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BY STEVE HASLEY
I am a second year medical
student at the University of Pitt-
sburgh. I grew up on a farm in
Mercer County, and I would like to
practice family medicine in rural
Pennsylvania when I graduate:
However, for me and many of my
classmates, this will not be
possible. My tuition this year is
$7900, for first year students it is
$8900. My debts will be so high
when I graduate that I will have to
practice some high-paying
specialty in a large city to pay my
debts off. Doctors in rural areas
earn about one-half of what city
doctors earn. The people of rural
Pennsylvania will have lost a much
needed doctor.
Why is medical school tuition in
Pennsylvania so high? The state
legislature has not increased
medical school capitation since
1972. Pennsylvania is one of the
bottom five states in aid to medical
schools. Pennsylvania medical
school graduates can not afford to
practice in rural Pennsylvania, and
sons and daughters of lower and
middle income residents can not
afford to become doctors. Health
care in Pennsylvania is becoming
for the rich by the rich.
If the people of Pennsylvania are
to have the types of doctors they
need, where they need them, and if
medical education is to remain open
to all; the legislature must increase
its aid to medical schools.
Secretary of Education, Robert
Scanlon and Secretary of Health,
Arnold Mueller are currently
studying the issue of how much
money the state should give to
medical schools. Without a sub-
stantial increase, rural Penn-
sylvania will never be able to at-
tract Pennsylvania medical school
graduates to serve its health care
needs. x
BY DEBBIE Z.
Things are really getting bad in
Dallas. No matter where I go
everyone tells me nothing’s
changed and everything’s the same.
But fear not, for I have uncovered a
few items of interest to keep a
healthy spirit alive.
First I'll mention the salad bar at
the Hoagie Bar. Yes, after a few
weeks of putting it off, I lunched at
the Hoagie Bar in the company of
Cindy Sutton. Now that school’s
started I'm back into the swing of
things at McDonald’s and Burger
King and the Hoagie Bar (Where
would I be without a 15-minute
lunch break when I'm in a hurry?)
Cindy and I both had a sandwich
which entitled us to a salad bar
(Policy has it that whatever your
lunch is--just about--you get the
salad bar at no additional charge).
We also had French fries--they go
with lunch and our compliments
will be forwarded to the chef.
A second dining spot for lunch,
which I went to the day after the
Hoagie Bar, was Wong’s Palace, to
check out the $3.25 buffet. My words
‘of wisdom from that lunch “It was
super. neat and exciting, and I'll be
there again.”
I'm sorry that I'm always late
with birthdays, but better late than
never. Sunday, we had a birthday
boy, Jim Eason, who was cele-
brating, and Monday Mrs.
Chesnovitch celebrated. To both of
you birthday persons, I tip my hat
and wish you another 100 happy
years.
Everthing’s very simple and very
easy, if you saw Chef Tell at
College Misericordia Sunday af-
ternoon. Last Thursday I had the
pleasure of meeting Marsha Landis
at the Parker residence, and
Marsha told me not to miss it. Well,
(Ulp!) unfortunately I was at a
shower and sort of didn’t see the
chef himself. But have no fear, I got
in gear and found out that everyone
who attended said it was well worth
the time. Sorry about missing a
biggie, but I promise to be at the
next one! (P.S. I thought Mrs.
Landis was a neat person, and if you
ever have a chance to meet her, its
worth your while to meet a neat,
involved, community-caring per-
son.)
So by now you're saying Whoopie
Doo, the kids and their homework
are driving me bananas! My sister
explained to me how to take this
matter in stride. First you find a
smart brother. Then you bribe him
to sit with you for an hour or two.
(Usually a bribe like “I'll be your
slave for the rest of the night”
works) And, before starting, pray
that everyone else in your class has
the same trouble of describing civil-
ization from the time of the ancient
food gathers to date. Her final
comment about the whole situation
is “I can’t believe he (her teacher)
is serious.” So much for homework.
