The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 45, Milford, Kosciusko County, 11 December 1968 — Page 7

Hail PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat 1888) Syracuae-Wawasee Journal (Eat. 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Busiaos Manager • Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567 Entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana Subscription: >4.00 per year in Kosciusko County: $4.50 Outside County EDITORIALS

The Right Direction

Members of the Milford town board should be congratulated for the giant step they took at their December meeting. It was in the right direction and has brought them several bouquets from area residents. The board voted to spend its 1968 decorating budget on permanent Christmas decorations for the town. This year pole trim kits were pur-

It's Catching ...

Let us (you and I) start something new” in this area. Let’s start teaching others to be proud of their country and what she stands for. Maybe you don’t agree with what’s going on in Washington, D. C., but that doesn’t mean you can’t love your country just as much as your forefathers. They didn’t always agree with Uncle Sam either. Let’s show our love and respect for this country in every way we can — it’s catching. How often have you seen people talking and walking around during a flag raising ceremony or while the national anthem is being played ? Are you guilty of this offense? Do you own a flag? Do you display it on the proper holidays? Can you say the pledge to the flag? Do you know the words to the national anthem ? School officials should check into their teachings. Is history class the only place children are taught to love their country? How many times is the pledge to the flag given during the year? Semester? Week? Parents and businessmen should think back as to when they flew their

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If reports out of Indianapolis are correct, a move is afoot among members of the newly elected Indiana Legislature which will convene in January to override the legislator’s salary increase bill which was vetoed by Governor Branigin in 1967. The bill as approved by both houses in 1967, would increase the pay of the legislators to $4,000 in the 1969 session, and to $6,000 in 1971. At the present salary of SI,BOO, it may well be that the members of the General Assembly are underpaid. However, it must be remembered that in addition to the salary, the legislators receive S3O a day expense money for the 61-day, biennual session, and that under the 1967 salary bill, they would, in addition to their salary, draw SSO a month expenses throughout the 24 months of their terms. Under the new bill a senator or representative would draw a total of more than $14,000 for his work at the two-month-long legislative session and whatever additional work he might feel inclined or obligated to do in the long recess. It would, we might further

Prepare Farm Engines.For Winter Storage LAFAYETTE — With Indiana's 1968 corn harvest virtually completed, fanners will have more time to prepare their equipment for winter storage. Gasoline engines on such equipment as combines, forage harvesters, balers and irrigation pumps should receive special at-

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chased. The kits feature red wrapping, green and gold tinsel and “sugar plum” lights of assorted colors. The decorations can be used for several years to come, and board members plan to purchase additional decorations each year, as they can afford them. Again we congratulate the board for its step in the right direction.

flag last. Was it in November? It should have been out on the 11th. By the way, teachers, did your students know why they had a holiday or were they just dismissed for the day? Let’s start with our own homes, schools, organizations and communities. Then we can watch the fire of pride in America grow. If you saw the show just prior to the Green Bay Packer - Baltimore Colt football game Saturday afternoon you know what we’re saying. Tears of pride filled our eyes as a stadium of thousands of anxious football fans took time out to show they love America and proudly waved their flags before the television cameras. Why the special ceremony on December 7? Many of you can’t answer the question—it’s just another day on most calendars. The idea for the show, which featured men from the armed forces and several patriotic songs, came from three Green Bay housewives who, like us, believe in America. They did something about their beliefs and we plan to do something about ours. How about you?

