The Mail-Journal, Volume 8, Number 31, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 September 1971 — Page 12

PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat. 1888) Syracuae-Wawaaee Journal (Eat 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. IS, 1982

Bicycle Safety

Bicycles are venicles and have road rights and responsibilities just like automobiles. However, these facts are frequently overlooked by both motorists and cyclists, points out F. R. Willsey, extension safety specialist at Purdue university. Since bicycles are often the major means of transportation for school age youngsters, Willsey offers the following recommendations to parents who want to make bicycle riding safe for their children. Select bicycles of the proper size for your children. Be sure they are equipped with the required safety devices.

Your Responsibility

Labor Day, the summer season’s last important holiday, is almost here. As with all three-day holidays, one primary consideration will be sheer survival in the press of traffic and other hazards of congestion. There is another consideration too of which we should all be acutely conscious. As individuals, we can each contribute mightily to pollution control during a period when lakes, forests, streams and parks are swamped with visitors. A leaflet, issued by Enterprise Publications of Chicago, offers the following questionnaire for those who are sincerely concerned about pollution. It asks, among other things: When did I Regular Gluttons The average American who lives to be 70 may wonder how he made it when he considers that he has consumed 26 million tons of water. 10,000 pounds of meat. 14 tons of milk and cream and 9,000 pounds of wheat. And he will have

SURINAME STAMPS Dutch Prince Honored By PAUL J. WES Copley Service Surinam has issued a stamp to honor Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands on his 60th birthday. This is the fourth appearance of Queen Juliana's husband on a Surinam postage stamp. The prince s portrait first appeared on Surinam stamps in 1943, when a four-value set featuring the entire Dutch royal family was issued. The second time was in 1944, when a single semipostal was released to commemorate the visit of the roval couple to Surinam. Most recently. Bernhard and Juliana were shown on a stamp that marked their silver wedding anniversary in 1962. Surinam, a former Dutch colony. became an integral part of The Netherlands in 1954. The country is located on the northeast coast of South America and used to be called Dutch Guiana. The 25c stamp will be printed

DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Mar&ger Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 48587

EDITORIALS

in green, red, blue, and black. It features a portrait of the prince and a facsimile signature. In the background is an outline erf the globe plus two airplanes. One is the Fokker Friendship F-27 and a Boeing 747-B. the new Industries Fair building at Utrecht, Holland, and a blast furnace at Ijmuiden. Holland. The motifs on the stamp symbolize the prince's important role m various aspects of trade and industry within the Dutch realm. The sump will be on sale at all post offices in Surinam until June 28. 1972. There is no limit on its validity for prepayment of postage. Collectors in the United States are invited to order mint copies of this new stamp at face value directly from the Post Office Philatelic Service, Prinses Beatnxlaan 11, The Hague. The Netherlands. The price of a single copy in Dutch currency is DFL. 0.50. In view of the present monetary situation, the equivalent in U.S. currency cannot be quoted. Banks and post offices can provide up-to-date information. To cover the cost of postage and registration a fee of DFLS. 1.70 must be included with your order for the first 80 stamps. ♦ ♦ ♦ Canada's latest issue is a seven-cent stamp honoring the centennial of British Columbia's entry into the confederation. The large-size stamp is horizontally arranged and features the initials "BC” in four-color lithography. Canada also released a sev-en-cent green stamp in the regular issue showing Queen Elizabeth and, in the background, the transportation and communications industries of Canada. The Swedish Postal Administration will issue commemorative stamps celebrating the 200tb anniversary of the Royal Academy of Music. The stamp

Teach your children to ride a bicycle in a safe location before you permit them to ride in the street. Be sure bicycles are in good mechanical condition. It is important that adjustments and repairs be made when needed. i Curtail unnecessary night riding, but be sure the bicycle has good lights and reflective devices in case such should become necessary. Make sure your children know the rules and regulations affecting bicycle riders. In general these are the same as those for automobiles, but it would be , worth the time to see if there are any special regulations in your community.

