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Thursday. March 1. 1S73 TV The News-Record IM) :Wi7 MAKSII M.I.. Y ('- 2H7.-:i NO-P.KTIS, POLITICS PUBLISHED MEEKLY BY COMMUNI TY NEWSPAPERS. INC Sacondclau prwilaan authoritad ai Marshall. N. C 28753 JMESI STORY Editor Subscription Rates Subscription Rates In Madison Outside Madison" 15 12 '8 6 4 Mos . . , Mos . . , Mos . . , Mos . . . Mos . . . (Add AIR ,$4, .4. .3. .3. .2. 50 00 50 00 50 4 tax For All in No. Car. MAIL 40C Per Wgek EDITORIAL Operation dsn I The above picture of another town gives local people a chance to visualize the improvements that can be made in Marshall if enough people are willing to cooperate and are willing to pay for such an im provement. Several years ago much talk and consideration was given concerning improving the appearance along Main Street by having a sidewalk covering or metal awning from the post office to Roberts Pharmacy. At that time it was thought the expense for such a project was to much to justify. However, with the shopping center nearing completion it might be advisable for merchants on Main Street to reconsider. Many towns have encouraged more people to trade in them by making such improvements. True, the cost is rather high but we believe it would strengthen our economy and would certainly make ftuMown more attractive Imagine shoppers being ble to walk up and down 2 street during all kinds of weather, protected by attractive overhead "ceiling". We feel that tne new snopping center win re at tractive and will lend itself to increased business in this area. Why not keep step on Main Street? Merchants, think it over. Main Street Dilemma The new traffic control light at the intersection in front of the courthouse has caused considerable comment both favorable and unfavorable. The same thing can be said of the elimination of the signal light at the intersection of Main and Upper Bridge Street. Several persons have complained that the shades around the lights protrude too far to know when the light is green, yellow or red while standing on the sidewalk. Someone said that a person has to walk to the middle of the street to find out what color the light is. That's dangerous, indeed. Maybe the shades can be cut shorter so pedestrians can tell when to cross the street while standing on the sidewalk. It has been our opinion that cars wishing to turn left from Main Street into Bridge Street should be given a chance with an arrow on one of the four lights showing green or go left Cars wishing to continue straight or down the street could do so with one light on solid green. When the arrow points green for a left turn, the lights facing cars coming up the street could be on red or "stop" for short in tervals. This would enable cars going either straight or turning left of traffic coming up the street to get spaced out enough to turn. This would only necessitate cars coming up the street to pause for perhaps a minute before getting a green light or maybe a right turn light. Sounds rather confusing, doesrft ft? However, as it is now, we can't see mucn advantage in having two lights on rea ami two lights on green at the same time. It certainly doesn't alleviate the congestion and long lines of cars Just waiting for a car to turn left on Bridge Street Maybe this sounds crazy and maybe it is, but other such intersections similar to ours in other towns adjust the four-light fixtures in such a way to speed up traffic in all directions. We would like to see some improvement made along this line. As for the elimination of the traffic light at Upper Bridge Street, there are good and bad angles. Many disregarded the light anyway and made it dangerous to cross the street until looking carefully. Now there is NO lirht but rather a STOP sign for vehicles en-terir- Main Street This, no doubt, speeds up the , traf f .c on Main Street but makes it a bit dangerous f r; ' -s trians who must watch for cars which must ..ri t : t vten tv-ie coast is clear" entering Main '. r J to get use to no signal light at this r t we're lcarr.i-T to watch in all News - Record PAGE i 15 12 6 4 Mos. Mos. Mos. Mos. $9 , .8. .6. .4. 