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V I PAGE 14-PLAlNbEALER-WEPNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1971 EDITORIALS On Permissiveness In recent years a great debate has sprung up over permis­ siveness. How permissive can college governments be in the face of demonstrations and physical coercion? How per­ missive can government be in the face of violence and rioting"^ How permissive can parents be in the face of criminal behavior by their children0 How permissive can police be in the face of deliberate provocation and abuse0 One of the reasons permissiveness has become the sub­ ject of ^ major debate is that twenty and thirty years ago mam mothers were sold the permissive line by psychia­ trist:--the line that junior shouldn't be frustrated, t h at p.»rents shouldn't say no to darling junior. No doubt many parent s have over-used the negative but in adopting the new creed millions went too far with permissiveness, and in many cases little junior of twenty years ago has grown into a full blown monster. Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst believes the decline of crime in Washington, the greatly reduced .violence on/college campuses, the better atmosphere all over the country, as compared to conditions existing two wars ago, is a result of less permissiveness in the Jus­ tice Department, as apart from what he felt was too much permissiveness on the part of former officials such as R;imse> Clark; during Clark's day in the department, of course, civil discipline also disappeared from the country. It is not a question whether Clark was right or wrong in judging certain laws or issues. As an Attorney General he had to stand for enforcing the law. Someone must enforce the law until it is changed, even if some laws should be improved. Superhighway Program During President Eisenhower's days in the White House the nation launched its superhighway program, a program to have been completed by 1970 at a cost of over $70,000,000,000. Now, when the modern highway network should be finished, it's still at least five years from completion. President Nixon recently signed a bill setting back the completion date to 1976 and authorizing more federal funds to carry on the program, which now may cost $150,000,000,000. Inflation, political string-pulling, some misuse of funds, in various states, have slowed the program. Some states have done better than others. The nation, as a whole, hasn't much to be proud of; more than twelve years after the program was launced, and thirty years after Germany built its first super­ highway network, Americans in many areas are still driving on crowded, narrow, two-lane concrete strips--and dying at the rate of a thousand a week partly because of inadequate and overcrowded highways. Advertising Effects The effects of a Want Ad or a grocery advertisement may be realized by an advertiser* within hours, or even minutes, after a local newspaper is distributed. However, advertisers make a mistake if they judge the total effect of advertising in terms of immediate results. Ad­ vertising has an accumulative effect which may not be appar­ ent for years. The manufacturer of an expensive musical instrument es­ timates that two years of consistent advertising is required to gain acceptance of his product. An encyclopedia company has figured that five years of ad­ vertising is needed to sell the average buyer. A world-wide distributor of diamonds bases advertising and computes results in periods of ten years. One sales manager has this to say about the accumulative effect of advertising: "Our advertising pays for itself from day to day. But more important, we know from experience that when we cut advertising for a sustained period the sales' curves on everything in our stores gradually dip. That overall effect is m<5re important to us than current sales." A lumber retailer in a New England town told a publisher's convention: "I'll tell you why I advertise. In my town, 60 per cent of the retail firms have failed or changed hands because of threatened failure during the past fifteen years. In every case the businesses were run by managers who considered advertising an unnecessary expense." "Often when a business cut down on advertising, the change in sales was at first insignificant. But after months, or a year, or more, one by one the old customers had gradually wandered to more progressive clients," he added. Annual Police Report The following is part of the annual report of the activities of the McHenry Police department for the year Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1970. Details will follow in succeeding issues. 1. The updating of the police department record and file system. Mrs. Pat Burke was employed to supervise this sys­ tem on Jan. 5, 1970. 2. Three additional men were added to the Police depart­ ment. 3. A 1970 Pontiac station wagon was added to the Police department. 4. The Leads machine was added to the department. Mc­ Henry is the only police department in the county (except the Sheriffs department) that has this machine. (Law Enforce­ ment Agencies Data Systems.) 5. Three ISPERN radios installed in the three squad cars, furnished-by the state at no cost to the city. (Illinois State Po­ lice Emergency Radio Network.) 6. Three additional phone services into Police department were added for better service. 7. Five additional four-drawer file cabinets were added u handle all field reports, fingerprint cards, photos and acci­ dent reports. 8. A new radar, value at $1,800 was purchased. Matching funds from the state - 50/50. 