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On Aviation Day Earlier this week, National Avi ation Day was observed throughout these Untted'States. At this time, attention is being foeused upon the unbelievable ad vances that have taken place in the art of flying in the sport space of time since the Wright brothers lift ed their frail craft off the ground at Kitty Hawk. Aircraft exhibits dramatize the marvelous performance, comfort, and speed of today’s planes—planes of every kind and size. If you are in the right vicinity, you will see the small pleasure oraft, as well as the planes that have become the tools of the businessman, and the jects that carry air travelers through out the globe. There are other aspects of the aviation age that cannot be paraded across an airport but are equally im pressive. Fop one thing, the cost of living has increased by 50 per cent since 1947, yet the cost of air travel is lower than it was then and has decreased by 18 per cent during the last 5 years. The decline is more spectacular— and realistic—when put another way. Expressed in constant dollars of 1967 purchasing power, the aver age cost incurred by air passengers per mile of travel in 1967 was more than one-third less than in 1947. Another aspect of air travel that cannot be put on exhibit is the im pact of the great jets flying inter nationally carrying millions -of .peo ple each year to every nation on earth. What this must inevitably mean in terms of greater understanding among all peoples will never be measured on a graph. Yet, it may well turn out to be the most decisive factor in reaching the ultimate goal of peace and a higher civilization A $10 Haircut! The National Observer starts off a feature article on inflation with “Haircuts for $10, minus tip. Food bill for a family of four: $115 a week. Cost of a ‘medium-priced’ car: $9,900. An average-quality man’s suit: $250.” The Observer points out that such prices appear fantastic, but they are what we may expect to pay within a very few years if the present course of inflation and the depreciation of the dollar continues unabated. Even more alarming than the steady advance of inflation is the ap parent indifference of the people— or at least many of them—to what is going on. The Observer accounts for this indifference by drawing atten tion to the fact that during the past 10 years, on the average, personal income for most people in terms of purchasing power has kept ahead of inflation. Until very recently, most individuals have enjoyed a com placent ride on the inflation band wagon, but the day of reckoning is near. During the past two years, in flation—price increases — has been catching up to productivity- During the past two years, the purchasing power of the paycheck of a man with three dependents has declined. As The Chase Manhattan Bank of New York observes, “For many Americans the apparent economic gains of the past two years have been only an illusion created by in flation.” The price of unlimited gov ernment deficit spending is cheaper dollars and lower living standards. The remedy lies in bringing govern ment spending into line with taxpay ers’ ability to pay. Inflation Hits Home! Wte modest little dream house or moderate-rental apartment may go the w%- of the two-cent newspaper, five-cent cigar and the fifty-cent haircut. Who’s the villain? Skyrocketing construction costs, due in large mea sure to inflationary wage demands. They not only threaten to cripple new private and >public construction, but also could put new residences out of range of many middle and lower income families. Last year’s wage gains for con struction employees worked out to 34.9 cents per tiour—the highest for any industry and more than double the all-industry^average of 14.3 cents. Some sources allied with the President’s Committee on Price Sta bility observe that the construction unibns’ goal for all of 1968 is to meet in. or beat the 1967 settlements in Ohio, which ranged between 10 and 18 per cent. The high incidence of strikes by construction unions, their resistance to new methods of construction and insistence or duplicating and “make work” projects, and their discrimina tory hiring practices—which help to perpetuate a shortage of skilled workers—all contribute to the cost push that threatens both public and private construction. The billions of dollars of private and public funds now earmarked for buildings will buy less and less until these roadblocks to buiding progress are eliminated. Paragraphics... The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. iwiinmiiwinunwiHiimiuniiiiiuiiiiuiiiHiniiiiHiuiimiiiml*? The Transylvania Times I The Transylvania Pioneer, established 1887; The French Broad Voice, established } 188B; The Brevard Hustler, established 1881; The Sylvan Valley News (later Brevard } Ncmrs), established 1886; The Times, established 1831; Consolidated 1983. A STATE AND NATIONAL PRIZE-WINNING NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 3 ED M. ANDERSON — Publisher — 1941 . 1998 t 1. MRS. ED M. ANDERSON, Publisher JOHN I. ANDERSON, Editor-On. Mgr. BILL P. NOMUS, Advertising Mgr. MBS. IBIWHA STAMEY, Bookkeeper MRS. KAT* HOWE, Cleik-Froetoeader CAL CARPENTER, Feature Editor HENRY HENDERSON, Mechanical Supt ESTON PHILLIPS, Printing Dept Head GORDON BYRD, Compositor D. C. WILSON, Printer SUfiSCaUPTiON EaTES I5ER YEA* Inride tfreOunty <>4.00 ywr Outside the County—-$4.50 ■ W: MEMBER OF ' National Editorial Association North Carolina Press Association New York—Chicago—Detroit—Atlanta j NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE American Newspaper Representatives 1 NO ZAiX. 5E Gfc.tW . 