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"It Always Forgets the Sugar!* ANNOUNCING The Sale of Kings Mountain Wheel Service and the establishment of SHELBY ALIGNMENT SERVICE at 1140 E. Marion St. Shelby, N. C. See Bill Biggerstaff at his new firm for Wheel Align nent, Wheel Balancing, Complete Steering and Front End Work, Complete Brake Service, Straightening and Aligning Rear Housing, and Frame Straightening. I appreciate your patronage while in Kings Mountain. The same Top Quality work will be offered at Shelby Alignment SERVICE Phone 487-8182 KEEP YOUR RADIO DIAL SET AT 1220 WKMT Kings Mountain. N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between Mental Hospitals Treat 500,000, Report Shows More than 500,000 mentally ill | patients are being treated in state and local government hos pitals, and admissions of mental : patients to general hospitals are ; at the rate of 200,000 a year, the i Health Insurance Institute said ; today. The Institute said many of : these persons have health insur | ance provided by insurance eom j panics which customarily pro | tects against the costs of in-hos ! pital treatment of nervous and I mental disorders. “The insurance business for many years has recognized men tal illness as an illness in the same sense as physical illness,” the Institute s»i-J “Coverage for nervous and mental disorders j has been a feature of many in surance company health cost j plans and policies since before World War H.” Insurance companies current ly provide hospital expense in surance to more than 81 million: persons, said the Institute- Of this total, more than seven out; of every eight persons have the: same benefits for nervous and: mental disorders as for other conditions. I Insurance companies also pro vide major medical expense in surance, with maximum benefits! ranging up to $10,000 or more, to some 36 million people. An In stitute survey of group major medical policies issued in 1961 showed that 91 per cent of the insured persons were covered for nervous and mental disorders with the coverage generally be-, ing provided both in and out of hospitals. In addition, the Institute said, 32 milion workers who have in ; surance company loss of income coverage are eligible to receive cash benefits to help replace in come lost due to mental illness, as well as for other causes of disability. An important feature of these loss of income plans is that ben ' efits paid to help replace wages are in addition to benefits avail- j able for medical costs under oth er insurance. Mental illness stri kes hardest at persons in their I productive years, and workers who suffer from nervous and mental conditions annually lose over half a billion dollars in earnings said the Institute. Sometimes experience doesn’t count! Nearly half of the drivers involved in fatal highway crack ups in North Carolina last year had 11 or more years of driving; experience. This was reveafled in; a special study by the State De partment of Motes' Vehicles of accident circumstances and con ditions. The study further show ed that a total of 1438 drivers w’ere involved in fatal wrecks, four of whom were learners un der instruction at the time. Oth ers included drivers with lessth j an three months experience 6, j three months 11. six to twelve I months 14, one to five years 305, ■ six to ten years 236 and not stat i eed 232. i 1 Too Much Police chief in Claremont, S. C. said that he didn’t mind reading water meters, starting the water - ; works pumps every morning and I repairing the streets in addition i to his regular duties. Yet, when i city fathers told him he would; j have to cut the grass around1 city hall and haul garbage, he I said it was too much and resign • ed. I TEENS HEALTH ' Health and Safety Tipe from The American Medical Association Planning a trip to the moun tains to get away from the heat for a week or so? So are several million other American families. If you’re headed for some re ally high mountains, above 7,000 feet, it would be wise to make the change gradually if you wish to avoid “high-altitude sickness.” Try, if you can, to make the ascent over a span of days so that your body can adjust to the oxygen - poor “thin air" at high er elevations, cautions Today’s Health, the magazine of the A merican Medical Association. Symptoms of high - altitude sickness are drowsiness; head ache; blueness of the nails, Kps, nose and ears; a feeling of war mth and flushing of the face soon after arrival; troubled sleep; dizziness; irritability, and shortness of breath. 'There are some precautions that may help prevent distress if you have to make a fast trip from a low level to high eleva tions. Before the trip, get a good night’s rest and avoid alcoholic beverages and heavy smoking. A good breakfast an hour or so be fore departure is all right, but no food dshould be taken during the rest of the trip. Reduce physical activity dur First Union, ! Lexington Bank Merging R. S. Lennon, vice president, First Union National Bank of North Carolina, announced to day that J. W. McLendon, Presi dent, Commercial Bank of Lex ington, N. C., and Carl G. Mc Craw, President of First Union National Bank of North Caroli na, today made a joint statement ing the trip. Sit quietly as much as possible. After arrival in the high altitude area, go to bed a few hours and eat very lightly. Indulge in only light physical activity during the first 24 hours. Walk, don’t run, if you have to climb steps to a hotel or lodge. Patients with certain heart and respiratory conditions may encounter more serious trouble by abrupt change to high altitu des. HOwever, physicians have noted that most patients with cardiac or pulmonary disease who can move around and en gage in moderate activity at sea level most often can tolerate al titudes of 7,000 to 8,000 feet with out serious effect If you have any doUbts as to whether you or someone in your family may suffer from a trip ; to the high mountains, consult your physician in advance. that the directors of these insti tutions have approved a plan to merge Commercial Bank of Lex ington and First Union National Bank of North Carolina subject to the approval of the Comptrol ler of the Currency and the stockholders of both institutions. Total combined resources of the two institutions, in excess of 5295 million, will place the bank among the top 120 out of ap proximately 13,000 banks in the United States and among the top four banks in North Caroli na. The capital funds and reserves »f First Union National Bank following the merger will be more than $27,000,000 and the line of credit to any one borrow er will be enlarged to $2,000,000. Additional details regarding the terms of the merger agreement are to be announced at a later late A merger between The 3ity National Bank of Winston Salem and First Union National Sank was approved by both boards of directors on July 10, 1962, stfoject to the approval of the stockholders and the Comp troller of the Currency. "North Carolina’s farchly of hometown banks” serving indi viduals and businesses from over 50 years will now operate a total >f 49 banking houses located in 22 cities, including Asheville, Bre vard, Canton, Charlotte, Chero ree, Clyde, Durham, Gastonia, Soldston, Hendersonville, Highl ands, Kings (Mountain, Lenoir, ; Lexington, Liberty, Marion, Si I ler City, Sylva, Waynesvilie, Whitnel, Wilson, and Winston Salem. 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