note, raise the pay of a state legislator very close to the level of that for a United States Congressman, based on the actual time spent in session. The positions, are not comparable and we feel, bluntly, that the 1967 Legislature was guilty of a bad case of overkill when it attempted to peg the salaries at the $6,000 level. In addition, there is a very real question as to the constitutionality of an action to override the veto with respect to salaries in 1969, since the Constitution specifically states that such an increase may not take effect in the session in which it is approved. With the new Republican administration committed to economy and tax restraint, the overriding of the salary bill veto as a “first order of business” would establish a very bad precedent and open both the Legislature and Administration to broad criticism. A far more responsible course of action would Be taken if the Legislators were to permit the old bill to rest in peace and then, as a regular item of business, work out a salary bill more in keeping with the economic realities. —Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

tention. Tractors which will remain idle during the winter also should be prepared for the cold weather ahead. Most engine manufacturers issue instruction manuals giving detailed instructions on preparing the engine for winter storage. However, if such a manual is not available, Sam Parsons, Purdue university extension agricultural engineer, suggests the following procedure: Old engine oil may contain water, acids and sludge. These result from condensation and dilu-

tion and are highly corrosive when the engine stands idle for extended periods. So, run the engine until it is fully warmed up; then drain the crankcase and refill it with new oil. Run the engine again for a few minutes to coat its interior surface with clean oil. To prevent rusting and corroding of cylinder walls, pistons and valves, squirt a little 20 or 30 weight oil through the spark plug holes and crank the engine a few times. Then replace the spark plugs. The slow evaporation of fuel during the winter will form gums. These may coat the fuel system, block passageways and hamper good operation when the unit is needed. So, gasoline should be drained from the fuel tank and carburetor. On engines with battery ignition systems, remove battery and store in a cool dry place where temperatures will remain above freezing. The simplest method of cooling svstem protection is to drain and flush the radiator and block. All drain cocks should be left open. Another method is to add antifreeze and a rust inhibitor. Replace worn or frayed radiator hoses and check the system for possible leaks. Regardless of the type of equipment being stored, the weight should be taken off of rubber tires. This will reduce localized stress in the tire casing.

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Ruckelshaus JfeQ Has Job With- State

MORE HOOSIERS AT WORK — About 17,800 MORE HOOSIERS were at work at mid-November than were the previous month. DWIGHT D. KELLEY, chief of research for the Indiana Employment Security Division, said that some 1,843,100 persons were employed in non-agricultural jobs last month and that this figure topped the November 1967 total by some 45,200. Mr. Kelley said that much of the increase between October and November resulted from the SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES in some durable goods industries. Retail trade employment was higher than in October but NON-MANUFACTURING employment in general was DOWN SLIGHTLY because of seasonal decreases, particularly in construction work. * * * RUCKELSHAUS HAS NEW JOBTHEODORE L. SENDAK, attorney general-elect, today named WILLIAM D. RUCKELSHAUS, prominent Indianapolis attorney and recent Republican candidate

HOOSIER DAY Knowledge Explosion And The Mass Media By FRANK WHITE

for United States Senator, as a SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL to serve during the reorganizational phase of the attorney general’s office. SENDAK made the announcement after conferring with the present attorney general, JOHN J. DILLON. RUCKELSHAUS began Monday to serve during the legislative period as LIAISON for the attorney general’s office with the governor’s office and with the Indiana General Assembly. * * • CHAPTER CHAIRMAN — V. L. TATLOCK of Terre Haute has been elected CHAPTER CHAIRMAN of the INDIANA MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY, it was announced today by the board of directors. Elected to serve as VICECHAIRMEN were Clay Connor, Indianapolis; Donald Ramsey, Muncie; James Shelton, Indianapolis; Dr. Albert Stewart, Lafayette; John Wood, Indianapolis. Elected SECRETARY was Har-

