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By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
If a nuclear war was ever to take place, what would
Mountain area? Although much of it is speculative,
mass destruction of property, radiation sickness, and
deadly amounts of fallout would be expected.
However, it is fortunate to know that no matter
what, one thing you wouldn’t have to worry about
would be the delivery of your mail. The federal
government has devised a system where the post
office will forward your mail to wherever you have
been relocated after the conflict. You may not be alive
to read it, but never-the-less, it will be in your
mailbox, or what's left of it, on time.
Editorial, page 4
If a nuclear war is to take place, there is a
possibility that Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding area
would be among the missile targets.
According to Walter E. Wint, Executive Director for
the Luzerne County Emergency Management Agency
(Civil Defense), areas such as the Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton areas have been designated as target sights
since 1950.
“Any industrial city, such as Wilkes-Barre, is a
possible target,” said Wint. He also added that one of
the industries worth destroying to an enemy would be
the Air Products plant.
It is impossible to say what effect an all-out nuclear
war would have on the Back Mountain area. It all
depends on the size of the bomb and other factors such
as whether it would be exploded in the air or on the
ground. However, the speculation proposes vast
destruction of property and life.
By WALLY KOCHER
Thanksgiving held an extra 'spe-
cial meaning for the William ({sopi
family of Dallas this year as the
‘‘pitter-patter’ of feet echped }
through the recently quiet halls of
the house. Had they experienced the
joy of a blessed arrival? They sure
did! Their son was home from
Bill Isopi, Jr., son of Bill and
Rosemary Isopi of Overbrook
Avenue, enrolled at the main
campus of Penn State University
this past September. Since that
time, all three family members
admit they have had to make sev-
eral changes in their lives.
Bill, who is majoring in Political
Science, said that perhaps the big-
gest change he has had to accept
By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
“People helping people” is the
goal of the new Back Mountain
Family Center which is using a
unique combination of professional
knowledge and personal feedback to
solve everyday problems that come
up in our community.
A typical example of what the
Family Center has to offer to the
community is a recent presentation
by Clinical Psychologist Jeff Stern-
lieb. Sternlieb’s lecture, entitled
“The Role of Parents’, was fol-
lowed by a group talk session that
applied his theme to individual
problems encountered by parents in
the audience.
The action took place in the Fran-
cis Lord Building, Mercy Center on
the College Misericordia campus.
Everyone was invited - single, mar-
ried, divorced, widowed. The orga-
nization is a non-denominational one
that fosters the idea of developing a
common living faith. There is no
charge for the lectures and free
babysitting and refreshments are
also otfered.There is also a sense of
peace in knowing that there are
other people nearby who are having
the same problems and dealing with
them.
“Don’t keep your problems hidden
in your own home, says Sister
JoAnne Jones who started this net-
work of people. ‘They are part of
the human condition.”
Five years ago, when Sister
JoAnne was studying in California,
one of her dreams was the idea of a
community program ‘‘to help fami-
lies live better and deal with 20th
century conflicts.”
Today in Dallas, the dream has
become a reality with the help of a
volunteer Steering Committee com-
posed of Ann Batory, Sandy Dres-
sler, Joanne Ennis, Marsha Howes,
Ed and Linda Steltz. The group is a
resourceful one which has selected
a Speakers Bureau as the first
phase in its development.
Upcoming subjects will be ‘Self
Esteem’ which will be presented on
Nov. 29 by Maureen Ambrose, Luz-
erne County Community College
counselor; and ‘‘Holiday Stress and
Coping,” a joint presentation by
personal
Sister Cor Mariae Mulhern and
Sister JoAnne, scheduled for Dec. 8.
An earlier subject presented in
October was ‘Dealing With Death,
Divorce and Separation.”
The Back Mountain Family
Center is currently an inspirational
organization, but is also designed to
be a support system in a crisis.
There will be Help Line referrals
and contacts with outside agencies
as they are necessary.
Sister JoAnne, Assistant to the
President of Mercy Hospital, is
most excited about the group’s
“Feb to Feb Plan.” Following a
Membership Drive which will be
conducted both by mail and through
area families, churches and schools
- the Family Center will hold regu-
lar monthly meetings designed to
meet the needs of all community
members.
“The First Track,” according to
Sister JoAnne, ‘is to have adults
talk about the phases in their aging
parents’ lives.” The Second Track
will be ‘Where have we been,
where do we stand now, where am I
going in the sense of living life as an
adult.” :
The Third Track will be “Where
is the child in the family and what
is the adult’s relationship to the
child’s growth patterns.”
Rather than presenting theoreti-
cal discussions, Sister JoAnne plans
these to be ‘‘practical aids on how
to handle normal everyday prob-
lems.”
