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m- Tage 2 KINGS MOUNTAIN HiRAL©, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N, a Thursday, January 20, 1966' - EstabUshed 1889 ^ The Kings Mountain Heiald \ wS^'Kiy riGV-’spnDpr devoted to the promotion of the general welfare and published for tne eniighteniiici.t, i^niertainment and benefit of tlie citizens of Kings Mountain and its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter, at the pest office at Kings Mountain, N. C., 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1873. EDI'i'OBIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Harmon Editor-Pubiisher Gary" Stewart ./. Sports Editor MisS Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editor Jerry Hope .. MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Dave Weathers Paul Jackson ^. Steve Ramsey Allen Myers SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES PAYABLE L\ ADVANCE — BY MAIL ANYWHERE ONE YEAR .. 83:50 SIX MONTHS .^. $2.00 THREE .MONTHS $105 PLyS NORTH CAROLINA SALES TAX TELEPHONE NUMBER — 739-5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE That, according as it is written. He that glorieth, let him glory in the I.ord. I Corinthians 1;S1. Good Snow Show As he and Grady Yelton ‘reported last week arrangements tor quicK-handl- ing of snowfall to keep traffic moving. Maytir John Henry Moss added, “Of course, it may not snow.” 1) Only one auto wreck was record ed, and it was minor. 2) Traffic was kept mobile. 3) At least one large industry con tinued regular work schedules it'would have otherwise been forced to cancel— a benefit to the industry, pushed for de livery by its customers, and to the em ployee,who suffered no snow-induced wage loss. Extended Terms? President Johnson, in his state of the union address, got the plaudits of the majority of the Congress—^presum ably all of the 435 members of the House of Representatives—when he urg ed extension of the terms of House members to four years. There are quite practical and per sonal reasons for these plaudits, as, with two year terms, a House member is hardly elected and sworn until he faces the necessity of campaigning again. The period is shorter for those with primary contests. Campaigning is expensive in time and treasure and the cost is esca lating along with other costs. Some won’t approve extended terms for House members, particularly w’hen their favorites have lost. Others won’t approve on grounds the more frequent an officeholder must face the electorate the more responsible he is to that elec torate. Others, who feel the Congressmen (a feeling this newspaper does not share) overpaid at $30,000 per year and underworked, will prefer the tw’o-year term retained. Perfection not being attainable in the ranks of mere men, it is safe to re cord no system is attainable of perfec tion. Political, or otherwise, a system is not better than the men or women who operate that system. Whitener's New District U. S. Representative Basil L. White- ner, after four brief years, find, by act of the General Assembly, that he must get acquainted, or better acquainted, with another segment of North Caro linians. The tenth district, which Mr. White- ner has represented since 1957, now in cludes Cleveland, Gaston, Burke, Cataw ba, Avery, Alexander, and Ire^ll coun ties. Newcomers are Alexander and Ire dell, replacing Rutherford and Mitchell. The political pundits write that Mr Whitener was not benefitted by the General Assembly, as Alexander is his torically a Republican county while Iredell, recently of the ninth district, gave a majority to GOP Representative Jim Broyhill. There were similar surmises follow- ing the 1%1 re-districting, yet Mr. Whiners 1%1 majority approximated 10,000 and the voters'of the old tenth nearly doubled it in 1963, The Congressman always had been attentive to the personal needs of his TOnstituents and is going up the ladder « House prominence, which Is^deter- by seniority of service. to jOtfiii tWt coal are in 01 Why Vietnanr But snow' it did Saturday, and quick, hard work by the city street crews did keep traffic moving and pi’ovided none an excuse to miss Sunday church serv ices. Not only did the city crews clear streets, but also cleared both public and industrial parking lots. United States citizens, as is perhaps typical of a comparatively young nation which settled and has developed a rug ged wilderness, have yet to prove them