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Verbal Battle In Raleigh‘.Debate On Nuclear Freeze
Retired Navy Commander
William Withrow of Gardner-
Webb College found himself in
the thick of another miliary skir
mish last Thursday in Raleigh
as companies of respected, and
high-ranking, soldiers and
sailors fought a rhetorical battle
over the nuclear freeze move
ment.
In a joint meeting on nuclear
arms by the House Rules and
Senate State Government com
mittees, Withrow, a well-known
adversary of nuclear weapons
built-up, was permitted an eight-
minute barrage, the longest of
the session. He was invited to
speak by Rep. Jack Hunt of
Cleveland, chairman of the
House committee.
The legislature is considering a
nuclear freeze resolution which
would press the Reagan ad
ministration to work for a
bilateral nuclear weapons freeze
with the Soviet Union. A dozen
or more speakers stumped on
both sides of the issue.
Taking an anti-nuclear stand
with Withrow was Marse Grrmt,
former editor of the Biblical
Recorder.
Grant said, “We’re not ex
tremists, we’re not pacifists at
any cost. We are patriotic
Americans.”
Withrow used a chart to il
lustrate his frequently-made
point that enough existing
nuclear wareheads to kill all liv
ing Russians and Americans
many times over are already
quite enough. On a four-by-fouf
poster, he had postitioned one
dot to represent all the ordnance
exploded in World War 11, and
6,000 dots laboriously inked in,
with the help of his wife Ginger,
to represent the nuclear ord
nance now positioned or
stockpiled.
The result of a nuclear flare-
up would be, then the damage of
Commander Withrow: "bringing to Congress the feeling of the
people."
about 6,000 World War lls, in a
war duration of about 30
minutes.
Withrow was also joined by
retired vice-admiral Ralph
Weymouth, who came to the
session from New Hampshire. It
is not true that the United States
is militarily inferior, Weymouth
said.
A version of Thursday’s
resolution written by Rep. Parks
Helms of Mecklenburg, was ap
proved by the committee and
will get a vote in the House,
perhaps late this week. It must
also pass the state Senate, where
there have been some defections
by former supporters of the
freeze.
Gov. James Hunt came out as
opposed to the resolution.
Withrow believes had Hunt not
been ill recently, and could have
heard more discussion, he would
feel differently, “1 believe had he
had a meeting with the pro
freeze people, he would have
been in favor of the freeze.”
One House member who had
signed for the freeze later took a
Magic Marker and deleted his
name so thoroughly as to not be
ever detected. A senator who
removed his name said he
“found he couldn’t vote for it.”
When asked why, by a
reporter, he responded, ‘That’s a
stupid question.”
Several noted veterans spoke
in opposition to the resolution,
saying that they felt the United
States could not bargain from a
position of weakness.
Withrow argued that the so-
called lag in deployment of inter
continental ballistic missiles
made sense because these long
planted in holes about the coun
tryside were early doomed to ob
solescence. ‘The President has
not told us that we have over
5,000 sub-launched warheads
out there, still invulnerable,”
Withrow said.
The reason he saw for the
debate, which took place before
a packed chamber, and the
resolution was that such a
gesture “would bring to congress
the feeling of the people.” State
legislature, though it cannot set
national policy, can often suc
cessfully urge change for the na
tional good, he said.
Sen. Ollie Harris of Cleveland
is one of the co-signers of the
Senate resolution. Harris favors
both the nuclear freeze and
maintenance of conventional
weapons.
“I personally don’t see
anything wrong with it,” Harris
says of the nuclear freeze. “I’m
for it, if we can get an agreement
- and if we can trust Russia.”
The Foothills View
FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1983
BOILING SPRINGS NC
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The
Farmer's Wife
By Kathryn Hamrick
Staging a baby’s birthday par
ty is about as amusing as produc
ing the baby in the first place. At
least when Baby Miles arrived
one year ago, I got to sit a spell: I
even got to lie down.
The birthday is the ordeal,
especially when your baby has a
housefull of siblings who’ve an
ticipated his party for a year.
The three older brothers were
the instigators, the hosts, and the
entertainment committee for
Baby Miles’ first February birth
day. As usual, 1 was just the wor-
dhorse, and occasionally could
be heard snorting and neighing
in the background.
(Though I’m proud that
February produces leaders, it
will make a martyr out of me: for
the next two decades, subse
quent parties - attended by
swarms of boys - will have go
take place indoors. The older I
get, the more 1 lean toward fami
ly planning that would consider
such outcomes as winter bir
thdays and sunimer surprises.)
Shopping for Miles’ presents
was a spree - I took four boys,
forty dollars, and a car that cuts
off at random clear across town
to hunt gifts for a farm baby
who has ten year’s worth of
hand-me-downs stashed under
his crib. Hard times means you
think twice about spending
$12.99 for a three-dollar toy that
you know good and well the
baby won’t play with. In the end
Miles got an educational rubber
ball - the package actually stated
that the numbers on the ball
would teach Miles to count.
Browse in the infants’ depart
ment sometime and read the
outrageous educational claims
made by baby products. This is
the era of Super Baby. (If
manufacturers really wanted to
be helpful, they should invent
Pampers that would self-
destruct.)
The gifts from his grandma
and from his mama reflected our
two differenct theories on child
rearing. My mama gave him a
shirt that says “Home is where
the heart is,” but I gave'him a car
seat. Miles’ heart may be at
home, but the rest of him is go
ing places.
