. cotics’ : . been spreading. PAGE FOUR WASHINGTON REPORT Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman 16th District-Pennsylvania I am convinced that the use of the drug marijuana leads directly to the use of the highly addictive drug heroin. Some evidence out of Washington, D. C. bears me out on that contention. A succession of ex-addicts, re- formers of addicts and nar- law enforcers who appeared recently before the Senate District Committee . presented a series of disturb- ing facts about drugs in the Nation's Capital that should be digested by parents and . young people alike. . For some time the usage of drugs in Washington has Too little was done at the outset of the problem to halt the city's traffic in narcotics. Perhaps officials were lulled into complacency with statements to the effect; “The kids are smoking a little marijuana, but everyone knows that marijuana is not particular- ly harmful.” However along the line the situation got completely out of hand. To- day, Washington is not fac- ed with a marijuana prob- lem because a heroin has ta- ken its place. THE BULLETIN, MOUNT JOY, PA. The extent of heroin usage is almost beyond belief. It is estimated that one-third of the students in Washington junior and senior high schools have used the hard drug. This is coupled to the estimate that over three- quarters of the teenagers in the city have experience with drugs of some type. That means that better than one out of three young peo- ple who have had some con- tact with drugs have “turn- ed on” with heroin. Even the most vocal advocate of legalizing marijuana must view those statistics with some alarm. Now, cocaine, called “bam” and feared ev- en by some heroin addicts, is growing in popularity a- mong Washington youths and threatens ‘to complicate the problem even further. If you can’t get too excit- ed about the thoughts of thousands of young people becoming hard-core addicts, perhaps the significance for society held by a “hooked generation” is worthy of thought. The Nation is a- ware that its Capital has a crisis in crime. Ranking first In Washingion Scott Active on Four Conservation Projects By U.S. SENATOR HUGH SCOTT Protection of our wildlife w@nd natural resources must be sa vital concern to all Ameri- «eans, I was busy on several “gonservation matters last month, ¢ My bill would make the Federal government a party 'to the Susquehanna River . Basin Compact, which has al- ~peady been approved by Penn- psylvania, New York, and Maryland. The a “Susquehanna ¥Basin is the: ilast large um- eveloped; Ariver basin in | sthe East, and | fabout 46 per- ceent of it lies | An Pennsylva- snia, The Com- } pact, at- it foned al ter Sen. Scott ighe Delaware Basin Compact, Wvill help keep water pure, *eontrol floods, and preserve ur recreation, fish, wildlife, id scenic areas. § The Appalachian Trail is sone of our Commonwealth's wereatest outdoor playgrounds. I wrote to the Secretary of Fhe Interior to urge that wmoney from the Land and Vater Conservation Fund, savhich I helped increase last gear, be used to buy land iadjacent to the Trail, This fswould protect its scenic beauty ‘from those who would deface + #t with such things as souvenir . stands, i My name also appears on +8 bill to provide a two year, | $175 million extension of the Appalachian Regional Devel- . spment Act. Aid to Appalachia is one of the most efficiently "pperated programs ever to gome out of Congress. Since ! 4965, Pennsylvania has re- Leeived more than $46 million, fawvhich has gone into 52 coun- | gies, where 6 million people five, Insecticides and pesticides serve valuable purposes when used wisely. But when those chemicals are: sprayed or dusted indiscriminately they ean poison our lakes and streams. Recently some salm- on from Lake Michigan were found to contain traces of ‘insecticide poison. I have urged the Senate Subcommit- tee on Air and Water Pollu- tion to investigate this danger to our fish and water re- sources, 7) Students and their parents today are faced with a diffi- cult dilemma—the increasing need for a college education to qualify for the best jobs in today’s market, and the soaring, often prohibitive, tui= tion costs. I worked on two bills which would offer some relief. They are: Tuition—My proposal would permit parents to claim a Fed- eral income tax deduction up to $1,000 annually on the costs of tuition and fees for each child in college. Students working their way through school would also be included. Community Colleges—I joined in sponsoring a bill to assist the States in setting up more two-year community colleges, in both rural and urban areas. Pennsylvania has many excellent community and junior colleges which are serve ing students who might other- wise by unable to continue their education. These schools are close to home, inexpensive, and offer the students courses designed to meet the needs of their own communities. Get Set Education starts early, but if it is inadequate a child may never make it to college, or even through high school. I am happy to report that I was able to help save Phila- delphia’s Get Set program, which offers pre-school train- ing to about 5,000 three-and four-year-old children. Get Set was to run out of money on February 28. Then a way was discovered to switch it to another Federal agency under the provisions of a Social Se- curity amendment which J supported last year. ~ A First! Thanks to Indiana County Voiture No, 798, the 40 & 8, of the American Legion which unanimously voted a resolue tion commending my Decems ber column. It is probably the first time in history a cole umn was the subject of & resolution. Tax Claims The U.S. Tax Court has come up with a new plan to provide the small taxpayer who has a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service hig day in court, in a city near his home, with as little fore mality and expense as possible, I had written the Court urge ing them to simplify thg handling of tax cases involve ing $1,000 or less. For more information, write the Clerk of the Court, Tax Court of the’ United States, Box 70, Washe ington, D.C. 20044. among crime factors is dope. On a national scale, it has been asserted that if the traffic in narcotics could be halted, at least half the street crime