selves well-attur^e^ to partial w;ar, or so-called “police actions”, if they en dure for more then a few days or months. “ Thus the question is asked, by a minority of citizens and by a few' gov ernmental leaders; Why are we in Viet nam? Mayor Moss and Superintendent of Public Works Yelton were pleased with the work of the clearing crew’s and also with the results, among them: In its recent Man-of-the-Year issue (S oU t h Carolina’s General William Westmoreland, commander in chief of U. S. troops in Vietnam), Time Maga zine rather succintly set forth both the idealogical and practical answers. On the idealogical side,'Time quot ed the late Sir W’ihston Churchill: “Is anything worse than war? “Dishonor is worse than war. “Slavery is worse than war.” On the practical side, Time quoted General Gallois, a French soldier re garded a particular expert on strategy: ‘af Southeast Asia goes, ypu can forget your. Pacific lake.” Additionally, it was noted that a take-over of South Vietnam by the Communist regime of the north would automatically result in the crumbling of Cambodia and Laos. Defense of fur ther inroads by the enemy would then be from Thailand — much more diffi cult to supply w'ith troops and arms. Pearl Harbor showed the fall^y of the ostritch policy of weakness, as did Korea. The Administration rightly reasons a policy of weakness in South Vietnam has no better hope of success. • Amen« Mr. President this newspaper suggested that Kings Mountain retailers, service establishments and governmental agen cies adopt more cohesive policies on hours of doing business with implication that some lengthening of open-for-busi- ness schedules were to be desired Particularly mentioned was the need for increased postal service, the postoffice now being closed on Wednes- day afternoons, parcel post deliveries limited to five days per week, and win dow ^rvice considerably restricted on Saturday mornings. These policies, of course, are set upstairs at Washington, ,D. C., not by Postmaster Charles Alexander and his staff. Evidently, some upstairs people, in cluding President Lyndon Johnson, are aware of the inconveniences to individ- uals and delays to business and indus try mat the policy of restricting postal service to a five-day week contrive. Last weekend, he recommended to Congress that the postal service be op-- erated full-speed six days per week, and he asked the Congress to appropriate the necessary $15 million to pay for the extra service. ^ Business and industrial firms are effected particularly by what seems to be virtual stoppage of parcel post move- nient on weekends and they have learn- ed to employ ineans of transit — bus to air freight — if the goods or parts are emergenjt in category. To this recommendation, let all sav. “Amen, Mr. President.” Mountain is within reach of the Un^gl Fu^ a^4 Tag listing officials here report a mid-month lull in this one month chore. They know that most folk will meet the deadline of February 1, ^ut they also realize long lines will form with result- hqi; delays to those who adopt a last- qiiiwte attitude. MARTIN'S MEDICINE 1 I "I oppose such terms, sir!" Ofr By MARTIN HARMON / Just after cluavli Sunday .miu ning, Tommy Tiiulall, Harold 1 Coggins and other nu'ii of Kings ! Mountain Baptist thurch were talking when a beg^;ir approach- ed and asked for -nme change | t.) ass'uage his luiiiift'r. Tohimy | gave the man sC' r.r coins, then ! asked, ■Do voa diinU'.’” | '^ess. rv SO'TIIIS 1$ M NKW YOBK :3 c: By NORTH CALLAHAN 4^ "No, sir,’ Pomniv. the man assured 1 m-m Tommy had a Hihle in his hand, grasped the bc-fgar’s hand and placed k oiC the ‘Hihle. ’Would you say that again?” Tommy asked. Two memories here are blend ing into a new dreai.r. They are i Madison Saiuare Carden-and the ; Fennsylv-ania Railroad Station I and while both the original ver- ' .sions are still active; they will .