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PAGE 7 -PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20,1979 CHIPPING ON-Art Jackson watches the flight of his ball at the 12th green. Jackson shot a final round of 74 to tie Ed Buss for the Clnb championship at the McHenry Countryclub Sunday. Later this. 12th hole found Jackson carding double bogey in the sudden death playoff where he lost the title to Ed Buss. STAFF PHOTO-WAYNE GAYLORD Surge In Fireworks Injuries Eye injuries in Illinois from fireworks exploded during the 4th of July holiday period showed an alarming trend upward, according to the . Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness (ISPB). A non-profit organization founded in 1916 to protect and preserve the sight of Illinois citizens of all ages, the Illinois society has been compiling fireworks eye injury reports from Illinois ophthalmologists for nearly 30 years. For the 1979 Independence day holiday period, Illinois eye doctors reported 62 injuries to the eye caused by fireworks mishaps, Edgar T. Britton, executive director of ISPB, explains. Most, he says, were to the cornea or "outer window" of the eye. "There were undoubtedly more victims," Britton notes, "since we have no practical way of confirming a 100 percent response from doctors throughout the state." The 62 injuries reported, he adds, compares to 48 injuries to the eye from fireworks in 1978, 30 in 1977, and an average of 45 to 50 serious eye injuries during the previous 25 years. According to Britton, only one of the 62 injured this year could be permanently blinded because of fireworks. (An 8- year-old Berwyn boy, the target of a powerful M-80 thrown at him by a passing bicyclist, may lose the sight in his right eye.) However, Britton emphasizes, any injury to the eye is a serious injury which could lead to future complications. Injuries reported in 1979 ranged from corneal burns and abrasions to particles em­ bedded in the eye and internal hemorrhaging. Among the more serious injuries was the Berwyn boy, a Galesburg teenager hit in the left eye with a fiery ball from a Roman candle, and a Waukegan youth who suffered corneal damage when a rocket exploded near his face. Young boys were the prin­ cipal victims, Britton notes. "It seems girls were unusually careful this year," he said. There were only two recorded injuries to girls. The other 60 victims were all males, ranging in age from 3 to 34. "We can't explain this year's V.A. NEWS 1 The Veterans Administration is making a special effort to acquaint a quarter of a million surviving spouses of veterans as to their possible eligibility for an additional monthly benefit payment just authorized by Congress. VA regional office director Donald R. Ramsey said the new added payment of $45 a month will go to Illinois widows or widowers now on VA Depen­ dency and Indemnity Com­ pensation rolls who are so disabled as to be confined to their homes or immediate premises, yet not so ill as to require nursing home care or the aid and attendance of another person. Ramsey said VA's problem is that, although the agency knows the identity of those receiving, DIC and aid and attendance payments, it has no way of knowing how many of the JDIC recipients are suf­ ficiently disabled to be eligible for the new benefit. "Prior to passage of this new benefit, these individuals were In Wales it was thought that rubbing your palm with an oak leaf would keep you healthy for a year. Comment On Sports Announce Wheat Program BASEBALL • * • By Pete Fritchie WASHINGTON. D.C. - Despite denials and alibis that umpires are human, the fact remains that there are far too many missed calls of balls and strikes at home plate. If TV is to be rejected for umpires' calls around the bases and in the field, surely some form of electronic help is urgently needed at the plate. One possibility is the use of a light beam--something like automatic doors utilize. The ump would know then whether the ball crossed the p|ate«he would only have to decide if it were too low or too high. And a light beam probably be used from the ^ side, to measure height. If that isn't done, TV replay should be utilized-football is begin­ ning to utilize it. Why should athletics and teams be unjustly penalized by umpiring mis­ takes, natural enough, when science now has the means to check human calls? Umpires, too, are affected by the crowds and the mood- despite denials. In the recent, emotion-packed finale of the Yankee-Oriole".series, Tip Martinez walked the first bat­ ter, Bucky Dent, when he lost one and perhaps two calls by the plate ump. Naturally, it upset him and the O's lost that game in the ninth-one of the few they've lost in the last inning this year! 3? THE MINNESOTA TWINS' SHORTSTOP SMAiwrm REALLY GOT OFF TO A TREMENDOUS START WITH THE BAT IN 1979/ WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS AVERAGE WILL 6E WHEN YOU READ THUS, BUT AS THE INK DRIES ON THIS DRAWING, HE LEADS BOW LEAGUES IN BATTING WITH A HEFTY .375AMS.L IMALLEY'S DAD WAS A SHOWS/VP WITH THE CUBS. HIS UNCLE IS GENEMAUCH\ /MANAGER OF THE TWINS. YOUNG SMALLEY. NOW26, IAS BEEN LISTENING TV, AND STUDYING BIG LEAGUE PLAYERS SINCE CHILDHOOD, NOW HE'S A STAR HIMSELF. The Soviet Union will be able' to buy up to 10 million metric tons of U.S. wheat in the next 14 months, Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland has announced. Bergland also announced: -U.S. wheat producers will be eligible for farm program benefits in 1980 without setting aside or diverting acreage. -The 1980 wheat loan rate will be $2.50 a bushel, up 15 cents from the rate in effect the past two years. - - A d m i n i s t r a t i v e o r legislative steps will be taken to discourage planting wheat on fragile land. Bergland said Under Secretary Dale E. Hathaway met recently with officials of the Soviet Government to review USSR import needs and U.S. grain supplies. Based on that review, Bergland said, Hathaway in­ formed the Soviets they may buy up to 10 million metric tons of wheat through September, 1980. Up to 2 million tons of that amount may be contracted and shipped during August and September, 1979, the last two months of the current year of the two countries' agreement. The five-year agreement" allows the Soviets to buy a total of 8 million tons of corn and wheat each year without consultation and requires them to buy at least 3 million tons of each. "In offering additional wheat there was the mutual un­ derstanding that 5 million tons of corn may be purchased for delivery during the fourth year of the agreement," Bergland said. "The possibility of ad­ ditional purchases of U.S. corn during the fourth year of the agreement will be discussed during the regular meeting of the two