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The following is an editorial from the Washington, D. c., Star: It is all too easy for the casual observer to think of American young men today as sharply divided between those who bear their share of the country's burdens in the Viet nam fighting and those who protest the immorality or fu tility of our being there at all. There are young men who manage to do both. One was Pfc. Johnathan M. Spicer. USMC Pfc. Spicer, son of a de ceased Methodist minister,was a conscientous objector. In spite of that, he joined the Marines. He was assigned to a medical battalion near Khe Sanh. On March 11, the Viet Cong opened fire on a helicc^ter engaged in evacuating the wounded from the beleaguered outpost. Ignoring an order to get into a bunker, Pfc. Spicer rushed forward to help the wounded into their airborne am bulance. Enemy shelling con tinued. The me^c Marine was hit, and three days later he died. Pfc. Spicer has been recom mended for the silver star and the Navy cross for his heroism under fire and for his disregard of his own safety for the sake of his comrades’ lives. As with all heroes, his real dis tinction Is not expressed in me dals but rather in the memory of his deed. In time of torment for many members ofhisgoieration,Pfc. Spicer fulfilled with honor his obligations to his conscience and to his country. **«**«*« Being clever depends on one’s point of view. A dirt farmer trying to teach geometry in a classroom would probably be no dumber than a college pro fessor attempting to make him self useful at a Craven County hog killing. It isn’t hard to tell when a small boy with large freckles is going barefooted for the first time this season. There’s an excited spring in his gait, and his underpinions lack the tell tale signs of browned rough ness that midsummer brings. The one thing we don’t envy him are the stubbed toes that will be his lot before there’s frost on the pumpkin again. When a postal employee de liberately delays mail entrust ed to his care, he can count on getting fired in short order. Harry Faulkner’s case, years ago, was an understandable ex ception. A clerk at the New Bern post- office, Faulkner was aware that his three young sons, now grown, had each written a let ter seeking membership in the Lone Ranger Safety Club. In due time, envelopes con taining coveted cards arrived for Harry, Jr., 11, and Terry, 10. Bobbie, 6, received no such credentials to prove he was in truth a member in good starting. Being first a father and sec ond a conscientous mail hand ler, Harry confiscated the let ters addressed to little Harry and Terry to avoid a revolu tion at his house. Two days later, Bobbie’s let ter also arrived, so the local postal clerk removed the other two letters from a pigeon hole (Continued on page 8^ Nrtti Srm-tfnnini The NEW BEKN FUBLISHID WIIKLY IN THI mART OF '-■•N NORTH ^0 J > r VOLUME 11 NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1968 NUMBER 7 LIVE WIRES—^Bobby, Madge and Grady Bowers not only look alike, but sound alike, and sometimes the din they create is almost too much for their par ents, Robert L. and Minnie Bell Grady Bowers, to endure. Loudest of the lot, around the house, is six by Florence Hanff. OLD GLORY—First District Congressman Walter B. .Tones presents an American flag that flew atop the Nation^s Capitol to Tom Quinn, basketball coach at East Carolina University. It will hang as the official National Colors in Minges Coliseum, the university’s new indoor sports complex, where the inaugural Eastern Carolina Classic will be held next December, with Air Force, Baylor, Cornell, Delaware, Virginia, VPI and William & Mary as the visiting teams. Con gressman Jones has long been identified with sports.
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