We've heard folks don't eat
onions In the best of high so
ciety i and even commoners
like us should munch them with
propriety.
Now, potatoes, peas and car
rots are fit for any table, they're
tops for ragged beggars and lad
les dressed in sable...And
celery, squash, and lettuce,
they're never out of place, a
guy can eat his fill of them and
friends won't dodge his face.
But onions, oh my goodness,
it is rash and impolite to have
them on your menu when you're
stewing out at ni^t...In fact,
lunch hour Indulgence will spoil
an afternoon, for those around
will get a whiff and leave your .
presence soon.
No date can be romantic with
onions on one's breath, your
kiss you'll sure discover is a
virtual kiss of death...And
you're always less than wel
come, down at the picture show,
this fact become apparent when
folks get up and go.
Yes, an onion's most uncul
tured, and it's altogether
rude...But perhaps you've also
noticed that New Bernlans quite
the best haunt the onion count
er , if it's bare they get dis
tressed.
Naturally they hope to And the
type that's large and nice, yet
even puny little ones command a
right high price. Hiere'snever
been an oalon thet shoppers
wouldn't buy. Good or bad, they
must be had, they're always
worth a try.
So don't pretend potatoes,
and carrots, corn and peas
are on a social level where
the onion just can't squeeze.
For like the beggar, guys in
tux and ladies who wear sable
are happiest when they can have
some onions on the table.
****««*«
Why, you've probably asked
yourself, don't they use detec
tion devices to determine if a
passenger boarding an airliner
is carrying a weapon? We're
told this is impractical. Such
devices, very expensive, react
to all metallic objects, not just
guns, and that of course in
cludes belt buckles, watches
and rings. It doesn't include
dynamite.
Imagine how Imig it would
take to frisk each passenger,
and search his or her luggage.
And the legality of such a
search, without a warrant and
against the wishes of the owner
could well be argued as a viola
tion of constitutional rights.
Distasteful though it may be,
an agreement between Fidel
Castro and the U. S. to deal
severely with hijackers is being
suggested in some quarters.
Don't dismiss the possibility,
since Informed scources say
Castro is none too elated him
self about the situation.
Some if not all of the hi
jackers are jailed when they
land in Cuba, and after an in-
deAnite period behind bars are
sent into the cane fields to do
hard manual labor. In short, a
free ride to Havana isn't neces-
sariiy a ticket to paradise.
Here in America, convicted
hijackers can expect severe
punishment. The crime is
recognized as a serious Federal
offense, and carries a mini
mum of 20 years in prison and
a maximum of the death penal
ty. Two men who hijacked a
private plane as far back as
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The NEW BERN '
FUBLI8HID WIIKLY
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VOLUME H
NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1969
NUMBER 47
BIG FAVORITES HERE — A survey by The Mirror
indicates quite clearly that Dan Rowan and Dick Mar
tin, and the fast-paced antics incubated on their
“Laugh-In” program are the top choice of thousands
of New Bernians seeking hilarious entertainment.
There was speculation when “Laugh-In” unveiled for
metropolitan
town on the shores of the Neuse and Trent is back
ward in many things, but New York’s Madison Avenue
underestimated our ability and that of other outlying
communities to get the most out of rapid-fire quips
tossed in our direction. The life span of numorisis on
television is often a fleeting thing, but as of now,
Rowan and Martin have a good thing going, locally
and nationally.