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The state will present its proposals and the public is invited to present any opinions relative to the situation. In months past, the communities of Mount Joy, Elizabethtown and the Middletown area have made strong pleas to retain some form of the num- ber “230” Chambers of Commerce, civic organizations, government offic- ials, businesses and individuals have If You Would Write - - Would you like to write to your state or federal representatives in Har- risburg or Washington? Here are their addresses: FEDEKAL Sen. Hugh D. Scott, Room 260, Sen- ate Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20515. Sen. Richard S. Schweiker, Room 4317, Senate Office Building, Washington D. C. 20515. Rep. Edwin D. Eshleman, 416 Cannon House Office Bldg., Washington, D. C 20515.. STATE Senator Richard A. Snyder, Box 21, State Senate, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120. Sen. Clarence F. Manbeck, Freder- fcksburg R1, Pa. 17026. Rep. Harry H. Gring, Reinholds, Pa. 17569. Rep. Sherman L. Hill, 201 Manor Av., Millersville 17551. Rep. Jack B. Horner , 23-A S. Market St., Elizabethtown 17022. Rep. Marvin E. Miiler, 501 Valley Rd. Lancaster 17601. Rep. Harvey C. Nitrauer, 125 Street, Myerstown, Pa., 17067. Rep. John C. Pittenger, N. West End Ave., Lancaster 17603. South Or, Call the Mayor - MAYOR Henry R. Zerphey Call 653-2289 expressed concern. QO. D. Ferrari, district engineer, nearly a year ago promised that a public hearing would be held. To residents of the area, in some form, has distinct advantages. The alternative, probably, is that the highway which has a long history of carrying a heavy volume of thru traffic, would become a “legislative route.” A “leg” route as they are referred to, is a “secondary state road”. Done- gal Springs road, as it extends west- ward from the borough toward Don- egal church, is an example. Many business and industries, not to mention Elizabethtown college, the Masonic Homes, Crippled Children’s hospital, to mention a few, are draw- ing many, many ‘‘out of area” people into the community and continuity for these people is best served by re- taining some form of 230. ~ To residents of the area, retaining the old number represents a “lack of change” which to them . represents continuity .In this area, that, too, is important. However, one of the principal rea- sons for keeping Route 230 designa- tion has some thing to do with how Mount Joy, Elizabethtown, ete. retain their places “on the map. . Route 230 has been “a red road” for many years and thereby is given prominence which if for no other rea- son is psychological. Legislative routes, on the other hand, very. frequently, are omitted from highway maps, thereby indicat- ing “off the beaten path” status. The truth of the matter is, Mount Joy, Elizabethtown and the tremend- ous Middletown-Highspire area are very much “on the map” for every reason one can imagine. The airport at the former Olmsted site, the new Capital campus of Penn State, to mention two more, are big, big enterprises and growing. They are not “back road” enterprises. We have reason to believe that the problem can be resolved favor- ably, but the meeting is worthy of the attention of every person in our com- munity who feels that Mount Joy de- serves a continued “place on the map”. ; This community is not an ::off the beaten path” location. Neither is Eli- zabethtown or the Middletown-High- spire area That opinion needs to be made clear and plain to the highway people who are responsible for numbering U.S.230. The Mount Joy BULLETIN MOUNT JOY, PENNA. 17552 Published Weekly on Wednesdays Except Fourth of July Week and Christmas Week (50 Issues Per Year) 11 EAST MAIN STREET, MOUNT JOY, PENNA. 17552 In the heart of fabulous Lancaster County Richard A. Rainbolt Editor and “Publisher f Subscription Rate—$3.00 per year by mail 3 $3.50 Outside Lancaster County Advertising Rates upon request. Entered at the post office at Mount Joy, Penna., as second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1970 ‘WASHINGTON REPORT Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman 16th District—Pennsylvania Early this month the U. S. House of Representatives act- ed on the farm program: I voted against the Agriculture Act of 1970. I am convinced that the new legislation is very little, if any, better than the present unsatisfac- tory law dealing with our farms. The House simply voted an extension of the old federal handout approach to agriculture, and I cannot support that kind of farm policy. What Pennsylvania farm- ers need—in .fact. 1 think, what all farmers need — is an agricultural plan more in tune with free market econ- omics. The farmer should be permitted to get a fair price for quality goods in the mar- * ketplace. Today far too much of this country’s agricultural income is in the form of and dependent on federal subsid- ies. During floor debate on the farm bill, I favored an am- endment to limit farm sub- sidy payments to $20,000 per farm. Had this measure been adopted, there would have been an estimated saving to American taxpayers of over $400 million. Some of the basic unfairness of our pres- ent agricultural handout ap- proach would have been cor- rected. For example, a num- ber of corporate farms re- ceive better than a million dollars in farm subsidy pay- ments yearly, while many small farmers are unable to earn an adequate livelihood even with subsidy payments. This kind of disparity would have been partially correct- ed. Eventually the $20.000 limitation was rejected in favor of a $55,000 ceiling an- nually. Although this is an improvement over the pres- ent system of unlimited pay- ments, it does not adequate- ly deal with the serious in- equities that exist in agricul- ture. Even the $20,000 ceiling, while an adequate reform for this year, should have been a beginning not an end. Our farm policy should be at- tempting to completely phase out the subsidy system, per- haps at a rate of 20 percent per year. With subsidies now total- ling nearly $4 billion per year, the first year saving un- der a 20 percent plan would amount to $800 million. The second year the saving would be $1.6 billion and so on. There would be millions of dollars freed for use in other matters which concern farm- ers and the rest of the Na- tion. These are reasons why I could not in good conscience support the farm bill." The bill represents a heavy cost for the taxpayer. It continues an ineffectual program for the average farmer. Finalily, it renews $4 billion handout priority that the nation can- not afford and that much of agriculture does not want. @® Others are Saying EACH MAN'S EFFORT History is rich with examp- les of how one man or one woman was able to change the whole course. of events, bettering human life, streng- thening freedom, brightening hope. To cite but one examp- le, Harriet Beecher Stowe helped galvanize a nation to end human slavery. And men in every age have taken en- (Turn to page 3) p— a SI xT TRC OMEDY C Y z or “Here comes Joe—his wife has hit him on the head again!”
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