last throw an empty can, bottle, cigarette butt, or paper wrapper on the street or the floor of a public building? When did I last leave a picnic table without cleaning up? When did I last leave a camp site without picking up all the refuse? When did I last leave a public or private beach without picking up paper, glass, or other sharp objects? When did I last — when no one was looking — drop off garbage or junk by the side of the road — hoping I wouldn’t be caught? How these questions can be answered by those returning from the long Labor Day week end will be a pretty accurate gauge of public interest in pollution control. used up 21,000 gallons of gasoline if he’s been lucky enough to survive the traffic. The figures are not ours. They come from the National Live Stock and Meat Board. Goshen News

design reproduces an original composition of Prof. Ingvar Lincfiiolm. One is to be printed in deep mauve and the other in green. The post office sells first-day covers with a complete set of the new stamps. One stamp of each value from the coins and one pair from the booklet. Write to: The Post Office, Section for Philately PFA, Fack, S--101 10 Stockholm 1, Sweden. The date of issue is Aug. 27. ♦ ♦ * Laos will issue four stamps in September to call attention to its wildlife conservation program. The 300-kip value is very unusual. It shows a rhinoceros in a position almost impossible for a rhino to assume. Malta has issued four stamps on the coronation of Our Lady of Victories and the centenary of the Proclamation of St. Joseph as patron saint of the Universal Church. The values are 2. 5. lOd, and l-6d. and Social Security Q — I'm 66 and have been drawing Social Security for three years. I’ve just taken a part time job. Does my employer have to withhold social security tax from my pay? A — Yes. The social security contribution must be paid regardless of your age and even though you’re drawing benefits. Q — Am I required to carry Medicare supplement insurance in addition to both the hospital and medical insurance of Medicare? A — No. The decision to have other medical insurance is an individual decision.

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

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

'Widows And A Will'

Every wife should have a general idea of the status of her husband’s estate prior to the time that death forces her to become interested in these matters. One of the most important things for a spouse to remember is that a surviving spouse is entitled to a portion of her husband’s estate regardless of the terms the husband might set out in his will. The exact amount the surviving spouse is entitled to is determined by her status at the time of her husband s death. Normally a spouse is entitled to one-third of the net personal and real estate of her husband unless she is a second or subsequent spouse who did not have any children by the decedent, and the decedent left surviving him a child by a previous spouse. In this case the second surviving spouse is only entitled to a life estate in onethird of the lands of the decedent, plus one-third of the personal estate. The reason that a wife should

SPECIAL REPORT FROM WASHINGTON

Curtain Coming Down On 50-Year Romance

WASHINGTON — One of the nation’s most tender love stories is slowly approaching the end in a Washington hospital where former Speaker John McCormack, his white mane now yellowing, sits day after day beside his beloved Harriet. Sadly, she no longer recognizes the husband who, during more than 50 years of marriage, has never spent a night apart from her. “Old Jawn,” who only a year ago was in the center of the Washington whirl, now occupies his time reading, watching television, and writing letters to old friends in his angular, laborious scrawl. He has nothing to look forward to, except the approach of the football season. He would rather watch football games than the dreary fare now available on his TV' screen. Harriet Joyce McCormack, now in her 87th year, has hardening of the arteries. “She doesn't know what’s going on most of the tune," a hospital attendant told us softly. She was moved into Providence hospital more than a year ago. The Speaker, who was then still presiding twer the House, immediately moved in beside her. Up until January, his days were occupied on Capitol Hill where he had spent 43 tumultuous years. But he was determined, after his retirement, not to become one of the pathetic has-beens who haunt the halls of Congress. Instead, he holed up in the hospital, seldom leaving his wife’s bedside. His nephew, Eddie McCormack, has tried to persuade Old Jawn to come home to Boston. The nephew has arranged a Boston suite for the old couple and has even lined up a special railroad car to make the trip easy for Harriet. STORYBOOK ROMANCE But the Speaker has turned down the offer, suggesting gently that the trip might be too hard on her. He will remain, he says, by her side in Washington. Their storybook romance began in a