00 00 00 00 Townlift US r.n cr to s! dawn so interjection we f for motorists t re!. Wly Search You? By PAUL HARVEY Boarding any airliner now, you are required to arrive early, open your carry on baggage, including your purse, allow a search of your pockets and, if indicated, your underwear. Most passengers accept the invasion of their privacy philosophically. They say'it's better than a detour through Havana " Some passengers, in dignant, are going to demand a Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of such search without warrant. You approach the airline ate and the concourse en trance is guarded. At a long table, passengers place their hand baggage for opening and inspection The passenger then walks through an archway where a magnetometer detects any metal on his or her person, including kes or coins. With hand held electronic devices, other security men comb your person for con cealed weapons or exnlosives Metal in you corset or a metal socket in your hip joint may require that you be segregated and stripped for a more inUinate search That doesn't happen often but airport officials have the authority to do so. When government lowered the security screen over 531 commercial airports last December, we'd been averageing four skyjackings Raleigh By ERNEST MESSER House sessions are getting longer as committees begin to release more bills and as some of the more controversial proposals begin to appear on the House Calendar. On Monday night, debate began on a bill to give citizens of the State Jfcft right to sue State Agencies for not en forcing anti-pollution stan dards. The debate was resumed on Tuesday when the bill passed the house by a small margin. Rumors are that the bill will meet with even stronger opposition in the Senate Wednesday was the longest day of the current legislative session It began early in the morning with committee meetings, then the House convened at 2:30 p.m. and adjourned after 6 p.m. In all, twenty-one bills were con sidered, two of them being among the more controversial that will be dealt with this session. A proposal to give cities the right to spend Powell Bill funds to plan and operate mass transit transportation systems was killed after much argument, several attempts to amend, and much in-fighting Then, after several hours of debate, which became rather heated at times, the House decisively killed a bill that would have submitted the Equal Rights Amendment to a vote by the people, a vote that would not have been binding on members of the General Assembly, but would only have determined the sen timent of the people. The majority sentiment was that the people expected their elected representatives to settle the issue themselves, rather than submit it to a referendum; that, since many other state legislatures are meeting this year, the issue might be settled before a vote could be taken in North Carolina and that, con sequently, we would be voting on an issue that had already been settled. Now comes the real show down, when the General Assembly .must decide whether to approve or disapprove the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. - No matter how minor thej may be. all proposals 1 change the election laws fere controversial. A bin to prohibit political - posters on highway right-of. : way has been on the House Calendar for a week. It has been amended, argued about. and postponed, but R is still far from being disposed of. A bill to modify the method if replacing senators f representatives, whose office becomes vacant because of or attempted skyjackings per month. It's too soon to evaluate results of the costly, cum bersome, time-consuming and sometimes embarrassing screening process. It takes an average of six airline employees to process a planload of passengers. For a major airport this requires several hundred uniformed guards plus a dozen FBI agents. Of course it's the passenger who pays for this private army in higher fares. And if ever the crisis ends and the need for search subsides, histroy predicts the added costs will remain. But who is it who thus trespasses on your private papers, possessions and person? Government' Always we assume that free people become less free because dictators dictate. But federal police are upending your wig box not because government wants to but because a comparative handful of sickies are running around loose and menacing others. The law has taken away your Fourth of July fireworks and threatens to take away your gun because some misuse theirs. Government can seize your private papers because of some tax cheaters. And because some sadists hide razor blades in apples whole states outlaw Halloween. Not because there is tyranny in government but because there is anarchy in the unbuttoned brains of a few loonybirds. Because some who are free don't deserve to be you can't be And down the road whole nations go from regulation to regimentation to tyranny Report death, resignation, or for any other reason, has been