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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.
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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
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the infliMOcc of modanulay t*l?
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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.
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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.