THE DALLAS POST, NOVEMBER 21, 1973 PT Torey Offers’ Cheer That Lasts All Year the plan, which is now available in time for Christmas gift giving. It is known as the lottery’s reserved ticket plan and applies only to the 50-cent per ticket game. Applications for sub- scriptions will be available at state liquor store validation centers and at retail outlets where lottery tickets are sold The Pennsylvania Lottery is introducing a subscription plan, “Lottery Cheer that Lasts All Year’, allowing a customer to pick his number and reserve it for. six months, one year or more. . early next week. Subscribers may choose a six- digit number or have a number allocated them by the bureau. Four variations of subscriptions are available-two at $12 each and two at $25 each. The bureau will confirm the player’s number and choice of plan. Winners will receive their or shuns. The potato bug works for potatoes, the honeybee for nectar, and man for his plea- sures, which include pro- minently the esteem of his fel- lows and material gain. But man must earn his social re- wards by achievement, for which mental capacity helps prizes | automatically without him greatly. It is out of that . Pha a a the need of filing a claim form simple canon that the con- at liquor store validation tinuum of social status grows. F Th R d centers. Prizes will be paid or The Recor Each person, with his mental within two weeks. yardstick for prestige, stands : Subscribers will be able to Congress Votes is issued every week that Congress is in session. It covers all votes of record and reports the position taken on ready and equipped to dole out obtain renewal forms well in the reward of esteem to his de- advance of the expiration date each measure by the elected official whose name appears be: low. i ob’ s SES Sociceconomic standing) by a formula that combines its average income with its educational require- ments. Occasionally, other fac- tors are thrown in, without much changing the end result. However defined, physicians place high, day laborers low, and most common occupations at various points in between, approximately as they do. on most people’s mental yard- sticks. Why the correspondence? We. may guess that the subjective scale of standing just echoes SES. While the theory has merit, the reverse is no less Dr. Richard Herrnstein true—that SES externalizes our | subjective valuations. But let us hold those alternative theories aside briefly, while we consider a third scale. There remains one more rele- vant way to rate jobs—by the average intelligence of their holders, as measured by intelli- gence tests. The prestigious oc- cupations—the ones with higher SES—tend to be filled by people with better ‘test scores. / The correlations are imper- fect, thanks to a few conspi- cuous exceptions like sweeps- take winners and starving gen- iuses, not to mention a good many less conspicuous ones, but the bonds connecting objective status, personal prestige and mental capacity are firm and clear. This does not mean that every corporation executive radiates intellect or that every shipping clerk is dull, for the common oc- cupations span broad ranges of test scores, particularly so at the lower status levels. Never- theless, from one end of the yardstick to the other, the aver- age intelligence values differ dramatically. Schooling has something to do with it, for IQ predicts success or failure in school better than any other sin- gle childhood attribute, and school predicts, to some extent, Henry H. Kaplan, executive director of the Bureau of State Lotteries, explained details of serving fellows. of their original subscription. To the extent that he also con- Subscribers will enter on each trols some material reward— especially money—that, too, will follow in measured amounts. The yardstick thus guides human endeavor the way the pursuit of food guides a mouse or a rat through a psy- chologist’s maze. The analogy is not perfect, for the animal running through the maze is utterly powerless, while mankind can change its consen- sus of social value, even if most of us can only do so infinites- mally. "For most of us, work follows the prevailing consensus, which As within us as the yardstick and around us as SES. Even grant- ing society’s debt to nonconfor- mists who break new ground with little reward to ease their way—in art, science or indus- try—the lure of eventual suc- cess doubtless lightens the bur- den. And in the business of inno- vation, the odds favor the