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Make-believe is roll call vote for the unopposed Dig screen reaches ‘‘Missouri’’ inated,” “‘Nixon Nominated’ in Excitement. & the highlight come#” when the chairman of the New Mexico has to record the one anti-Nixon . Pete McCloskey. The chairman ch he were carrying some ob- tongs to a flush toilet. ives at Miami Beach are in tart. They smell a landslide piro as heir apparent. The kt harder to make out. He an easy mark and can’t Then..back to four more bing, perhaps, and who t. More and more he . “When the history of he says majestically in p1, ‘it will be recorded icant contributions to ¢ trips to Peking and to e of “our” is a ljttle s the nation, “Let us ess.” The pompom o eptionisty If she has je her ¢f@ible for a as accounting, she of prejudice. Why ied and quit after a e may have worse it got married get year. Mr. Employer iMr.”’) is conditioned hether we are called s.” is of little im- 5 suffered irreparable because the male lvhen gender is in- ourtesy should have | to begin with; we are not hold doors or light ntlemen in our lives. that women, who for e done sociglty's most r or not they wanted to do so, be given the lifestyle in which they en that happens, men 41 Lehman Ave .., Aarch 3, 1869. Sub- . Freeman, vice Presidential hopeful Sen. George McGovern promised flood victims in the Wyoming Valley during his tour there last weekWthat he would make a statement dealing with flood recovery after he had had time to study the problems of housing and rebuilding. His Philadelphia office released the following statement Tuesday morning : Sen. George McGovern today proposed the establishment of a national catastrophe insurance fund to fully compensate the flood victims of Hurricane Agnes and all future natural A holiday weekend is no more rr to the motorist than any ot®er weekend. This state- ment was made last week by L. Grosvenor, safety of Northeastern Pennsylvania, as holiday travelers throughout the area begin initial plans for the Labor Day holiday week- end. Mr. Grosvenor said the arded with holiday death toll predictions over the years which gas left motorists with a generdsReeling of dread toward holiday travel. The AAA official offered the counter suggestion that each motorist should approach the holiday driving period with an alert, positive attitude. ‘We advocate that the driver should plan his trip well and educate himself in advance as the best ways to avoid common driving hazards which exist in every driving situation...holiday or not.” He pointed out that in 1968 the Pennsylvania Department of Highways completed a com- puterized statistical analysis of highway accidents and fatalities for that year. The analysis confirmed AAA’s sup- position when it found: ‘A com- parison of a normal weekend and a hay weekend demon- strates that despite the larger volume of traffic during the holiday period, the number of fatalities nearly ‘corres- ponded,” according to the report dg’ In view of the information, the AAA official stressed that there are ample reasons for each holiday period with confidence. What is required of each driver, Mr. Grosvenor noted, is a per- sonal committment to ‘Bring ’em Back Alive.” The announced that ‘Bring ’em Back Alive” will be the central theme of an intense public awareness program to be conducted by his motor club and AAA throughout Pennsylvania during the coming holiday period. The effort will be de- signed to concentrate every motorist’s attention on what to do right while driving during the Labor Day perion. AAA’s first “Bring ’em Back Alive’ campaign was launched during Labor Day 1968. The effort was repeated during the 1969 Labor Day period, the 1970 and 1971 July 4 weekends. Each year motor clubs throughout Pennsylvania gained nearly un- animous cooperation from the state’s news media in reaching motorists with traffic conditions and safety bulletins regularly to keep drivers informed of po- tential traveling problems. “We learned a great deal of valuable information from those campaigns,” Mr. Gros- venor said. ‘‘Initally we thought that the long-distance vacation traveler need the greatest amount of constructive news and information. However, as these holidays unfolded, it became apparent that the local, short-distance driver ex- periences the most problems.” This year’s campaign, Mr. Grosvenor announced, will aim toward a saturation of public awareness during the holiday to provide every driver with con- tinual practical suggestions for safer driving. “For example,” he said, ‘‘we know that holiday driving ac- cidents occur most frequently within 25 miles of the driver’s home. Last year again proved our assumption that dusk and late night are the times in which the driver must be most alert. We also have concrete evidence that safety belts do save lives. But most importantly,” Mr. Grosvenor concluded, ‘‘we have confirmed that an alert, infor- med driver has the best chance to ‘Bring ’em Back Alive.” ”’ - Joe Paterno, the Nation’s “winningest’’ college football