^notihe so foi' long but will be mei gi’d into one marvelous com-" 1 'illation. Back in the Twenties j when the Garden " v\as built, it and tlie city itself was friendlier i and rc(|iiii ed I The fiardeiv was known as the I hou.se that Tex Rickard built for I bi.g fights in ih(' days when box- ; in.g was respectable. Mayor Jim mie Walker used I i come by on . Friday niglits and watch the I hoys work out'. Joe Louis defend- “.No, sir!’’ the btggur ejaculat ed, and ieit at something akin to double time. mm Harold was relating the inci dent in tlie presence of Paul Aus- ley, the First Presbyterian pas tor. Pastors, particularly when they arc 'new Th a cammunlty, are quick marks for the profes sional mendicants. m-m “One of the best ones,” Paul recalled, “was when Marlon Du- Bose was victimized early in his pastorate at Kings Mountain Baptist church. The fellow gave Marion a very sad picture of his destitution. His children were shoeless and hungry and the fel low didn’t know where to turn. Marion was impressed and wrote personal check to the fellow' for $7.50. When the bank return ed Marion’s check with the next month’s statement, the endorse ment was that of a' Blacksburg liquor store.” Viewpoints of Other Editors ALL-AMERICAN VEGETABLE THE NEW TOWN MEETING “I’ve been taken, confessed. Paul didn’t say whether it hap pened here or elsewhere, but a welfare group, ha\ ing received application for aid from an indi gent visited the man’s residence to investigate his needs. Parked in front of the house was a big, shiny late model Cadillac. i. A squash and a head of lettuce are in the news And rightly. It is no small honor to be picked as winners of the All-American veg etable award for 1966. The hor- too,” Paul tioultural competition is sharp. Always there is someone who is working at bringing out a red der radish, a plumper pumpkin, or cucumber capable of turning into a crisper pickle. ~ Outside of predominantly rural Congressional districts, the aver age voter may go along for years without ever seeing his Congress man or his Senators in person. Even at election time he may glimpse his representative fleet- ingly if at all; by and large there is mighty little direct communi cation between most voters and the people they send to Washing ton. FORM 1040 SPRUCED UP No publication in the United States has so wide a regular readigrship as Form 1040, the in come tax return. Circulation: 60,- 000,000. When the man answered the knock at the door, one of the in vestigators inquired. “Do you have company?” There was no company^ The obvious next ques tion was, “Who , owns the Cadil lac?” It was the man’s. What did these two vegetables have that made them top win ners? The squash, named Gold Nugget, is a sweet, meaty globe of softball size. Kitchenette cooks will yrelcome ity The quality of the lettuce is described by its name. Butter King. Big and ten der, no doubt. It derives from a strain developed in Israel. Many a salad bowl will be waiting for it. m-m “You mean,” the righteously angry investigator pui-sued, “you own a Cadillac and have the nerve to ask for charity?” Now we wonder what future All-American contests will bring. We can think of many improve ments that could tbe made in this nation’s vegetables. m-m “That’s my trouble,” the alms- seeker answered frankly, “it re quires everything I get to make the car payments.” m-m Dr. Frank Sincox is a quite in teresting personality and a man of varied interests and talents. I did not know until recently that he pilots an airplane, nor that he had been a navy pilot, as well a navy medical man. For example, there is the pro blem of the crackly celery which adds one more sound to the .clat ter and din of restaurants. Could not the garden experts give us a noiseless stalk? String beans have already been made string less, a real labor-saving improve ment. How about growing them frenched (slit), as they come from the frozen package? Then there is the spinach problem fac ing so many thousands of the new generation. How about a candy-flavored variety, Mr. Seed- man? m-m Recently I was commending him for what I considered much courage and imagination last spring when he repaired Jonah Falls’ injured eye. Frank replied that experience gives one confi dence and he gleaned experience in eye work in the hardest kind of school. We look forward hopefully to the ’’All-Americans” of the fu ture. Growers who changed the once - rough cucumber to a smooth, sleek number, and who defuzzed the peach can be ex pected to meet other challenges. Chriatian Science 'Monitor m-m “You know,” he said, “that shatterproof glass on the bridge of a destroyer isn’t shatterproof. We were in the naidst of a hurri cane and a big wave jiR the bridge. The glass shattered-arl^ one fellow got glass in both his eyes. Miles at sea and in the middle of a storm, where was 1 going to send him? I had no choice but to go to work.” DEGRADABLE WASTE We are reminded quite fre quently of our inability to cope with certain