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Volume 9, Number 10
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Ccis t £igures are hard to come u� with The economic argum�nts in f avor of just now because the breakdown of the such a system are many and powerful: cream-colored FMC flee t and the energy conservation, reduced traffic maintenance problems with the ancient congestion, lower costs for street replacement buses made e ven the reduced repairs and improvements. ser�ice of 1979-80 spotty. As a result, ridership and fare revenues itself be self-supportlng is doubtful , Safer for women dropped a lot. . without major ch ange_s in. pe ople ' s habits. The social benefits are also persua Yet even a re turn to 1978 service . sive. Night bus service would h�lp to levels would not be good bus service. M�ney for buses open the city to women, who run a high Riders get discouraged by th irty risk of harassment and ass.aul t at w . minute aits between buses and routes So m ajor e xpansion, part icularly into night •.Furt hermore, 42% of Blooming u · that leave many ·p eop le 3-4 blocks night ho rs or Sundays, will a lways ton's citizens and 30% of Normal's are from buses . depend on increased subsidies. Unfor either u�d er 18 or over 65 � -p e op le who tunately the money has to be raised often need bus � ervice to get around. More £re querrt bbs ser�ice, esp e cially locally since additional federal and And, in rn 70, according to census during morning and l ate afternoon peak state money is not available. figures, there were 2650 households in hours, would certa in ly increase rider Bloomington-Normal that had no car. ship (see "Where are the bus�s One way to raise the. money is to tax going ? " ) . Whether such service could automobiles. A tax of. $15 for 8 cylin-, Another financing idea, offered by the 4er cars, $10 for 6 tylinders , and $5 Regional Planning Commission, is to
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NORMAL nambeus Redbird lGA, JOl s, Main Mothe1' Murphy.'s, 111� North St. Eisner's , E. College (near sign ) Drastic Plastic Records, 115 North St. Bowling & Billiards Center, lSU Alcoholics Anonymous--828-5049 National Runaway Switchboard--800-621-4000 Cage, lSU Univer sity Union . American Civil Liberties Union--454-1787 ;..-in Illinois--800-972-6004 (all 800 #s toll free) Midstate Truck Plaza, Rt. 51 North· Clare House (Catholic Workers)-828--4035 Occupational Development Center--828-7324 Upper Cut, 318 Kingsley Community for Social Action--452-4867 pATH (Personal Assistance Telephone Help)-- Old Main Book Store, 207S. Main Connection House--829-5711 827-4005 White Hen Pantry, (in front) Countering Domestic Violence (PATH)--827-4005 Alamo IT, (in front.) Parents Anonymous--827-4005 (PATH) SE corner, North Broadwa Dept. of Children and Family Services--829-5326 & y Planned Parenthood--827-8025 Galery E. Beaufort (in front) Dept. pf Health, Education and Welfare (Social llI,' 111 Post-Amerikan--828-7232 Record Service, Watterson Place Security Administration)-..:829-9436 Pr;irie State Legal Services--827-5021 Dept. of Mental Health--828-4311 Project .oz�-827-0377 Draft Counseling--452-5046.or 828-4035 . Public Aid, McLean County--8�7-4621 Gay Action/Awareness Union ofMcLean County-- Urbana, Horizon Bkstore, 517 s. Goodwi� 452-5852 Rape Crisis Line--'827-4005 (PATH) Blackburn College Bkstre, Carlinville Gay People's Alliance (ISU)--828-8744 SAW (Student Association for Women, ISU)-_. HELP (Transportation for handicapped and senior 438:..7619 · citizens)--828-8301 Small Changes Bookstore--829-6223 Ill. Lawyer Referral Service-:-8.00-252-8916 Sunnyside Neighborhood Center--827:-5428 Kaleidosc.ope--828-7346 Yes, that's . our phone number- McLean Comty Health Dept. --829:-3363 Tele Care--828-8301 and now we have an answering n McLean County Mental Health Center--827-5351 Unemployment Compensatio /Job Service-- machine! So you can call and Mobile Meals (meals for shut-ins)--828-8301 827-6237 leave us a message anytime. Be National Health Care Services (abortion assistance United Farmworkers Support Group--452-5046 sure to leave your phone number in Peoria)--691-9073 Women's Switchboard--800-927-5404 if you want us to call you back. charge major and potentially major Post-Amerikan sources of bus users like Illinois page 3 State University and other major March 1981 employers . The planning commission suggested a $10 fee for full-time ISU faculty and students, a fee which in 1978 would have increased the transit system's revenue from $219, 23 3 to $345, 520.
In exchange , fee- payers would receive no-fare bus service for 6 months. One trip per week would make the $10 fee worth it.
Ideally, major businesses like State. Farm and Illinois Agricultural Assn. would participate in a similar way, and in fact the bus system is now in the The early stage,s of exploring such arrange ments (see "Where are the bu-ses going? ") . cloud Business strings over
Another planning commission proposal called for shuttle bus· service betwee n mass the two major malls, service.which would be paid for by mall businesses. The advantages t o the businesses money already earmarked £.or that pur transit Among the questionable budget cuts include reduced traffic, convenience pose, but the federal and for state .shoppers' an·d a likely increase of governments won't provide any more proposed by the.Reagan' administration, customers within the malls. Whether money to op erat� them. the plan to eliminate operating the malls would set aside their subsidies for mass transit by 1986 is competitive gbals to cooperate on a For the last year before the FMC one of the most short�sighted. shuttle.bus is an entertaining ques disaster, 1978, the average cost pe r tion--especially to those of us who passenger was $1.09, compared to 35¢ Eliminating subsidies will likely don't like malls . fare . Since many costs are fixed, have a devastating effect on big city more passengers would reduce this cost All schemes involving business parti per passenger (and thus the deficit), bus systems. Combined with other cipation require a willingness of cuts for urban poor and for general and .better service would probably · businesses to subsidiz e bus service, improve overall ridership. aid to cities, the mass transit cuts and such subsidies woul\i likely come wo.uld severely reduce bus service in with distas.te ful strings . many� c:itif,!s.-; 'the .hardTpressed cities In the 1981 budget, the opeTating · will find it very difficult if riot Another way to solve the money crunch deficit was estimated to be $1. 2 · impossibl,e to come up. with the money is to charge a tax specifically for the million, .·of which-Blbomington and themselves. transit system, as Champaign does_. Normal were to make up $87, 800 and· This rout� would be more likely to $4 3,900 respectively . (The feds and provide· a vigorous, independent bus the state picked up the rest.) So Even a small bus system like the system, but without bette r service 1 ocal subsidies for bus service are Bloomington-Normal Public Transit than we have now , voters would be still quite.low--only about 15¢ per System which _oper�tes only 27 buses passenger at 1978 ridership levels. reluctant to pass a tax. That doesn't wasl budgeted to receive $5.95, 000 in meari we can ' t push for it , of course . It's fede:r::
Where buses- going? The Bloo�ington-Normal Public Transitare A survey the at State Fa rm identified 420 It will be even better if it is used System is exploring increased service'; peopie who said they would ride the · to subsidize other socially use_ful bus even _ express bus service , in the near bus if it were convenient to do so. service, like night service, which is . future for pe_ak morning and late "The poten tial is t remend_cms, " Weber less able to pay for itself (.see "How'·.· afternoon hours. · said, even if only 20% of employees about night service?"). at major employers were to'•ride _the According to' system manager Pete Weber , bus. In fact , the proposal to ·run buses on the bus system· ·is conducting surveys -of Thursday , Friday and Saturday nights major employers like Illinois State The advantage to the pus system would for ISU students will provide experi University, State Farm, and Illinois be an)increase in riders and a ence that could be used to expand -Agricultural Assn. to identify con�e'quent increase in fare revenue. night· service city�wide. potential riders . Si1fce many of the system's .costs are more or less fixed, more riders can Normal is likely to approve $5 000 for By May the .bus system may start special µlean a small.er ope rating deficit even a six-week experiment in .night service. routes through areas where there are df buses travel more miles altogether. The Normal town council hopes the large numbers of potential riders. availability of transportation will The routes , which would be covered The Association of Commerce and reduce the number of students only during peak hours, would carry Industry is distributing surveys down participating in the large parties employees directly to major employers. town to_ determine rider potential that have raised the ire of police Peak hours are from 7: 30-9: 30 am and there also. and neighbors. - 3:3 0-5:30 pm. � Eventually, the bus system will The counci l' s rati.onale is pretty Now it takes abou-t 40 minutes to go by approach employers wtth a proposal silly: -would you go to the University bus from west Normal to State Farm. for ?Orne sort of,subsidy. One possi Union -instead of a beer blast? But New routes could considerably reduce bility is selling. monthly passes to the buses may prove popular for .other such rides. employers at one rate, and then having reasons. , and the experiment will the em:gloyers resell the passes at a certainly provide valuable practical With existing routes, being able to reduced rate to their employees. inforrration to the bus system about catch a bus to and from work is Advantages to the employers include night service. "almos.t coincidental," Webe r said,, less;traffic congestion, smaller park The routes weren't designed with th.e ing lots and less parking maintenance. Let's bope that the bus system's idea ·0£ transporting people to · curreHt enthusiasm for experimentation workplaces. The plan is a good way to maximiz e will :ontinue--and lead soon to better usage of the bus system by attracting servi:e for.everyone.• Regular service on existing routes a large , steady ridership. It could --D. LeSeure modified ) (or - routes would continue save money for many riders , especially during peak hours, Weber sald , but those who would otherwise need a car or there might be a longer period between second car, and it will reduce traffic hpµr I\�te,a l).alf an h l1r •. wear streets. bus,es:.-;aR. j. 4 .qf o , and on city Diap ers, drool.a ndd ebris Being a mother means never having to say you. have nothing ,to_ do The doctor enters the examination room so. But shouldn't the ne wly pregnant where the woman is anxiously waiting. woman who's considering motherhood be The doc tor · gravely announces, "Your asked the same questions? The form te st came out positive. You are might be filled out like this: pr egnant . I'd like for you to tome in tomorrow for counseling. " 1. Who se idea was it that you undergo this procedure. (I honestly don't s·cenes like this play frequently in my know. ) rich fantasy life� I've been intimate ly involved in the messy 2. Have you cons idered the al terna business of rep roduction and the tives? (Yes. I thought about saving avoidance thereof, and I've ab out had up the thousands of dollars I would it with the folks who push pregnancy sp end on a child and instead buy;ing a as wonde rful and sane, and the luxurious cabin in the Rocky Mountains i alternatives as dangerous , ugly· , and a and retiring early , but I dec ded not mite dernented .1· to .)
If you comp�re a trip to your 3. Has anyone coerced you to make obstetrician with a t rip to. your local this decision? (Does the full force abortion clinic� you can see what � of the entire social and cultural mean. Before you ge t an abortion, you apparatus of We stern Civilization must fill out pag e after page of fotms count? )
Two more miserable than one
And so forth. Coe rcion questions are big at the abortion clinic: they ask ·you two or three times if you're doing what you want to do, not what someone else wants you to do. But whe n you're pregnant , your doctor ne ver asks you that. And how many wome n do you know who fe el that their husband or parents Get improved pressured them into getti ng pre gnant? Stop counting , i t' d take all day. Well , what do you know? When I was pregna I'd rather have an abortion and regret nt, my doctor neve r showed me a it the rest of my life than have a list of all those health risks, let alone made sure I unde rstood th baby and regret it the, rest of my life.· em . �nd the little pi nk book l got explain Kids notice that kind of thing , and it ing how to be pregnant never tends to make the m unhappy. Then mentioned them either-- although it you've got two continually miserable did devote quite a bit of space to humans instead of one intermittently listibg what to pack i n my case for my hospital miserable human. But does your doc.tor st ay . ever warn you , in the early part of pregnancy , that ,you. may not be cut out If you don't want �ore c i for motherhood? Hah. h ldren , can't find a decent birth �ontrol method (is One of those forms at the abortion the re one? ) , don' t want to have clinic is a terrifying list of health abortions (no one re.ally does), and haz a rds involved in the proc edure , don't find ce libacy appe aling , you can including .suc h nightmares as perfora get sterilized. That is , you can if tion of the u t erus ; hemorrhage, and you can c onvince a doctor that you death. You must sign the l ist, really really really don't want agr eeing that you know these things childre n, even if the one s you have may happe n and if they do you wori't be ge t drowne d or run ove r by beer trucks. mad at anyone. The really interesting Now, many wome n WQO don't want to be · with questions making sure that you part is at the ve ry beginning of the ster�l ized are sterilized anyway- -like know exactly what you're getting into list, though. It says , "I understand welfare mothers in big citie s. But and that you fr eely chose it. Rightly that the.risks to health of this it' s the women who want to get procedure are fe wer than the risks of sterilized that hav.ea-hard time page 4 childbirth ..." getting it done. This is the way of the world.
Some physicians require you to go home and think it over for a month be fore making a date to get' fixed. But -Whe n a woman tells her doctor that she's trying to get pregnant , does the doc �GAl.1.E advise her to wait a month? II
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ever� In fact, a friend once found .out, two months late, that the doctor could've tied her tubes when he gave he r an \JednesdaxA unexpected Caesarian section. When x fhon she inquired why he didn't ask her if lo /Jrqsflc she wanted to get fixed with her 'P/as//c, Caesarian, he said, "Why, I assumP.d you'd want two children."
