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10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 12. 1973
Vote “Yes 1 ” For Open Space
When William Penn became the Com
monwealth’s first governor, he wrote a
letter to the Committee of the Free Society
of Traders in England. In part of the letter
he said:
"The country itself, its soil, air, water,
seasons and produce, both natural and
artificial, is not to be despised. The land
contameth divers sorts of earth, as, sand,
yellow and black, poor and rich: also
gravel, both loamy and dusty; and, in some
places, a fast fat earth, like our best vales,
in England; especially by inland brooks
and rivers.. .The air is sweet and clear, the
Heavens serene, like the south part of
France rarely overcast.. .I bless God, I am
fully satisfied with the Country and the
entertainment I got in it. . .”
Governor Penn might write a different
letter today. He might no longer be fully
satisfied with the country.
Since Penn's day, we've destroyed much
of the beauty that made the state an at
tractive haven for many of Europe’s op
pressed religious minorities. Where once
there were forests, fields and clean
streams, there are now too often parking
lots, super highways and streams that
carry more filth than water.
Much of the state's open space has been
gobbled up in the name of progress and
profit. People are beginning to ask, though,
if "progress” is worth the price of having
large areas of the state paved over. They’re
beginning to ask, “Is more of everything -
more buildings, more roads, more people -
is this always progress?”
We think the answer is no. We think open
space is one of our most valuable -- and
most abused - resources. There are many
Today marks the last day of National
Goodwill Week, May 6 - 12, Many people
are familiar with Goodwill Industries. They
associate Goodwill with the collection box
in the parking lot of their neighborhood
shopping center. They may have shopped
for bargains among the antiques and
curios found in Goodwill retail outlet
stores. However, there are many steps
from “collection box” to the Goodwill store
that people may not be familiar with.
The items available in Goodwill stores
have been refurbished by disadvantaged
and handicapped people. The collection
box in the parking lot was probably painted
by a handicapped worker in the Goodwill
paint shop. Yes, Goodwill does more than
collect and resell. Goodwill serves people
of every age, ability and walk of life -- in-
Editor
The Pennsylvania AAA
Federation and the 40 AAA clubs
m Pennsylvania are strongly
opposed to House Bill 740 which
would increase maximum
lengths of tractor trailer com
binations to 65 feet and provide
for the hauling of tandem
trailers
The trucking industry claims
that these truck-trains are
needed for economic reasons and
will accrue a benefit of nearly $22
million to Pennsylvania We feel
this is a hollow claim when
weighed against the threat to
highway safety that these big rigs
will bring We have challenged
the trucking industry to show
specifically where these truck
trains will create savings for the
individual consumer who would
be threatened on the highways by
their size We have received NO
answer
Furthermore, anyone who
thinks the trucking firms will be
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satisfied with 65 feet is being
fooled. Presently such rigs have
grown to 100 feet in Kansas and
triple trailer combinations have
been tested in Wyoming and New
York.
In time they will also push for
heavier hauling capacities as
well. In December 1967,
American Trucking Association
Managing Director William
Bresnahan told the Washington
Post that liberalization of state
laws against extra trailers would
do the industry little good unless
the Federal gross weight limit is
also raised. “There’s no point in
longer combinations unless we
can load them up,” is the way he
put it.
Among the other reasons for
our opposition to HB-740 are as
follows
Pennsylvania’s terrain is not
conducive to the safe driving of
such rigs
weather increases the threat of
serious jackknifing accidents
acres of parks and state forests in the state
which will always remain open. But the
biggest portion by far of all the open space
is owned privately by farmers. If farmers
can be encouraged to keep farming their
fields, everyone will benefit. If farmers feel
compelled to sell their lands to developers
and speculators, then everyone will lose.
Many farms in Lancaster County keep
going up in value because of their
proximity to commercial and residential
areas. Tax increases must ultimately follow
increases m market values. Those tax
increases can be so crippling they virtually
force farmers to sell their land for the
simple reason that they can long'afford to
farm it.
This threat can be forestalled, though, if
voters approve a constitutional amend
ment on the ballot in the May 15 primary.
The amendment would permit
agricultural land to be taxed on the basis of
its use and to be set aside as reserves for
the enjoyment of generations yet to come.
Like the environmental protection
amendment which the voters over
whelmingly approved two years ago, it is
not self-enforcing. The General Assembly
would have to implement it with legislation
- and legislation carefully drawn to avoid
the mistakes made elsewhere, notably in
New Jersey.
But the amendment can lay the
groundwork for saving what is left of the
beauty of Penn’s Woods. We join former
Republican Gov. William Scranton, former
Democratic Gov. George Leader, en
vironmental and sports and agricultural
organizations in urging Pennsylvanians to
vote yes.
dmduals whose handicaps might prevent
them from working and from living full,
happy and productive lives.
Because of Goodwill Industrie’s devotion
to “Helping the Handicapped Help
Themselves”, an able person with a
disability can do more than endure and
only survive. That individual is guided to
discover a new capacity, learn a new skill,
find a way to give his gift and apply his
talents. Consequently, he is often able to
provide for himself and his family and
become a contributing member of the
community.
Remember - the collection box and the
outlet store are visible aspects of Goodwill.
The important factor in Goodwill is the
human element - the handicapped and
disabled citizens who are trained and
encouraged to become useful individuals.
involving such truck-trains.