well- endowed no less than in other endeavors. Society can capitalize on the competitive advantage enjoyed by bright people. If people win the best jobs because of their potential competence—rather than because of their family pull or inherited wealth or race or religion—then society is wisely husbanding its human resources, assuming that the best jobs are also the conse- third choice of six-digit num- . bers. They will be allotted the preferred number if it has not been chosen previously. A purchaser may subscribe to one number for 24 weeks or two numbers for 12 weeks at a cost of $12. Or he may buy a $25 plan, which allots him one number for 52 weeks or two numbers for 26 weeks. “The $25 package is a bargain which actually gives the buyer twa free weeks of play,” Mr. Kaplan said. “Buying tickets on the reserved ticket plan provides many conveniences,’”” Mr. Kaplan noted. “The subscriber saves money if he purchases the $25 package and saves time and inconvenie- nce by eliminating the need to take a winning ticket to a validation center. “And he or she chooses the number each wants-a feature especially important to the ‘hunch’ player.” Cub Pack 132 Makes Its Start The executive committee for Cub Pack 132, Boy Scouts of America, was recently named by cubmaster, Drew Fitch, at a Daniel J. Flood 11th Congressional District, Pennsylvania Editor’s Note: This is the 8th of 20 essays by leading men in the world’s academic commun- ity. The writer of this essay is professor of psychology at Har- | vard University. Herein he dis- cusses humanistic concepts and their role in the life of man. by Richard Herrnstein Each of us carts around a mental yardstick for social standing, handy for quick re- ference. Against it, we can easily mark off the relative standing of bank auditors and tollgate keepers. ‘We can detect a margin of dif- ference between chemical en- gineers and mechanical en- gineers—and perhaps split the gap eS thinking of civil en- No. 38 93rd Congress November 15, 1973 Daniel J. Flood 11th Congressional District On Thursday Congress adjourned until Monday, November 26. Accordingly, the next issue of CONGRESS VOTES will be dated November 30. The conference report on S. 1081 amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and authorizes a TRANS-ALASKA OIL PIPELINE. A motion was offered to recommit the bill to conference and to instruct House conferees to insist on disagreement to several Senate provisions. One of the provisions authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to seek preliminary injunctions and to represent itself in court under certain conditions. On the motion: Yeas 162. Nays 213. Motion rejected, Nov. 12. Mr. Flood voted nay. The House then voted on the conference report on S. 1081. Yeas 361. Nays 14. Agreed to, Nov. 12. Mr. Flood voted yea. The conference report on H.R. 8916 appropriates $4.7 billion for the Departments of STATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE and elated agencies for fiscal year 1974. Yeas 394. Nays 11. Agreed , Nov. 13. Mr. Flood voted yea. H. Con. Res. 378 provides for adjournment of the House from Thursday, November 15, to Monday, November 26. Yeas 215. Nays 190. Agreed to. gineers’, If pressed, we can even attach numbers to our esti- salesmen enjoy between one and a half and two times the so- % or disagree, you are using your yardstick. { dinary people to rate the - ( teem,” or ‘‘social standing’ mates. See if you think insurance \ cial standing of filling station : attendants. Whether you agree \ When social scientists ask or- if “prestige” of various in titions, the answers usually come quickly and confidently—a success or failure thereafter. quential ones that really make My; Flood voted yea, a Trinity Pklear sign of a genuine subjec- However, schooling may often important contributions. : NMombors clude ih Ctive scale. _ be more important as a sign of Obviously, America falls The conference report on H.R. 8877 appropriates $32.9 billion stitutional I alin At least since the first world brightness than because of what short of this rational ideal, but for the Departments of LABOR, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND Waller Davids: chat man that is beside the essential point. Rather, the point is that, given human difference in po- tential, even an “ideal society would need a way to match abil- ity to occupation. The yard- stick—with its disparities in so- ciety’s rewards—may be as hu- mane (and human) a way as any. Perhaps America’s