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| Sec. 2, Pg. 4 - Plaindealer - Wed. June 18, 1969 The "In" Thing v O The "in** thing among certain actors and actresses is to fifty more and more shocking roles in films. One wouldn't mind sti .u..<h if it weren't for the fact that film stars in the United !$9tes have attained, undeservedly, something of hero and heroine status among the gullible and relatively uncultured American public. . It is not as/much a question of censorship as one of good t&ste and judgiflent. One certainly does not wish to ban books about delicate subjects, nor to hide from these problems. However, it is highly undesirable to glamorize such a condition or abnormality-and when established film star s portray individuals in this class with attractiveness, perfect speech, apparent normality, and much charm, it can be* harmful and misleading, both to young ar<u old. (In tiiis connection, trie muchheralded self-enforcement film grading system of the movie industry is a flop. In some cities an effort is made and in others -• minors are freely admitted to all films.) What can such shock films accomplish? What good do they do? Since there is no chance that the nation through local, state or federal action, will take any step to encourage such conduct or behavior, or even to tolerate it beyond certain bounds, the primary accomplishment of these film "shockers" is to draw a curious audience to be shocked for the profit of producers. Safely On Wheels When traffic roars and the cost of living soars, your thoughts may stray to the "good old days" of simple pleasures and physical fitness. That's the time to try a bike. . - There is no question about the bicycle's place in the lives of the young as well as the older persons in the country. A recent survey by the Bicycle Institute of America found that more than fifty-five million people in the United States ride bicycles. These people are sports enthusiasts who have reached a common source of happiness. ! But there is more to bicycle riding than enjoyment and exercise. The 4-H bicycle project teaches participating members tjie importance of bike care and safety. They learn tips to improve their riding form, help make bike riding easier and maintain the bicycle for best-running results and longest service. ','r With the warm summer months a reality, more youngsters 7$han ever before are riding bikes. This makes good safety ; practices even more important. Through the 4-H program, participating members learn state and local laws pertaining to ; bike riding and how to recognize and distinguish between traffic j$igns. Non-members should be equally well informed. • When your bicycle is properly equipped and adjusted, the . safety of its operation depends on the rider. Bicycle riding is ! fun, but bicycle safety is a must. •fay-- •IMff U "Hurry Marge, we'll be late for the theater." Of} 0 •|yi urn 11 IITHII iiniimn *TBI n a » i r a r Are You New In Tows? Do You Know Someone New In Town? We would like to extend a welcome to •very newcomer to our community. Cris Fail ¥T ! lIVLl \ ANOTHER SUMMER H McCLORY REPORTS From Washington Social Security QUESTIONIROX BY JIM .JANZ FIELD REPRESEN' Today's questions arfe-vOnes frequently being asked of representatives by the people of McHenry county. The Social Security office at 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, reminds McHenry county residents that it has representatives meeting people at two locations in Henry county on a^r&gula" basis. The representatives ar* at the Woodstock Public library, 414 W. Judd, Woodstoct every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and at the Harvard city hall-from 9:30 a.m. tonooi on the first and third Tuesda/ every month. If you have a question you would like answered oi Social Security in this column, please forward it to Social Security Administration Question and Answer Column, 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, Illinois, 60085. Give your full name, address, and Social Security number. If you do not want your name to appear, please indicate this and we will use only initials. by Jim Janz, Field Representative Question: My wife was recently in an auto accident. She is now in a wheelchair, which I am now renting. It now appears that she will need the chair for some time. The druggist I rent the chair from says Medicare will help pay for it if I buy, instead of rent. Is this true? Answer: Yes, it is true that Medicare will help pay for either rental or purchase of medically necessary durable medical equipment. An important note: 'this equipment must be prescribed by your doctor. If you decide to purchase the wheelchair, bear in mind that Medicare payments are made over a period of time, and the payments stop when the need for the chair ends. Question: About ten years ago, I was working for a firm in New York that went bankrupt. Pve always wondered if they reported my wages. I read somewhere that a person can check up on his social security credit, is that right? Answer: You're right. It's. really very simple to make sure of your social security protection. All you need do is complete a postcard form and mail it to Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland. You will be furnished a record of your earnings, with a breakdown of the last three years. We reconynend that you do