The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 21, Milford, Kosciusko County, 20 June 1973 — Page 4

The Mail PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY The Milford Mail (E»t. 1888) 0 Syracute-Wawatee Journal (Eat 1907) Consolidated Into The Mail-Journal Feb. 15, 1962 — r DEMOCRATIC ARCHIBALD E. BAUMGARTNER, Editor and Publisher DELLA BAUMGARTNER, Business Manager Box 8 Syracuse, Ind., — 46567

So shall we reap Individual pride in a job well done is a personal trait that has been dismissed as “square” by millions of clock watchers primarily interested in those everrecurring three and four-day week ends. However, shoddy workmanship may provide its own cure. After all, the people of the country who produce inferior goods must end by living with those goods — cars, appliances, homes and all the luxuries and necessities with which we have surrounded ourselves. A feature in The Wall Street Journal tells how homeowners are “outraged” by defects in their new houses. The gripes run the gamut from faulty wiring and windows that won’t close to leaky roofs and heating systems that won’t heat. Builders place part of the blame on shortage of skilled tradesmen, some also blame the difficulty of maintaining tight control over the assembly process.

Logic and food prices

Peerless logic has never been a common attribute of the human race. Sadly, this is being proved again as many reach the conclusion that Phase 111 has failed and rigid price controls or perhaps a freeze are needed to halt inflation. As The Wall Street Journal points out, an important part of the jump of the* cost of living has been due to increased food prices, where Phase 111 controls are no different than Phase II controls

Something less perhaps?

As a nation, we have set our sights pretty high as regards our social goals. We want not only to purify the environment of a whole continent but wish to bring all the good things of life to everyone without destroying the need, and, therefore the incentive to produce. The level of our expectations has indeed

ONE YEAR AGO The Bethany Extension Homemakers club met Monday at the home of Mrs. Charles Cobb who was the hostess. The junior golfers from Kosciusko county are entering the local qualifying round of the Indiana Insurance Youth Golf classic to be held on June 26 at the Tippecanoe Country club. The first girls all sports camp at Wawasee Prep started Sunday of last week and will end on Saturday with an awards banquet. The North Webster Lions club is hard at wdrk once again preparing for another Mermaid Festival to be held June 16 through June 24. Airman Lawrence W. Stoffel has graduated at Lowry AFB, Colo., from the technical training course for U. S. Air Force inventory management specialists. The Leo Thompsons of Wakarusa are now at their summer home on r 1 Syracuse. Rev. Marvin Jones is the new minister at the Saint Andrew’s United Methodist church in Syracuse August Lundquist. The Turkey Creek Senior Citizens of Syracuse met Thur- • sday in the meeting room of the fire station for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. FIVE YEARS AGO •. Forrest “Bud” Smith of 406 • Medusa Court, Syracuse, was named “Top Pop” for the 1968 Wawasee Flotilla activities this week end. The Syracuse Police and Firemen’s Benefit Association fair board met Wednesday. June 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall to discuss plans for the annual fair which will be held July 9-13 across from the city park.

EDITORIALS

REMEMBER WHEN IT HAPPENED IN SYRACUSE

Mr. and Mrs. Max Ganshorn of Syracuse were grandparents June 5 as their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Brad Beiswanger of Indianapolis, became parents of eight pound, 13 ounce, Benjamin Beiswanger. Mrs. Helen Overstreet of Syracuse returned home Friday night after having spent several days visiting relatives and friends in Indianapolis. Miss Debbie Gingerich, daughter of Mrs. Floyd Schlotterback, r 4 Syracuse, was married in a double-ring ceremony to Larry Dull of Ligonier, Wednesday, May 29, at Calvary United Methodist church in Syracuse. Members of the class of 1949 of Syracuse high school met in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lowe, r 3 the alumni banquet Saturday, June 3. TEN YEARS AGO Rampaging winds, sheets of rain and lightning hit the Syracuse area during several days of the past week, causing lawns to be littered. Houses were dampened, but little damage was reported. Circle IV of the Women’s • society of Christian service of the Syracuse Methodist church met in Fellowship hall last Thursday evening. The group enjoyed a pot luck dinner and celebrated Mrs. Carl Bender’s birthday with birthday cake. The fourth annual Police and Fireman’s Association benefit of Syracuse began Monday evening with a good turn-out for family night, and will continue through Sunday evening for Post-Flotilla entertainment. Competing in the AAU track meet at the Technical high school field at Indianapolis Saturday. Ralph Bushong. 30. r 2 Syracuse, broke his own record in the

The quality of new housing, according to The Journal, is drawing the attention of the consumer protectors. Ralph Nader, says The Journal, had predicted that, largely because of concern over workmanship, “the housing issue is going to be in the ’7o’s what the auto issue was in the ’6o’s . . .” It is doubtful if all the policing on Earth can restore quality where the will to build quality is lacking. The desire to do a good job is, in the final analysis, up to the individual. The trouble with the welfare state philosophy that has become so pervasive is that the emphasis is on equality without regard to merit. Nature long ago decreed that although men are created equal some have greater ability than others. In the welter of a welfare state, the incompetent get a free ride on the coattails of the competent, and everyone suffers.

