The Mail-Journal, Volume 7, Number 38, Milford, Kosciusko County, 21 October 1970 — Page 9

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Part Os Your Heart

Louis Ressel, Jr., Indianapolis, Christmas gift chairman of the Mental Health Association in Indiana and the world’s longest living heart transplant patient is asking everyone in the state to, “put a little part of your heart in a gift. .. for the mentally ill or retarded. Mrs. William Brammer and Mrs. Arch Baumgartner have names of patients at the Fort Wayne center. With-, each name is two items that person would like to receive for Christmas. By contacting Mrs. Brammer at Syracuse or Mrs. Baumgartner at Milford you can help make this Christmas a little brighter for someone who has all but been forgotten. A 64-year-old woman is asking for bath powder and hand lotion while a 32-year-old man wants a pipe and a bow tie. What one of us can not afford to buy

'Sleep On - You Have Everything To Lose!'

Bill Gibbons. Editor of the Gaffney (South Carolina) Ledger burned up the keys on his typewriter recently, going after the so-called “silent American.” Wrote he, (in part): “Sleep on. silent American. Turn your ears away from the clamor of the mob in the street, the thunder of artillery shell in a Cambodian jungle, the wail of a starving child. Sleep on, silent American. If tomorrow’s headlines frighten you. just don’t look.” “Sleep on, silent American. Don’t wary about the student protestors who are commahdering administration buildings and bombing banks and exalting false gods.” “Sleep on, silent American. Say nothing, think nothing, do nothing — and the problems of this nation may vanish. Don't be intimidated by your children. Tell your toddler to go to his room and play with his toys, but not bother you. Your eight-year-old had books and games and a color tv in his room. It’s not necessary for you to go into his room to hear his prayers. Let him entertain himself.”

EDITORIALS

An unpleasant sight to Sunday morning church goers is shown in the photo taken at the corner of W. E. Long Drive and North Shore Drive, Syracuse Lake. The debris as shown is almost unlimited. The shame of it all is that a wellmeaning citizen can go out on Saturday afternoon and clean up a corner such as this only to return on Sunday morning to find a new supply of litter. The debris is by no means limited to this corner. It is found all over the Lakeland area. Everywhere you look debris is found. With all the modem disposal bags and trash containers we can not see why anyone need litter but some people constantly deposit their unwanted items along the road side adding to the pollution problems of the area, the county and the state.

one such gift to make Christmas something special for someone not as fortunate as you or I. Other gifts too are needed for those at the state hospital and training center. Adult gifts, especially men’s gifts, are needed each year, They should be new and in unbreakable containers. Children’s gifts are not needed. They are taken care of in a special program. Cash donations too are accepted. Every cent of any cash donation will be spent only for patients’ gifts and parties. All other expenses, folders, tags, etc., are paid through regular contributions made to the Mental Health Association of Indiana. Remember! Your gift is needed and will be appreciated by someone who might have otherwise been forgotten.

“Sleep on, silent American. Tell your teenager to go have himself a good time. Throw him the car keys and give him a ten-dollar bill. But don’t ask him where he is going. That would be a violation of his privacy and an infringement on his rights. Never ask him who his heroes are. Don’t require him to work and earn his own money.” “Sleep on, silent American. Do not bestir yourself to go to the polls on election day. Politics isa mess anyway. Never be seen with your hand over your heart and resist the urge to put an American Flag on your lawn. Applaud nudity in the theatre and pornography on the newsstands; this is the New Morality, haven’t you heard?” “Sleep on, silent American. Go to the golf course on Sunday morning; you’ve worked hard all week and deserve a little, time off to relax. Os course, you might drop the kids off at Sunday School and give them a quarter to drop into the collection plate. Lie back in the hammock of complacency and inhale the amnesia of indifference.” “Sleep on, silent American. You have everything to lose.” —Hoosier Democrat

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

This is a public service aiticle explaining provisions of

Indiana law in general terms.

