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' ingtay Of Progress Es A surefire political formula for getting votes has been for a candi date or an office-holder to demon strate an ability to attract large gov ernment spending programs to his community or to his state. Obscured in the glittering prospect of “free money” from Washington was one hard fact. Taxpayers would tvenr tually be called upon to pay the bill. With the passage of years, cost of government at all levels has reached crushing proportions — forcing cur tailment of many spending pro grams. By the same token, com munities are once again inclined to welcome old-fashioned, self-support ing, taxpaying industrial develop ment. Typical of what may be a new trend is the comment of a local edi tor of a California community in urg ing support of a proposal by a local power company to build a $300 mil lion generating facility. In the words of the editor: “As long-time resi dents of this area, we have become mqre and more concerned with the economics, as we have watched our property taxes go up and up, and with a continuing spiral that we see no relief from unless a major indus try steps into take on a share of the burden. . . We are convinced that the . . . steam plant will be a boon to the economy of this area and will offer no health or esthetic hazard to the population.” The investor - owned, taxpaying electric industry has been one of the most substantia] community builders in the United States. The billions of dollars that it has poured into plant facilities, all of which are heavily taxed, have been and will continue to be one of the mainstays of com munity progress. A Fuel-Burning Animal Space exploration may be “out of this world”, but man is still an or dinary mortal and wherever he trav els he must carry his earthly en vironment with him. The essential functions of breathing, sleeping and eating must continue. Man is a fuel burning animal. Thus menus will always be a part of the machines of space and the longer trips become, the more important becomes the menu — the food the astronauts must carry with them. Space cook ery is an exacting a science as space flight itself. A news release from a major food processing concern* tells a lit tle about space foods and the re quirements they must meet. They must be light, compact, simple, pa latable and have the highest possi ble caloric content per unit volume. They must be easy to use in a weightless environment. They must withstand a space vacuum and be reliable under the millions of pounds of thurst during acceleration and cannot require cooking or refrigera tion. On Appolo 12 the crew enjoyed scrambled eggs in “spoon-bowl” form, salads, puddings, soups and stews. Recent space eating inno vations include wet- pack items such as beef and gravy, frankfurters and turkey. Food for eating in space requires the same exhaustive scien tific effort that has gone into all other phases of the moon program. ''General Foods Corporation Flight Checked By The Boss All kinds of statistics and analy ses, coupled with dramatic promo tional releases, have described the safety and comfort of the new Boe ing 747 jet. The 362-passenger jet, in truth, promises to revolutionize air travel to a greater extent than any aircraft heretofore introduced into airline service. But, its great potential hinges upon sharing with the public the facts that make the 747 more than just another airplane. A human interest touch was add ed to the 747 story when the presi dent of Pan American World Air ways, Mr. Najeeb Halaby, a pilot of 36-years experience, went to Boe ing’s factory near Seattle, Washing ton, and flew the 747 himself. The event, which attracted no particular fanfare, served to illustrate both the youthful vitality of the airline industry and the confidence of an airline president in the product which his company is soon to offer to the public. Mr. Halaby, who is as much at home in a cockpit as in an airline president’s office, com mented that the 747 jetliner is “a pilot’s airplane and a passenger’s airplane.” From the standpoint of the passengers, he indicated, the 747 will seem like an ocean liner— big, roomy and stable. One reason the 747 has been termed more than just another plane is the impact it will have on the ov erall technology of air transporta tion. It may help ease congestion in the skies, at terminals and on air port runways. As Mr. Halaby puts it, ‘‘It is generating thought and mobility. It is preventing us from drifting into the next decade.” Whatever else it may do, the 747 is also destined to play a large role in strengthening the idea of all nations as a single community. miiMiiiiiMmiiiiiiiiimi The Transylvania Times 100 Broad St. Brevard, N. C. 28712 The Transylvania Pioneer, established 1887; The French Broad Voice, established 1888; The Brevard Hustler, established 1801; The Sylvan Valley News (later Brevard News), established 1896; The Times, established 