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December 3«, 1978
The Energy Crisis
sink in until they contact a case of
frostbite — in their living room*.
Am 1m aay crisis* rumors and specu
lariQH abound, *n* many are own
fused and/or skeptical about the
warnings being sounded. The sim
ple truth is, the danger is very real.
It is not ax* fneygy industry con
The United States is short of en
vironmentally - clean fuels to meet
all of its needs, and the outlook for
the next few years is for none of the
same. However, such shortages will
not be permanent if the facilities
seeded to develop, produce and de
liver more energy to the public can
be constructed. New facilities such
as nuclear power plants, offshore
wells, refineries, storage tanks, pipe
lines and deepwater ports are part
of the answer. Energy spokesmen
further suggest that there be es
tablished a coordinated federal
energy policy followed by a better
balance between environmental
goala and energy requirements.
Each of us can tackle the short
(I* hflr connqrvlnf electricity and
ether feme of energy while gash
ing beating posts by: (1) Not over
heating our homes, (2) Sealing off
cold air leaks around windows,
doors and chimneys, (3) Turning the
thermostat down if leaving for the
weekend or longer, (4) Making sure
fl turner of the furnace is cop-epb
adjusted and serviced regularly,
needed, consider an investment
in proper home insulation; it could
seise UP regularly. If needed,
consider an investment in proper
gome insulation; it could save up to
25 percent of the home’s total heat
ing expenses. Even more important,
we should make it a point to per
sonally become aware of the real
ities of the energy shortage and urge
eur legislators to push for develop
ment of new domestic energy sour
ces for the future.
Unlike a bad dream, the energy
shortage will met disappear over
night But it can be surmounted if
an alert educated public demands
action. The final outcome rests with
you- ~
All-Important Password
“What’s 100 people, more or
lees?” may be the cry when a new
company moves into town. For the
community, a population increase of
100 new employees means 296 more
people, 61 more school children,
$690,000 more personal income per
year. $270,000 more bank deposits,
$360,000 more retail sales yearly
and 174 more community workers
employed —• according to the Hills
boro, Oregon, Chamber of Com
merce.
Obviously, new business, better
known as private enterprise, adds
vitality to the economic life of a
community and strength to the na
tion as a whole.
Thus private enterprise is the
password to a higher standard of
Kving and the world leadership sta
tus this country enjoys. It must be
encouraged — by all means.
Way
Never underestimate the power
of then American people, especially
Wheti it comes to safeguarding one
of their <^exnocratic birthrights, a
free and diversified press.
In a heartwarming display, ac
cording to an AP dispatch from
Lander, Wyoming, not long ago the
public rallied, round the dying High
Country News, a biweekly circulat
ed nationwide, devoted wholly to
the conservation cause and funded
by subscriptions alone. The paper
tyas forced to announce that with a
$7,500 bank loan due it would have
to stop its presses for good, “bar
ring a miracle.” The miracle came.
Contributions flooded the office
causing the editor to happily com
ment “We are on a stronger footing
than we ever have been.”
Lejt this incident serve as a warn
ing to those who think the U. S.
.Weakened because its people con
stantly question and criticize the
very institutions which hold theif
country up,. When it really counts,
Americans have always been able to
“get it together” — just ask the edi
tor of the High Country News.
Paragraphics,..
Shyness is usually mistaken for
unfriendliness.
Sign in the window of marriage
license office — Out to lunch . . .
think it over!
Tact is the unsaid part of what
you think. J
Flattery fa like pe*f<HOe—ypu/re
supposed to smell fa not swallow it.
If at first you don’t succeed,
you’re running about average.
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:f. UMEKVIII
WASHINGTON — In a major
move to coordinate Federal
energy policy and allocation
programs, President Nixon has
established a new Federal
Energy Office under the direc
tion of Deputy Treasury Secre
te m&m E. Simon.
Governor
John Love as the President’s
energy advisor, and hopefully
will be abjg to go what seven
other Clergy policy makers
haye been unable to do in the
Nixpn Administration. The Pres
ident, on December 4th, re
quested legislation implement
ing his Executive Order creat
ing the framework for the new
agency to provide for the co
ordination of ail Federal energy
activities. On the date of the
White House announcement, I
stated, as Chairman of the Sen
ate Committee on Govern ipent
Operations, that public hear
ings on the President’s proposal
would begin two days later. At
the opening of the hearings on
December 8th, 1 announced my
cosponsorship of S 2776, the
Jfacksdn - Ribicoff bill which
embodies the President’s Fed
eral Energy Administration re
quest
In brief, the Federal Admin
istration coordinates under one
agency the development of do
mestic and foreign policies re
lating to energy resource taan
agement; the implementation
of programs dealing with energy
production shortages, such as
fuel allocation and possibly ra
tioning; the administration of
voluntary and mandatory energy
conservation programs; the pro
mulgation of energy price regu
lations; the establishment of
policies on petroleum ynd ener
gy imports and exports; the im
plementation of a program to
develop our energy self-suffic
iency; the coordination of ener
gy policies with industry, state
and local governments, and the
public; and the collection and
dissimination of energy infor
mation. Many have advocated
that this be done for some
months.
