The Mail-Journal, Volume 16, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 24 October 1979 — Page 4

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THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed., October 24,1979

Editorials 'Trick or Treat' night is coming Halloween is next Wednesday and that means “trick or treat” for children and usually brings about the fear of “tricks” for adults. Besides “trick or treat,” there are parties of all kinds and haunted houses to visit. It’s a fun time of the year. It can also be a time of the year dreaded by adults, especially senior citizens. Some “tricks” cause hardships on senior citizens. Soaped windows are hard to wash, especially when elbows don’t bend as well as they used to! Teepeeing is no fun for a senior citizen who is faced with the task of cleaning the toilet paper off those high trees! And, damaging someone’s property is rude and inexcusable. If you want to have fun this year, why not do a different kind of “trick.” Rake someone’s yard as a surprise to them . . . make off with the leaves . . . build a huge pile and have a ball. A project like this can be a source of many fun things ... use your imagination and see if you can think of some! Motorists should exercise caution for the safety of the children on “trick or treat” nights. Parents are advised to include something white or possibly reflective tape on children’s costumes to make them more visible. Youngsters should be reminded to only cross at crosswalks and to always walk facing traffic in areas without sidewalks. Facemasks should be removed when crossing streets, consider the use of make-up instead of masks. Parents or older children should accompany the very young trick-or-treater. And last, but not least, instruct children not to eat any of the candy or fruits collected in their rounds until the treats have been examined at home under good lighting to make certain no harmful elements have been added. Girls, be girls Recently a good female basketball player attempted to make a professional male basketball team. Good try, and one admires her spirit. But, of course, she didn’t make it. In the process, she was often knocked about by 250 pounders, who sometimes paused to help her off the floor. This isn’t a defeat for the women’s liberation movement. It doesn’t signify that females are inferior. It merely typifies the current urge in America to believe no difference exists between the sexes, that what men do, women must also do, in every area of life. We as a nation are the only one in the world so deeply committed to this idealistic kick. We miss the difference between equal opportunity and equal treatment under the law and total equality, physically, mentally and emotionally. We seem to believe that to admit to any differences between males and females is chauvinistic. It would, however, be best if we strove to maintain differences between the sexes. The sexes are, by nature, different in most living species. Their behavioral patterns are different in some ways. Their needs and their inclinations are, to ah extent, different. Not bad. Very good. No need to fret over this; it makes for better relationships. Men needn’t do everything women do br vice versa, and the world is probably a better place because of it. A higher power than humanity made males, among humans, bigger and stronger, on the average. We should accept that with good grace. Being Americans A reader of a Paris newspaper recently wrote a letter to the editor about the famed American melting pot. It used to be, he said, that emigrants to America melted into being American. Today, instead, the Careys, Kennedys Moynihans and O’Neills look back to the country of their ancestors and act accordingly, even if its detrimental to our government’s foreign complains. The Javits, Stones, etc., seem more interested in serving Israel’s interests than that of the U. S. Some black leaders support terrorists because they use violence against whites, etc. Racial prejudice still exists, he says, thougn it would seem after 200 years hyphenated Americans could be Americans. Trees and fall The time has come when the countryside and woods are again offering unusually beautiful and even inspiring scenery to all who have the time to enjoy nature and her annual autumn spectacular. Maple, gum, oak, nut, sycamore and so many other trees ending their 1979 cycle of life, now beckon all outdoors — to enjoy a beauty which can’t be duplicated. What others say — Remove inflation's hidden tax There is a good reason inflation is frequently called a hidden tax. As taxpayers receive pay hikes to keep up with the rising cost of living, they are pushed into higher tax brackets. Thus their periodic cost-of-living pay adjustments prove to be illusory in terms of the real value of the dollar the worker brings home and what it will buy. Os the several tax proposals currently being talked about on Capitol Hill, none of which is likely to be enacted before next year, one of the simplest and most promising in terms of fairness to all taxpayers calls for “indexing” or building a cost-of-living adjustment into the federal income tax code. Under bills introduced in both houses of Congress, tax-rate brackets and personal exemptions would be widened each year according to the previous year’s inflation rate. The consumer-price index would be used to determine the increases in the dollar amounts in each rate bracket. This would help counter the effects of inflation by taxing only real increases in income. Experience in Canada and other countries that have enacted similar measures indicates that indexing not only lowers taxes; it can be an effective inducement for lawmakers to reduce government spending and thus, indirectly at least, helps dampen the inflationary spiral. Under the current system, tax increases are “hidden” and automatic. Congress does not have to go on the record as voting for the income-tax hikes. But every two or three years, inflation allows the lawmakers to vote for politically popular tax cuts and thereby come off looking good. Indexing would make Congress more accountable for tax increases and that is why, even with more than 100 cosponsors of the bill, including all Republicans on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, the proposal is given slim chances of passage. Neighboring Canada, which began indexing personal income tax brackets for inflation in 1974, provides an example of the beneficial impact indexing can have on government spending. According to Representative Bill Gardison of Ohio, who introduced the Tax Equalization Act in the House, real spending by the Canadian Parliament grew at a rate of 15.9 per cent between 1973 and 1974. After indexing, the growth rate decreased to 10.2 per cent in 1975,2.7 per cent in 1976, and only 2.1 per cent in 1978. Although there is no direct or explicit linking between indexing and spending, indexing forces revenue projections to be scaled back and thus influences budget decisions. The most frequent argument of opponents is that indexing would tend to institutionalize inflation and insulate taxpayers, weakening their resolve to combat inflation. But we doubt it. Even with indexing, the average American taxpayer will still feel the pinch of inflation in the rising prices he pays for food, clothing, energy, and other necessities. Indexing won’t do away with inflation, but it would help ease its bite on taxpayers and make Congress more responsible fiscally. We would like to see the legislature give it careful consideration. - - The Christian Science Monitor