1931; Consolida sd 1932. V A STATE AND NATIONAL PRIZE - WINNING NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ED M. ANDERSON — Publisher — 1941 • 1958 MBS. ED M. ANDERSON, Publisher JOHN I. ANDERSON, Editor-Gen. Mgr. BILL P. NORMS, Advertising Mgr. MRS. MARTHA STAMEY, Office Mgr. MRS. BETTY McCRARY, Clerk, Typist MRS. KATE ROWE, Clerk • Proofreader CAL CARPENTER, Feature Editor HENRY HENDERSON, Mechanical Supt. ESTON PHILLIPS, Printing Dept. Head Gordon BYRD, Compositor D. C. WILSON, Printer JOHN HAWKINS, Printer, Apprentice SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER YEAR Inside the County—$4.50 year Outside the County—$5.00 OF Editorial Association thruam A qcaaI qtlQIl New York—Chicago—Detroit—Atlan NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE American "Newspaper Represent* ti NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ■0 "Cheer Up! We'i* Sound to Find - Something Wrong* SENATOR SAM IRVIN * SAYS * WASHINGTON — The Presi dent has signed the Tax Re form Act of 1969 which Con gress approved on December 22nd. The Act provides for about $9.1 billion in tax cuts which will be offset by about $6.6 billion in new revenues when it reforms are fully op erational in 1979, according to some budget authorities. The anticipated long - term shortfall in Federal revenues is not expected to take effect un til 1972. The Act’s immediate impact will be to produce about $1.9 billion more in revenues in fiscal 1970 due to the fact that the measure terminates the investment credit which permits a business to deduct 7 percent of the cost of new ma chinery or equipment from in come taxes otherwise owed and continues the surtax on in comes until June 30th. The revenue, surplus, according to fiscal experts, is . expected to begin a decline in 1971 until it produces a net revenue loss of $2 to $3 billion annually in the mid-1970’s. Thus a balanc ed budget then would call for come curtailment in govern mental spending. Major beneficiaries under the Act are low - income taxpayers, those with five or more per sonal exemptions, and Social Security recipients. The per sonal exemption will rise from the present $600 to $750 in four tax years. The first step occurs on July 1st when it rises tp $650. Thus for full cal endar 1970 the exemption will be $625. In 1971 it will be $650, ini 1972 it will be $700, and in 1973 it will reach $750. The Act also provides for an increase in the standard de duction which individuals may use in lieu of itemizing contri butions, interest expense, tax es, and miscellaneous tax allowable expenses. The old law authorized a 10 percent of adjusted gross income standard deduction with $1,000 as the ceiling. Under the new tax provisions, the standard deduc tion will increase to 13 per cent with a ceiling of $1,500 for calendar 1971, to 14 per cent with a ceiling of $2,000 for calendar 1972, and to 15 percent with the same $2,000 ceiling for 1973 and thereafter. Another major change in the Act is designed to reduce and in some cases eliminate Federal income taxes for low - income taxpayers. In lieu of the old law’s minimum standard de duction of $200 for the first ex —■Turn To Page Thres THE EVERYDAY COUNSELOR BY DR. HERBERT SPAUGH “What about unanswered prayer? You frequently refer in the Everyday Counselor column to cases of answered prayer, but say nothing about unanswered prayer. I’ve known many good people to become ill, some cancer, for whom much prayer was made, but they died. This is not intended to be carping criticism, but a plea for yod to write something about unanswered prayer.” A correspondent poses this question. According to Jesus, there is no unanswered prayer. “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” He out in the Parable of the Pharisees and the Publican two types prayers. You will recall that the Pharisee’s prayer (Luke 18) one of self - admiration. The prayer of the Publican was a for mercy: “God be merciful to me, a sinner.” Sometimes the Lord’s answer to our petition is “No;” some times, “Not now, but later.” At other times the answer is a posi tive “Yes” — immediate or gradual. We are all subject to human limitation and sometimes our pe titions are not acceptable to God. Sometimes we ask wrongly. As James puts it, “You do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.” (James 4:2 RSV) Jesus gave us the ideal prayer when He prayed at Gethse mane, “Not My will, but Thine be done.” Luke 22:42) Before we pass judgment upon God for the answers He gives or does not give in response to our prwefg, we need to be sure that we know all the facts. For example, y? may pray for the recovery of a friend who is ill, hut he dies. We never know the facts. Some very good people dip oren^turely, often a j heart, but never permitting anyone go to the grave with their closely guarded secrets. THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES PAGE TWO Thursday, January 16, 1970 EDITOl (Editor’s Not*: letters (port be brief, signed, typed or Writ ten legibly on one side of pa per. We reserve the rigid to re ject, edit, or condone*. Letters should be received by The Times by Monday morning*.) 