The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 42, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 November 1983 — Page 4

THE MAIL-JOURNAL - Wed., November 2,1983

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Editorials

Your vote is important AD three of the Lakeland towns will hold elections for a clerktreasurer and three town board members next Tuesday, Nov. 8. Syracuse has a five-member board but terms are staggered so not all members are new at the same time, only three persons will be elected this year. This is being written to encourage aU registered voters to cast their ballot for the candidates of their choice. AU votes are important and many an election has been won or lost because people didn’t bother to go to the poUs on election day... they carried an attitude that their vote didn’t count. It wasn’t important. They just didn’t care. They would let George do it! People this is America, we have the right to cast our baUot for the candidates of our choice. It isn’t only a right, it is a duty. If we fail to exercise that right we may someday lose it! If you live in one of the three Lakeland towns, or elsewhere where they are holding a town or city election, vote next Tuesday. It is important... and, it’s one way to tell incumbent board members they are doing a good job and you want them to keep it up, or you are voting for the other candidate because you don’t approve of what was done the past four years. Democratic ticket deserves support The Democrats in Milford who are running for the town board of trustees and for clerk-treasurer deserve the support of the voters of that community at the polls next Tuesday. The three who are running for the town board — Darrell Orn, Steve Miller and Jean Treesh — are seeking re-election, while Margaret Brooks, who held the clerk’s job earlier, is asking to be returned to that post. All four have a proven record of accomplishments, from upgrading the town’s streets, street lighting system, rail and highway crossings and the extension of the sewer and water system. The litany of accomplishments of this board is considerable. And Mrs. Brooks is well qualified to efficiently handle the town’s expanding records system. But more than that, the board has set the scene to bring more industry into the community by adding a new overhead water tank soon to be installed and extending sewer and water to Barth, Inc., at the south edge of Milford, which could be extended for further industrial growth in that area. This board has also initiated a forward-looking tax abatement program, attractive to industry looking for a place to land. Milford is looking better now than it has for years, much of this due to the present town board. Milford is truly on a roll, and we should keep it going. One way we can do that is to keep the present town board and encourage its members to continue the good works. We' are unsettled Few slogans can have the universal appeal of the one adopted by the Lakeland Community Educators Association to describe teacher negotiations, “We Are Unsettled.’’ While the slogan originated to express teachers’ dissatisfaction with the progress of the negotiating process, it adequately describes feelings of administrators, students and with hesitation, community people. This writer hesitates where community people are involved because it is unclear how much of the community is actually involved. Students, administrators and teachers are unsettled because they are exposed to the unrest and friction that is beginning to surface. Both the LCEA and the corporation agree feelings are to the point where they definitely affect the working atmosphere and in some instances, personal life. Some teachers say board members and administrators hold grudges outside of the negotiating room and some administrators claim teachers are unable to leave negotiating matters at the table, forgetting personal vendettas. Teachers have refused raises varying from $965 to $2,290 and have been accused of conducting themselves in ways that are “less than professional,” while administrators have been accused of placing taxpayers before children and teachers low on the priority list. In the work force, not to mention personal lives, everyone including teachers, taxpayers and administrators, feels he is worth more than what he’s being paid. To some degree, aren’t we all unsettled? Before things become too unsettled, all parties concerned must remember there has to be a mutual understanding and admiration in any workiiig atmosphere in order for everyone to do the most effective job. Somewhere between the two positions, there is a solution; but in the meantime, isn’t educating children the most important goal of all parties concerned? Also in the meantime, whether or not they were before, community people are involved now. What others say — Competition Sometimes, the cost of developing certain products is so high that no single company can afford to undertake the effort. Yet, if the United States is to remain competitive in the world market, it cannot afford to neglect any promising area of product development. One solutil is to let otherwise rival companies enter into joint research and development projects. Some already have done so, notably in the race with the Japanese for the supercomputer market and in the race with the Japanese and European aircraft manufacturers for the next generation of jetliners. But there is a legal hitch, which fortunately may soon be corrected. President Reagan and two of the Democratic presidential contenters — Senators John Glenn and Gary Hart — have offered bills that would let competing companies establish join research and development ventures without fear of being nailed for antitrust law violations. The ventures would be all right unless courts found them to be an-ti-competitive. That sounds reasonable enough to us, if the word competitive is realistically construed. In the days when the antitrust laws were written, competition was viewed in a national context. The aim of laws was to keep one company or a handful of companies from engaging in unfair practices that allowed them to wipe out competitors. Now, however, real competition is often more international than intra-na-tional. Without joint research, U.S. industry might not be able to compete with anyone in certain product fields. By banding together to develop products in these fields, American companies could compete with foreign manufacturers. Congress naturally should take care that the new law does not prevent healthy domestic competition, but it should accept the central principle of the Reagan, Glenn and Hart bills. Some people say it would be just as well to leave the law unchanged, since companies are not now being actively prosecuted for joint research ventures. We disagree. It is better to establish legal criteria for such ventures than to leave the question in doubt. _ the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL

JMOTe! OttM as i n i 457-36660 r M-J Pulse Ca11658-4111,Ext. 17 QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Are children today under a lot of pressure? Results of last week’s question: Do you think that the Marines should remain in Lebanon? I think they should get them out of there. They are on a peacekeeping mission and have no way to defend themselves... No. Since they are a peacekeeping force and that mission doesn’t seem to be working out. 1 don’t think they should stay... Yes. I don’t think we should give in to the terrorists. It would make them very happy if we left ... Yes. 1 think that there would be even more killing and chaos there if the Marines left... Well, I don’t want us to get into another Viet Nam. Reagan should get them out ... Get them out. They are just sitting ducks for anyone who wants to shoot at them... Keep them there but give them the ability to better defend themselves ...

Rev. Richey — Where do you go when you come to the end of the road

In the study of biology, we learn that if we cut a limb off a tree this year, mother nature will begin to send out other branches just below the surgery. The tree will become fuller, provide better shade more more leaves and thus the process of photosynthesis works even more to benefit the tree than the severed limb ever did in its heyday! I recently discovered, as the opthalmologist looked into the deep recesses of my eyes, that despite some irreparable damage to the optic nerve from a small stroke, there was still hope for the rest of the nerve. That is, small blood vessels had already begun to go out from behind the blockage and were extending themselves in the direction that help was needed.

“Os course, this is not soon enough to correct the damage already done, for nerves do not heal,” said the opthalmologist. “It is our hope that this has begun

Court news

MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS The following couples have filed for marriage dissolutions in Kosciusko Circuit and Superior Courts: Drake — Lorraine I. Drake vs Orville E. Drake, Fashion Manor, Ligonier. The couple was married October 3, 1983, and separated October 15, 1983. The plaintiff is seeking restoration of her former name, Lorraine I. Mock MARRIAGE LICENSES The following couples have filed for marriage licenses in the office of Kosciusko County Clerk, Jean Messmore: Owens-Foote Buford L. Owens, 34, r 5 box 122A8-1 Syracuse and Shirley M. Foote, 37, r 5 box 122A8-1 Syracuse Hoffman-Martin John G. Hoffman, 39,110 Brundidge Circle, Richmond, Va. and Carla Sue Martin, 35, r 1 box 640 C Leesburg , Vermillion-Glon Tony Vermillion, 23, r 4 box 350 C Syracuse and Jacquelynn Mary Glon, 22, r 4 box 351 C Syracuse CIRCUIT COURT The following claims have been filed in Kosciusko Circuit Court, Richard Sand, judge: Complaint Dennis Carl vs David A. Hobbs, r 1 box 442 Milford. The plaintiff is seeking a judgment against the defendant for the sum of $15,000 plus interest, attorney’s fees and costs of action, for damages and injuries plaintiff allegedly received as a result of an automobile accident with the defendant Promissory Note People’s State Bank vs Fred Troup and Bonnie Troup, P.O. Box 205 Milford. The plaintiff is seeking a judgment against the defendants for thp sum of

soon enough to prevent further death of the optic nerve and the consequent total blindness if that death should occur.” Hey! He was saying that about my optic nerve and about my vision. It is possible that when we hear that kind of judgement being pronounced on us, we can find enough “will” in our systems to be at least as smart as mother nature in rebuilding the tree or in bypassing a stroke which affects vision? Is it possible that we can start seeking satisfactory ways around the obstacle? What could those ways be? Courage. Determination. Will power. Faith. And hopefully, Love! We can take it (“it” being anything) if we know that we are loved by a companion, family, friends, or even newly made friends. We can take it if we will. If we take it, we’ll make it. So, let's make it!

