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Dear Editor:
Perhaps the 10th anniversary of
the U.S. Supreme Court abortion
decision is a good time to reflect on
what a decade of abortion-on-
demand has brought to our nation.
As predicted some years ago by
many pro-life leaders, among them
Dr. C. Everett Koop, surgeon
general of the United States,
abortion has proved itself to be only
the top of the iceberg. In a 1977 talk
at a pro-life event locally, Dr. Koop
warned that infanticide and
euthanasia were the logical next
steps to follow abortion. He dis-
closed that infanticide was already
being practiced by physicians; and
he discussed the problems with
Dear Editor:
Lee Richards was absolutely
correct in his assertion that Penn
State’s 1982 schedule was not the
‘““toughest’’ a national football
champion has ever played.
Granted, Penn Stte had a superior
season, playing 1982's toughest
schedule. But anyone looking at the
- situation objectively would realize
that in over 100 years of college
football, at least a few teams must
have played tougher schedules than
Penn State’s and still finished
number one. While the 1971
Comment
BY HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
Recently, I took a journey
through the universe. Jumping
from planet to planet and moon to
moon as if shot from a huge cannon,
the trip was accomplished in a few
hours of intense reading and
spectacular photographs which
leaped from the pages of a book
called The Grand Tour, a
Traveler's Guide to the Solar
System, written by Ron Miller and
William K. Hartmann. The 192 page
book, written in 1981, is a dazzling
journey of space exploration of 36
worlds, based upon the latest
discoveries, using satellite photo-
graphy, the Voyager and Mariner
missions, and telescope explora-
tions of the largest and best
facilities known to American
ingenuity. The results were star-
tling.
Names which are foreign to most
Americans joined the expedition to
fascinating places such as Callisto,
Io, Ganymede, Triton, Europa,
smaller worlds such as Rhea,
Titania, Charon, Dione, Apollo,
Hektor, Phobos, aad others, and the
more familiar planets which en-
circle the universe as we see it -
Neptune, Mars, Pluto, Uranus,
Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury
and the closest relative of all -
Spaceship Earth.
The intensity of the voyage is cap-
tured in brilliant color and black
and white photographas which
sharpen our knowledge of what is
present in our universe. The book
highlights the known, and enlarges
the concept that we harbor a small,
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what he called the ‘‘innocent-
sounding Living Will concept,”
calling it the “thin edge of the
wedge’ in reference to euthanasia.
At that time, Dr. Koop foresaw
that before the end of the century,
the elderly would exceed in num-
bers those who would bear the
burden of their support. He reason-
ably cautioned, ‘‘if the question of
euthanasia presents a dilemma now
on moral and ethical grounds, think
of what it will present in the days to
come, when in addition to these
considerations, there is the over-
powering question of economics.”
Last year’s widely reported in-
cidence of a Bloomington, Ind.,
baby being allowed to starve to
Nebraska team is the best example,
what about those of the 1966 co-
champions Notre Dame and
Michigan State who, in addition to
each other, played Bob Griese’s
Purdue team), or the 1972 USG
team (which faced Ohio St.
UCLA and Notre Dame)? These
and other teams went undefeated
against tough schedules, which
Penn State did not.
Besides, Penn State could not
have been put in the position to play
for the top ranking had not
delicate place in the vastness of
time and space. Some of the moons
around these distant planets are
larger than some of the planets
themselves. A fantastic array of
colors, shapes, forms and tones
await the traveler through the
combination of photographas,
graphics, and text and alerts the
reader to whom and what we really
are - a dim, tiny spot on earth. We
are but a short twist in time against
a Goliath time sequence which is
measured in a time and sequential
pattern incapable of analysis by
most humans.
It is this mosaic which shapes
how we view ourselves and how we
should view our future. In North-
eastern Pennsylvania, for example,
we need to measure ourselves
spectives, against history, against
the present, and the future. We need
to focus on not only what we do, but
how we do it and how the actions of
those who live today will affect
those who will live here tomorrow.
It is difficult to do this when
measurements are not promoted or
made clear; that is, how will a
decision for one development today
affect some 50 years hence. And
Comment
death in a hospital, with sanction of
the Courts, is a sad example of how
far the practice of infanticide has
progressed since Dr. Koop revealed
that it was indeed happening in our
nation.
The effects brought about by the
legalization of abortion could very
well have far-reaching implications
into the next century. We must
seriously consider the problems of
national economics if Dr: Koop’s
predictions come true and the
elderly do outnumber the work
force.
