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THE JOURNAL AND COURIER, LAFAYETTE, IND. Wednesday Evening, April 29, 1970 4 Letters to the Editor AINU THE COURIER FOUNDED 1S3I THE JOURNAL FOUNDED IK Merged Jon. 2, 1920 Published Dolly Except Sundoyt By FEDERATED PUBLICATIONS, from the office of the Journal ond Courier, 221 N. 6th Lafayette, Ind 47901. 2nd Class postage paid at Lofoyette, Indiana.

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Their efforts must be concentrated in the City of West Lafayette to offer the best protection to their citizens. The article also mentioned that several Purdue University and West Lafayette- firefighters would be able to help in the planning stages but not in the actual firefighting. This statement is in error as these valuable individuals will be available for volunteer firefighting on their off-duty time. DOUGLAS FORSMAN Wabash Township Fire Protection Committee West Lafayette planned. Maybe he never heard about the time Christ caused the storm to cease and the waters to calm.

Or maybe he never heard of how World War II bombers returned to their base after a bombing run on a "wing and a prayer." No doubt there's a scientific explanation for that too but try and convince the boys who flew them that God didn't take direct action in their case. Most people understand that there are laws which regulate life and matter and that if you apply these laws in 'a certain way you can expect them to produce a certain result. The point is however that God established the laws and as long as He wishes, we can depend on them to function in an orderly fashion. We in turn can give Him honor and should especially when in danger. The more we discover the wonders of creation the more should be our awe of the Supreme Intelligence responsible for such wonders.

The fact that we should call on God in times of distress is to acknowledge His Greatness and show Him we recognize His ability to do things out of the ordinary if need be. Did Christ not tell us to "pray always." Did Christ not tell us "whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you." Notice the word whatever, an all encompassing term, wouldn't you say! And as a last thought we might think about the scientific knowledge required to rise from the dead, or ascend into Heaven. What we need today is more prayer, beseeching God to continue to hold things in control and to grant lis the human wisdom to turn to Him when we need help, admitting our utter dependence on His Supreme wisdom and ability to carry us through our daily crises. JOHN KIDWELL Fowler Soviets ask Henry Ford to help build ROBERT C. KRIEBEL Congress Race Draws Most Interest But County Contests May Be Closer Stewardship of the Land Here in Indiana, in recent years, there has been indignant concern for the ravages of strip mining.

Coal companies therefore have initiated extensive restoration projects among their tailings. And at least some of the grotesque landscapes in the coal country have been set aright with tailings leveled and planted with trees and grass and the pools filled with fish. There still is much to do about this down in southern Indiana, however, since much damage was done before the concern arose, and a lot of the ruined countryside is nobody's baby. The work of returning strip mining territory to attractive and useful purposes and repairing the ravages to every reasonable degree must be extended by both miners and government. There is sufficient concern on the part of the public, on the part of government, and on the part of.

the coal companies involved to inspire hopes that in time, attractive recreational areas may replace all of these old eyesores. In the northern part of the state, however, there is not enough concern for the ugly gashes lacerating its landscape, in the gravel and lime country where old pits yawn without much outcry about them! This is strip mining too. And it defies the stewardship of the land as much as the coal shovels. And it deserves to be smoothed and landscaped and returned to attractive and useful purpose as much as coal land. But somehow it has not been regarded as seriously.

And so these holes fill with stagnant water, old car bodies, fencing and haphazard untended junk, after they are abandoned. You see them everywhere small pits on farmsteads and big ones developed by big operators. Nobody ever tends their orderly and sanitary filling, bulldozes them in, or pushes soil over the sterile sides and mounds or plants trees and grass on them afterward. Shouldn't this be required as a condition of digging? Even though a man or a company owns the land he devastates, may he ruin it for all generations to come? In return for the right to take the riches from below, shouldn't he agree to restore the surface for the future. There are some notable examples of the problem in the Lafayette area where rich gravel banks hide just below the grass.

