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SECTION 2 - PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11,1»78 Pl.AINDI Al F.R Editorial Opinion Newspaper Week This is National Newspaper week, and as we see it newspapers are trying to perform an impossible task. They try to be almo6t all things to almost all people. None of us -- even the best -- realize our goal, but we try within the limits of our resources. There are challenges and they include these: ...To comment with honesty, with courage and with knowledge on topics of the day that are important to our community. .. To provide a "bulletin board" for the area through the Community Calendar. . . .To report the news of the day accurately and yet concisely as it pertains to McHenry, and then to stretch out into areas of interest that stretch beyond our own boundaries. To entertain with special columns such as cartoons, puzzles, sports, etc. To be a friend of the consumer, an adviser to the homemaker, a guide to buyers and a source of information to voters on candidates and issues. Every newspaper works for its readers. It doesn't ever quite reach its goal, but we don't know of one that isn't in there trying. What other enterprise serves as servant, friend and counselor, along with an invitation for the opinions of a wide audience? Hope In Energy Story Those who seek hope to counter gloomy energy prospects can grasp a straw in the wind in the recent announcement from Princeton university-that scientists there have achieved a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion. The breakthrough, it's said, could lead to a cheap, plentiful and safe source of energy in the next century. The fusion process utilizes sea water, of which there's plenty, and a high degree of heat in which two atomic particles are joined This is the energy process of the sun and in the power of the hydrogen bomb (where it's uncontrolled) Princeton scientists managed to create sun-like temperatures for a brief moment in a controlled atmosphere-something called a magnetic bottle-and for the first time in a 27-year-old fusion program produced controlled fusion. If, as some say, our oil and natural gas resources are sufficient to last until well into the next century, controlled fusion, and other energy sources such as solar power, may then be available to provide the world's needs. It just might be that the doom and gloom prospect (and U.S. dependence on Middle East oil) is not the end of the energy story, as civilization marches on Knowing Our Trees Can you take a walk through the woods and recognize trees by their leaves? Do you know the pin oak, the scarlet oak, the red oak, white oak, black oak, live oak from one another*' If you don't you're missing much pleasure, and unnessarily so. One can buy today, for as little at $1.95, very fine small books (carried in the pocket) which contain color pictures of leaves and trees, a map showing where they grow, and a brief summary of their leaf shape and fruit. Which hickory is worth saving--and which should be cut for barbecue wood? (The mockernut Rickory is for fire.) Which oaks require two years for their acorns to mature" Which like dry soil and whick like wet? Why have elms been so popular? What special care does the black walnut need to prosper? (It's trunk should be wrapped in silver foil when young). All one need do to learn about trees is buy a book, walk the woods and study what appears Doing that builds a hobby, an appreciation of nature~so beautiful in fall-and is good exercise A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT This past week was characterized by mixed to churning action in most important stocks and leading glamours with some rally attempts in the big cyclical issues which dominate the Dow Industrials. It was a dull week for market analysts both as to price changes and trading volume which dropped to a 24 8 million share daily average We saw little new in the market either technically or fundamentally to cause this holding together action other than normal forces of rebound after the very sharp, several week correction of mid-September Last week s churning combined with several more days of the same action this week could neutralize this oversold condition and leave the market on its own devices. The economic news last week was, on balance, favorable, however, concern over the persistent increase in interest rates remains the number one problem and it was nothing but reinforced A 934 percent prime rate is seen as only a short resting s t age be fo re we see 10 pe rcen t Fed funds rose and se t t l ed in the 8 3 4 percent range after getting up over 9 percent Long term bond rates got kicked up several more notches and close to 9 percent returns now available on AAA rated bonds is indeed scary History never exactly repeats itself, particularly when the events are so widely publicized. But rising interest rates and a slowing economy combine to quickly conjure up the horror stories of both the bond and stock markets of 1973 and 1974 Current news developments usually do not control market action for more than a very short time-the market classically is looking ahead some six to twelve months And current major market factors are so ambivalent that they are just adding to the confusion It's nicetosee that an energy bill will aparently be born finally but it does little to promote increased production, to reduce