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rJ I i YT-- 'riV, 1 1 IDlfolemofe hurts U. S. 4 Belvidere Doily Republican, Tuesday Jan. 7, 1969,, PR COLEMAN Speech defect colls for early treatment emotional the physical or growth of the child. rr- The House Armed Services subcommittee says it sees no alternative, if the Paris peace -talks fail, to an all-out military effort to bring the war to a speedy conclusion.

The subcommittee says the bombing halt over North Vietnam has allowed the communists to stockpile massive supplies, and that if the talks fail, the halt "will have provided the North with a new lease on life and the von-flict will certainly be prolonged." The report, issued Sunday, is 100 per cent correct on both counts. 1 The unimpeded movement over the past two months of supplies to the northern borders of South Vietnam and the Cambodian sanctuary farther south will obviously help Hanoi with its logistical problems full-scale fighting resume. Should the talks fail, the United States and its allies will be forced to intensify their effort to offset the gains the communists have attained during the bombing halt. The question is: How does the U.S. determine when the peace talks have collapsed? It is now 67 days since the U.S.

stopped its bombers from striking in North Vietnam, 67 trying days in which men are still dying while the talks in Paris seem to have made no progress at all. The question Is, how long should the U.S. wait before issuing an ultimatum? Can we afford ti wait another 67 days while the Reds continue to amass supplies, supplies that will mean more American lives spent on Vietnam soil? The Daily Republican thinks not. If it has taken 67 days' to discover the two sides cannot agree on what shape the conference table is to be. how long can it be expected to take to settle any major item? The purpose of the bombing halt, we recall, was to show our good faith and pave the way for peace talks to get underway.

It is time to ask for some demonstration of good faith by the other side. We suggest the United States delegation set a deadline for actual talks to begin, making it clear that failure to meet the deadline will result in renewed bombing of the North and an intensified effort to end the war through military means. We have engaged in enough meaningless discussion in Paris. It is time we begin to see some tangible results. One of the greatest handicaps of young children is a speech disorder.

It is estimated that more than two million children have speech defects which Interfere with their scholastic progress and often hamper their social relationships. Adult achievement is frequently impaired by speech defects traced to childhood. Many of these might have been overcome with good speech thera- A childhood pattern of speaking is at first charming and sometimes encouraged long after it should have stopped. When the young child comes face to face with his classmates in the first grade, speech may account for his acceptance or rejection by them, An attitude of "this too shall pass" A medallion worn around the neck, the wrist or the ankle may often be of life-saving importance if on it is engraved any seriqus medical problem a person may have. The American Medical Association has created such a metal tag on which can be indicated diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, drug allergy, and any other known physical condition which should be brought to the immediate attention of a doctor during an It is suggested that people with such problems carry special identification cards bearing the suggestions of one's own doctor and his address, should an emergency arise.

Both the medallion and the health identification card are excellent precautions if medi cal first aid ever becomes nec-r essary. towards an early speech defect tends, to dismiss it and entail difficulty in treatment. Powell seating proper are a number of phy sical reasons for impediments g3B in A Deech. Cleft palate, mal So and Adam Clayton Powell is back, formations of the jaw, and some and the its full But he has been assessed a stiff fine lost much of his influence, including U.S. House of Representatives has the ieuroloeical disorders may be responsible for speech defects.

A small band of tissue that ties The. Sands of Time -it "S- m- An important warning is being issued to parents of young children. A number of cases have been reported of youngsters ensnared by habit-forming drugs that can be purchased over the drugstore counter "wlrf pi ebtSgh medicines, such as terpin hydrate with codeine, can be bought through unscrupulous dealers without responsibility to these children. Four ounces of this cough medicine contains four grains of codeine in forty-two percent alcohol. This is a warning that must be RON' FREtBERG chairmanship of the Education and Labor Committee.

The decision was, obviously, not a partisan one. Powell's own party is in firm control of the House. Republicans and Democrats Joined in the 252 to 160 vote. of the House voted against the proposal. Some, undoubtedly, wanted Powell reinstated with no fine.

