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6 The Kane Republican, Thursday, TO THE December 16, 1976 RESCUE? Today 's Business Mirror Many mortgage lenders have been under fire ECONOMIC J-hTJ RECOVERY Jf 7 PAUSE xkj By JOHN CUNNIFF AP Business Analyst NEW YORK (AP) Lenders around the country are planning or establishing review panels that would give unsuccessful applicants for inner-city home mortgage loans a second chance to obtain money. Boards already exist in several cities, including Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago and Denver, but very few applicants have made an effort to obtain loans through them. The development, mainly by savings and loan associations, is believed in part to be a response to charges of redlining, in which lenders are said to automatically turn down loans in poorer city areas. Officials of the U.S. League of Savings Associations say, however, that the review panels are part of a genuine effort by lenders to fulfill their obligations to urban and minority residents.

One of them explained this week: President Carter will be paying more attention to urban affairs, thus lending encouragement to lenders and spurring them to play a more active role in problem areas. The league, which represents institutions accounting for 58 per cent of all private mortgage debt outstanding, is said to be exploring several possibilities in addition to the review panels. One of these is to pool the funds of various associations to make equity investments that is, to participate in rehabilitation by direct ownership as well as through lending. Speaking of Your Newborns Can Be Is it true that a newborn Infant can be born a drug addict? Someone told me this. I can't believe it.

Miss M. N. N. C. Dear Miss Believe it.

It's true. One of the saddest situations that confronts doctors is to find that a newborn infant is actually a dope addict. When the mother has been taking heroin, morphine, or other addictive drugs during her pregnancy, the child becomes addicted. Unfortunately, many addicts are rightfully afraid of the law and don't tell their doctors about their addiction. When this happens, the "addicted" newborn baby cannot survive.

When doctors know about the mother's they can keep the child alive by using the same type techniques that adults. If the father the mother is not affected in When physicians such an catastrophic only to magnitude of dope addiction. No social or exempt from drugs. Addiction on drugs represent one threats to young adults. Is there a "fallen womb" another old wives' A story on our sports page last Saturday on the World Cup international golf tournament at Palm Springs, Calif, mentioned that Craig DeFoy of Wales was one of five golfers tied for fourth place after the second round of the tournament (The Spanish team won the tournament Sunday with the U.S.

team second). Jack Campbell, retired Kane postal employe, points out that Craig DeFoy was born at Kane Community Hospital. His grandfather once operated a barber shop on Kane's West Side. Craig's father served with the Pennsylvania 28th Division troops in World War II and during the war married a girl from Cardiff, Wales. The couple came to Kane and Craig was born.

Then the DeFoys moved back to Wales. Craig finished fifth in the British Open tournament a few years Thanks to a Michigan physician and a coffee-break fund-raising event organized over citizen band radios, a seventh grade Meadville, Pa. girl can see out of her right eye again. "I could see the doctor's fingers! I was so happy, I started crying," says Tammy Siegrist, 12, remembering the November day the doctor removed her eye patch. Tammy underwent five operations all unsuccessful over the past seven years after a splinter of wood pierced her eye and blinded her.

Then in September Dr. Nicholas Douyas of Port Huron, Mich, examined Tammy and said he could restore her vision, but the corrective surgery would cost $2,000. "The doctor expected payment in cash before the operation," said Tammy's father, Charles. "I didn't have it and we started home." Tammy recalls that time. "I was upset about it," she said, putting it mildly.

While driving back to Pennsylvania Tammy's grandmother struck up a CB radio conversation with James R. Lewis, a Cranberry Pa. truck driver whose nickname is "Sweet Pea." Mrs. Imogene Merchbaker told "Sweet Pea" about her granddaughter and the operation that would have restored her vision. Lewis decided Tammy would have the operation.

The truck driver and some 20 other CB enthusiasts organized a coffee-break at a restaurant near Interstate 80 in Mercer County, Pa. The weekend fund-raiser generated $2,500 and a free plane ride to Port Huron. The operation in early November to repair Tammy's pierced lens and detached retina took five hours. Dr. Douvas said afterwards it would be March before a final evaluation of the operation could be made.

Now Tammy's vision is blurred. She cannot read and will not be able to return to school in January. "I miss my classmates and though I like the vacation I want to go back to school," Tammy said. "I really do." Meanwhile, Tammy and "Sweet Pea" stay in contact. They talk over their CBs when the trucker passes Meadville on his regular run.

"I think he's a nice man," Tammy said. "He's my Today in History By The Associated Press On this date: In 1770, the German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven was born. In 1809, Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Parliament. In 1835, a fire in New York City burned some 600 buildings. In 1916, the monk who wielded powerful influence over the Russian Czar, Gregory Rasputin, was murdered.

time to hear about the program and pick up forms. But the stickler next year is that we don't vote for a president or a governor or anything else that will generate a great deal of interest among the unregistered. of withdrawal they use for is an addict, and not, the child is this way. come across unhappy and affair it serves emphasize the the problem of economic class is the hazards of and dependence of all sorts still of the greatest adolescents and condition know as a from minority groups for their alleged failure to more actively involve themselves in urban affairs, and some have been openly accused of arbitrarily refusing to make loans. Lenders counter with the argument that to lend money in certain areas is to needlessly risk their depositors' money, mainly because such areas are beyond the rehabilitative efforts of any one group.

