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EDITORIALS The 1972 Graduate The 1972 harvest of high school and college graduates is at hand and it's appropriate to take a look at the world these graduates are entering, what they can seek to ac­ complish, what opportunities they will find open to them. This year's graduates enter our ftee society possibly handicapped by recent experiences. They have listened to students, some of them militants md law breakers, telling the nation what is wrong with it, what changes must be made, etc. They have heard fellow students lambast the establishment, call for revolution and damn the capitalist system. They have been confused because so many school offi­ cials have been hesitant to defend their institutions, the government, or even the country. It has been a time of ap­ peasement, fear, and negativism on the partof authority and militancy, self-righteousness and cocksureness on the part of students and juveniles and the immature. The misled 1972 graduate will gradually adjust his phil­ osophy as he learns the facts and learns to appreciate the wonderful advantages of being an American and of living in America. The many who were notmisled by events of recent years will immediately appreciate their vast opportunities for economic, intellectual and social gain in the land of op­ portunity--still the United States. TV Sensationalism The television networks, like the camera work of Holly­ wood before them, tend toward the sensational; this is bad enough in the field of entertainment, the intelligence level of which is so low, but much more disturbing when the trend infects news presentation. WNBC-TV in New York recently ran a full page ad in newspapers claiming a new nightly news program would not only report the news but tell listeners what was behind it. The ad claimed the show would report not only what the Lindsays, Rockefellers and Nixons say they mean, but what they really mean. Further, the boast was that the news show would tell it (as the street phrase goes today) the way the 1 istener ought to hear it, not the way some people want the listener to hear it' The daily news is to be interpreted by the two television aces, who will scandalize elected leaders, see through their lies, hypocrisy and evil doings and, courageously, give listeners the real inside truth! Analyzed seriously, this message is designed to appeal to those who teach and rant that the establishment is against the average man, that elected leaders are phonies, not telling the truth, etc. The networks know better, or should know better. Such cheap popularity appeals to radicals and militants rein­ force false concepts and ignorant conclusions based on prejudice and hate. They are a distinct disservice to the nation and cause disunity. The American people need no unelected interpreters to sensationalize the news; what the country needs is straight news reporting, of the good and bad, and not over-emphasis on scandal, sensationalism, or play to militants and mis­ guided youth. When one notes the tone of such pitches as the recent ad of WNBOTV, the dangers of a small news group in New York, from the three networks, deciding what news the vast majority of the American people will get each night, are grimly apparent. The Printed Word Advertising experts have discovered that only forty per cent of the U. S. population accounts for 68% of all tele­ vision viewing. More interesting, other studies indicate the television advertiser-unless he spends as much as his competitor-may actually contribute to his competitors' sales. Newspapers and magazines are beginning to profit from these findings, and the advertiser is beginning to reassess his advertising budget in many cases. That is often logical because it is known that light television viewers (as apart from those who view more television) tend to be among the higher economic brackets, better educated and better buy­ ers. (In other words the more ignorant watch more televis­ ion.) Those who wish to reach the more affluent market can often do so better with printed advertisements. The print­ ed word, as has been true for centuries, is a permanent re­ cord. One doesn't have to hurry through print or miss the raz-ma-taz message. It's effective for a long time, and can be read by a dozen or more people at different times and on different days. PAGE 11-PLAINDEALER-WECfvESDAY. JUNE 14, 1972, Are You New IN McHenry Area- f ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA ! ! • CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 FRAN OLSEN 385-5740 "knoVv your new area--royal welcome does IT BEST ! I r VAtHEIRs PAT . JUNE 18 n TWO OF AMERICA'S & FAVORITES FLAG WEEK- JUNE 11-17 SOCIAL SECURITY by John K. Watkins FIELD REPRESENTATIVE Today's- questions are ones frequently being ask­ ed of cur representatives by the people of McHenry county. The Social Secur­ ity office at 2500 Grand avenue, Waukegan, re­ minds McHenry 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, *%14 W. Judd, Woodstock every Wednes­ day from 9 a.m. to noon and at the Harvard city hall from 9:30 a.m. to noon (Mi the first and third Tues­ day every month. If you have a question you would like answered on Social 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 fall 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. BLACK LUNG All Black Lung claims that have not been approved are being automatically