this every three years, in order to catch any errors while they can be corrected easily. Question: My foreman and I have been arguing about social security. He says it's for old people, I say it's for everyone. Who is right? Answer: It is true that the majority of beneficiaries are receiving retirement benefits. However, social security is also protection for the young person and his family against early disablement or death. Social ity is a comprehensive m of protection for all ages J We all hope that we won't need (social security until we retire, but if we do, we know it's there, ready to help. stion: Pm not ready to retire yet, being only 40, but I concerned. I hear that when a person applies for social security, he is asked to give certain information, sucn as where he works and when he got married. Point is, I don't want some people t6 know these things. What guarantee do I have that my secrets won't get our? Answer: Yes, some questions are necessary, but social security records are strictly confidential. It is expressly against the law to reveal anyting about a person's claim to anyone without that person's written permission. Your secrets, as you put it, are as safe as F6rt Knox. PUBLIC PULSE ("The Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only request is that writers limit themselves to 300 words or less signature, full address and phone number. We ask. too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in objectionable taste.) "Dear Editor: "My wife and I have a concern for people who are lonely, whether because they are elderly, shut-in, widowed or any other reason. "So we are developing a ministry of cheer and encouragement through personal correspondence. "If any readers of your paper would like to get acquainted with us, they are invited to write us at Route 1, Box 1124, Stoughton, Wis. 53589. "Sincerely, "David L. Handt "Pastor" Today's driving on higher speed expressways requires a degree of judgment, skill and alertness unknown a few years ago, according to the Institute for Safer Living. Equally important as your own driving ability is the condition of your car. Safe driving demands top mechanical and top physical performance. For Your Information CALL 385-4084 Fran Ofsen 385-5740 Joan Stull : 385-5418 : Ann Zeller - 385-0559 i i i t b w f t ^ ^ ^ • t i i i m m n t i n i . ROYAL WELCOME Dear friends, We recognize that funeral service is a calling with high responsibilities, requiring strict moral and service standards, and fair and honorable dealing with every family. It requires that all confidential matters of a business or personal nature be held inviolate and that those entrusted to us .shall always have respectful and reverent care.\ Respectfully, nry, Illinois PETER M.JUSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME 385-0063 MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS Stanley F. Yolles, M.D. Director National Institute of Mental Health CAN AGED MENTAL PATIENTS BE HELPED? Can old people in mental hospitals be helped back to a more independent life and to useful work? ~ Can they ever be brought to the point at which they can leave the hospital? For too long the answer has been no. Great progress has been made in" rehabilitating other mentally ill and in reducing the numbers of patients residing in state mental hospitals. But the older people have not benefitted much. It has been too long assumed that more of them were in the mental institution to vegetate for the rest of their lives and receive only custodial care. ^ Now, however, it has been shown that even long-time, "• chronic patients in forgotten "back wards" can be helped. This has been achieved, on an experimental basis, in.-a large state hospital. In the trial program, a ward was set up as a sheltered workshop where patients would do useful work: make small auto ' ' parts, package chrome auto letters, roll bandages, make gift items for sale. Nothing was done merely to "kill time." Everyone was paid for his work and kept and managed his money. Meantime, many changes were also made in their living quarters. Full-length mirrors were put up, as were calendars and wall clocks. Doors were painted bright colors. Long-locked doors were unlocked and left that way. Furniture was replaced with attractive, nonhospital furniture. The dining room's long tables were replaced with small tables; and generally living for the aged patients became less and less institutionalized. They were allowed and encouraged to wear regular clothes instead of hospital garb. Nurses and other staff wore street clothes, too. Men were given free access to shaving materials, including razors. Women had a place to wash and dry their hair; and they could go to the beauty parlor a9 well. There was a remarkable change in the old people from a sleepy, sitting-down, dull existence to a busy day of living. "Thank God for the workshop," said one patient, "I'd go crazy without it." Results indicate that, despite frail health, some three-fourths of the elderly mental patients achieved a higher level of selfcare and independence than be- , fore. Many of the group were able to return to work and leave the hospital. The older mental hospital patient can be helped a great deal when his problems are at- President Nixon has announced a wholly new approach to foreign aid. In requesting the smalles