"Lenders cannot do the job alone," said John Hardin, the league's newly elected president. "City governments and local residents must be involved too." What is needed, Hardin said, are "sustained and meaningful efforts by local governments to upgrade educational facilities, increase police and fire protection, ana strictly eniorce Duuaing and zoning code ordinances." The review panels, made up of various institutions and community officials, would accept the formal complaint of a frustrated borrower and determine if a loan could possibly be made. If they deem the individual worthy of credit, one of the member institutions might then make the loan, although the panel has no power to compel compliance by the original institution. So far, however, few borrowers have sought redress, inclining some lenders to maintain that charges of redlining, or denying credit to borrowers in certain areas, were exaggerated. In fact, said one savings and loan official, there is some belief now that the denial of loans to inner city residents during the past few years might have been primarily a consequence of insufficient funds to lend.

MMMMfrrM Drug Addicts Lester Coleman, M.D. Dear Mrs. Women who have given birth to a number of children sometimes stretch the tissues, the muscles and the ligaments in the pelvis. The uterus, or womb, normally held in position by these muscles, falls out of its normal place. When this occurs, the "fallen womb" is referred to as a "prolapsed uterus." This can be responsible for bladder and rectal disturbances.

There now are a number of excellent operations by which the muscle structure around the womb is tightened. Surgery brings welcome relief from the discomfort of this condition. DR. COLEMAN welcomes letters from readers. Please write to him in care of this newspaper.

of Television share over the 11 days of the Winter Games in Innsbruck. ABC says it made a profit on the Olympics, a small one, but the network gained immeasurably in prestige. The 1980 Games in Moscow, in addition to being expensive, are fraught with pitfalls. The Russians will doubtless exercise some editorial controls over the enterprise and could insist that some air time be devoted to "Soviet Culture" of dubious interest in the U.S. These considerations and others prompted talk of a network pool.

ABC was in favor of it because, as one source explained, "We think the other networks would do such a poor job that we would look great by comparison." NBC favored it because, a spokesman said, "The three networks together could resist any political pressure from the Russians better than one alone." But CBS turned the idea down, saying it would prefer to take its chances alone. And those chances look pretty good. A brief look at the competition: CBS The network is rated the favorite. CBS has worked very hard for the Game and may be willing to bid higher than the others. Network officials have pursued the Soviets vigorously for 2Mt years.

Also, CBS has been in a slump lately and needs the Games badly to restore lost prestige. ABC Experience is the key to ABC's presentation. The network did a fine job in Innsbruck and Montreal, and the Russians were impressed. But there is a feeling that ABC, having already invested in the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y., would be less than bereft if it lost out. NBC Rated the longshot.

Network sources have been pessimistic over their chances of landing the Games, and the feeling in some quarters is that NBC isn't really sure if it wants them. Today's highlight in history: On this date in 1773, American colonists disguised as Indians boarded a British ship in Boston harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea overboard. The tax protest went down in history as the "Boston Tea Party." Bicentennial footnote: Two hundred years ago today, George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress that the enlistments of most of his men would expire on January first and that they were suffering from the cold because of scant clothing. or Is this tale? Mrs. T.

Vt. 1976 King Features Syndicate. Inc. '76 tOSGfEATWi; Viewing Harrisburg By WILLIAM WILLIAMS Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG AP) It's almost impossible to determine if Pennsylvanians who registered to vote this year did so because of convenience or patriotism. State election officials made a big to-do about the registration of new voters through the brand new mail signup program.

But when you look back, the number that signed was part of a continuing upward trend in presidential years. In 1968, there were 378,000 new registrants. In 1972, 438,000 signed up, an increase of 60,000. This year, the figure was 596,000, a rise of 158,000. Officials say that of that total, some 500,000 used the new mail program, which means they didn't have to go to the courthouse to get on the voter rolls.

But if hundreds of thousands made that trip to the courthouse in prior years, who's to say that a like number would not have made the same trip this year. To credit the mail program with signing up a half million people seems far-fetched. If past increases mean anything, perhaps we can credit the mail program with attracting about 100,000 more potential voters than would have been gained anyway. And if the eventual turnout at the polls was any indication, it seems that voter apathy was a figment of someone's imagination. (The turnout was 80.3 per cent, two per cent higher than 1972.) Therefore, it seems that if people were interested enough to vote, then there was also a great interest in registering, mail program or not.

There's another question. Was it worth the cost of an estimated $1 million? If we say the state only gained 100,000 voters because of the mail program then the cost might be prime material for an argument. But you have to remember that the money went mainly for printing the mail registration forms, all five million, and they can be used any firno This year perhaps may be a bad one for judging the mail signup program because the State Department had a very limited time to get it in operation. The legislation passed in July with implementation scheduled for Aug. 2.

