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HEXAU) 'But, Fidel, That's My Girl' FRANKLIN 0. SCHUHZ, JOSEPH M. ARNOLD MILLER IDITOK AND AUOCIATI IDITOC MANAOINA lOITOt Air Service Expansion Hagerstown, long the home of one of the nation's major airplane manufacturers, will soon become the hub of largely expanded air transportation enterprise. If the Civil Aeronautics Board approves, Richard Henson of locally owned Henson Aviation Inc. will provide flight services under contract to Allegheny Airlines, which has proposed three roundtrip flights daily from Hagerstown to Friendship Airport near Baltimore.

This service will be in addition to Benson's commuter service to National Airport at Washington. Less waiting at airline terminals for planes and the one-stop reservations service to anywhere in the nation or the world for that matter will be major advantages for passengers when the flights are inaugurated Nov. 1. Leslie Barnes, president of Allegheny, has scheduled flights out of Hagerstown which are designed to connect with trunk lines to the north, west and south, with as little as 10-minute waiting periods between planes. Another advantage will be the convenience of surface transportation.

Persons who will be away just a few days will be able to park their cars at the airport here and pick them up on their return. Of course, success of the additional flights will depend on patronage. Since Hagerstown is the hub of the Tri-State area', and people are becoming more airminded every day, successful operations should be a foregone conclusion. Farm Bureau Off Base The American Farm Bureau Federation doesn't like certain aspects of proposed federal legislation dealing with the control of firearms. It is especially critical of the proposed prohibition of mail order sales of shotguns and rifles.

This, says the federation, "appears to be sufficiently restrictive as to cause undue hardship to farmers and ranchers in the more remote areas of the nation." It notes in support of its position that dealers in such areas generally maintain limited supplies, and "should purchases by mail be prohibited, the farmer or rancher desiring a model or type not customarily included in a small stock would be compelled -to travel to the place of business of a dealer handling a larger supply." The 'criticism of the federation appears to overlook a crucial fact. If the small dealer happens not to have in stock the particular weapon the buyer wants, what is to prevent him from placing a special order with the supplier? Special ordering of all manner of merchandise is as old as the hills and we've never heard of any special prohibition being suggested for legitimate dealers in firearms. The ban on the mail-order sale of guns is one of the best features of the proposed legislation. The lack of restraints is ideal for known felons, narcotics addicts and other irresponsible persons. After five years of hearings and petty argument, Congress ought to get around to recognizing the desirability of closing the door.

Do You 15 YEARS AGO --Two more Franklin County residents have been diagnosed as polio cases, the seventh and eighth of the year in that county. They are Scott Miner, 7, and James E. Cool 11, both of Chambersburg Faivchild Aircraft Division management took the initiative to retain the high caliber of baseball being offered in this city by the Hagerstown Braves. The management authorized the purchase of 5,000 tickets for a "Faivchild Family Out Night" game -which will be distributed to Fairchild workers at no cost to the workers The superintendent of Maryland's State Police wauts to double his force of 261 troopers. Dual roads should be patrolled by a trooper every ten miles.

The present Maryland force can provide only one trooper for each 157 miles of highway The survey of buying power, covering the entire United States, shows the average earnings per Hagerstown family is $4,957 30 YEARS AGO Mrs. Abner W. Barnharl, Broadway, sustained a fractured collar bone when the auto in which she was riding was struck by a 0 passenger train at the Wilson Blvd. crossing Lowell Thomas, noted radio commentator, has promised to give nationwide publicity to the Antietam anniversary celebration. 45 YEARS AGO Fire destroyed two stables, two autos and other property in a $5,000 blaze in Corderman's allcy jusl north of Franklin St A Thurmont woman won a divorce in Frederick as one of the 16 wives of a man who disappeared in Hagerstown after three days of their marriage.