Back Mountain Family Center is
strictly a neighborhood program for
all who have wished to live life in a
better way. Membership in the
would be the idea of having a
constant roommate.
“Being an only child, I was used
to more privacy before. Now, I have
to get used to having someone there
all the time. Somebody is always
going in or out,” he said. However,
Bill added, he is starting to like the
idea of being with more young
people, although at times he wishes
he could be back home.
‘‘Homesick,”” he added, ‘‘was one"
thing I didn’t expect to be.”
Another change that Bill has
grown to like is the environment
into which he has moved.
(See LIFESTYLE, page 8)
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Immediately after the explosion, there would be a
blinding flash of fire which could instantly burn off the
clothing and -flesh of those exposed. After a brief
pause, a shock wave, traveling at the speed of sound,
would travel miles from the point of impact, destroy-
ing everything in its path.
Since the federal government doesn’t believe in
financially supporting the construction of fallout shel-
ters, as many European countries do, everyone would
be forced to find his or her own shelter. This could be
anything from a basement at home to an underground
parkade.
The government does have a relocation plan, how-
ever. With this plan, people who live in high risk cities
would be relocated to rural areas.
Luzerne County has been termed as a “risk host
area”. This means that the county will host any of its
own people who need to be relocated.
According to Wint, the extreme rural areas of the
Back Mountain would be used for these purposes.
Many arguments go along with the plan. Those who
are for it say that the most important thing is to get
the people out of the target sites. Those who are
against it say that once the people have been
relocated, there will be no shelters to protect them
from the fall out.
Both Senator O’Connell’s and Senator Murray’s
offices were contacted for comments on the govern-
ment’s position, however, both declined any comment
at all.
According to Wint, the Emergency Management
Agency is constantly planning and training people for
emergency services. These services would include -
such things as the monitoring of instruments and
shelter management. One responsibility of a team of
managers would be to periodically leave their shelter
and gather information on how safe the radiation level
would be outside.
Perhaps Wint put it best when he said, “Our best
defense is to not have an encounter in the first place.”
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The Great Back Mountain Holiday
Decoration Contest is here again
and, along with it, comes your
chance to win a $50 Savings Bond.
Sponsored by The Dallas Post, the
contest is open to residents in the
townships of Kingston, Jackson,
Dallas, Lehman, Lake and Franklin
and the boroughs of Harveys Lake
and Dallas. Prizes to be awarded
are a $50 Savings Bond to the best
lighted display and a $50 Savings
Bond to the best unlighted display.
Only homes are eligible to enter
the contest while commercialcesta-
blishments or structures which are
primarily or significantly commer-
cial in nature will be eligible for
certificates of honorable mention.
Entries may be submitted by the
resident of the entered home or on
Americans are
Americans are reading more than
ever, says a New York Times arti-
cle. The article was based on exten-
sive interviews with readers, educa-
tors, publishers and scholars.
The article, written by Edward B.
Fiske, said that:
- Two out of three Americans read
a newspaper on any given day.
- Women now read more than
men.
- Whites read more than blacks.
- Young people read more than
nomination by passers-by or neigh-
bors, however, the prize winner will
be the occupant of the home respon-
sible for the decoration.
No purchase is necessary to enter
the contest and entries should
include the first and last name of
the home owner, address and direc-
tion (if necessary) to the location of
entered home, phone number of
home owners, title and theme of
display (if designated) and hours
when display is to be lighted if it is
a lighted display.
Independent judges will be
arranged by The Dallas Post and
winners will be selected based on
originality, overall effect, appear-
ance and pertinent to the holiday
theme. Employees of The Dallas
Post and Pennaprint Inc. are not
eligible to enter.
reading more
older people.
- Retired people read less than
they did when they were employed.
The literacy level of newspapers
has greatly increased. Wire service
stories are now written on the 11th
grade level (up from the sixth grade
level) and sports stories are written
on the 10th grade level.
The median daily reading time for
books, newspapers and magazines
was 158 minutes based on a study of
102 Delaware households.
All entries must be received by
The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366,
Dallas, no later than Dec. 16. Win-
ners will be published in the Dec. 28
edition of The Dallas Post.
Winners in last year’s Holiday
Decoration Contest included David
Andes, RD 5, Oldfield Road, Shaver-
town, first prize, lighted category;
Duane Sprau, 110 Church Street,
Dallas, first prize, unlighted cate-
gory. Receiving honorable mention
were ‘the homes of Dr. Robert
Brown, Dallas; William Rinehimer,
Shavertown; Jay Pope, Dallas and
Mrs. James Hawk, Dallas.