Tax Fracas Diverts Campaign
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Democrats can only hope that the tempest
created by Geraldine Ferraro and John Zac
caro's Income tax returns dies down quickly.
The questions which continue to arise concern
ing the Ferraro- Zaccaro finances has kept the
vice presidential candidate on the front page,
but not in a manner Waiter Mondaie can ap
preciate. J
The Mondaie campaign must spin its wheels
while Ferraro defends past financial transac
tions. On Monday, Ferraro attempted to put out
the fire by disclosing both her own and her hus
band's income tax returns for the past six
years. A newly discovered error in one retun
resulted in a payment of $53,000 in. tax and in
terest. Instead of the desired effect, it appears
that the revelation has raised more questions
than it put to rest.
As the first major national candidate of her
sex, Perraro has attracted the most intense sort
of public scrutiny early in her campaign. At a
time when she should be addressing the issues
of this campaign-defense, deficits and disarma
ment, Ferraro finds herself beset with ques
tions concerning questionable real estate tran
sactions, illegal campaign donations and her
husband's business holdings. The New York
congress worn an cannot hope to return to her
campaign agenda until all the financial ques
tions are answered.
The full effect of the tax fracas on the Mon
dale campaign won't be known until Election
Day, but with every day that the present con
troversy remains unresolved, Ronald Reagan's
reelection hopes improve.
Greater Ivy Is Great Example
Every corner of our far-flung county can
learn from the example of the good people of
the 22 communities that make up the Greater
Ivy Community Development Club.
Once again this year, the Greater Ivy com
munities will represent Madison County in the
Western North Carolina Community Develop
ment Program's beautification contest. A short
drive through Greater Ivy will convince you
that we are well represented by these in
dustrious neighbors.
Sparkling clean roadsides, handsome road
signs, flowers and attractive, personalized
mailboxes are found throughout the communi
ty. Youngsters, senior citizens and everyone in
between is involved in making Greater Ivy a
place we can all be proud of.
The success of the Greater Ivy Club in no way
diminishes the fine work being done by Com
munity Development Clubs in Marshall, Mars
Hill, Walnut, Sleepy Valley, Upper Laurel and
Brush Creek. Rather, Greater Ivy's success
stands as an example of what neighbors work
ing together can accomplish.
Rather than wait for state crews to mow
roadsides, Greater Ivy farmers put their trac
tors to work grooming the 200 miles of road in
the community. When the people of Greater Ivy
decide they need a ballfield, they get together
and build one.
Self-reliance and good neighborliness are two
qualities mountain people have long admired
The people of Greater Ivy have an abundance of
both. They're proud of their home, and it shows.
Beware Of Bogus Surveys
We wish our readers to know that The News
Record is not conducting a telephone survey of
Madison County residents at this time. In the
past several weeks, some neighboring counties
have seen persons calling residents claiming to
be conducting a survey on behalf of the local
newspaper. Persons who are contacted are then
asked a series of personal questions.
The News Record is always interested in
knowing our readers' opinions, but we do not
conduct telephone surveys in order to find out.
If at some time in the future we should conduct
a telephone survey, we will announce our inten
tions beforehand. 4
If one of these bogus survey questioners ?
should contact you, we advise you to hang up
and notify Contel officials immediately. We'd
also appreciate it if you'd let us know.
Living And Growing
By CARL MUMPOWKK.
MSW
THE ASHEVILLE
COUNSELING
CENTER
"LIKE AN EAGLE"
I've done it! After years oil
intensive research, I'v?
developed the ultimate theor>
on human behavior. Our wori'i
will never be the same. On
knowledge of man, thanks ?,
my theory, has now taken ?
quantum leap!
Aren't you impress* c'
What, you're not? You thi ifc 1
need a long rest? Are you im
plying that I may not have at
complished the feat of gen. us i
believe I have? Well, phcoey
on you. You wait and see. My
chickens and eagles theory
will go down in history.
You see, there are basically
four groups of people. Thprr
are chickens. There are
eagles. There are chickens
who think they are eagles And
UMra are eagles who think
they are chickens. There, now
you have it all. Revolutionary
Take the first group. These
folks wonder around the lot
pecking and taking whatever
the barnyard dishes out. Being
chickens, they are easily vic
timized, and don't lead the
most fulfilling of lives. They
also get a lot of chicken
manure on their feet.
