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SECTION 1-PAGE 8-PLAINDEALER-MAY 31, 1972 EDITORIALS Stick It To Him Our country's free enterprise system offers the little man a better chance to rise from bottom to top than any other system, but there's nevertheless much of the stiok-it-to- him philosophy in our society. The airlines and ships charge low rates all year unti' summer comes, when most people have vacations, when young people are out of school. Just when everyone can travel, these transportation companies hike prices and stick it to the little man. Theaters and cinemas charge low prices during the day when mostpeople must be on the job. For nights and week­ ends, when the "peepul" are finally free from jobs, most of them jack up prices sharply. When it comes to buying a house the little man pays, after thirty years i nterest on the mortgage is taken into account, perhaps $40,000 for the same house which cost the wealthy buyer $20,000. Likewise, the poor pay perhaps $500 interest and closing costs to buy a car on credit while the rich save this and often get a discount. (The moral of which is to save up be­ forehand and pay cash.) Tkfe money lenders of Bible times are still with us, still making it big. Predicting Earthquakes For centuries both primitive and advanced societies have dreaded the unpredictable earthquake. This year tremors in both east and west have produced fears among many, es­ pecially those who live near the famed San Andreas Fault in California. But now, at long last, man might be finding a method to predict the coming of an earthquake. Though the Japanese have long been working on detection when the earth rises slowly for a considerable period before earthquakes (which often happens), the Russians have apparently discovered the best forecasting science. Seismologists studying quakes and recent shock and sound wave records relating to an earthquake-prone area near the Russo-Afghanistan border have learned that the waves which accompany earth movement, pressure waves and shear weaves, change their behavior prior to a quake. Because earthquakes almost invariably occur after many undetected waves weeks and months before major movement, it's possible for instruments measuring pressure and shear waves below the surface to predict what is coming--since careful research has now shown that the time interval be­ tween these waves begins to shrink, usually weeks before a major quake. When the time interval returns to normal, the quake oc curs. "Flexibility" Is In "Flexibility" is a word often used by retail promotion men as a quality they value most in an advertising medium. The advertising manager of a major oil company once put it this way: "If for some reason I were limited to use of only one advertising medium, my choice would be newspapers because of their flexibility and the fact that practically every adult reads them.. When advertisers say they choose the newspaper for its flexibility, they mean that the newspaper offers the best means of adjusting advertising to a variety of selling situations. Flexibility may refer to timing. Newspaper campaigns may be changed quickly to meet unforeseen changes in demand. Flexibility may refer to locality. Buying habits and needs of people vary from community to community. The local newspaper is necessarily in tune with the customs of its community, and hence the medium best able to carry a message to that community. Flexibility may refer to quality. The local newspaper is the only advertising medium which reaches every class of consumer simultaneously. Every product from the highest quality to the sensational cutrate finds a market in the local newspaper. Flexibility may refer to sales message. Newspaper advertising may shout or whisper. It may deal with pictures or words. It may provide coupons and contests. And it does these things without offending the sensibilities of the public. No wonder newspaper advertising and "flexibility" mean the same thing to advertising experts. S.MAIL "OK I UKE IT, HARRY, BUT WE DO HAVE REGULATIONS YOU KNOWT Are You Newli McHenry Area ? Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO O U R AREA i K ____ I 1 « C ' k n o w YOUP n e w a r e a - » o v a l WELCOME DOES IT CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 OR FRAN OLSEN 385-5740 K0YAL WELCOME t ' K r • r ( 'i • t ( i i i i i t t t ' ( i i i i ( i ( < i i i t r - i * i f i •' i i • i i ( B E S T . | • ( f » ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ » ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ » SUMMER OF 72 1 1 ; 72 ELECTION CAMPAIGN ZSEZZS5ESE25E VIETNAM PULLOUT/: Our Senior Citizens Since May is Senior Citizens month, this seems a most ap­ propriate time to consider the special needs of the elderly and the special contributions they can make. There are now more than 20 million people in this country who are 65 years or older, and one-third of them are over 76. Insurance data show that today men can expect to age 70 and women to age 73. The magazine "Aging," published by the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, provides a wealth of information on programs fur the elderly. Here are some examples. -Under the Foster Grandparent program, thousands of elderly people serve the needs of children in hundreds of child care in­ stitutions throughout the country. -Students at the University of South Dakota bring job to adopted grandparents who are nursing home residents and other elderly in the community. - The sixth annual Writing Workshop for People over 57 will be held in August at the University of Kentucky. The program in eludes poetry, fiction, non-fiction and script adaptation. In addition, there is information on meals on wheels, group meals in community settings, "Senior Hot Line," and numerous recreational activities. Much can be done to help older persons live dignified, in­ dependent lives and also involve them in community life i\p YOU piwp KMSTAKCS V ) N T H I S P V / 0 U C A T I O N , ^ P L E A S E C o M 5 i P e R 7 HAj Ti-tev ak e th-EEE F o f Z A P W • W E pveUSM THIN <S , fo\z Evefcyoue ; A M P 1 5 o w e people ARE L V/J A Y 5 L(?0K/A» £ FofZ. MISTAKES 7* WEEKLY RECIPE We offer another recipe 1 1 1 l n g for strawberries .•nut the season for straw- in r ies is at hand. Strawberry Sherbert i c crushed strawherries ' T sugar 1 T orange juice 1 T lemon juice 1 t gelatin 2 c milk Salt 1 egg white Combine the cup of straw­ berries with sugar, orange juice and lemon juice. Let stand 30 minutes. Press through a sieve. - Sprinkle gelatin over 1 cup of milk, dissolve and combine with rest of milk and salt . Pour into freezing tray. Chill . Beat egg white stiff , fold i n t o s t r a w b e r r y m i x t u r e . Combine the chilled milk mixture with the strawberry mixture. Pour in freezing tray and freeze, stirring Several t imes during freezing. SOCIAL SECURITY by John K. Watkins FIELD REPRESENTATIVE Today's questions are ones frequently being ask­ ed of our representatives by the people of McHenry county. The Social Secur­ ity office at 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, re­ minds McHenry county residents that it lias repre­ sentatives meeting people at two locations in McHen­ ry county on a regular ba­ sis. The representatives are at the Woodstock Pub­ lic Library, 414 W. Judd, Woodstock every Wednes­ day from 9 a.m. to noon and at the Harvard city hall from 9:30 a.m. to noon on the first and third Tues­ day every month. If you have a question you would like answered onSocial Se­ curity in this column, then please forward it to Social Security Administration Question and Answer Col­ umn, 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, Illinois, 60085. Give your full name, ad­ dress, and Social Security number. If you do not want your name to appear, please indicate this and we will use only intitials. Acquiring a Social Security card should be a simple'pro­ cedure. Failure to follow in­ structions, however, can cause delays which could result in the loss of a job opportunity or other difficulties. Applications for Social Security cards can be obtained from Social Security offices and post offices. The completed application should be mailed to a Social Security office for processing. According to Allen K. Joy, Social Security district manager in Waukegan, over 202 million Social Security numbers have been issued and over 2,000 new numbers are established daily. The largest single problem encountered is when more than one number is assigned to the same person. Nine million multiple numbers are known to exist and hun­ dreds of thousands more believed to exist. Since a worker's Social Security benefit is computed from the earnings credited to his Social Security number, individuals with more than one number may not receive their full benefit amount. The Social Security administration tries to eliminate multiple numbers by carefully screening most new applications for mtmterg against existing records. Since it is desirably to correct work records before ! claim for benefits is filed to avoid delays in payments, plans are being made to screen all applications. Everyone who will need a Social Security card should apply for it several weeks ahead of time to avoid being inconvenienced by the delay. Question: My son gets monthly Social Security student benefits. If he transfers to another college or starts attending classes on a part time .schedule, must he report it to Social Security? i R.N.