The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 42, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 November 1968 — Page 9

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We Give Thanks...

Next Thursday, Nov. 28, Americans all over the world will pause and give thanks. Thanks for the blessings that God has given — homes, families, food and blessings of every sort. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated at Plymouth in 1621, was a harvest festival, a gathering of family, friends and neighbors, and a time of games and feasting. Almost half of the original 102 Pilgrims had survived the first winter in America. They labored long and hard and built a village. They planted crops. When their harvest was gathered, they celebrated. Thus we pause at this time of the year to give thanks and,to celebrate. One of the Pilgrims, in writing to a friend in England, said, “Our harvest

150 Years Ago -1818

It was in the year 1818 that Congress enacted a law reducing the number of stripes in the American flag from 15 to 13. These 13 stripes represent the original states and provide one white star for each state with a new star to be added on the Fourth of July following the admission of each new state. Paul Revere died in Boston, Mass., at the age of 83. Death came on May 18 of this year.

Criticism Os News Media

Our national pastime, criticism, is fast becoming a crutch for all the ills of the universe. If we don’t like what we read in the newspapers or hear on radio and television news casts, are we to cure the world of wars, crime, etc. by repeated denunciations of the news media? ... News informs, without regard to the reaction of the reader. If Mr. Jones murders his wife, should a reporter tell the story, or should he list the names of al l men who did not murder their wife? Should newspapers publish death nonces and obituaries, or a list of those who have not died? Should news men tell of earthquakes or list all places untouched by them? Should news men report riots in the streets or lists of places where we didn’t riot? . . . One woman complained and campaigned until she saw the prayer ban decreed. Do we hope to ban Freedom of the Press by complaining and campaigning? The Press is not to blame

Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney General

This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms.

'ls Your Water Safe To Drink?

Many Indiana streams and rivers which once flowed clean and clear now meander sluggishly, choked with detergent foam and sewage. Lake Michigan has become a national disaster. No

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EDITORIALS

Hoosier can escape, even though he lives in a rural area. The latest issue of McCall’s magazine even cites two Indiana cities as having drinking water which does not meet established criter-

being gotten in, our Governor William Bradford sent four men on fowling; so that we might after a more special manner, rejoice together, after we had gathered the fruit of our labours. They four, on one day, killed as much fowl as, with a little help besides served the company almost a week.” “And among the rest, their (the Indians) greatest king, Massasoit, with some 90 men, whom for three days, we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer; which they brought to the Plantation and bestowed on our Governor, and upon the Captain (Myles Standish) and others. In describing this Thanksgiving which set the pattern for the traditional American celebration, others write of foot races, wrestling, infantry drill and pitching the bar.

The Savannah crossed the Atlantic Ocean. It was the first steamboat built in the U.S. to cross the ocean. On May 22, 1819, she sailed from Savannah, Ga., arriving at Liverpool, England on June 20, 1819. The ship used steampower for only about 80 hours during the trip. It was a full rigged wooden boat of 350 tons. The song of the year: “Silent Night, Holy Night.”

for the earthquake in Iran, the war in Viet Nam, street rioting, the Czech invasion, murders, accidents, etc. Reporting such is their duty. If the farmer’s barn burns to the ground, the reporter records the story of the fire, not how many barns did not burn. If the bank is robbed, the story is told of the robbery, not how many banks were not robbed. News media; do not have to agitate explosive situations to obtain material. More likely they have to close their eyes to corruption to avoid libel, bankruptcy or gangland violence or (anonymous telephone threats). No, don’t b’ame the news media for world conditions. Better to be thankful that you are privileged to read, see or hear relatively accurate news. Those who read Pravda are in water to their nostrils. What’s your depth ? — Taylor (Neb.) Clarion.

ia for purity. Industries and city and town sewage systems both dump pollutants into our streams, rivers and lakes to make them dangerous to our health. The Indiana Legislature has appropriated 8.60 million dollars for the fiscal years ending June 30. 1969, to pay 25 per cent of the cost of a town or city’s water pollution project when the federal government is also advancing funds to the project. A city or town desiring funds should apply to both the state and federal governments. The Indiana Stream Pollution Board in the State Board of Health budding, 1330 west Michigan street, Indianapolis, establishes priorities for the requested projects, deciding which projects are most necessary. From July 1, 1967, through June 30, 1968, 19 Indiana towns and cities located in all areas of the state received grants from the state and federal governments. For July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1969, the Stream Pollution board has established priorities. Eight times as much money has been requested by Indiana towns and cities as is available from the federal government. Requests total 31 million dollars, while only 4.3 million is available. This alone demonstrates the size of the problem. The 1969 General Assembly will have to reconsider this problem of water pollution, and decide upon a method of dealing with it. If you live in an area where your water is not safe, or where conditions exist which may make it unsafe in the future, now is the time for you to contact your representative or senator to express your views. Don’t forget that the safety of your children and grandchildren, as well as your own, is at stake.

