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T- PAGE 8- PLAINDEALEK-WE DN ESDAY, MAY 17, 1972 EDITORIALS On Demonstrations One form of demonstration the nation has seen enough of recently is the street mob of college students seeking to intimidate Washington on foreign policy. By what reasoning college students conclude they know best how to run the nation and direct its foreign affairs escapes most mature citizens. But in recent years agitators, headline-seekers and some militants and communists have succeeded in leading large numbers of students on street or campus rampages. The latest examples were the protests over President Nixon's decision to bomb targets in Hanoi and Haiphong. In some cases students destroyed many store windows and caused considerable damage. Student leaders in various parts of the country sought to close colleges for a day as a protest against the President's foreign policy. The vast majority in America feels students are in college to learn, not run the nation. Flying The Ocean One of the ironies of modem air travel to Europe is that the airlines force most passenagers to sit up all night. Be­ cause they have scheduled the vast majority of European flights at night, the traveler arrives in Europe after sitting up all night-and naturally feels miserable^ two days afterward. \ Only a few lines have any daytime flights. T^ose with only night flights haven't converted their airlitters into . sleepers. It's only a question of time until the average over­ seas traveler demands something better. Then the airlines will almost surely all begin a crash program to convert some of the space on their huge 747's to sleeper accom­ modations. That has been the history of such innovations. One can, oddly enough, return to America and get some sleep the same night. Tliat is primarily because the west­ bound arriving passenger finds the clock in America five or more hours earlier and has time to get home or to a rented room. But going to Europe the American finds clocks there five or six hours later. The only solution, obviously, is early departures. If there is ever to be any really first-class travel by air to Europe, at long last, schedules will have to be revised to fit the passenger's convenience. Pointers From Politics This is a lively election year in most areas of the United States. Newspapers from all parts of the country have been full of political advertising. Politicians at all levels have engaged in a job of salesmanship from which many businessmen could take a few pointers. The objectives of political advertising are practically the same as the objectives of retail advertising. In both instances, ad­ vertising is slanted to the individual on the local level. In both instances, an effort is made to overcome competition and to inspire the individual to act in favor of the advertiser. On the basis of his constant experience, the retailer should do a better job of advertising than the politician. But too often the op­ posite is true. The political advertiser, more or less instinctively, seems to follow the principles of good advertising. There is a relentless consistency in political advertising; the politician never assumes that he has repeated his message often enough. In political ad­ vertising, product features - that is, Qualifications of the candidate - a»e listed in precise detail. Finally, the political advertiser is specific in acclaiming benefits which will come to the individual if he acts in the desired way. Each of these qualities - consistent local newspaper advertising, appeal to the individual, concrete listing of product features, and promise of benefits - are basic elements in the best newspaper advertising. Yet, some of the important elements are often ignored by retail advertisers. Sheriff's Report APRIL REPORT OFFENSES AS REPORTED: Arson Abandoned vehicles Anonymous calls Assault Burglary Disorderly conduct Domestic trouble Driving While Intoxicated Emergency assistance Fatalities other than traffic Found articles Liquor violations Lost Articles Mental Missing Persons Narcotics Outside assistance Rape Runaways Sex offenses Suicide attempts Suicide Suspicion Theft Theft-auto Traffic Vandalism Weapons Miscellaneous investigations Total offensesfceported ARRESTS FOR THE MONTH Burglary Bodily harm Criminal damage Deception Disorderly conduct D W 1 Liquor violations Narcotics Non-support Robbery ,J Sex crimes Theft Traffic- All others Total Adult persons arrested OFFENSES CLEARED BY ARREST Felonies Misdemeanors JUVENILE CASES HANDLED Burglarv Criminal damage Disorderly conduct Curfew Liquor violations Narcotics Runaways Sex crimes Theft Traffic * Weapons 1971 1972 4 0 14 12 12 11 7 9 34 37 9 12 44 36 5 10 17 14 4 1 13 12 4 3 19 13 12 5 16 3 2 12 14 28 1 1 7 1 f 4 1 6 2 1 1 30 23 59 40 5 0 32 32 52 70 11 0 99 62 537 451 5 6 C 7 2 1 1 2 10 9 7 10 4 8 13 7 3 4 1 0 0 2 2 3 177 210 17 13 242 282 31 12 236 285 0 1 4 8 1 5 2 2 1 2 1 0 15 3 1 0 1 • 0 2 2 5 C A S i STOP IT! POLICE WEEK MAY 14-20 Elgin State Hospital's Patient Load Shows Decline RESIDENT POPULATION AT 13 STATE HOSPITALS l OR THE MENTALLY ILL Patients *y 24, 000 20, 000 16, 000 12, 000 8, 000 4, 000 21, 191 Geriatrics age 65 & over Adults ages 18-64 7, 796 • * * » » » * • M M t l l l I t l M t M l » « • • • • • • M I H I H H H M H I M M M M M M M M • • ' • M M • • • • M M • • • • M M • • • • • • • • < • • • • M M • • • • • • M i • • • • • • « • M • • • M M • • • • M M > • • • M M • • • < M M • « • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M M • • • • M M • • • • M M • • • • M M • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M i • • • • • • « • • M M M M • • • • M M 12,592 rJ Children & adolescents age 17 & under • • • • M M M M • M • • • • • • M M • • M • M M • • • • M M ' • • • • M M • • • • M M • • • • M M June 30 1968 449 rsi ill 1 f 3, 2551 !vX«X &&& 1 8BHSI J1 F1 8. J 34 o] • 1 iiiii ( | Dflflfl JMfl MS I 497 March 15 1972 Elgin State hospital, which marks its 100th anniversary this year, has dropped to 1,754 residents from the hospital's all-time high of 6,822 patients in 1955, according to Dr. Albert J. Glass, director of the Illinois Department of Mental Health. The decrease in the number of patients at the hospital follows the trend in Illinois of fewer patients and more patient service employes, Dr. Glass said. During the 1960s, as the patient load began to decrease, the staff increased to its present 1,750 figure. Elgin is representative of Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie's mental health program to develop the very best treat­ ment facilities for quick return to normal, everyday com­ munity living, Dr. Glass said. "We're getting out of the hotel business," he said "Patients will no longer come to the hospital just because they have no families or homes." Elgin is the second oldest state mental institution in Illinois. Jacksonville State hospital, which opened its doors in 1851, is the oldest. In 1872, Elgin State hospital opened its doors to admit 183 patients who were transferred from Jacksonville and from local "poor houses," Dr. Glass said. Three years earlier, in 1869, the Illinois Legislature had chartered the institution, naming it the "Northern Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane." All others Total juvenile cases handled PRISONER COUNT FOR THE MONTH Adult Males received Adult females received Juvenile males received Juvenile females received Total prisoners received Total prisoners discharged Average prisoner count per day ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS HANDLED Total number of accidents Personal property Bodily injury Fatalities Warning tickets issued Prisoner records prepared Warrants served Court processes received Court processes served Bailiffs in court Persons taken to court Meals served for the month Persons conveyed to other institutions Mileage conveying persons Mileage serving court processes Mileage patrolling and investigating 3 32 85 3 2 0 90 101 14 117 72 45 11 167 90 90 443 406 114 75 913 6 330 6 50 97 10 6 9 122 121 19 114 82 32 0 125 122 103 494 505 104 85 1,523 14 1.180 By 18%, the hospital's patient population had grown to almost 1,200 and significant advances were being made in resident care and treatment, Dr. Glass said. Nursing assistants were hired for night shifts and patients were no longer locked in their rooms and left alone until morning. Dr. Glass said a discharge rate of 52 per cent, one of the best in the country at that time, was achieved. By 1910, the institution, renaftied Elgin State hospital, became a natidhal leader in many aspects of pattent* treatment. Hospital population con­ tinued to rise, reaching 4,653 in 1938. After World War II, the Veteran Diagnostic center was opened anu ElginjState hospital began looded withe the great post-war in$?x into psychiatry hospitals. In .2955,. the hospital's population hit an all-time high of 6,822. The Illinois Department 'of SOCIAL SECURITY by John K. Watkintf FIELD REPRESENTATIVE Today's- questions are ones frequently being ask­ ed of our representatives by the people of Mc Henry county. The Social Secur­ ity office at 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, re­ minds Mc Henry county residents that it has repre­ sentatives meeting people at two locations in McHen- ry county on a regular ba­ sis. The representatives are at the Woodstock Pub­ lic Library, 414 VV. Judd, Woodstock every Wednes­ day from 9 a.m. to noon and at the Harvard city hall from 9:30 a.m. to noon on the first and third Tues­ day every month. If you have a question you would like answered onSocial Se­ curity in this column, then please forward it to Social Security Administration Question and Answer Col­ umn, 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, Illinois> 60085. Give your full name, ad­ dress, and Social Security number. If you do not want your name to appear, please indicate this and we will use only intitials. Question: I will be 65 in the summer and plan to file for monthly Social Security retirement benefits. My daughter is 19 and in college. Since I want to apply for student benefits for her, what information about her will I need? M.C.