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I^age Six THE iCINSS MOUNTAIN HEDAin vikiac kJi^iikiTAi^i ai ^ fage 2 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Thursday. April 13, 1972 . Established 1889 The Kings Mountain Herald *" '" 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, N. C. 28086 A wp«Ji]y newspaper devoted to the promotion of the general welfare an3 published for ths enlightenment, entertainnvnt and benefit cf tlie 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., 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-PublLshei Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and So«iety Editor Gary Stewart Sports Editor, Ne^rs Miss Debbie Thornburg Clerk, Bookkeeper Ray Parker Rocky Martin MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Allen Myerg Roger Brown Paul Jackson Herbert M. Hunter • On Leave With Tlie United States Army MAH, SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE In North Carolino and South Carolina One year $4; si.\ months S2.25; throe months $1,50; school year $3. (Subscription in North Carolina subject to throe percent sates tax.l In All Other States One year $5; six months $3; three months $1.75; school yea; $3.75. PLUS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 Tax On Marriage? As the deadline approaches for fil ing 1971 income tax returns—Saturday is the 15th—more and more couples are finding out that changes in the tax laws have virtually put a hidden tax on mar riage, so ob.serves an editorial writer in "Grit'’ recently. It’s most interesting. It’s a fact that, paiticularly in the higher bracket.s, a working couple pay more tax than they would it they were single and making the same amount of money. Take an unmarried man and wom an, each earning $12,500 in 1971. Witli the standard deduction and one exemp tion each, each would pay .$2,177.75 in tax for a combined total of .$4,355.50. If they were married and filing a joirtt re turn, they would pay $5,068 — or $712.50 additional. The “Grit” editorialist points out this was a surprise even to the govern ment. It was merely responding to years of pressure from the nation’s divorced, bachelor and widowed taxpayei-rby re ducing the rate for singles in the Tax Rcionri Act of 1969. Already a flurry of letters from married couples has come to the legis lators and tax experts. Tax sources in the government say they are studying the problem and promise some relief i.s forthcoming. “Never On Weekends" “Never On Weekends” might be a motto worth observing, according to The Travelers Insurance Companies highway fact book entitled, “Voice Behind the Wheel.” The rea.son is simple: Nearly 'half the auto deaths and injuries occur on weekends. Although there are many reasons why so many people are killed and in juries occur on weekends, and on week days between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. suggests again that a'lcohol may bo a serious con tributor to the overall problem. Another reason for the high rate of accidents during night time hours is the tired driver. Remember that last tong trip you took, trying to cover maxi mum distance in minimum time? Did you or didn’t you get sleepy? How many times d’d you shako your head before pulling in for a coffee or quick nap? Excessive speeds account for many fatalities. Perhaps some limits are not realistic, given modern highways and today’s automobiles. But the fact is that we must become a slower population, not faster, if we are to cut down on our injuries and fatalities. He Was A Legend Quotes from the public career of James Francis Byrnes, South Carolina statesman who died Sunday a month be- foi-e his 93rd birthday. On Holding Public Office — “No man should plan a public seryice career unless he feels that he really wants to render a public service. He should not seek public office for financial reward or even for the honor of the office. In either event, his motive is selfish.” On the Vietnam War — “We should either get in to win or get out and come home.” On Marriage — “Any man who is able to stay in the marital state proves that his wife is a very patient woman. A marriage is the best recommendation of good behaviour a man can get.” The nation won’t soon forget the words nor the man. Jimmy Byrnes quit school at the age of 14 to help support his widowed mother and later became a Congre.ssman, a U. S. Supreme Court justice, U. S. Secretary of State and Governor of South Carolina. The one time law officer messenger boy, news paper vendor, and off-job worker rose step by step until he was