reviewed under new federal legislation signed into law by the President. Some coal miners and their families who didn't qualify before may now be eligible for monthly payments, according to Allen K. Joy, Social Security district manager in Waukegan. Coal miners and their dependents who have previously filed claims do not have to file new applications to qualify for benefits. "These people do not have to do anything at this time," Joy said. "Claims denied in the past will be reviewed and we'll let the applicants know as soon as we can how the new law affects them. The new law also will apply to claims that haven't been decided yet." Miners totally disabled by Black Lung from work in surface coal mines-- as well as coal miner's widows, and or­ phans or other dependents - may be newly eligible for Black Lung payments under the new law, Joy said. Surface miners and widows or other survivors of miners who believe they may be eligible but haven't already filed a claim can apply for Black Lung benefits at their nearest social security office. Question: I am 62 years old and get monthly Social Security benefits as a widow. Will Medicare help pay any of my medical expenses? Answer: No. Medicare only helps to pay hospital and PUBLIC PULSE (The Plaindealer invites 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.) ATHREAT "Editor: "The wild dream of world government is more than just a glint in the internationalists' eyes. H.J. Res. 900, the Atlantic Union convention, has cleared the House Foreign Affairs committee-after many years of failure-and should be on the floor of Congress soon. "Wacky one worlders are, of course, pushing this measure under the guise of 'peace'. They envision a world-wide system of law and justice, which they plan and control. Atlantic- Union, World Court, Genocide Treaty, a universal church with its social gospel taking the place of personal salvation-all these are stepping stones toward the ultimate goal: one world dictatorship. "Senator Humphrey has been plumping for this for more than 20 years. President Nixon supports it. One idolatrous admirer even compares the Atlantic convention with the Philadelphia convention of 1787 which framed the U.S. Con­ stitution! "Naturally, Uncle Sap would foot the bill. Our own Con- medical bills for people 65 or older. If you can't pay your medical expenses, you may be eligible for Medicaid. Medicaid helps pay the medical bills of individuals at any age based on their need. Call your local welfare office for more in­ formation about the medicaid program. Question: My mother, who was 68 years old, died last month. Since I paid some of her doctor bills, could I receive any payment from Medicare for these bills? Answer: You could receive partial reimbursement. You should ask the doctor for a receipt showing you paid the bills in full and the date, place, charge for, and description of each service. Call any Social Security office for help in completing a claim for payment. Question: I'm enrolled in both parts of Medicare and I need new dentures. Will Medicare pay for them? Answer: No, Medicare does not 6over such items as den­ tures, hearing aids, or eye glasses. Economic Questions Stabilization Answers @1 Internal Revenue Service For Your Information Dear Friends, For young people considering entering the funeral service profession, the primary motive should be a sincere desire to help other people at their time of need. Most mortuary activities are of a personal nature. Beyond preparing the dead for burial, service to the living is paramount. If you can honestly say, "I llwfe.to .help people", and mean it beyond any material compensation, you have a proper basis for selecting funeral service as a career. Respectfully, PETER M.JUSTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McHenry, Illinois . 385-0063 stitution would be downgraded to the status of local law, to be overruled at will by the 'federation'. Atlantic Union members could decide at will economic, political, and even military issues - and the U.S. would simply have to accept. "Counter legislation (S. 2592) has been introduced which would control foreign in­ vestments, limit multi-national expansion, and protect American labor. This measure would help to keep the U.S. out of disastrous foreign en­ tanglements such as the Atlantic Union. "The one worlders must be thwarted in their mad drive to subvert the U.S. and reduce it to a vassal state! "Frank Ehredt" Hart's Wife . The wife of Senator Philip Hart(D-Mich) has refused to pay her federal income taxes because she objects to the war in Vietnam. Her action is especially disappointing because she "is the wife of a high govern­ ment official, and as such she must set an example in obeying the law of the land. If every citizen paid his or her taxes only when he or she approved of administra­ tion policy, the result would, of course, be chaos. While one sympathizes with Senator Hart to the ex­ tent that he obviously can't always control his wife, it m a y n e v e r t h e l e s s b e t r u e that unless he can do a bet­ ter job of that the people of Michigan may wonder wheth­ er someone else can do a better job as Senator also. Exit The Tiger? From India comes news the great Asian Tiger may be doomed to certain extinc­ tion. Recent laws to protect them, and the fast-disappear- ing Indian rhinoceros, have apparently come too late. There may be 2,000 tigers left