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f \ Population Greoter Kings Mountain Ssl.SU City Limits (196S Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300 • OiMiur kM9» Mouoi«» Of at* t* 4«rlvM lr«i IM 6p*orl Uliled StotM iur«ou o( tb« Cvbam r«B*it ~ |ua«ry )M8. oad IscludM l»« 14.no 4 TowaaUp. end tk* fmidti iVUmbtt I T«wB8lUp. U CI*y*loBd Couatr taeus reams w pd^atlM d •0 |.t»4 llW ad Ctadtf 1C Pages 1U Today Kinqrs Mountain s Reliable Newsoanei VOL 82 No. 16 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 16, 1970 Eightieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS m\ Board Approves CBD Project By Unanimous Vote John E. Gamble Rites ^^etired Farmei Hardwareman Died On Sunday KuiK'ral rites for John Elder Gamolc, retired hardware m and larmei, wer.e held Mnndrry afternoon at t p.m. from li^jve * McmeriaJ . Associate Reiormcd Presbyterian church of which he wu? an eldoi. Ml. Cambio’s pastor, Dr. Chiries f Edwards, officiated at the .final riles, aiKl interment was in Moun tain Rest cemetery. , Active pallbearers were Paul Fulton, Bill Pulton. N. F. McGill, .1... MaI?olm Paltcjson,. Mcnzell Phiu\, and Dwayiic Lynch. Honorary pallbearers were members ol the Session of Boyce Mcmoriiil Arp church of which Mr. Gamble vva.* a member. • In ill health a number of years, after sufferins a .stroke. Mr. Gam- , hir died Suixlay morning at 1:15 a.m. in the Kings Mountain hos pital. For a number of yeArs he 1 was a salesman for Bridges Hard- ! ware Company and also had ex- tehswe farming interests. He wa‘- married te the former I Miss. Elizabeth McGill, teacher at )Ve.st school. He was son of the late John Jackson and Julia El* der Gamble. In addition to his wife, he is Gamble -of Kings Mbunfain, Rob- .survived by three brothers. J. N. ert Gamble and Tom Gamble. bi)th of Besserier City; and a sis ter. Mrs. B. D. Ratterrec oi King.'- Mountain. Mr. Ciamble was a veteran of World War I with service in P'ranco. He was a member of American U»gion Post 155. y John Eldet Gam. dm Saail^ nioniing. Punt- itil rites Were held Monday aftemood from Boyoe Memoried Am .^urcb Glee Bridges BesigningPost Glee E. Bridges confirmed Wed- Sn(‘.sda> afternoon that he had icallcd City Hall to tender his res ignation from the central project (ommiltee ol the central bu.sine.ss (ii.strict redevelopment committee. “1 am not opposed to progress,” he told the Herald. In repeating objections he voiced at Tuesday night’s hear ing. Mi. Bridge.*^ said. “1 don’t l»eliovr any man in Kings Moun tain wouUl .sell hi.« home without Unovving the price. I am not for progre.ss at the expense ol some one ol.se. He said ho tendered his resig nation orally three to four woek.s* k ago and that Redevolopmcnl ' Commi.ssion Director Joe Liiney asked Itim Ic stay on. AREA CHAIRMAN Mr. and Mrs. George Blanton and Ml. and Mrs. Clyde Slutt.s ol Slielbv ha\<* been named by Mrs. RobcM'l W. Scott as arc^a cliairnian of the* North Carolim .'Symphony Ball to be held in Aslnwillc' April 24lli. Last year was raised from ball conlribulicin.’. Ait Pollution Hearing Set . The Cleveland County Air Pol- li^tk>n ^Control Board will hold a \he^ingo.4>fi , Wednesday, April 22 jIt the Glb\’eland County Health CerUej-, 315 Grover Street Shelby, from 3 until C p.m. . The hc^rin^'js for dlscassionJ- joth for or ’ against .standards rules’ and. regulations set by fhe board durlpg its official meeting March 23. . . . Standards, Rules and Rcgula tipnf-* set.wef.e: Regulation. No. I—Control and Prohibition of Open Burning Regulation No. IT—Control and Prohibition ol Visible Emissiom ‘rom Gombu.stion Processes. Regulation No. Ill—Ambient Aii Quality, Standards for Sul '. r Di oxide and Suspended Particulates After the hearing, the board will consider all information pre sented, and. unless such informa tion justifies alterations, these rules, regulations and standard.' wHl be officially adopted as orig inally-.set, and became a part ol the Cleveland County Air Pollu tion Control Ordinance in accord ance with Article V, Section' A- Sub-Section 2 ot the Ordinant'e, Thepc rules, regulations and standards were officially publish ed in the Shelby Daily Star or March 26. 