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PAGE 2 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C. Tl Established 1689 The Kings Mountain Herald 206 South Piedmont Ave. Kihgs Mountain. N. C. 28086 A weeKiy newspaper devoted to the promotion of the genersi welfare and published for the enlightenn.ent, entertainment and benefit of the citizens Of Kings Mountain and Its vicinity, published every Thursday by the Herald Publishing House. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Kings Mountain, N, C., 29086 under Act of Congress of Match 3, 1873. EDITOBIAL DEPARTMENT Martin Hannon Edltor-BublishH Miss Elizabeth Stewart Circulation Manager and Society Editof Miss Debbie Thornburg Clerit, BeoMcaeper MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT Frank Edwards Alien Myers Paul Jackson ‘Rocky Martin Roger Brown Hay Parker • On Leave With The United States Army SUBSCRIPTION RATK PAYABLE IN ADVANCE — BV MMIL ANYWffi&NB ONE YEAR... .63.30 MX .. .».00 THM MCWna... SUB PW8 N0»{V^Qui9RaiE SALeii TAK T^EPHOKE HUMBEE — 739*5441 TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE For tlicij not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in heir palaces. Amos 3:10, lOBS 70 The auditor from the Washington of fice of the Department of Labor was here inventorying out for wind-up the Industriai Association of Kings Moun tain’s training program of two years. e Nixon Administration had iust bee “ .'' orn and the auditor wasn’t sure just what direction on-the-job training would lake. He guessed correctly that the training program would be limited to tho.se who had no skills and were therefore unable to earn a decent livli- hood. Definitions and terminology really don’t matter. The Johnson Atlministra- tion labeled these folk “underprivileged,” the Nixon folk disadvantaged. In a re port on JOBS ’70 in the July 13 issue, U. S. News and World Report labeled these citizens “hard core unemployed”. According to the U. S. News re port the program has had varvinrr <• c- ccss in the large cities of the nation. Poor rc.sults wei-e produced in Atlanta, Los Angele.s, Houston and Cleveland, but excellent results have been achieved in Detroit, Chicago and New York. 2) General Motors has retained 48.6 percent of the 13,550 people hired (via the JOBS program) during the nine months ending March 31. 3) In New York, where banks and large industrial firms are leading the effort, 19.000 trainees were in full-time jobs on July 1. 4) In Chicago, 54.8 percent of 42,007 trainees are on the job. As the Herald understands the pro gram, prior schooling is no test to en rollment. It makes no difference whether the prospective enrollee can read and write. The key question: does he or she want to learn? The prior on-the-job training pro gram paid off here, several participat ing manufacturers reported to the Her ald. This one should, too. Approval of the Kings Mountain program has been indicated and it is to be hoped that formal approval will be forthcoming shortly. Increase Due There are three “years” in the un employment benefit scheme of opera tion, benefit, expei'ience rating, and cal endar. As a new “benefit year” began Au gust 1, maximum payments for unem ployment insurance in North Carolina increased to $54 per week. North Carolina, which prides itself on being the moderate state, has operat ed its Employment Security commission well in comparison to many other states. For example: North Carolina does not pay unemployment benefits to em ployees on strike (as New York does), nor even to employees idled on account of a strike such as majority of Eastern Airbnes and others operating in the state a few years ago when the engi neers V'^re on strike. It was no fault of the pilots, nor the maintenance crews, nor operational personnel and the East ern asked the state to pay these idled- without-design employees. State law did not permit w^as the ruling. Though with wages up it may be of little moment, the minimum weekly pay ment remains at $12, which the General Assembly should Increase. North Carolina has maintained a balance between those who talk about “draw my unemployment ” and the em ployer who pays ALL the bill. There is one little sidebar note, con sidering the passage of the bill guaran teeing equal rights