$2,925.68 plus interest, attorney’s fees and cost of action for a promissory note CITY COURT The following fines have been levied and paid in the Goshen City Court: Speeding — Mose T. Troyer, 48, Syracuse, $43 Disregarding automatic signal — Robert W. Ewry, 19, Syracuse, S3B Unsafe start — Jonthon E. Richardson, 17, Milford, S3B Parked auto received damage An auto owned by Don Hays, Kale Island Beacon, Inc., was damaged Thursday evening while parked on the east side of Front Street. The accident occurred when a vehicle driven by Jackee Curton, Syracuse, tried to pass an unidentified vehicle between the parked autos and struck the Hays vehicle. THE MAIL-JOURNAL (US.P.S. 3258-4000) Published by The Mall-Journal every Wednesday and entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office at Syracuse, Indiana 44547. Second class postage paid at 103 E. Main Street, Syracuse, Indiana 44547 and at additional entry offices. Subscription: sl4 per year In Kosciusko County, 14.50 outside county. POSTMASTERS: Send change of address forms to The Mall Journal, P.O. Box IM. Milford, Indiana 44542.

"CRUZIN AROUND 'CUSE"

First in a series —

England remains strong U.S. ally

(EDITORS NOTE: Della and Arch Baumgartner spent 10 days in September visiting in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic with two of their grand' children. Jennifer Baumgartner of Milford and Jason Yoder of Indianapolis. Before making that trip, they had arranged to accompany a National Newspaper Association group on a Study Tour of the 10 North Atlantic Treat Organization countries (NATO) plus the six additional countries that make up the European Economic Community (EEC). The much-traveled Milford couple has submitted a series of articles on the Study Tour, in the form of letters to Jennifer and Jason, which we plan to carry in The Mail-Journal as we have of articles concerning previous trips the Baumgartners have made with NN A groups. Following is the first of these articles.) LONDON, ENGLAND, Monday, Oct. 10,1983 — Dear Jennifer and Jason: You’ll probably be a little surprised to receive a letter from your grandparents from London. England. But we re the type that moves around a lot. Certainly, you know this by now. So we’ll try to keep you informed of our whereabouts and drop you a letter now and then from Europe. This is the first, and more will be coming. Well, this time we are traveling to England, where we are now. and later we will be visiting several European countries which are a part of NATO. NATO is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a group of countries who got their heads together following World War II to form an alliance for their mutual defense and security. These 10 NATO countries and six more European countries have banned together to form what is known as the European Economic Community, commonly known as EEC. and this is for their mutual economic welfare and well being. We plan to visit, England, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, France and Italy, and to talk over Common Market problems with their leaders. You’re probably wondering what this has to do with us, and with the United States. Actually, it has quite a lot to do with the United States. They tell a joke in England, that when the United States sneezes the rest of Europe catches a cold. The United States was highly involved in World War 11, and when the German army was defeated, Germany and Italy, our enemies, and the rest of Europe lay prostrate. They were weak and economically helpless, ripe for the spread of communism. And it was at this time that the United States congress passed the now famous Marshall Plan to give assistance of all types to these European nations. The Marshall Plan of economic assistance worked so well that all these nations have recovered and are standing on their own economic feet. But, even though these European countries get along very well, there continue to be problems, both economic and defense problems. This is a part of what our trip to this part of the world is all about. We want to see just how well NATO and the European Economic Community are working. The London Tour When we left home on Thursday, Oct. 6, we found ourselves in the big JFK airport in New York at mid-afternoon, and we flew out of there for London yet that night. It took us just six hours in a Boeing 747 in an overnight flight to arrive here in London. We were flying into the sun, to hear these flying people tell it, and so we lost five hours. We lost another hour from home to New York, and so when we arrived at London at 6 a m. on Friday, it was actually midnight at home and you both should have been sound asleep in your beds. The big airplane had every seat occupied - well over 300 passengers! Jason, you would call it “just super.” We don’t want to frighten you, but this was the type plane the Russians shot down north of Japan some weeks ago when 359 passengers and crew went down. Well, enough of that. And more to the point of our visit. We were taken to the beautiful Hotel Lanchester in London, situated on Bayswater Road, at the north edge of Hyde Park, which was to be our home here And we wcre no more than situated in our room than we were to reassemble to make our first visitation meeting. This was held at the large and modern building that houses the United States Embassy, and just across from it is the well known Grosvernor Square, a grassy mall, like so many found here in London. This town makes good use of every bit of land to plant grass and/or flowers. Parks abound.

