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9 i HYTOX DAILY NEWS James M. Cox, Publisher 1898-1957 James M. Cox Publisher 1957-1974 Jay Smith, president; Arnold Rosenfeld, editor; Hap Cawood, editor of the editorial pages; Joe Fenley, managing editor, news; Brad Tillson, managing editor, features. opnai illusion AREPWOOP TREE SHAPED LIKE AN OIL DERRICK FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1983 PAGE 12 TO CONTAINS ALL OF THE NUTRITION ASCHOOLCHILD NEEDS INADAY i rati 3S3J FQWINCAl, BVJ.VATT Dayton has school strength but must keep investment TOE ARE CIA AGENTS lb I tiws ISA PEACEKEEPER it I mi ,1 I jKJ 9 KV Jt "Of the $13.5 million the proposed levy will generate annually, only 31 percent of it will be paid by Dayton THIS IS I h4 CJ jam THIS TREE GIVES OFF MORE POLLUTION THAN A STEEL MILL IN VtHJNGSTOWN FOUHPEV Bumper sticker: If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Saving thousands of local children from the high cost of ignorance is exactly what Dayton's 9.94-mill five-year levy is about.

Children in school today are our 21st century taxpayers. Those who don't receive an education that will serve them next century will not be getting the higher paying jobs. The ones who can't be retrained for the changing job market will become tax users instead of tax payers. The prime consideration should not only be what a strong, well funded school system can do for the community and homeowner, but the damage that a poorly funded system can cause. Many businesses and industries are drawn to areas where the school system provides a qualified pool of workers from which to draw employees.

New, sophisticated businesses also are attracted to cities where employees are confident their children will receive a good education. Support for schools Even if ie's not thirsty You can lead a horse to water gives the community a progressive tone, as valuable to adults as to children benefitting from the schools. Poor support for school discourages industries from locating in places with that reputation. The fewer industries an area has, the heavier the tax burden will be on the homeowners. Of the $13.5 million the proposed levy will generate annually, only 31 percent of it will be paid by Dayton homeowners.

The rest is paid by business and industry. Dayton has a good school system for the money, but the money is running out. That's why approval of the school levy Tuesday is vital. He wanted negotiations; bye bye shown that (the endorsement) to ole T.T.," he said, coming-about again and referring to former Daily News Editorial Page Editor Tom Teepen, now of The Atlanta Constitution. "That would have blowed his mind." If nothing else, besides continuously picking nits and rattling the files of city hall bureaucrats, Commissioner Abner J.

Orick likes to blow people's minds. It's safe to say he even takes genuine pleasure in it, an offbeat preoccupation for which always admired him. EVEN THOUGH he was calling from his jock shop in the Belmont Business District, where he daily holds court for neighborhood supplicants amidst gleaming trophies and blue-coated plaques, his excitement was easily envisioned. Just the thought of getting the Daily News endorsement and flaunting it In front of his old nemesis Teepen gave him particular pleasure. But as much fun as it might seem to have Abner Orick remain a member of the city commission, to occasionally serve as Mayor Paul Leonard's foil and constantly hound the bureaucracy into shape, reason dictates that what's needed more is an effective team of local legislators that exhibits more finesse than Abner has shown regardless of his personal appeal.

That's not to say, however, that the majority of Dayton voters necessarily share that view. Just about everyone can latch on to some bit of Orick lore that makes some sense, and if pressed personally to tell for whom I would vote, I'd have to admit A.J. sure keeps things stirred up and maybe I will punch his ticket on election day. Naaaah. Sorry Abner.

Abner Orick called the other day, honked off about an editorial criticizing him that had appeared in The Journal Herald. A.J. sometimes forgets that I'm an editorial writer for the Daily News, or makes out that he does. Didn't make any difference. What Abner had to say was an A-l example of first-rate Orick-ese to be appreciated by anyone no matter his niche on the political spectrum.

"That Belcher, she really done me in," Abner said, upset over a conversation he'd had with The Journals Ellen Belcher. "We went toe to nail there for a while." Abner has a well-known reputation for being a master of the malaprop and most conversations with him provide humorous reworkings of the most common cliches. (He had told Ms. Belcher she had quoted him out of content.) BUT WHETHER Abner Orick is discussing issues that have opponents going toe to nail or splashing in waters over the bridge or barking down the wrong tree, conversations with the affable city commissioner seldom follow traditional lines. After his initial blast against The Journal, which has endorsed his candidacy for reelection, soon we were talking about why the Daily News editorial board had not also given him its support.

