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,i ml The insanity of the entire United States' involvement in Southeast Asia is epitomized by a recent incident in Cambodia. When rebel artillery hit a U.S. cargo plane flying supplies into Phnom Penh two weeks ago, the shells were U.S. made 105 mm howitzer rounds, sold to the rebels by Lon NoFs generals. President Ford is asking for more millions to continue this rotten merry-go-round, knowing full well the extent of the corruption. And United States citizens - those docile suckers who foot the bill - are being lied to by yet another American President as they pay for the ammunition he is supplying to both sides. The nightmare continues. When things are darkest, it is best to keep a stiff upper lip and let the devil take the hindmost: going ever onward, ever upward with words of imperishable wisdom. Such as - If God had meant people to travel, he wouldn't have built the Penn Central. Nature compensates. For instance, dogs have a keen sense of smell because they have no sweat glands. No man living today is big enough to carry Fay Wray to the top of the Empire State Building. He who lets sleeping dogs lie often insists that bitches tell the truth. The fact that the government managed to schedule the bicentennial celebration of this nation on its 200th birthday is purely coincidental. No man stands so tall as when he catches himself in a zipper. Men who go down to the sea in ships look ridiculous on the freeway. If you would live your full measure of years, avoid terminal illnesses in your youth. / George Patton wore army shoes. Do not inhale cigarettes; they stick in your throat. Remember the good old days when you took trash to the dump instead of transferring solid waste to the refuse disposal site? If Rudolph Valentino were alive today he would be playing an Israeli. It Is a wile man who uses his time in federal prilon to . learn tile art of public speaking " ..... Billy Graham would be a lot easier on Sodom and Gomorrah if they'd had golf courses. If all the politicians in the country were laid end-to-end, it wouldn't make the least bit of difference. This country would make love instead of war if the pill cost three billion dollars. When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and offer to work for the Indians. By JIM FITZGERALD it was a snowed-in Sunday. One of those days when a poet looks out the window and sees the meaning of life in a snowflake. One of those days when people of good character yearn to take long strides and deep breaths in the woods. The sun bounced off the snow and sparkled through the window, dancing dazzlingly into every comer of the room. I could not help but say to my wife: "For God's sake close the drapes. I'm trying to watch TV." "A fire would be nice," she said. That's what she always says on snowed-in Sundays when the lousy weather prevents my escape. Years ago we had a smaller home with a fireplace in the living room but we never had a fire in it because I never had a match. Then we had a couple more kids and it was deemed necessary to add a second bathroom as I was sick of going 2 blocks to the nearest gas station in my bathrobe. "As long as we're adding a bathroom we might as well add a family room and 2 bedrooms," my wife said. She said it to the builder while I was at the gas station. Thus the $10,000 deal was made while 1 was turning the crank on a ;_'_'__--____-_S--"-7; ~;~;~;;~--;~HflM~i~H~u~u~H~H~Hi~m~~ Mack McGinnis' ~~__'~_'_~__."~_~lHIIHlfllflllflHlflllllllullll Overheard on WATI: "The best time to give advice to your children is when they are young enough to believe what you are telling them.'" (Herin Albright in Perry Township Weekly) Hap Traub reports that at a small ferry slip in eastern Tennessee there is a posted notice that says: "Passengers Must Pay In Advance. The Boat Le~k~ .'" (Bill Gold in Washington Post) Nostalsic note: Wouldn't it be nice if the only criticism you could dream up about your President was that he picked up his puppy by its cars? (Ashley, Cooper in Charleston News and Courier) +II',,,I Oik't ff.R TO ,f JRVIV _ Ner::ty) All3" "THt6 MUCH ?" t'LON ,i~N... ! THINK THEV'(~IZ -II NIN6 TO TEU. U5 c Otvi IINO" By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS One of the toughest problems facing the Legislature in its special session is passage of a bill to consolidate the state's numerous public pension systems, and make the merged system actuarily sound. It 'also is one of the lawmakers' most important tasks, though the attention it has attracted is considerably less than widespread, and the public to date remains comparatively unimpressed. But members of the select committee working on the problem are convinced that unl4ss steps are taken now to correct the situation, the various pension systems will bankrupt themselves in another 15 or 20 years, and could drive the state into financial disaster. tt Y9 Aimed At Leapfrogging One of the purposes of the proposal is to prevent what is 11 . 'l known as leapfrogging, whereby a public employee builds up a retirement in one system, t~.n takes a different publi~ job and builds up a second retirement in another system. There are numerous cases where a public employee has been able to retire and draw more money in retirement than he could earn in salary if he continued working. The proposed new law would limit pensions to 60 percent of the highest salary earned. Eligibility for retirement would be restricted to those reaching the age of 65, except in cases of disability. They Won't Believe One of the most difficult tasks confronting the lawmakers is convincing those in the present retirement systems that they wouldn't be affected. All would be "grandfathered" in the present systems. After 60 days of sending out bulletins, information brochures and personal letters, the ,legislators still are receiving heated protests from those who remain unconvinced. There also remain some steps to satisfy representatives of the retirees. These want assurance