dispar- ities in wealth and status are larger than they need to be for any ‘useful purpose, but they cannot be eliminated without inviting prompt social and eco- nomic disaster, as history re- petitiously teaches wherever ri- gid egalitarianism has taken hold. Without disparities, so- ciety stops husbanding its talent Qwyar, in countries on several ccbntinents, all sorts of people— yooung or old, rich or poor, well eat Pacated or untutored—agree tus of jobs, given only bi Rs samples are industrfjalized enough for a moder division of labor. Bec@ ise it is ubiquitous, we take ouiy social yardstick for granted, even though it repre- sents gan enormous feat of memorizing. Imagine trying to master (a list of several hundred items ailong an elusive dimen- sion likke prestige or status. Woul id any physics teacher dare ‘require his students to memorize the hardness values of sesveral hundred common subst ances? it teaches beyond the funda- mentals of literacy. : . Family connections, physical health, drive toward various “sorts of success, per sonality, perhaps even appearance— these may contribute too, but in combination with individual mental agility. Whether people get their brightness from their genes, from their surroundings, or from some mixture of both, most people’s relative intellec- tual standing is pretty well set- tled by the age of eight or so. The occasional dramatic excep- tions may be instructive, but they do not alter the general fact. Somehow or other, mental capacity, material success, and esteem get linked in all modern WELFARE and related agencies for fiscal year 1974. On a motion to recommit the bill to conference: Ayes 272. Noes 139. Motion agreed to, Nov, 13. Michael Polk; assistant cub- master, James Hagen; Webelos ‘leader, Bill St. Cair; assistant “Webelos ‘leader; Reggie Rose; den leader coach, Dote Fitch; advisory, Joh: Lyons; secretary, Rose Radzinski; treasurer, Frank Rollman and publicity, Fran Hale, Mr. Flood voted no. The conference report on S. 1570, the EMERGENCY PETROLEUM ALLOCATION ACT of 1973, authorizes the President to allocate crude oil, residual fuel oil and refined petroleum products. Yeas 348. Nays 46. Agreed to. this year include: Denl, Arlene Matus, Marilyn Sult; Den 2, Claudia Stevens, Caroline Havey, Mickey Aicher, Den 3, Sandy Richardson, Rita Cutter; and Den 4, Rose Nicely and Betsy Mulhern. During the evening, Bobcat awards were presented ts the following cubs: David Aither, Brian Cutter, Sean Havey, John Mr. Flood voted yea. H. Res. 128 expresses the feeling of the House that Members convicted of a crime carrying penalties of two or more years’ imprisonment should not vote in committee sessions or on the floor of the House. Yeas 388. Nays 18. Agreed to, Nov. 14. | Mr. Flood voted yea. Thee fact that society requires societies. and ceases to direct actions ac- H.R. 11459 appropriates $2.6 billion for military construction = Maniskas, Cris Matus, Gary us td internalize the social di- Psychology’s most nearly cording to any consensus. forfiseal year 1974. Yeas 366. Nays 29. Passed, Nov. 14. Radzinski, Bobby Richards, mengion—and the fact that we universal principle binds the Instead of the sought after Jerry Rollman, Michael comply—hints at its vital im- three occupational scales toget- “liberty, equality, and frater- Mr. Flood voted yea. Stevens, Sean Sult, Mark her. Throughout the animal world, from solitary worms to human society, reward and punishment guide the course of action. Animals differ enor- mously in what rewards or punishes them and in how com- plex and long a path they can pursue toward their goals, yet the same basic principles operate. portance. Getting at the mean- ing aid significance of the so- cial (@sensus is the main pur- pose of this essay, for therein resides a bit of understanding of the good life, and its elusive- ness. No one will be surprised to hear that the private, subjective scale of standing correlates highly with the public -one—the nity,” there is stark anarchy, usually terminated rapidly by terror and tyranny. True equal- ity in society’s rewards does not appear to be one of mankind’s workable alternatives. Because virtually all people harbor some yearning for at least some of society’s rewards, they compete. And as soon as they compete, there will be win- Weaver, Gregory McTague, Quinten Krasniak, Chuckie Swepston, Dale Wilkie and Jeff Smith. Walter Geffert received one silver arrow under the Bear badge. Webelos ribbons = were presented to: Jeff