Editorials iV V '
School Attendance Trial
In a Sept. 4 editorial concerning the
| then pending trial to settle the dispute bet
' ween the Madison County Board of Educa
; tion and 51 Madison children attending Bun
? combe schools, we said, "We hope the
| parents and attorneys representing the
! students, and the Madison County Board of
; Education, will work toward a speedy solu
tion to this matter and spare the children
I from being punted back and forth across a
cota^goal line.''
te today's edition, we are happy to
report that the matter was dispensed with
f efficiently, and justly in our opinion, in last
week's special session of Civil Superior
Court.
The attorneys representing all parties
and Judge John Jolly are to be commended
on their promptness and wisdom in
reaching the compromise solution.
We suspect that not all of the families
involved will be perfectly satisfied with the
judgment issued in the settlement, but we
think the best solution has been arrived at
for the majority of the children involved. At
least now they know where they stand, and
can continue this year's schooling in a
stable atmosphere and plan accordingly for
their education in the years to come.
Other Editor's Say
Drinking Age
The Sylva-Herald
This fall the legal drinking age rises
from 18 to 19 in Georgia and Florida, two
more states which joined the trend to raise
the age limit from eighteen. Another study,
now underway in Massachusetts, is likely to
add impetus to the trend.
Dr. Richard Douglas, of the University
of Michigan, who produced two convincing
studies of the increase in death from ac
cidents when the drinking age was lowered,
was recently quoted as saying that a new
| study at Boston University, weighing the ef
! feet of te hiked legal age in Massachusetts,
! would add significant factual data in this
j field.
In September, data from a study con
; ducted in Michigan on the effect of the age
: hike there to 21 - in effect now over a year
! now - will be released. All indications are
| that it will be conclusive evidence many
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lives have been saved.
Although Wisconsin, home of many
breweries, rejects a move to hike its drink
ing age this year, the trend throughout the
country is toward raising the legal drinking
age. Such changes have already saved the
lives of many young people - and innocent
victims - and reduced the number of traffic
accidents.
Alcoholic consumption, should, of
course, be subject to strict laws. Other drug
use is tightly controlled; yet we have been
allowing glamorous advertisements about
alcoholic beverages to go into every home
to every age via television, and hard liquor
has been sold freely to teenagers, many of
whom are unprepared to cope with its ef
fects, and die or kill or ruin their lives as a
result - and those of others.
Mary Jane Hollyday
Candidate
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is up to the individual states to
"see that their laws are such
that aU citizens are treated
equally."
During her campaign swing
through Madison County, Mrs.
Holijrday said she had found
the people in Madison
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extremely nice and friend
ly"
"Win or lose the election, I'll
go right on fighting," she said.
Mrs. Hollyday, a
Republican, is running for one
of two seats in the N.C. Senate.
Her opponents are Democrats
James McClure Clark and
Robert Swaim.
NONPARTISAN IN POLITICS
a NICHOLAS HANCOCK. I
JAMES L STONY. Mortal Oi?? m
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BOX 369 MARSHALL, N.C 28793 I
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French Broad Has
Been Dumping
Ground'
Fishermen, rafters and
boaters along the French
Broad River which runs
through Western North
Carolina's Transylvania,
Henderson, Buncombe and
Madison Counties, say pollu
tion, trash and poor access are
causing major recreational
problems.
A survey headed by Dr.
D.D. Tarbet, a North Carolina
State University assistant pro
fessor of recreation resources
administration, polled the
river's users to get insights in
to the problems.
The survey which was fund
ed by federal agencies
through the Southern Ap
palachian Research Manage
ment Cooperative, was
designed to identify stream
related problems in the region
where states are heavily
dependent on recreational
resources and tourism.
Rivers are major sources of
recreational opportunity in
North Carolina, Tarbet ex
plained. "It's important to get
the users' insights. The pro
blems have to be identified
before they can be solved."
The consensus among
stream users is that natural
hazards such as falls, rough
rapids and wild terrain should
be left alone.
Moat people who use the
river want to see it cleaner
and free of man-made hazards
like dams and cables, Tarbet
noted.