that pensions for those covered by the old systems are fully funded They also seek guarantees that the present cost of living increases will be continued. Not Making Hay Any supporter of the proposed legislation will tell you 'there isn't any political hay to be from it. It will be a "hard " 11 v e, one of the hardest any la vmaker will make at any time during the two-year life of the 44th Legislature. But it is a bipartisan effort. The House leadership believes the necessary votes will be there to pass the legislation through the lower chamber. The measure also has the solid support of the Senate leadership. But its passage through the upper chamber still is in question. paper towel dispenser and nothing was coming out. It was an omen. A few weeks later 1 returned from an inquisition with my friendly banker who would soon have the legal right to keep me waiting outside the new bathroom for 20 years. My wife was pondering the plans for the family room. "A fireplace would look nice at the east end of the room," she said. "So would Elizabeth Taylor," I said with my customary wit. This was before she started dating used car salesmen, of course. My opposition resulted in a lot of impassioned pleading, tears and deep sobs. All mine. We soon had 2 fireplaces. "Now I suppose you want a fire," I said. "Look in the backyard," she said. "Which way is it?" 1 asked. She guided me to the site of a recent disaster. "Did Abe Lincoln's boyhood home collapse against our porch?" I asked. This was my introduction to a pile of wood. People sneak out of forests during the day and dump these piles in the yards of innocent breadwinners who are off tending the wheels of commerce, little suspecting what evil lurks in the hearts and minds of wives and woodchoppers (unless they've read Lady Chatterly's Lover). Since that awful day there have been 16 billion piles of wood burned in our fireplaces. My only respite from fire duty is a couple of days in July and when we run out of wood before my wife Can yell TIMBER! to the woodchopper. That's why 1 wasn',t worried this particular snowed-in Sunday. A few weeks earlier 1 had put 2 empty cardboard cartons at the end of the woodpile and covered them with snow. She thought there was wood under the snow but I knew better, heh, heh, heh. "Sorry, no fire today," I said, "we are Out of wood." "There is plenty of wood and if you ever took any interest in your yard, you'd know it," she said. "The Detroit Edison cut down those 2 dead trees yesterday and cut up the wood tor you. There are 2 big piles out there." This was the same week Edison asked for another rate hike. The meaning of life, as seen in a snowflake, is that husbands never make it Onward and Upward becaiase they melt too fast. P,,,qe 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 20, 1975 Though the boating safety bill was all but sunk during the regular session, smooth sailing isn't guaranteed for boat owners who opposed its passage. As reported previously, the measure was torpedoed on the floor of the Senate, but it was partially salvaged by a motion to reconsider and it was beached in Rules Committee before further damage could be done. Meanwhile, a move has been launched in the House to repeal the 80 percent property tax exemption for pleasure craft. Few boat owners pay the tax, because the big exemption makes it unprofitable for county assessors to go looking for them. Removal of the exemption would make such an effort w o rthwhile. Is He A Genius? An initiative filed recently to limit taxes by limiting state appropriations to 9 percent of personal income could put the abilities of Bruce Helm to the acid test. Helm, who had phenomenal success with Initiative 282, roiling back legislators' pay increases, has been retained as an advisor on the new measure, Initiative 306 The question to be resolved is whether Helm is a true genius, or whether his success was due to the fact that he had an issue which caught on with the public and became virtually self-propelled. Editor, The Journal: I would like to reply to Ruby Hopper's letter of March 13th. There is no all encompassing solution for "getting the power back to the people so we can have a truly representative form of government." There are as many solutions as there are eligible voters and, like the many drops that make up the body of water that turns the wheels to produce one big thrust of energy, equally as effective when working in one direction. What I'm saying is if each of us voted for the person we thought would represent us best and let it be known by constant direct, communication when this was being ignored, withdrawing our support come the next election if there are no results, how could we not have true power in the hands of the people? Waiting for someone else to do it, griping to each other in our parlors and taverns, even the occasional letter to our representatives and editor is not going to produce any telling thrust. Congress will continue to serve its own entrenched purposes and not the taxpaying public. As long as I've embarked upon this subject let me express a deep concern for what my and your tax dollar is being appropriated to subsidize. How many of usare aware of the multinfiilions filtered away for such things as traumatic shock-inducing machines especially designed to crush the legs of dogs and other animals in the name of medical research or to institutions for psychobiology, another agony-producing study of pure research which has no admittedly useful goal. Do we need this or do we need control of our tax dollar for immediate useful human and animal needs? Anyone who has the desire to know more about the multimillion dollar subsidies for animal torture can write to the United Action for Animals Inc., 509 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10017. Norma O'Neill Shelton Editor, The Journal: In regards to the energy crisis we face in this nation. Wby must we be the last country to explore new sources? Every day available sources are wasted at the