314th Air Division O/L Mangil San CRC APO San Francisco, California 96570 29 December, 1969 Editor, Transylvania Times Brevard, North Cartlina Dear Sir: I understand that your newspaper printed my name among a list of service men from Transylvania County who would be overseas at Christmas. I should like to take this opportunity to thank the many people, some of whom I am Sure do not even know me, who responded to this ges ture by sending Christmas greetings and wishes for my safe return. To a serviceman assigned $o an isolated location such as this there are few things so encouraging as the knowledge.that the peo ple back home appreciate what he is do ing and that they have not forgotten him. Those of you who took the time to send cards to members of your country’s armed forces have done much more than you prob ably realize to improve morale and lift the spirits of all of us, because not only those of ua who received the messages but also ail of our comrades realize that in prepar ing for your own holiday celebrations you remembered us. We all feel a little closer to home and a little les* lonely because of ypur thoughtfulness. America’s fighting men have always been citizen - soldiers, not pa}d mercenaries but ordinary men defending things they be lieve in. We are in places like this because there is a job to be done here, and nothing is more important to us than the feeling that you acknowledge our efforts and stand behind us. On behalf of all of us here my sincer- ' est thanks for your good wishes; may the coming year bring prosperity to all of you > and peace to our world. Very truely yours, Steven Kropelinicki, Jr. 1st Lieutenant, USAF Pick of the Press A Good Reporter Leaves The Scene (Asheville Citizen) Bill Sharpe, editor and publisher of The State magazine for the last 18 years, was a man of great enthusiasm for every thing he undertook, full of S&bbling good humor, an informed student of North Caro lina’s history and a recorder of its geog raphy and its people. His sudden death this week in Raleigh, at 66, removes from our midst a talented newsman and publicist. After working on newspapers in Win ston - Salem, Bill was named head of the State’s Advertising Division in 1937 and later directed the State News Bureau before as suming operation of the magazine in 1951. He knew as many people, perhaps, as a candidate for governor, and he liked most of them. The regard was mutual, because Bill Sharpe was a likeable, fun-loving fel low with aq active sense of humor. To be sure, he was a man of strong convictions but, if his opinions seemed too «, strong on some topics and on some oc casions, he expressed them persuasively. He was, in the true sense of the terms, a good reporter and a good companion. There ig no surplus of such men in bur society. Wjth Biil Sharpe’s death, the num ber is diminished. Guest Column By W. LEE PRINCE Seneca Journal Seneca S. C. As we start a new year it will be help ful for us to take another look at what we might be able to do — “If.” “If” by Rudyard Kipling has long been a challenge to young and old. IF— “If you can keep your head when all about you ,n> Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hat ing, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream — and not make dreams your muster; If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Dis aster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things ypu gave ypur life to, broken, And Stoop and build ’em up with worn out tools: If you can mage one heap of all your winning risk it on one turn of pitch-and start again at your be a word about your ygtgr heart and nerve kmg after they are hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And — which is more — you’ll be a Man, my son!” From Our Files GLANCING BACKWARD At “The Good Old Pays” +■—-—- . ■ ■■ ' (From the file of December 31, 1964) As a special year-end feature, WPNF radio will carry an Associated Press round up of events in the past year. “Student Night at Christmas” which was designated thrpughout the Southern Baptist Convention, was observed at the Mt. Moriah Calvert Baptist church and Mt. Moriah Cherryfield Baptist church Sun day. First Union National Bank today an nounced a new 4Vi% Savings Bond to be: available to the public beginning January 1st. In releasing details of the program W. H. Keith, executive officer of the Brevard office, also stated that this will be the high est interest rate paid by any bank in this entire area. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tinsley returned Sunday to Ocala, Florida after visiting rel atives here during the Christmas holidays. (From the file of January 7, IMS) ' William L. Wilson, Jr. has been pro
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