The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 12, Milford, Kosciusko County, 18 April 1973 — Page 4

. e=SSjA / PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (Est. 1888) Syracuse-Wawasee Journal (Est 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

Where were your youngsters?

Mom and dad: Do you know where your youngsters were last night? If not, you had better start checking. Several leading merchants in the Milford area have recently become victims of a wanton wave of shoplifting and other crimes which are sending the total losses into the thbusands of dollars. Area law enforcement officers are in the process of gathering complete information on the operations of what seems to be a large gang of minors and

Easter Sunday

Easter is a mystical blend of Christianity and paganism, steeped in a rich heritage of legends and tradition. Yet with its many meanings, Easter still adds up to one thing for all of us —a joyful celebration of life. The symbolism that is an integral part of the holiday attests to that. The religious color for Easter, white, is the sign of purity, light and joy; the Easter bunny represents abundant new life; and even the sunrise services have their roots in a legend which declares that the rays of

The value of words

' “What’s in a word?” asked Shakespeare. Dollar bills, that’s what; at least to novelist Harold Robbins. The world’s most successful author, Robbins has just been advanced a cool (or should we say “hot”) $2 million for his next novel, “Memories of Another Day.” And the book hasn’t even been set in type, much less printed. Robbins last book, “The Betsey,” sold 4,000,000 copies in the first month of publication. His biggest money maker, “The Carpetbaggers,” has been earning

— f- Hr ' /il ' Mud I ’ Adi MOBILE HOME UNIT UPSET — Gale winds up to 60 miles per hour upset a half unit of a double wide on road 6 at 10:45 a.m. Monday a mile east of roads 6 and 13. The unit had just left the Syracuse plant of Monarch Industries en route to Alma, Mich. Plant manager David Troyer said the half unit was the bath and kitchen half and possibly sustained as much as $7,500 damage. When the unit was returned to the plant on road 13 north of Syracuse it upset again. When this occurred, damage was such that the unit was destroyed.

British abuses bring reaction

Revolution and Evolution The Bicentennial Years May 6 through May 12 1773 — At a town meeting in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, with more than 400 attending, Sam Adams, John Hancock, Thomas Cushing and William Phillips are appointed as a committee of the General Assembly to prepare instructions for the representatives on the “black catalog of abuses’* in legislation and taxation stemming from Great Britain, and on the “corrupt influences ... to impoverish, weaken and enslave us.’’ John Winthrop, an astronomer and mathematician, receives the first honorary LL.D, degree to be granted by Harvard College. For many years a professor at Harvard, whose presidency he has twice declined, he is accounted one of the leading

EDITORIALS

scientists in America, and exerted considerable influence on the scientific activities of Benjamin Franklin. 1823 — The “Virginia” becomes the first steamboat to complete the 729-mile voyage up the Mississippi River, arriving after 20 days at Fort Snelling, near St. Paul, Minn. Since 1820, a permanent settlement had existed at Fort Snelling, which became the northern terminus for the river steamboats. A notable American play of the period, “Clari, or The Maid of Milan,” by John Howard Payne, is presented both in New York and London. It includes the song, “Home, Sweet Home,” with words by Payne and music by Henry Bishop, and destined to become a classic ballad. Payne, a native of New York, where he be-

juveniles who are trying to out-do one another when it comes to stealing items. Meanwhile, the merchants of the area are trying to itemize lists of what has been taken over the past several months. Proper action will be taken by the authorities in the near future. So, Mr. and Mrs. Parent, if you don’t know what your youngsters were doing last night or the night before, maybe it’s time you started checking.

light bursting through the clouds on Easter morning are angels dancing for joy. Os course, the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a symbol of rebirth and hope to millions of Christians the world over. April 22 will mark this year’s celebration of Easter. As always, it will be a quiet day for most, filled with worship, Easter egg hunts — or maybe just contemplation of the coming of Spring this year, when a new chance for lasting peace brightens the hopes of all men.

him half a million dollars a year, every year. What with so many words available, it would seem that almost anyone should be able to make a great living for himself. After all, the dictionary is full of them! All you have to do is put them down in the right order, and presto! You are rich. At least, that is the way it is working for Harold Robbins, who is paid better than $40.00 a word — and that includes the one, two and three letter ones. — Hoosier Democrat

came an actor, was the author of about 60 plays. . James Fenimore Cooper has two best-selling novels in the shops, “Hie Pilot,” a sea story, and “The Pioneers,” the first of his five Leatherstocking Tales, to include “The Last of the Mohicans” (1826), “The Prairie,” (1827), “The Pathfinder” (1840) and “The Deerslayer” (also 1840). 1873 — Three deaths occurred during the w.eek. Salmon P. Chase, 65, Chief Justice of the United States, appointed to that post by President Lincoln in 1864; formerly secretary of Treasury in Lincoln’s Cabinet, long a member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio and also governor of that state, and twice a candidate for the presidency. ... Oakes Ames, 69, member of Congress from Massachusetts, and a major figure of the recent Credit Mobilier “scandal” in which members of Congress were involved, relating to provision of funds for construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.

