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PAGE 8 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, FEBRUARYJ7, 1978 u; ai !» "MEANWHILE BACK AT THE COURTHOUSE" BRANCH I COURT Associate Judge In a hearing before Judge I^eonard Brody on Feb. 8, Kenneth Witz, 706 Nancy lane, McHenry. withdrew a plea of not guilty and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving amended from driving while intoxicated Witz was placed on ninety days probation, fined $5<) and costs, and sentenced to seven days in jail A charge of possession of cannabis was not prosecuted by the state. BRANCH III COURT Associate Judge In hearings before Judge Leonard Brody on Feb 15, Thomas H Fishback, Lake Zurich, was found guilty of having no valid registration and fined $10 and costs Douglas W. Reith. Wheaton, guilty of speeding, fined $25 and costs. Roger W. Kurchina, 4716 Garden Quarter, McHenry, guilty of speeding, fined $25 and costs Kenneth D Kluth, 1213 S. Capri Terrace. McHenry, guilty of speeding, fined $20 and costs Richard M Jagisch, Mun- delien. guilty of having no valid trailer registration, fined $10 anH costs. Roger A Rairie, 4112 Crystal I^ake road, guilty of speeding, fined $20 and costs Kenneth A Morrissette, Wauwatosa, Wis., guilty of failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, fined $50 and costs. Stephan Slobidsky. Downers Grove, guilty of speeding, fined $16 and costs John A Traff, 921 Ridgefield, Buffalo Grove, guilty of speeding, fined $17 and costs BRANCH I COURT Associate Judge In hearings before Judge Michael Sullivan on Feb 14. David A. Hobson, 1050 N. Shore, Crystal Lake, withdrew a plea of not guilty and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of driving while his license was suspended, amended to suspended to over six months Hobson was fined $50 and costs. Richard R Miller, 601 Green street, McHenry, guilty of improper lane usage, fined $35 and costs; guilty of no valid registration, fined $10 and costs; and, guilty of no valid safety test, fined $10 and costs. Darol R Tessler, Schiller Park, guilty of having no valid driver's license, fined $25 and costs. George Theofanous, 5011 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, guilty of creating and maintaining a nuisance, fined $10 and costs. Joseph Salvi, Loves Park, had a charge of creating and maintaining a nuisance against him not prosecuted. Joseph W. Koeritz, West Chicago, guilty of unlawful possession of cannabis, fined $50 and costs and placed on six months probation under Sec. 710 of the Cannabis Control Act. Howard E. Wagner, 1406 Park street. McHenry, with­ drew a plea of not guilty and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving amended from driving * while intoxicated and was fined $350 and costs and placed on six months probation. James Holian. 8113 Keystone. Richmond, withdrew a plea of not guilty and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct amended from battery and was fined $100 and costs. Clarence L. Mullen, 1415 Bay view, McHenry. withdrew a plea of not guilty and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of criminal damage to property under $150 and was ordered to pay court costs. Ronald L. Fiedler, 180 Indian Ridge, McHenry, withdrew a plea of not guilty and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of criminal damage to property^ under $150 and was ordered to pay court costs. Joseph R. Ketchum, 3202 S. Bergman drive, McHenry, withdrew a plea of not guilty and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of no valid driver's license and was fined $50 and costs and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to improper lane usage and was fined $10 and costs. David W. Smith, 9620 Illinois, Hebron, was found not guilty of driving while intoxicated. Harold J. Joza, 418 N. Country Club, McHenry, with drew a plea of not guilty and entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving amended from driving while intoxicated and was fined $300 and costs. Charges of only one headlight and no valid safety test were not prosecuted. Joza also entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of driving while his license was suspended in lieu of bail and was fined $50 and costs. Robert C. Wolter, 5904 Greenwood, Ringwood, entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of disobeying a no passing zone and was fined $10 and costs. Charles W Peterson, Lake Geneva, Wis., entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of driving while his license was suspended or revoked and was sentenced to ten days in jail. A charge of having open liquor in a motor vehicle was not prosecuted. Steven J. Cuplucha, Lake Zurich, entered a negotiated plea of guilty to a charge of driving while his license was suspended or revoked and was fined $100 and costs. Cuplucha also pled guilty to a charge of improper passing and was fined $15 and costs. Ana M. Garcia, Harvard, pled guilty to a charge of failure to yield at a private drive, fined $15 and costs. Brian L. Anderson, 1923 Sheila, Woodstock, had a charge of having no valid driver's license against him not prosecuted. Cynthia Holcomb, Twin Lakes. Wis., guilty of driving while her license was suspended or revoked, fihed $50 and costs. Steven M. Lilja. 