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PAGE 15 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1878 Editorial 'PLAINDEALER, Opinion Men's Rights- In this era of emphasis of women's rights in America, it's well to remember that traditional behavioral patterns in America are far different from those abroad. As Kenneth Clarke pointed out recently in a television series, women have traditionally been accorded special deference in America. Men tipped their hats (especially in the South), pulled chairs out for ladies when dining, allowed them entry into carriages or cars first, protected them from ugly scenes, evacuated them first in time of danger, etc. This was a gallant concept, and still persists in many parts of thetpation. This, of course, did not in any way justify discrimination in rights or wages. Yet as discrimination is ending, the deferential pattern is still followed by many who feel there is something nice about it, who feel, to put it bluntly, that it was chivalry, not chauvinism. A special deference is still reflected in the courts in many areas, where women are given favored treatment in criminal cases, in divorce litigation, etc. Even where equality of treatment is supposedly today's standard, women obtain practically all of the big alimony settlements courts mete out. They often receive astonishingly light sentences in murder or homicide cases. Now comes the report of a man and woman research team which shows that abuse of husbands is probably as serious a crime today as abuse of wives. Robert Langley, who authored a book on wife beating, and Dr. Suzanne Steinmetz, of the University of Delaware, conclude that 12 million American men have been physically abused by their wives! The researchers found that some 1,000,000 U.S. husbands, of this number, have been severely beaten. Of course, men weldom report this abuse. Nor do men~because of pride or shame-usually report mental abuse. This unpublicized situation doesn't argue for any lesser effort to .halt wife-beating or any abuse of wives. But it shows that American women are not all that downtrodden, mistreated, and home-confined as radical speech and "liberation" tongue imply. Many, in fact, enjoy the best of two worlds. Reagan's Talk Ronald Regan's recent television answer to President Carter's fireside appeal for ratification of the Panama Canal treaties was a highly convincing performance which raised at least two questions in the minds of millions of viewers. Reagan's point came over as reasonable and no doubt his effort helped Senate opponents of ratification considerably-though in the last three months the White House has gained supporters and may by now enjoy odds in the battle over ratification. There may be no completely convincing answer to Reagan's charges that many Latin Americans have grave doubts over the treaties and that mo6t retired U.S. officers oppose them. A long-term question stemming from the national exposure given Reagan is whether it enhanced his chances for the G.O.P. nomination in 1980. The performance was convincing and, it added much to Reagan's image. Some still insist Reagan is the only G.O.P. possibility who has the television and public speaking skills to win a national election in 1980. At the least, it can be said that the Reagan reply to the President strengthened his position within the Republican party and won him new supporters. What that will produce in the future and how much new strengtfche and his argument gained are yet to be determined. A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Weekly Market Review Last week's market performance wasn't a very nice birthday present for the Father of our Country but it certainly was an honest display of the mood his children are in Every widely followed indicator of the direction of stocks was pointed down. The advance- decline ratio was a negative 2.5 to one, and new lows overwhelmed new highs. One market indicator was up, however, and that was daily trading volume because improved weather conditions allowed investors to return in full to their task at hand - getting out of big companies, cyclicals, glamour growth issues and just about everything else which isn't on the merger block or so thinly traded that just a little interest from those few remaining buy addicts can push up their share prices. President Washington, we apologize for our actions, but where are you when we need you so badly? We also apologize if it sounds like Madison avenue flim-flam, but what our country needs most is a president who gives us the 'Feeling" that he rides a white horse and has a benevolent countenance which is topped off by flowing white hair. As severe as has been the bear market in stocks, confidence in the people who reside in the city named for you has suffered even a greater decline. In our opinion, it is not a coincidence that this bear market started in December, 1968 which was not too long after the death of blind confidence in our nation's leaders was replaced by a growing fear that our leaders act like they are blind. Sadly, we admit that politicians are just people (do we apologize to politicians or the rest of the human race) and thus are subject to errors. Some feel that President Carter has already made more than his share of mistakes and is due to at least fumble into something positive. Statistically we agree, but of total importance to the stock market is how people feel about the ability of Washington to deal with the problems we face. We do not at all buy the gloom and doom predictions that our nation is hoiding a going out of business sale despite those who even draw analogies from the end of theRoman empire when a woman's liberation movement became big. Improved confidence will show up on how the stock market behaves and until thai, we continue to advise being positioned for lower prices. Sorry George, but misplaced courage in the stock market can keep (me from being able to fight another day. Strip Mlbe Reclamation Gov. James R. Thompson announced recently a series of six regional public meetings to discuss Illinois' participation in the Federal Surface Mining act. "The meetings have been scheduled to make sure there is an opportunity for full citizen For Your Information D«ar friends, In making funeral arrangement®, there are matters that pertain to the personal affair? of the deceased and his family, to the proper con­ sideration of friends, to the welfare of business associates, and to the overall planning of the fwneral service. We assist the person entrusted with these responsibilities with a plan of procedure so that no essential Is ovorlooked. 