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Indiana Law — Don't color the bunny

With the Easter season approaching arm in arm with spring, our interests turn to the outdoor and animal life. This wholesome interest of children in animals is of course to be encouraged, but anyone interested in selling animals to children should remember that there are certain prohibitions in the sale of animals, the violation of which constitutes cruelty and is punishable as a criminal of-

It s time to end Watergate

On the political balance scale the opinion of George Bush, chairman of the Republican National Committee, that the Watergate affair is “grubby” speaks volumes. Coming on the heels of similar assessments by other notable Republicans it means that the realities of the invasion of the Democratic National Headquarters last year are reaching exposed nerves among the GOP leaders across the land. As some observers have noted, the Watergate matter may have been viewed with some degree of detached amusement during the presidential campaign when it was ranked in the category of a political caper. What facts have emerged since then seem to justify a conclusion tha<t Watergate has much deeper significance, that it is an issue that simply cannot be swept under the rug. Once dismissed as the misjudgment of overzealous political operatives, Watergate now is casting a far longer shadow. As a result, we believe that American people are becoming chagrined — impatient over the fact that so little is known about the roots of Watergate despite intensive and scattered public and private investigations that confuse more than they enlighten. It is unfortunate that rumors, leaks, half-truths, and self-serving political stories continue to be the miasma through which we look at Watergate; this despite earnest inquiries conducted by men with the best of intentions. Among the latter are Judge John J. Sirica of the U.S. District Court, who conducted the trial which will send at least seven men to jail; grand jurors; Sen. Sam Ervin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and many of the group’s 16 members, and even the various persons bringing civil suits in the Watergate matter. Indeed, in their hunger to get to the bottom of the matter, a hunger we believe is shared by many Amer-

sense. No person can color, dye, stain or otherwise change the natural coloring of any fowl or rabbit without committing a criminal offense. This 1971 Act of the Legislature prohibited what was a fad around Eastertime of selling baby chickens or small rabbits colored various hues of the rainbow. Further, no one can sell or otherwise dispose of any fowls

under three weeks of age or any live rabbit under two months of age unless that person is engaged in the commercial breeding, raising, distributing of such, animals for legitimate business purpose and stores and outlets from which these animals are sold are adequately equipped for the care and feeding of fowl and rabbits. In other words the prohibition is not against legitimate sale of stock for raising for the market use, or distribution to persons involved in agriculture, or the raising of animals for food or development of fowls for the production of eggs.

icans, the well-intentioned persons may have unintentionally harmed some vital American institutions. Judge Sirica, for example, did not burnish the essentially neutral and dispassionate image of the judiciary when he on occasion assumed the role of prosecutor as well as judge, or when he applied the weight of his office to pressure men who already had pleaded guilty — however understandable his good motives. By the same token, regardless of what happens to L. Patrick Gray, a candidate for director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the excesses of the Senate Judiciary Committee in trying to link him with the effort to suppress Watergate inquiries have not helped the FBI itself. Also, if Sen. Ervin presses his intention to subpoena White House staff members close to the President, he will intensify the conflict between Congress arid the executive branch. His prospect of learning anything would be small, the continuing erosion of public confidence in the effectiveness of government would be great. Clearly it is time to put an end to the affair. Just as clearly, it can be done only by the Administration. Specifically, the come for President Nixon to put the power of his office behind getting all the cards on the table, fully, frankly and openly, so that all public doubt and uncertainty will be removed. It would appear that his recent or- • der to have members of the White House staff testify to the grand jury investigating Watergate, and to appear informally before senators to answer questions, reflects the President’s decision to do exactly that. Needs more The U.S. Supreme Court has left it to Congress to decide whether a law limiting the width of right-of-way that can be used for a pipeline cross-

An Easter meditation

By REV. ROSS COOK So, It’s Easter again. Do you mean that a whole year has passed so quickly? My, how the time flies. But, then, Easter is no different in that respect than a birthday, or the 4th of July, or any other holiday or special occasion. • We have all wanted to stop the clock. The yearly cycles of life pass so quickly.