governments in early October. By that time, we will have more precise information on the size of this year's corn and other feed grain crops and the Soviets will have a better estimate of their import needs. "Our assessment of the wheat import needs of the Soviet Union and our other customers, and supply prospects in the U.S. and other wheat exporting countries, concludes that there is no need for a wheat set-aside in the U.S. next year," he said. As a result, all wheat producers will be eligible for loans, the farmer-owned reserve and target price protection. The national program acreage for wheat will be 70 million acres for 1980, up from the 67.6 now indicated to balance production and use in 1979. In 1980, those who plant no more wheat than was planted, set-aside or for other reasons was considered to have been planted to-wh^ in 1979 wilt have full targetprke protec­ tion. Those who exceed this; acreage will be subject to the allocation factor that can cover! from 80 to 100 percent of the; acreage planted to wheat. The $2.50 national average, loan price will be up from $2.35' a bushel for the previous two years. The minimum release price for the farmer-owned reserve during the 1980 crop year will be $3.50 a bushel and the "call" not less than $4.38 a bushel. These changes, Bergland said, mean producers will receive a higher level of price protection and market stability through the reserve Skin Diving Safety Code Can Save Lives surge in eye injuries from illegal fireworks," Britton concludes. "Certainly we did all we could to warn parents of the danger, and I know media, law enforcement, and safety officials never slackened their campaigns to protect citizens of the state. "Next year, obviously, we'll have to do more to convince parents of the danger, and parents will have to do more to convince and control their children if we are going to keep the 4th an explosive-prone holiday our children can enjoy in safety^" not covered for a confining disability that did not require nursing home care or aid and attendance, so they have never applied," he said. To alert potential beneficiaries, Ramsey said his agency has enclosed a notice of the new benefits category with its November DIC checks. The VA official also said he's asking national veterans organizations to assist the agency in locating widows and widowers of veterans who may be eligible for the housebound benefit. And he urged any surviving spouses of veterans who have further questions concerning eligibility to contact the nearest VA office or a member of one of the veterans organizations in their community. What Just One Person Can Do Are All Things Possible? * Utopianism is the belief that there is a solution to every problem. There isn't. It is the impatient insistence that instant remedies can be found for complex issues. They can't be. In most situations, our best efforts require time and per­ severance before we see any positive results. The Christopher message is not Utopian. It is based on the realistic premise that evil must be opposed if we are to survive as a people. The Christophers encourage each individual to live up to the best that is in him or her, knowing full well that the best will require sacrifice a n d p e r s e v e r a n c e . W e a r e realistic about personal limitations. All we can bring to a problem is our own limited wisdom, limited energy, limited talent. But each of us has a mind and a will - and for the believer there is always grace. This is a formidable arsenal. It's up to each of us to decide exactly how we will use our unique though limited gifts to their best ad­ vantage. A life lived for self is not worthy of admiration. A life of complaint and self-pity is not useful either to one's self or one's neighbor. The Christophers encourage positive action to remedy the ills of the world. We admire the p r i v a t e i n i t i a t i v e s o f i n ­ dividuals who set about in their own unique way to prevent the corruption of human life on any level. It takes courage to challenge and confront evil. To do it a person has to believe in himself and in God. It doesn't mean that he is Utopian about the outcome; human effort is not always rewarded with instant success. It doesn't mean that being responsible is equivalent to being superior. Even sinners have some goodness in them. It simply means that all of us are capable of putting forth our best efforts to make this a better world. The family, the town, the state, the nation - all undergo a gradual decaying process. It takes the vigilance of people who are spiritually alive to correct and remove corruption when it appears and threatens. For the religious person it Skin diving enthusiasts are gaining thousands of new re­ cruits each summer. Americans of all ages and both sexes are spending summer weekends exploring lakes and streams from the vantage point of the fishes. From the medical standpoint, physicians say that diving makes demands on the body which are unlike those met above the surface. means calling upon the Holy Spirit for strength and wisdom. "God gave to some animals the speed of flight; to others claws or wings; but he so disposed man that He, God Himself, is his strength." (John Chrysostom) It is not Utopian to believe that with God all things are possible. For a free copy of the Christopher News Notes, "Light One Candle," send a stamped, self-addressed en­ velope to The Christophers, 12 E. 48th St., New Yoirk, NY 10017. Navigating under water is heavy exertion. Those with res­ piratory problems or heart and blood vessel disease should not attempt it, the American Medi­ cal Association reminds. Div­ ing is ruled out for those with perforated ear drums. Ear plugs are for surface swimming only and should not be used for div­ ing because of water pressure. Asking your doctor to evaluate your fitness for diving is a precaution that will pay div­ idends. Along with good health, the potential diver should be a better than average swimmer. Never dive alone. Use a buddy system and be certain that your buddy is competent and trustworthy. Learn to use artifi­ cial respiration and see that your buddy knows. Plan your dives. Know where you are going, how deep and how long you can stay under. Work out a system of underwater communication signals. Never dive when you are overly tired or not feeling well. Frank Chappell Science News Editor AMA Auto Service Tips fir. If you replace the fuel inlet filter of your late- model car, check to see if it has a built-in check valve. Beginning in 1976, the carburetor of most vehicles were outfitted with inlet filters having a built-in check valve to prevent fuel leakage if the vehicle is involved in a roll-over accident. 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