The Mail-Journal, Volume 9, Number 49, Milford, Kosciusko County, 3 January 1973 — Page 4

JTlic ■ .■ ■■ ■ ' \ . ■' ■ ■> ■• ,-ii ■ PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Est. 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Eat. 1907) Consolidated Into Thejiail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 —; ; —■ —— T P' . ’t v DEMOCRATIC ’ « ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

New faces for 1973 tyo, this is not the name of a new musical comedy or review, but it does encompass space, time and harmony. The stage is set in Washington, MS The feature is the new 93d Conress of the United States. Time and space have taken their toll. Eighty-five new faces will be seen and heard,.in the House. Six senators, who were Democratic committee chairmen or ranking Republicans, will be missing. A dozen House leaders were not re-elected. The committees, which are the workshops of Congress, will be recast

Nixon's big challenge

Would you like to be President just so you could end this terrible war? Why not just pull out and tell all the people of Viet Nam and Indochina to fight it out to the bitter end? WHy insist on a cease-fire for all Indochina when it might be more popular in America to pull out and let the Asians settle their own problems? Is a real cease-fire possible in Viet Nam? Not long ago it seemed so near but now no one is.very certain. Is Henry Kissinger really as sharp as he’s reported to be? President Nixon has a few problems to wrestle with. Do you sacrifice the lives of some 50,000 Americans at this time to convince everyone it was a bad deal and that we" can’t really expect to bring about*any kind of a peaceful end to decades of fighting in Indochina? President Nixon has nd reason to want the war to continue, in spite of all the snide remarks some “peace people” may make to the Continuation of the war is a bigger headache to the President than to anyone else. He has .practically promised to bring home the prisoners of war in the near future. Congress is about ready to cut off funds for our involvement and this would reduce the effectiveness of Mr. Nixon in his dealings with world leaders. President Nixon has been having problems with President Thieu in South Viet Nam who thinks the communists are simply trying to negotiate the Americans out of the war so they can renew attacks on the South. Thieu wants assurances the North will stop their attacks and remove their trbops. Regardless of> what we think of the Thieu regime, no one can blame him too much for Wanting the best deal possible.

Lakeland residents are prospective 1973 jurors

Names of persons from the greater Lakeland area have been drawn for jury duty in the Kosciusko circuit and superior courts for 1973. Those persons whose names were drawn to serve on the grand jury for the term from January 1 to March 31 are as follows: Gloria Jean Albert, r 2 Leesburg; Paul A: Yeager, r 3 Syracuse; and Herbert J. Felkner, Milford. Serving during the April 1 to June 30 term will be Sandra K. Smith of r 2 Syracuse. Vincent L. Love, r 4 Syracuse ’ and Don E. Tatman, r 1 Cromwell will serve during the July 1 to September 30 term. Serving for the term from October 1 to December 31 will be Mary Jane Bechtold, r 4 Syracuse; Linda Baumgartner, r 1 Milford; William E. Cox, Cromwell; and Dean Ferverda, Leesburg. Circuit Court . Names drawn for the January 1 to March 31 term of the circuit court are Marion R. Acton, r 1 Milford; Willard A. Hartman, r 1 Syracuse; Joan Sharp, Syracuse; Carolyn L. Davidson, r 2 Leesburg; Robert Beer, Milford; Donna Mae Clark, r 2 Syracuse; John Gene Flory, r 2 Leesburg; Robert D. Hamman, r 4 Syracuse; Herbert R.

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Anglemeyer, Syracuse; John Karl Longenbaugh, Syracuse; Lillian Evelyn Disher, r 2 Syracuse; Annabelle Anglin, Milford; William J. Pipp, Syracuse. Those petit jurors selected for the term from April 1 to June 30 are as follows: Paul D. Baugher, r 1 North Webster ; Leona Dippon, Milford; Dorothy J. McDonald, r 1 Milford; Patricia Ann Sheets, r 2 Milford, Douglas G. Pilcher, Syracuse; Larry Eugene Ryman, Milford; Darrell A. Orn, Milford; Varner M. Chance, North Webster; Lola W. Westerman, r 1 Leesburg; Harriet E. Rector, Leesburg; Phyllis Yeiter, r 2 Leesburg; Virginia M. Powell, r 2 Leesburg; Linda Kaye Crow, r 4 Syracuse; Charlotte B. Kinsley, Syracuse; and Lorin J. Badskey, “ North Webster. Prospective petit jurors chosen for the July 1 to September 30 term are Richard C. Didier, r 3 Leesburg; Carolyn Kay McCulloch, r 2 Syracuse; Norma I. Stormbeck, North Webster; Mary E. Fosbrink, Syracuse; Lois M. Xanders, Syracuse; Dale Freeman, r 3 Syracuse; James K. Greiner, r 1 North Webster; James C. Alford, Syracuse; Judith S. Blue, r 1 Leesburg; Jerry Allen Hapner, r 3

and a new political libretto may have to be pounded out, more attuned to the “new faces” while at the same time placating the old. It will bamore important than ever before for all of us to become involved in government in order to provide the legislators with the essential information necessary to make wise decisions. You have sent your representatives to Washington. Now it is up to you to call the tune! —LaGrange Standard

