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PAGE 12-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1972 EDITORIALS The^Crime Picture There is only slight justification for encouragement in FBI crime figures for 1971, released at the end of August The rate of increase was seven per cent last year, com­ pared to an eleven per cent rise in 1970 and a twelve per cent increase in 1969. TTiis was the lowest increase since 1965; the Nixon Administration has thus reduced the rate of increase, which is welcome news. However, one must hope the crime rate can eventually be reduced; last year there was a total of 5,995,200 serious crimes in the United States, including 810,000 crimes of violence! As long as such a shameful rate of crime and violence continues, Americans have a man-sized job facing them, to seek to reduce the U.S. crime rate to something like that in other less-violent, free societies. Car Of The Future From Detroit come hints that the conventional piston en­ gine, the automotive standard of the world for half a century, may be enjoying its last few years as such. A new, rotary engine, using fewer parts and running cooler, is now said to figure positively in the future of both General Motors and Ford. The first of these rotary- engine cars is expected to be offered the public no later than 1975. Meanwhile, the Japanese are enjoying considerable suc­ cess with their rotary engine Mazda--the world over. And Mazda' s producers have recently made optimistic statements about meeting U.S. pollution standards for exhaust emis­ sions, in contrast-to contentions of U.S. makers that these standards are impossible to meet. GM and Ford rotary-engine projects are top secret at the moment but one official was recently quoted as saying the new U.S. rotary-engine automobile his company would offer would be far superior to those now on the market. Chances seem good, then, that two years hence American makers will be introducing rotary-engine automobiles. These engines are cheaper to produce; they are about half the size of piston engines and contain fewer moving parts. They should enable manufacturers to bring the cost of automobiles down when they enter into mass production --good news for buyers who have seen costs rise steadily for almost forty years. The Olympic Spirit In the Munich Olympic games the steady drift of the great sports meet toward the political and nationalistic obviously continued, even to the point of murder and the holding of hostages until extreme demands are met. Though the games are unquestionably a dramatic and ex­ citing spectacle, one wonders whether they might not even­ tually come to grief if the drift continues. First, the Communist countries, with their massive (unquestionably good) sports programs, enter their best performers whether they be instructors or amateurs. There are few professional sports, in the western sense, in these countries. This is clearly a political and propaganda effort and the Communist countries invariably show up well. At Munich this year athletes also injected themselves into the question whether a team was allowed to compete; this successful protest had political overtones. If a trend in this direction continues the athletes themselves will soon be immeshed in politics at each meet. All this is contrary to the Olympic spirit, a spirit of open competition to all; it is time that the best athletes in each country, limited only by age, be allowed to enter the games. And teams from all countries should be allowed to compete, regardless of the merits of the government under which they live. m Questions _ and Stabilization Answers Economic ngMiinii IHIVVIIW Servka Referendum Committee Tells Of Health Needs PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites the public to use this col­ umn as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only re­ quest is that writers lim­ it themselves to 300 words or less - signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We re­ serve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in ob- jectional taste.) ON SOLICITATION "Dear Editor: "I live in the fourth ward in the city of McHenry and am writing this letter in behalf of our wives and families in our block. A letter of protest with the signatures of eighteen adults was sent to our alder­ man with hopes that it will do some good. It read as follows: " 'What our section of McHenry has experienced in the last several years is the ever increasing volume in the number of unknown solicitors that frequent our streets. To say the least, we are em­ phatically opposed to this nuisance. We also feel that by allowing legitimate solicitors, this in part encourages people without permits to view the area under the pretense of being a solicitor or vendor. There have been too many impositions placed on the home owner and now we feel that this has brought the risk of in­ truders to us without police protection. This may sound panicky, but we don't like our wives and children left in this kind of vulnerable en­ vironment. " 'Just to offer a little more emphasis to our feeling about this matter, patients from the Elgin State hospital have been picked up by our police! These patients were supposed to be soliciting for magazines we were told. " 'In order to resolve this problem and others, we would like to suggest that you take the time to talk to your constituents individually or preferably arrange a meeting where you can learn just what is hap­ pening that should concern you. A brief list of some of the desires and opinions of the community follows: " '1. Solicitors from outside the city of McHenry should not be allowed to solicit in McHenry. " '2. Publish, as part of your city council report, in the Plaindealer a list of approved solicitors and what they are soliciting. " '3. Publish a more com­ plete report of your meetings in the Plaindealer. " '4. Periodically, we would like you to visit us so you are aware of our feelings on the issues that come before the City Council or if you can't visit us then perhaps arrange where you could meet with us.' "Respectfully, "Anton P. Rebel "4009 Maple Ave. "McHenry, 111. 