$ PAGE 8-PLAINDEALER-WtONESDAY,JUJrY26, 1972 j A EDITORIALS Political Road f?ug/es £he action of the Democratic National Convention's Cre dentials Committee recently in deciding not to seat 151 of California's McGovern delegates, the fight which followed, plus other squabbles over seating--nothing^ew at Demo cratic conventions-- focuses attention on the need for stand ard rules and laws governing the selection and seating of delegates* Tlie two major political parties, are, in effect, part of the national elective process. As such, delegates should be selected by equal and fair process in each state and their participation in conventions should be determined not by a political vote in the Credentials Committee but on the basis of sttfhdard rules applying fully and equally to ail state delegations. Tliis was not the case in Miami; some state delegations divided fairly between primary candidates as to votes were seated and some not so divided were seat ed, while some not so divided were denied seats. The| interests of the nation would be best served if Con gress, or the various state legislatures (a more cumbersome process) enacted an amendment to the Constitution provid ing for primaries in every state, and fair guidelines for x division of delegates on the basis of state votes and seat ing of delegates at national conventions. K* Private Clubs Win The Supreme Court has ruled private clubs may limit their membership, even if they have liquor licenses. The vote was 6-3 and the decision relieves many Americans of all races and creeds because to force private clubs to accept anyone who demanded admittance would mean chaos. Worse, it would mean restricting the rights of citizens to form private clubs. There is obviously no right, enjoyed by any citizen, to force himself into any private club. The legal approach which the Supreme Court has now checked and which was designed to break down membership rules in some fraternal orders, country clubs and other social clubs, was tied to the liquor license, seen as government sanction. It is true that some have beeen prevented from joining private clubs by membership rules. But all races and creeds have such clubs. And the court has held that the government has no con stitutional right to rewrite or regulate the membership rules; it is always gratifying to see such judicial common sense. Keeping Your Cool Just in case the hot weather worries readers of this news paper and makes them think they may be victims of sunstroke or heat prostration, we call attention to certain symptoms. Sunstroke offers ample warning, including headache, nausea and a dry skin, and heat prostration cautions us by pallor, a feeble heart action and subnormal temperature. They attack aged adults and the very young but everyone can, and should, take precautions. Over-exertion is dangerous and over-eating serious. Excess sugar and fat in the diet should be avoided, meat taken lightly and raw vegetables, salads and fruits freely consumed. Cool water, but not iced,\is recommended, along with light clothes and frequent baths. iWlr S.A.L.T. NOT TO BE TAKEN WITH GRAIN OF... Sheriff's Report SOCIAL SECURITY by John K. Watkins FIELD REPRESENTATIVE Today's- questions are ones frequently being ask ed of our 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, 414 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 ort the first andthird Tues day every month. If you have a question you would like answered onSocialSe 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. Allen K. Joy, district manager of the Waukegan Social Security office, gave some "helpful hints" on claiming reimbursement for medical expenses covered by Medicare. Joy advised that, if you have several small bills throughout the year, keep track of, when you go to the doctor, how much he charged, and get itemized statements or receipts? When your medical expenses go over $50 for the year, send your claim with the itemized statements in to Medicare. After your first $50 of covered medical expenses each year (the $50 annual deductible), Medicare will pay 80 percent of the reasonable charges for the year. 'ov pointed out that there are vays medical insurance benefits can be paid. One way Joy described is for the payment to be made directly to your doctor or other supplier of services. This is sometimes called "assignment". If your doctor agrees to use this method, you complete and sign the top part of the "Request for Medicare Payment" (SSA- 1490). Your doctor will com plete the bottom part and send the form in to Medicare for you. If your doctor does not wish to apply for the benefit payment, it can be paid to you - - either before or after you have paid the bill. You complete the top part otithe "Request for Medicare Payment". Be sure to show your*-%name and Medicare claim number exactly as it is on your Medicare card, and sign the . form? Your doctor may com- plete the bottom part, or he may give you an itemized bill. You send your "Request for Medicare Payment" with any itemized bills to your carrier. The address of the organization which handles medical in surance claims in the area where you receive services is shown in your Medicare Handbook. Joy stressed that if you need help completing the Medicare claim form, or if you have questions about your Medicare, get in touch with your Social Security office. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Question: Does Medicare's medical insurance help pay a - doctor's bill only when I'm in a hospital? Answer: No. Medical in surance will help pay for the services of doctors no matter where they are performed - hospital, office, home, or elsewhere. Other medical services for which medical insurance will help pay include certain diagnostic services; X- ray or other radiation treat ments; surgical dressings, splints, casts, braces, and the use of a wheelchair, hospital bed or similar equipment in your home. Question: I am 65 and have doctor bill insurance under Medicare. So far this year I've had medical expenses of $37.00. When should I send in my claim to get my money back? LB. - Woodstock Answer: Since the first $50 of medical expense in a year is not reimbursable, the Social Security administration nor mally asks a patient to wait until this deductible is met before submitting a claim. But, if there is a reason to submit the bills earlier, they can be sent in at any time. As an example, sometimes it is necessary to submit a bill t<^ Medicare for payment before a private insurance company will make their payment. <3 Question: My husband died last month at age 77. How do I go about getting reimbursed for his last doctor bills? These bills were never submitted for payment. K.W.-McHenry Answer: If your husband had medical insurance, there are June June OFFENSES AS REPORTED 1972 1971 Abandoned vehicles 10 14 Anonymous calls 10 6 Arson 0 2 Assault 8 10 Burglary 42 54 Curfew 0 3 / Disorderly Conduct 5 9 Domestic Trouble 39 22 Driving While Intoxicated 8 4 Emergency Assistance 15 7 Fatalities (Other than Traffic) 0 4 Forgery 0 1 Found Articles 13 14 Fraud 1 0 Liquor violations 1 5> Lost Articles 23 24 Mental 10 4 Miscellaneous investigations 76 86 Missing persons and runaways --3 17 Narcotics 6 12 Outside assistance 28 5 Overdose 1 2 Rape 0 1 Robbery 2 1 Sex offenses 0 7 Suicide attempts 1 r Suspicion 41 19 Theft Autos 2 7 Theft 67 73 Traffic 44 28 Vandalism 48 56 Weapons 8 6 Total offenses reported 512 504 ARRESTS FOR THE MONTH Bodily Harm 14 5 Burglary 4 5 Criminal damage 3 1 Deception 2 0 Disorderly conduct 4 , 16 Driving while intoxicated 16 8 Liquor Violations 3 l| 9 Narcotics 2 45 Non-support 8 6 Robbery 1 0 Sex crimes 0 1 Theft 9 1 Traffic 225 121 Weapons 2 0 All others / 18 - 24 Total Adult Persarys Arrested 313 242 OFFENSES CLEARED BY ARREST Felonies 15 70 Misdemeanors 316 213 /JUVENILE CASES HANDLED Burglary 0 1 Criminal Damage 5 2 Disorderly conduct 4 2 Curfew 0 2 Liquor violations 0 2 Runaways 12 12 Sex Crimes 3 2 Theft 1 1 Traffic > 2 1 Weapons <0 1 All others 9 4 Total Juvenile Cases Handled 38 20 PRISONER COUNT FOR THE MONTH Adult Males Received 111 123 Adult Females Received 9 8 Juvenile Males Received 11 15 Juvenile Females Received 9 8 Total prisoners received 140 154 Total Prisoners discharged 129 131 Average prisoner count per day 21 26 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS HANDLED Total number of accidents 147 118 Personal property 98 89 Bodily injury 47 29 Fatalities 2 4 Warning tickets issued 74 83 Prisoner records prepared 140 154 Warrants served 107 151 Court Processes received 654 587 Court processes served 509 469 Bailiffs in court 94 105 Persons taken to court 97 172 Meals served for the month Mi- 1,806 Persons conveyed toother institutions Mi- 11 Mileage conveying persons „ 2,360 870 Mileage serving court processes 8,340 10,379 Mileage patrolling and investigating 91,655 ' 85,765 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.) Questions Stabilization Answers Economic AN OLD STORY "Editor: "Another letter to my neigh bors and all who will consider same. As I write this I want to point out, that is what I think and as far as religion is con cerned my thoughts are more religion of the right kind, regardless of creed, which is what we the people really need. "In the old testament we are told that the Lord worked six days to create the world and on the seventh day He rested. Then He decided to create a man to toelp him. After He created same He found that he needed a helpmate so He put him to sleep and from his rib He created a woman. "We all know that his man was created with larger limbs, etc., and so on to this day, 1973. After thaj a snake appeared andf«hlt6ugh they were warned that there was one tree-the apple tree-they were not to touch this snake succeeded in coaxing Eve ^o taste same. "She liked the taste so much ihat she coaxed Adam just to take a bite. This he did and the result was they were driven from Paradise. It has been proven more than ever in this year of 1972 that when we have trouble it is the woman who is in the background. "Now as for me I am a grandmother old enough to leave this planet any day and I want to remind our voters that in my day I played a large part in this game of politics but never did I do anything that was the wrong kind of profit. So I want to remind everyone that the men were the breadwinners in the majority and the women were supposed to help by staying home to raise the children properly and teaching them right from wrong. "I well remember when we had a depression after a war, the word went out that any woman who did not need the excess income from whatever she did should stay home and give the breadwinners a charge. There were those who did not really need the money who not only held more*'than one job but did not even give a man a bite of the apple. "So my message to those is not to upset religion but to go back to the real teachings of same. For if not, the world will be This column of questions and answers on the President's Economic Stabilization Program is provided by the local office of the US. Internal Revenue Service ^4ti|d is published as a public service. * The column answers, questions most frequently asked about wages and prices. Q. How do the Price com mission regulations on profit margins treat low-profit manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers operating at a loss? A. Manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers with sales of $1 millioiror more are permitted to increase any of their prices by ah amount which will not result in a profit margin which exceeds their applicable profit margin as determined By consulting tables published in the March 9, 1972 Federal Register. -^\ Those firms with revenues of less than $1 million are per mitted to increase any of their prices by an amount which will result in a profit margin that does not exceed three percent. Prices under the loss and low- profit rules can be adjusted to achieve the specified profit margin provided that no in dividual price is increased by more than eight percent. All other types of loss and low- profit manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers must apply for an exception to obtain relief. Q. Now that retailers and wholesalers must use a new form, PC-10, to prenotify and report markups, do they have to refile for those increases WHO KNOWS! 