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'•--' EDITORIALS Warning On Weeds Just as researchers eventually discovered that regular cigarette smoking often caused cancer and other often-fatal diseases, they are now learning that regular use of mari­ juana is often very harmful, both to normal and neurotic individuals. Recently, testifying before the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse in Washington, Drs. Harold K a l o n s k y a n d W i l l i a m M o o r e e l a b o r a t e d o n t h e i r e a r l i e r marijuana warnings in the strongest language they have used to date: "We feel there should be no confusion because regarcftess of the underlying psychological difficulty, mental changes- hallmarked by disturbed awareness of self, apathy, confu­ sion, and poor reality testing--will occur in an individual who smokes marijuana on a regular basis whether he is a normal adolescent in conflict, or a severely neurotic indi­ vidual. "Those who are already ill will become additionally af­ fected by marijuana use and thereby reduce their chance for recovery. Those who are balancing between mental health and illness will lose their balance, and those who are healthy will eventually become symtomatic after pro­ longed exposure to the toxicity of marijuana." There are scientists and doctors who challenge this warning; many have long been on record to the contrary, as was the case with cigarette smoking warnings. Protest Preservation Because of lax administration on the part of the Federal Trade Commission and public ignorance and apathy, Ameri­ can food products have grown more and more artificial and chemical-filled for decades. There have been protests against preservatives (which keep stale bread feeling fresh), stiffeners (used in pickles), artificial flavors, colors, tastes, cereals in meat products, hormones used to fatten cattle and chickens and various chemicals, some of which have been found to be poisonous. But too many American food products are still overly arti­ ficial, chemically preserved and full of additives. Thus the best course for the average housewife, if possible, is to get bread from a known baker, eggs from a known source, meat from friends or acquaintances who raise and butcher it, etc. But few, of course, can do this. The next best step is to read labels carefully, write the Federal Trade Commission or Food and Drug Administration, or your Congressman, in Washington, protest against phony, no-vitamin foods at your local store and buy where quality, freshness and nutritional value are considered important. Stimulating Demand For the first time in three years the economic outlook is op­ timistic in the United States. • It is recognized that we may be headed for an unequalled boom. Washington economists estimate that the gross national product for 1971 will pass one trillion dollars - a 100 percent in­ crease since 1961. Ordinarily, during such periods of upsurge, there are warnings which indicate an impending let-down. Significant increases in consumer prices usually threaten during boom periods. The President's economic experts predict that prices will hold to approximately present levels. Meanwhile, automobile manufacturing and the construction industry are operating with renewed vigor. If production were the only problem connected with economic progress, there would be no room for doubtconcerning the op­ timistic forecasts. The United States has provep that the country has almost unlimited productive potential. However, the country had such potential in 1930, when we were struck by the greatest depression in history. Production has no significant meaning to the national economy when consumption becomes stagnant. This is as true in 1971 as it was in 1930. The consumer must buy before any of goods or service con­ tributes to the national economy. He does not buy new products or services until advertising has given him reason. A promise of new prosperity rests firmly on the ability of advertising to stimulate demand to match production potential. -«7-- J?~ ---**•-- _ DELIVER ME TO CUBA!' ' For Your Information Dear Friends, Selection of a family memorial or burial plot is both an important responsibility and a significant investment. This step should be taken in advance of need, to avoid the mis­ takes of a hasty, confused decision. If you wish it, we can supply information on the subject. Respectfully, PETER M.JUSTEN SON 385-0063 McM«nry. "We hold these truths to be self-evident - that all men"... are entitled to be independent and free-of poverty, -of wars, -of any discrimination of race, sex, religion...to live in a decent environment... to live in decent housing... to live under revitalized, purposeful, meaningful systems of local state and national governments ...to live in a country where freedom and justice are the beginning and the end. United States of America July 4, 1971 r/ ^ - fjiortLL,] ** OOV«J5^ Comments from the Governor \ Public Key To Answer In the following special column, the governor discusses the state's program for its senior citizens.) By Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie Springfield. III. -- "What good is life if I cannot live?" This was the question put to me by an elderly widow who is representative of many of our state's estimated 1.1 million citizens more than 65 years old. Loneliness, frustration and poverty too often have been their lot. They asked little, and got even less. That is why I created the Governor's Committee for Senior Citizens a year ago in May, and appointed Clarence Lipman as executive director, with instructions to find ways to mobilize public opinion throughout the state. In