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itary School Erd
The attefeeo of Mr. Mid Hits
Mr*. OwWi third end*
gave an Interesting aaaembly pro
gram Friday morning. This pro
gram wm a reeuit il a unit of
work which the itudanU bad been
doing lor the put three week* on
the weather. Their daaaroom i*
alive ftt picture*, experiment*,
chart*, thermometer*, and mural
depicting acme* In whiter.
The program con*i«ted ot long*,
delta, and poem* and wa* a* fol
low*: A prayer hy all the children;
a Bible reading by Lyndon Lack
ey; two aoog* which the children
had nted la their daily devotkm
aia; Tom Adam* and Larry Rich
ardaen (art two poem*, "Mud"
and "The Snowman"; from their
own chart* the children planned I
a abort (kit entitled "Who Care*
About the Weather?" Thoee taking i
part ware Clareaee Wilaon, David i
Thoma*, Lee Jeekaon, Su*ie Barn- !
eO Stephen Heath, Johnny Coe, .
David Surrey, Allen Wagner, Shir- i
ley Eldreth, Johnny Reeie, Boater 1
Coffer, »ebhy ■rirWy. Wayne U»
derwood, Jerry White, Linda
Gragg, and Barbara Pinoa. Thrtu
weather iM|i wart sung by all
the children, "Umbrella". "The
Wtad Elves", and "The Winds"
Poyr couple* did a rainy day
danc* T*i p<af*Mi ended with a
raw given by David Norm.
"Missing " The wulhtr display la
atdl up in the slattreem and many
interested {areata hate tailed to
Ml their children at week
The baaketbetl law naaatitl dir
ected by Mra. Lftlnbeeh and her
assistants ended last week with
the Cardinals, a team from Mr*.
Lownun'l eighth grade, winning
girlf' eliminations. the
Tlgera. a team from Mra. Hamby'a
eighth grade, winning the boy»'
ellminatlona. Twenty-eight teami
from gradea five through eight
participated la the double elimi
nation tournament. Maay of the
gamea were eery cloae and sever
al required an ueettiiaa period to
Jetermlne the winner.»
High acorera for the entire
tournament were Dianna Watklna
for the girla and King Triplett for
the boy*, la March aa auembly
program will he held to recognize
the outstanding play en and te
iward the aporUmanablp trophiea
to a Ctrl*' team and a boys' team
ehlch displayed the beat (porta
■unship throughout the tourna
nent.
PTA Meeting
The February meeting of the
Soone Parent-Teacher Association
taa hold la the auditorium Mon
lay evening. The topic for dlscus
ilon was "The Grammar Grade
aild"
llxth Grade Puss Ms Flag
During chapel exercises on Fri
lay morning at the Appalachian
Elementary School. Mr. Seth W.
Icott's sixth grade presented aa
Imerican flag to the school to be
■ad la the auditorium. Steve
lamilton, president of the class,
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flat
Prior to the presentation of the
flag. devotioai were given ky Oey
Uaferwood. Gloria Gno. Evelyn
Edntfsten. ind Petty Robianon A
group of ttlute* were gb*n la the
Torn of monologue*. poem*, and
ftoriea Amelia Lother and BiQ
Bingham presented two monolo
gue!, "Rule* That rool," and
"That Dreadful Brother." Two
poem* on George Waablagtoe wore
given by Boyce Brown, Joha Hat
rlaon, BUI Norrla, Billy Joe Pre»
nell, Jimmy Cannon, and Ronald
Smith. EliAbeth Hayworth gave a
•hort history of the America* flag
and Judy Bumgarncr led the audi
ence la pladgliig allegiance to (he
flag. The program closed with the
audience tinging four patriotic
longs. Cicada Auitin wai announc
er for tge program.
State Acquires
Parkway Land
Raleigh, Feb. 11—for some 20
years the state has been acquiring
property and deeding it to the
federal government for the Blue
Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
R. Brooks Peters, attorney for
the State Highway Commission,
said today the state acquires land
from property owners and deeds
sections, which run a few miles
in length, to the federal govern
ment, which builds the highway,
maintains it, and policas it with
park rangers.
Peters said some land la yet to
be acquired for the Parkway,
which will run from the Virginia
line to the Oreat Smoky Mountain
National Park and the Tennessee
line.
W. U. Rogers Jr., thief engineer
for the Highway Commission, said
the transfer of land titles from the
state to the federal government
"Is a continuing process."
The A. f. L.-C. I. 0. recently
opened its first large-scale organis
ing campaign, an effort to unloo
se the white-eoilor workers of
the country.
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Washington, D C—The Aval
<M'» MMdle M program is
diirtd Jar approval la Congress
and the only factor yet to be d*
cidod it the time element It
re aid be that by the time you
km* this the date of final upwil
will have bean aet or reacted.
