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PAGE 14 - PLAINDEALER • WEDNESDAY, JUNE TT, IMS ' PLAINDEALER^ V. Editorial Opinion ARMS EXPORTS CEOTKAL AMERICA'H Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) WASHINGTON - Here's how are* member* of Confrese wan recorded on major roll call votes JunoH* HOUSE EPA - By a vote of 888 for and 187 against, the House raised the Environmental Protection •fancy's fiscal 1M4 budget by $290 million over the recommendation of the D«noeratic-controIled House Appropriations committee. This raised 19S4 EPA spending to $1.1 billion, which is H80 millionmore than requMted by President Reegan and equivaleat to the pre-Reagan EPA budget The vote occurred durin^debate on an appropriations bill (HE 8138) that Fnrmer EPA Administrator Am>e Burford had threatened sanctions such as off highway grants, saying she was obligated to enforce the law as WHowew,<nSS?townu*ers saw her threat as a veiled attempt to pressure Congress to weesen the Clean Air act. iSevote occurred as the House debated HR 3183 < see preceding vote) y * Supporter Henry Waxman, D-Calif„ said the House must Mm* tbe AteinUtration's effort to push through a toothless peanAir act,- • ",D-Mich.,iiaid this vote is a vote on the environment. _ _ I I .M,.w to block EPA sanctions against counties now later waa sent to the "the House hss Opponent Bill shortcoming and that money at problems. whrth, D-Colo., complained that for the past two years " in maasive, severe budget cuts at the EPA.'" R-Mim., said bad management hasbaen the EPA's •e tired of ConpNSS tossing their than recommended by the than the president wants and 10 percent tiptf committee. Voting no; Philip Crane, R-12. CLEAN AIR - The Hofciss voted, 2*7 for and 1M against, to prevent rom penalising any of them counties in liO congressional districts i [the Clean Air act the EPA that, due The Last Train Much romance has been written about legendary trains. There was a story in the country about the last train from Atlanta. Recently there was a story about the last private passenger train trip-to Atlanta. It slipped up on us but there it was. The Seaboard system's four-car private passenger service from Augusta to Atlanta made its last run. It was the last private passenger train in the U.S. The Denver and Rio Grande Western ended its service in April. The only private passenger train service left, it's said, is from Neenah, Wis., to Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., aboard the caboose. The government now runs everything else. < Forty years ago, the question of government-operated railroads was a I popular high school and college debating topic. Will students soon be debating v government-operation of the airlines, so many of which have been losing money? Summer Vacations f Millions of Americans face summer with the unshaken conviction the entire family must be carted off, some distance, on a two-week vacation at the beach, ; in the mountains or with Aunt Hattie at Kokomo. But in recent years with traffic, costs and congestion what they are today, • vacations sometimes leave participants more depleted at the end than in the > beginning. Travel experts tell us vacations needn't be far from home: in fact, they can be taken at home-if the routine can be broken. And if vacations are to include travel, it's best not to undertake too much of it, or long travel tied to strict schedules. Even on European vacations, settle for one or two countries per trip. Go in . spring or fall, if possible, when the crowds are thinned out. In this country good advice is to avoid crowds, holiday weekends and heavy '» traffic. If one can decide to rest, rather than push, the end result will likely be i more enjoyable and recuperative. -- " " P L A I N D E A L E R " ^ Tele-Tax Gives Full Service J.R. Starkey, Internal Revenue Service district director for Northern Illinois, reminds area residents with tax questions that they can still can Tele-Tax, the now 84-hour, 7-day-a- week recorded tax information ser­ vice provided by the Internal Revenue Service. Tele-Tax is available to taxpayers with pushbutton telephones and has 141 information tapes on tax subjects such as filing requirements, itemised deductions, tax deductions, tax credits, dependents, and adjustments to income, according to Starkey. To use Tele-Tax, Northern Illinois taxpayers can call either Chicago (312-888-8814) or RockfOrd (815-987- 4888). By punching in the appropriate tape numbers, the taxpayer hears the tax information message he or she wants. Taxpayers without access to the tape topics and their correspon­ ding tape numbers can hear a