moving slowly through the Senate and the House. Previously, the law required that a vacancy must be filled by a person belonging to the same party and living in the same county as the person who created the vacancy. The . change permits the replacement to come from any county in the legislative district, with each county casting one vote for each 300 residents, in selecting the replacement. The replacement would still have to come from the political party of the person who caused the vacancy. The bill was enacted Friday. On Tuesday of this week, the House Election Laws Com mittee will hold a public hearing on a proposal to change the date of the Primary Election to the third Tuesday in July The Com mittee will probably vote on the proposal on Wednesday. Of interest to the people of Western North Carolina are two bills introduced last week, one to establish the North Carolina Trail Authority and tlie other to authorize the Department of Administration to acquire the remainder of the right-of-way for the Ap palachian Trail Con sideration of these bills should begin this week before the Committee on Conservation and Devlopment. Prohibition Prohibition became effec tive in the United States on January 16th, 192-fifty three years ago. It was a noble and idealistic experi ment, and a hopeless one, for it sought to legislate morals and personal behav ior. Younger citizens find it hard to believe Congress ever voted a ban on alcohol ic beverages, and that thirty six states (three fourths of the forty-eight), quickly rat ified the amendment (Only Rhode Island and Connecut icut never ratified it) But that's what happened under emotional pressure of the day from drys. As many had warned, the experiment was fail ore. Bootleggers and gangs then sneaked buoze illegally into , MiHckeieM and the re sults wete gang wars, had bnozc. corruption and widespread hrpakrlowa in law rnfitrccsMttt. The 21 Ht amendment ' 1933 repeal ed the I8lh, t-fTortivc with the ratification nf thirty sis slate,-attain, m December 5lh. 1933. Baa.' ..HVaiSUirWatW JRJ A LEMON, 14 inches in circumference has grown on the lemon tree belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Polk Bryan, of Marshall. The tree also has two smaller lemons on it, as well as several blooms. The tree was given to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan about two years ago by their grandson. Bill Bryan, and his wife, of Kingsport. Tenn. The tree originally belonged to Mrs. Bill Bryan's aunt, of Etowah, Tenn., who grew it from a seed. The tree is approximately four years old. Marshall Teams Win County Jaycee Titles MAKSHALL MAKS HII J. (GIRLS) The Marshall girls defeated the Mars Hill girls, 23-18, to win the Junior Varsity championship at the local gym last Friday night before a large crowd. The Mars Hill JV girls led at the end of the first quarter, 5-3 but the Marshall girls stormed back to tie the game at 10-10 at halftime. The score at the end of the third quarter was Marshall, 17; Mars Hill 14. Defense played a major role in the final quarter with Mar shall scoring 6 points to Mars Hill's 4 to capture the S-point victory in an exciting game. D. Evans led the winners with 8 points. D. Landers had 7 points and T. Green, 5 points. Dr. Reed completed the scoring with 3 points. Pain 4elt0n wws high scorer for both teams with 10 points. Debbie Wheeler had 6 points and Karen Edwards com pleted the scoring with 2 points. MARSHALL ( 23 ) T Green 5, D. lenders 7, D. Kvans 8, C. Buckner, D Reed 3. S. Sprinkle, K. Webb. MAKS MILL (18) Pam Yelton 10, Debbie Wheeler 6, Teresa Walker, Karen Ed Taylor Attends "Peace With Honor" Affair U S Rep. Roy A Taylor attended Thursday evening a Radio Appeals On some radio stations one hears entertainment types throughout the day making one pitch after an other, always on behalf of some noble cause, for mon ev The listener is advised tn send a c heck to Washing ton or New York, usually. Whether it is to save the lives of starving children in Asia, to save pink elephants in Africa or to help fight an insidious disease, the ap peals are always emotional and impressive and much money finds its way to the hi g-cit organizations which get entertainment types to make their appeals. One doesn't wish to com ment adversely on the ef forts of any chanty organi zation, yet one principle about helping unfortunates is worth remembering; help extended at home arcom pl ishes known result. A weekend apcymcnt ar.cnth. 4STaJaj' ftff'fl M Mrt limm wk mmitty ya. I I wards 2, Diane Iedford, Jane Carter, Peggy Anderson. MARSHALL