The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 17, Milford, Kosciusko County, 27 May 1970 — Page 32

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL—Wed., May 27, 1970

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Vietnamese warlords asking human treatment and release of names of Prisoners of War. He is also negotiating with major tdevision networks to put a forum on world issues on the air. The American Red Cross is helping to get the flood of letters to Hanoi from Americans. It will tell you how to address your letters calling for Hanoi to live up to the spirit of the Geneva conference on treatment of war prisoners. ONE SUNDAY, Wilber L. Kendall. General Manager of the Martinsville Reporter came by and we (Frank White) spent an afternoon at Indiana University Medical Center listening to the story of the Lions Club eyebank. Lions take the eyes (corneas) of persons who die for transplants That the blind may see. Almost 1.000 people with blindness have benefited from the Indiana Lions Bank Inc., since 1966. On file is some 13,000 prospective eye donors, who desire at time of death to pass their eyes on to the blind. Over 75 per cent of eyebanks in the world are financed by Lions Clubs. That in Indiana is one of 55 affiliated with international banks. Transplants are not a cure-all but do help many to see. To register to give your eyes on death for this noble cause address Lions Eye Bank, at 1100 West Michigan street, Indianapolis. Indiana, 46202. You will be sent full information with a card to carry denoting you are a signed donor. WE OFTEN HEAR kidding remarks about women automobile drivers. Now, according to the Bureau of Public roads the number of women drivers has increased from 15 to 44 2 million. This is a whopping 500 per cent since 1950. ABRAHAM LINCOLN warned that if we ever die as a nation, it will be by suicide. It is a sobering thought that the average age of the world’s great civilizations has been 200 years. Safety Booklet “A Safety Primer for Pleasure Boat Operators” available from the National Association of Engine land Boat Manufacturers is a guide to safe equipping and operation of small craft. It covers most of the basics of small boat handling and is suited for use in instruction programs. , NAEBM is located at 537 Steamboat Rd., Greenwich, Conn., 06830.

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