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PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19.1983 News and Views Roll Call: Reject park input on federal land use matter of health The matter of health has become a leading topic of discussion almost anywhere, prompted by the high cost of institutional care. Will we revert to the kind of home care some of us remember in Grandma's day? 1 This could be, if spiraling costs continue and predictions come true. One of them is that by the turn of the century health and medical advances will enable us to live 150 years. The n pathologist who suggests this will be true says we won't really get "old" until we are well into our hundreds. are and for usiiT & , anderin Some believe thif is science fiction; others think it well within reason that the present average life span of 74 will increase as predicted. Whatever nappens in the next 17 years, it is a fact that 1,600 Americans reach the age of 65 each day. It is estimated that 32,000 people living in the country are 100 years old or more. Few people would argue with the claim that without insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, most of us couldn't afford to get sick. On the other hand, the argument is also made that perhaps because of insurance and Medicare, health care costs have risen so dramatically. If we have the impression that someone else is picking up the tab it becomes easy to indulge. And we do. Americans among the most doctored hospitalized pnd cared )le in the world. look ahead to a grayer society^ and a greater need for medical and nursing can only wonder if we will be able to afford it. That's where Grandma's home nursing care comes into the picture. This has been suggested more than a few times as a possible way to get health care costs better under control. And the practice could possibly make life a bit more pleasant for the patient who is among familiar surroundings. A Congressional Budget office report of recent years estimated that of 1.7 to 2.7 million people who could have been carea for at home instead of at a hospital or nursing home, all but 300,000 to 500,000 were institutionalized. In 1976,90 percent of all public long term health care expenditures went to providing nursing homes; less than 10 percent was being spent on home health care. Legislation has been introduced which would offer financial assistance to states for setting up community-based home health care services. The bill would also broaden eligibility standards under Medicare to include home health care. The potential in this field has already been viewed by the private sector. One company now provides at-home intravenous feeding equipment, teaches patients to care for themselves, and periodically has health care professionals look in on patients to make sure they are doing well. And they do it for considerably less than a hospital would charge. As we continue to gray, it will be interesting to learn what the future holds, from a health standpoint, as the hours tick away toward a new century. WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes Sept. 29 through Oct. 5. HOUSE PARKS*- By a vote oM60 for and 245 against, the House rejected an amendment on the question of how protected national parks should be against development occurring on adjacent federal lands. Hie amendment sought to strike a proposed requirement that the interior secretary, before approving a federal land use that might injure an adjacent unit of the National Park System, determine tnat the public interest will not be harmed by his action. It was offered to a bill (HR 2379) providing a variety of additional The bill was sent to the Senate. safeguards for national paries Supporter John Breaux, D-La., said the Environmental Policy Act is adequate to protect against intrusions from nearby fedei set natio: icals used when burning wood to months, or in cola spells mailable,, or oil supplies run out. Remember that with wood stoves They have it avi v also, when and if power is cut off, or if Remember that with wood stoves util" fans, when the electricity goes out, the fan won't function. Hiat or if gas utilizing hat kind of wood stove may not heat properly in an emergency. Since there are hundreds of wood stove manufacturers today, the buyer should learn something about locally-available models and question people who own them, befcye installing one. 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Pick your most flattering fashions.. softly tailored or fur trimmed. You'll find such fabulous colors and a complete range of sizes--juniors misses, women's Save on every one during our Thrift Days Sale Use our Free Lavaway ... or Choose and charge today! National ional paries against intrusions from nearby federal property. Opponent John Seiberling, D-Ohio, said adopting the amendment would be "in effect, gutting the bill." * Members voting yes wanted to kill the extra layer of protection for national parks. Illinois - voting yes: Philip Crane, R-12. BENEFITS - The House rejected, 141 for and 278 against* an administration-backed effort to make the federal unemployment compensation program less costly to all taxpayers but less beneficial to the long-term jobless. This occurred during debate on a bill (HR 3929), later sent to conference with the Senate, that extends the program providing unemployment checks to the jobless who have exhausted their normal allotment of state and federal benefits. The vote turned back a GOP attempt to limit supplemental benefits to a maximum of 12 weeks and extend the program for 18 months. It left intact Democratic language providing up to 16 weeks of additional federal checks and renewing the program for only 45 days. Return to wood stoves Millions of Americans now own wood stoves. The number grows annually, as the cost of fuel increases. But a wood stove is not for everyone. An adequate supply of wood-its availability-is a necessary condition. Its price is another. It's estimated that if the home owner can buy wood at about a hundred dollars a cord, wood heat is economical. But if one must pay-as some in cities must-$200 a cord, there oil, electricity, or someone musttpaul the wood to it. « • •' * __ w -: There are dangers involved. Fires are more likely with wood stoves. A major danger is a