appropriation in the history of this program the President, at the same time, has urged legislation to enable private enterprise to handle a far greater share of foreign aid in the developing nations. The Nixon policy recognizes thss® basic truths? a) BoVbIgp^ ing nations benefit only from foreign aid programs which encourage them to help themselves: b) multinational programs are superior to single nation efforts and c) private enterprise generally accomplishes far greater results than can government. This new policy relating to foreign aid will probably be accompanied by a reduction in the staffs of some of our overseas embassies and missions, ^gain, the purpose of this move will be to minimize our presence, and to encourage a more active involvement of the governments and business communities in the developing nations. This enlightened change in policy demonstrates that several simple messages have finally seeped through, namely (1) that people will not help themselves as long as someone else is assuming their responsibilities, and (2) that the "big brother" attitude that has characterized American foreign aid in the past frequently produces antipathy and resentment. Hie program of private enterprise assistance abroad calls for legislation to create an Overseas Private Investment corporation, and the appropriation of $75 million to serve as tacked through an active program. More action programs are being developed by private and public agencies--looking toward a better future for all of our older citizens. DRIVING FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY by Paul Powell Secretory of Stile With school out and vacation time at hand, more children will be riding in cars. Safety experts are giving advice to parents that sounds a little ruthless. "Belt your kids," is the by-word. The only ruthlessness involved is on the part of the parents who fail to belt their children. I)firing 1967, 1,600 children under I I years old/ were killed and 100,fl00 injured in car accidents, and few of them wore seat belts. Everyone should wear some safety restraint while riding in a vehicle, and adults should set the example. As with all infant training, a child should be taught from the first time he enters a vehicle. He should be protected. The best way for an infant to travel safely is in an approved safety harness or a padded bassinet or car bed. An infant's car bed should be placed on the rear seat lengthwise of the car with the front legs resting on the floorboard and the rear legs jfcastened by a seat belt. A strong mesh should be tied across the top of the bassinet. For your copy of "Rules of the Road", write to Paul Powell, Secretary of State, Springfield. Illinois 62706. OPEN 7 Days A i in t h< n S t v l Week O" U ' e N o r t h S h o r e COCKTAILS Of Long Lake BMQUET ROOMS RESERVATIONS JU 7-0741 m ROLLINS ROAD l"qleside III a revolving fund to guarantee capital investments. This private enterprise effort does not necessarily mean the transfer of American dollars to foreign countries. American concerns are able frequently to finance foreign operations through use of local currencies or credits available in other countries. President Nixon also has urged "strong new enapteftsis. ontechnical assistance". After recommending that one-fifth of the total foreign aid funds be placed in this category, the President declared that technical assistance "includes the adaptation of UJ5. technical knowledge to the special needs of poor countries, the training of their people in modern skills...." Thesg/ funds will be concentrated in areas of agriculture, education, and family planning. With a smaller foreign aid budget than that offered last year by President Johnson, it is to be hoped nevertheless that the Nixon program will result in increased benefits to the developing nations. Behind every foreign aid program is the underlying hope that improved relations between our country and.the other nations of the world may ensue. This hope was never more eloquently expressed than in the foreign aid message of President Nixotuln the President's own wordsT^tbreign aid must be viewed as an integral part of our overall effort to achieve a world order of peace and justice." IPSESPwgl SOHO OC$ OOT! Tk PLAINDEALER URGES DRIVERS TO BE EXTRA ALERT FOR CHILDREN DURING SUMMER MONTHS, ESPECIALLY IN RESIDENT/AL AND PtAY AREAS/ PARENTS^ YOUR CHILD'S .SAFET Y EDUCATION IS UP TO you NOW/ BRING *3} OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F. Kelly At 1224 N. Green Street, McHenry (Closed Wednesday) Byes Examined Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses Hrs. Dally 0:80 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Evenings 8:S0 p m. Evenings by Appointment PHONE 385 0452 Dr. Leonard L. Bottari Eyes Examlned-Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses 130S N. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Toes., Thnre., Fri. 4:00 p-m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Fri. Eve 7 p m. to 9 p.m. Sat. 0:80 to 3:00 p.m< No Hours on Wednesday PHONE S85'4151 If No Answer Phone 385-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machines Sales • Service & Rentals Typewriter ^Adders, Calculators Mon- - Sat. 0:00 - 5:80 Friday till 9:00 p.m. Phojte 459-1226 98 Grant St., Crystal Lake, 111. 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