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PAGE 1« - PLAIN DEALER - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER H, 1ITI Editorial "PLAINDEALER. Beer Warning % Beer swiggere were surprised recently to learn - In the headlines - that some beers contained possibly dangerous amounts of nitrosamines - which can, under some circumstances, cause cancer. A public interest organization, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said in a press release that people drinking beer containing nitrosamines were getting more of them in beer than in eating bacon, about which a warning has been issued. But the U.S. public hasn't been told which brewers and which beers are suspect Are the brewers who use chemicals, foam, coloring and speeded-up processes more guilty than those which brew by natural processes? The public ought to be told. The Military Need Half of the members of Congress are warning the nation of the failing voluntary military system but the other half are willing to continue taking a chance on it, fearing an adverse voter reaction if anything like selective service is voted again. Congressman Les Aspin recently pointed out one of the best evidences of failure. The Pentagon is today paying more than 16 billion a year to retired pensioners in their thirties, forties and fifties. These aren't disabled veterans...this is retirement pay. Aspin says 774,000 Americans now in the work force are getting a military pension and only 18 percent of them are over 66. In other words, lush early retirement benefits offered by the armed services to attract volunteers has worked-the volunteers were attracted; and as soon as they became eligible for a pension, too many got out at a relatively young age. Nothing is wrong with that practice, individually. But looked'at fromtbe basis of cost and the result to the armed services, one sees the high-pay system isn't working. Costs are rising each year; many of the pensioners are double-dippers; and the services already critically short of trained personnel are growing even shorter. PLAINDEALER Letters to the hjlitor Public Pulse (Th» invito. Hi* public to in* thl» thi» column at an •>pr*tiion ot th«ir vimwt on Mik|ocH of |tnor*l IjMffMl In ow community Owe only roqwot* i* thot KM writer, givo • tifnoturo. tull.MdroM ond phono numbor. Wo otk too. •hot ono individual not writ* on tfco tamo tubfoct mora thon one* oach month. Wo rotonr* th* right to dol*t* any material which w» con,id*r lib*lout or in obtoctionoblo tott*.) APPLAUD LAND USE "Editor: "The McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation district would like to commend the McHenry County board for its intelligent and foresighted decision on Oct. 4, 1979. "Illinois and McHenry county are blessed with some of the world's richest soils. By passage of this ordinance the board has pledged that McHenry county will continue to use its land for the benefit and welfare of all people and for generations to come. "Special interest groups in the past have tried to convince the public that 'there is an overabundance' of prime farmland soils. However, with the growing world population and a fixed amount of land it will take our best soils and our biggest crops toieed the world. "One acre of prime farmland taken out of production today will cause another acre of marginal land to be brought into production tomorrow. These marginal lands require more energy, management, fertilizer in order to farm and are generally more erosive. "The action by the County board on the zoning ordinance is 'money in the bank' for future generations. "The McHenry County Soil and Water Conservation District" "Charles J. Budreck, Jr. "Chairman" Legislators State Senator Jack Schaffer (R) - 33rd. 56 N. Williams St. Crystal lake, 111., 60014 Phone 455-0309 Springfield Phone 217-782-6525. Karl Berning (R) - 32nd 625 Deerfield Road Deerfield, 111., 60015 Phone 312-945-3200 State Representatives Thomas J. Hanahan (D) - 33rd 4801 W. Route 120 McHenry, 111., 60050 Phone 385-3427 Springfield Phone 217-782-6476 Calvin L. Skinner, Jr., (R) - 33rd P.O. Box 308 Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone 459-6050 Springfield Phone 217-782-8000. Donald E. Deuster (R) - 32nd 510 N. Lake St. Mundelein, 111., 60060 Phone 312-566-1972 Daniel M. Pierce (D) - 32nd 580 Roger Williams Ave. Highland Park, 111., 60035 Phone 312-433-2551 s Li .S. Senators Charles H. Percy (R) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3859 Chicago, Illinois., 60604 Phone 312-353-4962 Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3960 Chicago, Illinois 60604 Phone 312-353-5420 U.S. Congressmen John B. Anderson (R) 301 W. State St. Rockford, HI., 61101 Phone 815-962-8807 Robert McClory (R) 326 N. Genesee St. Waukegan, 111., 60085 Phone 312-336-4554. Betty Lou Reed (R) 927 Holly Court Deerfield, 111., 60015 Phone 312-945-9260 32nd For Your Information D*orfri*nds, It would cost $1500 to $5000 In foot and por* mMs to bring a dood body and Its belongings bock to tho U.S. whoro doath occurs ovorsaos • so statos tho Amorlcan Council on Llfo Insuran­ ce. Vacatlonors and othors planning to spond considerable tima abroad should bo financially proparod for such on omorgoncy. PETER M.JUSTEN funeral̂ home McHENRV. ailNOIS - 3U4M1 (Your Congressmen $ Agriculture Here's how area Members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes Oct. 4 through Oct. 10. HOUSE Vista Vetoes--The House adopted, 229 for and 178 against, an amendment permitting local officials to keep federal Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) projects out of their