208 Meadow, Woodstock, entered negotiated pleas of guilty to charges of open liquor in a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of cannabis and was fined $85 and costs. A Good Thing Few of us get what we deserve, for which most of us should be thankful. -Enquirer, Cincinnati. Way of Life Somehow it's easier to forgive an enemy after you get even with him. -Times, Marshalltown. The Public Be Damned Union lobbyists are warning U.S. Senators that S. 1883 is the 'key" bill for 1978--far more important than legislation to combat the energy shortage, unemployment, or inflation. jThe Public Be Damned All too often, that seems to be the attitude of iig Labor. When they're determined to have heir way in Congress, the wishes and needs of idividual citizens don't mean a thing. * They've proven it once again with their latest tgislative demand--passage of a bill known as 1883. v gig Labor and its allies on Capitol Hill call this feill "Tabor law reform." But in reality, it's hing but reform. hat will happen if S. 1883 becomes law? Union organizers will have a massive array of ilew legal weapons with which to blackmail Employers into signing compulsory unionism Contracts. j Hundreds of thousands more workers will be forced to join or support unions against their yill. And union treasuries will swell with millions jfiore dollars in forced union dues--funds that will |>e used to increase Big Labor's already enormous rlitical power. Most Americans strongly oppose the sort of Iprced unionism that S. 1883 would promote, as iational surveys by respected polling Organizations such as Gallup and Roper have Clearly shown. - That's why union lobbyists try to disguise the real purpose of S. 1883 behind the phony title of "labor law reform." That's why they demand that the Senate push the bill through quickly as its first order of business in 1978. 'r Big Labor officials realize that the more the public and the Senate learns about S. 1883, the less the bill's chance of passage. They know that in order to become law, S. 1883 must be sneaked through Congress before the American people can be called to action. Just over a year ago, in an attempt to lull the public into complacency, Big Labor hypocritically promised to set aside its own special interests in favor of America's broad national needs. A United Auto Workers spokesman told the New York Times: "This is the moment of truth in our ability to deal effectively with unemployment and inflation. The other things can wait. Carter ought not to go too fast on any parochial stuff like Right to Work or reform of the labor laws." But even as they made their misleading promises, union professionals were privately drafting a bill--S. 1883--to grant themselves vast new compulsory unionism powers, r | Send to: I Th« National Right to Work Committee I I Washington Headquarters | I 8316 Arlington Boulevard | I Fairfax, Virginia 22038 | Letter from Washington by Senator Charles H. Percy Letter from Washington TAX FACTS Congress will soon begin serious consideration of a pro­ posal to create a new, Cabi­ net-level Department of Edu­ cation. This Department would con­ solidate various programs, projects and departments that administrate the Federal gov­ ernment's role in education. There is broad support in both houses of Congress for the new Department; it has a very good chance of becoming law this year. I believe a Department of Education, separate from the huge Department of Health, Education and Welfare, would focus more attention on edu­ cation. The Federal role in education is simply too cum­ bersome. There are too many programs, too many depart­ ments, and not enough money to do the job. This is an issue that affects every student, parent, teacher and taxpayer in Illinois and the nation. Quality education is a mainstay of American life. It builds young peoples' foun­ dations for careers, college study and participation in so­ ciety as well-informed citizens. A main concern about the cost of education exists among property owners. Property taxes are the main source of funding for local schools. But millions of homeowners throughout the country are simply unable to bear the in­ creasing burden of rising property taxes. We don't need to increase Federal taxes to provide greater assistance to local schools and, in turn, property owners. We can allocate more funds to local schools from Federal taxes already col­ lected. The current Federal contri- bution to local school costs amounts to about eigb* per cent of the total expenses. Surely this contribution can be increased to a more rea­ sonable level. In the past ten years, Fed­ eral funding for education has decreased. Education's portion of the total HEW budget has dropped from 11.5 per cent to 5.5 per cent. Moreover, Federal dollars spent for education are spread throughout the bureaucracy. »II-Da| Bargain European Holiday u n d f r t h » g l»ad»rthift of Father Leo J. BARTEL Pastor, St John Parish. Johnsburg *1524 April 24 France ^ . Vatican Italy Switzerland 24th To: Reed Larson, President I agree that America's workers ought to be free to join unions if they want to, but that no one should be forced into doing so. Enclosed my check for $ to help the National Right to Work Committee fight to preserve this freedom. Let nie know what I can do to help. Name _• Address With the backing of the Carter Administration, they slid