The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 1, Milford, Kosciusko County, 4 February 1970 — Page 9

Tfao JWail c Z>d*J**t* t'liai L PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Eat 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

Happy Birthday! Most worthwhile undertakings have away of remaining beneath the surface of public acclaim. They cement society together in an entity that we call civilization. One of the most worthwhile undertakings is that honored institution, the Boy Scouts of America. Between February 5 and 13, 1970, over two million Boy Scouts in 70,000 troops will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scout movement in the United States. This year, as the Scouts observe their week, national attention will be drawn to the simple and elementary principles that make civilization possible. These principles are embraced in the Scout law.

When The Paper Doesn't Come!

My father says the paper he reads ain’t put up right. He finds a lot of fault, he does, persuing it all night. He says there ain’t a single thing in it worthwhile to read, And that it doesn’t print the kind of stuff that people need. He tosses it aside and says it’s strictly on the bu-m-But you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn’t come. He reads about the weddin’s and he snorts like all get out. He reads the social doin’s with a most derisive shout. He says they make the paper for women folks alone.

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Bayh Authors Bill To Assist Minor War Widows

WASHINGTON. D. C., - Mrs Donna Glover is a 19-year-old Viet Nam war widow who thought that a law that didn’t make sense ought to be changed—and who did something about it. Mrs Glover, of New Whiteland, Indiana, took the advice of those who urged, ’’Write your congressman or senator ” Today, she saw her plea for help answered, when Senator Birch Bayh (D-Ind ) introduced a bill that will make financial arrangements a little more secure for America’s young war widows. t Mrs. Glover, whose husband SSg. Larry Ray Glover died m Viet Nam on October 7, had found it difficult to understand why she was denied full payment of her husband’s military insurance upon his death. Indiana law. she knew, prohibited her from receiving more than $2,500 in one year from an insurance claim because she is a minor and required any

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settlement over that amount to be stretched over a period of time. But. she felt, this was unfair for a minor who also happens to be a widow— and perhaps the mother of children In December, she wrote Senator Bayh, stating her case simply. Although noting that the Indiana law has merit in protecting children who are insurance beneficiaries, she protested that “this law is very’ improper in the case of a widow.” "We are of legal age to have the responsibilities of marriage (and widowhood) at 18," sb* wrote, “but the law says w* p are not capable of managing our own financial affairs. . This does not make sense." “To be truthful,” she added, “I am not in desperate need because I am working and able to support myself But every widow is not in my position and that is why I would like for you to see if this law could be altered.”

The tenets of Scout law go far beyond the world of the Boy Scout. They are the premises of our daily existence. According to Scout law, a Scout is trustworthy. A Scout is loyal• to his home, parents and country. A Scout is helpful. A Scout is friendly and courteous. He is kind. He is obedient. He is cheerful. He is thrifty. A ScouUs brave and clean in body and thought. Finally, a Scout is reverent. As we join in helping the Scouts observe Boy Scout Week this year, it is well to pay tribute, among other things, to the Scout law—and emulate it if we can. Judging by their past behavior, it will be quite a task for a lot of people.

He’ll read about the parties and he’ll fume and fret and groan. He says of information it doesn’t have a crumbBut you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn’t come. He’s always first to grab it and he reads it plumb clean through. He doesn’t miss an item or a want adthis is true. He says they don’t know what we want, the dunr newspaper guys. He’s going to take a day sometime and go and put ’em wise. Sometimes it seems as though they must be blind and deaf and dumbBut you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn’t come. —Wakarusa Tribune

Mrs Glover, a computer programmer, pointed out that many widows are under 21 years of age and, unlike herself, have children to support “The insurance benefit is a definite need to them," she wrote, “and I feel they are entitled to the payment their husbands had set aside for them without legal involvement " Senator Bayh agreed. He ordered his staff to investigate the situation, and learning that it was as Mrs. Glover stated, drew up a bill to resolve it. The bill, introduced today, would authorize payment of a servicemen’s group life insurance policy to any widow or widower who is under 21 years of age. The federal law, if passed, would take precedence over any state law to the contrary. In introducing the bill. Senator Bayh pointed out that it is designed to meet circumstances that now arise in 36 states. These states generally restrict the payment of servicemen’s insurance claims to minors to less than $3,000 annually, said Bayh. In order to receive more than this, it is frequently necessary for the minor to establish a guardianship—a lengthly, costly legal process Sometimes even this does not prevent the arbitrary limitation of annual payment irrespective of need. “The greatest financial need of our young war widows is often in that very period following the death of their husbands," said Bayh. "They should be entitled to full payment immediately—and directly.” You And Social Security Q — Where can I get information regarding Medicaid for my mother? A— Medicaid is administered by the Department of Public Welfare. You should contact the local county welfare office. Q—When I filed my retirement claim with social security I was told I would receive payment for September. I did not receive a check until October. Why wain’t I paid for September? A—You were. Social security payments are made on the third of a month for the previous month. The check you received in October was payment for September.