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·--111!11.. _... llllli ----.------..--· I I Borrow a I kid I If you 're thinking about becoming a I f r a parent (or deciding whether to have an abortion) , find out if you 're up to it I 0 ahead of time. Borrow someone else 's I t t child first. Both men and women who want to get I e S sterilized usually have to undergo Don 't borrow one for an afternoon. some kind of counseling, When I got I run Borrow one for a week or a month. I fixed, counseling consisted of my I doubt you'll have any trouble finding doctor telling me how this operation - -- parents willin to loan you one or a I g was ab solutely final, utterly ------· dozen. irreversib le, really conclusive, as 3. Time to myself? I can take it or leave it. I I blissfully nodded and glowed . I'm not the first to offer this advice I\' to prospective parents (it's Margaret Motherhood irreversible 4. I am aware that the rubber ducks I all around the rim of the -b athtub are Mead 's idea) , but that doesn't make II the advice any less sound. No matter What doctor sits a pregnant woman down full of ice cold water and that this col� water will gush or trickle onto wh�t the Pampers commercials say , and gravely tells her how she' s making I me when I least expect it. being a parent is not all fun, nor all a Big Decision, how motherhood is I easy. Not everyone is cut out to be a irreversib le , how she should consider I good parent. the alternatives? Oh no , everyone acts 5. Uninterrupted adult conversation doesn' t interest me. lik e just because she's physically I In fact, very few people are good capab le of having bab ies , that's what I 6. I love the sound of tiny shoes parents. If you don't believe me ' ask she'll like. She's also physically any child. capab le of putting a baked potato banging on the high-chair footrests I while I' m eating at Avanti's. in her mouth whole , but no one expects I Yet our �ociety is full of pressures her to do that and like it. Ii 7. Being tired all the time makes in favor of child-having (see life full and exciting . I ad j oining story). How many ads have If I had my way , prospective mothers you seen that show anything but the would sign as many forms and get as II ppy mo ents of child-rearing? How And so forth. ha � much counseling as anyone else who I many articles have you read with considers drastic measures . I'd also titles like "My Children Are Drivin I know , I know . I know that about I g have them sign a list of statements Me Up the Wall or Wnat .I Wouldn ' t showing that they' re suited for the half of you are getting all set to I Give to Be Alone One Day a Week?" lifestyle of motherhood. The list write indignant letters to me, telling I would include things like: ab out how when those little bab ies So before you decide to have a child , look at you with their big clear I take five minutes to complete the 1. I have ab solutely no desire to trusting eyes and wr ap their tiny I .Should-I-Be-A-Parent Quiz and think spend a summer hitchhiking around little handies around your thumb , I!about some of the questions it Europe with my girlfriends . .you realiz e that it' s all worthwhile. l raises. While you still have a llchoice.e 2. It doesn't bother me at all when Don't bother.. l· my plants get knock ed over. --Phoeb e Caulfield 11 --D. LeSeure ..� .. ilam...... K . ..1111 ...... 1••••1 .. 11111 .. 31111 •11•...ana ..... ��;;:i.;.��rn� ..�,,,,_. ��:1�._11 ...IMCll•••• ..111 1 . The should·l·be·a·parenf(iiiii------·
Deciding whether to have a child may extremely important and some not * * * * be the biggest decision you ever make , important at all. because child-rearing will pu t a lot Obviously; these aren '-t the only of limits on what other things you For each reason circle the nu mber that things you could consider , or should consider , before having a child. No can do. And it's at least a 20-year applies to you; 1 = no importance, 2 = simple quiz can cover everything. commitment. some importance , 3 = very important 4 = extremely important. Total up he o What follows is a list of things that number of points you score in each t Some of the qu estions may n t even be you might consider as reasons for or category , and then read the little entir�ly fair. For instance , it is against having children. You may raps in the next column to get perfectly all right to decide to ·be a think that some of the reasons are some idea of what your score means. single parent. But if you have no one to share child-rearing duties with you , your burden is likely to be more than twice as great than if you do Effects � child would have have someone to help.
1. Whether I would have to quit school ...... 1 2 3 4 So these answers aren 't the final 2. Whether having a child would tie me down...... 1 2 3 4 truth--they are better than a Pampers ad , however. 3. How a child would affect my relationships with friends...... 1 2 3 4 Effects--If 4. The idea that having a child would make me an adult...... 1 2 3 4 you got a score lower than 13, you 're probably not giving enough 5. The risk of birth defects...... 1 2 3 4 thought to how having a child would chahge your life. Try talking to someone who recently became a parent. � readiness for being � parent Readiness--If you scored fewer than 1. My age ...... •...... 1 2 3 4 10 points , you probably need to think 2. How mu ch money I have...... 1 2 3 4 more about what it takes to be a parent. For instance , most of us 3. How mu ch I like children...... 1 2 3 4 think we know what we want when we 're 4. How permanent my relationship with my partner is...... 1 2 3 4 17 , but we usually want something qu ite different when we 're 27. Nor is money essential to child-rearing, � desires and dreams but being poor usually adds a whole bunch of extra problems to the ones
1. My desire to _ experience pregnancy, labor, and deli very . . . ._ ...... 1 2 3 4 that everybody has raising children. 2. Wanting to be a father or mother...... 1 2 3 4 Desires�-If you scored less than 10 , 3. Wanting to teach things to a child...... 1 2 3 4 you probably don't really want to be a parent. Having a child is the 4. Liking the idea of having my own child ...... 1 2 3 4 worst way to realize that fact.
Ou tside influences--If you scored Outside influences higher than 7, your concerns about the world around you probably argue 1. Whether my parents want me to have a child...... 1 2 3 4 against having a child. If you think this world is a lousy place to 2. Whether I think the world is a good place to bring a child into. . 1 2 3 4 grow up in, any grandchild you 3. My concern for over-population., ...... 1 2 3 4 provide for your parents is not likely to be a very happy person either .• 1'.£1& scores --Adapted from a leaflet put out by Effects a child would have My desires and dreams the National Alliance for Optional Parenthood , Massachusetts Ave. My readiness for being a parent Outside influences 2010 NW, Washington, DC , 200J6. Gay researchers' fi ndings A Clue to Too much muzak Homosexuality? Stress During causes scientist mice Pregnancy
Fire Island (QNS)--Gay researchers " Feminization and Institute, is a good healthy dose of here have determined that frequent demasculinization exposure to Muzak causes scientist- disco music--with maybe a few poppers like behavior in laboratory mice . or some quiche and white wine served of male rats is in a tasteful glass ." found in research "It 's really amazing, "says one According to one researcher, "a few researcher. "Four or five hours of experiments of two professors at that dippy Muzak and the little cuts from Diana Ross or Chic will get all but the mo st serious drudges back Brigham Young University, who submitted buggers start acting just like on th eir four little feet and boogy pregnant rats to psychological, scientists--you know, se tting up nutritional, and hormonal stress . The expensive labs, applying for govern ing on down." Only the very aggressive and ambitious science-�razed creatures BYU experimenters claimed to observe a ment grants, conducting ridi culous '.'predisposition toward homosexuality" experiments, drawing unwarranted in the male offspring of the stressed conclusions , that sort of thing," mothers (Science Digest ,Aug . 1980).
CSLS researchers conducted tests on three groups of pregnant wives of scientists: one group was sub jected to stress by being forced to spend more time with their husbands; a second group was given a 9-month vacation in Key West; and the wives of Mormon scientists were considered to be under enough stress already .
The offspring of the scientists ' wives who were stressed exhibited behavior remarkably similar to that of rats: they scurried around on all fours , ate out of garbage cans ,and inhabited ghettos .
The unstressed wives produced offspring who were healthy, happy gay people who settled in Key West and opened a gay restaurant together. den't respond to "I 'm Coming Out" or "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes ." And the Mormon mothers gave birth to uptight children who were either Across the country, at the San anxious hO'lll osexuals or scientists Francisco Center for the Stu dy 01· who got their kicks out of submitting ···' The only thing that will correct the pregnant rats to stress .• degeneration into scientism (the Loony Scientists(CSLS) , gay -- erF d y d urke exaggerated trust in the methods of researchers duplicated in humans the science to explain social or psychological phenomena) , says the WIDE WORLD S.T.A.R. OF en .c ,.a� . .. a" AWOMEN WOMEN'S CAREER CONFERENCEJI :s. 0 .. I c; Saturda� March 21,1981 ... .. : G> :D Illinois State Universit� CD. m1c, m Union Auditorium &a .. .."I . 1 m :s Cit'...... \ ...... I.S. U. Students Free!! Others : �3 .00 at door l. Both Jerry Falwe ll and Ronald Reagan are practicing heterosexuals . Registration: 8:JOa.m. 2. Both Jerry Falwe ll and Ronald Programs: q:ooa.m.-s:oap.m. Reagan have fathered 4 children .
3. Both claim to be. Christians . Keynote Address: 4. Both are registered Republicans . PENNY SEVERNS
5. Both oppose gun control. Presentations by 6. Both oppose the ERA, affirmative action, and a woman 's right to choose. Women in Many Career Areas
7. Both Jerry Falwell and Ronald SLIDE AND FILM PRESENTATIONS Reagan attended the recent Rel igious "Rosie the Riveter" Roundtable conference. (Women workers in WWII) Dual Care r Coup les � "Women in Labor" 8. Both were interviewed in the same Resume wr 1 ting ;:;:; ; ;:;:;:; ;:;:; ;; ;;:; ; ;:;:.::: mnnummti@1nrml·�:: : ::: : : ::::: :::.® Women in History : issue of People magazine . f=·=·�� Mid-life career change ;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:;:::::;:: The Dinner Party by n Judy Chicago 9. Bo th are arch conservatives.
10. Both Jerry Falwell and Ronald !
••• • Reaqan enough said. e !�=:�: �: Men are encouraged to attend. I.S.U. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action University --Jayne Whyman Take this plug and shove it My sister-in-law was right. than the paper band across the toilet to send in such complai�ts, that's a in a sleazy motel. significant numb er of reports from
About 6 years ago, she shocked me by doctors and patients. Still, the FDA· saying that she' d sworn off tampons ***Though the tampon companies claim took no action. and was using only kotex. She said that they carefully test their she didn' t trust tampax. What, I products, none of them will give out The most outrageous crime, though, is marvelled, not trust tampax? Give the names of their medical advisors. that Procter and Gamb le prob ab ly knew them up? Go back on the Rag? Who is that "respected woman their Rely tampon was unsafe before. gynecologist" who supposedly designed the Center for Disease Control Although her logic was of the crude "o.b." tampons? Johnson and Johnson pub lished its findings ab out toxic "It just doesn't seem right to stick ain' t telling. shock last summer. Before Rely was them things up there and leave 'em" pub lically linked with toxic shock variety, her maverick suspicion was The industry and the government have syndrome, Procter and Gamble was faultless; and here I am back on the treated us women very shab bily. (So studying "a new ab sorptive material" Rag after 16 years of delicate for a tampon. Dr . Sidney Wolfe, of odorless feminine secure daintiness. Nader's Health Resource Group, believes that Procter and Gamb le was It' s not just that I'm certain that "seriously thinking of reformulating" I'll be one of the 3 in 100 , 000 women the Rely tampon. In short, Dr. Wolfe who contract toxic shock syndrome. believes that Procter and Gamb le was I have two other cogent reasons for selling the old Rely, knowing it to kicking the plug : 1. I don' t for a be possib ly hazardous, and meanwhile minute believe that toxic shock syn secretly planning to change the drome is the only health hazard of formula and come out with a New plugs, and 2. I'd like to see the Improved Rely. The company was $300 million a year tampon industry hoping that the dangers of the old as ruined as most of my underwear. Rely would never have to become pub lic .
This summer's toxic shock wave brought This bloody business, Internal ab out lots of interest in tampon Sanitary Protec tion, has also brought safety, resulting in pub licity ab out us a bewildering and surely unnecessary variety of tampons at surp risingly uniform outrageous prices, and over the TV has given us those cheery ladies chatting about how they prevail over their monthly mess and those kind of blissfully
what else is new?) From its invention in 1936 until 1976, the tampon was 111, classified by the Food and Drug t:1�d � Administration as a "cosmetic" and health hazards that have been thus the tampon company was not , . '-,, . . prac tically ignored for years. 11,···'��' required to disclose contents or offer bland females in the mystical dresses Nancy Friedman, a writer for New West consumer warnings. Yes, there were stroking their tampon boxes lovingly magazine, summarized her researc h articles in respected medical journals with those weird looks on their thus: in 1942, 1959, and 1966 which raised fac es. Mayb e they're in the first questions ab out tampon safety, but stages of toxic shock attack. ***Deodorant tampons have been the FDA didn 't look into the reports. associated with irritation of the Before it happens to me, I' m going to mucous membranes of the vagina. The In 1976, the tamp on became a "medical dye all my underwear a nice idea of deodorant tampons is ridicu device. " One effect of its change in comfortab le shade of rust brown, and lous anyway, sinc e odor associated status is that the FDA became even then mayb e I'll write an article for with menstruation results from the more aware of its dangers : the FDA's a ladies' magazine ab out how to make exposure of the blood to air, which Bureau of Medical Devices keeps a clever flowers and Christmas doesn't happ en until the tampon is computer file of all complaints removed. ornaments out of your old unused lodged against produc ts. From tamp ons. Look for it at the checkout ***Plastic tampon inserters, used in Decemb er 1976 through August 1980, 1 in es·• Rely, Playtex, and Kotex brands, have the file doc uments 59 reports of --Phoeb e Caulfield been resp onsible for numerous tampon damage, many of which cite inc idences of vaginal laceration. multiple cases. Considering the fact (Thanx to New West, the Flint Voice, that there was no pub lic enc ouragement and Working Woman. ) ***The new superab sorb ant natural and synthetic fib ers can be too absorbant, causing the vagina to become dry and vulnerab le to irritation, infection, and even ulceration. A group of gynecologists at Massachusetts General Hospital have suggested that the new tampons block the vagina so effectively that they cause toxin �ontaining menstrual fluid to back up into the uterus and out the Fallopian 523 N. Main Blooming ton tub es into the ab dominal cavity.