'Trick or treat' night can be good or bad — it's what you make of it I Voice of the people A column on the opinions of the people of the Lakeland area ... QUESTION "Would you feel safe living next to a nuclear power plant?"

fl jffl Cheryl Ogletree 812 Charles Drive Winona Lake “I wouldn’t mind it as long as it wasn’t Three-Mile Island.” I Bill Evans Milford “No, I wouldn’t, not after what happened in Pennsylvania. I don’t trust them that much. There’s so much going wrong with them.” fl <2 14 7 Tom Michael Syracuse “Yes, I could under normal conditions. That’s our answer to the energy crunch. There’s a lot of safe guards to be tested. It’s like anything else, it has to be perfected.” Nell Mignery r 4 Syracuse “No, when there’s so much to do to be safe and you don’t know who’s right or wrong, I’d rather not live next to one.” Debra Buck Milford “Not with my kids. You never know what kids will get into.” Harlan Sizemore New Paris “No, I would not want to live next to one.” Pat Kinney ' Milford “I don’t think I would feel very safe. There’s been too much publicity about it.” THE MAIL-JOURNAL (U.S.P.S. 325-840) Published by The Mall-Journal every Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana 45567. Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main street, Syracuse, Indiana 46567 and at additional entry offices. Subscription: SlO per year in Kosciusko County; sl2 outside county. POSTMASTERS: Send change of address forms to The Mail-Journal, P.O. Box 188, Milford, Indiana 46542. Io \ "I

