The Mail-Journal, Volume 6, Number 39, Milford, Kosciusko County, 29 October 1969 — Page 9

The Mail t 'jjouriial yT PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESTJSCy l The Milford Mail (Est. 1888) Syracuse-WawaMe Journal (Est 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

Halloween

MOVIE and TV spooks are graceful creatures who can swim up and down stairs like dolphins. But the pint-sized human variety who haunt and beg on Halloween are a clumsy, accidentprone clan. Here are a few safety hints for the wee ones: Paint false faces on them with an eyebrow pencil, grease paint, burnt cork or cosmetics. Face masks are dangerous if they slide over the child’s eyes and block his vision. Nonflammable costumes and decorations are a must. Use reflective tape, arm bands and dangle tags on costumes and anything else they wear or carry to make sure they stand out in the dark.

October Is Co-op Month

Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb has proclaimed October as Co-op Month in Indiana. His proclamation recognizes the achievements and services of Indiana’s consumer and farmer cooperatives. President Richard M. Nixon also has joined the nation’s cooperatives in observing Co-op Month. He complimented the cooperatives for choosing “Progress Through People” as the theme of this year’s Co-op Month, noting, “Progress through people is the way America has always moved ahead . . . one noteworthy example of progress through people has been, and remains, the cooperative enterprise.” In Indiana alone more than 500,000 men and women own and operate more than 235,successful cooperatives.

Styles For Everyone

Once upon a time the males trembled when the wives and girl friends rushed off to hear the oracles of fashion. Whatever the figure, there’s a fad to fit it. Even Great Grandma, who hasn’t raised a hem since 1920, dan be in style. If you happened to pick up a surplus army coat after World War II you’ve got the latest in the “maxi” line. Still, judging from the previews, Eve hasn’t

PS Bayh-Lines A Jy FROM WASHINGTON fißjata| Bayh Seeks Creation — Os National Park

WASHINGTON, D.~ C. - Senator Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) is seeking congressional approval of the proposed Falls of the Ohio Interstate park Compact in a bill introduced in the Senate today. Senator Vance Hartke (DInd.), Senator John Sherman Cooper (R-Ky.), and Senator Marlow Cook (R-Ky.) joined Bayh in sponsoring this bill concerning the creation and development of the Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park.i The proposed park is located along the Ohio River in Indiana and Kentucky. The compact would establish a

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Falls of the Ohio Interstate Park Commission comprised of six members who would assume the governing authority of the proposed park. The legislatures of both Indiana and Kentucky have already approved the compact. Final approval will rest with Congress. The Indiana Senator called attention to the park’s outstanding limestone formations containing various fossil refics He noted especially the great fossil coral reef, a rare known representative of its kind in the world, which is eligible for the National Registery of Natural

/ Alter costumes so they do not catch on fences, hedges or bushes. If costumes are too long, they create a. tripping hazard. Children should not be allowed to carry lighted candles or torches. If the child has to have a lantern or light, make sure it is powered by flashlight batteries. A child should not be allowed to carry a knife or other sharp instrument — make a dummy out of cardboard. Remind your children of basic safety rules: Not to dash from between parked cars; not to play in the street; to cross at comers only, and not to cross the street without first looking both ways.

Membership in a cooperative is an active undertaking. In a co-op, people — not shares of stock — vote to determine policy. The operation of a co-op is the responsibility of each and every member. Through cooperatives, people stretch their minds and test their judgment. They often make decisions that affect not only the services which they receive from their co-op, but which also affect their communities, their patterns of social organization, their children’s futures, ana their way of life. , The success of Indiana’s many cooperatives offers solid evidence that their members have done well. Progress Through People is indeed a well-chosen theme.

gone out of style either. Pick your generation. There’s no gap. Everything that we can remember, plus some designs that come out of art museums ana history books, are “mod” today. And if you want to find out what era suits you best, this is the (time) to do it, Commercial Appeal (Memphis)

Landmarks. Bayh said, “The creation of this park is a creation of a natural resource preserve; for by this park, an area rich in scientific, educational and recreational value, will be maintained for all Americans. r-Vv r T)i h> f“hrh \ \\/ // m and Social SecunTy~ Q — I have been receiving social security widow’s benefits for five years. I am now planning on getting married. Will my, social security benefits end? A— Marriage after age 60 does not end widows payments hut may cause them to be less. Ysy might be entitled to a scenea wife on your new husband’s account. For exact figures, discuss your situation with the social security office. [ Q — Is it necessary for any person having a social security card to notify the social security office when he changes his address? A— Only those persons who are receiving social security benefits or are paying Medicare premiums need to report their change of address. This may be tne by phone, letter or by visitl the local office. r . i Q —l am a college student receiving monthly checks on my deceased father’s social security record. If I work during the summer, will I be able to get my social security checks? i A—lt depends on how much you earn in the entire year. If your total earnings for 1969 are $1,680 or less, ycuTl be entitled to all your checks this year. If you earn over $1,680, some of your social security checks may be withheld.

