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Mark Moran)
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: PENNSYLVANIA ACTION LINE
looks forward. to receiving your
questions’.
Government. Preference is given
to matters of greatest statewide
application, and questions may be
sent by mail to: PAL,” 2717 N.
Front St., Harrisburg, PA 1711.
“PAL’ cannot accept phone
inquiries or acknowledge individual
letters.
‘QUESTION: I have no income
other than Social Security, so I must
watch my pennies. I sent in a
newspaper coupon that promised
price reductions on facial tissues,
and what I got back was reduced
rice coupons for paper towels,
which I don’t use and can’t afford.
Can you help me get what I asked
for? --Mrs. E.M., Palmerton.
: ANSWER: The folks at Scott
Paper Co. in Philadelphia were
sorry to hear they had sent you the
wrong kind of coupons. We are
sending your letter to the company,
and we’ve been assured that you'll
get the facial tissue coupons
promptly.
. QUESTION: Several months
ago, Bell Telephone asked for
permission to make a big increase
in its charges for service. Will those
increases be allowed? -D.V.,
Quakertown.
ONLY YESTERDAY
50 Years Ago--Nov. 21, 1930
Sonny, a two year old chim-
panzee, owned by Mrs. Harold
Blewett of Idetown enchants and
fancinates area residents.
““Trudalsha’’ is chosen as the
name for a young men’s club
recently organized in ‘the Back
Mountain. The club was formed in
the hopes of bringing young men of
‘the Back Mountain communities
“nto closer contact and at the same
time offer opportunities for social
activities.
Te DALLASS0ST
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or 44 Main St., Dallas
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Charlot Denmon, Editor .
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& Mark Moran, Photography
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“ANSWER: That remains to be
seen.
July, asked-for a total of $237
million in rate increases, the
largest single request in history.
The Public Utility Commission
ordered a full investigation, and
PUC Administrative Law Judge
Morris Mindlin began holding
hearings on Oct. 28.
Those hearings are scheduled to
continue into late December. If
events follow their usual course,
Bell will be allowed to increase
rates by an amount considerably
lower than it sought. At the rate
things are moving, it will be some
months before the final decision is
reached.
QUESTION: State Senator
Bodack of Pittsburgh has shown
that electric companies have
collected millions of dollars in
phantom taxes, and has a bill that
would require the companies to
refund that money. Has that bill
been passed? --R.S.H., Oil City.
ANSWER: It was adopted by the
Senate late in September by a vote
of 30 to 37, and on Oct. 1 Senator
Bodak wrote to Rep. Benjamin H.
Wilson (R-Warminster), chairman
of the House Consumer Affairs
Committee, urging that the bill be
given early consideration so it could
Residents of Evans Falls witness
a rare sight when two buck stage a
terrific fight on the farm of Edward
Sax. One buck, the larger of the two
was an Albino, a rare sight
anytime.
Dallas District Sunday School
convention will be held at Idetown
Methodist Church.
Rural schools join bi-county PIAA
basketball league.
Married, Esther Williams and
Harold Donnolley.
Engaged Alice Smith to George
Smith.
You could get--Chuck roast 20
cents 1b.; pork butts 22 cents lb.;
steak 39 cents 1b.; pork loin 24 cents
lb.; shredded wheat 11 cents; coffee
43 cents lb., peanut butter 1 lb. jar
23 cents.
40 Years Ago--Nov. 29, 1940
The State Planning Board
through its executive director F.A.
Pitkin gives assurance that it will
help Dallas Borough with its new
zoning ordinance.
Community Welfare fund drive is
extremely successful with Dallas
Borough and the Lake region tur-
ning in contributions that broke all
previous records.
Six public-spirited citizens who
have no children attending Dallas
uniforms @s their contribution
be put:to a House vote this year.
However, the bill:was not on the
calendar as the House returned on
Monday, Nov. 17, from its recess,
and no meeting of the House Con-
sumer Affairs Committee had been
scheduled to consider it.
That makes it unlikely, but by no
means impossible, that the House
will act before the session ends.
Leaders of the House, as well as the
Senate, are deciding this week on
what they want to get done before
adjourning until the new legislative
bodies meet in January.
