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i er Cg oe Bo a Pe Sr RR VT gr i RT a GE a ee Photo by Ginger Hall City Urging Price By GARY STEWART ‘Editor The Kings Mountain Board of Commissioners Monday night approved a resolution asking Duke Power Company to con- sider “constraints” on such costs as public relations advertising and guaranteed dividends for their stockholders and urged the State Utilities Commission to refuse unwarranted price in- creases by Duke. Mayor John Henry Moss said the city is concerned about the rising utility costs during a time The city’s Carolina “Whereas, combination recession; and guaranteed dividends. will be passed on to the President of Duke Power and the North Municipalities, read: our community and other cities are suffering financially from a “Whereas, the cost of elec- trical service has increased con- siderably in recent months; and “Whereas, citizens on fixed in- comes or short work weeks: find Constraints Mountain, do hereby urge Duke Power Company to consider constraints on operating costs, such as public relations advertis- ing and guaranteed dividends, thereby enabling them to hold the line in the cost of electricity; and we do further urge the Utilities Commission of the State of North Carolina to be most diligent in reviewing and scrutinizing completely requests for increases in utility costs, and to refuse unwarranted increases.” In another matter Monday resolution, which League of many citizens of of inflation and of inflation and recession, and the increased cost particularly night, the board approved the said that Duke could “hold the hard to fit into their individual employment of a qualified hor- SULZER DEDICATION - Governor James B. Brothers plant near Grover Friday. The plant line” on increases by refraining budgets; ticulturist to supervise city per- Hunt is pictured above delivering the keynote is Sulzer’s first in the United States. from spending advertising which “Now, therefore, we, the sonnel in the care of plantings on address at the dedication of the new Sulzer Hunt Praises Sulzer At Dedication Friday Sulzer Brothers Inc. establish pats itself on the back. Moss said Duke spent $1.4 million in advertising last year, and it guarantees its stockholders a 17 percent divi- dend. Moss said there is a move underway by Senator Marshall Rauch to initiate action in the State Legislature which would limit Duke’s advertising and Mayor and Board of Commis- sioners of the City of Kings Turn To Page 5-A Bloodmobile To Visit KMHS Next Monday ‘The Future Homemakers of Shelby High will sponsor 2 > a dd Ww Po | 25 Cz: | j 2 BO { | TR } | = i |] a UE 1 = op 0 +. ® 3 «~ 0.0 83 VOLUME 95, NUMBER 17 THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1982 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH C, NO) ° 3 GE KE i! ik <r : : os ) o Hs < America of Kings Mountain High School will sponsor a visit by the Cleveland County Blood- mobile Mon., May 3 from 9 a.m. in North Carolina,” said Hunt, who personally began an industry recruitment cam- paign in Europe several years Sulzer was chartered in, 1834 and produced many industrial products, including steam engines, during the 19th cen- bloodmobile visit Wed., May § from 9 am. until 2:30 in the gym. The goal is 200 pints. The public is invited to attend. celebrated the opening of its first United States, located on Highway 29 near Grover, Fri- Talent Show Set day and Saturday. ago. | tury. In assiciation = with Dr. ih 20 rn 2 BN, Boe Eu pment oe Governor James. B. Hunt, “Today’s dedication sym- Rudolph Diesel, the first pro- ® : St ; Hi i Peter Sulzer, Executive Vice bolizes what the North Carolina’ totype diesel engine was put into Tonight The RR a vali] | President of the Sulzer Textile recruitment success has been operation at the Sulzer works in mes. Machinery Group, and Walter about,” he said. Schneider, Executive Vice Presi- The Grover plant, located on high school bloodmobile visit of the year, getting 263 productive M 1897, and the first reversible ‘arin diesel engine Was in. The public i is invited to 0 SUEY, The Kings. Mountain Rivanis Machinery ; dent of Sulzer Friday : morning. ceremonies Open house for the general public was held Saturday. ~ Governor Hunt called the PS 3600 weaving machine, which Sulzer will produce at its Grover plant, “the Mercedes Benz of weaving machines.” “Sulzer represents the best in companies we have sought to erve custo jor Moms range commitment me Sulzer to the textile industry. The plant represents “the largest Sulzer investment in quite some time,” Peter Sulzer pointed out. Sulzer is an interna- tional enterprise with sales well over two billion dollars and more than 30,000 employees, and serves a wide variety of markets. Man Arrrested After Wednesday Foot Chase Kings Mountain police charg- ed Thomas Madison Reid, 19, of Apt. 31, Carolina Garden Apartments with probation violation, resisting arrest and damage to property last Wednes- day after a foot race which left one police officer and a private citizen with minor injuries. According to officer Billy Ben- ton of the KMPD, he was work- ing as a security guard at Harris- Teeter and spotted Reid, whom the police had been seeking for the probation violation, walking across the Harris Teeter parking lot. Benton said when Reid spot- ted him, he ran and hid. Benton then called the police department and officers Richard Reynolds, G.E. Sale and Johnny Belk responded. The officers said Reid was later spotted coming out of some woods behind Hardee’s, and officers Reynolds, Sale and Belk began a foot chase. The officers chased the man across the: Holly Farms and Eckerd’s parking lots and Benton jumped in his pickup truck and attempted to block Reid’s path. Reid reportedly ran into the side of the truck and was apprehend- ed. Officer Reynolds fell during the chase and sustained minor skin cuts, and Larry Dunn, a private citizen, chipped a bone in his elbow when he attempted to tackle the man. 90 2 acres, will enable Sulzer to oS sds ven et ter Sroducedin 1906 2 “in 1940 and is.