The U.S. would accept almost any deal that would end the war and bring about what could be a lasting peace in Indochina. That’s what we sent some 50,000 men there to die fori We believe _ our leaders thought they had such a peace deal “at hand” in October. But the Communists want only about 250 outside troops to enforce the cease fire and this seems to support Thieu’s fears that they plan new attacks as soon as we leave the country. Do we really care whether the communists ate attacking the people of Viet Nam, Cambodia or Laos? This country provided the leadership that brought about a cease-fire in the Middle East. We got little credit for our efforts. The world seems to look to us to keep the communists in line. It’s not a great position to be in but America has been the keeper of freedom and the price has been high, both in lives and dollars. At this moment it would appear that President Nixon must contend with the communists, President Thieu, the sympathy for prisoners of war, the peace-at-any-price people of Congress and many Americans who simply want “Viet Nam” off the front pages of the newspaper. , r Peace for Indochina isn’t coming easy, and the man who gets the most criticism for the war is our President, not the communists who started the whole affair and have been attacking the outskirts of Saigon and rocketing our big U.S. air bases with hardly a protest from anyone. It will take some nifty moves by Mr. Nixon to win against this stacked deck. So far he refuses to throw in the cards in an effort to negotiate a real peace that could last. It may be time to get China and Russia and other interested countries to the peace table and break this tragic impasse.

Syracuse; Donald R. Tamer, Leesburg; and Darlene K. Reese, r 1 Leesburg. Those chosen for the October 1 to December 31 term are: Teresa S. Beer, Milford; Thurman E. Rinker, North Webster; Jerry Moore, r 1 North Webster; John C. Hare, Milford; Jack R. Darr, r 4 Syracuse; Donald G. Nine, Syracuse; Donald E. Storey, r 3 Syracuse; Herschel Albert, r 2 Leesburg; Ellabelle Carr, Syracuse; Nelson L. Auer, Syracuse; Roma Jean Maish, r 2 Leesburg; William M. Gillespie, r 1 Cromwell; Herbert V. Gawthrop, Jr., r 2 Leesburg; Jerald J. Longnecker, North Webster; and John Olen Keim, Syracuse. Superior Court Names of those drawn for prospective petit jury duty in Kosciusko superior court for the term which runs from January 1 to March 31 are as follows: Steve Allen Jones, r 1 Leesburg; Bernice I. Kline, r 4 Syracuse; Milton W. Irwin, r 2 Leesburg; Vicki L. Rich, r 3Syracuse; Dean L. Hartle, r 1 North Webster; Charles F. Zimmerman, r 1 Leesburg; and Betty J. Finney, r 2 Syracuse. Those drawn for the April 1 to June 30 term are Edith E. Baumgartner, Milford; Edward

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Charlton, Leesburg; Stanley R. Hollar, r 1 Margie E. Chupp, r 2 Milford; Phyllis Ann Buffer, Syracuse; Oscar A. Bjella, r 4 Syracuse; Marlene K. Evans, Milford; Elmer F. Barley, r 2 Leesburg; Ida T. Troup, Milford; Stanley L. Schopf, Syracuse; Helen Irene Anderson, r 1 North Webster; Amy A. Baldwin, r 1 Cromwell; L. Boyle Osborn, r 2 Leesburg; Patricia Ann Bitner, Syracuse; Marion Niles, r 1 North Webster; Joe Ostendorf, Jr., Milford; Alice G. Stefanski, Syracuse; Betty L. Miller, Milford; Suzanne Pierette Bell, r 2 Leesburg; and Anna Belle Gall ah an, r 4 Syracuse. Those drawn for the term from July 1 to September 30 are as follows: Mary E. Schang, r 1 Leesburg; Lewis D. Fidler, r 1 Syracuse; Gerald A. Eastlund, North Webster; Juan Manuel Carvajal, Milford; Walter Miller, Syracuse; Gilbert E. Baumle, r 1 Leesburg; Barbara A. Todd, r 2 Syracuse; Sandra Sue Kiser, r 1 North Webster ; Vera Morehouse, Milford; Barbara J. Hill, r 1 Leesburg; Burton D. Butt, r 3 Syracuse; and Robert L. Hall, Milford.