***Women who use tampons all month to ab sorb vaginal discharges have NEW HOURS HAPPY \HOUR suffered ulcerations of the vagina and cervix. Sometimes doctors even recommend month-round tampon use to women with discharge prob lems. � � ***Several tampon brands have been rejected in Japan, where government regulation of the industry is much stricter than it is in the U.S. The
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• Blesse.d little health 1n HHS
The facts are clear: In office less than a month, the new Schweiker is acting like the problems secretary of the Department of Health will happily disappear, if only sex --More than 11 million teenagers in and Human Services (HHS) has not only education is stopped. Yes, and build the U.S. are sexually active. called for the outlawing of abortion, ing more bombers, more tanks, more but also for an end to federally nuclear weapons makes the U. S. less --The teenage childbearing rate in funded contraceptives for teens and likely to go to war, too. Sure thing. the U.S. is among the highest in the for an end to federal support for sex world. education. --Teenage women are twice as likely to Some health. Some human services. die from pregnancy complications than women in their 20s are. Maybe the new secretary, Pennsylvania Republican Richard Schweiker, is try --The younger the teenage mother, the ing to prove himself in his new crowd more likely her child will suffer from of right-wing nuts. He was, after childhood illness, birth defects. or all, Reagan's "liberal" vice-presiden brain damage. tial choice in 1976, the choice that churned the guts of the most consti Facts like these don't impress the pated conservatives. anti-choice Human-Life-Amendment Whatever Schweiker's reasons for be types. Religious fanatics and oppor having like the fox in the chicken tunistic politicians like Schweiker coop (or warmonger in the Defense don't use logical arguments. They Department), so far he's splendidly believe only in raw power. up to the moronic measure of the Woman: A Journal of Liberation/cpf Moral (sic) Majority (sic, sic, sic). But most of us--80% according to most polls--want information about sexual By denying Medicaid payments for con ity taught in schools. We want readily available contraceptives and traceptives for teenagers, Schweiker I remember a couple of hours of sex ed legal abortions. So send the Honor would condemn millions of young women in health class in 9th or 10th grade. able Richard Schweiker a bronx cheer- to pregnancies they don't want. Hun Somehow I don't think that was the on paper--to the Department of Health dreds of thousands already quit school first time I'd encountered the subject. and Human Services, Washington DC every year because of pregnancy; the Sex is not likely to go away because 20500. number will grow. Thousands more 10 schools stop teaching about sexuality, and 11-year-olds will be forced to nor will teenagers stop screwing be give birth to children. cause they can't get contraceptives. Schweiker used to stand for family planning--until the Moral Morons went . The HHS secretary's sympathy for the Sex ed and contraceptives are not the on their loud rampage and he decided millions whose lives will be warped that's where the political action is. problem, as the moral m?ron� �ain and ruined if his desires are forced tain. With reduced ava1lab1l1ty of Maybe he can be switched back .• on them is about as large as Ronald contraceptives, the teenage pregnancy Reagan's brain. It's pitiful, really. crisis will grow worse, not better. --D. LeSeure
Things to do Work to save abortion has always mobilized the local faith Action to. prevent passage of the Human ful . Life Amendment (HLA) is essential; • Even though the anti-choice groups are Big money raisers clearly in a minority (only JO% of the The TV and radio bible-thumpers that populace), they are quite well-organ have more recently latched onto the ized. abortion issue have an incredible money-raising apparatus at their . From the earliest days of the anti disposal- -since raising money is their abortion movement,; the Catholic Church whole reason for being in many cases . has made its organization available. In New York, for instance, right-to Naturally, the bible-thumper� use life crews collect donations after all their resources to organize their. mass . And in 1977 the National supporters, right down to collecting Committee for a Human Life Amendment signatures on petitions. • Inc . received $272,747 of its $279,119.)5 in contributions directly Finally, the New Right politicos have from the church. made a religion of computer lists, lists of people who give money to In many cases, priests and bishops right-wing causes. Some of them are and others of similar ilk use their also well fixed with corporate con pulpits and church newsletters to tributions. organize the anti-choice forces. A phone call from the Bishop of Peoria To counter this well-organized, well funded lobby, there are any number of thin s ou can do but nothin is more important than personal involvement. What you can do
Go to meetings, hold press conferences, stage happenings, collect Susie's Cafe petitions and send them to your elected representatives every month. Do all this and encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same .
NEW LOCATION Among the local groups already working to guarantee legal abortions are:
--the Bloomington-Normal chapter of 602 N.Main the National Organization for Women, Home cooked food Dorothy Berkson, 829-6777· --The National Abortion Rights Ac tion Plat e lun ch League, Kay Wilson.
& a la carte --The American Civil Liberties Union, Scott Eatherly.
6 a. m.�7p.m. --Planned Parenthood of Mid-Central Illinois, Dixie Axley.
--The National Assn . for the Advance Plenty of free parking at Mulberry & Main ment of Colored People, Illinois State Brad Murphy: Post-Amerikan March , 1981 Page 9 prosecutor or persecutor?
statement of presidential preference philosophy similar to every other I recently spent an entire day in the (the election was over 3 months ago) , religious philosophy . cramped office of Brad Murphy, an but rather a sign of support of the assistant state's attorney . For new right moral majority fascist I believe he believes it is The Word . nearly 7 hours , I gazed alternately conservatism. at the 2 Reagan for President bumper And I believe he regards it with as stickers that so gracefully adorn his much respect and he reads it with as small bulletin board and the worn much integrity as do his cohorts Jerry black Bible that rests so attrac tively Falwell and the prez, RR, taking from on his desk. it all the worst it has to offer and discard ing the rest. By doing so , So Brad Murphy is into politics and Brad Murphy is not only blatantly religion . I'm glad he has hobbies . stating his religious preference. He r 'm sorry he brings his hobb ies to is helping to participate in the care work with him. I'm appalled that and nurturing of that age-old his hobb ies promote this sorry rape Amerikan trad ition, rape culture . culture that we lovingly call Amerika . I am disgusted that he advertises the fascist status quo in That kind of religion penetrates our the office of a public servant. lives ; and though it says the same things that the Republic an party Brad Murphy deals with the victims platform says, it is a much more and the witnesses of crimes every dangerous foe, for it is not only day. He must win the confidence and Ronald Reagan talking , it is God . respect of these people to do his And if God says it, it is true . One job effec tively . I don't believe can argue politics with RR; one cannot that the display of partisan argue religion with God . political advertising and religious documents do that . Nor can you argue with Brad Murphy , for you know the minute you step into The presence of Reagan paraphernalia his office that he be lieves that in Brad Murphy 's office is a living in a racist, sexist, hetero statement of support not only for the sexist rape-culture with a vengeful man but also for those things for Brad Murphy , shown here expressing over-Lord watching every move is the which he stands . It is not a his opinion about the separation between ultimate living experience. The church and state . Reagan stickers say that with authority. The Bible says it with University chapter , Tom Todd. Reagan for President bumper stickers Authority . --The Post-Amerikan , 828-7232 . say, in effect : I agree there should be no gun control; I believe in If I were being generous I would cut Your elected representatives and their profits before people; I be l ieve that the man some slack. But I do not feel addresses are: people on we lfare are too lazy to find generous . Brad Murphy has been a work ; I believe in equating abortion public servant for too long not to --State Rep . Geral d Bradley, State oc ide ; I believe that gay know what is and is not appropriate . House , rm 314, Springfield IL 62706 . with hom people are sick and perverted and Reagan blasting from the wall and God --State Rep . Gordon Ropp , State Office should not be allowed to exist; I blaring from the desk are definitely Building , rm 2023 , Springfield IL be lieve women have the ir place in this not appropriate . 62706. society and that place is in the home ; I believe anyone who is the wrong It is time that we , the public, take --State Rep . Sam Vinson, State Office color--any thing but white-- is suspect a stand where out servants are Building , rm 2032 , Springfield Il concerned . We should demand that 62706. and should be watched very carefully for signs of inferiority ; I believe Brad Murphy clean up his ac t (and his --State Sen. John Maitland , State we cannot have peace unless we prepare office) . The relationship between a Office Building , Springfield IL for war; I believe that God is our prosecutor and his witnesses is a 62706. ultimate president . tenuous one at be st. It does not need to be further alienated by --US Rep . Edward Madigan , 2457 Rayburn Which brings us to the next point . I bringing po litics and religion into Office Building , Washington DC 20515 . do not think Brad Murphy believes that the midst of things . the Bible is an interesting history --US Sen. Charles Percy , 4321 Dirksen (I also have a problem with the little Office Building , Washington DC 20510 . of a (colored) race of people from the Middle East. I do not think he gold cross he wears on the lapel of --US Sen. Alan Dixon, address unavail believes it is an interesting, if his suit coat, but I hate like hell to able so far . inaccurate, biography of some be picky , so I won 't mention it. l e persecuted Jews . I do not even think Nationgl organizations that deserve he believes it is yet ano ther --Deborah Wiatt support: --National Abortion Rights Action League , 825 15th St NW, Washington DC 20005.
--Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse , 386 Park 1 Ave ., rm 1502, New York NY 10016. --Committee to Defend Our Reproductive 1111 111 Rights, 1638B Haight St. , San r S Francisco CA 94117. '1 IH..g --Reproductive Rights Network, 17 Murray St. , New York NY 10017. used .Tatnilc.are .se// --Catholics for Free Choice, 1411 K &appliances St., suite 430 , Washington DC 20005.
--National Organization for Women, NOW Action Center, 425 13th St. NW, suite 1048 , Wash ington DC 20004. ,,8,20S.� e St. These groups can help with information and pamphlets, as well as provi�ing B\oorn\ne:ton action ideas. Get started now •• Co rnerlee C!OoklaYld --D.L. The Pentagon has revamped its policy Recently , Ensign Vernon Berg ended his emotional issue . People wouldn 't toward gay people in the se rvice. 5-year court battle for reinstatement accept them . That 's the basic reason t Formally approved in January, the day by settling with the Navy for an for excl usion. " before Reagan was inaugurated , the new undisclosed amount of money. In the In A' regulations emphatically state that Berg case , a J-judge panel .found that other words , it 's the pre judice of all homosexuals without exception mu st the Navy does not discharge all those other people that makes gay men and t be barred .from the military . .found to be homosexual . lesbians disruptive to the military . Well , there is one exception: if it 's So the DOD has man dated that all The unnamed official conceded that the "in the interest of na tional security " branches of the service mu st rewrite armed services were an instrument of to draft , enlist, or re tain them. In their regulations regarding homo- · social policy when it came to t sexuals and eliminate clauses which other words , gays are to be scorned integrating blacks and women into the gave leeway to retain some lesbians and re jected unless it gets so bad military . But they 're not about to and gay men under "exceptional " that even perverts are needed for play that role with gays : "We ca n't t circumstances . cannon fodder. The same thing point a finger and say there is some happened in Ge rmany when the Na zis thing wrong with them and they can't Oisruptlng presence t kept the gays in concentration camps perform in the service . We don't until the final years of the war when believe that . But we depend on · The new DOD policy asserts that the they called them to fight for the people be ing willing to join the armed t presence of gay people "impairs the ".fatherland " (see Post, vol . 9, #9) . acc omplishment of the military service and remain in it." mission ." It then lists seven ways The reason .for the new directive .from Don't ev en think abou t it t that the presence of gays "adversely the Department of Defense (DOD) is affects the ability of the armed that they've been taken to the The Pentagon has also offered a t cleaners recently because some .forces . " definition of homosexuality for use branches of the service had in military cases : "'Homosexual ' "discretionary " clauses in their These seven points in clude the tire- means a person , regardless of sex, A' policies . some old noise about maintaining who engages in, desires to engage in , discipline and morale and preventing or intends to engage in homosexual They could n't explain "breache s of security." But it 's the acts ." sixth one that reallv tells the story 's aversion to gay The Air For ce regulations used to about the Pentagon The directive al so states that any exuals prevent the armed allow .for retention of gay service people : homos homosexual act per.formed be.fore t maintaining the public t members if "the most exceptional forces from " entering the military , regardless of circumstances existed ." But when the acceptability of military service ." the age of the person at the time , is Air Force tried to expel Sgt . Leonard a groun� .for dismissal : If �h� �ins ey t A spokesperson from Manpower Reserve Matlovich , a gay airman with an report is accurate , this definition Affairs and Logistics in the Office of exemplary record and all sorts of means that the military is going to the Secretary of Defense told Gay end up excluding 40 per cent of the comme d a t"ion s , th e wer n 't abl e t o t i:i "? � C ommunity News that the "conduct and male population. expl ain hY Ma tl ovic h d.2d n 't qua l.2 f ial � _ � presenc e of homosexuals is p�e j�di� for the exceptional circumstances . it isn t . t o mo r a le basically because A c t ua 11 y, th e po 1.icy ci· t es d J l· .f.ferent Th "i s 1 d t o a cour t d tr er o reins t a t e t � ? accepted in society. " The official ' bases .for separation .from the service . M h nd e irth o A F ce en d e upd a tlovic •a : who pre ferred to remain anonymous , Only the first is for doing it-- payin. g $160 ,000 to keep him out . went on to admit that "it 's an. "b o d"l i y con t ac t ac t"ive 1 y undertaken U c-a1rfirm-a1aggot, beat-hl m-up- Beating up gay people is as American as Saying he di dn't want any troub le , T�ey caught him in front of a bright ly killing Indians . You don't ev en have Doug left and went to the bar next l� t theat er , and two of t�em beat on to be gay to qualify: the lab el door. Inside , he saw his torment ors him some more before fleeing in a car. "faggot" is excuse enough for any pac k walking around in the street , appar- of bullies to target you for a beat ing . ently looking for him , but they didn' t Both Doug 's lips were split , requiring follow him into the bar. 10 st itches . and his nose was so That is exactly what happened to Doug shat tered that his doc tor had to use Dawson in Pont iac last Sept. 18 . A couple of beers later, Doug headed a st eel rod to straighten up the for home on foot . Passing through a inside enough so Doug could breat he . Doug went int o a place called Big He st ill faces a 3 to 4-day hospital Dad's that night and sat down at the stay to repair his nose. bar. Almost immediat ely , thr.ee guys "I laid in fear of my life for two behind Doug start ed in on him . "What months ," Doug said. "Someb ody who are you look in ' at ?" they "'demande d. would do somet hing that violent .. . " One guy grabbed Doug 's hair and called him a faggot. Earlier this year , the Livingston County state's at torney's office took The harassment continued unt il one of the case before a grand jury . A the guys--a guy almost 6 inches taller charge of battery was returned against and 30 pounds heavier than Doug-- one of the three men, Dale Higb ie. came over and flipped a coin. "Let's dark stretch of street , somebody came The ot hers were not charged. see who takes this faggot out and out of an alley and hit Doug with beats his ass," the guy said. something--hard enough to lit erally Ironically , the root s of the beating shat ter his nose. may have grown in heterosexual Doug , who isn't gay , had been through jealousy . One of Doug' s attackers , scenes like this before , but now he "I was screaming for my life," he said. not the one charged , had taken a was worried. "It was building to a Bleeding badly , Doug stumb led off the dislike to Doug after Doug paid too crescendo," he told the Post. "I curb , spraining his ankle , but he st ill much at t ention to the guy 's woman wasn't want ing to be there for the managed to escape his attackers. friend at a party . The eventual I crescendo." Briefly . attacker later threat ened Doug on the street : "H ey fag, you're gonna get yours. " COMIC BOOKS·-- It's also worth not ing that of the 10 Rare Books & Paperbacks or so people in the bar where Doug was harassed before the beating , only the barmaid int ervened to help Doug , and she not immediat ely. Comics 10� & up Being labeled "faggot" is enough to turn a man into an outcast. Whether Trade 2 for 1 + 5 ti you're gay or not , being called gay will usually cause everyone else to look aw ay while you're harassed or (a few undergrou nd comics 75/; & up) beate�; often the bystanders will actually cheer for the attackers . This is true throughout America, and New comic s in before Newsstand it's a telli ng statement of the real status of gay people . I can' t forget a story a friend told me that he wit nessed while working at Funk Seeds. One of his coworkers was ...�•• ••• •W •••• telling another man ab out the beat ing Center Blooming ton of a gay. "You mean," the second man 603 S. sai d inc.redulously , "that the guy got across the street from Sundown two years for beat ing on a fag?" • 828·1551 --D. LeSeure or passively permitted between have married persons of the same sex persons of the same sex for purposes "as evidenced by the external counts : due process , equal of satisfying sexual desires ." The genitalia. " Unless it 's clear they protection, freedom of association , second basis, a clear violation of the got married just to avoid the service. and free speech. In supporting its First Amendment , calls for discharging In other words , if two men marry claim that gay presence is disruptive , any member of the military who has because they love each other , they 'll the military is going to have to show stated that he or she is a homosexual get booted . But if they marry because some connection between homosexual ity or a bisexual . and the ability to do the job (which they know they ca n't) . But if they don't demonstrate some such causal link , then they 'll be admitting that their policy is really built around bigotry and homophobia, that it serves primarily to confirm and placate society 's pre judice against gay people._,
--Ferdydurke
Sources : Gay Commu nity News , vol . 8, nos . 26, 28, 29.
