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P*GE 2. KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1972 [Washington Report Congressman James T. Broyhill Ending The Draft Last year. In extending the government’s draft authority until June 1973, the Congress provided many Incentives in the form of increased pay and fringe benefits to move away from the need for conscrip tion. These substantial pay increases, designed to bridge the gap between military and civilian pay levels, have been of real benefit to our military manpower, and the Depart ment of Defense has reported that enlistments tor Decem ber, 1971, had Increased twenty percent over the same month in 1970. However, there is still much to be done toacbleve this goal, and it is time to review our military pay provisions ^ change them to meet the chan ging needs of the military ser vices as they move toward an all - volunteer status. With this in mind, I have joined this week in introducing legis lation designed to speed up the transition to an all-volunteer military by making several changes in military pay and bonuses. The President’s budget for fiscal year 1973 allocates a sum tor military pay in creases. The legislation which I have co-sponsored of fers the possibility of a sav ings from the budget request At the same time, my legis lation would make the military pay system more responsive to changing- military man power needs by providing spe cial enlistment and re-enlist ment pay, special pay lor the reserve forces, and pro ficiency pay lor officers in certain skills. During the transition years toward theall-volunteer mili tary and the reduction in num ber of our armed forces, a large number of draftees and draft - motivated volunteers will be leaving. It is impor tant that the Department of Defense beprovid^withase- lective method of attracting additional men during this period without establishing permanent costs which will still be operative long after they are needed. This would be accomplished by the removal of the current restriction on enlistment bonuses to combat elements and by permitting the Defense Department to apply a special pay to high aptitude categories or other categories deemed in short supply. The Defense Department would have the nexlbUity to change those categories which receive spe cial pay as military manpower needs are shifted. There will undoubtedly con tinue to be selected mUitary occupations which will have a shortage of applicants. Though liable to change with time, these positions are es sentially high-skilled or un usual skill occupations which are paid equally with others in the same gr^e and time. What is needed is the payment of wage differentials based on the qualifications of the indi viduals needed by the armed forces. Such a cost-effective special pay system would make this aspect of military life comparable to the civi lian sector. Flexibility would be provided in the special pay system so it would not be a permanent cost or contain a wasteful termination period. It could be applied selectively to individuals and/or skills, without overpaying occupa tions for which needs are al ready being met. The re - enlistment bonus would also be changed to be brought into line with the spe cial pay approach. The bonus for re-enlistment would vary with the skill Involved and more flexibility would be pro vided in using the bonus for second re-enlistments. Spe cial bonuses would also be provided for those enlisting or re-enlisting into the reserve forces. This measure would provide the Department of Defense with far greater flexibility in paying our military personnel than it now has. Basically, it would ))rovlde a system of pay much more similar to civilian pay scales than military pay scales we have had in the past. The bill is supported 1^ the Department of Defense and by the Office of Management and Budget, and I am hopeful that the House Armed Services Committee will give it serious consideration within the year. Carolina Camera Visits KM Have you ever heard of roses growing in the sky??? If you’re from around Kings Mountain, and are familiar with Arthur Biltcllffe you pro bably know what all this means. Having possibly the most beautiful roses in the South east is quite a feat and Mr. Biltcllffe attributes it to his unique way of planting. Among his "green thumb’’ secrets is how to grow a plant or a tree from a single twig. Most people don’t even know that this can be done. The Carolina Camera visited another Interesting person on this trip as they swung down into Gaston County on the Ca tawba River to visit Crip Mor gan. He strings the rose bushes or vines on wire which is sus pended on long poles which are stuck into the ground. He has this wire contraption ar ranged so that he can actually raise the bushes several feet from the ground to keep them in the sunlight as long as pos sible during the day. And it really works! Mr. Morgan has lived on