INDIANA university campus Bloomington — When either a baby or an idea is born, it is a happy occasion and so it was here. I was one of the Fourth Estate who attended a first annual I.U. conference devoted to “'Knowledge Explosion and the Mass Media”. This gathering was a brain-child of Dr. Richard G. Gray, new chairman or head of the department of journalism. Gray is youthful looking. He is loaded with degrees, including a doctorate, high educational honors and practical newspaper experience. I.U. is the state’s most important source for training reporters for newspapers, large and small, for wire bureaus, radio and TV. THIS CONFERENCE brought face to face big issues and changes to representatives of 19 newspapers, four radio-TV, one columnist (that’s me), eight other universities organizations, 33 I. U. top administrators from faculty and staff, nine students plus journalism student reporters and observers. Focus of attention was Dr. Joseph L. Sutton, Indiana university’s new 13th president. It was his first public address after being president of I.U. exactly three days. No holds were barred in wrestling with the big educational issues and changes. This included a book - see-it-as-it-is-for yourself of so-called student revolution sweeping the world, and hot topics such as open visitation of girls and boys in dormi-

ve y Showalter, Indianapolis; TREASURER, John Kistner, Indianapolis; ASSISTANT TREASURER. Mrs. G. G. Storms, Zionsville. Federal Law Will Control Gun Sales INDIANAPOLIS — Sales of guns and ammunition will be controlled under the new Federal gun law which takes effect December 16. James E. Daly, District Director of Internal Revenue for Indiana, said IRS is preparing material to help gun dealers, gun buyers and collectors comply with the new Gun Control Act of 1968 which was enacted by Congress in October. Persons under 21 will be prohibited from purchasing pistols, revolvers, and ammunition for such weapons and persons under 18 will not be permitted to purchase any firearms or ammunition. Sales will generally not be permitted to out-of-state residents, Mr. Daly said, although a person from an adjoining state can buy a rifle or shotgun by complying with certain provisions of the new Act. Sales to residents of a state will be prohibited if possession of the firearm is not allowed by local ordinance. Summaries of pertinent local laws are being compiled in a booklet to be mailed by IRS to federally licensed gun dealers. The booklet, Publication 603, “Published Ordinances-Firearms,” should be in the hands of dealers before December 16, to enable them to check on the gun laws of a locality before selling a gun.

tories. Tragedy of this conference, if there was such, is that anyone of the publishers or management of radio and TV failed to have a representative at the two-day conference. NEWS MEDIA representatives not alone heard the very top echelon of I.U. campus command. They heard a panel of students debate “open visitation”, moderated by Ted Najam, president of Indiana university student body. One on the panel was Miss Nan Nottingham, vice president I.U. student foundation. Visitors were dinner guests at the various fraternity, sorority and residence halls. There they were free to question any of the 27,000 resident I. U. students on any subject. . Today’s column gives the setting for many facts of what I heard and saw on the campus of I.U. during a two-day sojourn. Other observations will be woven into nitty-gritty discussion in future Hoosier Day columns. INDIANA university Memorial Union building, where it was held, is perhaps the largest of its kind in the world. It is a complex of big study rooms, with fireplace, wall to wall carpet, comfortable overstuffed, leather upholstered chairs, lounges, a book store, cafeterias, barber shop, sweets shop, dormitory rooms for visitors, escalators and recreation facilities. Some I.U. friends look alarmed when I describe all this as "lush”.

fßayh-Linesk FROM WASHINGTON Bayh Poll Indicates Hoosiers Favor Gun Control; Cuts In Space And Aid