If the Bodack bill does not reach a
House vote this month, it will die,
and the Senator will have to in-
troduce it again next year.
QUESTION: We're considering
the purchase of a snowmobile. If we
get one, will we have to get a license
for it, as we would for a car? --Mrs.
L.B., Simpson
ANSWER: No, but every
snowmible in Pennsylvania must be
registered with the Department of
Environmental Resources, at a fee
of $10 for two years. All licensed
snowmobile dealers have detailed
information on how to apply for the
registration decal that must be
displayed on the vehicle’s hood.
(
toward the success of a campaign to
provide the band with uniforms,
music and additional instruments.
Lake alumni will present an old-
fashioned minstrel and patriotic
revue on Dec. 3.
Married--Irene Lavan Pealer and
Arthur Remphrey Bray.
Now playing in local theatres--
Himmler Theatre, ‘‘Brigham
Frontierman,” Tyrone
Power; Kingston Theatre, ‘Down
Argentine Way’ Don Ameche and
Betty Grable.
You could get--Play Kitchens
including skin, range and
refrigerator $5. 98;
Bottletot Baby who drinks, wets and
sleeps $1.98; scooter $1.29; tricycle
$1.19.
30 Years Ago--Nov. 24, 1950
Dallas Township takes to the
football field Thanksgiving morning
against Kingston Township seeking
to break an eight-year losing
streak.
Richard Stine, 19, is shot in a
hunting accident. While hunting in
Renovo, Richard Stine was shot by
a hunter who mistook him for a
squirrel.
Ground is broken on Nov. 12 and
excavation begins on the Gate of
Heaven School building.
“Sgt. Robert Kemmerer,
Shavertown, who wa# wounded
. by L.D. Burnham
“Get away from me!”’ I yell. Still
the man pursues me, his two hands
cupped in front of him. ‘But you're
in good hands,” he pleads.
“It’s uncomfortable driving with
your hands under me,’ I say
angrily. “Go help someone else.”
I leave him standing disconsolate
on the front steps as I flee the house
only to find myself greeted by
nearly 300 people singing and
swaying to the tune of “Coming
through for you, that’s what C.G.
people do...” It sickens me to see so
morning, and I shutter to think of
what the neighbors will say seeing
all these people in my front yard.
I leap into my car. It starts easily
and I zip into the street. I barely
reach the corner when I notice that
I am followed by a large tow truck.
I roll down my window and stick
my head out to look back. I notice
the small choral ensemble hanging
onto the back of the truck. They
wave as they sing, “We’ll be there
when you need us, we’ll be there.”
“Oh no!” I scream, rolling up the
window and stepping on the gas. As
I tear down the road, I see a small
group of people waving and pointing
I slow down to
discover that they pointing out a
large pethole. I roll down the
window to thank them only to hear
them sing, ‘‘Cole Muffler cares
about your car..”
“Have mercy!’’ I cry. Is there no
way to escape all this caring?
Everyone seems to love me, care
about me, worry about me. And
they all provide easy credit terms to
pay for their loving devotion.
It makes me nervous. I light a
cigarette and turn on the radio. “We
care about every breath you
take...” Out goes the cigarette. I'll
go for breakfast, that’s what I'll do.
I need to relax. I need to become my
good old anonymous self.
I pull up to a fast food place. Ah,
it’ll be wonderful to get some good
old-fashioned, impersonal service.
So I think until I open the door to
hear a group of brown, red and gold
clad teen-agers crooning, ‘You,
you're the one. We're fixing break-
fast for you...” =~
They're so busy singing and
dancing around with their mops
that they don’t notice that I've fled
once more, on my. way to the
grocery store to buy food to make
my own breakfast. I figure that
good hands man and the C.G. people
had abandoned by house by now.
- But no sooner do I step on the
rubber mat that opens the door of
the market then I spy a store full of
gold jacketed check-out clerks
beckoning me with a wave and
singing, “Come on in, we're your
freinds. Say hello to...
Now I'm ite I'll go
anywhere to be ignored. All this
commercialized caring has made
me neurotic. I'll hide out in a motel
for a few days. No one will know me
there. No one will care.
