The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 38, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 October 1972 — Page 4

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Veteran's Day Veteran’s Day will be observed on October 23 in most states across the U.S. All veterans of the Armed Forces have been honored on this day since 1954 when Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I, was changed to the broader observance of Veteran’s Day. With resurging patriotism, this observance is marked by parades, speech making and flags waving from millions of homes and public buildings. Citizens pay special tribute to all members of the nation’s Armed Forces — past and present. Pride in having

Pretend You're George!

“Get out and vote” is a phrase often read or heard in these few remaining days before the election. Have you begun to give serious thought to the implication of these words? November 7 is the day of reckoning — when no longer will you be able to complain about the state of the nation and then in good conscience stand around and “Let George Do It” when it coines to improving matters. You should make it a point to learn about the issues that will affect you and yours.

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Two Indiana school teachers have announced formation of an educators group endorsing the Democratic state ticket. The group, Active Educators for WELSH, BODINE, WILSON and LOUGHLIN, supports the Democratic candidates for Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction. MISS LAURA FOUNTAIN of Valparaiso, a South Bend teacher, and JAMES HERSCHINGER, a Lafayette educator, are co-chairmen of the committee. “We believe these men have acted in the past in the best interest of Indiana educators and will continue to regard education of our children as one of the state government’s highest priorities,” Miss Fountain said. DANE SNOKE is Kosciusko county’s representative to the committee. • Indiana Attorney General THEODORE SENDAK, addressing a convocation at Vincennes university, last week spoke of the power of the press to influence politics and government in the United States. The Republican Attorney General, who is seeking re-election, stated, “The media to a large extent not only reports public opinion, but it is also a potent force in shaping that opinion. The news media is vital to us in America since it is safe to say that public opinion is the ultimate ruling force in the free world.” ROBERT E. HOWARD, campaign coordinator for DR. HAROLD H. NEGLEY, Republican candidate for state Superintendent of Public Instruction, called on Negley’s opponent, JOHN J. LOUGHLIN, to “de-escalate his rhetoric and return to a discussion of the issues in education.” Howard referred to a joint appearance in Lafayette Monday night, where Loughlin characterized Negley’s criticism of Assistant Superintendent SAM MERCANTINI as ‘vicious.’ Some weeks ago, Negley had criticized Mercantini, a former top echelon Democrat organizer, for not being licensed and not having taught in the public schools. On September 20. Negley said

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vocational educators around Indiana were “concerned” that Mercantini had “removed control and decision-making from the hands of vocational education personnel” . . . “Dr. Negley will continue to point out that Mr. Mercantini has no credentials as a public school teacher and none which would qualify him to make important decisions in vocational education,” Howard said. OTIS R. BOWEN, Republican candidate for Governor, told a Lawrence county Republican rally that “Indiana cannot afford to drift in a sea of problems, blown first one way and then the other by the winds of political expediency. “We must have a firm hand at the helm, and I pledge to you that I shall do everything within my being to be that firm hand, and together we will bring leadership, direction and a sense of purpose to the next four years,” Bowen continued. YOUR VOTE MAKES A DIFFERENCE says the League of Women Voters of Indiana. They are urging everyone to vote for his or her selected candidates and on the constitutional amendments on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Following are excepts from remarks to be made by MATTHEW E. WELSH, Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana to the 36th annual conference of district 30 United Steel Workers of America in Indianapolis last week: “Not content with four years of drift and indecision in the State House, Indiana Republicans have nominated a candidate for Governor who actively seeks to turn the clock back 40 years. “The Republicans have nominated a man who for the last five years has conveniently hidden behind the privilege granted to the Speaker of the Indiana House and has avoided voting on many important issues that have passed through his hands. Nevertheless, there are some very interesting things to be found in the Bowen voting record. “In 1963 the Republican candidate for Governor actually voted for an amendment to the

served our country in time of need comes from a deep understanding of the true greatness of our nation. In the light of this understanding, many have made the supreme sacrifice to help win and hold the blessings of personal freedom, opportunity and responsibility we now enjoy. As Americans honor veterans of our Armed Forces this October 23, they will be reaffirming their support for the tradition of sacrifice and dedication to duty that alone will keep alive the power and the will of the U.S. to make a better world.

Study the problems and ask questions when in doubt. Ask your elected representatives their opinion of specific legislation, reforms, taxation, inflation, etc. If we are to make any real progress toward controlling the ruinous impact of government on our pocketbooks and freedom of action, we have to first become acquainted with the issues. November 7 is the big day — pretend you’re “George” — get informed and then get out and vote according to your best judgment.