But there are few examples of attempts at restoration once the pits are abandoned. There is a growing realization that life and land are stewardships, and while we may take what we need, tenancy and ownership are not in perpetuity and we must tidy up the place before we leave. Both our laws and our disposition toward the matter should henceforth emphasize these points. Watery Snapshots If there's one thing we could, all agree on about the camera buff, it's that he's ubiquitous. Almost anywhere you go on this earth, there he is.

This picture-taking urge has led the amateur photographer even beneath the sea, and in recent years underwater photography has attracted a host of devotees. Though it goes a bit beyond the box camera of yore, the equipment required is relatively simple a snorkel, some fins, a small camera in watertight housing. Then down you go, supple as a porpoise, gliding among sea grasses and coral to get a picture of some creature never seen on land. Many who have penetrated this underwater world and recorded its beauties call it by the apt name, "inner space." It does have an other-world quality about it. To the novice, water can be a tricky medium.

It magnifies objects, and the light intensity decreases rapidly as the photographer descends. The challenge is an intriguing one, though one to which more and more people are responding. As summer approaches, the cool, refreshing appeal of the water will beckon and no longer does it call only to those who would swim, float or ski on its surface. Here come the photographers. Look out below! HOW ELSE BUT THROUGH PRAYER? In answer to Mr.

Stephan Weisz' letter to the editor on "The Hand of God." There is no other source by which the badly damaged space craft could have ever returned to this planet, only through the permissive will of the eternal God, who upholds all things by the Word of His Power Heb 1:3. We believe the Bible teaches this. Did not Nebuchadnezzar have three men cast into the flaming furnace, and when he rose up and looked, he said, Lo I see four men, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. Again "God's hand of Mercy." There are numerous other events in the Bible that indicate, that nothing just happens. Every event is through His will.

You ask, why is it that our nation is urged to pray in crisis and when all else fails it turns to God. Again let's turn to the Bible. Paul says I exhort therefore, that, firsts of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks; be made for all men, the emphasis on all men. I Tim. 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

I firmly believe it was through the prayers of thousands of true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, born again, that God allowed a safe return of our astronauts. The Lord is long suffering to us ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance and believe the Gospel. II Peter 3:9 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3:36. ROBERT GALLINGER Idaville R. 1 GOD STILL IS IN CONTROL Isn't it strange how, when man acquires a little knowledge, he tends to put God in the background and in effect says, "Now God, you just sit tight and take it easy, I can handle everything from here on out.

After all, Your ways are old-fashioned today and not relevant in our scientific society. It isn't unusual that these thoughts occur to modern man. In fact after God created the angels, some of them became fascinated with the idea that they were greater than their creator. God being a very just Creator saw their point so He chose one, Lucifer who seemed to be the most intelligent and more aggressive than the rest, who had ideas of being a king, and created for him his own kingdom. Now Lucifer and his intellectual followers are having a hell of a time.

Ever since God created earth and placed man on it there have been certain individuals among them who have outgrown their maker and disdained to give Him any credence. After, all, maybe they couldn't make a tree but they could cut it up and build a boat in which they could sail forth and conquer the sea. But somehow they missed a point about God. He didn't need a boat. He simply walked on the water.

Or maybe they couldn't make a stalk of wheat but they could improve the quality of the seed and increase the yield per acre. And now with just a little more experimentation they are going to control the weather in order to guarantee against crop failure and so will be able to assure every creature on earth a continuous supply of bread. No need to hear of anyone going hungry after that. But it seems they never heard about God feeding several thousand hungry people with only a couple fish and a few loaves of bread. He even had some left over.

Now we hear from a Minister who writes a letter to the editor and says all this praying by our Apollo 13 astronauts, when things started flying apart way out there in space, was a lot of nonsense. He says all physical laws were in order and all the scientists had to do was use their knowledge in applying them and everything had to turn out ok. Great! Who needs God when everything is going as 2: Rusk and two retired West Lafayette police officers, John W. "Bill" Minnick and Charles R. Dietrich, are gunning for the nomination.

