The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 19, Milford, Kosciusko County, 10 June 1970 — Page 9

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Flag Day Serious observers are questioning the durability of the American system. One of these is columnist Stewart Alsop who commented recently that, “A good many normally sensible people . . . are beginning to ask themselves whether the American system might not come apart one of these days, rather like Oliver Wendell Holmes’ wonderful onehoss shay. The one-hoss shay, it will be recalled, ‘was built in such a logical way, in-an a hundred years to a day.’ But it went to pieces all at once — all at once, and nothing first, just as bubbles do when they burst.’” Mr. Alsop concludes that the odds are high that the American system will surmount present difficulties as it has other difficulties in the past.

Thunder And Lightning “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.” When poet Joyce Kilmer penned these words he wasn’t thinking about thunder and lightning. A tree is likely to be lethal when lightning occurs. If a person is caught out of doors during a storm, he should keep away from isolated trees, hill tops, wire fences and spaces. Shelter should be sought in a house or building, the larger the better. When in a house during a severe thunder and lightning storm, it is advisable to keep away from the chimney, fireplaces, stoves and other metal One of the safest places to be during a thunder and lightning storm is in an automobile, If you cannot get into a

We Draw The Line We appreciate the problems of trying to develop new methods and techniques for feeding the hungry of the world more economically, but to come up with meatless meat, we draw the line. Britain’s National Research Development Corporation is behind a new project to do just that bv producing proteins from carbohydrates. The “product" would come in powder form, with no particular flavor of its

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CAPITOL COMMENTS With SENATOR I VANCE Indiana *

Alcoholism. A National Killer

WASHINGTON, D. C~ Although alcoholism is one of the most critical national health problems in this country, we give less attention to it and put less emphasis on correcting it than on any other deadly disease. Alcoholism is“a primary cause of broken homes and unproductive lives, it destroys both our young and old, and causes untold emotional difficulties, and suffering for those involved with it. It is almost impossible to calculate the real damage that alcohol causes in our society every year It is by far our most costly "disease in terms of dollars and cents and in terms of emotional health. We know that 9 million Americans suffer from the compulsive abuse of alcohol and there are probably equally as many borderline alcoholics. We know that alcoholism is rated fourth among killing diseases It is the number one killer on our highways and a contributing factor toward crime. Besides the 9 million alcoholics. 30 to 40 million people suffer the heartaches of alcoholism as family members of those who have this crippling disease If we add their numbers to the alcoholics themselves, we see approximately 50 million Americans are suffering directly

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and indirectly trtfh the misery of alcohol abuse T Business and industry are also affected by this disease It is estimated that alcoholism costs our society between $4 and $7 billion each year in economic . waste. In business, alcoholism is responsible for mistakes, for lost time and for general inefficiency among workers who are afflicted - with it. Each of us are endangered by alcoholism as we become victims of drunken drivers on the highways and of crime egged on by alcohol. It is reported that one out of seven inmates in our mental institutions and one out of six patients in veteran hospitals are alcoholics. Sixty per cent of the men in prisons and reformatories committed their crimes while under the influence of alcohol. Drunken drivers cause the deaths of 25.000 persons annually on our highways and are responsible for an additional 800,000 automobile crashes 9 In recent years we have moved ahead in all other fields of natioiui health. We have made tremendous inroads into heart disease, we have discovered a vaccine for polio, we have contained tuberculosis and through research we are coming closer and closer to a treatment for

These reflections of a leading and highly competent viewer of the contemporary scene should make everyone pause and search for little ways in which to exhibit a reaffirmation of faith in the U.S. An obvious opportunity will present itself on June 14 during the nationwide observance of Flag Day. It was on June 14. 1777 that the United States’ Flag was adopted. For nearly 200 years, it has been a symbol of freedom and justice. On countless occasions, it has rallied the patriotic and unified the nation in the vast crucible of human existence where only the fittest can survive. The right to fly the American Flag before our homes and places of businesses is a high honor at anytime — and doubly so on the Anniversary of the birth of the Flag.

house, building or automobile, it is safer to get into a ditch, under an overhanging cliff or to lie on the ground. Every year * in this country' approximately 400 persons are killed by lightning and another 1,500 injured. There is about one chance in 400,000 of being killed by an electrical discharge from a cloud to the earth. Lightning rods save many homes and barns from being struck by lightning. Even so, lightning is one of the major causes of fires in rural areas. In rural homes, radio and television receivers should be disconnected during a thunderstorm as a matter of safety. Thunder makes the noise but lightning does the damage.

own. However, it could be flavored and made to look like steak, chicken, cheese, etc. We are totally against development of any meat that couldn’t be tossed on a barbecue grill and smoke up the neighborhood. It is claimed that three ounces of the powder would provide an adult’s complete daily requirement of protein. Meatless meat? Never! —Danville Gazette

cancer. Yet nothing has been done to arrest alcoholism as one of our major killing diseases. Alcoholism is the problem of our entire society and it will take a well-thought out program and Federal funds to control it. We must meet the challenge of alcoholism in this country because it is becoming too dangerous to ignore any longer 1 have joined Senator Harold Hughes of lowa in co-sponsoring legislation in the Senate designed to affectively combat alcoholism. This bill would establish the governmental framework for a massive national campaign to treat, control and prevent alcoholism in the United Slates. We have waited long enough to tackle this national menace. Alcohol abuse will not lessen until drastic steps are taken to correct it. We must act now before alcohol causes further irreparable damage to our society. FOLLOW SMOKEY’S MULES ALWAYS hold matches till cold.