1970 as rcc^uired by thf Cleveland County Air Pollutior Control Ordinance — Article V, SeMloh ■ A. Sub-Section 1. Copies of Ordinance and/or the stand- ardSi rules and regulations as set may be obtained at the Cleveland County Air Pollution Control Cen ter, 316 Grover Street ih Shelby. TO NEW JERSEY Mr. and Mr.s. R. J. Fortune, former Kings Mountain citi zens, have moved from Kings port, Tennes-'e(» to Florhom Park, New J('r.«ey. They are re siding at 91 Kdgewood Drive, Florham Park. New Jer.s(*y 07932. Mayol Will Appoint All-American City Committee; Clean-Up Week Set Registration Books To Close Alter Saturday Registration for the May 2 Democratic i)ollti(’al primary ends Saturday in Cleveland County’s' 2ii voting precincts. ! In the four precincts of Number I Four Township registration acti vity has been slow. Tc* date 31 new voters have put Iheii names on the Number Four Tovvnshi’* voling book.*?. i Mrs. J. H. Arthur, registrar at the large West Kings Mountain jroclnci, har loggeci 19 now vot ers. Mrs. Nellc Cranford, registrar at! East Kings .Mountain, reported, *,our new voters to date. Mrs. J. B. Elli.s, registrar at, Grove., has added lour newi name,*. ' M."s. J. E. Conner, regist: ar at Bcfhware, has logged four new- voter." to date. i Tlie regi.strars will be at the respective polling place-' again Saturday to accept new registra- ( tions and to accomplish transfers., Saturday, April 25, is Challenge Day. t Ralph Gilbert, chairman of thel county elections board, has re minded all citizens they must be j registered to vote anci advised citizen.*? who have moved into new precimTs sin.^e the last coun ty-wide election to obtain trans-; iers. i Smith, Swolfoid Win Scholarship ?HA Project S4% Complete The.150-unit low-rent housing* orojcct is 64 percent complete, di-1 ectors ol King® Mountain Public’ ’Joiising Authority were told at ‘ht regular quarterly meeting Tuesday. j The report was made hy Thomas W. Harper, excr*utivc director, wiio said the project, .supposed to be: about 85 percent complete, has been delayed by foul winter wcathe.' Mi. Harper reported much in-! tcrest, particularly among the el- j derly, In renting the units when | they beceme available. He added, ’ 'Tm afraid that units for the el-j derly will be iasufficiont to meet ’ che demand of all qualified. He said, while only 30 of the 50- units arc specifically designed for the elderly, that some other units, particularly one bedroom ones, :an be utilized for wouki-bc ten ants in the older age category. Rental applications arc being received each Saturday morning at City Hall from 9 a.m. to noon. The 150 units will occupj nine sites. Largest of the developments ■ will be the 45-unit comple.v off' Barnette Drive. Second largest will be the 30-unit complex on wUnslei street, on which construc tion is just beginning. The Lackey 3ti*eet and Baker street develop- mcnL® are 20 units each. The units in the Dilling-Ridgo-Parker (Co)Uinuvd on Page tiight/ KMHS Sensors Among First Award Winners Two King® .Mountain high school seniors — David Hugh Smith and Howard Wayne Swofford, arc a- mong two of the first James M. Jolinston Lndergraduate Scholars at the University of North Caro lina at Chapel Hill. William M. Geer, director of student aid, an nounced today. First in his class, .Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. .Smith. He plan.s to major in chemistry. Fourth in his cla.ss, Swofford is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Swofford. He plans to major in physics at tiic University. At K.MHS Smith has been active in the National Honor Society, French club, co-editor of the year book, a participant in the Nation al Sci('!U(' Foundation Summer Science Training program i n ChaiK'l Hill and a Junior Kotar- ian. In addition, ho was a More- head nominee and won a Na tional Merit letter of commenda tion. in liigh school Swofford has been active in the band, Pep club, JV baskotiiall. Math club, the nual staff, Methodist youth work and placed ninth on tlie UNC sponsored Chennistry Exam Na-: lional Honor Society. j The late James M. Johnston.! born near Chapel Hill, attended VNC before going to Washington to make a fortune in investment banking. He left the stipulation for the $500,000 a year scholar ship program in his will. Awards will range up to $2,100 annually for North Carolinians and up to $2,900 for out-ol-state student.*?. Any -Student qualified for admis sion to UNC, as an undergraduate or as a student in the nursing school, is eligible for the Johnston competition. I SCHOLARS — David K. Smith, above, and Howard Wayne Swofford have won James M. I Johnston scholarships for four ' yeors undergraduate schooling ct the University of North Caro lina at Chcpel Hill. New Program At East School Kiwanis Tickets Arc Now On Sale Tickets for the Kings Mountain Kiw-anis clui) Basketball Baihe- cue are on sale at the high school and at K ngs Mountain Drug Corrpany. 'Jne tickets are S2 each. Bar beruo wjM he smwrd at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23 at the higli school cufrtc'ria and an awards bnnqiuM will follow. Loc'al Kivvanians also have Ik'kcMs for the barbecue. East school began a broakfas: program for needy children Mon ' day. / I The first morning breakf.tst : Was served to 35 (hildren. j Principal Hirhard Greene .'aid ' ■the niogram will continue fanr , the Federal Government. .Sur ; iV.*lus government food commi'di I lies are also a.sel to lu Ip the' proiram f nanciaky. “Tile initial response is e.wel- , lent’’, said Mr. Gicene. Ijivokf ist is s(\vtd carh morn ; j ing at S;20. Tiie meal i'rSude.', I milk, fiuit or friut juire and : ^sonic* type? ih'.ead jjr 'erea!. .. I Maycjr John Henry Moss want* the city to be .m all-.lmerican city. Tlius he asked at Tuesday night*.*; rity commi.ssion meeting U> appoint an all-Amorlean cit> committee to tailoi the city’s ap plication. Among otlu'r North Carolina eili(\-? in tlie all-America cato- g*)ry are Charlotte, Gastonia and Salisbury. In anotlier actun, the board designated the weekend of .May 7-9 as Clean-Up, Paint-Up, Fix-! Up weekend with the request that all civic organizations, gar den clubs, and Scout organiza- tiqns tissist in an all-out effort. The city will haul away' the heavy reiu.so. The comrnis.sion authorized ad vertising for bids for a public utilities building, to replace the City street estahli.shmcnt, at the water tank .site on MeGiiinl.* treot. It deferred action on auc tioning the City .street property until legal check can he made int{« auctioning pro(*e{1ures on “oal property. The City street pro perty' front.® 163.5 feet, i.« 141 feet deep on one line and lu() on the north lino. The board voted to adver!i.«e aj public hearing on petition by J. | OHIe Harris, administrator, to an-1 nex the Arthur Hamrick lot on i White Oak street into the city! limits. ' The board, entered into a supple-i mental agreement with the State | Highway & Public Works com-: mission whereby the city will pay I for condemnation of right-of-way i for improvements to SR 204*4 i (Camp Creek Church road) serv-| Ing the Buffalo Creek rqsovoir. ' Long Fiearing ' Haish, Raspy And locular By MARTIN HARMON Tin* word-- wc're .s(..Tieti.Tios har.'h. raspy and int(*mi>erate j but tin? rnood was not only jos' I so bui ofton jojulai at the city .