Free Wheeling
There are two ami n qu trier
million motor vehicles in North
t*.arolina And from five to fif
titen percent of them have no
business on the roads.
Accident figures on unsafe
ears and truck* an" hard toc-ome
by. But there is reliable evidence
from the Department of Motor
Vehicle* that up to one-sixth of
our injury and death dealing
highway mishaps come from ve
hicle defects. Anti the total num
ber of Occidents over a year Is
substantial T2.i*im in 1963 alone.
'Die case for the periodic in
spection of motor vehicles has
been fully documented over the
years. States which have such
programs consistently report one
out of five vehicles defective in
one way or the other. Which
makes it pretty clear that the
most skilled anti conscientious
driver simply cannot lie safe in
an unsafe car.
One particularly discouraging
thing about the opposition to
periodic inspection of autos is
inconsistency. Those who object
to Inspection willingly accept of
ficial checks and maintenance in
other areas of their lives.
Who. for example, objects to
the periodic ins pi- tion of elcvn
tors'' Or trains? Or airplanes?
Who finds fault with agencies
who regularly inspect rest a u
rants and markets?
Vet, there is fully as much
need f«»r the periodic inspection
of motor vehicle* as there is for
these other operations and enter
prises.
Much has hccn said and much
has been read about accident
prevention on our highways. The
subject has i>een virtually ex
hausted in plans, ideas anil pro
motions for safeguarding life
and property.
Hut comparatively little has
bt>cn done about the vehicle itself
and its mivhanical condition.
And it is an unquestionable fact
that a safe car is vital in the
prevention of wrecks.
The deaths of nine people in a
single accident :n Halifax conn
ty this summer was aitrimmii in
part to a tire failure, causing the
car they were rifling in to spin
off 'he road out of control.
There are other examples. Far
more perhaps that we know a
bout. Iks-au-se it is often imfwissi
hie to tell of re existing repair
needs after the car has been in
<t wreck.
It’s been said "the people” art*
against vehicle inspection and
that legislators in favor of it
commit political suicide. Yet,
many |x»IIs show that more peo
ple are for inspection than are
against it. Those opposed, it
Now Open
Kings MountainGarage
FORMERLY PUTNAM BROTHERS
900 Grover Road
O General Auto Repair O Paint & Body Work
O Bear Wheel Alignment
Manager—T. H Panther Service Manager—Clyde Hullender
KINGS MOUNTAIN GARAGE
PHONE 739-3416
900 GROVER ROAD
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“He's teen very high hat over sine* thov put hi*
picture on that can of
i sirms, are merely more vocal
than those in favor, thus the il
lusion that the opposition is
stronger than is actually the
■ case.
Advocates of perodie motor
vehicle inspection freely admit
tiiat it is n<> panacea. The case
jean he made, however, that there
i is a real and pressing need for
it simply because it saves lives.
And there are other benefits to
the highway safety program.
Periodic inspection improves
the general standard of vehicle
j condition.
It provides an opportunity for
• informing drivers about the con
dition of their car anti the re
, sponsfbility for driving it safely
I .kv> days a year.
Inspection also helps to edu
| cate and ke ep car owners aware
that certain parts need periodic
attention, anti that it is less ex
pensive to have the ear checked
regularly and kept in repair than
i to w-ait for a breakdown to oc
I .-ur
The driver who subjects his
■ car to periodic inspection tends
It* cooperate with law enforce
ment officers and the general
public in the observance of traf
I lie laws.
Finally, rejection of a motor
; vehicle usually tells the motorist
in a specific way that he is driv
ing an unsafe car and that, as a I
' consequence, he is liable to he j
held as tlie negligent party in 1
the event of a wreck.
Darkness calls for a special
kind of driving. First, you've got
to be able to see. And equally im
portant you have to be* seen.
How do we make sure in both ]
eases?
Watch for the glimmer of light :
which will tell you that another
car is coming toward you. even
though hidden by a dip in the
road. Get a fix on the far side of
the dip. so you’ll know where the
, road is during the partial black
:««t follow ing an encounter with
' bright lights.
: Sometimes you <*an sbe better
j if you let a truck or bus up ahead
screen for you while meeting a
long stream of traffic.
Watch the other fellow. You
may not be able to see why he
has to slow down or swervfr. But
his stoplights, if you spot them,
can save your neck. And if ho
swerves, and you see it. that may
alert you to some sleepy mule
ambling on the road or some
stalled vehicle without lights.
