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PAGE 14 - PLAINDKALER - jm.v . •«, EDITORIALS - . . • h - -- 1 --T -- • v Electric Cars Electric cars are coming in for more attention, from buyers and researchers, than ever before. Reports that U.S. and foreign automakers are hard at work on development of a new battery . indicate a race is on for the huge potential market The battery expected to put millions of electric cars on the road eventually is the nickel-zinc battery-more than twice as powerful as the lead add battery. Some toys are already powered by them and it's now estimated by some that by the IMO's cars with sizable nickel-zinc battery installations will be selling In the hundreds of thousands annually. If one drives less than 50 miles a day, and many do, these cars make sense, and also for those who own a second or third car and need only a grocery shopper, so to speak, in a second or third automobile. v , The advantages of electric cars are significant There is little maintenance, no pollution, no noise and no fuel bills! Already some cities are experimenting with electric buses and electric official cars. As batteries and design improve, an electric car boom seems ^certain. American Progress One of the fundamental propositions of American democracy is that we are a government for and of all the people. If the republican system we have enjoyed for two centuries is to continue to succeed, the government must represent all fairly, and the people, in their turn, must respect the institutions of government and law. That's why any crisis of confidence in government leadership is a serious turn of events. This process, as we have known it in America, has come closer to giving a multitude of diverse cultures and races the good life that in any other country in the last century or more. What has allowed the system to work is that usually, passions and hatred have been avoided, and the great majority have agreed on progress-perhaps not as rapid as some have wanted, and deserved, but progress. f1-.- As America has grown with a melting pot population, the skeptics and cynics, in Europe and elsewhere, have often expressed the belief no such polyglot country could hold together, achieve unity and sustain democracy without breaking up into divisiveness, strife and disunity. We have had one war between die states and other, crises. But thus far the tens of millions of un-homogeneous Americans, of all colors and creeds, have confounded the critics and made this American experience work surprisingly well. PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealcr invites the public to use this column at an expression of their view on rabjecte of general interest in our community. Our only request is that the writers give-signature, full ad­ dress and phone num­ ber. 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 objectional taste.) Lack Of Harmony "After having at past regular session of ourN Council, June 20, as well as special meeting June 29,1 must say that the harmony, or perhaps lack of harmony, within our city government is appalling! "Prior to our elections in April, there seemed to be an atmosphere of discontentment with our entire.governing body as well as thoscl wishing to seek office. Many campaign issues included the promise of establishing spe type of •harmony within our City Council. Obviously, those promises have gone and will continue to go unkept with no intention of a compromise between the mayor and the majority of City Council members. "It appears to me that the battle which went on during the campaign had a temporary 'cease fire', but now the fighting has resurfaced and seems destined to continue indefinitely. "I find it totally unnecessary to include such things as nepotism, favoritism, bull- headedness, name-calling, bickering, and arguing in our governing sessions when, at present, there is not enough time to act upon vital issues without prolonged sessions, "Perhaps, if more persons in our community became ac­ tively involved through at­ tendance and participation in Council sessions, the public could become aware of the general feeling of animosity that exists, and take positive steps to help correct this situation. "It is very frustrating and hard for me to understand how personal feelings can be placed above the welfare of our community. "There is a tremendous need for harmony in our City Council and I am afraid that until the leadership undergoes some type of change, there will be an unnecessary continuation of the existing discord. "Valorie Hobson, "4306 W. Sioux lane "McHenry" BICYCLES "Editor: "I remember when I got my two-wheeler and my big day arrived. My dad took me to the police station to get my license and pass a safety test. We lived in Racine then, and they were very strict (and still are) about mat Who rode hikes Mf city streets. "We paid a $1 fee for a license (date which was mounted on the back of our bikes, and we passed a hand signal and general safety test to get that license. This practice is still in effect. "I feel McHenry is lacking in bicycle standards. I have seen repeated abuses with no way of reporting them. A bike