■■(Jinmi-Njjn’s publi; hearing Tues ' day on the e(‘ntr.i] business red(\eloimieni pl.m, ai ' 1 r;:p au'nl-; and ippcnenUs spoke .'iieir f» e!i:ig-; and •*' inhumation- I : s. OKc:": sougiil an.®Aer.'-.. • ( !)iei' op]a» iti >n ua • o.xprt's.scd : ny Mr. and .Mis. Ifaywood E. I r.vni-ii. Mr. a ’ i .M;-. Dan M. Fin- . :er. 1). I., .'-'aunders and Glee E. j I -h'idge.:. I ! Mr-. J. K. I.ipford e.xprc'.s-c i j .(’hemeni oj'j)osiii.)n lo inclusion : j »L’ her Snuili I’ldmoi.t avenue j home on tix' acQui.sition list and j .-(Idl'd lun* ad'vi^e from a (Mar- 'olte I.uvyer ;.s that a iunne can I iJt h(' n,-;iuirei* l)y eonilemnation II ^\c( pt for .1 sf'liool or roaci. SJie ‘ mliniKiI, ‘T’ll h t you have my duunt<Avn J).'oj'<m1.v for in'iprove-. .■ieni Ol lae t-jvv). I bohevo in ;.ogn's5.” Mrs. Lipfo: .1 referred 0 the buildings cjcupied by Gara e. Kathy*.-; Beauty hv.p and Myers P.intjig Cc.n- Mrs. -Mae Putnam, wlio oceupirs the building owned In Arthur ilay Ifr-uraiKv Agt'ii.v. asked. *I)o any o. you men want yjur Jinperty d(\-.troyed?” Mi -. \V. K. t’roi;k asia'd, "What do you mr-an by ca.mmunity ac tion?” Sp('aking in support ot the pro- i(*(l wero eiiarh's K. Dixon. Wil- '.(Mi GrtTin. IhiuJ ^UG-pni.';, How-1 .-ftrcl Lub;, and W" s, i^-uTon. Ir. i lii* ru* sMor an'-.-er s(‘;-i >n ;pepc;’ endi «l j<jl;ingl>. (kmrge iU.dane*‘vi. cvV^icr cl Hk' former Fii>t National Park building questioned eonceining raj)ital '{ains ta.\ on proptnly acquired MndcM' tlin'ai of iomiemnallo.n. le ua.'-* inhiM.it'd tin- ;rain wMuld or taxable if not invented in simi-. l;«r uitliin thrvX' ye.tr.-. A.Ml Mie.an in another (i la;ddat- '*(1 huilding?*' Rede, oh.tpnient ommi -.ion Diri'cb'r Joe Laiiey (‘plied. "H won't do you any L'ood. (a-tirge, but per.sonn nv('r (15 doiTt ]);i\c tc, r(‘in\e t." Mr. Lu- dane.ski ('('rnmenU d, t ' laiijditer, ‘Let’s table th(' ulude thiiig." Glei' K. Bi id.;e.; \^ an!ed to know about jirice. also asked, "liow a-' bout 1 iking us all? WTiy can’t v/)U put us bark in tlu* same square lootage?” .\eting Titv At torney Rob('rt Bradley def'uiled ■<ri; ing proet'dun* as "fail inarkd .al;ie'’ and Mr. Bridges .';aid the .'ormula included no considera tion <)i‘ u<ag(\ Haywood K. Lynrli .said Apprai.s- ■'le.’riM’ .Sitnmon: valm d his buildings wiiieh return nmlals of i'oUK) per year at the corner of .Ve^-t Maintain and i>outJi Pied- aio.it at Sib'.500. yij-. L.-iney inter- "Pius value of llie land.” \\r. L\ non .‘•aid --.e would take a •Sd“ OOP 1 tin tlie huildings. After Mr. I.eney defined "fair marked value*’ to a quo.stion of Dan Fingei, Mi'. Kiiv'e] r«?;>lied. ■ f thouqlit it was tln‘ p.riee a- I gn »'d upon by a willing buyer : and a willing .sellei.” ( li.irles K. Dixon, pre.d lent (*f ! Dixon Chcvrolco. .statin,: lie own- I ('ll U) iir' iierty in the CdD aii’ i. I d('ilaied. "I 1( ;»se nrout'rty from I si.\ landlord;, .‘^i.xly-live peiveni I ot it IS being takcii. M'e go al(mg.' \\f believe this jilan will lu'lp I !!)(' toA'i. In businf.ss-, nothin:.: .i.),ip(’ns until s inii'body s('Hs I .'?(;in(‘‘hi’i,'\ V.m talk aboiu I i.ss*;-. ' c move i; wid cost u? 2r),P-' ». Dot pj-n vvdlh.g K; nv)v. out oj !(wnfewn." : Paul M((iinnis said. "1 own two IdiiapidOed building.s rnariavl to S’. I boil .at tliit'kin,-; I : no :!o ii*a. i.bem down and htold. .1 I’-i.e deti.Iel Ibal if I’li-; j)r,>- , ,t r I't approved. I'm g dug to I {Conti;hf(i! 0)1 Pitf/r /JijhU WOUNDED IN ACTION — Pfc. Ronnie C. Hayes, 19, was j wounded in action in Vietnam Monday night. Hayes Wounded In Vietnam War I Ronnie C. H.ayes 19-year- old K ngs .Mountain man, vvms wrundc’d in a.