Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 6

Daily Times editorials Berry sWbrld Saturday, August 7,1976 Realistic approach to woes It appears that Chester's school board president is realistically facing the economic woes with which the city and school system are confronted. The school board, while looking at possible options, in an effort to obtain adequate funds out of taxation from which to operate the public schools, is reviewing the administration's management procedures. If cutbacks are indicated, some administrative posts may be eliminated. These procedures were reviewed and evaluated four years ago by professionals. The evaluation was made by Better Government Associates, of Harrisburg.

How many of their recommendations were implemented, we don't know. President Maureen McGovern doesn't know how the district slipped into its present level of economic desperation. It might be a good idea to find out so that a future occurrence could be avoided. Meanwhile, the board will be coping with the situation in which it finds itself hoping to do something about it from within the system by cutting some of the fat from the operation. While interested in the quality of education, Mrs.

McGovern is a business woman. Public education is big business and today takes the largest bite out of the tax dollar. Other departments in the city could probably benefit from a similar evaluation and review by administrators. Unfortunately, it appears that our governing officials have had an excellent political background, but many have lacked in either administrative experience or ability, or both. City government, like public education, is big business.

It is high time that the voting public as well as our elected officials take note. Corrective action in this case, would be to adopt a different form of government-- one more suited for coping with the problems. An efficient government in Chester could go far toward restoring pride in the city. And maybe this should be the first step in rebuilding the city. Letters Festival participant 'shocked' with article To The Times: I participated in the Psychic Festival at the Granite Run Mall.

I was totally shocked to see myself as the subject of a "whimsical article" (according to the reporter) which I read on page 3, Tuesday, July 27. The article was printed beside a large misleading headline. Anyone who is concerned about blood pressure would have read it and wondered why they bothered. I was most distressed as, aside from being shocked, no one asked permission to use my name or told me I was being interviewed. I called the writer, Carl D'lorio, and he joked his way through our conversation as he did through what he calls "our encounter." It became clear to me that the laughing was a cover up for his deceit.

That is a good sign. One would worry about a reporter who had no scruples whatsoever. Mr. D'lorio claimed his article was a humorous one, but I strongly disagree. It was obnoxious and bordered on the ridiculous.

One usually finds the comic section on the last few pages of the Times. Since it was impossible to give this person a good reading because of his attitude, I am returning the $5.00 given to me. He was not serious about having his palms read. Mr. D'lorio was given the assignment.

If the Times doesn't want the money, it would be put to good use in the "Marty Schnellenbach Fund." Mr. D'lorio states that after he informed me he is a reporter, I realized I would "likely be reading about our encounter." Following his line of thought, I would also assume that in reading a surgeon, I would be subjected to surgery, or a chef I would be given a delicious meal, self as a reporter and show his glandce" before being subject to is, and have my hair curled on the spot. On Wednesday I telephoned Mr. Donald T. Beideman.

My thanks to Mr. Beideman for being honest and very courteous. Mr. Beideman said he gave the assignment to Carl D'lorio. He was to have a palm reading and do an article about his personal feelings while having this done as a new experience.

Mr. D'lorio was to identify himself as-a reporter and show his identification, thereby giving a reader the option, with the knowledge that there would be an article published in the Times. Carl D'lorio took it upon himself to ignore this fair policy of the Times and never told me Ms occupation until the very last. I even had to ask his name. Mr.

Beideman assured me that Mr. D'lorio would be reprimanded for his unethical behavior. The field of Parapsychology is fascinating and rapidly expanding. The people who took part in the Psychic Festival have seriously studied and worked long hours to learn their specialties. The majority of these people are professional teachers and lecturers.

They deserve more than "a cursory glandce" before being subject to ridicule. The attendance was tremendous, and the people were very open-minded and receptive. In all fairness to Carl D'lorio, I must say that since Tuesday I read several of his articles published in former issues of the Times. They were well done, and he is good as a serious, objective reporter. Excepting last Tuesday's article, he could say that he is a "proud member of the Fourth Estate." Ann T.

Palermo Ridley Township Where friction lies in Chester Twp, split To the Times: This is a response to a letter from Anna McBride published in Saturday's Times. For the record -I am a member of the Republican Party, voted for the three (now two, since the resignation of Edgar Green) supervisors presently empowered in Chester Township, have never had and do not have any political aspirations, and last but not least am not a puppet on anyone's string. Mrs. McBride's blatant disregard of the facts concerning the Furias is insulting to the many people, from both political parties, who have donated their time, energy, and money in a joint effort to hat construction of a naphtha plant in Chester Township. She accuses this effort of being political through and through.

