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AGE FOUR MUNCIE EVENING PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1972 RAY CROMLEY The New Balance of Power MUNCIE EVENING PRESS MUNCIE NEWSPAPERS, Inc. Published Weekday Evenings in Muncie, Ind. EiUbltihcJ 190S Willard Worcester, Publisher "Who tb Spirit Ik Lot! U. Thert Liberty" Cor. t.Vt Nixon Has Economic Sleepers Up His Election Sleeve No Job Stands Alone repayment in Russian production from thosj Investments.

Take some current negotiations. It is understood one major concern is working to-ward a contract on a $160 million'wood pulp plant to be paid for in large measure by the Foreign strategy provides the razzamatazz In President Nixon's reelection campaign. And a Vietnam breakthrough would be a thriller, if achieved. But Nixon has under way a series of economic sleep-iw 1 fw ers which could provide at 1 Sunday punch by election1? day- JT ft None of these has the glamor of China, Russia or a Vietnam settlement. Indi- A viduallv thev mav set few! 5 headlines.

But their cumulative effect could mean an economy rambling right plant's output Two American companies reportedly have Russian letters of intent on $58 million hi i contracts to supply, turnkey plants to make tableware and other items. I Another American firm is said to havej landed a $10 million contract to design the world's largest foundry to supply the mammoth Kama River truck plant the Russians are building. U.S. companies are competing for an expected $200 million in U.S.-made equipment the Russians may buy for" that foundry and for a share in the $1.2 million truck plant itself. In the United States, meanwhile, cone sumer buying is on the upswing.

Major inventory buildups are expected to start by September. Government spending is set to concentrate heavily on the first five months of this new fiscal year, July through No-1 along this fall in real orders and even greater prospects. The pattern can be seen in agreement by which Moscow will million in grains these next three the new buy $750 years and prospects this order will be increased, Pi a ml i 1 A major purpose of Secretary State William Rogers' ivisit to East Europe was to set the stage for increased shipments of farm goods primarily to Yugoslavia and Poland. A top priority In the upcoming trade talks with Japan is to sell Tokyo on buying $100 million or so a year more in American products. A sales list has been prepared.

A boost of say $100 million a year in sales to Peking is in the talking stage. And if Dr. Henry Kissinger is as successful here as in some of of his other trips, the first results should begin to show before election day. Already there's a reported breakthrough on jet sales and hopes for cotton, tobacco, seed and grains. But we may merely have looked at the tip of the iceberg if agreement can be made on settling Moscow's World War II debts to the United States, if Export-Import Bank and other credits can be arranged and if U.S.

export rules are slackened. What is being talked about is a series of multimillion-dollar contracts for U.S. technology, backed by U.S. loans, with much of the JIM BISHOP'S WORLD vember. Though unemployment continues high, employment is expected to grow at a thumping pace in the next several months, giving hope to those who don't have jobs.

Higher Social Security payments have been enacted into law. The administration is pushing hard get a new GI education bill through Congress before this session ends. The new higher rates are expected to lure more veterans into school this fall, a 6mall but important assist to the unemployment outlook. The Nixon men expect these economic plusses, one after another, in thump, thump, thump order, to create a swing of optimism that will lead to even more consumer spending, more industrial hiring and greater in, dustrial investment in new machines. Nixon is known to believe the state of the economy in 1960 lost him the election in his race against John Kennedy.

He is not about to let this happen again if he can prevent it Letters To The Editor poor taste. We prefer letters of 200 words or less. No letter attacking a private Individual by name will be published unless the writer permits his own name and address to be used. The Editor welcomes letters from our readers. Pen names or Initials may be used in contributions carrying writers' correct names and addresses.

All are subject to condensation and to deletion of matter considered libelous, or in 1 Rail transportation industry leaders began several years ago to take the story of America's railroads directly to the public. Judging by steadily Amounting pressure from all sources for action on lransportation legislation now before Congress, the fail message has gotten across. Support for this legislation has come from business, industry, labor and the public generally. Moreover, people want to see the railroads and common carriers prosper and grow as taxpay-; private enterprises which is the goal of the pending Surface Transportation Act A leading labor spokesman has specifically endorsed the Act 4 "just as have countless others representing industries, consumers and workers whose future is tiei inex-; Jricably to transportation. s-' As Congress moves ahead in considering the Act and other transport measures, the list of those testifying in behalf of speedy action lengthens and assumes a tone of ever-greater urgency.