buildup of creosote in flues and chimneys- -which can ignite under very hot temperatures. Ashes must be taken out regularly, and chimneys and flues should be cleaned periodically-or chemicf prevent buildup. What some are doing is utilizing a wood stove for supplementary or emergency heating. They use the wood stove only in the coldest Democrats wanted another extension after 48 days. Republicans said this was a ploy to provide a vehicle for 1983 tax-increase legislation the president opposes. Members voting yes favored the less-costly Administration plan for renewing the program that provides an extra series of unemployment checks. Illinois - Voting yes: Philip Crane. . RADIO TO CUBA - By a vote of 302 for and 109 against, the House passed and sent to the White House a bill (S 602) to establish Radio Marti within the Voice of America for broadcasting to Cuba. The station will counter the narrow world view Cubans now receive from their government's news managers. Since the VOA is largely objective, Radio Marti will be less pugnacious than President Reagan had wanted it to be. To get the bill through Congress, he agreed to incorporate Radio Marti in the VOA rather than the less-restrained U.S. Board for International Broadcasting. Supporter Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., said "there is no question of the rightness of our efforts to export the American idea to the rest of the world." No opponents spoke against the bill. Members votuig yes wanted to establish Radio Marti as part of the Voice of America. nikiois - Voting yes: Hhilip Crane. SENATE <- RATE - The Senate rejected, 34 for and 59 against, an amendment whose effect was to provide more weeks of unemployment compensation eligibility in states where joblessness is most entrenched. • The measure dealt with federal supplemental benefits, those the jobless receive after exhausting their normal allotment of state and federal benefits. Presently, whether a state gets supplemental benefits is based on its Insured Unemployment Rate (IUR), which counts only those individuals still receiving normal state and federal jobless checks. The amendment, opposed by the Administration as too costly, sought to base the determination on a state's actual unemployment rate, thus benefitting states having high concentrations of long-term jobless. It was offered to S 1187, a companion to HR 3929 (above). The bill was sent to conference with the House. Senators voting yes wanted to provide more weeks of supplemental unemployment. Illinois - Alan Dixon, D, voted yes. Charles Percy, R, voted no. JOBS - By a vote of 50 for and 44 against, the Senate tabled (killed) an amendment to add $364 millk n to the $6.4 billion earmarked for job training in the fiscal 1984 appropriations bill for the departments of Labor, Education, and Health aid Human Services. Backers said most of the extra funding would go to programs aimed at youths who are poor. The $91 billion spending bill (HR 3913) was passed and sent to conference with the House. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., who voted to kill the amendment, said it was his "responsibility and duty to try to support the committee system, " a reference to the Appropriations Committee's opposition to the amendment. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, who favored the amendment, said that in light of President Reagan's opposition to the extra money "I must seriously question the Administration's commitment to effective job training programs." Senators voting no wanted to spend $364 million more on job training in fiscal 1984. Illinois - Dixon voted no. Percy voted yes. EDUCATION - By a vote of 50 for and 45 against, the Senate declared an amendment for additional education spending in fiscal 1984 to be out of order. Killed by the vote was an amendment to add $559 million for elementary and secondary education programs funded by HR 3913 (above). The proposed increasp was from about $15.2 billion to nearly $15.7 billion. Lowell Weicker, R-Conn., who voted to kill the amendment, said "I 's V* • _ step in the right direction, a step this country must take.. .to maintain our position in the world." Senators voting no supported the additional $559 million outlay for education. Illinois Dixon voted no. Percy voted yes. Highway deaths down , c ' in state and county For the sixth cotijfeecutive month traffic fatalities on Illinois highways declined. The 127 deaths in August brought Illinois' yearly total to 980, a decrease of 7.7 percent from the eight month total of 1,062 in 1982, according to provisional figures released by the Illinois Department of Transportation ana Illinois State Police. At the end of August 1983, 19 deaths had occurred * in McHenry County compared to 17 in 1982. In the entire state during August there were 127 deaths as a result of 118 accidents. That is a decrease of 13 percent from the 146 provisional deaths in August 1982, and a decrease of 23 percent from the 165 provisional deaths in August 1981. There were 19 pedestrians killed in 19 accidents, 17 persons killed in 17 accidents involving motorcycles, 3 persons killed in 3 railroad crossing accidents, and 2 pedalcyclists killed in 2 accidents. The 'in' and 'out' names Names have a way of being in-and going out of fashion. It's more true of girls' names than boys' names. Maude, Bertha and Emma, which were the berries in the last century, haven't been popular in this century. Nor are George, Henry and Albert any longer popular for males. Early in this century Mary and Betty were highly popular for girls. Now they're far down the list. In the last are very much "in." Believe it or not, many people are influenced by films and television soap operas in naming their children. And, say students of the name game, fewer parents are naming babies after themselves. several years Michael, for boys, and Jennifer for girls, Belii PI McHenry « UTJ amdealer McHenry Herald (USPS 335 200) Established 1875 3812 West Elm Street Phone 815 385 0170 McHenry, Illinois 60050 Published Every Wednesday & Friday at McHenry, Illinois Second Class Postage PAID at McHenry Illinois by McHENRY PUBLISHING COMPANY POSTMASTER Send oddress changes to McHenry Ploindeoler 3812 W Elm St.. McHenry. 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