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they don't want to be in the service , The local Audub on Society is offering Milit a ry log ic they 'll have to st ay in. You figure a scholars hip to at tend an ecology it out . workshop this summer. The third basis for exclusion is the :most curious . It 's apparently aimed Several gay activists point out that · The $265 Marie Hoglund Memorial at what the DOD thinks "transsexuals" the new DOD regulations are clearly Scholarship would pay all fees for are : members of thP. military who uncons titutional on at least four a workshop in Wisconsin or part of the fees for workshops in Maine, Connec ticut and Wyoming. Parent Drug Courses Begin The workshops are 1 to 2 weeks long , Pro ject OZ will conduct four drug These programs are free to all parents education programs for parents in the cost from $265 to $475, and take plac e in distri ct 87 . They include instruction cont inuously from June 28 to Aug. 16. Bloomington school distri ct (#87) in drug knowledge , why people use drugs , during March . Each program will consist values clarification, decision-making· , People interested in the scholarship of one evening meeting per we ek, from parenting , and parent -child should apply to the 7 p.m. to p.m. , for four we eks . Audub on Education 9:JO communi cation . Committee, 305 W. Monroe , Blooming ton. Writ t�n applications should inc lude : The first drug education program for Intere sted parents can register for parents will begin on Tue sday , March these courses by calling Pro ject Oz at your reason for wanting to attend ; J• at Centennial School. On March 5 827-0377 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mon . any past exp eriences in conservations (Thursday) , the Bent School program through Fri . Parents are free to enro ll or environmental educat ion; and a rap wi ll begin . Later in the month programs in a program at any cite , even if the on what you think you can do to will be started at Irving School (Tues ., school is no t in their ne ighborhood. promote e� vironmental understanding March 10) and at Stevenson School (Mon. , in your community as a result of March 16) . attending the workshop .
• • More info can be had from Nancy Morgan Bring back the pra1r1e (662-5681) or Susan Taylor (828-8730) . on The local John Wesley Powell Audub small prairies can be recreated, and Society plans a program �o illus�rate their aesthetic and educational _ our Central Illinois prairie heritag e potential. Knoop will offer plans Pesticides for March 4, 7:30 pm, at Adlai Stevenson for creation -of a prairie site at School, 2106 Arrowhead Dr., Bloomington. Stevenson School tor use as an outdoor Pittsburg classroom. As if there weren 't enough pesticides Paul Knoop of the Aullwood Audub on already in the water, someone Farm, Dayton, Ohio, will discuss t e � deliberately contaminated the great diversity of prairie vegetation, the prairie before US settlement , how drinking supply of three Pittsburg suburbs with heptachlor and chlordane last Dec . 6.
The county health department estimated 20, 000 people getting water from the Western Pennsylvania Water Co. were affected . Mo re than 150 people reported illness, mostly nausea and diarrhea, from drinking the water . The pesticides attack the nervous system and are highly stable carcinogens .
Although the water comp any tried to I blame the poisoning on the Utility Workers union which had voted to go a t.All on strike four days before the lll--t #Her" pestic ides were put into the wa ter, "dustNor th St. Normal police said the poisoning "could 204 have been done by someone completely isolated from the company and the Ph. 452·8377 union . It could have been someone who has a mental hangup ." FREE DELIVERY --thanx to AP & Tulsa Wo rld --- . •-·-·�·�·�,•··�··��..· .. · .. · .. ·.. ·.·. ·-··-�·· -··-··-····-·,·.·...•.. ·.• .•_.•,•.•, •.·.·.·.·.�·,•,•._·. ·, ·.. �. IPt'. �, ,� .� .�.��!lfl'!.�. �. '• '• �• �•�• �j'• '• •'•'•'�'· '; �'•'�. �: �� �? � l� � --..�.• .•...... �.... .-, ...... • ..P. "'P"'P"�,.-,.-.-.-,-..-. ,-.,-.,-.•-.• - .• ,.�...- •.- •.- •. -. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-..-. -.�-. ·-, ·- .-, .-..-, .-...... Iii ...�� .'��· '···�• . Page 12 : Moron Majority
unconstitutional because it did not who has said God does not hear the Can't do it in the face give equal rights to people who are prayers of Jews and has also made married and unmarried. comments about Jews ' noses. of the Lord --Detroit Free Press "Nobody has the right to fornicate in the face of the Lord! " one of A retired lawyer in the Senior Saints • • • Falwe ll's people reasoned . "The As thyself organization has been drafting Supreme Court can follow an election legislation that will call for mo tels landslide just as well as anybody located on the interstate highways The Rev . Billy Graham has reportedly else . Ronald Reagan won that election to rent rooms only to those couples given up politics for the pulp it, and because the Americ an people are tired who are legally married . The Senior he is advising the MM to do the same of families getting destroyed because Saints are affiliated with the Thomas thing . of tomc atting ." Road Baptist Church in Lync hburg, Va. , --Jimmy Breslin Graham, who gave political advice to where the Rev. Jerry Falwell is N.Y. News Syndic ate pastor . Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson, and
The law is expec ted to pass both Daffy duck an atheist?. houses of Congress and be signed by Pres ident Reagan with dispatch. It should spark a series of loc al laws The Rev . Lars Wessberg, principal of that will ban the renting of all hotel the Omaha Christian School (Omaha, and motel rooms to unmarried couples . Neb . ) , burned record album covers, books , and magazines that he contended One of the members of the Senior are detr imental to Christian living . Saints said recently : "Highway mo tels just give out rooms to anyone who Students watched the burning, which come s in off the road , people destroyed Batman and Daffy Duck comic walking in like two stray dogs in books amo ng other items . heat . --ZNS
"To a mo tel clerk, a family is any two persons going to flop around on Love thy neighbor ... the same bed . If two men walk in Dr . Curtis Hutson, editor of the and sign the register, that's all fundamental ist weekly "Sword of the right, too . If two women come in and Lord ," withdrew from the opening of want to use the bed together, that 's · the 1981 James Robison Bible
fine . Homosexuality ! Doesn 't ' '""e:-.!L!..:: I Conference last mo nth to avoid •....• anybody care abo ut it? God hates '°°"'Y. SAN """""asoos ��U""-�; 1t>Mo121i.'1::1 appearing with Phyllis Schlafly . -"l\ii "1CfZAI.. M. As a diversion .. Falwell Dis� ·World1! Remember what Richard Nixon did when everybody was coming down on him for Watergate? He kept pointing at Red China and yapping about foreign affairs . Well , rascal see , rascal do. J <�.,;..:."}'�--·-...__ • >'"!' The latest in erry Falwell 's never COMMON GROUND now offers you the opportunity to ut food ending series of appeal s for money � · and vitamin costs by 10% . You may obtain our 10% discount makes absolutely no mention of his club card in the following tw o ways : notorious Penthouse interview , nor does it contain one peep about the (1) You may purchase a discount card for a ye arly fee of $10. M (2) You may earn a fr ee discount card by accumulating $5 0 numerous Moral ajority crazies around the country who are calling for the wort of sale s receipts . Si.mply save your � COMJ:10N GROlfND execution of gay people , the release rece ipts until you have a total of $5 0, at which time we will of confidential library records , and pre sent you with a 10% discount card good for one ye ar. FREE the restriction of motel occupancy to married couples only (see stories Once you have your discount card , simply pre sent it at the above ). che ckout counter for a 10% discount on every purchase . --==� No indeed . Jerry is giving all his · attention this month to hunger in East Africa. In fact , he has declared a dutwide oa \d:;on of "Hunger C:risis Alert " and has promised _ __ _ --- 1_(f� �!�ne_Nf6.s-�-----�----�1 ·-=t•ta>-·· ···-· <> --··· J: !8�'- ··-�-�- . Post-Amerikan, v. 9, no . 10 runs rampant' : page 13 or any particular party or person. " Anti-feminist group has little to do with justice and He says that the MM's attempt to link morality : "I honestly fear a great religion with politics amounts to an formed dollar loss for our ministry •••Y_ou act of bigotry . Karen Master Davis has signed on as can't imag ine the hundreds of calls co-direc tor of a new anti-feminist and letters we were innundated with The Rev . Graham did not comment on ••• religious organization founded by We have no idea how many people the mo rality of collecting millions evangelist James Robison (see � will now cut us out of their wills, of tax-free dollars in the name of vol . 9, no . 6) . how many will simp ly close their the Lord or indicate how much the checkbooks on us ." MM' s political scam has cut into his Davis was a key witness for her --Detroit Free Press own holy-money emp ire . now- husband , 'billionaire Texas oilman Cullen Davis, in the two highly public ized trials in which he was furn in that library Anti-gay blitz launched acquitted of murder and solic itation of murder. They were not married at card sinner! the time of the trials . Calling San Francisco the "Sodom and MM is asking the Washington State Gomorrah" of the nation, a coalition Library to identify borrowers of a Davis says her new group ; called the of fund amentalist groups says it will 21-minute mo vie entitled "Achieving Christian Women 's National Concerns , spend $3 million on a med ia camp aign Sexual Maturity. " "will train women to be an effective attacking gay people . force in preserving the rights of The request to Librarian Roderick our children and families ." According to the Rev . Richard Zone , Swarts was made last week by Michael whose In God We Trust Inc . group is Farris, the group 's state director, --Detroit Free Press spearheading the campaign, some $3 under provisions of Washington 's million will be spent, beginning Public Disclosure Act. with a mail and media blitz . The coalition will attemp t to build anti The . root of all Christianity Nancy Zusey, the library 's deputy gay feeling in the community and director for services, said , "It is persuade homosexuals to give up their Jerry Falwe ll intends to pursue his library po licy nationwide that lifestyle. suit agains.t Penthouse magazine for circulation records are confidential" $10 million in damages. After unless borrowers give permission for "I agree with capital punishment and learning that published reports the ir names to be released . I be lieve homosexuality is one of quoted him as saying he wo uld drop those that could be coupled with the suit, Falwe ll to ld the Lynchburg The film, produced by John Wiley & murder and other sins, " said Dean (Va. ) News that he would fight on . Sons of New York "is a scientific Wycoff, a spokesthing for the Santa film on anatomy , phys iology and Clara Mo ral Majority, one of the Falwell has alleged that an interview s�xual development throughout the groups invo lved in the campaign. with him published in the magazine 's life cyc le, " she said . March issue had been obtained under --Assoc iated Press Wycoff called San Francisco , where false pretenses and has damaged his 15% of the population is gay, "the rep u ta tion. Sodom and Gomorrah of the U.S. and the armp it of this perverted But his main concern with the incident movement ." --Associated Press AN/J NOW A WO RD FRfh. Ncfl i!ME YOU 01/R �f'ON50rl. £/IT TCX> N\U �overs I GO send $100 ,000 to help the starving money to the sick and dying of East the FCC wants to know if the gospel nas ses in Somalia. .Africa, right? Wrong. "I " isn't television show broadcast "fraudulent going to send any of his money any and misleading" appeals by asking for rou see , in the midst of the storm where . He just promised to send money for overseas missions but ibout the interview in Penthouse and $100 ,000 to something called Food for spending it on overhead . the outraged response to the various the Hungry International , and "you " proposals that the MM loonies have are going to send your money to "I . " Some cynical , suspicious person might Loosed upon the nation, Jerry got word qu estion whether the $2 million from his missions director , Dr . Roscoe Now , some cynical , suspicious person budget of the Old-Time Gospel Hour 's 3rewer, that there is severe might point out that the Hunger Crisis Liberty Missionary Society really starvation in eastern Africa. Alert Emergency Reply Form (marked goes toward feeding thousands of dark "Rush") says to make the tax skinned hungry folk and tyrannizing Praise the Lord for famine and deductible check payable to the Old them into becoming Christians , or iroughtl Just the far-away cause that Time Gospel Hour , the same whe ther it actually supports campaigns Jerry needed to take the heat off the organi zation that has lent a bunch of to harass gay pe ople and library iomestic strife and keep the loot bucks to Moral Majority , Inc . and that patrons right here at home . ('Olling in. Jerry claims is losing tons of money because of the you-know-what in that Some cyni cal , suspicious person might �s the Rev. Falwell incisivel� unmentionable publication. suggest that we send Jerry Falwell and explains , "There is a hunger crisis in his Moral Majority followers to many parts of the world today." (Like And some cynical , suspicious person Somalia and let the starving mas ses Detroit or Alabama?) "People will might point out that the Justice eat them .. iie , if you and I do not come to their Department filed suit last year tq_ ('escu e ." force the PTL ("Praise the Lord ") Club --Ferdydurke of Charlotte , N.C. , to open its books So " ou a d I" are going to· send our l n on the $51_ billion_ it grossed because page 14 Chlorine does bring risks Chlorinat ion of drinking water does Ferguson's interpretation that the in the water." When pressed, he did create health risks whether you can study was "misl eading. " Ferguson admit that chlorinated hydrocarbons smell the chlorine or not--no matter "said it isn't the chlorine that can be carried on particles suspended how often the local water directors causes the health danger , it is when in the water--which amounts to the and the Daily Pantagraph proclaim the chlorine combines with a certain type same thing as being water soluble water perfectly safe , of algae for an extended period-- since you can drink them, and millions up to 70 years. " do drink them. Numerous studies in both the US and Europe since 1974 have proved that Ferguson didn't know if Lake Bloom The position on safety that the water chlorination produces several chlor ington contained this algae , but the directors take , however, is largely inat ed hydrocarbons , most notably anta raph pointed out that the backed up by the state EPA in prac chloroform. Furthermore, the Nation take �as been Blo omington's water tice , since it requires a level of al Cancer Institute concluded in 1976 sourcP. for about 50 years. The impli 0.5 to 1.0 parts of chlorine resi that chloroform causes cancer in rats cation is that there is no danger . duals per million parts of drinking and mice. water (0.5 to 1.0 ppm, this is In fact , chlorine appears to combine called). The chlorine 's purpose is The scient ific controversy today centers on the degree of risk caused by chlorination, not on whether there is a health risk from drinking Wh at's bad chlorinated water. (See adjoining for fish article on cancer risk. ) There haven 't been many studies on In fact , the actual and suspected is good for us ? the effects of chlorination on people , risks from chlorinat ion ar e not but there have been a number on fish. limited to cancer , though that risk The news is not encouraging . may be more than minor : a study done at Hunt er College for the US Some species like trout are particu Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) larly susceptible. For instance, suggested that women who drank brook trout survive an average of chlorinat ed water had a 44% higher nine hours in water that contains death rate from gastrointestinal and 0.35 parts per million (ppm) urinary tract canc ers than do women chlorine residuals. The state EPA who don't dr ink chlorinated water . requires drinking water to contain 0 . 