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#?4ri& . / LETTERS To THB _ EDlTpgl * #££ iw « cracked cup Expense of planning ,.. rtncf of not planning Essex County hos oppropricted arv ; other SV mittion tf^r sprroihng Medi- caid costs, fvr. Vbhkh the countv must .floot a loon for $350,000 • Yet, -.qfthough the county supe-vi- sors rncnoged\ to come \jp vwth the pnoney\ for trve expensive* Med»ca»d, thev have .bickered for'mirths m t u e 'relatively smalt cost o* h»nrvg o resi- dent countv planner, as it wqs Sug- gested by the picnnmg boord that thev do - •; The fedenol-govemnn.ent has estimc ted $25,000; wou*d be needed for the f rst year of such a planning opera- tion and the plann<ng board has in- dicated it .15 possible t? get started '&& only SI0,000 V • \ ' . *• T'^e courtv budget contains $1Q,-' 000 for .th.s purpose, vet the board's- planning committee leans on-the ques- tion, \Where's the mane* \.coming from 5 \ and has brought bock o r no recommendation^ ' report to the f Ji board of supervisors . \ : \ .Despite the reluctance of the'board to take the plunge 4ni-> establishing long-range plohning f~>r the countv. several cf the tndWtc'ual'tbwns-are set-' tifsg up p'anntng bocrds and consider- ing hiring their o*n planners. light Side By GENE BROWV In defining what w the pur- pose of Harpers Magazine in the current issue, the, editor -says that the magazine carries on a running appraisal of Ameri- can life and institutions . it be- lieves ihat MEN IN POWER NEED WATCHING - not be- cause they are any more wicked than thr rest of us but because mfcat they do affects all of BS l>rhine the other day, I stof^ ped to admo* a f*id • voon* foals, «to were pnmdlv fnsk- fc* by their mothers * sides I remarked la toe mare that she seemed arasaaSy proud About her feaL She replied wfcfc a tatakle: sat fcMl mat a JOB* \The same supervisory that %,t on •these t^w.n boards '-make up\the^5oard of supervisors It «s illogical th^t thev cpufd -fa\.r>r planning at a t^wh bocd rreet ng vet opfx^se^planning * hen it corses t? tne countv-wide boa r d 6* %u : . pervisory: . . . v The mijljohs eaten* OD-by .Med'CO'd • fn the coming years w-H not have the .economic impact upon the countv the smc\ Cost of a plpnn.ng • progrQ'rr . Coutd e^ect .\'_..• .\;• .Tj-,e be.nef«c»aries .cf Mec»CG*d\ o^ ,.cn!y a porton of the entire society of .the coun^., but plonrung, hv its Very nature is a be^efifto the entVre popu- . lat Sri.'- ; .* * *..'••• •'•\\.. .'**\ V'^he Committee ' ir-r €r^rrvr : c Ot>- port.^nitv Wont*, jobs to hetp lo-w-in- ; c>me. families .P'.annmg is the only •^av tr» create jobs adequate for t^e 'needs of t-e countv.. The rhonev argrrtent PS \Unsound A*ter the f;rst year v federal\ aid pro- '. gram* v>^uid provide a .^ubstartiaf - C^noun> o.f the cost of impfement«ng a planning program .U seems the supervisors a re chasing \o ghost +'nen thev argue \planning is \ foo 'e»penstve \ It loots from here as if on the contrary, it \$ tack, of plan- r ng that is too expensive. SR»N AND BFAR If BY L1CHTY Wltat became of those tables Mountain Club constructed TO THE EDITOR; I wkh to spesk for the members of _the Algonquin Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) to express thanks and appredatioo to the many people of the Pittsburgh area who alerted to the cause when they heard that we were in trouble with our 100 picnic tables which we had built for the Municipal Beach. When we were advised that we should immediately remove the tables, the task of doing ao and of selling them seemed to be so unsurmountable that my decision was to give them to the beach and be done with it. At my lowest moment, while in the act of attempting to reach the beach manager, I received a phone call from Phil Gordon. He had heard of our plight and he wanted to help. Phil immediately ordered sir of the tables and vowed that he ^ would get on the phone and call everyone he knew until he had sold them all for us—and that is exactly what he did! What a friend we have; no words can describe our feelings. There are about 25 more people who still want tables —but the tables are all gone and 1 am sorry that we cannot fill your orders. Thank yoq§/or trying to help. When the ADK members heard of our problem of trans- portation, as usuaU they immediately turned out with trucks and manpower and they worked into the early hours of the morning. The area was cleared b<* Thursday night, thanks to the fine support