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The Dally Journal, Franklin Greenwood, Indiana, Saturday, March 2, 1974 The Daily Journal man aeam worse vvamnQ in line: a rare (With which it combined th nimt, Th Franklin Evtning Star) 1 Publishad dally ixctp! Sunday and i mi (or holiday! at Journal Hill, routa 1, on U.S. Highway 31, ant milt north of Franklin, Indiana 44131, Phona 736-7101, Scott Alaxandar- 4- -Gtntrai Managtr Rabtrt Rad Editor Larry Brown Edward E. Clint. Robtrt J. Bakar Advtrtiting Managtr -Mtchanicil Suptrinttndtnt Circulation Managtr Singlt Copy.

cants By carritr or motor routt dtlivtry. 70 cants par watk "Sacond Class Postaga Paid at Franklin, Indiana" him. He'll tell you. There's motorists played bridge on the planty of gas," he said. trunk of a Gran Torino.

All we "Listen," I said changing the have in our line is this dull fellow subject, "I have a joke." The throwing rocks. Behind him man looked past me toward the there is a lady sitting with her station which he couldn't, see for doors locked as if she was the distance but I continued suspicious of the company, anyway, "One day God came to Several cars away there is a kid earth and told Moses he. had polishing his hubcaps with a some good news and some bad. newspaper and dirty snow. Moses saw.

'what's the At least we've no trouble yet. good God man in Newark recently shot the answered, Tve decided to part top off a gas pump with a the Red 'Sea so vou and vour shotgun. A man in this state was editorials Ikt Doily Journal dedicated to tommunily itrvice, id dtltntt of individual right! ond lo providing those crwclrl upon government which no constitution con eniure By Tom Tiede NEW HAVEN, Conn. (NEA) I am 86th or 87th in line from the pumps, outside New. and I am wrapped up in lethargic trivia.

I have discovered there is a flaw in my dashboard upholstery. There are precisely 43 radio stations in range of my aerial. And, though it is 26 degrees outside, there is an ant in my glovebox and I am dying to know, obsessed with it's a Mr. or Mrs; 1 Had I a book, I'd read it. But the only publication available is my auto manufacturer's warranty and I simply cannot study those coupons again.

What to do? What to do! I've cleaned my windshield with a napkin, emptied the cigarette a bit of rust from the window knob. Sigh! I'm dropping into fantasy: I dream of opening a seafood cafe called the "House of Eel Repute." A few minutes ago, the man behind mecame to my window and said all this was a conspiracy. He said there was plenty of gas but it was all being hoarded until the prices go up. I reminded, him that prices were already up to 60 cents a gallon, but he had a glazed look about him and I don't think he heard. Court reversal and calling it Squeezers Palace.

'Scuse me, I've just moved up one car. Now I'm either 85th or 86th in people can go to the Promised waiting on a railroad track and Land Moses his car was demolished by a replied, 'but what's the bad train. Motorists in some lines run And God said, "The bad out of gas and must siphon news is that before I can do it, enough from others to get to the I've got to file an environmental pumps; Boston reported eight impact cases of gas consumption illness When I asked the man how he in one week. Then there was the liked the joke, he shrugged. His fellow in Long Island who beat up collar was open, his pants a.woman because she honked at wrinkled like he's been sitting in him.

them a long time and he kept No doubt these are bad times drumming his fingers on my for the easily frustrated. A New hood. "I ain't very religious," he York psychoanalyst, Dr. said. And then he breathed Augustus F.

Kinsel, says that heavily. That reminded me of when the basics of life are another joke but he left. I see him disturbed, such as energy, food now in my rear view mirror; he or shelter, "people tend to is throwing rocks at a tree. withdraw they become I confess I feel slighted here, suspicious of one another." This is not a sophisticated gas Presumably it's worse for the line. I was in one once in neurotics; before they merely Massachusetts where an thought someone was out to get "We are losing our confidence." But there must be some good in all this, I say, sitting here, my rump numb, my eyes baggy.

Perhaps with all of these people lined up in thoughtful solitude, perhaps all manner of interesting ideas are incubating. I know one woman who has already thought of how to keep her daughter out of hot water put dishes in it instead. I know an eyeglass maker who has decided to move to an island off Alaska and become known as an optical- pharmacists say the sale of tranquilizers is up and community mental health centers in the northeast report an increase in calls and caseloads. "Inconvenience has disintegrated into chaos," as Massachusetts Governor Francis Sargent puts it, and many Americans are not able to cope. Dr.

John Spiegel, president-elect of the American Psychiatric says that if we were Britons, used to queuing up, we'd bring our knitting and accept the inevitable. But being Yanks, "we want our crisis to end by sundown. The uncertainty is the key danger," says Dr. Spiegel line. As for my own thoughts, I confess they are filled with terror.

