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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 27 Mar 1985, p. 2

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p,r » n \fNPC U F R irTB VLD,WEPHESPA¥.MAECH*7.*WS Opinion/Politics wmmM-mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn Heaven only knows what they'll fix next WASHINGTON-It is only natural that somebody should start tampering with the tyucwiilei keyboard. If faigb technology cant tan- it devised a century ago, then my faith in more than gtraigjbt, ridiculous. Some have 90 days; some a (ah, there. piirtmHon mark). And one has tt, except hi Leap Year. We hare to learn an kn- becflic poem to keep it all modern automation V been hat I particularly object to are the 'fame" keys-"aadr' for the left hand, for the right. That semicolon has got to go, even if it turns millions of touch typists back to the bunt- and-peck school. : Far from deserving a finger of its ovm, the semicolon belongs on the top row with the asterisk. In these days of high deficit financing, the dollar sign is used much more frequently. ; The same is true of the alphabet at large. It has 26 letters, of which only five are blatantly vowels. Yet every word in the Rngiigh langmy has a vowel sound. Some of the consonants that are easily reached obviously are being underworked. Although certain lefuiius are needed, I fear the modernists ;who already have persuaded some government agencies to experiment with a new keyboard, wont stop at this typewriter. .• For one thing, the calender that you and I know and lore, especially on Friday, is vulnerable. £ I'm not week is perfect. a six-day w week better. But weeks at least are Symmetrical Months, on the jbtber hand, are downright for another type of knov li a i had WL be to hours, time I Reader finds favor with death penalty Dear Edtor : With reference to the Ontoion- PnHtici akH to the Friday edtion, March 22, of the mis WNQ1WHSCD IPUTTHKT SPEECH euetlNS REMAN FOR THE 0ERC1T? A dock, you know, has only i2 a day, thelast reminds me of s saying, namely, 'Dost mess up a good presentation with a k* of facto/' For the 200-pkis years this to * ' *, ft-, I mf -• ^n^yinaniy Wr™ p0f|OQB. this may be a boon to thoae who «- - lfiii li m nave cnmciigy (wiwingiiiaiiBi 2 o'clock to the morning from S o'clock to the afternoon. It does nothing to dear up the mMto t̂ are AM or FfL Hie only sototton I can see to the Army way of time only adds to the f ipect a revtofen of the pinna along with the typewriter? Will Beethoven. , , mu » a|| ifc - - • ncb, •Man ana au max crawo ad dawn the drain along with fbck ktaaes, sonatas, concertos and, oh, I dont know what all I fear the worse. Thua far, a determined for certain crimes has been a 01 moral code, ethics or this country has, was period. A pent part of that time, justice was much swifter and thus more merciful To equate torture in CfaOe with the use of the electric * • »-- ||, t -* 1-- * • • •! chair m tms (imiiy is just ridiculous. Have the amnesty people show me the courtroom where a to sentenced to death [represented by an ore when an has been earned out where court snpeah hare not {awtiMaii these • * * •*- - ?afli»iiil,1 a -ncn. wDBe people that commit nairder and get away with it If there are MOO people on death row, they are there fstem allows so to drag on for Columnist misses point of death saying a rfect. An < -day or endeavors in this DaA 1# ifc • country, ists n me xypewrner keyboard falls, can the Rklitr mnmi* be far behind? Dick West (Dick West is a UPI) Our system of teat of time. While it is not perfect, it is head and shoulders Your Legislators Crystal Lake, IL60014 Phone: (815) 455-0309 STATE SENATOR Jack Schaffer (R), 32nd 56 N. Williams Street Springfield phone: (217)782-6525 U.S. SENATORS Alan J. Dixon (D) 230 S. Dearborn Room 3960 Chicago. IL 60604 Phone:(312)353-5420 600 E. Monroe Room 108 Springfield. IL 62706 Phone:(217)492-4126 United States Senate Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 Paul Simon (D) 230 S. Dearborn Chicago. IL 60604 3 W. Old State Capitol Plaza Springfield. IL 62701 210 Harts Building Washington, D.C. 20510 United States Senate Senate Office Bldg. Washington. D.C. 20510 STATE REPRESENTATIVES Dick Klemm (R), 63rd 3 W. Crystal Lake Ave. Crystal Lake. IL 60014 Phone:(815)455-6330 0-2 Stratton Bldg. Springfield, IL 62706 Phorie: (217) 782-8000 Ronald Wait (R), 64th 110 E. Second St. Belvidere. IL61008 U.S. REPRESENTATIVE Philip M. Crane (R), 12th 1450 New WilkeRd. Mount Prospect, IL 60005 Phone: (312)394-0790 House of Representatives House Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20515 McHenry County Office 56 N. William Street Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Phone:(815)459-3399 of. Me Qdnhpst the amnesty Let's hear opinions from people who respect our laws and are! interestedto living by them in this country. Not opinions by those who broke and ran. Bill Fitxgerald Wonder Lake Dear Editor: Don Graffs editorial opposing capital punishment (3-22-85) misses the point entirely. The difference between Cuba, Ethiopia, Iran, Viet Nam and the soviet Union on the hand, and Britain, Canada, France, the Netherlands and Norway on the other is not they hare a death or not (indeed, the notes that Britain and Canada do retain capital parish* meal for exceptional crimes). What distinguishes these two groins of countries is that the legal systems of the former are draetwi apdnt pn»itiral dissent while those of the latter concern themselves primarily with crimes against persons or carcerate a killer to protect society. As time went on, however, it became apparent that--with the exceptions of notorious mass murderers such as Richard Speck and John Wayne Gacv-our legal system in incapable of permanently removing a criminal from sodetv. Whether given multiple life sentences of 99, 109, 299 or 399 years, the perpetrator will automatically be eligible for parole after a comparatively short time. And, tmless there is organized opposition to parole, he or she is frequently released. . This is the real justification for capital punishment It puts the individual who has com­ mitted a heinous crime forever beyond the power of a pardon or parole board. Thomas Breen Jr. McHenry CORNUCOPIA OF VALUE property Forms 'many years, I opposed the death penalty, believing it was sufficient to permanently in- 3)on S&etuUy, SPcAooib, &t*c 2350 RTE. ]20»MCHEN*Y, ILL •(•15)315-2290 BOUNCY SPRING SPECIALS PERM/COLO WAVE INCLUDES HAIRCUT A SHAMPOO A SET (STRAIGHT HAIR ONLY) *12°° nClMMCM2WM. 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