But no, as I come to a stop a man
opens my car door and asks, ‘What
has Sheraton done for you lately?” I
leave right before the band and the
dancing girls make it to the parking
lot. In my rear view mirror I see
them high kicking and waving their
top hats.
I make it into the lobby of the next
place before the sad-blue-eyed
blonde check-in clerk signs quietly,
“Holiday Inn, we’re No. 1 in people
pleasing...”
I bolt out the door. Is there no
place left on earth? I don’t want to
be loved. I can’t afford it! I try to
get back to my car but it’s too late
the back end has been hoisted up by
the tow truck, the good hands man
is facing towards me, the you-
you’re-the-one kids are dancing my
breakfast to me, the pothole quartet
is checking out my muffler...all of
them are there singing and dancing
and and...
“There, there, Mr. Burnham,” I
hear the nurse say. ‘You gave us
quite a scare. Now try to relax.
We're only trying to help you....”
by Howard J. Grossman
While the American system
separates governments into levels
and each government delivers
various types of services, it is the
American taxpayers who pays for
all governments. In the final
analysis, it makes little difference
to the taxpayer which level of
government provides which ser-
vices since the taxpayer ends up
paying for all governments. Too
little attention is paid to the theme
of “Who Pays for Government?”’
Too much attention is paid to the
theme of separation of government
and the appropriate level of
delivery of services. While this is
important, it is not as important as
where the money comes from and
how much money can be generated
from the same person or family to
support all levels of government.
It is virtually impossible today to
track how much and for what
purpose taxpayer monies are spent.
There is a great need to simplify
our system and to educate citizens
as to the impact of the American
governmental system and the
payment for delivery of services.
Taxpayers pay their taxes in
different ways and at different
times. For example, sales taxes
are collected at the time a product
is sold. The Federal and State
governments collect taxes at dif-
ferent times than school districts,
counties, and municipalities. Many
taxpayers pay their property taxes
through a financial institution, and
in many instances do not see the
total tax bill, or if they do it is often
not thought of as a tax per se.
Public sewer and water bills are
common, yet many people do not
consider them taxes.
The fragmentation of government
has made it increasingly difficult
for the American consumer to keep
up to date as to the American
governmental system. In amny.
by Dick Swank
Pennsylvania Press Bureau
The first play of the game brings
a lucky tackle by a member of the
special team sent down the field to
perform just that. With wild en-
thusiasm the announcer describes
the action as we see it and the
background man intones, ‘‘That
was some kind of a tackle.”
“Yeah,” comes back the quip with
authority, ‘‘He is some kind of
football player.” Now come on,
men, those of you who listen to sueh
idiocy every week, doesn’t that sort
of get you in the throat?
There have been times when the
monotonous drone falls on ears left
dangling by the owner who has
As others I have
turned off the sound to watch the
action, but this has been shortlived
because without it I can not discern
which is live and which is replay
and-or whether I am still at the
same game.
while serving in the Korean cam-
paign, has been transferred to
Oakland Naval Hospital in
California.
Engaged--Patricia Patsey to
Robert Youngblood; Ona Yur-
chukonis to James Dougher;
Phyllis Harvey to Floyd Wolfe.
Married--Fay Turner and Robert
Ellis Clark.
Deaths--Mary Balut,
Dallas; Lucy Mathers,
Lake.
Now showing at local theatres--
Himmler Theatre, ‘Broken Arrow’’
James Stewart; Shaver Theatre,
“Father of the Bride.”
You could get--An orchid corsage
$3; tom turkeys 20-25 lb. 45 cents;
roasting chickens 5-7 1b. 53 cents;
capons 7-10 1b. 65 cents; pumpkin 2
Ig. cans 25 cents; cranberry sauce 2
cans 27 cents; coffee 82 cents, 1-1b.
can; celery 19 cents large bunch;
Florida oranges 29 cents doz.
20 Years Ago--Nov. 23, 1960
A public hearing to determine the
economic effect resulting from the
construction of the new highway
from Luzerne to Dallas will be held
at Courtroom No. 1 in Luzerne
County Court House on Nov. 30.
Westmoreland Football squad is
awarded the Old Shoe Trophy at the
annual football banquet sponsored
by the Dallas Rovary Club.