Is it better to turn the car off, or leave it idle? What will I do if someone cuts in line in front of me? And what about the kidneys? Besides this, there is the ultimate fear. I hear there is a new fad among kids; they drive up to a closed station, wait until 200 cars have formed behind them, then drive off shouting: "President Nixon has finally brought you together." Whether or not. Richard M. Nixon serves out the remainder of his second presidential term, the effects of his first term will be felt by American society for perhaps a generation. Where five years ago the U.S.

Supreme Court was generally viewed as the champion of blacks and criminal defendants and antiwar dissidents and every other minority, today civil liberations are deliberately NOT appealing adverse lower court decisions, even those they believe violate past Supreme Court decisions. The reason is fear that the "Burger court," on which sit four Nixon appointees, will use the cases as an opportunity to reverse precedents set by the "Warren court." Landmark decisions that have already been modified include the Miranda ruling on self-incrimination and the Mapp ruling on illegally seized evidence. This is something new under the American sun people avoiding the nation's highest court, the judicial guardian of its liberties, out of fear what they will get will be less, not more, liberty. Aleutian. I know a young entrepreneur who has dreamed up this lovely idea of opening an orange juice stand in Las Vegas He had a friend, he insisted, who worked in Washington who could confirm his opinion.

"You call attendant, dressed as Santa them, now they know it. But even Claus, served coffee. I read about the normally even-tempered are one in New Jersey where succumbing. New Jersey BERRY'S WORLD Jackson wants to license oil companies A bureaucratic bottleneck By John Chamberlain Senator Henry Jackson, who wants to license the big oil companies, thus putting them under close supervision of the Federal Government (i.e., bureaucrats), should be warned that any tax-paid bureaucracy is inhibited by its very nature when it comes to taking creative chances. Anyone who has had the experience of dealing with a licensing power knows that delay, delay and more delay is the name of the game.

I know certain persons who have quit the U.S. Department of the Interior because of their frustration in trying to act on information that would enable them to forestall perfectly predictable crises. The present energy-crunch was-clearly predicted as far back as 1962 in a report on energy resources made by M. King Hubbert to the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. The report went to President John F.

Kennedy in the White Win a few, lose a few So many things seemed to come unglued last year, that it's reassuring to be told that, in one, very literal sense, the world was a very stable place. The year 1973 was "a slow year for earthquakes, says the U.S. Geological Survey. There were only 11 major-shocks (the long-term average is 18) and only 650 earthquake-related deaths were reported, sharply down from 1972's figure of about 10,000. i But even as the Department of the Interior giveth, the Department of Commerce taketh away.

Last year was also "the year of the reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A record high of 1,107 of the deadly twisters scourged the U.S. landscape last year, beating the previous record of 929 in 1967 by a breezy margin. 1974 by NEA, Inc "Get into THAT line! Maybe there's a station around here somewhere and they're waiting to get gas." Congressman objects over fuel opinions A place for Typical morning at Johnson county hospital House. Nothing was done about lt.

To give him his due, Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, would have liked to act on it. But his embroilment in Vietnam kept him from translating his impulses into action. Mr. Hubbert, writing in 1961, a year before the publication of his report, noted that the U.S. (exclusive of Alaska, which was then terra incognita) possessed about one-third of the total "ultimate reserves" of energy from fossil fuels.

Of this, 78 percent was represented by coal, 16 percent by oil shale, and 3 percent each by petroleum and natural gas. The use of the term "ultimate reserves," in petroleum circles, has a curious connotation, for it includes the. fraction of the original energy whole that has already been consumed. Thus, when Mr. Hubbert remarked more than ten years ago that the amount of its resources already consumed in the U.S.

was "aoubt 3 percent for coal, 38 percent for petroleum and 22 percent for natural gas," the statistics had an ominous sound. We had already burned up more than a third of our oil. Mr. Hubbert drew his conclusions: by the end of the decade of the Sixties we would be in trouble if alternatives to oil were not developed. If Hubbert had been heeded, government would have opened up the throttle to get research into oil shale utilization, coal gasification and the cheap enrichment or breeding of atomic fuels moving into high gear; Bits of the Hubbert report hit you between the eyes.

"One of the largest bottlenecks in present coal utilization," so Hubbert wrote; "arises from the prohibitive costs of railroad transportation. Promise of eliminating this bottleneck is now afforded by the recent successful developments in the transportation of coal in the form of a coal-water slurry by pipeline at a greatly reduced cost." Query: how much coal-water slurry do you see flowing into your neighborhood in 1974? True enough, there was the problem of getting a right of eminent domain for coal pipelines, but that could have been by-passed by letting the railroads build the slurry conduits over their rights of way. It would have meant new business for sick railroads. Mr. Hubbert considered the widespread use of solar energy too costly to be of immediate promise.

