PAGfc 4 'UU*UfcAL£.K - .KDVESOAV SEPTEMBER U. 1*7* Sept. 14 Deadline For Flood Loans Four emergency office*, established by the Small Business administration to assist flood victim* are no* closed However John L Smith lUmcHs district director r i . %%%%%%%%%* %%%. * . " 2 J 1 I eho««MS0l70 4 _ _ f Cio*» ^0t»09« *0 6 1' M'M»rr f I l l inois ^ 6 , M' f PUSUSMING COMPANY •» «. w-« «< *t ,4« »tt «» # !• '/*» »««• V MrMmif, W M*V. » .> v.. j M »<<• "*«'t • ">«>(» •• ^ f Adel* Froehlich-Editor J -- g The MrH #*nr\ Plaindealer f»'ob»V»<3 I§75 JftlJ H»*1 |(»n i«r»*4 M<H*nry Illinois kOOM ^ ' V »f* •*« *VS» r#"» Lorry E lund-Publisher MIMIEK lERtMCd NATIONAL NEWSPAPER *i«ClYf7ji !1_1ML lr»» Nil t »»f HNNA SUSTAINING MEMBEK-1978 SUMMATION »ATIS / !>...< » l / l * ^ In WcH«nry end Lok» / Cownfy / ! Ou'sid* M<H»nry end / lob* County g of the SBA has announced that disaster loan applications will continue to be available at sites in four downstate communities including Woodstock offices of the Department of .Agriculture ^ 1143 North Seminary road Snrath warned 'hat a Sept 14 deadline remains in effec' for flood victims in five Illinois counties -Grundy. La Salle Lf*- McHenry and W'.nnebago which have beer declared a disaster area by A Vernon leaver SBA administrator as the result of severe storms and * flooding June through July 2 Weaver >> action which also covers affected areas adjacent to the five counties enables home owners and tenants bus.ness people and farmers churches private schools and other non-profit organizations in the affected areas to qualify for low-cost long-term SB A loans, to restore or replace damaged property not covered by insurance In connection with residential losses Smith said affected persons may qualify for loans of up to IV) 000 for real property of up to $10,000 for pervmai property and of up to $55,000 for a combination of real and personal property Disaster business and farm loans ar* limited to $500,000 he added I^egislation sets an interest rate of 1 percent on the first $10,000, .'J percent on the next $30,000. and t'- percent thereafter on physical disaster loans to homeowners. Smith said Interest on physical disaster loans for business is 3 percent on the first fgOJW and 6K percent thereafter, he continued He added that diUMf loans may be made for periods of up to thirty years According io Smith, the legislation also permits SBA to refinance existing home mortgages, where substantial damage has been sustained The law also authorizes SBA to suspend principal payments for up to three years in hard ship cases Smith added CONSUMER GUIDELINES Prepare bow to keep heating costs as io* as possible dunng the upcoming writer Have your furnace checked this fall If you use electnc heat, consider installing a heat^pump system A heat pump uses outside air for both heating and cooling and can reduce electnctty use for beating by as much as 50 per cent, specialists claim OPEN EVENINGS TIL 9 m«i»:nisv Itom« fturitiiehingac ROLL TOP DESK Beautifully Crafted in Solid Oak •Drawen •Optional traditional S()FA and LOVESEAT E legant floral on off white background Pillows and solid wood trim help make these beautiful pieces of furniture THER A PEDIC BEDDING SALE QUff N :i/f BOX SPRING AND WAITRESS sah rtici 179 95 BOX SPRING i MHTTMSS R«| I ! 9't Vj SALE raicf 109 95 'WIN ',1/1 BOX SPRING I MATTRESS \/ l'i Yi Mil raici 139 95 f Ul t ',1/f SOFA SLEEPERS ALL STYLES • Early American • Contemporary • Tradit ional s399" FROM AND DINING ROOMS Closeout Specials On Many Styles! 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Noon to 5pm, Free Set Up, Delivery, 90 Days Same As Cash Home itarnixhinux "Th« % iorm Thai ( or** To Sav* You Monn" INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITY IMPAIRED B« KOWI DKKM.W Jane Liptrot Accepted For Study In England Not long ago Philip Agee. the former CIA agent who has decided to make his life's work the destruction of that organization, showed up in Havana to take part in a propaganda "seminar ' on the evils of U S intelligence- gathering He discussed plans for publishing the names of CIA agents and their contacts in country after country When that happened to the CIA station chief in Athens in 3975 he died in a hail of assassins bullets. What motivates a man such as Agee to turn against his country I cannot say. but whether his dark plan will In effective will depend in part on whether there is a change of attitude toward intelligence- gathering in official Washington So far. the Carter administration has failed to stop the erosion of the US intelligence capability or to undo the damage that Congress has inflicted in recent years Without good intelligence we cannot monitor arms control agreements we cannot assess the military threats for which we must be prepared we cannot combat terrorism at home Yet. Congress has taken steps to weaken our in telligence organizations over the last few years It imposed a web of restrictions on the collection of vital information and made it