Webster defines poitical of or relating to government or poitics. In this context our struggle is political. May I remind all who remain in doubt that the majority, I repeat majority, of the people in Chester Township signed a petition stating that they didn't want the naphtha plant. We believe that the voice of the majority should be heard through our supervisors. The refusal of Mr.

Green, Mr. Palazzo and Mr. Wilson to stand by us in this endeavoris responsible for the this issue. That's where the friction (Mrs. McBride's began and the Furias responded along with hundreds of othenW I tin tit a total loss to chooses to single out one family as WHWWWW I the cause orout unrest.

Mrs. McBride asks if we're so forgetful concerning the near disaster Toby Farms had a few years ago. At this point I must question not only her memory but her ability to read a newspaper for we didn't have a near disaster in Toby Farms. We had a full blown catastrophe. She asks where the Furias were then.

Obviously Mrs. McBride was the missing party or the question could not have been raised. One of my neighbors donated a crib for one of the flooded out families with an infant son who the Furias took into their home on the horror-filled night. The next day and every day thereafter until the job was done, the Furias were there with mops and buckets cleaning the flooded homes. Not grandstanders, just people doing what we all knew had to be done.

Mrs. McBride mistakenly assumes that our present plight is Furia vs. Green when the reality of the situation is clearly one of citizens requesting support from their elected officials in recognizing our rights. She states that she is angry and frightened by the Furias and wonders who will be next on their list. Perhaps I will be next on Mrs.

McBride's list for daring to question the motives and interests of the people I helped to elect to represent me. I fervently hope that concerned residents will demand the facts. Who knows, through the efforts of a few and the support of many, we may be able to execute representative government in Chester Township. I wonder if Mrs. McBride finds that prospect equally frightening.

Carole Wright, Secretary Save Chester Township Committee Firefighters need uniforms for To the Times: The reason for this letter is to comment on the picture which appeared on the front page of The Daiy Times Aug. 3,1976, taken at a fire at 14th and Engle Monday, Aug. 2,1976. My first reaction when I saw the picture was to check and see if I was reading the front page or the comic section but after reading the caption, "Who needs a uniform" and thinking about it for a while, this really isn't funny, it is a serious and important matter. A firefighter's protective clothing is designed for safety and protection against super-heated gases and heat.

Any person invoved in fighting a fire who is not dressed properly shows a gross ignorance and overall lack of knowledge of the fire situation and it also gives the public a bad impression of the volunteer fire service. At this point, I would like to say that the actions as shown in this picture are not true of all fire companies. I am an officer in a local fire company and our personnel as well as personnel in certain other companies are trained and competent firefighters who know the importance of being properly dressed at a fire. In closing, professionalism is an attitude and when more fire companies begin stressing training and proper firefighting techniques, more lives will be saved and less property will be damaged and embarrassing pictures will no longer appear on the front pages of our newspapers. Steven EDrieht Parkside "Gosh, son! I wish I could help you, but I'm afraid I'm going through an identity crisis, too!" "I used to oe a tat cat but I backed the wrong candidate.

Now I'm a thin cat!" Growing older 'Wasting not' helps By Harold Blumenfeld No one has to remind us that the prices of just about everything keep going up and up and up. I recently heard a jokester say that if the price of food got any higher, politicians won't be the only people sitting down to $25-a-plate dinners. My bride and playmate of years is a careful shopper. She cuts out tips from newspapers and magazines, jots down helpful hints she hears on radio and television and has devised her own methods for saving money. And, since she's still a Girl Scout at heart, she offers these suggestions for others who are trying to stretch the ever-shrinking dollar.

We watch local newspapers for sales at the supermarkets and cut out all the discount coupons in the food sections. Those not used immediately, are filed in an envelope for future purchases. These 10 cent and 25 cent coupons can add up to a nice little saving. When Gerry makes up her shopping list, she includes the advertised sale price and the size of the container in red ink or red crayon. These sale items are placed separately in the shopping cart and then on the checkout counter.

This makes it easier to make sure we're not being shortchanged by being charged the regular prices. We avoid buying packaged convenience foods because we know they usually can be more costly than preparing the same things from scratch and probably not as nutritious. For this reason those small single frozen chicken or beef pot pies aren't exactly a staple in our nutritious conscious diet. But in an emergency, they're handy to have in the freezer. We get added nutrition and taste by removing the pies from the carton and letting them defrost at room temperature for about a half hour.

