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Perspective J NUCLEAR CONTRASTS < By RONALD REAGAN • President Carter, in omitting any reference to nuclear power in his Sunday night speech and in making only a brief reference to it Monday in Kansas City was, in effect, recognizing just how politicized the issue has become. Long an emotional issue with the American left, nuclear power gained a bigger audience of questioners after the Three Mile Island incident. It is the subject of heated debate, en­ dless talk in the news media. As a practical matter, the ability of nuclear power to provide - with present plants t some 14 percent of our electrical energy is being seriously hampered. According to political economist Eliot Janeway, the United States is just about the only major country going back­ ward when it comes to nuclear power. "Japan, France and the others represented at Tokyo are going all-out nuclear, as are the Comecon (Soviet bloc) and Latin American countries," he says, "/..when (Japanese Prime Minister) Ohira came to Washington to set up the Tokyo conference, the media missed out on reporting the top priority he gave the nuclear option in dealing with Carter. It's the single most effective weapon against OPEC, short of military force," Janeway says. The Russians, unencumbered with noisy protest by nuclear energy opponents, saw the Three Mile Island matter in a different light. The U.S.S.R.'s New Times said: , "Broad utilization of nuclear energy cannot be avoided," It said that "with observance of the rules a serious accident is as im­ probable as the fall of a large meteorite to earth." The real lesson of Threes Mile Island, it added, is that "technological progress is inseparable from social progress." Soviet authorities are not losing sleep over the arguments of U.S. nuclear protestors. The Soviet magazine Sovietskaia Kultura, said the U.S. en­ vironmentalist Barry Com­ moner, "like those who have now taken to the streets of many Western cities to protest and demand the abolition of nuclear power generation altogether, goes on to throw the baby out with the bath water." The magazine indirectly tied in Kremlin concerns about the SALT II treaty when it stated, "American organizations like the Union of Concerned Scientists, Friends of the Earth and similar movements in other Western countries engaged in the struggles against nuclear reactors are diverting public forces to the detriment of the struggles against nuclear arsenals." Far from backing away from nuclear power, the Soviets are looking toward'it use in such things as urban heating systems, home heating and technological processes at industrial plants, according to A. Aleksandrov, president of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. Nor does the Russian scientist share the roman­ ticized desire for all-out con­ version to solar energy which is popular with many Americans opposed to nuclear power. In a recent article published in the U.S.S.R. he wrote, "The low average density of the solar power flow on the earth's DEK-KiNG THE PREFABRICATED WOODEN PATIO DECKING THAT YOU CAN INSTALL YOURSELF I No Netd For Special Tools or Skilled Labor. Completely Assembled Components Provide Easy Installation In Just A Few Hours I FREE I Electronic Bug Killer with each deck purchased. Starting as low as $250.00 Falcon Gas Barbecue Grills • Flower Boxes • Planters • Wood Fencing • Pool Decks Fireplaces - Come to the leader, Since 1972. 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If the protestors who seem bent on de-industrializing America succeed in tying nuclear power up in knots, they ought to try demonstrating in Red Square as an encore. "Proclaim Liberty throughout all die Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof. Lev. XXV 10." The bell was delivered in August, 1752 and the local committee was com­ pletely satisfied except for one thing.. When it was set up in the ward to try its tone and carrying quality, "it was cracked by a stroke of the clapper without any other vio­ lence." Charles Stow and John Pass of Philadelphia were commissioned to recast the bell. They believed thit>the old bell was too brittle, so they added more , copper to the mix­ ture, with a resulting tone that did not please the purchasers. Stow And Pass cast a third bell, which turned out to be our famous liberty bell, for which they were paid about $303. The bell weighed over 2,000 pounds, measured twelve feet in circumfer­ ence around the lip. This is the bell that pealed forth in July of 1776 and which was hidden in the straw in a wagon and re­ moved from Philadelphia until the British evacuated the city. PAUK S-fLAlNUbALEill - r HIUA t, JUL! H, l»|« FIFTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 25, 1929) Accidents and drownings resulting in many deaths have been numerous in this district lately and occur not only on the weekend, but many fatalities take place during the week days as well. This is due, no doubt, to the fact that many are now enjoying their vacations and the warm weather calls them to the country andnear the water. