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Volume 33
President
Proclaims
Law Day
By Robert E Lee
(Fcr the N. C. Bar Association)
LAW DAY
The President of the United
States has proclaimed May 1
as Law Day U.S.A.
This is a new kind of national
“day” that has appeared on me
American scene. It was inaugu
rated in 1958 by a proclamation
cf President Eisenhower. No
day of national observance has
ever grown so big, so quickly.
There are two basic aims of
Law Day U.S.A. They are:
(1) To foster increased respect
for law, enabling the nation to
grow in moral strength as it
grows in p pu’at'on, resources
and world leadership.
(2) To provide an occasion
for the American people to re
dedicate themselves to freedom
for Uie individual under just law
administered by independent
CCllrfc* ami tn ere qrr**
phasize before the world the
contrast between the rule of law
in the United States and the rule
of force and fear under totali
tarian systems .
In the United States the law is
superior to the government;
the courts are designed to pro
tect the rights and property cf
the individual against the pow
er of the state.
During recent years America
has become so involved in see
ing to it that law. order, and
justice be administered in for
eign lands that little atten
tion has been paid to safeguard
ing American citizens from the
ever increasing ravages of crime
in their own country.
J. Edgar Hoover, Director of
the F. 8.1.. has written: “The
danger of brutal violence lim
its the use of parks and play
grounds even in dayhght. At
night, fear of criminal activity
empties our parks, streets and
p'ay areas, and in city after city
many individuals who no longer
dare to move freely after dark
barricade themselves behind
secure'y locked doors.”
There has l>een a i impover
ishment of the social lives of
those within a community l‘o<>
P'e stay at hi me in everm g*
through feat and as a ct>i <■
quence do not attend public
meetings Interaction between
all levels of society is tieing
diminished
A system of law can exist < r<
l.v to the extent that people
themselves supp>rt it. Make
known to others your desire that
law and order be maintained.
U Miout law and its enforce
men: in our oii’ls, there will he
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Burnsville Wins Recognition
In New Tourist Guidebook
USPHS Warns Os Radiation Hazards
Found In Viewing Color Television
RALEIGH - The U. S. Public
Health Service has issued a new
warning about potential radia
tion hazards in color television
receivers.
Owners of color TV sets are
advised by PHS to sit at least
six to ten feet from the front of
their receivers, to avoid expos
ure to the sides or rear of the
sets when they are operating,
and to have a competent person
replace any faulty components
and assure that voltage does not
exceed the manufacturers’ re
commended settings.
The warning, which applies to
all color TV receivers made by
all manufacturers, is based on
New York area. About 20 per
cent of the sets surveyed em't
ted potentially hazardous X-ra vs -
The warning came in a mes
sage from an official of the
Consumer Protection and En
vironmental Health Service in
the Region 111 office of the De
partment of Health, Education,
and Welfare at Charlottesville,
Virginia.
The text of the message:
“This office has been advised
that results of a survey, con
ducted by the Suffolk County
Health Department, Long Is
land, New York, showed about
20% of nearly 5,000 color tele
vision sets emitted X-rays above
the minimum levels recommend
ed by the National Council on
Radiation Protection and Meas
urements. To insure that the
potential radiation hazard to
the public from color television
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sets is kept to a minimum, the
Bureau of Radiological Health
Environmental Control Adminis
tration, Consumer Protection
and Environmental Health Ser
vice, has asked this office to
not’fy you to do the following:
“1. Advise owners of color
television receivers to maintain
minimum viewing distances of
6to 10 feet from the front of
receivers and also to avoid ex
posure to the sides or rear of
Frank Moody Os Miami Paints One Os
The Many Attractions In Burnsville
Paul Wooten Named Lion Os The Year
At Lion’s Club Ladies Night Banquet
The Lion's Club sponsored a
Ladies Night Banquet last Thur
sday n'ght at the Burnsville
Elementary lunchroom Mr Ja
mes Cotter of Roan Mountain,
Tenn . was the gues t speaker
f< r the evening.
Paul Wooten, district manager
of Westco Telephone Company,
was named "Lion of the Year"
and was presented a plaque by
D. G. McClure, chairman of the
"lijon of the Year” committee.
Wooten was born in Macon
County and attended the Macon
County schools and served 2
years in the armed forces.
In lo*i2 ho moved to Bums
vi’V a- iIV; '■{ t t.mrr.tger of
Wi -o -i T.'i-pi-opf Company
the sets when they are operat
ing.
“2, Advise owners to have
competent personnel replace any
faulty components and assure
that voltage does not exceed the
manufacturers recommended
settings. ..."
The message advised that fur
ther information regarding the
Suffolk County survey will be
made available as soon as it
is received.
jMr. W«oten has been very ac
tive in the Yancey Community
sinee his arrnal. He has serv
ed as president of the Lion’s
C'ub, carrpa : gn chairman of the
Yancey County United Fund,
worked with the Heart Fund
Church Extends Invitation
Reverend Harold Me nonaid, pastor of the 1 test Baptist
Church, wculd like to take this opportunity to cordially
invite all the churches of the Burnsville area to the Dedica
tion Day Service at 11:00 a. m. Sunday, May 4,
The public is invited to attend open house at the New
Church Plant of the ' irst Baptist Church from 1:30 to 3:30.
Number Thirty-Four
BY REBECCA BOONE
Burnsville has won recognition
in the newest edition of the
country’s best selling national
tourist guidebook, the 1969
Mobil Travel Guide.
Out of all the cities and towns
in the U. S. only 4,208 were con
sidered to have enough tourist
appeal for inclusion in the
guides. Burnsville is. one of
them.
Mt. Mitchell Motel, on West
Main Street, and the Nu-Wray
Inn has been awarded special
citations for exceptional value
by the editors of the Mobil Tra
vel Guide, the country’s top sell
ing national guidebook.
There are over 23,000 motels,
restaurants, hote’s and resorts
listed in the Guide which goes
on sa’e this week at Mobil sta
tions and bookstores. Only 39S
of these won the special check
mark rating indicaVng ”Unu*u
els, motels and restaurants are
listed and rated on a one to
five-star basis in the seven vol
ume Travel Guide which has
been compared to the famed
Guide-Michelin by travel ex
perts.
To win a listing in the Mobil
Guide, an establishment must
be personally inspected by an
impartial, trained inspector who
reports his findings to an edi
torial board. Mobil has "given
complete independence to these
establishments in deciding on
listings and ratings.
Each of the seven regional
editions gives valuable informa
tion on local history, sightsee
ing, amusements, sports and
recreation facilities. They also
include regional road atlases and
detailed maps of irajor cities,
special auto-tour sightseeing
routes, and advice to travelers.
campaign and is presently serv
ing as board of director of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. W’ooten and h ! s wife,
Helen and two boys', Dennis and
Eddy, reside on Robinson St.,
Burnsville.