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^he - cficttnied association Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N. C. 28376 119 W. Elwood Avenue Subscription Rates In Advance Per Year - S4.00 6. Months - S2.25 3 Months ? SI .25 PAUL DICKSON Publisher-Editor SAM C. MORRIS General Manager ALV1S B. DICKSON, JR Reporter MRS. PAUL DICKSON .Society Editor Second - Class Postage Paid at Raeford, N. C. Your Award ? Winning Community Newspaper "It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness" THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1970 For better relations with China America's emerging policy towards Communist China is two-pronged, it is delicate, and, if it turns out as hoped, it could be extremely shrewd. It is a policy which almost certainly is directed not only towards Washington's long-run relations with Peking, but also towards America's more immediate relations with Moscow. Boiled down to fundamentals, what the White House must certainly hope to win from its new steps is to strengthen world peace and American security through (a) easier relations with the world's most populous land, and (b) an increase in American leverage on the Soviet Union. By announcing an immediate easing of its restrictions on trade with China,, Washington has made its strongest gesture towards Peking since the Korean war. Although there is no guarantee that this will result in any early return gesture, the move is a right one. However strongly one disagrees with much of what goes on in China today, some effort must be made to bring that old, wise, cultured and potentially powerful land back into the world's circle of friendly nations. Nations must live together, and when these lands are as great and mighty as America and China, this living-together takes on high significance for the ^orjd as a whole. Any easing of American Chinese tension, any easier relationship, any new contacts, any rise in trade could be a move towards that normalcy which enhances peace. Simultaneously, this unthawing of American policy towards China, must needs be of the liveliest interest to Moscow. Timewise, the fact that this American move came at almost the very moment Moscow learned that the current Chinese-Russian talks were not going well, may be accidental. But, diplomacywise, this concurrence is of no little importance. It reminds the Kremlin that it cannot always count on American-Chinese coldness for its own diplomatic purposes. There are several reasons why the climate for American-Chinese relations may be improving. One is the fact that China is learning that it faces a herculean task in modernizing itself without outside help. The self-reliant, self-congratulatory optimism of the Great Leap Forward (which did not come off) has been dampened. A second fact is that the gradual phasing-out of the American military presence in Vietnam should have its effect on China's thinking. A third reason, of course, is Chinese-Russian territorial rivalry. 4 No overnight change in American-Chinese relations can be looked for. But President Nixon was wise and .bold (it being no easy step for a Republican President) to make this move. It is a calculated risk on behalf of a better, easier world. ...and with Russia Currently American relations with the Soviet Union depend ? more than' anything else - on the arms limitation talks begun recently at Helsinki. These . discussions are crucial for mankind, for the armaments race in nuclear weapons must be halted if humanity is to find the energy and the hope and the funds for tackling a hundred problems which are far more urgent than is the adding to atomic arsenals already colossally oversized. The strategic arms limitation talks (SALT) have begun hopefully. This must be stressed. The preliminary phase now is adjourned. Substantive discussions will get under way, in April, first in Vienna and "then again in Helsinki. The promise of progress now visible could vanish. But. as of this date, both the Russians and the Americans have been behaving responsibly, proceeding reasonably, avoiding bombast in short, acting the way delegations would act if they intended to reach agreement. Let's not underestimate this initial approach. It doesn't happen every day. The Soviets didn't come to Helsinki with a propaganda blast. The Americans have taken no "take it or leave it" stance. There has been, on both sides, careful analysis of various steps that might be taken to limit arms whether MIRVs. ABMs or other systems. Each side has responsibly sought the views ot the other side. There has been no hassle over agenda. Platitudes have been avoided. Delegations have been competently staffed. This atmosphere and approach could, as we say, change. Not all current Soviet policy is favorable. Moscow is pushing ahead with multimegaton ICBMs at a pace which, unless halted, can jeopardize the whole nuclear balance. The Soviets arc keeping their defense spending at almost the high levels of last year. The Soviets will have to brake their nuclear race - ahead if the SALT talks are to remain realistic. Moscow obviously wants a power stabilization vis - d - vis the United States as it continues to be beset by Chinese truaulence on its eastern approaches. But the Soviets also are moved by the gargantuan expenses of the nuclear arms race. They need to devote much more wealth and drive to consumer goods production, to industrial expansion and modernization, to agriculture. The times are thus propitious for a genuine stabilization or limitation in nuclear arms. Mankind can be thankful that, initially at least, reason and common sense and careful analysis are governing the talks. This adherence to wisdom should continue, right on through. 