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FITHIAN WITH CONSTITUENTS — Second District congressman Floyd J. Fithian appears above with Syracuse constituents when he appeared in the lakeside town last Thursday, as part of his tour of Kosciusko county towns. He ended his tour late in the evening at North Manchester.

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Second District Congressman Floyd J. Fithian moved his Office on Wheels through Kosciusko county towns last Thursday and expressed his views on a wide range of subjects concerning residents of the Second Congressional district. He spent the entire day adhering closely to a published schedule, beginning at Pierceton at 9:45 am. and winding up in the evening at North Manchester. Both Syracuse and North Manchester are almost outpcsts to Congressman Fithian inasmuch as they represent the extremenities of his district. Long. Unhurried Answers He appeared to listen well as townspeople along the route parried him with questions that were on their minds, and Congressman Fithian gave long and unhurried "answers to his listeners His Office on Wheels has enabled the congressman to talk first hand to over 3,000 constituents since it was inaugurated in April. This type of town hall meeting was widely accredited with winning him a second term in a campaign which many political observers considered a long shot He answered questions on unemployment, social security, energy, minimum wage and said his mail was running as high as 15 to 20 to 1 against the Panama Canal treaty Unemployment 2.8 per cent Congressman Fithian said unemployment in the second district is about 2.8 per cent as opposed to seven per cent throughout the nation

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“What disturbs me," he said, “is that jobs are available and people won't take them for one reason or another. ” He called the employment situation in the second district “good” At Syracuse, townsman Everett Ketering asked about “the energy problem”. The congressman said the Alaskan pipeline is going in the wrong direction, into western states that produce within one per cent of the oil and gas they need. “It should have been funneled into the midwest and east," he pointed out. He also told Ketering the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) is “moderately successful." Lake Wawasee resident Bill Beemer told the congressman he has supported his views generally but could not understand why he voted for the Common Situs labor bill. Beemer was told that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent millions to defeat the bill, pointing out the perils of the first part, but not mentioning the part that would curb wildcat strikes. He called the construction industry “tempestuous, and volatile” Fithian said he voted against the social security bill, but that he favored the increases to the elderly He said social security was not intended as a complete retirement system. "When they included medicare into social security it became burdensome and was in trouble," he said. He said the bill should have included an 18-month study period to finalize a plan to curb

social security deficiencies. He briefly noted the U S. would never abandon Taiwan, the Nationalist China island in the Pacific. He also said he was opposed to abortion and co-sponsored a right-to-life amendment. And Then EnergyEast Shore Drive resident Kenneth L Bowton next asked the congressman about energy. He suggested that congress should decontrol energy and “let the oil companies make all the money they want to.” Fithian said natural gas consumption has increased 400 per cent and that supplies are running short. “There is no free market in oil,” Fithian answered. "Actually, production is down six per cent.” He added that decontrol of oil will not produce more oil and gas, but will only further increase profits of the oil companies. “If anything, the culprit is the OPEC countries that control two-thirds of the world’s oil." Fithian said, “The idea that to deregulate oil prices would solve the energy crisis is a lot of bologna” He said farm fertilizers would jump up 831 million with deregulation of oil, “and the American farmer just couldn't afford it,” he said. He said everything from our tooth brush to the clothing we wear is petroleum based, and that there has been an ever-increasing demand for petroleum for these products. He said he favored a youth exemption “for at least a six month period,” for young people in the labor market, but that Labor unions came down on this hard He pointed out that unemployment in some areas is as much as 35 per cent of the labor force. He voted for the minimum wage bill in its final form, but fought hard for a wage indexing structure in order that a minimum wage bill would not continually come up. Before the Office on Wheels moved on congressman Fithian pointed out that his mail on the hot Panama Canal issue is running 15 to 20 to one against the sale of the canal. A popular milk substitute used by the early American colonists was com mixed with the juice of boiled hickory* nuU and chestnuts.

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Dr. Mead — (Continued from page 1) her doctoral thesis the “Relative Stability to Different Elements of Culture,” and elected to study natives on several South Pacific islands inasmuch as she would need only a knowledge of German and French. “I didn’t want to wander off where I would have to master Russian or some other alien language,” she added. Her doctoral thesis caught her fancy and anthropology became her life’s study. So much so, in fact, that has 22 books to her credit ana another book, “Letters From The Field," published by Harper and Row and including edited letters she wrote home from 1925 to 1975, scheduled to come out in December. . Aside from this impressive •list, she has edited a number of books and done countless magazine pieces on a variety of subjects, mostly related to her first love, anthropology. Os interest locally, however, was her most recent book, “Blackberry Winter, My Earlier Years," an autobiography which \includes personal glimpses into <her campus life at DePauw and ner friendship with Miss /Rothenberger. She writes of her first fling in campus politics, that of getting Miss Rothenberger elected vice president of her class. A number of guests in the Fawley and Bushong homes had hardback copies of the autobiography which Dr. Mead graciously autographed. Asked when she did her writing, the Philadelphia-born Dr. Mead said, “Usually in the mornings: This is a time I keep to myself.” She is Curator Emeritus of the Museum of Natural History and past President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Known world-wide for her work in anthropology she is a forceful advocate of human interest. Her most recent work is “World Enough” (Little, Brown: 1976 h She lectures *on a full graduate schedule in the department of psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati. By working mornings, she says she is able to write 20,000 words in a two-week period, making her one of the most prodigious writers in America today. More On Politics Her remarks about a “fling at politics" at DePauw brought the question about her interest iq, national politics. Dr. Mead said she was never very active in national politics, “although I’ll tell you I campaigned for Jimmy Carter.” She admitted to working for John G. Wiant, a Republican and Lincolnesque governor of a New England state. He was named U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James in England and later committed suicide. Dr. Mead said, “A lot of us liked him. and thought he’d make a good president. Asked about her views of former President Richard M. Nixon, she said, shortly, “I have no comment.” Then she quicklyadded. “If he had been president another three years the country would have been taken apart." Asked who her heroes were, Dr Mead looked off into the distance and said she had no current heroes, but must consider people in the full context of history in order to define heroes. Pulls No Punches Dr Mead proved a woman of wide-ranging interests, and, in the vernacular, she doesn’t pull her punches. If asked about a subject, she comes forth with a firm answer, like it or not, as if the answer had been well thought out in advance. On the turning over of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians, she said. “Why, of