9. Funding from the federal government, 25/75, was re­ ceived to purchase a mugging camera, portable video camera, a fingerprint camera. (Received $1,500 as federal government share) PUBLIC Pl'LSE (The Plaindealer imites the public to use this col­ umn as an expression of their views on subjects of general interest in our community. Our only re­ quest is that writers lim­ it themselves to 300 words or less - signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We-ask too, that one individual not write on the same subject more than once each month. We re­ serve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in ob- jectional taste.) MUST WE BEG? " Editor: "Do we have to beg? This question faces every student in the McHenry West campus high school every day as March 20 draws near. The need for concern by the voters can no longer be prolonged. If this ref­ erendum should fail, the edu­ cational system of the McHen­ ry schools would quickly de­ cline to such a state that it could take five to seven years to build itself back up to the present level of education. New school or old, new system or old, this referendum would have come up now because of the loss of personal property tax which amounts to $280,000 ev­ ery year. ••Statistically the new school ( c a r p e t , a i r - c o n d i t i o n i n g , swimming pool and all) is not what you are being asked to sup­ port. By voting "Yes" for the referendum, you keep all Ath­ letics, Fine Arts, Music de­ partments, Drama clubs, Lan­ guage clubs, Pep clubs, adult education, guidance counselors and a part of the faculty from diminishing. Without these ar­ eas mentioned above the educa­ tional system would consist of four academic subjects at a maximum and physical edu­ cation. There would be no cafe­ teria in the building. Instead, there would be an open campus procedure. The entire school day mffeht consist of five to six hours of solid classes with­ out stud}' hall, leaving maybe one-half hour for lunch where the students would be all over town. The present system of edu­ cation (Flex Mod) has been proven superior to the tradi­ tional system for the same price. The Flex Mod schedul­ ing costs no more than the tra­ ditional system. We are in def­ icit because of inflation, the loss of personal property tax, the rising cost of living, and because our school in the past, has been proud to say that it operates on less money than all other schools around except for those schools whose enroll­ ments aren't even half that of ours. It is now a matter of self preservation that we ask for a tax levy increase of a .40 cent limit per every 100 dollars of assessed value. If a "yes" vote is achieved, the school system plans to use .30 of the .40 cent increase for the coming year. The Flex Mod sys- 10. A new evidence cabinet was built to hold, under lock an" key, all evidence that may be used in court trials. 11. A new gun cabinet was built to hold all 12 and 14- gauge automatic riot guns and to hold all other riot control equipment such as helmets, shells, gas masks, gas smoke bombs, riot batons, etc. 12. Six officers enrolled in Champaign for basic police training - six-week course - 240 hours. Must pass the test at school. If they fail, will lose job in the Police department. (Matching Funds from the State.) 13. Two sergeants to school for five days - for alcohol breath testing^^ow state certified operators on the breath alyzer machine. 14. One man to the crime lab in Joliet for fifty-six hours in fingerprinting. 15i Two men finished the advance basic training in law enforcement in Champaign. 16. All officers have attended over fifteen seminars in law enforcement, narcotics, bomb scare,.etc. 17. Officers have spoken to the high schools, Junior high and all grade schools and to church and service organizations on law enforcement, narcotics, etc. 18. Officers were assigned to the grade schools--at the beginning of school--to talk to the children in School Bus Safe­ ty--How to get on and off of busses--how to walk away from the bus--how to get to the side of the road in single file in the sub­ divisions--and other safety factors. 19. Over twenty groups of children has visited the police department in the past twelve months. 20. Students from the Junior high and from the East cam­ pus arc requesting officers to come to the school and speak to their class on narcotics. 21. Juvenile cases handled by the Juvenile department - 390. 22. C ommunication personnel have attended schools in Ar­ lington Heights, Elgin and Springfield. Fifty-six hours learning the operation of the LEADS machine. v* The McHenry Police department Personnel totals 21. •jjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii(iiii!":;iiimiiiiiiiimiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiti = I For Your Information I Dear friends, Everyone in this community has an invi­ tation to visit our modern, fully equipped funeral home. Many have found it sensible to become acquainted with the details of the funeral service, and its relative costs, before the need arises. Questions may be asked and pref­ erences determined at a time of calm delib­ eration. We do welcome your visit. f • Respectfully, /a § PETERAVJISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME M c H e n r y . I l l ino i s 385-0063 K0ENEMANN Country Made Sausages, Hams and Bacon 1 GERMAN IMPORTS AND CHEESES A Full Line Of Delicatessen 815-385-6260 tem is the most valuable type of education that ever hit Mc­ Henry. It lets the student real­ ize how vast the area of edu­ cation is and it motivates him to do individual research on his independent study time. I know because I'm a student at West. "Delge V. Gerstad" LESSON IN VOCABULARY "Editor: "Ever hear of synonyms? They are words that sound dif­ ferent, but have the same mean­ ing. Like Real Estate and Per­ sonal Property. They sound dif­ ferent, but mean the same when you apply them to our tax vo­ cabulary. They both mean MON­ EY FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS. "How about a lesson in sales­ manship? We