The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 10, Milford, Kosciusko County, 8 April 1970 — Page 9

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May 15 Is Tax Return Deadline

The new property tax forms must be filed by May 15 and can be obtained from the trustees or assessors. Failure to file a personal property tax form by May 15 can result in a penalty of $5 if the assessment is less than SIOOO and $lO with an assessment of over SIOOO. Dog tags are the same as in previous years: one dollar for the first male or spayed female, $3 for unspayed females and $5 for each additional dog. Tags may be purchased from the township trustees.

Talking To Children

The way you react and respond to your children is the way they will react and respond to others. Mrs. Jean Zimmerrrian, extension human development specialist at Purdue university, offers these examples of good responses to situations that may occur when children interact: “Some children like to draw designs with lines and curves. Others like to draw people and houses. Each kind of drawing is good and important.” “I know you want to be the father. But you know we coul<| have two fathers in this house. And two mothers. We might need a grandfather and an uncle too.” "I know how you feel. It’s hard for you right now. But I think you will be all right. You’re strong, you know.” “Ask him. Don’t grab it from him. People don’t like grabbing. Ask, and

Yes, Times Are Changing

"I remember Mama.” And Papa,, too. We kids all thought they were mean, almost cruel. Yes. mean. Why, they’d tell us exactly what to do and when and how to do it. You got up in the morning when you were called. You ate what there was for breakfast. You weren’t asked what you wanted. Dad was the boss and we all ate what he ate. Why, Mom and Dad were so mean they told us every day before school to wash our teeth, comb our hair, scrub our faces and “wear your next to best clothes.” Our Sunday best was for Sunday. f When it came time for a haircut, you got it. When there was enough money for it, you went to the barbershop. When there was a shortage (and there often was because Dad wasn’t making much more than sl2 a week) Dad gave you a haircut with Mom's sewing shears and mail order handclippers from Montgomery Ward. Mother was mean all right. She was considered mean by two brothers and a sister, too. Why, she’d insist on knowing where you were going whenever you left the house and she set the time for your return. If you were late getting home at night, you have Dad to answer to. Mean? Why they even smelled our breath when we got home to make sure we hadn’t been smoking. One of us smelled of tobacco smoke one evening after peddling our paper route and the whomping Dad gave the smoker kept him out of school for three days. They were so mean they gave us chores to do every day after school. There were dishes to wash, floors to scrub, gardens to hoe, windows to wash, corn to hill, fires to build, potatoes to bug, beans and peas and strawberries and currants and gooseberries and raspberries and cherries to pick. Yes, and lawns to mow and hedges to trim and errands to run. The family car? Dad was the owner and the driver. You got to use it once a week and it was a foregone conclusion that curfew was 10:30 p.m. It was hard to tell the truth sometimes but it was always so much better than stretching it or outright lying. Mom or Dad always caught up • with us somehow and that's when Mom would cut a switch off the peach tree in the backyard, keep it on the kitchen

EDITORIALS

Kosciusko county residents are still required by law to file personal tax returns with their township assessors or trustees even though automobiles are not to be assessed this year. County assessors and trustees have stated returns are required of those residents owning dogs, trucks or truck bodies, including pickup campers, boats, trailers, outboard motors, antique vehicles, campers, fold down campers, and aircraft which is declared in the township and county where it is hangefed.

then listen to his answer. Did he say no to you? Then let’s go find something else for you. I’ll go with you.” “The children don’t like to play with you when you knock their block buildings down all the time. They worked hard on those buildings and you make them mad when you knock the blocks over. Here, let’s pick the blocks up and help rebuild the tower. And then you can build something of your own. Would you like to have me watch you build?” “Stay at the table with us until the others are through. Would you like another cracker? No? OK. But we need you here with us. You’re part of us.” These are only examples. You will have your own way of responding but note that the thoughts expressed teach children to discipline themselves. The words allow children to understand their own feelings and the feelings of others.