list of the tapes by following the recorded instructions. The complete list of tapes is also available in Publication 810, '"Taxpayer's Guide to IRS In­ formation and Assistance." Publication 810 is available by calling the IRS at 435-1048 in Chicago, or 1-800-484-1040 elsewhere in Illinois between 8 a.m. and 4:80 p.m. week days. Tele-Tax began operation Jan. 8, and continues on a year-round basis. If a taxpayer calls from outside the local (hiding area of any Tele-Tax number there will be a long-distance charge. Letter to the Editor Public Pulse I The Pioind#ol«r invites the public to wso fhi% column os on expression of their views on subjects of fooorol in­ terest in our community Our only request is that the writers give signoture full address and phone number. Wo ask too thot on* individual not write on the some subfect more than once a month. Wo reserve the right to delete any motenol which wt consider libelous or in objectionable taste.) FLAG THIEVES "Editor: * "I'd like to share my disappointing : experiences with fellow readers. i "Several years ago I lost a dear, elderly uncle who lived next door. He ' was buried with a beautiful flag on his I casket given to him by the Veterans of * Foreign Wars. I hung this flag in my J yard with pride and great sentiment s on a flag pole this uncle had erected 4 many years before. * "One day I looked up and the flag * was gone. I had a light on this flag and ; rope to take it down even though I flew 4 it constantly. I really was awed. I J couldn't believe someone would steal » an American flag. Although the sentiment couldn't be J replaced, I purchased another flag. But this time I attache^ it directly to ft the pole with wires. "Would you believe, someone stole ^ my flag again this spring? This time £ they apparently climbed the flag pole > and cut it down. The metal rivets are £ still on the pole. \ "Does this mean that^ living fy t McHenry, we can't display the #* American flag without 7fear of someone stealing it? v_y *• "I hope this person takes a good i* look at himself in the mirror. £ "Sincerely, "C.L. Prather £ "Oakhurst Subdivision, McHenry" f. LANDFILL •* "Letter to the Editor: ;* "After attending a meeting of tije >1 McHenry County Improvement - association, one wonders what their $ definition of improvement is! Ac- * cording to their secretary, who * represents some 300 members, there J is no waste disposal problem in the >county, since he recycles his garbage. J This is the same person who states 4 that a certain company has a bad \ record because they are in litigation, «implying, I presume, that our system I-i For Your Information""" of justice has been changed and one is now guilty until proven to be innocent. "MCIA maintains that they don't believe that a landfill is needed in McHenry county. Just last year the McHenry County board appointed a study committee on septic waste disposal and their people came back with a recommendation that septic waste be combined with a garbage landfill, since both were needed. I- happen to agree with Mayor Godo of Harvard and County board member, Cal Skinner. The county should own and control the site, leasing it out to the highest bidder. The lease will make the payments on the land and at the end of the landfill's usefulness, the area can be turned into a park or recreational area, all at no cost to the citizens of McHenry. "There well may be problems with setting this up, but as the saying goes, 'If you want the fruit of the tree, you have to go out on a limb'. MCIA, in my opinion, would be well advised to begin work on how to help the county find a way to develop a controlled landfill, instead of «««nming the position of an antagonist. "The members of the McHenry County board are looking for a solution to a very serious problem and I know they would welcome our help and support They live in every area of the county and I know from first hand experience that they are more concerned about the impact of each and every proposal on the quality of life in this county, than are most of the people who are only heard from on special interest issues. If you are going to write to a County board member, as MCIA suggest, offer constructive ideas,: suggestions and help. I know they wfil appreciate hearing your views. Do this, if you are really interested in improvement for McHenry county. "William J. Fitsgerakl "Former County Board Member "7517 Howe Prive "Editor: "Wonder Lake" "I have received several telephone calls and letters regarding the proposed 'landfill' currently under discussion by committees . of The McHenry County board. "When 1 first compaigned for the' County