Campus Turmoil

Recent events on our college campuses around the nation have directed much attention and raised much interest as to the exact status of students in our tax-supported institutions. This has prompted numerous inquiries to this writer about students at Indiana colleges which are tax-supported, by both students and their parents. It is apparent that there is a great deal of confusion in this area of responsibility. As a result, must litigation has been generated in both'the state and federal courts on the responsibility of students in their attendance at college. The first thing that the courts have made clear is that when a student enters a tax-supported institution, he does so voluntarily and does not. by entering the academic field, in any way give

SPECIAL REPORT FROM WASHINGTON

Nixon Would Be Trapped In Conference

WASHINGTON — The White House is being rocked by a bitter feud over what President Nixon should do to bridge the generation gap and bring alienated young people back into the democratic process. The President's youth adviser. Stephen Hess, has urged him to hold a series of national conferences to bring government officials, university administrators and students together. Hess wants the President to open a dialogue with youth However, conservative political advisers, such as Harry Dent, have warned that the conferences will more likely turn into confrontations They fear the youths would get out of hand and embarrass the President with a bill of anti-administration complaints. These conservative advisers, in fact, want the President to cancel the youth conference that has already been scheduled for February. The backstage feud has also become personal Some aides have made slurring remarks against Hess whom they consider to be a radical-liberal of the kind Vice President Agnew has been denoucing from the political platform. MARTHA. DECORATOR Martha Mitchell, the wife of the Attorney General, has already spent $50,000 in Treasury funds and is in the process of spending another $50,000 to redecorate the inside and outside of the Justice Department. The first $50,000 went into a new dining room and kitchen at Justice so Martha could entertain Cabinet wives. She personally directed the placement of tables, chairs and wall fixtures and even arranged for little personal spotlights to be directed on the table*. Queried about the money, Justice asserted that only $30,000 was spent on the kitchen and dining room, bin the figure is actually more than $50,000.

Martha now has more plans for leaving her individual* trademark on the Justice

up any of his constitutional rights. The old theory that the college faculty stood in the place of the student’s parents and could therefore discipline the student accordingly is no longer recognized by our courts. The student is now accorded the full constitutional rights of any other citizen and must be treated accordingly. This means that while the student must follow the rules promulgated by the college, the rules must be fair and must recognize the rights of the student. The courts have also held that this means before a student can be expelled from a college for an infraction of the rules, he must be given a hearing in which he is fairly entitled to explain his side of the controversy. That is, the student must be accorded due process of

In recognizing these rights, however, the court has conversely pointed out that with these rights go the same duties that persons in all walks of life have. That is, those students may not without liability to lawful discipline, intentionally act or impair or prevent the accomplishment of any lawful mission, process or function of an educational institution. The courts have further held that “a student to support what he may believe to be an ideal does not alter the nature of his conduct nor does his youth give him immunity from disciplinary action based on conduct that may violate a valid rule of a particular educational institution, to say nothing of the civil and criminal laws that govern the society of which, whether he likes it or not, he is a part.” This statement by a federal court in Missouri is being widely accepted throughout the land. It is becoming increasingly apparent that although all the courts will recognize that a student has the same constitutional rights as a person in any other status in this land, they likewise have the same obligation to follow the reasonable rules of society as all other citizens. The parents of every student therefore, and every student, should understand clearly that they must follow campus

Department building. She has bulbed the General Services Administration into redoing the greenery on the outside. The handsome old magnolia trees growing alongside the building are being brutally cut back because Martha doesn’t like magnolias. Many of the azalea bushes and other shrubs around the Department are being dug up to be replaced in this year of economy by 1,200 expensive Japanese holly bushes and boxwoods Martha's choice of boxwoods shows how little she knows about Washington. The city's garden experts maintain that it’s virtually impossible to grow boxwoods in exhaust-ridden downtown Washington. Mrs Mitchell is also eager to give her husband a different view from his office window. So she is having the old oaks outside his window chopped down even though they've been growing there for decades. When Martha Mitchell is finished with redesigning the outside of the Department, she will have spent SIOO,OOO of the taxpayers’ money, all without full hearings by Congress. VIET NAM BUFFALO HUNT There is a new Pentagon scandal brewing over a water buffalo. Col. John Hughes is a commander of an Army aviation unit in South Viet Nam that has a water buffalo as its symbol and Hughes wanted a real water buffalo as a mascot. The unit bought one of the contentious beasts, but it ran away. Then Hughes sent out a helicopter search team to locate a new one. A safari of Chinook helicopters whipped out to find the buffalo, exposing the men and planes to danger. The hunters fired at one buffalo with a tranquilizer gun and tried to lasso another, but came back empty handed. Some of the men complained that Hughes was putting their lives in jeopardy for a kooky whim, so the colonel relented. Colonel Hughes, who served with distinction in three wars, is now under consideration for promotion to brigadier general. But

ißayh-Lines ES ■taEjjgi FROM WASHINGTON IM iESttigtL A REPORT TO THE PEOPLE OR INDIANA FROM U. S. SENATOR BIRCH BATH