course we should give them the canal.” First, she said, the conditions laider which we got the canal are disgraceful. And second, it’s in the best interest of the United States to relinquish control and ownership of the canal. It’s just not safe to have it as it is, she added. It’s their country, she concluded. On energy, she said we have a real crisis, but no one wants to take it seriously. She spoke about the coming electric cars, and the wastefulness of our present big cars. She spoke of energy alteri natives, calling “solar energy a final solution.” She plugged for wind power, noting that wind power hasn’t been recognized yet as a means of energy. Dr. Mead had similar strong opinions about conditions in South Africa and Rhodesia and said eventually there would be Mack rule in both countries, “In about 25 years, but not right now.” “This can come faster than one thinks,” she added. “I’ve seen head hunters whose sons go on to become medical doctors.” She said the situation in South Africa is complicated because there are five races there: the Afrikaaners, the whites. Indians, black and coloureds. “At one time South Africa had the freest press of any country in the world,” Dr. Mead said, noting the jailing recently of two prominent South African newspaper editors, one white and one black. She said his crackdown on the dissident South African press by Prime Minister John Vorster is very unwise. Dr. Mead recalled being in Nairobi, Kenya, last year, and referred to it as one of the most beautiful cities she had ever seen. And she would not let the United States government off easily, either. She said the way we treated the American Indian was disgraceful, adding that all Indian leaders had been killed... “simply shot" ... in the last 10 years. Her anthropological studies included work in the American Indian community. As we talked, we had the feeling of being in the presence of a sure-footed person, whose knowledge and exactness can come only from a lifetime of knowledge, experience and travel. TAKING IRS TO COURT Taxpayers who want to challenge an IRS action involving $1,500 or less can present their case without a lawyer in the small case branch of the U.S. Tax Court. The fee is only $lO, the atmosphere is informal, and hearings can be scheduled in virtually every large city.

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Water rate — (Continued from page 1) and three per cent on the balance of unpaid billing in excess of three dollars. An additional charge of three dollars for service will be collected for turning off or turning on any water service that is delinquent in payment. Meters will be read quarterly and the users billed quarterly. At die option of the town, the users may be billed monthly, with the first two monthly billings in the quarter being billed on the basis of estimated water usage and the final lulling in each quarter, based on the remainder of the total charge for the quarter. Building Hearing Rescheduled The hearing in Marion Circuit Court concerning four unsafe buildings in Milford, has been rescheduled for December 19, Jean Treesh, board member said. If enough people wish to attend, the group may use a motorhome for the trip. Louis Mediano, Milford Town Marshal, said a traffic jam is created by motorists using the drive-up window of the First National Bank on Saturday mornings. He Said four options to pursue would be to talk to the bank about opening all-day Saturday or changing the driveup access through the alley, write tickets for double parking to those blocking traffic or change the uptown parking to parallel parking. Mediano will consult with the bank on the matter. Insurance agents in the area will be contacted before the next board meeting, December 12, to prepare bids on insurance for the town. The present policy expires December 14. On behalf of the Milford Emergency Medical Service, Pat Speicher asked if one of the parking bays behind the town hall could be used to store the back-up ambulance for the winter. The board agreed to the use by the service of the north bay, for a six month period, to be followed by a re-evaluation. A resolution for an additional appropriation out of the cumulative fund for $2,975.60 was okayed by the board. The sum plus SI,OOO from the water depreciation fund will be used to pay the company, which cleaned the town’s second well. A In old business, A. Miller, board president, said Rollin Ha ms her cleaned up the trash pile in Emeline Street and did a “very good job.” Dr. Miller said, “So we appreciate that.” Since there is the possibility of a senior citizen’s housing complex going up near Shaffer Street, Dr. Miller feels it should be widened. Further negotiations

with county highway officials are needed. Purdue University did not select Milford as a survey area this year. Minutes from the October meeting were read and approved. Police — (Continued from page 1) Two misdemeanors were investigated, two juveniles were arrested, four warnings were given, four stolen property investigations were made, four thefts were reported. The department made 10 courtesy calls, looked for one lost person, answered three alarms, four vandalisms and three fire calls. Eight title checks were made and nine messages were delivered. House fire caused by clothes dryer No damage was estimated in a house fire at the residence of Phil Holmes, r 4 box 352 Waco Drive, Syracuse, at 4:38 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9. Cause of the fire was a book of matches in the clothes dryer. When Syracuse firemen arrived, the fire was out. They returned to the station at 5:05 p.m. Truck recovered Milford town marshal Louis Mediano and Richard Fehnel are investigating the theft of a truck registered to Merle Campbell, Jr., Milford. The truck has been recovered, having been found in the woods on the Robert Hoover farm southeast of town. Damages to the truck were listed at SI,BOO and several items have been reported missing from the vehicle.

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