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m Why We Are in Viet Nam \ We have at times felt what Is s widespread feeling about the war in pNn, but roDMtly we ran across which da rifles our feettogs about the book, "Deliver us from Evil", mt Dr. Thomas A. Dooiey, was written BpHttimr ago but we discovered it only ■ViBW weeks ago. It is a simple ac pnmt of a dedicated doctor's experience ■pdl the Viet Cong, and North Vietnam HMUBOPS. The atrocities, of a savage and Qtgftmi — r nature hard to believe, are gpljlberate plan and ction of the North optiiliiiiiii and the V. C. men, women, ifflßd children have been mutilated, beat- Sfen, burned, robbed, murdered. Child | rtn have had their hearing destroyed instruments driven into their ears, to I" teach them not to listen to those who 1 teach them about God. This is real Com grtfUpfet doctrine. All thinking not in har ryiony with the dictators, must not be FlThlf ii'l It is the same sort of philosophy H* ; Court Decisions And Criminal Protection K . Recent Supreme Court derisions Inve made matters more difficult for law enforcement officers, and easier for criminals to escape punishment. Under Pt ruling police must warn the person that he does not have until he has seen a lawyer; : then, the suspect must have opportunity to *»i»r to his lawyer in private. As to how this works out in practice, Ashe iffle, North Carolina had an experience that several people will long remember. A prisoner, was brought into an office where his lawyer was waiting to talk with him; the prisoner came in with a gun, which had been smuggled into the Jail in some manner yet unknown. The result was that the lawyer found him self locked in a cell, the jailer kidnapped, and lata: several persons kidnapped, and three cars stolen. The kidnapped persons It 18 Nineteen Hundred And Sixty - Seven ■ -jfeo, according to Si Calendar, be r are entering a New Year, and perhaps > we are asking," What's new?" For we ■ be dipping along in the same old world, with the same old situations and I problem. A mark in the calendar will ; not change much. If there is to be anything new in the ' days ahead, it must issue out of some ! newness in the people who make up the world. If we really head towards the i newness of peace there must be some new attitudes, and new personal, social, and political action; and this sort of newness can come only as people divest themselves of pride, prejudice, hatred, and malice, the spirit and qualities in pjshlch confusion, turmoil, and war are fpom. As long as people have as most of then have been behaving, we shall have and destruction. Two thousand years ago, a man gave us the princi ples by which man might live in peace and prosperity, but His way has been Mfected and man has tried to make his own world—and, generally, has made g mess of it. The Calendar, which says that we begin a new year, reminds us that new The Cooleemee Journal PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY J. C. Sell Mr*. J. C. Sell Owner Editor pPPMi J c SELl * l#o ® 1840 BHII Second Class Portage L- Paid At Cooleemee, at. C. ■SS'f-' frZto Code No. 17014 jfe'iliiiiii |iiii|i l ii i „ SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Wo do not mean to bo hand on any one, tat small ttami oi this nature force us to IlKiifki the cash with the copy. All such ■Mptf by us in the future without cash p? aSttßfs will not bo published j& KOnOB TO GENERAL PUBLIC which new engulfs China, and the lead ers are pressing to take over the whole world. By now, we know the purpose of the Communist world to take over all of Asia, and thus secure a base from which they can conquer the world. The free world must understand this. The threat to South Vietnam is a threat to the whole free world. Our soldiers in Vietnam understand this and they know what they are fighting for, and this understanding has come about, not by indoctrination, but bfy experi ence in their contact with Communists. One looks at these facts and won ders why so many people protest our killing 4 few Communists, and say nothing about the terrible atrocities being committed daily by the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese. What would happen to the South Vietnamese If Ame rican forces were withdrawn is too ter rible to contemplate. underamaft tome harrowing experiences. The pstaowi* were able to make a dean getaway, and to make it to sev eral distant cities. At the present time two of thai have been apprehended, but the wot at offender is still at large. He was the one who had