nP^NW6|rl ttmbington to raappalae Ms Mw program, and Ut Army awl Marine Corp. ? __ though all will Mutually feel Ik* Impact of Bar *1 In the White Hooaa, In the Bute Department, and la othtx place*, *uch a* the Pentagon, the debate ha* been la program (or w*ek? a* to whether a military buildup will help u* in tfc* cruu expected to iKach a show down later this year. T tU. ; Thar* are tho*e who do not be lieve anything we can do at thii late date? in the way ol a mili tary buildup ? will enable u* to meet the challenge ol the Ruuiani regarding Berlin. But if there i* to be a war, or even if there is a chance *1 it, became we are re wived to (tend up for our Berlin rights, step* toward a buildup mu*t be taken. And that i* why they are being undertaken. Actually, nothing President Kennedy could do be tween now and (all could strength en U. 8. forces enough to with stand a determined Soviet attack. We have five U. S. divisions on the continent, and altogether allied strength Is only something over twenty divisions. The communist could launch an attack with at least three times that many. Our nuclear weapons might stem the tide, of course, but the Russians also have nuclear weapons and most of the experts believe that the Berline challenge will be met and won or lost with out resort to nuclear weapons. The buildup, along with that in ether allied countries, however, might impress some inside Russia and might even encourage Nikita Khrushchev's silent opposition within the Kremlin. Khrushchev has placed his friends on the Cen tral Committee and in the 300 member council that supposedly directs that committee. He is not being challenged for leadership. But In Moscow one mistake can greatly reduce the stature of any leader. Should Khrushchev bring the Russians to the brink of a war they do not want, he migl)t have exposed him selft to the undermining process that Khrushchev so cleverly work ed on George Malenkov. For this reason, then, and for aimple precautionary reasons, the buildup is being initiated. Crime In the United States, J. Edgar Hoover report! in the latest crime summary for calendar year I960, was at an all-time high in the United States ? and rising. The crime rate in the United States is one which concerns both lawmakers and law enforcement officers. And much of the crime problem touches on. the delicate race question, which the federal government is so hesitant to men tion. For example, criminal homi cides by non-white in the United States, in 1980, were more numer ous than among whites, who num ber about ten times the total of Boone Insurance Agency, Inc. wSSTtJSZm Insurance for Your Every Need the noo-whiUf. Tke reepoesibllity for lacreaiiu crime rate* ia the United State* nuutf be laid to the door of taloirt lion, to a (Wfrtw, and alao to tb? door of partate, who boar the ft* al re*poMlhiUty. Testtfyia* Man V X'wnl o4Ada) admitted the infliMOcc of modanulay t*l? ?Mm was disturbing. Tha latest Hoorer raport shows N par cant larini la crime* is tha past tea year*, and ? 14 par east riaa i? the last yaar. Beech Creek News Mr*. Garden Keith awl two ekU dren, David and Martha Rooee of Aberdeen viaited W. S. Harmon aad family ana night la? week Dr. Mabbin. wife and four chil dren of Louiavilla, Ky , wore vis itor* at the W 8. Harmon* alio. , lira R. S. Wilhinaoa of Char lotte. who ha* been viaiting here for mnM time, returned home Sat urday Mr and Mr*. Suddreth of New land were calling on friends here Sunday afternoon. Kecent vuttors o i Mr. and Mrs. Hunt Trivett were Mr. ud Mr? Ivan Trivett and girt* a t VUas. Mr. and Mrs. David Carter and children of Georgia apeat the week end with Mr. and Mn. Ray Trivett. Mr. and Mn. George Harmon and Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Stanabury en jojred a picnic on Grandfather Mountain Sunday. They alao visit ed Mr. and Mrs Carl Wiseman and Scott; and Lulla belle WUe man. ? Hrt. Rebecca Canter of East Bend ia upending a tew days here with her da ogbter, Mrs. Captain Hicks. Mr. and Hrs. Hurst Trivett visit ed Hn. Vergie Trivett o t Elk aad Mr. and Mrs. Smith I and boy of Elk Park Sunday. lira. Ivan Trivett ai viiited Sin Julie Edmiaten Opal Monday. The Beech Creek Rug Study Croup will meet Thursday at 1:30^ with Mr*. Rosa Harmon.