Cne of the greatest problems
involved in this situation is that
the American people do not
have a clear understanding of
the energy shortage and. whet
they must do to live with it.
Conflicting reports on thjs sub
ject appear constantly in the
press. Almost everyone has a
different opinion as to what
sho
Mwv.l
“nobody in Wa
care* about wbat is
ing.”
I would point out that Sena
tor Jackson warned about the
dangers of dependence on for
eign and particularly Mid-East
oil in June of 1972. Again in De
cember of last year he said to
all who would hear: “I am con
vinced that development of a
national energy policy is t^e
most critcal problem — domes
tic or international — facing
the nation today.” In my news
letter of December 7, 1972,
more than a year ago, 1 pointed
out that we had a fuel crisis,
and “in a real sense, it involves
the lives, fortunes, and destiny
of the country.” Since that tiqte
many in the Congress, and 1
must say with only nominal
encouragement from the Ad
ministration until very recently,
have sought to head off this
crisis.
Not only must the Adminis
tration now give the American
people the facts about our
energy requirements, produc
tion, and resources, but we need
to furnish reliable information
so that individuals and industry
can make plans and not have to
grope in the dark. The new Fed
eral Energy Administration
must immediately staff offices
and work with state and local
governments and industry to
fairly allocate fuel supplies. I
am advised that a few days ago
the Atlanta office had more
than 5000 applications for fuel
allocations with available staff
to process only 400 of those ap
plications. Full staffing for re
gional offices is only now un
derway.
Time and again during the
Senate Government Operations
Committee hearings on this
legislation, the point was made
that no energy program will
work unless the American peo
ple understand the problem
and are assured that they will
be fairly treated in sharing
shortages.
Simon, the new energy czar,
comes into his post with a
reputation for his ability to
make tough, and decisive de
cisions. He will also need the
wisdom of a Solomon to pro
mote the national good as we
feel the impact of the energy
crisis.
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THE EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
BY
DR. HERBERT SPAUGJJ
What about “Xmas”? Each year when I see it or hear it used,
I rebel, and then rise up to smite it And each year I receive letters
of commendation. I have had them from chambers of commerce
and community leaders.
Ope correspondent wrote, “I quite agree with you. I have al
ways been disturbed about the misuse of Christ’s day. I hgye
heard it explained by saying that many years ago it was thought
to be irreverent to write the name of Christ, and so X was used
But to me it is almost an algebraic indication, and it seems to sig
nify that we do not know Christ.
Most of us have had to get through algebra at some time
ip our education. If we haven’t forgotten H all, we will remember
that X was used to, represent the unknown quantity in a problem.
Truly, for many, “Xmas” describes best their observance of
the holiday season, it has none of Christ in it. We have quite a
flurry of commercial Chritmas parades in our towns and cities.
From all the reports I have been able to gather about than, there
was very little ip them to remind one of Jesus Christ Santa Claps
has been the chief feature.
The way many will celebrate the holidays with alcoholic frivo
lities or downright perversion would certainly not be Christ-like.
Truly, for hundreds, yes thousands, it will be no more than
“Xmas.” ' •
Mr John Anderson
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Transylvania Tiny*
Brevard, N- C. 28712
Dear Ifr. Anderson,
In mid November some 3 00Q residents
of our county v^wed the film “Time To
Bun.” This wa* a special shying of a fam
ily entertainment nicture nroduced
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by the Billy Graham Organization. “Time
To Bun” brought to viewers a vital message
concerning life today.
The success of this program was due to
many people and organizations. The list
is quite long but deserves public mention
because rt vividly shows how many citizens
can cooperate for the benefit of the county
and its residents.
Among the civic organisations render
ing support were the Brevard Lions Club,
The Brevard Jaycees, The Brevard Kiwanis
Club, The Optimist Club of Brevard, The
Brevard Jaycettes, and The Pisgah Forest
Lions Club.