5 to 1. 0 ppm. Other studies suggest that chlorinated water raises blood pressure and Hal f of a school of brown trout will reduces vitamin C and E levels, which be dead in JO minutes at a O .Jl ppm could cause liver and heart complica concentration . Largemouth bass have tions . These studies on humans a death rate of 50% after one hour suggest a cause for the rapid rise in water containing 0,74 ppm chlorine in heart disease, a suggestion which residuals. · is supported by a study on chickens which found that all the chickens Rainbow trout will even avo id water drinking chlorinated water developed with as little as 0.001 ppm. atherosclerosis (devel opment of obstructions in the blood vessels) The Illinois Institute for Environ wh il e none of those who drank mental Qual ity recommends a level of distilled water did. 0.002 ppm to protect all fish. Treated sewage water dumped into In light of these risks , a Pantagraph streams and lakes often contains as story published last October with the much as 5.0 ppm chlorine residual s • • headline "No need to worry about chlorine odor" was not exactl� the height of responsible journalism. with a number of naturally occurring to destroy water-borne bacteria that organic substanc es to form chloro� can cause diseases ranging from The Pantagraph story dealt entirely form and other carcinogens . In fact , with reassurances by the Twin City diarrhea to cholera. water directors that there was "no it is long-term exposure to these carcinogens that causes cancer, even The actual amount of chlorine put in need for concern" if people occasion into water is higher than 1.0 ppm ally smelled chlorine in their water . at very low doses. It does not take 70 years for chlorine to produce since part of it reacts with materials carcinogens ; the time it takes for already in the water and is then not The Pantagraph reporter mentioned a available for killing bacteria. recent study by the US Counc il on the water to pass through the treat Environmental Qual ity wh ich "re ment plant is quite sufficient . Bloomington adds an average of 1.1 ported a link between heavily The assurance of Normal 's water super ppm comb ined chlorine and Normal adds chlorinated water and cancer ." The intendent , Joseph Martine , that "if 2.5-J ppm. Larger doses of chlorine reporter offered no details from the there were enough chlorine in the tend to produce larger amounts of chloroform. study and did not mention, or show water to create a health hazard, it knowledge of, any of the controversy would smell so bad no one would that has raged over drinking water drink it," is al so not exactly con The EPA's presumed safe level for dis since the famous EPA and Environmen fidence-inspiring. infection (0.5-1 .0 ppm ) is required tal Defense Fund studies link ed for the end of the distribution system, cancer to minute amount s of carcinog At one point , Martin told the � which means that people near the water ens in the drinking water at New that chlorinated hydrocarbons like plants tend to receive water with Orleans in 1974. chloroform (and certain of the worst pesticides) are "not found in water Instead, the Pantagraph offered per se ." They 're found in vegetation, continued on next page Bloomington water director Don silt, and fish , he said, "not actually Does your imported car suffer from these dread disea se s? -Pained Piston -Broken Brake s· -Seni-le Suspension -Anxiou s Alternator .,_tier Dr., Downs P ost-A merikan page 15 March 1981 Local citizens lined up for a drink of safe water. higher chlorine residuals. These go-slow policy on establishing like the Twin Cities ' water directors residuals are intended to insure standards for carcinogens in drink to change, mainly on the grounds of the death of bacteria, but their pre ing water. cost but al so because they don't sence al so means that you are swal believe there is proof of a signif- · lowing a chemically active substance The 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act icant risk. that kills bacteria and could con "required" the EPA to establish reg ceivably produce carcinogens in your ulations controlling the amounts of The American Water Works As sn. (AWWA ) stomach . (See adjoining story, "contaminants which may adversely is challenging some EPA proposals in affect the public health. " Congress court , and trade magazines like .fil!!.§£ "What to do"). C actually specified that it "did not ican City and County run articles Europeans use less chlorine to kill intend to require conclusive proof with headl!nes like "Chlorination bacteria, and t he most common US test that any contaminant will cause still the 'top dog ' of disinfection" for measuring chlorine residuals adverse health effects." and "Be prepared to defend ch lorin often understate the amount of chlor ation. " ine used . Yet even today , water departments serving fewer than 75, 000 people are The AWWA estimates that treatment not required to test for the presence plant changes to reduce carcinogens of chloroform and related compounds . would cost billions , but industry But there have also been challenges has always vastly overestimated the to the safety and even the legality One of the main reasons for the go cost of environmental protection. of the EPA's standards and its slow policy is the strong opposition The EPA estimated the cost in 1977 of the waterworks industry and people would have been $4-7 per year per household for one efficient method. Risks , too , are often distorted, the classic example being the New Orleans The cancer connection water director 's statement that drink ing his water was just as safe as Th e link between cancer and small unknown reasons ) are more likely to driving a car . Eerily , Bloomington's amounts of chemicals like chloroform get cancer than other peo ple even water director used a similar estimate is based on a number of scientific when all are exposed to the same chem of the risk. After 70 years of expo connections that are not absolutely ical s in the same amounts. sure to ·a carcinogen, I might get can proven, but which have gained a very cer , he sa id, bu-I: "if I'm exposed to high level of acceptance. Small doses administered over a long automobile traffic for 70 years, I period are apparently the best way might get run over. " Only people employed by cigarette to induce tumors. So, drinking water comp anies and pesticide manufacturers -that contains minute amounts of Many people don't find it comforting still dispute whether ingesting car chloroform or pesticides, even at the to know they 're taking a risk every cinogenic chemicals is risky . The parts per billion level , over a long time they take a drink of water . In real scientific controversy now is period of time (like a lifetime ) is Europe, governments recognize that over the degree of risk and over the exact prescription for cancer . fact and have been doing something what are the best ways to identify about it for the last 20 years . cancer-producing substances. Finally, it 's probable that several carcinogens act together additively Ozonation, use of activated carbon Since we don't want to wait until a or even synergistically , so that the filters , a�d other technological lot of people are dying of cancer , risk from two is greater than the advances can make dramatic reductions and since it 's hard to determine risk from each one separately. This in the amount of dangerous substances just which chemical (of the many is an important factor given the in drinking water . Th ese methods we 're all exposed to ) caused which growing list of carcinogens and their are in use in Europe because the cancer, we 've taken to relying on wide distribution: the EPA' s first Europeans operate on a simp le pre animal studies to identify carci survey of drinking water found carci mise : the fewer dangerous or poss nogens . nogens present in all 80 water supplies ibly dangerous chemicals in the tested. water, the better. The basic experiment gives a small number of rats or mice large doses of Although the risks for each chemical suspected chemical s and sees if they are not exactly known and may turn Clearly , Bl oomington and Normal don't develop tumors. Some dispute whether out to be low, the risk from all have as serious a problem as do it 's fair to use large doses when sources is probably gr eat . Which people drawing their wat er from people are usually exposed only to makes it important to reduce as many heavily polluted rivers and lakes, small doses. of the specific chemicals, like but there is a risk now. It is a chloroform, to as !ow levels as The problem with using doses comp ar possible. e able to what people get is that often, --D.L. millions of mice would be needed to continued on next page get a statistically valid result. Support for using large doses instead comes from growing evidence that tested rodents and people do have similar responses to many carcinogens like vinyl chloride , DES , aromatic amines, and polynuclear hydrocarbons . As evidence piles up , it's now becoming possible to guess which chemicals might be carcinogens because of their chemical relationships. Make Your Own l)rew It is also possible to identif¥ some classes of mutagens by a relatively simple bacteria test. Mutagens are --Complete kits available for making substances that cause mutations or birth defects. Many mutagens are your own beer , ale, and lager also carcinogens . --Literature, accessories and rec ipes Chlorination, for instance, apparently also available produces some m utagens other than chloroform an� its related compounds , according to test results published Vi6lt the 6tore where qood health 16 our bu61ne66. ,. . in Science in Jan. 1980 . For ro rteous vary 'We also know that individuals Linden :er::c ::1� open 6Unday6 considerably in their susceptibility , 101 o. : which means that some people (for Normal 454-2b11 1-4 pm page 16 What you can do on your own Activated carbon filters are probably the best wav of dealing with chlori nation and many other water contami- nauts , according to Organic Gardening. you can't get your town to use RIC.I-IT If NEXT · carbon filters, you can do it on your own . The carbon will remove chlorine , chlorinated organics, PCBs , and pest icides like DDT and dieldrin. It will also reduce levels of lead , cadmium and mercury--all dangerous- wh ile reducing useful chemicals like zinc and chromium . Carbon filters do not affect the nitrate level , wh ich is another serious problem with sur face water supplies like Bl oomington 's. The thing about home filters is that they must be changed regularly or they become saturated and start grow Chlorine does bring' risks ing bacteria. Even with the bacteria risk , carbon filters are probably continued from preceding page worthwhile. One gardener says the Organic Gardening : July 1978, p. 67; risk is less than that from improperly . Dec . 1978 , PP • 77-8� washing garden vegetables--which is risk that should not be ignored , pretty good comp ared to the risk of because it can be reduced. e Resources for the Future , Safe cancer . Drinking Water-Cconference-reports), --D. LeSeure 1978. - Other ways to remove chlorine alone : boil water for 2-3 minutes, aerate Sources'.. PP ScienQe : 2 July 1976, · 55-7; it in a blender for 10 minutes , or American City and County : Dec . 1974, 24 June 1977 , pp . 1421-2; 10 June add a tiny amount of vitamin c. P• 8 ; May 197c;-p. 42 ; May 1977 , 1977, pp . 1205- 6; 15 Sept. 1978 , 61-64. PP · pp . 1008-9 ; 4 Jan . 1980 , PP • 90-2 . Organic Gardenin does not recommend bottled water , a though 1 in 6 Cali Daily Pantagraph : 23 Oct. 1980 , p. A-3. � Science � ; 11 June 1977 , p. 375. fornians now get their drinking water Illinois EPA, Procedural Chlorination , that way , because distilled and de ionized water 1974. lacks important min erals like calcium and magne sium. Illino is EPA, Ih e Qhemistr� Jll'_ Chlorine �Chlorination, 1973· If you want to make your own carbon filter, check out instructions in the Illino is Institute for Environmental July 1978 Organic Gardening . e Quality, Chlor ine Residuals In Treated Effluents , 1973· - , / f ' I '\ ' ( � ) f t t ' Country �estern. :El:l.ter tainment t t Live mu.sic Tu.es-Sat t t Specials every night 8:00-12:30 t •. the i Mor 25¢ draft ::E-1ome of Jack Daniels Night 85¢ a shot--no cover t t7 Tues . .Wed . Old style beer night mugs 50¢ pitc he rs $2.25 no cover t Thur . Student Night Pitcher Schlitz $1.75 no cover Fri. Live Music 9:30-1:30 $1:00 cover t t Sat. Live Music 9:30-1:30 $1:00 cover Must be 21 to enter t &t Coming soon : Open on Sun. evenings--country music t ' Tues . Night --� session i Your chance to show your talents or try out for t ' up-coming Country Opera being formed *** added seating ***Regulation size pool tables > t v:o *Homestyle chili � t ***Full sandwich menu ** t �I � ���������..�����.....���..����...�� ';\�4 t t El Salvador: the next Vietnam p ... 