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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
Thurs(
Established 1889
The Kings Mountain Herald
Carcli:
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A weekly newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published
for the enlightenn.ent, entertainment and benefit of the citizens of Kings Mountain
and its vicinity, pubiished every Thursday by the Heraid Publishing House.
Entered as second ciass mnth'r at the post office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 280f<6
under Act of Congress of Marclt 3, 1873.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Martin Harmon Editor-Publisher
Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor
Miss Debbio Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
Rooky Mart a in
Jim Caudill
Alien Myers
Frank Barber Gary Kiser
Paul Jackson
Ray’Parker
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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
And ICC /onne th'it idl thinr/x work toui’thrr for (/ood to thorn that loro God, to 'whom who are
tho oullid aroordom to hix purpoxe. Komanx Sr.lS.
Fluoridotion Issue
Fags and Tummy-Wash
Remembering the cliarged emotions
of ten years ago, tlie Herald, customarily
a battleground when heated issues are
at hand, would just as .soon the fluori
dation proposal was not broached. Bati
tlegrounds do get chewed up.
In North Carolina, the price of joy
juice (gasoline) went up July 1.
Wednesday the price of cigarettes
and soda pop advanced in price.
But so he it.
The.sc hardly anti-inflationary in-
crea.ses resulted from new tax imposi
tions by the state as enacted by the 1969
General As.sembly.
The Herald will do as before, giving
the benefit ot the public print to any who
may wish to spetik, pro or con, provided
the speakers do not wax libelous or
scandalous.
Actually, cigarettes, in some in
stances, advanced prior to Wednesday.
Health matters can upset folk as
much as church issues and family differ
ences. At Tuesday night’s city commis
sion hearing on tho issue, Dr. Phillip G.
Padgett, recalling his five years of work
in public health before coming here to
practice medicine .'10 years ago, recalled
that ’‘selling” smallpox vaccination in
that day was a difficult chore.
Those dispensed by cigarette ma
chines increased earlier, as the vending
machine owners sought to make me
chanical changes and to be ready 100
percent by October 1.
The machines now bear the notation;
35 cents per pack, deposit quarters,
dimes, or nickels.
That makes it $3.50 per carton, if one
buys at the vending machine.
He favors fluoiidation, questioned
why fluoridation, supported at the polls
in 1957, was not implemented, and why
there had to be another vote two years
later, when the vote was reversed and
moreso.
'I’o review;
It’s not that had when a cig slave
buys by the carton. Indeed, a super mar
ket manager confided he had long ago
decided that when his favorite brand
topped 25 cents per package he would
join the ranks of the surgeon-general’s
brigade. ‘‘Don’t have to quit yet,” he
grinned in relief.
Both polls were informational. Tho
late Mayor Glee A. Bridges and the late
Commissioner Ben H. Bridges were luke
warm to the idea of fluoridation, both
on the health question and the cost
question. The three surviving members
of that administration, ex-Commission-
ers Boyce Gault, Luther Bennett and R.
Coleman Strou[)o, might supply better
answers.
Worse part of the deal, as charged at
the lime, was that cigarettes would ad
vance a nickel at retail, the state glean
ing only two cents. Same charge was
leveled on soft drinks: the price would
advance by five, the state gleaning one.
Buddy, could you spare a cigarette?
Graduate In Series
The fluoridation heat was applied
prior to the election of 1959 and tho
commis^'ion ordered another referendum,
again informational. The reversed result
buried fluoridation for, lo, these ten
years.
Mayor John Henry Moss, organizer
and president of the Western Carolinas
Ba.seball League and his club owners
over the years can take justifiable pride
ill the fact that their roles as training
ground for the majors ha.s, indeed, been
just that.
(Note: Mrs. Haywood Lynch inquired
of the Mayor Tuesday night as to cost
of a referendum. His reply was “about
$1200”. He said Wednesday this would
be the cost of a formal election. An in
formational election would cost very lit
tle in comparison, as it would be neces
sary to employ election officials only on
election day, the business of pre-election
registration, challenge day and adver
tising having been dispensed with.)
As the season ends, no less than 61
former players in the \Vestern Carolinas
league are wearing major league uni
forms.