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Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports From Washington

Brademas Keynotes Conference In Virginia House Os Burgesses

COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG. VA. — Congressman John Brademas (D.-Ind.) speaking here in the historic, candle-lit Hall of the House of Burgesses, where George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry once spoke, said tonight, “The fundamental institutions of the American democracy are sturdy enough and resilient enough to meet the grave crises facing the nation today.” In an address keynoting the 14th Williamsburg International Assembly, Brademas said, “Domestic violence, environmental pollution, inflation, racism and the Viet Nam War are only some of the crises that are

Special Report From Washington

WASHINGTON — The machinery of the federal government is hopelessly clogged with superfluous committees which operate like wheels within wheels. Nobody knows for sure how many committees there are. The Secretary of Commerce, Maurice Stans, belongs to 48 committees, which is more than one man can possibly handle. Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin belongs to 48. One count produced 1,519 advisory committees in the executive department, operating at a cost to the taxpayers of over <65 million a year. One defense group that finally got the axe was the “Usually Traveled Route Committee.” This was established in 1921 to determine which was the usual military route between two points. It had been blithely holding conferences although it hadn’t recommended a “usually traveled route” since 1947. One committee was actually formed in the Pentagon to discuss whether or not to set up yet another committee. The bureaucracy, meanwhile, has become so bogged down with paperwork of its own making that public servants have little time left to work for the taxpayers. The Federal Trade Commission, for example, has time to investigate only one out of every nine complaints that it receives. And only 10 per cent of those investigated are ever brought to a successful prosecution. RUSS-U.S. RELATIONS Sometimes the most significant news never appears in the headlines. It is a matter of tremendous world significance, for example, that the Russians and Americans have been able to go on meeting quietly in Vienna despite the U.S. invasion of Cambodia and the Soviet buildup in Egypt. Clearly the two superpowers have decided that they can still keep up meaningful negotiations in spite of extreme outside tensions ONE FAST BLOW Intelligence reports warn that the Soviets are moving ahead full speed on building up their nuclear megatonnage. Already the total

shaking America more today than at any time since the Civil War.” The Indiana Democrat, for 12 years a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, criticized “those who would respond to the nation's troubles either by seeking to destroy our existing institutions or by retreating into a detachment bom of despair. “Nor will the path of repression of our liberties and freedoms cure the ills of the Republic,” he said. i. “W’ith all the imperfections of our society, the American Constitutional system, the longest experiment in self-

government in history, can work, provided we use it.” r Brademas said, “The commitment of some of the ablest and most concerned of our students to work in this fall’s Congressional campaigns is solid evidence that they want to work constructively and positively, not negatively and destructively, and within our political system, not outside it.” Other guest speakers at the Conference included Nicholas Johnson, member of the Federal Communications Commission; Robert Tyson, finance chairman and member of the Board of Directors for U.S. Steel Corporation; Whitney Young. Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Richard M. Scammon, director of Elections Research Center. Governmental Affairs Institute; William Attwood, editor in chief of Cowles Communications. Inc. and former ambassador to Kenya and the West African Republic of Guinea; and Carl F. Stover, expert on urban affairs and immediate past president of the National Institute of Public Affairs. The International Assembly has been held annually for the past fourteen years. It will be attended by foreign graduate students from 52 nations who

Soviet megatonnage is estimated at double the U.S. stockpile. Military strategists fear that Russia is attempting to build up a first strike capability — in other words, an ability to knock the United States out of action with one devastating nuclear blow. BLACK ADMIRAL The Navy may soon have more black officers. including a black admiral. As recently as 1948 the Navy had only one black officer on active duty. The number of Negro officers has now increased to 535. This is still less than one per cent of the 80.000 Naval officers. It seems likely that the Navy will soon launch an intensive campaign to recruit young blacks to take officer training at Annapolis. In 1972, Captain Thomas Parham will become eligible for promotion. At that time he almost certainly will become the first black admiral in history. CIA’S ARMY FALTERS The famous “Hidden Army” in Laos is in sad disarray. My associate Les Whitten reports from Cambodia that the army is financed and largely run by the CIA. Its front man is Gen. Vang Pao, a brave but brutal member of the minority Meo tribe in Laos. Vang Pao won a fine victory in the shifting Laotian war last year when he took the Plain of Jars from the communists after five years. But the communists now have won it back and the news from the front is grim. From the airport here the ClA’s private air force can be seen taking off for Vang Pao’s headquarters in the hills to the North. And at night there is the sound of gunfire and mortar rounds from time to time, miles to the North. The military spokesmen here tell of one hamlet after another falling to the communists. American money has held together the hidden army for years now. The money has not run out. But CIA men helping to run the army talk privately of loss of morale, desertions and Laos unwillingness to fight it out with the Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese regulars. American officials are also discouraged. Privately they say that Laos belongs to the communists any time they want it, unless Thailand or the U.S. send in the ground troops.

