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November 1, UM. Editorial Page THE LUDINGTON DAILY NEWS whleh it edtttftlidafed Maian County Enttrprlu of Mteh. for rifHtblleitittft all the Ideal news prfntad in fttWiBiBW at well all AP dispatches. TridJmark Rtfllstafed U.S. Patent Offlct fHl JOINT A bill reported out of the House Armed Services committee, approving fixed four-year terms for members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be enacted into law.

Without fixed terms, the members of JCS are under pressure to revamp their professional judgment, to meet administration's political demands. Adm. George W. Anderson, former chief of naval operations, was dumped earlier this year because his testimony before Congress conflicted with White House policy. Under law, the joint chiefs are the military adders to the president, who is commander in chief.

He is entitled to the best military advice. If he is a good president, he doesn't want a bunch of yes men in the Pentagon. Of course, American military leaders completely accept the system of ultimate civilian control. They stand ready to carry out the president's orders, regardless of personal opinions. Nevertheless, the chiefs, the president and the country deserve the safeguard for professional advice that a fixed term would provide.

We hope that the Senate and President Kennedy will view the legislation in this light. The bill is not an infringement of presidential authority. Instead it offers him protection against error and apple-polishers. These Days Our 'Something For Nothing' Society By John Chamberlain Next week the inhabitants of New York City are scheduled to vote on the desirability of legalizing off- track betting. The idea, as set forth by Mayor Robert F.

Wagner, is to bring pressure via a voters' referendum to bear on the state legislature to grant New York City the right to raise money by going into what might be called a municipal bookmaking business. Republican state legislators, many of them hailing from rural constituencies, have expressed a concern lest legalized off- track betting should endourage a growth of the "something for nothing" spirit. This columnist does not deny that there are ethical Issues involved in betting. But when the State of New York already permits legal parimutuel betting at the tracks (indeed, it has recently approved more opportunity for betting by lengthening the legitimate racing season), 'the scruples of legislators who think it moral to place a bet in one place but not in another seem a trifle ridiculous. If betting is wrong, it's wrong.

If, on the other hand, a case' can be made for keeping the channels for betting out of the hands of the underworld by establishing state- supervised pari-mutuel windows, it would seem desirable to make such windows really accessible to 'those who have the urge to plunk down a couple of dollars on a horse. Why let the shady underworld character get the rake-off involved in "making book" for those who can't find time to go to tracks? The money the bookie takes as his cut on a successful bet becomes "hot" capital that may flow into such things as dope-running or gangster control of legitimate business. Mayor Wagner estimates that the municipal and state share of off-track betting volume would come to at least $200-million a year. Whether thib sum is exaggerated or not, it would seem to be the mark of common sense to keep the average 15 per cent betting service charge out of the hands of underworld financiers. Better that the money should go for schools than for importing dope.

To get an idea of what wagerers feel about legalizing off-track betting, we sent our operator, Gus the elevator man, out to the Aqueduct track the other day armed with a questionnaire. (Gus really knows the daily-double addicts, and can get them to talk.) Some of the quotes he brought back were interesting. They indicated that the on-track bet-placer also indulges his hohby on days when he can't get off to see the horses run. Mayor Wagner's off-track legalization proposition appeals to a fair proportion of wagerers because they wouldn't "have to worry about the cops." This would seem to indicate that the present anti-bookmaking laws do not stop people, they merely serve to make them uncomfortable about what they intend to do anyway. If the reluctant legislators can make a convincing case that legalization of off-track betting will appreciably add to the "something for nothing" spirit that is rampant in our society, they have a good argument on their side.

But how many of those who think it immoral to seek a gift of dream-money at the pari-mutuel window offer similar objections when it is a question of tapping the state or "society" for "something for nothing?" Do those people consider it immoral for a farmer to be rewarded for not raising wheat? Did they support the authorities in the city of Newburgh when the effort was made to purge the local relief rolls of moochers? When the federal government offers funds raised by taxing rural constituencies in Nebraska or Texas to provide big cities with money for urban renewal, is there any moral outcry over what amounts to a quite arbitrary transfer of wealth? The truth is that the "something for nothing" spirit S9 permeates pur culture that the objection to legalized off-track betting seems quite marginal. For that matter, isjj't it actually more moral for a municipality to take entj redistribute money granted to it voluntarily (as from a willingly offered 15 per cent of a bet) than it tp take money by force from people by raising their The case for voluntary taxation has never been explored, by our society, which seems loath to admit that the idea has merits. Maybe a start toward exploring this poncept could be made by voting for Mayor Wag' preposition, a SUBSCRIPTION RATES pf togton, ScottvUle and Pentwater: By carrier fajd in advance $16.00 per year, $8.25 jnpatbS, for three months. By mail in trad- pa fl $9.00 per year, $5.00 for fo? three months. Motor route 40c per territory (Michigan) $12.00 per b8, $3.25 for three months.