1, event ually being replaced by mi li- The tiny Cent ral American nat ion of tary officers. The military, besides El Salvador has leaped into the head using its troops to repress the -rebels, lines recent ly, as WarDog Alexander has also been usi ng another popul ar Hai g and El Presidente Reagan have Central Ameri can tactic-- deat h squads. tried to turn the impoverished country into "freedom's next confront at ion Govt . death squads with communism. " The scene is all too familiar. El The. death squads, who are often off Salvador has known nothing but poverty dut y military or pol ice personnel, and military government s in its publ ish �he names of their int ended history. Uncle Sam has kept Salvador's victims, or send them deat h threats. famous "14 families" in cont rol, and Then at night they go about the task they in turn have paid homage to of assassinat i on. The victims in El Washingt on and kept the coffee flow Salvador have varied, from famous ing nort hward. figures like the Archbishop, the Ameri can nuns, two AFL -CIO land re (i- Recent ly, however, peopl e's movements I BB form experts, and Frent e leaders to thousanus of unknown peasants, in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and "They 're having troubles with includ Guatemala have chall enged the hol d of ing chi l dren and a few infants. the ir economy again. " corrupt military governments-- success fully in Nicaragua. But the price The situation in El Salvador shoul d has been high in all these count ries, popular game- -besides trying to sink not be seen in isol at ion. It has cost ing them civil war, assas sinat i ons, the poor at home further into the the seeds of another Viet nam, though murder, economic dislocat i on, and morass of poverty. Ambassador Robert Reagan clai ms he woul d avoid the further suffering for the poor. Whi te, a cri tic of the junt a, was di s "Vietnam syndrome, " probabl y by missed within 2 weeks of Reagan taking "wi nning tot al vict ory." Amerikans shocked office, criticized by the new Presi dent for being a "soci al reformer." El Salvador itsel f is not of pr ime Until the onslaught of Reagan's ant i importance to the U.S. ; what is of people pol icy, it looked like it was Not all commies pri me importance is Central America only a mat ter of time unt il El Salva and the Carri bean. Victory for the dor's right-wing junta woul d fall. The anti-junt a forces in El Salvador, rebels in El Salvador woul d mean that Over 9,000 have been ki lled in the working through the FDR (Frent e Demo the life of the junta in Guatemala past year, most ly by ri ght -wing death crat i co Revolucionario- - Democrat ic wou ld be limited. Guatemala is the squads. What shocked Ameri kan pop u Revolutionary Front ), are not commu real key, for here U. S. mul tinat i onals lar opinion was, first , the murder nist-dominat ed. There are communists have vast agricul tural interests, plus of Archbishop Oscar Romero, a quiet in it--but there is a much higher oi l has recent ly been discovered but popul ar advocat e of human rights percentage of plain ol d Democrats, there. and free government , and then the mur liberals, social Democ rats, Christian der last November of 3 American Catho- Democrats, peasant and labor leaders, The Carribean and Central America are 1 ic nuns and 1 Ameri can Cathol ic lay and vari ous other left-leaning groups. viewed as the "soft underbel ly" of the worker. U.S. by defense pl anners, so any signs In a pl ace like El Salvador, anyone of reb�llion must be crushed- -even if The Sal vadorean Government disclaimed who speaks of the sl ightest soci al t�ose rebel lions are only seeking the murders, although circumst ant ial reform is a "revolutionary communi st ." simple soci al reforms to lift the ev i dence poi nt ed to the government The American missionary women who were people from poverty .• backed death squads. The Carter assassi nated were gui lty of the Admi nistrat ion cut off mi litary aid, terrible cri me of refugee re lief. - -MgM and a special FB I invest igat ive team was sent to El Salvador, receiving A few fami lies st ill cont rol al l of little cooperat ion from the junt a. Salvador's weal th and land, leaving only bare subsist ence for the maj ori ty. The average per- capi ta income The Reagan Administrat ion sent the is less than $ 500 per year. word to its beloved junt a generals to "hang tight . " The Salvadorean junta Under the Cart er Admi nist rat i on, there did, cont inuing its repression, and was a pretense of support ing reform in Carter final ly rest ored mi litary aid El Salvador, under the direct ion of 2 days before Reagan took office. the mi litary junta. The junt a changed during the Carter years, and the few Since the n, "fighting communism" in El reformers who were originally a part Salvador has become Reagan's most of it were forced out of office, El Salvador Week .______.... , The Peace and Justice Coalition at ISU, Thursday, March 26: Global Rev iew, If you have been raped, along wi th a number of other communi ty held each week at ISU's Fe ll Hal l, groups, wi ll be at t empt ing to focus wi ll center on Cuban involvement. attention on El Sal vador during the A guest wi ll b� Rev . Ted Braun, week of March 23, which is ISU's of Carbondale, whe will speak on sexually attacked, or "Focus Week" and has the theme "Human human rights in Cuba. As wi th Rights." A number of speakers, films everything else on the week 's and services will be hel d during the program, this session is sti ll ten assaulted, call us for week . tative. As of Post -Ameri kan press time, the Fri day, March 27: RALLY ! At noon, in scheduiellas not been final ized; but the Quad, probabl y near Schroeder legal, medical and this is a rough out line: Hal l. Bring your signs and banners. Thi s event wi ll feature music and Monday, March 23: Secondino Ramirez, short speeches. a native Salvadorean, from the El psychologicalassi stance, Salvador Sol i dary Group in Chicago, The Weekend: a fund-rai ser is planned. will speak at the ISU Union and show Ti me, pl ace, and admission cost are a film, "E l Salvador, the Revol ut ion st ill up in the ai r; performers are referrals and alternatives of Death." needed. The funds raised wi ll cover the costs of films and speakers. The Tuesday, March 24: The anniversary of surplus wi ll go to El Salvadorean Archbishop Romero's assassinat ion; a rel ief efforts. PA TH memorial service is tentat ively Call planned for the Newman -center, 501 For final informat ion on all these S. Main St ., Normal, at 7 p. m. �ctivities, or if you would like to 8274005 get involved (in publ icity, the fund Wednesday, March 25: "El Salvador, raiser, pet ition- taking) , please call the next Viet nam, " a videotape by the Newman Center, 452-5046, or Dave, and ask for the Catal yst Films, which was recent ly Brett, or Mark at 452-2040. Hopefully made for Pub1 ic Television and shown the schedule of ev ents will be com RAPE CRISIS CENTER in other communities, will probably pleted by the first week of March. be shown at the ISU Union. This program has received much critical See ya' there. e accl aim. --MgM _ rikan �:;� 1,!, .Ce tiers .. .Ietter s .. jet! ers .. .I e tter s ... sign that we have become strong enough Check out Mother Jones to threaten the born again Cold Warriors now running this country ." Dear Post, announced that they are one of three organizations suggested for investiga Here 's an idea of what else is in the I want to tell the rest of you P-A fans tion by the ad-hoc group s, the most recent issue: "Reagan' s Gun abo ut another great muckraker, Mother National Committee to Restore Internal Collection" outlines how Ronnie wi ll, Jones . Almost every time I read an Security, and possibly the House and over the next five years , spend $225 issue I wish I could tell the rest of Senate internal security panels. billion above and beyond the $1 the wo rld about their news stories . trillion already budgeted by Jimmy . They blew the whistle on the Pinto 's The editors say they 're ready for a gas tank, the "dump ing" of outlawed good fight . After all, the earlier An artic le on private interest law dangerous and/or toxic American witch hunters--Nixon and Mitchell, firms (a Nader backlash) tells how the chemicals on Thii:d World countries, McCarthy and the notorious Attorney Pacific Legal Foundation fights no and the Dalkon Shield . General Mitchell Palmer, the worst of growth zoning, pollution control in them all, ended in disgrace. And they L.A. , rent control, anti-sex-discrimi The magazine is named after Mary Harris fell bec ause, of course, witchhunting nation regulations, racial quotas , "Mother " Jones (1830-19 30) . She was a never solves the problems , no matter and OSHA. "Three Mile Cellar" mo ther, union organizer, a founder of how many witches you catch. None of discusses small nuclear reactors the IWW, and in her own wo rds, "a hell the rest of what Reagan is planning to designed to replace your home 's base raiser ." She came to Bloomington do will solve any problems either . ment furnace. Some labor/union news . during the 1917 streetcar strike . "How the Right Will Fall ." "The War "In a backhanded way, " Mo ther Jones ' Against Choice: Inside the Anti I've been bummed out, but not surpr ised ed itors say in their fifth anniversary abortion Movement" by Diedre English. since the elec tion. One quarter of the issue, "the threat of being investi people vo ted--and they call it a gated in Washington is the best "Do Yo u Know These Godfathers? You landslide ! So this month 's MJ possible bi rthday honor possibl e--a Should" by Jina Klopper tells who ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• bankrolls the New Right. "U.S • Patriots Without God on Their Side" is ab out some famous American atheists. I bet you didn 't learn in history class that George Washington ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••1r••••••••••••••••• said "The government of the U.S. is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion. " Other prominent Prison . support groups Americans featured in the story inc lude Ab e Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady form nationwide Stanton, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas ·Edison, and Clarence Darrow . The Ame rican Civil Liberties Union outreac h work -to women prisoners, a�d (ACLU) has announced the formation of researching and informing prisoners The issue contains reprints of the a Gay Prisoners' Group which will of their mailroom and visiting rights . Doonesbury series which featured a "document incidents of selec tive Contributions can be sent to and tr ip through Reagan 's brain . Many ab use or discrimination suffered by information obtained from Mike Riegle, newsp apers across the country refused lesbian and gay prisoners at the hands Lesbian and Gay Prisoner Project, to run the strip last fall. of police, the courts , jail or prison GCN, 22 Bromfield St ., Boston MA 02108 . personnel or other prisoners ." This "Reaganomic s: Fac ts , Fo llies and program, part of ACLU 's National Gay The GAYCON Press Newsletter Faults" discusses how and why Reagan Rights project, is the first distributes news and other useful won't solve too many problems . comprehensive program for collecting information about gay prisoners . It � data on the status of gay prisoners. is available from US Mission Outreach Wh t more can I say friends , but read Anyone having information about for $6 per year (free to prisoners) that magazine ! It 's great, easy to selective ab uses in US prisons should and can be obtained from Ron Endersby , read, and usually covers a wider send it to Don Campbell, AC LU NGRP Gaycon Press Newsletter , 20 12th St. , variety of issues than this month 's Prisoners Committee , 633 S. Shatto #326, San Franc isco CA 94103 . post- inaugural edition . Place, Los Angeles CA 90005 . --Post fan, too --Gay Community News People Organized to Stop Rape in Prisons (POSRIP) is a group of men and women, gays and non-gays, prisoners and non-prisoners, who are working to stop sexual abuse in prison . POSRIP puts out a newsletter and samp le copies are available from �m.EIXl A prison project is now be ing formed to support Gay Community News (GCN) BORDfiR. in its long- standing effort to get free subscriptions to the paper to lesbian and gay prisoners. The GCN's Lesbian and Gay Prisoner Project is CIUD-Clllll also attempting to secure books and penpals for gay prisoners, doing ra eos ·sopoptllcis'. �...... Meet with candidate huttit'o$ �5'Ll·�t..1(1 Dan Linneman, a candidate fo r city l\ClC�0.5 co uncil in the se co nd ward, wi ll be available to the public for �11c.l,ilabcis que stions on his vie ws about city tosta�a.s government from 3:30 to 5 pm Saturday t'a. eo �te ... March 7. sttla.� Linneman, 1009 W. Monroe, hopes the new ward system wi ll make city tyoob l)ome"sty!e.. government more accessible to more Coo!tirt' citi zens. He encourages re side nts of the se cond ward to ta lk with him -10'4 diecount to ISU about their ide as and problems con studen� cerning th� ci�y. � The meeting March. 7 wil l be at the \JF?U!���,��- �-4, e.2� _12.-.,,l Western Ave nue Community Center, 1300 w_ Locust. Of en //- /J, 11· /0 F-So� II · II ust: 't:N\ TO £N\E1<. USE 'EM RS A [0� TA1 N TH E K"IDS. \/£R5ATI OM STA RTE.R. C?>BSU>6S SHooT IN'G POLk I THAT IS!!) page 19 ·Post-Amerikan ./Uorc I etter s .. Jett ers.. Jetters Post wrong about juvenile law Give this Post to a friend ! Dear Post, manslaughter, rape or deviate sexual assault, aggravated or heinous I would like to conunent on your battery involving permanent disability artic le on page 10 of the January or disfigurement or great bodily harm issue . The article states that "The to the victim, burglary of a home , new law requires that any juvenile home invas ion , robbery or armed convicted of a third felony be robbery, or aggravated arson ." sentenced to prison un til age 21." This is a misstatement of the law. Thus your use of "thief" wa s inappropriate because theft from a According to chap ter 37, section 705- store is not included in the ac t. 12 of the Juvenile Court Act, the Also, the offenders may be sentenced offense must be one of the following : to prison until they reach the age • "murder, voluntary or involuntary of 21, but they would not serve the Wants narc pix full sentence . You ind icate that the Po st-Amerikan , 13-year-old thief wo uld do 8 years, Great to hear while the 16-year-old rapist wo uld • Down in Memp his for a year while my serve only 5. This does no t ole man finishes his 4t h year in the women's mu sic acc urately reflect the time actually Marine s (he's a corporal ). I stay in Dear Post, served by the offenders . touch with home by having your paper sent here every mo nth . I only have I just recieved your Feb . 1981 issue The habitual offender law provides and was just thrilled to read your one qu estion ... why aren 't yo u that "the minor shall be entitled to article on Women' s music. I recently pr inting as many narc pies as you used earn one day of good cond uc t credit moved to Normal from Lo s Angeles and · to? Keep up the good wo rk ! very much miss the feminist surround for each day served as reductions ings that I had grown accustomed to . against the period of his confinement. Pejo &B.J. From this Tuesday on, I will be tu ned Such good conduct credits shall be to Cathy Ahart 's show on WESN . earned or revoked accord ing to the procedures app licable to ...ad ult Another I was the Los Angeles distributor for two ma jor women 's labels and am glad prisoners serving determinate that one woman , Cathy Ahart , and one sentences for felonies ." Thus the 'measly' donation actual sentences of the juveniles radio station, WE SN , have the co urage Hi folks , and insight to make this music would be cut in half . available to the public . I also salute appr Enclosed is a check for $10, $3 for you for finding this newsworthy . an_d In the future I wo uld ec iate the Post maintaining� its otherwise high renewal of subscription and the rest sharing it with us, your devoted ' for a "me as ly" contribution to your journaiistic stand ards to documenta readers . great pa per. Keep up the good work. tion . 