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The Pocono Record EDITORIAL PAGE Costly planning Leonard Ziolkowski, the Monroe County planning chief, is noted for his good cheer and optimism. He is convinced a great future is assured for his adopted county and that the good and necessary things for it will up. He's near an impasse with the county government though, especially if some of the good things (like money) aren't going to be delivered on schedule from big government. He has a planning budget for the year of about $80,000 and this wasn't considered much out of line by anyone until it became possible that the funds for 50 per cent federal reimbursement might not make it through the economy plans in Washington and Harrisburg. When it was suggested that a sort of austerity budget be prepared in case the 50 per cent aid didn't come, Ziolkowski, being the enthusiast and optimist he is, didn't come close to lopping off the difference between what the county expected to pay ($40,000) and what it would have to pay if it had to carry the full load almost What the commissioners said to Ziolkowski, in effect, was: "we know we need planning and we want worth--but we are only willing to pay around If the aid falls through, we will be forced to settle for something close to $40,000." This lias put both Ziolkowski and the county in an unfair position.

They both know the planning and zoning are needed but the commissioners are responsible for raising the money. How much can the county afford? What sort of priority does planning have in the overall budget The answer has to be that we need planning and zoning badly, particularly in the Tocks Island area. Another fact is that the county has been pushed into that corner by the federal and state projects connected with the dam and recreation site. Beyond that the state and federal governments have urged and underwritten the planning and are leaving, the county on the hook. And an obligation for aid Beyond "urging and underwriting" the beginnings of Monroe County planning, the state and federal governments are in many ways the cause of the need for action that is almost instant in comparison to the average Pennsylvania community.

Planning and zoning have been needed and would have been needed even more in the years ahead by our townships and boroughs but the Tocks Island Dam and the National Recreation Area behind it are federal projects that have created a stampede in land values and uses. The state is involved in a couple of ways: first, because it approves and allocates federal money; second, because its construction program that has already installed Route 80 and a portion of 200 as express highways, must go further in the north-south line by rebuilding and rerouting 209 into Stroudsburg and thence up the perimeter of the recreation area to connect with Rt. 84 near Matamoras. The big governments have pushed and led us into an area where the expense of planning is a "must" investment. And they are threatening to leave us on the limb" and saw off their support.

Leonard Ziolkowski, the optimist, believes that the matching funds will be made available for planning within the next month. We certainly hope he is right because the community is about at the point where a delay can do irrepairable damage and we doubt that the commissioners will decide to put the under the full burden. About town By Gene. Brown Several Vermont Remarks by Senator George Aiken of That Stale: On Youth: "We don't need to worry about our youtb being demoralized or indifferent, if we (jive them something big to do. It is the natural temperament of youth to respond by overcoming a big task." On pruning trees and plants: "Some say you shouldn't prune excrp! at the right time of year.

1 generally do it when the saw is sharp." txioking for a toast, for your next orgy: Here's to you And here's to me. And may we never disagree. But should we ever disagree. To hell with you-And here's to rue! While running the obstacle course, a rookie (ell over the last hurdle and remained lying on the ground. The officer in charge of the course rushed up to him and demanded.

"What's the a wilh you? Why don't you get up and finish the course?" "I can't sir." gasped the recruit. "I've broken my leg." "Well, don't just lie there. Do pushups!" Husband to wife: "I'm not being unpleasant, dear. I simply want to know why we are the only ones in town still a i ice delivered?" Only two cars were entered in Ihe Moscow aulo race: An American ear and a Russian Moskvich. The U.

S. car won easily. Next day Pravda reported: "The Soviet Moskvich placed second while Ihc American car was next to last." The Pocono Record PH 1 L. I A b. Cfc A A A A A a A i A Lu 1 i A I A DMON USON AD VI.FM ibi Mo 1.1 A I I A I I A i.T i i NO I C- ION A A A A tt.i AHL.

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has quietly broadened area of negotiations with Communist Cuba through "third party" nations. On the State Department's request, Mexican and Swiss diplomats in Havana are sounding out Castro on a weather information exchange deal. The secret talks are in addition to those being conducted by these diplomats for the release of, 3,600 U.S. nationals whose departure Castro is holding up. Under the proposal submitted to Havana, the U.S.

is offering to provide Cuba with advance weather and storm warning reports in exchange for permission, to fly hurricane-hunter planes over the island. The weather-gathering aircraft now are under White House orders to stay at least 12 miles off the Cuban coast as U.S. reconnaissance planes are required to do during their intelligence-gathering missions. While indicating a definite interest in the exchange deal, Castro has temporarily thrown a monkey wrench into the talks by demanding that a ban on all U.S. reconnaissance flights be included in any agreement.