were. People forget that the increased cost of many food items, including meat, is due to increased costs of production and to increased demand for these food products. Freezing prices at low levels that eliminated producer profit is no .way to increase supply which, in turn, is the only way to reduce the pressure on prices. Let’s quit kidding ourselves. Controlling the federal budget will control inflation and that is the end of the story.

reached the sky. Though we can’t be faulted for seeking perfection, the evidence is mounting that as a nation we may have to recognize the fact that perfection in human life is never going to be attainable. Something short of it will probably have to suffice even for the United States and that would be no disgrace.

hammer throw event, won second place in the discus throw and took third place in the shot put event. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ahrens and family of Cape Canavrel, Fla., spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ahrens of Syracuse. TWENTYYEARSAGO James Gard, a Syracuse high school student, will leave Saturday to attend the annual Hoosier Boys State, sent by Wawasee Post 223 of the American Legion. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hoover and Mr. and Mrs. James Mench each became parents of sons this week at Goshen hospital. Ed Stephenson recently announced the association of Everett Holliday of Ogden Island in the operation of his real estate business on South Huntington street. Mrs. Jay Van Sickle and her three young daughters will leave here June 23 enroute to England by boat, where they will join Lt. Van Sickle, who is in the U. S. Air Force, stationed near London. Thirty-five Syracuse boys and girls are enrollled in the Syracuse Community Hands Boys’ 4-H Club this summer. A total of 120 projects are being carried. FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Indiana members of the Modem Woodsmen of America are planning a great meeting to be held at Lake Wawasee July 2328. The Indiana Forester Encampment and Camp Officer’s meetings promise to be one of the biggest events of the year. Prospects are bright at the South Shore Inn, Lake Wawasee, for a banner season, according to landlord John Boyts. The hostelry has been redecorated and new furniture added. P. W. Soltau has just completed a new up-to-date cottage at Oakwood Park. Mr. and Mrs. George Xanders and family atre spending the summer at their cottage at Kale Island. Lake Wawasee. The busy days seem to have come to Syracuse, lor the people are moving into their cottages, getting ready for their fishing.

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and Social Security Q — I don’t have a car to get to the social security office but would like some questions answered. How can I get my answers? A— You can call the Elkhart Social Security office at 294-5666 between 8:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday. If you prefer you may write to 515 S. Third street, Elkhart, Ind. 46514. If you do write, please give your social security number and phone number so that we can get the information to you quickly. Q — My daughter has used a kidney machine for the past year.

A step to guarantee survival

The Defense Department plan to close or reduce activities at 274 military bases around the country has had a predictable reaction. The same members of Congress who have made the defense budget a frequent target of attack in the past now question the necessity of reorganization and consolidation of marginal facilities. The assignment of responsibilities to various bases, or the decision whether a base should be maintained at all, cannot be governed by the impact on local payrolls or the economy of a neighboring community. To do so — and it has happened in the past — can only lead to waste of precious defense dollars. What we are talking about are military decisions. Whether affecting bases at home or those supporting our forces deployed abroad, those decisions must be based on realities of providing adequately for the national defense. For the last decade efforts to hold down the size of the defense budget have led to curtailment of and development of new and more modern weapons. Since withdrawal of our ground forces from Vietnam began, there has been a significant reduction in manpower in all branches of the service. Throughout this period of retrenchment, the network of bases at home and the size of the civilian work force supporting them has gone relatively undisturbed. This trend has an obvious consequence. It leads to an imbalance in the total defense establishment — far too many people standing behind the man behind the gun. With the 40 per cent reduction in five years in the number of ships in the Navy’s active fleet, for instance, it is inevitable that the need for shipyard facilities and other support activities would diminish. The emerging new priorities in our defense budgets are dead serious. They call for a period of catch-up in research and development and in outfitting our military units with

Wasn’t there a change in the Medicare law that will help pay for this expensive treatment? A— Your daughter may be eligible for Medicare on July 1, 1973. This may be true even if she hadn’t worked herself, but you or your wife had worked or are still working under social security. Q — I have been receiving widow’s benefits from Social Security for about 3 years. The checks are paid on my deceased husband’s Social Security number. Now I received a new number and I would like to know A— Congress has required the Social Security Administration to issue numbers to all beneficiaries who have never had numbers. Since this is your own number it is the one to use on your tax returns, drivers license and bank accounts. Q — I will be 65 in August 1973.1

only want Medicare as I am going to continue my work. Must I file an application for this coverage? A— An application is necessary for this protection. If you file in one of the three months before your 65th birthday the coverage will be effective August 1. Contact the social office at 294-5666 to file the application. Q —l recently became 65 years old and have never worked under Social Security. Is there any way I can become entitled to Medicare? A— Yes, you can become entitled to both the hospital and medical insurance parts of Medicare. Hospital insurance coverage can be effective July 1, 1973 by paying a monthly premium of 133.00. You must also enroll in the medical part and pay that premium of 16.30.

