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4 * PAGE 19-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1972 EDITORIALS Educational Idealism Of all major nations, most worldly observers and histo­ rians would probably agree the United States is the most idealistic. The American people wish to do good, they feel their system is .best, probably for all; America pioneered the League of Nations, the U.N., etc. We began distributing money and other gifts to peoples and nations all over the world at the end of World War II and are still doing it. We have undertaken to contain Com­ munism, to fight it throughout the free world where it sought to take over militarily, at enormous cost in money and blood, etc. y One of the policies of this do-good and police-the-world approach now being widely questioned in a growing number of circles is that to aid students in under-developed nations obtain a college education--in our American colleges. Cur­ rently some 14,000 are attending over 300 colleges and universities in this country, the federal government footing the bill-- $43,000,000! Many of these students have heen given as much as $15,000 (four-year scholarships). The average outlay to them is said to average about $3,000 a year. Of course, all this is fine, and idealistic, if the nation can afford it and if our own youngsters are cared for. But many of our own are not, and the nation really can't afford it. In addition, if we were to undertake to permanently edu­ cate the students of the world, the logical place to start would be in those countries from which Americans over­ whelmingly originate. Nothing is necessarily inferior or wrong with those of other countries, of course; it just makes common sense and is natural that we are more in­ terested in our own mother countries because of all the cultural, racial and historic ties. Add to all this the fact that many of these foreign stu­ dents have become political agitators--one South Vietnam­ ese recently attempted to hijack an airliner-and the present ridiculous situation in which Washington can't deport them when they become undesirable citizens, and one comes to the inescapable conclusion that it is time to end or sharply curtail this program; perhaps our aid, if we must give away money this way, would be better allocated in seeking to help educate these students in their own countries. U.S. Cars On Gain « The big news in the competitive war between U.S. and foreign auto makers is that Detroit, with an assist from Washington, is making major progress. Sales of U.S. minis and compacts are up and, for the first time in years, foreign pales are down. Interestingly, the major importers, including the major German and Japanese leaders, are experiencing inventory buildups which in some cases have forced them to cut prices, while U.S. mini and compact sales rise. The three American small cars, Pinto, Vega and Gremlin, registered ilJes 'gains averaging fifteen per cent in the first four months of the year. / ... Their total sales amounted to 248,000 units in that peri­ od. Meanwhile, foreign small car sales totaled 488,000 in the same period, down from 502,000 in 1971. And two new American small cars are soon to appear, which are likely to increase the U.S.-made sales percentage. Oldsmobile will introduce a compact in the fall and Ford a lower- priced Mustang next year. Because of the deficit in the nation's balance of pay­ ments, in part caused by the fact that Americans are today, buying more from abroad than selling, the successful re­ action of Detroit automakers is a major economic signifi­ cance. Not only are the jobs of many Americans involved, in the long run, but the strength of the dollar is also af- fee ted. Thus the latest news from Detroit is encouraging, deval­ uation of the dollar, which priced imports higher, has obvi­ ously helped the American automobile industry. Damaging Reputations Columnist Jack Anderson recently retracted a broadcast report that Missouri Senator Tom Eagleton had been arrest­ ed for drunk driving. He said the retraction was complete. Though complete, it received minor play in much of the national press. The charges, of course, were front-page sensations. All of which brings to the mind of responsible newspaper editors and owners the problem of the sensational in Ameri­ can journalism. (In Europe the press is often even more ir­ responsible, with gossip, half-truth and rumor dominating front pages.) Sensational charges are sometimes seen as news, regard­ less of validity. Some columnists and broadcasters, of course, specialize in the sensational and scandal. Some have often been proven inaccurate. But they are accurate often enough to induce many to believe what they