JACK ANDERSON’S WEEKLY SPECIAL

PRO BONO PUBLICO By Jack Anderson 1972 Pulitzer Prize Winner for National Reporting f (Copyright. 1972, by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

WASHINGTON - The Su£preme Court may soon issue a ruling that could revolutionize public service advertising on television and radio. In the past, public service ads rarely have gone beyond the rumblings of Smokey the Bear or the antipollution appeals of Woodsy the Owl But the days of the soft-sell in public service ads may be numbered For 14 months environmental and consumer activists have been pressuring TV and radio stations around the country to run tougher ads in the public interest. Many ads have actually been prepared but rejected by TV and radio stations. One ad prepared a vear ago had the Rev. Billy Graham advising consumers not to buy phosphate detergent’s. Another more recent ad has actor Burt Lancaster hurling broadsides at the drug dustry. In his ad. Lancaster takes several drug companies to task for peddling aspirin that is unrecommended and overpriced. Lancaster advises bluntly/'Next time you get a headache, use your head and buy the cheapest aspirin vou can find.' Station managers are understandably reluctant to run such ads free of charge. But even when consumer activists have offered to pay to get the ads on the air, the men behind the media have turned thumbs

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Committee assignments for Sen. Augsburger, Rep. Mauzy

State Senator John F. Augsburger of Syracuse received his assignments this week for the coming legislative session. He will serve as chairman of the penal and benevolent institutions committee and be a ranking member of the roads and tran*niose chosen for possible jury duty from October 1 to December 31 are as follows: Elizabeth A. Mauk, Milford; Raul Estep, r 1 Milford; Susan Z. Hunter, North Webster; Charles L. Gamer, Leesburg; Helen Estep, Syracuse; Frank Grove, Milford; Doris A. Metz, Leesburg; Mary Frances Guidone, r 3Syracuse; Catherine L. Silveus, North Webster; Bruce A. Grindle, Syracuse; Robert R. Smith, Syracuse; Louise Anderson, r 1 North Webster; Betty Jean Myers, Syracuse; Larry A. DeWitt, r 3 Syracuse; John J. Glon, r 4 Syracuse; Timothy» Martin Levemier, Milford; and Carol L. Avery, r 1 Syracuse.

down. The Supreme Court, however. may compel the stations to run the ads. Before the Court are basically two questions: Does the first amendment apply to broadcasters and. if so. Moes it allow- broadcasters to ban controversial ads? Indications are that the court will rule in favor of the consumer groups. If so. we may all soon be seeing Burt Lancaster giving the drug indus trv headaches — Footing the BilL The Kennedy Center tor the Performing Arts has discover ed a unique way to handle its enormous construction cost overruns'. Kennedy Center .executive board members, who for months had been frantically searching for funds to pay the center’s debts, finally arranged last fall for the center to be made a United States agency. A confidential memo of a recent board meeting outlines the details. The memo states. ‘The Department of Justice has now determined that the (Kennedy) Center is a -United States agency This means, according to the memo, that the Justice Department will now "deal with the matter of unpaid construction costs and delay damage claims from the general contractor...and some

— Mi < < / SEN; JOHN F. AUGSBURGER sportation committee as well as chair the sub-committee on roads (state highways). The senator will also be a member of the legislative ap-

24 subcontractors.” The memo adds: "Unpaid construction costs and damage claims total about $4.5 million.” The official memorandum also describes the reaction of the Kennedy Center trustees. The trustees, says the memo, "were in a high state of elation when they heard the news.” Small wonder. Not only will the Justice Department settle the $4.5 million construction debt, but the U.S. Patk Service will shell out another $2 \rHillion to pay for maintenance and other operating costs. The Kennedy Center may be for the arts, but there is nothing refined about the price ' tag. — Down on Henry - Chinese Premier Chou Emlai apparently has changed his mind about Henry Kissinger. In the past. Chou has praFsed Kissinger to visitors for his role in negotiating the detente between Washington and Peking. But recent visitors have reported that Chou is disappointed in Kissinger over his handling of the Vietnam truce. This could hurt ChineseAmerican relations. Meanwhile, in Washington. / • President Nixon and Henry j Kissinger are keeping such tight rein on the Vietnam , v truce negotiations that the top j State Department experts ( don't know- for sure what s , going on. The more they learn. . however, the more appalled , they are. One top expert told j us that Kissinger tried to ( handle too much by himself < without the strong support he | should have requested from | the State Department. W’ith the proper back-up. they say. i he could have avoided the , imprecise language that has ] led to a breakdown in the ( talks. ( As for the impact of the j bombing on the North Viet- , namese. intelligence reports j claim that Hanoi correctly ( anticipated that President ( Nixon would renew the bomb- . ing of Hanoi. As early as

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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..

