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Thursday. May 2, 1968 '
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
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Tho Church of the Nazarcne.l
organi7!ed formally in 1913, wish to express our sincere
j SHELBY - House candidate employes. His pro.t?ram would M ■ tinues to be one of the rapidly!?.“*
•Lester D. Roark, in a recent dj raise the base salary schetl- A#av \m ♦ • v. \ * tf
statement, has expressed his ule for state employes To a level * in the nation. It has doubled /fountain hospital stall
stands regarding a number of consistent with national aver- . membership in the last 20 years..®hd all personnel for their kind-
: significant issues" ages and one that would ^o'. world membership isihess expressions of Ihv-e and
Roark, who is running for competitive with industi-y, and 'hg services will be held Sunday, 453^18? persons compared to 225,f>h^Phthy. Also, we would like to
Seat No. 2 of the lard House t2.) stop “the political tugof-war Piedmont Baptist qqq in 1M8. TheNazaren o church;them for the beautiful
District Cleveland. Polk and used every four years to pres- All members and visitors jg the largest denomination in; fj^hal design sent to us during
Rutherford Counties, said upon sure state employes.” attend. tiie Wesleyan tradition of scrip-^^he death of our beloved
issuing the statement, •'! feel He said, “Civil employes have
tho.se matters are important never l>4»L*n paid enough, and we
enough to the people of this dis- must now do something to as- trtiTAth<nr
trict to rfHjuire a public state- sure that we can obtain and hold ‘tiKeTnei
“Bring a "well filled basket and
we wiir all enjoy lunch and fel
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ment from a candidate.
“I believe the people should Liquor-by-the-drink is one of
know how a candidate stands, the statewide issues to which
There should bo at least one can- Rr^ark is opposed. His statement
didate in this race who will ex- on the often-cited liquor proposal
press himself.” \va.s "l shall oppose liquor-by-the-
A main plank in Roark’s plat- drink anywhere in North Caro-
form is his stand in favor of a lina, now and in the future.”
tobacco lax. The candidate feels He spoke also on the 65-foot
that “a tax on tobacco products twdn-trailer bill that was so nar-
should he collectt‘d by the state rowly defeated during the last
and allocated to local school, legislative session. He said he
districts in order to meet local w’as opposed to the bill for sev-
requirements." oral reasons, tho main one beiny
Roark believes a tobacco tax, “the safety of the individual
applied to local educational motorist.
needs could be a factor in reduc-j “Such a bill,” he said, “would
ing or holding down propei-ty, cause road and highway damage,
taxes. would be detrimental to small,
As a candidate who is strong independent truckers and would
on education, Roark also spoke! result in no .saving to shippers,
out in favor of public kindergar-! sinev there would be no rate re-
tens and mandatory state licens- duction with the larger rigs.”
ing for day care centers. Roark has spoken out consist-
He has mention<*d throughout ently in favor of law and order
his campaign, and reit(‘ratod in in North sarolina. with emphasis
his statement, that he w'ould placed on local handling of the
“supiK)rt and work for the Unit- p^-oblcm. In his statement, ho
ed Vorces for Education’s 1969 called once again for “state sup-j
legislative program.” which in- oort in training and equipping
eludes an index salary schedule, local law enforcement personnel
Rounding out his educational for local control of law and or-‘
! emphasis, Roark recalled the der.”
need for more alcoholic rehabili- He called also for “more sup-|
tation centers in North Carolina.) port and enthusiasm for local i
Me said also, "We must !
more to aid the mentally retard- departments and Civil Defense
units.
Roark views the Clinchfield
dam and reserv^oir proposal, cur
rently being worked on by the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers,
as holding great potential fo'
Rutherford, Cleveland and Polk
Counties. |
In his statement, he comment
ed on “the great industrial, com
mercial and recreational poten-'
tial the project holds for the^
.thre<? counties. It could be a fac-j
tor in establishing a tourist in-)
dustry in the area, and w'ouldj
enhance residential values,” he
said.
Roark said he would do every
thing possibly to support the
project.
He commented, too, on the
completion, as soon as possible,
of a four-lane U. S. 74 to Colum- i
bus. where It would meet Inter-1
state 26. The candidate said
completion of the highway!
“w'ould create a vital link with]
1-24 1-40 and 1-85 when it is com-:
oleLed. and -would place the
three counties in the district
along an important artery be
tween Asheville and Charlotte.”
Turning once again to tax mat
ters, Roark said he would work
for a tax revision that would
grant a $2,000 “Head of House
hold” exemption for widows W’ho
maintain homes and families.
Finally in his statement, Roark !
spoke out against “closed meet-,
ings in Raleigh,” and said he
would do everything possible to :
keep the public informed about:
activities at the state capital. .
lor, Rev. E. Whisnant.
said the pas- ans have returned to civilian
status.
them for the beautiful
jring
hus-
biind, son. and brother. May God
bless each of you.
Mrs. Mabel Reid
Mrs. Bertha Reid
and family of James Reid
FOR LT. GOVERNOR
VOTE
MARGARET HARPER
Mr. Janies M. Harper, Jr. ( )
ed and physically handicapped
people of this state.”
Turning to state personnel
needs, Roark said he would favor
a two- part program for state
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