligible).
S - ! am pleased, effendi, that you are (inaudible).
You really know how to get to a guy, Anwar. And as
the president of the most powerful and compassiona te hfition
on earth, 1 think I should give you a little something to
remember me by.
S - May a thousand {inaudible) fondle your
( unintelligible ) throughout eternity.
N What the (expletive deleted) does that mean?
S - Thank you, in Turkish.
N (Unintelligible). Anyway, ! was going to give you a
year's supply of Twinkies, courtesy of ITT, but I've decided
to give you a better gift. Here's the pink slip to a twin-jet
Sikorsky helicopter.
S - ! appreciate the sentiment, but 1 can't accept such an
expensive gift. You are probably still making payments on it.
N - Payments? (Expletive deleted). There are no
payments; the Army gave it to me.
S - ! don't understand how you can work a deal like that
in a republic. If I gave away government property, l would be
tied between two wild camels - one going north, the other
south.
N (Expletive deleted), man! You're the president.
Whatever you do is in the public interest. The (unintelligible)
people elected you to make decisions. I've decided to give
you a $2-million helicopter and that's that.
S - Two million dollars! Won't the (inaudible) complain?
N Those (expletive deleted) newspaper and television
(expletive deleted) will howl their heads off, but they're
(unintelligible). Two million is peanuts. 1 spent $17 million
on my private homes and all the (expletive deleted) criticism
didn't (inaudible) a thing. Security, man, security's the thing
- presidential and national.
S - So if you (inaudible) criticism for giving me the
helicopter, you'll (unintelligible) national security?
N - You're (expletive deleted) right. It's easy. If I give
you the helicopter, will you promise not to invade San
Francisco?
S - Sure. That's seems only fair.
N - Right. And those (expletive deleted) in the news
media will have to print the story. 1 can see the headline -
"Nixon Gift Averts Arab Invasion of California." The people
will eat it up.
S - Brilliant. You have been touched on the brow by the
(inaudible) of the (unintelligible).
N - (Expletive deleted). If you want to be the top
effendi, you've got to act like the top effendi. Catch on?
S - ! think so. I've often thought my image would
improve considerably if I had a personal aircraft carrier. If I
promise not to bomb Minneapolis, do you suppose... ?
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
A joint study looking toward
complete revision of the
community mental healfh a(t has
been scheduled by the Senate and
House Social and Health Services
Committees, headed by Senator
William Day, Spokane, and
Representative A. A. Adams,
Tacoma. Adams has reported that
all evidence to date points to
inadequacy of communities to
respond to the act's provisions,
because they are handicapped by
inadequate financing and the
insufficiency of mental health
clinics.
The civil commitment act of
1973, which underwent "massive
amendments" during the 1974
sessions, also is scheduled for
further amendments, to be
recommended to the 1975
Legislature.
The state Department of
Social and Health Services, which
administers the program, has
pledged full cooperation with the
committees. It has named a
liaison task force to work with
them.
Reassessment
Reassessment of the present
corrections system also is on the
agenda of the two committees.
Currently proposals for
corrections have ranged from
establishment of smaller
institutions with varying degrees
of security to a complete
community-based correction
system without walls.
The study will cover the
various "alternatives which are
realizable as well as available in
this state, and seek a balance
between rehabilitation and
protection of society.
In this respect, a citizens
advisory committee with a
balanced membership of judicial,
law enforcement, corrections and
acadenric people is planned to
advise the two committees and
the state agency.
Special Attention
for Specials
Special districts, also known
frequently as "junior taxing
districts," will be the subject of
an in-depth investigation by the
House Local Government
Committee.
The committee, headed by
Representative Joe Haussler,
Omak, will delve into the general
powers of each district, its means
of financing its activities, and
even how it was created. It is
intended for a long range study,
[ I [1[ but port districts will get extra
special attention, with a reoort on
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that category to be made to the
1975 Legislature.
It will cover port districts'
taxing powers, port competition
and the po~sibility,~of
consolidating various ports into
regional districts.
Ticklish Subject
The latter issue is highly
controversial, and vigorously
opposed by numerous ports;
especially in the Puget Sound
area.
Also scheduled for a report to
the 1975 session is an attempt to
standardize the means by which
cities and towns annex territory,
and an investigation into how
local governments will implement
new federal legislation requiring
planning, controls and safety
provisions before banks will loan
money for homes located in flood
zones.
Getting Off The Ground
Though the state historically
has left regulation of aircraft to
the federal government, a
legislative group is looking into
the possibility of regulating
third-level carriers. These are
commuter lines operating within
the state's boundaries and are
sometimes referred to as "air
taxis.'"
The study is being undertaken
by the House Transportation
Committees' subcommittee on
aviation, chaired by King Lysen,
Seattle. Any proposal' offered
appears certain to bump into
opposition from those who
oppose establishment of any
additional bureaucracies in state
government. Senator Gordon
Walgren's Senate Transportation
Committee is tackling the
problem from another angle
which could bring the same
results. It is studying air route
protection for third level carriers.
This could lead to certificate of
public necessity legislation, such
as that covering bus lines,
lailroads and other land
transportation, and also would
involve rate regulation.
An Eye On Spending
Representative A. N. (Bud)
Shinpoch, Renton, appropriations
chairman of the House Ways and
Means Committee, who is known
as the Legislature's "watchdog of
the treasury," has an agenda
which should keep his committee
busy well into December, though
some of it is recommended for
fiscal 1975. A liberal on
numerous other issues but a
conservative when it comes to
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Dorothy Reid, who transcribes the dictation of staff
physicians at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, North
Carolina, has supplied the following samples:
-The left leg became numb at times and she walked it
off.
- Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over
a year.
-Father died in his 90s of female trouble in his prostate
and kidneys.
