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SECT '\ 2 PAG I WED., DEC. 19, 1973 Clinic Betty is speaking for thousands of the religious laymen who have donated their time and money to keep our churches functioning Now a lot of younger clerics, subsidized all through college and seminary by laymen's money and cut- rate tuition, now try to become iconoclasts. It 's the liberal seminary profs who are sabotagi-ng our churches! By - George W Crane, Ph D . MI) CASE L-r>18: Betty E., aged 36. is an irate church member "Dr. Crane. ' ' she burst out. "recently we had missionary guests from India so we naturally took them to church on Sunday "But we met our teenage daughter at the door and she was crying, which was very unusual for her. "She had attended Sunday School, where our clergyman had taught her class of high schoolers that day. "When I asked why she was crying, she replied, 'The minister said the Bible ir just a lie and full of fancy stories that aren't true •Two of her classmates, standing beside her. also confirmed this report. "And when we later asked the clergyman about it, he said the Bible is chiefly fiction. "We then visited several other clergymen of our faith to find out how they felt and they also told us that 'our religion doesn't need the Bible, ' yet we parishioners disagree with our clergy. "So what can we laymen do to evangelize our ministers? t ' i ! • ( - b e e n b r a i n w a s h e d i n ; .r\ by subtle Com­ munistic teaching?" KELIGIOUS REVOLT All over America this religious revolt is spreading fast. And it is not the hippies who are the chief revolutionaries hut the devoted laymen of the churches who have taught the Sunday School classes and financed the church budgets. It is thus a "grass roots" revolt of those who control the purse strings! And one of the basic causes has been the tendency of seminary professors of recent vintage to stress archeology, "human rights" and higher criticism, while ignoring the basic evangelism that St. Paul and other pioneer religionists advocated. In the first place, there is no scientific evidence to disprove the Garden of Eden story, as recounted in Genesis! In fact, with each year, our scientists find more and more evidence to confirm such a generalized account of creation. Our own space ships may For Immediate Delivery 1974 AUTO LICENSE PLATES Purchase your 1974 license plates. NOW ON SALE HERE! STATE ISSUED, PREPRINTED APPLICATIONS are required this year to purchase license plates. Forms to order applica- tions are available at the bank if you do not have the appli­ cation mailed to you by the State. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF McHENRY 3814 West Elm Street McHenry, Illinois 60050 thus be able to "colonize" some other uninhabited planet even before the year 200 A.D.. much like the Adam and Eve colonization of Earth. But why should clergymen even quibble over such irrelevant items when teaching a teenage class of girls in Sunday School? Jesus indicated such efforts to strain at gnats while swallowing camels! A few years ago, Bishop Haines asked me to come down to Indiana on 3 different oc­ casions to address his 3 Methodist Conferences. We used the title: Psychiatry and Psychology of the Pulpit." But my secret mission was to teach the clergymen how to make a dynamic address from the pulpit. For Bishop Raines said many of the young seminary graduates (as from Garrett Biblical Institute), were emp­ tying the pews by their stodgy sermonizing. Perhaps Betty's pastor is of this group, too! For when a man can't hold an audience by legitimate forensic techniques, then he either becomes a "pounder and shouter" or a "Hell and damnation" frightener, or else an iconoclast who tries to shatter the basic beliefs of the congregation regarding religion, "free enterprise" and other social axioms. There is also another com­ mon alternative in recent years, namely, for the stodgy cleric to take a few courses at the state institution for the insane, and then set up as a Marriage Counsellor, which is an attempt to camouflage poor pulpit oratory! (Always write to Dr. Crane in care of this newspaper, en­ closing a long stamped, ad­ dressed envelope and 20 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one of his booklets.) The Amazon rtiver carries more water into the sea than the Nile, Mississippi, and Yangtze, combined, and is some 250 miles wide at its mouth. 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C ountr.\ C lutj l!oad \\ ooiK lock. 111. i .