‘a subsidiary of Sulzer Brothers Limited of Winterthur, Switzerland. Thomas Huber, Vice- President of Manufacturing and Plant Manager, said Sulzer puts emphasis on quality, which is built into the machine throughout the manufacturing process. The machines incor- porate the latest’ technological developments and are produced to Swiss precision machine manufacturing standards by a 100 percent American workforce. Almost every step is computer-controlled. Flexibility of machine tools and well trained personnel per- mit optimum response to new in- dustry requirements, Huber said. The Grover plant is furnished with the latest in production equipment. In parts production, for example, the machinery in- stalled ensures close tolerances which guarantee a high level of quaility assurance and accuracy. In the assembly hall, air cushion carriers make handling of heavy machinery an effortless task. Huber expects plant output to reach total capacity of 700 machines annually. by 1984. The PS 3600 machine was Turn To Page 5-A Hambright Is Elected R. Fain Hambright, Grover Postmaster, was recently elected by the National Executive Board of the National League of Postmasters to serve as its Presi- dent. The League of Postmasters represents more than 90,000 Postmasters and other federal employees. The professional organization of Postmasters was. founded in 1904 and four years ago opened its membership, on a limited basis, to all federal workers. Hambright will serve as resi- dent chief executive officer in Washington, D.C., corporate headquarters of the League. Prior to being elevated to the presidency, Postmaster Ham- bright served six terms as a Member of the organization’s Executive Board. In addition, he previously served in numerous state, regional and other national posts. FAIN HAMBRIGHT Outgoing President Wendell Kimbrough of Arkansas said, “Fain Hambright will continue to be a great asset to our organization and in his role as President will make an even greater contribution to solving the problems facing the Postal Service and those among us who serve as Postmasters in more than 30,000 communities.” Kimbrough went on to praise Hambright for his outstanding postal career and his dedication to serving his community in a. number of civic, fraternal and service organizations. One of Postmaster Ham- bright’s first official duties as President was to testify before Congress on a number of postal topics, including ZIP plus 4, elec- tronic communications, postal revenues, public service subsidies and the role of the Postal Rate Commission. Hambright will be on leave from the Grover Post Office while he serves as resident of- ficer ‘of ‘the League of Postmasters in Washington. Barnes Auditorium. Admission is one dollar. The junior high and high school divisions were held last Thursday. “The Invasion of the Body Twisters”, a group which in- cludes Darrell Thompson, Tony Lewis and Scottie Edwards, took first place in the junior high divi- sion with a dance to the tune of “Must Be The Music.” Karen Stewart and Lin Put- nam won second place with a dance to “Cool”, and Lisa Vaughn sang “God Will Open 161 near the To give blood, donors must be between the ages of 17 and 66, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. Wreck Injuries Fatal To Grant Linderman Charles Grant Linderman, 17, of Route 1, Kings Mountain, died Saturday morning after his car struck a tree on Highway 10. The chool visit. Its goal was 185 pints. The KM and Shelby visits will be the final high school visits of the fiscal year. School in Gastonia. He was a member of Oak View Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to his South Carolina parents, are one brother, Rey. Doors” to take third place line. John Linderman Jr. of Raleigh; honors. According the Highway two sisters, Mrs. David (Teresa) Rusty Morrison won first Patrolman R.D. Keenum, Caldwell and Mrs. Randy place in the high school division Linderman’s car ran off the road (Leigh) Hord of Kings Moun- with the song “Rise Again.” San- about 6:20 a.m. Keenum said the tain; maternal grandmother, di Wells sang “Because of Whose I Am” to win second and Charlene Gamble won third youth had worked a double shift the night before and was on his way home when he apparently Mrs. Bleeka Grant of Chester, S.C., and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Linderman of place with a gymnastics routine fell asleep. York, S.C. : to the ‘tune of “Sweet He died at Charlotte Services were conducted ats Surrender.” Memorial Hospital. p.m. Monday at Oak View Bap- Tonight’s show will feature division winners from Central, Grover, East, West, North and - Bethware schools. Broadus and CANCER LEADERS - Members of the Kings Mountain committee to raise funds for the American Cancer Society are pictured above at a workshop Thursday night at Home Federal Savings and Loan. Left to right are Kay Holshouser of the Cleveland County Unit He was the son of John Linderman of Route 1, and was a senior at Hunter Huss High tist Church by the Rev. Ray- mond Shumpert and the Rev. John Linderman Jr. Burial was in the church cemetery. Frances Grant Photo by Gary Stewart of the American Cancer Society, trades and industry chairman Bill Craig, Kings Mountain campaign chairman Jake Dixon, and govern- ment employees chairman Jerry King. The county's goal is $43,500.
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