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(rlflnbo Sentinel BUss them that you, and pray for than ubkb dtipittfully ust jo. luk Wctiiiemlay Morning, July V). V)2 Prospects Of Solar Energy Get Brownout From Scientist pm 1 ONE OF THE hazards of instant I cation is the job of overselling it does. We were ready for trips to the moon before the first space capsule was on the drawing board. We were bored with four-hour flights from Florida to California and prepared for the supersonic transport long before anyone heard of noise pollution.

From the dawn of the nuclear age an unlimited supply of energy has been expected as a matter of course. 0 0 0 BUT THE miracles advanced by science have, to some extent, been science fiction for the lay world. Now NASA has financed a feasibility study to explore the possibilities of space stationed power plants to transmit energy directly from the sun to the earth and another tale of wonder begins to unfold. The idea has infinite appeal. An endless supply of sun-generated energy is burning freely in space MSGOVERNOMICS Only Apathy Needed1 his own before he attached a metal key to a kite which he flew during an electric storm.

But at present a power producing satellite riding a stationary orbit 22,300 miles above the earth is not cause for concern to an earth bound competitor. 0 0 0 IN A STUDY of his own, Dr. David J. Rose of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory concludes it is entirely unfeasible to build space stations over areas huge enough to collect solar power which would then be beamed to a specific location on earth by laser or microwaves. It would require a beam of kilowatts equal to a death ray.

"If you worry about a nuclear reactor accident, imagine the problem of guaranteeing the aim of a space station will never go awry, or that an airplane will never fly through it," Rose scoffs. The earth's protective blanket of atmosphere renders the sun's rays harmless, filtering out radiation before it reaches us. 0 0 0 UNLESS THE scientists tackling NASA's assignment devise a way to wrap the death ray the way light cords are wrapped we could outpace outselves again by developing a solar plant before we know how to control its production. Channeled solar energy may be as remote as a commuter flight to the moon. Nevertheless, it is an idea whose time has come and therefore a force to be reckoned with in the ascending march of time.

First Order Of Business: Eat Twice As Much Lettuce Editor: After watching every session of the convention, after digesting the views of those both inside and outside the hall, I have come to the opinion that the first order of business for all conservatives is to eat twice as much lettuce. Enforce 'Exhaust' Law Mercy The Mission In Hospitals By RUSSELL KIRK Young men and women nowadays are given to asking. "What can I do. to help people?" It Is good to hear, that charitable question asked when It is asked sincerely. Yet how many of those who put the question really mean much by it? One of the more obvious answers is this: tend the sick.

But despite all these protests of compassion, most hospitals today are desperately short of nurses, nurses aides, orderlies, and staff generally. (This Is true even of those hospitals where charges are high and which pay' hospital personnel quite well.) IN THE calendar of saints, July 18, is the feast day of St. Camillus de Lellis, patron saint of the sick and of their nurses. Camillus was an Italian soldier of the 16th century, who was impelled to a religious vocation. He tried to become a Capuchin friar, but was rejected because he had an incurable disease of the feet.

Then Camillus turned to tending the sick, and founded the nursing congregation of the Ministers of the Sick, which has existed ever since; sometimes he is called "the true founder of the Red Cross." Many have followed in his steps among them, Father Damien, who in the. latter half of the 19th century sacrificed himself for the sake of the, lepers of 1 a i in Hawaii, (Robert Louis Stevenson's letters on, Father Damien are unforgettable.) NURSING THE sick cannot be a pleasant vocation, in the ordinary sense of "pleasant." It is a vocation requiring great patience, tenderness, and fortitude one exacting of body and of spirit. If we attempt tq recruit nurses by money alone, we must fail: for charitable devotion, cannot be bought. Charity, "cari-tas," means "love" sometimes the love that passes all understanding. That is not bought with a price.

My old friend Wyndham Lewis, artist and man of letters, was sick most of the time in his later years. In England, with its National Health Service, he would enter only hospitals maintained by some religious order though Lewis, far from being a Catholic, was considerable of a sceptic. In the collectivized modern age, he said, the sick are tended tolerably only if those who tend them are moved by a sense of religious duty and a religious compassion. WHETHER OR not a nurse belongs to a religious order, she succeeds in her vocation because she is moved by "caritas" or fails because she lacks that sacrificing love. And if that religious impulse called "caritas" dwindles away in our time, the sick will suffer in more ways than one.

There writes to me a nun who has long been a member of a nursing order. She laments that some sisters today "have lost the sense of the purpose for which hospitals were founded" and have lost, too, a sense of the supernatural. "We are too dependent on the technical, and ignore the supernatural all around us." JUST SO. A hospital may possess all the latest ingenious medical contrivances, and yet be a place sterile in spirit, for lack of charity. There are hospitals, on the other hand and not in Africa only where the physical facilities are very simple; and yet a phenomenal number of the patients are restored to health, because the treatment is humane and the place is suffused with faith, hope, and charity.