BENEFITS FOR CUBA U.S. authorities, who flatly refuse to agree to the ban, are still confident that an agreement eventually will be worked out because of Cuba's need for advance storm warnings to protect her economy. Had Cuba been alerted to the approaching hurricane that battered the island for five days last year, protective measures could have been taken that would have avoided much of (he multimillion dollar property damage that disrupted the island's 'Third party' nations Paul Scoll Bob Considine Of men NEW YORK Stand back. Here are the newest wall posters: "De Gaulle gives NATO Commander Gen. Lyman Lcmnilzer the Cross of Ihe Legion of Honor.

Double. Playboy Club bunnies seek to join Teamsters Union. And vice versa. Bizarre bazaar of fantistic characters TWINKLE, TWINKLE, "KILLEH" KANE. By William Peter Blatly.

Doubleday. S3.95. Blatly is the proprietor of a bizarre bazaar of utterly fantastic characters. Of his three earlier books, the best known is "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!" in which a great variety of irrational adventures took place. The author is a master of the irrational, and he has an excellent sclMng for his capers this time.

It is an Air Force looney bin in an old gothic mansion near Los Angeles, formerly owned by a star of horror lilins. This boob corral houses some fliers Die Air Force doesn't know what to do with. They all act insane, but are suspected of faking. Their leader is Manfred (The Great) Cutshaw, an astronaut who decided, as the countdown was about to start, that it was naiMitv to go to the moon and, besides, bad for his skin. Cutshaw and his letlow inmates have succeeded in driving most of the staff over the Fob.

17, 'AGE FOUR "Since Bugs Baer Is excavating (he archaeological past, I hope The as you so appropriately knight him, and whom have followed since I met him in 1910, will not mind if I throw in my two shovels worth," writes Clifton Meok. Meek dropped out of cartooning 40 years age lo open the Silvcrmine Forge, a famed metal- craft outfit at Wilton, Conn. Like Bugs, Meek is" in his SO's. He has a version of (he genesis of Mickey Mouse a differs from Bugs'. The i a historian of the rise and fall of America will want to preserve the following, for his folklore chapter.

Mickey made countless millions for Walt Disney and distributors all over the earth. Mr. Meek: "In 1912 I worked for the Scripps-McKae Syndicate in San Francisco, drawing a small four panel strip called. 'Johnny Johnny Gruelle, originator of Raggedy Ann and Andy, had broken me into newspaper work in Cleveland several years before, and now he wrote a lettci lo me at Scripps-McRac and suggested thai I go East, countermanding Horace Greely's advice. Johnny had won the $2,000 prize garnished with a good job offered by James Gordon Bennett of the Herald for a Sunday supplement scries called 'Mr.

"1 needed no second invitation. We were soon on our way in a train compartment with a two-month-old child and an improvised clothes line wilii swaying white bandannas. As we were to on the road for days and days, I wanted 1 the compartment to look homey. "Well, there wasn't any immediate regular worlc. I freelanced, mostly mouse and animal comics, which I was reasonably successful in disposing of to Life, and spenl much lime hounding A Brisbane of Iho Journal for a job.

Which he i a gave me. Later I went over to the Evening World with a pantomime strip whicti ran for three years. It was called 'Grindstone George 1 and after drawing more than 900 of them I felt I was in a factory. I began to see George in my dreams. George kept pedalling his grindstone, sharpening his deadline barbs with which to prod and needle me.

Instead of going to a psychiatrist I took up metalcraft work as a hobby. "I forgot 'Johnny Mouse' until Disney hit it very big with Mickey Mouse (after a rough time and many disappointments) and a lot of Mickey'3 phony grandfathers began clambering aboard the bandwagon. "Years later, 1944, I got the surprise of my life, reading an interview Of Disney by Mary Braggiotti. She wrote 'between the ages of five and ten, Walt lived on a Missouri farm with his family, and learned such things as whal farm animals look like (he used to draw them on farm house walls) and that mice really do run up people's clothes. It was in those early childhood days a the first faint glimmerings of mouse fascination dawned on "Then Walt is quoted'as saying, There was a man named Clifton Meek who used to draw cute little mice and I grew up with those drawings "Naturally, I was delighted to learn that 1 had in some small way ignited a spark of inspiration in an unknown country boy who was loaded with genius.