have a general knowledge of these affairs prior to the sad event of losing her husband, is that certain actions must be taken to protect her interest in the estate if she chooses not to take under her spouse's will. For example, let us say that a wife receives very little by the will of her husband and there is very little property held in joint title to which the widow will succeed. In this case the surviving spouse will undoubtedly wish to exercise her right to take one-third of the estate against the will However, in order to do this, the spouse must file her election to take against the will wthin ten days after the expiration of time limited by law for the filing of claims against the estate. Claims against the estate must be filed within six months after the date of the first published notice to creditors of the estate. As you can readily see, the widow is limited to six months plus ten days normally to file her election with

the clerk to claim her one-third interest in her husband’s estate. There are certain exceptions to this rule depending upon certain other conditions of the estate, but they are too complicated for discussion in this article and should be pointed out by your attorney in your specific estate. The important thing to remember is that a widow might well be foreclosed of her right to take one-third of her husband’s estate if she does not react to the will within the six-month period after it is filed for probate. Because of the harsh results that could come about through the lack of knowledge of a widowin the handling of the probate of her husband’s will, she should make certain that she has a clear understanding of the estate of both spouses to a marriage, prior to the death of either, and that adequate provisions are made for the handling of the estate. A spouse, either husband or wife, should take immediate steps within a reasonable period after the death of their loved one to get specific legal advice on the handling of a will or the handling of the estate of a deceased spouse. While it is considered by many people good taste to let these things lie dormant for some time after the death of a loved one, waiting for any great period of time to get proper guidance can result in a disaster to the surviving spouse. Copyright 1971 by John J. Dillon

rainstorm back in 1917 when McCormack helped her put the top up on her automobile. Harriet Jdyce was then a pretty, blue-eyed professional singer, seven years older than her persistent suitor. Three years after they met in the rain, she broke a contract with the Metropolitan Opera to marry him. They spent most of their married life in Washington, where they occupied a suite in the dreary old Washington Hotel. McCormack not only came home to her every night but never missed a dinner with her. When he had to attend a political banquet, he would ignore the food so he could ebne later with Harriet. Solicitously, he would cut the* meat on her platter as he had always done since their honeymoon. The Speaker never became too busy running the House that he wouldn’t take out time to call her. Or if a telephone wasn’t handy, he would scribble notes to remind him of the little things he would discuss with her later. For recreation, the McCormacks liked to take solitary walks. In their later years, their excursions were made in the Speaker’s chauffeur-driven limousine. Usually, they would stop for ice cream or milk. But now, they don’t go out any mere. She just lies there, and be sits by her side. CHARITY BOOMERANGS One cause of our economic crisis, ironically, has been our own generosity. Our good deeds have come back to haunt us. For foreign factories, built at U.S. expense, have helped to put American firms out of business and American workers out of jobs. One industry after another has been forced by foreign competition to cut back production, thus adding to our unemployment and undermining the dollar. Yet our tax money not only has helped to finance competitors but has provided them with more advanced equipment than our own. What’s more, we have sent American engineers and businessmen overseas to teach