Carefully lift the top dough with a dull knife, add leftover vegetables from the refrigerator or from a handy bag of frozen vegetables. Then replace the dough, pinch the edges and stab the dough a few times with a knife before baking. And are you frustrated by the whites of your hard-boiled eggs coming off with the shell instead of peeling clean? Sterilize a safety pin or straight pin. Use it to puncture one end of the egg, place egg in a pot of cold water until it boils, cover and simmer for 15 minutes and then run under it cold, water. End of frustration! We live in South Florida which is considered sub-tropic and baking powder deteriorates faster than in the northern climes.

But, wherever you are, if your cake sinks when it comes out of the oven, you probably can blame it on your baking powder. Test it by putting a small quantity in the sink and then put a few drops of save bucks water on it. If it sizzles gaily, it's still in good condition. If it doesn't, pour it down the drain. We found it a good idea to buy it in the smallest size and replace it often for best results.

In our home, distilled white vinegar has many important uses besides mixing a salad dressing or pickling herring. Add a little to warm water and it's an efficient and inexpensive window cleaner. Vinegar used full strength will remove the ugly sludge from glass shower doors, mildew stains from refrigerator rubber gaskets and from fabrics. Gerry found some of her dark sleeveless dresses, particularly the black ones, became white under the armpits. A professional cleaner couldn't remove the stains and she discarded several dresses.

In desperation, she tried using vinegar full strength and the stains disappeared. She suggests testing first on an inconspicuous part of the garment. If they're anything like our own grandsons, most children would rather receive a few less expensive gifts instead of one big, costly one. But, like everything else, gift-wrap paper has become so expensive. We save the Sunday color comic sections for gift-wrapping.

It's attractive, money saving and gives the kiddies something to do by providing reading material when they tire of the gifts. Rebuttal Nader comments on Tiede To the Tom Tiede's recent column on our activities is so replete with mistakes that he deserves to be rescued from his own disservice to readers. Herewith is a partial correction list: 1. We have recognized, contrary to his misstatement, many positive performances or groups in this I -vi country; in fact, we put some of these descriptions in a book entitled "So Proudly We Hail" (by Kenneth Lasson, Grossman Publishers, 1975). If you had asked, Tom Tiede, you would have learned.

2. College students do not send us money from their school fees and never have; they finance their own citizen groups, called public interest research groups, with such contributions all over the country. They fund the groups and run them by themselves. Tiede could have easily verified this if he had wanted to. 3.

The press is not manipulated to praise our views; can you give any examples, Mr. Tiede, or are you simply trying to be humorous? 4. We do not favor greater control over law abiding private industry, only more 'law and order' against corporate crimes, consumer gouging, monopolies, pollution and other similar violations against the public. 5. We never lobbyed for the seatbelt buzzers.

We lobbied for seatbelts and now for the even more effective air bag systems. 6. We never lobbyed for the interlock seatbelt system; that was done by the Ford Motor Company which, among several reasons, did not. want to install air bags. 7.

We don't think it is arrogant to go to court to defend the rights of airline passengers with confirmed reservations who find there are no seats available for them when they reach the gate. The airlines know how to deal with the no-show problem without penalizing the passengers who do show up. One airline, Eastern, found an answer several years ago to the no-show problem by offering conditional reservations to passengers who would normally be overbooked. 8. Like Tiede's other statements, there is no evidence for absurdly asserting that stopping airline overbooking increases airline rates.

9. Massachusetts election officials were not accused of "conspiring" to put my name on the presidential primary ballot. I criticized them for arbitrarily taking the names of nonpartisan public figures and putting them on the ballot to make the primary more interesting to voters. This is unfair both to partisan candidates on the ballot and nonpartisan citizens who, without even being consulted, are placed on a particular party (Democrat in this case) ballot. 10.

Even journalists, under the first amendment, are not permitted by the law to engage in actionable libel. Mr. Tiede knows this and should have shared it with readers. 11. We advocate more competitive free enterprise and more consumer owned businesses, such as consumer cooperatives.

Mr. Tiede's identifying our views with those of Mr. Galbraith's or. the economy indicates that he has trouble reading well as writing accurately. There are other errors in his column but the ones just described are sufficient to suggest that the columnist may have missed his calling.

He should try fiction, clearly labeled as "Tom Tiede's Tall Taloe iaies- Ralph Nader Washington, D.C. thoughts The only daily newspaper published in Delaware County. Joseph R.Burt Publisher Rufus F. Walker Jr. General Manager LewieUWinkler Editor CliHordRainey Associate Editor Donald T.

Be4deroan City Editor Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? -1 Cor. 3:16. "We find God twice once within, once without us: within us as an eye, without us as a light." --'Jean Paul Richter, German author. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do. because I go to the Father.

Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it. that the Father may be glorified in the Son" John 14:12,13. "They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright." Robert Burro, poet.