The Herald is in position to ouestion
only one point in the argument of fluori
dation nroponenis and that is the annual
cost of If) cents per person. It must be
remembered that the water flowing into
the dye vats of Mauney Hosiery Mills, K
Mills. Duplex-International, Craftspun,
and Nic.sco, Inc., would of necessity also
be fluoridated.
As Miwor John Henry Moss told the
nrdc”t J-'yeops, it has not been
the habit of the current administration
to rush blindl.N into important ousines.s
without studv and the policy has proved
successful in p'-oviding the city a modern
sewage disposal system, in the Buffalo
Creek watc project and in the
neighborhood facilities building, among
others.
A study committee, including city
commissioners but they are out-num
bered by lavmen, will report on October
14.
In the face of some very untempered
charges, the city commission kept its
cool. And it was right.
At least one, perhaps three, will be
perlorming in the World Series, no mat
ter the results of the upcoming semi
final playoffs between the Atlanta
Braves and New York Mets in the Na
tional League and the Minnesota Twins
and Baltimore Orioles of the American.
Only Baltimore has no WCL graduate
on its roster.
Minnesota boasts Dick Bosman, who
just pitched his ninth consecutive vic
tory.
The Mets have ace pitchers Jerry
Koosman and Nolan Ryan.
The Braves are most WCL “loaded”,
with pitchers Jim Britten and ace re
liever Cecil L’pshaw and catcher Bob
Didier.
Two other WCL pitching graduates,
not in the playoffs, have scored individ
ual honors during the past season. Card
inal Steve Carlton was the starting
pitcher in the all-star game, and Pirate
Bob Moose pitched a no-hitter.
The Braves seem lo be the sentimen
tal favorite here, as Atlanta, only three
hours distant by car and 40 minutes by
jet, has been host to many Kings Moun
tain area fans this year and in the past.
There are Mets fans here, too, par
ticularly those who always support the
underdog.
And there are sentimentalists in the
Twins’ camp, for the Twins are the old
Senators, of whom Jake Early and Buddy
Lewis are alumni. And the Charlotte
Hornets arc Twins’ chattels.
Debacle Ends
Decision of Secretary of the Army
Stanley Rezor (who spoke here at the
1965 Kings Mountain Battle celebration)
to quash charges against the men of the
Green Beret in tho death of a VTetnamese
double agent was a wise one.
Best information was that the Cen
tral Intelligence Agency ordered the
double agent killed, changed its mind—
but too late.
General Creighton Abrams, Vietnam
commanding officer, and Secretary
MARTIN'S
MEDICINE
Ingredients: Bits of humor,
wisdom, humor and com
ments. Directions: Take
weekly, if possible, but a-
void overdosage.
By MAR-HN HARMON
The lads at the fire station, at
Harris Funeral Home, J. Lee
Roberts and the Rev. (Dr.) D. B.
Alderman are masters without
peer at teasing.
Freedom Of The Press
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I For the past week th?ir princi
pal objectis one o£ their own. Pa
trolman Bennett Masters of Har
ris Funeral and the newly organ
ized Kings Mountain police re
serve, of which Rev. Robert Mann
. is chief.
\ Indeed, from what I saw and
! heard. Patrolman Masters is be-
- ing “worked over” tn most expert
I fashion.
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Rezor, wanted to press the charges. But
again best irvlormation indicates the
reason was to get straight with the CIA
who bossed the army, with the Green
Beret team the scapegoat.
Divided command is pretty sorry
business in civilian life and impossible
business in the services, as the USS
Pueblo incident pointed up graphically.
The goof-ups seem to have been in
the Pentagon, both army and naval sec
tors, not in the field.
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“Come here,” says John 'White,
I “I want to show you some of his
I new equipment.” As Bennett’s
j face waxed red, John showed me
, the contents of a small tin box:
j a’pair of dime store handout.’s, a
I tin star bad),;e, one real live car-
' tridge, and a real live’water pis
tol.
One caller who didn’t bother to
give his name said he represented
Colt Arms Company. "I see, Mr.
