The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 18, Milford, Kosciusko County, 31 May 1972 — Page 9

PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Eat 1888) Syracuae-Wawaaee Journal (Eat 1807) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

Is Patriotism Dead?

With the traditional Memorial Day parade and services attracting less attention and less flag-waving crowds across the land, one begins to wonder if patriotism isn’t dead. This year, with sunny skies across the country, crowds of unprecedented numbers should have turned out for this day of patriotism and remembrance of the country’s service dead. But such was not the case. A news commentator said a State street parade in Chicago had more people in the parade than were lining the streets. At home crowds were disappointing. Milford townsman Henry Beer said at the Milford cemetery he has attended Memorial Day services regularly in that community since 1916 and he “has seen a growing lack of interest in the patriotic spirit?’ It should be pointed out, however, that Milford, due to its American Legion

School Ends June 2

The Lakeland schools will be dismissed for the summer on Friday, June 2. and it’s time for our annual warning to' motorists, mothers and youngsters. Once again we are urging everyone to give special attention to their driving when they are in an area where youngsters might be present. Some children just don't seem to realize that

Sun And Fun

Just a reminder that an active, golden tan cannot be acquired during your first day at the beach. Often a day of sun and fun is followed by a night of agony and pain from sunburn. To get a tan without suffering through a painful sunburn this summer, begin your first day with about 15 to 20 minutes of exposure each on your face and back — then extend the period in the sun each day. Remember that painful burns can be caused by wind as well as sun and that even on cloudy days it is possible to burn yourself severely. Consider the time of day you will be in the sun. The burning rays are most

What Is He Learning?

The average American preschooler spends 64 per cent of his time watqhing television. By the age of 14, this child will have seen 18,000 murders on TV. By the age of 17, some 350,000 commercials. In the course of his life the TV will have consumed 10 years of his time. These facts were compiled by Dr. Gerald Looney of the University of Arizona. In his remarks to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Looney

CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY

Three States Win Separate Status

Revolution and Evolution The Bicentennial Year June 18 through June 24 1772 — Vermont, Maine and West Virginia did not exist as separate states of the Union until 1791, 1820, and 1863, respectively. Their territorial areas, nevertheless, were included within the original 13 colonies and their peoples were equally involved in and affected by the events of the Revolutionary War period. Vermont presumably was given its name by Samuel de Champlain, French explorer in the area in 1609, impressed by the “vert" (green) "montagnes" (mountains). French and English traders vied for control until 1763. when the Treaty of Paris,

EDITORIALS

ending the French and Indian War of 1754-63 with the British, brought the cession by France to England of all of Canada, including contested areas in New England. Vermont was admitted to the Union as the 14th state in 1791, with its northern boundary with Canada finally established in 1822. Maine, chartered by King James 1 to the Plymouth Company in 1606, was designated as the Province of Main (or Maine) to indicate that it was part of the mainland of the continent, as distinct from such offshore islands as St. Croix, Nova Scotia. and Cape Breton. , Maine had become a part of the I large Royal Province of Mas-

Post 226, has one of the better small town parades and services at the grave of the unknown soldier. Several hundred children participated by marching in various groups or riding the town and township fire trucks. The citizens of Milford have added to the day’s activities by holding a community-wide chicken barbecue and the Milford Area Development Council (MAD) has moved its annual cutie king and queen contest, bicycle races and volley ball contest among church groups to fit into the “Homecoming’’ festivities. The parade at Syracuse was more disappointing. Here there was no school band, no fire fighting units, which give parade a color and flare. Syracuse has a good American Legion post and Veterans of Foreign Wars post and the community should do better in honoring their deceased veterans.

streets are for cars, not baseball games and play areas. They often dart out from parked cars and seem many times to be all over the street. We are urging mothers to remind children to stop, look and listen before darting out into a street after pets, balls or other items. We know children don’t like this constant reminder but it is necessary and may save a life someday.

intense between noon and 3 p.m. and sunburn is not likely before 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m. Besides burning, too much sun can also cause sunstroke or heat prostration. Long overexposure to the rays of the sun has been known to cause coarsening of the skin. It is recommended that good suntan preparation be used regularly, re-applying the lotion at least every two hours, after each swim and whenever the protective film may have rubbed off or washed away. Most of these preparations contain chemicals called sunscreens, which absorb various wave lengths of the sun’s ultraviolet rays which are responsible for burning.

declared that television, “the electronic intruder,” has replaced both parent and teacher as the primary educator of children. Just in terms of time alone, Dr. Looney points out, the American preschool child during his critical preschool years spends more time watching TV than he would in the classrooms during four years of college. And what is he learning? — Lloyd Shearer, Parade

sachusetts, as rechartered by William and Mary in 1691. It remained a part of Massachusetts until 1820, when it was admitted to the Union as the 23rd state, but it had been classified as the “District of Maine" from the end of the Revolutionary War until separatist sentiment, growing during the period of the War of 1812, ted to its establishment as an autonomous state. West Virginia was a part of Virginia from the establishment of that colony in 1607. In 1861, however, when the issue of secession arose in the South, and Virginia cast its lot with the Confederacy, 40 counties in the western part of the state voted against the move. They formed a separate state, soon incorporating even more territory, with Wheeling as the capital, and chose to be known first as Kanawha and then as West Virginia. In June, 1863, it was admitted to the Union, under wartime legislative action in Washington, as the 35th state.