table and then hand it over to Dad for the proper application when he came home that evening from work. Mean? You bet they were. They had to be or they would have lost control of us. Os that, I’m sure. But they were fun. too. Mom never said no if we wanted a slice of bread and butter with sugar on it. There was almost always a pitcher of cold milk or orange juice. Soda pop was scarce, of course, and candy, except for the fudge Mom whipped up on Sunday nights along with a dishpan full of salty popcorn plus big red apples was almost taboo. Homemade fudge, popcorn and apples were a lot better for us. We learned that lesson in nutrition before we knew our ABCs. And we had bicycles, horseshoe pits, basketball hoops, a baseball diamond in a vacant field, and a nearby creek and river fishing holes that whiled away what leisure time there was. And when Mom and Dad weren’t with us to share our fun they were always waiting at home to see how we’d made out. Yes, they sure were mean to us. By the time we reached high school age we had learned to respect Mom and Dad and we loved them because we knew they loved us by the care they had taken of us. They wanted us to know right from wrong as well as we knew black from white. There wasn’t much gray back in our day. We went to school with instructions. If we didn’t follow them and got in dutch with our teachers or, heaven forbid, the principal, we could expect a session with Dad and the peach tree switch or, if the circumstances warranted it, and they sometimes did, the razor strap. By modem standards, our Dad and Mom were failures, we’re told. But by our standards, they did a good job. Paragons of virtue we were not but none of us have yet landed in jail, broke into a building, committed rape, smoked pot, took LSD, called a policeman a pig, shot anybody, either b/ accident or intent. Why, come to think of it, none of us have even participated in, much less led, a protest against anything. Nowadays we’re considered squares. Is that bad? Times are changing, youth insists. For the best? Goshen News

THE AN N UAL CREATION OF COLOR!

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

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

"Cremation"

It is not unusual to read a news story where a person who has died has indicated that it was his desire that his body be cremated and the ashes disposed of in some unusual fashion. One gentleman of note who had a fondness for the sea dictated in his will that his body be cremated and that his remains be distributed from an airplane over a certain beautiful part of the Pacific Ocean. As interesting as this might be to the observer of the stories, it is in fact not possible under Indiana law for the ashes or remains of a person to be so treated. In spite of the fact that some people do indicate that their ashes be treated in various novel

Special Report From Washington

WASHINGTON — The Navy, which would like to turn the tables on reporters who dig too deeply into its activities, began an abortive investigation last week of this column. Perhaps the Admirals were encouraged by the Justice Department’s boldness in demanding access to newspapermen’s files. But the Navy wanted to find out where we got classified information about waste and featherbedding by General Dynamics on its submarine contracts An investigation really should be made into who classified the information in the first place. The American people are entitled to know about the waste of their tax money. It has been the Navy’s practice, however, to use secrecy stamps to cover up blunders, hide corruption and make bad decisions look good. Rear Admiral Frederick J. Harlfinger, commander of naval intelligence, signed an order assigning special agent Frank Schmitt to investigate this column. Schmitt dutifully demanded to know where we got our information and we, of course, refused to tell him. Instead, we submitted a counter query demanding why the information about General Dynamics had been classified and whose idea it was to investigate us. The Navy’s deputy information chief, K.W. Wade, shortly notified us that naval intelligence had called off its investigation. On a related subject, meanwhile, Playboy magazine has gone ahead with attempts to subpoena information from our files. In connection with a libel suit, the magazine sought notes, taps and other documents that my associate, Leslie Whitten, had collected in his news gathering EXPLOSIVE EXCHANGE Freedom of the press will become a mockery if the courts allow litigants to subpoena whatever they want from reporters’ files. News sources will dry up if reporters can be compelled to divulge information from their files. Therefore, I instructed Whitten not to comply with the subpoena. Our attorney, Betty Murphy, served notice upon Playboy’s lawyer, David Krupp: “In the interest erf the free flow of news, we will not divulge confidential information given to Mr. Whitten in

fashions, the law in Indiana strictly stipulates how a person’s remains must be treated. Under our law, no person’s body can be cremated for a period of at least 48 hours after their demise. If the person dies the type of death that requires a coroner’s investigation, then in that case, the body cannot be cremated until the coroner releases the body for cremation. The statute does provide that the health officer having jurisdiction over the body can make an exception to the 48-hour rule. This obviously is intended to make it possible in times of epidemics or plagues for the proper health authorities to provide for the

immediate disposition of human remains. Because of the sensitivities involved with loved ones in disposing of the remains of deceased relatives and because the tenets of many religions require human remains to be treated in a special way, the legislature in Indiana has been very specific about these matters. The remains of a person cremated must be buried in a designated cemetery plot, in a mausoleum or in a columbarium designed to receive the ashes of human remains. Most cemeteries of any size provide these facilities for the burial of a person’s remains and in certain cases provide that the ashes of two persons can be buried in one burial plot. Others make specific provisions for the burial of human ashes within the cemetery confines. It is interesting to note that not only the remains of persons dying within Indiana, but the remains of persons shipped to Indiana for burial who have elected to be cremated must be buried in designated cemetery areas. The law does not state an exact period of time within which the remains must be buried, but only requires that it must bejidne within a reasonable time after death.