in India, but some Indi­ an experts doubt this figure. (At the end of World War II there were 35,000.) There are, also by estimate, only about 500 remaining rhinoc­ eros. According to one leading Indian naturalist, the con- This column of questions and answers on the President's Economic Stabilization Program is provided by the local office of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service. The column answers questions most frequently asked about wages and prices. Q. Do firms which have realized "windfall" profits as a result of the wage-price stabilization program have to reduce prices? A. Yes. Firms which in­ creased their prices before Nov. 14 in anticipation of scheduled wage increases but were unable to put all or part of the increases into effect because of Phase II controls must have reduced their prices since May 8, 1972. These price reductions should be equal to the amount of the increases, but if a particular company has had allowable cost increases that had not already been used to increase prices, those costs increases could be taken into consideration in establishing the reduced prices. Q. Is it true that a landlord must declare under penalty of perjury that all the contents of the notice of rent increase sent Know{c * 'THt AVfcatfier i What is the greatest danger from lightning to swimmers? Since lightning does strike water, contrary to some people's belief, swimming is dangerous when lightning is observed, especially if it is seen to the west. But swimmers killed by lightning are usually not burned, they are paralyzed. So. artificial respiration is as important for lightning- struck swimmers as it is for drowning victims. Lightning strikes boats and automobiles, but all- metal cars (apart from con­ vertibles are safe havens. Boats near land are safer than boats far out to sea. Boats or ships with tall masts are most likely to be struck. Swimming or bathing is never permissible during lightning storms. Taxpayers should watch out for unscrupulous individuals posing as IRS employees to extort money on the pretense of satisfying unpaid taxes, Roger C. Beck, district director of Internal Revenue for Northern Illinois, cautioned. All bonafide employees of the Internal Revenue Service who contact the public carry distinction identification. Ask to see these credentials if the person who claims to be an IRS employee approaches you and does not identify himself. If you still have doubts after seeing the credentials, contact the nearest IRS office. tinuing disappearance of the tiger is entirely due to man's barbarity--hunters (so-call- ed sportsmen), poachers and cattlemen who kill and poi­ son tigers. Only if killing tigers is totally halted, and all agree to this emergency measure, can the great Indian tiger survive. It is a poor com­ mentary on mankind that this probably can't be accom­ plished, even at the last hour. to tenants are true and that the increase is not in violation of stabilization regulations? A. Yes. In addition to all other information and statements required by the rent regulations, a notice of rent increase should contain the following: It is hereby declared under the penalties of perjury that the foregoing statements are true to the best of my (our) knowledge and belief ; and that the increase in your rent is not in violation of the Economic Stabilization Regulations. Q. Can a hospital or other institutional health provider have more than one price in­ crease within the first year following Nov. 14, 1971? A. Yes, provided that these increases do not cumulatively exceed the 6 percent annual rate and otherwise comply with stabilization regulations. Also, the provider should note that once the aggregate increase exceeds 2.5 percent, there is a requirement to report each increase to both the District Director of Internal Revenue and the Local Medicare In­ termediary. The provider should also send the IRS a statement of those increased cost factors that would justify the increased prices. Q. If a single family dwelling unit qualifies for exemption from controls under stabilization regulations, when may the landlord charge an amount specified in a lease which he was prohibited from charging under the regulations? A. The exemption fpr qualified single family dwellings and owner-occupied multi-family units was ef: fective on Feb. 3, 1972. Thus, after Feb. 2,1972, any provision of the stabilization regulations which prevented the collection of the full amount of rent specified in a valid lease bet­ ween landlord and tenant, became ineffective in regard to the exempted property. Q. Are there ever situations when a Category III employer should file a PB-1 or PB-2 form? A. Yes. PB-1 or PB-2 forms, which normally are used by larger employers to prenotify or report wage increases to the Pay board, should also be filed by Category III employers who request an interpretation as to the acceptability of a wage or salary adjustment or when seeking an exception. In these cases, the forms should be filed with the Internal Revenue district office. ONM- pg 0&& OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 N. Green St *eet McHenry (Closed Wednesde- ) Eyes examined .. Glasses fitted Contact Lense.> Hrs: Daily 9:30 a.m. t(, 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8: j0 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses Fitted 1303 N. 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