called “assist ant president” by Franklin D. F aosevclt, because of his far-ranging pov ' as head of the Office of War Mobilization during World War II. It was Byrnes, who at 71 when most men would have looked with pleasure to retirement, ran for governor of South Carolina to push through a state sales tax to finance separate but equal schools for blacks and whites. He won over three opponents, getting about 72 percent of the vote and instituting his tax and school plan. He remained, to the end, an oppon ent of court-ordered school desegrega tion saying, the U. S. Supreme Court “didn’t interpret the Consfifution. The court amended it.” He was a legend. Vole “Yes" For Clean Water Kings Mountain voters, along with their North Carolina neighbors, will help decide the fate of the North Caro lina Clean Water Bond Act of 1971 at the polls on May 6th. This Act authorizes a statewide bond referendum on a .$150 million issue to provide State matching grants to as sist local governments in constructing, enlarging, or improving wastewater col lection and treatment works and public water supply system. It is estimated that during the next five years, about $697 million will be needed to provide adequate public facili ties for sewage collection and treatment and for public water supply systems. Of the total, $360 million is needed for wat er pollution control and $337 million for public water systems. The Act requires that $50 million bo allocated to local government units in each of the 100 counties on a population basis to develope water supplies: and that $25 million be allocated to all 100 counties on the same distribution basis for water pollution control projects. The bond costs woulid be 10 cents per week r>er person for five years and ■would be paid from State funds without an increase in local or state taxes. Vote “YeB” for Clean Wafer on May eth. , Congratulations to Bonnie Hinnant, top spellei in the school system, who ad vances now to the regional spelling bee; to Bob Myers, the new president of the Kings Mountain Jaycees; and to the Kings Mountain High School Band which earned a rating of “superior” in recent contests in Marion; and to Vickie Turner Gibson, elected to member.ship in Kappa Delta Epsilon national profes sional education sorority at Limestone college. Plan to attend the loth annual Ki- wanis Schools Talent Show next Thurs day, April 20lh, in Central school audi torium. Support the young folk by your attendance and the civic club with your contribution to its drive for $3,(X)0 for a coronary unit for the hospital. Last-minute voter registration was numerous Friday at 5 p.m. at the coun ty’s elections board office and many folks found they’d waited too late to register. “Wo registered an''pffice full after we clc'sed the door at 5 o’clock”, Ralph Gilbert, county elections board chairman, reported. “The people stand ing in the halls weren’t registered be cause the law says registration closes at 5 p.m. on April 7th”. Over 300 people flocked to the registrars Friday before the deadline. This should serve to re mind again of the dictum: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” MARTIN'S MEDICINE Viewpoints of Other Editors the ou order. Student backer. ujlimiWaV ON (FROM) WISCONSIN The Wisconsin presidential pri mary left the Democrtitic woitld- TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE Happy in ihe man ihcit ^hideth u-iadu-m and;ihe man that yetteth understanding. (Provmhs 3:13) By GARY STEWART Strike anyone? m-m The hasehall players’ strike is two weeks old and it locks as though nothing has been settled. Each side, the players and the owners, have made 'pitches’ but neither side has swung yet. m-m The ridi'Qjlotis situation is castinp bofh side.s money but the players "tte eyeing a better pen sion plan and refuse to play hall until the otvners promise them a 17 jK'icent hike to cover the cost of living in future years, mm Of course, it has been said many times that baseball players hav'e pra'sa'biy the best pension plan of anyone. They have to stay in the major leagues only live years to be eligible for the pension fund. Pretty good deal wouldn't you say...not to mention the outrageous salaries that some of the players draw, mm It’s time the owners take a stand agoinst the players and their leader, Marvin Miller, a smart lawyer who has been ac cused by several bas£';all per sons a.s kicking i p the strike for his own personal gain. In my opinion, Miller and the players have pushed the owners far e- iij'.igh and if the owners had any guts they'd send the players h:.