1. When was tfie Salvation Army organized? 2. Where is the Elephant Butte dam? 3. What is a degree in D.L.S.? 4. When was the first alma nac printed? 5. Who designed the Eisen hower silver dollar? 6. What is dopamine? 7. Name the state flower of Illinois. 8. Who invented the clock pendulum and when? 9. Define "ipse dixit." 10.In the Old Testament who was Uriah.? Answers to Who Itoovs "PTABQ iCq awuq uxqjBapoj juas iBqaqsqiBQ jo pu^qsnnoi •paAOJd }ou inq ap^ui uopjassB uy -6 *9S9l ut *Sua3iCnH UBBijsxjqo *8 -?aioiA aqj, *L 'UOipUnj 3AJ3U s \ o J } u o o jtfqj spuria IBuajpB am jo aqpuiioq y '9 'OJJUdSBO jjubjj "S •ZLH *62 *inr i'aoua -tos itJBjqn jo jtojooa •£ 'WN 'apatHO OTH 'l 'S98I 'ZZ Anf 'I pre notified or reported on the old PC-IE form? A. No . All filings previously submitted on the PC-lR do not have to be refiled. However, effective as of June 1, all future prenotifications and quarterly reports by retailers and wholesalers must be submitted on the new PC-10 form, which is now available at all local In ternal Revenue • offices. Q. My business was issued a notice for allegedly violating price controls. What happens at an IRS interview requested by a firm that has been issued a notice of violation? A. During the interview you will be informed of the par ticulars of your case that are alleged to show a violation of Economic Stabilization program regulations and guidelines. In qddition, suf ficient facts, figures and legal analysis will be made available to you in order to acquaint you with the nature, basis and other essential elements of Hie alleged violation. You may, if you wish, be accompanied by counsel at this interview. Economic Stabilization regulations do not provide for an appeal from a notice of violation to the Price com mission, Pay board or Cost of Living council in Washington, D.C. The interview with the local IRS district director serves this purpose more conveniently since one or more IRS district offices are located in each state. For more information on notices of violation, see IRS Publication S-3024, "Violations of Economic Stabilization Program Regulations.** It's available free by dropping a postcard to your IRS district office. Q. Is it necessary for a hospital to post a sign stating the availability of a schedule of base prices and to make that schedule available even if it does not plan to increase its prices at this time? A. Yes. As of Dec.», mi, all institutional providers are responsible for maintaining a schedule of base prices and all changes in those prices, and must post a sign stating the availability of this schedule. This must be done regardless of whether the institution intends to increase prices. Q. What are the "principal services" whose prices must be posted by the hospital? A. The "principal services" for which base prices must be listed in the schedule are those which comprise 90 percent of the annual revenues. However, any price of $5 or less need not be listed. ONM- Pesticide s are hazardous for a variety of reasons. Some are high ly suspect as possible causes <»/ cancer, ,4ml some are regarded as potential inducers of birth defects in man. There are also indications that certain pesticides have the power to alter hereditary mater ial, producing genetic change af fecting future generations. And, many pesticides do not easily break down into less harmful components, but instead retain toxicity long after application. This tendency to persist consti tutes an extremely serums prob lem for our environment. destroyed again and there will be no apples for anyone. Remember, there is a limit for everything. • "Mrs. Nettie Sarley "Lakelfnoor" OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 N. Green Street j McHenry ; ' (Closed Wednesday) Eyes examined .. Glasses fitted Contact I^enses 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. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs.and Fri. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Fri Eve. 7:09 to 9:00 p.m. Sat.: 9:30 to 3:00 p.m. \o Hours on Wednesday PHONE J85-4151 If Xo Answer."..Phone 385-2262 For Your Information OFFICE EQUIPMENT McHenry County Office Machines Sales-Service & Rentals Typewriters - Addfers Calculators Mon.-Sat. 9:00-5:30 Friday 'til 9 p.m. PHONE 459-1226 93 Grant St., Cyrstal Lake, 111. two ways to submit the doctor bills to Medicare. Your doc tor may agree to sendthe bill to Medicare himself. If so, the payment will be sent directly to him. xIf your doctqr does not wish to do this, the bills must be paid before Medicare will reimburse you. •• You must complete a "Request for Medicare Payment" form and a "Statement Regarding Medicare Payment for Medical Services to Deceased Patient". These forms can be obtained from your Social Security of fice. Attach the itemized receipted bills to the forms and send them to the insurance company handling Medicare in your area. Payment will then be made to you. ^ V 1 " ' * ITEM:* Flavored yogurt ac counts for 80 percent of the yo gurt market. Dear Friends, * " Neither Social Security death benefits nor the V.A. burial allowance are paid automatically to the survivors. Proper application must be made within the allowed two years following death to secure payment of benefits. We will assist you in making application, if you wish, so that benefits are not lost thru ignorance or neglect. 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