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Know Your Indiana Law « By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney at Law This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms. Notaries Public - Part II

Many notaries are under the impression that they can only perform their notary duties within the county in which they signed the registry book. This is not true. They may perform their duties anywhere in the State of Indiana. However, they should take care to note in their certificate the name of the county where they have signed the registry book; for example, “Mary Doe, a notary public in and for the County of Marion, Indiana," though she is signing the certificate in Allen County. Notaries are prohibited by law

I Special Report from Washington

WASHINGTON—President Nixon in his State of the Union message declared his intention to reduce American involvement and American presence in other nations* affairs. He made it clear this doctrine applied to Europe as well as the rest of the world Senate Democrats, in response, are preparing to press for the withdrawal of American troops from Europe. In the back rooms of the State Department, however, this has caused considerable consternation. The NATO nations are now drawing up proposals for a mutual reduction of conventional forces in Europe on both sides of the Iron Curtain This will be taken up with the Russians, who will be invited to pull back their troops from East Germany in return for American withdrawal from West Germany. As a result, Secretary of State Bill Rogers would like to stop all talk of withdrawal until a deal can be struck with the Russians. He has passed the word to our NATO allies that there positively will be no American withdrawal from Europe this year. For an American pullback, undoubtedly, would cause our allies also to reduce their forces. Rogers isn’t opposed to reductions, but he wants an agreement first from the Soviets that communist forces will also be reduced. DE GAULLE’S HANDIWORK? French-American relations were severely jolted by the French sale of 100 jet fighters to Libya. French officials had informed American Ambassador Sargent Shriver originally that the transaction would involve only a dozen or so planes I-ater, the officials told him that a deal had been made to sell Libya 50 fighters. The actual figure, it now turns out, is double that number. Shriver expressed the official concern of the U.S. government that the sale might rev up the arms race in the Middle East. But the private repercussions were far more serious than the official reactions. The French duplicity delivered a sharp Wow to French-American relations, which had improved considerably since the retirement of Charles de Gaulle. A grand reception had been arranged, in fact, for President Pompidou at the White House Now

from acknowledging an instrument in which his name appears as a party to the transaction, taking an acknowledgment of or administering an oath to any person who has been legally adjudged mentally ill, taking an acknowledgment of a %lind person without first reading the instrument to him and taking an acknowledgment of any person who does not speak or understand the English language, unless the nature and effect of the instrument to be notarized is translated into a language which

he speaks or understands. A notary is also prohibited from using any other name or initial in signing acknowledgements other than the one by which he was commissioned. The Notary Public law makes no provision for notaries who have changed their name either by marriage or divorce. However, the Secretary of State's office has by long practice adopted a procedure which permits the notary to change his name. The procedure on name changes can be had by writing to the Notary Clerk, Office of the Secretary of State of Indiana, 201 State House, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. A notary public should never sign an instrument which has not been executed. A notary should never acknowledge a signature which has not been executed in his presence. On occasion a person will sign an instrument before he realizes he should have done it before a notary. This problem can often be solved by striking out the first signature and signing it again above the first signature and before a notary.

on the eve of his trip, Ambassador Shriver has suddenly developed. personal reasons for leaving Paris. The American Embassy, meanwhile, is suspicious that De Gaulle, despite his retirement, is not only behind the Libya deal but is still pulling the strings in Paris. It is known that he has established an office in Paris and he consults frequently with key French policymakers. The old man still exercises enough power, apparently, that Pompidou can’t make a move without calling De Gaulle. TWO VERSIONS Economics is still an imprecise science, and economists sharply disagree whether President Nixon’s fight against inflation will produce a recession. His own economists insist their tight-money measures are carefully designed to cause a slowdown, not a recession. Other economists, however, warn that the dwindling money supply and tightening credit will bring recession and that the profits of most companies, after taxes, will slip, forcing management to react by cutting back production and laying off workers. People out of work, of course, reduce their own spending. This will mean fewer automobiles, TV sets, refrigerators and other goods will be sold. The sag in sales, in turn, will spread the cutbacks to still others. Meanwhile, many investment bouses are deeply in hock to the banks. As a result, the banks will start demanding payment, which will cause a new crisis on Wall Street. By the time the voters go to the polls to elect a new Congress in November, President Nixon will face a serious recession. NIXON-HUMPHREY TALKS Hubert Humphrey, the defeated Democratic presidential candidate, has been conferring on the telephone with President Nixon over Viet Nam. & Humphrey urged the President to bring home not only combat but support troops. Humphrey argued that the Army in Viet Nam is heavily overstaffed and that a huge number of men can be withdrawn without hurting our combat power in Viet Nam.