*;ion .Monday night in Vietnam, his mother, Mrs. KailiCM'inc An Hayes, has been ! informed by Lie .S. jretary of the Army, >Irs. Hayes received the tcio- ‘ giam Wednesday morniuig. Accotding to the wire from . Kenneth G. Wickham, Major Gen i oral, U. At my, young Ilaye* ■ was w( nded hy fragments frem a bob!' trap vvh Ic enreuto to a ' night defensive position, ' Me sust'ii’w: wounds to tl-’c , U ft frontal brain with moderate brain dam-ages. E.vlent cf in( brain dimngc is undetermined. sa:d .Major General Wickliam. but on Tuesday P'c. Hayes vva.s plar.d on liie .seriously 11 list and “in ju.dgcment c his attend ing plu'sician his cond tion is c'' surh severity tliero is cause for concern but no imminent dan- ' gei tc life.” Pic. Hayes is hospitalizei in i Vietnam and he ran n’ce ve mail , via the Hospital .Mail S. etion, APO San Kran.iseo, 96347. The telegram assured the family they would b(‘ notified of pro gress and condition reports and , lliat t!ie best medical atlont on ■ w.is being providid. Stationed in Vietnam the past four months. Pfc. Hayes joined the. Army a year a o after gn ’- uali(»n from Shelby liigh school. Tile family residis here on Dial street. Paul K. White's Bites Conducted Funeral rites for Paul Ke'^nedy Wliite, .52 .lormer Kings .Mou;]- tain (it zen, were he!' Monday afternoon .it 3 p.m. f.om Kingr- , Mountain IVipiist t '.iur. !i. U. v. ,lp?n(‘s Wilder. assist('d by Rev. Wilson Poston, officiated at the fiual riti's. and inb’rment vv'is ji Mountain R^'st ecmoteiy. M‘. \‘/!iite died .Saturday aft- ^Co.itwiird On Page Kinht) Action Follows Public Hearing Oi Three Hoius B\ MARTIN HARMON After a thr(‘e-hour public hear ing with more? than fH citizens pn’sent. somi* jiartiripating, the ity (’ommission, on vote of Ward 1 Commissioner Ray Cline’.-' mo tion and War ! -1 Commissioner Norman King'- second, unani- mousJ.v jia.s'-ed late Tue.sday night a ro.solution (Midorsing the prelim- •larv .sit( plan lot central busi- ne.* . reth'velopmonl. Then vva-- ono ('liang(\ on rec oin mc’ndat ion of the r(’d(‘Velop- meiit eommis.slon, after request of the property owium. Tlie 67 x 97 foot lot of Fred W. Plonk on West King street was ei:minat€d from the acquisit on list. Mr. Plonk had t on ter. dr 1 the lot did not fit into tlio redeveppment "‘loM and is not suited t^ ogrpph- icaPy to the adjacent property to c , .quired firm Plonk on S. Bat- tlegrcu"(|. Joi M. Laney. director of the redc’velopment eommi.s.sion, told .Mr. and .Mrs. Dan Finger and Mr. and .Mr.s. VV. K. Crook request for elimination of their Cherokee street building- frqm the aoui- sition list would he forwarded, without recommendation, lo the regional office ol the Department of Housing and lirban Dc'velop- ment l n an opinifm. Tlie Fingers and Crook.*- had e.\pres.sed their PRAYER FOR ASTRONAUTS Citizens attending the central busir.e.ss district public hear ing Tuesday night stood for several moments’ sik*!! pray er for the safe ix’turn of the Apollo 13 -astronauts at 9 o’clock. vvillingne.ss to make the buildingvS’ parking lot available. Mi. Laney said the commission did not re- . gard the buildingr as in confor.m- anc’e with the Z‘)ning plan for the area. (Ta) F. .Mauney, chairman of the r<‘developniotu commission, Trst outlined the oi)j(?etives of the redevolopiiK’ni eommiss^ mi and the ii(*ed-; lot the projeei. Bob M uiei'. chairman of the city planning hoard, recalled that ■ talk of central business rodevel- oi-'nent began durin.g an admin istration oi th(‘ late Glee A. Bridg- ('« in tiu' early sixties and noted that four of the five original members still serve, with James L. Herndon. Ji.. liaving succeed ed his rn Ukm three years ago. He said the project is an effort to mak«' th<‘ e(‘ntral busine.ss dis trict community competitive with shoi)ping .'enters, adding, "I was displaced aftei 12 years, I had to d( il Ml mv own. Tlio planning board fiels the project good and ncM'.ssary for the p.agre.ss of the ovaM'-al' Ie-nmunit^.