The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 38, Milford, Kosciusko County, 23 October 1968 — Page 9

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Again We Say Please!

Again we find it necessary to write an editorial for a small, and we’re glad to say very small, per cent of our readers. This editorial is directed to those who try each year to spoil Halloween for the younger set . . . the trickers! For, as the ghost and goblins go from door to door in search of “treats” the vandals will be out doing the “tricking.” “Trick or treat” is fun for the young and it’s fun for the old. The youngsters enjoy dressing up and going

Be Careful When Burning Leaves

As the leaves fall from the trees and cover up our lawn they are, in most cases, raked and burned. This is good but caution must be taken. , When burning leaves be sure and stay near so you can keep a watchful eye on them . . . the wind can do strange things and burning leaves carried through the air can land almost anywhere.

Legalized Gambling?

Indiana’s voting, citizens will face an issue perhaps as important as choosing their state officials when they enter the voting booth on Nov. 5. This is the referendum on pari-mutuel betting which will also be on the ballot. Campaigns for and against the legalization of pari-mutuel betting in Indiana are proceeding with greater intensity than the campaign for public office in some parts of the state—although from personal experience we have seen little excitement in Wakarusa about either the candidates, the issues or referendum. Why a referendum? Because the state legislators in 1967 did not wish to take any action on the question and shifted their responsibility to the electorate — at the same time not binding themselves to the results of the referendum. The law merely states that the referendum is for “the information and guidance” of the legislature. What is a pari-mutuel? It is the system which computes the odds in horse racing and determines how much winning bettors receive. Under a legalized system, the state receives a share of the “take.” The odds are established at the track, calculating the amount wagered, less the amount deducted by the track and in accordance with state law. It is the promise of this amount that would go to the state of Indiana that is dangled in front of the public as

PURDUE BACKS GOVERNMENT FARM PROGRAM WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Purdue university agricultural economist expressed the view today that “all things considered, the influence of government programs on the demand for U.S. farm products has been considerable and favorable.” Dr. Don Paarlberg made the observation in a speech before the annual meeting of the Agri-

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cultural Research Institute. “Perhaps the most favorable effect has come from programs sat maintained and increased overall demand, programs that promoted economic stability and growth, programs that were not reckoned as farm programs at all, programs that many farm people opposed when they were first offered because of their unorthodox nature,” he said. Favorable effects for farmers have also come from programs of genuine farm orientation,

from door to door searching for treats to fill their bags. The oldsters enjoy trying to guess who the callers might be. Porch lights are left on in many towns as a sign that a treat is waiting for all who call. But, because of the destruction, town officials have been forced to take action and “trick or treat” nights are now limited and strict curfew laws are enforced by police officers. So we say, please grow up . . . don’t be unthoughtful and selfish and please don’t do anything to spoil Halloween for the youngsters.

Most towns have ordinances about burning on or near the blacktopped streets. Fire is harmful to said streets and repairs are expensive. Other towns have ordinances prohibiting burning of leaves during certain hours . . . quite often between sunset and sunrise. So it’s best to know the laws of your town. Let good sense rule and have fun raking those leaves!

an argument for approving the question with a yes vote. However, it is with just this same argument that we take exception. Those favoring the legalized gambling at horse races refer to the estimated sls million that would be added to the state in direct revenue. One source believes that the sls million would be the 10year average, assuming five racetracks and 200 new breeding fanris—a big assumption to gamble on, if we may use the latter word.

And just how big is sls million ? # Pretty big to most of us. But let’s put that sls million in context of the state’s biennial budget of $2.2 billion—and the sls million take from pari-mutuels would barely make a dent in it. The 1967 General Assembly was advised that if Hoosier citizens were to follow the pattern of other legalized pari-mutuel states, they would need to bet S2OO million to put the sl2 to sls million in the state treasury. He computed that citizens of parimutuel states had to bet $42.49 per person to put $2.75 into the state treasuries. The balance went to winning bettors, horse breeders, jockeys, track officials and gambling interests. In terms of realistic economics, it would seems wise to vote no on this question you’ll find on your state ballot this year: “Do you favor pari-mutuel betting on horse racing in Indiana?” — Wakarusa Tribune

Paarlberg continued, listing the Food for Peace program and programs that limit imports. The economist pointed out, however, that “unfavorable effects on the demand for farm products have come, in the long run, from acreage control and price support programs that diverted demand to rival products.” “In some cases the incomeenhancing effects of supply restrictions have at least temporarily more than offset the demand deterioration that resulted therefrom,” Paarlberg noted. “Among the least effective of the government programs intended to enhance the overall demand for farm products have been the efforts to find new uses for farm products, the promotional programs and the subsidizing of domestic food consumption,” he said. Paarlberg said that in the final analysis, “the competitive market remains the environment within which the demand for farm products is most effectively expressed.” “If government can help keep that market healthy, growing and accessible on farm terms to those intent upon supplying or purchasing farm products, the greater share of our problems with the demand for farm products will have been solved. I hope that in the future our demand - oriented programs will take this direction,” he concluded.