We'll skip the second group
and go to the third These peo
ple are basically \ our good old
Col. Sanders-type bird. Unfor
tunately, they think they are
an eagle. Consequently, in ac
ting like an eagle, but having
the resources of a chicken,
they get the stuffing beat out
of them with some frequency.
As you might guess, your
average living, breathing, and
anxious to live type eagle food,
like the snake for example, is
not terribly impressed by a
chicken. They react accor
dingly.
Our fourth group is compris
ed of eagles who are confused.
They think they should be
chickens, so they act like
chickens. They find comfort in
being part of the group, and
don't at least in the beginning.
mind the chicken manure they
get all over their feet. As you
might suspect, however, the
chickens are a little bit taken
aback by an eagle in their
midst. They, too, react accor
dingly.
Well, now we get to the last
group, the eagle, which is the
rarest of the bunch. This per
son believes in doing his own
thing, reaching high, and
striving for uniqueness. He
ooesn't flock, and he seldom
gets chicken manure on his
feet. Neither mean nor
vicious, he is a dynamic and
moving force wherever he
goes. There are, by the way,
as many girl eagles as their
are boy eagles. They both
have the same traits. In short,
the eagle lives a life of self
directed purpose. He doesn't
find solace in being part of a
pecking order. He prefers bar
ing the consequences of his
own behavior vs. being the
victim of someone elses.
There, now you have it. The
chicken-eagle theory will be
famous in no time. But, now
comes the magical question.
How clean are your feet?
The News Record
Robert T Koenig
Chefjrf W. Koenig
C. Parker
I. "Pop" Story
Godwin
B Shupe
Editor
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Columnists
I'm going to conduct a voluntary poll in this
column, just for fun, to get some idea on bow
the readers of this column feel about the
Presidential election in November. If you are
interested enough to reply, simply get a postal
card (or letter) and write on it your preference,
either Reagan-Bush or Mondale-Ferraro, and
mail the card to Heard and Seen, P. O. Box 307,
Marshall, N.C. 28753.
I'm not going to publish the sender's name or
address, but only publish the number of replies
I receive and which presidential candidates
they prefer. You may or may not sign the cards.
You may also write your preference for U. S.
Senator, Jesse Helms or Jim Hunt.
Your response will be appreciated.
FOOTBALL SEASON NEAR
The 1964 football season will begin for the
Madison High School Patriots on Friday night,
August 31, when they host the Edneyville
Yellow Jackets at the Oren E. Roberts stadium
here.
Here's hoping that the Patriots will have a
successful season.
CONGRATULATIONS, CHARLES
Charles Huey of Asheville has accepted a full
time position as Director of Music and Organist
at the First United Methodist Church in
Henderson ville. He will assume his duties an
Sept. 1. Charles has been Director of Music and
Organist at Grace United Methodist Church in
Asheville for three years. In announcing las
resignation, a Grace church official stated:
"Our sadness at Grace can only be matched
with gladness by those in Henderson ville."
Charles, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Huey of ?
Marshall, was organist at the First Baptist
Church of Marshall, prior to going to Grace
United Methodist Church. I
PONDER-RAMSEY REUNION
The annual Ponder-Ramsey family reunion
was observed at Zenina Lake last Sunday after
noon with a large number of relatives and
friends attending. The bountiful picnic dinner
was catered which featured barbecue and all
kinds of other "goodies." I wish to thank Harold
Bailey, Roger Murray and friends for doing a
fine job of "pinch-hitting" in preparing the
meal and "honoring" me with the first plate.
Know Comment
Some words we use every
day are extremely difficult to
define. Let us consider the
word "give." What does the
word mean? In everyday ex
pression, do we always use it
properly?
One evening a few years
ago, we visited a couple of our
close friends and had dinner
with them in their home. After
the delicious meal, as we sat
in the living room, our host
asked what size shoe I wear.
Hearing my reply, he sug
gested that he might have a
pair of nice dress boots I could
use. He left the room and very
quickly returned with a
beautiful pair of boots of a
well-known, expensive brand.
"These are very nice
shoes," be said, "but I can't
wear them. They are too large
for me, and I'll give them to
you if you can use them. There
is no use in their lying around
here if I can't wear them."
I agreed; and, trying the
boots on, said, "Oh yes, I can
wear them and I deeply ap
predate them. Thank you so
much!"
Another friend of many
years once said, "Joe, after
Mr. Burman died, his wife
brought a lot of his things over
here for me. Most of it I can
use to good advantage ? and I
will. However, there was a
new pair of expensive, fur
lined winter boots in with the
other things; and I can't wear
them. They are too small. I
wish I could wear them
because they are especially
nice boots. Try them on; and if
they fit, I'll give them to you."