to women. North Carolina grants unemploy ment compensation payments to preg nant employees. Some employers do not like to sub sidize pregnancy. Nixon Nyet As he threatened, Preisdent Nixon has vetoed two more appropriation bills in which the Congress appropriated more money than the President has asked. With World War II as a spur and the depression of the thirties, the roles of President and Congress reversed. Dur ing the Hoover years, for Instance, vet eran navy men related, it was necessaiy to sign 16 chits to draw a bucket of paint. The budget was that light. Then President Roosevelt adopted the practice of asking for two to three times he needed and felt he had to have. Since World War n began. Congress has taken over the spending role and often appropriate more than Presidents request. 1) At least 200,000 jobless poor peo ple with no previous prospects of em ployment have been placed—and are staying—in the nation’s work force. In vetoeing the two recent bills, Mr. Nixon said Congress was appropri ating $1.4 billion too much, even though his own proposals included increases to in both categories. The extra money, said the President, would contribute to inflation, serve to increase interest rates, and couldn’t be wisely spent. Mr. Nixon acknowledged he was between a hard place and a rock. Appropriations for education, hous ing, service veterans, among the others, are very sensitive, effecting as they do great numbers of citiens. And November elections are com ing. Congressional forces are mounting their charges for the necessary two- thirds votes to over-ride, as they did his veto of the appropriations bill for hos pitals. ly- And the over-ride is considered like- Dr. Cony Di'. Patricia Ann Corry is believed to be the first Negro woman in Cleveland County to become a medical doctor, a status she attained in June from Mehar- ry Medical college in Nashville, T^enn. First or not, her accomplishment is considerable. Getting entrance to medical schools is not easy. Undergraduate grades must be at the tops and many worthy appli cants are not accepted. It is suspected that lady applicants may not get the same attention from entrance boards as do their male counterparts. Dr. Corry, now interning at Cook County hospital in Chicago, deserves considerable commendation, as do her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clayward Corry who encouraged her to continue her education and pursue it to the desired and successful end. Act of God When a plane crashes, a train wrecks, automobiles collide, human error is always suspected. Was it the pilot, the engineer, or driver who erred? Did the maintenance man make the proper check-ups? Was faulty material involved in resulting in mechanical failure? There can be no argument about human error in the torrents of rain which fell in the mountains and Pied mont Carolinas during the past week end, creating flood situations in many areas and in Kings Mountain area as well, including damage to the partially completed Buffalo Creek dam. Man has, indeed, been to the moon, but he doesn’t control the heavens. Floods, like tornadoes, hurricanes, tidal waves, earthquakes and other nat ural disasters, can be placed under only one label, “acts of God”. The price of September com on the Chicago commodities mafjeet Monday was $1,345 per bushel. MARTIN'S MEDICINE Thuriclay, Aggyst 13, 1970 Grady Yelton, city public vs-orks Superiiitemlent. was in the City Hall office about closing time Wednesday afternoon. "How are you," I aaked Grady. "O. K.," Gra dy replied, but I wish It would quit raining. I had to tease a bit and ad- dre.ssed the young ladies, “What about that! Here Grady has been praying for water for .several years, he gets It, and he’s oom- plaining." Grady laughed. "Water’s fine, 1 Just don’t want too much of it at one time.” m-m Grady has been praying for water for several years. On one occasion when it appeaired a six- year-old youngster could wade a- croap Davidson Lake and the York Road resevoir was several feet be low .spillover point. It seemed that city water rationing was around a near corner. m-m It is said over a million dollars m gold was mined out of the Gold Mine before it inundated. At the low point moment a couple of years ago more gold, in the form of