coach, isgaking on an additional coachir®iob. He has accepted the chairmanship of the 1973 State Loans Create Jobs Nearly 13,000 new jobs with an annual estimated payroll of $93-million for Pennsylvanians have been or will be created with the help of 114 loans given tentative or final approval during the year ending last June 30 by the Pennsylvania In- dustrial Development Authority (PIDA), State-Secretary of Commerce Walter G. Arader The 114 loans aggregating $39- million for projects costing $101- million aided 36 individual counties and impacted into surrounding regions. The estimated $93-million payroljgior last year represents 10 percent of that created since the program began in 1956. The an investment leverage of over 2.5 percent for the year. The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, from 1,101 loans of $263-million in projects costing $734-million, with a planned employment of 144,862 persons and a payroll of $898-million. Read The Classifieds In The Dallas Post Pennsylvania Easter Seal Cam- paign to help guide it to another victory. Paterno’s intense inter- est in people and his concern that they be sound in their thinking, working and living has led him to accept the job. Paterno, who has coached the Penn State Nittany Lions to 53 wins in his six years as head coach, has guided the Lions to the Top Ten in four seasons. He has led Penn State to 23 straight wins and 31 consecutive games without a defeat, two of the longest streaks in college foot- ball history. The Lions also have had a 15-game win streak under Paterno’s direction. In accepting the chairman- ship of the 1973 Easter Seal a great personal honor for me to be asked to serve as chairman of the Pennsylvania Easter Seal Society Campaign. We recog- nize the great accomplishments of the Easter Seal Society in providing hope, care and treat- ment for crippled children and adults. I hope that we can play a role in continuing the wonderful work of the society.” The Easter Seal Society pro- vides hope through rehabil- itation to the thousands of per- sons suffering from cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, amputation, stroke, birth defects, speech impairment and other conditions that handicap children and adults. Through therapy, preschool programs, camping and family counseling, the Easter Seal Society helps give these people a desire and confidence to compete with others. The 1973 campaign will begin March 1 and will continue through Easter Sunday, April 22. disasters. Reporting on his tour of flood-ravaged Eastern Pennsylvania last week, the Democratic Presidential candidate described the flood as the worse natural disaster in our history, and called the Nixon Administration’s response ‘‘inadequate, inef- ficient, and insensitive.” ‘“This nation has been providing disaster relief for everyone except those who need it most and can afford it least,” Sen. McGovern said in his statement. “We can bail out the incompentent executives of Lockheed, we can provide disaster insurance for the mis- managed Pennsylvania Railroad, but when an ordinary family is wiped out in a disaster for which they bear no responsibility, we tell them that they must make it on their own.” The McGovern proposal would set up a natural catastrophe fund administered by private insurers and financed by a combination of federal appropriations, disaster bonds, homeowners’ con- tributions paid to his insurer, along with his regular in- surance premium. If the homeowner sustains a catastrophic loss he would be reimbursed immediately through his insurance company in the same manner as if he had sustained a fire loss. Sen. McGovern proposed that such a fund be made retroactive to Jan. 1, 1972, to cover the victims of Hurricane Agnes. “All of their flood damage up to the amount of property in- surance coverage they now have for other kinds of damage such as fire, would be repaid as a matter of right,”” the senator said. “No longer would the victims of a disaster have to go to the government--hat in hand-- and plead for help.” Under existing relief programs, a family is entitled to borrow up to $55,000 from the Small Business Administration with one percent interest, with a provision that they will not have to repay the last $5,000. “To a family that already holds a mortgage on what is now a hole in the ground, Sen. McGovern said, ‘‘this is a bleak offer. To an older couple living on a hairbone, fixed income, it is no offer at all.” In his report, Sen. McGovern hit the Nixon Administration for its failure to ‘‘make the basic commitment of resources necessary to rebuild the flood- torn area.” “What is most disturbing,” Sen. McGovern continued, ‘‘is that the spirit of determination and courage that has marked the people of Pennsylvania since the disaster occurred is now threatened by despair and frustration in the face of a grinding bureaucracy.” Sen. McGovern cited the fact that more than nine weeks after the flood, less than half the families who need temporary housing have been provided that