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H-MARCH OF EVENTS
SXY MARSHAL PROGRAM
RUNNING INTO MILLIONS
TAB GOES TO TAXMYB
AS AIRLINES DO UTTU
By HENRY CATHC ART
Central Preen Washington Correspondent
TCTASHINGTON—Who should pay the mounting: coot to curtal
YV airplane hijackings—the airlines and their passengers oi
you, the taxpayer?
That basic question needs to be faced and answered as the cosl
of maintaining a 1,500-sky marshall program soars to $37.1
■ ■ million a veer.
The sky marshal program was Instituted ai
a “temporary” means of curtailing air hijack
ings. But federal officials administering th«
program say the airlines are doing so little tc
protect themselves from hijacks that the fed
eral government must continue its “tempo
rary” program if the traveling public is to b«
protected.
Gen. Benjamin Davis (USAF Bet.), whc
heads the sky marshal program, has been
openly critical at the airlines performance
Central Davis
to date.
“If airlines were doing a competent Job oi
screening passengers, we wouldn't have hi
Be blames Jackin ga and we wouldn’t need federal mar
airlines shals flying ‘shotgun’ on flights,” he says.
Why aren’t the airlines doing the Job?
It appears to he & matter of dollars and cents. Constant use
of electronic metal detecting devices requires hiring personnel
to use them. Studying the characteristics of people boarding
planes to see if any fit the "hijacker profile” takes more em
ployes and mbre money.
The airlines, say officials familiar with the problem, simply
sure unwilling to pay the price of- good security. And at this
point, why should they? The federal government and you, ths
taxpayer, are picking up the tab—whether you fly or notl
The same problem exists in protection of passenger luggage
and air cargo.
Security systems are amazingly lax. That is why theft of ail
.cargo is fast becoming a national scandal.
Businessmen who use air cargo facilities are crying for federal
action to combat air thefts.
Yet the same question continues to haunt responsible officials
here. Why should the taxpayer foot the bill?
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• MINUTES AFTER President Nixon announced Ms plans to
•visit Red China, presidential adviser Henry Kissinger was on
'the phene to California Gov. Ronald Reagan assuring him the
President has no intention of selling out our Nationalist China
allies.
Shortly thereafter, Reagan endorsed the Nixon plan to visit
Peking.
Thus, at a time when nearly every leading conservative- was
attacking the President’s planned visit, the man once viewed as
a potential rightwing challenger to Nixon seems clearly on Ms
side.
Now Reagan has informed Republicans here
that he intends to lead a California delegation b Reagan .j
committed to President Nixon, thereby foregoing .
any plans to go to the national convention as a ■
favorite son. This decision comes at a time when to center? i
many major conservatives are threatening to
•withdraw support of Nixon and his administration.
Is Reagan moving toward the political center? Republicans
lere say not necessarily so. He Is simply so preoccupied with the
problems of running the largest state in the nation. He needs the
administration’s help on such questions as welfare reform, SO «
is willing to "go along to get along’ for the tine being:
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Movie And TV Star Eddie
Albert Visits Upper County
By • Wallace Brewer
SAPPHIRE - WHITEWATER
t —Excitement ran high among
i Sapphire residents Saturday
evening as news leaked out that
Eddie Albert of “Green Acres”
of television fame was enjoying
[ a home cooked meal of apple
• pie and spaghetti at Laura Wil
son’s. Many autographs were
■ signed and the reoepients of
them plan to have them framed.
Mr. Albert was very pleased
with the great beauty of the
Autumn colors of Western
North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Barclay
were Friday evening dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
bigar at the “Red Lion” Inn to
a steak dinner in honor of Mrs.
Barclay’s birthday. Mr. Sigar
was also honored with a birth
■ day dinner during the weekend.
E. E. Fraser and Troy Bryant
both of Brevard came up to
■ help Mrs. Barclay to celebrate
! her birthday, and Laura Wilson
presented Mrs. Barclay with a
. lovely birthday cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Malcome of
Treasure Island, Florida, spent
last week as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Willis and children.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Farver
1 and son Mark accompanied by
Billy Crowell visited in Atlanta
and Mark and Billy enjoyed
listening to the Grand Funk
Kail road rock group singers.
Betty and Oakley Farver en
joyed a visit in the Pisgah Na
tional Forest amid the beautiful
Autumn colors and had dinner
at Pisgah Inn. '
Sherill Hubbard of Brevard
, conducted services at White
j water Baptist church on Sun
j day. We are sorry to report that
Ray Beddingfield, Superintend
; ent of the local church as being
. on the sick list.
