Aa Greenstreet News Co. Publication i For The Record | : Coron: Votes is issued every week that Congress is in session. It covers all votes of record and reports the position taken on each measure by the elected official whose name appears below. Daniel J. Flood 11th Congressional District, Pennsylvania wo Thursday, June 22, 1972 On Monday there were two record votes on bills being handled under suspension procedure. A motion to suspend the operation of the regular rules and pass a bill requires an af- firmative vote by two-thirds of those voting: The first bill (H.R. 13694) authorizes $6.7 million for the activities of the AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION during fiscal 1973. Yeas 174. Nays 165. Rejected (two-thirds not voting ‘‘yea’’), June 19. MR. FLOOD VOTED NAY. The second bill (S. 3343) raises to $17,500 (from $12,500) the maximungg grant payable by the VETERAN'S ADMIN- ISTRATI®N to provide special features in homes of disabled veterans. Yeas 341. Nays 0. Passed, June 19. MR. FLOOD VOTED YEA. On Wednesday and Thursday the House debated the STATE and LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANCE ACT (H.R. 14370). Under this revenue-sharing bill, state and local governments receive $30 billion over the five-year period beginning Jan. 1, 1972, of which $2.7 billion is the fiscal 1972 share. The first vote came on the rule ( H. Res. 996) making it in order to consider the revenue-sharing measure but with a prohibition on amendments thereto: On a B8tion to move the previous question (vote on) H. Res. 996, the House voted : Yeas 223. Nays 185. Previous question ordered, June 21. MR. FLOOD VOTED NAY. The House by voice then agreed to the rule. At the con- clusion of debate on H.R. 14370, a motion to recommit was of- fered with instructions that the bill be reported back without the $2.7 billion for the six-month period beginning Jan. 1, 1972. Yeas 157. Nays 241. Motion to recommit rejected, June 22. MR. FLOOD VOTED YEA. Whether to pass H.R. 14370. Yeas 274. Nays 122. Passed, June 22. MR. FLOOD VOTED YEA. The week’s last votes of record came on H.R. 15585 which provides $5.1 billion for the operation during fiscal 1973 of the TREASURY DEPARTMENT, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE, and various other agencies. Before being Da a record vote, there were record teller votes on proposed aifendments: The MacDonald amendment reduces from $3 million to $1 million the funds for the OFFICE OF TELECOMMUN- Ayes. 148. Noes 188 Rejected, June 22. ® MR.FLOOD VOTED NO. The Gross amendment deletes the $100,000 appropriated for the COMMISSION on EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, and JUDICIAL SALARIES. Ayes 135. Noes 196. Rejected June 22. MR. FLOOD VOTED NO. The Udall amendment places restrictions on'the number and salaries of employees of the EXECUTIVE OFFICE of the PRESIDENT. Ayes 122. Noes 210. Rejected, June 22. MR. FLOOD VOTED NO. The Jacobs amendment restricts the use of limousiness and chauffeurs by government employees. Ayes 121. Noes 205. Rejected, June 22. . MR. FLOOD VOTED NO. Whether to pass H.R. 15585. Yeas 321. Nays 11. Passed, June 22. : MR. FLOOD VOTED YEA. CORRECTION--The Occupational Safety and Health Ad- ministration is part of the Labor Department, not HE. W. as reported last week in connection with the Dennis amendment to H.R. 15417. 2 F | Some pretty grim reports have been presented at the UN Conference on the Human Environment meeting in Stockholm, but few have rivaled the one delivered by some Swedish psychiatrists regarding suburban children. The children living in the suburbs surrounding Stockholm are showing signs of a new emotional disorder, report the psychiatrists. They experience a feeling of insecurity whenever they are not within visual distance of a subway line leading into the central city. The psychiatrists say the children regard the subway as a ‘life artery.” 0000000000000 If you think most mass, consumer advertising is generally unfair and, untruthful, don’t think that you're alone in your skepticisi¥¥-most advertising executives agree with you. The American Management Association, which recently completed a research study on ‘‘Truth in Advertising,” reports that only 39 percent of the executives responding to their questionaire thought that advertising was “generally truthful.” Approximately half of the ad executives affirmed that they “have no real concern’ in the matter of truthful ads. Thirty-one percent thought the whole matter was “overblown.” Massive financial aid funneled through the Foreign Exchange Operations Fund, to which the U.S. is the chief contributor, is promoting fraud and corruption among government officials and businessmen in Laos. A large amount of U.S. aid to/that country is used to import luxury items and expensive cars while the average Lao has received little benefit. As much as $50 million in aid money could have been deposited in Swiss bank accounts by Lao businessmen and government officials between 1967 and 1970. ren, bot! nis Thi may fade.) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EMERGENCY SANITATION WATER SUPPLY PRIVIES “CLEANING HOMES REFUSE Flood or no flood, life does go on. People are born, they are married, and they die. Just so, life has continued in the Back Mountain community, with persons carrying on this noble business of living under conditions which can hardly be called propitious. Eight of the most joyous occasions have been those marked by the lusty cry of a newborn babe at Nesbitt Hospital's tem- porary facilities at College Misericordia. It seemed especially appropriate to College Misericordia’s staff not only that the first child was a girl, Lisa Marie Butera, but that her mother is a 1969 graduate of Misericor- dia! Lisa Marie was born Sunday morning at 8:11 a.m., the daughter of Corrine and Joseph Butera, Box 13 F, RD 1, Dallas. Also born Sunday was Mark Brandon, the son—and first child—of Barbara and Robert Brandon of 46 Nesbitt St., Larksville. He was born at 10:55 a.m. Two other births were recorded Sunday evening. Dawn and Wayne Dotter of RD 5, Shavertown, were pleased to announce the birth of a daughter at 8:04 p.m., and a son was born at 8:31 p.m. to May and Kenneth Livezey of RD 1, Dallas. Monday dawned bright and early for Diane and William Baltuskonis, with the arrival of a son at 1:26 a.m. The Baltuskonis’ reside at 126 Harris Hill Road, Trucksville. Janet and William Smith of RD 3, Dallas, were delighted to announce the birth of a baby girl Monday morning at 7:47 a.m., and less than three hours later, a daughter was born to Joanne and Dean Hunter of RD 1, Hunlock Creek. ; Monday ended for the attending physician of Jane Madar at 10:22 p.m. with the birth of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Madar reside at 362 Main St., Swoyersville. traditionally a month favored by brides, and when the raging Susquehanna sent persons scurrying to higher ground, it was inevitable that the evacuees would include would-be brides and bridegrooms. Josephine M. Vanchieri of 53 Ransom St., Forty Fort, became the bride of John F. DeSalvo, 870 Market St., Kingston, just two days later than she had originally planned. Routed from their homes Saturday morning at 5:30 a.m., the couple took shelter with Miss Vanchieri’s employer, Emerson Perrine of New Goss Manor, Dallas. Their wedding, which had been scheduled for Saturday in the Holy Name of Jesus Church in Swoyersville, was held instead at St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown. “It was so very touching,’”’ Mrs. DeSalvo reports. ‘“The Rev. Sammons offered a Mass which was attended by the flood victims who were staying:at the.church. And when he went into the church:hall, we discovered that they had set up a table with candlelabra and chilled wine for a wedding toast.” The DeSalvos lost all of their wedding gifts in the flood and most of Mrs. DeSalvo’s trousseau, but says the new bride: “We have our lives and have found good friends—it was a truly happy occasion for us.” The Rev. Fred Whipple Jr., pastor of the Idetown, Lehman and Jackson United In the Public by Ralph Nader St. Louis, Page 5 Methodist Churches, officiated at the wed- dings of two couples this past week. Donna Ide and Loren Case of Idetown and Noxen, respectively, had decided long ago to marry on June 25—and they decided that a flood would not deter them. They were wed Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Idetown United Methodist Church. | Mary Uzdella, Idetown, had planned to marry David Sawicki on Saturday. But Mr. Sawicki had difficulty reaching his bride and arrived by motorcycle from his home in Hamburg, N.J., late Sunday night. The couple rescheduled their wedding for Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. in the Idetown Church. At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Shaver- town, the bride, the bridegroom and the minister wore blue jeans! Debra Jane Schenck made a modish bride indeed when she wed James Davis Jr at 10 p.m. Saturday night. The Rev. William Bispels, also stylishly clad in jeans, officiated at the im- promptu service. Mr. and Mrs. Davis had planned to be married at 11 a.m. that same day in Forty Fort. Two Back Mountain residents, Susan Davis and John O’Malia, decided not to postpone their wedding plans and were married by the Rev. Robert DeWitt Yost at Saturday at 11 a.m. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Davis, owners of Davis’ Market in Dallas, and Mr. O’Malia is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John O’Malia, Luzerne. A reception, which had been scheduled at the church, was held instead at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Walker, Shavertown, and most wedding guests—even some from as far away as North Carolina, arrived in time to attend the ceremony. Judge and Mrs. Robert Hourigan’s daughter Mary Ellen was wed in a borrowed frock to Charles James Malpass in an ecumenical service at Gate of Heaven Church, Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The bride's wedding gown, which she had intended to wear in a wedding ceremony at St. Ann’s Chapel in Kingston that same day, was reportedly hanging in a submerged bridal shop in Edwardsville. The Rev. Thomas Jordan officiated at the Nupital Mass and described the wedding as “beautiful, just beautiful.” He was assisted by the Rev. Robert DeWitt Yost. An im- promptu reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Post, West Center Hill Road, Dallas. With life, of course, comes death. Luzerne County Deptuy Coroner Richard H. Disque called it a “miracle” that there had not been more deaths during the flood, and certainly persons throughout the community gave prayers of thanks for being spared the grievous burden of burying flood victims. Repeated over and over again by evacuees was the statement: ‘My family is safe—my house can be replaced. I'm lucky.” At press time, Coroner Disque reported that only two deaths in Luzerne County had been attributed to the flood, with two others attributed to natural causes. It seemed a miracle, indeed. Hartford, continue to be seriously tarnish- ed until the national leadership LA FOOD Teacher tenure comes in for a great amount of comment, pro and con, depending upon whose ox is being gored. Teachers say tenure is vital to them. Board members often claim it is an evil because there not a big percentage-- who couldn’t care less about anything because it is almost impossible to fire them. Then there has been consider- able comment, in papers of the state, that since the faculty members now have a powerful longer. It was vitally needed at one time, because in. many com- munities teachers were kicked about at the whim of directors. That, of course, has changed. But-- to get down to the nitty gritty of the situation -- hard facts in regard to tenure are interesting. _ Tenure went in in 1940 and provided iron-clad protection. The ONLY valid causes for dis- missal of a teacher, says the Pennsylvania School Law, would be‘‘immorality, incom- petence, intemperance, cruelty, persistant negligance, mental derengement, violation of the Pennsylvania Loyalty Act and persistant and willful violation of the Commonwealth.” Nothing is mentioned about ability, or lack of it or about other things that might reason- ably be considered important. PROVE these things. Figures recently became available on the first 30 years of Pennsylvania Tenure. In that time, ‘say the statisticians, tenure applied to about 100,000 persons. Now NORMAL personnel standards, say the experts, suggest that a MINIMUM dismissal experience for in- effective work performance SHOULD result in dismissals at the rate of FIVE HUNDRED per year. That would mean that in 30 years there SHOULD, all things being equal, have been 15,000 dismissals for ineffective work performance. HOWEVER, in those 30 years there were, instead, SIXTY- FIVE dismissals. There’s quite a differance between 65 and 15,000 even with NEw math. There had been a total of 193 cases in which efforts were made to dismiss teachers but only 65 were successful, even though boards had FELT they had good enough cases to TRY, under the causes for dismissal which are in the law. There is, we'll grant you, the word ‘‘incompetence”’ law but that obviously means little if it has not been possible to dismiss only 65 in all those years. We'll probably get another letter from one of those paid organizers, or whatever they are called, of the teachers union but that’s OK. What’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong. 3 There are — thank heaven--a