byproducts of our advanced civilization. Take the case of junk, or “urban solid wastes” as junk is called by the environmental pollution panel of President John’s Science Advis ory Committees. m-m The injured seaman was in sick bay for six months, but his eyes mended and he. suffered no loss of vision. Mayor Jtrfin Henry Moss prov ed to be quite prescient in get ting the city street department ready for snow. He and Gradv Yelon, pubUc woiics superintend ent were out with the troops, v«dio did quite an effective job of clearing atreeta. Every year, the panel said in a recent report, “we must dis pose of 48 billion cans, 26 billion bottles and Jars, 65 billion metal and plastic caps and crowns, plus miscellaneous packaging mater ial worth more than half a bil lion dollars,” This is the price of affluence; it wouldn’t happen in a primitive society. One man’s waste is anothei* man’s treasure. But United States prosperity Is built on high production and a high rate of waste. m-aB I remarked albDUt the weather <me chilly morning recently to So the problem is to get rid of waste materials. One major ne^ to which the panel called atten- tkwi, and which everyone uuujr revenuy xo uon, and Which everyone recog- Mdvin Lovriaoe, harked back to is a container that wfll 10m saeVkAm a. . ... ... 1960 when snow fell on five con- •ecutive Wednesdays. “Y^ don’t have to t^ me how many tknes it snowed that winter,” Melvin laughed. “I was working for ths state hlghtway departmwit. Dur ing one snow I was on the job more than 24 hours, got home at U) a.m- The jrimne zang at 3 serve Its'burpose and then '‘de grade rapidly when discarded.” The development of such con tainers ‘Ts not Hkely to be an easy task,” said the panel. We agree. But it is worth a lot of re- raadi, and we think a civilization that eaa produee a tin can ought to he aMe to Bad ai way of get- o’dj* and they were oalihsg bm tb^ Hi ef it pilBlaaBly. baak.” A freshman member of Con gress in Georgia has been try ing to do something about the lack. Last spring Rep. James A. Mackay, whose I^ourth District includes part of Atlanta, met with a selected group of constituents and, asking them to help develop a modern substitute for the old town meeting, proposed creation of a “grass roots Congress.” From about 400 persons who were willing to take part, 31 panels were created to study wa ter resources, foreign relations and trade and other topics ex pected to come before the next session of Congress. Mr. Mackay saw to it that during the sum mer the panel members received copies of bills and committee re ports on matters they were stu dying. When the group reconven ed earlier this month the num ber had dwindled to al'oout 250 and only nine panels were pre pared to submit reports. How ever. there was a lively grass roots give-and-take. Now Mr. Mackay does not pro mise to follow such recommend ations as the p.anels made—that, for instance, China should be ad mitted to the United Nations, or that the Administration’s foreign aid program be coninued—but at least he has the benefit of their thinking and advice. .And the participants in turn have the- benefit of his. For although most Congressmen send a periodical newsletter to their constituents, this form of communication is essentially a oneway affair; the advantages of a two-way ex change are plain. Some other Congressmen have been following the new town meeting effort and if it proves successful they say they plan similar programs in their own districts. It seems a little early to tell just how successful it Is. But any program that may pro mote understanding of the gov ernmental process deserves a good try. The WaJl Street Journal 10 YEARS AGO ^ THIS WEEK " newt about King Itamt 0/ Mountain area people ant eventa taken from the 198 fOee of the Kinge, Mountait MeraJd. Grady Howard was Kings Mountain’s Young Man of the Y«ar for 1955. This we^ has been proclaimed Junior Chamber of Commerce week in Kings Mountain as well aa arcHutd the nation. Kings Mountain Baptist minis ters organized a Baptist Minis terial Fellawship here Monday night SdaJAL AMD PERSONAL The Mary Kennedy Circle of the ARP church held Its regular meeting Monday night with Mrs. J. E. Anthony, Jr. Mrs. H. C. Mayes entertained mcRifeeK ol the Study <4ub at her tKwne on Ridge street Tues day. But until this year its publish ers gave little thought to its for mat. If it brought money into the Treasury, that was enough to ask of it. « This was an -old-fashioned view. We commend Cyril Magnin, a pu>:lic - spirited San Francisco merchant, who took it upon him self to bring the need for mod-, ernizing the typography of Fon.m ] 1040 to the attention of the in-1 come tax people in Washington, i , To make his points, he presented!