The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 14, Milford, Kosciusko County, 6 May 1970 — Page 9

The Mail urnal L PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Mitford Mail (Eat. 1888) Syracuse-Wawaaee 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

No Substitute For Work A brief news item may help explain why it is so difficult to obtain repairs on a car or home appliance It says, this country needs 50,000 more auto mechanics each year, but the actual net increase is only about 16,400. The figures are taken from findings of the U.S. Department of Labor. Another news report notes that college students with the highest academic degree — doctor of philosophy — are among the hardest hit by the shrinking job market. Demand for college graduates; in many More Six-Footers i Highly-publicized, scare stories flowing across the country from hearings in Washington concerning everything from the pill to! artificial sweeteners have made hypochondriacs out of a lot of otherwise normal people. This situation is alleviated somewhat by efforts of various authorities to present a commonsense scientific perspective. One of thos<& on the side of the reasonable approach is Dr. Frederick Stare, head of Harvard University's Department of Nutrition since 1947. Dr. Stare has a word to say about food additives that is encouraging. He says, “I would like to dispel the notion that our foods are increasingly tampered Wake Up Dr. Norman Vincent Peale notes sadly the passing of another great American custom — sleeping in church. He attributes the decline of the Sunday snooze to the nervous tension that afflicts so many of us these days.

CAPITOL COMMENTS *' ,h SENATOR J . VANCE HARTKEIa /Jr Indiana j ffijgag I ... Hartke Predicts Passage Os Rail Passenger Service Bill

WASHINGTON, DC. - Senator Vance Hartke (D-lnd ) today predicted speedy Senate approval of a bill to save railroad passenger service in America The legislation, called the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970. will be taken up by the Senate on Tuesday It was written and introduced jointly by Hartke, who is Chairman of the Surface Transportation Subcommittee, and Senator Winston Prouty (R---VT.k The bill sets up a non-profit public corporation to operate passenger trains within a national system to be established

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EDITORIALS

by the Secretary of Transportation.’ Railroads are not required to participate in the system, but Hartke expressed confidence that, because of the advantages, they would all choose to do so. ’This is the last hope for passenger trains," Hartke said. “The railroads know it, the Congress knows it, the people know it. Unless we act decisively now, rail passenger service will virtually disappear from the United States before- the end of next year. ‘•That is the challenge we addressed ourselves to when we first started work on this

fields is declining, and one college placement official observes, “... young people are going to have to work a little bit harder. ...” After the millennium of a college education for everyone has been reached, the old virtures of willingness to work and common sense will reassert themselves, and those who possess them in the greatest measure will find opportunities on every side — including the repairing of automobiles, with in undesirable, unhealthy ways.... ‘‘As a physician and a student of nutrition for the last 30 years, I am convinced that food additives are far safer in actual use than the basic natural foods themselves, because of improper food preparation, poor food habits and overeating. The very, very few instances of harm from excessive or careless use of additives, or from their unanticipated effects, are overwhelmed by their many beneficial effects.” Vital statistics, with respect to longevity, general physical well-being, to say nothing of the rising number of sixfooters in our population, bear out Doctor Stare’s convictions. Perhaps, as a preacher himself, he is being overly modest. We prefer the power of positive thinking, and suggest the reason is that sermons are getting livelier and more relevant. —Atlanta Constitution

legislation last spring. I directed the staff of the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation to prepare a bill that would at least get serious discussions going in the Congress and in the administration. “I am proud and happy to report today *hat we have produced a bill that has the support of all the members of the Senate Commerce Committee, of the administration, of rail management, of organized labor, and of citizen groups concerned with passenger service. “Most importantly, this bill meets the needs of the traveling public. Not only will it save passenger trains, it will contribute significantly to the establishment of a coordinated national transportation system which our country has so long needed.” Hartke said. Hartke praised the work of the Subcommittee staff and the cooperation of Senators Warren G. Magnuson (D.-Wash.) and Norris Cotton (R.-N.H.I, the chairman and ranking minority member of the full Senate Commerce Committee. “Without their support," Hartke said, “we would undoubtedly still be trying to get an acceptable bill out of committee We are all indebted to them.” YOU AND SOCIAL SECURITY Q— 1 have been told I must file my Medicare claim by the end of the year in which services were rendered. Suppose I have an expensive operation on December 31. A— You have all of the year the services were received plus the following year to file a claim. Services received in the last three months of the year can be claimed in that year or the two succeeding years. Q—Under the Medical Insurance portion of Medicare I have to pay a SSO deductible. Where do I go to pay it? A—The SSO deductible means that you are responsible for paying the first SSO of covered doctor bills and related services each year. You would pay this amount to your doctor or provider of services. Os course if your total is less than SSO you would only pay what is owed.