Mercy is the mission of the hospital, and of the nurse. If the religious quality of mercy is lost, all the medical science of modernity will be small comfort to the sick. And when the vocation of tending the sick is wholly nationalized and bureaucratized, there will remain' one difficulty: many patients will not recover. Dr. David J.

Rose while the earth suffers from a diminishing inventory of fossil fuels. Fallible man, meanwhile, has gotten ahead of himself by developing nuclear power plants before he knows what to do with the thermal waste. Thus, NASA's feasibility study is in order. Indeed, Benjamin Franklin more than likely made one of "It has been a concern of mine for a long time that there is a distinct possibility that the cause of many fatal accidents could be carbon monoxide poisoning causing unconsciousness of the driver of a car with a faulty exhaust system." Gibson says the FHP will not require exhaust system inspections until about Oct. 1, or six months after the law became effective, THE FHP said it first has to "coordinate" its efforts, but Gibson blames bureaucracy for the delay.

"All they have to do is order the inspection stations to begin inspecting mufflers and exhaust pipes," Gibson says. The law is a good one and should become a part of the regular inspection without further delay. Thoughts Of Man WISDOM IS knowing when you cannot be wise. PAULENGLE To Destroy? incident, apparently assuming that destruction of private property is still illegal under U.S. laws.

Although one of the peace marchers has termed the suit "ridiculous," it is reasonable to try to recover for damage to one's property. If a group of demonstrators can get away with pillage and vandalism, simply because such acts may be committed as part of a parade or march, what is to prevent groups from roaming the countryside looting and destroying so long as they profess to represent a cause? Have Drawn5 of resigning, Fischer might easily have obtained a draw in this game. I would appreciate other area ohess players checking this out, as the best Spassky could have done, as I see it, is obtain a stalemate position, which is a drawn game, if Fischer had kept his King close to his Knight Pawn. The big surprise of this first game to me was the almost amateurish error Fischer committed, permitting his Bishop to be trapped at the 29th move. LOUIS BISCHOFF Leesburg 'Right Man Will Be Chosen To Lead This Nation' Editor: Summer 1972 these are the best of times.

Freedom, liberty, and democracy are a vital, real and potent life style in America. This is a truly great age to be alive in. I firmly believe the right man will be chosen to lead this nation. This nation is great this land of ours. We can select and vote for a leader who represents the majority of the people to lead our country.

Not every nation in the world has that choice, honor and privilege, as we have. FRANKLIN BURKE St. Petersburg Editor: Four years ago a hippie shouted from the streets of Chicago that no bloodbathed revolution would be necessary to subdue America. He said the apathy of the common man on the street was the only arms the revolutionaries needed. He was so right.

In Miami Beach the shreds of a once great American political party took enough body blows to daze the hopes of those who still cling to the 'Do you have medical 'McGovern Formidable Foe or President Nixon Editor: Your July 12 Sentinel was the saddest paper I have ever read. About the only things missing were "black edges." What puzzles me is, why all the gloom? Your previous expressions have been that you are "gung ho" for President Nixon and his reelection. Could this have been just another of your objective positions and that you are really for George Wallace? Perhaps you are aware of something the rest of us only suspect. That is, contrary to all the claims and false leads being spread, Sen. George McGovern is going to be the most formidable opponent Richard Nixon has faced since he met former Gov.

Pat Brown and quite likely Sen. McGovern will render unto President Nixon quite similar results. We do not wish, that Mr. Nixon take the same action he did after his California defeat. America is a very large and wonderful place and there is room for most any group or individual, regardless 'of their political beliefs, even for someone like former President Richard M.

Nixon, after the November elections. Would you like to place your order now for one of those "large black birds" and enjoy an early repast? Perhaps Mrs. Alice Widener could be induced to dine with you. GEORGE PEARCE Kissimmee 'Democratic Party Just About On Its Way Out' Editor: I have just witnessed the worst type of delegates I have ever seen and it proves that the Democratic party is just about on its way out. I write of the discourtesy shown Gov.

Wallace when he was wheeled into the convention hall. I am a Democrat but I cannot and will not support them with McGovern as nominee. One delegate congressman said on TV that they should not have wasted valuable time by letting Wallace speak. Wallace has more guts and sense than any delegate in that convention. The Democrats didn't like Wallace telling them the truth.

BILL PAUL Sorrento obsession that one must love America first to make it great. The twilight hour lor patriotism, for free speech, for unfettered enterprise, for the home, is closing in to the hurrahs of an unthinking group of untried and unskilled fanatics. They chose their hero and he is no Thomas Paine. They rejected common sense and steamrolled through a political platform that if carried out will spell out the doom of America. It will place in bondage not only their own generation, but the generations of the unborn sons of the unborn sons of America.