Out- for six months. $4,35 for ON THE NEWS- 1 "You'd think France does enough damage with her fashions not to need nuclear bombers." Ninth Of Scries What Industry Means To This Community Consumers Power Co. According to a story in one of the early Ludington nows- papers, when the first store in this city was lighted by electricity, everyone in town turned out to see the amazing new lighting system. The use of electricity, both for lighting and for gener- aling power, has come a long way from that evening and has revolutionized industry and day-by-day living. The flying of a kite in a thunderstorm by Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity and the many inventions of Thomas Alva Edison proved that the use of electricity was practicable for lighting and power.

Since Edison's day, countless improvements have been made by modern scientists, all of them interested in furthering the development of the use of electricity. Consumers Power Co. serves approximately 10,000 customers in the Ludington area, which includes Scottville, Pentwater and Baldwin as well as Ludington. Power Is provided for the Ludington area by the B. C.

Cobb plant in Muskegon and also the Dow Chemical Co. plant in Ludington. Consumers has a statewide interconnection with a number of power plants, which are strategically located, to provide uninterrupted electric power. Consumers has 30 employes in the Ludington area. Annual payroll is approximately $225,000, which, with the around $30,000 spent locally for services and goods, is significant to the economy of this community.

Township and county taxes approximate $35,000. Consumers Power Co. has operated in this area since September, 1950, when it purchased Michigan Public Service Co. C. E.

Beaumont has been area manager for 11 years. Asked about the company's plans for expansion in this area, Manager Beaumont said, "We're eagerly looking for- ward to the project south of town. The moving forward of this project will depend largely on the economy of the state and the demands for Aeed." The plans, Mr. Beaumont said, are still in the process of engineering research. This project, for which land has been bought or optioned in Pere Marquette Township, will cover between 800 and 1,000 acres.

On this acreage will be built a power plant, its surrounding grounds to be a large, landscaped park, so beautiful that it will attract thousands of tourists, further augmenting this community's economy. Dear Abby. Bachelor's Yard Faces Submersion! By Abigail Van Burcii DEAR ABBY: I am a happy bachelor and here is my problem. Two neighbors, one right next door to me on my left, and the other right next door to me on my right, are divorcees. They both tell me their troubles and cry over both fences whenever they catch me outside.

Now my back yard is flooded with their tears and my grass is drowning. How can I keep these two husband-losers from ruining my yard? HAPPY BACHELOR DEAR HAPPY: Grow rice. DEAR ABBY: I have a sister who isn't the smartest person in the world, but I love her. She tells me her troubles and cries on my shoulder. She has a husband, but he's no help.

(He cries on his mother's.) Well, my sis called me at 4:15 this morning and scared my husband out of his wits. She wanted to know if she should call the police to look for her 18-year-old daughter who went out on a date and wasn't home yet. She was hysterical, Abby. I'll ad' mit she's called at odd hours for reasons like there was a mouse in her bedroom, she is terrified of thunder storms, etc. But this time she really needed me, and my husband refused to drive me over there to calm her down.

(I don't drive.) He said if anything like that ever happens again, I can go live with my sister. Who was unreasonable? Him or me? BIG SISTER DEAR SIS: I can't blame your husband for being fed up with your sister's hysteria. Tell sis to lay off the nocturnal S.O.S.'s, or you will lose your happy home. DEAR ABBY: I have the perfect solution for the busy housewife who was embarrassed by the thoughtless person who just happened to be in the neighborhood so she thought she'd drop in and pay a social call. Bake a pie or something and take it over to her house.

But don't give her any notice. Just ring her bell like she rang yours, and see how SHE likes it. "TURN ABOUT" CONFIDENTIAL TO MRS. J. A pat on the back develops given young enough, often enough and LOW enough.

What's on your mind? For a personal reply, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Abby, Box 3365, Beverly Hills, Calif. NICKEL WORKS TOO OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)-Neither snow, nor sleet, nor the lack of a stamp stops the U.S. mail. Gov.

Albert D. Rosellini's office said Wednesday he'd received a letter with a nickel taped in place of a stamp. It had been run through the post Office PROBLEM TOO BIG OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)-You think you've got problems with traffic? Jolm Mladinom, reporting on a traffic study he heads, said Wednesday he fed a problem to an electronic computer. The machine's answer: "This problem too big for machine," Michigan Mirror.

Teacher Tenure ta By Elmer White The initials TNT have taken on a new meaning this fall as the Michigan Education Association started a concentrated drive to convince state lawmakers it is "Time Now for Tenure." Michigan has had a Teacher Tenure Act since 1937, but it is a permissive one. Only school districts which vote to give teachers tenure come under provision of the law. The MEA's goal now Is to make tenure effective in all districts. According to MEA President Octavius Townsend, tenure would encourage greater care in the initial selection of teachers and provide for continuous employment, after a successful probationary period, for as long as the educator rendered efficient service. If inferior service was rendered the teacher would go through a regular procedure of negotiations with school officials on whether his contract was to be maintained.