60050" THIS WORLD( OF OURS The McHenry County Department of Health is seeking a referendum at the November presidential election to establish its own separate tax levy, replacing money now appropriated from the county general fund. The Health Department Referendum committee, a citizens' group headed by Wilbur Tammeus, Woodstock, explains the need for a referendum now. The county general fund is financially strapped due to loss of tax collection fees under the new state constitution. This loss amounts to $800,000 a year in this county. At the same time, the state health department is requiring passage of a referendum in order for the county department to continue to be eligible for state and federal grant money, which now comprises nearly one- fourth of the McHenry County Health department budget. State and federal grants will not be given to non-referendum departments after 1977. There may be cut-backs as early as 1974. In view of these facts, the county Board of Health decided to ask the people for referen­ dum support for health department services this year. Services include visiting nurses, immunization clinics, restaurant and other food handler inspection, well and septic inspection, swimming beach inspection, also noxious weed control, rabies control and control of diseases tran­ smissible from animals to man. Dr. J.V. Johnson, Public Health veterinarian, is the man responsible for rabies control and animal diseases, which take up most of his working day. But every so often, a citizen comes into his office carrying a shoe box, basket, or peanut butter jar containing an insect, spider, snake, parasite, chipmunk, or what have you. "What is it?" the citizen asks. "Will it hurt me or my family?" Dr. Johnson is equipped and trained to make quick iden­ tifications and he does so. If he is doubtful about the specimen's identity, he con­ sults with a state entomologist for positive identification. Most specimens brought to Dr. Johnson are harmless. Many water snakes are being brought in from Wonder Lake this year. They may bite, but are not poisonous. Snakes do not carry rabies, as they are cold-blooded animals. The massasauga rattler is known to live along the upper DesPlaines River, but has not been found in McHenry County. Spiders are another concern since the brown recluse has been found in the area. This spider with the poisonous bite is identified by the violin shaped marking on her upper body, and by the presence of three pairs of eyes, instead of the four pairs or eight eyes of most other spiders. Once Dr. Johnson got a call from Crystal Lake about "the strangest animal we ever saw." It was a ground hog. Muskrats are often mistaken for rats by city dwellers new to ex-urban living. Dr. Johnson says of this sideline to his main health department duties, "By our identification service we are allaying people's fears. Maybe that's a disease too." -followed by colder, and clear weather. Cold fronts arrive all through the year and don't necessarily produce precip­ itation. In summer you may notice nothing other than a cooling of the weather. This usually means a cold front has passed unnoticed, bring­ ing with it more pleasant- and usually drier--air. In winter the fronts bring with them correspondingly colder weather, as would be expect­ ed. WHO KNOWS! 1. Social Security Bill Sugars, acting branch manager of the Woodstock Social Security office, has announced that a Social Security representative will regularly visit the following locations in McHenry county: First Tuesday of the month, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Home State Bank of Crystal Lake, 40 Grant street. Second Wednesday of the month, 9:30 a.m. 1 p.m., Marengo Community center, 110 West Prairie. Third Tuesday of the month. 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Harvard city hall. Since most Social Security business can be handled by telephone, Sugars suggests that people call the Woodstock of­ fice, 224 W. Judd street, 338- 3750, instead of waiting for a scheduled visit to one of the above locations. Who wrote, "Peace hath her victories, no less re­ nowned than war"? 2. Name the island at the tip of the Italian boot. 3. Is the orange a vegetable, fruit, or a berry? 4. Name the 22nri President of the U.S. Before Eisenhower, who was the last Republican President? Who was Frederic Goudy? What is a mandamus, in legal terminology? What two signers of the Constitution later became Presidents? How old will the United Nations be in October? 10.Where is the lowest point in North America? 