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE -

Know Your ~ Indiana Law _ oKf By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney at Law This is a public service article explaining provisions of Indiana law in general terms.

Individual Bankruptcy

When a person reaches his financial rope's end in this country he can turn to the benefits of the Federal Bankruptcy Act. This law allows a person heavily in debt to wipe the slate clean, discharge all debts and start anew. A person to avail himself of the benefits of the Bankruptcy Act must have liabilities that exceed his assets and thus be unable to meet his debts as they normally mature in the due course of events. The debtor must bring his bankruptcy action in the Federal District Court for the area in which he resides. Bankruptcy matters are assigned to an officer of the court known as the referee in bankruptcy, who is given the power to handle bankruptcy matters under the general supervision of the United States District Court Judge

Special Report From Washington

WASHINGTON — In June the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which regularly informs the American people how much more it is costing them to live, will issue carefully calculated predictions on our growth rate. The government study will show that the computer industry should grow the fastest in the 1970'5. Close behind it will be the optics and photographies business, thanks to the boom in photocopying machines. These will be followed by the electronics, communications and plastics industries. The June study will also project the fastest growing areas of personal consumption for the 1970 s. At the head of the list will be airline travel. The motorcycle fad. according to the study, should make wheel goods second in growth. Nett will be private hospital care, toilet articles, and radio, television and hi-fi sets These projections, if the government is right, should suggest good tips for stock market speculators. The best buys should be in computer and airline companies, optics and motorcycle manufacturers, electronic firms and private hospitals. SOVIET NAVY In the 25 years since World War D, the Russians have constructed a first-class navy. Not only under the seas but on the surface, their fleet is now a match for the proud U.S. Navy. Cruisers, destroyers and helicopter carriers cruise the major waterways of the world, flying the hammer and sickle from their masts. The Soviet Navy is now conducting secret naval maneuvers, under the code name “Okean,” in both the Atlantic and Pacific as well as several seas. All four Soviet fleets are in action at the same time from the Sea of Japan to the Mediterranean. Hundreds of combat vessels, including helicopter carriers, are involved in the worldwide maneuvers. The message is clear: Russia is staking a claim to preeminence on the high seas.

In the bankruptcy proceeding the debtor must make a listing of all his assets and all his debts and the assets are then applied to the extent possible to discharge the debts. Each debtor who files is entitled by Indiana law, which is applied to the federal bankruptcy proceedings, to a $700.00 exemption excluding real property and a $600.00 exemption excluding tangible personal property. No item, however. upon which a creditor has a lien or a security interest can be brought under the exemption. The secured creditor can. to the extent of his security, render upon those items in which he has a security interest. In the listing of creditors, as previously mentioned, the debtor must make absolutely certain that each and every creditor is listed with the creditor's proper

address so they can be notified of the bankruptcy proceedings. Any creditor not so listed is not discharged and can continue collection actions against the debtor. The requirement that the creditor receive notice also makes it possible for the creditor to resist the bankruptcy if in fact he can prove the debtor is not insolvent. Because of the drastic effect a bankruptcy proceeding has in eliminating creditors, a debtor is not allowed to bring another bankruptcy proceeding until a period of six years after his discharge in bankruptcy In a simple bankruptcy proceeding in Indiana a debtor with ho assets can anticipate a cost of approximately $300.00 for attorney's fees and $51.00 for court costs. If there are assets involved or if the proceedings become complicated, the cost naturally will be greater. Even though the law allows a debtor to discharge creditors under a bankuptcy proceeding many people feel honor bound to pay certain debts. They can. if they so desire, after a bankruptcy proceeding reaffirm a debt and of course have the same obligation to pay the debt as they had before the proceeding. Because there has always been a strong inclination in our society to pay one’s honest debts, there is a certain opprobrium attached to a bankruptcy proceeding

EDUCATION MONEY , The Office of Education has discovered that many school districts, particularly in the South, are misspending federal money intended to improve poor schools. In the South, most of this money should go to raise the educational standards of poor Negro students. Instead, the Office of Education has found that the money has gone to buy color television sets for the offices of school superintendents and principals, airconditioning equipment and other fraudulent purposes. One school district used the money to buy an air-conditioned pickup truck, which school officials used mainly for hunting trips. And a Mississippi district used the school money to build a sewage plant. Despite these abuses, the Office of Education has done nothing about it. The school districts haven’t even been asked to repay, the misspent money. MORE WATER POLLUTION Chemical analysis has now disclosed traces of arsenic, a deadly poison, in our drinking water. Government experts believe the arsenic has seeped into our water supply from the detergents that are washed down the drain. Many household detergents are known to contain arsenic, which apparently has accumulated in water that is reclaimed and used over again. The water purification plants, unfortunately, aren’t designed to eliminate arsenic. Government experts haven’t found an intolerable amount of arsenic in drinking water, but even a tiny amount is bad for people. MICROWAVE OVENS At least 40 cases of cataracts have been caused by insidious microwave radiation from high-powered radar equipment, raising fears that similar dangers exist in microwave ovens. The Health, Education, and Welfare Department, in a private letter to Senator J. William Fulbright, D-Ark., has conceded that