V 1 Larry Stover Warsaw “You are as safe living close to one of them as a grain elevator. I wouldn’t see anything wrong with it, it isn’t going to hurt you.” XI Jh Sue Hardwick Dogwood Apartments Milford “No. I’ve heard too many things about it. Too many things . can happen and even if the plant is pretty well built and pretty safe, I’ve heard they do have slow leaks.” Court news COUNTYCOURT The following violations were fined and assessed in Kosciusko County Court, James Jarrette judge: Expired operator’s license — Robert Tope, 52, Leesburg, $35 Public intoxication — James McDonald, Syracuse, $129 Disregarding stop sign — Donald Growcock, 35, Syracuse, $35 Speeding — John McClain, 42, Milford, S4O; Russell Hollar, 41, Milford, $96; Charles Vest, 20, North Webster, S4O; Melba Kussmaul, 44, Leesburg, S4O No vehicle inspection — Janice Heminger, 33, North Webster, $35; Sherri Frances, $6, Syracuse Illegal consumption by a minor — Jaime Hernandez, Milford, $35; John Hill, 19, Leesburg, $35; No stern light — David Doll, 21, Milford, $35 Complaint Grace Betes, Agent Thornburg Drug, Co., Inc., filed claims against: Kenny Ferguson, r 4 Syracuse, $50.11; Marilyn Kruger, r 1 North Webster, $16.78; Barbara Yant, r 1 North Webster, $10.76; Gary and Christie Dilley, P.O. Box 49 North Webster, $11.02; Kimberly Lozano, Syracuse, $14.66; Tom Leonard, P.O. Box 596 Syracuse, $71.42; Sharon Carmack, r 3 Syracuse, $69.63; Cheryl Rodriguez, r 3 box 622 Syracuse, $18.86; Fred Hunter, North Webster, $380.89 William Douglas served on the Supreme Court for 36 years —longer than any other justice in history.

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JACK ALFREY was all smiles on Friday as he showed a six-and-a-half-pound largemouth bass he caught the previous evening on Lake Wawasee around town. No mention was coming from Jack as to where he caught the big fish, and wife Helen chided, “Isn’t he proud of that?” — o — SOME CHANGES have been promised in the parking arrangement at the Syracuse post office,” according to Bill Beemer, chairman of a S-W Chamber of Commerce committee named to investigate the situation there. Complaints kept mounting until the chamber thought it should investigate what most people considered a bad parking arrangement. The committee took their complaints to post master Avon Bushong, who expressed understanding and promised to take the matter up with higher authorities in the postal heirarchy. Almost sure is the removal of the four misplaced parking bumpers, and perhaps the island can be removed to expand the parking area. — o — ED CASKEY seems to be a happy man. In town one day last week, telling friends about putting cedar siding on his new Adams Lake home, plus adding a family room, Ed says, “I’m busier than I’ve ever been.” He and Virginia sold their Pearl Street home and moved to their new lake side home permanently. Ed had been junior high school custodian nearly 20 years and Virginia has been a Thornburg Drug Store employee about the same period of time. — o — WE DIDN’T recognize Clayton Mock at first when we saw him Friday morning looking over the 1980 cars on display in uptown Syracuse. There he stood, stone-erect, wearing an outsized, Texas-style 10-gallon white hat. He looked every bit the part of a successful Texas oil rancher or oil field owner. Retired educator Mock, a resident of 712 North Huntington Street, said he saw the hats on sale at Farm Fleet Supply at Warsaw and “just couldn’t resist buying one.” — o — THE UPTOWN Syracuse business community expressed general disappointment at the loss of the Kosciusko County Beverage Corp, recently, the sale made by owner Betty Dust to the Plymouth Beverage Corp. The local business came into being in early 1933 when congress repealed the Volstead (Prohibition) Act as one of the

promised reforms of presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he took office, and it became part of the storied “first 100 days” of the new Roosevelt administration. The late Ross Osborn received the wholesale beer license for Kosciusko County, giving up his uptown hardware, to take on the new business. For years he was the only beer distributor in Kosciusko County and controlled what w'as considered plum handed out to political favorites. Mrs. Dust, long time bookkeeper for Mr. *Osborn, purchased the business blowing the death of Mr. Osburn on November 14, 1975 when he was involved in an auto accident south of Syracuse. — O'REV. TOM Douglas is at it again . . . planning yet another trip to the Holy Land. We had word this week from the former Syracuse Church of God minister that he is putting together an 11-day trip to Israel, Egypt and Jordan for Nov. 26. He's had good luck with these Holy Land tours in the past and has attracted several local travelers. Cost: $1,199 (plus s4l tips and tax) from New York. Don't call us; call Tom at 1825 So. Franklin Road. Indianapolis, phone (317 ) 359-9966. — o — OVER $17,000 was raised at the McKinney-For-Quayle-For U.S. Senator dinner at the South Shore on Sunday, Sept. 16, arranged and staged by Indianapolis banker Frank McKinney. McKinney’s dad, also Frank, was national chairman of the Democratic party in his active years, as well as president of the American Fletcher National Bank. Young Frank, wanting to stake out his own territory in Hoosier Democratic politics, decided incumbent Birch Bayh was too liberal for him, didn’t like his Eastern connections and close association with the Kennedys. So he switched his allegiance to Dan Quayle, Fourth District Congressman and Bayh challenger. The price tag for the linen table cloth, linen napkin affair: $250 per couple. Cocktails were followed by steaks. The affair drew former ag department secretary Earl Butz of Purdue and Harry Galloway, dad of Bill Galloway and Jane Tuttle, also associated with Purdue. When it was all over and the money counted, McKinney, Larry Hannah and the Tuttles helicoptered off the golf course to return to Indianapolis. — o— A LITTLE philosophy: Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