When Mr. Etoenhower agreed
with the Senate') revtaiam at hli
original draft, which retained for
Congress the actual right to and
the country to war, technically, he
cleared the way for passsgr of the
aaw Middle Eavt program by an
overwhelming majority la the U.
S. Sonata.
The Riehardi group 1* now mak
ing ready to aet off far the Middle
East, and aee what can be done
about the lining up the Arab coun
trine. King Baud's visit, and his
endorsement of the program, have
helped ao me what, though there Is
no denying the fact that Commu
nist propaganda has convinced
many in the Middle East that the
new U. S. policy is another form
of Imperialism—this time U. 8.
style.
And the Arabs are ao resentful
on the Issue of colonialism and ex
ploitation, often rightfully, that
the U. 8. program will have to be
put over diplomatically if it Is to
circumvent the pitfalls of being
branded as a replacement program
for that recently abandoned by bur
major allies. Britain and France.
The Prealdent has exhibited a
flexible attitude toward Congresa
which was not one of the charact
eristic* of Harry 8. Truman. In
this regard, twice within recent
weeks Ike has bowed to the de
mands of Congress, changing the
exact nature of the Executive De
partment'! recommendations. One
of thoae Instances, of course, con
cerned the Middle East program.
When Congresi wanted to
change the wording of the resolu
tion requested, the President
quickly acquiesced, said the legis
lators were following the general
thought of his proposal and that
he endorsed the proposed change.
On another occasion, when top
leaders criticised his budget as too
extravagant, the President said he
hoped they would cut It Presi
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•omewhat differently. Far ex
ample, be would probably have
replied to the budget attacks by
laying that awry item included
therein was thought to be the
lowed figure poaaibte
Eisenhower operate* on a dif
ferent theory Maybe be to not an
well informed on the details of
•dminlatrative putters, at hia
critic* claim, or maybe it'* be
came he followed a different per
tonal relatione paychology. The
method to different, from whit
iver angle you figure it. Never
theless, Ike to getting what he
laked, in this case, using this ap
proach.
The key fight in the push for r
civil rights bill this year will
some in the Senate Judiciary
Committee and oa the floor of the
upper legislative body, of course,
rhe House battle! do net amount
to too much, and will be won by
civil rights bill supporters in the
near future.
The Senate Judiciary Commit- J
tee should take up the bills pro
posed next month. The Coinmlt
tee'a subcommittee baa been work
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While the full evmmtttee will be
pw»>< to vote oa the subcommit
tee's findings. by advoc*W» oI
itrong action, other. will insist
that the ftS committee call wit
Chainaan of the full committee
I* Senator Jama* Eastland, of
Mississippi—aa ardent foe of the
civil lights bills being puahed.
What be can aad will da to stall
Senate Judiciary Committee action
a yet to ha seen but committee
Ehairaieo are ill a powerful a pot to
ielay progress of bills wl^en they
rish ta do aa.
And that has been the method
>y which many bills have been
■lowed or stalled or finally even
tilled. If Eastland can delay civil
lghts legislation long enough,
:he pressure of othef business may
force the Senate'^ membership to
■void a filibuster.
Yet sixty-roar Senators can
»reak the.back of a filibuster, if
hey really want to, and if one be
gins, the tlpoff on what will hap
pen may come in watching the
iffort to vote cloture. Cloture can
>e voted, all right; it isn't often
lone but quite often that's be
cause some of those supposedly in
avor of certain bills arent as hot
or them aa other* think.
There are only nineteen sure
Dixie rote*. That Imvm 77 other
voir* In the S«mte. Aan M will
choke off a ffiibuter The Sauth
enter*, thin, really don't have the
votaa to itaac a aucceaaful fili
butter And the cloture rule b
not • bad rule at all. It require*
only a two third* majority—a rea
•enable majority to ihut off it
bate, a vary aariaua step.
It already *eem* that Minority
Leader Bill Knowiand'* March 1*1
deadline ha* gone up la unoke.
Bather, it i* more probable that
the earlieat a civil right* debate
can erupt in the Senate i* mid
March — maybe In April. That
might depend on the Senate Ju
diciary Committee
If you are receiving Social Se
curity retirement payment*, and
have worked since you filed your
application for Social Security,
you may poailbly qualify to have
your payment* r* figured becauac
of change* made in the Social Se
curity law. Inquire at your Social
Security office for more detail*
about thi* change.
Set Committee
For Calf Sale
Paul said to Mr. Ed:
Dr. Morris Fishbein tells of one
medico who wrote out • prescrip
tion in the usual legible fashion
doctors use on such occasions. The
patient used it for two yean as a
railroad pass. Twice it got him in
to Radio City Music Hall, and
once into Ebbets Field. It came In
handy as a letter from his employ
er to the Cashier to increase his
salary. And to cap the climax. his
daughter played it on the piano
and -wen a scholarship to the Btir
tls Music Conservatory.
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