Tuesday, August 15, 1967 4 THE MORNING HERALD, HAGERSTOWN, MD. Dr. Joseph Molner Removal Of Cataracts In Early Stage Advised ROSS LEWIS, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Editor's Letter Box Whose Orders Before the new history, new math, and new everything in our schools our texts used to hold that people who practiced human sacrifice were barbarous. They were the very antithesis of all that civilization stood for, whether in Asia, Africa, or Indians in America. Now, it appears that instead ol regarding the practice as barbaric, we teach that those who did it had a culture equal to that of Egypt, etc.

Instead of condemning and converting, we are copying. We no longer look on human sacrifice as barbaric but as an accepted way of life. Specifically, that is what is going on in Vietnam. This war could have been won years ago in not much more time than it took Israel to "settle the hash" of the Arabs (that is, until U.N. influence was restored to the scene).

Secretary McNamara recently accused General Westmoreland of not making full use of the troops available. Is that the fault of the general? Who gives the orders that keep the general from doing what is necessary? Do they come from Washington, or New York? Israel, supposedly hated by the Russians, won in a week with the giant-supplying enemy. We cower 5,000 miles away- from Russi'a. We send our boys 13,000 miles from home to be targets but not to win. Why? CURIOUS Not Necessary One of dangers in these hellish riots is the sort of preventive measures we take as insurance against further upheavals.

In their panicky zeal to appease their constitutes, and consistent with their reaction- ary nonthinking, the House has Letters, preferably of 200j words or less, are welcome Editor's Letter Box. TKey must bear the nameI and address -of the author I but a pen name may be substituted for publication if the writer wishes. If you use a typewriter, please double-space. passed the "Anti-Riot" Bill (H.R. 421).

For the sake of preserving the basic, most important freedom of every individual in the nation, the Senate must not be allowed to pass this bill. First of all, it violates rights stipulated in the First Amendment. Without freedom of speech, all our other rights are meaningless. (And who shall decide just what words arc rabble-rousing? This is how police states are begun.) Secondly, it's unnecessary. Every state has statutes to punish rioting.

Finally, it means that federal law could be used to find a scapegoat (and martyr) while the real provocations remain untouched. This would be like trying to graft healthy skin over a festering, gangrenous wound. Ghetto conditions are not figments of the Negro imagination or phantasmagory of wholesale racial paranoia. It's the condition'we must eliminate, not the voices that tell us what we don't want to hear. Realist Better Way Mr.

Rotlier, in essence what you are saying is fight evil with evil! There must be a better way. J. Chambersburg Strictly Personal 'Howjuh Enldishr By Sydney Harris Civitan Creed I am Civitan as old as life, as young as the rainbow, as endless as time. My hands do the work of the they uphold the temple of industry and make clean the market place, My ears hear the cry of children, the prayer of women for peace. The appeal of men for guidance, the call ol the race for progress, and the song of the poet for unity.

My eyes search for the good men that I may with them be a Civitan and brother. My mouth teaches the call to daily duty, and speaks the prayers of m'en in every tongue. My mind teaches me respect for the law, unqualified allegiance to our government, love and respect for our flags of our country. My heart beats for every friend; bleeds for every injury to humanity, and throbs with joy at every triumph of truth. My soul knows no fear but its own unworthiness.

My hope is for better world and better city through better men and Civitan. My motto, builders of good citizenship my creed was proclaimed by the men of Galilee when he declared, Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them. My pledge to practice this golden rule to make it pay dividends, material and spiritual to bridge with it the chasm between employer and employe to build upon it a better and nobler citizenship. I did not write this creed but I do have it hanging on my wall. I look at it every morning, and I say to myself, wouldn't it be a better world, if everbody would think like this creed.