easier to leak, or to discover, how and where our intelligence organizations get information 'thus helping criminals at home and ad versaries abroad to deceive and evade our collection ef forts i At the same time. Congress egged on by some of its more liberal members - has reduced our ability to keep spies from infiltrating our own intelligence services The Freedom of Information act is being abused by convicts and organized crime and un doubtedly by Soviet agents, too I rider this act. foreigners can f i le requests for reams of data in the files of L" S departments arid agencies (you the tax payer. pay for the service) There is evidence that racketeers and drug traffickers have used this act to discover sensitive law enforcement techniques that might ferret out their misdeeds: to track down and threaten citizens who inform the police about their activities, to bottle up judicial proceedings against them Because of this act (and poorly drafted portions of the Privacy act), the exchange of intelligence between local police departments and federal agencies has been sharply curtailed One result KGB agents can operate in the L* S with, increasing freedom This congressionally- mandated assistance to criminal elements and foreign spies doesn't come cheap, either Last year the FBI, alone, had to spend $13 million to answer Freedom of In- foramiton requests. not counting costs of litigation This month, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act may be added to the restric tions that hamstring our in telligence organizations It has passed the Senate and House action is expected this month, pending disposition of amend ments introduced by a group of Republican representatives This act shaped by the Carter administration and Senator Edward Kennedy, would require a judicial warrant in order to use electronic sur veillance of an agent of a foreign power As one congressional witness noted, this means that we would convey Fourth Amendment rights on KGB agents in this country' Carter has compounded the problems by weakening the capability to correct en trenched bias and false dogma within the US intelligence community itself He has cut off his access to independent advice by abolishing the Foreign Intelligence Advisory board, a body of outstanding citizens that has advised presidents since Eisenhower In 1976. for example, this board recommended that a fresh look V & JANE UPTHO'I Jane Liptrot. a 1977 graduate of McHenry high school, has been accepted in the Study Abroad program at Illinois State university She will at tend Brighton Polytechnic university for the spring. 1979, semester in Brighton. England The ISU students will tour l/indon for one week upon arrival in England and at the close of the semester will visit neighboring countries before returning to the United States Jane is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert G Liptrot. 3705 W Maple avenue. McHenry Several Options Open In Maturing Farm Loans If a farmer s corn loan is about to mature, he has two options besides redeeming it or forfeiting the crop to the Commodity Credit corporation, according to Jim Lucas, an official of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 'ASCSi First. Lucas says, he can extend his loan on the same terms for an additional thirty days Or second, if he chooses, he can place his crop directly into the farmerowned grain reserve "Extending the loan gives farmers more time to weigh the other options." Lucas says In addition, Lucas points out that the loan program for 1977 corn has been reopened to permit be taken at the Soveit military buildup The resulting reassessment is now widely accepted as a correction of our intelligence that was overdue As it turned out. U S in telligence had underestimated the .Soviet buildup in missile forces for 10 years in a row. and thus inadvertently misled us in our defense planning and arms control negotiations By abolishing the independent advisory board. Carter has made it even harder for such serious intelligence failures to be corrected in the future farmers who didn't take out loans earlier a chance to enter the grain reserve Farmers signing up for new loans on their 1977 corn must agree to enter the reserve, Lucas said Through the reserve program, farmers shield their commodities from the market to help strengthen prices They receive payments to store the commodity on their farms or in commercial warehouses In turn, they pay interest charges the first year, but not the two succeeding years, and agree to leave their commodities in the reserve until prices climb substantially or for three years For more information on commodity loans and the farmer-owned grain reserve, contact the local ASCS office at 1143 North Seminary avenue, Woodstock or phone 338-0444 Faith is what helps us to carry on in spite of life's d i s a p p o i n t m e n t s a n d regrets. When doctors go into conference, the patient is either very sick or very rich. 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