A lesser number of babies born
will mean a lesser need for goods,
services and commodities, and thus
result in less productivity and more
Washington and Pitt lost and SMU
tied.
Parochialism shouldn’t blind us
to the fact that Penn State is just
one of many schools that have won
the ‘mythical’ national title. All
could likely tell you just how
fleeting fame is.
Penn State’s football program
traditionally turns out fine men who
go on to contribute more to the real
world than they ever could on the
fairy tale world of the gridiron. The
team is run by a coach who,
perhaps more than any other,
worse, who really cares about the
time 50 years away. The person who
measures decision-making in this
way is a rare commodity. Only
when we are capable of looking out-
ward in time and space on a long
journey to the stars can we possible
view the consequences of one small
decision being measured against a
larger whole. Miller and Hartmann
begin to see this in their exploration
of the larger order of things - but it
is perhaps easier to do when the
stakes are as monumental as an
explorer’s range of the total
universe. It is more difficult at the
level of Northeastern Pennsylvania
when science no longer rules, but
turns more toward art and politics,
and day-to-day living rather than
eon-to-eon.
As the new days turn to 1983, the
region should once again look
beyond its fringes. It needs to
refocus thoughts on not only today’s
issues, problems and assets, but
reflect carerully on how it fits into
the larger pattern of the State,
multi-state, nation, international,
and even space geography.
One such focus was driven home
recently with a trip to the Earth
unemployment. And the closing of
more schools should come as a
surprise to no one. In the 10 years
since the inception of the abortion
ruling, there has been over a 100
percent increase in the number of
legal abortions performed. From
some 700,000 in 1973, the figure last
year rose to approximately one and
three-fourths million.
A good question to ponder is
whether the U.S. Supreme Court
settled the abortion issue when it
decriminalized abortion, Jan. 22, or
did it open up a Pandora’s box of
problems for the future?
Helen Gohsler
Pennsylvanians
for Human Life
embodies what college athletics
should be all about.
Isn’t it unfortunate that some
people, despite all this, have not
outgrown the juvenile need to run
down other universities by wearing
obscene T-shirts or idiotic-looking
buttons? And isn’t it too bad that a
member of the school’s athletic
department has to resort to
bragging that is totally unsub-
stantiated by history in order to
celebrate its current success?
Bill Savage
Editor, Abington Journal
Stellite Station of ATT in nearby
Hawley, a short hop to the vastness
of space, as this facility is actually
mission control for the ATT
satellites which float gently sky-
ward from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Twenty-four minutes after, firing,
Hawley becomes the morther arm
ofthe satellite. The advantages
which this facility and other assets
can offer for 1983 in the region,
hopefully, goes beyond the all too
consuming events of unemploy-
ment, inflation, image, parochial
ness, and the other factors which
have dictated the lives of our
region.
1983 should be dedicated to our
relationships with the future as
much as it is the designated Inter-
national Year of Communications
by the United Nations. North-
eastern Pennsylvania’s positive
focus may yet be materialized, pro-
vided the people of the region
assume the power of knowledge and
quest for balanced growth, rather
than a painful trail which too often
has been its pathway. The 1980’s
should mark a change which the
region demands toward a new and
respirited quality of life for all its
citizens - present and future.
As promised in the beginning of
the year, the Dallas Post is making
changes in content and services to
the community. Coverage of local
happenings has already been in-
creased with a weekly rundown of
Back Mountain News Briefs. Found
in each edition on page two, News
Briefs capsulizes hard news items
from the previous week.
As might have been noticed, al-
though the size of the paper does not
always rival others on the news-
stand, content has been limited to
those items which have direct in-
terest to our readers. As a home-
town newspaper, we believe it is our
responsibility to provide pertinent
information, rather than non-
essential filler. We will continue to
print only quality information; not
shortchange readers with canned
copy having little or no direct
benefit to the Back Mountain.
Along with the snowfall contest,
which is announced on page one of
today’s paper, we are also bringing
you a change in the classified
format this week. We do not have
the corner on the classified market,
Only Yesterday
50 Years Ago - Jan. 27, 1933
Back Mountain citizens met at the
Trucksville home of G. Wilbur
Nichols to form a building and loan
association whose main interest
would be financing rural homes.
Married--Charles Foster and
Dora L. Monroe.
You could get--Butter 23c 1b.;
tomato soup 4 cans 25c; eggs 21c
doz.; raisin bread 15c¢ loaf; raisings
3 pkg. 19c.