How about a big ‘‘Hi’’ this week to
Linda Bednar. Linda was a school
buddy, who, since graduating, I
barely ever see. I had the pleasure
of attending a shower for another
school buddy, Kitty Houssock, with
Linda this weekend (That’s why I
missed Chef Tell). I caught up on all
the “latest,” just to find out “the
usual”. It was neat seeing her
again, and this week a big “Hi” to
my buddy Linda.
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While I sit at my desk, I now have
the privilege of viewing a master-
piece—-a framed photo of a Trans
Am. A super neat buddy of mine,
Eddie Chesnovitch found a clipping
of a Trans'Am and mounted it, then
I placed it in a frame. It is the
neatest thing you'd ever see.
This Saturday, however, my
buddy Eddie is going back to the Art
Institute in Pittsburgh to finish his
studies. And the best remembrance
I'll have of him while he’s gone is
the Trans Am. Good luck on another
year at school Eddie! You'll be
missed back here at Dallas. (P.S.
Thanks 10 billion for the neatest
photo on the face of the earth.)
My mother caused a little excite:
ment this week when she had.
Edwin, who is one of the waiters
from Wong's Palace, attend school
with her as a guest speaker. On
Thursday morning, my mom picked
up Edwin and drove him to Hanover
High School (The first thing he did
was buckle his seat belts-smart
kid), where Edwin spoke in all of
her classes, explaining the different
aspects of his culture compared
with the American culture. After
his and my mother’s long-day,
Edwin had the pleasure of dining at
the Zurinski Cafe (my house). Just
spending a few hours with him, was
really neat. I learned a few things
about his home country, Hong
Kong, and was fascinated about all
the things he has done. (Edwin is a
senior engineering student at the
University of London, England). It
was super neat, and I wished I could
have invited all of you over for
dinner. You would have loved it.
With all this going on my mother
found time to buy me a present (no
wonder it’s raining everyday). My
mom bought me an ink pen with a
digital clock built in it. It is the
neatest present ever, and it isn’t
even Christmas. All kidding aside
though Mom, it was “peachy”.
Well, I don’t know about you
folks, but I have ‘Homework’ (the
biggest excuse of the year since the
invention of school). I'll catch you
on the next flip of the page!
Letters: how
to get printed
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telephone number. :
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published, that request should be
included in the letter.
(3) Letters which are short and to
the point "will receive priority
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Maximum length is 350-400 words.
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“Letters to the Editor,” c-o this
newspaper, P.O. Box 366, Dallas,
PA 18612.
BY HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
A new vocabulary is necessary to
keep up to date with events in
Washington. The economic
language includes development
financing, accelerated cost
recovery system, depreciation,
expensing, private sector partner-
ships, etc. Whether these words are
much different than what has gone
before, and whether they will do the
job necessary in all parts of the
Administration’s proposals to" be
the effective methods which will
enable . the Northeast to be
economically competitive.
In point of fact, the previous tools
of grants and loanstmay not have
R
I only saw two or three of NBC’s
“Hill Street Blues” and was pleased
with the quality. (Every now and
then television redeems itself.)
Then the set went haywire and
because it was so big and it was a
make (Admiral) that you can’t get
parts for anymore, it has been out of
use for about a year. (Sometimes I
miss it, but most of the time, not.)
Now I see where Hill Street Blues
has the industry all agog because it
won so many coveted Emmy
awards. This should prove that
people are aware of quality
programming. Thus we should get
more better shows. But we won't.
&&&
Did you see where the 13 year old
Colorado girl was shot in the back
when she and her little friends (they
stringing toilet paper on the lawn of
a neighbor’s home at midnight, as a
prank? Her neighbor had recently
been burglarized and apparently
wasn’t going to take any more
chances. The lesson might be that
little girls shouldn’t be playing
pranks in the dark, but on the other
hand, is a piece of property worth a
life? Years ago we threatened one
another with a gun-load of rock salt.
It purportedly stung and burned,”
but wasn’t considered lethal.
Maybe we could at least make a
start toward solving the gun
problem by banning bullets.