the money—twen ty five hundred dollars stolen from a bank. TTiere is no redress for the per sons kidnapped. Clever lawyers, if we can judge from other experiences, can succeed in finding loopholes, which may impose but light sentences, if they are ever convicted, or even may secure free dom. We are all for freedom of oppor tunity to behave, and for justice for wrong doers, but justice means punish ment for evil doers, and some protection and redress for the innocent. starts in life dre v always open to VgL There are opportunities to mend broker places in our past, and assurances that we can try, try again. The worst thing in life is not somewhere to fail, but failure to try again. Mistakes can be stepping stones to higher things. Often there is more success in our failure than in the things which we count success. So, in this respect, life is full of promise and hope. It is up to each of us tc grasp each opportunity for moving for ward and ahead in 1967. In this spirit, and with this hope, we wish for ail our subscribers, readers, advertisers, and friends a happy and prosperous New Year. Those who practice it less put the "rant" in tolerant. The great problem of life is wheth er the game is worth the candle. Where you have more than or expert you have more than one opinion. The political winds begin to blow but the experts differ as to the direction. A judge, sitting on the bench, has no more sense than the same man, sit ting on a chair. The coat of supporting modern fa milies probably explains why they are smaller in size. What school children stage a strike it is time for teachers and parents to strike—the right place. An inquisitive reader wants to know who thinks up these paragraphs. How should we know? Advice to Young Men: The business world is not interested in the reason why you cant do anything. Even the average person can stop something that he, or she, has made up his, or her, mind to stop. Any glib talker can give you reasons for either ride but, if you want the «*. Uf« «** fcr I " This vi/eek's . 60 SECOND SERMON e 87 |] Fnd Dodge n - TEXT: "The only fift b | portion of thyself. . .* Emerson. j The boy came to the birthday party and shyly handed a gift box of candy to his little hostess. s r "Oh, nougats!" she squealed. "My favorites" j Hastily, she tore open the gift and her face fell * "Why, it's empty!" she cried. The boy squirmed unhappily "Well, uh-," he confessed, "they're my favorites, too." Gifts and asking for gifts has become a way of life in i" oar modern communities. We complain, but if we dldnt give, I our communities and we, ourselves, would be meaner and less desirable. C It's amaaing when we took around, how much our fellowmen and women give. It isn't always money, they give ! themselves.....visiting prisoners . working with retarded child, j ren..the blind... helping in hospitals .. playing games with . stok children..serving on PTA committees -. entertaining or phans ... running a scout troop...visiting shut - ins or in * hemes for the aged...teaching Sunday School _. doing career counseling the list Is endless. These friends and neighbors dsu't want headlines or testimonial dinners. They are trying to make their lives count for something in the lives of those about them. We tip our hat to these gift-givers. It's nice to live In a world with them. We hope you think so, too. muw A 1 ' SAMERVM j|Lak I WASHINGTON Congress returns to Capitol Hill in the mood that things will be some what different this session. - The attitude which prevailed l in recent sessions that broad r social programs were required for the welfare of the country ! seems tempered by the fact . that the Vietnam conflict has placed restraint on domestic spending programs : Still the catalog of legis . lative issues gives notice that this mood is not likely to pro • duce a dull or altogether har monious session. The issues that have plagued the country —defense, taxes, social securi ty benefits, civil rights pro posals, poverty programs, and ?overnmental reforms— are certain to be renewed. Nation al defense is a prime topic for attention, and its many - ■ problems are enough to keep - «rigk ss 'busy for most of the I 1 sessifln. Civil rights proposals have r been a steady topic for leg ' islative battles for years, and : a resubmission of last year's > controversial forced housing and jury selection measures would renew this battle. I t doubt, however, that civil -ights legislation will get as -nuch emphasis at this sessi in as it received in former sessions. The housing section