Unemployment Remains Persistent Problem In Some Sectors Os Society

WASHINGTON — The lack of jobs in our economy—jobs that pay a living wage, jobs near where people live, jobs that require skill that people have or can be taught—is at the heart of many of our social problems in the nation today. It is obvious now—with 4.7 million unemployed and the unemployment rate standing a 5.5 per cent—that there simply are not enough jobs. Even at the height of economic boom, unemployment remains a persistent problem in some sectors of our society, notably our less developed rural areas and our ghettoes. Manpower training programs in such areas, and during such a time, are a farce unless these programs can provide jobs as well as training. Therefore, I am extremely pleased that the Senate has approved legislation which for the first time faces this challenge head on by establishing a public service employment and manpower training program. Hie Employment and Training Opportunities Act of 1970, of which I am a co-sponsor, provides that the Secretary of Labor shall provide financial assistance for public service employment programs which create jobs for unemployed and underemployed persons in carrying out needed services. It is aimed at. creating 150,000 to 200,000 jobsun the first year. This legislation can have real impact on joblessness and regulations which are calculated to promote discipline and make possible the on-going function of every educational institution which is to provide an atmosphere of learning for the student. Further, if a student’s conduct violates the basic law of the state or the nation, then the student should clearly understand that his status does not except him from either suit for damages under civil law proceedings or punishment by the courts under criminal law proceedings where violence occurs and persons are injured or property is damaged. During these times, it is essential then that every college administrator, parent and student understand that students have the full protection of the Constitution, and the rights that flow therefrom, and likewise have the full responsibility to conduct themselves as required in an orderly society. Coypright 1970 by John J. Dillon

revelations about his eccentric water buffalo hunt have some of the officers on the promotion board worried about his judgment. REDS BLOCK MOVING SAM’S An intelligence report asserts that before his death Egypt’s President Nasser was willing to remove the controversial missiles from the Egyptian-Israeli cease-fire zone. The report also states that his successor. President Anwar al-Sadat, was willing to carry’ out Nasser’s wishes. He allegedly was overruled, however, by Egyptian army officers. The intelligence report suggests that the officers actually may have oeen influenced by the Russians whose own Red Army marshals conferred at length with top Egyptian officers during the dark days after Nasser’s death. It is also known that the Egyptian army has continued to move missiles into the truce zone throughout the cease-fire. Meanwhile, the Egyptian violations of the Middle East cease-fire have been far more serious than the press has reported. Aerial photos show that more than 200 Russian SAM-2 and SAM-3 missiles have been moved into the truce zone. The movement of these deadly missiles has been going on steadily throughout the cease-fire. With the 100 missiles that has already been installed before the truce, the Egyptians now have in the Suez the greatest concentration of missiles in the world. This has been accomplished in flagrant violation of the ceasefire that President Nixon promoted. The White House is disturbed because the Soviets have blandly ignored the photographic evidence shown to them. The President has decided, therefore, to call the Kremlin’s Muff. He has made it clear to the Soviets that he can no longer trust their word and that any future agreements must have strict enforcement provisions. He has also rushed new weapons to Israel to counteract the Missile buildup.

hopelessness in poverty communities and the nation. It is legislation that will also establish a new partnership between mayors; governors, and the Federal Government in the administration of manpower programs. And it is a bill that will make it possible for mayors and governors to do something about the inadequacy of public services in many poverty communities, urban and rural. Examples of the kinds of public services which could be provided include jobs in health, public safety, education, recreation, parks, pollution control, housing and neighborhood development, rural development, conservation and beautification. I know that some people fear that work of a public nature for the unemployed would be “makework.” Others believe that the private economy can be counted on to provide work for all • Americans willing and able to work. But after studying the problem for some time now, I have concluded that both of these objections to a public service employment program are invalid. First, many communities testify to a desperate need for personnel, especially people from the community, to maintain needed public ‘ services in education, health, recreation, police and fire work, conservation, sanitation, and child care work. The Department of Interior alone has estimated that there are thousands of man years of work to be done on conservation projects' through the National . Park Service, the Bureaus of Xsport Fisheries and Wildlife, and other agencies of the Department. All experts agree that there is ample real work to occupy all Americans able to work. Second, the fact of the matter is that although there is no lack of work that needs to be done, there simply are not now enough actual jobs in America for all her citizens. The private sector can no longer handle the whole problem alone. As George McGhee, testifying for the Urban Coalition, told the Labor and Public Welfare Committee, “It would not be reasonable, however, to expect the private sector to do the whole job. The jobs are just not there.” Meanwhile, the depressing statistics on unemployment and underemployment continue to mount. ,

By JACK ANDERSON