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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.

Credibility

Persons called or subpeonaed as witnesses in legal proceedings in Indiana have often faced this duty with trepidation. The reason for this apprehension was the warning by the lawyer calling the witness that the entire life history of the witness could be subjected to the closest scrutiny or testing on cross-examination by counsel representing the adverse party. The witness would be surprised

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— Special Report from Washington — JACKIE ROBINSON MAKES SECRET SERVICE THREAT LIST; WALLACE AIDES FEAR ATTEMPT ON LIFE AT HOLY CROSS; NIXON WENT INTO TRAINING’ FOR HIS RUSSIAN SUMMIT By Jack Anderson 1972 Pulitzer Prize Winner for National Reporting (Copyright, 1572. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

WASHINGTON — Trying to predict who, where and when a man will attempt to kill a president is an impossible job. The Secret Service has tackled it by setting up a computerised file of potential assassins. The trouble is, they have gotten a little carried away. The agency’s files contain the names of scores of potential president killers, whom most people always thought were harmless. Take, for example, former baseball great Jackie Robinson. Five days after President Nixon took office, Robinson joined a small group of blacks who stopped by a White House gate and asked to see the President. It’s doubtful that Jackie Robinson knew it, but the Secret Service was taking notes. Wrote Special Agent Thomas Schriver: “The reason they wanted to see the President was that they wanted more jobs for the black people and also wanted the President to define black capitalism." It sounds like a fairly mild form of protest But the Secret Service went ahead and established a computerized file on Robinson. He is now officially recognized as a threat to the President of the United States. — FEAR FOR WALLACE — George Wallace’s aides have complained privately that they fear for the Governor’s safety at

when informed that such a minor violation of the law as conviction of a speeding offense or minor traffic offense could be the subject of cross-examination questions by opposing counsel even though these violations bad no relations to the issues being tried in the case in question. The theory behind this questioning was that any conviction of a person prior to taking the witness

Holy Cross hospital. They believe someone may try to finish off Wallace by poisoning his food or sabotaging his medical services. Nor are they relieved bv President Nixon’s offer to let Wallace use the presidential suite at Walter Reed Hospital. The aides have complained that the Walter Reed Hospital staff is infiltrated with “liberals” who might try to do Wallace in. Meanw’hile, other Wallace aides seem chiefly concerned about how to keep the money rolling in without Wallace. The Alabama fireball was his own chief fund raiser. He would work his audience into an evangelical fervor then send Wallace girls with buckets to collect donations. He has already raised an estimated million dollars at his rallies this year. In 1968, he raised several million dollars. No accounting was ever made and insiders have told us that aides dipped freely into the campaign chest and stuffed five- and tendollar bills into their own PO^ft 8 - Ntew these same aides are giving first priority to new fund raising drives. — MENTAL REHEARSAL — President Nixon carefully memorized what he intended to say to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. White House aides tell us that the President mentally rehearsed

stand went to the person’s credibility as a witness or had a relationship to the witnesses propensity for truth and veracity. Once this was pointed out to a potential witness the possibility for embarrassment on things long forgotten could induce a person to be a very reluctant or uncooperative witness. The Indiana Supreme Court has seen fit to re-examine this whole area of what is included in cross-examination of a witness with refrerence to the witnesses credibility or propensity for truth and veracity. In a very important decision decided early this year, the Indiana Supreme Court has greatly restricted the type of questions which are permitted to be asked a witness which are not related to the facts at issue and go only to the witness’ credibility wherein former convictions of crimes are introduced into the questioning. The Court said “simply stated, either the particular criminal conviction