areas. VISTA volunteers give economic, educational, health and social assistance to the poor. Hie amendment, attached to a bill (HR 2859) authorizing domestic volunteer programs, was one of several offered to counter alleged political activism in VISTA. The bill was passed and sent to the Senate. Rep. Ken Kramer, R-Colo., the sponsor of the amendment, said Washington must realize it cannot "force down the throats of local communities those things that they are resistant to...." Hep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., an opponent, said the amendment would politicize VISTA "by bringing politicians into a situation to engige in harassment tactics of poor people..." Members voting "yea" favored the local veto. Rep. Robert McClory, R-13, voted "yea." Rep John Anderson, R-16, did not vote. LEAA Money--The House rejected, 181 for and 224 against, an amendment to enable small police departments to get Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) grants for buying equipment It was proposed to an LEAA bill (HR2061) whose thrust was to direct federal crime-fighting grants away from equipment purchases and toward improving the criminal justice process. The bill was headed toward final passage and the Senate. Rep. Harold Volkmer, D-Mo., the sponsor, said his amendment was needed because otherwise the bill prohibited small communities "from getting the actual things they need such as photographic equipment in order to take photographs.. .at the scene of a crime right after the crime has been committed." Rep. Lamar Gudger, D-N.X., an opponent, said "the greatest criticism against the LEAA in recent history was the use by so many law enforcement agencies of federal dollars...to buy hardware..." Members voting "nay" did not want LEAA grants to fund small equipment purchases by police and sheriff's departments. McClory voted "nay." Anderson did not vote. Abortion--By a vote of 162 for and 234 against, the House refused to soften its hardline against federally-funded abortions. The vote came on an amendment that would have continued current law, which permits subsidized abortions when pregnancy results from rape or incest, or when it will endanger the mother's life or long-term health. The House chose instead to allow taxpayer- financed abortions only when the mother's life is at stake. The amendment was offered to a bill (HJ Res 413) providing funds for the Department of HEW that was approved and sent to the Senate. »•'. . • * Rep. Peter Peyser, D-N.Y., a supporter of the softening amendment, said "we are voting on whether poor women are going to have the same rights" as those who can afford to pay for abortion without government help. Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., an opponent, said: "When we talk compromise on this issue what we are asked to compromise is human life." Members voting "yea" favored a more lenient abortion policy. McClory voted "nay." Anderson did not vote. SENATE Energy Board--The Senate approved, by a vote of 68 for and 25 against, a bill creating an Energy Mobilization board to speed projects intended to reduce U.S. oil imports. "Hie measure (S 1306) would permit the board to override other federal agencies if they failed to act on designated "fast-trade" projects. The board could also waive certain state and local regulations. The bill was sent to the House. Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., a supporter, said the bill wc the "centerpiece by which we really move in the field of ei Sen. Edmund Muskie, D-Maine, an opponent, said the bill's precendented intrusions into state and local prerogatives to | the health and safety erf citizens" are objectionable. Members voting "yea" favored the energy board. / Sens. Adlai Stevenson, D, and Charles Percy, Jt, voted "yea." World Bank--The Senate adopted, 50 for and 44 against, an amendment that killed House-passed language that would have prohibited U.S. contributions to the World Bank. Dozens of developed countries contribute to the bank, which in turn lends to Third World countries. The vote came during debate on a foreign aid bill (HR 4473) lati passed and sent to conference with the House. The language kille by this vote also sought to prevent World Bank loans to Cuba. In a' separate vote,'the Senate went on record as opposed to any U.S. foreign aid reaching Cuba. Sen. Paul Tsongas, D-Mass., sponsor of the amendment, said the House-passed language must be killed because in the long run "it may mean the death" of the World Bank. Sen. Harry Byrd, I-Va., an opponent of the amendment, said its message was "that we do not want to use tax funds directly to aid Cuba but it is all right to go in the back door and have tax funds used for that purpose." Senators voting "yea" favored the amendment. Stevenson and Percy voted "yea." tmWit changes in the tederal^aSg regulations to improve grading efficiency and reduce grading variations. Under the proposal, meat would be graded only as car­ casses or sides, .and beef, mutton, and lamb would be graded only at the plant in which the animals • are slaughtered. Veal and calf would be graded only after the ' hide is removed and only in the plant where such removal occurs. Assistant Secretary Carol Tucker Foreman said this practice would reduce some of ' the variations in grading which results when meat in offered, for grading as carcasses or sides and later as quarters or wholesale cuts, and at locations distant from the point of slaughter. Provisions would be made for grading damaged sides. Foreman said the new proposal is based on comments and information developed as a