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('> \ n if I !*' ^ %fV' Wed., Sept., 25, 1968-- Plain dealer - Ssc. 2, Pg, Highway Aid Program ' i Prior to 1956, revenues from all federal excise taxes on mtitor fuels, motor vehicles and related products are placed in the' general fund of the U.S. Treasury, as are the receipts from practically all other federal taxes. Appropriations for federal aid to the states for highway purposes were made from the general Ariid. * -This pattern was completely changed with the passage by Congress of the Federal-Aid highway and Revenue Acts of 1956. These acts increased the size of the federal aid program for improvement of main highways, secondary roads and urban arte rials included in the fsdaral aid primary and secondary systems (the ABC program), and provided for an earlier completion of the Interstate and Defense highways. To pay for these programs Congress increased some of the highway related excise taxes and levied some new ones. It earmarked the revenues of most of the highway-related excise taxes to go into the Highway Trust Fund which the 1956 legislation created. This Trust fund the sole source of revenue for the ABC and Interstate rams for the period of 1957-72. The federal aid program was put mi a wholly highway user supported, pay-as-youbuUd basis. All of the revenue from the federal taxes cm motor fuel, rubber, new trucks, buses, trailers, lubricating oils, truck and bus parts and accessories, and heavy vehicle use go to the Truck fund and are used only for federal aid for highways. The highway-related excise tax not dedicated to the trust fund (the on© on new automobiles) is treated as general revenue. Dedicated to Highway Trust Fund Motor Fuel - 4 cents per gallon Rubber: Tires - 10 cents per pound Tubes - 10 cents per pound Retread - 5 cents per pound New trucks, buses and trailers - 10% of manufacturer's sale price. Annual heavy vehicle use tax - $3 per 1,000 pounds (levied on total weight of vehicles in 26,000 pounds or more class). Lubricating oil -- 6 cents per gallon Truck and bus parts and accessories - 8% of sales price. New Automobiles - 7% of manufacturer's sale price $1 The total amount of such federal taxes paid by highway users in all states in 1967 was $5,523,960,000 of which Illinois highway users paid $300,229,000, or 5.4 plus percent. e Art Of Losing The Presidential commission looking into the causes of violence in the nation has come up with the suggestion, based on recommendations from psychiatrists, that Americans be taught losing well is as admirable as winning. The commission, named shortly after the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy, by President Johnson, called in a number of psychiatrists to get their views on possible causes of the high level of crime and violence in the United States and ways of reducing it. What the psychologist and psychiatrists suggested is what the most famous sports writer of this generation told his readers years ago. Grantland Rice put it into poetry: For when the One Great Scorer Comes To write against your name, He marks - not that you won or lost - But how you played the game. That poetic advice is more pertinant in today's world of conflict than it was whan first offered decades earlier. Also pertinent today, and somewhat forgotten in the grab for power and gain, is the virtue of modesty. No psychiatrist would suggest that we be overly meek and modest, nor that we consider ourselves born losers. Yet most of us would be happier if we sometimes set more modest goals and accepted the fact in life one cannot always win and that there must be losers if there are to be winners. And being a good loser is Often as rewarding as being a good winner. Sign Up For U.S. Savings Bonds/ New Freedom Shares SIL2LSNOIS SESQUI tiCRAPBOOIC BY DON RUSSELL AND JERKY WARSHAW Gi.tmnu AH MM W&P MEANING VV^/TT PMTV'&RYMA MAS 6IVSH ITS M MBW> . A CKEBK, A COUMTY, a VJLLA&E:, m-THE ILUNOIS RIVER.. CHIEF OF THE OTTAWAS WHO l£p THE CONSPIRACY OF INPlAN TK1BE& AGAINST THE BRITISH AFTER."THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR,WAS KILLED AT dAHOKIA IN 1769 BYA KA&KASKIA mUN, WHO \W f^EEN BW&EP BY k BRITISH TRADER.. HIS FEE ^MFAAXMSL @FWMKEY. JOHN J. AUPUBON, VISIT)N6 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IN V 18IO, PAINTED OR. DESCRIBED P/6&2MZ AND SWAN*. TODAY FEWER THAN lOO SWANS SURVIVE"; THE OTHER. TWO SPECIES ARE EKT1NCL PRODUCE*? BY THE ILLINOIS f(4 n Voting Information for School Elections PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only request is that writers limit themselves, to 300 words or less signature, full address and phone number. We ask, too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in objectionable taste.) NEED FOR SCHOOL "Dear Editor: "As a parent I would like to tell the people of McHfenry that we need a new Junior high school NOW, not two years from now which is the earliest it could be occupied if the school referendum is passed Oct. 5. "This year the school system is getting by with crowded classrooms in the lower grades and with "OperationShoe Horn" in the Junior high school. Next year we might have split shifts with children going to school from 7 a.m. to noon or 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Let me point out some of the disadvantages of split shifts. In the winter months our children will be going to school in the dark or coming home in the dark. This is very dangerous, especially in the area that have no sidewalks.Buses will be competing with people going