IN THE RACE for the nomination for Tippecanoe County commissioner, incumbent Floyd Gingrich, unstoppable in elections since 1955, faces challenges from City Councilman Edward J. -Shaw and from contractor August "Ben" Hubertz. Then there is a two-way campaign for nomination for county councilman from the county's 3rd District involving William "Bill" German and Keith McMillin. The 3rd District, incidentally is composed of. Union, Wea, Jackson, Randolph and Lauramie townships.

THE DEMOCRATIC State Convention is seven weeks away but Sen. Vance Hartke is campaigning for renomination full blast. His wife, Martha, was in Lafayette last week to speak on his behalf at a Women's Democratic Organization meeting. And this week comes announcement of formation of a Purdue Professors for the Re-election of Senator Hartke group. Floyd Fithian, active in the area campaign for Robert F.

Kennedy in 1968 and president of 2nd District Win-Dems, is chairman of the new Hartke group. "It's purpose," Fithian says, "is to provide all Purdue staffers who favor Out of 10 YEARS AGO TODAY (In the Lafayette Journar and Courier) Rev. A. Michael Lizza, a native of Detroit, Mich, was appointed new principal for Central Catholic high school effective June 15. He will succeed Rev.

Francis L. Kinney, who has served in that capacity since the school was opened in 1957. Father Kinney has been appointed principal of Brun-n a 1 Seminary high school, Canton, a position he held for five years before he came to Lafayette in 1957. Father Lizza presently is at Brunnerdale Seminary high school where he had been instructor in science and mathematics for four years. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY -(In the Lafayette Journal Courier) 50 YEARS AGO TODAY It has been said that since the advent of prohibi- WmMngtan Star Syndteota.

Ins. JOSHUA PRAYED; SUN STOOD STILL I was deeply concerned when I read Mr. Weisz "letter to the Editor about prayer and the astronauts in the Journal and Courier Concern for our students who are missing a relationship with a personal God being uppermost, I am thankful that our Editor believes in "The Hand of God." Because I have accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour, I believe the Holy Spirit lives within and is therefore with me at all times. Our nation is made up of people, many of whom believe in the power of prayer changing lives and events. We make a tragic mistake to limit God because our minds cannot comprehend His power and greatness.

Joshua prayed and the sun stood still and the moon stayed. The God who created the sun and the moon continues in control today. Why shouldn't we believe that God protected our astronauts and brought them safely home? (MRS.) MARGERY E. OWENS Monon RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD PERSONAL TOO In reply to Stephen R. Weisz's objection to the a i 1 i of the Almighty's intervention in the flight of Apollo 13, I think that Rev.

Weisz did us a service by warning us about the danger of misusing God, but a disservice by attempting to reduce our relationship with God to an impersonal level. If, as he says, theology like that found in the editorial to which he objected is "turning off scores of people today from religion," I maintain that theology like that used by Rev. Weisz is turning off scores of thousands. I thought that current religious theory was moving in the direction of a greater, rather than a lesser, emphasis on personalization in human affairs. How could this be if at the same time our theology (doctrine of God) were to move in the opposite direction? WILLIAM R.

SHUNK GOOD TO KNOW THERE'S SUCH HELP How heartwarming, in times like these, to pick up the newspaper and read on the front page: "Prayer Changes Things" above the picture of the tragic needle of the drug addict. The article that followed was wonderful. Do you realize what a help this could be not only to those at Pendleton House but to the hundreds of addicts and alcoholics who read the article? Christ is indeed the answer to all the worlds problems and only when God's creation turns back to Him will they find a lasting solution. I say three cheers to those involved in the work of "transforming" addicts. May God bless them.