license would solve this problem. "My dad loves to walk to town, yet twice he has just escaped being hit by kids riding two wheelers on the sidewalk. This was absolutely against the law in the city. What can be done? What safety rules are being encouraged? "What rights do drivers have from hikers who just pull out and have no respect for them? My suggestions would be this: "a) a "rules of the road" pamphlet be printed for bikers which can be picked up at the police station. "b) License all two wheelers, "c) bikers must pass a safety test. "d) bicycle court be established to handle offenders. "e) citations given when abuses are seen or reported. ' "I feel these things would teach young people the responsibilities they have while riding bikes. It would teach an awareness of safety at an early age which seems to be very much lacking. It would help protect bikers and drivers from accidents which are only the fault of carelessness. "Diane Himpelmann "Parent and driver" For Your Information Dear friends. Your family's important documents should be kept in a safe and accessible place, such as a safety deposit box. In­ cluded should be your birth certificate, military discharge papers and serial num­ ber, Social Security number, your will, em­ ployment history, marriage certificates, in­ surance policies, and the location of all savings and checking accounts, deeds, mor­ tgages, stock and bonds, contracts, frater­ nal affiliations, and other personal data. Respectfully PETER Ml JUSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McHenry, Illinois 385-0063 Vast supplies of natural gas remain to be found and produced in this country, ac­ cording to a map showing the distribution of sediments prospective for oil and gas in the United States issued by an energy group in Dallas, Texas. The map is based on studies commissioned by the National Petroleum council, and from U.S. Geological survey in­ formation. Oil and natural gas production has been established in only about 50,000 square miles (less than 2 percent) of the 3,000,000 square miles identified as having oil and gas potential. Tremendous quantities of new natural gas is expected to be produced from the 96 percent of the untested, potential sediments as natural gas prices rise to pe market value of other fuels. Geologists have known for years that huge quantities of new natural gas either actually exist or probably exist in en­ vironments where artificially low prices for gas have prevented the drilling of wells. They fall into these general categories: 1. LOW-PRODUCTION AREAS where wells may produce slowly for many years, or require expensive special recovery treatment, none of which is economic under past price regulation. The Fort Worth Basinof Texas is suchjui area, where unregulated prices have provided the incentive to increase drilling activity by 600 percent in four years, swelling gas supply by 3,000 percent in parts of the area. 2. DEEP GEOLOGIC BASINAL AREAS where the largest reserves of natural gas have long been expected to come from depths below 15,000 feet. In 1976 only 404 such deep wells were (hilled (1 percent of the total of 39,675 wells) due to uncertainty of gas prices sufficient to provide an in­ vestment return. 3. FRONTIER AREAS at remote distances from existing pipelines, where no immediate market is available and long term investment for development has not been justified by low gas prices. 4. SPECIAL CATEGORY AREAS, such as the Texas Gulf coast where 105,000 trillion cubic feet of gas has been calculated to exist in high- pressure, hot salt water. Only 10 percent of this gas would supply the needs qf the entire nation for 200 years. More Lbss Indians i new managers (supervisors, middle managers and tog executives) joined jompanies last year dsspite a net exodus if firms and jobs from the state. These additions to the state's managerial work force - a one per cent jump over 96,000 management jobs the previous year - are documented in Illinois Manufacturers directory, just published . . . . . \l: Manufacturers' News, information company that conducts the IDinois indi^tralcensus and maintains data bases on Wisconin and Missouri, logged an overall toes of 134 Land of Lincoln number two manufacturing firms in 197IL., Bum, - ....... ..... , .. •'The rising management growth underscores Illinois' continuing position as numb corporate headquarters state," MN president Howard Dubin pointed out. It also _ companies are putting more managers on the job to improve productivity in an inflationary^ climate. Both are healthy signs." • njinnie ig also the nstion'sieadiitf Second Main office location far companies headquartered I I'S industrial head-count shows more than 2,000 Illinois central administrative offices employing about 146,000 people - usually to provide centralised elsewhere, Dubin said. Dubin's management and supporting services for an out-of-state parent company. In large multi-unit companies, these services include management and policy formation, research and development, warehousing, direct sales to customers, electronic data processing. l "Through companies based here, large and small, and offices vital to companies based elsewhere, Illinois tends to specialise in management," Dubin said. "So the increase of management jobs in 1976 is not surprising." v • Another impetus for management growth: manufacturing companies continue!