WASHINGTON, D. C. - A statewide poll of Indiana, conducted by U.S. Senator Birch Bayh, indicates that Hoosiers favor gun controls, reductions in space and foreign aid spending, and that barely more than half are opposed to the recent tax surcharge. An overwhelming majority of Hoosiers said crime control was mainly a local and state responsibility. Bayh’s poll was mailed as part of his newsletter to constituents in late summer and early fall. The results'of the poll were based on approximately $25,000 responses from residents of all parts of Indiana. On gun controls, the respondents were asked what kind of gun controls they would like to see and could check any or all of five proposals. The results: —71.8 per cent favored outlawing destructive weapons such as machine guns or hand grenades. —61.7 per cent favored a ban on the interstate mail-order sale of all firearms. —58.7 per cent said they would approve restricting the sale of handguns to persons over 21 and the sale of rifles and shotguns to persons over 18. —39.2 per cent favored registration of all handguns, shotguns and rifles. —119.5 per cent favored registration of handguns only. —14.3 per cent opposed any form of gun controls. On America’s money problems respondents were asked if they would favor a major belt-tight-ening program at the federal level. Eighty-one point seven per cent said they would. These respondents then were asked which three of 10 listed federal programs they would cut first. The results: —91.3 per cent listed foreign aid among the first three federal programs they would cut. —55.2 per cent listed the space program. - —44.9 per cent listed the poverty program. Programs that few Hoosiers listed among the first three they would cut included education aid, flood control and water resources programs, law enforcement assistance, Project Head Start, the school lunch program and the summer job program. All respondents then were asked if they believed the recently enacted tax surcharge was an important part of the effort to make ends meet at the federal level. The results: —50.8 per cent said no. • —41.4 per cent stid yes. —7.8 per cent had no opinion. Respondents were asked if they believed that the main responsibility for combating crime should reside with the federal government, each state- government, or each county or- munici-

Who would build a modern building without full facilities of the highest standard of living the world has seen? Where could stu- ~ dents elsewhere have more fantastic accomodations? HERE ARE SOME additional words about I.U.’s younger 13th president, Dr. Sutton. He is a big man physically with distinction of speaking Japanese fluently. He is a tremendous bundle of direct action and vigor, I heard the conferees in conversation talk about his candor, frankness and effectiveness in presenting his views in a positive yet kind way. Dr. Sutton admitted he was nervous at this his first address to newsmen. Some of his staff feared he would be misquoted since he spoke extemporaneously. He prefers the question and answer approach to stumbling through a formal, written address. President Sutton’s grandfather, father, and uncle, were all founders of the Muncie Press and newspapers in Oklahoma. Someone remarked that he could look /?at the assembled newsmen and \say: “Except by the grace of God, there would I be.” He chuckled at this. COMMENT heard most, was about Dr. Sutton’s keen sense and ample supply of humor. To use an ancient cliche, we got an impression he spoke softly, bubbling over with enthusiasm, but behind all this carries a big stick I expect a great era for I.U. with president Sutton its prepcy.

pal government. The results: —48.3 per cent said county or municipal governments should be maiiily responsible for combating crime. —35.5 per cent said each state government should have the main responsibility. —lO.l per cent said the federal government should have the main responsibility. —6.1 per cent had no opinion. Here are other results from the poll: Respondents were asked to list the two most important problems facing" them and this country today (from a list of 10). —SO per cent listed the war in Viet Nam as one of the two most important problems. —44 per cent listed the rising crime rate as one of the two. —4O per cent said the federal government is spending too much money, and this is one of the two most important problems In view of corruption in the economic aid program to South Viet Nam, respondents were asked to check one of four courses this country could take: —55.4 per cent advocated halting or reducing economic aid to South Viet Nam. —43 per cent advocated continuing aid but demanding better management. —1.6 per cent had no opinion. Respondents were asked to check one of five statements which best reflected their view on the Viet Nam war. The question was answered before the current bombing halt: —57.6 per cent favored continuing or stepping up the fighting, whether we were negotiating or not. —39.3 per cent favored either an immediate U.S. pullout from Viet Nam, a bombing halt while pursuing negotiations, or a bombing halt for a reasonable period of time to try to create the atmosphere for negotiations. —3.1 per cent expressed no opinion. Respondents were asked if they favored Bayh’s amendment (adopted by the Senate but rejected by a House-Senate conference committee) to increase the amount of money people over 65 could earn and still retain their full Social Security benefits: —81.7 per cent favored the amendment. —8.6 per cent opposed it. —7.6 per cent were not familiar with it. —2.1 per cent did not answer. Respondents were asked whether they favored the Bayh Amendment to the Constitution on presidential inability and vice presidential succession. —60.1 per cent favored it. —3.7 per cent opposed it. —33.2 per cent were not familiar with it. —3 per cent did not answer.