water was being pumped out'of the mine and finding its way to the York Road resevoir. Nor was it the first time the mine has been used for that purpose. m-m With heavy rains in the head- up area over the weekend, Buf falo proved what the engineers said all the time: she carries a lot of water. On Monday afternoon, Buffalo was rising swiftly as it went un der the SR 2033 bridge just 500 yards south of the dam a-build- ing and fissured. Don and H. K. Dixon were out to survey the sit uation. W^en they got past tne bridge, H. K. told Don, who was driving, “Head for the high ground.” m-m Some years ago, when Buffalo was raging. Hendenson Herndon was working for Fulton Mortuary. There was a call to take a pa tient, Mrs. Jim Leigh, to Siieloj Hosfpital. The Leighs son Jimi.my had been born only recently, so he went along too, along vviih the late Mrs. Luther Morri.soii. About Mr. Nixon's Blooper.... I’LL ONLY SAY WHAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD HAVE SAID. “NO COMMENT/" C/.5. KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITINO HOURS 3 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 pan. Daily 10:30 To 11:'“' aan. Wm. B. Barber Sallie E. Boy<e Florence H. Butler * Margaret L. Collins Rosi? F. Gardner Ada 3. .'toforth Virginia 1. Harris Sidney D. Huffstetlc'r Della P. Huffstickier AipliUd .A. Johruson Mrs. H<»m€>r A. Kilgort- Jud.son Loopor Mr.s. EJjble .Vlullinax Mrs. Wm. McLeymore Oaxie H. M<-W'hlrter James J. Oates. Jr. Mrs. Delbert G. Patrick Arthur H. Patterson Jasper Rice James Ro.seboro Richard James Self •Mai' W. SmiUi Wm. E. Stroupe .\irs. JoJinny W. Thompson Femp F. Weathers Kaselta F. Webb Robt. A. WT.itesJde ADMITTED THi RSDAT Wm. r. Chllfiers Donna Regina .Murray Floyd Wm. Reynolds Wm. Martin 3towe Jack W’. Williams V ADMITTED FRIDAY I Nannie M. Moss Otis A. .Moss Janie 3. Ward Mrs. Lloyd 3.Y Wo<k1s ..-s*. I. Viewpoints of Other Eitors INDUSTRY, PEOPLE, POLITICAL POWER Henderson noted the rising wat ers under the US 74 Buffalo bridge en route Shelby. "I noticed Mrs. Leigh's doctor donning his coat and leaving the hospiitaL And it was still rain ing oats and dogs. The nurse then informed us that the doc tor hadn’t admitted little Jimmy as a patient and that she had no AUthopity to admit him,” Hender son recalls. The 1968 presidential electioji showed how political power was ebbing from the once almost dom inant states of the North-east. Now current studies of develop ment trends ^how how industrial power is doing the same. Thus the economies department of .Mc Graw-Hill finds that by 1975 some 47 percent of the country’s indus trial out-put will come from what it describes as the southern tier of states as compared with only 34 ipercent as recently as 1953. This is a phenomenally swift shift in industrial development. Obviously these findings' have Immense implications. Many of the states now developing most swiftly in industry are also among the fastest growing in population. They are, therefore, draining off congressional representation from both the North-east and the up per Middle West, Furthermore, these states tend, on the whole, to be politically conservative. I Aside from the political impli- ' cations, the chtingr- in the na tion’s industrial balance also has ’ lar-reaching economic and social j meaning. Unless the Northeast j can halt the trend or find new j ways to self-development, its cit- , i(-i, already in dire straits, will find their problems steadily ag- : g.avated and the tax structure, the higiiest in the nation, will become siilJ less favorable. Thus the swift shift in industrial pow er presents America with one more grave naitional challenge. Christian Science Monitor FRIENDS NEED ATTENTION, TOO SOUTHERN WRITERS Is the United States in danger of losing the friendship of one of the oldest nations in Afrlea-—the Empire of Ethiopia? Some informed Ethiopian sourc es think it is. They say that when Emperor Haile Selassie leaves the scene, the incoming regime may be decidedly anti-American. They charge that the United States fails to understand Ethiopia’s problems, and that it risks forfeit ing Ethiopian good-will by cut ting down on aid programs. These Ethiopians see Christian- ruled Ethiopia as menaced by a rising tide of pan-Islamlsm and by growing