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m SECTION 2 - PAGE X - PL A1NDE ALER - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1979 PLAINDEALER Editorial Opinion Santa Claus Lives While some in this country choose not to observe the Santa Claus tradition at Christmas, which is their privilege and not to be criticized, for most American children Christmas eve is a magic night unmatched for the rest of the year. How many have tried to stay awake Christmas eve night, to hear Santa land on the roof? How many have left food by the fireplace? How many have thrilled to the marrow at a glimpse of him, in red and white? How many millions of letters have gone out to him, of childish hopes for wonderful toys and fun? If it can't last, and it can't ; if it isn't real life, and it isn't, it is nevertheless a magic time of joy and excitement and wonderful anticipation for youngsers, and even more rewarding for parents. For young and old, these sweet memories never die-and help keep the home a nostalgic, loved centerpiece in our long agos and memories. y Holiday Lighting There's no reason American families should not enjoy Christmas tree lights this year, as usual. Those using these decorations might keep their thermostats a bit lower than usual and turn off other lights in the home to compensate for the small amounts of current Christmas tree lights consume. In fact, if families turn off just one or two bright lamps or room lights when burning Christmas tree lights, current will actually be saved. Where much energy can be saved, of course, is in the field of display lighting. Store windows should not be brightly lit until late hours; signs, billboard displays, string lighting at car lots, decorative lighting of utility buildings, etc., consume huge amounts of energy. These wholesale usages of energy can easily be curbed. Home reductions can be effected without abandoning decorative lights, which are a meaningful, significant part of the observance of the principal ecclesiastical event of the year. Remember A Blessing Each of us has something to be grateful for this holiday season. As we think of this blessing, let's remember people overseas who are not so fortunate. For millions of needy people in developing countries this holiday season will be just an extension of their daily struggle to survive. Your contribution to CARE will be used in programs that help these people to pull themselves out of poverty. But first they need the strength to help themselves. Food is the basic part of CARE's multi-pronged attack on poverty. In this year's Holiday Food Crusade the organization hopes to raise $6,500,000 to provide supplemental food to approximately 32 million destitute people. CARE conducts these programs in more than 35 developing countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. For each dollar donated by the public last year CARE provided almost $10 in aid. This was possible by CARE's thrifty management, shared project costs with host governments and contributions of food from the U.S. Government. A contribution may be sent to CARE, 660 First Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. Increase Food Stamp Allotment January 1 Acting Public Aid Director Jeffrey C. Miller has announced that food stamp allotments will be increased Jan. 1, 1980, for most households participating in the Food Stamp program. The adjustment reflects rising food prices. The monthly income and coupon allotment amounts are based on the USSA Thrifty Food plan. The amount of the in­ crease will be dependent upon the size and income of the household. Household Size One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Maximum Monthly Income 306 403 500 596 693 790 886 983 Households with more than eight members will receive a M7 allotment adjustment and a $97 income adjustment for »ach person added. In addition to the changes in coupon allotment levels, the standard deduction for all households will be increased to $75. Miller also announced a new federal food stamp rule going into effect Jan. 1 that will make certain elderly and disabled food stamp users eligible for increased benefits. "Under the new rule, food stamp users will be allowed a monthly deduction for non-reimbursable verified medical expenses that exceed $35 incurred by persons who are 60 or over; or who receive disability benefits under Title II of the Social Security act; or who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. In addition, households with such elderly or disabled per­ sons can claim the full amount of their shelter costs exceeding 50 percent of their income after all other deductions," Miller said. "These additional deductions will have effect of raising their food stamp benefits." In making the announcement, Miller noted that the elderly and disabled who are already using food stamps will need to request the increased benefit from their local public aid of­ fice. Additional information about the Food Stamp program is available at all local public aid offices or by calling the toll- free Food^Stamp Hotline: 800-972-4608. The sperm whale has the largest brain in the animal kingdom-a brain that has been weighed at more than 20 pounds, seven times greater than that human. of F o r Y o u r I n f o r m a t i o n Dear friends. Dr. Paul Irion's book, Cremation, states: "The conscious reasons advanced for cremation may be quite acceptable - simplicity, economy • but the commanding unconscious motive may well be the desire to evade the painful reality (death)...even though demonstrated that the confrontation of that reality is necessary for good mental health." Respectfully, PETER M.JISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McMENRY, IUINOIS 385 0063 Maximum Coupon Allotment 63 115 ' t 165 209 248 298 329 376 Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) WASHINGTON - Here's how area Members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes Nov. 29 through Dec. 5. HOUSE NUCLEAR POWER--By a vote of 135 for and 254 against, the House rejected a proposed six-month freeze on Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) construction permits for nuclear power plants. The amendment was offered to a bill (HR 2608) that was headed for final passage and conference with the Senate. The vote was only symbolic since the NRC said earlier it would issue no nuclear plant construction permits or operating licenses for at least six months. Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., sponsor of the amendment, said it would "send a message to the industry and the NRC that Congress will no longer tolerate any corner-cutting in the area of nuclear safety." Rep. Matthew Rinaldo, R-N.J., an opponent, said defeat of the amendment would "signal to our foreign oil suppliers that we are resolved to move forward to become more energy self- sufficient." Members voting "yea" favor a moratorium on nuclear plant construction. Rep. Robert McClory, R-13, voted "nay." Rep. John Anderson, R-16, did not' vote. Too Old To Fly?--The House voted, 240 for and 165 against, to retain 60 years as the top age for the nation's commercial pilots, who are regulated by the Federal Aviation ad­ ministration. The vote also authorized a one-year study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to determine if the age should be raised. It thus blocked an attempt to immediately hike the age to sixty-one-and-one-half and then proceed with the NIH study. The vote came during debate on HR 3948, passed and sent to the Senate. Rep. James Howard, D-N.J., A SUPPORTER, SAID; "Let us change or not change the conditions of our airline pilots based on solid medical evidence, not emotion." Rep. Glenn Anderson, D-Calif., an opponent, called the 60- year limit "discriminatory" and said that "statistics clearly show that the more experienced, older pilots are involved in many fewer accidents than the least-experienced, younger ones." Members voting "yea" wanted to keep 60 years as the top age for commercial pilots, at least until the NIH study is completed. McClory voted "nay." Anderson did not vote. VISTA--By a vote of 214 for and 152 against, the House ex­ tended the life of VISTA (the so-called domestic Peace corps) and certain other programs of the Action agency for another two years. The vote adopted the House-Senate conference report on S 239, thus readying the measure for President Carter's signature. Opposition centered on the fact that the House-Senate conference committee had removed most of the restrictions the House had earlier voted to put on VISTA operations. Stripped away at the Senate's insistence, for example, were provisions enabling Congress to veto VISTA regulations and local officials to keep VISTA projects out of their areas. Rep. Paul Simon, R-Ill., a supporter, said the compromise version worked out by House and Senate conferees "really improves the bill." Rep. Ken Kramer, R-colo., an opponent, said the conference report "guts" most of the tough House language and fails "to insure the integrity of the programs designed to assist the least advantaged among our citizenry." Members voting "nay" wanted to restrict VISTA operations. McClory voted "nay." Anderson did not vote. SENATE Windfall Tax--The Senate voted, 58 for and 35 against, to increase the proposed tax rate on windfall oil company profits resulting from removal of price controls on already- discovered oil. The amendment, offered to an oil tax bill (HR 3919) headed for approval and conference with the House,- would raise the rate from 60 to 75 percent on U.S. oil1 discovered since 1973. Sen. Dale Bumpers, D-Ark., a supporter, said a higher tax would not discourage oil production. Higher profits, he said, "cannot provide an incentive to find something that has already been found." Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kas., an opponent, said that with the nation dependent on foreign oil "it seems the height of folly to cripple the incentive to increase production." Senators voting "yea" favored a higher windfall-profits tax rate on oil discovered since 1973. Sens. Charles Percy, R, and Adlai Stevenson, D, voted "yea." Huge Tax Cut--By a vote of 49 for and 44 against, the Senate turned away a Republican amendment to impose a massive tax cut by means of putting a cap on federal revenues. By limiting revenue to a percentage of the Gross National Product (20.5 percent of GNP in 1981), the Republican proposal would have cut federal tax collections by $39 billion in 1981 and more in following years. The amendment was offered to the windfall-profits tax bill (see previous vote). Sen. Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., a supporter of shelving the tax-cut proposal, said it would produce a permanent budget deficit because it would not cut federal spending at the same time it cut federal revenue-raising. He noted that its backers were also advocates of "sustained increases in military spending..." Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., an opponent of shelving the GOP amendment, said that the government's "insatiable desire" for taxes will "destroy the very system that produces the benefits and fruits of growth, of earnings, of vitality that is the American people's present entitlement and the dream for generations to come." Senators voting "yea" opposed the GOP amendment. Stevenson voted "yea." Percy voted "nay." Legislators State Senators Jack Schaffer (R) - 33rd. 56 N. Williams St. Crystal Lake, 111., 60014 Phone 455-0309 Springfield Phone 217-782-6525 Karl Berning (R) i 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 Willaims Ave. Highland Park, 111., 60035 Phone 312-433-2551 Betty Lou Reed (R) - 32nd. 927 Holly Court Deerfield, 111., 60015 U.S. Senators Charles H. Percy (R) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3859 Chicago, 111., 60604 Phone 312-353-4952 Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3960 Chicago, 111., 60604 Phone 312-353-5420 U.S. Congressmen John B. Anderson (R) 301 W. State St. Rockford, 111., 61101 Phone 815-962-8807 Robert McClory (R) 326 N. Genesee St. Waukegan, 111., 60085 Phone 312-336-4554. Rural Doctors Needed There's a pressing need for doctors, dentists and nurses in rural communities throughout Illinois, ac­ cording to A1 Grant, health planner with the Illinois^ Department of Public Health. Grant said that while there is emergency medical care readily available, many people in rural areas can't see a medical professional as often as they should. ARE YOU NEW IN McHeniy Area? 3SSS6SSSSSSSS! Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 *0, %r, 'o„ mzmmm > - " ' ' ' ' ; ' '• \ •- / v • v - •>.. ' ;' t ' > > ' 4 r • « ' ( . ' * "v - ' •'!••• ' i-'.W.si* »- THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS CSPS SB Boosts Employment CASTLE OF CHILLON . . . The Cattle of Chillon near Montreux in the Lake of Geneva region, was made fa­ mous by Byron and is now a popular tourist attraction. Employment at small businesses helped by the S m a l l B u s i n e s s Administration (SBA) increased three times as much in fiscal 1979 as did overall employment in the Nation. SBA Administrator A. Vernon Weaver said a survey of 21,481 agency- assisted small firms showed their employment had risen 9.88 percent in fiscal 1979 as compared with Fiscal 1978. The fiscal 1979 year ended September 30. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that overall employment in that period increased 3.2 percent. The SBA sampling also showed that the surveyed SBA-assisted companies, each of which employed 20 or more persons, had increased employment of women by 11.22 percent and employment of minorities by 16.05 percent. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that in fiscal 1979 overall employment of women and minorities each went up 4.7 percent. "These results," Weaver said, "illustrate again the importance of small business in creating jobs in our country. The results also show that SBA efforts to help minority-owned small businesses and to open up opportunities for women- owned businesses are paying good dividends." The SBA survey also showed that minority employees represent almost 23 percent of the work force among SBA-assisted small firms. This figure compares to about 15.5 percent of minorities in the entire work force and 16.75 percent of KNOW YOUR AREA ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST SERVICE LINE „ McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 3*5-4300 FAMILY SERVICE 4 MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. Waukegan Road McHenry 385-6400 PARENTAL STRESS LINE OF McHENRY Meeting Place:McHenry County 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Call 815-344-3944 Parents Anonymous meetings on Wednesday. STATE CHAMBER G<$VtRNMENT REGULATIONS HOTLINE 217-522-5514 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 202-755-8660 Hours 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. week days (Ever had a problem involving the federal government and not known where to call? And then been given a runaround or referrals by persons who meant w^ll but didn't know how to help? Ten specialist available at thjjfiiSbnter.) NATIONAL RUN-AW AY SWITCHBOARD Illinois Phone: 800-972-6004 (For confidential conversations on problems dealing with run­ away children ) MOVING HOTLINE Phone 800-424 9213 (Complaints about interstate moving by companies, buses or trains. Sponsored by Interstate Commerce commission) CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION PHONE 800-638-2666 (For questions or complaints on products ranging from toys to ovens) NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Phone 800 424-9393 (Answers questions about automobile safety defects or wheather a particular model has ever been recalled. Valuable for those interested in buying a used car) ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES -- Child Abuse Center McHenry County (312)546-2150 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 800-638-2666 (Operates five national lines. Answers inquires about, or repor­ ting on, the safety of products from kitchen appliances to children's toys.) NATIONAL SOLAR HEATING AND - COOLING INFORMATION CENTER 800 523 2929 P.O. Box 1607 Rockville Md. 20850 , (Dispenses information on solar systems for heating and cooling to anyone from architects to home owners looking for a sun- powered hot-water system) CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION 312 793-3580 Chicago, ill. BIRTHRIGHT Pregnant? Need Help? Counseling Service. 385-2999. 24 hour Answering Service. YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU FOR McHENRY COUNTY 4719 W. Elm St.. McHenry Phone: 344*3240 24 hour Crisis Intervention and Confidential Counseling for youth and families • Are you concerend about your angry feelings toward your children? 24 hour Parental Stress Line. 344-3944 ILLINOIS STATE CHAMBER HOTLINE Phone 217-522 5514 Answer to questions on government lobulations » . ^ minorities in the population. "When our monitoring of SBA recipients started in the mid-1960s," Weaver said, "the percentage of minorities in the small business work force was significantly below that of minorities in the entire work force and in the population. It is now 7.5 percent higher than minorities in the work force." A national study has shown that in one eight-year period, nine million new jobs were added to the overall work force. Of that total, six million were accounted for by small business and about three million by state and local governments. The nation's 1,000 largest corporations accounted for about 75,000 new jobs. State Police Number 312-742-7642 Ser»»cC profess^ pirectory EARL R. WALSH & JACK WALSH INS. Fir*, Auto. Form, llf» R*pr*s*ntlng RfllABlE COMPANIES 44)0 W. IK*. 120, McH.nry BENDS CONWAY AUTO LIFE FIRE State Fan IRS. CO. 3319 W. Elm Str»«t McHanry, HI. M5-711I DR. LEONARD BOTTARI 303 N. Richmond ltd., McHonry ly*s oxamlnod Contact loniot Glass** fitt*d Mon.. Tuas.. 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