by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment. “You don’t have to tell a family living in a garage nine weeks after the flood that their government is not doing enough,” the senator said. “If we can construct tem- porary air bases in Vietnam in a matter of days complete with housing for vast numbers of troops, if we can airlift divisions of men and tons of material halfway across the world in a matter of hours, we can bring 10,000 trailers to Pennsylvania to reinforce those that are already there by Sept. 15,’ Sen. McGovern said. Sen. McGovern also criticized dragging its feet in June and early July on legislation recently passed by Congress to liberalize loan benefits available to disaster victims. He attacked the administration for refusing to provide stricken farmers the full measure of assistance authorized from the United States Department of Agriculture and for its delay in exerting control over ‘‘more than a dozen involved federal agencies that each have been embarked on separate cour- ses.” In addition to a national in- surance fund, Sen. McGovern also proposed the following measures: (1) That those flood victims who have lost their jobs be given the opportunity to be employed toward building their communities. (2) That the Bureau of Mines immediately take a survey of closed up coal mines in the valley to assess whether the flood has increased the chance of further mine subsidance. (3) That temporary tran- sportation systems be established in the stricken community to provide families with access to shopping and medical facilities. (4) That mental health clinics to administer to the emotional vulnerability of flood victims. (5) That the nation’s: existing disaster relief ' system be overhauled to provide among other things for an inventory of temporary housing available in the event of a disaster, and for a beefed-up Office of Emergency Prepardness with the authority and obligation to exert firm and compassionate control in a disaster situation. (6) That a regional recovery commission composed of residents of the disaster area and state, local and federal officials be established to design a long-range recovery and for rebuilding the affected area. Sen. McGovern also an- nounced that he will open a service office in the Wyoming Valley to recruit McGovern workers from neighboring states to assist in the relief and rebuilding job. For The Record below. period through Labor Day. Agreed to. 1095) to consi’ Sen. George McGovern Page 5 by Ralph Nader WASHINGTON--It takes the power and greed of the auto companies to show how ser- iously the Nixon Admin- istration’s price control program has failed the con- sumer and worker. Partly because of consumer and labor pressure, but mostly because General Motors and Ford over- reached themselves in de- manding large price increases, the Price Commission has re- lented and will hold unpre- cedented hearings on auto price increases Sept. 12. The chair- man of the commission, C. Jackson Grayson, has declared that no price increases for 1973 model cars will be finally ap- proved until after the hearing. The mockery which the big auto companies have made of the namby-pamby government price control program can be seen in the following figures. For the secord quarter of this year, GM profits are at an all- time high, running a staggering “To cut or not to cut’’—that’s been one of the big questions of the 1971-72 Pennsylvania Legis- lature. And based on the philosophy that the people should be the ones to provide the final an- swer, the House of Represen- tatives has reversed an earlier decision and voted in favor of a proposed Constitutional amend- ment to reduce the size of the House and Senate, effective with the 1976 election. In essence the proposal seeks to cut the size of the Senate from 50 members to 40 members, and the size of the House from 203 members to 161 members. The key argument, however, offered by those in favor of reduction is that the proposal is not a legislative decision, but rather a measure that gives the people themselves the chance to decide whether or not they want the size of the Legislature reduced. Because, as a constitutional amendment, the final decision rests with the people in a referendum after any such measure has been passed by two separately elected legislatures. ‘“Inreality, the people are our employers and we should not be afraid of our employers,”’ declares * State Rep. Joseph Bonetto, D-Allegheny, chief sponsor of the new reduction bill. “I think we should give the people a chance to vote for what they want and the legislation we have passed in the House will give Commonwealth citizens a rational alternative to the present House and Senate size.” Mr. Bonetto’s philosophy prevailed as advocates of reduction mustered 107 votes to pass the proposed amendment and send it to the Senate, reversing a 92-94 vote that defeated the exact same proposal earlier this summer. That vote came July 1 on an amended version of a Senate passed bill that originally called for a 40-member Senate and