I did, they did, and he did!
Thanking him appropriately
and sincerely, I brought the
boots home. I have worn them
during every snow for the last
four years, and they are still
good!
Each of these close friends
believes that he has given me
a pair of footwear. And I ap
preciate them as much as if
they had, but I am not entirely
sure that they did.
What both men needed, was
somebody to help them get rid
of what they coufcl not use ?
regardless of how firmly they
wished they could use the
boots.
Since they could have gotten
this help from any number of
other men ? and yet chose me
? filled me with gratitude!
My question: Did they real
ly give me something? or, did
they merely choose me from
among various optional
means of disposing of that
which was of no value to
them?
When Mrs. Brown gathers a
whole lot of things to take to
the Salvation Army or to the
clothes closet of the local
church, is she really giving
anything?
Well, naturally, she does not
charge for these used-but-still
usable items. They could be
considered a gift. But is not
Mrs. Brown just as surely us
ing these agencies to help her
unload these items that ac
cumulate and threaten to
crowd her out of house and
home?
When I buy Paul Wino ?
meal because he tells me he is
hungry, am I giving him a
meal? Maybe. He will never
pay me back ? nor do I expect
him to. Maybe not; because I
think he is contemptible. He
ought to sober up and earn his
own way!
But I feel sorry for Mr. Wino
and buy him a good hot meal
? to make me feel better! Is
that what we mean by giving?
What do we call it If I have
something which 1 cheris and
transfer it to you with no
thought of ever getting
anything in return ? just
because I love you?
This may be nothing more
than a $2.00 bill I have had for
50 years.
Or, it could be as significant
as the life of Jesus Christ
which He gave for you and me
? just because He loved us!
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Family Committments Cut Womens ' Earning Power
By BECCI M. BREINING
If you've heard it once
you've heard it a thousand
times: Working women in the
U.S. earn only about 60 per
cent of what men earn. Yet,
contrary to what many
feminists believe, this
'economic gender gap" can
not be blamed simply on sex
discrimination by employers.
A study published by the Na
tional Center for Policy
Analysis found that a major
reason wily women earn less
thaa?men is because they
mart} and make choices
within the framework of mar
The decision to have
to stay at home, to
mm to ac
in the labor market.
Women spend only about
half as many years as men
working for the same
employer.
When an employee quits a
job, the employer must bear
the cost of finding and training
a replacement. Workers who
are more likely to leave their
jobs are less valuable to their
employers than other
workers.
Statistics on how many new
mothers leave their corporate
employers are sketchy.
However, one survey con
ducted by the pro-women's
organization Catalyst found
that ?f 111 two-career
families, V percent of the
professor Myra Storber polled
190 men and IS women shortly
before graduation from the
Stanford Business School in
1974. She found that the
women had much lower ex
pectations about their peak
earnings. The top salary the
women expected during their
careers was only 60 percent of
the men's. Could the economic
gender gap simply be a matter
of a self-fulfilled prophecy?
Even some female ex
ecutives believe that women
handicap their careers by
their own expectations, and by
choosing staff jobs over high
risk, high-reward executive
?
who had never married, the
average earnings of women
were ? percent of men's.
The importance of all these
numbers lies as much in what
they do not say as in what they
do. They are not intended to
give marriage a bad rap.
What they do teU us is that
women should look to their
own decision making if tbey
want to be competitive with
men.
To remedy what they insist
is discrimination, some
feminists are calling for a
policy of "comparable
norance. There u no such i
thing as an objective scale of i
economic value. So-called |
"just wages" are a product of |
skewed thinking and have no |
meaning whatsoever in .
modern economic theory.
Any attempt to determine
wages outside of the
marketplace would be ar
bitrary and unfair, and would
create a whole new set of in
justices. The comparable
worth doctrine is un
necessary. If some women
feel (hey are in a field which
pays them less t
are worth, they can do what
men have always done; movr
into those fields when
1st
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traditional jobs, comprising
the bulk of bank tellers, school
teachers, nurses and
librarians. Nevertheless, the
{ains women have made are
substantial.
The number of women earn
ing $25,000 or more has in
creased 2,000 percent since
1980. Women are starting tbeir
own businesses at five to
seven times the rate of men.
According to the New York
Stock Exchange, the typical
investor in stocks over the last
two years has been a married,
working, college-educated
woman
Although moot -