consumption, and appears inadequate for these post-embargo years The tax bill attempts to promote capital investment, obviously desirable, but the $23 billion tax cut coming any time soon would, in our opinion, fan the fires of inflation. We continue to advise a non aggresive stance by traders and investors and see little reason to change our opinion that the 85 percent low of two weeks ago will be tested near term and probably fail That could clean cut enough of the rampant speculation to set us up for a good advance before year end Al Goldman Shake Suggestions It an earthquake should occur try and remain calm and avoid panic It you re inside seek protection in a doorway or under a bed It you re outside, move quickly to the nearest ground open For Your Information Dear friends. It is not always easy to attend a funeral - to grieve - to face the reality and finality of death But is is good to gather together family and friends, and within a religious and social family setting, to say the words that should be said It is not easy, but it is both necessary and worthwhile for all concerned Respectfully, < 1 v • * * 7 PETERM JISIEN & SON FUNERAL HOME McH»nry, Hlinoi»_3>S^0063^ | Observe Fire Prevention Week | N®w Tax Measure Nearly every minute of the dav, a fire breaks out in a dwelling somewhere in the United States. This was disclosed as Fire Prevention week opened Oct. 8. Thousands of fires erupt each year as the result of careless use of tobacco and household chemicals, defective heating equipment, and overloaded electrical wiring. Nearly 9,000 lives are lost annually in U.S. fires. Observance of a few common-sense precautions can greatly reduce the risk of a household fire. To be saf^ at home, an official of the world's largest integrated manufacturer of fire-protection equipment, recommends the following: - Keep a supply of large, deep-dish ashtrays throughout the home and be sure that all cigarettes are crushed out. When guests leave or before retiring, check each room for burning cigarettes. Most importantly, never smoke in bed. - Cover all combustible materials such as gasoline, cleaning' fluids, and paint thinners before storing. Keep them in a safe place. When using volatile materials, be sure there is adequate ventilation to carry away the fumes. - Install a fire extinguisher in the kitchen and on each flow of a multilevel dwelling. Ee sure all members of the family know where each extinguisher is located and how to use it. The extinguisher must be filled with the correct chemicals and fully charged at the proper level. Some extinguishers have a pressure gauge that you may have to check periodically, even if they have not been used. But in most models, refilling and recharging is necessary only after use. To be certain that all members of the family know how to use a fire extinguisher, it is suggested that the head of the family demonstrate its operation outdoors after buying it. - Have your heating system and chimney checked before each winter season, and keep oily rags, newspapers and other combustible materials far away from heating equipment and stoves. - Keep your children out of the kitchen when no adults are around, and keep matches out of their reach. - Avoid overloading your electrical system. If your electric appliances are slow in warming up, they may be starved for current by overloaded or inadequate wiring. Circuits forced to carry too much current can bum white hot, searing insulation and touching off hidden wall fires which can burn for days, emitting deadly fumes. Be sure your fuses are of the proper amperage. Many electrical fires are caused by overfused fuse boxes. - Conduct family fire drills periodically so that everyone knows what to do in case of fire and the best routes for evacuating the premises. , - Sleep with bedroom doors closed. If you smell smoke and the inside surface of the door is warm to the touch, do not open it. Instead, try to exit by another route or through a window. - Consider installation of fire and smoke alarms to alert the family in time to escape a blaze. - If is is necessary to call the fire department, give all pertinent information clearly and succinctly. If the fire cannot be reported by telephone, turn in an alarm at the nearest fire box. Be sure that all members of the family know where the nearest fire alarm is located. - Call your local fire department to arrange an appointment for a fire-safety inspection. In our community this service is provided for residents without charge. Effective Jan . J NEW MOCCASINS 41 FOR MRS. DERIAN lt> HOWII) KKA<; \\ There is an old Indian proverb: "Before I criticize a 'man, may I walk a mile in his moccasins". Patricia Derian and her minions at Mr Carter's Human Rights office ap­ parently have never heard of it. If they had. they might not be making such a mess of our relations with the planet's seventh largest country, Argentina, a nation with which we should be close friends No sooner had President Carter made his early and strong statement on human rights principles than born- again McGovernites began infesting various foreign policy-making levels in the new administration, with an eye toward forcing any nation they could to tow the mark - and they defined the mark Nearly any charge made against nations such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile was assumed to be true Worse, the Carter Human Rights office