MRS. PERRY NEI HOUSE F-rancesville TEACH-IN WAS COMMUNITY SERVICE It was a great community service rendered by the faculty and students at Purdue University and the corporation executives, who provided such a splendid Envi-r a 1 Teach-in on Earth Day. The series of lectures, the films and slides, and the printed information were extremely apocalyptic. It is apparent that much time and effort was put forth to establish such a program. It instilled in us a deeper sense of appreciation of the natural resources around us and an increased awareness of the need to protect and care for our beautiful America.

Our only regret is that we weren't able to indulge in every event on campus that day, and that Earth Day could not have fallen on a week-end so that more members of the local community could partake of Purdue's highly informative Environmental Teach-in. JACK and NANCY CORNS Lafayette RFD a truck plant. News Item Hartke's re-election a veil icle through which to channel their energies. Many things can be done, but among the most immediate are the identification of hundreds of staff members who want to see Hartke given a third term, and the organization of communication lines not only among ourselves but between the senator's office and his many backers at home." PROF. JOSEPH C.

KUC, long-time Democratic party leader from West Lafayette, will head a six-man steering committee. Its first job, Kuc says, will be "to insure that each department (at Purdue) has a representative on the larger committee. One of the real problems of political effectiveness is to insure that everyone on campus has an opportunity to assist in the tasks at hand. "In order to do this among the more than 2,000 staff members, the steering committee plans to enlist the support of a representative and alternate from every large department and at least one from the smaller departments." Other steering committee members besides Fithian and Kuc will be Robert Bain, Ben Leon, James Papke, and Ralph Simon. Fithian said formation of the committee resulted from a recent visit on campus by Fryborz Fatemi, former Indiana University political science professor now on Hartke's staff.

the Past tion, the sale of candy has increased one hundred per cent. The business of one Fort Wayne candy maker increased to such an extent, however, as to cause suspicion among federal authorities and a raid was made on the candy shop. A veritable brewery was found on the second floor of the establishment, the gov-e agents allege. Sacks of ground corn, a still, several barrels of mash, and a large quantity of liquor were confiscated. 100 YEARS AGO TODAY (In the Lafayette Dally Courier) Lord Dorsey, an old bachelor of forty years, fell in love with a country girl who had a wooden leg.

She declined his hand, fearing that her misfortune would cool down the ardor of his love. He went to London, had one of his legs taken off, and married the girl. VZJ ANN LANDERS LET'S GET DOWN TO POLLUTION PARTICULARS When the residents of Purdue's Married Student Courts objected to living with the smell of rotting, burning garbage, Mayor Williamson said that whenever people congregate in an area, they stink. When the people of the United States stand up, complain, and demonstrate about pollution, Representative Landgrebe warns darkly of a conspiracy (Journal and Courier, April 22, 1970). When Purdue students cleaned up the campus quarry, neither Mayor Williamson, Dr.

Hovde, nor Representative Landgebe were present. Isn't it about time the public demands that those in positions of authority and responsibility "put their money where their mouths If Mayor Williamson can live with the stench of rotting garbage in his nostrils, then he is welcome to our apartment. If Landgrebe fears conspiracy within ad hoc anti-pollution groups let him organize pollution clean-ups to make sure they are not "infiltrated." If Dr. Hovde is serious about making Purdue University a leader in improving the environment, let's at least hear more favorable public statements from his office. MR.

and MRS. TERRY REUTHER West Lafayette WABASH FIRE FORCE POINTS CLARIFIED I would like to clarify a couple of points mentioned in a Journal and Courier articcle concerning new efforts to establish a fire department in rural Wabash Township. The article, which appeared in the April 18 Journal and Courier, stated that the township presently has a contract with three surrounding fire departments. These departments were said to be Battle Ground, Otterbein, and West Lafayette. However, the West Lafayette Fire Department was wrongly included.