From where I sit, such a freely offered and unsought acknowledgement is the hallmark of a pretty decent guy. I wroie, thanking him, and informed him that there still was such a man but he retired from the mouse and rat race years before. He sent me his autographed picture signed 'in "Now you may ask, 'From who did YOU pilfer the idea of drawing and I will truthfully reply: "From my lovable old Pennsylvania Dutch grandfather with a face full of beautiful white whiskers who loved animals and had quite ji a i for drawing, and who would sit by the hour drawing animals including mice to amuse his little grandson." It never occurred to me to ask him from whom he swiped, the idea and now it is 57 years too late. You'll have to con- sull a Ouija board." edge, and the martinet who commanded this "rest home" has been carted away on a strctch- foinmaiKlrr is sent in Col. Hudson (Killer) Kane, who is supposed to be a psy- c.ia-- 0 i.

iwui'su (he diiemma by coddling the patients. The inevitable contest of wills between Kane and Culshaw has several distractions, including (a) the proximity of a fashionable school for girls, and (b) the presence of one inmate who really is crazy. The latter is adapting Shakespeare for a cust of dogs, and is worried about i a Great Dane in the role of Hamlet. for all the wild hilarity of the plot and action, there is a tragic end, and it hits you hard. Not only that, but us he tears logic apart in the highly imaginative dialogue of his charac 1 ers, a throws a laser beam into some pretty dark corners of our contemporary existence.

Fasten your seat belt before you open this book. Miles A. Smith economy for weeks. The on-again-off-again negotiations to get Castro to allow U.S. nalionsls to leave Cuba are again snagged, After permitting 169 Americans to depart via Mexico, Castro shut down, the airlift after agreeing to the departure of 600 more, U.S.

officials aren't exactly sure what happened. The U.S. citizens, who had paid the Cuban government for their passage, were waiting for planes to take them to Mexico when. Castro ordered the flights stopped. In contrast, Castro is permitting the airlift of Cuban refugees to continue with flights that bring 200 daily to the U.S.

Under this program, more that 5,000 Cubans have come to this country during the past 14 months. Of those seeking admission via the airlift, 590 have been refused or returned to Cuba on the ground they were Castro agents. IN THE OFFING Clifford Jones, former Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, will be the next target of Justice Department prosecutors who got a verdict against "Bobby" Baker. Jones, a casino and hotel operator and friend of, Baker, is charged with perjury for allegedly telling a false story before the federal grand jury that investigated the Baker case. Although Jones was initially scheduled for trial last May, he won delay until after the Baker trial.

Attorney William Bittman and members of the Justice Department team that successfully prosecuted Baker plan to go into federal court here next week to seek a March trial. Schlesinger's view of Vietnam THE BITTER HERITAGE; Vietnam and American Democracy, 1941-19C6. By Arthur M. Sdhlesinger Jr. Houghton, Mifflin.

$3.95. So many positions have been taken on the subject of America's involvement in Vietnam that any one viewpoint may arouse antagonism among many proponents of other viewpoints. Yet it seems fair to say a all the arguments should be heard through; that the hawk- and-dove concept is an oversimplification; and that no matter what the individual reader's cast of mind may be, he should gain from listening lo what this distinguished historian argues from his own viewpoint. Note the word "heritage" in the title. It is a reminder of the historical depth of the problem, which was inherited not initiated by America.

Schlesinger puts the subject into this perspective, but he also cautions that historical analogies from the past (such as Munich) have their limits "Most historical generalizations are statements about massive social and intellectual movements over a considerable period of lime. They make large-scale, long-time prediction possible. But they do not justify- small-scale, short-term prediction." The author's focal point is what he calls a middle course, and he offers a proposal that may be summed up in the term "de-escalation." And while lie is developing a proposal, he sounds a warning against the possibility of a divisiveness dangerous to American democracy, "the revival of McCarlhyism." The nine essays in this slim volume arc based on three articles he wrote in the latter part of 1950, and have Hie urgency of current history. He concludes with a plea for freedom of speech on this controversial subject, wilh a greater participation by the growing academic community, and on his i a page declares that "whatever the outcome of the Vietnam debate or of later debates a may darken our future. the essential thing is to preserve a trust among ourselves as Americans." Miles A.

Smith Ruthjvfontgomery Red hands bitten WASHINGTON Soviet Russia, like the United Stales, is beginning to discover a i the surest way lo gel kicked down-lhe-up-slaircase is to lavish unearned aid on other countries. At Ihe close of World War II, America was liked and admired by practically every nation under the sun. Then, because the need was acute, we embarked upon the most generous foreign aid program in world history. But the more we gave lo each nation, the cess beloved we became. Their admiration lo resentful envy, and Iheir i i of us to active dislike.