But he went all out on the matter of nuclear energy. "With an almost unlimited supply of nuclear energy potentially available," he wrote, "it would be a comparatively simple matter to synthesize any desirable quantity of liquid and gaseousfuels from common inorganic substances such as water and liliestone. Were this eventually to be done, our remaining fossil could be more effectively used as the raw material for an increasingly versatile chemical industry." The Hubbert report languished in the files for ten years, waiting for the day when the Arabs would discover their own needs for conservation and prorationing of their one big natural resource. And, languishing along with the Hubbert warnings, there is a corresponding review of our mineral resources made by Julian Feiss and Dean Frasche. When it takes more than a decade for government to act on the information its Own people disclose, Senator Jackson had better think twice about giving that government the power to license or to control anything.

When the government begins to run the fuel business we'll all freeze. like it is bi by robert reed journal editor I In the main waiting room, a small child toddles past a few chairs and smiles at a couple of strangers. Across her jumper is written, "a little bird told me." Idle conversations trail off eventually as individual thoughts wander back to that particular patient and the problem that brought them to Johnson county hospital. The modified voice of the public address system interrupts from time to time: "Will the family of Mrs. Jones go to two-north please.

Andrews Dr. Gilliland. (standard procedure for alerting physicians of messages at the switchboard or elsewhere in the hospital) the driver of a 1971 green Buick has left his lights on in the north parking lot Usually a physician or surgeon meets with concerned relatives as soon as information about a patient is available or an operation is completed. Sometimes they are simply called on the public address system to report to a particular area of the hospital. I i y' The typical day at county hospital is a vast involvement of patients, physicians, administrators, nurses and maintenance staff.

Lr But it also includes those who shift uneasily in chairs, ruffle through old magazines and stuff out an endless chain of cigarettes while the hours melt away. The hospital is a complex world unto itself. And the "waiters," as idle as they seem, are also part of it. It is a typical morning at Johnson County Memorial Hospital. Daylight stretches across the snow-streaked parking lots outside.

Already they are jammed with hundreds of cars. The few spaces left are searched out by anxious late-comers. Inside, the hospital runs like an almost noiseless machine. There is a constant movement of people; visitors, doctors, nurses and a few patients in the halls. There are sounds of elevator doors closing, carts being moved and muffled footsteps down bright corridors.

Today there are 169 patients to be cared for. Almost a full house. I By William F. Buckley, Jr. A fortnight ago I commented on a demagogic appearance on television by a Congressman dumping on the oil industry for the benefit of those of his constituents who are particularly ignorant, manifestly the majority, since he is after all their representative.

I judged, however, that no purpose would be served by identifying the gentleman, and so I gave him an assumed name. But now he writes me in high dudgeon demanding a reply, which under the circumstances I am forced to make. He is Mr. Silvio O. Conte, a Republican from the First District in Massachusetts, and though I have never met him, he addresses me as "Dear Bill," which is, alas, his only contribution to conviviality.

He begins by saying that he takes "exception" to my "shrill ode to Triassic cerebrations." I don't know what that means, but cannot assume it matters, He says it is fortunate I do not represent the people of the First District of Massachusetts. "Otherwise" (he means "if so" "they would have frozen or moved out long ago under the sponsorship of the oil import quota program. I am not sure what he means by that, except perhaps to suggest I have favored oil import quotas, which I have always opposed. "If you ha ve a reasonable solution for alleviating the plight of the thousands of New England families on fixed incomes who suddenly, within the space of three months, have to find some way to pay $500 more for heat this winter, I would be pleased to hear it. In the meantime, you cannot expect me to complacently watch corporate greed sap the economic vigor of my constituency." And he concludes, "Allow me to return the ad hominem; In the light of the egregiously excessive profits reported this week by Exxon and the other corporate fiefdoms, tell me, how did the Buckley oil barons fare in 1973." Well.

1 Since fuel oil in Boston has risen an average of 25 per cent, a family forced to pay an extra $500 is already paying $2,000. Anyone paying $2,000 for his winter supply of fuel is living on a fixed income I worry about not at all. Since the fuel bill of the average family represents approximately 2 percent of its income and that is for an entire year, not just for the winter 4 then the' family paying $2,000 for fuel is earning about $100,000 per year. $100,000 per year. 2) The profit of the oil companies on fuel is approximately two Cents per gallon, The tax by the government on fuel is, depending on where you live, somewhere between eight and 12 cents per gallon.