Soviet penetration of the Arab states and the Red Sea area. SpeaJcing of ethnic groups, there is another one consisting of Southern writers. The South has produced an unlikely number of serious authors who have given permanent life to the region’s fading old ways, using the South’s picturesque - grotesque past to illumine truths about human fol ly. “They spent about two hours faying to locate the doctor and never did. All the time I was thinking about that bridge over Buffalo. I told’em I was return ing to Kings Mountain NOW. Marie brought the little boy back with us. When we reached the bnWge, old Buffalo was lapping the roadbed. We made it but I was scared to death,” continued. In a siituaAion like that, How ard Lutz and I agreed, the motor ist should become a hot-rodder and, it the bridge caves in, let the cave-in be behind the car. m-m The Mayor, engineers, and contractois were worried Tues day night, considered crisis point on whether dam remaining un der the fissure would suddenly give way comjdetely and tor rents of water in the resevoir pour out to flood low areas down stream. The Sheriff's department was alerted and a radio wit was malntaired ' Older folk remember the 1916 flood In this area. It wtas a tough one. m-m Since that time, many huge resevolis have been built, serving people with potable water, pro tecting them from floods, and hameesing the energy water oan produce as a source of eljetric power. ON FIFTH AVENUE A couple of exuberant young peoiple sat in 'the middle of Fifth Avenue Saturday afternoon, smil ing at the passers-by. Passers-by smiled ba»k. That was the mood of the coun try’s most elegant shopping cen ter — relaxed, happy and friendly —as the Avenue was barred to vehicular traffic in the first of four experimential Satm-day clos ings to test the area as a pedes trian mall. As far as an over whelming majority of the pedes trians was concerned, the experi ment was clearly a serendipitous success. They reveled in the unaccus tomed freedom to move easily and safely from side to side on What had temporarily betfime a specious, uncluttered, wall-to-wall sidewalk. They delighted in the freedom to converse casually without the usual rude interrup tion of racous traffic noises. Whether what was obviously good for people was also good for business remains to be more conclusively demonstrated. Busi ness appeared to be unusually brisk for the season in most stores and restaurants. The experiment ccirtainly bears repeating, not only for the new spirit and life it may bring to Fifth Avenue, but as a demon stration of what city living could be like if a broader effort were made to reduce the assault oi n''>tsy, space - cluttering, fume- /ing vehicles on the nerves and noses of New Yorkers. NSW Yotlc Times RITCHIE SPEAKER Rev. Thomas Ritchie, a for mer minister or Boyce Memor ial ARP church, wll fill the pulpit at the 9:30 aim. morning worship service Sun.day morn ing at Dixon Presbytcrlaui church. He will also speak at the 11 o’clock morning worship hour at Shiloh Presbyterian church in Grover. Rev. Robert Wilson is pastor of the Dixon and ShiloJi ohurOhes. Ethiopia comes face to face with Arab or Muslim radicalism on three fronts — in Ogaden pro vince in the east, which is claim ed by Somalia, in its northern province of Eritrea, where it is fighting a guerrilla war against the Arab-backed Eritrean Libera tion Front (ELF), and across Its western border with Sudan, where a frustrating civil war has drag ged on for 15 years between the Christian southern Sudanese and the Muslim northerners Haile Selassie is dedicated to maintaining a peaceful image for his country, and while he is on the throne Ethiopia is unlikely to take ony strong action on the Soimali and Sudanese borders. But many of his people feel he is out of touch with the times. Informed Ethiopians say that the next re gime in Addis Ababa could be expected to take vigorous meas ures to quell Somali incursions acros.s the border, and also would probably send aid to the “Nile Provisional Government,” which now heads up the southern Su danese resistance struggle. Currently the United States is almost overwhelmingly preoccu pied by toe war in Indo-China and by the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East. It could well be