-ne to wc:k for a living .and vail up s;.me anxious minor lea guers who’d be more than hap py to play big league baseball, m-m But, the owners will give in 'bed ore long and give the play ers their better pension plan and our long-awaited 1972 baseball campaign will begin. mm Hank Aaron will begin draw ing his $200,000 a year salary, ethers will make well over $100,000, with plenty more to look forward to. And all of us fans can hit the sofa on Satur day afterno.cn and watch the big boys on television and listen to our wives complain too much .sp.-.rLs on TV. mm More on basadall: m-m Kings Mauntain Mayor John Mess will see his We.stern Caro- linas League kick off its 12th season Friday night and his players aren’t threatening to strike ... he hopes. mm The WCL is best known as the rh'Dst compact league in baseball. It has survived through the years while_ operating only in two states, the two Carolinas. m-m The WCL will bring a first 'o minor league baseball Friday ■when it gives one city, Charlotte, two minor league baseball teaim-.s. Charlotte has long been a member of the AA Southern Lea gue and Dixie Association, m-m Charlotte will be the scene of a big minor league doublehea der Friday, with Gastonia and the Charlotte Twins of the W1CL battling at 6:45 and the Char lotte Hornets meeting Montgo mery in the second game in a Southern League battle, m-m Mayor Moss has been able to roast to other base-ball men dur ing ihe past .several years'ef the WCL’s contribution to major leapi. e h:tscball. No loss than 97 former WCL players are no'vv on major lea'gue rosters. And that list includes several players who helped lead Pittsburgh to the World Series title last year, m-m Seme cf the better known stars to pass the WCL ranks have have been B.b Robertson, Dave Ca.sh, Ecb Moose and A1 Oliver cf the Piratc.s, Dave P.:;oe.-ts of Houston, Bo'bby Bonds of the Giants, Fritz Peterson of the Yankc.?s, Dickie Dietz of the Giants and others. And several WCL managers have also made the big leagues, including Spar ky Anders n of the Redlegs and D.on Leppeid and Frank Oceak of the Pirates. m-m Easkotf;all: mun Kings Mountain has made its rontri'outions to the pro sprts of baseball and football and rvow is ai -out to make its contributions to the game of basketball, m-m George Adams, Gardner Webb’s All-American from Kings Moun tain, was recently drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks, the defending NBA champions. And Big George was expected to go high in yes terday’s c.mpletion of the ABA draft. m-m Whichever league Adams de cides to play in, the NBA or the AB.A, he will, indeed, give a per formance which will bring hon or to himself and to Kings M a ntain. m-m I have followed George thpougheut his high «chool and ■college career and I’ve never seen him give less than a hund red percent. m-m At 6-5, George will be consid ered small by pro standards. But his desire to play and his dedi cation to the game will be more than enough to earn him a spot on any pro basketball team. . SANFORD FOR PRESIDENT are already circulating petitions ladder. round, with on Two points seem obvious today in the race for the Democratic presidential ncmination. The first is that none of the prospective nominees has seized the imagina tion of the American people or clearly si ccoeded in wrapping up the nomination. The second is that no Democrat can pos.sibly win the presidency unless he is able to cut deeply into the South ern bloc of electoral votes while still holding the normal Demo cratic advantage in the big in dustrial states. It is against this background that the emerging candidacy of Terry Sanford, 54yoarold for mer governor of North Carolina and current president of 'Duke university, takes on added di mension. lie has the unique cap acity to sp'sak to and for the best of the South while also speaking to and for a nation which deeply longs for a government, and a president it can trust. A Sanford candidacy raises in evitable questions, not the least being his lack of national visibil ity and voter recognition. B:it that nr.'lblern i.s almost negligi- ble in a day of mass comml.nica- tions and intensive media cam paigns. Tile real question is, what does Terry Sanford have to offer which no one else brings to the race? The answer is, a lot. For instance, he is not being put on the North 'Carolina presi dential primary ballot by a 'hand ful of professional politicians, but by the only genuine youth movement mctcilized behind any presidential candidate this year. North Carolina college