result of a January, 1978, proposal, which the depart­ ment withdrew Oct. 12. Additional changes-applying only to beef-would: -Define "beef carcass" more specifically to reduce confusion over what constitutes a car­ cass. -Specify that a beef carcass be ribbed at least 10 minutes before it is offered for grading. This will allow the grade determining factors-marbling and color, texture and firmness of the lean-time to develop to the extent needed for an ac­ curate grade determination to be made. * -Permit the yield grade mark to be removed from of­ ficially graded beef carcasses or cuts which have a layer of fat (natural or trimmed) % inch or less. This specifies how thick the fat layer can be before yield grade designations may be removed. Removing these grade marks will permit low yield cuts to be accepted in the marketplace after fat cover has been removed. Clarify language in the present regulations which prevents trimming that alters the actual Tat cover over the ribeye if a carcass is to be presented for grading. Certain practices designed to alter the fat cover are considered fraudulent and deceptive practices if the carcass is presented for grading. Also published in January, Hi mk m, W'l label ;"U.S. meat which USDA grade department will consider this proposal separately after completion of a survey being received a tion. The now on consumer ions of grade names, ce of the new proposal was published in the Oct. 16 Federal Register. Copies may be obtained from Meat Quality Division, Food Safety and * V; -V.. m # * '* . < , ' Quality Service, Washington,.D.C. 20250. Comments should be sub­ mitted in duplicate by Dec. 17 to the Executive Secretariat, FSQS, rm. 3807-S, USDA, Washington, D.S., 20250. • j 4 Since Saturday, Sept. 8, an independent group of specialists > in radiation protection operates a hotline to answer questions on the effects of radiation. Anyone in HHnois can call the toll free number 800-942 and talk directly to a health" physicist about * radiation ef­ fects. The sole purpose of the health physics jirofession is the protection of man and his en­ vironment from the harmful effects of radiation while en­ couraging its best use for the benefit of mankind. Shortly before successful operation of the first nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago in 1942, a group of physicists concerned about the health of people working on the project and the public, took on the assignment of coping with the radiation hazards. These physicists were called health physicists, and the profession known as health physics was born. 1 " In keeping with their concern for the radiological protection of people and the environment,. THI 1 GAS PUMP If you like your car, treat it well. It will run smoothly, keep its power and give best gas mileage if properly cared for. Periodically, every car needs a tune-up. The cost is reasonable, particularly in view of the fact that neglect in this area can lead to other, more expensive prob­ lems. If a preschool child's eyes seem all right, there's no need for an eye checkup until he, or she, gets to school. Absolutely false: One in twenty children in the preschool years, age 3 to 5, has a vision defect. All vision problems benefit from early treatment-and some must be caught before age 6 or 7 if treatment is to be effective. For the pamphlet, "Your Child's Sight," write Prevent Blind­ ness, 79 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016. from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS October 25, 1954 -- A session of the President's Cabi­ net is televised for the first time. October 26, 1825 -- Erie Candl opened for traffic. October 27, 1904 --. The first subway to prove practi­ cal starts its operations in New York. October 28, 1636 -- Harvard College is founded. October 29, 1923 -- Turkey becomes a republic. October 30, 1948 -- Approximately 800 European dis­ placed persons arrive in New York City under the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. 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ILLINOIS 8TATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217-522-5514 Answer to questions on government regulations. ~ your v . an independent group of physicists in , Illinois started atoll free hotline to person-to-person informal on the effects of radiation. All questions will be answered by health physicists. The participants in this project are volunteering their le. Money for^phone service is^tjeing provided by a small grantvfrom the Health Physics society. The society was founded in 1956 imd has ap­ proximately 4,000 members worldwide. "We believe that the public has the ability and interest to deal with facts properly if they are given the chance," said Mac Robinet, a health physicist in the project. "We will not tell people that there are no risks or that there are no problems." Robert Wynveen, manager of the Health Physics section at Argonne National laboratory and an independent health physicist in the project said, "We will answer questions about the effects of radiation, and we will try to put the risk in perspective. We believe that if people are given unbiased' cts.they will make intelligent ~ ~ nc ** >ns. v Cindy May&, another health physicist in the project said, "We will be honest with people. Some questions may not have clear cut answegf. In those cases, well try to give the caller the most conservative atid the least conservative views." • Mayes further said, "There is a mystique about radiation which sometimes makes it difficult to see things ob­ jectively. 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