*’ Ml. Laney outlined the project plans, block i»v bl >ek. .said that the first two block of West Gold .*;troet would obtain 80-foot riglit of way with (il-fool wide paving •urb-to-ei;:b, and that the .‘•/eet will be stiaighleiKMl to cross the railroad :jI Bailh'ground. (Continurd On Page Eight) Flcnk Favors School Legislaticn, Correct Inequity Of School Lines BASEBALL PLAYING FIELD iDEDICATED — Kings Mountain high school principal Jake Atkinsoxi/ third from lefL recoives congratulations from Schools Supt. Donald Jones os Mr. Tones officicll'y presents the new baseball field to the high school on behalf of the board of educotion. Others from left to right in the photograph, Fred Withers, engineer for the project Alec Owens, member of the board of education, and Rev. Jim Neal, far right look on, Mr. Owens, Mr. Withers, Paul Lancaster and Doras Bennett received plaques in appreciation for their contributions to the project in do- noting lobar and materials. Mr. Owens hit the first ball pitched on the new field by Mr. Withers. Rev. Mr. Neal, pastor of Trinity Episcopal church, gave the prayer of dedication. The dedicatory rites were held before the first game between Kings Mountain and Belmont. (Herald Photo by Isaoc Alexander) He Voted ye.s .\ft(M the 1 tvf'iable vet(' was taken l.'dt 1 uesda.v iiigbl Ujrcar- Iv We lu(*sda\ moriiingi, II »y- xveoil K. LyM'h vvlu oppo.scv tlu' iU'f je.t said. ‘T’-'II the nKMnbeis”. .Mayn' .l(»hu Henry Vhxs re plied firml.v, *T heard no nay.s. rhe vel< is unaiiiuviu^.” Mi. Lyn.h replied, ToiDnij Kl- Jl.snn didn’t move hi-; lips.” Comm i.s.si(inei K11 ison respenui I ed, "I vuled f(U' ill” A candid i‘c for Ihi N. C. House Of R'presentitives went on rc- c(v:i\ this week favoring legisla- uon that vv’c ’d carrcct a-i in- I’.iuil (►f s. iioel line.s in K ngs M-)uniain. I"), mocrai;:- eandi'iaie II a 1 i>!<mk viio scm'Ks .Scat 1 in tlie •l.Tid Di.-'tF-t said .seme ;h I !ion living in King.s Mounta n arc (.•ugi’t il sipjoe/.' of city and . )U'Vy lines and arc bcdiig shift ed like pawns. "I am su e i!u*ri> are o*h(’r ' !mccs in t!u slate that have -.dm- ilar pr(;bi< ms an d I inKmd to intiO'lucc leg5sl.it on that vviD siraig!)te-i cut this inequity." lie said. D.a I of the ejslc n edge if Kin .Mountai'i extends into Gaston County. ,Some of the chil dren living in that se t on liv' in one city and another county. Yet Plonk said, tlu'y are re quire i to pay tuition to -atumd Kings Mountain Schools. What he envisions is a law that w II allow chiklrcm of .» municipality to aiietiM .school i without tuition fees in the same I municioalit.v where th(»y reside ■ regardh’.ss of what (x>unt> they ai'(‘ in. ‘T do not think the (hildren v’ing in the Kings Mountain sec- lion should be p(Miaii/.ed with a tuition cost,” Plonk said, "I plan to \vo;k for legislniion that would give them tbo same rducation at no extra cost a situation they hould already be « njcying.” * E:irlirr n his campaign swings through Clovcl’nd. Rutlierford and polk Onintirs that ei)mp:,sc Iho I3rd district, l^lonk went on rcH'oid favoring a p.cgr' .n ef narcotics avvnreness in ever/ el- omcniary school in the slate. He has also gone on record favoring lowering the voting age to IS saying, "if a man is old enou h to f ght he is old enough to vole.” However, Plonk carries his program om* step. ' urlher. Ho proposes coursis in political sci( nee and practical politics mix- . ed with tho importance of the ballot he taught ;n the junior and senior years high school and has made this a part of his pro posal to lower the voting ago.