"You can't look me in the eye and tell me any of them (other candidates) is better than me," he said. Considering our conversation was taking place over the phone, Abner had me there. But no matter the disadvantage, I'm always prepared to listen to Commissioner Orick, be the medium ocular or vocal. Abner's everyday conversational technique might some day prove useful as wartime code. Admittedly, when Abner met with the Daily News editorial board, its members were thoroughly entertained for the better part of an hour and a half.

It's hard not to enjoy talking with the Sage on Watervliet, Why did President Reagan decide to remove Thomas 0. Enders as the chief State Department officer on Latin American affairs? First of all, dismiss the notion that Mr. Enders is the ideological opposite of Mr. Reagan. Mr.

Enders is pretty much of a hardliner himself and hardly can be described as soft on commies. One can even dismiss the idea that Mr. Enders' replacement, Langhorne A. Motley, most recently the American envoy to Brazil, is eminently more qualified. Mr.

Motley was one of the United States' best ambassadors to Brazil because of his familiarity with Brazil and Portuguese, but he isn't an experienced diplomat or expert on Latin America. Mr. Enders' ouster indicates instead, as Maryland Rep. Clarence D. Long suggests, that "he is a knowledgeable guy (and) he was probably caught doing the right thing." That "right thing" in El Salvador, is being open to a negotiated settlement between the government and the insurgents.

Mr. Reagan has hinted he's for negotiations, but Mr. Thomas Enders was a hardliner, but with a sensible streak. Enders has been somewhat stronger in his opinion. Probably for more than any other reason, that is why Thomas 0.

Enders was shifted out of that post, just as the ambassador to El Salvador, Deane Hinton, has been replaced because he once mentioned that right-wing thugs were part of the problem in El Salvador. Mr. Reagan finds this kind of hardline honesty bad PR. Even Mr. Reagan's ambassador-at-large for Central America, former Sen.

Richard B. Stone, who is supposed to help negotiate a solution to the turnoil, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he was not going to be a "negotiator." Mr. Stone said any negotiations, and any possible agenda for them, must be made by Central Americans. That's where Mr. Reagan's efforts to "negotiate" in Central America now stand beneath a purge of diplomats who mention negotiations.

Abner Orick and he's so likeable a salesman that at least this member of the board gave some mischievous thought to championing his cause. But finally, philosophical reason won out, and it was decided that bright newcomer Mark Henry, another East Ender, and incumbent Pat Roach were the better commission candidates to help determine Dayton's future. UNDERSTANDABLY, Abner thought the editorial board had acted kind of dumb. "On second thought, it's good you didn't endorse he said, quickly changing tacks. "I don't know what I would have done if you had.

It might have been too great a shock for me. It might have cost me the election." Editorial endorsements have been known sometimes to be a candidate's kiss of death, and given what's generally perceived to be Abner's widespread grassroot popularity in this town, anything that's said for or against him may have little effect on Tuesday's results. Still, "I sure would have liked to have Scott Herron Scott Herron is an editorial writer for the Dayton Daily News. Congress: Put on truck brakes Large, double-trailer trucks destroy much more road than their taxes and fees repair. A in interesting question How did inept Rhodes get to be governor? Ohio State Auditor Thomas E.

Ferguson recently charged that former Gov. James Rhodes destroyed state files, which Fergu When Congress let go of the truck brakes, a bunch of states got run over. So the states revved up their lawsuit engines and barreled toward the Department of Transportation. It's Congress' duty to leap into the truck cab again and put on the brakes. To cool off the trucking lobby protesting the 5-cent increase in fuel tax late last year, Congress agreed that states could not prohibit double-trailer trucks from running on federal roads within states.

This riled the states that for decades have set safety standards for their highways. Congress also allowed the double-trailer trucks to be wider, longer and nearly three tons heavier. The Department of Transportion, trying to carry out this order, added further insult to injury by designating more routes that could be used by the trucks. Many states protested, a few got court injunctions against the order and Connecticut rebelled outright by banning the 80-foot, 40-ton monsters, even at the risk of losing federal highway money. Today's economy makes the decision on the levy for some a purely financial one.