... It requires a sight distance of
2,190 feet for a car traveling at 60
mph to pass a 65 foot rig traveling
at 50 mph; a distance which is
extremely perilous when a car
encounters spray from the
wheels of the truck-train;
especially on the two-lane high
ways where such trucks will be
permitted.
...The added size of the
proposed tractor-tandem-trailer
combination creates a greater
wind impact hazard to cars.
...It is illogical to increase
tractor trailer combination sizes
at a time when cars are getting
smaller and less powerful.
We believe that Pennsylvania
is the state where the stand must
finally be made against the
trucking industry’s state-by-state
encroachment on motorists’
safety. r
Executive Vice President
Pennsylvania AAA Federation
In Lloyd Douglas’ novel, The
Big Fisherman, Voldi, one of
the characters, writes of the
voice of Jesus: “It’s a unifying
voice that converts a great crowd
of mutually distrustful strangers
into a tight little group of blood
relatives.”
Whether be
cause of his voice,
as Voldi asserts,
or his whole per
sonality, this is
the way Jesus
often affected
groups of “mutu
ally distrustful
strangers.” He
- helped them over
come their differences and find a
oneness in him that was more
compelling than any other kind
of mutuality.
There are differences
Too often we have attempted to
establish fellowship on a false
basis that has attempted to ignore
our very real differences. About
seven years ago, my wife and I
were two members of a team of
American churchmen who were
visiting Protestant parishes in the
various areas of Bavaria, Ger
many. One Sunday morning we
worshipped in the parish church
of Peissenburg, a small mining
town in Upper Bavaria. The Pas
tor of the church and a layman
John J. Donovan
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| NOW IS
f THE TIME . . .
Max Smith.
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Stop Using
Stilbesterol
As of several weeks ago, it is
illegal to use the hormone,
stilbesterol, in cattle and sheep
feeding operations. For the past
year it was not to be included in
the feed and more recently the
Food and Drug Administration
outlawed its use as an implant.
This means that stilbesterol
pellets should not be implanted in
the ear of either cattle or sheep.
The reason seems to be of the
possible danger of causing
cancer in human beings.
Therefore, producers should
comply with this regulation at
once. However, there are-some
other implants thatcontinue to be
approved and will give additional
daily gains and added efficiency.
Feeders may contact their local
feed dealers to get this in
formation
To Inspect
Alfalfa Fields
Our insect Extension
Specialists at Penn State remind
us of the possibility of serious
damage to the first crop of alfalfa
this spring from alfalfa weevil.
Fairly high numbers of adult
weevils were swept from alfalfa
fields recently in southern
Pennsylvania. Some plants are
already showing feeding
damage. The mild winter
weather has permitted a larger
percentage of the adults to
BEYOND
DIFFERENCES
Lesson for May 13,1973
Background Scripture: Acts 11 4-H;
Ephesians 2:11-22; Galatians 3-23-
29; I John 4:7-12.
Devotional Reading: Matthew 12.44-30.
survive. Growers are urged to
keep a close check on theirfields.
, When 60 - 70 percent of the plants
show feeding damage, then the
plants should be sprayed or
harvested; if not in the bud to
early blossom stage, the cutting
should be delayed for several
weeks after the spray ap
plication, depending upon the
material used. The 1973
Agronomy Guide gives materials
that may be used.
To Be Careful With
Moldy Grain
We continue to hear of breeding
problems with livestock that
have been getting grain not
perfectly sound. Some breeders
have been trying to work the
unsound grain into a mixture
with good grains; this could give
good results with fattening hogs
or cattle but is the wrong thing to
do with breeding animals. The
mold may or may not cause
toxins that are poisonous; it is too
.risky to take the chance.
Breeding problems, abortions, or
sterility may result from feeding
moldy grains, if they have the
toxic type of mold. Questionable
grain should be fed to fattening
animals in limited amounts;
there is a commercial laboratory
in the state of Tennessee that will
make the test for poisonous
toxins in the grain.
spoke words of greeting to us. I
was asked to reply for the Ameri
cans.
I was tempted to begin with
that old cliche’ that asserts that
“Christians are the same the
world over,” but I knew that, re
gardless of how often it is said or
implied, it is simply not so. A
week spent in this parish had
amply demonstrated that fact. So,
instead I began with the tacit ad
mission that “we are not all
alike.”
I observed that Bavarian Prot
estants, that Peissenburg church
men were not like the church peo
people of Munich, just as Penn ;
sylvanians are not like North Caro
kans, and people of the inner city
are not like people in the rural
parishes. “Yet,” I said, “though
we are not ‘all alike,’ because of
our mutual love of Jesus Christ,
we are enabled to go beyond our
real and considerable differences
and find our oneness in Mm.”
Creating the “new man”
We are one in Jesus Christ, not
because our differences are few
and inconsequential, but-because
we are enabled to overcome these
differences through him. The dif
ferences are real and often great,
but the power of Christ to unify
men is even more real and much
greater. In him the greatest dif
ferences can be conquered—no
wall is too formidable for him to
breach.
In the Jerusalem temple there
was a Court of the Gentiles mark
ed by a “dividing wall’ on which
there were inscriptions warning
Gentiles that if they went into the
Temple past this point they were
liable to be killed instantly. Now,
says the writer of Ephesians., this
wall and all other barriers be
tween men, have been broken
down by the unifying power of
Christ Our differences may be
great, but the unifying power of
God enables us to go beyond those
differences to know the oneness
for which we were created.
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Division of Christian Education, National
Council of the Churches of Christ m the USA.
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