if this bill is highly unpopular : n all areas of the country, because it would set aside the •ights of property owners to select their renters or buy en- Support seems to have wan ed for the present, at least for repeal of State "right-to work" laws, some of the an No-Smoke Signals From The Medical Front is it true what they say about non-smoking? What happens when a heavy smoke, quite? Can he really rear and important health di vidends? If you happen to have a personal stake in those ques tions (millions do), there arc thought-provoking answers to: you in a couple of report, from the science front. One is in the form of a statement by Mrs. Ernest L Wynder and Payson Fairchild Jr., researchers at the Sloan- Kettering Institute. In the American Review of Respira tory Disease, published by the National Tuberculosis Asso ciation, they tell about their studies in the connection be tween cigarette smoking coughing, and certain lung ail ments. Studies of e*-smokers they report, show that "persis tent cough disappears rapidly when people stop smoking, in dicating that at least some of the pathologic alteration? leeding to cough are reversi ble." In everyday language, "pa thological alterations" means physical damage. "Reversible' -means capable of being cor rected. In short, the article answers a familiar question: "If I've been smoking and smoking, coughing and cough ing, isn't it too late to bene fit by quitting?" The ansrwer is, in most cases, no. In the other report, Dr. Gene M. Smith of Harvard Medical School studied per sonality traits of nearly 1,500 students to see whether dif- characteristics showed tipoverty proposals, and mass ive appropriations to remake our largest metropolitan ci ties. Budget considerations play a large role in the pub lic attitude toward some pov erty and "demonstration ci ties" proposals. One of the tasks which I will undertake at this session will be the organization oi a new judicial subcommittee on separation of governmenta powers. The Subcommittee will go into operation soon md as its Chairman, I hope to do constructive v >rk in • field that requires serious le gislative attention. The heart of the Subcom nittee's work will be to re /iew the trespasses which the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of govern ment have been perpetrating upon Other in violatior >f the powers granted to each i branch of the government un der the Constitution. The proper functioning of the Fed jral Government is closelj tied in to the separation o' powers problem. In its larges iense, the problem affects the '"ndividual rights of every ci tizen. The individual right of pri 'acy has been a growing Drob em as it relates to Federal employees and citiaen consul ants to the government. Agair \t this session, I expect t iress for action for legisla ion 1 to correct abuses which he Federal bureaucracy i: practicing upon its employ ;es. All in all, the problems a lome and abroad will mak- Ip between smokers and lon-temokers. He found the mokers more "disagreeable note demanding, less good ratured, less responsible, with >oorer manners. He assured -mokers (after all, they in lude some of his friends) hat the difference isn't uni versal. But it follows a dis tinct pattern. Got the message? If you vant at least a good chance o get rid of that lingering ;ough, stop smoking. On the other hand, if you want to %o along with the implication? of Dr. Smith's research, ge' over on the sunny side, win friends and influence people —stop smoking! Ask your Christmas Seal association for its free publication on smok ing and health. HONEY QUESTION Taking it with you is noi mportant - the problem it o make it last until you are eady. QUITE SO It you've made up your mind you can't do something- Beamrider, I —you are absolutely right! Beamrider, Indianapolis, Ind. Time to think is as import ant as time to work. Make sum your addresses are written or printed clearly and that they are complete Don't let your mail end up in the Dead Letter office be cause your handwriting cant be read. 1 You can vary often see far ther ahead by looking behind pfSk. ■>. \ . ~ v ~ j SODDEN DEftFRESS Hitddnn though not a major health problem, oc curs on a scale that has proved a surprise even to some doctors. No reliable statistics exist as to the frequency of its occurrence, but a member of the University of Michigan u Medical School faculty recent i ly named more than a half a dozen diseases with which it is sometimes associated. Sudden loss of hearing, said Dr. Burton Jaffe, has been known to occur in people suf fering from measles, mumps, some other viral infections, ' meningitis, syphilis, diseases or mishaps affecting the blood i vessels, and certain kinds of , brain tumors. In addition, it is ] commonly known that sudden deafness sometimes occurs during pregnancy. r The subject is of more than 8 routine importance, Dr. Jaffe ■ explained, because sudden 1 deafness unless treated imme diately is usually incurable. 