and devotion of the members. Our deep appreciation is also extended to-WPTZ. WIRY. WEAV, and to the Press-Republican for publicity; to John Beauvais, former Park and Beach Commission chairman, for his supreme effort to straighten things-^ut; to Richard Trom- bley, b<\ich manager, for his advice: tot those who bought the tables on such short notice, and to the many unknown friends who helped. So many people have asked me \what happened*** - We don*t know for sure It wasn't Jnck Beauvais* fault He did what he could, fv mewhere there was a .misunderstanding All we know is that our 50 tables last year were appre- ciated and the 1%7 budget allowed for 100 more. We were told to so ahead a* formal orders would be forthcoming and atfo- fnauc. Some 40 members worked for two weeks and completed and delivered the 100 tables. The authorizayon never mater- ialized and Maurice Hill was given the bid We are concerned—concerned because his bid is so low that it appears lhat he crmnot even make expenses. A group •of-ADK members has conferred with Mr Hill and we are helping him both with suggestions and ••know-how.** drawing upon f>ur experience of having built over 1 200 tables. Mr Hill has shown us the city drnwin^ and, sperifira- ti*»ns Tliese are so full of errors and omissions that* if Mr. fiiil follows them it will be impossible to produce a satisfactory table We are coneeqped because we don't wan* to see Mr Hill caught in a situation that will end in a similar fashion as It did with ADK - The ADK picnic table, project will NOT e n d in failure even trunnrh the tables had to be «old far b-*!ow th^ir origin*! value The price had to be less as the tables had boen out m the v*eat)ier jcincc M*y 13 without sealer-preservative and .stain, the net loss was about $400 plus the extra effort .However, because of the other tahles the ADK produced this season, wr are reaching the goal of the project, which is y .tfwucre<-ung °f a memorial lean-to on Johns Brook for the use * o? the \camping public m the memory of a great outdoorsman. John Piatt M\ers # .f»r many years a leading citizen.of Ptotts- * bur^h. one of the fcHind?rs of the Adirondack •Mountain Club and. ironically enough, the fuunder of the* Plattsburgh'Muni- cipal Beach. AG PITTMAR. DOS Picruc Tab> Pr ject chairman \AJronquin Chnpt^r of ADK College appears to snitch off-campus stilllent policies •• • ' .TO THE EDITOR- Tre recent editorial, \Landlords CaiT Curh Vnruly/Students.** co\ered current und^irrbV rondKions for landlords very well. However, overlooked was the fact that, neighbors of landlord< are, also exposed to *he>e conditions. •.For 15 years.-some of us have b^en thus mo!es*ed A recent interview renorted Willard C Flynt, PSt'C dean of students, as confirming that \the college does not take re- sponsibility for the behavior of students While they are living off cainpu^\' . It is uitenesting to refer to Dean Flynfs Memorandum of December, 1957. -addressed to the residents of Wells C^urt •<now 1J7 Court St.^ which reads in part, as follows: *^One of our responsibilities an citizens in any community is to live as pord neighbors, resp^ctins 'always the rights and feelings of otners.-Students who fail to observe acceptable standard^ of conduct, expected of good citizens and neighbors, will be sub- ject to severe disciplinary action.'* • Obviously, there was copege responsibility assumed then and just as obviously, there is a decided switch hi policy now. In the same referenced interview. Dran Flynt is alleged to have stated #, ihe college intends to continue Riving students a choice of livtn* on or off camptis because some students prefer the different mode of liiins off-campus.\ This statement abo presents quite a switch in policy, as witness the statement of the cr>Ue^e president in a ietter to the writer in March 1957: *i ful!y tmdggta^d your interest in seeing out-of-town male students boosed in a permanent colie^e facility and I assure you that I have the same am- bition *\ Ten yeani have passed since the^e nohJe and progressive ideas were expressed bv respecied auth^n^ies Ca-! n be that the criteria for cotmxvm decency fai off<ampus student be- havior ha« iJeteriarated to such an extent m that time, as to cause the coflepe administration to abandon its former pol- icies and arrbfions and to darlaim respoosibility? Or is ft perhaps siropfr a case where the administration would \Rather Switch than FighT? . JAMES A TRAYNOK