(i s STORE HOURS: Daily 9-9 Sunday Till 6 The Illinois Hospital association, representing close to 300 hospitals across Illinois, has written the Cost of Living council to voice strong op­ position to the proposed Phase IV health care regulations under the Economic Stabilization program. In a letter to the CLC, David W. Stickney, IHA acting executive vice-president, charged that the new rules and the regulations under ESP Phases I, II, and III have not provided for the special problems of hospitals and that hospitals have been among the hardest hit by inflation. The letter also charged economic stabilization with becoming a "retardant to the health of the American people." Under the proposed regs, hospitals will have a basic limitation of 7.5 percent on increases in inpatient charges and expenses per admission in a fiscal year. Hospitals would be forced to absorb any in­ creases in their costs and services which exceed the 7.5 percent mark. If they cannot absorb the additional in­ creases, and many cannot, services will have to be cut. Health care providers and agencies had until Nov. 30 to comment on the new regulations. The letter stated: "It is the Illinois Hospital association's belief that the Cost of Living council has misinterpreted the intent of Congress. This seems to be the case in the proposed regulations placing dollar limits on hospital expenditures and revenues per admission. This is an obvious intervention in the practice of medicine. When dollar restrictions bring to a halt the implementation of newly discovered or developed techniques of medical treat­ ment, then economic stabilization becomes a retardant to the health of the American people." It stated further: "The proposed regulations and the regulations for Phases I, II, and III have not taken into con­ sideration the special problems of hospitals. Hospitals have not been so much the cause of in­ flation as they have been hardest hit by inflation. Hospitals are labor intensive, use labor intensive supplies, are subject to overnight ob­ solescence, and use large quantities of food...All money that a hospital receives in payment for services rendered is returned to its patients in the form of medical care, the cost of providing that medical care, and the anticipated cost of providing medical care in the future." The letter also pointed out that when the Economic Stabilization program denies a hospital income reim­ bursement above direct operating costs, "then the hospital's community suffers because new services cannot be provided nor obsolescence remedied." In conclusion the letter stated: "Subjecting hospitals to rigid controls that attempt to put iiealth on a cost-benefit basis and put a dollar value on human life is misguided and ill- conceived." Headquartered in Chicago, IHA is a non-profit voluntary organization. The association represents its member con­ stituency in the state legislature and, in coordination with the American Hospital association, on issues before Congress. Corneal Transplant Brings Sight To Illinois Woman "I had no idea how bright and beautiful colors can be," en­ thuses Mrs. Eugene E. Murray of West Chicago. Mrs. Murray, legally blind since she was a baby, had a successful corneal transplant in one eye at the University of Illinois hospital in Chicago. The transplant was made possible by the gift of an eye by an anonymous donor to the Illinois Eye Bank, a collection point, research, and processing center sponsored by the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness. Whoever provided the eyes at the time of death, will never know how thrilled Mrs. Murray is today because she can see objects and make out colors so clearly. Blind since infancy, Mrs. Murray has raised four children, all of whom are now married. Twenty years ago she considered corneal transplants, but declined because at the time she was told that the procedure would require her to Traffic Deaths Show Rise Over Past Year Traffic deaths in Illinois during November showed a 4 percent decrease over the same month last year and brought the 1973 total thus far to 6 percent higher than the same period in 1972, according to provisional reports of the Illinois Department of Tran­ sportation and the Illinois State Police. November traffic deaths in Illinois totaled 173 and were the result of 152 accidents. During the same period in 1972, 180 traffic deaths were recorded. From January through November of 1972 there were 2,039 deaths compared to 2,166 for the same eleven-month period this year. Of the total fatalities in November, ninety-four oc­ curred as the result of eighty- eight accidents in which only one motor vehicle was in­ volved. Those killed included thirty-nine pedestrians, one motorcyclist, one pedalcyclist and forty-five drivers or passengers. This total also includes eight fatalities in seven railroad crossing ac­ cidents. An additional seventy-nine persons died in sixty-four traffic accidents involving collisions between two or more vehicles. This total included three fatalities in three ac­ cidents between a motorcycle and a motor vehicle. There were eighteen multiple-fatality accidents that resulted in thirty-nine traffic deaths. Of these, there were fifteen two-death and three three-death accidents. The four Saturdays and four Sundays in November ac­ counted for sixty-one traffic deaths - 35 percent. Fatal traffic accidents were reported in fifty-two of the 102 counties during the month. Forty-eight fatalities occurred in Cook county; ten in Lake county; eight each in St. Clair and Will counties; seven in Madison county; five each in LaSalle and McHenry counties; four each in Champaign, Kankakee, Lee and Winnebago counties. NEW FAMILIES New families have recently taken up residence at Wonder Lake. They include August E. Jeffrey, 5007 E. Lake Shore drive, Lookout Point No. 1; Jack S. Weinberg, 7413 Cedar drive, Wonder Center No. 2; Lar^y Dean DeGraw^ 7303 Barbara drive, Hickory Falls No. 1; and Richard H. Buerger, 4702 E. Lake Shore drive, In­ dian Ridge No. 2. stay in bed for three months. A few months ago ulcers developed on her eyes and Mrs. J Murray, her children gf<iw|iv and hospitalization time drastically reduced, deter­ mined to go through witlrajie| operation. After waiting a short" time for a donor cornea to become available through the Eye Bank, the operation was performed. When the bandages were removed Mrs. Murray of 650 West Forest avenue in West Chicago, saw for the first time the beauty of the world she lives in. V.A. NEWS EDITOR'S NOTE: Veterans and their families are asking thousands of questions con­ cerning the benefits their. Government provides for them through the Veterans Ad­ ministration. Below are some, representative queries. Ad­ ditional information may be obtained at any VA office. Q -- What are some of the advantages of a Veterans administration GI home loan?.' A - VA guarantees 60 percent, up to a maximum of $12,500 of such loans, no down payment required usually, the agency appraises the house to deter­ mine its reasonable value, and there usually is a long repayment period. Q - I was honorably discharged last month after three years of military duty, none of it in Vietnam. Am I eligible for education benefits? A - Yes. Any veteran separated after Jan. 31, 1955, with an other than dishonorable discharge after at least 171 days of active duty, has eligibility for eight years or until May 31,1974, whichever is later. Geographic location of service has no bearing on eligibility. Q -- Rather than write a letter1 to the Veterans Administration to give my change of address, can't I do it by phone? A - Yes, but you should be- prepared to provide as much, identifying information as possible, such as claim and-or social security number, date and place of birth, etc. The highest inhabited building in the world is the High Latitude Laboratory in the Andes, near La Paz, Bolivia, 17,188 feet above sea level. The most abrupt altitudinal change in U.S. exists between Death Valley, 30 feet below sea level, and Telescope Peak, 11,312 feet abdve sea level and only a few miles apart. THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT CONSERVING ELECTRICITY How a humidifier can help you save fuel. When the air in your home is too dry, you feel colder because the moisture on your skin evaporates faster. To keep warm you may raise the thermostat. But the higher your thermostat setting the higher your fuel bill. With a higher humidity, most people are comfortable at a lower temperature. For every degree not needed over 68, you can save as much as 3% on your heating bill. If you keep your thermostat set at 68 degrees instead of 72 degrees, you can save over 10% at the lower setting. This principle applies essentially to all heating fuels--electricity, gas or oil. Humidifiers are available in either portable styles or, for warm air heating systems, there are permanently installed models. To find the correct one for your home, contact your heating contractor, department or appliance store. We have a booklet that covers heating as well as other areas where you can conserve energy. We'll send a copy of "101 Ways to Conserve Electricity at Home" to you free. 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