40 Years Ago - Jan. 22, 1943
Lehman Township High School
but we believe our content, news
and features more than makes up
for that. In an effort to make every
section of the paper the best it can
be, we are moving into 1983 on a
trendy note. ‘Coping Classifieds’
can fill a real need among our
readers to exchange help and in-
formation. ‘Coping Classifieds’’
will be published free of charge, and
can be used to give away, find or
trade services and ideas.
‘‘Coping Classifieds’ includes
help and work wanted ads, ex-
changing services, car-pooling, toy
exchanges, shopping hints, do-it-
yourself ideas, dollar saving tips,
give away items, and free enter-
tainment.
Do you drive to town everyday?
Perhaps you'd like to share your
car or the driving with someone else
who also goes in that direction.
Advertise in the "Coping
Classifieds.”
If your children have grown, and
left you with piles of slightly used
toys from years of very generous
Santas. With unemployment
reaching previously unheard of
heights, there has to be a family in
the area which would appreciate a
little generosity. Find out through
the “Coping Classifieds.”
Is a club or organization putting
on a performance? If it’s free of
charge, and you want to invite the
public, do so through the ‘‘Coping
Classifieds.”
Use “Coping Classifieds’’ to share
your finds and tips around the house
and in the marketplace. We all need
help in those areas, so if something
works for you, tell us.
“Coping Classifieds’ are People-
Helping-People. Let’s face it, often
it’s only the contact with those
around us which keeps us sane and
sound in this ever more confusing
world.
If you like the idea of ‘Coping
Classifieds’’ or any other part of the
Dallas Post, let us know. If you have
suggestions to improve upon any
idea you see here, tell us. If you
absolutely hate something we're
doing, or something you've read in
the Post, scream about it to us.
Continue to keep an eye out for
more changes and improvements in
the Back Mountain’s only local
newspaper.”’
No, it was not Kingston Township
police chief, Paul Sabol’s, new car
he was seen cruising the highways
and byways of the Back Mountain in
last Friday. The chief and
patrolman, Gary Beisel, were
trying out a brand new Plymouth
Grand Fury from Isaacs, to
determine how well it would serve
as a police vehicle. Chief Sabol said
the new police cruiser will be an
unmarked car. But don’t think
you've got an inside track on the
description just because the one he
was test-driving was a gorgeous
shade of silver grey. The car, which
is loaded, and looks like a true
dream to drive, will have to be
special ordered to suit the needs of
the department. Therefore, the
color remains undetermined at this
time.
Kingston Township police will be
giving up one of their present
vehicles with the purchases of a
new one. But, again, Chief Sabol
was not saying which one.
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With a school board vacancy
being filled at this time, it is inter-
esting to note that women have
reached an all-time high on school
boards. Women have moved into
nearly a quarter of all school
director seats across the state. The
increase is from 20 to 24 percent
from 1980 to 1982.
Some analysts say the increase
may be the leading edge of a move-
ment into policy-making positions
for that sex. However, others say
the job has largely lost its attraction
for men. They cite its devouring
demands on time and the tightening
squeeze between employees armed
to strike for more money and aging
property taxpayers’ resistance to
providing it. The information
concerning women on school boards
came from ‘“The Woman’s Report:
A Commentary’ prepared by the
Pennsylvania Commission for
Women in the Governor’s Office.
The report is loaded with inter-
esting facts about women and
government, many of which I shall
be delighted to impart in succeed-
ing editions of A Little Fact, A Little
Fancy.
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Garinger! And Happy 25th Anniver-
sary! The Garinger’s of Harveys
Lake, have just returned from an
extended celebration trip to
Florida, Texas, California and Las
Vegas. )
The couple is well-known
throughout the Back Mountain
community. Arnie serves as
director of placement, director of
student teaching and counselor at
College Misericordia. He is also a
school director at Lake-Lehman.
Marge manages the United States
Olympic Field Hockey team.
Library News
Thanks,
BY NANCY KOZEMCHAK
A very special thank you to all the
library’s friends. The 1982 ‘Friends
of the Library’ campaign has gone
over the top and has increased the
financial picture by $3,500. This is a
small, but necessary, amount in our
budget and with the increased cost
of everything, the library also needs
to increase its budget. Thanks,
friends, for your financial contri-
bution!
The library has received the
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
science and technology; which is as
international reference work in
fifteen volumes including an index.
This is another set made available
to us because of the state grant
which we received and is the best
all-around general encyclopedia in
the field of science. The set includes
numerous charts and graphs.
It seems a little early to be talking
about the auction; however, the
solved the problem of transporting
its teams to games in the Back
Mountain Basketball League by re-
turning to horses and straw loads.