(Guest Editorial)

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Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney General

This is a public service article explaining provisions of

Indiana law in general terms.

Last week I discussed real estate purchases, and explained that a purchaser must protect himself from buying property with a defective title. Some of the common defects I pointed out are: title not in the seller, zoning requirements and unpaid taxes and judgments. I explained one method of securing such protection, obtaining an abstract (a history of the property) and having it examined by an attorney. The purchase of title insurance is another method of protection from defects in title. Its use is currently increasing. Title insurance is a one premium policy issued by a title insurance company. It guarantees a purchaser that the title to the property he wants to buy is free and clear of any defects except those listed in the policy. The preliminary policy, or binder, should be examined by the purchaser’s attorney. If the attorney advises his client that there are no defects shown in the title, the transaction may be concluded. If the purchaser’s attorney finds that there are defects shown, the attorney can take the

| HOOSIER DAY | Indiana i Remains •X X v I A V. I Swing | State X | By FRANK WHITE

necessary steps to obtain a title policy which insures the buyer against the defects, or can eliminate, or cure, the defects. When a purchaser obtains a title policy with no defects listed, and completes the purchase, he not only has good title to the property, but he has the guarantee of the title insurance company that if any unknown or hidden defect in title should arise, the company will stand behind the title. Normally, title is insured in the amount of the market value of the property, which will be paid to the purchaser if some hidden defect causes him to lose the property. The title insurance company undertakes to defend the title against any claims or lawsuits for defects, and to pay the costs of defending the law suits. The title insurance company is required to take the necessary steps to put the title in the purchaser’s name, even if an outstanding interest in the property must be purchased by the company. I am among the many lawyers who now believe that title insur-

INDIANA, crossroads of the Nation, a swing state, known to go either Republican or Democratic, has been criss-crossed by the “Big Ones” in their wooing Hoosier votes, come November 5 election. They have all been here. . .Nixon, Humphrey, Wallace, Agnew, Muskie, and LeMay, plus a score of second string “big men” of the campaign. My friends ask: Who is Strom Thurmond? How did they come to pick Edmund Sixtus Muskie as Humphrey’s running mate. What was your impression of Nixon’s running mate, Spiro T. Agnew, and of Wallace’s partner, Gen. Curtis. LeMay? My G.W. (Good Wife) and I went to the grass green amphitheater on the Conner Prairie Farm, and got a closeup of U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond. He was flown to a near by airfield and came to help his friend Congressman Richard L. Roudebush who is running a re-election campaign from Riverview hospital in Noblesville. THURMOND, slender, 6 feet 4, is a remarkable physical specimen at 65, and his voice via amplifer, could be heard a mile. He will do 1,000 pushups most anytime, is a Major General air corps reserve, and has been decorated by 17 nations. He is an arch conservative and so patriotic he wears a silk white, red and blue handkerchief in his breast pocket. What put Thurmond high up in the Republican oligarchy? If there

ance is a better method of protecting real estate purchasers than abstract examination. Abstracts are costly and cumbersome, and must be continued with each new transaction. The single premium charged by the title insurance company is low, and the policy can be transferred to the next purchaser for a small charge. The homeowners have insurance protection against the great loss which a serious defect in tide can cause them. and Social Security S. S. QUESTIONS, ANSWERS Q — My husband and I jure both wcrking. We have three young children. I understand that if my husband should die the children could get social security benefits. If I should die, would the children receive anything? A— Yes, your children would receive monthly benefits on your social security account just as they would on your husband’s account. Callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gray on r 1 Sunday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moneyheffer of near Nappanee, Mr. and Mrs. Ledru Gray and family of North Webster and Miss Carolyn Brown.

was a G.O.P. “king maker” at Miami Beach national convention, it was Strom. He sized up the situation early. He said Reagan and Rockefeller didn’t have a ghost of a chance and said it would be Nixon. HIS ROLE WAS a militant one. He shepherded the often rebellious Southern states such as South Carolina, Mississippi and Florida for Nixon. He really worked at it. But the biggest thing he did was to play a heavy hand in selection of Spiro T. Agnew, former Maryland governor, as Nixon’s vice presidential running partner. Thurmond was a fiery orator at the Roudebush barbecue. He read the role of traits of Hubert Humphrey that he claimed made him unfit to be president. ONE OF THE most picturesque of the big leaguers coming to Indiana to campaign is Edmund S. Muskie, 54, Humphrey’s running mate. He too, is a tall man, over six feet, with craggy face and angular build, son of a Polish immigrant and winner of Phi Beta Kappa scholarship key. Why was he picked? MUSKIE IS the only one of Roman Catholic faith on either of the major tickets. He pried Maine loose from its traditional Republican alliance by being the first Democrat in 20 years to be elected its governor. He and his wife Jane, a Protestant are parents of five children, he refers to as “3 queens and 2 jacks”. As a progressive liberal governor, and from his years in