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Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney at Law

This is a public service aiticle explaining provisions of Incjuana law in general terms.

Mechanic's Lien On Real Property

Every person who owns property of Value, whether real or personal, should have a general understanding of the effect of a mechanic’s lien. Mechanic’s liens are a statutory remedy available in Indiana to persons who either provide services on or materials for the improvement of real or personal property. Since various liens are different in their operation, today’s article will cover liens on real property./ Every homeowner should understand that when he invites a person to Come on his property to either repair or improve it, he therefore sets in motion the right of that person property in the event that he to have a mechanic’s lien on his

Spedol Report from Washington

WASHINGTON — The White House has been sending up trial balloons to test public reaction to various Viet Nam proposals. White House spokesmen, in private talks with correspondents, have been cooing like doves. But in the privacy of his - oval office, Preside still talking like a hawk. He has complained that those who want to set a date for complete withdrawal of U. S. troops from Viet Nam should also tell our negotiators in Paris to come home. Any chance for negotiations, he argues, will be destroyed if the enemy believes the pull-out resolutions. He insists that the resolutions not only pull the rug out from under our negotiators but will prolong the war. Nixon has reminded visitors that the nation at any time has only one President empowered to negotiate with the enemy. His implication is that the people should let him conduct the negotiations and change Presidents if they aren’t satisfied lyith the results. As for the antiwar demonstrators, the President complains that they should make their appeals to Hanoi. The key to peace, he has told visitors, is in Hanoi, not Paris or Washington. Meanwhile, he has made clear that his policies are going to be .governed by the weight of the evidence, not the weight of the mail. In other words, Vice President Agnew, whose remarks about the antiwar demonstrators has drawn sharp fire, merely stated in public what President Nixon has been saying privately. The President, of course, will use softer words in his November

does not pay the duebill. This also applies to persons who provide materials for the improvement of the property. Because of the tremendous force of this remedy, however, the courts have strictly construed the rights to mechanic’s lien, and the person asserting it must very carefully follow the statute. Hie person asserting this right to a mechanic’s lien for labor, work, services or materials must protect his lien on real property by filing in the Recorder’s office of the county within sixty days after the last performance of- services or providing materials his claim setting forth in detail the exact amount involved and the property in question.

3 report to the nation on the war. As of now, he plans to give only a careful appraisal of the military situation, explain what he is trying to achieve, and announce additional troop withdrawals. PENTAGON CENSORSHIP 7 .J^j^rmedForcesßadio and Television Service has been around since the days of World War 11. Its purpose is to provide servicemen overseas with news and entertainment, to boost morale and keep Gl’s abroad informed as to what is going on at home and around the world. It operates some 350 stations to do this, with live and taped shows. But this column has dug up considerable evidence that not only the news but the entertainment programs are subject to strict censorship, not for security reasons but because the Pentagon brass has its own ideas of what Gl’s should be permitted to hear or know. For example, there is a program on radio stations in this country called “Music Around the World.” Its producer supplied copies of the program to the AFRTS for several years but stopped doing so in 1967 because of the way it was mangled by Pentagon censors. “Controversial” music was being cut out — from Irish songs needling the British Lion to music from “Zorba the Creek.” But that was mild compared to the treatment suffered by news programs. At the time of the riots and looting in Washington after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, the deputy AFRTS director in Washington, Lt. Col. Jack Meyer, sternly reprimanded his Washington newsroom to “keep those niggers Off the air.”

The Recorder is then required to mail a notice of this lien to the property owner. Once this is properly done then the mechanic or material man may proceed to enforce the lien by a foreclosure suit in the circuit or superior court of the county in which he is entitled not only to the agreed price for the services rendered or materials provided, but in addition attorney’s fees and costs oL4he proceedings. The property owner, of course, is entitled to raise any defenses in the trial of the proceedings, but if in fact it is a bona fide bill,andif the amount in question is not a large one, the addition of attorney’s fees can greatly enlarge the amount of money that the homeowner has to pay. . If after jugment is rendered the homeowner still resists the payment of the amount adjudicated, the lien holder can proceed to sell the property on which the lien was asserted Every homeowner should, therefore, be careful to deal with reputable people and if a large home improvement is being considered, he should speak with his attorney about the preparation of a contract setting out the exact nature of the improvement to be completed and the price to be paid for it.