were sold on a state income tax partly on the basis of a promise of the elim­ ination of the Personal Prop­ erty tax. The implication was that somehow or other, we would get the money back. The Per­ sonal Property Tax Promise was kept--they let us vote it out, which cut our income for local schools about $280,000 in District 156. The heck of it is, they didn't give us any money to' replace it! As a re­ sult, I'm paying far more in taxes right now, and in all fairness to the school board, I feel I should at least replace this money we voted away from the schools, and increase our taxes again, by voting for the referendum in March. "So, learn your tax vocabu­ lary, and beware of salesmen with glib tongues. "Think it over. Let's be fair about the referendum. "Dan Fry" SCHOOL REFERENDUM "Editor: "We, the members of the 1970-1971 French club of M.C.H.S., would like to lend our unconditional support for the District 156 school bond referendum. Our club's activi­ ties would be terminated if it is not passed because of a lack of funds. We hope the peo­ ple realize how necessary it is to support this issue on March 20. Only if it is passed can we expect to retain our super­ ior educational system. We urge the parents of the McHenry area to vote YES! ^ "Sincerely, "Carol Wilt "Secretary of French Club" GROWING McHENRY "Editor: "In the last year we have voted down the Junior college bond issue and also the in­ crease to operate our McHen­ ry high schools. The reasons for voting down the college bond issue were many - location, price of land, owner of prop­ erty and increase in taxes were but a few. "My feeling is that people of McHenry county are being hurt in the pocketbook more and more each year and don't know how to fight back except to vote "No" on all subjects brought before them. Yes, even if it hurts them in the end. I have attended meetings and lis­ tened to committees asking for monies to solve the present needs. No one seems to be con­ cerned with the cause or the problems of the future. "Why is the Johnsburg el­ ementary school district in trouble? Where are all these new children coming flrom? How can we build schools fast e- nough to keep up? Where will the money come from? From the taxpayers of course! "No one seems to be concern­ ed with the retired folks of our county. In the last ten years, the cost of living has gone up a great deal. Tfcxes are too high! How much has their retirement check increas­ ed? You cannot blame these peo­ ple for feeling this way when they would like to be able to enjoy the rest of their lives on earth and not worry about losing their homes. "Why aren't our city councils and county officials concerning themselves with the reasons for our money problems? I don't know but when I question some of the officials, they answer that you cannot stop people from building in our county. I ask why? The building contractors are to blame for all of our pre­ sent problems. '•Read the ads in your local papers and for $200 down and only $125 you can be a home owner. Your interest is only one percent when the normal is SV2 to 7V2 percent at any bank or local loan. Isn't any­ one concerned but me? These homes are not only the biggest contributing factor to our mon­ ey problems but will be the main reason for people to leave McHenry ten years from now. "My friends and I have seen these homes being built and we all feel the same. They are not worth $21,000. When you figure 360 payments at $125 per month, that's $45,000. Of course, some of the $24,000 is for taxes, insurance, prin­ cipal and interest. To qualify for these homes, you must earn between $5,250 and $9,850 per year and you must have chil­ dren. "These project homes are known as the "235 homes". In ten years from now, what will your taxes be? If just 300 of these homes are built in our area and each home av­ erages 2/2 children, we will receive 750 new children to our school districts. This is over and above our normal growth. "What will the contractors contribute to the financial cri­ sis they are creating? What are the new people paying to­ ward our schools? The more money these builders make, the higher our taxes must go. It does not make sense to me. Let these contractors get to­ gether and create a new town or city. Build their own schools, filtration plants, sewers, etc. Why should our taxes continue to spiral upward so these con­ tractors can make more money? " The only answer to our fu­ ture is to control the number of houses built. Our county and city officials should stop their support of the 235 project homes. If they don't, we should elect people who will have our interests and future as their number one priority. "The school board compares our dollar per pupil with Pal­ atine, Crystal Lake, ZionTfen- ton and other cities. They should compare the family incomes of McHenry with the same cities. How do they compare? We have to pass the referendum on March 20 but it will only satis­ fy our needs for a few years. What are we going to do in 1975 or 1980? Wake up people of McHenry! "Why am I getting involved? My home has depreciated at least $5,000 in six months be­ cause eight of these homes have been built around my new home. If I could get my money back, I'd be leaving McHenry as soon as I could. I used to be proud to say I was frpm McHenry, but no more. I moved out here because it was a small town sixteen years ago. It is getting too big for me and my pocket- book. "In closing, my advice to you is to first pass the March 20 referendum and then vote out of office all the public of­ ficials who are not protecting us. We need money for our high schools and we need to get rid of most of the present of­ fice holders. "When you vote - think first. We need fair and equal taxa­ tion. "Sincerely, "Anton P. 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