1SMATOR SAMHWM , MIT ' * WASHINGTON — New gun control legislation is sche duled to ibe considered by the Senate when lit reconvenes next month. Earlier in the session, the Congress cleared for the Presi dent’s signature an omnibus crime control bill which con tained provisions regulating the acquisition and possession of handguns and certain other firearms. This Act was signed by the President and became the laiw of the land. I support ed this Act. This measure was well along toward passage when the tragic assassination oif Senator Robert F. Kennedy took place and brought a flood of appeals to Congress to add very stringent restrictions over the sale and used of firearms. I have re ceived thousands of letters from North Carolinians in re cent weeks giving their views on the subject of gun-control legislation. (For this reason, it sterns ap propriate to call attention to the gun-control provisions of the Safe Streets and Crime Con trol Act of 1908. It outlaws mailorder shipments of pistols and compels* those who wish to purchase pistols to buy them from local dealers who can readily ascertain their eligibil ity to purchase 'them. It pro hibits the acquisition and pos session of pistols, rifles, shot guns, or Cither firearms by any person who has been convifed of a felony: or who is under indictment for a felony, or .who has fled from any state' to avoid prosecution for a feJ only; or who has been adjudg ed mentally incompetent. More over, it requires every im porter, manufacturer, or deal er in firearms to obtain a license from the Secretary of —Tarn To Tags Three THE EVERYDAY COUNSELOR BY DR. HERBERT SPAUGH w]nitimnniiiiiiiMtiiiieMiiutiisini The mind is much like an iceberg — the majority of it is sub merged. Psychologists tell us that nine-tenths of our thoughts lie below the level of consciousness. It is called 'the sub - conscious. The conscious mind — one - tenth — responds -to reason, but the sub - conscious responds to suggestion. Take for example the matter of breathing. This does not come as the result of conscious effort, tout by reason of the inner control center, which is a part of our spiritual nature. We are also told by the psychologists that the subconscious keeps stored sway within us the accumulated thoughts and desires of the years. By the time we have reached maturity and middle years, we have accumulated there a whole host of thought sug gestions of fear, doubt, suspicion, illness, limitation and lack, which are in direct contradiction to the voice and promises of God. These contradictory thoughts and voices throw us into inner confusion and strife. What can we do about it? The first reaction is to fight. But this is the wrong method. Evil resisted gains strength. Look at the world picture for example. We will not overcome Communism by fighting it. By fighting it we can restrain military aggression. But the evil spriit of Communism must toe overcome by the good spirit of God, “not by night, nor by power, tout by My Spirit, saith the Lord,” writes the prophet. "Resist not evil,” said Christ. He practiced it. He did not re sist Satan. He simply turned His back on him, quoting the eternal promises of God. We are to use the same method with our subconscious. We should, like Jesus, turn our backs on Satan, turn our thoughts away from the old accumulation of fears and doubts, away from the old thought - habit. St. Paul wrote, ‘©e not overcome of evil, but ov ercome evil with good.” Patiently we must teach ourselves a new thought - habit and come to a realization that we are called >to be children of God and inheritors of His wonderful promises. We must re-educate the subconscious mind, filling it with new thoughts of God and His goodness and ipower, which can he ours for the taking. We must replace thoughts of fear with thought* of faith, thoughts of iUness with thoughts of health, thoughts of evil -with thoughts of good. In. other words, we must learn faith by practicing the presence of God. The pianist, the typist, the acerbat, the Aviator acquired hie skill by long hours and days of practice. In the educate the soheconoious. We first lafce God. us, giving Him control and asking Kin to s evil Then with His help we coauuthce < tieo of the subconscious. j US As quickly as possible we scious with the promises of God toy Bible. One of the best collections for each day in the year is “Daily a copy from your book - dealer. in of care one I THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES »E TWO Thursday, August 22, 1968 EDITORIAL PAGE PA^GrE TWO <0 I ■ I (Editor’s Note: Letters most be brief, signed, typed or writ, ten legibly on one side of pp per. We reserve the right to re ject, edK, or condense. Letters should be received by The Times by Monday mornings.) Cedar Mountain, N. C. August 15, 1968 Mr. John Anderson, Transylvania Times Brevard, N. C. Dear Mr. Andersen, The following appeared in an editorial recently (Aug. 7th) in the Greenville, S. C. News: An Unsafe BUI South Carolina’s General Assembly re fused to pass this year a bill to allow out sized itandem truck - trailers on the states highway system. North Carolina rejected a similar bill earlier. The trucking industry now has shifted its efforts (from the state to federal level. The United States Senate already has pass ed a bill opening the way for triple-trailers, Wider trucks and heavier weight per axle. This is (even) more drastic than the pro posal presented to the state. The editorial goes on to Say that if this gets iby the House and is signed into law, state laws limiting truck sizes will be by passed by the huge trucks, or “rubber tired freight trains.” We shudder to think what will happen if we should be unfortunate enough to meet one of these out sized multi-trailers craw ling up - grade on poor old tired and crook ed U. S. 276, or high tailing it down grade, between Connestee (Falls and Rockhrook Camp, on one of those numerous dead-man blind and dangerous curves. Another stas titic. Mother wreck on the highways. Enough of such incidents, and no