Masters,” the telephoner intoned,
“you have been appointed a pa
trolman in the police reserve.' I
also hear you are interested in
revolvers, particularly in pearl-
handled .38's. They tell me you’re
gonna be a two-gun man, not
one, and, at your convenience, I
surely would like for you to look
over my line.”
PATIENTS IN KINGS MOUICTAIN
HOSPITAL AS or NOON
WEDNESDAY
Lawson Harold Dover
Mrs. James L. Hallman
John Henry Kendrick
Mrs. Cora E. Laughter
Jesse Let Ramsey
Mrs. Ethel G. White
Mrs. Rosa L. Wright
Billy Eugene Barrett
William Dennis Bridges, Sr. .
Lester Lee Dorty .,,j
Mrs. Marie C. Fevvell
p.arl David Hicks
Sidney Dulln Huffstetler
.Mrs. Ruby P. Hullett
James Andrew Moss
Devin Eugene Roberts
Eligah Rosa J29BII
Mrs. Mary R. Rush
Lawrence Carl Spfeer
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ADMITTED THURSDAY
Mrs. Eva K. Humphries
Mrs. Emma Bowen
Ronald Dean Bowen
Mrs. John Cogdell
Mary Elizabeth Short
ADMITTED FRIDAY
1 Mrs. Celia S. Bonds
1 Mrs. Mary B. Melton
I Mrs. Marlon F. Canupp
I John Thomas Dill
Ambrose Harold Flowers
Lee Anderson Sanders
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ADMITTED SATURDAY
Mrs. Olln L. Carroll
Archie Woodrow Byers
Mrs. Thomas W. Smith
Viewpoints of Other Editors
THE ABORIGINAL
ALASKAN NATIVES
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AIRLINES VS. FOGS
Cooler weather of fall means
of the aboriginal natives of APas-
ka more than one hundred years
ago when the United States
■' bought the area from Russia. But
“Aw, shucks, shucked Bennett,! there is much information on the
I know it ivvas Ernest Hayes. condition of the present popula
tion of ,53,000 Eskimos, Indians
Detailed records do not seemla return of the fogs that have
to be available on the condition! been shutting down air service—
another form of the ancient strug
gle of man against weather.
IF YOUR LICENSE IS
NO. 1
ADMITTED SUNDAY . i "’
Mrs. Fred H. Bridges
William Dennis Bridges III
Mrs. J. P. Harris
Mrs. David G. Price
Mrs. Bpbby -N. Scoggins
Mrs. Floyd W. Wli Resides
ADMITTED MONDAY
Mrs. Jay Green
Mrs. Annie L. Thompson
Mrs. Larry L. Biddix
Mrs. Alima B. Hovis
and Aleuts. Most of them still
„ live in small native villages. But
To teasing about not duty, Ben-, increasing number are drift-
nett had a ready answer. “I won’t ^ cities of Alaska. As
be policing, said Bennett. ^ a group, they are probably the
be hauling those busted heads to nation's poorest citizens.
the hospital.”
For 20 years there have been
scientific attacks on airport fog
without pracileal Results until last
winter. Cold fog,' when the tem-
perat.'ure is below fieezing, has
been mastered ion genough for
14 airports to have
equipment last winter.
necessary
This fellow from Syracuse, N
Y., was driving on 1-71 in Ohio
whe na car bearing license No. 1
passed him going “at least 85
miles an hour.” So as soon as he
got home he wrote a postcard to
Governor Rhodes telling him that
bigshot politicians ought to obey
the law like anybody else.
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Generally poor health combined
with a high infant mortality (2'2
times that of white Alaskans 1^,
life expectancy level under - 3o
years. Housing is substandard,'
But about 95 fogs of each 100
are formed in warmer air. Airline
mbn y was used for experiments
resultin.^ in dispersing about 7
out of 10 warm fogs. The method
was used at Portland, Ore., last
winter.
Organization of the police re
serve, of course, is no joke. Neo
phytes like Chief .Mann, Bennett,! Meantime a less e.xpensive
I Schools Superintendent Don Jones. 8®" ^Uy 1 ^ was being used at Sacra
]and Dr. Frank Sincox are taking) «edities ^nd etec^^^^^^ mento and Los Angeles with re-
I a 120-hour course to learn 'he;™“l"“ Service is a contri-! eause 1968 to be con-
basics Of this voluntary work. tf rhelueh'Se''og control ar-
' Dr. Smcox, incidentally, -alre-idj
! a former navy flight surgeon.