his capacity as an investigative reporter.” Krupp, however, continued to press for the information. “We have a delicate case here,’’ objected Whitten, “and you’re trying to put me in jail, sir.” “I’m not trying to put you in jail, Mr. Whitten.” retorted Krupp. “I’m sorry,” said Whitten, “your publication. Playboy, is trying to put me in jail or have me cite! for contempt for doing what I think is right under the First Amendment.” “Mr. Whitten, I do not have to let you make yourself a martyr at my expense,” snapped Krupp. He contended that “any party may use the subpoena power of the courts to solicit information.” “I don’t think it’s necessary to lecture the witness,” said Mrs. Murphy. “Just a minute,” shouted Krupp. “I think it is, because I have sat here and listened to your drivel. . . .” “As a newsman," replied Whitten, “Idon’t look on the First Amendment or any other part of the Constitution as drivel, Mr. Krupp." Note: Later, the Playboy attorney apologized for his statement. “W’hen I characterized your objection as drivel,” he said, “I did not mean to be personally offensive, nor did I mean to characterize the First Amendment as drivel.” SECRET POLL A secret poll, conducted by the Republican National Committee for the White House, shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans approve of the law against crossing state lines to foment riots. The poll results were submitted to the White Hohse in a memo intended for GOP eyes only. Significantly, the memo was addressed to Harry Dent, the President’s political aide, who has pushed a southern strategy emphasizing law and order. “Seventy-eight per cent favor the law that makes it a crime to cross state lines to incite riots, and 16 per cent oppose it,” reports the memo. “Heaviest approval comes from Republicans, older people, better educated, whites and males. Seventy per cent of all

Politics - 1970 Meet Your Candidates

JOHN K. SNYDER, Indiana’s only announced candidate for United States Senator, told a seminar at the Indiana road school in West Lafayette last week that “the Whitcomb Administration will be remembered as the years when Indiana finally got its roads. For years people have asked. ‘Where are the roads?’ The answer is they’re being built right now. The plain truth is that the Whitcomb Administration put twice as many miles of road under conract in the first year as had any previous administration.” Snyder participated in the Indiana road school held at Purdue. • « « The Indiana Republican state central committee was urged recently to re-instate the practice of naming as its secretary a member of the Indiana Republican Because of our laws in Indiana covering this sensitive subject, it is unlikely therefore that you will read any stories of a novel disposition of the ashes of a human happening in our state.

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groups tested favor the law with the exception of Negroes.” The secret poll also tested the public attitude toward the “Chicago 7” trial, which ended in severe contempt sentences against the defendants and their attorneys. “Nearly two-thirds (66 per cent) feel the defendants should have been convicted, while only 12 per cent feel they should not have been,” says the memo. “Republicans, older persons, southerners and westerners, high income groups and whites, are more inclined to favor convictions. “Sixty per cent feel that the defendants received a fair trial, and 16 per cent feel that they did not. .. . Fifty-nine per cent approve of the comtempt sentences given to the defendants and defendants’ lawyers, while 22 per cent disapprove.” INSURANCE SLEEPER Most big companies have good health insurance policies for their workers, and many companies have a conversion feature for employees who leave to go to another job. The conversion policy tides them over for the three months before a new policy goes into effect. But the interim benefits often are disastrously low. Robert MacDowell of Haymarket, Va., with three children, was one of the thousands nf Americans who couldn’t afford to go those three months without insurance. With three children, an unexpected illness could break him. So he took the conversion plan. Three days after he came under the contersion policy, his seven-year-old son, Mark, got sick with a severe kidney infection. The hospital bills came to $655. T When MacDowell, an engineering writer, sent his bill to John Hancock Mutual Insurance, he found the company was willing to pay only $266. What hurt worst was a sls limit on a hospital room. Even at reasonably priced Prince William Hospital, the daily tab was $39. MacDowell and his young family are stuck for S4OO. With hundreds of thousands of Americans switching jobs, the problem is not limited just to the MacDowells. The only known cure is to read carefully the small print on your health insurance policy.

Editorial Association, by D. RUSSELL BONTRAGER, chairman of the Republican open convention committee. Bontrager suggested the IREA consider such a resolution at its April 4 meeting. Bontrager said, “It has traditionally been the practice of the Indiana Republican state central committee to name a member of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association as the secretary of the state central committee. The wisdom of that practice is clear. It is essential that the Republican party have a close relationship with the IREA.” ♦ ♦ * State representative JOHN M. MUTZ has officially announced that he will actively seek the nomination of the 1970 Republican state convention for the office of treasurer of the state of Indiana. Mutz made the announcement at a news conference held at Republican state headquarters. He also paid the required candidate assessment fee to the Republican state central committee and filed his official declaration of candidacy.

By JACK ANDERSON