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lowir Officials Learn future Of Stale Roads At the recent annual meeting of the Township Officials of minds, Melvin % Smith, as­ sistant engineer ct Local Roads and Streets for the state, was guest speaker. Many of his ob­ servations are of special in­ terest to the general public. The following is the first part of a series of articles featuring highlights of his speech: "It is indeed a pleasure to appear before you today and I particularly appreciate the op­ portunity to expand upon my favorite subject "highways-- and how they grow." I per­ sonally feel that for the first time in history we can be op­ timistic about the growth of our modern State highway system. Please keep in mind while I am talking to you that any ref­ erences to the State Highway System includes all Highways and Streets, yes, even your Township Roads throughout our entire State. "As you know, critical needs have been multiplying within all highway systems. This con­ dition has been brought about by an increase in user demands without a corresponding in­ crease in available funds. v "As township officials you shared a degree of responsi­ bility for the successful con­ clusion of . highway legislation in this General Assembly. Through your expression of ideas and needs and your ac­ tive support of legislation, the Illinois Association of Town- Ship Officials has made sig­ nificant contribution to this broadside attack on highway problems. We have appreciated your cooperation and we have all benefited. "As township officials you also have a compound interest in this legislative action. Ev­ ery Illinois motorist or poten­ tial motorist is interested in the improvement and growth of the state highway system, but you, as officials have a vested interest in those bills enacted which effect the operation of township roads and township government. "Some of these are contain­ ed within the package of bills sponsored by the Illinois High­ way Study commission to im­ plement the state-wide high­ way improvement program. ' First of all, the ten Study commission bills which were enacted provided the much needed revenues to the state and local govenments which are the first step in any improve­ ment program. • A large portion of the in­ creased revenues will go into the Road hinds for state use, where the major need exists. •"Passenger car registration fees will be increased in 1970. Eight and twelve dollar regis­ tration fees this year will be increased to eighteen dollars. TUtfftA'A. for MEN When selecting a gift for him .... let us help! STORE for MEN 1245 N. Green St., McHenry, 111. Phone 385-0047 Open Daily 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Fri. til' 9 p.m. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS USE THE FREE GREEN STREET PARKING AREA Eighteen and twenty-four dol­ lar registration fees will be increased to thirty dollars. This will give the Road fund some $45.7 million in 1970 for state use. Likewise, an increase in truck registration fees will pro­ vide an additional amount of $27.8 million. These figures total $73.5 million in addition­ al revenues. The Motor Fuel Tax has been increased from 6 cents to 7% cents per gallon, with the state to receive H cents and the ad­ ditional 1 cent to be distribu­ ted according to statutory for­ mula. The formula remain^ the same and the townships will continue to receive 10 percent of motor fuel tax revenues, but with two important changes. "This increase in motor fuel tax will add some 16 to 18 percent to present township mo­ tor fuel tax allotments--more money for your needs. And, in addition -- the new program provides for the direct pay­ ment of motor fuel tax revenue to local governments. "Another bill further adds the provision that uncommit­ ted funds may be invested lo­ cally until their use is re­ quired. The interest earned on these investments is limited to the same use as the princi­ pal funds. This alleviates the situation whereby the state was collecting interest on the local agencies' balances without your townships receiving any addi­ tional funds. This will also keep inactive funds from building large balances that in the re­ cent past were borrowed for use by other areas of state government. There can be no more emergency borrowing by the Legislature of jrour motor fuel tax money. • The Highway Sti<dy commis­ sion proposals also included provision for the establishment of the Highway Trust Authority. This body will be charged with administration of the $2 billion of bonds to be issued over a ten year period to build needed highway projects. "The programs which will be financed by the Increased revenues from the new' motor fuel taxes and vehicle regis­ tration fees, will bring a free­ dom of mobility and a degree of economic prosperity to all Illinois citizens. With this eco­ nomic prosperity will come an increased tax base for local governmental units and a more sophisticated demand for gov­ ernmental services at the lo­ cal level. This economic join­ ing of all parts of the State with an unsurpassed transpor­ tation network could well be the means of infusing the funds into local governments to give impetus to . the trend toward home rule. S2SQ- 23S-3 BalfeWfil '970T Galaxie 500speaks soMy but says more than tne competition. akeaquiet break at your Ford Dealer...where your dollar buys more. BUSS FORD SALES McHenry, Illinois PUBLIC PULSE (The Pfaindealer invites the public to use this cohtmn as an expression of their views on subjects of gener­ al interest in our commun­ ity. Our only request is that writers limit themselves to 300 words or less signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask. too, that one in­ dividual 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.) TV "EDITORIALS" ' Fellow Citizens: 4 After listening to the ad­ dress of Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, with approval, I switched the dial* to one after the other of the TV stations. I was surprised and angered by the deliberate misinterpre­ tations of his speech. The rep­ resentatives of the various news media did not spare words to impress the public with their opinions. Three stations are guilty of this flagrant insult to the intelligence of the citizenry. ' We are not interested in the opinions of the many commen­ tators and I feel, as do many others, that we are able and capable of forming our own opinions, without the help and subtle maneuvering of this In­ fluence. it is our right, as American, to draw our own con­ clusions, after given time of consideration. 1 ' Do not be deceived, as the press ̂ of several news sources have, obviously, had a hand in influencing the minds of the citizens Into the direction in which they wish to form the thinking of our society. Every once in a while, I am shocked into realization and doubt, by some of these commentators, and this is not the first time that I have protested in this column on the same subject. One commentator is back at his old tricks again, aftdr the appalling statements he made regarding one of the finest Americans our country has ever known. It makes one wonder if the press is out to undermine the govern­ ment. Coverage of the Demo­ cratic convention is another ex­ ample of misinformation. Only ten days hence, my shock over the live broadcast of Pres­ ident Nixon's speech, being dis­ sected to the detriment of its important and serious content, only seconds after delivery, led me to wonder what was hap­ pening. ' The President's speech was not released to the press pre­ vious to the broadcast, and the ensuing remarks by these com­ mentators were obviously the result of a quick and outrag­ eously biased attempt to sway the minds of the thinking pub­ lic before they had time to digest the contents. t "You and I know that it gnly takes a few words to turn the thoughts of the inexperienced The Poet's Corner-- "AUTUMN'S END' Winter's gray and frosty fingers crept up on me this year. Fall is almost over-and winter will be here. I'm sorry in a little way, to see the snowflakes fall; It means an end to Autumn My favorite time of all. * Naked trees and sunless skies making a winter day; Then the wind begins to blow and you know Autumn's gone away. By Geri Neubauer McHenry, 111 FRI. NOV. 21,1969 - PLAINDEALER - PG. 9 minds of the young people and also, many of the uninformed adult population. The duty of the press is to convey the news in fact, and not to attempt to analyze it, excepting in the ed­ itorial columns where that ed­ iting belongs. The press is guilty of violating its right to impart impartial news to the public. The people should come forth and demand proper decor­ um from our news media. "Sincerely "Ruth E. Radtke' Iceland, now treeless, once had large stands of birch, wil­ low and juniper. 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