One con-; gressional witness, the vice president of a major company and a spokesman for the forest products industry, said that Congress's highest priority should be action that would help remedy the nation's freight car shortage. He added, "The forest products industry is especially concerned with the long-term health of the railroad industry on which it is reliant." In the course of taking their story to the public, the railroads have set an historical precedent that has yet to be fully appreciated. They have shown the utter interdependence of every segment of the American economic system. No enterprise and no job is an entity unto itself. -Is Vandalism a Wanton destruction of property it seems has become so common as to be considered a "right" if the perpetrators are rioters or demonstrators.

But a timber company with headquarters in Pprtland, Oregon, has challenged this spurious right in court. A few months ago, its building was a victim of stone throwing attack by violent demonstrators in a "peace march." The company filed suit for $100,000 in punitive damages against 115 persons allegedly involved in the incident. The management apparently assumed that destroying private property is still illegal under U.S. laws 'and acted accordingly. One of the leaders of the so-called peace marchers termed the suit "ridiculous." ll It is hard to see why it is ridiculous to try to recover damages when someone destroys your property unless anarchy has taken the place of the fiile of law.

If punishment can be evaded when acts are; committed as part of a parade or march, what is to prevent a group from marching through the countryside raiding farms, homes and businesses at will as long as they profess to represent a cause, i I Should vandalism be embraced in the established doctrine of permissiveness only the most naive pill express shock over the rising crime rate of youth- youth that has never learned the meaning ef law and justice. Classics Classy Again The classics are staging a comeback in at least one university. According to the Stanford Observer, undergraduate enrollment in the school's classics department has more than doubled in the past four years. difference has also been noted in the kinds of indents attracted to Latin and those who prefer Creek. ZK "The students who take Latin courses are mostly; interested in the Western literary experience," Professor William Berg.

"The Greek courses have always had a relatively heavy enrollment that (qcluded campus radicals with an interest in Plato." That's what radical means "proceeding from fhe roots." And Plato, it will be recalled, was no believer in democracy. The Old House Fought Another of Nature's Monsters to a Draw The world stopped at 11 a.m. I was writing in the garage behind the old gabled house. The gray marble top of the Shrewes-bury flowed swiftly in from Sandy Hook. The sudden silence was profound, as though nature had 1 Another Protest on Reservoir Parking To The Editor: Seems like out at Pr-Creek you have to be a pontoon owner or belong to the Sail Boat Club in order to park near the water to fish.

The roads that lead back into the lake are so bad you take a chance tearing the muffler off or busting the oil pan. If the city is to operate this as a fishing resort they could at least make the Inroads safe for driving. The elderly people that like to fish sure don't feel like walking a mile or so to get to fish. I was fishing with a buddy at the Sail Boat Bridge a few weeks back. He parked his car stopped whispering, I walked out into the flagstoned yard, then up through the old house of many gables, and out front.

The sky was cloudless, but the sun was dim. The petunias around the fountain no longer shivered. There were 175 feet of lawn and a low concrete wall. Bevond Reid Family Says Thank You To The Editor: G. William Reid and family wish to sincerely thank the many, many people of Muncie who so overwhelmingly and faithfully supported them during Bill's recent hospitalization.

The flowers, cards, messages, end prayers lifted our spirits and brightened the days. Especially may we express our deep appreciation for all the excellent professional care of three Ball Memorial Hospital, the excellent facilities and services at of Muncie's finest doctors end the efficient and pleasant crew of nurses and hospital employes. Above all, we praise God who so richly blessed us through the power of prayer and healing. PHOEBE REID past the bridge railing on the south side clear off the wad. No sign at all that says no parking.

There was a sign at the edge of starting on the bridge for north bound traffic to see. I have no gripe about the police patrol doing their job, only this police woman asked some fellow to move his car that was parked on the bridge. She went on out and gave my friend a ticket for improper parking. I tried to get him not to pay the $3 for parking when he didn't deserve it I have taken pictures from all angles from the north and south of where he was parked we are going to show Mayor Cooley, then I will put them in the paper in order to keep other suckers from getting caught in this trap. But after finding out who the badge belongs to I can see why are being harassed about parking.

I hope Mayor Cooley will look into this problem at Prairie Creek before hiring women to patrol the lake who don't know legal parking from illegal parking. OTTIS MAYNARD double-moored. An army truck stopped. "Hey, want to go to high ground?" I looked at Gayle. She shook her head no.

'Thanks." I yelled. They moved away at high speed, with a lot of people swinging in the back. At 12:30 sudden breezes flirted with the flowers. They stopped. At 2 p.m.

the wind had muscle. It hit a hole in a drain gutter and sounded a monotonous minor-key note. It was dead east and it yanked the bedspread of sea against the wall and tossed the spume high. We moved inside. The dog was under the dining room table, whistling through his nose.