But also I wonder how many people in this city have this creed hanging up somewhere and never even look at it. Bill Kaufman 221 Buena Vista Ave. Notes on the Living Language, as Transcribed During a Bus Trip with Typical Products of the American Educational System: "Wairjuh go?" "Hoojuh see?" "Wudjuh buy?" "Wussa madda?" "Wenjuh quit?" "Lemme out." "I'm gunna go on Saddy." THEY'LL DO IT FVERYTIME THE LOBBY OF THE MIDAS NATIONAL BANK 15 BIS ENOUGH FOR A SIX-CAY BICYCLE RACE- by Jimmy Hatlo BUUGES 385 MADISON NEW M.Y. "Juh see the Cubs play the Carnals?" "He got hisself a byooful Chriscraf." "I din know she was a Cat- lick." "We took an arrowplane tuh Warshington." "Howju like the movie pruh- mear?" "Ma's lookin fur a dinin room suit." "He bought a noo Olsmuh- bile coop." "As a madda of fak." "She's got a bad case of Arthur Itus." "Lookit the heighth of that buildin." "She offered me her con- gradyoolations." "They got a wunnerful li- bcrry there." "I couldn reckanize him." "Can yuh use an inn- ercom?" "He was prackly drownded." "I was all prcspircd up." "We gotta get some more fillum." "I don't go much to the theayter." "They showed some turrible pitchers of gorilla warfare." "He's an awflea good canuh- dit fur President." "There's no plauc to siddown." "I predict a big thunnct- storm." "She prolly Eyotalian." "Let's have a norangc- shcr- herl." "She didn like the Icnih of the skirt." "Yuh know they're idonuh- kil twins." a hunderd and twenny of us In the class." Ouiz: Q--Do trees drink rainwater that falls on their leaves? A--No. Leaves are waterproof; trees get their water from the ground.

-0- Why did Pope John XXIII take the same name as an earlier Pope? A--The other Pope John XXIII has been declared an "antipope." He assumed the papacy in-1410, following the Council of Pisa. Subsequently, it was decided that the "Pisan" popes were not rightful claimants. Q--How much of an ice- burg can be seen? A--Only one-eighth: seven- eighths on an iceberg i's below the surface of the ocean Q--How fast is India's population growing? A--Its population now stands at 461.3 million and is growing at the rate of 2.2 per cent each year. -0- Q--Where were the Seven Cities of Cibola, sought by the Spanish conquistadors? A--In the land of the Zuni Indians i'n what is now the state of New Mexico. Q--What pirate received a presidential pardon for his past crimes? A--Jean Lafittc, buccaneer oi the Louisiana bayous.

He aided Andrew Jackson in defense of New Orleans in 1815 and so received a presidential pardon for his past crimes. was the first Scout to become president of the United States? A--John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Dear Dr. Molner: Do you recommend removal of cataracts? My father is 85 and has cataracts on both eyes. An specialist surgery.

His general health is no problem and he recently had a cornplete physical. How soon do you think this might cause blindness if he doesn't have surgery? Should you let him go blind, or nearly blind, before considering surgery? --Mrs. I. H. Of course I favor removal of cataracts.

That is one kind of near blindness which can be corrected with great -success. Overtones from parts of your letter which I did not print indicate that somebody is trying to frighten this elderly gentleman, with false tales. That is a cruel thing to do. Obviously, your father's eyesight already is seriously impaired. Anyway, eye specialists do not, except under extraordinary circumstances, recommend surgery until cataracts have caused considerable loss of vision.

(It might be recommended sooner for, let us say, a toolmaker, jeweler or other persons who needs his eyesight at maximum.) Removal of cataracts is -being performed every day and with great success, and I have in past months printed several letters from patients describing how much happier are and in some cases commenting that they had not realized how much their eyes had failed, because the failure had been gradual. How soon your father would be classified as "blind" is something I cannot predict, but the eye specialist, by noting the rate at which the cataracts are progressing, probably can give you a good estimate. Your father is evidently in good condition for a man of his age. It seems a shame to delay the cataract surgery until, perhaps, he becomes too frail to tolerate the surgery well, and then would be blind as well as old and feeble. Dear Dr.