over and over again the points he expected to make. Nixon also keyed himself psychologically for the confrontation in Moscow. He disciplined himself mentally and physically much as a fighter might train for a championship bout. He carefully arranged to spend two days in Austria to adjust himself to European time before going on to Moscow. He chose Austria because there would be no big problems to detract him from his main mission. A preliminary stop in England, France or West Germany would have been too demanding. While Nixon was preparing for the summit meeting, Brezhnev was beating down bitter opposition inside the Kremlin against a Russian-American detente. The opposition was led by Defense Minister Andrei Grechko, who had the powerful backing of the military-industrial faction. Brezhnev put his personal prestige on the line in order to overcome the opposition. As an object lesson to his opponents, he also quietly demoted one of his most outspoken opponents, Pyotry Shelest. Intelligence reports suggest that Grechko was too powerful to be deposed, but has been restrained after seeing Shelest get the axe. — GEORGE WANTS TED — Senators Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern, the two leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, have been talking privately about their vice presidential choices. Humphrey has told intimates that, if he wins the nomination, he would like McGovern as his running mate. But McGovern privately has ruled out all the presidential candidates as running mates. His first choice would be Senator Ted Kennedy. McGovern is ready, if nominated, to make an impassioned appeal to Kennedy to join him on the ticket. If Kennedy refuses, McGovern has mentioned Florida’s Governor Reuben Askew, Illinois Sen-

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Planning Today For America's Tomorrow

America has a destination to reach —a bright and prosperous future. Although the passage of time makes it inevitable that some future will be reached, America, too, has a choice of (Jans and destinations. Either America determines where she would like to be in the years ahead, or she takes her chances that once there, the destination will be satisfactory. Just as the motorist who chooses not to plan can anticipate some dead ends, some wrong turns, some trouble on the road and perhaps disappointment in the end, so can America anticipate trouble if she does not plan now. In a recent report titled, “The Limits of Growth,” an internationally distinguished group of businessmen, economists and scientists documented the need for planning the nation’s growth. Basing their findings on a computerized model system of the world developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, they forecast ecological collapse in the next century. To prevent future environmental disasters, we must begin now to control the nation’s growth; to guarantee the quality of life on our nation's limited resource base, we must formulate a national policy to more

reflects on the witness’ credibility for truth and veracity, or it does not.” In other words the court introduced a confining rule requiring a relationship between the previous conviction and a person’s propensity for telling the truth. The result of this important decision should be to alleviate the fears of many persons called as witnesses in litigation that previous convictions long ago lived down will be brought up to embarrass them. Copyright 1972 by John J. Dillon

ator Adlai Stevenson and Idaho’s Senator Frank Church. The only presidential contender that McGovern has shown any interest in as a running mate is Indiana’s Senator Birch Bayh. Meanwhile, McGovern is quietly preparing to divorce his presidential campaign, if he should win the Democratic nomination, from the old guard Democratic National Committee. McGovern has already quietly incorporated his McGovern For President organization. His main purpose is to avoid the kind of law suits that were filed individually against Eugene McCarthy and the late Robert Kennedy’s estate to collect 1968 campaign debts. McGovern can avoid personal responsibility for campaign obligations by forming a corporation. — INTELLIGENCE NOTES — • A secret intelligence analysis has encouraged President Nixon to believe he might, just possibly, get Soviet cooperation to arrange a Vietnamese settlement. Brezhnev warned Henry Kissinger in April that the Soviet Union would not interfere with its North Vietnamese ally. However, the new intelligence analysis points out that North Vietnam cannot continue the war without a new round of Soviet equipment. This would amount to such a huge investment for the Kremlin that the analysis hopefully suggests that the Soviets might be willing to intervene in Hanoi for a meaningful peace. • Fighting has now broken out inside Chilean President Salvador Allende’s Marxist government. The radicals are impatient over Allende’s failure to communize Chile. This has already caused violent eruptions between the radicals and moderates within the Allende government. • President Nixon has taken a moderate position in Moscow on the Soviet presence in Egypt. The President indicated to aides that he regarded the Soviet presence as a moderating influence upon the Egyptians who might otherwise try to inflame the Arab-Israeli war.

efficiently manage and plan for future growth. Toward this end, I have introduced the National Growth Policy Planning Act —a means whereby we can plan for the future growth of the country in a coordinated and rational fashion. This bill calls for the creation of a national growth policy and sets up a comprehensive planning unit to help coordinate federal, regional, state and local government efforts to organize and manage growth. It also creates a program of federal assistance to state and interstate agencies to develop statewide and regional growth policy planning as elements of our national policy. Too often, on the local level, the current legal and institutional arrangements for managing growth are archaic, ineffective and sadly short of funds. Under the National Growth Policy Planning Act, we could provide both technical and financial assistance to well-meaning but now shackled planning groups. Federal financial assistance to any project that would have a substantial impact on growth in the state would be terminated if a state refused to institute effective plans to control growth. This will prompt state and regional agencies to actively and vigorously participate in documenting needs and resources, managing and planning for efficient and balanced national growth. Planning is a very powerful and effective tool, if it is used correctly. When resources are limited, it is the tool that can mean the difference between survival and extinction. Good planning — in this case, good national growth planning — means gathering information on all aspects of a problem, proposing alternative solutions and choosing the one that makes the most sense to all concerned.