Others didn't want him seated at all. But the majority chose the wisest course open to- them, giving him his rightful seat still extracting a penalty for his conduct. We hope the decision the House reached in this case, on Its opening day, is indicative of the sort of, thinking that will characterize the 91st Congress. And we hope that Mr. Powell and other would-be errant representatives have learned a lesson.

435 members again. The House action Friday, seating the controversial Harlem Congressman and assessing a $25,000 fine against his House salary, appears to us to have been- a wise choice. Powell could not be allowed to go scot- 1 -without some etvMnalty.afier nouse committee had found: nim'gufity'on a number of counts of misuse of funds and violation of House rides. On the other hand, the people of Powell's district already had been deprived of repre-senation in the Congress, which Powell sat out in Bimtnl, sipping Scotch. Those people have a right to a voice in Congress, and they indicated overwhelmingly in November, that their choice is Powell.

With that in mind, the House worked out what the Daily Republican believes to be a reasonable compromise, Powell is back in the House, and the people of Harlem again have a representative in Congress. down the tongue may impede the normal progress of speech. In addition to the physical disorders, there are many factor that -the tensions within the home, rivalry between children and other emotional pressures that can cause poor speech. The science of speech therapy IS a highly developed one. Most large university centers, medical schools, and hospitals have hearing and speech departments where the diagnosis and treatment of speech defects are handled by experts.

When a speech defect is suspected, even at the very earliest age, it should be remedied by these experts in order to avoid any lasting alteration, in From Republican files 18-year-olds not ready to vote yet SPEAKING OF YOUR HEALTH Instruction in the safety of guns is imperative before any hunting should be allowed. Message reaffirmed who propose lowering the voting age to 18. The argument that If they are old enough to fight they are old enough to vote (and drink) doesn't hold water with me. They are chosen for the military at ayouthful age for the same reason they can tear up the turf of a football field better than someone 35. Moreover, the 18 to 22 year olds haven't yet established their careers, their families and their homes.

And without the experiences' of life's responsibilities they lack the maturity needed on issues governing all of us. College campus rampages, draft-card burning and pot parties attest to the fact they are wanting in Judgment and discipline, if anything, the voting age should be raised to 25. Non-voters fail to realize they are letting the minority rule for them. When turnout at the polls ranges anywhere from 20 to 60 per cent of the eligible voters then only about one-third of the people are deciding things. "My vote wouldn't mean much anyway," Is the usual reasoning of those who can't find five minutes time to cast their ballot.

But history is full of contests decided by one vote. My home-' town recently passed, a half- milllon-dollar bond Issue by the overwhelming majority of six votes out of some 3,000 cast. You should have heard the outcry by those opposed they hadn't voted, of course. While on the subject, I personally take issue with those We've been disenfranchised and it hurts I Since moving to Belvidere from Minnesota last October, three special elections and a Presidential vote have bypassed us due to the state residency requirement. The privilege of those moments in the voting booth to help decide the future course of your community, state and nation doesn't seem like much until you lose It.

1 can remember the thrill of, participating In myf irst Presi-dentlal election after reaching' legal age. No need to go Into how far back that was, but one of the contenders campaigned in a coon-skin cap. People who don't bother to vote are usually the first to grumble about the way things are being run and "crooked politicians." THOMAS A. LANE (lememJsm tkli 65 qeate Jan. 7, 1904 Rev.

Billy Sunday will talk In Rockford in a tabernacle 129 by 140 feet and capable of holding 5,000 people. The Rev. Billy vetoed the Chautauqua auditorium because It was too far from the city. The new auditorium will be built by a stock syndicate the shares selling at $1 and will stand opposite the Court street Methodist church. Willie Piel wishes to inform his patrons at the Derthlck opera house that the salted peanuts, candies, handled by him are pure, clean and absolutely fresh, passing through no hands but his own after they leave the wholesaler.

He buys ill his supplies wholesale, roasts, salts and sacks the peanuts himself on the day of the the most precious of all: astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders. Even seeing was hardly believing. One moment, a 6-2 million-pound skyscraper was standing on a launch pad in Florida. The next. It was soaring oft Into the blue, shaking the earth and rattling windows hundreds of miles way.