a 121-member House. Debate over the controversial issue followed much the same pattern as the first attempt in the House. Opponents, such as State Rep. John Murtha, D-Cambria, argued that a reduction in size would also reduce the chances of the ordinary citizen being elected. “Constituencies will become so large that the decisive election factor will become money—and Pennsylvania will wind up selling candidates rather than electing them,” Mr. Murtha declared. Supporters of reduction countered however that a smaller House and Senate will result in more efficiency, provide more responsibility because the individual legislator would become more visible, lead to more repre- sentativeness because the in- dividual legislator would be under closer scrutiny by his constituents, and require more involvement because with a smaller size, each législator would have a larger role in the overall legislative process. Labor Day, the official day of rest for the American worker, has become a day in which he can least afford to relax, warns the Insurance Infermation Institute. As the working man visits beaches, campsites or friends, over-crowded roads increase the chance of an auto accident and unattended homes increase opportunities for burglars.” Last Labor Day weekend, 820 persons died as a result of auto accident—17 in Pennsylvania, according to the National Safety Council. So far this year, more than 970 persons have died in Pennsylvania traffic accidents. More than one million resi- dences were burglarized last year, the institute reports, many on the Labor Day week- end when workers and their The institute advises that you can reduce the chances of becoming a traffic statistic or a burglary victim by following a few common sense rules: Lock unattended cars and store personal property out of sight. More than one million motor vehicles were stolen in 1971; a majority were unlocked. families were ‘‘out of town’. Ironically, the occupants assisted the burglar in about 20 percent of the cases—simply by leaving a door unlocked. Don’t attempt to drive too far in three days, and remember, death rates are highest at night. For night trips, take someone along to help drive and keep you awake. Speed and alcohol are the most frequent causes of high- way death and injury. Don’t drink before driving and ob- serve speed limits. A dark house or apartment attracts burglars. Leave a light or two aglow when you are gone at night or on vacation. Uncollected newspapers and mail also tip off burglars. Before leaving, ask a neighbor or apartment manager to watch the premises and remove newspapers and mail. 3 Traffic accident statistics for the first five months of 1972 indicate that there will be more auto deaths and injuries this year than ever before. “Traffic records show the causes of accidents, and the time and conditions. under which they occur—but only people can prevent accidents,” said the Institute. ‘Don’t let the holiday that signals the end of summer also end your life.” President Richard M. Nixon and Senator George McGovern, candidates of the two major po- litical parties, have been invited to address the first annual or- ganizing meeting and con- vention of the Pennsylvania Women’s Political Caucus, it was announced at a recent con- vention planning meeting. To be held Oct. 21-22 at the Penn Harris Hotel in Harrisburg, the tract several hundred women from all over the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania. affiliated with the Natonal Women’s Political Caucus, the Pennsylvania Women’s Pol- itical Caucus is represented on the NWPC Policy Committee by JoAnn Evans Gardner, Pitts- burgh and Coleen Alexander, Springfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Eastern Convener. Mss. Gardner and Alexander, as well as Phyllis Weatherby, Pittsburgh, West- ern Convener, and Kathy Roche, Harrisburg, Central Convener, serve as members of the convention committee. Co-chairpersons” of the con- vention committee, Kathy Wilson, Pittsburgh and Joy Mebus, Montgomery County, stated that ‘‘the political inter- est level among women in Pennsylvania has been rising at : BN 7 a phenomenal rate during the last few years and right now is at a peak due to the presidential election. The Women’s Political Caucus’ job is to insure that women hold interest after Nov. qn “To do this the chairpersons continued, ‘women must be made aware of the fact that we are 53 percent of the vote, that we control the majority of the wealth in the country, and that with this as a beginning power base, how can we do anything else but assume our respon- sibilities in the field of politics? There are all levels of political activity, from simply being aware of the issues to being a candidate, and all are not only socially acceptable but de- sirable for today’s woman.” The organizing session and convention will feature other speakers and workshops on issues and organizational tech- niques as well as business meetings. Other convention officials are Peggy Valerio, Northeast Phil- adelphia, Secretary; Janet