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ew* - journal Q?/io6ma PRESS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N.C. 28376 119 W. Elwood Avenue Subscription Rates In Advance Per Year - $5,00 6 Months -$2-75 3 Montis - $1.50 PAUL DICKSON Publidter-Editor SAM C. MORRIS General Manager MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor MARTY VEGA Reporter Second Class Postage at Raeford, N.C. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1976 Saving social security Four decades ago social security was envisioned as a self-supporting system to help retirees, widows, orphans, and the disabled. In essence, younger workers would be contributing to a fund that would provide them financial support in later years. Today, however, demographic changes and political decisions have left social security in serious trouble. The fund set up to pay out benefits is shrinking and unless firm steps are taken the situation will only get worse. This was pointed out most recently in the annual report by the social security trustees ? the Secretaries of Labor, Treasury, and Health, Education, and Welfare. Since most Americans either pay into the social security trust fund or receive benefits from it, any resulting governmental action will have widespread effect. The report noted that the system's trust fund will drop from $44 billion to $40 billion by the end of this year. Deficit projections have improved somewhat due to the general economic upturn, but the 1976 deficit still is estimated to be over $4 billion. If the ways social security is funded and paid out are not changed, the trustees warned, the deficit will increase by 50 percent over the next 75 years and the trust fund will be depleted early in the 1980s. What it boils down to is relatively more retirees and fewer contributing workers over the next century or so. If present trends continue, there would be half again as many recipients of social security per worker shortly after the year 2000 as there are today. The simple answers are to either increase social security revenues or lower benefits. Lowering benefits substantially would be unfair to future generations of retirees, to say nothing of politically difficult. Raising revenues would involve a hike in the payroll tax, lifting the limit on the amount subject to the tax, or dipping into general revenues. President Ford has proposed increasing the social security tax now levied on both employers and employees. Congressional critics who have rejected that method say it would hurt most those least able to afford it, many of whom now pay more to social security than they do in income txes; they would rather raise the taxing limit (and thus tax richer people more), or use revenues from the more progressive income tax to help fund social security. ? Regarding social security benefits, there are convincing arguments that too much has been promised. Raises in future benefits for those now working, for instance, would be tied to increases in both wages and prices and thus make up twice for inflation. Projections show that retirees 20 or 30 years from now thus could be paid more than what they earned while employed. The cost of social security has become so high that more than 100 city and county governments have pulled out in favor of private pension systems said to be more efficient. Another 200 governmental units, including New York City, are planning similar moves. New York alone could cost the social security system $3 billion over the next five years. Social Security Commissioner lames Cardwell has warned, and present a "serious adverse short-range effect on the trust funds." These are many other present and potential problems facing the future of social security: widowers' rights /counting a wife's earnings toward future family benefits), revising the age of retirement, changing the limit on earned income for those receiving social security. The point is for Congress and the Executive to recognize the seriousness of the situation and take steps toward correcting it. Further delay can only make things worse. s^rir iznuri jcitf/ice iyi onuor Browsing in the files of The News-Journal 25 years ago Thursday,May 31,1951 The graduation program of the Hoke County High School brought the commencement exercises to a closc Tueaday evening. May 29 at 8:15 o'clock when Dr. Frotis Johnson of social science department of Davidson College delivered an inspiring and challenging address. W.T. Gibson. Jr., principal, awarded the diplomas to 50 seniors. From Poole's Medley: 1 remember how good water was from the two pumps and one well on Main Street before water systems were put in. Marion Gat lin, member of the new board of commissioners of the Town of Raeford and for several years a member of the Raeford district school committee, announced this week that he was resigning a* a member of the school committee in order not to be in two public positions at one time. fvt. Robert S. Perry, i'-. 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Perry of McCain and Pvt. Duke Marshall, Jr., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Marshall of McCain, are completing AF basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland Air Force Base, the "Gateway to the Air Force." Raeford will join the national home inspection drive to rid American homes of fire hazards starting June I, Fire Chief R.B. Lewis, announced today. The Raeford Grove of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle won the first prize for being the outstanding Grove in the Stale at the state convention. 15 years ago Thunday, June 1,1961 "Vou count," said Dr. Voight R. Cromer, president of Lenoir - Rhyne College addressing the 74 graduates of the 1961 graduation class at Hoke High Sdiool. ? ? ? From Rockfltfi News: Planners for the Jubilee surely hit on a good week between a rainy spell and the cold of last week. How about sitting out for anything last Saturday? 'It can't be the food, so maybe it's my voice, maybe it's my smile .. .