(Guest Editorial)

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Vocational - Technical Study Underway The first formal steps toward the possibility of a vocationaltechnical high school being located in the Plymouth - Warsaw area were taken during a meeting of a steering committee in Warsaw earlier this month. Attending the meeting were representatives from the eieht school corporations in Marshall, Kosciusko and Fulton counties which have agreed to share in the cost of a feasibility study for such a school and Donald Pennington, the area school supervisor from the State Department of Public Instruction. Pennington informed the local grouo that he would recommend approval for the feasibility study to be initiated and outlined the procedures that should be followed. Following Pennington’s remarks, the local steering committee named Dr. Wilmer K. Bauher, superintendent of the Warsaw schools, as chairman and the Warsaw schools as hosts for the study. Dr. Kenneth W. Reber, superintendent of the Plymouth schools, was named secretary. In commenting on the study, the members of the steering committee pointed out the need for

HOOSIER DAY My Friends Are Still Talking By FRANK WHITE

better vocational training pro grams for young people and adults in the smaller communities, indicated that the feasibility study would probably take from six to eight months, and stressed the importance of finding a director who would conduct the study and follow through the plans for the area school should one become a reality. CHILDREN'S

Two Manpower Training Programs Approved At IVTC

WASHINGTON, D. C. — Manpower training programs for production machine operators and automobile service mechanics have been approved by the Secretaries of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare, according to Congressman John Brademas. The Indiana Vocational Technical college in South Bend will conduct the training. Twenty unemployed workers in the Northern Indiana area will be provided with 49 weeks of training as machine operators, and the me-

MY FRIENDS at the Press club and those I meet elsewhere are still talking about the political polls and who won what in the election. Polls have been suspect since the old Literary Digest and the Chicago Tribune “put Thomas Dewey in the White House”, when in reality Harry S. Truman was the victor in a Presidential election. Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Edmund Muskie asserted polls were useful to show trends of the moment but poll takers had no gift of prophecy. The truth is, the two major polls were amazingly accurate. This was all the more a wonder since the Presidential order stopping the bombing on the eve of the election, had some political effect, especially on how the women voted with deep feeling on the peace issue. HERE IN BRIEF is how the Gallup and Harris polls, the two big national ones, worked out. The last pre-election poll showed: Hum- WaiNixon phrey lace Gallup 43% 42% 15% Harris 40% 43% 13% The Vote 43.4% 43.1% 13.5% Both the Gallup and Harris polls showed that four per cent were undecided as to how they would vote. You will agree, I am sure, that despite all the headaches and tides that ebbed and flowed, that political polls will not be neglected in any future national elections. They were amazingly accurate. The popular vote tacked up in the election was tremendous.

cmd Social Security Q—l was in the hospital recently and my doctor had to visit me every day. Will Medicare reimburse me for his charges as well as the charge for the operation? A—Yes. Physicians’ services are covered by your medical insurance no matter where you receive them—in the doctor’s office, in the hospital, your home, or elsewhere in the United States.

chanics class will train another. 20 workers over a period of 48 weeks. The total cost of the projects is $158,372 of which the federal government share is $149,662. Applicants accepted for the classes will receive allowances during the period of training. After successful completion of the course, trainees are placed into jobs for which they are qualified by the Indiana Employment Service.

Nixon, the presidential winner, got a popular vote of 30,721,046. His rival, Humphrey had 30,587,808. Wallace received 626,623 votes. Indiana gave Nixon 1,037,746 votes to Humphrey 783,321 and Wallace 237,771. THE REPUBLICANS took seven governors from _ the Democrats but lost two. Vice president Spiro Agnew, Republican, will resign as governor of Maryland. All told, Republicans now have 31 governors. One of these is Edgar D. Whitcomb of Inchana. Among hot issues were the Viet Nam war, inflation, crime and problems of big cities. The Indiana Congressional line up now is seven to four, a gain for the G. O. P. of one seat in the House. Optimistic predictions that the G. O. P. would gain control of the House didn’t pan out. The Democrats have 243 members of the House, and the Republicans have 192, a gain of four. U.S. SENATOR BIRCH Bayh, Jr., Democrat, romped to victory in the Indiana race for the U.S. Senate over his Republican opponent William Ruckelshaus. The Democrats have 58 seats in the Senate to the Republicans 42. The Democrats lost five seats to the Republicans but still have seven over the 51 needed for control.