HOT SPRINGS (BOYS) The Marshall JV boys got off to an early first quarter splurge to go out in front of the Hot Springs JV quint, 13-4 and were never headed. At half time the "Mini-Tornadoes" led 25-10 and at the end of the third quarter held an over whelming lead of 42-15. The youngsters didn't slow up during the final quarter and ended up with a 60-21 romp and the JV boy's cham pionship. Harrell, with 16 points, and Treadway with 15 points led the winners while Boone had 12 points. Flynn 7, Plemmons 5, Burnette and Hensley 2 each, and Sprinkle with 1 poQt, caapleted the sioringr No Hot Springs players were in double figures. Ramsey led the losers with 8 points. Jenkins had 5 points, Caldwell and Daniels had 3 points each and Swaney and Holt had a foul shot each. MARSHAIJ. (60)- Boone 12, Harrell 16, Flynn 7, Bur nette 2, Plemmons 5, Hensley 2, Roberts, Sprinkle 1, Treadway 15 "Peace With Honor" recep tion at the White House, along with other members of Congress who had supported President Nixon's Viet namization program. Other members of Congress were not invited by the President to attend. In a short address to the group, Nixon expressed special thanks to the Democrat members of Congress "who stood by me on Vietnam issues," and said "You resisted any temp tation to be partisan and, without your support, peace with honor could not have been secured." Plumbing & Heating 24- Hour Sorvico Four Equipped Trucks Prompt Sorvk Shop Phono: 649-3191 Nights A Holidays: 649-2175 649-3258 649-2530 CompUto Furnoc Rpalr Hot Air and Hot Wattr All Typos of Plumbing ' Residential and Commercial Contact . ' Clyde Bail Charles "Ham" All Work Guaranteed Fulm Girls Hill For District Title Enka's Sugar Jets streaked into a 214 first quarter lead, lapsed momentarily and then soared to a 64-41 victory over Mars Hill for the District Eight girls basketball championship Thursday night at Cullowhee. Mars Hill ended its season at 19-2. Diana Robinson came up with one of her top per formances of the season as she led the Jets with 23 points. She excelled around the boards, particularly in the final half, pulling down 18 rebounds. Jane Arledge added 16 to the Enka cause while Halford had 14. Linda Robinson and Yvonne Coates, paced the Wildcats with 18 and 11 points respectively. Halford managed 10 of her points in the first period with most of the baskets coming from the top of the key. Early in the second period Coates and Linda Robinson led the Madison attack that cut the margin to two points, 27-25. Then Arledge hit two baskets and Janet Wite four free throws and Enka led at the half, 35-27. The Wildcats, with Coates Laurel Teams Win Third Place Titles lJVUREL-HOT SPRINGS The laurel varsity girls edged out a tough 45-41 decision over Hot Springs in the girls' consolation game for third place in the county basketball tourney in the local gym last Friday night. The nip-and-tuck battle kept the near capacity crowd wild throughout the contest. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 12-7, Laurel; at halftime I.aurel held a 3-point edge, 26-23; end of third period. Laurel remained ahead, 38-31 and finally finished the game, winning 45-41. Ann Hensley, with 16 points, led the I-aurel lassies. Christine Shelton looped in 13 points for runner-up honors. For the losers, Jerri Padgettored 14 points while Diana Wills tiad 12 and Lorett Barnett had 10 points. 1JUJREL (45)- Cutshall 4, Hensley, 16, G. Shelton, 4, C Shelton, 13, Ramsey, 5, Norton, 1, L. Cantrell, 2, M Cantrell. 4-H Talent Mar. 10 At 4-H boys and girls from all over Madison County will have an opportunity to par ticipate in the Annual Madison OfWKMMV IT OUT -rue H.rooN. i-o Tne e neiop Of pvtlTTIMt At MCMiroAl m 14 r vrowv . - I .....I . Defeat Mars More Trout on the sidelines with four fouls, crumbled in the face of Enka's man-to-man defense in the third period and the Sugar Jets coasted Into an un surmoun table lead. Coates returned to action at the start of the final quarter but lasted only five seconds before fouling out as Mars Hill failed to make a run at the leaders in the final period. GIRLS ENKA (64) Halford 14, White 6, Robbinson 23, Arledge 16, Parrott 2, Cody 1, Sharpe 2, Anders. MARS HILL (41)-L. Robinson 18, J. Robinson 5, Coates 11, Wood 3, Martin 2, Brady 2, Yelton, Proffit. Half: Enka 35-27. Mars Hill earned the right to meet Enka by defeating Cherokee 54-40 on Wednesday night. Linda Robinson dominated inside play for the Mars Hill girls in their win over the Bravettes. She totaled 26 points for the evening while Janet Robinson added 14 in handing the Cherokee club their second loss in 25 games this season. Debbie George had the hot hand for the Bravettes, canning 22 points HOT SPRINGS Padgett, 14, Price 5, 10, Wills, 12, Wilson (41 ) Branett, LAUREL HOT SPRINGS BOYS The l-aurel Tigers got off to a fast start last Friday night to defeat the Hot Springs Blue Devils, 69-43, to win third place honors in the county basketball tournament. 