his role as "ombudsman" jie aged, as a lobbyist, organizer and catalyst, Lipman reports he is finding personal solutions to the individual problems faced by our senior citizens. "We are the real forgotten people," the widow's letter concluded, echoing the feelings of many, I am sure. Waste Problem--Nation's Plague Solid waste problems plague the nation, but for many Americans, concern ends when the accumlated garbage, paper, tin cans and grass cuttings are carted away. All most people want is regular, prompt, quiet and complete collection - at a reasonable cost. The public's lack of interest has been a major contributor to today's solid waste crisis. All too often public officials and citizens adopt an ostrich-like attitude about the problem as if to say that if the public just ignores the whole thing, perhaps it will go away. According to a recent report of the League of Women Voters Education fund, "Solid Waste- It Won't Go Away," there is "a devastating breakdown in solid waste handling which pollutes our land, air, water, and aggravates social, economic and political problems." The problem today is that more Americans are throwing away more than ever. Solid wastes are increasing faster than the population. The League report says, "The trend to multiple packaging, to 'no deposit, no return' containers, and to planned obsolescence, plus the 2,000 new products created each year, swell the amount and variety of solid wastes." Today, affluent America uses and throws away. The collection and disposal problem is enormous, transcending most com­ munities' ability to cope. The problem is clear, ac­ cording to the League; what is not clear is how the problem is to be solved. Political ramifications of the problem are many and varied b e c a u s e i n d i v i d u a l municipalities have been responsible for collection and disposal of solid wastes and therefore have developed separate systems and often cross jurisdictional lines in their search for disposal sites. Costs are staggering. The United States spends more than $4.5 billion each year for storage, collection, processing, transportation, and final disposal of urban wastes. "Experts say that the American consumer not only over-pays for the services he receives but can expect to pay three times as much by 1980...," the study states. An emerging management concept is that of reclaiming urban wastes. According to the Council on environmental Quality, such a concept "assumes that man can devise a social technological system that will wisely control the quantity and characteristics of wastes, efficiently collect those that must be removed, creatively recycle those that can be reused, and properly dispose of those that have no further use." One important assumption is that somehow the public can re­ orient an affluent society from a use-discard to a use-recycle way of life. The public is the key to the problem, because it is the public which demands goods, discards them, and expects efficient, effective, economical, nuisance-free collection and service. The first step toward meeting the solid waste crisis, ac­ cording to the League study, is to begin to use immediately the methods and technology currently available. "We cannot wait for a breakthrough. Every local jurisdiction can enforce collection services, convert from dumps to sanitary landfills, look into possible advantages of managing waste collection and disposal cooperatively with its neigh­ bors, and make use of recycling programs in its community." Perhaps as the League study asks, the question in the long run is this: "Will the current mood of concern lead to changes in attitudes, habits, governmental policies and institutional arrangements, so that we reduce the generation of wastes,, reclaim useful materials, and safely restore the residue to the en­ vironment?" The complete report (Solid Waste-It Won't Go Away) is available from the League of Women Voters Education Fund, 1730 N. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 for a small charge. The Woodstock-McHenry and Crystal Lake Leagues of Women Voters urge their members and the public to take advantage of local collection programs in their com­ munities. Woodstock has a reclaiming center for glass, tin cans, aluminum foil products and monthly pick-up of ..iiniiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTTg (Are You New ( In Town? I Do You Know Someone I - New In Town We would like to extend a welcome to every newcomer to our community . . . CALL | In Wonder Lake Gen 1 Weisenburger 1 - "653-3792 newspapers located at R.O. Andrews, Calhoun and Madison streets, Woodstock. Crystal Lake will collect bottles and cans the third Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Plaza. Newspapers may be taken anytime to the Fred Ellis farm located on McConnell road, Woodstock. Fran Olsen I 385-5740 J Joan Stull 1 385-5418 I -Closely related to the disposing of solid waste materials is the subject of land use and zoning. There is a joint committee from the Wood­ stock-McHenry and Crystal Lake Leagues currently studying this timely topic. Interested persons may contact Mrs. George Plews or Mrs. Lyle Johnson. MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS Through the courtesy of Family Health Service and Mental Health Clinic Marihuana Report Sometimes it is difficult to get people to look at the light­ ning-rod issue of marihuana with objectivity. Too often, laymen--and, on occasion, sci­ entists themselves--will search for pieces of information to substantiate preconceived atti­ tudes. To provide factual, objective, and up-to-date information helpful to all, the U.S. Con­ gress directed that a report on