jaowtst J Meanwhile, back at ifie pV corrals WASHINGTON - Because of all the UN. activity on televi- sion, a lot of us have been de- prived of our favorite westerns. The only thing for us to do is make up our own western out of what has been happening In the Middle East and at the Uni- ted Nations. Fellow by the name of Jake owns a small piece of land where he's trying to farm and raise cattle Trouhle is, Jakes ranch is surrounded by a bunch of • unfriendly landowners, who keep sneaking on the property and sabotaging the wells and poisoning the horses. These landowners are egged on by a large rancher named Red Boris who figures the more trouhle he can cause among the small ranchers, the more em- barrassing it will be for his arch rival Big Sam who owns a large piece of land down the way. One day. at Red Boris* urging, a neighbor of Jake's named Abdullah cuts off Jake's water When Jake raises cain about this, Abdullah just latfghs and tells Jake if he tries to turn on the water it-will mean war. Jake goes to see Big Sam whoY supposed to guarantee Jake's water rights. Jake tells Sam he s going to have to fight Abdullah if he doesn't get his water back. . Sam says that's no way te By ART BUCHWALD * solve the problem. The way to solve it is to call a meeting of the Cattlemen's Association and work It out there. Sam calls a meeting, and all the cattlemen show up. But no one seems too upset about Jake's water rights. Red Boris says Jakes just using the water shortage to attack all the ranch- ers m the area, Abdullah says Jake has no right to own a ranch in the area, and the other ranchers say Jake's been a troublemaker since he moved in Big Sam says he's sympathe- tic to Jake's problem and tries to get other members of the Cattlemen's Association to sup- port Jake. But none of them shows mucn interest, and they all point out .there's no sense going to war t>ver Jake's water rights Jake listens to the discussions and Jigurgg by the time he gets any water all his cattle will be dead So one night he attacks Abdullah's ranch with a hand- ful of cowboys. Abdullah's henchmen run for the hills, and Jakes men -take back their water rights In the meantime, Jakes other neighbors attack, and Jake, in true western fash- _ion. clobbers them. Pretty soon Jake finds himself holding land all around him that once belong- ed to his neighbors. Red Boris, who wasn't much * Summer is a Spanish girl in hi^h h£els. It's a cool table un- der a hot awning It's a boat on a highway, a gold coin blaz- in£ m a tent of blue. .It's a child whimpering with salve on her back, -hornets under 'the eaves/ an ant traversing a whole ; flagstone. It's a stout •horse with his head down on a. farm; it's corn at .attention lemonade at .1 cents a-glass, an air conditioner losing its breath. ••It's an oven of tenements; a . fire hydrant spitting in a street, diamonds on a policeman's fore- head. Summer inflicts a harsh love, ft nails the sun still, hush*- es a breeze, stops the bronze leaves_of a red beech from flip- ping heads and tails. It bakes fields and blinds scarecrows Hawks sit high in the elms and oaks, in mourning before thev km: •••. Summer is many things. It's a fat woman on a rocker with a slow* fan. Its foam running down the side of a cold glass .Its a bikini, and also a big picture hat. It's a silk suit and a girdle left in a bureau drawer. Its a boy with a big bat, a mighty swing, with pants falling down Summer is a commuter tram with the windows open: cool well water with a taste of Iron •It's sandals and blinding sand It's a trout deep in a dark cool swirl of water. It's a man lean- ing on a lawn mower, a rose of delnrate pink leaning on a fence, a road with a shimmering mi- r2ge Summer is a green moun- tain lifting padded shoulders to the sky. It's a mosquito on the wrong side of a screen, the smell <rf citronella. the hum of All the things summer is By JIM BISHOP a fan. The warm senson Is a chip- munk, froren in fright, a snake' on a hot rock, the pendulum swine of eyeballs at a tennis, match, a head flying out of a sand trap before the ball doe< It's a new hair-do. sunstreaked hair, a filmy dress, a dog lap- ping a pan of water. ; At night, it is hyacinth on a light breeze yellow headlights on a river of fire, a canoe pad- dle dipping into a lake. It's a long finger of perfume stretch- ine from behind a small ear to a large nose It's the barber- shop quartet of frogs, an argu- ment next door, the metronome