Only license No. 1 doesn’t be
long to a big-shot politician. It
belon.gs o a boy from Eellvue who
won it, along with a new car. as
a prize for a safety slogan he
wrote.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Questions and Answers
it
1.
Q. I plan to return to w^ll
soon arid will hire a maid p^t
time. Will I have to report hbr
! wages for social sectrrity?
A. Yes, if you pay her as mu«H
So the overnor bucked the post- 550 or more in cash wages VH
card over to the State Highway'3 ealendar quarter. The report for
Safety Director who wrote a let
ter to the Bellevue boy chiding
him for driving so fast.
The Bellvue boy wrote back to
the
came from experiments by the^^®*^ 111 that day. It was his
National Aeronautics and Space i t6-ycar-oId sister and she exceed
Administration.
ed the 70 mph speed limit only
We are reasonably sure
i long enough to pass some other
that' cars
millions of travelers with intense
buting factor to the high disease say that he wasn’t driving
rate. Shockingly low per capita f ^neaper seeding methodi _ z __ , ,, s
, ^ ... 1 income for those natives who have
.lot in ms own nght, and busy jobiessness aver-
medicat dwtor, is reported to be cent and may exceed
a very apt pupil at fleecing a J ^
pseuao.cnminai guinea ptg. ^^^^t of the na-
I m-m i lives’ difficulties while a low lev-
: o' of rducati.on (only half com-
Aim of the reserve is to main-!
tain at the ready an Ig-member Pr^dos) senes to aggravate the
I police reserve to augment tho f Amor,
current regular duty force of 16 . ‘^sorj in ^ ®
® ^ , lean stewariship of these neglect-
ed peoples.
July, August and September 196Si
is due October 1969. -i'
Q. I am age 64 and plan to re
tire on my 65th birthday. When
should I apply for social security
payments and what will I need
when I apply?
A. You should file at lea^t
three months before your 65tti
j birthday. Take a record of youj
I age, your last year’s tax return
YA) T I- nw
interest in the NA.SA moonwalk-': Af,er that the storv became al™' 'W-2form. If you don’t have an
ers will never hear of NASA and mue confused with^tte Xrv’s' bkth certificate, take any
the fog shrinkers. I rJrother Sg^hrt her daug^terl ^
, The Cotnmerm^ Ap^of: wasn’t driving on 1-71 that day ®?!.’
either, and she was sure of that
- I because it was the girl’s 16th
CHEAP NAME CAN | birthday and ail she did was pick
PROVE COSTLY j up her driver’s license and then
iretum home for a family party.
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There is now a time and an op-
The story in a rwent Herald) curaTeT/''des°riherthe'^fSc® ^of' Well, anyway, while the story is
about Kmgs ' j -,:i North Carolina’s regional univers-’confused, the moral is clear. If
Jimmy King and Rteky Laney change condiUons'system when he insisted its-you’ve got a conspicuous license
gettinl^ together in Y'etnam stir-; will greaUy change creation has “cheapened" the, tag like No. 1, you’d better not
red ^^rsonal memones of an ear-j dose name university. j pas sanvbody.
j most important, the oil strikes
I will bring in greath wealth. Cer
Othqjwise some
icm Ihreacns lo do anythine bul
cheapen the cost of state-support
ed higher education in North Car
olina. If, as .Moore suggested in
his comments here this week,
these colleges with university
titles successfully pressure the
next General Assembly tor anyi^.®®®’’^ new costs in North Caro-
and all PliD programs that strike! ®f®t® ®opported higher edu-
their fancy, tho state will pay! cation system,
dearly. ' Charlotte Observer
I tainly some of it mu.st be used
I for the benefit of the natives.