4E3I PETER MJISTEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McHenry; Illinois 385-0063 PARDON VADERS gweaWay gO/ Perspective HILLSDALE VS. HEW B> RONALD RKAf 'AN Hillsdale college in southern Michigan may be small, but it has stopped the federal education juggernaut dead in its tracks. With only 1,028 students (and a lot of friends who share its view), Hillsdale has for all its 134 years, exemplified the highest ideals of liberal arts education. Founded two decades before Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation, Hillsdale has always been open to blacks as well as whites (and to all races, for that matter). Its enrollment is nearly evenly divided between men and women. Hillsdale encourages its students to be independent, inquiring, individualistic. When it comes to its own independence, Hillsdale practices what it preaches. It has never, taken a nickel of government money. All of this had made the little college a sort of Typhoid Mary around the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C., where battalions of social engineers spend all their working hours devising new ways to make schools and colleges conform to their view of what education should be (starting with federal control). <+ Federal Money For several years, the HEW bureaucrats have been trying to find a way to get Hillsdale to knuckle under to its rules and regulations. The nation's largest universities have to accept federal controls because they accept federal money. Hillsdale, on the hand, has always shunned tincupmanship. Last year, HEW thought it had finally found a way to bring Hillsdale to heel. It announced that because 205 individual Hillsdale students received veterans' benefits, government student loans or loan guarantees, the college itself was a recipient for federal aid. Hillsdale's answer was to launch a $29 million Independence fund drive. To date, it is nearly halfway to its goal and some of the funds will be earmarked to help students so they won't have to get government loans. Like the title of a book that was popular not long ago, the bureaucrats seem to believe in winning by intimidation. Their next move was to set Jan. 8 as a deadline for Hillsdale to swear to a government affirmative action statement that it did not discriminate against women. Since it has never discriminated against anyone and since it believes it is not subject to HEW edicts, Hillsdale ignored the deadline. The HEW View Next, college officials were notified that they had violated federal law and were summoned to appear at an HEW administrative hearing in Denver, 700 miles away. HEW claims that because it rewrote its 1974 anti-discrimination guidelines to include institutions "benefited by" federal funds (in addition to those receiving money directly), the student loans make Hillsdale subject to its rules. HEW has also treatened to cut off the student loans, aggregating some $300,000 (although nearly half of that amount involves only federal guarantees of private bank loans). Hillsdale will contest HEW's claims at the hearing. Its chances of winning are less than odds-on, however, for HEW will act as prosecutor, judge and jury. If the hearing goes against Hillsdale, as college officials expect, the case may one day end up in the Supreme court. Will Hillsdale fight for its independence all the way to the highest court? Specifically, they haven't said, but Jerry Roberts, their vice-president for college relations and development, put it this way: "Hillsdale will not yield so long as there are enough people who believe as we do." January Traffic Fatalities The Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Polide report that traffic deaths in January, 1978, numbered 128, a nearly 12 percent increase over the seventy-six deaths reported in January, 1977. The 1978 totals include thirteen pedestrians killed in twelve accidents and nine persons killed in six railroad crossing accidents. participation in the planning of the state's program to regulate strip-mined lands," Thompson said. For scheduled dates and other information contact the Department of Mines and Minerals, Room 704 Stratton Office Building, Springfield 62706. McHenry Area? oGoooooooeooeoc. Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO - OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 3^ 'to DAjm'VMrn KNOW YOUR AREA-ROYAL WELCOME DOES. IT BEST faoooocooooooooooooooocooooocoooc oo ooooocoo< i Be A Better Shopper. . . Buying In Supermarkets Easter Egg Hunt Welcomes Spring At The Lambs The Easter Bunny will be hopping down the Lambs' trails again this year with special treats planned for the young and those young at heart. Highlighting the Easter festivities will be the annual Easter Egg hunt for the children, set for Saturday, March 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the shopping mall area of the farm. Prizes will be awarded. Of course, the Easter Bunny will be there ready to shepherd the youngsters through the hunt to find all those eggs hidden in the bushes. The Lambs also will have the Easter hutch filled with bunnies for the youngsters to come and see. The Lambs is a private, not- for-profit organization offering more than eighty mentally retarded adults jobs, housing and educational opportunities, it is iocated at the junction of the Tri-State Tollway 1-94 and Illinois Route 176. High level careers for women abound in the Veterans ad­ ministration. For example, four women are directors of VA hospitals, six others are assistant directors and four others serve as hospital chiefs of staff. More than half of all the men and women who have fought in America s wars, from the Revolution to the Vietnam conflict, are still alive, the Veterans administration reports. A total of 44,482,000 persons have worn their country's uniform during periods of conflict, and VA estimates that 29,765,000 are still living. Scene: Supermarket with two shopping carts. Contents: One week's groceries for a family of four. Cost: For the food in the left cart. $52.90; for basically the same food in the right cart, only $44.07. Difference: $7.93. . Question: How does one shopper buy essentially the same foods as another shopper while paying ten to fifteen percent