Unfortunately, the French
Broad has been a dumping
ground for refuse for years, he
said.
The guilt can't be assigned
to a single group," he said.
"Both recreation and lan
downers along the river have
been negligent in this regard. "
Old abandoned autos,
animal carcasses, trash and
garbage can be seen along the
banks and floating down
stream, he said. The high in
cidence of flooding along the
French Broad facilitates the
movement of trash and in
creases the chance of some
forms of pollution.
Another major problem that
the survey identified is the
conflict between landowners
and those who use the river.
"Owners complain about
trespassing which results in
their crops bing trampled,
fences being broken and
animals escaping," he said,
"the user maintains that he
has a right to reach and use
the river."
There is no right and wrong
in the argument, Tarbet says.
"Both sides have a good
point, and the only realistic
answer is compromise."
He cited a multi-county
organization in the western
part of North Carolina called
the Land of the Sky Regional
Council as an appropriate
group to handle the problem.
As a result of the successful
survey on the French Broad
River, further NCSU manage
ment studies in the Southern
Appalachians have been fund
ed by the U.S.D.A. Forest Ser
vice and the Southeastern
Forest Experiment Station.
According to Tarbet, the re
cent survey has found that
-moat recreational users and
landowners concur on one
point.
"They both want the oppor
tunity to govern their own
streams and rivers with as lit
tle federal regulation as possi
ble," he said.
"If we don't solve the pro
blems ourselves," he said
"the federal government is giv
ing to solve them for us."
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Heard And Seen
By POP 8T0RY
This is the week for the American and
National League playoffs to see who will
play in the World Series. It's an exciting
time for baseball fans. As a rule, I pull for
the National League. Why? Because the Na
tional League has terms in Atlanta and Cin
cinnati, close enough to travel to, and
because I think the National League is
stronger and more aggressive. My good
friend, Roy Reeves, disagrees with me, but
I'll still stick with the National League.
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The passing of Robert G. "Bobby" Red
mon, of San Antonio, Texas, on October 1,
has taken another friend of mine. A former
resident of Marshall, he and I were the first
to play ping pon in Marshall. We played on a
small table, using a string for a "net." The
table was located in front of the News
Record building which was then located
down the street where the new portion of the
First Union Bank is now located.
Others soon started taking an interest
in the ping pong games and joined Bobby
and me in the sport. It soon became quite
popular here and we built a regulation table
with a real net and moved it upstairs in the
building. Bobby was close friend and ping
pong opponent. Whenever he visited T.N.
and his sister, Nell Henderson here he
would always come in the office and we
would discuss the "good old days." Yes, I'm
going to miss Bobby.
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A series of ham-turkey shoots, spon
sored by the local Optimist Club, will begin
this Saturday afternoon on the Marshall
bypass. The Saturday shootings will con
tinue for several weeks, Optimist members
stated. All sportsmen are urged to par
ticipate.
Letters To The Editor
Editor:
I would like to tell you about
something I witnessed near
Mars Hill Sept. 25, involving a
school bus wreck and a tractor
trailer.
Two of the first people who
reached the scene of the acci
dent were two Mars Hill Col
lege students, Brian and Nan
Ramsey.
In place of panicking or
wasting time, this young man
turned his car and quickly
headed for help. They were
the first to get the word to the
ambulance personnel and
alert them that children were
involved. In a matter of
minutes, help was on the way.
As a passer-by who was in
the crowd and overheard the
conversations, I experienced
the good feeiing of knowing,
that in these "modern times,"
our young people care and are
willing to help another in any
type of situation. These young
people returned and helped all
they could until help was
there.
So many of us are only
curious seekers at a time like
this and are only in the way.
Thanks again to these young
people and all others who
helped those children in this
emergency.
Sincerely,
Mrs. M.B. Doyle
Asheville
Editor
I wish to express my ap
preciation to all the people
who assisted at the scene of
the school bus collision on
Highway US 19423 bypass on
Thursday, 25 September I960.