Molner; What is a' myocardiaJ infraction? Is it a heart Is It in the severe or light classification? Yes, it's a heart attack -but it is infarction, not infraction, a mistake which a great many people make. "Infarct" means that blood has been shut off to part of the heart muscle, thus damaging the muscle. You will find such heart attacks discussed in my booklet, "How to Take Care of Your Heart," which you can obtain by sending to Molner, in care of this newspaper, a stamped, self- addressed envelope and 20 cents in coin. Any infarction or heart attack is serious, but the location of the clot or embolus which shuts off the blood flow largely determines how serious the attack is. It always does some damage, but about 75 per cent of patients return to their usual work.

Dear Dr. Molner: I read In a consumer'! publication that a i dial watches a dangerous and young people should not wear them or carry them In their pockets. If this true? If so, how dangerous ere they? I have worn such a- watch for two D. K. I am completely unable to find any such report in publications I a The amount of radiation from such a watch dial is so faint that it could not possibly be harmful.

Dear Dr. Molner: What Is the "Circle of I never heard of it. --Mrs. G.H. The Circle of Willis is a complex of arteries which encircle the spinal cord at the base of the brain.

Sometimes an aneurysm (bulge) in one of these vessels may rupture, causing hemorrhage, which perhaps is the connectirn in which you heard the term. --0-Don't take chances i "kidney trouble." It may be only minor, but it can be dangerous. Read Dr. Molner's booklet, "Your Kidneys--Facts You Need To Know About Them." Write to Dr. Molner in care of The Morning Herald, enclosing a long, self- addressed, stamped envelope and 25 cents in coin to cover cost of printing and handling.

Art Buchwald" Barbie Gets Yen For Ken, Or, Why Fathers Go Broke EDITOR'S NOTE: (Whllt Art Buchwald is taking a few days off, a blue ribbon panel has selected some of his articles of the past that it insists the public would want to read again. At least that's what Buchwald told us the Editors) WASHINGTON I have nothing against toy companies. In their own way, they bring happiness to the hearts' of our young ones and they give employment to thousands of people all over the country. It is only when they try to bankrupt us that I feel we should speak out. If my situation is duplicated around the nation, every father who has a daughter between the ages of 4 and 12 is going to have to apply for relief.

This is what happened: My 7-year-old daughter requested, 4 months ago, a Barbie doll. Now, as far as I'm concerned, one doll is just like another and since the Barbie doll costs only S3 I was happy to oblige. I brought the doll home and thought nothing it until a week after my daughter came in and said, "Barbie needs a negligee." "So does your mother," I replied. "But there is one in the catalog for only $3," she cried. "What catalog?" "The one that came with the doll." I grabbed the catalog and, much to my horror, discovered what the sellers of Barbie were up to.

They'll let you have doll for $3, but you have to buy clothes for her at an average of crack. They have about 200 outfits, from ice skating skirts to mink jackets, and a girl's status in the community is based on how many Barbie clothes she has for her doll. The first time I took my daughter to the store I spent S3 on a dress for her and $25 to outfit her Barbie doll. A week later my daughter came in and said, "Barbie wants to be an airline stewardess." "So let her be an airline stewardess," I said. "She needs a uniform.

It's only $3.50." I gave her the $3.50. Barbie didn't stay a stewardess long. She decided she wanted to be a nurse (S3), then a singer in a night club then a professional dancer One day my daughter walked in and said, "Barbie's lonely." "Let her join a I said. "She wants Ken." "Who is Ken?" She showed me the catalog. Sure enough, there was a doll named Ken, the same size as Barbie, with crew- cut hair, a vinyl plastic chest and movable arms and legs.