Watch the car ahead of you and
be ready to duck if he ducks.
Another way to help your
nighttime seeing is to keep those
headlights clean and also the
windshield. You can’t see proper
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friendly, informative, easy to read. Give
facts and news about your merchandise and
service.
2. Advertise regularly. Make your advertising
do what successful salesmen do—call on
customers and prospects consistently.
3. Insist on audited circulation reports that
give you the facts about the audience that
your sales messages will have when you bug
newspaper advertising.
Q. Is there a measure for the value of news-:
paper circulation to an advertiaar such as
the standards a merchant uses in buy*
ing merchandise—for example* like
STERLING on silver?
I
A* Yes—in the well known circulation standard*
of the Audit Bureau or CiacuLATiaMk
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A. The A.B.C. is a cooperative, non-profit a*aoc£
stion of 3.450 advertisers, advertising agencies
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Q.Wk«i4oMAlA4tteMl &
A* At regular intervals ana of the Bursae*
staff of asperienced circulation auditors
; a thorough audit of the circulation moor
each publisher member. The results of
audit are published in an easy-to-read
report ter y<
*>«y
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A.B.O. reports tad yon hoar i
it
that help you buy advertising
make any
Q. Are all
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h important to advertisers b
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ana puDiisiwrsin ini* uruiea ouncitna v aiuuuu' *
Organized in 1914. Brought or- A* %1
dor out of advertising chaos by
establishing a definition for paid
circulation, rules and standards
tor measuring, auditing and re
porting the circulations of new*
papers and periodicals.
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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD
luoiit- rttii ii a pin bmimi a iiuyyuQiil
Peace Corps
Test Slated
Early Saturday morning iS:30
a m. to be exact*. November 14.
thousands of prospective Peace
Corps Volunteers will march in
to approximately 800 Civil Ser
vice testing centers across the
nation.
When Peace Corps applicants
take this Placement Test their
mailed in Questionnaires will he
fully evaluated. Those who have
not yet mailed in a Questionnaire
can obtain the form at a local
post office or college placement
office and fill it out. They must
bring it along to the Test center.
Applicants don't need to worry
about flunking the Placement
Test- there are no passing or
failing grades. Nor will they
learn their scores. The results
are used, along with the charac
ter references a n d Question
naires. to determine if the appli
cant has the potential for co.n
pleting a tough training pro
gram. The scores also help in de
ciding the most appropriate over
seas assignment
The Placement Test has two
parts: a general aptitude test
and a modem language aptitude
test- for which no knowledge of
a foreign language is necessary.
The total time required is about
one and a half hours, unless an
applicant wishes to test his abil
ity in Spanish or French. For
this optional test, another hour
should be added.
Peace Corps applicants must
be American citizens at least IS
years of age. Married couples are
eligible if they have no depend
ents under 18. College degrees
are not necessary, but are look
ed upon with favor unless an ap
plicant has learned a skill or
trade such as carpentry, raising
chickens, or auto mechanics
Yaribro Promoted
Ry Steidd Firm
James R. Yarbro. formerly col
lection manager at Sterchi's,
Kings Mountain furniture firm,
has been promoted to office
manager, it was announced by
J. Kennon Blanton, manager.
Mr. Yarbro sucrt>eds John
Thompson, office manager since
April 1963. who has been pro
moted to office manager of the
Oak Ridge Sten-hi branch.
The changes were effective
Wednesday.
Mr. Yarbro is a Kings Moun
tain native, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. R. Yarbro. Ho attended North
Carolina State college and spent
two years on duty with the army
in Germany from 1954-36.
Mrs. Yarbro’s wife is the form
er Martha Carroll, of Blacksburg.
S. C. They have a four-year old
son and are members of First
Baptist church.
Lithium Employees Leading Donors
As Bloodmobile Collects 176 Pints
Employees of Lithium Corpor
ation of America's Bessemer City
plant let! donors at Monday's
visit of the Red Cross blood bank
which recorded 176 pints of
blood.
Lithium, with 42, headed the
list of industrial donors, follow
ed by Foote Mineral with 32 ami
Maui toy Hosiery with 22. Caro
lina Throwing company placed
fourth with 18 and Sadie Mills
placed fifth with 11.
Foote Mineral maintains the
lead with 44.0 percent participa
tion in 1964 fiscal year visits.
