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Musical Family Hour . . . Springtime With Mister Rogers iTed Rogers' "Springtime with Mister Rogers," an hour-long family special with special guests Captain Kangaroo (Bob Kee- shan) and opera star John Reardon, will be broadcast at 7:00 PM, EDT, on Saturday, May 12 on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). (Please check your local PBS station schedule to confirm correct area broadcast date and time.) A production of Family Com­ munications, Inc., "Springtime with Mister Rogers" is made possible by a grant from The Sears-Roebuck Foundation. This year marks Fred Rogers' 25th year in children's tele­ vision. As creator and host of the award - winning "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" series, his belief in children as people, complete with identity, dignity and value is clearly visible. As always in his television shows, Rogers presents children with an important learning ex­ perience while they're being entertained. Just as doctors worry about strong bones, Fred Rogers worries about strong characters. He never tells chil­ dren to be nice and do certain things. He shows them and gives them credit for being smart enough to follow. Rogers sets the stage for "Springtime with Mister Rog­ ers" this way: "Springtime is the ideal time of year to think about growing and changing," he says in his low-key manner. "People redecorate their houses and their lives inside and out, and in the process they often discover some new deep-down things in themselves and oth­ ers. In our springtime special that deep-down feeling is car­ ing and cooperation, which is brought out when neighbors work together to help a friend in the community." An ordained minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Rogers has dedicated his minis­ try to working with children and their families through the medium of television. The rec­ ognition he's received during the past 25 years includes a George Foster Peabody Award, five Emmy Award nominations, an NET Special Award and t Saturday Review Television Award. "Springtime with Mister Rog­ ers" is the latest tribute to Fred Rogers' work in children's tele­ vision and to the dodication and understanding he brings to his ministry. Safety Hints By Alan J. Dixon Secretary of State After another winter of hard driving, your car should be checked to make sure it is ready for the hot summer ahead. There are a number of things that you or your service attendant should check, if you haven't done so already 1.) Fluids: Check engine oil, transmission oil, power steering fluid and coolant Add as needed. It is recommended that you keep your radiator full of a mixture of 50 percent antifreeze and 50 percent water for warm weather driving to prevent overheating. Caution: Never remove the radiator pressure cap when the engine is hot. 2.) Battery: Check for corosion on cables and ter­ minals, a common cause of starting trouble. If your battery uses water, check the level and add distilled water as needed When working near a battery, be sure there is no open flame Do not smoke. Batteries emit explosive hydrogen gas » 3.) Drive belts and hoses: Frayed or worn belts should be replaced. Inspect all hoses for leaks, softness, cracks or blisters. Replace if necessary. Tighten hose clamps A bad hose easily can leave you stranded. (A copy of the Rules of the Road will be sent to you upon request. Write to Alan J. Dixon, Secretary of State. Springfield, 111 , 62756.) Nutrition specialists sug­ gest we use more spices and less salt in foods. Lemon juice adds flavor to low-salt diets. Salt added to foods is more habit than a necessity. KREME LEMON CHOCOLATE HONEY DIPPED OLD FASHIONED PLA/̂ 1,112,345 WINNERS LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR YOUR CHANCES ARE EVEN BETTER. Last year, we had a game that offered 3 ways to win. This year, with our new Easy Dough game, there are 5 games to play. Which gives you 5 ways to win. We're offering over $1,000,000 in food and cash prizes. So play Easy Dough today. There's no purchase necessary. The game is void where prohibited by law. It's open to everyone 16 years and ol^er at participating Dunkin' Donuts shops. - The game ends June 30,1979. V w- •JHMJS'iASV 00U6H DOViVTi 9 WAYS TO WIN QAME n iTi WORTH TX* TRIP V * if M~* pi*, G«Mly 4 » • caq, •* urn '• »>» tmmd pr<i«» IP TO (1.000 4504 W. RTE. 120 McHENRY DUNKIN'̂ DONUTS Its worth the trip. P5W. *Kstimatfd figure For further details, contact Marden Kane. Inc .b66 |-ifth„Ave N\ N\ T V COMMENTARY NBC'S high-school-level Julian Bond editorials on the Today show detract from what was once a better news pro­ gram. The Today show seems to be edging more into fea­ tures and personality blurbs and away from solid news. THE best news program mornings these days is the