I was a patient at Chelsea Nav- There are three different legis-
al hospital in Boston and there-lative proposals pending to setrie
was a young hospital corpsmanj Question of the natives claim
trainee named Laney. I spotted j to the land of Alaska, a claim
the Southern in his voice and'tii^t Coif-ress acknowledged in
asked where he lived. “Kings! hut never resolved. Before
Mountain North Cai’olin^,” he* he left office. Interior Secretary
replied. The young corpsman I Udall imposed a freeze on the
had not known before for he had! transfer to tb''*
e'rown ud in the seven vears I’d ita of any additional federal land ^ .
b^rawL wrentov^ Sme-ar I until Congress acts on the title The net effect of such pressure'
been away, we enjojea co F® I ctecretarv Hickel his wc.Jd be to push overall costs up
mg notes on who knew who and: question. &ecreiary nicKci,
whp-p’s hp now I successor md a former govern-, unne-essaniy and to drain oft
e oow. Alaska, has agrped to re- higher education Junds into in-
tain the freeze until the end of, tenor or duplic-aiing programs. I
next year. ^ Moore also suggested, this
, J . possibility must be headed off. We
plJra^torHob of^tork on mel clearly, Con.gress should ®ct-! ^
,vhich required anesthesia. On the and generously — before the land 8 ^ re
appointed morning about 0800,| tranffer freeze expires to senle, "^yJheleg.sH^re^^^^^^^^^^^^
Laney aproached bearing a rather! the claim and give the Alaskjns aj education net Js In the long'
large hypodermic needle. As he| pror^r basis to enjoy their birth- ^th those overall ne^s andl
came closer. I could see he was right. .t,,. i
hardly himself. His visage was, Washington Po.xt suffer ifI/fe cish for'
pale and his hands were shaking.,
Tho Akron Bearon-Joumal
ly, have cheapened the name uni
versity while threatening unnec-
Your social security office can
tell you if you need anything else
and suggest possible documents
you may be able to furnish.
Q. I have to take an expensive
prescription drug three times
doily ior high blood pressure. I
hove lull Medicare coverage. Will
my drug bill be paid by Medicare?
A. No. Medicare does not pay
for prescription drug.s.
Q. I hove never worked in em
ployment covered by social secu
rity and do not receive a monthly
poyment from any source. I will
be age 72 in June 1970. Con I
quality for the special social se
curity payment?
A. No. People who become age
72 in 1968 or later need credit for
some work under social security
to be eligible for the special pay
ment. You would need 9 quarters
of work undersocial security. i
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I asked, “What’s the matter
wth you Laney, you sick?”
Ten Years Aqo
Items of interest which occur-
?d approximately ten years ago
expensive graduate degree pro-!
j grams is distributed as a politi-
' cal favor with little or no con-
i tern for p.oven educational need.
The State Board of Higher Edu
cation is moving to head off this
possibility. As Moore insists it
Effective Monday, Kings Moun-! must, the board is preparing the‘
wrong spot you’re going to die!” (tain citizens will handle their em- jdata f^how whirt campuses are
^ ,t;!3X -lent business through the I prepared to undertake new grad-,
ra-ra : Slielby office ot the state employ- ' uate degree programs and which |
ment service. programs are worth undertaking!
I yelled. "Get| at a given campus. |
“Well, sir,” he replied. “I never j
done this before and if I hit thei
“Nui
this boy away from me!”
I don't know who Laney got
his practice on, but it wasnt me.
I’ve seen Ricky Laney’s father; s* the 36th annual county fair to
Grade, the Hurricane, though with the added political!
well dl.ssipatcd before Cleveland | strength gai:ied from having Gov.
County, was rough to a Cleveland goj, gcotF and key legislators on |
County institution Tue.sday, as it j (he Board now, there are high
reduced normal first-day crowds hopes that the board's findings
only a few times since (he now)®® estimated 5P persons,
works in Detroit), but we always Personal
laugh about that eventful day. My
Polish nurse friend had taken. Gale Kircus has been elected
over, made short work of the job Worthy Advisor of Kings Moun-
and of me. TTie next thing I had | tain Order of the Rainbow for
known it was eight hours later. Girls.
will carry more ^-eight with the!
General Assembly than has been'
true in the past. With the added
leadership of men like former
Gov. Moore, there is also room
'lor hope that the public generally
will help neutralize the clamorous
political pressures which ironical-
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Kings Mountain, N. C.
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hour. Weather every hour on the
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