1 In this it differs from the f more common deafness that > comes on gradulaly over a > period of months or years. In i contrast, sudden loss of hear Lutheran Churches Cooperate In 450 th Reformation Year For the first time in many areas, Lutheran ohurches in the United States will com bine efforts in joint programs that will mark the 450 th an niversary of the Reformation in 1967. While the entire year is being noted as the 490 th an i niversary year, initial events - will take place in January. 5 Cooperating in coordinat ing the program are the Luth eran Church in America, Sy nod of Evangelical Lutheran [ Churches, The American Lu -1 theran Church, and The Luth i eran Church-Missouri Synod As of January 1, 1967, these four churches will be coop erating in the Lutheran Coun cil in the United States ot America, which comes into official being that day. Citing the 450 th Reforma tion observance's objectives, "The slogan for the 450 th Reformation anniversary is 'Life. . . New Life.' The ob jectives of the observance are to proclaim Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Church and the Savior of men, and to stii Christian people to greater faithfulness and devotion." A Daily Bible Reading Plan will be introduced for Luth , srans who seek to make the observance more personal. On January 22 and on March 12, the congregations of the four Lutheran churches will be invited to celebrate a Lu theran Evangelism Festival. Materials for the festival will emphasize the "new life that comes through prayei and new life for the family ot God - fresh awareness of the harvest fields of God, more witnesses sent with the life-imparting Gospel." The traditional Rose Bowl parade float sponsored by the Lutheran Laymen's League ihis year featured a "Life . . New Life" theme to highlight die Reformation. It will mark the 17th consecutive year that the laymen's organization of lihe Lutheran Church-Missou i Synod sponsored a Luther w Hour float in the parade .7i Pasadena, California. 1 Early in 1967 Luther ! an publishing houses will issue special editions for the 460 th - Reformation anniversary. A 24-page Martin Luther biblio- I grajphy already has been pre ■ pared and will be offered to I all 17,000 Lutheran congrega tions early in the year. In radio and television spe cial programs are being plan i ned for local and network > consideration. Spot announce* r ments will be available early ? in 1967. A radio cantata is > being written. r A national arts committee • is developing a series of con i certs, art exhibitions, and dra > matic events for churches and r communities to stage during r the year. New hymns have BKAGLE ADOPTS DUCKS Port Scott, Kan. When l the R. L Morton's bought i two ducks for their children, > Cleo, the family pet, adopted the ducks. Cleo has a special bark to warn the ducks of r danger and herds them under . the porch away from strang . era. QUALIFIED Employer Yes, I adver - Used for a good strong boy. Think you can fill the bill? i Applicant Well, I lust t finished whipping 10 other > applicants outside the door. ) BON APPCTIT "Ye#," said the proud moth t er, exhibiting her baby, "little Dana is eating solids BOW. • Pencil, keys, newspapers, t rubber bands and ash trays * -Wall Street Journal,, 1111 -II I ' 111" II IN MEMORY lv« ki memories of you desr, and walk the way alone Wte bear your voice and see your face, in treasured Memoriae, Our hearts are wounded #aep inside, We miss you more as tfcfca flee* by. He was gentle, kind and true, loved by everyone be knew His kindly words and friendly —»ila, WIH live in soemeries. MRB. WALTER MILLER AMD CHILDREN In loving memory of Welter J. Miller who passed away January 7, IM6. ing can occur "in an instant or over a period of from 24 to 48 hours," he pointed out. The onset of sudden deaf ness, in other words, should be the signal for a speedy trip to the doctor. His job would be first of all to try to de termine the location or csuae of the trouble. If it is looated and treated, Or. Jeffs said, the patient has a SS to 80 per cent of full or partial recov ery. ' been NM^dtMd. While ana