Despite the billions of dollars that we poured into China during and a the war. the dragon turned Communist and forced its prowcstern government i exile. Chuckling at our predicament, the Russian bear thereupon whole-heartedly embraced Ihc dragon, and set about bolstering its shaJty economy with i i of aid. The two became inseparable in of Ihe wesl. Next Kgypl.

after forcing mil Ihc i i quickly lo its for friendship, bin the more aid we gave lo (lama! Abdul Nasser's new regime, inure i it became-. Al hist Nasser bit our hand oner loo and we declined lo underwrite his colossal Upper Aswan Dam project. But Russia quickly agreed lo build it, and began i in planes, i i a ni- yaniic digging equipment and other Tile burgeoning dark conlinen! also inrclcd help, so as each new African nation from colonial rule we poured i i of dollars into ils economy, i a i i some (if IhtMn. Bui Midi largesse only whcltcd their appu- lilc for more, and most began playing us off against Hussia, which decided to launch her own foreign aid program for A i a Few developing nations of Ihe world received more friendly help from us a Indonesia. But despite our more I ban i i in aid.

President Sukarno became increasingly bellicose and a i A i a thai we i a hailed our assistance. Hussia and Keel China had meanwhile begun lavishing aid on a and soon Indonesia boasled urn 1 of Ihe most active Communist parlies oul.sidc- I Iron a i So what happened in each case? In Indonesia, army and event a rose up against Sukarno, stripped him (if all but i a accusing him of Red ties, and murdered a of his Cumiinmisl a i a In A i a where some nations had become aclively pro-Red while taking our aid. the Comm i bloc also wooed I a Three of Ihcm kicked out Ihe lied Chinese diplomatic missions, and olhers began shucking I i close Comnuinisl lies. Nasser continues lo accept Soviet aid, bul he rigorously forbids a Communist Parly lo function in Ihe land of Ihe Nile, and he will doubtless demonstrate his i a i tu the Kremlin once- Ihc dam is finished. Russia has had her saddc.sl comeuppance ill Hud China.

A renderim; more aid a any oilier nation and serving as ils champion in Ihu i i i i for Iwo decades, bur re-ward has been inter dcbascincnl. Russian women and i summoned i from Peking iliis 0 protect their lives, forced by Ulinuse Ited a to a on i i i a and knees past liuge i i i i of Tse-TmiK. while being beaten on i books containim- his philosophy Soviet diplomatic personnel liavu been severely beaten and I i cars vandalized. Iluil Chinese shopkeepers havu refused to sell Ihc Russians food, and Mao's mobs have broken hn MIC So- viut Kmbas.sy compound. The Kremlin laM is learning the i a no one loves him to whom he is indebted.

Welcome aboard Ihu down-staircase Ivan! Lester Coleman, M.D. Relief from gout Gout is not a rich man's disease. It can happen as readily to the weaKhy playboy i himself on the French Riviera as to anyone in any social or economic group without discrimination. There is only one common factor that all possess, a disturbance in the uric acid in the blood. The typical cartoon of the tycoon propped up in bed, rusting his bandaged big toe on soft fcam rubber pillows, gave the impression that a gout is a socially selected disease.

This is not so. Gout must be considered in the diagnosis of a'l kinds of a i joints. Goul is a peculiar disluibailee of the maim-, facture and elimination of uric acid. With overindulgence in seme foods there is a greater production of uric acid which tends to become deposited in joints of Ihe body and occasionally forms kidney stones. Some foods are taboo Some foods contain larger quantities of purine and seem to be responsible for a higher content of uric acid in the blood.

Wilh gout, anchovies, liver, brain, gravies, meat exeracts, sweetbreads and sardines must be eliminated from the diet. Other foods high in purine should be restricted and ualen sparingly. Cauliflower, asparagus, beans, peas, lenlils, mushrooms and whealbread are included in this group. There seems to tie a heriditary tendency to goul. For those who know that Ihere is a a i hislory of i condition, Ihe diet should be adhered lo wilh firmness.

Alcohol should be used only in moderation, A sudden allaek (if goul may conic on i out a i a a slight injury or overindulgence in alcohol or food. It is strange a pain in Ihe joini of the loe or Hie ankle may a in Ihu night wilh progressive pain a becomes excruciating wilh any motion. A Ihe big toe and ankle joints arc most involved the swelling and tenderness may occur in the instep, knee and even the As soon as the condition is suspected as gout a blood study confirms Ihe diagnosis if there is a high concentration of uric acid in blood. A a a drug, colchicine, is tremendously effective if the treatment is skirted eai ly and immediately the joint begins to pain ACTII and cortisone arc usud in cases that are more i i to control. When once it is known that a person has a gouty tendency, a number of are usud to help in Ihe i i a i of uric acid from the blood.

One of them, probenecid, can be taken or years under Die direction of a physician lo reduce the possibility of attacks of gout Dim alone is not a preventive Gout must be vigorously treated in order lo j.woitl the chronic changes that can produce perm a deformity and i i a i of motion of thr joints of Ihe hands amd fuel. Some people may develop tiny deposits of acid crystals in Ihe lobe of uar This may be casually discovered and brought io Ihe a i of the doctor, who immudiaU'lv suspects a predisposition to.