write, or broadcast When an inaccurate charge is given wide circulation, the damage is largely done. Retractions which come later, given small play, cannot undo all the damage to reputations involved. SOUNDS BETTER •AIREADYH »$c& '-29$i wo LFVOGW JMSv HEART °'S£AS£ Sheriff Report July Activities OFFENSES AS REPORTED:, 1972 1971 Abandoned Vehicles 24 15 Anonymous Calls 18 16 Arson 1 3 Assault 10 14 Burglary 42 32 Disorderly Conduct 7 10 Domestic Trouble 50 39 D.W.I. 7 5 Emergency Assistance 20 8 Fatalities (Other than traffic) 3 3 Forgery 1 0 Found Articles 15 16 Fraud 0 1 Liquor Violations 2 6 Lost Article 16 11 Mental 12 15 Missing Persons 7 17 Miscellaneous Investigations 85 115 Narcotics 21 56 Outside Assistance 22 11 Overdose 0 V 1 Rape 2 0 Runaways 3 1 Sex Offenses 3 2 Suicide 2 1 Suicide Attempts 3 0 Suspicion N 36 31 Theft 55 74 Theft-Auto 3 7 Traffic 57 50 Vandalism 71 50 Weapons 3 8 Total Offenses Reported 601 728 x ARRESTS FOR THE MONTH Burglary 1 4 Bodily Harm 9 9 Criminal Damage 3 3 Deception 3 2 Disorderly Conduct 8 14 D.W.I. 12 6 Forgery 1 0 Liquor Violations 5 10 Narcotics 12 5 Non-support 5 2 Sex Crimes 3 2 Theft 1 2 Traffic 269 129 Weapons 2 0 All others 12 51 Total Adult Persons Arrested 346 239 OFFENSES CLEARED BY ARREST Felonies 9 19 Misdemeanors 359 227 JUVENILE CASES HANDLED Burglary 0 2 Criminal Damage 3 4 Disorderly Conduct 1 1 Curfew 0 2 Narcotics 0 1 Runaways 15 8 Sex Crimes 0 1 Theft 4 2 Traffic 1 2 Weapons 0 1 All others 7 4 Total Juvenile Cases Handled 31 28 PRISONER COUNT FOR THE MONTH Adult Males Received 121 122 Adult Females Received 3 21 Juvenile Males Received 3 21 Juvenile Females Received 4 5 Total Prisoners received 135 155 Total Prisoners discharged 139 148 Average Prisoner Count Per Day 18 21 ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS HANDLED Total number of accidents 167 128 Personal Property 119 93 Bodily Injury 45 35 Fatalities 5 6 Warning Tickets Issued 45 142 Prisoner Records Prepared 135 155 Warrants served 105 101 Court processes received 665 507 Court processes served 519 459 Bailiffs in Court 92 102 Persons taken to court 83 73 Meals served for the month l ,592 1,336 Persons conveyed to other institutions 12 14 Mileage conveying persons l ,460 1,060 Mileage serving court processes 6,683 9,368 Mileage patrolling and investigating 85,761 86,297 -"Give me one more demonstration on making vacant house surveys ... I'll wait here." GLAUCOMA Glaucoma is caused by in­ creased pressure within the eyeball. By age 65, ten percent of the population is afflicted by this potentially blinding eye disease. According to Illinois Society for the Prevention M SOCIAL SECURITY by John K. Watkins FIELD R EPRESENTATTVE 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 \V. 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 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 full name, ad­ dress, and Social Security qjjjrtfier. If you do not want your name to appear, please indicate this and we will use only intitials. Question: When I recently became 62, I was told by the people at the Social Security office that I needed one more quarter of work to be eligible for monthly payments. I now have an opportunity to work in a friend's store, but the work will only last for 4 weeks. Do I have to work a full 3-month calendar quarter to get the credit I need? D.M. - Woodstock Answer: No. As long as you are paid at least $50 in wages in any part of a calendar quarter, you get credit for the whole quarter under Social Security. Question: I'm a college student and I only work part time in a store during holidays Economic Stabilization Questions and Answers Internal Q. What kinds of evidence would a tenant find helpful when bringing his own legal action against a landlord for evicting him in retaliation for protesting an allegedly illegal rent increase? A. Useful evidence to support an allegation of retaliatory eviction includes the following: 1) the tenant always paid rent on time, behaved! properly; be fore the landlord/could have no reason for/eviction other than retaliation; 2) when the tenant asked the landlord the reason for the ' notice of rent increase, the landlord refused to answer or was evasive; 3) if the landlord contends that the tenant was sometimes late in paying the rent or was sometimes noisy, the landlord had never complained about this to the tenant; 4) other tenants were late in paying rent for longer periods and more frequently than the tenant in question; or 5) the only points of con­ sequence about which the tenant and landlord disagreed, or about which the tenant challenged the landlord, were the validity of the proposed illegal increase or the com­ pliance of the rent increase notice with