So that in answer to Mr: Conte excuse me, to Silvio-is; if you want to help these people, get off their backs-lower their taxes. 3) Silvio refers to the crisis that took place "within the space of three months." The crisis that took place within the space of three months was a political crisis. Political crises are made by Answer lo Previous Puzzle Sports I ILlEl ISlNlAlRlE: A SCARED AN PapITnT 5TE MOll A NHko SJA A nHw aJbTn Ape. 3m a 3dTE eTpod a yWe ki i It- oHp oggjp SIC PD A HTP1 ADS CldERlJlANEAB I A j. A REEVED Johnson County Memorial Hospital is located in the center of the county, on the west edge of Franklin.

Before the day is over 24 people will be admitted as patients, most of them before 11 a.m. Perhaps twice that many will be treated as "out" patients without formal admission or on an emergency basis. On this typical day there will be three infants born and one patient will die. The figures vary, but the procession is ceaseless. 'y'' Hospital superintendent George Goshorn arrives early to review the mass of records and reports.

There are a dozen surgical operations scheduled today, some mmor- some major. In addition, the hospital staff Can expect perhaps four or five emergency operations. More advanced surgical cases, beyond the range of 41 Argentine, i bigwig i' DOWN 1 First, second or third i 2 Shakespearean stream 5 Certain sports equipment (2 wds.V Y1' 4 Used by a cyclist 5 Was indebted 6 Renter 7 Table bit 8 Skeletal parts 9Rara-- 10 Snake "charmer's' clarinet (India) i 11 Gaelic 17 Turkish hospice 19 Poetic lament 23 Harness (pi.) T- 24 Amperes (ab.) 42 Heroic poetry 25 Hindu garment 43 Valise (coll.) 26 Basque cap 44 Genus of One thing ih common: waiting 27 Lad 28 Female fowls 29 Greek war god facilities in the county, are sent on to Indianapolis. a emissary ri shrubs 46 Seen at a 1) Spanish bullfight' 47 Assam silkworm' 48 Soaks flax 50 Greek letter 33 Ancient Greek valley 38 Chess expert 40 Restrain i A new maze of humanity is already mingling long before 8 a.m. An hour earlier there was a massive shift change for nurses and other personneLf There is an air of hushed activity.

Doctors have met in the lounge for conferences and Many have begun making rounds. Most patients have ACROSS 1 Club used in baseball Horseback sport 8 Baseball's Ruth 12 Hail 13 Pitcher 14 Game's 15 Male child 16 Fates 18 Groups of nine 20 Intervening 21 Sick 22 Epochs 24 South African fox 26 Endure 27 Tibetan wild sheep 30 Mutilate 32 Football 34 Carnivorous animal 35 Everlasting Ipoet.) 36 Be seated 37 Jewels i J9 Young girl 40 Facts 41 Liveliness Ulang) 42 Heron 45 Baseball base thief, y-yy 49 Umpire's i chest gadget 51Choler i S2 Stream in France 53 Game winning teammate 54 Louse ovum. 55 Box 56 Club used by golfers 57 Used by Indy1 racers I' I in finished off breakfast. Many await tests, X-rays or surgery. The cycle is' in motion again 1 Bji I 14 IS 16 I li It ho 111 sr1- s- iTr sr-; "TT" 42 143 144 B46 48 -53 5f 5T I I I I I I I I I I politicians, not businessmen.

If Mr, Conte is displeased with the crisis, in, the MiddleEasti let him by all means do something about it. But to blame American oil producers for it is, well, a politician's diversion. Like worrying about the plight of someone living on fixed income after voting for inflationary budgets year after 'v, 4) The principal reason for the rise in oil company profits in 1973 compared to 1972 is that they were too low in 1972 for the health of the industry. And that was because of the silly and dangerous wage and price implemented by Mr. Nixon pursuant to authority given to him by Congress and votd.for by Silvio.

i my own situation, I regret to divulge the flews that my holdings in oil in 1950 were worth more than my holdings in 1973. Alas, too many dry holes hi between. And to reveal, further, that the oil stock in which I am predominantly was selling at $30 per share three months ago, is selling 'at $21 today. And finally, 6) I reflect on my relative freedom'to speak my' mind. Whatever I say or write about oil affects my income by not a penny, By contrast, Silvio's income is 100 per cent dependent on whether he flatters his constituency, which, alas, he finds it 'V easier to do by stimulating ignorancerather than telling such truths as I specialize in communicating.

Amid -the great coming and going, is a simple framed sign on a post near the major entrance of the hospital It "An act of kindness doesn't have to be big to get a lot of attention." Johnson county hospital is honey-combed with waiting rooms. Besides the half-dozen "day tooms" on the various floors, there is a waiting section for out-patient or emergency visitors and a main waiting-room lobby. Those rooms, like those of the patients, are seldom empty. During the day they are often full. These are the gathering places of friends and relatives.

Usually they are strangers to one another with one thing tri" common waiting. They wait for death and all the uncertain things in between v' 1 1 Minutes slowly circle the clock. (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.