DePasquale Simon, Pittsburgh, treasurer; Ann Davidson, Center City Philadelphia, re- solutions; Lee O’Neill, Wyn- cote, notification; Bernice Bricklin, Laverock, program; Jean Cryor, King of Prussia and Ruth Moss, Springfield, Mont- gomery County, publicity; Ruth Harper, North Central Phila- delphia and Kathy Roche, Harrisburg, site; Vera Gunn, North West Philadelphia, ex- hibits; Phyllis Weatherby, Pittsburgh, and Angela Sch- neider, Melrose Park, registr- ation and credentials; Sue Cameron, Harrisburg, and Ruth Harper, Philadelphia, arrange- ments; and ‘Ann Gropp, Mechanicsburg, workshops. Some Good News About Crop Harvest The first comprehensive post- flood survey of the Common- wealth’s 1972 vegetable crops has been released by the Penn- sylvania Crop Reporting Ser- vice, a joint venture of the U.S. and Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture. The news is not all bad. Earliest planted vegetables have been hit hard by the tropical storm Agnes and other heavy rains and hail prior to the great flood.. However, later plantings show evidence of good yields. In spite of the flood and season-long above average rainfall in many sections, some growers in southeast Pennsyl- vania are still looking for more rainfall. 28 percent over the same period last year, which itself was the second highest in recent GM history. Ford chalked up a pro- fit increase over last year’s sec- ond quarter of 43 percent. Both companies are heading toward long history. One giddy GM ex- ecutive was heard to say to his lunchtime associates at a Detroit restaurant near the GM headquarters, “If this be price The auto industry’s con- fidence that the Sept. 12 hearing in Washington will not change the course of events rests on their cushy relationship with the Price Commission over the past year. The commission re- fuses to disclose the ‘factual basis for the repeated price in- crease approvals it has given the auto companies since last fall. Mr. Grayson keeps secret all information provided him by the auto industry, and all contacts between commission officials and auto company rep- resentatives. He won’t even supply consumers with a general idea of what infor- mation is being supplied by the auto companies. Since the commission does not have the ' necessary economists and other special- ists to begin to evaluate any in- formation from Detroit, keeping the door closed on the public also keeps the com- mission from having to admit that it can do little more than rubber-stamp the price in- crease requests. Other factors favor the auto companies. This is an election year. What they do not get now by way of their full demand, they plan to get in January. The commission permits these interim or incremental in- creases during the model year to keep the total increases from coming at once and generating a consumer revolt. Now comes the Bureau of Labor Statistics with its annual report on new car quality im- provements six weeks ahead of the usual release date. Since BLS relies on the auto com- panies for information, it is not surprising that the companies only push what they say are quality increases and decline to divulge quality decreases. The BLS then swallowed the in- dustry line that the increases were necessary just to pass on the cost of safety and pollution features required by the government. For example, the bureau attributed a $69.90 value increase for 1973 cars due to bumper improvements re- quired by safety laws. It ne- glected to mention that the legally required safety require- ments for bumpers were al- ready met by most domestic 1972 autos. The White House, through the Cost of Living Council, is em- barrassed by the behavior of the auto companies. Last year’s tax relief package for corporations benefited most of the auto in- dustry and was alleged to help consumers through lower prices and the generation of more jobs. Instead, consumers are being gouged and there are fewer jobs even though the industry-wide domestic car sales are 8.5 percent higher in the first six months of 1972 than last year. The average number of GM hourly employees in the U.S. was down 4.2 percent (17,800 less jobs) in the second quarter of this year compared with the same period in 1971, but its domestic vehicle output was up to 5.4 percent during the same period. : : It is this trend--the divergence between exorbitant prices and profits, on the one hand, and fewer jobs on the other--that has brought the United Auto Workers to demand reduced car prices. The figures also suggest improved productivity which should lead to lower prices. The auto industry wants to keep to itself information about such reduced costs of production. Taxpayers Plan Sept. 5 Meeting The Harveys Lake Taxpayers Association will meet Sept. 5 at the D.C. Roberts Fire Hall at 8 p.m., according to an announce- ment . Problems conerning tax- payers are on the agenda, with Al Gulitus presiding. All tax- payers are welcome. Greenstreet News 675-5211 for Wedding Stationery
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