lot of good teachers here but there are others who are not. We do not feel there should be a law that protects inefficiency. “Young Men Can Change the World” is the motto of the na- tional Junior Chamber of Com- merce. With 6,366 affiliated local Jaycee organizations and a membership of 307,092 young men between the ages of 21 and 36, the Junior Chamber prides itself on promoting civic im- provement projects in town and cities throughout the country. But ever since its founding over 50 years ago, young women have been prohibited from join- ing the organization. According to Article 1 of the Bylaws of the United States Jaycees, a Jaycee organization is defined as a ‘‘constructive ac- tion organization of young men who devote a portion of their time to community service in young men as leaders of their community.” All local chapters who wish to be affiliated with the national Jaycees, use the Jaycee name and receive the services of the national organization, must comply with the ‘‘young men only” require- ment for membership. It is remarkable that an organization with such a uni- versal creed of citizenship and dedication to what it terms “genuine Americanism’’ should exclude women from member- ship. Young women in business and the professions should be expected to join the Jaycees on an equal status with men, judg- ing by the organization’s dedi- cation to civic interest. But only recently has any local chapter dared to challenge this sexual discrimination and admit women. The Rochester, New York Jaycee chapter, one of the largest in the country, did admit women and its charter was promptly revoked by the state and national Jaycees. Other chapters—in Seattle, Philadelphia, and Baltimore are about to admit women for the first time. Law suits are being considered to accomplish this end in Philadelphia and Hartford. The national Jaycees plan-to request funds for its pro- grams from the US Government and the Ford Foundation. Such funding may be jeopardized by the Jaycees’ adherence to an outmoded ‘men only” policy. work to be done to break down barriers to women in the profes- sional and business world, it is imperative that one of the na- tion’s largest business organizations welcome to its membership women who can help do just that. If individuals in the business community are to work for meaningful change, are to generate new ideas and open broader opportunities to minorities, it is likely that they will pioneer these areas when they are young and before they move into the older chamber of commerce circles which focus on the status quo. That is why the stale prejudices of the past and the treatment of women as ornaments must be rejected by the Jaycees. As a former Jaycee, I have observed some very fine pro- jects which local Jaycees have undertaken against civic cor- ruption, pollution, health and safety hazards in the commu- nity. On the other hand, much Jaycee. work is insignificant; resolutions substitute for ac- tion. But the Jaycees have potential. To realize it, the local Jaycees should actively recruit a diversity of members, and that includes women and blacks. The national Jaycee organization, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., has long prided itself on the leadership taken by has amended the restrictive by- laws against the ‘admission of women to affiliated chapters. Auction Postponed A decision to postpone the 26th annual Back’ Mountain Memorial Library Auction was made late Tuesday night follow- ing a caucus of Auction Chair- man Clarke Bittner and mem- bers of the Auction advisory committee and library board. According to Mr. Bittner and library board President Homer Moyer, Auction officials feel that it would be inappropriate to hold the Auction as scheduled in the face of the recent flood dis- aster. “We are in an excellent posi- tion from a physical standpoint to hold the Auction,” Mr. Bitt- ner reported, noting that very little remains to be dene on the facilities at the new auction grounds. “However, most of the people who actively support the Lib- rary Auction are also people who are particularly sensitive to the needs of flood victims and their attention is quite rightfully being directed toward the relief of these persons,” Mr. Bittner continued. The Auction was scheduled to be held July 7, 8 and 9. After re- viewing the calendar to avoid conflicts with other community events, Mr. Bittner stated, the advisors will decide on another date for the Auction. i RRR AR
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