board, I opposed the concept of a 'county owned* landfill. I haven't changed my mind about this. I believed thai, and I believe now, that as politicians, we should keep our hands out of operating a county-owned landfill. In these hard economic times, I cannot vote for spending millions of taxpayers dollars to finance a project we simply don't have the money to underwrite. I also believe that the legal liabilities, should we have an accident, would be monumental. "I agree with Health and Agriculture chairwoman, .. Ann Hughes, that the county should not own the landfill. In fact, in my own mind, I'm not sure we should establish a •landfill' at all.. "I'm a firm believer that when we talk landfill, we must also couple with it some form of resource recovery, recycling and incineration. I would, in fact, like to see us negotiate with load landfill operators in McHenry county as a first step in solving the problem. Contracting out to local landfill operators would give us added time to examine more possibilities for solving the problem. "As an Earth Science instructor at both the junior high school and junior college levels, Tve learned, from my geology studies that once we con­ taminate the soO or the ground water,. it could take anywhere from 85 to 100 years to clean up all of the damage. "For myself as only one County board member, I do not want to be 'rushed' into a decision we will all regret in future years. I will keep an open mind, but first among my own priorities is keeping our natural en­ vironment clean and safe. If I have even the slightest doubt about the environment or its well being, you can be sure that I will vote'NO'on the W "Dick Meyers * "Member, McHenry County "Board, Districts "McHenry and - "Nunda Townships" WATERSHED MANAGEMENT "Editor: "Flood control and management of the Nippersink creek watershed wss a responsibility assigned to the Chain Of Lakes-Fox River commission by the 78th General Assembly. To create a Waterway Management agency (Senate Bill 1188 - House Bill 1778) which excludes vital areas of the Nippersink watershed in McHenry township is both unprofessional and short sighted and makes about as much sense as it would to exclude one or more of the Chain Of Lakes from this agency. "Stand up for the public interest of McHenry township ana demand complete Nippersink flood control protection from the Chain Of Lakes- Fox River commission. "A1 Collins "Wonder Lake'" Opponent John Dingsll, I If you vote (yes) you arer Members voting yes v violating the Clean Air act ILLINOIS Voting yes: Philip Crane. PRESIDENTS-By a voteof 844 for and 188 against the House adopted an amendment to cutabout$810,000 earmarked for ex-presidents Carter, Ford and ^--\ck up for their former presidents.) 181, a spending bill later back to the cut was made in Appropriations committee. Sponsor Andrew Jacobs, D-Ind, said taxpayers should not pay "for offices ana for staffs and for plant watering services and for magazines and a whole cornucopia of froebies that most other private citizens must bitty on their own. Opponent John Myers, R-Ind., said be favored creation of "a commission to make a study of this and find out what is reasonable and what is not reasonable for the taxpayers to pick up for our former presidents." Members voting yes wanted taxpayers to* provide only Secret Service protection and pensions for ex-presidents. ILLINOIS Young yes: Philip Crane. ABORTION - By a vote of 826 for and 182 against, the House adopted an amendment prohibiting federal workers from using their government health insurance topay for abortions except when the mother's life is at staker*v. Ifce language was attached to HR 8191 and caused the bill to be defeated and returned to toe Appropriations committee. Members voting yes favored the anti-abortion language. ILLINOIS - Voting yes: Philip Crane.* SENATE ; U MONEY - The Senate approved, 55 for and 84 against, a $8.5 billion UJS. contribution to the International Monetary fund effort to help the world's developing countries stay afloat. This istne U.S. share of 840 billion in replenishment money the IMF says it needs, partly for countries such as Mexico and Brazil mat could set off worldwide' chaos by defaulting on countless billions they owe private bankers. . Critics said the MUD also is a bail-out for imprudent banks, even with its requirement that federal regulators more diligently police U.S. banks that lend overseas. The bill (S885) was sent to the House. Supporter Mack Mattingly, R-Ga., said he "reluctantly" favored the bill "given the reliance of American economic growth on global economic