The Sun, 1972-04-19

              A CRUSHING BURDEN
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Vol. 49 - No. 32        Two Sections    28 Pages  THE SUN, NORTH CANTON, OHIO. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19, 1972
Mobility is now considered one of your inalienable
rights. However, it is not free, and sometimes it can
be exercised beyond the point of practicality.
The Wells Co. Free Press of North Dakota, makes
the point very well. It says, "Did you ever drive 50
to 100 miles or more to take advantage of a super-
duper special that was advertised somewhere? A local
$50 item miles away would have to sell for $34.50 in
order for you to break even. The American Automobile Assoc, certifies that 15.5 cents is what it costs
to drive your car one mile. So if you've driven 100
miles round trip to pick up that special, you'll have
to add $15.50 to that purchase. That sweet buy can
suddenly turn quite sour.
"Local merchants, whether it is groceries, clothing, drugs, hardware, appliances or whatever, feature
top line, nationally advertised products. And they are
also at comparative prices. They also support your
lccal schools, churches and organizations. Tlhey also
help to pay for improvements to make this a better
place to live. And they'll be here tomorrow to serve
you personally."
The Major Hurdle Leaped
After years of effort to win approval of a constitutional amendment granting women legal equality
with men, the major hurdle has at last been leaped.
Each state legislature now constitutes a separate obstacle which must be passed, but the prospects for
ratification by the necessary three-fourths of the
.states ar_"gc6d now that Congress has-so* resound^-
(ingly given the amendment its blessing.
In both houses, the margin of approval was very
high. Only eight senators were against the proposal in
the final Vote that sent the amendment on its way to
th legislatures. This reflects the plain fact that after
a period of intensive campaigning for women's liberation the American people have come around to the belief that women are entitled to first-class citizenship.
The wording of the proposed amendment is dis-
armingly simple: "Equality of rights under the law
shall not be denied or abridged' by the United States
or by any state on account of sex." The consequences,
should this become a part* of our basic law, would be
far from simple; indeed, all sorts of complexities can
readily be forseen. Many laws now on the books would
have to be discarded, and all sorts of questions about
rights and privileges would have to se settled.
Opponents of the equal rights' amendment have
made much of these predictable difficulties. They also
have played variations on the theme that if the Constitution were so amended a great deal of law designed —■ ostensibly, at any rate — to protect women
would no longer apply, thus depriving women of safeguards they now enjoy. On these and other grounds
and with various motivations, persistent efforts have
been made to modify the proposed amendment. Up
until the final vote, Sen. Sam J. Etrvin Jr. (D-North
Carolina) was pressing for changes.
All things considered, it is gratifying that these
efforts to dilute the amendment's language have failed.
What we have now before the legislatures for ratification is a stark, unmistakably clear dictum that men
and women shall stand equal before the law. We believe experince will prove that this is better than an
"equal rights" amendment hedged about with exceptions.
The Winter Olympics??
It was inevitable that the American announcers
on television during the Winter Olympics from Sapporo, Japan, should mention the subject of the occupations of the Russian competitors. The announcers
pointed out during the Czechoslovak-Russian hockey
game that, while the Czechs were plumbers, butchers,
auto repairmen or members of other trades or professions, the Russians were virtually all soldiers.
And this inevitably led into some comparisons
between the Russion hockey team and those of the
National Hockey League of North America. The comparison with the American professional teams no
doubt arose from another matter mentioned during
the televising, that the Russians practiced 11.5 months
a year back in the U.S.S.R. No doubt the fact that
the Soviet team was composed almost entirely of soldiers with the opportunity to play hockey so often
made the compition in Olympic hockey a runaway
for them. One American contender said, "'The Russians were professionals in all but name."
With no amateurs left for it to consuer, the Russian team is entitled to play against a team of the
Nationl Hockey League. The Russians could have
stopped at Vancouver, and then traveled on to Montreal, where good professional teams would have given
them workouts for a test at Madison Square Garden
with the New York Rangers. It is only fair that the
Russians should have been given such an opportunity.
It would simply be "open hockey," just like open tennis, where amateurs and professionals meet to show
their mettle. The Russians might not fair so well
against other professionals.
Tickets on Sale
to Paul Harvey
YCA Address
Tickets for the 15th annual
Young Citizens Award program
with keynoter Paul Harvey are
now available to the general
public at the North Canton
Chamber of Commerce office
on S. Main St.
Mrs. Paul Blohm, ticket
chairman, also announces that
the tickets for the Saturday,
April 29, event will be sold at
the Community Building YMCA
Saturday, April 22.
Hours for the public to pick
up the $2 ducats will be from
10 a.m. until noon and from 1 to
3 p.m.
In the spotlight for the awards
event will be 214 teenage boys
and girls who participated in
the March 18 citizenship work
session. Thirty - four high
school students will be singled
out for special recognition.