United States Constitution which would, for all practical purposes, dismantle the greatest government on earth. The amendment he voted for says this: ‘“The Government of the United States shall not engage in any business, professional, commercial, financial, or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution.’ “Now what does that language mean? What activities would it prohibit? “First and most strikingly, it would abolish Social Security. Social Security is insurance and insurance is a business, commercial, financial or industrial enterprise of precisely the kind this amendment would prohibit. “All federal health and education programs would be abolished, as well as conservation, recreation, and reclamation programs. “Nor would the federal government be allowed to have any disability, workman’s compensation, or unemployment benefit programs, all of which are forms of insurance. “And there is more — much more — that we require our federal government to do which it would be prohibited from doing. “Let me mention one other section of this amendment which my opponent voted for. It may seem attractive at first glance, and I want to present it fairly. “It would abolish the federal income tax — abolish it and prohibit it for all times. “Now if this amendment did nothing else, abolishing the income tax would be enough to dismantle the federal government and turn back the clock a hundred or more years. Perhaps some extreme economic conservatives would welcome that. But let us ask this question: where would our government get the 70 or 80 billion dollars a year to pay for our national defense? a “Only the personal income tax comes anywhere near providing that kind of revenue. Does my opponent really wish to strip our nation of its military defenses and leave it naked in the face of the Soviet and Chinese superpowers? “Well, that is exactly what abolishing the income tax would do, and so we have to ask this further question: “Dr. Bowen, did you really know what you were voting for when you voted for this amendment? If you did, how can you justify it? If you did not — and any high school civics student should have been able to figure it out — how can you expect us to trust your judgement on any of the other thousands of difficult and complex policy matters that the Governor of a great state like ours has to decide?"

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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.

The Ins Want Out

In a recent Indiana Supreme Court case the high court upheld a Circuit Court in denying a writ of habeas corpus to an inmate of the Indiana State Prison. The prisoner had earlier been convicted of second degree burglary and sentenced to serve two to five years in the state prison. While serving his time he escaped from a prison work detail. He was later apprehended in Florida and returned to prison. The warden in figuring the time which the prisoner had to serve, naturally

i BBS JACK ANDERSON —Special Report from Washington — BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING By Jack Anderson 1972 Pulitzer Prize Winner for National Reporting (Copyright, 1872, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

WASHINGTON—For some time now, Uncle Sam has been developing a Big Brother complex. We have documentary evidence that federal agencies have' almost unlimited access to confidential information on citizens. Income tax returns, social security files and con- . fidential bank records are all open to federal snoops. Not even the mails are inviolate. Almost any government agency can ask the post office for a mail check to find out who is writing to whom. ± Government agents have even resorted to poking into people’s garbage. For a while, garbage collectors in the District of Columbia had a list of 50 persons whose trash was set aside and delivered in burlap bags to a special room in a government building. There, unidentified men would come at night to spirit away the bags for scrutiny. So, it came as no surprise the other day when we spotted two government agents, dressed as civilians, lugging large plastic bags filled with trash aboard an airliner in New York City. The plane was bound for Washington. One of my reporters asked the men about the bags, but they only made glib remarks about helping New York’s

did not include the time during which the prisoner was in Florida. The prisioner petitioned the Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus contending that he was entitled to credit for the period as described by the Indiana Supreme Court . . . “he was on vacation in Florida (during season).’’ The Circuit Court denied the writ and the Indiana Supreme Court agreed saying that the prisoner was not denied due process as it was simply a

Mayor John Lindsay get rid of the city’s trash. How widespread the garbage game is nobody knows. But two restaurant owners from Bowie, Md., had a different encounter with Uncle Sam on a train recently. The travellers, Kenneth Gill and Donald Rembert, discussed the Watergate bugging incident. They merely talked about what they had read in the newspapers. A few days later, however, a Secret Service agent knocked on Gill’s door and proceeded to question him about his knowledge of the Watergate affair. It’s only 1972; 1984 is still 12 years away. But, apparently, Big Brother is already watching. —A Temporary Lift— The Nixon Administration is rushing to complete a report before election day which shows that U.S. prestige abroad received a big—if only temporary—lift from President Nixon’s trips to Peking and Moscow. The United States Information Agency is now analyzing the results of surveys conducted last spring and summer in 15 countries. According to sources inside USIA, the preliminary results show that U.S. prestige rose in 12 countries surveyed following the President’s trip to Peking last

matter of the warden computing the time the prisoner was absent and adding it to his sentence. In another more serious case the Indiana Supreme Court recently upheld a conviction for jail breaking by a person who was wrongfully sent to jail. In this case the court which sent the maS to jail did not in the particular case have the authority to do so. However, it did have the general authority to send defendants to jail and the confinement order was valid on its face. The high court held that it was against public policy to permit such persons to engage in self help to get out of jail. The Court would not put it within the province of every prisoner in every jail to decide for himself whether conditions justified escape. Such a decision the Court held would increase the number of jail breaks. The proper remedy, the Court said, was for the prisoner to seek a writ of habeas corpus. Copyright 1972 by John J. Dillon