'rhank you , Randy Johnson Caro l Bennett Blanche Patrick Normal , Illinois Life too costly If people started living longer, it would cost mo re to pay their pensions --so it might not be a good idea to stamp out cancer too fast. That was the argument Dr . Gio Gori of OPEN the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania made at the Fourth International l>All.'1 Sympo sium on Prevention and Detection of Cancer last sununer . Using Ford AT NOON Motor Co . figures, Gori also argued that longer lifespans would mean more HAPP� · people and thus more strain on natural resources. HOUR· .q;,"'"' 3ori urged planners to be "prudent" in thinking abo ut prevention of cancer and "to anticipate the SPECt ALCS jimensions and timing of the added I • 3ocial costs" of a lower death rate. l>AlLlj L 20 Review: Abb ie Ho ffman 's Soon To Be 2. Major Motion Picture. Read the book, • don't wait for the movie rights movement, registering voters in Abb ie doesn 't indulge in misty-eyed This has been a depressing year for srnal l'Mississippi towns , and fighting remembrance of great demonstrations TV news watching . under the ACLU's banner against the of the past. His main me ssage is comrnie-hunting House Un-Arnerikan that we , the movement, are alive and Even old Walter Cronkite seemed ready Activities Comrnittee in the early well, with battles to come that wi�l to cry a few times . 60's, in small New England towns . only be won by looking forward , not backward . The election, the economy, MX missiles, He recognized the vitality and John Lennon 's murder, and a war freshness of the hipp ie phenomenon, and Of course, all the classic tales are criminal for secretary of state is all connected it to the anti-war movement , here--dropp ing cash money on the bleak news . cementing Hippiedorn 's outlandish cul stock exchange floor , the Chic ago 8, tural challenge to the national his romances and life in the However, there was one redeeming day struggle. last summer, when a young TV underground . scriptwr iter up staged the traged ies, Like all of us, Abb ie Hoffman has But Abb ie is better than just old war the day Abb ie Ho ffman emerged from the grown . Life underground has forced a stories. His book is packed with underground . lot of reassessment and evaluation. insight about the rise and fall of soc ial movements , the American In true style, Abbie 's re-emergence The "generation gap " doesn 't impress character , politics,�and sharp , had numerous rne ssages--the system can him as much anymore . He sees more and check out sensitive , sarcastic insights that be beat, it can be fun, value in united communities, inc lud ing rip you into laughter . my new book, Soon to Be 2_ Major Motion both old and young folks . Picture . Buoyant, al ive , and not Abbie himself is the prime story . mo urning for the 60s, Abb ie 's smirk He , unl ike a lot of the liberal/radical Witty , resourceful, he bares his and smi le was the only happy news all elite , hasn't rejec ted American-Holly soul , and as always, flaunts his s ummer . wood culture , but instead is always exploits and highs . looking to inject a me ssage into it- The mention of the name , Abb ie hence his deliberate and successful Ego, however , is no t the outstanding Ho ffrnan--the clown prince of the 60s use of TV and radio , re jec ting left factor . More than an autob iography , youth rebellion--probably bring s a rhetoric for unify ing image . nostalgic sigh from mo st 60s vets and this is the history of a generation, alienated by war and consumer culture, from mo st 70s survivors, too, who yet Read Soon to Be 2. Major Motion Picture. fired by idealism, that challenged yearn for the days of frizzle-headed It 's fresh, it 's liveiy. You 'll laugh, its parent culture of greed . ramp age and provoc ative theater that read passages aloud to your friends, Abb ie Ho ffman represented . feel the sting of teargas and storm Abb ie is kind to his old �ellow trooper boots , plus the impish delight Well sorry, fans , but no stalgia, that voyagers, doesn 't bad mouth those who of pulling a fast one . craze that brought "Deutsch" Reagan have gone on to Wall Street or Even better, you 'll feel better, alive, to the White House, ain't for Abbie . religious cults , though Torn Hayden knowing that yo u, like Abb ie Hof frnan , does catch a few barbs . have been a part of something that has To Abb ie , no stalgia is some kind of He 's especially sensitive to the fact changed the face of the n�tion, sick, slightly neurotic disease . Here that a movement is not a media super regardless of "Deutsch" Reagan, the and now is where it 's happening, or star , but lots of folks everywhere , Moral Majority or Jerry Falwell (and where we 're gonna make it happen . taking risks and changing their lives feel twice as good, knowing that you 're and communities . a part of a crew that I don't think is Abb ie 's latest volume , Soon to Be 2_ quite done with change .) Major Motion Picture, is as timely Abb ie burst on the national scene in and fresh as Woodstock Nation or 1967-68 with YIP, the Democratic con So read this book . If you 're really Steal This Book were (and are) . vention, and the war . dedicated , steal this book . It's important to know, however , that There 's an in fec tious disease in its long before he was parading around in pages bound to dispe l the post- inau- American flag shirts , Abb ie Ho ffman was guration/coronation blues .• Stop the putting in his time with the civil --MgM frame-up ··demonstrate looks like. a sleepy, serene The Coalition Against the Pontiac Frame -up has organized a demonstration. community. in support of the Pontiac Brothers to be held at the old courthouse on the square in downtown Bloomington, March 14 at noon. As you have probably heard, the trials of the 16 men charged with the killing of 3 guards during the riot are about to begin in Chicago . There is. also one trial yet to be heard here in McLean County . So now is a good time to show your support of the brothers a�d say "no " to the State 's plan to railroad these men to the electric chair . The demonstration is planned to coincide with other actions in support of the Pontiac Brothers throughout the country . Bring a sign and a few friends down to Ifloo you listen to kthe city fatheagrs, the Pantagraph,ain. the civic boosters and the phony speechmake rs, you the courthouse March 14 . There are ENCLOSED IS $4. 00 FOR THE NEXT 12 ISSUES also statements of solidarity with the would think we lived in a 1930's Hollywood set. But Pontiac Brothers being circulated. let's look behind the scenes. Each month since April, 1972, the Post-Amerikan has been denting If you would like more information I that serene facade , printing the embarrassing truths name about the demonstration or want t� the city fathers would rather overlook. Take an circulate a solidarity statement , call o the r look at Bloomington-Normal. Subscribe to Rosemary at 452-6180 or stop in Small the Post-Amerikan. addre1111 city state Changes Bookstore at 40 9A N. Main, Bloomington.• For the next 12 monthly issues, send $4. 00 to Post zip --s.o. Amerikan, P. 0. Box 3452, Bloomington, Il. 61701. L------·------Post-Amerikan Page 21 Gay • straight rap March 4 The first gay-straight rap of the Some programs sl ated for th e second se cond semeste r will be held at th e half of - the semester include a wome n' s March 4 meeting of Il linois State reader� s theate r pre sentation, a sl ide University' s Gay People's Al l iance. program on the Pontiac brothers a The meeting begins at 8 pm in room lecture-discussion on communi cat ion 112 of Fai rchild Hall. within lesbian couples, and se veral other seminars on specific top ics These raps are a regular feature of re lated to gay life and gay politics. th e GPA educational program and are inte nded to give any interested person, GPA will soon have an offi ce on gay or non- gay , student or communi ty campus , where gay people and th eir member, a chance to ask que stions fri e nds can drop in to chat or look about gay people and gay life. The at various publ ications that the Is the change in role models getting raps are informal and unstructured. organization re ceives. The GPA you down? Are you never allowed in speakers bureau continue s to prov ide the kitchen anymore since your man Afte r the mid- te rm break , GPA will speakers for groups and classe s th ai friends have discovered the stove? continue to hol d weekly meeti ngs on request th em. You can call 828-9085 Do you find yourself fantasizing We dnesdays at 8 pm in Fairchild 112. to ge t more information about GPA about cheese blintzes or three -bean and its programs . • salads? Have you been known to curl up with Betty Crocker or the doWnStOwn Joy of Cooking and consider it only LOOI<,806, l'H AN � GOING 41ff, I ICMQIJ i.IE a little light reading before bed HM � ll>l!OLOGICAL time ? l>IFl'l!lte"iCES, 81/T1111 SUE lolf! CAN Wlllllt THEiiour: Well , women, your problems are GO AllEllO "' l!WST !"II!. solved . It 's hard to believe , I know . But it 's true! All you have to do is come to the . women 's potluck . Imagine it , if you can. Women regaining access to the kitchen, if only for one day a month, and sharing their new-found wealth with IT-_ other women. Sounds fantastic , doesn't it? "Artists have no respect for This month ' s women 's potluck will be WZND-- on the air held on March 22 at J:OO. (That 's a power, and that is what society Sunday afternoon .) It will be going cannot tolerate ." WZND , the new radio station at on at 1404 N . Lee in Bloomington. --Ti-Grace Atkinson Illinois State University, began Remember , this is a once-in-a-month broadcasting March 1. The station time chance . Liberate your kitchens! is a carrier current AM/c able FM Liberate yourselves! Come to the women's potluck! ( This offer will unit operated by students under faculty supervision . not be repeated until next month.)• PATH training time "The Sound " features rock albums with specialty programs ranging from so ul, Sp ring is the time to re ach out and jazz and blues to more progressive Femin ism grow. Be come a PA TH volunte er. Training be gins March 18. music and new wave . and militaris m PATH , Personal Assi stance Te lephone Spec ialty progranuning is going to be He lp, prov ides information• and the backbone of the new station 's "Feminism and Militari sm : A Confe rence referral s as well as crisis help 24 format . Evening shows inc lude Top for Women" sponsored by th e War hours a day. 20 Album ,.Countdown, Roots of Rock, Resisters League will be Apri l 10- 12 Featured Artist, and New Album at YMCA Camp Sp eers-Eljabar , Di ngm an's PATH vol unte ers can deve lop personal Releases . Fe rry , Pa. Cost will be $39 for resources and be come familiar with adults and $14. 50 for ch ildre n ages 3 and utilize community resourc es. The to 8. 6-week training includes group and Program director R.L. Samp son said he phoneroom work. Afte r traini ng, has tried to shape "The Sound 's" A pane l on "Feminist Pe rspectives on volunteers must me et an 18 - hour- a format into an "alternative to the War , Mi litari sm , and Violence" will month commitment for at least 6 stale Top-40 type of mus ic that is begin th e weekend. Te ntative workshop s months. PATH is particularl y look ing predominant in central Illino is ." include : How do feminism and non for people who can work duri ng the violence re late?; The macho mental ity, summer. militarism and violence; How doe s WZND is located at 401 Cook Hall on living under th e nuc lear shadow affe ct The initial interview will be March the ISU campus and broadcasts at women' s lives? 18. Applications must be sent to 106 cable FM and at 540 AM for those Juliana Sulliva� by March 13. For living in dorms on campus . For more info contact War Re sisters more info or for an ap llication form , League , 339 Lafayette St. NY NY 10012 call Sul livan at PATH , 828-1022, For mo re info, call 436-5491.e (212- 228-0450) .• during the week from 8:30 am to 2 pm .• Why not generals? When Ronald Reagan 's energy advisors recommended greater emphas is on production and less on conservation, few were surpr ised . The Reagan task force is headed by a Texas oilman, and among its members are the presidents of Shell and DuPont and the chair of Standard Oil of � California. What is surprising is that there 1n weren 't any generals among the Reagan advisors since about half of the l.Je lcome105 Broadway •�,., Normal� federal Energy Department 's budget is spent on two programs greatly influenced by the Defense Department: @WITAR production of nuclear weapons and purchase of petroleum for the strategic reserve . We teach you to play, �ORLD then sell you the right guitar. --info from Fortune Pantagraph censors Doonesbury Page 22 PUNCHLINE? P UNCHLINE? Boy , do I feel like a fool. Here I've our hero 's attention by asking , "Hey , gone on the record complimenting the you know what drives her wild, man? " .. /WP 1 'TIDnff Daily Pantagraph for an ac tion I con /J£ caw Jl!STGO The final line is J.J. 's off-panel 70 AFl/CK ANP saNJS sidered expansive and intelligent, and shriek. 71ENOVER7D ,.