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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - November 21, 1974, Mount Pleasant, Iowa 4 the news of. Pleasant Iowa thursday november 21, 1974 Ron Hendren a in. A was Lii no to a column of opinion and commentary slower than molasses child requires patience Solzhenitsyn should not be granted honorary c citizenship Washington last week acting on a Resolution sponsored by conservative sen Jesse Helms . And cosponsored by 42 of his colleagues the Senate voted unanimously to Grant honorary . Citizenship to exiled soviet author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Similar action is expected in the House and no White House opposition is in the wind. Thus Solzhenitsyn is about to become one of Only three persons in our nation s history to by granted this High Honor the others were the Marquis de Lafayette and Winston Churchill. It is a mistake. Sen. Helms and his colleagues Are carried away. There is no doubt that the Nobel prize Winner is a Man of enormous stature. He endured decades of imprisonment at the hands of stalinist and Post stalinist soviet governments. After his release he wrote movingly and courageously about what he saw and Felt. These writings brought him into direct confrontation with soviet officials and the threat of arrest torture and even death became a daily routine for Solzhenitsyn and his family. His writings contained such graphic detail and revealed such profound psychological la sight into Many a inhumanity to Man that he is almost universally recognized As one of the Century a literary giants. All these accolades notwithstanding granting Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn the highest Honor our country can bestow upon a foreign National is altogether inappropriate for several reasons. His beliefs. One wonders whether sen. Helms and his colleagues have read Solzhenitsyn s works. If they had they would know that he is no More in sympathy with our farm of government and Way of life than he is with his own. He is not an advocate of democracy As we know it. To be sure he is anti soviet but his comments about politics and Freedom leave Little doubt that his vision of a Well run Russia reverts Back to the czars. Solzhenitsyn feels that the United states has started Down an irrevocable decline prompted in part by too Many freedoms. His views Are not secret. He has even been criticized publicly for them by Andrei i Sakharov and Zhores a. Medvedevs two leading soviet dissidents who themselves risked their own lives to defend Solzhenitsyn a right to write the Man obviously has every right to his views just like every american citizen honorary or otherwise but the United states also has a right and responsibility to be selective about those to whom it Grants this highest Honor bestowed Only twice in our 200-year history. To be sure neither the views of the Marquis de Lafayette nor those of Churchill coincided w Ith the american mainstream the former was a monarchist and the latter an imperialist. Both men played Active perhaps irreplaceable roles in american history Lafayette brought troops ships munitions and moral support at a time with George Washington s army was not taken seriously even by Many americans. Churchill a eloquence and Brilliant stubborn leadership led England to stand alone in courageous Defiance until the rest of the world perceived the threat of Adolph Hitler a threat under which it is conceivable we might be living today were it not for this Man. The honorary citizenship we granted these two men constituted a collective Quot thank you from the american people. It was Well deserved. Not so for Solzhenitsyn. He is a Brilliant artist who opposes repression and has suffered for it americans should and would offer him political Asylum should he need and ask for it. But we should not Grant him honorary citizenship Pablo Picasso one of the great artists to live in this or any other Century spent most of his adult life in exile from the repressive dictatorship of Spain s Franco some of the West s most Brilliant scientists Are escapees from Mao a takeover of Mainland China some of these people Are in a class with Solzhenitsyn yet none has been granted honorary citizenship and rightly so. Perhaps the Senate has been moved in part to single out Solzhenitsyn because there still remains a remnant of the cold War mentality which dictated that everything anti communist is Piso Facto Good this attitude he the United states to support Semi fascist regimes in Europe and a racist regime in South Africa. Although understandable it is not a legacy which deserves resurrection. It seemed to die a natural in ath under the Tutelage of one of America s great communist haters. Richard m Nixon. The former president much to his credit sent the world an historic message when he made his Friendly trips to Russia and Mainland China America had changed its foreign policy toward communist nations. But perhaps the need to Honor Solzhenitsyn reaches even deeper into the american psyche. We need heroes. Our politicians have failed us. Our statesmen have misled us so we turn elsewhere. A recent study of 1200 freshmen at Brown University revealed that Only 23 percent have heros or heroines. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is certainly to by recommended to those without heroes. But great As he is he is not Lafayette he is not Churchill. And he should not by granted that solemn Honor we have to Kite reserved tor those two and these two alone. The original Trench coat was introduced in 1910 and called the Telocken because the wearer tied and locked it closed by Means of a strap and buckle. It became the Standard coat for British combat officers during Trench warfare in 1914 when it took on its popular name. 80% of to trouble is of to weak or bad tubes chock your radio and to tubas fro of charge on our now Quick chock taster. A soil Rol Abl tubas guaranteed for one year. Panther Rexall drugs City cab or yellow cab phone 385-4121 Vera Shafer owner Roger s Steo Mliner carpet s upholstery cleaners commercial a residential special offer for november a december free estimates Winfield ave. St5-4447 of. Pleasant h. H. Van soc and j. R. Hoyer auctioneers Complete auction service phones new London 347-2791 Houghton a 449-2314 a last one in is a Rotten its a simple childhood but when Johnny or Mary or Erie is always the a Rotten egg a the last one to dress finish eating or Reading parents May become concerned. But taunting or threatening the child or completing the activity yourself Are poor ways to Deal with a Slowpoke says Melba Christy Extension human development specialist at Iowa state University. A it s More important to examine the reasons Why a child May take so Long to accomplish a youngster May Dawdle Over the dinner plate mixing peas with potatoes eating with the finest of bites or shifting from the right to the left hand. The child still May be in the midst of the vegetables when everyone else in the family is ready and waiting for dessert. But such a a slow moving child May actually be learning by doing says is. Christy a for he or she May be experimenting with the environment trying to Complete the task in a variety of children Are process oriented says is. Christy. A they enjoy a doing touching manipulating. Experimenting daydreaming. And the younger the child the less concerned he or she will be with the final outcome of the younger children also May seem Pokey because they Are unable to Complete tasks As quickly As we would like them to. But a child s ability to perform a simple motor tasks will increase with age. A so be patient and supportive a says is. Christy. A three year old May be Able to put on shoes but not to tie them or to pull on a shirt once you be found the front. But with each new or repeated experience children will learn to do things for themselves. Of course some children May by Slowpoke just to avoid doing something which is unpleasant to them says is. Christy. Johnny May take forever to get dressed in the morning because he s apprehensive about school. But by discussing such feelings with the child parents can help ease the problem. There Are individual differences too. Most children operate on varying Levels of activity. They May be Quick to eat or to dress but Quot slower than molasses to pick up their toys and some children just take longer than others to do certain things. So if limits for waiting must be set make those limits reasonable and firm. When setting them consider the temperament of the child so As not to frustrate the youngster. Then give the child ample warning. If a task must be completed in a Given period of time a Parent could say a you have ten minutes left to play. Then Well have to put the toys but letting the child know in Advance what is expected he or she May be More willing to comply. And remember some children May become so involved in their play that they forget schedules says is. Christy. But patient reminders May help a child keep deadlines in mind. Advertising pays today in history j today is thursday nov. 21, the 325th Day of 1974. There Are 40 Days left in the year. Today a highlight in history on this Date in 1877, Thomas Edison announced that he had invented a talking machine. He called it the phonograph. On this Date in 1789, North Carolina ratified the . Constitution. In 1806, Napoleon Bonaparte issued the Berlin decrees declaring a blockade of the British Isles. In 1855, Sweden joined Britain France and Turkey in an Alliance against Russia. In 1894, the japanese captured the manchurian City of port Arthur. In 1938, the Western Border areas of Czechoslovakia were forcibly incorporated into the German Reich. In 1961, West Berlin police turned Back thousands of West Berlin University students trying to storm the communist barriers dividing Berlin. Ten years ago the verrazano Bridge across the new York Harbor Narrows was opened after being under construction for five years. Five years ago the . Senate rejected president Nixon a nomination of judge Clement Haynsworth to the supreme court. One year ago Secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned that a countermeasures Quot would have to be considered if the arabs continued the Oil embargo a unreasonably and thought for today when More and More people Are throw n out of work. Unemployment results Calvin Coolidge president of the United states 1872-1933. J 4 4 4 4 4 1949-1974 our thanks. To everyone who helped make this event possible. It has been a wonderful 25 years for us and we wish to thank each of you for your patronage and Many kindnesses. We Are most grateful. Bernice and Milton Becker shop our store Friday saturday for a big 20% discount on every item in our store excluding certain franchised items precious gifts for precious people auctions unlimited for professional f t \ Gene Glover insurance service at no very 258-4551 extra Cost Complete Gem insurance Agency auction service 200 e. 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