Has America become so drugged, has patriotism become so subdued, has the voice become so muted that few will respond to the call for ballots next November? Or shall they wait in complacent apathy for the bloody call to arms to put down a revolution? D. L. WHITEHURST Crystal River 'Relieved Of Quite A Job On Opinions About TV Editor: The following letter was sent to Arthur R. Taylor, president of CBS Television: For quite some time, I have been mentally composing a note which would contain an expression of some thoughts I have, had for several years pertaining to the poor, slanted, unfounded, overtalkative version we, the viewers, are receiving on most any event covered by the majority of television reporters. Upon reading the Sentinel July 13, I realized I had been relieved of quite a job.

The enclosed clippings (articles by George McEvoy and Jim Murray) cover most of my sentiments as well as some I had not thought of. I compliment these two writers for doing fine job of telling it like it is. They told it to about 150,000 readers of the Sentinel. TROY T. COMER Winter Park 'Nation Shouldn't Consider McGovern For President Editor: Sen.

George S. McGovern should not even be considered for the highest office in the U.S. since he is for busing of our school students and dismantling our national defense. ELECTRA PEARSON Ranger, Tex. Emphasize Vandalism's Wrong Right From Start Editor: One way to help stop school vandalism is to have the teachers from the very beginning, starting in the Head Start program, and reemphasizing it in every grade right on through high school impress upon the students the fact that public property is not to be touched and that to do so is a crime, punishable by fine, jail or whatever.

When my boys were growing up in Kissimmee the teachers there did a good job of that. Another angle the teachers can emphasize is that vandalism costs daddy money in taxes money which could otherwise be spent on bicycles, ice cream or trips to Walt Disney World. That might get the kids' attention and start them policing each other. Adults can help, too. (If you don't know where your kids are tonight, Mr.

Adult, they may be out breaking windows that are going to cost you money on your tax bill.) GLEN BUMP A 28-YEAR-OLD physician and his 19-year-old date are dead of carbon monoxide poisoning which leaked into their closed car from a faulty muffler. There have been a number of such deaths nationwide in the past, but hopefully they will become rare in Florida. A new law written by State Rep. William L. Gibson, Orlando, includes a car's exhaust system in the annual mandatory inspection of vehicles.

This law, which became effective last April 3, requires that all parts of a car's exhaust system must be intact before a windshield sticker is issued. 0 0 0 FOR SOME REASON, however, the Florida Highway Patrol has not yet implemented the law, Gibson said. Gibson added that he has contacted Maj. Roger Collar of the FHP, Tallahassee, and "urged him to expedite issuing instructions for the inspection of the exhaust system to the motor vehicle inspections throughout the state. Is It A 'Right' IS IT THE "right" of rioters or demonstrators to destroy private property? A good many seem to think that if acts of vandalism are committed during a parade or march, no one should be held responsible.

This theory is being put to the test in Portland, Ore. A few months ago, the headquarters of the Georgia-Pacific Corp. was damaged in a stone throwing attack by violent demonstrators during a "peace march." The company filed suit for $100,000 in punitive damages against 115 persons involved in the Fischer 'Could Editor: Have just played over the first game of the world chess championship match between America's Bobby Fischer and Russia's Boris Spassky. Perhaps I am mistaken, but it seems to me that instead 'Long To Donate Blood If It Weren't So Far' Editor: The blood banks claim they need more blood. Why don't they do as the TB units do go to different locations for the ray? I have good, healthy blood and I have longed to donate it free as often as humanly possible.

If only one didn't have to go 15 or 20 miles to give. I'm sure my friends would donate and I'm blessed with good friends. I would love to know where I should go or what I should do to give my cadaver to science. I have perfect health and I want to donate my eyes, kidneys, lungs, heart, for transplanting. Selfish of me, isn't it? But I love life so that I want others to live and I want to live after I die.

ELEANOR MURPHY Write to The Living Bank, P.O. Box 725, Houston, Tex. 77005. Editor. LEIGHTON L.

BAKER Mount Dora 'When Was Demo Emblem Changed From Editor: When I was a child, the emblem of the Democratic party was a rooster and whenever a Democrat won an election the "rooster was crowing all over the front pages of newspapers." Just when was that emblem changed to a mule, donkey, or jackass, whichever it is and why? (MRS.) N. H. COOKE Official party emblems, used in some states, are a rooster for the Democrats, an eagle for the Republicans. These emblems originated years ago, purportedly so a voter unable to read the names of the party's candidates could cast a straight ticket simply by placing an in a circle at the top of the respective column. The symbols of the parties, a donkey for the Democrats and an elephant for the Republicans, are credited to Cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902), the donkey first being used in one of his drawings for Harper's Weekly in 1870, the elephant appearing four years later.

Editor. 'Use Pregnancy Control, Not Birth Control' Editor: Nobody has the right to destroy life, especially new innocent life. If people don't want children, they should use pregnancy control not birth control. NAME WITHHELD A fellow's life will be happier if he spends it anticipating what may happen rather than regretting what did. The Country Parson.

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