-McHenry Answer: Yes. He should notify Social Security if he marries, is legally adopted, stops attending school, stops attending school full time, changes schools, earns more than $1,680 in a year, or is paid by his employer to attend school at the employer's request. Question: I recently had an operation and needed 2 pints of whole blood. I thought Medicare took care of all my bills after the first $68, but the hospital told me I have to pay for the blood. Is this right? J. R. - McHenry Answer: Yes, the cost of the first 3 pints of blood received in each benefit period in a hospital is not covered by Medicare. Most blood programs, however, have provisions whereby they do not charge for blood if replaced by someone in the name of the recipient. Question: I know my Social Security student payments stop with the the month I'm 22.1 will be 22 in September. Must I still fill put and return the end of the year report for students? £ L.G. - McHenry Answer: Yes. Be sure to show on your report whether you will return to school in the fall. If you plan to continoe in school after you're 22 and your ear­ nings don't go over $140 a month during July and August, you will still get checks for the months of July and August. If your earnings will exceed $1,680 for the year and $140 in July and in August, you may not be eligible to receive a check for these months. Reduction in the number of juvenile males institutionalized in Illinois' correctional system will permit closing of the Illini Boys' Camp at Marseilles on June 15, Assistant Director Joseph S. Coughlin of the Department of Corrections said last week. The Fort Massac School Camp near Metropolis was closed to juveniles May 1 and will be operated as an adult work release-environmental con­ servation corps center. Coughlin said the closings reflect the department's em­ phasis on community-based rather than institutional-based programs, a major reduction in returned parole violations, and a decrease in court com­ mitments. This has resulted in abandonment of plans to rebuild the Illini facility, the first phase of which would have cost about $339,000, he added. oNA ̂ PgOFT*Sl to*y OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Ketly At 1224 X. Green St -eet McHenry (Closed Wednesday) Eyes examined .. Glass's fitted Contact Lenses Hrs: Daily 9:30 a.m. t< 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8:i(fp.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - C ontact Lens Glasses fitted 1303 N. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs.and Fri. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Fri Eve. 7;00 to 9:00 p.m. Sat.: 9:30 to 3:00 p.m. No Hours on Wednesday PHONE 385-4151 If No Answer...Phone 385-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machines Soles-Service & Rentals Typewriters - Adders Calculators Mon.-Sat. 9:00-5:30 Friday 'til 9 p.m. PHONE 459-1226 93 Grant St., C'yrstal Lake, 111. INSURANCE EtH R. WMi & Jack Walsh Fire, Auto, I arm & Life Repre senting RELIABLE COMPANIES When You Nsed Insurance of Any Kind /PHONE 385-3300 3429 W. Elm St., McHe lry, 111. George L. Thompson General Insurance 'LIFE *AUTO •HEALTH *FIRE "CASUALTY *HOAT Phone 815-385-1066 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry In McHenry Plaindealer Bldg. LETTER SERVICE You could ask your next-door neighbor to come in and switch on a lamp. But that's tough on him if you live in the country. And if you live in the city, you may not even know your neighbor. Besides, who'll turn it off? Install an electric timer instead. Even better, install several. By now an average burglar is wise to the lamp that goes on at dusk and goes off at bedtime. Especially if the per­ formance is confined to one room and lasts two weeks. It will take him much longer to figure out the living room lamp and the TV or radio going on at dusk and off at 10:40. And the bathroom light switching on from 10:30 until 11:00. And the bedroom reading lamp from 11 until 11:20 And if the kitchen overhead switches on at 2 a.m. for 15 minutes, he'll never figure it out. Added advantage: this tricky timing uses about the same amount of elec­ tricity as one steadily burning lamp. And for extra area protection any­ time, an electric eye to light up your yard automatically from dusk till dawn, so you can see everyone who approaches your home. Give your neighbor a break and just let him collect the mail and read your magazines. Commonwealth Edison concern tor you' total environment e Mimeographing - Typing Addressing - Mailing Lists McHenry Letter Service 3509 W. Pearl St. Mc Henry PHONE 385-5064 Monday through Saturday. Dennis Conway AUTO, LIFE, FIRE STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY 3315 VV. Elm St. McHenry, Illinois Phone 385-5285 or 385-7111 ui ant warn ads TO WORK FOR YOU FOR FAST RESULTS PHONE 3850170 i