At 2:30, the wind was leaning against the front windows and the slight rain came in big drops. By 3 p.m. everything was beyond control. The sound was sheer fury. Gayle was steady beside me, but I had to yell to make her understand.

Beach pavilions on top of the sea wall crumpled, and twc-by-fours flew flat on the wind. At 5, the gale was northeast. The sea and the river seeped into the cellar. A family of Norwegian rats on the string piece, crouched and crept. The wind caught them and spun them into air and down in the river.

Half a wooden bridge sailed sedately by. The wind was ou: of the north. The power lines sparked blue and red. Hot wires fell into sea brine. A 24-foot cabin cruiser, empty and quiet, came out of the river and sailed slowly down the driveway.

The telephone was dead. An upstairs window exploded like a shotgun. The rain did not fall; it fled sidewards at terrifying speed. Bungalows on the dunes leaned. Some fell.

The high-pitched scream of the world gone mad was with us for hours. At nine P.M. that summer night, it stopped. There was still a little light. "Say a quick prayer," Gayle said I said a slow one.

It was gone. The old house on the dunes had fought one more of nature's monsters to a draw. In the silence, I heard the throb of the cellar pump. It sounded like a slow, con- DO YOU 'THE NEEDLE' By Harold Coffin 50 and 25 Years Ago that was Ocean Avenue, Sea Bright, N.J. On the far side of the road, the huge sea wall stood firm and thick.

I listened. The big green combers had stopped crashing against the wall. The sky was empty of gulls. Somewhere In the village, a half mile south, I could hear a truck stripping gears. Gayle came downstairs.

"It's coming," she said. I looked at her. "Radio says winds in gusts 90 to 100 miles an hour." The small birds were huddled under the eaves. "O.K.," I said. "Get the car keys." We drove to the village.

There were some candles at Cy and Art's; at Hemple's delica-tessen we got baked beans, cole slaw, some liverwurst bologna, rolls, pickles, roast beef and a box of hard candy. People were walking fast. In front of police headquarters, a sound truck blared unintelligible words. This would be a first-class hurricane. We were living on a sand dune 224 feet wide between sea and river.

At the house, Gayle opened all windows a tiny crack; I went into the cellar to make sure that the automatic pump was working. It had a metal ball hanging in a two-foot well. It was working. In a half hour, we were ready. The world still stood still.

There was no sound. No ships were on the sea, except Scotland lightship, 1972 McNauqht Syndicate Ine, JULY 19, 1922 Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican minister of finance, is received by President Harding as a Mexican citizen. Mr. and Mrs. James Groenen-dyke of Middletown entertained a large number of their relatives and friends with a dinner in celebration of Mr.

Groenendyke'3 84th birthday. Two thousand Sioux Indians have gathered at the Catholis Sioux Congress to establish an Indian Court of Domestic Relations on the reservation as a preventive of divorces. Mrs. Sarah Neighbors gave a shower for Leon Mays Jr. at the home of Mrs.

Ben Shobe. leon Parkinson Hawaii's farmers spent millions on research to grow a bigger pineapple only to discover that the new product wouldn't fit in the can. The gals working at the cannery are fed up with having to eat all those pineapple trimmings. This problem (has been fed into a computer, which hasn't yet thought of growing bigger cans. Hawaii grows three major products sugar, pineapples and high-rise apartment SEN.

BARRY GOLDWATBR Editor's Corner He Sympathizes With McGovern Facing a Long Bumpy Road One of the big features of the EDITOR'S NOTE: Leon Parkinson, who's had surgery, expects to be back next week. "Guesting" in the Corner today Ifi-columnist Bob Consldine, Mc- city omciais picnic at "To the victor belongs the That is my offhand prediction for the Democratic candidate for President even though this column is being written before an opponent has been decided upon for the Republi BERRY'S cans' Richard Nixon. Time was when the open-! quote of this, column would have read, 'To the Victor belongs the spoils," reference to the days and Bella Abzug nearly came to blows during one off-camera altercation at the Democratic Convention. Cooler heads prevailed, alas. Students of boxing will rate this near-Miss with another nat ral match that never took place: Jack Dempsey vs.

Harry Wills. I keep thinking that the spooks of the Democratic party's old guard must have been hanging around Miami Beach wondering what in thunder has happened to the party of Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson, Roosevelt and Kennedy. The ghosts must have been puzzled by an announcement from Flamingo Park that the (GLF) Gay Liberation Front would hold a "kiss-in." when victorious can didates became automatic masters over large numbers Cuiloch Park tomorrow evening will be a ball game between elective and appointive officers. Councilman Frank Budd has been named captain of the elective bfficers team and Earl Randolph, street commissioner, is captain of the appointive forces. JULY19, 1947 Kenneth C.