&&&
Hanging on the office wall of a
weird guy we know is a sign that
reads ‘“A-bombs don’t kill people.
People kill people. Truth to say, not
many people pay it any attention.
? &&&
The course of true love never runs
smooth. Hell hath no fury like a
woman (or man?) scorned. Pathos,
bathos. Lafighter and tears,
interconnectibility??? that makes
life what it is. Anthony Celijewski,
the man accused of strangling his
wife at her home in Jackson
Township is now on trial. Celijewski
sent his estranged wife an Easter
Sunday letter that, Atty. Anthony
Lupas testified, told Mrs.
Celijewski: ‘While youre eating
your turkey, I'm eating Chef Boy-
ar-dee ravioli from a can. I hope
you're happy.” Celijewski, who
rang the buzzer at the Luzerne
County Prison ‘on April
(reportedly with a suitcase in his
hand and his wife’s body in his
station wagon) apparently had been
living in his automobile.
&&&
Richard Tobin, a journalism
professor, thinks it ‘‘utter non-
sense’ to alter words to eliminate
sexist symbolism. The use of first-
year student instead of freshman,
Biro '81—
50 Years Ago--Sept. 18, 1931
Beaumont reversed the score of 4-
1 in another home baseball game
against Shavertown. Doc Traver
set a new Rural League Record in
the first three innings by fanning
the first seven batters. Only a hit by
Shavertown’s catcher Ray saved
the visitors from a shutout.
Buses replaced trolley cars on
route from Dallas to Harveys Lake.
You could get--Sweet Potatoes 10
Ib. 99 cents; 1-lb. peanut butter 17
‘ cents; corn beef 19 cents can; sharp
cheese 25 cents 1b.; frankfurters 25
cents 1b.; coffee 29 cents Ib; eggs 29
cents doz.
40 Years Ago--Sept. 19, 1941
Irene Stofila, a 15-year-old junior
at Dallas Township High School was
stricken with the areas second case
of meningitis. Only quick action by
Dr. Malcolm Borthwick prevented
the disease from spreading. Irene
recovered successfully from the
dreaded disease.
Confronted with a seriously
overtaxed budget, members of
Dallas Borough Council discussed
the floatation of a $10,000 bond
issue, the second largest in the
history of the borough. An am-
bitious road improvement program
and the return of three roads to
borough maintenance by the State
were main financial concerns.-
Engaged: Florence Miller and
John Gaughan, Jr.
Married--Madge Space and
Richard Johns; Millie Robbins and
Harold Evans; Bertha Bender and
Charles Hemingway; Florence
Heitsman and John R. Hughes.
You could get--Chuck roast 25
cents lb.; hamburg 23 cents lb.;
beef liver 25 cents lb; lima beans,
fresh 5 cents 1b; tokay grapes 3 1b.
20 cents; flour 24 1b. bag 85 cents;
coffee 2 lb. 37 cents; soft cream
cheese 27 cents 1b;- Baker's cocoa 2-
1 lb. cans 25 cents.
titive sense, but ‘at least they
enabled the game to be played.
Today, the economic development
game may be nearing disaster as
competition between the Sunbelt
States and the Frostbelt States
heats up, since: almost every
economic . development incentive
program of any consequence is
being eliminated or. seriously cur-
tailed.
A private sector emphasis is
"being placed on the federal séene.
This is not bad, but requires supple-
mental incentive programs which
will enable competition to take
place in a serious vein between
periencing lesser economic growth
30 Years Ago--Sept. 21, 1951
LaRue M. Swayze, Jr., 26-year-
old Fernbrook man was the fourth
polio victim in the area to meet with
fatal results.
The library board approved
extensive grounds and building
improvements. Creating a parking
lot, grading and landscaping the
entire library property between
Main and Rice streets and painting
the buildings were on the agenda.
Engaged--Jeanne Ikeler and
Theodore Reed; Phylis Jane
Pascoe and Glenn H. Brunges;
Barbara Gregory and Pvt. William
M. Simms
Married--Betty Edwards and
Charles Rogler.