CBS Morning News. It's a traditional news program, and honestly attempts to cover the news. ABC'S Howard K. Smith a former print newsman, and much-needed after rf»rry Reasoner left, is quitting. One wonders how Smith managed to stay with show-biz ABC as long as he did. THIS is the network which began the process of turning news programs into Barbara Walters features, also that which led the parade of crime, sex and degeneracy, and won the biggest audience in the process, unfortunately. Rea­ soner, now Smith, bows out. SMITH waVone of the few newsmen in New York who had the courage, and wisdom. By Bente Chrlstensen to voice a note of restraint or conservatism once in a while. In the far-left atmosphere he found himself in, in New York, that took courage and was a certain kiss of death. THE objection some voice to the new superstations is that programs aren't free, that the far-away viewer, since he gets the superstation on cable TV, is paying for television programming. CABLE companies, using superstations, are coming into their own, financially. In areas where population is concentrated and Cable TV of­ fers viewers great variety, the profit potential is now enor­ mous. A charge of eight or nine dollars a month can pro­ duce considerable monthly in­ come. IN some states cable com­ panies are today legally dis­ puting city and county author­ ities on the question whether they're public utilities. There are new questions and prob­ lems to be considered in this evolving trend to cable TV. LOUISA'S LETTER Dear Louisa, I met a girl while 4 was in school and fell in love with her. She's all that anyone could wish as a wife. After going together for two years we were married. I hadn't met her family until after we were married, as she worked in the city where I was taking my medical course and her family lived in another state. I was very disappointed in her family. They not only seemed ignorant to me, but their standards of living were bad. In other words 1 simply couldn't enjoy being with them. I could only marvel that a girl as dainty and with as fine a character as my wife has, could be related to such peo­ ple. This is my problem. My wife has no idea how I feel toward her relatives as 1 wouldn't hurt her feelings for the world but I have been offered a partnership in her home town with an older doc­ tor and she is very eager for me to take it. I feel that this would be a mistake. What would you do if you were I? M.D.-Minn. Answer: First of all, I would be very honest with myself and find out if my wife's people were really as ignorant and unat­ tractive as you think them to be or if you're being snobbish because they're not as promi­ nent socially as you would like them to be. After all, there are fine people in this world who can't afford fine clothes and expen­ sive homes. They may not have a silver service but, on the other hand, they may be sincere, loyal people, who are kind and helpful to others. Surely if your wife is such a fine person and loves her family so much, they must have some good qualities. On the other hand, if they're rowdy, rough people who will interfere with your practice as a young physician, you will do well to get as far away from them as possible when you start your career. Louisa. Address letters: Louisa, Box 532, Orangeburg. S.C. 29115 ABOUT , YOUR I J HOME Tidy up your workshop by hanging a peg board panel behind the working area for hanging small tools. If your fruit trees have set too much fruit, pick some off by hand and you'll have better fruit and avoid broken limbs. If wildlife invades your home garden and destroys By April Rhodes plants, most garden centers carry chemical repellents for deer, rabbits, raccoons, etc. Did you know that your hair spray and perfume often attract flying insects? Use them sparingly on outings in warm weather. PAGE 19 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. MAY 30,-1979 STAMPS AND STORIES FOR THE PRESS: A HATCHET JOB By Edwin Feulner v My colleagues in the media are incredibly naive to be­ lieve that the public is going to support them in the current controversy involving the rights of reporters versus the rights of a person claiming to have been libeled. The case already has traveled to the Supreme Court. On April 18 the Court decided by a margin of six-to-three that lawyers for the allegedly injured party in a libel suit do have the right to probe the "state of mind" of reporters in trying to establish the facts. The U.S. media establishment immediately raised its usual loud cry, claiming that subjecting the editorial process to such review would have a "chilling effect" on th^,Fourth Estate. Be that as it maj, for those journalists who have never heard the term before, I would like to put the libel issue in perspective by discussing a very venerable journalistic tradi­ tion: The Hatchet Job. The Hatchet Job, as its name implies, is the journalistic equivalent of a scalping. And any journalist who claims not to have participated in, or at least had prior knowledge of one, is either a saint or a liar. Usually, the victim of a hatchet job is a "public figure" a candidate for some office or other, a well known person­ ality, a public office-holder, someone whose position or activities makes him or her newsworthy. As in any human endeavor, there will be those who will disapprove of the activities or beliefs of such public figures, including critics within the news media. When this disapproval becomes laced with hate, or some other perverse but very natural instinct, the hatchet is wielded. And with grand old journalistic flair, the public is told more than they ever wanted to know. Now I don't want you to think for even one minute that the hatchet is never deserved. Most of the time it i§. That is where the journalist's defense comes in; if a journalist can show that the article or broadcast is factual, the journalist is in the clear. In fact, when this is the case--when allegations against a person are true -- it is no longer a hatchet job; it is, as in the case of the small California weekly newspaper that recently won the Pulitzer Prize for exposing certain shenanigans at the Synanon drug rehabilitation complex, darn good journalism. The trouble begins when the journalist can not prove the report was factual. In the absence of fact, the odds increase that the injured party was, indeed, the victim of a hatchet job. Either that, or the victim of very sloppy reporting. That is why I support the court's decision. While still clouded by certain legal complexities involving the pre-trial "discovery" process, I am one of those individuals who believes a person's reputation is perhaps his most important possession next to his health. If the media publish or broadcast falsehoods about a person it is absolutely necessary for the courts to be able to establish whether or not the reporters I) knew that the mate­ rial was false, and 2) having established that, whether or not they felt any "malice" towards the injured party. For all its legal complexities this is what the court's decision was all about: fairness. It is too easy to excuse the wrong-doings of reporters in the name of press freedom. I don't think the public is going to buy it any more. I do not know and do not care who is right or wrong in the controversial case ruled on by the court. But I do know A*hy the public is not nearly as concerned as the media; it's because they know we are not above using 'ftur baser instincts, on occasion, against those with whom we disagree. (Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation, a Washington-based public policy research institute. FORGE; By Stanley /antes General George W. *h;ng- ton and his troop, spent the winter of 1777-78 «~;ic?mped at Valley Forge, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, det< nix. ' to halt the advance t Br sh forces. It was a cold, bitt - v r, and Washington's ar :y v as ill equipped to cope vitf the prevailing con i ns His troops lacked suf .» t c thes and blankets to \ 'h tan» th< frigid winds a. 1 swirlin, snows. Food was arce/> Malt starved men hud .led b\ the campfires. despe itely trying to warm themst ves. Mean­ while, in nearby hiladelphia. British troops wet • wining and dining in the cOmtort of heated homes. It was not the kind of thing to foster good morale among the Americans. Only Washing­ ton's personal attention held his shivering army together. Going from campfire to camp- fire, he comforted and en­ couraged the men. The American lines held, all through the winter. In the spring, fresh supplies and re inforcements arrived, led bv LaFayette. Washington's winter, at Valley Forge is commeiho rated by three United Stale i postage stamps. Two of them, a two-center issued May 26. 1928 and the other a 13-cent Christmas stamp issued in October, 1977, feature Wash­ ington kneeling in prayer The third stamp, issued May 29, 1976, was actually a souvenir sheet showing Washington re­ viewing his troops at Valley Forge. RECIPE By Sarah Anne Ktirr* Fresh peach? be available. These easy-. ake dishes will add color to lamily meals and perk up jaded ap­ petites. Fresh Peach Ice Cre; m 2 c crushed fresh < -aches 2 c sugar 1 qt thin cream Add sugar to the crushed peaches, let stand until sag*-" is dissolved. Stir in cream gradually. Chill and freeze Summer Salad 1 Pfcg lemon gelatin 2 c hot water 1 c crab meat Vi c diced pineapple Vi c blanched shredded al monds Lettuce Mayonnaise Dissolve gelatin in the hot water. Chill until slightly thickened. Add crabmeat. pineapple, celery ar Almonds. Turn into 8 in dividual greased molds. 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