West
Harveys
It is now a fashion to switch to
another city between time outs,
picking up a lone touchdown or a
huddle breaking up in a metropolis
at the other side of the country.
Half times are filled with tumbling
halfbacks and tight ends streaking.
The action is so intense I am certain
the play has run from Seattle to
New England and when the tackles
blitz to Miami the quarterback is
sacked in Cincinnati.
What the profession needs (not
players who take the beating) is a
new perspective in the press box.
No longer is there any sense of
showmanship, other than that of
splitting the screen or isolating a
blocking back committing a foul.
The artistry would be enhanced if
there would be directors to balance
the act.
I would opt for the return of the
halftime show--imagine watching
the Dallas Cowgirls uninterrupted
club
H.W. Smith, Dallas, is honored at
a luncheon given by employees of
the Royal Globe Insurance Agency.
Smith is retiring after 36 years with
the company.
Back Mountain YMCA drive for
youth membership is in full swing.
Back Mountain Church
Basketball League opens season
with plenty of new talent.
Anniversaries--Mr. and Mrs.
Garfield Jackson, 55 years; Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Anderson, 55 years.
Deaths--Kurt Schweiss, Dallas;
Stephen Alexander, Sweet Valley;
Bryant Elston, Kunkle; Harry
Galletly, Jr., Dallas.
You could get--Turkey 39 cents
lb.; hams 53 cents lb.; sweet
potatoes 4 1bs. 25 cents; cranberries
2-1 1b. boxes 33 cents; rib roast 59
cents 1b.; walnuts 55 cents lb. bag;
insulated boots $7.95 pair; hunting
knife with sheath $1; 26-inch bicycle
$2..95. 5
10 Years Ago--Nov. 24, 1970
‘The Youth Center of Huntsville
Christian Church will be dedicated
Sunday. The Youth Center will be
dedicated ‘in memory of Jacalyn
- Roberts, Dallas, who was victim of
a fatal automobile accident this fall.
places there is a need to modernize
government and to promote a
higher level of understanding
.among all parties; that is, those
who deliver services and those who
consume services. Part of the
educational process includes the
desirability of modernizing local
governments to more effectively
professionalize this structure and to
provide a more efficient pattern of
decision making and ad-
ministrative direction.
With more education as to the
governmental system in this
country, and the ways and means
by which the American taxpayer
contributes to this system, a more
effective nation will result: In this
way, the American taxpayer and
governmental leaders will merge in
a partnership and establish and
maintain the system by which
government delivers its functions
and services
for five minutes, with close-ups and
proper camera angles. I would like
to see the bands play, the fans
fathered at the concession stand, or
even-—-instead of another shot of a
guy spiking the ball following a
touchdown--the men’s room door. It
all would lend character to the
presentation.
The world ‘“integrity’”’ has also
had a rebirth as that attribute most
wanting in a sporting event.
Whether the boxer has lost or not he
has integrity, a popular aphorism. I
agree with that. We need integrity,
in the presentation. If there is
nothing better to do with the
camera between commercials and
between time outs, focus it on the
player picking his nose or on the
fellow taking a swing at his wife
because she wants to go home and:
get out of all this rain. Keep if off
the Goodyear blimp, we've watched
it float too long.
team travels to Allentown where
they witness the British field
hockey touring eam in action.
Dallas Booster club sponsors the
trip.
Dallas hosts Knights in
Thanksgiving battle for the Old
Shoe Trophy. :
Mrs. Carlton Davies’ trip to
Cyprus is illustrated in a slide
presentation to the Dallas Women
of Rotary.
Melanie, famous rock star, will
appear in concert at the Kingston
Armory.
- Two girls from the Back Moun-
tain area, Susan Heller and Debbie
McKeel, ride to state cham-
pionships at the State 4-H Horse and
Pony Show in Harrisburg.
Married--Mary Elizabeth:
Croughn and Carl V. Zookoski.
Deaths--Beatrice Weiss, Noxen;
Famma Traver Wright, Noxen;
Adam H. Hines, Sweet Valley.
You could get-Center cut pork
chops 99 cents 1b.; chopped ham 79
cents 1b.; turkeys 35 cents Ib.;
smoked hams 49 cents 1b; paper
towels 3 Jumbo rolls $1; ice cream
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