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Smoak and the latter's brother, Edmund Wirfs, had a narrow escape from death when the car in which they were riding was wrecked N by a careless motorist. McHenry county's liquor conspiracy case failed to get under way in Circuit court July 22, which was the date set for hearing. Judge William J. Fulton, who was to be on the bench, sent a telegram to Judge Shurtleff, saying that it would be impossible for him to preside over the case on Monday. The reservoir at the pumping station is now covered' with a new cement house, the concrete for the roof being poured Tuesday. E.H. Merrick and his men are doing the work. 4 FORTY YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of August 3, 1939) After months of hearing and delays the Lily Lake in­ corporation case came to an end in the Circuit court when Judge William L. Pierce issued an order quashing the. quo warranto petition and also vacating all other others in the case. Attorney C. Russell Allen informed the court that he will appeal the decision made to the state Supreme court in Illinois for a further ruling. Aug. 1, the seventh observance of the annual water festival. Festivities will begin in the city park, which has been tran­ sformed into a carnival grounds for four days. The crowning of Queen Judy Freund will take place on Saturday night. Mrs. Jerome Miller of McHenry has been named winner of the twenty-five dollar third prize in a dairy recipe contest sponsored by the of­ ficial publication of the Illinois Agricultural association. Mrs. Miller's recipe for date cake with sour cream filling was chosen third best from among more than 1,100 entries in competition. After dropping a close game to Richmond, , the McHenry Shamrocks toured up to Illinois cars will sport license-- Johnslnirg for the second half plates of brown and cream numerals in 1940. The "Illinois 1940" will be placed below the numerals instead of above as on this year's licenses. Fourteen persons were fatally injured in automobile accidents in thirteen counties in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin in July. Of this number two were killed in McHenry county. The highway death toll for this area for the first seven months of 1939 was raised to 78. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 29, 1954) V All is now in readiness for the big Marine day celebration of a split twin-bill. For six in­ nings it looked like the unex­ pected was going to be written into the records. Then Clancy or somebody lowered the boom and when it was all over, Johnsburg had won the game, 11-4. TEN YEARS AGO (Taken from the files of July 25. 1969). At the regular meeting of the McHenry City Council, bids were received and contract awarded for surfacing and completing the Crystal Lake road project. H.J. Curran Contracting Co. of Crystal Lake was the low bidder with an amount of $35,886. Peter Baker & Son Co., of Lake Bluff bid $36,703.70. Giertz Melahn Asphalt Co., IncM of South Elgin presented a bid of $37,397.25. The project is under the Motor Fuel Tax program and is subject to the approval of - the State of Illinois, Division of Highways. McHenry police arrested eight juveniles between the ages of 15 and 17 for loitering after 10 o'clock in the evening/ Officers were called by several persons residing in the Main street business section, com­ plaining that the youths were causing a disturbance. When they defied police and'refused to disperse, the arrest was made and their parents were called to the city hall. A pert, pixie-type youngster of 7 who answers to the name of Judy has won the 1969 litle bf McHenry s Little Miss Peanut. She is Judy Pritchard. It's very easy for peo­ ple to persuade them­ selves that they are being mistreated. SEAMLESS GUTTERS offered by R & J ENTERPRISES Aluminum Facia, Soffiting & Siding FOR FREE ESTIMATE CALL: 815-385-7784 • spurgeons Now! Shop Our Pre-Season Family Coat Sale and Save ,>V Use Our / Layawav k Save on Our Entire Stock! Girls' & Boys' Coats & Jackets Imagine! Ladies' reg. $32-$74 coats are 25.60-59.20 'til Aug. 5th! 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