Under the permissive law now in effect, only 59 of Michigan's school districts have elected to adopt tenure. Just over one- quarter of the state's teachers now are under Tenure, Townsend said. A petition drive by the MEA is aimed at getting nearly 300,000 signatures urging legislative action on tenure. The petitions, when presented to the Legislature, will serve as a public mandate to enact a statewide tenure law. Presentation of the MEA petitions to the Secretary of State is scheduled for late this year, with transmission to the Legislature slated early in the 1964 session.

The Legislature is given 40 days to act under the State Constitution on matters brought before it by initiative petition. Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia now have tenure for teachers. Any action by the Legislature, or even lack 'of action, would place the tenure question before the voters in the November, 1963 general election. In addition to inducing better initial selection of teachers, MEA spokesmen say tenure will provide better services to children, better community leadership, greater staff stability, and professional security for teachers. MEA units thrpuqhout the state are now holding informational sessions on the tenure proposal in an attempt to educate both the school staffs and the general public on its position in the new law.

THE NATION'S NICEST A drive on Michigan's freeways, especially the newer sections, indicates very vividly the fact that engineers have taken into consideration the pleasure of country motoring. Several of the newer sections use standing timber and. hills as natural dividers for the two strips of highway. One stretch of a new freeway has now gained national recognition for this outstanding feature in highway planning. A 22.5 mile section of Interstate 75 in Northern Michigan has been named America's most scenic new highway.

The section honored this year in the Parade Magazine contest runs from Vanderbilt to Indian River. It is located between two sections of 1-75 which took runner-up spots in the contest the past two years. Beauty, utility, safety and imaginative design were cited as reasons the Interstate route was selected as "the year's best example of a 'motorist's a joy to see as well as to drive." The entire Northern section of 1-75 is one of the Highway Department's proudest accomplishments. Officials note the freeway was designed to take advantage of the park-like atmosphere from Clare north as a means of preventing driver monotony and reducing the risk of motorists going to sleep at the wheel. MONKEY BUSINESS If you have ever considered buying a monkey for a pet you might be in for some surprises.

Dr. Donald Goohon, veterinarian with the State Health Department, says monkeys, are more pests rather than pets. Goohon notes that the same reason which makes monkeys excellent laboratory animals makes them unsatisfactory as household pets. "Since monkeys are susceptible to so many human diseases they are virtually indispensable as experimental animals and this fact, along with their poor personal hygiene habits makes them undesirable as pets." An increasing number of monkeys are being sold for household pets, Goohon noted. The Michigan vet's warning about monkeys includes the fact that innumerable viruses, bacteria and parasites are found in monkeys.

In addition to a number of rare diseases, monkeys can transfer to humans many more common diseases such as tuberculosis, intestinal parasites, hepatitis, pneumonia, dysentery and ringworm, he said. "Monkeys belong in three environments only," said Goohon. "The jungle, research laboratories and zoos." Clove trees are native to the Moluccas or Spice Islands of Indonesia. DAILY CROSSWORD ACUOSS 1. Head covering 1 4.

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Once hailed as a good thing both for the American and European economies, such spending of late has become a worry to those seeking to cut U.S. deficits in world dealings. Washington reports that threats of new taxes are holding down sales of foreign securities to Americans keeping such hot money at home and trimming the loss of U.S. dollars and gold. The big rush of U.S.

corporations to build plants overseas appears to have tired. And a larger proportion of such expansion is being financed abroad rather than with additional Yankee dollars. The auto industry seems to have completed most of its European ventures. The chief remaining increase in spending there now is by U.S. chemical firms.

The total of U.S. manufacturing expansion in Western Europe this year is a bit below last year, and American firms tell the U.S. Department of Commerce that next year's spending will be down still more. Part of the slowdown in American business spending in the Common Market may be due to increased opposition there to what they fear will be American domination of their industries. But part of the lag may be due to the signs that the big growth in the European economy in recent years is peaking out, too.

Most interesting to Washington monetary officials is that this year the worldwide invest- Ftoto Of Dollars Slows By Sam Dawson ments of U.S. manufacturing, petroleum and mining companies is calling for 6 per cent additional funds financed from U.S. sources. The rest of the cost is being borne by earnings and funds generated abroad by previous U.S. investments there.

This is important just now because the United States is trying to trim the flow of dollars abroad and to raise the influx of funds from abroad. It has been running a deficit for so many years now that the big piles of dollars held by foreigners threaten U.S. gold reserves and could, if the situation should worsen, cast doubts on the value of the dollar. While the buildup in American investments overseas seem to be slowing now, it is still a sizable estimated $4.9 billion this year, compared with $3.7 billion in 1959. If money generated overseas- pays the major share of that expenditure, and if other earnings abroad flow back to the United States, American investments could be a minor worry for Washington officials seeking to hold down the net outflow of dollars.

The major problems would be the outlays for foreign economic and military aid and for maintenance of U.S. military forces abroad, plus the danger of any sudden rush of short-term money to more lucrative markets. NEW PURPOSE BLAKELY, Ga. (AP)-Members of the Blakely High School Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y Club will "trick or treat" for a new purpose tonight. They plan to collect used clothing and articles for families in need in the community.

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