A special thanks to Trooper
Johnny Robinson and other
Emergency Medical Techni
cians who rendered
"on-the-scene" medical treat
ment to my son and to the
other injured children,
secondly, to the Mars Hill Fire
Department, the Mars Hilt
and Marshall Ambulance Ser
vices for their quick response
and the transportation of the
injured children to the
hospital, and thirdly, to the
Mars Hill Police Department
for their assistance to the
Highway Patrol in protecting
the accident scene and direc
ting traffic during the time
Trooper A.L. Cooper was con
ducting the investigation.
It is gratifying to know there
are still citizens who don't
mind "getting involved", and
I'm deeply appreciative to
each one, both private and
professional, who assisted.
ROBERT M.WALSH
Line Sergeant
North Carolina State
Highway Patrol
Editor
Next year will be the 40th
anniversary of the graduation
of the Class of 41 from Mar
shall High School. I would like
for those class members who
are interested in a reunion
next spring during the alumni
meeting to contact me.
I will be happy to help in
terested members make plans
for the reunion.
JACK ROBINSON
293 Weiner A venue
Harrington, Delaware 19952
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Scott Lunsford
Meet The Other News
Record Photographer
Scott Lunsford, 18, is
another young man who is
helping the News Record ? in
the photography department.
The Mars Hill native is cur
rently attending Asheville
Buncombe Technical College
in preparation of attending
photography school in
January.
Scott primarily covers the
Mars Hill Lions football
games for the News Record.
However, his interests in
photography goes beyond
photographing athletic events.
A sample of his work can be
seen on the next page. The
News Record is grateful to
Scott for his photographic con
tributions.
A Review
TOWER OF BABEL; The Growth
Of Nuclear Power In The South
TOWER OF BABEL: The
Growth Of Nuclear Power In
The South.
The USA's Southland - tradi
tionally celebrated for its
benevolent climate, easygoing
lifestyle, and hospitable
charm - has become, over the
past two decades, the focus of
intense interest by both
private and federal nuclear
entrepreneurs who relish the
non-unionized work force,
cheap land, and welcoming at
titude of "progressive'' local
officiate.
Tower Of Babel, as Southern
Exposure's 100-page report is
called, documents, with
charts, graphs, and maps, the
extensive development of the
Southern states by an
economically and politically
beleaguered industry seeking
nuclear waste products (now
Portsmout, Virginia, does this
hazardous job since
Charleston passed a city or
dinance in 1979 forbidding fur
ther shipments, following the
Three-Mile Island accident).
Maxey Flats, Kentucky was
the country's first commercial
nuclear waste dump (the
South handles over half of the
nation's commercial waste,
30% of its high-level waste,
and 40% of its military waste).
Four key facilities needed
for the production of nuclear
warheads produce the
materials for three warheads
a day; there are 19 operating
nuclear reactors, with 49 more
in construction. Columbia,
South Carolina has the world's
largest nuclear fuel
fabricating plant.
Aiken, South Carolina, is the
potential site for the nations
Perhaps the most alarming
phenomenon that Southern
Exposure details is the heavy
highway traffic in radioactive
waste, currently shuffled from
site to site all over the South,
some of it shipped in unmark
ed vehicles by undesignated
routs for "national security"
reasons.
Tower Of Babel is also a
place to begin learning about
what several Southern cities
have done to restrict nuclear
pollution of their environment.
It is a primer for learning
about the nuclear industry,
who runs it, and how its pieces
fit together. Every citizen
these days needs to be inform
ed about how nuclear energy
affects our lives now and in
the future.
You may order The Tower
Of Babel for $4.00 postpaid
from Southern Exposure, P.O.
Box S31, Durham, N.C. 27702
BARBARA WEFING
(The reviewer ta a trailed
nurle living with her family in
Durham, N.C.)
Hot Springs CD Meeting
To Be On Oct. 15
The Town of Hot Springs
will conduct ? general
meeting for the public at the
Community Center Oct. is at 7
p.m
The purpose of the meeting
la to dtac?a HUD
for the Community Develop
meat Grant Program
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sent at the meetings answer
questions. |
All citizens of Hot Springs \]
are encouraged and invited to
attend the meeting