The third department is, in fact, West Point Fire Department. West Lafayette firefighters are not permitted to bring their apparatus and services out into the Ear's An Idea To Prevent Problems Next Tuesday's Tippecanoe County Republican primary is sure to settle a lot of political questions but in the process it could inflict slashing wounds on what has been a strong, healthy party. The presence of Mayor Donald W. Blue in the 2nd District congressional primary has had a moderately divisive effect on the main body of the party. There are many Republicans in the community more conservative than Blue, and they are sticking with Congressman Earl F.

Landgrebe. Landgrebe, you may recall, attracted 2,123 Tippecanoe votes two years ago in the Republican primary against the popular O. U. Sullivan. Sullivan is out of the race his year, and Land-grebe's support can be expected, to hold firm, if not expand.

IT WOULD BE a mistake this spring, however, to compare Landgrebe's 2,123 votes of 1968 to the total in 1970. All indications point to a very light turnout of voters May 5. Landgrebe may well get fewer votes but a larger percentage of the total. Mayor Blue is favored to carry Tippecanoe, County anyway. It is on the county level that the GOP competition sharpens noticeably, and old friends find themselves facing one another for key nominations.

The three-way fight for the GOP nomination for county auditor is impossible to predict. All three aspi-rants are well-qualified, popular, and running hard. DEPUTY AUDITOR Gladys Ridder, Township Trustee Jack McCord, and businessman and for-m Young Republicans leader Lewis J. Beeler may well finish so close as to require a recount. But there is a school of thought which points to some very convincing evidence that, in a primary race like that, a woman will beat two men every time.

Another race which will divide Republican sentiment three ways is one for the county sheriff nomi-nation. Incumbent John FOk TODAY MOM the Upper Room magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. (Psalm 34:3) PRAYER Eternal God, loving Father of all men, make us conscious of Your presence and receptive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. So may our lives reflect clearly the light of Your image in us and thus help others find the light life. Through Christ our Lord, who taught us to pray, "Our Father, who art in heaven Amen." DEAR ANN LANDERS: Since you are read and quoted by millions of people will you please say something to the thousands of ignorant fools who are wrecking their ears? As an otologist's nurse I can vouch for that old saying, "Nothing smaller than the elbow should go into their ears" but hardly anyone listens.

People insist on "cleaning" their ears with cotton swabs, hairpins, keys, pencils, pens and wires. As a result we get several calls a day from people who are suffering the tortures of the damned. The doctor gives them a lecture and prescribes medication but they keep coming back time after time for the same old thing. The most pathetic cases are infants who are brought in for treatment. Cotton swabs not only pack the ear wax tighter and clog the canal but care-1 1 used, they can scratch the fine lining of the canal and start infections.

Infections can lead to chronic draining and a loss of hearing. Please tell your readers that the normal ear cleans itself and does not require anyone digging in it. If, by chance, the ears do not secrete their own wax and debris, they should be cleaned by a doctor, not an amateur. You do a lot of good in this world, Ann. Do a little more and print this.

OFFICE NURSE DEAR NURSE: Here 'tis and I hope somebody listens. DEAR ANN LANDERS: Several months ago I decided on the spur of the moment to have my fortune told. The fortune teller was a woman who worked with a deck of cards. The very first thing she said was, "I see something very bad here. Your husband is going to die young.

He will not live to raise his small children." I felt as if someone had hit me in the head with a brick. She asked me if I wanted to know more and I said, "No that's enough." I staggered out of the tent and had to sit down on a bench for 10 minutes before I could go on home. I've talked to several people about this and they all say, "Forget it!" But I can't erase that horrible experience from my mind. It haunts me night and day. When my husband com- plains of a slight headache I'm sure he has the beginning of a brain tumor.

If he has a little stomach upset I'm certain he is having a heart attack. If he is 10 minutes late for dinner I imagine he has been killed in a car accident. Please give me some help. How can I free myself from this prison of fear? ALICE DEAR ALICE: That "fortune teller" did a cruel piece of mischief. She must be a sadist, as well as a charlatan.

I suggest professional help. You need to talk out this obsession until you are free of it..