has managed since to hold up export licenses for important sales to these and other nations In the case of Argentina, it recently involved millions of dollars of U.S. made hydroelectric equipment, for example Now comes a man whose moccasins Ms Derian & Co should try: Dr Jose A Mar tinez de Hoz. minister of economy of Argentina He came to the U S for last week s joint annual meeting of the World Bank and the In ternational Monetary fund, but a few days before that he visited the West Coast to attend the opening of an Argentina bank and to address San Francisco's Commonwealth club He also put Argentina's story in perspective Martinez de Hoz is the ar chitect of what may turn out to be one of the most remarkable economic recoveries in modern history By March of 1976 - the tail end of Peronism under the feckless widow of Juan Peron - Argentina's people were being crushed by a 920 percent in­ flation rate The central bank was nearly broke, there was a foreign trade deficit, tax collections were dropping and the government was shot through with corruption, sliding toward chaos Leftist terrorists several thousand of them were working day and night to tear the country apart American businessmen were favorite targets of kidnapers The ransoms extracted financed their arms and am munition purchases In Rosario, the U S Consul was kidnapped, riddled with bullets and his body dumped The armed forces stepped in. As Martinez de Hoz explained to his audience, they represented continuity and stepped in as a last resort, to keep the country together. About human rights, Am­ nesty International estimated early last year that perhaps as many as 15.000 persons had disappeared under the new government. Martinez de Hoz said he thought the figure was "grossly exaggerated". He said that Argentina, by early 1976, faced a well-equipped, disciplined force of 15,000 terrorists who were "destroying the social fabric" of the country "What the government had to do was to protect the human rights of 25 million people against a minority of people who had gone ideologically haywire," he said In this civil war atmosphere, "no quarter was asked and no quarter was given", he said. He did not deny that some in­ nocents may have been caught up in the crossfire between leftist terrorists, right wing band of vigilantes and the government forces Though the situation is virtually under control today, the fact that some right-wing bands are still beyond government control and because some terrorists have quietly slipped back "above ground" and other have gone into exile, Martinez de Hoz says "It is a sad reality that there will be a certain number of people that the government will never be able to account for". When this slight, quiet, Cambridge-educated man a civilian guiding the economy in a country with a military government - speaks about a return to democracy he speaks with conviction A r g e n t i n a ' s e c o n o m i c recovery shows every sign of making that day come sooner rather than later Inflation, though still sky high by our measurements, is down from that 920 percent to 102 percent Tax collections have doubled (always a sign of increased c o n f i d e n c e i n g o v e r n m e n t ) The deficit has been systematically forced down almost to zero and no more printing press money is needed (U.S. Congress take note) Central bank reserves are up from $23 million to $6 billion: there was a trade surplus for t h e f i r s t h a l f o f 1 9 7 8 o f $ 1 3 billion And, to top it off a $1 billion standby credit from U S ARE YOU NEW IN McHenry Area? iSSSSSSSSSSSS Do You Know Someone New? WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND A ROYAL WELCOME TO EVERY NEWCOMER TO OUR AREA!!!!! CALL JOAN STULL 385-5418 rmrmnu KNOW YOUR AREA ROYAL WELCOME DOES IT BEST and Canadian banks has just been cancelled by Argentina as not needed. That must have had the sweetest taste of all to Dr Martinez de Hoz and his colleagues. Ms Derian, would you care to try on a new pair of moc- casins"' DKMONSTRATION PROJECT The United States Depart­ ment of Housing and Urban Development has approved the construction of ten small group homes for the mentally retarded through the Lambs, Inc., of Libertyville, Lewis Kranz. executive director of the Lambs, has announced. The project will be financed by a long term, direct loan of $2,701,600 from HIID. QUALITY CONTROL The Northeastern Illinois section of the American Society for Quality Control will hold its October meeting on the nineteenth at the Cabriolet restaurant, Libertyville Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 8 The featured speaker will be Dr. Richard R Landers. Defense Systems division. Northrop corporation Dr Landers topic will be "Quality and Reliability-Separate or In­ separable?" WHAT'S YOUR OPttflON? Some people toy . . . One of the things most wrong with Ameri­ ca is that most of us are unwilling to speak out or join in protest in a manner that will let our wishes be known to the people in charge. The above viewpoint does not necessarily represent the optmon of this newspaper or its staff It does represent one side of a current topic of American conversation The editor invites your comments Service Line McHENRY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 385-4300 FAMILY SERVICE * MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC 3409 W. 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