Sharing the stage with the students will be nationally known
news commentator Paul Harvey.
Since the Hoover High auditorium will accommodate only
1,600, those wishing to attend
are urged to pick up their tickets this week.
Although there will be no
reserved seats, other than for
student participants, tickets
may be reserved by contacting
Mrs. Blohm, 499-3047.
Student Loan
Drive Seeking
$9,000 Fund
/
Dr. Harry Osborne
North Canton Student Loan
Foundation, founded in 1963 to
assist students in the local
school district with post-high
school educational expenses,
has opened its annual drive for
funds.
Dr. Harry A. Osborne of the
Foundation's Board of Trustees
is chairman of the drive, which
will continue through May 15.
He reports a goal of $9,000
in the drive to meet the increased demands ofhigheredu-
cation costs by the ever-increasing number of students
seeking aid.
-119 Loans Made-
To date the Foundation has
made 119 loans totaling $58,174
to students attending either college or taking vocational training.
Deserving students are selected on the basis of need, ambition, intent and character.
They can be granted loans of
as much as $750 each year, to
be repaid to the Foundation at
no interest for the first year
after completion of training,
three per cent the second year,
four per cent the third year and
6 per cent thereafter.
"Donations to the non-profit
Foundation are tax deductible
and will be loaned, repaid and
reloaned to benefit deserving
students in the years to come,"
Dr. Osborne said in his mail-
appeal to area residents.
Of the 119 loans already made
by the Foundation, 18 of them
have already been repaid and 34
others are currently making
repayment. Fifty-nine students
have been aided by the Foundation, 48 of them currently in
school.
Applications for assistance
through the foundation can be
directed to P.O. Box 2224, North
Canton, 44720.
Currently serving at the helm
of the Foundation are Gus W.
Zielasko, president; Michael L.
Karlo, vice president; Mrs.
Barbara Baker, secretary;
Mrs. Betty Cady, treasurer,
and Mrs. Howard Cline, recording secretary.
Trustees administering
Foundation work are R.L.Armstrong, C.T. Bogardus, Mrs.
Patricia Carlson, M.E. Folts,
Oriti Herrington, Ken Martz,
Robert P. Moorhead, R. Wade
Norris, Dr. Osborne, Dr. R.V.
Skibbens and Henry A. Tobey.
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Stewart Wilson Named
Water-Sewer Supt.
Stewart L. Wilson, 53, of 514
Marquardt Ave. NW, has been
named superintendent of the
North Canton water and sewer
department.
Assistant water superintendent in Canton for the past six
years, Wilson will take over his
new office May 1. He succeeds
Paul Haun. Although salary for
the post is now set at $9,500,
Cliff Gehrum, director of administration said the salary is
being negotiated.
A Canton native and lifelong
area resident, Wilson had his
own plumbing business for 20
years before going to work for
Canton. He holds a Class 2 water
treatment license and is working toward Class 3. He has a
class 1 distribution license and
is working on Class 2, attending
classes in Akron.
He also teaches in the Stark
Board of Health water distribution School in Canton.
His duties will include supervision of the new water treatment plant being built ir North
Canton.
Wilson is a Marine veteran of
World War n, past commat 1p_-
of Post 44 American Legion,
Stewart L. Wilson
and a Mason. His wife, Dolores
teaches physical education at
the Stark County Regional Campus of Kent State University.
They have two sons, ages 5 and
6.
Gehrum said Wilson was sel-
ected from some 10 applicants
■ or the post. The city is continuing to accept applications
for the vacant positions of city
engineer and street superintendent.
BEGIN AUSTRIAN VISIT. Retired North Canton Supt. of Schools E. R.
Malone (seated center) will lead this six-man Rotary Study Team that departs
Friday for an eight-week study-exchange program in Austria. The group includes (seated left) Midhaei Yeagley of LDuisville, (seated right) Alex Stall of
Massillon and (standing 1. to r.) Glen Griffiths of Niles, Paul Herman of New
Waterford, Bill Lutes of Warren and Willis Mullett of Wooster. They'll represent District 665 of Rotary and be repaying a visit last summer by a group
from District 181 in the Vienna area.
Army Honors S. E. A. L.
ProgramByJaycees
Rotary Austrian Study
GroupDeparts Friday
Six businessmen from District 665 of Rotary will leave
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at 1:30 en route to Vienna, Aus
tria for an eight-week study
tour hosted by Austrian Rotarians.
The visit by the local group,
which will be led by E.R. Malone, retired superintendent of
North Canton Schools, returns
a visit made to this area by a
team of Austrian Rotarians last
year.