to work and coming home from work. Everyone knows these are the hours that most accidents happen on the highways. "Children will have a half of day that will be unsupervised if working parents can't find someone to take care of them. "You can't expect teachers to work a double shift any more than we would. This means we would have to hire more teachers and it might be hard to get good ones to teach under these conditions. "Transportation costs would be double also, plus the fact that it might be hard to get bus drivers to work the longer hours. "It seems to me that we are penny wise and pound foolish in not building a school as soon as we possibly can. Each year that we wait it will cost us more money, with more disadvantages to our children and our community. "For $1.50 a month on a home .that is assessed at $12,000, we can start to build the schools we so desperately need. At the rate that our population is growing, we will need another school as soon as this one is completed! "Let's not cheat our children of the education that will be the guiding factor in their lives. Sincerely, Myra Murray Voting Precincts Shown For School District * 15 Saturday, Oct. 5, District 15 voters will go to the polls to vote on a $1,875,000 bond issue which will allow the McHenry elementary school system to construct a new Junior high school. • « ' Polling places will be open Oct. 5 from noon to 7 p.m. The following detailed voting information was released today: WHERE DO I VOTE? -- Elementary School Precinct No. 1: McHehry highschdol,Eastcampus, gym entrance. This includes residents of McHenry, Eastwood Manor, Shalamar, Aqua Lane, Huemarufs, Oakwood, Hickory Grange, Indian Ridge, Edgebrook Heights, McHenry Shores, Worthmore Estates and Whispering Oaks; Also Cooney Heights, Wonderview, Hunterville Park, woodlawn Park, Fair Oaks, Mineral Springs, Edge water, Emerald Park, Oakhurst, Orchard Heights, Country Club Estates, Weingarfs, Lakeland Park, Bull Valley, Bay View Lane (Regner Road area), Val Mar. Elementary School Precinct 2: Lakemoor firehouse. This includes residents of Lilymoor, Lakemoor, Kent Acres and Fritzsche Estates. Elementary School Precinct 3: Beach House McCullom Lake, This includes residents of Mc- Cullom Lake, West Shore Beach and Lakewood. Elementary school Precinct ^Casey's Hall, 2601 South River road. This polling place includes Island Lake, Holiday Hills, Riverdale, Rima's Villa Vaupell Griswold Lake, Ferndale. WHO MAY VOTE IN A SCHOOL ELECTION? -- In order to vote a school election, one must presently reside in the district the election is being held in and must be a registered voter for general elections. HOW DOES ONE VOTE WITH ABSENTEE BALLOT? -- If a qualifed voter finds it impossible to be present on the day of the election, he may vote prior to the election by absentee ballot. An absentee ballot may be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent of the Schools, 3926 West Main street, McHenry. An application for absentee ballot may be requested by mail no later than five days before the election or in person no later than three days before the election date. Any further information regarding the location of a polling place may be obtained by calling the board of education office, 382-7210 or referring to the voting precinct mapc MAKE YOUR OWN (®g tvhsj 1. Star of 1939 movie, "Juarez." Tim Holt Rex Bell Paul Muni 2. Star of "Look Back In Anger." John Agar Richard Burton David Wayne 3. They're Bob and Ray. Olson & Jolsen Day & Webb Elliott & Goulding 4. In earliest days, he was "Mr. Television." Milton Berle John Massey Lee J. Cobb 5. Regular at "Miss America" pageants. Bert Lahr Bert Parks Joe Beemly UOj ou -- J 'jeA3 A|pjDL) -- £ *J3Mdj A eujiieiuos - 0 :j8l)3<dm |uanb -0jj - p rjjadxa - g :3J|ODS S^JDd ®|jag -6u!p|no9 -j 4 4 o! 113 •uopng '! u n w OPEN HOUSING "To the People of McHenry: "The time in history has For Thai Old Faahioned Flavor - Coma To ^WENEMAFIN Sausage Company * S5 Varieties ef * Trae Qcmu Style Flavor* * Lean Hfc&offjr Esmstel Baeea * Cenatry Made Sac^ij* * DeUtfew Hickory Smeked Hanw Rovto 1M Jart Bad ef Rt It $Q5^2@@ VcSot, HBEbtilo WATER SOFTENER S^LiS - ill^iei SAME DA¥ SERVICE ON MOST MAKES* • Service * Cleaning Out • Repair * Installation • Overhauling • Beraioval • Reconditionlnc • Rebuilding -ALL WORK GUARANTEED-- Pfe@sie: 38§°5S66 SOFTENER _ _ SALES WATER SOFTENEK SALES/SERVICE McHenry, Illinois J Z)lte Wot tij. I---Clinic "Dear Editor: "I don't know how many parents have shared our experience this fall, but for the first time we have two children who come home everyday and say they love school - one from the junior high, one from the east campus at the high school. We have listened to bubbling enthusiasm over almost every detaillibraries, resource centers, improved discipline, new faculty attitudes, the modular system, textbooks - everything (well, let's say 95% of the operation) -seems immeasurably improved from the standpoint of the student. Other young people have also commented in terms we never heard before -- and we have had children in McHenry school since 1953. The increased interest and involvement of piqiils is so evident that we feel we must acknowledge the efforts of administrators and staff who have contributed to this remarkable change, and thank you all. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our community had, not just good schools, but a distinquished school system? Perhaps we're on the way. "Mrs. Charles Liebman" Contrast Anita with Mary Beth. The usual teen-ager feels insecure and uncertain in social situations. So he tries to meld with the "herd" as fay smoking, drinking or using LSD and other drugs. But Mary Beth had learned one of the basic secrets of popularity, still not taught in our schools and colleges. By - George W. Crane, 1%. D., MJD. CASE G-588: Anita R., aged 17, is very shy. "Dr. Crane," she asked, '•how can I become popular? "For I have very few friends, even among girls, and I am always afraid Fll do or say something wrong that makes people laugh at me. "Thus, even if I finally do get an invitation to a party, I am a wallflower and seldom join in the conversation." POPULARITY SECRETS Millions of teen-agers are much like Anita, which is why they try to meld with the "herd" as by smoking, drinking or using drugs. Because they are inhibited, they clam 19 and even curb their laughter at jokes. Anita should imitate a girl named Mary Beth, who was one of many young women our sons Daniel and David used to bring over to our farm home while they were studying to be doctors in Indianapolis. All these girls were intelligent, good looking and smartly dressed. They included many airplane stewardesses, nurses, dental hygienists, office secretaries and school teachers. Mrs. Crane and I enjoyed them all but one of my special favorarrived when McHenry* can no longer be a city in the United States and yet refuse to exercise the responsibility of openly debating and voting in City Council to adopt an Open Housing ordinance. "By avoiding a difficult situation or decision, we cannot stop its occurrence. We only manage to leave an opening for crisis when reality confronts our avoidance. "McHenry should consider its present situation realistically, consult with other major and minor metropolitan governments in Illinois (and other states) where Open Housing ordinances have been studied, debated and passed. "The ordinance designers should pay special attention to an even and just distribution of this responsibility upon the total community and not only cm the real estate salesmen. "I ask you -- citizens of McHenry who are therefore citizens of Illinois, the United States and of the world -- to consider this question with a searching and open mind. I ask you to help each other gather copies of ordinances of other cities, publicly discuss and debate the merits and liabilities, and to come to a decision voted in City Council before Aug. 1,1969. "I will work for a positive vote, will you? "Contemporary civilization requires a just decision from us. Let us make the decision with due sincerity, courage and without delay. "I encourage written replies. Mr' ;•'? '-'.r .. % T ites.. wfe "That's just because she always laughs at your corny jokes," the boys would tease us. Which was partly true. However, the other girls also would laugh but not always like Mary Beth. For she was so self-assured that she laughed with unrestrained enjoyment. Her giggle was a delight to hear. She had a natural poise and easy grace, unruffiedbiy any tear that she might violate a rule of Emily Post. We usually initiate guests into several parlor tricks. Mary Beth never he sitatedto try these new stunts, though she soon learned she might to the butt of the joke or the "goat?'. She laughea as hilariously, ) even when she was the "goaf ; as did any of the spectators For she subconsciously must have learned a basic secret of charm, namely, if you can help people laugh at you, then they will feel superior and inflated in their own ego. Ergo, they will soon be inclined to like you! Alas, most teen-agers think it lowers their prestige to be the butt of a joke, but that is not true. Repeatedly I have warned you readers that everybody has this tattoo indelibly imprinted across his chest: "I WANT TO FEEL IMPORTANT". To be laughed at goodnaturedly, thus inflates the ego of our companions and thus they will Uke us. For everybody tends to feel happier when he feels superior instead of inferior! If a speaker, as a clergyman, thus tells relevent episodes in which he was the "goat" he will win his audience much faster than by flaunting his superior talents and judgment. But this is a basic law of psychology that most people muff. Even the usual college graduates try to highhat their associates, as by using 5 -syllable words. College professors do likewise. But it is the Bob Hope or Red Skelton or Laurel and Hardy who win top popularity. Mary Beth subconsciously ted learnsdthis secret, for it is seldom taught in school or college, even yet. Send for my booklet "Formula for Being an Interesting Conversationalist and Personality Improvement" enclosing a long stamped, return envelope, plus 20 cents. (Always write to Dr. Crane in care of this newspaper, enclosing a long stamped addressed envelope and 20 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one of his booklets.) "Sincerely yours, "Mrs. F.C. Templin "McHenry "P.S. TTie City Council has been asked to consider this on their agenda." A RECORD??? The pronoun "I" was used 237 times in a recent article in a well known magazine. EMMA LAZARUS "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to be free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door." The New Colossus:' Inscription for the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor Buy U.S. Savings Bonds, new Freedom Shares Wi BBTrrriBTrrrrrraa 8 5 55 8TB maaa r» Are You New In Towa? Do You Know Someone New In Town? W4 would like to extend a welcome to • every newcomer to our community ^9n_SoO[iQr a CALL ROYAL WELCOME Fran OIsor 385-174© i Je>®Di Sfu98 •