Business and commercial firms cooperat
ing included First Union National Bank,
First Citizens Bank, American Thread, The
Olin Corporation, Bryant Construction Com
pany, Brevard Paint and Decorating Center,
Brevard Lumber Company, Brevard Feder
*1 savings gad Loan Association, Communi
ty Cash, Wynn Dixie, Relks, Lowes, Citfcens
Telephone Company, Bice Furniture Com
pany, Duke Power Company, Brevard Chain
Saw Company, Sfcy City, and the firm of
Ramsey, Hill, Smart, and Ramsey.
Among the individuals assisting the
committee were Dst. Charles Newland, Dr.
Jerry Calm, L. E. Bagwell, Jr„ T. L. Bing
ham. Jack Dense, Carroll Bahnsen, Arthur
M. Smart, David C. Xirk, Jr., Robert D.
Stewart, James C. Gaither, Sr. William R.
White, Don R. Blankinship, and Guis Sin
iard.
Special thanks also go to the Brevard
Davidson River Presbyterian Church, the
Transylvania Sheriffs Department and the
Brevard Police Department.
Of course the whole project was kept
before the public through the outstanding
cooperation of the Transylvania Times and
Radio Station WPNF.
As I noted before, the list is long, and
I am sure incomplete, but it does show that
we have a public spirited county that cares.
Sincerely,
Richard C. Voso,
Publicity Director
TIME TO RUN Committee
Guest Column
Tom Wolfe’s Love Affair With Trains
By■SAM RAGAN
(Southern Pines Pilot)
The gasoline shortage provides the op
portunity for Amtrak to prove something
the railroads of America should have known
all along — that people will ride trains if
the service is adequate. 1
Of course, the sellout of Amtrak trains
during the holiday season is due to the gaso
line shortage. BUtf there is no donbt that
trains are still perferred by a large segment
of Americans if the service is good and the
trains are there.
Theie is a glamor about trains that ap
peals to Americans Thomas Wolfe was one
of those in love with trains. Who can for
get his descriptions of train rides across the
American landscape? Charles Laughton call
ed Wolfe the greatest painter of American
landscapes, and those landscapes for Wolf
rolled forth while ha was riding trains- We
think of that memorable passage of a moon
light ride through Virginia. Thomas Wolfe
had a love affair with trains.
We think Americans will respond to
trains as W<4fe did if they will only run,
and on time.
What Symbols Commemorate
Our Nation’s 20th Birthday?
By • SIDNEY J. BARKIS
(Smithfield Herald)
t
The U. S. Treasury announced recently
that it will pay $5,000 each to the persons
submitting the winning new designf for
the quarter, half - dollar, and dollar coins.
These coins will commemorate our bicen
tennial celebration in 1076 of the American
Revolution.
wyie tye frpnl of the coins will re
main unchanged — with portraits of Presi
dents on them — the obverse sides will car
ry the new designs. This is a magnificent
chance not opty for illustrators and design
ers, but for tbe ordinary citizen to express
his symbolism of our 200th anniversary as
a nation.
A8 • few helpful suggestions, let me of
fer the following, not to be copied slavishly,
but merely to indicate the kind of thing to
represent our country as' Its third century
begins: -
For the quarter, a McDonald’s sign
rap^pnt op a field of hamburgers and the
edge pygrqed! with a circle of a%rpating
Coke bottles and french fries! This ip to
represent the upward surge of our gastnv
nomic art and taste since the benighted
days of our Founding Fathers.
(Perhaps, as an intriguing fillip, a gor
geous Holiday Inn sign could be interwoven
with the McDonald’s crest)
in the direction of technology and in
dividual enterprise since we first told
Franklin to go fly his kite.
The current coins — with their eagles
and arrows and olive branches and Latin
mottoes — are neither looked at nor under
stood by anyone but a civic teacher. Any
change (no, pun intended) would ba an im
provement, in tews of relevance to the
new spirit of 1%7£ — perhaps even “E
Pluribus Vntun” could be replaced by “It’ll
Play in Peoria," a motto that might just
have given pause, and pualement, to the
authors of The Federalist Papers, The Rights
of Man, and the Declaration of Indepen
deuce.
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The Children Write.
What Christmas Means To Me
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Christmas means to giv$ unto th$ Lord,
or in other words to shqre with others, to
give gifts to other people and to see them
be happy. IJj^t I, don't Cfcn wither I get
Sifts not, but just to see someone else
happy is the best thing in the world. I used
to think that all Christmas was a - time
for me to get gifts, and play games, but now
I do not since I read the Bible. I do not
think that way gay more because I know
} te show, other people the
since Jesus showed me. Another way
I f«gl aboyj, it a a time to be happy and to
. the other people how much I really
for them and Jesus.