students initiated the Sanford ifor Presi dent drive and are running it to day, They need 10,000 signatures on petitions to put him on the North Carolina ballot; they al ready have over 25,(X)0. rwhat that says about Terry Sanford means more than the en dorsement of two dozen U. S. senators or three dozen gover nors. He has the trust and the enthusiastic support of college si. dents supposedly the most politically turned-off group in American society today. North Carolina students have watched him clo.sely in his two j'cars as president of Duke, a joib he took in 1970 when others were desert- in'g posts cf leadership in higher education by the dozens, and they have liked what they have seen. Without conceding anything to the campus crazies, whose one aim is destruction of “the sys tem,” he has managed to bridge the generation gap 'better than any other college president in the nation. Innovation has been the byword of his tenure at Duke. •Such leadership is nothing new for Terry Sanford. Each new job he has undertakerv has 'been marked by the same qualities of mind and spirit, and he has left each jo'b with a record of solid, often spectacular, accomplish ment under his belt. 'As governor cf North Carolina a decade ago, Terry Sanford was a man well ahead of his time, but .'i man who cculd also bring his fellow men along with him. (He produced the nation’s first statewide anti-poverty program, long before the federal version, and its features have been wide ly copied at every level cf gov ernment. He was the first South ern governor to speak out force fully for equality for jcb oppor tunity for all citizens, in public as well as private jobs. He back ed John F. Kennedy for the pres idency before Kermedy won the nominatio in 1960, and he ac tively campaigned for the Dem ocratic ticket across the South once more in 1964. Out of office as in, Sanford has concentrated on improving the q.ality of stale government so tha tstates rights could become more than a hoFcw slogan and states responsibilities, a realized goal. He has written extensively on the subject, and in a book en titled, “iBut Wiiat About I’he People,” he proved to be be well ahead of his time in advocating that government must be (brought much closer to the citi zenry if it is to retain t'he peo ples’ support and trust. (His positions of responsibility are almost too numerous to list, but they cover a wide range of interests, from public education to Fi.lb'llc television, from gov ernment reorganization (co-chair man of a commlslon appointed by President Nixon) to active politics (national chairman of the “Volunteers for Humphrey- iMuokie” organization In 1968). Nor has he shirked from taking a public stand on the hard is sues, whether they .be of race or foreign policy. As 'he said re cently, he has opposed the war in Vietnam almost from the first day. . •But conceding his distinguish ed career and undoubted intel lectual ability, what possible im pact could a Sanford candidacy 'have this ate in the presidential nomination game? Again, the an swer remains the same; a lot. First, Sanford could challenge the Wallace candidacy head-on across the South, just as his presence in the North Carolina ballot will challenge it there. He cm. Id prove that the South is not automatically ’ost to the haters, he fearful and the prophets of George McGovern to put him on other primary state ballots. There Is at least an out- ‘ju ^ side chance that he might face hal ^ had in the KINGS MOUNTAIN Iriospital Log VISmNC HOURS Daily 10:30 to 11:30 AM. 3 to 4 PJ*. ond 7 to 8 PJM. .Wallace in an Alabama show- Hampshire primary, in Wis ii>WtAr>A iVio rtlltpnmia IK fiot ^ down, where the outcome is not ’".’j "„V"feast, his slate-leading .some might ’ half as clear think, 31) per tent showed that a good [ink. . rr- Of) guy image is not a liability. The Second, 1 f Terry Sanford feuy ^ ^nat emerged triumphant m a c^n- ^ters frontation with Wa'ilace on what McGovern: "He’s decent man. He has Is supposedly liis own turf, he [would be an excellent position to ^ TtabiUty"'and such Y'hullonaA th» ftnfirn Vivnn tramo ^ . t__ challenge the entire Ni.xon game » ’ouUook. He never back- r»lnn Iho Qrnifhr>rn .