'ASAP' The Alcoholic Safety Action Project or ASAP is a Federally funded project of the city of Indiapapolis and other communities around the country to combat drunken driving. Because so many serious acc. cidents are caused by drivers ' who are under the influence of alcohol the ASAP Educational Program is designed to get at the root cause of the drinking driver. The program also attempts to educate the general public on why strict penalties must be applied against persons who drive while drinking. ASAP also works with the courts to investigate the backgrounds of people convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol and to determine if some treatment can be given that person so they will not again get oh our highways While drinking. The ASAP program also provides funds for the employment of policemen, the . purchasing of modem law enforcement equipment and* the funding of educational projects to rehabilitate drunken operators. ASAP also educates the public on the Indiana implied consent law which requires a person driving a vehicle to submit 'to an intoxication test when asked by any law enforcement officer or face the administrative loss of his license. Educational efforts are made to impress upon drivers the seriousness of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol which can carry a maximum penalty of six months ! in jail plus, a $500.00 fine and suspension of the driver’s license for one year. In addition, any person convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is required to provide proof of financial responsibility for three years portionment committee and a member of the advisory committee on criminal justice. 1 Thames Mauzy, state representative from Warsaw, has been named chairman of the natural resources committee this year. He will also serve on the financial institutions committee.

December 4, according to the intelligence reports, they started evacuating school children from Hanoi. . — Around the U.S. — U.S.MEDICAL CRISIS — Medical bills have been Skyrocketing so high that I the public is demanding action. We have received complaints from middle-class , working people, who have spent their whole lives saving up a s-mall retirement nest-egg only to , have their entire savings wiped out by a 60-minute operation by a high-priced doctor. We have heard from citizens in remote out West as well as minority groups in the inner cities. All complain that they are cut off from adequate medical service. President Nixon, we’ve learn-,, ed. will soon propose the establishment of a paramedical corps to provide emergency help to ghettos and remote Communities. BUCKLEY FACING AXE — William Buckley 's popular TV show Firing Line has only one chance in 10 of returning to public television next fall. Buckley got the word personally from his friend Henry /Loomis. chairman of the Corporation of Public Broadcast ing. last week. According'to a < recent survey, more than a hundred program directors of educational stations around the country r.atc Buckley's show "essential” to their programing. But Buckley, out of favor in the White House., is considered "too much a personality. according .to Republicans who control CPB purse strings.’ ( UNPUNISHED POLICE MEN - A spot check of police brutality cases at the Justice Department reveals what could be a disturbing trend. Over the last year, the FBI has referred more than 200 cases to the Justice Depart ment. but the Justice Department informs us it has sue- : cessfully prosecuted less than a half dozen of these cases.

which is an exceedingly expensive item for any driver. Even the minimum penalty for driving while under the influence is now five days in jail and $25.00 in costs and a license suspension for 60 days. Because of the number of serious accidents caused by drinking drivers and the severe penalties which a person can receive for driving while under the influence of alcohol it is important that the ASAP program is directed more toward education and rehabilitation than toward inflicting penalties on drunken operators. It is interesting to note that the Alcohol Safety Action Project’s short name of ASAP is so appropriate. Certainly anyone who drives while under the influence on our crowded highways today is ' a sap. Copyright 1972 by John J. Dillon ——— ? ’ Hearing set for railroad petition Members of the Milford town board received a letter from the public service commission of Indiana stating a hearing has been set for 9:30 a.m. EST on Tuesday, April 3, in the state office building in Indianapolis, room 908, on the petition filed last October 25 by Mrs. Ronald Smith against the Penn-Central railroad>. The petition asked for the installation of automatic trainactivated warning signals at the crossing of. The Penn-Central railroad at Catherine street in Milford. Town board members plan to conduct surveys between now and April as to the number of vehicles, including school buses, that use the crossing daily. They are strong backers of automatic warning signals for the corner and plan to do all, they can to assure the success of the petitioners at the hearing. Signing. Mrs. Smith’s petition were Mrs. Dan Levemier, who lives at the crossing; Merle Campbell, Milford businessman; Don H. Arnold, superintended! of the Lakeland schools; and Arch Baumgartner, publisher of The Mail-Journal.