There were all the complex and epic decisions that had to be made, the precise guidance and performance margins that had to be held. For Instance, the spacecraft. Initially spun out of earth orbit at 24,700 miles an hour, had to lead the moon's speed by a 68 miles an hour, or either crash Into that on-rushing mass or be deflected Into helpless orbit around the sun. And yet, when the moment came for the decision unique In history, the command snapped out in prosaic, space-age jargon: "You are go for TL1 (Trans-Lunar Injection)." Yes, "breaking the surly bonds of earth" is one of the ancient dreams of man, or at least of those men in each generation who dream grandiose dreams. But there is another, more ancient and more universal, dream that Is symbolized each year.

Some thought It inappropriate that Apollo 8 should be launched at Christmastime. It could not have been more appropriate. The world's millions, focusing their thoughts and hopes on three men so far out in space, and seelnz as they saw lust how small Not since the assassination of John F.Kennedy and its aftermath have so many millions around the world been electronic eyewitness to one of the great unfolding dramas of human history. Happily, not horror and anguish but pride and awe are the emotions connected with the flight of Apollo 8. Not despair of the sorry condition of man but renewed faith In what his brain and will can accomplish is its legacy.

The only regret Is that President Kennedy, who seven- short years ago committed this nation to a landing on the moon, will not see American spacemen achieve that goal. Apollo 8, of course, was not designed for a moon landing. Many obstacles remain to be overcome before that mission can be launched. But there can be no doubt now that one of 1 man's oldest dreams Is about to be realized, perhaps in only a few months. Unforeseen setbacks could delay It; nothing can prevent it.

Superlatives fall In any attempt to describe Apollo 8, not only In its broad scope but In all Its technical details. By this time, most Americans are familiar with the stupendous and unprecedented statistics associated with the Saturn rocket, statistics that are about as mentally assimilable as the complexities of the national debt. For Instance, that each of its five main engines burned 9,000 pounds of fuel a second; that each of the eight retrorockets that separated, the first stage from the rest of the vehicle generated more power than the Redstone rocket that boosted America's first tiny satellite Into orbit. In 1958; that the entire rocket contained 5.6 million Individual parts-plus three more, 25 qeaAA cufo- Congress seems deaf to mandate of people Jan. 7, 1944 The imminent prospect of new superplanes, capable of traveling between 500 and 600 miles an hour and especially of new warp lanes that may hasten victory was raised today with the official announcement that a secret-Jet propelled Allied fighter soon will be In production.

Existence of the new fighter was disclosed last night by the UjS. Army air force and the Royal air force In a Joint announcement that gave no specific data on speed, range, and altitude. But it said that several hundred successful flights with the propellerless planes had already been made here and abroad, "many of them at high altitudes and extreme speed and all without a single mishap." and lonely this one-world really Is amid the stars, have been given a message that Is a reaffirmation of the one the heavens announced 2,000 years ago. fO yean cup. Man's folded-up life WASHINGTON The opening of Congress suggests that our national legislature has not received the message of the 1968 election.

Congress seems to be moving against the will of the people. It Is true of course that Congress was little affected by the election. The animosity of the people was directed against the President. But the policies of the President had also been the policies of the Congress; so there was reason to suppose that Congress would heed the warning. Instead of a subdued liberal temper In the 91st Congress, we confront a new reach of liberals for power.

Surely the Mansfield Kennedy-Fullbright line-up of the Senate Democratic leadership augurs adherence to the disastrous illusions of the Kennedy era. Fortunately, this area of policy Is protected. by a Republican President. Nevertheless, It may at times seem that the Senate Is working for Brezhnev and Ho Chi Mlnh. With a Republican President, the Democratic spotlight will now move to the Congress and especially to the Senate.

In ousting Sen. Russell Long as majority whip, Edward Kennedy Jan. 7, 1959 The Chinese Communists pounded the Quemoy Islands today with their heaviest fire in two months. The National Defense Ministry reported more than 12,000 Red shells landed on the offshore Islands between 2 and 4 pjn. and said the bombardment was continuing without a letup In intensity.