Balmer, Steven Bell, Drew Fitch, Walter Geffert, Brad Gerstein, Kurt H. Res. 702 provides $1.5 million for the Committee on the Judiciary to use in carrying out its responsibilities under the IMPEACHMENT clause of the Constitution. The committee amendment reduces the funds provided to $1.0 million. On a motion to move the previous question: Yeas 230. Nays 182. Previous question ordered, Nov. 15. Mr. Flood voted yea. The above motion has the effect of bringing the committee SO- called socioeconomic level of Indeed, itis only from the pat- ners and losers. But, in compet- amendment to a vote. After the committee amendment was Goeringer, James Hagen,’ occupations. tern of a creature’s behavior ing, they help place gifted agreed to (by voice vote), a motion to move the previous [Eddie Lyons, Brian Parente, Sociologists usually define a that we can tell what it fancies people in the positions that Tad Radzinski, Richard question on H.Res. 702 was offered. This motion would bring H.Res. 702 to vote. On the motion: Yeas 233. Nays 186. Previous question ordered, Nov. 15. bring the richest benefits which are held in highest regard. Thus we contribute even when we fail, for if suddenly people stopped caring about society’s rewards, the consensus would no longer have its power to direct action. The collective needs of society—which is to say, our needs—are therefore translated into a system in which most of us are bound to fail to'get all we want out of our jobs, for most people fall short in the rare talents drawn upon by society for its best rewards. Of course, American society has other obstacles to success, with nothing to justify or excuse them. We have yet to end bigotry, or unequal education, or nepotism, or graft. The penalties of a true meri- tocracy may look good to people who are being held back by un- fair and unnecessary barriers like those. And there is always sheer luck, both good and bad, which we will never control. But as long as society needs our la- bor, most of us will fail to get as high on the yardstick as we crave—although we may learn to like our jobs and accept our shortcomings calmly and with understanding. The good life cannot be in store for all of us or our child- Whether to pass H.R. 11333 as amended. Ayes 391. Noes 20. ren, for the frustrations of un- Passed. fulfilled goals play an essential ‘ ~ role in society's grand scheme. Rollman, Michael Polk, Andy St. Clair, Eric Turner, and Harry Vivian. Mr. Flood voted yea. Donny Hale and Jeff Matus Scouts. Games and refreshments concluded the evening. Galaxy Citizens Elects Officers The Galaxy Citizens Band Radio Club elected the following officers for the coming year at its last meeting: president, Andy Glowach, Bunker Hill; vice president, Elmer Fisher, Wilkes-Barre; secretary, Jeanne Hunter, Dallas, and treasurer, Barbara Glowach, Bunker Hill. Board of directors for the year will be: Edward Starbuck, Dallas; George Roxby, Pitts- ton; Art Santarelli, Wyoming: Kenneth Hunter, Dallas and James Fry, Dallas. Outgoing officers are Hank Lyons, Kenneth Hunter and Ed Klush. The club will hold their Christmas party, Dec. 8, at the * Before the vote on H. Res. 702 was taken, a motion was offered to recommit the measure to the Committee on House Ad- ministration with instructions to report it back with an amend- ment earmarking one-third of the funds for the Minority members of the Committee on the Judiciary. The amendment would also prohibit the use of the funds until the Committee on the Judiciary defined the nature and scope of the studies and investigations to be undertaken. Ayes 190. Noes 227. Motion rejected, Nov. 15. Mr. Flood voted no. The vote was then taken on H. Res. 702. Ayes 367. Noes 51, Agreed to, Nov. 15. Mr. Flood voted aye. H.R: 11333 provides for a 7-percent increase in SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS beginning with March 1974, and an additional 4-percent increase beginning with June 1974. The bill also increases SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS and increases the SOCIAL SECURITY TAXABLE WAGE BASE to $13,200. The Griffiths amendment deletes a section of the bill which provides for additional Federal funds to a state if the state’s own contribution would ex*:eed its 1972 level as a result of the increase in supplemental benefits. Ayes 246. Noes 163. Amendment agreed to, Nov. 15. Mr. Flood voted no. exchanged. Andy Glowach showed slides of the recent Halloween party to the group. Club members will sell