Miss Susan Condon has finish
ed her tour of duty with.the Air
Force and returned last week
: from Elmendorf Air Force Base
’ in Anchorage, Alaska. She is re
siding with her parents', Mr. and
Mrs. H. F. Condon, on White
water Road.
i Mrs. Betty Pate is proud of
a new grandson born to Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Franklin last month
where they are stationed in Eu
, rope.
Mrs. Wilodyne Bough of
Greenville was a visitor of Mrs.
Hester Hansen on Saturday.
Marian and Tom Condon and
Mabel and Homer Hebb visited
Edgar Reid at Mountain Home
Sanitarium in Fletcher. Edgar
asked to be remembered to all
his friends out here in Sapphire.
George Blair hit the jack pot
v last week ... He was the dinner
guest of the T. Don Batsons
Monday evening . . . and of the
Homer Hebbs Tuesday evening
and on Wednesday of the Mel
vin Danns. Such popularity
must be deserved! At this writ
ing George is participating in
the Pork Grilling Contest at the
State Fair in Raleigh. We’re all
anxious to see how he made out.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reddick
and Mr. and Mrs. T. Don Batson
were the dinner guests of Mrs.
Rotha Matson and her daughter,
Pamela, last Wednesday eve
ning.
Mrs. Walter Whitted had as
her luncheon guests last Tues
day her daughter, Mrs. Carolyn
McCall and granddaughter
Elaine of Canton, Mrs. Rotha
Matson and Mrs. Florence
Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Garo
fano of White Plains, New
York, and Ft. Meyers, Florida,
are the house guests of Mrs.
Walter Whitted. Mrs. Garofano
is the sister of Neva.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Don Batson
were the dinner guests of the
Melvin Danns at Half Way
House. Virginia and Harold
Hayman are staying with the
Dann6 and a pleasant time was
enjoyed by all.
Friends of Bruce Bosier
(father of Beverly Dann) will
be sorry to hear of his serious
illness. He is
Sarasota, Flori
underwent
wishes are with
undergoes surgery again at
Sarasota Memorial
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer L.
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were the dinner guests of the
Tom Condons Wednesday eve
ning and of the Don Batsons on
Thursday evening.
Friday night the heavens
opened wide out in Sapphire
and‘the rain poured down, but
that didn’t stop Beryle and Lee
Hutchinson, Rotha Matson,
Neva Whitted and Ruth and
Tony Garofano from joining
Mary-Jo and Don Batson at
Hummingbird Hill for cake and
coffee and an evening of ex
changing hilarious tales of
‘‘way back when”.
Overnight color came to our
hills out here in this part of (he
county and the mountainsides
are beautiful tapestries of gor
geously brilliant color. Visitors
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baritagal
to the area have been many
over the weekend and we are
happy to share the beauty of
the earth at this time of the
year. It is like living in an ex
quisite rainbow.
Bethany Bible Group To Have
"Christmas In October" Meet
“Christmas in October—what’s
that?” This was the typical re
sponse of the ladies at Bethany
Bible Church when the idea was
first presented by Linda Rosen
thal, a teacher at Brevard High
School. After an explanation
about this special project for
overseas missionaries, a party
was scheduled for Friday eve
ning,, October 22. at 7:30.
For this occasion, each church
family has chosen a missionary
family and will buy gifts for
each member of that family.
These gifts will be brought on
Friday night, displayed for all
to see, then gift-wrapped, and
finally, wrapped for overseas
mailing. A season of prayer will
follow. The evening will be re
plete with Christinas decora
tions, games, refreshments, and
music.
Field representatives of the
Baptist International Mission,
Inc.-, suggested that all packages
be kept under two pounds in
weight, as anything heavier re
quires that the missionary pay
duty on it to get it through
customs. Other suggestions were
similar to those given when
sending packages to GIs in Viet
nam, namely items that are easy
to purchase in the States but
practically non-existent else
where. These included kool-aid,
3-layer jellos, gum, grits and
pecans (for Southerners in par
ticular), toiletries, socks and
underwear, Tupperware (or its
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In far off lands across (the
sea The natives act quite
They writhe and yell then
up sticks and beat and
the sod. . ..... j.
People who hear of these dis
plays Exclaim and sneer and
scoff. Then head out to the
country club foe eighteen holes
of golf.
equivalent), and for the chil
dren, educational toys and in
expensive games.
“Christmas in October” will
be held at the congregation’s
permanent location on the Old
Hendersonville Hwy. at Osborne
Road.
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