in this country would stop. Why? Heroin addiction costs between $50 and $200 a day. Such costs drive the addict to shoplift- ing and prostitution among the so-called “minor offens- es”, and to drug pushing and armed robbery among the major criminal activities used to get money to buy dope. The multimillion dol- lar profits resulting from drug sales go into the pock- ets of our country’s worst domestic enemy — organized crime. Senator Goodell, of New York, points out can be tied directly to fact that Negros are clearly the chief victims of the vic- ious crime that grows out of the ‘dope users’ limitless ap- petite. With great logic, the victimized blacks place the blame on the white kingpins of organized crime who im- port the hard drugs and make it their business to see that thousands of youths are turned into cash customers. I can only add my recom- mendation to that of the experts who believe that we must develop a sense of ur- gency about the narcotics problem. We can no longer talk about isolated instances of dope usage, but must be- gin to recognize that we have a major peril on our hands that is at the root of many of the other national problems we are hoping to solve. It seems to me that the public and its govern- ment hardly can continue to look the other way, but must begin a crackdown at every opportunity to halt the narcotics traffic. — EASTER GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. had as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams and family of Mt. Joy; Mrs. Lewis Paxton of Pylesville, Md., and Mr. and Mrs. Sargable and daughter of Aberdeen, Md. SE John Sliver Important Addresses U. S. SENATORS RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D. C. HUGH SCOTT Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D. C. U. S. REPRESENTATIVES EDWIN D. ESHLEMAN House Office Bldg. Washington, D. C. STATE SENATOR RICHARD A. SNYDER Box 21 State Senate Harrisburg, Penna, 17120 STATE REPRESENTATIVE JACK B. HORNER 23-A S. Market Street Elizabethtown, Penna. 17022 RUMMAGE SALE A Rummage Sale sponsor- ed by St. Mary's Guild of St. Luke’s Episcopal church, will be held in the church basement on Friday ,April 18 beginning at noon and closing at 4:30 pm. and a- gain on Saturday, April 19 beginning at 9 a.m. and con- tinuing until 12 noon. It is requested that no junk be given to the sale, only artic- les which have a good re- sale value should be brought to the church by Wednesday, April 16. RUMMAGE SALE The Women’s Association of the First Presbyterian chnrch will hold a rummage sale in the church basement on Friday, April 18, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Easter Sunday 1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1969 -: Engagements : - NEWCOMER — SMITH Col. and Mrs, Albert Smith of Satellite Beach, Florida, announced the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer, to John R. Newcomer Jr., that fH much of the present aliena- fli tion of the black community | ff the ! HH i Tampa, Florida. The wed- ding will be held in the Pat- rick Air Force Base Chapel next summer. No definite date has been set for the wedding. Jennifer graduated from Satellite High School in 1966 and is now attend- ing the University of Florida in Gainesville, majoring in Secondary Education. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray (Janice Zink) New- comer, Tampa, Florida, for- mer residents of Mount Joy. John graduated from Plant High School in Tampa, class of ’656 and will graduate from the University of Flori- da, Gainesville, in May. He is majoring in Marketing and Business, and will enter the U. S. Infantry as a 2nd Lieut. upon graduation. John is thie grandson of Kathryn Zink, East Main St. gi Joy. When in need of printing remember The Bulletin. LINDEMUTH — MUSSER Mr. and Mrs. Marvin M. Musser, 42 Conestoga Drive Lancaster, announce tho en- gagement of their daughter Miss Linda Jean Musser, to Stephen Edward Lindemuth, json of Mr. and Mrs. Jay G. Lindemuth, 128 S. Barbara 1St.,, Mount Joy. The bride-to-be is a. gradu- ate of McCaskey H. S. and is employed as secretary by ‘Murry Realty Inc., Her fiance is a graduate of Donegal high school and is employed by Aluminum Co- ‘of America. He served four | years in the U. S. Air Force. College Night College night will be held at McCaskey Senior high school April 29, at 7:30 p.m. for grades eleven & twelve. Admission counselors rep- resenting 62 institutions of higher learning will be pre- sent to discuss their college and their program of instruc tion. There will be three sessions: 7:30-8:00, 8:10-8:40, 8:50-9:20. Interested students and parents are asked to take as few cars as possible because of the lack of parking space. The public is invited. SPECIAL MUSIC PROGRAM The West Green Tree Church of the Brethren will hold a special musical pro- gram at the church on Sun- day, April 13, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Included will'- be spkcial numbers by a ladies trio from the Christian Alliance Church of Elizabethtown, an octette from the Mount Joy Mennonite church, a trio from the Marietta Congrlaga- tional Mennonite church and a duet from Florin Church of the Brethren. Prayer Of The Week The prayer this week is by Samuel Johnson: “Almighty God, in whose hands are all the pcwers of man, who givest understanding and takest it away; who, as it seems good to thee, enlightenest the thoughts of the simple and darkenest the meditations of the wise, be present in my studies and inquiries. Grant, O Lord, that I may not lavish away the life which thou hast given me on useless trifles nor waste it in vain searches after things which thou hast hid- den from me. “Enable me, by thy Holy Spirit, so to shun sloth and negligence that every day may discharge part of the task which thou has allotted me; and so further, with thy help, that labor which, without thy help, mist be ineffectual, that I may obtain in all my un- derstandings such as will most promote thy glory, and the salvation of my whole soul, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.” Frankie PHIA S€Z.uoreer “look behind you before backing opt (And « never back up on an expressway.) " ® P annsylvani a Highway Information Association
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