1-ouie Ray Shelton, with 17 points, led the offensive show for the winners while team mates Junior Chandler ( 16 points) and Michael Franklin (15 points) were the three players in double figures for the winners. Craig Anthony had 9 points and Marvin Shelton scored 8 points. Jerry Gunter had 4 points to com plete the scoring. ' Tommy Rathbone with 12 points and David Cook with 10 points led the losers. 1.AUREL (69) Shelton 8, Anthony 9, Gunter 4, Franklin 15, I.. Shelton 17, R. Shelton, Chandler 16. Sh ov Mars Hill County 4-H Talent Show Saturday, March 10. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Memorial Auditorium at Mars Hill College. Judges for the show will be Mr and Mrs John Blair from Burnsville, N C All participants will receive ribbons. The three highest scoring acts will be invited to participate in the District Talent Show at Spruce Pine, June 14. Everyone is invited to at tend. Admission will be fifty cents for adults and twenty five cents for children. Pharmacy Comments Pull The "Weeds," Now! Most people would never let weeds inundate their gardens. Yet, when it comes to home medicine cabinets, behold the jungle of half taken dnigs, unclear or dirty labels on bottles, and bottles whose labels are missing altogether. Yes, behold the out-dated, soured prescription mix tures that still dog sagging home medicine shehres. If your shelves abound with such drugs, you need to do some "spring clean ing" - without delay! A messy, cobb-webb-ki Tested, poorly organised K 1 ii Hi. cm Thr ttrr rummcmt trprm wrfklf M mr ihmrhtt. npmmmt. W mlormnkm wr hrhrrr aatpummf to r Hrwt W cutlnmm mo ar anw For Food Industry Many of North Carolina's pollution-free mountain streams are producing prized rainbow trout that are ex pected to add yet another link to the expanding chain of seafood development in the state. Over two million pounds of trout are produced annually from Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Hen derson and Yancey counties. The next 5 years are ex pected to bring annual production exceeding 10 million pounds, providing organization, processing, techniques and important markets can be established, according to Alvah Ward of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources. A group of Western North Carolinians are working to make that happen. The trout industry in the state is being shaped by the Southern Ap palachian Trout Producers Association located at Franklin. Robert Carpenter has just been elected president of the organization, which represents 75 trout farmers Historically, rainbow trout have been produced in the mountain areas for fee fishing or recreation purposes, but these interests are beginning to give way to a new found interest in producing the prized catches for the food industry, Ward said. Rohbinsville Eliminates Wildcats, 45-40 Robbinsville eliminated the strong Mars Hill Wildcats, Madison County champions, 45-40 in the Class A District Eight basketball tournament played in Andrews Wednesday night of last week. Tony Howell led Rob binsville to its nip-and-tuck decision over Mars Hill. After the Black Knights led at halftime, 22-21, the lead switched hands in; the second . half while Howell was benched with four fouls. But with five minutes left in the game, the 6-foot-4 of fensive threat came off the bench to score 13 of Rob binsville's final 17 points to put the game away. Howell finished with 25 points. Mike Osteen and Keith Walker led Mars Hill with 13 and 11 points, rexpectively Benefit Cage Game At Mars Hill Tuesday Whoever said basketball in this county was over for this season didn't know what he was saying Next Tuesday night beginning at 7:30 on the Mars Hill High School hardwood the Mars Hill Lions will play the Mars Hill Civitans. Proceeds from the game will benefit the Little League Baseball program in Mars Hill. medicine cabinet may lit erally become a "pain in the neck." So get smart! Take prompt action and pull the YeOMMedeineSnatf "weeds" from your medic inal "garden," now. Save yourself the "pain, COMMUNITY j medical cEirnm aV- Hal Plaoa S8S-2M1 mtwMtstedCanfaw
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