MR. ERIC Chan, the Hong Kong native who visited in the Bob Knudsen home over the week end, had a different point of view of the Vietnamese boat people episode that has shocked the humanitarian nerve ends of the world’s people. Chan said the Vietnamese government has provided passport for these people, some as much as five-generation Vietnamese but of Chinese extraction, and allowed them to leave Viet Nam voluntarily. He said it was a matter of relieving the population pressures on the Vietnamese. The world has looked at the boat people as a means of them escaping a despotic government, but there is more to it than this, Mr. Chan told this column. — o — < TWO SEASONED fishermen got together at the Three Flags Monday JmjsL' swapped stories about their “latest catches." Jack Matney, a resident of Tippecanoe Lake, told about his luck on Tippy pulling in large bass, and Harlan Sizemore came on with his not-so-good luck at Ludington, Mich., fishing for coho and steelheads. — o — THE KOSCIUSKO Community Hospital’s Ladies' Auxiliary has a big plus going for them in the new automatic doors at the front entrance of the hospital, provided by the Auxiliary at a cost of nearly SII,OOO. Similar automatic doors are being installed at the back entrance of the hospital.' — o — A MICHIGAN license plate: YEAYEA. — o—. ’ CHARLOTTE HAYDEN and her husband Don plan to sell the Wawasee Airport and move to Tennessee, this column learned today. Mrs. Hayden, well known as the owner of the airport for the past 10 to 15 years, has been busy with her flying service and wants a change of scenery. We’re told she plans to raise horses and be an all-around gentle(woman) farmer. Letter to the editor Get U.S. out of the U.N. In the New York Times on September 25, 1979, Arkady N. Shevchenko, the Soviet diplomat who defected last year, says that Soviet intelligence has made a “very substantial” penetration into the United Nations Secretariat. Mr. Shevchenko, who was Under Secretary General of the U.N., said that New York had become "the most important base of all Soviet intelligence operations in the world." Also he said “Soviet intelligence officers have become a Trdjan horse behind the wall of the United Nations.” Will we Americans finally wake up after it’s too late? All politicians, businessmen and clergymen who support the U.N. commit treason by giving aid and comfort to our enemies. It’s past time that we get the U.S. out of the U.N. and then get the U.N. out of the U.S. x For years our .liberal politicians like Floyd Fithian, John Brademas and Birch Bayh have lied to us about our military capabilities. We are being set up to take a dive. Why are the American people being betrayed by Carter and other leaders? The trilateral commission, which controls Washington and the news media, wants to establish a new world economic and political order. Members of this commission, who are heads of our largest corporations, want a monopoly for world trade. They want us, the American people, to cooperate with them, to continue to work and produce in a completely socialized economy. They would have us all submit to the directives of a huge national planning bureaucracy. If they cannot accomplish all this by peaceful means, they will do it by war or the threat of war, through national emergency orders. Plans already exist to close the banks and ration the withdrawal of money. This, along with complete rationing of all food, is calculated to bring us quickly into submission. Mr. Dan Talbot of Plymouth is in running on the American Party ticket for the senate seat of our own pro-abortionist, Panama payaway Birch Bayh. The American Party stands for God, family and country and for exposing this treason by corporate socialists who would enslave us. This program of tyranny is better known by another name, that is, communism! For more information please contact me. Max Beer Christian Soldier Ministry Box 517 Milford, Ind. 46542