Congressional Comer: John Brademas Reports From Washington

Education Subcommittee On Tour Os Polish Schools

WARSAW, Poland - Members of the Select Education Subcommittee, which I chair, arrived here last week for a fiveday look at Polish schools, vacational training institutes and universities. I have been in Poland on two other occasions — in 1962 and 1965 — and I am glad to be back once more to see what changes have taken place during the intervening years. It will be especially interesting to get a feel of the country since the recent shakeup in the government and the replacement of Gomulka by Edward Gierek, " and we shall also be interested in the reaction of the Poles to President Nixon’s planned visit to China. While her> we want to get an idea of how the Poles carry out research and innovation in their educational system, in line with legislation my subcommittee is now considering to establish a National Institute of Education, as proposed by President Nixon. > TALKS WITH POLISH OFFICIALS We plan to meet both with the acting Minister of Education. Mr. , Mistewicz. and the Vice Minister of Education, Mr. Zachajkiewicz. as well as other Polish educational leaders. We are also scheduled to meet with Members of the Polish Parliamentary Education Committee, which is the rough equivalent of our Education and Labor Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Because we are working on a comprehensive child develop<nent bill in Washington, we will also look forward to visiting a child day care center in Poland. While in Warsaw we plan tcf discuss with Polish officials the possibility of using funds which have been generated by Public Law 460, the Food for Peace program, for joint PolishAmerican Scientific research. FUNDS FOR SCIENCE Up until now these funds have been used exclusively for limited health and agricultural programs, and American officials have been trying to convince Polish officials for some time to use the funds to send Polish scientists to the United States on an exchange basis. « When the Chairman of the Polish Committee on Science and Technology was in Washington last May, a joint-communique

the know-how. f Result: the rise around the world of industrial monsters which now threaten their creator. Although the AID agency has been perhaps purposely vague about the number of plants it has built abroad, a reported $2 billion of our tax money has gone to build or expand more than 180 foreign steel mills. This American generosity has helped to reduce our share of the world’s steel market alarmingly.' For the textile industry, our subsidy of foreign mills has been close to disastrous. No one seems able to sdy exactly how many rival mills Uncle Sam has built around the world. But (me AID official has acknowledged to us: “In our efforts*to revitalize Japan, we participated technically, financially and otherwise in creating a Japanese textile industry that today threatens our own with ruin.’’ There are textile plants in Hong Kong, India, South Korea and Taiwan, most of them with looms far finer than most U. S. mills have been able to afford. Result: at home, millions of cotton spindles have been closed down, and hundreds of mill workers have lost their jobs. In the postwar years, foreign aid has built, expanded or modernized dozens of pulp and paper plants, chemical plants, aluminum mills and rubber processing plants. The U.S. has given loans or grants for studies or construction of several petroleum refineries. Besides all this, our tax money has also built foreign shipyards, plastic plants, pottery works, engineering labs and industrial research centers. It has also been spent to develop foreign mining, manufacturing, even merchandising. The whole panorama of foreign aid is immensely complex. Nations which the U.S. helped on their feet are prospering as never before. It is difficult to disagree with those who plaintively ask a rather deaf Uncle Sam: “Isn’t it time some charity began a l t home?” — .

was issued, in which the Polish and American governments agreed to explore the possibility of developing joint scientific research efforts. Also in May, Professor Monti Reynolds of the University of California was in Poland to discuss the possibility of developing such programs. We are hopeful that these efforts will bear some fruit in the not too distant future in the form of increased communication between Polish and American scientists. . VISITS TO KRAKOW AND LDZ I After some time in Warsaw, we shall visit the beautiful medieval city of Krakow, where we plan to talk with the rector of one of the oldest universities in the world, the Jagellonian university, and, of course, we shall see the famous / Saint Mary’s church, immortalized in the tale of the Trumpeter of Krakow. After Krakow, we shall go to the second largest city in Poland, Ldz, and there visit a vocational school and the University of Ldz. 11)6 university has faculties of music, arts, theatre, and ? famous film school — all of whica will be of interest to our subcommittee because we have jurisdiction over the National Artsand Humanities Foundation. In Ldz we shall also visit the Polytechnic and Engineering School important to the training of persons for Poland’s textile industry. And we are scheduled as well to visit a school for physically handicapped children, also of particular interest to the members of our group in view of our legislative responsibility over programs for the handicapped. I look forward to practicing my Polish — which, of course, I learned in South Bend — and to learning new ways of saying thank you in addition to “jenkooya Bardzo” and “Cierzidna jenkooya.” You And Social Security Q — I signed up for social security retirement benefits when I was 65 last year. I’ve been working and not drawing benefits. Will this additional work increase my benefits in the future? A— It may. Your record is reviewed automatically each fall and if an increase is possible you will be notified.

By JACK ANDERSON