-n.: 11-r the geeks go and violate the very terms C116IGllO'S """"''. of that comp liment first chance they f(}f(,PI /N/6.. I It's an amusing strip , based like many get. � of Trudeau 's nonpolitical sequences , on verbal timing and economy . Zeke , I re fer to the paper 's rec ent editor in his ro le of scene spoiler, acts ial treatment of "Doonesbury ," Gary like a parody of hip machismo , but Trudeau 's acc laimed social and poli what makes his clumsy attempt at tical satire strip . "Doonesbury " has camaraderie so funny is the fact that been grac ing the "Second Op inion" page Mike is still paying attention to it of the P antagr aph since fall, and its and J.J. obviously knows Mike will pay presence in the paper has been a con attention to it. stant surprise to me . Part of the strip 's joke, then, lies I remember when the paper dropped both in the assumed complicity that even "Li'l Abner" and "Pogo" for being "too the most sensitive male shares with political ," you see, and neither strip his sexist brothers: even if Mike ever matched Trudeau 's in its sharp knows that Zeke is a callous fool, we minded use of real-life political know he 'll also hear him out and to figures and issues . some degree register what Zeke is say ing . Because Trudeau is one of our Walt Kelly 's "Pogo, " for example, in mo st verbal cartoonists , much of its finest hours (attacking Sen. Joe "Doonesbury 's" humor arises out of McCarthy when most of the country 's what characters � say as much as editorial wr iters were cowering behind The truncated Doonesbury : note the what they do. the easy out of red-baiting ), still darker periods and cloddishly ren had to mask its political satire be dered question mark that have been Needless to say, that brand of verbal hind a set of animal identities- tacked onto Zeke 's final line . humo r isn't something that any old McCarthy becoming a wildcat named hack editor should be fooling around Simp le J. Malarkey , Nixon drawn as a with . Yet that very act of manhandl ing teapot-shaped spider--but "Doonesbury" it. occurred on the Pantagraph editorial has never resorted to such subterfuge . page . When Trudeau foc uses his pen on our 20 Never mind the fact that "Doonesbury" Mule Team Pres ident, for example, he was run from the start on the editor Instead of printing Zeke 's final line doesn 't shy away from letting us know ial pages, and that there are much more that, Yes, This Re ally Is Reagan He 's offens ive items run there regularly Talking About. (George Will, for instance) . Never Housing Authority of the mind the fact that--with the exception This mild courageousness--amazing in of "For Better or Wor se" (a we ll City of Bloomington and the comic strips where a cartoonist like rendered but innoc uous strip )--the Department of Urban Ernie "Nancy" Bushmi ller has been paper 's actual "comic" page consists known to eliminate jokes at his bosses ' of strips that are about as culturally Development dictates because said jokes were con contemporary as a re-run of the "Gale Announce sidered too complicated for "Nancy" Storm Show. " Never mind the fac t that readers--has earned the strip its editorial cartoonists like Pat Oli Section 8 Moderate share of brickbats . Some readers phant were frequently appearing with don't like seeing the ir fave politic al equally caustic sketches of our presi Rehabiliitation Program hero (ine)s being so openly satirized . dent-to-be . Heck hath no fury like an REHABILITATE YOUR RENTAL UNIT AND outraged Reaganite . RECEIVE GUARANTEED RENTAL INCOME BY ENTERING INTO A 15 YEAR AGREE Reagan 's Brain Which is where yours truly, sap that I MENT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY Consider the following : when "Doones am , fits in. After reading the first OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. bury" ran a pre-election sequence con "Doonesbury" denunc iation to app ear sisting of a TV documentary trip "in (from a Ms . Judy Stein of Normal, who SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS side Reagan 's brain, " ten different demanded that the paper "cancel the * 1. Unit must be located in the City of newspapers refused to run the strip in sick thing" ), I felt spurred to dash Bloomington. its regular spot. off a defen se of the strip . This I 2. Minimum of $1, 000 Rehabilitation needed did, complimenting the paper for its per unit. Some eliminated the offending six-day wise selection in running Trudeau 's 3. Current tenants must qualify for the Sec sequence altogether ; others took it work and praising the strip for its tion 8 Rental Subsidy Program. out of the comics section and placed even-handed humanistic satire . 4. No permanent displacement allowed. it on the editorial page ; others held 5. Plans including accessibility standards the strips until after the election , So how was I to know that three months for the handicapped will receive high apparently fearful that the entire later they 'd start slicing into priority. electoral process would be affected by "Doonesbury"? *Program has now been opened to city- a comic strip . wide participation. Mild St uff Maximum Rents, including costs That brand of censorship has been of rehabilitation, practically a yearly event with Compared to the Reagan sequences, the ,ifHlties, after "Doonesbury" (last year several news first censored strip (Friday, Feb. 27) for assisted units are: paper editors got bent out of shape was pretty mild : not a political per over a sequence parodying Virginia sonality in sight . The strip in ques 1 BR--- $252 Sen. John Warner and his wife , Liz tion concerns titular hero Mike Doones 2 BR $296 Taylor ). bury 's relationship with his current flame , J. J., and the intrusive pres 3 BR $343 The "Reagan 's Brain" sequence, amazing ence of J .J. 's former "old man" Zeke . ly , appeared intact in the Pantagraph, Mike and J.J. are preparing for an For more information, application forms though, and here 's where the part about evening on the town, and Zeke is an and proposal packets contact: my feeling foolish comes in . Within awkwardness that J.J. wants to ignore. days of its appearance, the paper was "You don't have to talk to him, " she CONNIE GRIFFIN printing letters condemning the strip tells Mike, but as soon as she's out Urban Development and the paper itself for ever running of the room, Zeke is trying to gain 828-7361, ext. 245 intact, some hamfist with liquid paper and a pen cut the second half of the sentence. The result of this slicework -$- -$- -$- -$- -$- -$-Page -$- 2J -$--Ei turns Zeke 's final line into "Hey , you want to know • • • ? "--which is so nonspec ific a sentence fragment that Toll free numbers it renders the whole strip incomprehen You can make phone calls to all pa rts on Basic Educ ation Grants program. sible (or at least no longer funny) . -$--$- of the country--free !--just by using 800-553-6350. a toll- free phone number . There are At A Loss hundreds and hundreds of to ll- free Election commission: For information phone numbers that rnanufac turers and on fundraising regulations and Now this act of censorship shouldn't service organizations have set up for requesting financ ial reports of have stunned me , but it did . After your use . federal candidates. 800-424-9530. all, "Dear Abby " contains blunter dis cussions of yo u-know-what these days, Any phone number preceded by an "800" Energy Resources Administration : For and barely a week goes by without the prefix instead of an area code pref ix complaints concerning overcharges on paper 's television columnist describ is a toll- free number . When you dia� gas and heating oil . 800-424-9246 . ing that medium's highs/lows in matters it, no charge is registered against sexual with muc h franker phrases than your phone . You may call a toll-free Energy Regu latory Commission : To Zeke's. Heck, previous Trudeau strips number as often as necessary--without answer questions on the adrninistra� have been muc h more upfront about charge--and you may speak as long as tion of the Natural .Gas Policy Act of their characters' activities. you wi sh. 1978. 800-424-5200. Frankly, I'm at a loss trying to If you dial a to ll- free number which Housing--Fair and Equal Opportunity : figure what sparked the sudden shift is no longer in service, you can call For complaints about housing in policy. Were the editors offended toll-free information service by discrimination . 800-424-8590 . by the im plication that college dialing 800-555-1212 (from anywhere students might be engag ing in--choke !- in the U.S.) and the information Interstate Commerce Commission : For prernarital sex? Or were they just operator will advise you if there is advice on problems arising out of use offended by the fact that J.J. obvi a new - to ll- free phone listing . of public transportation or in the ously doesn 't have enough good � moving of ho usehold goods . 800-424- when it comes to partners in pre Millions of people use toll-free 9312 . marital sex? numbers every day to make travel reservations , check prices, order Me dical Advice: For the name of a or was Pantagraph editor Harold Liston merchandise, etc . But there are local doctor when seeking a second just getting edgy because he hadn 't also to ll- free numbers that give you opinion before surgery . 800-331-1000 . made a fool of hirnself_ lately? (It's access to public service information been a long time since "Sunday Sund and provide a place to make Refugee Aid : For information on ries," Hal !) Darned if I know . complaints abo ut matters of concern teaching and language aids for to soc ially conscious individuals . refugees . 800-424-3750 . But I do know two things . If you are one of these folks , the following numbers may be of interest Runaway Hotline : For runaway children Censor something and yo u've op ened the to yo u: who want to pass me ssages on to the ir way to further acts of blue-nose parents without revealing where they penciling . Censors, as TV columnist · Auto Safety : For inf ormation on · are . 800-972-6004 (in Illino is); Torn Shales pointed out the following which car models have been recalled 800-621-4000 (elsewhere in the day in the paper 's arts and television by a manufac turer for repair of a country) . section, can be arbitrary and about as defect: to report any safety-related aesthetic ally sensitive as a decay ing defect that you have found in your wart-hog . (But at least the war t-hog Solar Heating and Cooling Information own car. 800-424-9393. just lies there and rots.) Center : For non- technical information on solar heating and cooling for home s I also know no t to be surp rised when I Consumer Produc t Safety Commission: and commerc ial buildings . 800-523- come upon any future "Doonesbury" For complaints about products 2929 .e strips that read like a movie where consumers have found unsatisfactory the pro j ectionist has acc identally or unsafe . 800-638-8780. lost a reel. I'm not getting foolish Source : The Direc tory of Toll-Free again .• Educational Gr ants : For information Phone Numbers (1980) . --Bill Sherman Planting the seed of disloya lty The free market rhetoric of US corporations is coming back to haunt them : more and more corporate . managers are casting aside company loyalty in favor of grabb ing the job with the biggest bucks . According to National Personnel Assoc iate s, a network of independent recruiters, almo st one of every three managers has a resume circulating . The trend is espec ially strong among young managers--half will leave their first corporation within five years . Books, Health Care, Such statistic s have left alarmed corporations looking for ways to Non-sexi st Children's re-establish corporate loyalty , Literature, 25-cent Used Books says Fortune, wh ich predic ts that and MORE a prolonged recession wo uld have the positive effec t of increasing loyalty . "When it comes to establ ishing loyalty, " says one boss, "I have yet to find a substitute for fear . "e --info from Fortune Even the state Agriculture Department "We wi sh to stress ," AgScene reported has developed a tas te for secret defensively , "that no one was con- police operati ons . . tac ted relative to pu rchasing swine unl ess that pe rson had publ icly Something called the Compliance Staff adverti�ed breeding swine for sale and of the Division of Meat, Poultry and no one was coerced in any way to sell Livestock Inspection re c ently com swine ." pl eted "an undercover investigation in 85 of Illinois ' 102 counties ," Mayb e so , but I doubt many farmers according to the ag department 's will be glad to hear that the ag newsletter AgScene . department has copied the secret 1984 police tacti�s of drug agents , the The AgNarc s, posing as buyers of FBI , and the big city red squads . breeding swine , were looking for farmers selling swine without proper on the Farmers , like the rest of us , can tests for brucellosis and pseudo expect more of this sort of thing . rabies , two swine diseases . The But d on 't blame the Post: we 've AgNarcs filed charges agains t four warned our readers repeatedly that hog farm e farmers . lot , and the ag department was the s ecre t-police craze is catching. apparently a bit nervous after its try Fa rmers are a no toriously independent in the secret police field . --D . LeSeure USDThe US ADepart dimentsc of Agovericulture rshas orgaIn comparinicson with fa morer conventionalming been charged with neglecting the "new chemical-based US agr ic ulture, the breed " of farmers, those who avo id or USDA team find s organic farming more largely exc lude use of synthetically labor intens ive but requiring less compounded fertilizers , pesticides, energy . The team calculates that the growth regulators and feed additives . economic return above variable costs Now the USDA has completed its first was greater for conventional corn and study of organic farming and f ipds soybean farms than for the rotations it surpr is ingly varied and successful . of several crops on organic farms . Still, when costs of detrimental Organic farming is no t limited to aspects of conventional farming, such New fairness young upstarts using old-fashioned as water po llution, soil erosion, and methods on small plots of land . The depleted nutrient reserves , are study reports that the size of organic included, the USDA report says the doctrine farms the USDA team encountered cost comparisons may be different. e ranged from 10 to 1500 acres . The The rich get richer and the poor get farmers , in general, were found to use --Science News what 's left. That 's only fair, modern farm mac hinery , recommended explains the new Reagan regime , crop varieties , certified seed and because after all the rich were sound method s of waste management and richer to start with. soil and water conservation . Huh? The organic farmers themselves varied in age, with 42"/o being 50 or older . "We' re trying to be fair abo ut it, " Forty- four per cent had 30 years of Treasury Sec retary Donald Regan said farming experience, us ually inc lud ing recently in defense of Ronald more chemical-oriented crop Reagan 's tax cut plan . "Those who prod uction . pay the most taxes , when we make an equal 10"/o cut across the board , will "In most cases, the team members found get a greater part of the savings . that the se farms , both large and smal l, That's only natural . I see nothing were prod uctive , efficient and we ll wrong in being fair to everybody ." managed ," says the USDA report. The team found a wi de variety of prac tices , Regan stopped short of actually attitudes and philosophies within the claiming that the graduated income community of organic farmers . Some tax wa s never intended to make the common practices , however, are to -- - MliiePeiers ' rich, who can afford it, pay more The Deily News rotate plants inc lud ing legumes and D•ylon than everyone else. But Reagan United Feature'syndicate cover plants to provide adequate budget director, David Stockman,. did nitrogen in the soil and to feed offer the novel op inion that the new administration is unable to identify livestock grain and forage and then You bought a bomb the rich and therefore unable to tax return the manure to the land . The The Pentagon budget of $180-plus them more heavily than the poor. USDA team was impressed with organic billion for next year works out to farmer s' ab ility to control we eds almost $820 per person . What did Expect more of this doubletalk. • through timely tillage and cultiva your 800 bucks buy? e tion, delayed planting, and crop --Post-Amerikan rotation . I I ��-Send me a Post-Amerikan subscription ($4.00 for 12 issues ) Post-Amerikan Send your check or money order to : P. o. Box 3452