Deaths--Stanley Post, Sweet
Valley; Claude Wilkes, ' Harveys
Lake; Basil Dennis, Fernbrook-
Demunds Road; Lillie Fritz,
Noxen; Lyman Williams, Harveys
Lake.
You could get Veal roast 79 cents
1b; veal chops 89 cents 1b; turkeys
69 cents 1b; fresh country sausage
65 cents 1b; large shrimp 79 cents
1b.; McIntosh apples 4 1b. 25 cents;
29 cents; cauliflower 25 cents head;
oranges 49 cents doz. :
20 Years Ago--Sept. 21, 1961
Miss Miriam Lathrop, Back
Mountain Memorial Library was
honored at a retirement buffet. In
recognition of her sixteen years of
service, Miss Lathrop was
presented with a wrist watch. Miss
Lathrop relocated in Sun City, Ariz.
Dr. Jay Young captivated Civil
Defense audience as he described
how to stay alive in the event of an
air reid.
Engaged--Gloria Beppler- and
Walter Bronson.
Married--Lt. and Mrs. David E.
Parsons.
Anniversaries--Mr. and Mrs.
William Shoemaker, 50 yeras.
the enterprise zone concept which
under current proposals would only
unemployment ‘areas, perhaps
twenty to thirty across the nation.
This means areas such as North-
eastern Pennsylvania would once
again be bypassed and left to their
own directions - a thought not
necessarily bad if we had the local
resources to cope with serious
deficiencies such as needed water
improvements, sewerage systems,
road maintenance, etc. Often, it is
implied that the State will be able to
provide funds for these programs.
light of serious economic and fiscal
problems and the largeness of the
State.
Development financing was a
Deaths--Anna Werkheiser,
Shavertown; John Cobleigh,
Loyalville; Myrtle V. Park,
Idetown; Lydia Covert, Loyalville.
You could get--Pork: chops 29
cents lb; lamb 2 1b. 25 cents; Jiffy
cake mix 10 cents pkg.; Campbell’s
tomato soup 10 cents can; coffee 49
cents lb.; MacIntosh apples 3 1b. 29
cents;celery 2 bunches 25 cents;
cabbage 3 1b; prunes 2 1b. 25 cents;
smoked liverwurst 65 cents 1b. ; 3 1b.
can Crisco 89 cents.
10 Years Ago--Sept. 23, 1971
Ribbon-cutting ceremony opened
the new Commonwealth Telephone
Service Center at the Dallas
Shopping Center. Thirty-five
people were employed at the new
center. The repairs and service
department occupied half the office
space while the business office
occupied the other portion of the
office. ”
Guadalupe Aguilar, a petite
change student at Dallas High
School. Guadalupe was staying
with the Robert Masoner of
Stonehedge, Dallas during her stay
in the area.
Engaged--Melaine A. Frantz and
Robert Harwood.
Married--Betty A. Weaver and
Thomas P. Shaver; Sandra Jane
Tait and James H. Robb; Elfriede
Hefft and John Turner.
Anniversaries--Mr. and Mrs. P.
William Hanna, Jr., Dallas, 25
years.
You could get--Frying chickens 32
cents 1b; veal breasts 59 cents 1b;
semi-bonelss hams 58 cents: 1b;
cooked salami 49 cents 1 1b;
bananas 10 cents 1b; honeydews 78
cents each; fresh peaches 19 cents;
1b; gold medal flour 5 lb. 59 cents;
cheddar cheese 99 cents Ib.
term used in the days of the Carter
Administration, and at one point a
huge bill in Congress would have
allowed ‘a greatly expanded
program of direct and guaranteed
loans to help businesses expand.