'Mod' man and his job ' The 'old order - in personal appearance changeth. But not perhaps as fast as it should. In their day. Generals Grant and Custer, with their beards or long hair, could get a job. But in these "mod" times, overabundance of hirsuteness is apparently a deterrent to getting hired. At least, so discovers the American Society for Personnel Administration and the Bureau of National Affairs in a survey of 150 companies. Nearly 80 per cent of the concerns regarded a male applicant's beard as a reason not to hire hkn or "at least a negative factor in the hiring decision." And about three - fifths of the firms thought a miniskirt to be a negative factor with a woman ifidfe* ? ... L. applicant. Strangely enough, appearance standards are a bit relaxed when the person already has the job. Some 45 per cent of the companies then would okay a miniskirt. Still, about 90 per cent of the firms still objected to long hair and "mod" attire on males. But sideburns can be long, and "Afro" hair styles are okay for black applicants. Is this stuffed shirtism? Wc take no position on such delicate matters, except to note that, ever since the days when stiff "Arrow collars" were recommended to young men seeking jobs, neatness and cleanliness in personal appearance has been a plus factor with hiring officials. (Editorials from The Chrtmkn Metier Monitor) -- 'Oh no . . . not another generation gap' By William Friday, President University of North Carolina YOU AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA To all of you, we in the University say, "Happy New Year." The late James M. Johnston, a North Carolina native who made a fortune as an invest ment banker in Washington, D. C., has assured the Uni versity and many young: Tar Heels of many happy years. A trust established by him has created a significant scholar ship program. The scholarships will provide*" annual stipends of up to $2,100 for North Carolina students and up to $2,900 for out-of state students. Processing the applications will be the UNC Student Aid Office, Chapel Hill. The initial Johnston Schol ars for the 1970-71 school year will include 27 graduate and undergraduate students in nursing education, and 40 un dergraduates in other courses of study. Each year, the number of scholarships will be increased. By the fourth year?1973-74 ?there will be 218 Johnston Scholars?58 in nursing, 160 in other undergraduate courses. In the fourth year, the value of the scholarships will be in excess of $500,000. In addi tion, Johnston Awards in the amount of $16,000 during 1970 71 will be available for a con tinuing education program for nurses and $5,000 will be ear marked for registered nurses pursuing part-time studies; those amounts will rise to $30,000 and $8,000 during the 1973-74 school year. The scholarships are de signed to benefit academically gifted students who also need financial aid. North Carolina, the region and the nation will collect great dividends from this gen erous and farsighted act by Mr. Johnston. From the. ranks of Johnston Scholars will come tomorrow's leaders. Mr. Johnston was an inter esting person. Born in Chapel Hill, he attended a prep school in Durham, the University in CKapel Hill from 1913 to 1915 and obtained his bachelor's decree at the University of Illinois in 1917. A pursuit pilot in World War One in Prance and Germany, he went to Waah inirton. D. C. in 1921 and was a principal founder of John ston, Lemon and Co_, one of that city'a largest investment banking organisations. An ardent sports fan, who regularly came to Chapel Hill for football games, Mr. John ston in 1960 became one of 10 men who purchased the fran chise of the Washington Sena tors baseball team. Three years later, he and his busi ness partner, James H. Lemon, bought controlling interest in the team and in 1966 they be came the sole ownurs. Mr. Johnston served as chairman of the board of the Senators from 1966 until his death on Dec. 28, 1967, at the age of 72. In an obituary, a Washing ton newspaper said, MA round, little man, Johnston's merry eyes belied the force that I him a paradoxical ceaMaathi of shrewd businessman mad idoltaroum baseball man." He was oae of Washington's tap amateur nolfera for years, sad an expert at bridge. Besides his investment bank ing firm, Mr. Johnston had extensive business Interests and held office in numerous social and civic organisations. He was married to the former Gladys Heurtematte of Costa Rica. They had no children. At the ceremony la which the scholarship program was