When nerve gas killed thousands of sheep in Utah, AFRTS Washington newsfoom was ordered tojgnofethe story. Only when the news had spread Fdfand wide and Congressmen were raising a ruckus was the news permitted to go to servicemen overseas. A program by Dr. Joyce Brothers discussing birth control, contraception and The Pill raised Pentagon hackles, resulting in an order banning talks on contraception, by Dr. Brothers or anyone else. An American Broadcasting Company program relayed regularly to AFRTS stations included a pickup of Stokely Carmichael; Pentagon officials rebuked their Washington editors for putting the Negro militant’s voice on the air. Rep. John Moss of California, who has long fought government secrecy and consorship, has asked this column to supply him with details of these and other cases of AFRTS censorship. We are doing so. He may demand a congressional investigation. HAYNSWORTH OR BUST At a recent powwow inside the White House, every Republican leader present advised President Nixon to abandon his campaign to install Judge Clement Haynsworth on the Supreme Court. Both Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott and his deputy, Sen. Robert Griffin of Michigan, warned that they couldn’t guarantee enough votes in the Senate to confirm Haynsworth. The President replied that he also didn’t have enough votes to win Senate approval of his controversial anti-ballistic missile system but that he kept'

Congressional Corner: John Brademas Reports From Washington

House Passes Nixon-Backed Brademas Mobile Home Measure

I was naturally very pleased last Thursday when Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George Romney called to thank me for having successfully sponsored an amendment to the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969. My amendment, which was passed by a voice vote, authorizes the Federal Housing Administration to insure loans for purchase of mobile homes up to SIO,OOO, repayable over a maximum period of twelve years. This measure will enable more low and moderate income Americans to obtain decent housing at prices they can afford. At a time when high construction costs and soaring interest rates make it nearly impossible for many families to buy a conventional home, I believe my amendment will enable the mobile home industry, which has already built many single family dwellings, to play an even more important role in meeting the acute housing shortage. Os course, as the Representative in Congress of the Congressional District in which Elkhart,,. County, mobile home capital orthe world, is located, I was particularly pleased by the House vote. My amendment also authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to require that mobile homes and the sites on which they are located conform to certain standards in order to insure their durability and their compatibility with the neighborhood in which they are located. In addition, the amendment authorizes the Secretary of HUD to require that mobile homes conform to local zoning regulations. The Housing and Urban Development Act contained other provisions of importance to residents of the Third District. First, the bill extends for one year the period during which local contributions to urban renewal projects can be counted as non-cash credits to match

COMMEMORATIVE STAMP TO BE ISSUED A commemorative stamp encouraging rehabilitation of crippled children and adults will be issued this fall to coincide with the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Seal movement. The post office department will put the stamp on sale November 20, 1969, opening dav of the Society's golden anniversary convention in Columbus, Ohio. The Easter Seal Society had its beginning in Elyria, Ohio, in 1919. It has since grown to an organization of 2,000 state and local affiliates offering help to handicapped children and adults.

Federal dollars. This measure can save $660,000 for the city of Mishawaka in non-cash credits which would have expired last summer if this extension, which I sponsored in the House, had not teen granted. Second, the House bill will increase the resources available to the Farmers’ Home Administration to improve the quality of housing in rural areas. OTHER NOTES —The House will soon take up a bill to set health and safety standards in the nation’s mines. This legislation is aimed at helping prevent recurrences of mine accidents such as the 1967 disaster in Farmington, W. Va., which claimed 78 lives. —On Saturday, October 25, I was in Detroit to address the annual meeting of the National Executive Board of the American Jewish Committee. I discussed the role of private philanthropy in the United States, and the effect which current tax reform proposals could have on philanthropic enterprises. —On Saturday evening, I returned to South Bend for a speech to the 1969 Indiana Government Affairs school, sponsored by the South Bend Jaycees. —Last Sunday morning I preached two Laymen’s 4 Day Sermons at the St. Paul’s United Methodist church in Kensington, Maryland. —On October 20 I reviewed higher education legislation with some 75 presidents of major colleges and universities attending a meeting of the American Association of universities. I warned the education leaders that the outlook for support of higher education measures and money was not bright right now. Financial pressures caused by the Viet Nam War, concern about inflation and current indications that President Nixon does not place education high on his agenda of national priorities are among the reasons.

By JACK ANI)ERSON

-hustling votes until he got enough. Then he delivered an impassioned little speech, saying hejheld Haynsworth’s career in his hands and that he wouldn’t be a party to destroying the man. The President wound up by vowing that he would stick by ; Haynsworth even if he got only ; (me vote. The President is able to apply considerable political pressure on recalcitrant Senators. So Haynsworth may yet be confirmed. CAPITOL BATTLE Massachusetts’s two most powerful politicians, Speaker John McCormack and Sen. Ted ■> Kennedy, are engaged in a backstage struggle over the crumbling west front of the Capitol building. The Speaker has enlisted the support of the Capitol architect, George Stewart, for building a new front. Stewart has gone so far as to warn members of Congress that the vibrations of jets flying over the Capitol could shake down pieces of- the building. He has barred helicopters from operating around Capitol Hill because of the hazard to the strantisra. Sen. Kennedy has hinted, as kindly as possible, that Steward is 79 years old and his judgment can no longer be trusted. Kennedy is also backed by the American Institute of Architects, which contends that the west front can be safely restored to preserve its historic features. The Speaker pushed his exjpinion plan through the House, fiat Kennedy blocked it in the figMte. It should be interesting to eee whether the old Speaker or the young Senator will get his way.