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)tie C linic Timmy would probably have become a. school dropout within a few years if he hadn't received a little sugar-coated home tutoring. But within 6 weeks the "flash card" method brought him up to the average of his class and restored his 12TH DISTRICT VETS'BENEFITS ARE INCREASED Vietnam era and older veterans and dependents in Illinois' 12th Congressional district are expected to receive an increase of $1,365,840 benefits from the Veterans' Administration, Congressman Robert McClory said last week. This sum will come into the 12th District during the next twelve months, according to VA estimates. The added payments will reach, their widows and children in various benefits provided by the Veterans' Pension and Readjustment Assistance Act of 1967, which was signed into law by President Johnson on Aug. 31, 1967. A major provision of the new G.I.Act was a cost of living pension increase. Congressman McClory said there are an estimated 7,490 veterans in the 12th Congressional district, to whom will come nearly $422,- 120 of the added benefits under this provision. These increased benefits went into effect Oct. 1. Congressman McClory estimated that additional readjustment assistance for approximately 332 eligible veterans will cost about $77,470, and the increase in educational and training benefits for more than 3358 eligible veterans and dependents totals approximately $866,250 in the first year of operation of the new G.I. Bill. Four other pension provisions of the new G.I. Bill were explained by Congressman McClory. These are: Create a new "housebound" rate of $100 a month, in lieu of basic pension rate for certain veterans under the old pension law; EstaBIisb a new monthly allowance-- of $50 in addition to pension otherwise payable to widows of veterans of all wars if they are in need of regular aid and assistance; Presume permanent and total disability of veterans at age 65; Presume the need of regular aid and attendance for pensioners in nursing homes. The range of benefits which have previously been authorized for veterans of the Korean Conflict is also provided for veterans serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, beginning on Aug. 5, 1964, under the Veterans' Pension and Readjustment Assistance Act of 1967. There are nine distinct benefits in this expanded range, the Congressman said. Congressman McClory suggested that veterans and their widows from the 12th district, as well as children of veterans, get in touch with an Veterans' Administration office to secure detailed information on the benefits and services to which they may be entitled under the new G.I. legislation. wounded ego. §o protect your child from being called "Dummy" by using the methods below! By - George W. Crane, Ph., D., M.D. CASE D-580: Timmy J., aged 7, is dejected. "Tell Dr. Crane your problem," his mother suggested. So Timmy slowly confessed that he couldn't read very well. "The kids call me 'Dummy"', he ruefully added, "Do you think I could ever read fast like the others?" FLASH CARDS So I reassured Timmy that he could become an excellent reader and I'd show him how. "But at the start, I reminded him that our ancestors didn't know how to read or write. Grown men and women couldn't read one word! And today in many foreign countries, half the men and women still cannot read! Then I told Timmy that a good reader is simply an excellent "tracker" of ideas instead of wild game. Daniel Boone could follow the tracks of bears and also Indians by the signs they left on grass or in mud. But the black marks on the page (which we call words) are just the signs that our ideas leave on paper. So a good reader is one who can look at the black marks, "boy" versus "girl", and tell which one wears a dress! To help dramatize this detective aspect of reading, I then told him the story of Tarzan, who taught himself to read by noting the printed words beneath the pictures in his reading book. My purpose in using the Daniel Boone analogy and the story of Tarzan was obviously to add more dramatic motivation. For any child of normal intelligence can easily become adept at reading, spelling, arithmetic or other school subjects, IF. And that big "IF" means, IF he is motivated properly. Then I had Timmy's mother get some large sheets of cardboard, which we cut into narrow strips 2 inches wide and 12 inches long. She also purchased a printing outfit at the department store with an ink pad and rubber stamps containing all the letters of the alphabet. "Timmy,' ' I began, "show me some of the words in your reading book which you don't know." As he pointed them out, I let him print each one on its separate strip of white cardboard till we had 20. Then I took the first two cards. One contained the word "window" while the other said "door". vTimmy, if you were like Daniel Boone, how do you think you could tell these apart?" "W'el-1-1,' ' he began, "one is wider than the other," so I commended this observation, and pronounced each word so he'd recognize it. Then I shuffled the two cards and held them up, one at a time, to see if he could identify them. He did, so I praised him for being a good Daniel Boone. for MEN When selecting a gift for him. .. . let us help! STORE for MEI 1245 N. Green St. McHenry, Illinois Phone 385-0047 Open Daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Fri. 'til 9 p.m. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS USE THE FREE GREEN STREET PARKING AREA We added a third card, showing him the differences; thai shuffled all three and repeated^ the process. Within 15 minutes. he could call off 20 of those formerly unknown words as fast as I held up a card. So send for my booklet "How to Raise Your Child's School Marks," enclosing a long stamped return envelop, plus 20 cents, and protect your child from becoming a school dropout. Top Issue Sen. Charles H. Percy, (R.- 111.) said the Vietnam War continues to be the issue about which most persons are writing him. The list of top 10 issues, along with their place one week ago, includes: 1. Vietnam (1) 2. Social Security legislation (2) 3. Proposed 10 per cent income tax increase (3) 4. Pollution of Lake Michigan (7) 5. Proposed postal rate increase (8) 6. Proposed food supplement act (4) 7. Proposed postal pay increase (unlisted) 8. Proposed changes in Headstart program (unlisted) 9. Proposed regulation of advertising of alcoholic beverages (9) 10. Reduce government spending (unlisted) Percy said the Crater pollution act, a story about a Peace Corps volunteer and the proposed Redwood National Park, dropped out of the top ten this week. NOVEMBER 15, 1967 - PLAINPEALER - Starry Sky Although the sky on a clear night seems to be filled with an infinite number of stars, no more than 3,200 can be seen with the unaided eye. OUR MAN IN IRAN Stephen M. Kim, on leave of absence as assistant chemist in the radiochemistry laboratory, Illinois State Geological Survey, is a member of the U.S, Atomic Energy Commission International Exhibit staff for the "Atoms in Action" exhibit that opened Oct. 23 at Teheran, Iran and will continue to Nov. 13. Kim will also assist in initiating a Carbon-14 dating laboratory for the University of Teheran. 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