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ADDRESSES ROTARY-Steve Camp, right, manager of the new Coliseum in Charlotte, is welcomed
back to Cleveland County by Rotarian Ronnie Franks, left. Camp is a native of Cleveland County and at-
tended Burns High School.
Camp Is Rotary Speaker
More than 1.3 million people
have gone through the turnstiles of
the new Charlotte Coliseum since
its recent opening and Steve Camp,
Manager-Director of the Coliseum-
Convention Center-Ovens
Auditorium is elated.
The Cleveland County native re-
turned home Thursday as guest
speaker at the Kings Mountain
Rotary Club.
"In the early stages of the build-
ing program for the new Coliseum
none of us realized what impact it
would have on Charlotte and sur-
rounding communities like
Cleveland County," said Camp.
The 465,000 square foot facility
contains seats for 23,000 and will
accommodate 24,000 for concerts
and was built after Charlotteans ap-
proved a $48 million bond issue.
Camp oversees a budget of $5.4
million and since the new facility
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DONALD DUCK VISITS BETHWARE-Ann Gregg, dental assis-
opened the payroll has gone from
250 checks to 850 and Camp esti-
mates a staff of 650 are needed to
staff one NBA baskeball game. The
staff includes security personnel,
ushers, door marshals, catering
staff.etc.
During its opening day the
Coliseum experienced a falling
scoreboard and since has had water
mains to burst and roof leaks but
“all in all everything is going
good", said Camp.
Kings Mountain fans are sup-
porting The Hornets in large num-
bers, along with a g rowing group
of fans which crowd the Coliseum
for games, and Camp notes that as
the NBA franchise continues to im-
prove that the Coliseum will draw
more crowds."The Hornet popu-
larity has been phenomenal and the
Hornets have an outstanding record
of 15 victories," said Camp.
tant for Dr. Roger Miller, above, poses as Donald Duck to present a
program on "Good Dental Health" at Bethware School. First grade
student Steven Ray, above, participates in the demonstration in Nancy
Hughes first grade classroom.
Falick Completes Course
Pvt. Kenneth W. Falick, son of
Helen Thompson of 2003
Redwood Circle, Kings Mountain,
has completed the heavy wheeled-
vehicle mechanic course at the
U.S. Army Training Center, Fort
Jackson, S.C.
The soldier is a 1988 graduate of
Kings Mountain Senior High
School.
KM Weather
MARCH 1-7 YEAR AGO
Total precip. 1.32 01
Max. one day .48 (6th) [01 (4th)
Year to date 8.97 4.90
Min. temp. 26 (7th) 29 (1st)
Max, temp. 67 (6th) 73 (7th)
Avg. temp. 46.9 52.8
(Compiled By Kenneth Kitzmiller).
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Charlotte is among four cities con-
sidered for hosting the Final Four
in 1994 and is looking at 1992 as
the year to host the NBA All Stars
and the NCAA in 1994-95. "This
region is a hotbed for college bas-
ketball and Charlotte is the place to
be," said Camp who said Charlotte
looks forward to ACC at the
Coliseum in 1990-91.
Camp said the Coliseum will
host Ringling Brothers Circus this
April and next April the Moscow
Circus. Coliseum officials are ne-
gotiating for Disney on Ice in
October and has booked Frank
Sinatra, Lisa Minelli and Sammy
Davis, Jr. next October as well as
Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones,
Elton John and Neal Diamond,
among others.
Camp met with Charlotte city
officials Thursday night at the
Charlotte Convention Center and
talked to them about an expansion
program. "We're letting trade
shows and exhibits go by because
of lack of space in the Convention
Center and actually need a new
convention center which would do
as much for this area as the
Coliseum is doing," he said, re-
sponding to a question from a
Rotarian about hotel rooms to ac-
commodate the influx of visitors to
the Queen City. Camp said several
big hotels are going up and noted
that the Greater Charlotte area in-
cludes 14,000 hotel rooms but in
Charlotte city only 2200 rooms.
McDaniel, club president, presid-
ed.
Rotarian Ronnie Franks was =.
program chairman. Dr. David
Airline Strike
Wednesday, March 8, 1989-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 3A
Ballenger Says Don't Intervene
Rep. Cass Ballenger told the
Herald Tuesday that he is urging
President-Bush not to intervene in
the Eastern Airlines strike.
Ballenger said that on Tuesday
the House Public Works aviation
subcommittee, of which he is a
member, passed emergency legisla-
tion 21-12 that would require Bush
to take action in the four-day-old
strike.
The bill will be probably pass
the full committee on Thursday
and will be debated on the House
floor next week, according to the
Congressman who said the
Republicans did not have enough
clout to derail the vote in his com-
mittee but felt if the legislation
does make its way out of Congress
the Republicans will have enough
votes to sustain a veto for the presi-
dent.
"The federal government should
stay out of it," says Ballenger, who
said Eastern negotiated for 17
months and reached an impasse
and struck. "Now is the time to let
it go the way it is going to have to
go", he said in a telephone inter-
view from Washington, D. C.
A federal judge Tuesday refused
to order Eastern Airlines pilots
Woman
Reports
Attack
A man hiding in the back floor-
board of a Kings Mountain wom-
an's car Monday night forced her to
pull off the road and sexually as-
saulted her, Kings Mountain Police
said.
Det. Lt. Richard Reynolds called
in the SBI to assist in an investiga-
tion into the abduction and sexual
assault of a 32-year-old white
woman by a middle-aged black
man described as being of medium
heighth and weight.
Reynolds said the woman got in
her car at a Gastonia mill parking
lot and stopped at a convenience
store enroute to her home in Kings
Mountain. The woman told
Reynolds she didnot know the man
was in the car until he grabbed her
at knifepoint as she approached her
Kings Mountain destination.
According to police, the suspect
forced the ‘woman to drive on
Compact School Road and then in-
to a wooded area off Margrace
Road. The woman fought her at-
tacker and escaped to the highway
where she flagged motorists who
took her to Kings Mountain
Hospital.
back to work, even though Eastern
warned it couldn't survive the
Machinists’ strike and threatened
bankruptcy .More workers were
sent home.
Machinists and baggage carriers
walked off the job at midnight
Friday after their union and Eastern
management were unable to come
to terms on a new contract.
Ballenger said that management
of the striking labor unions of
Eastern airlines are miles apart in
resolving their differences.
Currently, he said, Eastern is losing
about $1 million dollars a day. A
two month delay would mean an-
other $60 million in losses for the
airline.
The airlines want $250 million
in concessions, the Machinists
want $50 million in raises.
Ballenger said the bill approved
by the subcommittee calls for Bush
to appoint a panel to look into the
dispute between Eastern manage-
ment and the union representing
the 8,500 mechanics and baggage
carriers.
It also calls for a 60 day cooling
period, according to Ballenger
while the federal panel is conduct-
ing its investigation. During that
time, striking workers would return
to their jobs.
The congressman was also criti-
cal of the striking mechanics and
baggage handlers, pointing out that
their earnings are more than most
skilled workers. "Personally my
jaw dropped when I learned that
the average baggage handler at
Eastern makes $45,000 for taking
luggage on and off a plane.
Companies should have a right to
pay their employees what they
think they are worth. Employees
should have a right to request high-
er wages if they believe they are
not being paid enough. That is the
American way. The government
has no right to intervene in this del-
icate matter. Especially, if govemn-
ment action favors one side over
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