announced, Governor Boh Scott said, "I am gratefal to the trustees (of the Johaatoa Trust) for this tangible ex pression of confidence la the ability of a great iastkutUa to achieve the educatioaal pur poses set forth by Mr. John ston." We at the University will do all that we can to justify that confidence. STORIES BEHIND by William S. Penfleld WORDS Tom, Dick and Harry When one speaks of something that is done by every "Tom, Dick and Harry" he means that it is practiced by the common populace, those of little worth. The selection of common, or popular men's names as a designation for the hoi polloi is centuries old. Some of the older choices of names were 'Tom and Jack," Tom and Dick" and 'Tom, Dick and Jack." The appearance of 'Tom" in all the expressions and "Dick" in most of them attests to their popularity as common names. Give Short Shrift The phrase "to give short shrift" means to do something with the least possible delay, to get it over with as quickly as possible. It is a figurative expression that was derived from a dreadful situation. The custom of permitting a man about to be executed to make confession in the presence of~a priest is centuries old. Confession used to be called "shrift." To "give short shrift" was to give the condemned man little time to make his confession, so as to be on with the execution. CrePePk Philosopher Dear editjr Since it's customary at the end of a year to look oakc and review what happened and to look foreard and guess what's going to happen, I'd like to report that I have done this and still remain puzzled, regardless of which direction I'm looking. For example. I know I wrote The News - Journal a letter every week and I touched on many subjects, from here to Moscow and from Congress to kindergarten, but I don t want anybody pinning the 1969 results on me. I forget what it was I predicted would happen in 1969, but whatever it was I hope nobody looks it pp. V" ? As tor 1V70, the only sure tiling I can say about it is there's no way of stopping it. In the newspapers I've been reading lately the economists are predicting money will be tight in 1970 and the cost of bvijtg will rise, which is the same as saying the year will have 12 months in K and Sunday will always follow Saturday. Personally, my prediction is that 1970 will be succeeded by 1971, 1971 by 19>2. 1972 by 1973, and popdbty in through 1980 or 85, but that} about as far as a man can safely go. as by than the young people who so unhappy with things now will b? getting in charge). It will bp hsieleitlng to see whether L: v:.^v :>* L > .? they abolish all nop - Tights or install twice as many as their children come of driving age. I never have seen the world when it was run to suit the young people, and very few times when it was run to suit the old people. This is due to the fact people don't run the wOrM anyway. It's the other. way around. However, until they, find; somehhing better than - the moon, this world will continue to be a fairly handy place to ber and a man bughi to look forward to any At* year with confidence and #>od chats, provided hi knowLwhan I? v~fe 1 Just One Thing After Another By Car) Gocrch Some of you haw requested that we reproduce the story here about the two Santas that we used some years ago. Hope you enjoy it and have a Merry Christmas! The setting for this tgk is in a country school not far from the town of |,?noir in Caldwell County. " ' A couple , of weeks before htst Clinutmaa, teachers and Other uKndbers of the PTA decided to put on a rip ? snortin* Christmas program. Word leaked out about plans and preparations and all the children got tremendously interested. One of the first tilings tlie kids wanted to know was whether Santa Cbus was going to be present. They were informed that a letter liad been sent to Santa but nobody could be sure whether lie would sltow up or not. The children hoped and prayed that lie would. Three or four of the grown-ups got togetlier and decided that Santa would Itave to be present by all means, otherwise there would be a lot of disappointment. So they went to Jim Walker, a middle ? aged farmer who lived about a mile from tlie school and suggested. "Get Mrs. Walker to make you a Santa Cbus suit and all yon will liave to do is hand around and help distribute presents." Mr. Walker didn't much want to. but finally agreed. ' Several other grown - ups, now knowing what the first group had done, called on Mr. Tom Hsdley with the urn proposition. He finally agreed to help out, but was warned not to tell a soul of the project. The event was to be Iteld on the night of December 21. The children were still debating whether or not Santa would put in his appearance. Teachers and parents continued to keep them in suspense. When the program started at eight o'clock, the school auditorium was packed and jammed with children and grown -ups. The school orchestra rendered several selections. Tliere was a talk by the preacher, and tlien - In walked <44* Walker, dressed in a perfectly nifty Santa Clam suit! The children applauded joyously. Santa had come all tlie way from tlie North Pole to pay them a visit. They applauded