doubt the Truck ers will bring about the modernization of this important highway link between North and South Carolina. The ordinary property owner and tax payer seems to have failed. Sincerely, Geo. Ban Cedar Mountain, N. C. Brevard, North Carolina August 13, 1908 Mr John I. Anderson, Editor The Transylvania Times Brevard, N. C. < Dear Mr. Anderaon: Friends of the Library has given a book ito the Transylvania County Library in honor of Brevard’s 100th .birthday. The library is so pleased to have the book, The Complete Encyclopedia of Antiques, for it is a book all Brevard ians will enjoy. The complete encyclopedia of antiques compiled by the well-known British maga zine, The Connoisseur, is a comprehensive and authoritative sourcebook for everyone interested in antiques. It is illustrated with over 500 handsome monochrome plates, the contents cover a vast variety of subjects in cluding furniture, glass, pottery, armour, clocks, rugs, coins, metalwork, needlework, scientific instruments, paintings, jewelry, etc. It is a beautiful book and is an excellent reference book. It is a most welcome addi tion to the reference room, and 1 am sure .the citizens of the county will use it and en joy it. The library, and I am sure the entire community, appreciates the thoughtfulness of the Friends in giving this lovely birthday book. Yours .truly, Elizabeth R. Kapp Librarian . Transylvania County Library, Inc. Guest Column Making A Point By ■ Nudy James Montgomery Herald, Troy Mrs. Irene Jordan of Mt. Gilead found this bit of interesting dialogue while going thrpugh an old scrapbook: An alien applied to the federal court for naturalization papers and the following are the questions which were asked and the answers he gave: “Born?” “Yes, sir.” “Where?” “Ireland.” “Why did you leave Ireland?” “Because I could not bring it with me.” “Where were your forefathers born?” ‘1 only had one father.” “Where is Washington?” ‘“He is dead.” ‘Do you promise to support the United States?” “How can 1 with a wife and four chil dren.” “What state are you in now?” "Terrible.” “Now if the President and Vice - Presi dent were to die who would take charge?” “The undertakers.” “Who discovered America?” “Columbus.” “Where is he now?” “In Polk County, N. C.” “Where was the Declaration of Indepen dence signed?” “At the bottom.” “Do you know why the hand of the Statute of Liberty js eleven inches?” “Yes, because if they had made it twelve inches, it would have been a foot.” - 1 That was all. The papers were issued to him ***** Several years ago when I had the priv ilege of interviewing Andy Grifith, he made the statement that he would quit his tele vision series before the show itself was ditched. Apparently he has done just that. I nofe that The Andy Griffith Show” will not be on this fall, and that Andy will de vote full - -time to the movies. It apparently was his choice. The show, with most of the regular characters, will continue, tout will toe known as "Mayber ry. RFD.”” I know a lot of folks, particularly those locally, will miss the weekly appearm-es of Andy as the good - natured Sheriff of May berry. But, it’s good to know that he’s leaving the show of his own accord. From where I sit, ‘The Andy Griffith Show” could have run indefinitely. It was good family enter tainment. rick of the Pres* Truckers Bearing Gifts (From The New York Times) Do you want longer, wider and heavier trucks on the highway It is doubtful if very many people out side the trucking industry would answer that Question affirmatively. Yet the Sen ate last April without a record vote passed a bill which would permit trucks on the in terstate highway system to ibe a Coot wider and to increase their gross weight from the present limit of 78,000 pounds to as much as 138,000 pounds or more. The new limit is not easily defined be cause it is figured according to a formula based on a truck's wheelbase and number of axles. Since there is no limit on the length of truck - trailer combinations, trucks pulling two trailer* would become common and those pulling three would be feasible. The American Automobile Association has propurly characterized these enormous truck • trailers as “rubber - tired freight trains on the nation’s roads” and warned of the increased peril they Would present for ordinary motorists. Moreover, incalcu lable sums running into the hundreds of mil lions of dollars will be needed to strengthen existing bridges to sustain such truckloads and to rebuild roads worn oat prematurely. Yet the House Public Works OMgmtttde has oleared this ibiU for floor action. Ho far this is a fairly faarihar fefle of an industry pushing a piece of ?pecial-tn terest legislation through Congress. But the Story gained added slgaiftn—rt when enterprising reporters of The Washington Dally News and The Des Moines Register analyzed the recent political campaign con tributions of the truck operators’ “non partisan committee.” It turned out that fifteen members of the 'House Public Works Committee in both parties have received contributions ranging from #600 to $1,500 apice. For Represen tative John Kluezynaki, Democrat of Illinois, Chairman of the Public Roads Subcommittee and the man more responsible than anyone else far the execrable, lobby - loving high way bill, the truckers recently brought $2, M00 worth of tickets. A similar pattern of contributions exists for fifteen members of the House Interstate Commerce Committee which recently cleared another bill desired by the commercial truckers which would have the effect of cut ting down on their competition from trucks owned by farm cooperatives. Representative 'Fred Sehwengel Repub lican of Iowa, has courageously called at tention of .the House to these disclosures and written the House Ethee Committee urgfcg an inouirv •. . .« r
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