J »■; Pa^« 2 KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday, July 7, 1966 CstobUahed 1889 The Kings Mdiuitain Hetaid A wschlv devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for tne eniightf'nnic.t, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain And its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C, 2S086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher Gary Stewart Sports Editor Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Miss Lynda Hardin Clerk pobby Bolin MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Dave Weathers Paul Jackson Allen Myers Dave Weathers. Jr. SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE — BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR .. $3:50 SIX MONTHS .. $2.00 THREfe'MONTHS .. $1.25 PLUS NORTH CARCOJNA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE The Lord also icUl be a refuge to the oppressed, a refuge in time of trouble^ Psalm 9:9, City Employee Pay Time was when city employees were among the lowest paid citizens. B. D. Ratterree remembers his work as city clerk, treasurer, tax col lector and even tax lister for the muni- cifent sum of $50 per month. The late H. L. Burdette, who served longest as Kings Mountain city man ager, was paid $300 per month, Succe^ sors to what compared to the same job (it being found Kings Mountain had never legally adopted the manager sys tem) were paid considerably more. With improving city finances, there has been a gradual trend toward im proving the financial lot of all employ ees, whether they be unskilled w’ork- man, electrical lineman, or department superintendent. j This is as it should be, for the Good Book says that prosperity should be shared. . . _ The Moss Administration, in its ac tion of last week, has granted larger pay increases to all employees than any previous administration. The 1966-67 budget, adopted tenta tively Tuesday night, shows the city can afford the increases, which will be repaid by less personnel turnover and thereby by increased efficiency of op eration. ^ ^ , The Shelby Daily Star commented earlier this week that the commission ers made one glaring omission: they failed to increase the stipend of the Mayor, chief administrative officer, who hasn’t been acquainted with the five- day week, nor eight-hour day since he was sworn as Mayor, and won’t. Raises of $1040 per year were the order of the day for department chiefs. The mayoral stipend is $5400 per year, plus $^ for expense in operating his personal car, a figure which will not cover the depreciation, much less the cost of operation. This is an omission which should be corrected when the commission con siders the budget for final adoption late this month. War Escalation Much to-do was caused by the air raids on the North Vietnamese oil dumps. The action turned on peace-at-any- price, peace - for - peace’s - sake demon strations here and abroad. However, the demonstrators repre sent a minority of Fi'ee World thinking, however loudly vocal. Better assessment of the situation in this nation was the collective think ing of the nation’s 50 governors. Most endorsed, regardless of political faith, though several Republican governors, perhaps properly, asked, “Why not months ago?” Barry Goldwater, the GOP stand-, ard bearer in 1964, addressed some demonstrators in front of his Arizona residence, telling them he could not ac cept their contentions and stands four square behind the policies of the John son administration. A shooting war is a shooting war, and the participants are not using pop guns. It is elemental military science that, if the enemy has a gun, his antagonist seeks to disarm him. In modern warfare, oil is equally important as the gun. An enemy’s lack of it prevents or slows his locomotion. The late General Douglas Mac- Arthur’s famous dictum was, “There is no substitute for victory.” It is even more true when dealing with peoples who have no respect for life itself. Good Service George W. Mauney retired as a member of the board of directors of Kings Mountain Hospital, Inc., last week, after ten years of service. During the nine years he held the important position of president and thereby chairman of the executive com mittee. Some years ago, the Wall Street Journal, in its customary “in depth” re porting, detailed the financial trials and tribulations of the nation’s hospitals. A large New York institution of 800 beds was blessed with a most outstanding board of directors, which included presidents of some of the nation’s larg est and most successful corporations. But the hospital was ^ntinuaHy writ ing its ledgers in deficit red. Kings Mountain Hospital has con sistently used only profit black, or at least break-even black, in most years of its 15-year operation, a tribute to its management, its trustees and directors, the medical and hospital staffs. As an integral part of the hospital’s administration during