landfill. Namely, the burnable material which is dumped every day in landfill sites. Why couldn't steam-generating plants be built? For example, one on the Mason County landfill, which buries approximately 200 tons of garbage every day, which could be, in my opinion, burnable to produce the electric energy and at the same time would also reduce the leaching problem we eventu',dly will have in water supplies m that area and in nearby streams. In the future the .methane gas created by decomposing garbage could also become hazardous but could be controlled by the steam-genera ting plant. It might be possible to get federal financing for this project if our county officials wanted to look into this matter. F. Warner Shelton j aelt°q" 011 County Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wa. 98584 Phone 426-44 12 Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Mason County, Washington 98584, weekly. Second-class postage paid at Shelton, Washington. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $6.00 per year in Mason County, in advance -- Outside Mason County $7.50 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Henry G. Gay Editor, The Journal: I am writing this letter from an experience of injustice. My occupation is a bartender of night clubs. I am presently unemployed but have been through an experience I shall remember as long as I live. One night in Shelton I was in a pub (tavern) having a nice cold beer. As I sat on a bar stool, I noticed a man and woman arguing. Naturally, it was the highlight of the bar. Well, after a while the woman told the guy to leave her alone. As the man, not budging an inch, stood there, she threw her glass of beer on him and proceeded to walk to the restroom. We!l, the man in a state of violence and determined to seek revenge, said he'd mess her car up and headed out the door. The gid's companion (female, also) was sitting next to me and said, "I hope he doesn't." The car belonged to her friend's mother. Well, I figured maybe I could lend some assistance, so I walked out to ask him not to damage the gffl's car. Seems this mistake cost very gravely. He cursed and told me it's none of my business. Well, it ended up we were swinging at each other. Only one punch of the whole fight had made contact. The local police came. 1 told the story to one of the officers. At first he told us to call it quits and go home, but the other guy cursed and told them if they were Editor, The Journal: This letter is written in defense of some 62 young gentlemen and their fans I received a letter informing me that the City Church League can no longer use the Shelton Public School facilities. Perhaps I should say that is good; I am finally getting off the hook, after some 15 years of being the sole person in charge of the program, starting after football season, organizing teams, making schedules, getting referees, and finding facilities for some 50 to 60 boys, this year 62, with a season that extends through the winter months. I should say that is good, but I can't. It has been worth it just to know that all these boys are there just for the fun of playing and competing with each other. I venture to say that not more than r~¸, L+ Editor, The Journal: Governor Evans has shown himself to be a man of principle. He refuses to be swayed from what he considers to be a moral stand in regard to capital punishment. He is also a man of compassion. Shocked as we all are by a series of heinous murders, it would be easy for some to forget the fundamental facts concerning the use of the death penalty and change our laws to satisfy the Editor, The General Through continuous repetition of deceptive propaganda, banning of firearms and anti-gun legislation has become an obsession with many scheming politicians, corrupt civic leaders, powerfully wealthy" businessmen with tax-free foundations, broadcasters, and news columnists, whether it be through your local newspapers or the largest radio and TV networks in the country. According to Good Housekeeping Magazine, Reader's Digest, articles in The Daily Olympian and other media nationally: "You are being accused that the gun you own is more likely to kill six times more, friends than one enemy." In other words, you law-abiding citizens who own a gun will kill a friend someday. Hogwash! You are being misdirected from the criminal to the gun. Guns don't kill pe6ple; people kill people. If the law-abiding citizen is so discouraged or prohibited to jail him, do it. Well, he got force against another. than came back and He said if one gets must, too. I officer but he said it agreed with me in a way and advised me top guilty. Two weeks later/ court. I told that's when I vibes of injustice. I ask l you ever heard of a situation receiving jail, suspending all providing I go to an program? If I refuse I have to remaining 46 days. I violent record on alcohol, I only drank that night, and now sent to an alcoholic was one. I am not and 1 have a bitterness towards judge. 1 wrote this one of the reasons myself don't get society. Try to stabbed in the back. That is one of the member of society help. While serving met many others victims, also, but drop it to get 10% who read there has been recreational some of the young It has now Mr. Donald C Vice-Principal School, with the Ms. Ann Martin, Assistant. after 15 years the school facflil longer :al: boys and fans ha#e l have to wonder l with the proven rec0~ or with the the two new a~ administrators, of Thanks to Mr. Canal facilities available so complete this human urge for There has anywhere in death to crime. It has and is innocence. Governor "There is can justify any more than illegally taking outright from o n ly the government them. It has criminal increase whe regulatory The average himself at the who enjoy a their The right arms was Amendments to known as the indicating the which it was F ounding that gover potentially freedom of man. Thomas "The purpose is to protect gove rmne n t • are governed maintain P indispensable against