Lithium is in second place with
22.8 and Carolina Throwing is
third with 20.0. Mauney Hosiery
is fourth with 16.1 and Sadie
Mills is firth with 13.7.
Complete list of donors in
cludes:
William H. Eariy, Janie Bohc
ler. James II. McKee. Elmer G.
Ross, Ro.iert Crank, Billy H.
Hawkins, Richard Whitesides,
Katherine Ramsey. Mrs. A. A.
AJIran. Gaither Ledbetter. Mil
dred Bell, Betty Cox, A/ri Jam
erson, Murphy A. Hill. Joe Wyte.
J. D. Herman. Harold J. An
drews. H. A. Gilstad. Dean Ilea
ly through a grimy windshield.
Wipe it off, keep it sparkling.
Borrow a few napkins from a
roadside diner. They do won
ders for ck-aning headlights and
windshields. Better yet. beg a
few of those wiping papers from
the service stations where you
stop. They really do a job. He
member, the dirty windshield
may not seem too bad until lights
from an oncoming car hit the
glass. Then the glare is murder.
Turn down your instrument
panel lights to lessen glare and
to let your eyes adjust to seeing
in the darkness.
One way to be seen is to make
certain all your lights are work
ing. This means checking them
whenever you make a stop to
rest or refuel. To make sure
they're seen some motorists pot
i strip of reflective tape across
the rear of their car. It will offer
some protection in case the tail
lights fail.
To be seen, signal your inten
tions to turn or stop well in ad
vance. Get your turn lights on
early so they'll have a chance to
•ompletp with the blaze of ad
vertising signs along the road.
Before slopping or slowing
pump your brake pedal to let
those behind you know that
something's about to hap|>en.
Parking lights are not design
ed for driving. If you want to
see, anil be scon, use your driv
*ng lights.
One of the most imp >rtant
times to be seen is when vou are
-tailed on the pavement after
lark Of course, you should make
•very effort to pull off the hard
.-mrfacr. hut if the shoulder is
narrow or not fitm enough, then
emergency flares are the answer
Carry and use them when need
ed.
Not all drivers will hb as at
tentive to their night driving as
you may he. Some will run into
a stalled vehicle In broad day
light on a straight road and des
pite a frantically signalling driv
er. Ask any State Highway
T. i oper.
And the s’tautiun is even worse
a’ night. 7 lie least you can do is
n.-ike sure you see as well as pos
sible and make sure that you’re
(peg bv others*
therington, John L. Price. Mrs
Mary Sir. Carroll, Azriah Mitch
■ cm. Jack Stewart, Charles
Sparks. George Houser. Solon C.
Moss, Charles Mauney, W. W.
Moss, Joel p. Helms, Kenneth
Metcalf, and Willard Johnson.
Herschel Wright. Elizabeth
; Kayfield, Mary L»v Bridgeman,
| Melba Bell, Betty Allen, Sue
B e I k, Marie Morrow, Mattie
Scoggins, Mark Jenkins, T. W.
Gordon. Robert L. Wilson. R. A.
Carpenter, Mary Ellen Davis, Dr.
D. F. Ilord, Thomas A. Tate,
James Amos. Carl Goforth, C. T.
Dixon. Mrs. Lucille Randall. Troy
Lee Wright. O. V. Ellis. Thomas
; H. Davidson, Norwood Farr.
James G. Batchelor. John How
ell, Herbert Bowen, Wadell
Thompson. Roy Smith. Mrs.
Manuel Sprouse, and James Ben
nett.
Harold Cloninger, James W.
Rushing, John Kiser, Franklin
Hinson. William Etters. Quay
Coleman. Glenn Leigh, Carlisle
Curry. Robert McMillian, Wil
lard Coe„ Milton G. Liggctte
John H. Beam, Billy Bell, Mar
garet Creech, Ray W. Cline. Den
nis L. Goforth. James L. Biddixi,
T. L. Green, Arlie Dunn. William
.Sanders. Donald Barrett, Joe
Youngblood, Alfred Phillips. Gra
dy Howard. Frank Hollifield,
Newell Thornburg, Charles J.
Oliver, Ted Jones, Donald Oliver,
Bobby Carrigan. James Seism.
Charles Blanton. Dewey Batch
ler, Mearl Valentine. Joe Left
wich. Jr.. W. E. Kirkendall. Shu
ford Peeler. Paul Hambright and
John Van Dyke.