February. At the same time, we are told, U.S. prestige dropped in Japan, Mexico and Lebanon. The White House is expected to leak favorable statistics from the surveys before November 7. But the White House will probably keep under wraps another section of the USIA study which indicates American prestige is on a downward trend. The upward move generated by the President’s historic trips is only a temporary phenomenon, say our USIA sources. The general downward drift of American prestige abroad can be expected to continue into the 1980 s. — Computerized Congress— In the 91st Congress, 435 representatives wasted 190 hours—or five work weeks—while their names were read slowly aloud to record their vote. With push buttons on their desks, the congressmen could have voted and been recorded in five seconds each time. It now appears that Congress will at last get voting buttons. An electronic voting system has been installed and House computer czar Frank Ryan says the system will soon be in operation. However, initial tests of the system have backfired and Rep. Wayne Hays, D-Ohio, who oversees the operation, has told us he doesn’t plan to sign any of Ryan’s vouchers until the system proves A-Okay. (The idea of installing electronic voting buttons first arose in 1869 when Thomas Edison offered Congress his first invention —a telegraphic vote recording machine.) — Pentagon Pipeline— Routine Briefing- Several

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Better Than A Letter

Dear Editor: I can’t express in words what it means to get The Mail-Journal each week. It is better than a letter from home. Having worked at Thornburg Drug in North Webster for five years I met a lot of people and have lots of friends. But like always people get too busy to

Behind The Farm Market Scene

LAFAYETTE — Com, soybean and wheat prices trended lower as fall harvest got underway, but oat prices advanced slightly. Hog prices declined seasonally, while cattle prices remained steady in the face of increased marketings. These price changes are noted by J. William Uhrig, Purdue university extension economist, in a review of commodity quotations for the first two weeks of October. In all cases, he added, they are higher than a year earlier. Cash com at Chicago fell 8.5 cents a bushel to trade at October 10-20 cents a bushel higher than in October, 1971. Sales to Russia and European countries, plus record domestic utilization, boosted early fall prices sharply despite prospects for the second largest corn crop on record, Uhrig pointed out. However, as early harvest began prices declined. Cash soybean prices at Chicago plummeted 36 cents a bushel during the first 10 days of October. Wet weather delayed early harvesting and carryover of old beans remained tight. As new beans became available at major markets prices reflected the transition to new crop supplies, the economist said. Wholesale prices of soybean meal at Decatur, 111., declined $4.50 a ton to trade at $lO4 a ton — S3O higher than a year earlier. Oil prices dropped three-fifths cent a pound, down 3.5 cents from October, 1971, levels. Oil is a surplus commodity in world markets, while protein meal is

months before the Cambodian invasion, a ranking general trooped up to the New York offices of Chase Manhattan to brief a roomful of bankers on the latest developments in the Vietnam War. One former Chase Manhattan official who was present has told us that the general strongly intimated that something big was about to develop in the war. He advised the bankers to keep their eyes on the supply lines in Cambodia and Laos. We asked our friend at Chelse Manhattan whether he thought it proper for the Pentagon to brief dozens of bankers on sensitive military matters. “Whether it’s right or wrong,’’ he told us, ‘‘it’s certainly routine.” Luxurious Living—The Navy is spending over SIOO,OOO a year to house off-duty sailors in plush apartments while their ships are being overhauled at the Newport News, Va., shipyard. The off-duty sailors relax in furnished, fully carpeted two-bedroom apartments in town. Most of the apartments have color TVs and access to swimming pools. Meanwhile, on-call sailors working in the dockyards continue to sleep in bunk beds on crowded barges. Avid Reader— The Army’s post in the Canal Zone is a long way from But General George V. Underwood and his top brass down Panama way keep informed. The general is not only an avid deader of the New York Times, which is available locally, but he also receives each day, by airplane, four copies of the Washington Post. The public shells out more than $2,000 a year so the general and his staff can keep up-to-the-min-ute with the latest goings-on in Washington.

write letters and The MailJournal keeps me informed on lots of the news and changes taking place in and around Webster and Big Barbee Lake where we lived. Like I said — better than a letter from home. Sincerely, Mrs. Arden Koontz Fort Myers, Fla.

short, Uhrig pointed out. Cash wheat at Kansas City declined nine cents a bushel in early October, but recouped six cents of the loss to trade at $2.12 a bushel ; this was 58 cents a bushel higher than a year ago. Higher export sales, particularly to Russia, remained the principal price strengthening factor. Hog prices declined from 50 cents to $1.25 per hundredweight during early October. No. 1 and 2 grade hogs weighing 200-220 pounds traded at $29-$29.50 at Indianapolis October 10, about $7.50 per hundredweight above year earlier levels. Hogs supplies are still sharply under last year, but marketings are increasing seasonally. Cattle prices remained steady in face of increased marketings and heavier average marketing weights. Strong consumer demand for beef is the major price strengthening factor. Choice steers at Omaha traded in a range of $34.25-$35.75 in early October with an average of $34.90 for all choice steers. Wholesale choice steer beef carcasses at Chicago remained steady during early October, trading at $53$53.50 a hundredweight. Mrs. Richard Brunjes of Milford entertained at a birthday supper for Allen Brunjes on Saturday night. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ronn Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith, all of Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith of Gravelton and Miss Cheryl Overholser of Fort Wayne.