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Continued From Editorial Pace Report From Moscow since the revolution. Regardless of how one assesses Soviet lead ers' motivations, the changes they have introduced have or ganically affected the lives of people and the character of in stitutions, and they couldn't turn back the clock if they tried. Anyone who knew the Soviet Union a few years ago will agree that a "new line" or, bet ter still, a new atmosphere ex ists. But it did not suddenly spring full bloom from the paragraphs of Party Chief Nlklta 8. Khrush chev's speech or the resolutions of the 20th congress of the Communist Party last Febru ary. It belongs in the context of an uninterrupted historic se quence. The speech and the congress were memorable because they officially formulated things that had been built up by a. cumula tive Impact of changes and moves all tending in the same direction. Long before the fron tal attack on Stalin by name the Soviet leaders had rejected Stalinism in practice. For example, the work of re storing the due process of law by reinforcing the judiciary, shearing the security organs of their arbitrary extralegal ad ministrative powers, and reha bilitating persons unjustly pun ished began the day after Stal in's funeral. Reinstatement of collective leadership, as dtstin STILL KING OF THH WIDE WORLD PHOTO Chevy beats own Pikes Peak record ... and tops all rivals Last TO), Chevrolet Drone me Pikes Pttk record in a history making pre -production test including cars in every price range! Chevrolet takes first, second and four of the top six places! Beats its own stock car record by a full minute and 16 seconds ! Running against the hottest competition in the land, Chevrolet won the Pikes Peak climb. This is unquestionable proof of Chevrolet's supreme roadability ? the accuracy of Ball-Race steering, the solidity of outrigger rear springs, the traction of balanced weight distribution. 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They started off by mak ing careful studies of their re lations country by country, and though the familiar Stalin tech niques- and terminology were promptly discontinued, many months elapsed before the Kremlin came up with new pol icies and Initiated major moves on the diplomatic chessboard. It was President Eisenhower, j a Kansan and not a Missourian | like his White House predeces sor, who in the summer of 1954 asserted that the Soviets should prove their professed good in tentions by deeds, not words. Such skepticism was probab ly quite justified and even sal utary at that stage. It is none theless interesting to recall Mr. Eisenhower's qomment now In the light of what has happen ed. Without attempting to list all of the Soviet "deeds" since then, here are some of the high lights: H The US S R, officially re- ] nounced Stalin's territorial j claims on Turkey and frankly ! admitted these had served to sour Soviet-Turkish relations. f The U.S.S.R withdrew ob jections which had blocked con clusion of the Austrian Peace Treaty and thereby enabled Austria to regain its sovereign ty. H The U.S.S.R. took the initia GEM CUTTING SPECIALIZING IN LOCAL GEMS Archie M. Jellen Next to the Bank in Highlands, N. C. Free Inspection of all your Uncut Gems Mined Cowee Rubies and Sapphires Our Specialty GRAVEL FOR SALE CONCRETE and DRIVEWAY Orders of (1) One Ton and Up CRAB 3RCHARD STONE CALL 669 OR SEE VERGIL MEADOWS ?mm* im hhp? ^ > iy The power you pay for goes to the wheels . . . no lead fouling Lead fouling is a power-robber caused by lead that's used in all gasolines but one ? and that one is clear-white Amoco-Gas. Lead in a gasoline doesn't all burn. 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H At the Geneva summit con ference the Soviet leaders con curred with Western leaders that nuclear weapons tacitly ruled out war as an instrument of policy. At the 20th party congress this was further rein forced by rejection of the in evitability of war and violent revolution. H The U.SvS.R. renounced the Porkhala military base and re turned the enclave territory to j Finland. H More recently, following the 1 stalemate of the London dis armament talks, the U-SJBJL. took the initiative In announc ing a 1,200,000-man reduction of its armed forces. Besides such salient gesture^ Soviet diplomacy has been bas il y trying to improve relation* with practically every countiy of the non-Communist world. The procession of heads of gov ernment, including Scandinav ian, who have visited Moaeo* in recent months is unpreced ented in the history of Soviet relations with the non-Oom munist world. The Soviet lead ers themselves have made trips abroad, and plan more. Brady's BLARNEY By A Brady Called J. P. I I found myself in one of those once-in-a-lifetime situations a couple of weeks back. I was a beauty contest judge ! i much to my delight) for the Fourth over in Jackson County. And even though I'm nearing the age where a thing like that loses some of its inherent charm among graying hair and upper plates. I took to the Job with the enthusiasm of one 10 years my junior. Although the opportunity presented itself a little late in life, I didn't plan to let age knock the gloss off the ol' appreciative eye, which can still accurately measure a well-turned ankle to within a quarter inch and can separate the bottled blondes from the natural. Age, we must under stand, does not dim enthusiasm. It does, however, hack away at in centive with almost fiendish