for several minutes and Mr. Walker bowed. And now, momentarily, wc turn to Mi. Hadley. ^ > It was clow to ChllUHW. Mr. Hadlry felt that the advent of the Yuletide season jtmtfted him in. taking a drink .So he drank a toast to himaelt. Then he dressed up in ? suit his wife I tad mile, lie surveyed lumsen proudly and decided it would be polite and considerate to drink a toast to Santa Claw, which proceeded to do. Just as lie left home he thought of Mrs. Santa and drank a toast to her. too. All of which meant that by the time Ik arrived at lus destination he was in a highly festive mood. ... , He entered the back door ol tlie auditorium and walked out on the platform. . The children gasped in amazement. They hadn't been sure whctlier one Santa would slww up or not. but here all of a sudden were two! They yelled, stamped their feet and clapped llieir lands. Mr. lladley bowed in appreciation. Then lie Itappened to look over toward tlie side of the stage and saw Mr. Walker. He walked unsteadily over toward Mr. Walker and demanded: _ "What are you doing lierc?" "I'm Santa Claus, said Mr. Walker. ... , "Like hell you are! shouted Mr. Hadley. "I'm Santa Claus." "I was licre first." "Yes. and you're going to act out of here first." Tlie children sat with eyes and mouths wide open. Mr Ibdlcy looked around him. Members of Hk school orchestra had lelt their instruments on tlie stage. A Suitar was within easy reaching istance. He grabbed it. held it firmly in his right hand, took a king swing and crowned Mr. Walker with it. "Sock him Santa!" "In tlie belly. Santa. Hit is** in tlie belly!" The entire audience was in an uproar. The two Santa Clauses were going at each oilier witli everything lliey I tad. Four or five men sprang from their seals and went up on the platform.. They succeeded in separating tlie combatants and usltcred Hiem unceremoniously Irom the building. * . Then tlie school principal said tliat in view of unforeseen circumstances. Ik would give out tlie presents. The kids didn't give a rap about the rest of tlK program, they had seen enough to last a liletime. CLIFF BLUE ? ? ? People & Issues] SIGNS - We have often heard the saying: "All signs fail in dry weather.' Well, it looks like all highly regarded tlseories have failed when it comes to dealing with inflation. President Johnson pressured Congress into enacting a \0rA surtax in an effort to curb inflation and it only seemed to grease the skids towards more inflation. have been told that "blue chip" common stocks provided a good hedge against the erosion of the dollar by inflation, but common stocks Itave in 1969 proved to much less of a hedge than Certificates of Deposit o; U.S. Government agency bonds. HOUSING - Superior Court Judge J.H. Pou Bailey has ruled the 1969 Legislative Act creating a Housing Corporation and appropriating money to underwrite it unconstitutional. We would not argue with Judge Bailey is a conservative and it could be that the higlicf courts would be more "liberal" in their interpretation. It will be an interesting issue to watch. GUBERNATORIAL - Two years from now the candidates for the ,1972 gubernatorial sweepstakes will be pretty well lined up. Even this time we hear considerable talk. Senator Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles appear to be the most likely of the sever^ being mentioned to become boaaflde candidate. Attorney General Robert Morgan appears at this time to have considerable grass foots strength. Another person in the gubernatorial speculation is Lt. Governor H>( Taylor, Jr.. who would be g formidable contender should he decide tp make the race. J. Melville Brought on, Jt, unsuccessfully in 1968 c be counted out of the 1972 picture. And someone from the Scott Administration is apt to gel into tlsc swim before the filing deadline in 1972 - possibly Highway Chairman Lauch haircloth or C&D Director Kay Sowers. LIGHT YhAKS AGO - tight years ago at this time of the great game of politics in North Carolina tlie two men who appeared to be the hottest prospects to run for governor in 1964 faded out before announcement time arrived - Dr. Henry W. Jordan and Bert Bennett, with the chief contenders in 1964 finally being Dr. I. Beverly Lake, Richardson Prcyer and Dan K. Moore. We take this backward glance to show how things political can change so drastically in a couple of years time. 1969 - With the curtain coming down on 1969 we will take a brief look back into political highlights of the year in North Carolina. Bob Scott had a harder time with the General Assembly over his major proposal - increased taxes than new governors taking office usually have to undergo. CAD Director Roy Sowers has come to be rtgirded as Scott's closest political adviaor. The Democrats arrival at tlie end of 1969 realising fuH well that they will have to fight every inch of the way in 1970 and in 1972 If they are to remain the majority party in North Caroling. / Latest figures show that there are I,4|S|432~| Democrats in North 400,014 real Republicans, 49jOM i Independents and Indepenc Amcrit? Partv ' - .V iN ft
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