-McHenry Answer: You'll need her birth certificate, Social Security number, school identification number (if any), the name and address of the college she attends, the date the school term will end, and the dates of the following school term. Question: My 18-year-old son has been getting monthly Social Security checks since his father died. He is going to get a job for the summer vacation this year. Will he stop getting his monthly benefit checks when he starts working? F.T. - Woodstock Answer: It depends on his earnings for the whole year. A student can continue to get benefits for all months in a year in which he earns $1,680 or less for the year in wages or self- employment. • If he exceeds $1,680, then $1. in benefits is withheld for every $2 of ear­ nings up to $2,880. Above $2,880. an additional $1 in benefits is withheld for every ~$1~ earned. Regardless of how much his yearly earnings are, however, he can still receive a monthlv Mental Health continues to discharge more patients every year than it admits, the director said. In 1971, there were a total of 28,646 mentally ill adults discharged with 26,864 admitted. Five years ago the number of discharges was the same as the number of ad­ missions. Over the last five years, there has been a 37 per cent reduction in the number of adult patients in DMH facilities in Illinois, Dr. Glass said. At the same time, he explained, there has been an increase of 7.2 per cent in employes. He added that this increase in patient service employes significantly has increased most patient- employe ratios on an almost one to one basis. Another important aid in reducing patient populations throughout the state, has been the comparatively new geriatrics transfer program, Dr. Glass said. An intensive effort has been made to place elderly patients who are not mentally ill back into the community. As they move out, the employes who cared for them are free to work closely with the mentally ill. In fiscal 1971, there were approximately 300 mentally ill children and 450 adolescents at %any one time in department psyc^jatric facilities, Dr. Glass said, adding that the state's .goal has been to send such children as soon as possible back to families, friends, and schools in the community. benefit payment for any month in which he neither earns $140 or more nor performs sub­ stantial services in self- employment. If your son figures his summer earnings will exceed $1,680, he should notify Social Security as soon as possible-even before he starts working. Then we take action to stop some or all of his monthly cash payments for the summer work months rather than have him get the checks and have to pay the money back. Question: I have just been ordained into the ministry. I was told that I have to file a form with Internal Revenue Service to get Social Security coverage. Is this true? R.C. -McHenry Answer : No. Clergymen are now covered automatically under the Social Security program. You do have to file a form 4361 with the Internal Revenue Service, however, if you want your earnings in the ministry exempted from coverage. The form can be secured at any Social Security office or from the Internal Revenue Service. Since the season of thun­ der storms is approaching, it's appropriate to took into the behavior of the cumulo­ nimbus cloud, or thunder- head. It's the most active and most dangerous, of all the clouds. In the temperate zones thunderh&ads, which often feature a Targe anvil-like top, and which tower up to 30,000 to 40,000 feet, or higher, usually move from west to east. They bring with them heavy rain, and strong winds. The leading edge of the cumulonimbus, far up above, can sometimes be seen spreading out (the anvil top) as it moves toward the viewer. The lower edge is only minutes away when this stage is reached. Dangerous up and down drafts are known to exist in thunderheads. Beware of lightning to the west or northwest in the warm months; if seen in the east, the thunderhead pro­ ducing it will usually pass you by. Rescue Squad Report CALLS ANSWERED IN APRIL CALLS ANSWERED TO DATE PERSONS REMOVED TO HOSPITAL IN APRIL PERSONS REMOVED TO HOSPITAL TO DATE 18 72 12 68 ONM cfcSSl TO*V !Rfc OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 N. Green St "eet McHenry (C losed Wednesdc -) Eyes examined .. Glasses fitted Contact Lense:> Hrs: Daily 9:30 a.m. t<, 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8: >0 p.m. Evenings by appoinlment 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 For VotjMMormqfion 9,712 6,980 93,775 93.038 *>ear friends, A growing number of people are dying away from what they call home. Many are in new retirement communities. Others have take jobs in another city - sometimes their parents folo follow them. There are those who will die while traveling. When death does occur, it is wise to phone your local funeral director to arrange for the return of the deceased for burial. Respectfully, * PETER AUISTEN v & SON FUNERAL HOME McH~«nry, Illinois . i 385-0063 OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machines Sales-Service & Rentals Typewriters - Adders Calculators Mon.-Sat. 9:00-5:30 Friday 'til 9 p.m. PHONE 459 1226 93 Grant St., Cyrstal Lake, 111. LETTER SERVICE Mimeographing - Typing Addressing - Mailing Lists McHenry Letter Service 3509 W. Pearl St. Mc Henry PHONE 385-5064 Monday through Saturday. INSURANCE Earl R. Walsh & Jack Walsh Fire, Auto, Farm & Life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES When You Nsed Insurance ot Any Kind PHONE 385-3300 3429 W. Elm St., Mclleiry, 111. George L. Thompson General Insurance "LIFE *AUTO •HEALTH *FIRE "CASUALTY *BOAT Phone 815-385-1066 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry In McHenry Plaindealer Bldg. Dennis Conway AUTO, LIFE,~FIRE STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY 3315 W. Elm St. McHenry, Illinois Phone 385-5285 or 385-7111 want ads TO WORK FOR YOU FOR FAST RESULTS PHONE 385-0170 4 i