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Statement By Senator Hartke On HEW Appropriations Bill In Senate

Mr. president, President Nixon’s Veto of the Labor-HEW appropriations bill simply cannot be justified in the terms that he himself proposed, namely, that the fight against inflation requires it. On the contrary, it appears to me that, having failed to find a cure for inflation, President Nixon is now looking for a scapegoat. And if the scapegoat wears a Democratic coat, so much the better. The President is correct when he states that Americans are worried about inflation today. But they were just as worried a year ago when his Administration took office. Since that time, inflation has not slackened; only worsened. In fact President Nixon’s policies have: (a) stopped the real growth of this economy in its tracks. (b) caused a disastrous halt in housing construction. (C) forced interest rates to an all time high. (D) placed additional burdens on local property taxpayers. Viet Nam The CosUess War The Causless Phenomenon President Nixon stated that a major reason for the increase in the cost of living is that the Federal Government spent 57 billion more than it took in in taxes during the last decade. This is far from the truth. It is the cost of Viet Nam and the way it is being financed that caused the present inflation and the governmental deficit. During the period 1960 to mid-1965, the U.S. economy underwent rapid growth, increased standard of living, lower unemployment and no inflation. Until the middle of 1965, prices were stable. The rise in consumer prices was far less than in all other industrial countries and wholesale prices showed almost no increase at all. It is time for longstanding supporters of the Viet Nam War to honestly acknowledge the expense of the Viet Nam War and its consequences for the U.S. economy. What Price Leadership? President Nixon has singled out the increase in impacted aid to justify his veto. Presumably the other educational and health programs for which increases were voted are not guilty of the crimes claimed by President Nixon for impact aid. Also there is the implication that these increases are for the special interest of selected groups and are not for the general welfare of the

ASTRONAUT MORALE The cutbacks in the space program have caused a serious moral problem among astronauts. President Nixon, after taking full advantage of the publicity over the moon flights, is now cutting back on space flights. In fact, • no more manned flights are scheduled after 1974. This means there are now more astronauts that can possibly be used. Astronauts, who have gone through the intense training for space flight, are worried that they may never get a chance to fly in space. MAO IN EUROPE? One intelligence report asserts that Chinese leaders are trying to persuade Mao Tse-tung to visit Eastern Europe. He is such a legendary figure in the communist world, they contend, that a personal visit would be a sensation. This would give the Chinese a powerful propaganda weapon to use in their dispute with the FUDDLE FACTORY The Fuddle Factory, as the federal apparatus is called, is a maze of bureaucratic wheels and cogs—a conglomeration of departments and divisions, bureaus and sections, committees within committees—which spin in different directions, often countering each other. All this movement causes a great deal of whirling and whirring, but the end product usually is confusion. The Fuddle Factory also produces a great deal of statistics. Indeed, the federal government spends around S2OO million a year gathering statistics. What all the statistics prove is more than anyone has figured out. Every department and agency, worthy of a place in the bureaucracy, collects statistics. These statistics haven’t been reviewed by anyone on the outside. Washington observers now expect President Nixon to set up a commission, like the former Hoover Commission, to study all the statistics and to streamline the government processes. The commission is expected to recommend the establishment of a national data center to collect and classify all government statistics.

entire people. This is a specious distinction that is utterly ’ meaningless. In a sense, all legislation is special, providing more benefits to one group of Americans than to another. I cannot think of one Federal appropriation bill that provides the same direct benefits to all Americans. Since I am the sponsor of one amendment that increased the HEW bill by 10 million dollars, let me explain why this country needs legislation. My amendment ’ would increase funds for vaccination against German measles. Without this increased program of vaccination, medical evidence clearly indicates that there will be a major epedemic in 1971 with thousands of babies being bom deformed and mentally retarded. Unquestionably my amendment is for the special advantage of these babies and their mothers, but I know that the entire nation has an interest 4 in their health. - We want less mentally retarded children - not more. If President Nixon criticized the impacted aid part of the Bill, why did he request any funds for it? President Nixon talks about i the need so urgent reforms in i education but offers none. Nor > did he offer any in the past year. He mentions an educational i message in the near future, but more than a year of silence has gone by. If he feels that funds for impacted aid are wasted, that funds for vocational programs • are largely misdirected, then why has he not suggested improvements in our educational programs? What President Nixon said about impacted aid yesterday could have been said a year ago. Without Presidential support, Congress has tried to improve our education and health programs; and some members of Congress are now trying, against great obstacles, to obtain more adequate funding fpr these essential programs. It is surely unrealistic to insist that Congress restructure these programs in the midst of the appropriation process. It is ironic that, having offered no leadership or guidance. President Nixon now criticizes those who are trying to i meet some of our desperate > domestic needs for being less i than perfect. ; To state that a billion dollar expenditure is in excess of the Administration’s recommendation and therefore warrants a Presidential veto of the HEW BiD, is to distort the realities of the situation:

By JACK ANDERSON