Christmas candy again ois, year. THE GOOD LIFE---It is many things, perhaps, as is illustrated here and discussed by Dr. Richard Herrnstein in his America and the Future of Man article, part of Courses by Newspaper. + (Photo: John Oldenkamp---IBOL). \ Mr. Flood voted aye. Forty Yea rs Ago 1933 Coldest November in years with snow and ice and: zero temperatures, frozen radiators, frozen cars, frozen ears. Football game on snowy field Kingston, 7-0. Rural Basketball League was reorganized in Noxen, Orange Shavertown, Trucksville. A contract for erection of -a one-room schoolhouse on the Lake Silkworth road went to Frank Mathers on his low bid of $3,495, Harley Misson, Shavertown, broke his kneecap in an ac- cident. Kingston Township, defeated by Dallas Borough football the game replayed on a neutral field for benefit of the Com- murity Chest. (Rivalry was keer before Kingston Township and Dallas Borough formed a school jointure.) Monroe Township seniors ordered a clock and bell system for the high school. Funds were raised at a Halloween party. Jim Hutchinson, county advocated planting of black walnut and hickory in spots where the seedlings could remain permanently, ‘saying the nut trees have a long tap root and cannot be successfully replanted. ~ Thirty Years Ago 1943 Leon Kromelbein, father of football player Harold, who made the winning touchdown in the Tunkhannock-Dallas Township game, dropped dead of a heart attack while crossing the field after the game. Mr. Kromelbein, 43, was a Tunkhannock resident, once a resident of Noxen. Record crop of turkeys but try and get one for a civilian table. Turkeys went to the boys in the service. Folks back home settled gladly for lesser fowl. Michael Stencil, Trucksville, somewhere in the South Pacific, won ‘the Purple Heart for wounds received in a bombing expedition. Ray Shiber was appointed to resignation - from the . Dallas Borough School Board of John Durbin. Dr. Malcolm Borthwick, William White, and Fred Swanson got bears first day of season. A half-tamed 14 point deer, while being petted and fed in the Brace Orchard at Beaumont, took: fright and knocked Mrs. Arthur Smith off her feet. She broke her arm in two places. In the Outpost: Don Gabel, England; Irving Koslofsky, Bob Evans, Memphis; Elwood Ide, Edenton N.C. ; Stephen Crispell, New York, APO; Jay Gould, Norfolk; Elmer Lamoreaux, Italy; Robert Price, Sicily, and Stanley Davies, Amherst. Died: Charles B. Hoyt, 71, Huntsville. Twenty Years Ago. . 1953 A monkey bite by ‘the caused Dorothy Pellam to spend three days at General Hospital. restored old ratings after the tempted to level out inequalities in assessments. This failure to inequalities, equitable iron out rating, the area on a county level. call from the Hix home, ex- cavating in the fireplace to (Norti was ‘always around when he was needed.) Javers Store in Alderson was damaged by fire caused by electrical wiring. Nobody got a bear in the a area the first day of the season. Larger jointure of schools was still being argued, pro and con. Died: Mrs. Fred Renard, Ellen Brown, Prof. Warren Taylor, Mrs. Clyde Kocher. Catherine Stoeckel was 92. Ten Years Ago 1963 cop first place in the West Side Conference, score 32-0. Lake- Lehman won over West Wyoming, 32-13. : Rms received when she tried to burn leaves in her back yard. Mrs. David Voitek, Orange, saved the lives of her two young children in a home fire. Damage was extensive. elected president of the board of directors = of ‘the Dallas American Legion. Low bid of $345,750 was ac- cepted for the Abraham Creek Project, which included a dam Slocum State Park. 5 Architects must redesign Kingston Township Municipal building and fire hall to meet state requirements. the Montovani orchestra. night poachers killing = deer. Fines amounted to $1,036. Dr. Malcolm Borthwick and Kingston Township ambulance crew save the life of a teenage girl. of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rose, Trucksville, and Marianne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meade, Dallas. Deaths: Ralph Burket, 54, Shavertown; Mable Davenport, Dallas and Owen Culp, Hunlock Creek. Thanksgiving food ads featured: turkeys, 33 cents a pound; cranberry sauce, two potatoes, 25 pounds, 79 cents; flour, five pounds, 47 cents; medium eggs, two dozen, 89 cents; bacon, 49 cents a pound. Jim Davies. and H. Croft. and Henry Kraph. and Henry Kraph. Nov. Old Lake Road to Nesbitt Nagle, R.N.
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