reoovcry...." Opponent Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said "the U.S. Must not buckle undo* to the areata and Idle claims from debt-ridden countries and the international hanking community." -rtf Senators voting yes supported the U.S. contribution to the IMF. , Alan Dixon. D. voted yes. Charles Percy, R, voted yes. SALARIES - By a vote of 55 for aiid 26 against, the Senate tabled (killed) an amendment to prohibit the $8.5 billion U.S. contribution to the IMF (above) »mi--s the agency starts paying lower salaries. r' Based in Washington and of many nationalities, IMF employes can take home as much as 892,000. Nearly 15 percent of the 1,558 IMF staffers have a net pay of at least $54,000. Even though the U.S. has no power over IMF salaries, the amendment recommended a maximum salary of $67,000, the most a U.S. executive branch employee can receive. Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., who supported killing the amendment, said it would force U.S. withdrawal from the IMF and "precipitate the end of this extraordinarily valuable and useful international agency." Sen. Gordon Humphrey, R-N.H., who sponsored the amendment, said "most U S. citizens will be outraged to know they are paying grossly excessive salaries to an organization which in my view is elitist.' Senators voting no wanted lower salaries at the IMF. IL. Dixon voted yes. Percy voted yes. * WHO KNOWS 1. When is Father's Day? 2. When did Alaska be­ come a U.S. state? 3. When did Caster's Last Stand occur? 4. What is generally known as the hurricane season? 5. When does summer begin? 6. On what day in 1836 did Arkansas become a state? 7. When was Florida formally ceded to the United States and by idiom? '8. What is die nautical unit of tpeed? 1. Jane 19, (always the third Sunday in Jane). 2. January 3,1959 as the ifUL 47ii) state. 3. June 25. 1876. 4. Early June through November. 5. June 21, at 8:01 a.m. 6. June 15. 7. On July 17, 1821 by SpSia. 8. The knot. from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK SATIS AN HUTS FISH VESTHYtAIS Jan* 23, 1926--First American lip-reading tournament held, Philadelphia. Jaae 24,1948--President Harry S. Truman signs first peacetime draft act, requiring all men between ages 18 and 23 to serve 21 months. Jaae 25,1638--Massachusetts Bay Gov. John Winthrop introduces first table fork in America. Jaae 26, 1844--John Tyler becomes first incumbent president to wed, as he marries Julia Gardiner. Jaae 27,1888--Helen Keller born deaf, Mind, and mute atTuscumbia.Ala. Jaae 28,1982--U.S. purchased French rights to build 1 Panama Canal. Dear friends. The funeral director is familiar with tha sym­ ptoms of oxtramo grief. Ho must know whan a word from him will steady a mow mar and possibly forestall hystoria, or whan a word from anyono will trigger collapsa. But such symptoms as total withdrawal aro beyond tha scopo of the layman. The clergy and tha family doctor will need the continuing support of family and frionds to help the bereaved over such very deep grief. Respectfully, »» 4 I '<£ * C* 4U PETER M.JUSTEN & SON FlINERAL HOME ARE YOU NEW IN The McHenry Area? Do You Know Someone New? _ We Would like To Extend A Royal Welcome To Every Newcomer To Our Area 111 CALL LORRAINE MONAHAN 385-5475 MUM mum i OB<On ROYAL WELCOME Know Your Area-Royal WolcomoDoos It ftast & al SeM>lce profcsSloTl Direct®1 ̂ JACK WALSH, A6ENT EAKL R. WMLSN, MSSER MSMUNCE ft MK fire. A«t». Mirm. Ufe * MUMUCOMtMM MIS W. Ilm St.. 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NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Phono SOO-424-9393 (Answors quostions about automobila safety defects or whether a particular modal has over been recalled. Valuablo for those Interested in buying a usodcar.) ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES x -^4-Hours Child AbusO Hotline / \TOLL FREE: S00-2S2-2S7B CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION . S00-43S-26S4 '(Operates five national lines. Answers inquires about . utr reporting on tha safety of products from kitchen liances to childron's toys.) NATIONAL SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING INFORMATION CENTER t S00-523-2929 P.O. Box 1407, Rock villa, Md. 20850 (Dispenses information on solar systems for hooting and cooling to anyono from architects to home owners looking for a sun-powered hot-water system.) v CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION 3I2-793-3SS0 A' Chicago, III. BIRTHRIGHT Pregnant? Need Hetpt Counseling Service. 385-2999. 24 hours Answering Service. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 4719 W. 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