Peach Blossom Of Hope,
Pear Blossoms Of Memory
The first of Cleveland’s peach-
KATHRYN HAMRICK
The boys wrote the guest list
for the party: it was a listing of
available girl babies. However, I
nipped their hare-brained idea of
an infant dating service in the
bud. On this 1 do agree with
Grandma: “If you don’t mention
it, they won’t think about it.”
The boys blew balloons, made
party hats out of old newspapers,
and selected the party favors
-chocolate Valentine hearts that
promised “Forever yours” for
75% less than they promised it
two weeks ago.
Six-year-old Spencer directed
the only party game. His idea of
a game was to send the invited
guests (adult family members) on
d scavenger hunt through- my ,
kitchen cabinets. There were no
winners nor prizes, but they
turned up a rotten potato or two
and I turned out some quick ex
planations.
No uninivited babies crashed
the party.
And the guest of honor?
When he finally woke up, he
turned out to be a party pooper.
He spit out his cold birthday din
ner, he wouldn’t wear his hat,
and he didn’t even bounce his
educational ball - much less do
arithmetic. I thought at least he
would fake a smile for the
photographs of his historic birth
day cake, historic because the
price was unprededented. But
after he burned his finger on his
candle, neither the good wishes
on top of the cake nor the good
ingredients within could cheer
him up. Because he refused to be
a party to his party, I put him
back to bed.
After the age of 35, it is risky
for a women to have a baby’s bir
thday party. So next year will be
different: 1 am going to celebrate
>iis birthday alone.
blooms will probably make their
perilous debut this weekend,
says Steve Gibson of the County
Extension Office. “My red
havens are about two days from
opening,” he said Wednesday.
Swollen early by an unusually
mild winter and a spring that
began with the first song of the
peep-frogs along the branches on
the second day of February, the
blooms will need good fortune to
survive.
Growers have bad memories
of last spring, when April freezes
burned blooms and tiny peaches
and wiped out practically all of
the crop.
At this point, “We’re in about
the same situation we were last
year,” Gibson says. Continued
good weather would simply br
ing in an early crop. A late turn
toward winter, though, could hit
the vulnerable blooms hard, and
make peaches a scarce commodi
ty again next summer.
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By spring Boiling Springs Baptist Cemetery should be bordered with blossoming pear
chased and planted by members of the Homemakers Extension Club. Above, left to
Brenda Hamrick, Kathryn Hamrick, Rosina Hamrick, Vernie Piercy, Margaret White.
trees pur-
right are:
Yellow Means Caution For Farmers
RALEIGH-Farmers who are
aiming for good small grain
yields and to plant no-till soy
beans behind their 1983 small
grain crops this year would be
wise to examine any yellow
spots in their fields very close
ly. Chances are good those
yellow spots are caused by a
manganese deficiency.
Based on current plant
analysis and soil test results,
many small grain fields
throughout the coastal plain
of North Carolina are show
ing moderate to severe
manganese deficiency. In
most cases, the deficiency
areas are associated with soils
which have low manganese
levels or pH values in excess
of 6.2.
The symptoms generally
appear as irregular patches
throughout the field, depen
ding on non-uniformity of soil
texture, pH and drainage
characteristics of each field.
In some cases, the symptoms
may appear over the entire
field. In the final analysis.
these problems areas can have
a very significant impact on
yield averages.
Now is the time to examine
your small grain fields for pro
blem areas and in cases where
no-till soybeans are to be
planted after small grains,
start dealing with these areas.
A manganese deficiency, if
not corrected now, could ap
pear in the same areas where
it showed up in small grains,
particularly when the pH is in
the vicinity of 6.5.
Under those conditions the
most effective means of cor
recting the problem is by
foliar application. Acting now
could be well worth the effort
when harvest time arrives.
The suggested rate for foliar
application is at least one half
pound of elemental
manganese/kcre. Any foliar
treatment should be based on
a current plant analysis to en
sure that the element being
applied is indeed the nutrient
element which is limiting.
Foliar applications should be
made as soon as possible after
the symptoms appear. Cur
rent research indicates that a
delay in treatment following
appearance of the deficiency
symptoms will result in reduc
ed yields. '■
The plants of manganese-
deficient small grains appear
yellow, stunted and generally
have subtle stripes in the
leaves. Where the deficiency
is severe, the entire lower leaf
area dies leaving the ap
pearance of a reduced seeding
rate. The symptoms are very
similar to those where plants
are growing on an extremely
acid soil; that is, small yellow,
stunted plants.
On soybeans, a manganese
deficiency causes the leaves to
appear yellow or pale-green
between the veins with the
veins remaining dark green.
In a severe manganese defi
ciency, the plants are general
ly stunted and the entire plant
may become yellow.
Row-banded applications
of manganese have been
shown to be superior over
broadcast treatments on soils
where the pH is 6.5 or above.
Manganese applied at 6-8
Ibs/kcre in a row-band would
be sufficient to correct the
problem. The effectiveness of
a banded application is fur
ther enhanced if the
manganese is applied in con-
juction with an acid-forming
fertilizer. In cases where row
banding is not a common
practice, foliar applications
are the most effective means
of correcting the manganese
deficiency.
Now is the time to identify
and correct the problem areas
in small grain fields in order
to eliminate the problems on
soybeans. Soil and plant
samples shoud be collected
from the problem areas to
verify the problem. Informa
tion and supplies for collec
tion plant and soil samples
can be obtained at your local
agricultural advisor or at the
Agronomic Division, NCDA,
in Raleigh.
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