two-thirds of its existence, George W. Mauney deserves commendation for both his willingness to serve and for his able service. Meantime, congratulations and best wishes go to George H. Mauney, newly- elMtdd president, and to William Law rence JPlonk, who joins the board for a five-year term. MARTIN'S MEDICINE ingradUmtt: WC* aeut toiaiom, hrnntr, «inI commmU DireoHontj Taka waakli/, poatHbla, but avoid Cowbell Bt martin HARMON Dudley Hughes, a twostripe enlisted man in the Shelby navdl reserve unit, has returned from' a two-week tour of active duty this first) at Great Lakes Naval Training station near Chicag.x m-ai Prior to his departirre he nat urally questioned veterans of the unit as to what he might ex pect Tlie answers ranged from “you’ll ha\e a good time’’ to “it won’t tee so bad”. It wasn’t bad at all until his plane sat down at O’Hare Air port, which Dudley says mi>t9t cover as ..T.uch area as Gastonia. J In the dim distance could be sp.>ttcd the navy bus, already arrived to transport the navy men to Great Lakes. Baggage claimed, the men started bus- ward. “It must have been four miles,” Dudic}' says. Somehow the Great Lakes operators failed to recognize the advanced status of the reservists, labeling them recruits (boots) and treating them accordingly. “We marched everywhere we went, to eat, to work, to every where. We stx>od in line to eat, to get into the lounge, to smoke, to the head. When we finally got there, it was ‘hurry up, get through, let somebody else in," ///ccaA/n' . The navy tradition of cleanli ness still applies. The recruits washed their clothes nightly, but at 3:30 a.m. reveille (lights didn’t bum until 4:30) the night’s wash was still damp. Change of dress wouldn’t work, for clothes left on the lines or in lockers were confiscated by the officer of the day, a sure ticket lor ex tra duty of the worse sort. Viewpoints of Other Editors GOOD ADVICE Half a decade ago Pres. Pusey of Harvard issued’ ai warning to American universities against becoming dverdependent upon Federal subsisidies. That pfac- ■tice, he pointed, out, might well jeopardize their essential intel lectual independence as centers of education and lesuriing. FRENCH COWBOYS DERBIES Several of Dudley’s entourage went to sick bay with food poi soning. For the days in sick bay, these stayed that much longer. Duke power Company gave Shelby a flat luMWiorwh on Shelby’s proposal to l^y its ftlWWir (Jistributlon lines in an the Qf taklni gift le in: iflent want annexed to the itage of the power car- General, Assembly Governor Dan Moore. Horton says Duke had the “gall” g thehLconference, • the “REA bill”, to REA officials ey were shaft- iS^t-gelling efties. Fullerton. Medicare Here Columbia Broadcasting System television news featured recently the decision of a* Fullerton, California, hos pital to decline application for approval as a “medicare” hospital. On last Thursday, eve of effective date of the federal hospital insurance system for persons 65 and older, ambu lances were rolling to the Fullerton hos pital door to remove eligible patients to other hospitals. In contrast. Kings Mountain hos pital numbered 16 patients last Thurs day who, on the morrow, would become eligible for medicare benefits. Next day, they were still receiving treatment at the same place. The administrator of the Fullerton hospital acknowledged his own and Ful lerton's upper - middle - class conserva tism, as well as the hospital’s medical staH. It ivas"back-in^948-that then-Presi- dent Harry Truman advanced a propo sal for national health insurance for the aged. The American Medical Associa tion, the health - hospital insurance writing companies, and many individ ual citizens waged a valiant but losing battle. The loss makes it appear these war riors, if right in principle, were certain ly wrong on strategy and tactics. The federal Kerr-Mills legislation sought to keep free-care of patients on a welfare basis. Even today all states have not done their share of implement ing Kerr-Mills. North Carolina was sufficiently slow in implementing. Finally, the insurance companies moved to provide coverage at payable rates fot senior citizens. It was too late, as enactment of medicare proved. At least the South, which kept fighting the civil war long after firing had ceased, is not alone. Fullerton, California, does not rec ognize the facts of life. V The more prudent, once the issue is settled, accepts and bends their ener- gie^to^wi Dfofitahle pursuits. Pres^ James A. Perkins of Cor nell (recently) enlarged upon that cautionary advice. Speaking before a commencement audience at (Columbia, h^ urged our higher institutions of Iwurning to exer cise great care lest involvements abroad in the fields of American Dudley was lucky. He merely j foreign policy bring them em- caught a cold, still labors under . ^arrassmenL He cited the trou- it, and declares his $20 net pay . for the two iweks