of a sprinkler. It is also the fretful \whimper of a baby in a cnb. swollen feet -and cold cuts and potato salad for dinner v It's a wild sports shirt, a deep tan, and a dark cool tavern Jt is sun glasses and shorts and a box of geraniums outside a win- dow. It's the brief hiss of bottle tops, the slam of a screen door, a cabin cruiser cooling its nose in a bow wave It is fireflies and cannon crackers', and a father watching the summer shows in an undershirt Summer is the thckle of per- spiration It's -a late lingering sunset, a steaming radiator on a highway, a hot-dog stand It is tender feet on a hot beach, a white sailboat against two shad- es of blue, a silent flash follow- ed by the crack of thunder It is soft macadam, a waiting line at a pizzeria, a blast of cool a;r from the lobby of a movie It's a art ioe. m hammock under trees, a man on a couch snoring through a newspaper It is a boy running off a diving Insitle WashinsLlon help to Abdullah, demands an emergency meeting of the Cattlemen's Association and de- mands that Jake be branded a horse thief, a cattle rustler and a dirty varmint, Abdullah, wh# lost at! the horses and ,guna Boris gave him, charges that Big Sam was the one who really attacked him. and Abdullah's pals alt demand that Jake pull out from their landimmediately. Jake says he's tired of being pushed around and before he pulls out he wants some gua- rantees that Abdullah and his pals wont attack him again. He points ' out that when his water was cut off the Cattle- men's Association didn't lift a finger to help him. Big Sam is caught in the mid- dle. He says Jake has to give up the land he took, but Abdul- lah has to recognize Jake's rights to his land as well a« his water This, Abdullah says, he'll never do So Jake stays the hell with It then He'll just sit there. What everyone is worried about is that Red Boris and Big Sam may get into a real gun fight over the situation and wipe the whole valley out So even - one says the Cattle- men's Association has to settle the matter to everyone's satis- faction. But if you've seen any cowboy pictures before, you know this is damn well Lmpe*- sible. board holding his nose, a f^ -male face; down on a strand of sand, a tinny record p-ayer shouting rock n* roH Summer . is a silver plane flashing a sun- ny signal in a sky; a r!oud of vanilla ice\ cream over a hill, a •blue jay hijacking a lark Summer is a^brook that whisp- ers, green tomatoes on a wm- dowsiit. r.iNpberfv ice cube*. V lazy lift of lethargy.i-mw* stand- ing under trer* It is. a small parade of patriotic veteran* a ladv hue (^. the i^ar^polirv* of a small leaf, a field of trembl- ing wild flowers. ^Tt'S » *crt**o railwav. a carousel pumping Blue Danube.' a\ locked class- room. . lfs an ice .pop. an evening -band concert,^ walk for ?v\o. ..It's faraway stars winking h!u*\ a <liceof orange moon, a cra^h' of jrreen'waves against rock<-. Its a spreading bin of ink in a pale sky, a. heavy .shower, an arched rainbow Summer is f'oM sh^ts on a hot night, a foot hanging over the side of the b^d a sharp hit lo right. It's a frosty Tom Collins', broiled blue fNh a doctor pre- scribing for poison ivy IVs a sunsuit. seeping mascara, a. spray pari.. Summer is — ah. so many, mauy things It's a spinning reel, a bamboo rake, a bottle of milk sweating *n a sunny stoop It's crowded buses, wrinkled suits, a busy signal In a way, summer is a> harsh as winter. They envy the gentle sisters — Spring and Autumn Summer ts also a vacation, a trip in a car. the right map ar»d the wrong road It is a time of heat, but also a time for young love a season of sun... Friendship deep as Suez Canal - % B0BEXT S. ALLF2I PAUL9O0TT ALUM Prefts-Republirao Sctjrdov. A*v B. 1967 _ Th« Rcpub^on 1811; T*» Press 18?*; 7>« Press-ffepubli The old davs UTASHINGTCW — Egypt's Vodong of the Suez Canal k pxnt to prow* a costly Mow to 'Iwiia — a ftracsf supporter of Be was irery emphatic m-heat. thry wffl have to pay4^ that the C. S pwerrmem additional sJnppm* corts tn get strorgly disapproved of Info's it We «bdn t bJork the Suez mcaDed for meddlxrur in the Their fnend Nasser did/* The V S bat I-Kfcar bave te hear tKtified fte that E vf!i had determzaNl Tfcjft a« Nasser was responsawe for fe^clnnc Soez. ft was wp te Indba is pay Sure fee Arab's crmtims 8e-~ feat Ra* laid Ifae kfidafccn. Rsza has restored abac* half •*r atr getreorh — aspnui- **** cvnhat p£asv* E^ypfc ha* recesssd «T tfw tori?.