marihuana and health be pre­ pared. The members of Con­ gress are concerned about the increased use of marihuana and want to know what dangers this use represents to the health of the people. This concern is shared by local, State, and federal agen­ cies which deal with mind- altering drugs, investigate their potential for usefulnes or dan­ ger, and are involved in regu­ lating their distribution and use. This report has recently been submitted to the Congress. It was prepared by the National Institute of Mental Health for the Department of Health, Edu­ cation, and Welfare. It covers quite a bit of ground and cites various, qualified findings. The report outlines what is known, what is potentially the case, and what possibilities have been indicated in areas of prelimi­ nary research. As the report brings out, to talk about marihuana as one uniform substance that gener­ ally affects individuals in the same manner is to oversimplify. What is homegrown in the Midwest most likely will not pose the same threat as that which is imported from South­ east Asia. Both are usually lumped together under the term "marihuana." In addition, there are several variable factors which come into play when one is discussing the effects of marihuana: anticipation of the user, his experience in smoking, amount he smokes, environ­ ment in which he smokes, and the psychological and physio­ logical makeup of the user. The report discusses the short- term effects, about which we know something! 'but not all. We do not yet have firm sci­ entific knowledge about the effects of long-term chronic usage. Until we know more about the drug, we certainly cannot give it a clean bill of health. Even if it is eventually estab­ lished that moderate usage is not injurious to physical health, a • nagging question would re­ main : do we want to encourage the use of a mind-altering drug which, for so many, is an escape from reality and a retreat into passive enjoyment? The essence of the report is that the full story of marihuana is not In yet, that it does have health and social implications, that we can and must move against the-? problem through research and education and pro­ viding accurate information as rapidly as it becomes available. In this last area particularly, the media of communication, such as the newspapers you trust and read, are essential, as indeed they are in the attack on all kinds of drug abuse, for marihuana is far from the only problem we are confronting in this field. hlyz % i "V* /v* ARE THC OWL"/ MAMMAL'S1. Her worst problem, as it turned out, was that she was in a kind of "gray" area in which she was not eligible for public assistance, yet she had too little money to pay for dentures. As a result, the only food she could eat came out of a blender. Lipman found the state caseworker sympathetic but unable to offer official assistance. But between them they located a dentist willing to work at "cost" and to ask only $5 a month from the widow to pay the total price of $75. Another widow's problem was loneliness so acute she wanted to die. Her daughter, who used to telephone regularly had died the year before, leaving no one interested in the widow. Needing medical care, she was unable to find tran­ sportation to her doctor's of­ fice. Family Service in the woman's hometown solved that problem, and Lipman urged her to visit the local Senior Citzens center for com­ panionship. She refused, but Lipman persisted and finally won her over. Checking with her recently by telephone, Lipman was told: 'You don't have to call me anymore, and besides, I'm too busy at the center to be talking on the phone." These are typical of some of the problems which have been raised in a series of 210 "White House" community forums held in all parts of the state last fall. They were designed to prepare Illinois to participate effectively in November in the White House Conference on Aging, in Washington. These and other efforts will be climaxed July 13 and 14 when a state White House Conference will be held here in Springfield. It is my hope that we can put forth proposals that will cut through the governmental red tape which frustrates so many of our older citizens. The grass roots meetings have also brought together many groups that had been working independently to meet some of the financial, physical or spiritual problems of senior citizens. More than 1,300 individuals have participated in planning for the Springfield conference. Their aim, and mine, is to provide concrete evidence that our senior citizens are not our "forgotten people." oNA1 PRO***' rORy ig£C OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 N. Green St reet Mc Henry (Closed Wednesdzy) Eyes examined .. Glasses fitted Contact Lenses Hrs.- Daily 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8:'30 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses Fitted 1303 N. Richmond Road Hours: Mon.,«Tues., Thurs.and Fri. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Fri Eve. 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Sat.: 9:30 to 3:00 p.m. No Hours on Wednesday PHONE 385-4151 If No Answer...Phone 385-2262 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machines | jiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir:!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinit Sales-Service & Rentals Typewriters - Adders Calculators Mon.-Sat. 9:00-5:30 Friday 'til 9 p.m. PHONE 459 1226 S 93 Grant St., Cyrstal Lake, 114. LETTER SERVICE | §WAL WELCOME Ann Zeller 1 1 • K0ENEMANN Country Made Sausages, 1 Hams and Bacon | GERMAN IMPORTS AND CHEESES | A Full Line Of Delicatessen, O . 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