#JWde production processes into more and ntare specialized operations to increase worker productivity. Each new specialized operation creates a new managementjOb. "Division of labor has been basic to business and economics since Adam Smith,"Dubin pointed out "With increasing costs due to rising state taxes and expanding regulatory requirements in the environmental-energy sphere, Illinois manufacturers must either seek new ways to generate higher productivity or leave the state for less costly areas. "Because Illinois government is often downright hostile to business, many opt to leave. Thus Illinois gains a few management jobs while losing companies and many production jobs." On the other hand, Dubin said, many critics see growth of managers as burgeoning bureaucracy in business. '--' . . V-' ' " •: "Bureaucracy is fast becoming a management crisis," said Dubin. "Each new manager needs a support system to keep up a flow of accurate information for decision-making. But since there's no accepted way to measure information productivity, unproductive bureaucracies spring up, to choke our economic strength. " "Industry struggles to contain rising administrative costs by automating information handling. But.-the streamlining of information management must extend beyond computers to other administrative tools - typewriters, word processors, dictating machines, telephone and Telex networks, recording devices, copiers and duplicators, facsimile transmission, microfilm, office mall, simple filing systems. It must also extend to people using these tools -secretaries, typists, -- and clerks, administrative personnel and people who process applications, claims, inquiries. "This challenge to better information management, though worldwide in scope, is particularly vital to Illinois where management is so integral to a healthy economy,\ Dubin said. rd opera! , orders and : L o w M i l e s ? Rolling back the odometer and then selling a 1973 model car has cost a Decatur man $1,750. A consumer complaint to Attorney General William J1 Scott's office sparked an in­ vestigation of the *ale of the "low mileage" car. The seller was recently ordered to pay the buyer of the car $1,500 in restitution and was fined $250 in civil penalty by Sangamon county Circuit court Judge James T. Londrigan. July, 1977 The linden, in the fervors of July, Hums with a louder concert. Bryant. July always ushers in the second half of thq calendar year. It's the first month of the fiscal year and has more than ordinary importance in the business world. July is named for Julius Caesar, a change from its former name of Quintilis, changed on the order of Mark Antony, and was the month in which Caesar was born. For Americans July is an especially historic month. Our independence is celebrated on the Fourth, of course, and the Battle of Gettysburg was fought during the first three days of July in 1863. Three of our Presidents were born in July, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge and Gerald Ford. The first admiral in the U.S. Navy, David G. Farragut, was born on July 5, 1801. The Republican Party was founded July 6, 1854, at Jackson, Michigan. One largely forgotten, though relatively recent day, is July 10th. On that day in 1943 the Allies invaded Europe for the first time in World War n. General Dwight Eisenhower led an amphibious invasion of Sicily. July, the first month of full-bloom summer, is the month of vacations, holidays, swimming, boating and outdoor pleasures. DOING THE TWIST Geflfsbwg * \ . / ̂ © cips The momentous battle of Gettysburg erupted be­ fore the eyes of a war torn nation on the first three days of July in 1863 and the result was that, more than any other single battle, it doomed the South's bid for independence. That was true because this was one of two periods during the Civil War that the South's greatest military leader, General Robert E. Lee, felt strong enough to risk invasion of the North. And of the two efforts (the other was in 1862 and ended in the dawn battle of Antietam) this was the greatest. Lee and the South had no design on the North. But it was clear that; unless the war became distasteful enough, the North would never agree to independence for the South. Thus 1863 was really the last long-shot chance for independence achieved by arms for the South. Lee at first meant to attack Philadelphia after crossing the Susquehanna at Harrisburg but when he learned the Army of the Potomac was nearby, he changed his plan and decided to fight an earlier battle-though he didn't plan to fight at Gettysburg. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo* The desperate struggle began by accident on July 1st and its climax came when Union troops decisively repulsed a Confederate attack led by General Pickett's brigade. LET S GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT LOW-COST A U T O I N S U R A N C E . 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