That was only two months before registration closed for the November electioa By comparison, California had more than 10 months to set up a similar program. The state signed 850,000 new voters by mail between July and October. New York had mail registration in effect all year, gaining 100,000 voters for the spring primary and 800,000 for the general election. It looks as though 1977 could have been a better year for state officials to crow about mail registration because people will have had more Years Ago December 16, 1946 The Aid Society of the Zion Lutheran Church of Mt. Jewett elected Mrs.

Carl Anderson as its president during a monthly meeting last Thursday at the home of Mrs. Clyde Oakcs. Mrs. Eric Hanson was chosen to become the new vice president. December 16, 1956 Mrs.

Perle Burke entertained the Martha Circle of the local Methodist W.S.C.S. at a Christmas party Friday at her home on Greeves Street. Mrs. E.C. Short led the devotions, while Mrs.

Ralph DeCamp presented a short talk. December 16, 1966 A few tons of specially designed furnace equipment, to be used when the local Houston Electronics firm expands its operation here next year, arrived in Kane today. Extensive work is already underway at the plant on Pine Street Lenient 'Pot' Report Once again the debate over what to do about marijuana and its users is escalating. The reason is that marijuana use by most estimates has involved millions of Americans, and the number of marijuana arrests in the United States each year is estimated by the National Institute of Drug Abuse at 400,000. Much as occurred in an earlier attempt at alcohol prohibition, law enforcement is proving to be an ineffective tool in the control of marijuana.

The latest spark in the continuing controversy has been provided by the Strategy Council on Drug Abuse. Included on the council are four cabinet members: Henry Kissinger, secretary of state; David Mathews, secretary of HEW; Donald Rumsfeld, secretary of defense and Edward Levi, attorney general. None of these gentlemen is known as a marijuana advocate, but the council has gone cn record in favor of reducing penalties for marijuana smoking. In a report to President Ford, the council questions whether the "relatively high price" paid by society to enforce laws against marijuana are worth the results. The council states Its conviction that marijuana use is harmful and says that "federal policy ought to strongly discourage its use," but it also says: "On the other hand, society pays a relatively high price for this form of deterrence.

High in terms of stigmatizing casual users with criminal records, high in terms of diverting limited criminal justice resources from other, more serious matters, and high in terms of contributing to an atmosphere which nurtures disrespect for the law." Time is running out for the Ford administration to act on the council's report, but it will be somewhere in the pile awaiting the Carter administration in January. Pension Escalation "Guns or butter" was the cry raised by critics of the Johnson administration's plans for iaunching an expensive Greai Society program at the same time the nation was engaged in the Vietnam war. "Guns or pensions" is the alarm raised by Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton over the rapid rise of military pension costs.

The senator and other congressional critics see reforms necessary to stop the spiral of military pensions, up from $3.9 billion (5.1 percent of the defense budget) five years ago to $8.4 billion (8.4 percent of the budget) this year. With defense costs coming under tougher scrutiny, the rising slice consumed by pensions is one Congress cannot afford to ignore. THE KANE REPUBLICAN Incorporated Fee 7. 1900 Mem ber of Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association Published every afternoon encept Sunday by The Kane Publishing Company, at The Kane Republican Building, 200 NortS Fraley Street, Kane. ZIP Code 16735 Telephone 137 6000 or 837 6001.

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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use tor republication ail news dispatches, credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published herein. The World NEW YORK (AP) The battle lines have been drawn. The wheeling and dealing is over. The high commands of the three major networks are on hand. Two years of preliminary negotiations will climax over the weekend with a meeting in Moscow.

And within the next few days it should be known which network will own the television rights to the 1980 Summer Olympics. "When you look back over the last several years to what has captured the fancy of the American viewing public, to what has brought viewers to their TV sets that might not otherwise be there, the answer is the Olympics," says CBS President Bob Wussler. "We would be hard pressed to find a better way to spend our money." And spend someone will. ABC paid $25 million for the rights to the Montreal Games last' summer. The price tag for the 1980 Games is expected to be in neighborhood of $100 million.

But the Olympics are a big prestige item, and the networks are willing to risk a loss in order to give their image a big boost. It's not a bad ratings booster, either. ABC averaged a 47 per cent audience share, meaning 47 per cent of the televisions turned on were tuned to ABC, over the two weeks of the Summer Olympics. And the network drew a 35 per cent To HEAR ALTO TELL IX HE) BuT LISTEN TO MIAA CLIM8EP THE WORLD'S WHEN Wl FEY ASKS HI rA HIGHEST AAOONTAIKIS--- TO RUNT THE CEILING They 1 1 SSi-i are 7 hr I UJ I'LL HOLD 1 AWFUL W6H- kfcX AillMfl THE ANT 6ET AIR-DO ,11 Jg.rS... 83APFORP, PEMNA, I.