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. This column of questions and answers on the President'^ E c o n o m i c S t a b i l i z a t i o n Program is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service. The column answers questions most frequently asked about wages and prices. Q. Are movie ticket prices exempt from controls? A. No. Although producers and distributors of motion pictures are exempt under the E c o n o m i c S t a b i l i z a t i o n program, exhibitors or theatres not exempt under the small business exemption are subject to controls. Q. My landlord announced a rent increase to take effect when my lease expires next month. I want to move out, but I didn't give him 30 days notice as required by tire lease. Have I entered into a new lease under the Stabilization regulations? A. No. The failure of a tenant to give timely notice of intent to vacate in the face of an an­ nounced rent increase does not, in itself, constitute entering into a lease. Q. Does a manufacturer take productivity gains into account only in cases where a price increase is based on increased labor costs? A. No. Productivity gains should be taken into account in calculating all price increases, not just those based on in­ creased labor costs. Q. Can a manufacturing firm increase prices on the basis of anticipated cost increases? A. No. In general, a manufacturer can raise the price of an item over the base price level only to reflect allowable cost increases in­ curred since the last price increase on the item or since Jan. 1, 1971, whichever was later. In addition, the firm must continue to incur those costs, reduce them to reflect productivity gains and must not • J 9 A 8 1 B 9 S Mopq jaaj 08Z si qotqM •biujojtibo'iCail^A M?Baa'0I •pjo sj«3jC uaAas-XjuaMj, *6 •uosipuw sauiBf ptre uojautqsBM a^joao '8 •jC?np ojjqnd B jo aouBUUojJad aojojua ô panssi }UM V 'I •adXj auxjuud jo iau3]s -ap ufcofjaujv snourej v '9 •J3AOOH "S •pu^iaAaio J8AOJO •ifwaq B SUJ'^W^WOS '£ ••ffipis 'Z •uojnw uqof -i SAM) «|M * «««•» USiFOST OFETCFJ I /J Hi Why does a cold front often arrive unexpectedly, without warning? Does it move fast­ er than its counterpart, the warm front? A cold front often speeds along at 25 to 35 miles an hour and gives no high-in- the-sky advance notice, as d o t h e c i r r u s c l o u d s o f a warm front. This is because the cold front, unlike the warm, arrives on the surface before it passes over you high above. Its leading edge slants backward. Therefore, the first notice you may have is one of gusty, chillier winds, and often the cold front pro­ duces short, intense showers For Your Information "No ma'am, in all my years with the Post Office can I remember postage stamps going on SPECIAL SALE!" I f t ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ » ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * * * increase its profit margin over that which prevailed during the base period. However, in­ creased costs which a price category I firm experts to incur in the future may form the basis of a request to the Price Commission for a price in­ crease if 1) the increased costs will actually be incurred within 30 days of the request, 2) both the amount of the cost in­ creases and their direct effect on the production costs are accurately foreseeable, and 3) after the effective date, the requested price increase will only be reflected, if necessary, in an insignificant quantity of the product, whose production was not subject to increased costs. Q. Can a hospital increase its charges because it has pur­ chased some new medical equipment? A. Yes. An allowable cost increase justifying a price increase for a hospital may include aggregate expenditures for new technology, such as new equipment and services, to the extent these expenditures are not charged directly to the individuals benefiting from the equipment and services. In addition, to be an allowable cost item, the excess of ex­ penses for new technology over revenues must not be higher than 1.7 percent of total annual expenses of the institution. For more information, see IRS Publications S-3014, "Price Controls and Health Care Services." It's available free by dropping a postcard to your Internal Revenue district of- fice. Q. I know that longevity increases are excluded from the Pay board's 5.5 percent - standard. But where I work periodic wage increases also require a supervisor's rating. Is this still considered a l o n g e v i t y i n c r e a s e ? . . . A. If the increase is related solely to your length of service and operates without significant exercise of your employer's discretion or his subjective evaluation of your work performance, it is con­ sidered a longevity increase. Thus, if the supervisor's rating serves only as a review of whether you have performed your work satisfactorily and no consideration is given for superior performance, the increase would be a longevity increase. Can anyone tell us why girls with good*looking fig­ ures swarm the beaches. rfSSI lgfcC OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 X. Green St *eet McHenry (Closed Wednesday) Eyes examined .. Glasses fitted Contact Lenses Hrs: Daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8:'J0 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact 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 Dear Friends, The least suggestion of show or display in any funeral service is in poor taste. It has always been our thought that the funeral director should be as inconspicuous as possible. The many details involved should be lookied after quietly, respectfully. . .the family should be relieved of all responsibi­ lity. That is our duty, our service. Respectfully, l X Arrests for littering throughout the United States have increased more than 2Vi times since 1965. Recently, 76 percent of those ar­ rested for littering were convicted. Note is the time to put an end to littering once and for all. PETER M.JUSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McHenry, Illinois . 385-0063 > CALL Are You New In McHenry Area [ Do You Know Someone New? 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