it through the House of Representatives last October, disguised as a minor procedural measure. And they've cleared it for action on the Senate floor by early February. But since October, the tide has begun to turn. The National Right to Work Committee and its supporters have launched a campaign to reveal the true intent of the phony labor "reform" bill. As public protest builds against the union power grab, Big Labor officials are turning to threats and arm-twisting in an attempt to insure S. 1883's passage in the Senate. Union lobbyists are warning U.S. Senators that S. 1883 is the "key" bill for 1978--far more important than legislation to combat the energy shortage, unemployment, or inflation. Pass the "reform" bill as a first order of business, union officials are threatening Senators, or join the enemies list of those to be hit at election time. The union bosses' steamroller must be stopped. Our elected representatives must not allow the greedy demands of a few Big Labor bosses to come before the wishes and needs of the maiority of Americans. Lourdes Paris Rome Florence Pisa Bokxjia Padua Venice ban Marino Loreto Assisi Lucerne Einsiedeln Zurich plus many optional excursions PAPAL AUDIENCE An oudianc* with Hit Holiness 'op. Paul VI, it >cK*dul»d at wall a« a comprahantiva lour al Vati­ can City That* ara only a law of tha hiati ipati1 Writ* or call today r rof rOijr itinerary' 1 • « I DM Ut 11 KIH WJF* liiSMrtfr; • Door FotHor • Plooto land your colorful foldor J Norn# J Addrvtt [ci* i» Of the $20 billion in Federal funds allocated to education* only half are appropriated to the Office of Education in HEW. The other half is par­ celed out to a labyrinth of other departments and agen­ cies. If we consolidated these programs in one Education Department there Would be less waste and less confusion. Attention would be focused solely on education. Most im­ portantly, we would be better able to determine what the Federal government can do best to complement State and local education programs. The Federal government oftefa mandates new programs for local schools, but then Wash­ ington fails to supply enough money to carry them out. Hearings on the proposed Education Department will be conducted in March in the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. As the ranking member of this Committee, I will examine the arguments in favor and against creating a new Department. We must work diligently to resolve the dilemmas facing our school systems. Most of all, we must help to assure that the Federal government is more responsive to the needs of our schools and, ulti­ mately, our children. ^American Viewpoints / wish to preach, not the doc trine of ignoble ease, but the doc trine of the strenuous life Theodore Roosevelt NEW BANQUET HALLS AVAILABLE An income tax return sent to the wrong tax collectirig agency can cause lengthy delays in tax refunds and in getting a tax­ payer's account cleared, ac­ cording to the state revenue department. , Revenue officers say that Hundreds of taxpayers each year send their federal incQRie tax return to the state revenue department and their state return to the federal, InteftUBl Revenue Service..' ) * "9oth the IRS 4nd toe revenue department will .for­ ward these mis-filed returnf to the right agency," said Gagy Ey, income tax processing manager, "but this can add weeks to the time it takes to process a return. 5 "If the mistake occurs toward the end of the filing season and we don't get the state return until after the filing deadline-April 17 this year-a taxpayer could be assessed a late-filing penalty." Ey suggested these other reviews to insure accurate filing: £ --If you received an income tax booklet, use the pre-printed label and pre-addressed •***- velope to file your return. -Double-check arithmetic. -Be sure to attach W-2s and other documents to support deductions and claims. The proper documents are listed in the instructions for the return. -Sign the return. And have your spouse sign if it's a joint return. ^ WHO KNOWS! 1. When is the next Leap Year? 2. Define threnody. 3. When did the AFL and CIO merge? 4. Who has been the AFL-CIO president since its merger? 5. What is a tachyon? 6. Identify Dean Ache- son. 7. When were 18-year- olds allowed to vote? ' 8. Who is the Secretary of Agriculture? Answers To Wfco Kiows 1. 1980. 2. Dirge; song, poem or speech of lamentation. 3. December, 1955. 4. George Meany. 5. A hypothetical particle that travels faster than light. ti 1 6. Secretary of ' Stfcte', ' 1949 to 1953. 7. 1971. 8. Bob Bergland. FISH. $050 ™ FRY Mm NIGHT crfndxt i <Ste.aJt of/ ouxi • Yi Mi. N. of Richmond, 111. an U.S. Rt. 12 815-678-2671 HOME OWNERS DON'T MISS OUR COFFEE & ROLLS •REGISTER FOR PRIZES -FRI. & SAT. -FEB. 17th & 18th CAREY Appliance, Inc. 241 N Green St. McHenry. 385 5500 » i a • 8 a . a City State Zip Please write your Senators today! nd in spite of the awesome political clout of the Big Unions, S. 1883 can ana will be stopped--if freedom-loving Americans contact their Senators and make their voices heard. Please ioin with us in protesting not only this vicious bill, but the disgraceful way it is being railroaded through Congress. Insist that your Senators represent you--not the power-hungry officials of Big Labor. 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