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CAR SEAT BURNS -- Company I firemen extinguished a fire which destroyed the seat of a car driven by Walter Talaga of 109 Nippersink, Fox Lake. He had used a chemical on the smouldering seat earlier while parked in an Elm street lot. Sometime later when he returned to the auto to find the fire was not out. he drove to the city hall and asked for assistance. PLAINDEALER PHOTO tate ILLINOIS IN POLLUTION CONTROLS Mfi Limitation of automobile ^raffle and the closing of busi­ ness and schools have been sug- "As a result of its investigation |L I and report, the state's Bureau of iNwlDS Air Pollution Control proposed ^rt*visions to the 'Rules for the Control of Air Pollution Epi­ sodes.' " gested as emergency measures to The revised plan includes the controLair pollution in Illinois, addition of carbon monoxide to Clarence W. Klassen, techni- the pollutants monitored, cal secretary of the Illinois Air "An important change in the Pollution Control Board, said: proposed .rules is the involve-. 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The magazine is being recalled and removed from newsstands in the United States and Canada. In a feature entitled "Mi­ rage," the reader is invited to test his "mirageability" by fol­ lowing deadly directions to dis­ solve any two pages of the maga­ zine in methyl alcohol and drink the resulting mixture. " Methyl alcohol, commonly known as wood alcohol, is a lethal poison whose first effect is blindness. "Consuming even small quantities of it can cause death," Dr. Yoder warned. According to the test, the ink used to print the magazine con- tains d i p h e nylphloroamy 1-2-benzoate, termed by the magazine "a most powerful hal­ lucinogen." The FDA cannot determine that any such com­ pound has over been identified. SALMON FOUND Fishing technicians of the Illi­ nois Department of Conserva­ tion found coho salmon and trout near the shore of Lake Michigan during investigations this fall and winter. Salmon have been present in the Illinois portion of the lake from March through July over the several years but this is the first winter that the fish have been found in any number. Evi­ dently the adult salmon were stocked in streams flowing into the lake in other states and have not been able to find their way back to their parent streams, William Harth, superintendent of the fisheries division, said. INTERSTATE GROWS A 13-mile section of Inter­ state 57 between Champaign- Urbana and Rantoul was sched­ uled to be opened to traffic Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 16, Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, an­ nounced. P u b l i c W o r k s D i r e c t o r William F. Cellini said a dedica­ tion ceremony is planned. 1-57 is the longest of the interstate routes in Illinois. It extends from Chicago to Cairo by way of Kankakee, Champaign-Urbana, Mattoon, Effingham, Mt. Ver­ non and Marion. Of the overall 350-mile route, more than 250 miles are now in use. (IIS) S40 MILLION PROGRAM Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie has unveiled a $40 million program providing major improvements to nearly 100 miles of state high­ ways in Cook County. Ogilvie said the more than 200 separate projects involved include 20 miles of major recon­ struction, 40 m?les of widening and resurfacing, 27 miles of re­ surfacing only and eight hew traffic signal installations. The program announced is the third phase in Ogilvie's immedi'ate-action program to im­ prove deteriorating highways throughout the state, and the first dealing with Cook County roads. P u b l i c W o r k s D i r e c t o r William F. Cellini said the work announced represents only a part of the highway improve­ ments planned for Cook County during 1970. Additional projects will be announced irKthe 1970 highway program to be released later this month. AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION Time has arrived for registra­ tion of federal airman and air­ craft airworthiness certificates by the Illinois Department of Aeronautics, J.E. Wenzel, de­ partment director, has an­ nounced. Airmen and aircraft owners who complied with the registra­ tion law in 1969 will receive 1970 registration applications on or by Dec. 1 of this year, Wenzel said. Partially completed, the ap­ plications need only to be check­ ed for ^accuracy, signed and returned with the required $3 fee. Wenzel explained that annual aircraft registration is aimed at removing unsafe aircraft form airways. Registration provides names for the department's mail­ ing lists to receive revised aero­ nautical charts, airport direc-. tories and aviation publications such as "Illinois Aviation," the department's quarterly. Current pilot lists are also sent to all county civil defense coordi­ nators to use in times of disaster. Pilots and aircraft owners registered in 1969 but who have changed address should fill out a new application, Wenzel said. Any pilots not registered in 1969 may secure an application at a local airport or by writing the Mlinois Department of Aero­ nautics, Capital Airport, Spring­ f i e l d , I l l i n o i s 6 2 7 0 5 . - ( 1 1 5 ) HEALTH CARE CRISIS "There seems to be a general agreement between authorities and users of health care services that the United States and Illi­ nois face a health care crisis of major proportions,".Sen. Robert W. Mitchler (R-Oswego), said. "The problem is a compli­ cated one," Mitchler said "be­ cause we face a serious shortage of doctors, nurses and other health manpower. "Only a third of our counties have county health departments. Many persons lack sufficient financial resources to purchase adequate health care. "Recent cases of fraud in the medical field are also cause for concern," he added. "But the most serious problem is the skyrocketing of medical costs." Mitchler referred to a bill that he introduced in the Senate and that was approved by Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, It provides, in connection with the Illinois Department of Public Health, an Advisory Committee on Medical Costs and Utilization of Services. FRIDAY, DEC. 19,1969 - PLAINDEALER-PG.7 MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS National Institute of Mental Health Stanley F. Yolles, M.D., Director Spotting Quacks From the days of witchcraft to modern "headshrinking," as psychiatry is sometimes faceti­ ously referred to, quacks and phonies have preyed upon the mentally ill and their families. In norther field of illness, save perhaps that of cancer, have so many cruel hoaxes been perpetrated upon the guileless and the suffering. Mental and emotional disor­ ders, for which there are few absolute diagnoses and sure cures, lend themselves particu­ larly well to the quack's per­ suasive balm. Moreover, pre­ venting mental health quackery through laws is extremely diffi­ cult. Many States do not have li­ censing laws; and in many places counseling, psychological treatment, and other methods of therapy may be used by self- anointed "psychologists," mar­ riage counsellors, and others. Medical and health authori­ ties have not fought quackery as strongly as we all might wish, principally because of full-time preoccupation with positive medical and health programs and practices. Some experts, however, are focussing attention on quack­ ery. One of these is Dr. Roger D. Freeman, a psychiatrist asso­ ciated with Temple University, Philadejphia. Dr. Freeman says that there is no easy definition of a quack, but that we will do well to be suspicious about a person's activities such as the following: Claiming to provide services for which his training and ex­ perience are clearly inade­ quate; Making excessive claims with­ out good evidence (caution is typical of the honest profes­ sional); Unwillingness to consider that his claimed results might be due to factors he has not taken into account; Claiming (without evidence) that his treatment is more "nat­ ural" than others and that he is not merely "treating symptoms" but rather basic causes. a* tttwmmmttiwwwuwww " COLONY TAP NEW YEARS EVE PARTY $1500 A Couple 9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. Call For Reservations 815-385-4715 Johnsburg III. 1 1^16 North Green Street McHenry, III. 60050 3510 West Elm Street McHenry, Illinois C^AiUtmaA^ i g f l Beauty Phone 815-385-2300 oLocher'd JiowerA % 1213 N. Third St McHenry, Illinois