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

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

Sometime ago I wrote about the value of a will. This prompted several inquiries concerning what would happen to a person's estate if they left no will. This is called dying intestate. The answer is not simple. Much depends on what kind of property you own. what kind of title you have in it, and where it is located. For instance, the proceeds of an insurance policy will pass to the named beneficiary rather than by the law of descent and distribution. Land owned as husband and wife or jointly with some other person will pass differently than land owned in tenancy in common. Real property owned in some other state will be distributed according to the law of that other state, which may not be the same as Indiana's. The rules of descent and distribution are complicated. However, I will attempt to explain them in general terms. In this column I will explain that share which a surviving husband or wife has in the decedent’s estate, and in my next column I will explain what' share other heirs are entitled to in the estate. It must be remembered that there are many facts which will change the rules I am about to explain. I must emphasize that I am explaining these rules for your general information. You should consult an attorney as to how these rules would apply to an actual estate. The rules of descent and distribution vary’ from state to state. What follows is an explanation of the Indiana rules as they apply to the net estates of persons who are. at the time of their deaths, residents of the State bf Indiana. A net estate is that part of the estate which is remaining after the burial expenses. expenses of administration, claims of creditors and certain other allowances have been paid. The net estate will be distributed first to the surviving husband or wife (if recently completed advance studies in American universities and colleges. Os the 52 delegates, 13 come from European nations, two of which are within the Communist bloc, 12 are from Asia and the South Pacific, 11 from Latin America. 10 from Africa, three from the Middle East, and two from North America.

MILLION FOR DEFENSE The great charitable foundations have prepared a $1.2 million lobbying and public relations campaign to safeguard their tax exemptions and improve their public image. The program was outlined by former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare John Gardner in a confidential 24-page report which cites the new tax restrictions on foundations as evidence of the need for active lobbying and better public relations. Congress last year imposed a 4 per cent tax on the investment income of charities and prohibited donors from using their foundations for personal business deals. New legislation is” also in the works that would tighten the restrictions on foundations. Gardner proposed that two existing organizations which now represent foundations should be consolidated into one. Most of the $1.2 million would be put up by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations. SOVIET TESTING US? Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir recently warned Walworth Barbour, the American ambassador, that the Soviet buildup in Egypt is intended to test American more than Israeli reaction. She claimed that the Russians were really trying to find out how far the U.S. would let them expand their influence in the Middle East. DOWNTURN COSTS TREASURY The economic downturn will have the side effect of reducing federal revenue. This may mean a cut for the ABM program. When companies make less profits, they pay less taxes. Corporate profits this year are likely to drop over $4 billion, which will mean at least $2 billion less corporate taxes for Uncle Sam. In an attempt to hold down the deficit, President Nixon will be forced to cut spending. One likely cu» m the military budget will be for the anti-ballistic missile. BASES REVALUED U.S. strategists have taken a new lode at our bases in Spain. The sudden increase of Soviet activity in the Mediterranean has changed the minds of defense planners who previously had been ready to abandon the Spanish bases.

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any) as follows: 1. One-third if the deceased is survived bv any of the following: (a) Two or more children; (b) One or more children and lineal descendants of one or more children (Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc.) or (c) The lineal descendants of two or more deceased children. 2. One-half if the deceased is survived by any of the following: (a) One child, or (b) The lineal descendants of one deceased child. 3. Three-fourths if there are no surviving lineal descendants but the deceased is survived by one or both parents. „ 4. All of the net estate if there are no surviving lineal descendants or parent. If the surviving spouse is a second or subsequent spouse, and there are no children of this marriage, then the surviving spouse will take only a one-third life estate in both the real and personal property. The rest of the estate will go to the lineal descendants. It should be noted that most real estate is owned by a husband and wife by a type of ownership called tenancy by entireties. This means that the complete ownership passes to the survivor upon the death of the other. Suc\ property is not subject to the distribution rules discussed above. It is important, however, that the attorney reviewing your estate examine your land deed to make sure that the proper words were used in the title to accomplish the result you desire. In my next column I will cover how the rest of an estate is distributed. Copywright 1970 by John J. Dillon. You And Social Security Q — My daughter will be age 18 in September. She will still be in high school. Will her social security benefits be continued? A— Benefits may continue if your daughter is a full time student. Remember though that benefits will not continue past age 18 if you do not notify us that she is in school. If you let us know three or four months before she is 18 the payments will not be interrupted.

By JACK ANDERSON