Lloyd D. Early, Robert D. Ber
ry, Boyd Riley, Raymond Cox.
David Smith. Herbert Peavey.
James Camp. George T. Paysour,
Donald Wirick, Paul D. Bell.
Frank Fujimote, Ed Golob, Rob
ert Parkhurst. John W. Helms.
Arlan Greene. Thomas Humph
ries. John LaCount, Wray A
Plonk. Jr., William A. Tinsley,
l.orena F Randolph. Jessie Col
lins. Samuel Carroll. Robert
Seism. Paul Cash. Lynda Hem
don, Sylvia Franklin, J. D.
Bridges. Dwight Chapman, Flor
ae Meeks. Fred Withers. Rich
ard Lennon. Jr., Paul Ham, Jr..
Thelma Dellinger. Harold Bum
gardner, Jack Payne. Luther Ca
veny, Roy Huffsletlcr. Herbert
Leigh. L. E. Putnam and David
Kirby.
A. E. Connor. Klaus Kopruch.
Fred Bridges. Reid Dover. Ho
ward Wright. Virgie Eaker, M.
J. Pemiingion. Billy Sparrow.
Donald Sellers. Carl Wilson,
Edith Martin. Helen Marlow,
Clinton Jolly, J. D. Hammett
Karl Hollifield. James Gann
Thomas MsAbee. Leonard Smith.
Wayne Forsythe. Dwight Alex
ander. Patsy Ann Barrett. Rob
ert lladen. Jr.. James Crawford.
George Stroupe, Herman Cash,
Ross Lefevers. Peter F. Collins.
Clarence Stewart, Jerry Savage,
Carl A. Bridges, Harold Ledford.
Hayward Brooks. Robert Hurl
but. Ruth Hrulbut. Travis Hawk
ins and James Darrell Townsend
More progress has been made
in controlling the heart and blood
vessel diseases in the past 30
years than was accomplished in
the preceding 30 centuries, says I
the North Carolina Heart Aaso
t
Letten To
Hie Edit ot
Sir:
"There* a nigger in the wood
pUr somewhere"- approximately
one year ago the City Father*
voted for *top light* installed at
three school zones. They were in
stalled and working fine. But a
long comes some person or per
sons living outside the city limits
that complained that stopping at
these lights caused much delay
to them. Also in an entirely dif
ferent ward from across the
tracks to the north came a peti
tion from another pressure dissi
dent group for the same reason
Now this is the ward that insti
gates 95'. of the Drag Hairs, in
fact they should go up R. R Ave.
where then* are no lights. With
the pressure on the City Fathers
voted to use the stop and go on
ly during school hours. Now this
seemed stupid to me. since they
had spent approximately $2,100. •
00 of taxpayers money, not for
the convenience of the Pressure
Group, but for the protection of
live* and property.
So during school hours while
the Drag Racers are safely put
away in their class rooms, the
lights go Stop Sc Go.
Then when school is out the
hot-rodding “little monsters" are
turned loose on the public and
they have their Dra> Races and
wheel spinning ‘till the web hours
of morning. No they don't have
stop lights to slow them down at
1 all. They should place the city
i fathers in shifts in the same po
sition they need to place the
police dummy.* in the middle of
[ the street and maybe they'd find
out what really goes on in Kings
Mountain.
There was a party from our
ward that went before the Board
to have lights put on stop & go
for 24 hour period. This was
tabled. This same party got up
petition in this ward for same
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purpose. This was ignored.
Now ihe ninwi of the Disident
Group is on file for public in
spection at City Hall There arc
also several petitions on public
record in favor of letting $2300 •
no worth of stop lights to be run
21 hours. The purpose for which
j they were installed.
It is my understanding that,
there is only one way you can
sue a city, and that is for negli
gence.
Now the numerous requests
and petitions of public record in
tlie City Hall in favor of full
operation of these lights for
whieh they were Intended, and
‘ the continuous ignorance of
same contitute a gross negligence
on the part of the city and city
I fathers. M
In this case by said negligent!
after being repeatedly warned or
the jeopardy of lives the city as
well as the city fathers should
' he sued for any injury or fatali
II ty for ail they are worth. And if
. possible convicted of premeditat
ed murder, which in fact it is.
1 Garland E. Still
. About 90' • of all heart disease
is caused by three disorders:
* hardening of the arteries, high
> blood pressure, and rheumatic
fever, says the North Carolina
■ Heart Association.
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