"If you don't get Ken," my daughter cried, "Barbie will grow up to be an old maid." So I went out and bought Ken Ken needed a Tuxedo $5), a raincoat a Terry cloth robe and an electric razor tennis togs pajamas and several single breasted suits Pretty soon I had put up $400 to protect my original $3 investment. Then one' evening my daughter came in with a shocker. "Barbie and Ken are getting married. Here is the list of iv-'Ming clothes they'll need as well as a picture of Barbie's dream house." "Seven ninety-five for a house?" I shouted. "Why can't they live on a shelf like the rest of your dolls?" The tears started to flow.

"They want to live together as man and wife." Well, Barbie and Ken are now happily married and living in their dream house, with $3,000 worth of clothes hanging in their dream house with could say that all was well, but yesterday my daughter announced that Midge put out by the same toy firm was coming to visit them. And she doesn't have a thing to wear. James Ki Decision To De-Mothball Battleship Makes Sense Word came from the Pentagon last week that the venerable old battleship New Jersey will come out of mothballs and join the Seventh Fleet next year as a ship of the line. I happened to be at Pacific headquarters in Pearl Harbor when the announcement arrived. Three resident admirals hoisted smiles as bright as signal flags, and a visiting captain broke into a jig.

This is good news. The decision makes sense. It a made sense, in truth, for the past several years, but sad to say, this wise move apparently had to wait upon the retirement of Admiral David L. McDonald as Chi'ef of Naval Operations. An able CNO in many ways, McDonald was preeminently a carrier man; he never accepted the concept of shore bombardment as a significant supplement to carrier operations.

The New Jersey will bring nine 16-inch guns to the coast Vietnam, each of them capable of flinging a projectile for more than 20 miles. It will cost, $27 million to put her into action, but the sum. large as it is, has In he kept in perspective: It is no more than the cost of eight or nine Phantom fighter-bombers. Pound for pound. New Jersey will put explosives on target for a small fraction of the ce.st of similar carrier or Ai'r Force operations, Considerations of cost to one side (which is where considerations of cost have a way of winding up in Vietnam), this 45,000 ton behemoth will have two other assets working for her.

One is accuracy. The other is the saving of American lives. Techniques of naval gunnery have advanced remarkably since Spruance and Halsey were flying their flags from New Jersey in World War. II. Sophisticated computers and other ingenious devices will make it possible for her guns to deliver their fire with a precision that bombers cannot approach.

Some of the more voluble advocates of bombardment probably are stretching things when they say that 85 per cent of the targets now being hit in North Vietnam will fall within New Jersey's range. Even so, she will command the coastal Route 1 and its parallel rail line for 300 miles or more; she will present a constant, threat to such cities as Thanh Hoa. Vinh, Thai' Birth, and Nam Dinh. Some enemy movements, at least, will be forced to inland routes, over vastly more difficult terrain. The New Jersey will become the Number One Puff in what is now tagged as Operation Seadragon a limited program of bombardment waged by a couple of cruisers and whatever destroyers are handy.

In recent months, the cruisers Providence and St. Paul have put their 8 inch guns to good use; a week or so ago, the destroyers Barney, Blue, Hubbard and Chandler, with the Austrialian Hobart, were lending a hand. Since October of 1966, the ships assigned to Sea- dragon have put 63,000 rounds ashore, damaged 1,100 targets and destroyed nearly 800 others --at a total loss two killed and twelve wounded. Two or three reservations ought to be voiced. The New Jersey cannot expect to sit off shore like a gray goose on some protected mlllpond.

While the U.S. Is spending ten months to get her ready, the enemy will be spending ten months In beefing up coastal batteries. The thought also crosses one's mind that tho ten-month timetable ppro- vldes a somber reflection of Pentagon thinking: No end to this war is remotely in sight. seems incredible that only a few years ago, most of tho talk of weaponry centered upon the push-button concept -the ICBM's, the Polaris missiles, the satellite dolcclors. And now we go hack to the badlcwagon! As Mchilnhcl tho Cat used to say, there is life in (he old girl yd--mid validity in old ideas, ns well..