* ? by Marty Vega Picnic Days, Ho Ho How many of you enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend by hosting an outdoor cookout for friends and family? Or did you pass up plans for a barbecue because of the HIGH COST OF FOOD, or just invite a very few? For that matter, were you Puppy Creek Philosopher Dear editor: According to people whore supposed to know, gasoline prices wll go up this summer because they say, of the law of supply and demand but ifs probably also ^ o?h S?me P^Pfc'5 knowl edge of human nature. You have a car packed full of fishing gear an? JhrfP?S' iWim sui,s and kids r i Wlth gas ,0 k"ow a jump of five cents a gallon isn't going to hold you back. Thev understand children. y . ? ^fter a11' somebody put all those D^.nTeafe.rUt C and y?u know tTnm w r ,rresistlble obligation J!?? *et them go to waste. This brings me to the energy pr? 'er"a"d how to solve it. So far about all the thinkers have come up with is conservation. Stop using so much gasoline, they say. Cut down on your driving. They mean business. Why, there are people so ?"?T.rned over the waste of fuel they II nde one-to-a-car going to a meeting to protest people going to work one-to-a-car. fn earlier times when people rode horses, they'd be riding"8weren't nding double. This wasteful use of oats has got to stop. il- this is the automo bUe age where people are going to want" toe"tnarS a1d 80 Where the>' want to, to work, to play, or wherever, until the earth is pumped dry of oil, and the answer ?s to find something besides giMHne that'll run the things. Electricity is the answer. Now I don t understand the stuff. I can or h?W you can send water or oil through a pipe but I don't elertricitvdH h?W y0U can send elertncy down a wire when it hasn t even got a hole in it and I don t know what the stuff is. AH I ??a| if you can turn a generator, it 11 turn out electricity. Where lt comes from I don't know but I don t think it uses up any of our natural resources, other than our money, and you don't hale t0 dig. strip-mine or drill for it ttpwus'.-rs S5'mcluding cars-ran on And that's my point. We've got to invent a method of broadcasting Si t0 ? moving vehicle t ^ . "r'/14lrplane' a sh'P. OT ? motor e'ertncity coming fr?m ? pollution-free lun s?>rin? it in batteries won't work. Oh. I gues* Jo^d . P|.ne down whh enough batteries to lift h off the ^-T -'riW "lm"' Pik>t tnd doSSf* can't be ?7' **"1 broadcast electric c,n send oolor^l television pictuw, by air. Yours faithfully, I.A. able to afford to eat last week? Interested in what people paid for food for Memorial Day IS years ago, according to a grocery chain advertisement published in the NJ May 18. 1%I? In case you celebrated the holiday with an early brunch, you served your guests coffee that was 53 cents for a one pound bag. Maybe some cinnamon or sugared donuts, 21 cetns for a dozen. Bacon? Sure, one pound package, smoked, sliced, and "allgood", was 39 cents. Fruit and pastry lovers coming over, too? How about a fresh baked peach pie, large, for 49 cents. No brunch that day, but a big, old ? fashioned cookout in the afternoon? You bougjit a nice sized, tender ham for 63 cents a pound. For barbecuing, you thought of pork chops, center cut loin for 65 cents a pound. And of course, baked potatoes would go right on the grill. Six pounds for a quarter. And corn? Everyone enjoys oorn on the cob outdoors. Six ears for 29 cents. And what would a picnic be without pork and beans? The 52 oz. can (think, now) was 29 cents, too. And what would a picnic be without pickles? A quart jar of dill pickles was 29 cents. Don't forget the salad. Two heads of iceberg lettuce went for 29 cents. Heard enough? Agreed. This Is The Law By Robert E. Lee (Sponsored by The Lawyers of North Carolina) ABORTION The 1967 North Carolina Gene ral Assembly enacted a statute liberalizing abortion laws in this State. It was heralded as being in the vanguard of abortion reform throughout the nation. Prior to 1967, North Carolina, like the vast majority of other jurisdictions, prohibited abortion "unless the same shall be necessary to preserve the life of the mother." The North Carolina 1967 statute contained guidelines and pro cedures to be followed not only by the pregnant woman but also by the physicians conducting the opera tion. This statute was amended in 1971 and completely rewritten in 1973. The new statute is short and fairly simple. Two pertinent provi sions are as follows: "(a). It shall not be unlawful, during the first 20 weeks of a woman's pregnancy, to advise, procure, or cause a miscarriage or abortion when the procedure is performed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina in a hospital or clinic certified by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission to be a suitable facility for the per formance of abortions." "(b). It shall not be unlawful, after the twentieth week of a woman's pregnancy, to advise, procure or cause a miscarriage or abortion when the procedure is performed by a physician licensed to practice medicine In North Carolina in a hospital licensed by the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, if there is a substan tial risk that continuance of the pregnancy would treaten the life or gravely Impair the health of the woman." CLIFF BLUE ? ? ? People & Issues REPUBLICANS ... It used to be that the Democrats did most of the squabbling in North Carolina, but now in this Bicentennial year it seems that the Republicans are as divided as the Democrats used to be. Two years ago the Governor and the moderate wing of the GOP were in firm control, riding high, kicking Frank Rouse out as State Chairman and calling the shots in Republican affairs in North Carolina. Now, two years later, the worm has turned. Holshouser, the first Republican governor since the turn of the century lost out when he backed the incumbent Republican President of the United States! This would have seemed a natural thing to do, back the incumbent, but the Holshouser-Rouse fight two years ago planted seeds for the 1976 eruption between the conservative wing of the party led by Senator Helms and the moderate wing of the party led by Holshouser. Senator Helms is probably one of the strongest public officials in office today and whoever the Democrats nominate to oppose him in 1978 will have their hands full unless something unforseen devel ops to cause the senior senator's stock to fall. TEACHER ENDORSEMENT . . .We note that a number of school teachers have taken issue with the N.C. Association of