The Ministry said the Nationalist guns fire back vigorously but the volume of counterflre was not announced. It was the heaviest Communist firing since Nov. 3 when 39,162 shells were fired during an 18-hour period. student spends 15,000 hours at a' desk from kindergarten through college, in the course of a working career, he will spend another 60,000 hours seated. That figures out to nearly 812 years In a sitting position before he Is eligible to retire and start singing, "Old rocking chair's got The average white-collar American, hardworking, active go-getter that he is, spends well over eight years out of his life sitting down.

source of this-allegation Is a company which is In the business of supporting the habit. According to the American Seating Company, makers of public seating, the average me. takes a leadership position from which to launch his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. The ease with which be won the" post, after Senator Muskle had failed to win support, shows how widely his nomination Is expected In the party. Alas for Senator Long: he can now ponder the fate of a Southern liberal! No matter how distinguished his service to the liberal cause, he can never be really accepted by the liberal establishment.

It is a kind of ritual purification for the Northern liberals to be rid of him. There Is less reason In the Republican move to the left. Surely Republicans bad reason to heed the message of 1968 that the people want new leadership. There Is an ominous ring to these trends In Congress. The people's hopes of strong new policies are being dashed.

President Nixon may well be Influenced by th prospect of a Kennedy, candidacy In 1972 to move to th left, to play ball with a liberal Congress. We may face four more years of paralysis. That course would sasur a Kennedy victory In 1972. Success for th Republican Party BERRY'S WORLD RAY CR0MLEY Red tide rising in Asian nations Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty DAILY REPUBLICAN CREDO Established 1893 Published daily except Sundays by Belvidere Daily Republican 401 Whitney Belvidere. UL Second class postage paid at Belvidere.

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Thai-Malaysia border. IS at accomodation of least oo area in northern Thai and student groups. A Chinese general reportedly has been put In charge of the Malaysian operation. Reports out of northern Burma tell of a revltallzatlon of the Communist guerrilla units, now fleshed out with numbers of young hill tribesmen returning from Intensive training periods In Communist China across the border. For years, the Burmese Communist units have been torn by Internal dissension, Apparently, now there's an attempt to pull rival factions together under orders from Peking.

The Huk movement In the Philippine has been growing recently la Luzon, A In South Vietnam, some areas are gov-enuneat-controlled by day but Communist-rUed by night. The Huks have now underground control la areas disturbingly close to th major ILS. air base la th Philippines. Th Huks WASHINGTON (NEA) it has not been publicized here, but Asian officials and China watchers are puzzled and disturbed by a recent stepup in. Communist underground activity In six Asian countries.

The puzzling reports come out of Malaysia, northern Burma, the Philippines, Indonesia, Laos. Cambodia. Add the steadily growing North Korean Infiltration south and you get a not very optimistic picture for future peace in the area. Most disturbing of all are the reports that indicate that in at least five of the above countries the growing Insurgencies are led by Chinese Communists. One of these nations Malaysia is so alarmed that Its government recently Issued a Whit Paper oa the recent expansion of the Communist iv-derground.

Terrorism Is oath Increase. The Reds have mad progress la Infiltrating labor liberal Initiatives but la vigorous denunciation of thos bankrupt Initiatives. There is an abominable record of malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance la public cGc which must be opeoed to our people in explanation of the disasters of th past eight years. By exposing this record and setting new standard of Integrity la government, the RepuhUcan could smash the Democratic Party beyond repair. If Instead the RepuhUcans nurture a Democratic rrvul by accomodating th Uberal int-C stives of that party, they wUl be committing poUtical suicide.

This, as of bow, seems their destisv. land, Chinese are reported to be directing operations. Th Communist underground has atepped up Its activity in Cambodia, la som areas la the north of th country Communist guerrillas have become an infestation. Prince Sihanouk doesn't have the troops to deal with them effectively. The Communists la Indonesia have recently expanded their organizing efforts.

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