When snow arrived, a bob sled was
used. Due to the war, gas was
strictly rationed.
Married--Susan Palmer to Harold
Burton Rice. .
Anniversaries--Mr. and Mrs.
Washington Spencer, 53 years.
Deaths--William Rice, Dallas;
Harley Kester, Pikes Creek;
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Munson, Trucksville; Hannah M.
Sutton, Shavertown.
You could get-Grapefruit 5c ea.;
lettuce 11c hd.; chickens 35c 1b.;
eggs 47c doz.; peanut butter 25c¢ 1b.
30 Years Ago - Jan. 23, 1953
New members accepted into the
Harveys Lake Lions Club were
Russ Johnson, Bob Crosby, Ray
Smith, Steve Hartman, Milford
Gould, Raymond Elston, Marty
Walsh, Lawton Culver, Paul Kut-
Paul Parrish. z
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Engaged--Barbara Ann Davis to
Eugene Johnson; Jean McGarvey
Anderes to Jacob Beline; Evelyn
Space to Kenneth E. Howell; Betty
Morris to George Barski; Margaret
Kocher to David J. Farrell.
Married--Rita Nicholas to David
Gulitus.
Deaths--Viola Hontz,
Valley; Lydia Brunges,
Sweet
Center-
You could get-Crisco 3 Ib. 87c;
from Mak
We’ll certainly be watching
Charlotte Kelley with pride once
Back Mountain Little League
begins its 1983 season. Charlotte has
signed as manager for the Major
League Reds this year. This marks
a milestone of sorts...Charlotte is
the first female to tackle the major
leagues in a manager’s position.
“I’m looking forward to it. It will
be a real challenge,” she told me.
Qualified, she is. Charlotte has
managed a minor league team in
the past and has three sons who are
very much in love with the sport.
She admits to being quite attached
to baseball. She has worked beside
her husband Joe, who served as
president of the Back Mountain
Association for several years. Joe
will be managing the Major League
Phillies in the upcoming season and
Charlotte is already anticipating a
match between the two teams. “I
hope we beat the pants off thendffy
she said.
She took the job because the
opening was there. While she has
some doubt about working with the
older players, she also believes the
experience will be very satisfying.
“The older ones already know a lot
about playing ball, so in a way the
job will be different from the
minors. But, it will be fun. I love
baseball and it’s a great way to stay
involved with my own children.”
Perhaps a woman manager in the
major leagues will encourage some
of those great, hard-hitting little
girls to make a bid for the majors as
well. We know of several who could
probably qualify if they tried.
Maybe 1983 will be the year.
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Did you know the Correspondence
Course Office at Penn State is an
absolute wealth of information on a
variety of topics. Courses are
basically inexpensive and deal in
subjects of general interest. For
example, this month’s offerip,
include Antiques and Collectibl
Treasures in the Home. This course
surveys antiques and collectibi
and emphasizes those objects"
historical and aestetic value. The
12-lesson course sells for $11.75 and
can be obtained by mailing a check
payable to Penn State, Antiques
Dept. 500, University Park, Pa.
16802.
Planning to change your land-
scaping? You might be interested in
Landscaping Planning for Small
Properties or Trees for the Home
Grounds. The courses can be pur-
chased individually or together.
Landscaping Planning for Small
Properties sells for $9.00 and Trees,
for $8.25. They can be purchased
together for $15.00, by mailing a
check to the above address. Merely
change the title to indicate which
course you desire.
antiques committee is already
working. Bob Jones of Dallas, an
ardent worker for the auction each
year, tells me he has received an
old hip-roof trunk from the chair-
man of the antiques committee
which he is re-finishing and has
when he finishes with it.
A movie will be shown in the
children’s annex, second level, on
Jan. 29 from 1:30 to 3:30. ‘Ring of
Bright Water’ stars Bill Travers
and Virginia McKenna who are
veterans of animal films and team
up in this movie with a friendly
otter named Mij, who is saved from
being sold to road show promoters.
The relationship of humans and
otter serves to reaffirm man’s link
with the natural world. Reserva-
tions may be made by calling the
children’s annex.
The collector’s group will meet
Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 in gp
library annex.
fresh mushrooms 49c¢ 1b. ; steaks 79¢c
lb.; rib roast 69c lb.;
69c 1b.
20 Years Ago - Jan. 24, 1963
Rev. Francis A. Kane, pastor of
Gate of Heaven Church, was
honored as Man of the Year by the
Back Mountain Protective Associa-
tion. The dinner was held at Irem
Deaths--Mrs. D. Eva Barnes,
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