The American Bald Eagle And Old Glory Proudly Fly Over The U.S. Embassy In London Visiting the Embassy recalls names like Joseph Kennedy and Walter Annenberg, the Philadelphia publisher who publishes TV Guide, who served here to the Court of St. James at this address. As in the case when anyone visits American Embassies abroad they must surrender their cameras to the U.S. Marine guards at the front desk. Some of us have found this odd, since cameras are a journalist’s tool of the trade, but this is the way we’ve found it in other embassies, and so we obliged. We were met with two men - one Philip W. Arnold, counselor for public affairs for the embassy in the United Kingdom, and the other, Timothy E. Deal, foreign service officer and counselor for economic affairs at the embassy. They were fluent and spoke with ease and clarity. Much of what these two astute gentlemen had to say was in the form of background information, informing us of conditions here primarily since 1979 when Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister. It’s interesting having a woman at the head of a large government like this, isn’t it, Jason? Suppose Jennifer could ever grow up to be President of the United States?

Well, according to these men, Mrs. Thatcher seems to be doing a pretty good job of it, too. She was a minority Prime Minister. By that I mean she actually received less than 50 per cent of the popular vote when she was elected. We’ve had minority presidents for that matter. Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson quickly come to * mind as two. Mrs. Thatcher has tied herself to Uncle Sam’s coattails and has rather fancied our president’s swashbuckling style. In fact, the English people seem to like seeing President Reagan riding a horse on his California ranch, wearing a large hat, and talking tough to the Russians at the same time. It gives them a sense of security, although it might be a false one. (Note: While the above is true, Mrs. Thatcher does like President Reagan and his “talk tough” diplomacy, the shoe was on the other foot when our president sen‘ U. S. Marines into Grenada at about the time our trip was winding down. Grenada is a British colony, and Mrs. Thatcher didn’t like this one little bit, and she said so.) Well, Jason, by the time you hear about all of Mrs. Thatcher’s problems, you won’t be so sure you want to be anything like a prime minister or president. Nor will Jennifer want to be America’s first woman president. The first year of Mrs. Thatcher’s being prime minister, inflation in this island country rose to 14 per cent, much as it was doing in America, and this had a debilitating effect. Inflation now is more manageable at 44 per cent, but the three million who are unemployed continues to plague her administration. Unemployment stands at 10 to 11 per cent, again something like we have at home. England's per capita output (the work a man does) lags behind that of the United States and other European countries, we were told. Mrs. Thatcher’s — some people call her “Maggie” like some people call our president “Ronnie” - popularity got a real big boost during their successful Faulkland Islands crisis. We were told, that campaign to regain those far-away islands from the Argentinians was costly and of little real value. They should have been negotiated years ago, for they have no strategic value to England. The hard-fought victory did give Mrs. Thatcher a popularity boost and allowed her an easy re-election. But there was more to her victory than that, since both her opponents’ parties were in disarray. A Visit To Harrod’s Our second day in London was a free day, kids, and did we need it? We suffered from real jet lag - we were sleepy when we should have been awake and were wide awake when we should have been asleep. So afree day was just what the doctor ordered. T

Harrod’s Department Store

Your tired grandparents made real use of the day, first, by walking across Bayswater Road to Hyde Park, then over to Knightsbridge, onto Brompton Road where we found Harrod’s, the world-famous department store that “has everything.” Some have called Harrod’s “the of London.” (Note: Bloomingdale’s is a Urge New York department store.) One just cannot imagine the amount of people who jammed that four-story red building. Walking across the large park (which is known for its “speakers’ corner” where free speech is the order of the day, but must be made from a seven-inch box and without blasphemy or disrespect for the Queen) we passed along the big, boomerang-shaped Serpentine Lake. The walk along the lake, with its ducks and geese, is absolutely quieting when coming off their busy streets. | And you should see Harrod’s; it’s a shopper’s wonderland. They claim anything can be found at Harrod’s. Little wonder the wealthy, oil-rich Arab shieks have the place closed occasionally, to have their wives browse their aisles to make any purchases they wish. We had lunch there, made a few minor purchases, then retraced our steps going up Piccadilly Street in Piccadilly Circus where the famous statue Eros stands in the middle of the street amid the flowing traffic. Up Piccadilly we took our time looking over pictures and trinkets offered for sale by colorful street vendors. In all, we felt we had walked five miles, so we hailed a cabbie and returned to our hotel. On Sunday afternoon - the 9th - our group motored north of London to visit Windsor Castle and stopped off briefly to look at Eton, the boys’ school on whose playing fields most all England’s battles are supposed to have been won. The Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II summers, was much larger than we had expected. In fact, it was enormous, built on the style of an ancient fort. Visitors were lined up to make the walk- . -dt'-A.-. ib > ... ■■ Tower Bridge Over The Thames River (Continued on page 5) *