We need to look beyond this aspect and remember that we are talking about our children, our most valuable resource. We will be voting for the levy on June 7th and urge all Daytonians to meet the challenge. HERBERT SCHWENDEMAN. ELIZABETH SCHWENDEMAN. Dayton.

As pinched as the trucking business has been lately, states and taxpayers are in a pinch too. Study after study has shown that the larger trucks destroy much more road than their taxes and fees help repair, even after the latest increase. The larger the truck, the more road damage it causes, the more car drivers pay. Though truckers are the most civilized and skilled drivers on the roads, the larger trucks cause more deaths per passenger mile than do the smaller trucks or cars. This issue has now been driven into the federal courts and administration offices.

But it was Congress that sent this load of trouble careening onto the road, and Congress ought to stop it. son says are necessary for a proper state audit. Rhodes denied that any of these records were destroyed. Sound familiar? Does anyone recall that Rhodes recently denied responsibility for the state records on the Kent State trial? The court ordered the state to release these long-withheld documents for public examination. Rhodes' office apologized publicly Rhodes Letters to the Editor must carry the name and address of the writer and should be under 200 words.

All are subject to condensation. The letters are individual opinions, and the accuracy of their statements has not been checked by the Daily News. Letters may be phoned in to 225-2290 any time. Why should all this bologna and everything else that comes up fall on the property owner? You know they can close all the private schools and dump it in your lap. Then you will cry and will have double taxes.

Also, property tax increases: Most of them are not passed to the renters. Raise rent and they will move out of Dayton if they have to. People who own no property will vote for anything as long as it doesn't cost them. Before you vote, weigh this carefully and vote No on the school levy. JOHN BALI.

Dayton. Precious resource Much attention has been paid these days to issues of national defense, use of natural resources and personal financial investment. While most people have definite opinions on size and needs of the defense department all would agree on the importance of having a strong national James Watt's policies are controversial but they again point up the shared concern we have over the best use of our national resources. Finally, we have been inundated with the wisdom of personal financial Investments IRA's, tax shelters, real estate, etc. Dayton voters have a chance to address these Issues on election day.

For a small Investment we can continue- to provide for a strong national defense by providing quality education for tomorrow's leaders. We can more fully develop our nation's most precious resource, our children, who will have to address tomorrow's problems. Concerning the "pocketbook" Issue, the return on this Investment will be greater than provided by any IRA. The return will come in Increased property values, attracting new jobs and new revenues. A call for quality Possibly, just possibly I am an average voter.

My children were bused. It was neither scholastically nor socially beneficial. No big deal! Life Is not fair. Albeit, I will vote no, June 7, on Issue 17, because of the quality of education our children are receiving. Please, don't tell me any type of school system is better than none.

As concerned parents, joined in a common goal, let's stop the flagrant rape of our children's minds, by uncaring teachers and inadequate administrators. For children's sake, let's stop paying for nothing. We are not asking for a bargain, only a worthwhile education. JOY MANTIA. Dayton.

It's in our hands Who will explain to our youth a few years from now, maybe sooner than we will admit, why more and more businesses turn their back on us, why property values discourage us from selling our once "dream" home, and why our children can't compete with those educated In forward-thinking communities? Who will explain why Dayton citizens looked the other way as the city deteriorated? The future of Dayton Is in our hands now give Dayton and Its youth a chance not explanations. Vote yes for the City of Dayton Issue 17. DALE WHITE, BARBARA WHITE, Dayton. that somehow these records got mixed-up with the garbage and were "accidentally destroyed." If anyone still remembers, Rhodes denied responsibility for sending National Guard troops to Kent State with live ammunition. Upon leaving office Rhodes had the gall to dedicate a bronze statue of himself.

Ohio's dire economic condition (which we must correct with higher taxes today) was also created by Rhodes denying and denying responsibility. He campaigned against taxes, while the state skirted bankruptcy. How did such an inept person with such contempt for truth, human life and the law get to be governor for so long? Are Ohloans so indifferent to government that none of this matters? JEANNE CHAMBERLIN. West Carrollton. A 'royal snow job' If voters believe all that hogwash these people are trying to brainwash them with about how bad schools need money, they are getting a royal snow job.

Busing was shoved on us and it's still there. Nobody wants It, it was forced on us. Fifteen or more schools are closed; there are 15,000 children or more fewer, 500 teachers or more are laid off and most of the buildings sold. If you have to, bus, bus the teachers and save millions..