One of the most spectacular races for re-election to the House was that of Richard L. Roudebush, of the new Indiana Fifth district. Roudebush ran his campaign from a Riverview hospital bed in Noblesville. Return from the G.O.P. National convention

UNEMPLOYMENT DROP — Indiana’s unemployment insurance claims dropped about 1.3 per cent last week to a 15,211 total which was 26 per cent below the year-ago level. DWIGHT D. KELLEY, chief of research of the Indiana Employment Security Division, said that CLAIMS FROM PEOPLE OUT OF WORK a week or more remained at a LOW LEVEL for this time of year. * * * QUACKERY — It is ESTIMATED that MEDTCAL QUACKERY takes more lives each year than all other forms of criminal activities put together. The modern health quack bills ‘ his pitch around popular fads and misconceptions, rooted in ignorance rather than hard-proven, scientific fact. FAKE HEALERS, PROPHETS and UNSCIENTIFIC CULTISTS are becoming rich off the suffering, the misguided and the gullible in our society. DON’T LET YOURSELF BE SUCKERED. If you or a member of your family is ill, your best protection always lies in seeing a scientifically trained, medical physician as soon as possible. « ♦ • DAIRY MEETING — Outstanding HOOSIER DAIRYMEN will receive more than 330 certificates of merit for high producing herds and meritorious sires, December 2, at the Indiana state dairy associations’ annual meeting at Purdqe. The 79th ANNUAL MEETING of the association begins at 10 a. m. in room 206 of Memorial Center. * • * CHANGE OVER — The transition from the BRANIGIN to the WHITCOMB ADMINISTRATION is moving smoothly, spokesmen for Governor-elect Edgar D. Whitcomb said today. * * * IMPROVEMENTS NOTED - The big 236-acre Indiana STATE FAIRGROUNDS in Indianapolis is LIKE A SMALL CITY and it takes a small army of maintenance workers to keep the grounds and buildings up to date and ready for the crowds that come to the fairgrounds year around. The crowds are quick to notice needed repairs, but when everything is in good order, they seldom think about the work it takes to keep the grounds as they should be. The Indiana state fair board has set AUGUST 22 through SEPTEMBER 1 as the dates for the 1969 Indiana state fair. ♦ * * ACCIDENT STATISTICS - You’re 2% times more likely to have an accident in town, but 2% times more likely to be KILLED IN A COUNTY SMASHUP, ac-

Medical Quackery Kills Hany

cording to Indiana state police accident statistics. The facts, as outlined by state police for the first nine months of 1968, show there were 90,908 URBAN CRASHES as compared to 38,453 in rural areas. The DEATH TOLL in cities, however, totaled 308 as compared to 771 in the countryside. * * * CHIEF DEPUTY — ALLEN J. LINDLEY, who has served as deputy auditor under four previous state auditors, has been named as CHIEF DEPUTY AUDITOR to state auditor-elect TRUDY S. ETHERTON, pending approval of his release from the state board of accounts by Governor ROGER D. BRANIGIN. Mrs. Etherton, who will TAKE OFFICE DECEMBER 1, also announced two other staff appointments. She said Garland Ferrell will continue in the auditor’s office as an administrative assitant and Mrs. Mary Jackson will be her secretary. County Barbers Donate $352 To Crippled Children Ed Whitby, president of the Kosciusko County Society For Crippled Children and Adults, Inc., has announced that the Kosciusko county barbers’ local number 797 has collected $352 in their annual Crippled Children’s barber week. John Kinsey, president of local 797 turned over $138.08 to the Kosciusko Society for Crippled Children which was collected by the following shops in the county: Knoops Barber Shop and Mug and Brush Barber shop in Warsaw; Collins Barber shop and Ryan’s Barber shop in Silver Lake; Kessie’s Barber shop in North Webster; Oswalt’s Barber shop in Leesburg and Good’s Barber shop in Milford. ( ? Kyler’s Barber shop, Mosher’s Barber shop and Williams Barber shop in Columbia City collected $51.32 Much was donated to the Whitley County School for the Retarded. The Nappanee members of local number 797, Arnolt’s Barber shop, Hepler’s barber shop and Central barber shop collected $162.60 for the Jeff Bean fund which is to help a teenage boy injured in a riding accident. > 1968 CHRISTMAS ° GREETINGS 1968 5 poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooC : 1968 CHRISTMAS ° GREETINGS 1968

Miami, Fla., the plane in which he and Mrs. Roudebush were riding with friends, crashed and burned. THEY HAD SUCH A miraculous escape that Roudebush who suffered a dislocated hip and' fractured left arm near the wrist said he figured an Angel was riding on the wing. He may have developed a new pattern of campaigning in Indiana. Roudebush would contact the Indiana Bell Telephone Company and it would set up an amplifying system to the town where a rally was scheduled. By long distance telephone, he would address an audience and could hear and answer questions. He defeated Robert Ford, a Democrat, of Kokomo. Consider the margin by which Roudebush won: He won by 47,165 votes in his new district. He carried all 12 counties. He actual ly ran 9,766 votes ahead of the popular Richard M. Nixon. He ran 18,787 ahead of Senate candidate Ruckelshaus. ROUDEBUSH ran 9,333 votes ahead of G.O.P. gubernatorial candidate Ed Whitcomb. His 47,165 total was 62 per cent of the vote. He led the Republican party ticket in the district. Roudebush is out of the hospital and recuperating in his lovely modern home northeast of Noblesville. He plans to be in Washington January 2 when the Republicans will go through the ritual of putting up Jerry Ford of Michigan as House speaker. Democrats have the votes to elect John McCormack of Massachusetts, speaker.