Royall was named to succeed Robert P. Patterson of Secretary of War by President Harry S. Truman. Lindley Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs.

H. Clark, 20 Woodridge, is the winner of a class scholarship to Earlham College, Richmond. "The Hucksters." starring Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr, begins tomorrow at the Rivoli. The Business and Professional Girls' Club of the YWCA will have a wiener roast Thursday at the home of Mrs. Altabel Reaves of Cowan.

Sunday will be homecoming at the Industry Evangelical United Brethren Church. Former pas-tors and their families and former members have been invited to return for the occasion. Industry was organized in June, 1901, and only one of the charter members is living, Mrs. Monroe Bell of Connersville. Mr.

and Mrs. William Hervet Houston Jr. and daughter have returned to their home in Hollywood, having visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hervet Huston Sr.

of Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Everett of Muncie. 'J 'By BOB CONSIDINE All in favor of contributing tola fund to buy U.S. chess master Bobby Fischer a 1-way ticket to the moon, say Sfre!" JSuch a fund, I'd guess, wjuld be filled long before Sen.

George McGovern raises that $25 million he asked for during his acceptance address a Miami Beach. Fischer has Hijde the mythical Ugly American look like Frank Mfcrriwell, in the eyes of millions at home and abroad. His money-grubbing, spoiled-brat deportment probably has persuaded countless peoples of foreign lands that he is typical; of this land. Brezhnev should pin a medal on Boris Spassky, the champ, for having done more to endear Russia the world than anything since the invention of Borscht. Zlt "Movie Czar" Jack Va-fentf continues' to profess that he; -has control over the in-dtry, his approval of WJrner Brothers "Portnoy'a Complaint" is more than sufficient cause for his impeachment, Mayor Lindsay says that hVll help the McGovern-Eagleton ticket but New York City comes first At that rate, he won't be ready to help the 1976 Democratic ticket The Ms's Shirley MacLalne breadth of the entire country.

Tj whole question of money is a probleii which all by. itself could causea newmS With bills piled up from four years ago, con tributions coming i slowly and the need for ready cash every minute. I Can almost fee? the new candidate wondering how ifs aH going to come out. 8 A lot of Americans don't seem to realize that po itical spending for the party out power is pretty much on a basis argely because the people yoavZ hire like advertising agents, miey Stations and wins put down the kind of money they want to charge. Very little credit is etf eS tolc out of power, especially when their chS of regaimng power appear somewhat slim" But that only a small part of the grief which I mentioned.

This year the Democrats look as though they'll need a magic to prepuce harmony among the old-line regS lars, the new and energetic McGovern follow ers and the stolid and solid backers Alabama Gov. George Wallace. If Immediate problems don't occupy the new candidate', mind, he might ponder for a moment just how he is going to staffing the largest, most SetmS plicated business in the world-the fedS government. He can spend hours figuring wt where he is going to find the bright men and the seasoned veterans to help take control of a government so large and bureaucracy so arrogant that it literallv feeds upon itself. "terauy I shouldn't like to discourage the TVml T1, uPreSidntiaI but should know that his hour of triumph will S' short-hved and his time of testing Eg fr trating and arduous.

8 g' of jobs and the placements of large amounts of public money. In today's situation, of course, we are talking about men striving to become a candidate for an office where spoils still play a part in the system. But in reference to the Democratic convention, I can't help but remember that my victory at the Republican convention at San Francisco in 1964 has a somewhat direct application. And I do not mean by this that I go along with those who compare my position in 64 with that of Sen. George McGovern in 1972.

I am thinking of the candidate himself and his feelings after a long, hard struggle to become the standard-bearer of his party and the possessor of its problems. The Democratic, candidate will find himself, as I did eight years ago, in the position of a man doing with the political forces of an entrenched, incumbent President who knows how to play all the facets of political powers for his own advantage. Believe me it is with sympathy that I regard the victor in his fleeting moments of glory which precede the almost immediate "The happy warrior" of the convention surely was Ted Kennedy. During the scheduled love feast of the final night, his was the only genuine smile on the platform. Those of Humphrey, Muskie and Scoop Jackson were made of plastic.

Teddy's was real, and for good reason. To his relief, he had found it easy (rather than seditious) to turn down McGovem's offer for ths- No. 2 spot He had been granted a reprieve until 1976, by which time new generation of Democrats will think Chappequiddick was Sitting Bull's uncle. "Hz writs to get out of the national park. Too many peopef".