that it is neglecting some of its friends in other parts of the world, and among them Ethiopia. We do not forget that Ethiopia was one of the hrst countries to send a contingent to the United Nations forces in Korea in ac cordance with the Emperor’s con victions of the imixirtante of col lective security and with his de sire to stand by the United States. Nor do we forget that, ever since World War II, Ethiopia has al lowed a major U. S. radio relay station to operate from a site near Asmara, in the Eritrean highlands — a gesture which has brought upon it the criticism of some other African countries. The United States should not take Ethiopian friendship for granted. There Is nothing to icsse but everything to gain in seat ing to dispel any mlsundcratand- Ing that may be clouding rela tions with Haile Selassie's ooun- try. ChiistioB Science Monitor KIWANIS PROGRAM Earl Norris, manager of the Duke Power Company office In Gastonia, will sp^ to the Ki- wanis club at the meeting Thursday night on "Providing Plentiful Power”. METHODIST TOPICS Rev. N. C. Bush will use the seitmon topic, ”ljl»tilng the Lev el of Religious Prairticee” at Sunday morning worthlp serv ices at U o’Vdock at Gnuce Methodlta ohurah. This ethnic grai p we can only admire. But another kind of Southern writer—'the transplant ed Southern journalist — often rates our question. He is the fel low who is so sympathetfe fa- fashionable liberal causes that he passes up few opportunities to put down his native region, there by proving himself worthy of the good feeling of the North’.s elite left. But however we rt'gard South ern writers we must admit that their collective talent bulks largo and distinctive. Nor has anyone successfuJly explained why so much writing power has cxime out of the area. But we have a theory. We sus pect that all Southerners, because of the climate or the stars, are born writers. And the ones who turn profesional are simply those who can’t do anything else. There are many of these because when you are brought up in the Soutli, and when you .see your region surrounded by a world less tradi tion-minded. less courtly, and less cohesive, you discover that you have a sufficiency of things to say about It. National Observer OFFICERS MEETING Representatives of all Senior and Junior women’s clubs in District 4 are invited to meet August 17(th at 10 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Haywood E Lynch, Dlrtrict president, on Ridge street to complete plans for the district meeting to be held here this yedr. District officers will be present to help plan the program. ADMITTED SATURDAY Mrs. Wm. .M. Dyke Mrs. Marshall F. McClure Raymond Roberts Wm. W. Wease Hardin L. Davis, Jr. ADMITTED SUNDAY 'Mrs. J. Doyle Botdeis Mrs. Paul W. Brown Mrs. Chas. E. Butler Mrs. Phillip G. Carptinter Mrs. Jeff W. Harris Julius F. Howell Geo. W. Mauney Harold L. Murphy. Wm. W. Parrisli ADMITTED MONDAY Mrs. Bklward R. Hipp Mrs. Paul W. Ledford Edward Reynolds Janice S. Carpenter Sallie N. Early Mrs. Richard E. Maxey Quincey Starr Luther Jamer.ton Mrs. J. D. Truett Mrs. Jame.s Champion ADMITTED TUESDAY Bonnie J. Pre.ssley Tressia Ann Bradley Frank Garren Mrs. Raymond R. Gettys Mrs. Kenneth W. Mullinax Linda Ann Dawkins Earnest E. Puckett Eugene S. Slinette Regina Michelle Pettis Mrs. Reginald J. Dt-an, Jr. iMjs. James Watkins, Jr. John M. Mc-Ginnls Beam Clan Sets Reunion The 46th Annual Reunion of the John Teeter Beam clan will be held Sunday, August 16, at New Prospect Bajptist churcti in Cleveland County. The reunion will open with a business session at 11 a.m. Thi.-; wiill be followed by a program presented by a group of young people from the Cherryville area. A picnic lunch will be spread at 12 noon. James Robert Beam of Cherry ville, president of the Clan, will preside at the meeting. Harold Beam of Shelby is vice president of the group. ' LUTHERAN TOPIC Lewis B. 'Doggett, ministeirial student at Lutheran Theological Seminary, wHl fill the pulpit at the 11 o’clock morning worship hour Sunday at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. Keqi You Sadio Mai Set At 1220 WKMT IMifB Mountain, N. C. if’e'ws & Weather every hour on the hovir. Weather every hour on the ImiU hear. 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