Now, -the only program being of-
fered of any national consequence is
‘the accelerated cost recovery
system better identified as 10-5-3,
which would allow a faster write-off
on equipment and property. Only, it
is highly questionable, given other
circumsé#ances, whether this alone
will be sufficient for Northeastern
Pennsylvania to be competitive in
the marketplace of decision making
for new and expanded industrial
and business development.
or craft worker for craftsman.
synthetic for man made, would
have no place in his usage. “It has
no relationship to discrimination
one way or the other,” he says. Well
then, I say, why not support t
change? Craftworker suits me finc$®)
as does supervisor in place of
foreman. Admittedly, chairperson
is a little difficult, but if the
professor says it has no relationship
to discrimination, then he shouldn’t
mind being introduced as chair-
woman of the journalism depart-
ment at Indiana University.
&&&
Most of the above information
came through the pages of the
Times-Leader. To non-journalists,
that may not mean much. But if you
were in this business and used your
competitor’s name instead of the
phrase ‘“‘a local paper...”’; every
publisher and editor in the place
would begin to think in terms of
your replacement. However, since
the proud motto of the newspaper
industry is ‘‘fearlessness’’, I
thought it would be nice to give
credit where credit is due. Hi,
Citizens Voice, Suburban News,
Sunday Independent, Channel 16...
&&&
A little thing like a truckload of
frozen chicken can have a
devastating effect on thousands
Seems someone stole this load of
chickens and while crossing the
George Washington Bridge into
New York City, overturned the rig
and caused a traffic jam at least
eight miles long. The effect of the
closing of George Washington,
created more jams at the three
other Hudson River crossings into
the Big Apple, the Tappen Zee
Bridge, and the Lincoln and Holland
Tunnels. One well-laid bomb, in this
case an egg?, and an entire city
might have had to close down.
&&&
One of the more worthwhile
suggestions the Dallas Post
received from a visitor at the Post
booth at the Fall Fair, is the
following: ‘Out of town summer
residents have no way of locating a
lot of the affairs that are going on
because addresses are not fully
described. Thus we have no way to
get to many of them.” It’s a good
point, and we, passing the buck, ask
that those responsible for press
releases promoting your organiza-
tion’s activities, give the complete
address, as not everyone is familiar
with everthing. To the question: ‘I
don’t like the Dallas Post be-
cause...'we received -two replies
that there are “Too many articles
about Tattersall and Boice.”’ So, for
those of you who may not know
coverage of Harveys Lake. “You
have to have an unbiased opinion
which I think is great. Keep up the
good work.” Signed Tattersall and
Boice. Only kidding folks, but the
compliment was a real one.
A holy mess
To the Editor: :
Ihave been reading in your paper
and all the other local papers about
all the trouble with Harveys Lake
Council and I have attended a few
council meetings.
Two weeks ago, in a restaurant, 1
heard the Mayor say that he will
find out who called the Liquor
Control Board on their illegally
selling beer. Even with him making
that statement, I'm going to chance
signing my name to this letter, But
never go through all the tension an
stress that others are going through
at Harveys Lake.
If they can find out who made a
telephone call to report an illegal
act, why hasn’t the police depart-
ment arrested the ones involved for
secretly recording conversations or
are there two sets of rules for people
in power or out of power?
Like most of the people at Har-
veys Lake, I also voted for most of
the council, presently sitting,
wanting to stop wasteful spending
and believing that the Stone House
purchase was a bad idea, not
knowing the facts.
Since then, I realize I was wrong,
borough broke now with secret
taping, illegal beer selling, items
not listed in the books, payments of
thousands of dollars not authorized.
I call for all these council people
to resign. They have made a Holy
Mess of everything.
A Harveys Lake Resident
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formulated in Washington, this
region should be extra cautious in
accepting these suggestions as
being an answer to widely
developed problems. We need to
concentrate on those assets which
will enable the region to be a major
coming years. There are many such
assets which have been enumerated’
by the Economic Development
Council, but they need to be retold
in repetitive ways so as to focus
attention on those advantages
which will improve our quality of:
life. If Washington will not help,
then we must maximize our own
methods for economic revitaliza-
tion, through self initiative, but
hopefully with at least some federal
and State support. :