«tfat4xcrV whioh {* plan, the Southern strategy which 1^ critlcize.s.” (While it is l,",tM „ n»Hnn;i) el«-toial that Senator McGovern iwould bulM a national electoral majority for the Republican nominee on a new solid South in the GOP camp. And while San- ■ford alone of all the Democratic wu_ad hardly draw well in the South or Southwest, at least he imay Itave spiketi the cynical candidate with. candidates seems able and wilh / combative strqak could ing to do that, he alone of ail the ^ heading the potential Southern candidates Senator a chance would carry no crippling burdens ^dJe^em^^r righUy feel his into a campaign for electoral „c expanding. He votes m the Northeast, the Mid^ ^eedrmore money to step up his 'West or the 'West. None of the . , impiv 'major blow in the Democratic campaign. And he .tvill likely coalition has anything but re- ^ Und- say has picked his presidential ADMITTED THURSDAY ■fmd t ddificult to go.aU^ut fo for this year clark C. Boone, I him in a showdown with 1 r_s vvisconsin. It Is just as w-ell S. C. “I -v^uid the eonremed. His real t^get r. Curponter 21() K »nH ti,« nation has been the New York govern- wa.shington Ave.._Bc.s.semer ( ily Mr.s. Hattie O. Bell WM'liam Brook.s Mrs. Roosevelt Camp Charlie Allen Duncan Mrs. Robert L. England Mrs. Ira J. FalLs Ml'S. Maynard Grayson Mrs. Harold L. Hayes Roland ('. Mackey Walter M. .Moorhead Arthur H- Patteren Effie Mae Peterson Annie B. Self Mamie S. Sipes Mas. Virgil J. Shikes Gladys T. Strange Herman U. Terry Ruby r. While Mai-y B. Hbks .Mrs. Joseph W. Blac k Mary A. Blaek Mrs. Gerald L. Eaker Mrs. Millard L. .Metealf ■Dora Die Chalk Margaret M. Gi-ay Ruby L. Ramseur Rt. 3, Clo. Democt-atic party and the nation ;Vship anyw^. And by staying a Soutnern strategy m levers- ^ presidential race he was It would offer the voters a ma.n confusing ,he issue of wheth- speaking in Soioithern accents 'but speaking for the highest er his 6 or 7 per cent Ideafti of this land. It would of- Demecratic vote would of the go to r.r .man n.. “S'SJ.y’ioTS'?!... .oritVi Vito nrtf{r>A /’QT’OOT* TrtJlT * • •with his enure pi^b ic career tnat a bridge is possible betvveen young and old, black and white, ^ contender. The North and ^.‘h, public office ^tay strong would ’the" Democratic ' party be breaking with traditicm Hi.ibert Humphrey’s 21 per iif It norninated him Sixty years ago t picked a Southerner who Wisconsin. It showed had also been a college presi- ^ support, dent and the governor of a state. ^ sentimental favorite Mrs. Clarence T. Ledford, Rt, 2, City A Dr. Waldo K. McGill 404 Betl^ St., Clover, S. C. Ben Junior Meek.s, Rt. 1 Grovei Mi.s. Cli.u'le.s B. Stokes, Rt, 1, CU'.ir, S. C. Mis. Lonnie II. Burgeas, Jr,, Rt. 4, G.islunia ADMITTED SATURDAY Mrs. Claude V. Boone, 111 late Ave.. Bessemer City ■Mrs. Wil.sim Lcdlord, 605 Jack- .son St., City The choice of Woodrow Wilson of many Democrats. He can look seemed wildly improbable at the j ^o the Pennsyl -t-ivna Kilt tho x-.-^tzirc n.rrw/vi thP " . time, but the voters proved the primary where he e.xpects experts wrong. Today, m Terry to do well. And he could claim Sanford, the Democratic party Lin^. Kne* 4l.i.rv ~r\rk/^T»titr»ltir nYir*rt VwrtY'P . - V . . has the opportunity to once more unite the eotuntry, not behind a sectional candidate but behind a man who has proved that geog raphy is no bar to distinguished, say on the liberal left and to Alabama Gov. George Wallace on the working-class right. In gi'ving George Wallace cred it for taking 22 per cent of the ADMITTED SUNDAY Ernest C. Clark. Rt. 1, Grover R(,’)crt D. Fiekis, .Nt. 3, City Mrs. Bryand L. Han-i.s, IB.?.") Pine Top Dr.. Ga.Uonia Mrs. Otto Pay.seur, 205 N. In man Ave., Be.ssi mer City Mary Adams Rainey, 2201 King.^ E. ad, Shelby Williaim O. Sellers, Route 2, City decent and far seeing leadership. .Wisconsin vole, it should be re (In a day of deep division and memlbered that he had done even even deeper mistrust of the poll- jgg^ gnj tical process, the party make no better choice. could JDelta that this Ume he benefited frsim • a Republican cross-ovci- vote r>emocratlc Times, Delta, Missis- sij-ui0gy_ Even so, the Wallace sippi. THE DECISION IS ON THE GROUND showing keeps the pressure on the Democrats to accommodate the “average” man’s fed-upness with high taxes and government Bessemer City ADMITTED MONDAY Lizzie Allen, Route 3, City Irah L. Camlp, RoTito 1, Besse mer City Hc-waid James Champion, Rt. 3, City Sondra Kav Clary, 900 J-acksuii .St., Shelby, N. C. Billy Roger Greene, 702 King St., City Mrs. William Miller, Route 2, favoritism toward the rich. Two weeks ago Governor Wallace had As .,0 often in modern warfare thou.ht little of hi? ehenecs in ,..,1... .yi ..... chances in the impulse at the White House Wisconsin. But in eight days of on hearing of the first suc^ss pguipuig-ning the crowds came out of the enemy offensive in Viet- finished on nam was to consider