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MAN'S UNLIMITED CAPABILITIES ACCENTED BY SUCCESSES IN SPACE, FAILURES ON GROUND By Jack Ridar Ordinarily this paper confines itself to local knitting hut in ' the more than 20 years the pa per has existed no other event hgs had nearly the immediate or long-range Significance of this week’s journey to land on the moon by trwo> gallant Americans. And, of course, written yls * this is just a few hours after this trip began and several days before file actual moon-landing is scheduled to taik£ place and several more days before their safe return can become a part of history it is a little frighten ing to count these space chick ens before they are finally and safely hatched. But whether Apollo 11 ends jn tragedy or extravagant suc cess the basic premise remains that man’s unlimited capacities have never been more- fully ac cented than in these space) ex plorations, and at the same time when these great events are taking place we remain con fronted' by the frightening and immediate failures of man much, much closer to home than the moon. The Russians, unable to match file United States in such ef forts have tried feebly and un successfully to belittle these manned flights by claiming that a mechanized flight could gain as much knowledge at less cost end. without jeopardising the lives of the men involved. Aside from finding it unusual for the Rusian government to exercise much concern over human life in view of its gory record of the greatest mass murders in the history of mankind it is al so worth noting that the Rus sians didn’t exercise the same concern when they rushed the first man into space ahead of the United States back in 1957. But the petty jealousies and major philosophical separations suffered on both sides of this particular issue are certainly not the story this week. This week the story — and it is not yet ended — is another climactic chapter in the great est story every written about man’s capacities and functions. After the expenditure of some thing like $30 billion, over a 12 year period involving the efforts of an average of 250,000 people from the greatest scientists liv ing down to'just plain common manual laborers man * is likely to do this week what the ma jority of us thought never could be done; and that very simply is to set foot on the moon, and even more amazing is to return to tell about it and almost start ling is that a very large part of this space spectacular is being done on international television with untold hundreds of millions of distant eye-witnesses. ‘in one sense it is a stunt. . . something like climbing moun tains. Hie doing of something just because the doing repres ents a challenge. But in its more refined sense this is far more than an acro batic act in a space carnival* Foremostly this confirms what only a few have dared to in sist: That man can do far more than he has ever done in any chosen field of endeavor. It reflects that an average ex penditure of a tiny fraction of this nation’s gross national pro duct and the efforts of a very small fragment of the nation’s work force can perform literal miracles. Nobody in his right mind now will dare to doubt any pre diction of what the encore may be to a landing and returning from the moon by tiny mortal man. But whether it is further ex ploration of the moon, planets, and asteroids in our own solar system or even ventures be yond; the most tangible reflect ions upon this July miracle will be right here on Mother Earth |. The airplane was old enough to vote before it became any thing more than a toy. Then it was suddenly catapulted into an importance Wilbur and Or ville Wright could never have dreamed possible. The steam engine huffed and :THE JONES COUNTY NUMBER 13 TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1969 VOLUME XVU puffed for a very long time be fore it was added to wheels and revolutionized land transporta tion with the railroad and' sea travel when the same steam was geared to a paddle or a propel ler to push ships faster and fur ther with bigger loads than ev er before. The internal combustion en gine also took a few flips of the calendar before it became the Frankenstein monster it is that does such wonderful work but makes such monstrous de mands upon civilization as it does today. But the tempo of space tech nology will not move so slowly* and the only impediment to fan tastic industrial miracles will be the limits of money and man power to keep pace with the technoligical spinoffs of the space age. New products, new uses of old products, new techniques and perhaps more important even than either of these will be new attitudes, new willingness to ac cept major change . . . these will make life before the end of this century even more improved than today’s life is over that of 25 years ago. The mass of machinery that erupted to half destroy the world in World War Two con vinced many that the end had been reached in the mass and in the speed of machines. Today with tiny, unbelievably complex little gadgets spinning hundreds of thousands of miles away from the earth at speeds of 25,000 miles per hour it is amazingly ironical to recall that Continued on page 5 Five Die in Two Separate Wrecks on ; US 70 Between Cove City and New Bern Jones Arrests Three arrests were reported by the Jones’ County Sheriff’s department during the past week. Stanley Johnson of New Bern was charged with driving under the influence and driv ing without a license. Stanley Lemuel Johnson of Magnolia was booked on a charge of public drunkenness. Also arrested was Thomas Burl Henderson who was charged with driving under the influence. Jones Civil Suit Clifton Eugene Hood filed for Idiivorce from Patricia Parker Hood during the past week in Jones County. LAND TRANSFERS The following land transfers were reported by register of Deeds Bill Parker in Jones Coun ty. From Wilford Philyaw to James W. Gibson 3 town lots in White Oak township. From Clifford Adams to Ray mond and Carolyn King a lot in Cypress Creek township. From W. D. Eubanks to Jones Academy 4 acres in Pollocks ville township. From Janie S. Fisher to Sarah Smallwood a lot in Pollocksville township. From Janie S. Fisher to Rosa tfyibert Lee Corbett of La Grange was one of four persona killed at about 12:50 Sunday morning in a two-car accident on US 70 between Kinston and New Bern. The other three victims were from Craven County and1 includ ed the driver of the car which hit Corbett’s car, Willie Koonce of Cove City route 1, Eugene McCoy of Cove City and Donald Bristol of New Bern. Highway Patrolman M. B. Gregory said the car driven by the 30 year-old Koonce ran off the road on the right shoulder, skidded back onto the road into the wrong lane and into the path of Corbett’s car. All four were rushed to Cra en County hospital in New Bern, where they were pronounced dead upon arrival. This brought the 1969 high way death toll in Craven County to 19. Patrolman Gregory also in vestigated the 20th fatal acci dent of the year Sunday after noon at 5:30 when 43 year-old Paul Edwards of Barbara was killed 6.6 miles west of New Bern on US 70 when his car went out of control and rammed into a bridge abuttment. Edwards was killed instantly but three other passengers in his car escaped with minor in juries. S. Williams a lot in Pollocksville township. JAMES RIDER PARKER PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL ON JULY NINTH Newly promoted Air JPcrC© Lieutenant Colonel James Rider Parker gets an assist in pinning on his oak leafs from his pretty wife Christine and Marine Corps Major -General JohnH. Masters, Atlantic Command Headquarters Deputy Chief of Staff, during serving as the Air Force : Mranmapcfc as this but this is the first time we?ve had a first cousin make the rank of lieutenant colonel, in anything,' and as an ex-buck sergeant it’s hard to cover up otfr pride. , And we’ll add to what the Atlantic Commaml release had to say ; by pointing out that Mrs. Parker also has a flock of kinfolks ini this neck of the woods. She is the daughter of Mrs. Felix Johnson of Ktoton route1 5 and Lt Cojl. Parker^of course, is the son of Mr. end Mrs. Gilliam L. Parker also of Xihstan route 5 and both were grnduetes of Soufhwood High School.
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