has cost him “e preapiUted for Michigan $60 in bills. medicine and medical m-oi He returns soon for two weeks aboard ship. His SheJ.y unit mates assure him, “Oh, you’ll enjoy that!” No wonder he views I them with juandiced eye. m-m Wilton Garrison, the Observer sports columnist, had a story on Jess Neely and Frank Howard recently and their passage through Kings Mountain. En route Durheim^ Neely, then Clem- son head football coach, was heavy-footed on the accelerator. Assistant Coach Howard warned him to drop speed, as they ap proached Kings Mountain. ■They’ll get you in this ioWn,” Frank warned. ‘T know they got me.” Neely psiid no- attention, and within a half-mile the siren blew. “You’re driving too fast,” the officer said. “It’s dangerous. You’ll kill yourself and somebody else, boo.” Neely protested and turned to Frank for corrobora tion. State University - because of its tieup wit hthe CIA in Viet Nam. The foresight of presidents Pusey and Peritins is warranttd. Other college administrations would do well to heed it. r/ie Boston Olobe From sophisticated French- j We do our best to keep our imen, America has frequently re- readers up to date—particularly ceived scorn as being nothing but | on the most earth-shaking issues a land of cowboys and illiterate i of our time. Perhaps hose who Indians swaggering across the take the time to read this page West. It comes as a shock, there- remember our having called at- fore to learn that cowboy lore 1 tention recently to an outraged is the latest fad in France. | pair of British businessmen who wrote angrily to the Manchester so THIS IS NEW YOBK By NORTH CALLAHAN James Reston told me that he has hope for this world. That he is even optimistic about the future of our young people. So when the irran who is regarded by many as the top Jiewspaper | w'riter in the country takes such I a bright view, it is enough to h make even another newsman f perk up and try on a smile. And - “Scotty” Reston, as he is known ■ ■ to friends, should know pretty .• well what he is talking about. - He summed up his remarks with . ; this statement: “I think it is a'"' wonderful, glorious time, but then all journalists are a little crazy and romantic.” Of course everyone is not so successful us Scotty; but then even the more i successful ones are not usually very optLmistic. Thank you, Mr. ^ Reston! 3^ ' This famous, hard - hitting! jioumalist got his nickname from his birthplace in the Highlands of Scotland, from whence many a noted personage has derived. But he came to the United States| at such an early age that he doesi no even retain his Scotch burr in| speech or looks. He has joined ^ that great conglomeration of hu ' mans known in a loosely general way as Americans. Like West brook Peglar and Paul Galileo, Scotty was first a sports w'riter, evidently a good background for* i becoming a more serious scribe ^ later on. He is an avid baseball fcui and gets inr.ore enjoyment out of that spoi't than many of the national and . international squabbles he comes in contact with in his exciting work. Scotty has won many prizes' and has ■been awarded several honorary degrees by institutions of higher learning. One thing for w'hich Reston is | respected by virtually all who read his articles, is his detached viewpoint which seems to *be as) fair as he can make it. In read ing his material, one gets thol According to the Wall Street ^bout the un- Sfiing that here Journal Frenchmen have been | j^^.^^.^ble impression made 3. i tnat nere inare-sted in the W«t for years I broad by “bowler-hatted city ,^bat he thinks Actually But not until recently, because of j . .rvoncr to boost Britain’s ■ tmnKs. Actua...v,^ Prance’s boomintr er-onomv have ° uruain s be is a rather serious person butf* hTances^ timing economy, nave I ^ have always kp makea hanov atatemen Which bSs 0^0 fsrj buffs have formed a Western Club where they shuffle the Big Howdy square dance. Opening soon will be'La Valleedes Peaux- Rouges (The Valley of the Red skins), a replica of a western town featuring several Indian villages and the Crazy Horse Sa loon. Promoters of the western vil lage expect 400,000 paying cus tomers this year, suggesting that Gallic merchants have discover ed, as 19th Century .4merican speculators did that “Thar’s .gold in them thar hills!” Other French clubs, newly organized, are find DIVING IN angle on the right shape of head, we quietly deplored this blanket scoffing at what many think is British national costume. But vve seem to have miscalcu lated. Other Britons have written in to the Manchester Guardian Weekly. Robert Rodwell has this to say: “No other nation’s salesmen, I submit, vitiate their export journeys before they be gin by donning a garment which, in an instant, makes an intelli gent man look inane or, at worst, moronic, and a strong men weak. Away from the City, its effect is disastrous. No Englishman who Twice within two monthsi