a counter- upswing that cculd have car- offensive from the air with j.; „„„„„ v,a.i h. .Mary N. .Mitchem, 4‘20 Cherokci- Si., City Leila Mae Robin.son, 105 S. 8lj^ Street, Bessemer City Talent Show gun H camVaign%arlierin‘Vis- Jj /tpill 20 ried hi meven higher had he (be- on North Vietnam may be order- earnest, ed at any moment, llie rationale McGovern and Wallace fo*' it has been prepared by the showed the otherwi o in state Department with a declai- pair to be the only Demo- ation that this n^ offensive is candidates m.aking sains an “invasion” different in kind exposure. Senators Muskie from prevdeus movements of piumphrey are trying t. o North Vietnam troop.s into South senator Humphrey ha.s Vietnam. been grasping out in all dlrec-^ But if the bombing comes, or uons for issues. And Senator has already started by the time Muskie consistently responds in this is in print, even if it wipes subtly wrong ways in the crucial out every btiJlding in Hanoi and campaign small tiilk. takes out every port and harbor so it’s on from Wis;oonsin, no facility in Haiphon, it will not one ahead. — Christian Science affect the enemy offensive now Monitor, unrolling in South Vietnam. The Kings Mountain Kivvam.-, club seeks to raise $3,000 lo hel:' provide a coronary unit for Ihe hropitnl via proceeds fn.rn the 15th annual Schools Talent Sho.v to be held next Thursday, Apiil in Central .sehocl auditori um. J'i'ophies will be presented I" the winners in all divisions. PRICE OF PROGRESS The enemy has been preparing this offensive for over six months and the trotips for it for over six years. The men, ammunition and supplies have been moved do-wn ot the take iff points long ago. They have enough for every he^ue"much of'the er^'it.' thing at the front to carry out their assignments even if no more were to move down If the four-day w'lrk week ever Ibeco-mes the American standard, an energetic lady named Rtva Poor of Cambridge, Mas.s., will the After all, she wrote the popu lar book on the idea, is its ac knowledged pioneer and perliaps M(-intimc, va-riou.s school,; in tht di.rtrift sy-.'-tem are conduoliti; preliminary talent events to di'- cide the winners win) will i "ii' I'cfe in the big show. J(K- A. Neioler, Jr., talent sho.v chairman, .said the civic club h:i' raisi-d $27,149.16 over the past 11 years from talent tvents to im- r-!-.-,ve .s( h!o:?l and comimunity fai il- Itie.s. Fifty-anc King,,; Mountain stii- dent.s will perform In the talent event, said .Mr. Neisler. supply 4o| another six ardent supporter. Her text . months. They are as independeiit standard refer- from all ovei- the country, as Sherman was when he head- .. , reouests to recently .Miss Pwir h.a-': ed out from’’Atlanta to the sea.” ,fe"mrrand coCr’ haTp-.oured -so busy premoting t^he ide, So bombing North Vietnam ___ that she blushingly admitti^ w.^.'id express resentment. It they stand up to the challenge or,'‘T’ve only just had my firslj^B ■might provide a small amount of they don’t. The decision is on the day weekend in foui’ years. morale boosting to high officials ground. -Christian Science iMoni- Jacksonville Florida Times I n- of the Saigon government. IHut tor. ion. it would not affect the outcome of the battle in Quang Trl prov ince. The last chapter in this long story of wa^ In Vietnam is ibe- ing written as most last chapters in wars are written by the infan trymen slogging through the ■mud on the ground. Bombs may be dra'matic, t'he damage.they de even more so ( when seen at a safe distance), but they are no substitute at the end for the in- Keep Your Radio Dial Set AI 1220 fantry. • (Besides, boimlbing North (Viet nam will be a very different thir^j; now t'han it was back in 1965. In those early days there were little or no effective de fenses against bornlbing. Now North Vietnam ranks iwith the Egyptian side -of the Suez Canal as one of the most heavily de fended places In the world. An tiaircraft weapons of the most sophisticated modern type are deployed around all stilategic tar gets. If an offensive is attempt ed the proioable losses will fai- outweigh any reaults. So it’s very well to threaten a .bombing oountereffensive but the threat cannot atop or even slow down the grolund oMensive. Exe cution of the threat would not help the South Vietnam infantry on the defending lines. The issue ■is in the hands of the foot sol diers of South Vietnam. Either WKMT KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertaiTiment in between k n P c n C P S' it . ^ f( P tl
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