Itiayh-Lines [a FROM WASHINGTON IS A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE Os INDIANA FROM U. S. SENATOR BIRCH BAYH Record Shows That President Nixon Has Downgraded Level of Paris Talks

WASHINGTON, DC. — The President said we have made and will continue to make every possible effort to end the war through negotiation at the conference table rather than through more fighting on the battlefield. But the record shows that President Nixon has downgraded the level of the Paris peace negotiations by failing to appoint-, a top ranking negotiator to replace Ambassador Lodge. And now he has escalated the war by sending American troops into Cambodia. To me the conclusion that the President is in reality attempting to win the war on the battlefield rather than seriously seek a negotiated settlement is inescapable. The President said this is not an invasion of Cambodia; that this action was not taken for the purpose of expanding the war into Cambodia, but for the purpose of ending the war in Viet Nam. It is nevertheless clear to all that the war has in fact been expanded into Cambodia and it is not at all clear that this expansion of the conflict will result in a speedier end to American

Brademas Raps United Air Lines For Service Cuts

WASHINGTON, DC. - Congressman John Brademas (D.-Ind.) today scored United Air Lines for its "peremptory and illadvised” decision to drop two evening flights between South Bend and Chicago from its schedule. In letters to George Keck, president of United Air Lines, and John Crooker, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, Brademas said that the arbitrary flight suspensions, effective last Monday, were a “severe blow" to the economy of South Bend and were already causing “serious inconvenience” to South Bend residents and out-of-towners with business there. Brademas asked whether the Civil Aeronautics Board had the authority to order restoration of the evening flights, upon which many other flight connections depend, or to license some other airline to fill the gaps left by United’s decision. “United has served our community well until now,” Brademas said, “but it must not take its favored position for granted." Noting that the suspensions will strand many local businessmen

radar has caused eye cataracts and that microwave ovens are under intense scrutiny. “Nine of the ovens (surveyed) were found to emit microwave radiation in a range of energy densities where eye effects begin to appear among experimental animals,” HEW told the Senator. It is worth noting that the same HEW poohpoohed earlier reports by this column that microwave ovens may pose a threat to eyes under certain conditions. NO PROPAGANDA The so-called SALT talks, which have brought the Russians arid Americans together in Vienna to seek an agreement to halt the arms race, have been conducted behind closed doors. Both sides have made a real effort to keep propaganda and ideology out of the negotiations. The United States has submitted a complex and comprehensive analysis, showing how both countries could limit strategic weapons but still retain the ability to retaliate in case they were hit by nuclear weapons. The Soviets have shown a genuine interest in the American analysis. The American delegation has also made clear to the Soviets that the United States will do no more than absolutely necessary to maintain its military position. A TIPPY BUDGET President Nixon has been doing a delicate balancing act to keep from developing a federal deficit. It is a cardinal sin, apparently, for a Republican administration to fail to balance the budget. But already, the government pay increases and the promises to the postal unions are threatening Nixon’s balanced budget. He has sternly admonished his congressional lieutenants to help him get the extra revenue out of Congress. Inside the White House, he continues to preach a pay-as-you-go philosophy. However, inspite of his balancing act, President Nixon will wind up fiscal 1971 with a deficit over $3 billion.

involvement in Southeast Asia. In fact, it is likely to increase our involvement in an expanding conflict. We cannot increase our level of military activity in Southeast Asia and expect the other side to refrain from doing likewise. You do not end a war, you do not decrease your involvement by widening the scope of the conflict. We will not be able to stop the loss of American lives by sending America’s sons to fight in Cambodia. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that while the President talks of Vietnamizing the war in Viet Nam he is Americanizing the war in Cambodia. I believe the President has made a grave mistake that will make our withdrawal from Southeast Asia more unlikely and mere difficult. In view of Congress’ preventive action last year in prohibiting a widening of the Viet Nam war into Laos by denying the use of funds for American cbmbat operations in Laos, I expect Congress once again to exercise its constitutional authority to deny the use of funds to expand American combat operations into Cambodia.

overnight in Chicago or on the East Coast. Brademas said. “The formerly friendly skies of United have turned threatening to our community and jts economy.” He said he hoped that adverse customer reaction would cause United to reconsider its step. FOLLOW SMOKEY S RULES BE sure to drown all fires.

By JACK ANDERSON