--Both the paitent and the nurse herself reported passing
flatus.
-Skin: Somewhat pale but present.
-On the second day the knee was better, and on the
third day it had completely disappeared.
-The pelvic examination will be done later on the floor.
-By the time she was admitted to the hospital her rapid
heart had stopped and she was feeling much better.
--If he squeezes the back of his neck for 4 or 5 years it
comes and goes.
-Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank who felt
we should sit tight on the abdomen, and I agreed.
-Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
-Coming from Detroit, Michigan, this man has no
children.
-Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year old white female,
mentally alert but forgetful.
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spending the taxpayers' money,
Shinpoch is delving into virtually
every area of state spending.
In the field of public
education, kindergarten through
grade 12, there will be an audit of
school district cash balances, a
study of inequities in special
levies, and a study of the funds
appropriated outside the school
district apportionment formula.
Budget Work-Up
A budget work-up for
1975-77, covering all state
agencies and divided into I1
different categories, also is
scheduled, in addition to routine
matters, it will cover a review of
the civil service law and
operations of the Department of
Personnel, study the operations
and budget structure of the
Department of Natural Resources,
and monitor the progress of
planning by the State Library and
local library systems.
In addition, it will do a
follow-up on Governor Dan
Evans' Task Force on
Productivity, which some
legislators suspect was formed to
justify the continuing growth of
the state payroll. In the field of
higher education, six categories
will be covered, including
community college enrollment
reporting, and development of a
job market demand analysis as a
key to funding of vocational
education programs.
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Editor, The Journal:
In response to Anita V.
Saeger's letter to "So Terribly
Greedy :"
The first thing Ms. Saeger
should do is gather all the facts
about a business before she starts
to tear into an honest
businessman.
1. The stores do get a
percentage of all sales.
2. The great state that we live
in also gets its cut.
If Ms. Saeger is so well
traveled that she knows about the
machines in Reno, she should
have noticed the other stamp
machines in the United States.
They only give you 35 cents
worth of stamps for 50 cents, i
must have been mistaken to think
that by giving 38 cents worth that
1 was being a little less greedy
i
than my competitors.
The idea of the air
• cents) and a 5-cent stamp
the next time you need
mail stamp, the other
stamp would be added
you had so that you
able to mail a first
We, the Stamp Mac
Operators of America, do
any way want to cheat
That is why we show
exactly what they are
Anita, show me a business
says as we do what each
them and what their
To top it all off, the
are installed only as
and no one forces you to
them. "Thank you" to all
customers that do!
Jim (
By DAVE AVERILL
Is the Sasquatch real'? Of course he is.
Eight feet tall, covered with hair and fleet of foot,
much a part of the Washington State scene as the
Valley apple or the Kitsap County property tax.
The Sasquatch turned up again last weekend, this
a roadside in Maple Valley. A gentleman named
McLennan said he drove his pickup truck within five
the big fellow.
Mr. McLennon's Sasquatch had a human-looking
eyes that glowed red.
Quite probably those red eyes were a sign of the
that every Sasquatch must feel about this time of
Western Washington. Trying to dodge all those tourists
their instamatics and their home movie outfits so
hard work.
Tony McLennan's reaction upon meeting the Sas(
was predictable. He called the cops.
There is no law on the books against being a
but the carefree life in Maple Valley without civil
restraints sounds almost too idyllic to be legal.
it may only be coincidence that the traditional
the Sasquatch up there in the Cascades are right in
area that brought the first reported sighting of
Unidentified Flying Object. We Washingtonians are
more sharp-eyed than other people, or more imaginative.
Given a choice, we would much prefer to believe
Sasquatch out there in the woods than in the flying
hovering overhead. The Sasquatch is down-home
pays no taxes. He needs no pilot's license.
Determined hobbyists are spending hours in
the Sasquatch, returning from the tall timber with
size-19 footprints and sometimes with ou
photographs.
Our hope is that Sasquatch will continue to avoid
scrutiny by his human cousins. He works hard to kec
privacy, and he deserves it.
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An association of sports editors in Paraguay presented a
of their country's soccer stars reading: I) he never
accuracy of a reported quote; 2) he never complained about
play; 3) he greeted even his hardest critics with a smile.
the award, the soccer player let slip the reason for his
tolerance of the press. "! can't read," he said.
(Charlies Wadsworth in Orlando
There were only two judges in the small town, and they both
arrested for speeding, so they decided to try each other. The firstj
sat in the judge's chair and asked, "How do you plead?"
replied the second judge. "The court fines you five dollars,"
first judge. Then they changed places and the second judge
For the fiscal year "1975, the plea. "Guilty," came the answer. The second judge said, "These!
committee is recommending are becoming too common -I'm giving you a $20 fine and one
monitoring and review of nine jail."
(Gene Brown in Danbury
School is out and Junior has stuffed down his breakfast. The
mother rushes to the front door and shouts, "Everybody on
letting him out."
(Leo Aikman in Atlanta
different program areas in the
Department of Social and Health
Services,, each divided into two to
four subdivisions.
These include cost-based
reimbursement systems, a
determination whether state plans
and budget requests support each
other, veterans services for the
severely disabled, services to
aid- t o-fa milies-with.dependent.
children and general assistance
recipients, internal auditing,
mental health, the systems
improvement project in public
assistance offices throughout the
state, and adult corrections.
Special attention is being
given during the balance of this
year to the fiscal impact on local
governments of recent and
pending legislation.
I like middle age. That's the period when nobody tries to
you.
(Leo Aikman in Atlanta ConstiV
What grade in school did President Nixon fail to
Kindergarten. He flunked Show and Tell.
(Troy Gordon in Tulsa i
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Moslem legend holds that
Abraham was at 15 months,
the height of a 15-year-old.