the form required by Economic Stabilization regulations. Q. May a person's salary be increased beyond the Pay board's 5.5 percent standard to comply with the equal pay for equal work laws? r A. Yes. Such pay ad­ justments are covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act and, thus, are .exempt under E c o n o m i c S t a b i l i z a t i o n regulations. ^ Q. Can a person who has filed a complaint with the IRS about a price increase learn about the status of that complaint? A. Yes. In addition to general information on the Economic Stabilization Program, the following information is available to a person who has filed a complaint or has specific knowledge of a complaint: 1) that a case is still under investigation; 2) that no violation has been found as the result of an in­ vestigation and an explanation of the general reasons for the finding of "no violation"; and 3) that a case has been in­ vestigated and no further ac­ tion is contemplated. For more information on Phase II disclosure policy, write your Internal Revenue district office and ask for a free copy of Publication S-3035, "Disclosure of Information.". Q. If an employee has in­ creased duties and respon­ sibilities which are not con­ sidered a promotion, may he receive a pay raise without regard to the 5.5 percent wage and salary standard? and vacations from school. Since I just work part time, does my employer have to withhold Social Security contributions from my pay? R.S. - McHenry Answer: Yes, as long as the work is in a trade or business covered by Social Security the contributions must be withheld. "...Well, it was about midnight when I was driving my mail truck through Disneyland, when all of a sudden..." For I Your Information Blindness, your best defense against glaucoma is to have an examination by an eye physician every other year. In t h e e a r l y s t a g e s t h i s e y e disease shows no symptoms at all. That's one reason why it is so dangerous. Dear Friends, "In my 16 years with the Air Force Mortuary Program", states Thomas W. Toy, "the two questions most asked by the next of kin are: 'When will the remains arrive home?'and'when will I be able to see him?* "Actually, what they are saying" he said, "is 'how soon can I view the remains?' " Mr. Toy pointed out that most Americans realize that the need of the bereaved can only be satisfied by a funeral with the body present and viewable if at all feasible. Respectfully, PETER MJISTEN 8c SON FUNERAL HOME McHenry, Illinois . 385-0063 A. No. All wage and salary increases are subject to the 5.5 percent standard unless specifically exempted or ex­ cepted. Bona fide promotions have been exempted. However, increased duties and respon­ sibilities which do not con­ stitute an actual promotion are not exempt. Therefore, such increases are subject to the 5.5 percent standard. Q. I am leasing from the State residential property consisting of ten units. Is the rent I am charged subject to controls? A. Rent adjustments by state or local governments are exempt from Phase II controls. However, a sublease agreement between you and subsequent tenant would be controlled by the rent regulations. Know {J - f J™1 "N Do the winds of a hurri­ cane in the southern hemi­ sphere rotate around the eye clockwise or counter-clock­ wise? In the southern hemi­ sphere winds around such storms rotate clockwise- just the opposite from their movement in the northern hemishpere. This is be­ lieved to be caused by the motion of the turning earth. All the signs and warning omens of hurricanes, then, would be read differently in the southern hemisphere. » Many other phenomena are ' * different below the equator. > Nature's deflection of bul- * « l e t s a n d s h e l l s , g r o w i n g r f £ £ characteristics of certain trees, the way rivers cut jjP into one bank, are all dif- £$ ferent in the southern hemi- 8 sphere. There the prevailing Sjp veer of these things is to 2s the left, not the right. K '-LxVMI I ! / / 7, Some men look for greener pastures when they should be looking for the lawnmower. *1 m * * 4 * I 't $ I OPTOMETRIST Dr. John F.Kelly At 1224 N. Green St 'eet McHenry (Closed Wednesd£; ) Eyes examined .. Glasses fitted Contact Lenses Mrs: Daily 9:30 a.m. t< 5 p.m. Friday Evenings - 8:'i0 p.m. Evenings by appointment PHONE 385-0452 Dr. Leonard Bottari Eyes Examined - Contact Lens Glasses Eitted 1303 N. Richmond Road Hours: Mon., Tues.,'Thurs.and "* Eri. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tues., Thurs., & Eri Eve. 7;00 to 9:00 p.m. Sat.: 9:30 to 3:0(0 p.m. \o Hours on Wednesday mm 385-4151 If No Answer...Phone 385-2262 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. 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