But, Easter is quite unique among the special holidays and occasions which dot our calendar during the course of a year. The message of Easter is reaffirmed every Sunday of the year by the Christian community. For, if Christ had not risen from the dead on Sunday, it would be just another day, the first day of the week. But, because Christ arose on that day, Sunday has become the Christian Sabbath. The meaning of Easter will always allude us until we become acquainted with the man, JESUS! Do you know Him? Do you love Him? (To know Him is to love Him!) The Apostle Paul knew what it meant to “know” Christ. He wrote in his letter to the Philippians: “My object is to know Him, and I mean by that, to know the power of His Resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, while I continue to be rriade like Him in His death, if by any chance I may attain to the resurrection of the dead.” (Philippians 3:10-11). What Paul sought was a personal knowledge, not simply an intellectual knowledge. He wanted more than the knowledge of certain facts and theories. He wanted to know Christ through personal experience. And, what an affect this knowledge made on Paul’s life. Christ became the focal point of his life. Paul was a man, who because of human heritage and attainments, enjoyed many privileges. But, of these he said: “such things as I could humanly reckon as profits, I came to the conclusion were all loss for the sake of Jesus Christ. Yes, and I still count all things loss, because of the all-surpassing value of what it means to know Jesus Christ, my Lord. For His sake I have had to undergo a total abandonment of all things, and I count them as nothing better than filth fit for the refuse heap, that I may make Christ my own.” (Philippians 3:7-8). As Paul said, it was extremely important for him to know Christ in order to know the “power of His Resurrection.” To those who loved Him and kept His commandments, Jesus said: “Because I live, you will live also.” If life is important to you, if you want to get all you can out of life, then, get acquainted with Jesus Christ. During this Holy Week, walk with Jesus — where He walked. No, you probably won’t be able to go to the Holy Land to do it, but walk with Him along the winding pathways of your mind. Follow His footsteps through the Gospels. You will be amazed by what may happen. You may feel His presence as you have never felt Him before. That was Daniel Twohig’s experience. In the words to the hymn “I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked” he tells of his experience: “I walked today where Jesus walked, in days of long ago. I wandered down each path He knew, with reverent step and slow. Those little lanes, they have not changed —a sweet peace fills the air. I walked today where Jesus walked, and felt his presence there. My pathway led through Bethlehem, Ah! memories ever sweet; the little hills of Galilee, that knew those childish feet; the Mount of Olives: hallowed scenes — that Jesus knew before; I saw the mighty Jordan roll as in the days of yore. I knelt today where Jesus knelt, where all alone He prayed; the Garden of Gethsemane, my heart felt unafraid! I picked my heavy burden up and with Him by my side, I climbed the Hill of Calvary, where on the Cross He died! I walked today where Jesus walked, and felt Him close to me!”

ing federal property shall be relaxed for the sake of getting oil to market from the North Slope of Alaska. This sets the stage for a congressional debate on whether the proposed pipeline route should be followed at all, or whether some alternate means of transporting the oil should be developed, possibly requiring the cooperation of Canada. The Alaskan pipeline controversy illuminates a problem that should concern Congress more than the rather irrelevant question of whether a 150-foot right-of-way should be permitted in cases where the statutory 50-foot limit is not enough. That problem is our nation’s reliance for fuel on resources that are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain and progressively more vulnerable to the will of foreign governments. The North Slope oil reserves are not limitless. None of the world’s natural resources is. While the ultimate exhaustion of fossil fuels dictates that we switch to nuclear energy to generate electric power, we also face the fact that even our reserves of nuclear fuel have a cut-off point. The Atomic Energy Commission estimates that the 1.625 million tons of domestic uranium reserves in the United States of America will be exhausted in the 19905. That would send us abroad searching for uranium, just the way we are searching for petroleum today. The answer to this dilemma lies in the fast-breeder nuclear reactor, which will produce more fuel than it consumes and will stretch out the utilization of our uranium reserves almost indefinitely. While Congress must approach the Alaskan oil issue in terms of our immediate petroleum needs, it should be equally concerned with support of the technological developments which can lessen our dependence on the fuel that must cross the seas or foreign territory to reach us.

■REV. COOK