weapons that reflect the major strides which the Soviet Union is taking in weapons technology. Unfortunately, the base closings and reductions will not begin to generate a savings in defense costs until the 1975 fiscal year. Even then, the amount of money that can be directed to our catch-up effort will be less, on the basis of current budget projections, than the Soviet challenge would warrant. Inflation is posing the same problem for the Armed Forces in shopping for technology and weapons as it is for any other shopper. Moreover, the experiment in all-volunteer services is committing an increasing share of the defense dollar to salaries and other personnel benefits. The Defense Department must now brace for the outcry from members of Congress whose states or districts will feel the brunt of its reorganization and consolidation plan, and from communities that face economic dislocations. However, a look at the anatomy of our defense budgets in recent years, a look at the formidable military posture of the Soviet Union, should make it clear why this move is necessary. It is a logical first step in amassing the essential military resources needed to guarantee our survival in a hazardous and hostile world. Clean air areas Eighteen states, are on the right track in insisting on the kind of tough federal standards on air pollution that two federal courts have found justified. The case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court. Curiously, it is the federal Environmental Protection Agency that is opposed to maintaining these standards. The EPA was sued by four environmental groups who contended the Clean Air Act required that no significant deterioration of presently clean air be permitted. The EPA wants to interpret the act in such manner that one minimum standard of clean air be in effect for thd whole country. In areas

Know Your Indiana Law By JOHN J. DILLON Attorney General

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

Department of Insurance

Practically every citizen of Indiana has some connection with an insurance company either directly or indirectly. Many have a considerable amount of their life savings invested in insurance companies, life insurance policies or stock ownership. Others are insured to protect themselves from liability for the operation of their automobile. Proper coverage to protect a person who’s liable for a serious automobile accident can of course be the difference between solvency and bankruptcy. For this reason the insurance industry is extremely important to and touches the life of almost every citizen. The legislature has credited the Indiana Department of Insurance to regulate and supervise the activities of all insurance companies doing business in Indiana. This department is managed by the Commissioner of Insurance who is appointed by the Governor and serves at the Governor’s pleasure. Os the many important functions of the Insurance Department, probably the most important is the examination of companies doing business in Indiana. The Insurance Department is given broad power to examine the affairs of any insurance company doing business in the state of Indiana or to examine the affairs of any company selling stock or raising capital to enter the insurance business in the state of Indiana. To accomplish this task the Commissioner appoints examiners who are skilled in the insurance industry and are capable of going into the office of an insurance company and examining its books and records, its accounts, and ledgers to determine the exact status and business condition of the insurance company. Once an insurance company goes through an examination a full, true and detailed report of the condition of such insurance

which do not meet that minimum standard, a cleanup would be required and addition of industries or activities which increase air pollution would be prohibited. However, in areas where air cleanness was well above minimum standards, the EPA would permit addition of some industries or activities which resulted in a reduction in air quality, so long as the quality was not reduced below the minimum standards. Environmentalists went into federal court to compel the EPA not to permit reductions in air quality anywhere. The District Court and the Court of Appeals have held for the environmentalists, and now the case is up to the Supreme Court. Attorneys for 18 states have joined with the environmentalists by filing briefs in their support. Their basic argument — and it’s a sound argument — is that if industries are allowed to pollute in clean air areas, they will merely move to those areas rather than clean up the emissions from their plants. The attorney general of New Mexico cited the possibility that one state might keep its own standards high — well above the federal minimums — with the result that industry avoided that state. But at the same time an adjoining state could set its own standards low to attract industry, with the ultimate result that polluted air from its skies invaded the state which had kept high standards. He also contended that states would be discouraged from setting rigid standards for fear of economic losses if industries could move to other states in lieu of cleaning up their emissions. Antipollution efforts have to be handled with reason. We can have no instant cleanup. But it seems logical to us that keeping the high quality of air cleanliness where we have it is worthwhile as one of the goals of the antipollution fight. We hope the high court backs up lower court decisions on this question.

company must be made to the Department of Insurance, verified by the person making the examination and giving the detailed required by the Insurance Department. If the company disagrees on the conclusion reached by the examination of the Indiana Insurance Department then it can follow a procedure which gives it a right to a hearing before this examination is filed with the Insurance Department. The Department is required to examine domestic insurance company at least once every three years and the Department has the power under the law to examine the domestic insurances' company more often if the Insurance Commissioner deems that such examination is necessary. Any insurance company which refuses to permit such examination or to cooperate in the same can have its Certificate of authority to do business in Indiana revoked. Examination information is interchanged between the various insurance departments so that it is not necessary for every state to examine every company doing business within its borders. Through these examinations the citizens of Indiana are protected to the greatest extent possible in both their insurance company investments and in the protection provided by the policies they have with various insurance companies. Copyright 1973 by John J. Dillon Electric bus gets test in England England’s Department of Trade and Industry has loaned the town of Norwich an experimental electric bus powered by 220-volt batteries, capable of carrying 25 people at a top speed of 25 miles per hour, with a range of 35 miles.