^®" than just a them with an-improved version I*PO'^ts arena. It has been design- done by his advertising layout 1 ^ to function as the world’s lar- staff at his request. ] ^®®t and most .iirodern conven- I tion-exposition hall and will also We commend also Sheldon S I cultural, entertainment, Cohen Commissioner of inter-iPot'ti ed his title in the Garden nine times. Mickey Walker, after ho retired, opened up a bar across the street. But Rickard never lori'savv the day of hockey, track and haskcthall for which the big •arena has been used for to a great extent of late, obsoletely. -3— So a new Madison Square Gar den is being :cuilt on .the site of the Pennsylvania Station. Visit ors to .New York \vho are accus tomed to seeing the noted station hardly recognize the jumbled construction project tlioy now see. Over it will soon rise the 116- million dollar Center being built and scheduled for completion next year. But demolition of the 55-ycai-old depot and erection of the new (garden and its com panion 29-story office building are taking place at’ the same time. While one crane is lower ing the girders of the old station to the ground so that they may be -trucked away, a companion crane is.hoisting new structural steel into place nearby. The rea son for this unusual procedure is the necessity of interfering as little as possible with the 6.50 Pennsylvania and Long Island trains which enter and leave the station each day with their hordes of commuters and long- haul passengers. Also being con sidered are the convenience and safety of the quarter of a million people who daily pass through the many levels of the'station. A .giant concrete slab at street lev el will serve both as roof for the railroad station .and as a floor for the center. This slab is sup ported by hundreds of steel col umns footc<l in concrete between the tracks. —3— The new Madison Square Car nal Revenue, for acceptin.g the proposal with eagerness. He, too, had been thinking about changes and went ihto actioin. The Cali fornia influence-can be seen in the 1966 edition of Form 1040, now. being mailed. While it will have the same searching ques tions, they will be printed in lighter typo, and will be better arranged. ’ 'What will be the rtext cha-nge, if Form 1040 is to bo kept up with the times? Perhaps future editions will start with some friendly chit-chat from the com missioner, thanking the form- filler for helping pay his coun try s bill. Or the form may have marginal sketches showing smil ing people happily filling out their returns. (Imaginary scenes, of course.) Color? Probably not. “In the black” has a igood con notation; red on an inconje tax form would be too symbolic. But a garland of fiorget - me - nots might be in order. Christian Science Monitor cal functions. In sports events, the Garden will provide a clear, unobstructed view of the play ing floor from each of its 22,000 seats, thanks to *its cable-sus pended roof which requires no interior columns. Adjoining will be a 5,000 seat forum and a 500- seat movie theater, so one can well im^ine some 20,000 fans cheering a hockey game while near” at hand, 5,000 music lovers are charmed by the concert of a big orchestra. The sports center and the office building will be separated by a four-lane private roadway which will be used by taxis and private cars bringing visitors to both structures as well as passengers coming to the redeveloped railroad facili ties below. —3— It is predicted that no other area in the world will be sp well served by public transportation. Besides the two railroads this will be the express stop for two sybway lines. Two other subways and the Hudson Tube are but a block aw.ay by an underground passageway. KBPTODBIADIODUISETAT 1220 WKMT Kinc^ Mountain, N. C. News & Weather every hour on the hour. Weather every hour on the half hour. Fine entertainment in between Mrs. the f( Ab( tin, b inq ir Lee F of Yc the S( Md. of M nue. F. M( ty af ther, granc McG N. F. pentf Mrs. V/ea ent f don, Aller Lindi Louis Bride The < whitf ■ Quie Towi Mrs. de be h vane $1.7 of c
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