Politics - 1968 Meet Your Candidates

The Franklin Evening Star, a Republican newspaper, has given Democrat ROBERT ROCK a front page endorsement for the Governorship of Indiana. * • * Secretary of State EDGAR D. WHITCOMB, Republican candidate for Governor, is calling for a break for the “forgotten man — the taxpayer,” in his campaign. Whitcomb said he would follow a pattern of Republican Governors across the United States in turning to the private sector for assistance in finding solutions to the complex problems of state government. » * « MRS. WILLIAM (JILL) RUCKELSHAUS completed a fly-in speaking tour of four of the state’s largest metropolitan areas on Friday. The 31-year-old housewife and mother covered a total of 550 miles in a seven-hour period as she visited South Bend, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute and Evansville on behalf of her husband who is seeking the office of Senator. General DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER publically came out in support for Republican candidate for congress WILL ERWIN late yesterday. IKE applauded ERWIN’S political record in a telegram dated October 14 which accompanied a personal financial contribution from the general plus other contributions from the general’s friends arid associates. ERWIN held a number of national responsibilities during former President EISENHOWER’S administration. « ♦ ♦ Tomorrow (Thursday) is ERWIN day in Kosciusko county. At 2:30 ERWIN will fly to the South Bend airport from Warsaw to meet Ronald Reagan. He will return to Warsaw at 4 p.m. Later in the evening a dinner will be held in Warsaw with CHARLES HALLECK as speaker. # * ♦ WHITCOMB said his program to control civil strife would be part of an overall effort against crime. He has proposed the establishment of an Indiana anti-crime conference, to be convened immediately after his election, to study proposals for possible presentation to the General Assembly. ♦ * ♦ Indiana Senator BIRCH BAYH proposed last week tax relief measures to encourage private industry to utilize air-pollution-con-trol devices. BAYH was speaking at a state air pollution conference at Purdue. He said, “Outright tax deductions or rapid amortization of expensive air-pollution-control de-

vices would encourage industry to move more rapidly. This equif> ment can run up to 25 per cent of the cost of a plant’s production machinery. Public-spirited firms should not be penalized financially for keeping the air clean”. MARVELLA BAYH, wife of Indiana Senator BIRCH BAYH, disclosed last week that her husband “is already working on another amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish the outdated electoral college system of voting for Presidents.” MRS. BAYH added that, “if passed by Congress and approved by the required number of states, the amendment would make each of your votes count directly for the candidate for President of your choice.” * * * ADLAI E. STEVENSON HI will visit in Warsaw on Thursday on behalf of the re-election campaign of third district congressman JOHN BRADEMAS. STEVENSON will fly to Elkhart with BRADEMAS following their appearance in Warsaw and will attend a fund-raising dinner there. WILLIAM D. RUCKELSHAUS, candidate for U. S. Senator, has stated “I am personally OPPOSED to pari-mutuel betting in Indiana.” He continued that he would vote “yes” on the referendum—not because he favored pari-mutuel betting. but because he sees the referendum as away to force the legislature to study why the gambling laws are not now being enforced. « * * Indiana’s Senator BIRCH BAYH said in Huntington last Thursday that “I have never been content to simply talk about crime control—l have acted on it, without slogans, without inspiring fear and division and, above all, without dishonesty”. BAYH, speaking at a crime seminar at Huntington college, said a Senate judiciary sub-com-mittee which he chairs “conducted hearings throughout this nation to learn first hand the problems of the police and the problems of the accused. “A great deal has resulted — though I hasten to add that a great deal remains to be done.” * « «• Calling for use of the “creative pctential” of the private sector of the economy, Secretary of State EDGAR D. WHITCOMB, Republican candidate for Governor, outlined a seven-point program for “independent action for a greater Indiana.” The end crowns all.

the U.S. Senate, he is considered the man who had “no real enemies”. In his own words, when he first went to the U.S. Senate, he was “frustrated, lonely, disillusioned disconsolate”, with L. B. Johnson the powerful Senate leader. He didn’t get along well at first with LBJ and has always been fiercely independent. BUT HE GOT to working with Johnson on cities and towns legislation, and by sheer hard work, was named Democratic Senatorial Campaign chairman. He has supported LBJ’s Viet Nam war policies and was close also to Humphrey. MUSKIE IS known for a volcanic temper when really angered. This was manifested in his utterances of disgust when Abe Fortas was defeated in the Senate for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. On the other hand he is capable of great coolness. At Washington, Pa., he stood three minutes in silence while 40 hecklers from Washington and Jefferson college shouted at him “End the War! End the War!” He replied when urged to speak. “That’s not a bad idea. Give me a chance and I’ll try.” Then he passed the microphone to Rick Brody, 21, sandaled, long haired senior, wearing a peace medallion, and invited him to speak. Brody made an emotional appeal, saying “Everybody calls us dirty and unwashed, but we are the true Americans.” (I am out of space and will comment on Agnew and 'LeMay later.)