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JI^^GE^PLAINDEALEjFUWEDNESD^ News and Views Tax returns may support campaign An Editorial Reestablishing social disciplines in the U.S. By simply placing a check mark in the appropriate block on the federal income tax form, taxpayers may participate in financing the 1984 presidential election campaign, the Internal Revenue Service said. The fund was established by Congress to support public financing of presidential elec­ tion campaigns, according to the IRS A taxpayer wishing to designate $1 of his or her tax money to the fund should mark the "yes" block on the form. On a joint return both taxpayers may choose separately to designate or decline to designate to the fund. If one or both decline, the "no" box should be checked. Designating $1 of tax money to the fund does not increase a taxpayer's tax bill nor decrease a refund, the IKS noted. The "yes" designation does not mean that the $1 qualifies as a political contribution for a tax credit, according to the IRS. After World War II the biggest selling book in America other than the Bible was Dr. Benjamin Spock's child care book. The Spock appeal (and others akin to it) was that he tran­ sferred the burden of respon­ sibility of discipline from parents to the child. Little could go wrong, in the long run, allowing children free self ex­ pression. Affection is more important than strict guidance. Many knew from the begining, this wasn't common sense. The fruits of over-permissiveness ruined a generation, chaos peaking in the sixties, and still evident today. Today the presidential commission studying education and many other bodies are facing most difficult times trying to rebuild the American educational system. It was recently estimated that 40 percent of today's U.S. math and science teachers, for example, are unqualified for their jobs. Many grew up in the post-war permissive age themselves. The educational-social revolution the nation is paying dearly for today was based on the convenient, easy theory that the true goal of education is a New computer suits mature writer just fine E-very now and then there comes a product on the market to warm the cockles of your heart Our own ticker was heated up by all of the hype given in recent days to the new Do-Little I computer. M usin' &, fcanderin BY KAF Its main feature, as indicated by the name, is that it doesn't compute, it merely sits around in a manner described as "much like a pet rock " That's fine with us. Our own first experience with the electronic gadgets came about five or six years ago. The dictum handed down was, "We're getting computers." In deference to our natural reluctance to use anything but a 1951 Smith-Corona, there was no follow-up that said we must learn to operate one, but the message was clear. Would we be an outcast in a new society where small machines can not only make messages appear on the screen but just as quickly send them into space? Of course not! The process may not always be successful, but that has little effect on the thinking of the computer generation. They regard the theory behind it as sound even though there are still some questions among those of us who just press buttons and hope for the best. *5.00 - «/2 HOUR SESSION SUNTANNING WE TAMED THE SUN... . . . a n d m a d e i t c o m f o r t a b l e ! FREE TRIAL CALL 344-2202 UNLIMITED VISITS FOR 30 DAYS... *75 MAX. VISIT -- I Hi. VISITS MUST BE 48 HOURS APART GUARANTEED IMMEDIATE RESULTS... MEDICALLY PROVEN...SAFER THAN THE SUN! ADVANTAGES OVER 'COFFIN" TYPE BEDS D TWICp AS FAST 2 ) FOAM MATTRESS...NO HARD PLASTIC 3) USE OF LOCKER ROOM WITH JACUZZI & SAUNA 4) SAME PRICE! McHENRY NAUTILUS 804 MILL ST. - McHINRY WE HAVE MORE OF EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR EASY LIVING. THE JCPENNEY SPRING/ SUMMER CATALOG READY NOW! Get your new Spring and Summer Catalog today at a JCPenney near you It s only $2 and you II receive a $2 merchandise certificate redeemable on any catalog order you place vrsA Brickyard, Ford City, Fox Valley Center, Gary Village, Golf Mill, Joliet Mall, Lakehurst, Lincoln Mall, Marquette Mall, North Riverside Park. Orland Square, Southlake Mall, Spring Hill Mall, Winston Plaza Woodfield, Yorktown ±LiPfCr£ The years have passed. While we join other writers who still express our thoughts better on a typewriter, we are rather proud of our meager success with the computer. We now press buttons with assurance and certain things happen - most of them as in­ tended. Why they happen ^ still a mystery but to date we have not been required to accumulate the knowledge that sets each act in motion. Unfortunately, our original computer has been joined by two others demonstrating more modern approaches to ac­ complishing the same result. To add confusion, the manufac­ turers have made just enough changes in the keyboard that performing in the same way on the new machines causes strange things to happen. No wonder, then, that we are excited by news of Do-Little I, which does almost nothing. It is the answer for the more mature members of the business world who feel the necessity to keep up with the times but who do it with reluctance. Consider what awkward situations could be avoided if Do-Little were to replace con­ ventional type computers. We tell this true story as an example. Confronted by several illnesses, a friend meticulous in his bookkeeping habits ap­ proached the desk at one of Rockford's large hospitals. His problem was a charge for treatment by a doctor whose very name was unfamiliar to him. As he explained his predicament, a voice from behind spoke up. By coincidence, the doctor in question happened to be walking by and heard mention of his name. He looked at my friend, then said to the bookkeeper, "Take the charge off this man's bill. I never saw him before." The computer had been confronted by man, and man emerged the winner!. better social order. Disciplines, classics, sciences, nfiath, etc., were de-emphasized and replaced by social sciences. Classroom discipline was replaced by teacher-student dialogues, or arguments. The instfuetor was to become more concerned with the how of learning than the what. Progressive education in many schools became anarchy. Violence, lower educational standards, the use of drugs, etc., ruined school after school. In Tecent years the nation has been on the road back. It's important to acknowledge this, but Mso that we are not yet all the way back. There is a long way to go in reestablishing school discipline (and other social disciplines) in the U.S. Our crime rate, the chaos and crime inside U.S. prisons, the high U.S. divorce rate, a low average saving rate, high unemployment even in good times, and other signals, show a lack of discipline is costing the nation dearly. A recent study of the Japanese prison system, compared to ours, tells the discipline story dramatically. The Japanese system brings 70f percent Of all crimes to conviction. The U.S. manages only arrests in less than 20 percent. There has never been a prisoner hostage crisis in Japan. No guard has ever been killed by inmates - only 35 escapes in the past seven years. The U.S.1 averages 8,000 annually. In England and other European countries the record is not that good - but better than U.S. record. So Americans must obviously relearn the common sense lesson that discipline is one of the necessary building stones of life, in family, school and business. 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