less? According ' to a Cornell university publication titled "Be a Better Shopper-Buying in Supermarkets," the key to consistently spending less at the supermarket is to develop a food-buying system. Written by Professor Heinz B. Biesdorf, a consumer economist at Cornell university, the publication is in its second edition, having been extensively revised, expanded and updated. More than 40,000 of the first edition were printed and distributed. "Knowing and practicing a few money-saving tricks can help consumers save money," Dr Biesdorf says, "but con­ sistent savings of 10 to 15 percent can be realized only by sticking to a food-buying system." For an average family of four, this much savings amounts to an annual reduction in food costs totaling over $400. In order to save this 10 to 15 percent in the supermarket, the food shopper needs some "start-up" money, some extra time, and some extra storage space. Prof. Biesdorf realizes that many people don't have extra money, but, he says, this doesn't have to be a problem. "If you put off buying some non-essential items such as shoe polish or window cleaner for another week, you can use the money that would have been spent on these items as "start-up" money, to buy in quantity the essential food items that are on special this week." If, for example, you buy four cans of tomato juice at the special price of two for 99 cents, instead of the regular price of 65 cents each, you have saved 62 cents. If you also buy three pounds of spaghetti for 78 cents instead of the usual $1.33, you save an additional 55 cents. And, if you take advantage of the special on a non-food item such as the larger, seven-ounce tube of toothpaste at 69 cents instead of 95 cents, you've saved another 26 cents, bringing your total savings to $1.43. This is not only money in your pocket, but next week you'll have a shorter shopping list because you've bought some items in quantity the week before. And since a shorter shopping list means that you spend less money than you normally would, you'll have additional "start-up" money, and can take advantage of even more savings. The premise of "Be a Better Shopper" is familiar to many food shoppers: "Buy when the price is right, and when the price is right, buy in quantity for future use." But anyone who is serious about saving 10 to 15 percent on groceries must do more than stockpile goods bought at comparatively low prices. The serious food Building Permits Building permits recently issued by the Department of Building and Zoning for McHenry County include: Arthur E. Adams, 8710 N. Solon Road, Richmond, to build a single family residence at 3977 Keith in Richmond Township for an approximate value of $35,000. Permit and service fee-$225. Gray and Son Builders, 7710 Ravina Drive, Spring Grove, to build a single family residence at 510 Engels Road in Burton Township for an approximate value of $36,000. Permit and service fee-$233.20. Ed Schulian, 2404 Johnson Road, McHenry, to install a septic system at 1605 Boiling in McHenry Township for an approximate value of $1,450. Permit and service fee-$26. SUBSCRIBE To The McHenry Plaindealer And Save *10.30 Over Newstand Price Fill OUT AND MAIL OR BRING TO: ! McHENRY PLAINDEALER { 3«12W. Elm St.. McHcnry, III. 60050, | with ch«ck or mon«y order for *10.50 for one year | subscription within McHonry County. I I NAME _ | ADDRESS I CITY ZIP J "MONEY BACK GUARANTEE FOR UNUSED PORTION' I" shoppci ucguis .comparison shopping even before leaving home-by studying and com­ paring newspaper food ads Most stores and super­ markets offer special prices on selected products in the newspaper each week Although only a small number of items in a given store's stock are likely to be on special at one time, the savings that can be realized by buying these specials are large. In fact, some supermarket specials are Offered at or near wholesale price to keep regular customers coming, and to attract new ones. And, com­ peting stores are likely to offer specials on different items. "Be a Better Shopper" suggests following this procedure: First, read the newspaper ads of various stores. Circle specials, or better yet extra specials, with a red crayon or felt-tip marker Plan to shop in at least two competing stores. Plan menus around meat, poultry, fish and other food specials offered by these two stores, and before leaving the house, make a list of other items needed. The best way to learn to recognize specials and to distinguish them from regularly priced advertised products is to keep records of food purchases. To make it easier. Be a Better Shopper provides color-coded record sheets with many categories for meats, vegetables, dairy products, beverages, etc. By consulting the record sheets to see what price was paid previously for a given product. the shopper will soon know whether an advertised item is actually a special What to do if the specials are not available at the super market which advertises them0 Dr Biesdorf explains a. Federal Trade commission <FTC> rule concerning retail lood store advertising and rain check policies Recognizing that rain checks are not only inedible but are a nuisance to consumers. the FTC established a rule stating that it is unfair or deceptive practice for a store to offer a product at a stated price when it does not have enough of the product to meet a reasonable anticipated demand during the effective period of the advertisement. There are. however, a few exceptions to this general rule - the store has not violated the law if ordered shipments fail to arrive, or if customer demand was so high that the products sold out early in the sale. In the latter case, the FTC has to determine whether the quanitity of the advertised item in the store was really suf­ ficient to meet "reasonable anticipated demand." A good look at the newspaper food ads every week, some record keeping, a little money management-they all add up to an annual savings of hundreds of dollars and lifetime savings of thousands of dollars, ac­ cording to "Be a Better Shopper-Buying in Super­ markets." In addition, the principles explained in the publication apply to all other areas of spending. Prof. Biesdorf notes. profcS pirec S l ( ) n torV EARL R. WALSH & JACK WALSH INS. Fire. Auto. Farm. Life Representing RELIABLE COMPANIES 4410 W Rte 120. McHenry 3SS-3300 DENNIS CONWAY AUTO LIFE FIRE State Farm Ins. 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