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In our neck of the woods, substitute teachers are paid $30 to $35 a day. It will be a long time before I can pay for a car that is put together for $20 an hour.
Elizabeth Died rick Edgerton, Wis.
Energy Saving
In reference to your article "The Seven Lean Years" [Dec. 22]: Whom are you kidding? Why blame the price of oil for the energy crisis? If the U.S. Government had left the price of oil to the marketplace, it would have gone up long ago, as it has in most other countries. We Americans would have long since thought of smaller cars, insulation for homes and alternative fuel sources.
Charlotte Clay Sawyer San Diego
Those idiots who exhort us to "split wood, not atoms" have engineered the greatest potential environmental disaster in history. The fouled air, sterile waters and mountains of sludge generated by burning millions of tons of coal will be the legacy of our folly in ignoring the great promise of nuclear power.
Sean T. Mulligan Brookfield, Mass.
If the experts think coal consumption will cause "possible irreversible damage to the world's environment," what do they think nuclear waste will do? And as for a "healthy growing economy," how about healthy growing children?
Debbi Farr Van Nuys, Calif.
Joni's Friend Thank you for telling Joni Eareckson's story [Dec. 29]. Now others will know where to turn for help in their time of deep need—to Joni's best friend, her God.
Louise Prinsell Houghton, N. Y.
Vital Transplants Re "Are Some Patients Being Done In?" [Dec. 29]: I am a transplant patient and have many other transplant patients as friends. I received a successful transplant, but not until my third attempt. My friends have not all been so lucky, and some of them have died because of articles like this, which bring down the donor list by as much as 50%. You should apologize for presenting only one side of a truly life-and-death issue.
Daniel Walker Elkins Park, Pa.
Old Kinderhook An additional nickname for President Martin Van Buren can be added to the two in the sprightly Essay [Dec. 29] on what to call Mr. Reagan. Our eighth President was called "Old Kinderhook," after the New York State municipality that was his home, and "O.K." was shouted in torchlight parades in enthusiasm for him.
Hence that quintessential American affirmation, O.K.
Franklin Courtney Ellis Winnetka, Ill.