Educators over its endorsement for governor and lieutenant governor in the Demo crat races. The group endorsed lim Hunt and Jimmy Green and some of the teachers didn't like the Green endorsement. Some, at least felt former Chapel Hill Mayor Howard Lee should have been endorsed. Come to think about it, we doubt the endorsement will have much weight with the rank and file teachers over who they will vote for. In the presidential primaries we took note that Jackson received the labor unions' endorsement in the states where the unions are suppos ed to be strong but that in most of the states Jimmy Carter who did not have labor's endorsement won! It will be remembered that in 1964 the leaders in the Tar Heel Education group went all out for Richardson Preyer for governor, but in the second primary Dan Moore received 480,431 votes to 293,863 for Preyer. We doubt that pressure groups have much influence beyond their own indivi dual votes insofar as the rank and file of school teachers and labor union members are concerned. At least the presidential primaries this year indicate that their voice is far louder than their influence is strong in delivering votes. Congressman Udall who speaks boastfully of his labor union votes has failed to lead in a single state. It just looks like union members and teachers don't like to be told how to vote?and lots of other people have the same feeling. CRIME . . . We not that most of the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor have been calling for government to deal moye firmly against crime and violence. Last week David Flaherty, GOP candidate for governor said he has "serious doubts about the ability of government to change the attitudes and value system of convicted criminals." Ed O'Herron and Jim Hunt have taken strong stands against crime as have Jim Green, Herbert Hyde and other candi dates, both Democrats and Republicans. What most law-abiding citizens would like to see is for the judges and solicitors to firm up and bring about justice to the extent that the criminals will know first hand that crime doesn't pay. Many of our law-abiding citizens view our court system as weak and deplorable. DELEGATION CHAIRMEN . . . In the Democratic Party a contest is on between U.S. Senator Robert Morgan and State Party Chairman Jim Sugg for the chairmanship of the delegation to the national convention in New York in August. Between the two we would predict the edge for the state's junior U.S. Senator. Among the Republicans the feeling seems to be that U.S. Senator Jesse Helms can have the chairmanship with so little as a nod of the head. BEVERLY LAKE, JR. . . . Former Assistant Attorney General I. Beverly Lake, Jr. is running for the State Senate from Wake County. If elected, young Lake may wellmove on to run for governor o? some state office like Attorney General in the not too distant future. Open To The Public 'Closest Thing To Broadway' Has No Red Tape By Mike Steadman "The theatre productions here are open to the public and no one should have any hesitation about coming on post to see them," said George Yarick, chief of the music and theatre branch of the Recrea tion Services Division at Ft. Bragg. Yarick was this writer's very knowledgeable guide on a candid tour of the impressive facilities of the music and theatre branch during Ft. Bragg's media day held May 12. "I know people have a funny feeling about going on a military installation if they are not a part of the armed forces," he added. Yarick has been the head of the music and theatre branch for seven years and since that time has accomplished many things. One of those accomplishments is responsibility in the production of five different plays in a 48 hour period. This was a repertory production for the All Army Festival of the Performing Arts. Ft. Bragg took first place in the competition that included military installations all over the world. Yarick said the music and theatre branch is divided into four sections: live theatre; post music program; imported and touring shows; and entertainment centers. The live theatre section is com posed of the Cabaret Dinner Theatre and the Ft. Bragg Play House. The post music program pro duces such things as national operas and productions of the North Carolina Festival of Per forming Arts. The imported and tovring shows involve sending groups of per formers to overseas ftistallations and to countries duriig war and puc* times. The entertainment centers are actually music workshops where future artists get their starts in the performing field. Yarick said the combination of the four sections produces 400 performances of everything (theat rical productions, concerts, etc.) in 365 days. He said the branch is financed by two separate budgets with most of the money coming from non - federal appropriations. Yarick said if all the branch had to work with was the tax money, the productions could not operate over six months. He said the only kind of charges made to the public is the cost of admission to the theatrical pro ductions. Yarick said his staff consisted of nine people and the rest of the production crew were volunteers. "This is the closest thing <o Broadway without leaving North Carolina," he said. He said the Ft. Bragg Playhouse is easy to get to (KnoxSt. on post) and there is no red tape to go through getting there. "The more the merrier. I'd like to invite everyone to come see our productions," he said. "All you have to do is call for reservations and settle back for a night of restful and delightful entertainment," he added. The next play at the Fort Bragg Playhouse is "A Championship Season" with Broderick Crawford in the lead. This production begins May 28, and will run through Sunday of that week and will begin again on Thursday June 3, and will run through June t 6, with two per formances on Sunday at 2 and 8 P.M. All other performances begin at 8 P.M. After viewing the production of "Guys and Dolls", this writer wouldn't miss "A Championship Season", and would advise all t<# attend. The production is recommended for adults due to the language and the subject matter. Call for reservations at 396-2388 or 396-6723 daily from 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
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