The contingent includes Michael Yeagley of Louisville, architect associated with Ken
Dansizen here; Billy M. Lutes
of Warren, chairman of the language and speech department of
Warren Harding High School;
Alexander Stall Sr. of Massillon, superintendent of accounting and personnel coordinator
for the Massillon office of Ohio
Power Co.; Glen Griffiths of
Niles, loan officer and assistant
treasurer of the Dollar Savings
Bank in Niles;
Paul Herman of New Water-
ford, vice president and installment credit officer for the New
Waterford Bank, and Willis
Mullett of Wooster, president
of the Wayne Door Co. at Mt.
Hope.
A dozen Austrian Rotary
clubs will be host to the visi-
Randy Stortz
Rotary Speaker
Randy C. Stortz of 700 Portage St. NW, American Government teacher at Hoover High
School will address the North
Canton Rotary at its weekly
meeting at Community Christian Church, Thursday, April
20 at 6:30 p.m.
His topic will be the recently
completed 'Senior Day", and
the North Canton Youth Center.
In both activities the opportunity is presented for youth and
adults to communicate and to
better understand each other.
Mr. Stortz received his BA
summa cum laudae from Walsh
College and did graduate work
at Kent State and University of
Akron.
He was listed in Who's Who
among Students in American
Universities & Colleges In 1969.
He is Youth Task-force Chairman for North Canton Community Relations, Drug Abuse
coordinator at Hoover High,
vice president of the North
Canton Youth Center, Inc., and
Stark County Social Studies
Curriculum coordinator.
His prior youth activities include youth counseling at Camp
Tippecanoe, Canton YMCA,
Camp Conestoga, Canton Public
Schools Outdoor Educational
Program, and United Fund Muscular Dystrophy Camp.
tors—Vienna,  Baden, Klein-
klrchheim,   Villach,   Leoben,
^JGteaiV Llenz,ihinsbt«ck^Salz-'
'burg,   Bad   Ischl,   Wels and
Krems—as they travel through
their communities during their
two-month stay.
The team leaves Vienna on
i June 16 for their return flight
jhome.
\ Government, industry, education and health care centers
are on the busy daily schedule
for the visitors, with such
unique events planned as a trip
backstage to the Vienna opera,
tour of the Olympic Sports Palace in Innsbruck, a visit with
' Austrian border guards, tour of
Mozart's birthplace and a boat
trip up the Danube.
These exchange study visits
are part of Rotary International's motto "World Peace
Through Understanding" and
are being conducted by other
Rotary Districts as a continuing program.
Absentee Voting
Deadline Apr. 27
The Stark County Board of
Elections will be open Saturday,
Apr. 22 from 8:30 a.m. to noon
JEW; persons wishing to cast Absentee ballots" for the May primary.
Anyone wishing to vote in advance because they will be 10
miles or more outside the county on May 2 can vote an absentee ballot, said Director of
Elections Robert McFadden.
Mr. McFadden emphasized
the Saturday openings were extra days to enable those who
might not be able to get in during the regular daily hours to
cast the vote.
He said the absentee ballots
could be cast at the board anytime Monday through the deadline, Thursday, Apr. 27, at
4 p.m. Board hours are weekdays from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m.
SEAL WORK HONORED. A certificate of appreciation signed by the Secretary of the Army Robert J. Froe-
hlke was made last Thursday to the Southeast Asia Leave
program that is being carried on by Jaycee chapters
throughout Stark County. Shown with Army Brig. General
Willie E. Dixon (center) who presented the award for the
Department of the Army and Defense Department are
(left) Dennis Flechtner, president of North Canton Jaycees, and Rowland Judge, chairman of the project and a
member of Canton Jaycees.
The annual meeting of all lot
owners at St. Jacob's Cemetery
Association will be held on Friday, Apr. 28, at 7:30 p.m. atSt.
Jacob's Lutheran Church.
A certificate of appreciation
for patriotic civilian service
has been awarded to the Southeast Asia Leave(S.E.A.L.) program being conducted by Stark
County Jaycee chapters.
The program, which has re
turned 14 area servicemen to
their homes for rest and recuperation leaves, received the
award from Brig. Gen. W. E.
Dixon Jr. at a banquet Thursday, Apr. 13, at the Canton Elks
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BEAUTIES AND THE BEAST. Hoover High
prom queen, senior Terry Tannehill (center), daughter of the William Tannehills of 810 Edgewood St
SE, and her attendants pose before the flashing-eyed
dragon that was a highlight of the "Night in the
Orient" decorations for the junior-senior prom Saturday night in the Hoover gym. Her court included
(1. to r.) junior Sue Neumeyer. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Neumeyer of 1966 Balmore NW; senior
Crystal Losch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Losch of 241 Applegrove NE; senior Karen Werstler,
daughter of the Wayne Werstlers of 3376 State St.
NW, and junior Cindy Roush, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Roush of 1417 Westfield Ave. SW. Prom
festivities were followed by an informal after-prom
party held at Canton Jewish Center.