thoroughness. Anyway, with the wife's "look, but don't touch" advice rattling around in the back of my head, I approached the judging job with a gleam in my eyes and a spring in my step. Was I in for a surprise! In the first place, all the glamour of judging a beauty contest quickly disappeared when the other judges and I faced a bevy of 38 beauties, 20 of them ranking among the prettiest I've ever seen. Secondly, I've never worked harder at a job in my life. It took better than three hours and three separate eliminations to narrow the field and arrive at the top three girls. By that time I was so tired I would have had difficulty dis tinguishing between a well-turned ankle and a fire hydrant. Then too, we had to face those who thought the judges' decisions were "cockeyed." I heard one fellow in the crowd outside suggest to a friend that we must have "lined up the girls and thrown darts at 'cm to pick the winners." My Companions in judging were Dr. Kelly Bennett, of Bryson City, and Coach Jim Gudger, of Western Carolina College. We used a complicated < keeps the mob from lynching you > point system to weed out the field of contestants. At the outset. Dr. Bennett de cided. because he's in his 60's and is by nature a conservative, he would serve as a counter balance to our enthusiasm. However, in the first elmination. Dr. Bennett was giving double the number of points for each girl that the coach and I were hand ing out. After he had scored about a half dozen girls in this manner. Dr. Bennett smiled broadly and decided : "I guess I'm not as old and conservative as I thought." jpb A friend of this column, who prefers to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, calls attention to a situation that certainy needs correcting. Mrs. X writes : "We *ere in Franklin enjoying God's fresh mountain air and the Fourth of July parade . . . looking toward the flag as it passed I couldn't help but see across the street ... I felt I couldn't breathe and like screaming 'TAKE OFF YOUR HATS. MEN THE FLAG IS PASSING BY' . . . surely people know, or do they just forget? or are they ignoring it?" The same thnig ? disrespect to the flag ? was observed during the Centennial last year, she said. Of course. I can't give the an swer to this problem, but I be lieve the disrespect is unintention al At least I hope It Is. jpb "Uncle Bob" Davis says that "choice" is still " the word" and that 'supreme" is reserved only for special occasions. jpb And while we're on favorite expressions, how many of you can identify the man whose vocabu lary is wrapped up in. 'Footnanny, take it away'?" jpb W B. Biggers, the Wayah Valley 1 summer resident with the solar heating system (July 12 issue), turns out to be bristling with story material. His knick for mechanical things has produced not only the solar heating system (which heU be happy co show anyone), but two unusual water wheels that j are in operation most of the time i in front of his home. He made them from airplane I aluminum and they're so delicately balanced a stream of water the :size of a pencil turns them. So I far, Mr. Biggers hasn't decided to put the wheels to work. He just lets them turn. He's toying with the idea of hooking up a snail saw mill to his larger wheel on the creek. With a full load at water running in the race, it gives out better than five horsepower. A summer resident here for It years, Mr. Biggers came up m the world by operating "The Big gest Little Store in Miami. Fla ? This was a little grocery store. Although retired, he still owns the building. When he started om in the early 20's, Miami was just a small place, he says, and nothing like the modern teeming- city of to day. He reveals that he used to at tract business to his store by ton ing empty cartons and boxes into i the street to give the illusion toe , was doing a thriving business and , didn't have time to pick them up. As an advertising scheme, toe had thousands of postals printed with a poem he wrote entitled. "Beautiful Miami." Here it is: In beautiful Miami, where tkr millianaires dwell. There's a Garden of Eden far the sick and the well. The flowers bloom here all tkr year 'round; A prettier spot rouid never he found. The tourists flock here from >1 over the land To bask in the sunshine and tir on the sand. It's a wonderful place ami. tr tell you the truth. It's where Ponce de Inn found the fountain of youth. You never see ice, you never see snow ? This is the place where oranges grow. House rents are reasonable, food prices are low. You have a good time wherever you go. Down in Miami, where the oeeaa is blue, Schools of fish are waiting far you, Fishing boats will give yon a whirl. Greatest fishing gronnds in d the world. As a summer resort 'tis the brat in the land: A nice cool breeze on the beach in the sand. The temperatures of our n? mers are low. No need for a parasol, whrrtm you go. So why stay up north in tkr cold and the snow. To torture yourself at twenty below? Start for Miami at oner if yaa can ? It Is heaven on earth for rack woman and nun. The hotels are fine, the furn ishings are good. The service is excellent, sa i> their food. Work or play, you will <ta > w best. Come to Miami and have a toad rest. Homecoming Set At Scaly Church Decoration and homecoming will be observed at the Scaly Bt^ tist Church on Sunday Lunch will be served at doom and singing is planned In Um afternoon. All singers and Ik* public are invited.
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