events that oc ■ cur will be oowe4 through i normal chwnrii, several na tional publications have evi i denced interest in the 460 th anniversary of Martin Luth er's presentation at the 95 s theses at Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517. ! Although the observance ' has been planned by the Lu theran churches, many other denominations have expressed an eagerness to participate. The climax of the 450 th Reformation anniversary will be on Sunday, October 29, 1967. Sermons which point up the challenge churches are facing in the modern world will be suggested Many churches are planning an af ternoon open house. Some of the participating churches have indicated an interest in devoting the entire preceding week to special events that Sunday. STATEMENT CITIZENS CAStJALin£!qjfcMFAJsr Of NEW YOBK A&&CKf / Bonds I $ 8.146,823.16 IZZ 2*58,523.76 Mortgage loans on real estate itflflywaa Cash and bank deposits Agents' balances or uncollected premiums, net__ 1,156.059.65 Funds held by or deposited with ceding reinsurers 1W.598.05 Reinsurance recoverable on loss payments - U, *•« Interest, dividends and real estate income due and accrued 66.T00.9T ,1 All other assets as detailed in statement Total Assets: -» *5,271.029.93 LIABILITIES, SURPLUS AND OTHER FUNDS Losses unpaid * MjJJJJJJ Loss adjustment expenses unpaid ' Contingent commissions and other similar charges 25,000.00 Other expenses (excluding taxes, licenses and 9nft nnno fees) - > Taxes, licenses and fees (excluding Federal in come taxes) ,1525*2 ! Unearned premiums z^*w,ov»j« Funds held by company under reinsurance _ - treaties 1484.307.11 Amounts withheld or retained by company for account of others ■■ 157,248.31 Unearned premiums on reinsur ance in unauthorized companies $ 85,824.40 j Reinsure*. on paid'losses $9,96458 and on unpaid Josses i t $1,322,282.00 due from unau thorized companies $1,332,216.69 Total 4 $1,418.040JW Less funds held or retained by company for account of such unauthorized companies 51,828,784.79 89,306.20 j All other liabilities, as detailed in statement .... 11,608.50 Total Liabilities ♦ 11,651,702.05 ' Capital paid up $1,379,112-00 Unaligned funds (surplus) „ 2,240,29588 Surplus as regards policyholders 3,119,88748 * Total - ♦ 15JW1.M9.98 BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF MOUTH CAROLINA , DURING 1666 DIRECT PRJSMIUMS DIRECT LOSSES , LINE OF BUSINESS WRITTEN INCURRED Fire -♦ 869.25 Extended coverage —— 58.22 Workmen's compensation 8,874.15 25,048.27 Liability other than auto (B. I.) 2,49831 Liability other than auto (P. D.) ( 40122) Auto liability (B.I.) 5,249.46 UHW i Auto liability (P.D. .. 8,484.98 ( IMJU) L Auto phys. damage 3.39 ( 265.55) , Surety 3,000.00 1 Totals 1 28,42439 I 21,2*7.76 1 President John R. Wiest t Treasurer Walter White Secretary Walter White r Home Office 33 Maiden Lane, Sew York, New York Attorney for service: Edwin S. Lanier, Commissioner of Insurance, Raleigh, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Raleigh, Sept. 16, 1966 I, Edwin a. Umirn, Commljrifwyr of Insurance, do hereby t certify that the above is a true and correct abstareet ef the J statement oI the CITIZENS CASUALTY COMPANY ef Aw York fUed w*h this Department, showing the oowUtton ef ail* Company m the Hit day 4 December, 1665. Witness my hand aad Official seaj the day »d data sbove 'SST ' • M k r row?*- f Your Christmas Seal associ ation, devoted to the promo tion of health la general as well as to the fight against tuberculosis and other respi ratory diseases, has this sug gestion: If difficulty in hear ing comes on suddenly, waste i no time in waiting and wond ering- Oat te a doctor aa quickly as you can. Mfuiicfi innir* 1 *" 1 nadir Medicare will be affective with the month you're 68 only if you file an application within three months before the month ot your BMb birth day. Always enter and leave a parked car from the curb side of the street Open car doors are a hazard to passing motorists, and if you get out on the driver's side, you may step ipto the path of another vehicle. Pumping the brakes of a car, especially on a slippery surface, stops the car in a shorter distance than when 1 full pressure is applied. Adjust your driving to road, traffic and weather conditions. Remember posted speed limits are for favorable driving con ditions. Fiddler Paid The Austrian-bom frit* Kreisler (1875-1862) is reputed to have received over $3 mil lion during his career. Driving carefully may not get you there as fast as possible but it will probably get you there safely.