the river his entire life and fishes for his living. It sounds like quite a life! He can tell you more about the effects of pol lution than most people, but can still tell tales about life C. J. Underwoodand WBTV’s Carolina Camera visited Mr. Biltclltfe recently and saw bis work of art. While they were there he passed out several of his top secrets about how to grow roses and grapes. These secrets have given him the sweetest smelling yard in North Carolina, and surely the most beautiful. By the way, last year his back^rd grape vineyard produced over a ton of grapes. on a river that life you out of the ecology depression that most people are in today. He can recall the times when he could sit by the river and catch enough catfish in one hour to feed himself for a week, but not any more. %>* IHOvion, P. O. Box 345 — Phone C'OA) 739-3851 Published Each Wednesday at 222 South Railroad Avenue Kings Mountain. North Carolina 28086 by MIRROR PUBLISHING CO. RODNEY DODSON Editor and Co-Publisher LEM R. LYNCH Co-Publisher and Business Mgr. SHERYL CLARK Layout and Justowriter SYLVIA HOLMES Women’s News, Features JULIE CRAWFORD Receptionlst-Justowrlter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $4 Per Year in N.C. , $5 Per Year outside N.C. reflections by Rodney Dodson -4v Rev. Frank Shirley is quite a motorcycle enthusiast. I’m just an admirer of the ma chines myself. Frank has a new 450cc Honda—a really beautiful bike—and be still has a Honda 350. He took me for a good ride Monday In the windy Spring air—we hit q>ee^ of 75mph—it was the first time I bad donned a hel met in a couple of years, and it rekindled the excitement of riding. I think I definitely do have the fever! WUl the real Mike.. .Uh! Jim I’m sure everyone has bad a good laugh by now over the goof-up of photos on the classified page of last week’s Mirror, involving Jim Belt and Mike Dixon. It was a printing error, but we apo logize anyway, and are cor recting the situation (we hope) this week. Several people ap parently thought it was a de liberate mix-up to get at tention. No, but it did get at tention! Squad Has 6 Wreck Calls P.F.C. Graduates Last week the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad answered 16 calls. Four trips were made to transport patients to the hospital and two to carry dis missed patients home. They answered 6 wreck calls, 1 D.O.A., made 1 service call and had stand-by for two mu sic park shows. The squad members traveled 252 miles on trips and stood 280 man hours on duty. P.F.C. Michael O. Norwood, U. S. M. C., graduated from the Naval Air Technical Trai ning School, Millington, Ten nessee, as Aviation Machi nists Mate (Jet Engines) on January 14, 1972. P.F.C. Norwood left from the Cherry Point, N. C., Marine Air Station on AprU 14, 1972 for Cubic Point, Pbilllpine Is lands where he’U board the "Saratoga’’ for a tour of duty in the waters of Viet Nam. Free Book Is Guide To Federal Programs Dickie Keller, Gaffney, S.C., escaped without injury after parking his Chevelle standing on its nose against a tree during the Hobby division main event Saturday night at the Shelby Speed way. Keller’s car, after going over the bank in the third turn, struck the tree, flipped straight up against the tree and stayed as it way, entangled in the limbs. Keller crawled out uninjured. (Photo by Lem Lynch) by Senators. Everett Jordan Gardner Thinks Demos Can Be Had In ’72 ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL—Republican guberna torial candidate Jim Gardner is supremely confident that he will be his party’s nominee. And he thinks the Democrats can be had in ’72, “The Bob Scott administra tion has been one of the poor est in North Carolina’s his tory," Gardner told me be tween stops that would keep him on the campaign trail for 16 hours this day. "Every thing Scott has done has been politically motivated. He’s filled bis administration with party backs who aren’t capable of running the state,’’ Gardner says the Scott ad ministration has been "dis tinguished chiefly by its lack Broyhill Wants Clean Water Bond Passed Elliot L. Richardson, Sec retary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare: “We must downgrade our reliance on the busing of students as our principle tool to achieve equal educa tion.” Congressman James T. Broyhill, Friday urged pas sage of the North Carolina Clean Water Bond Issue on May 6. Speaking to a Hickory High School Environmental Assembly held at Lenoir-Rb- yne College, the Tenth Dis trict Representative said North Carolina Voters should approve the bond issue in or der to participate fully in Fed eral water quality programs. "Last month, the House of Representatives passed leg islation to provide $18 billion to local governments over a three-year period for the con struction of waste treatment plants,” the Congressman stated. "With this enormous increase in Federal funds for this purpose pending in the Congress, the need for North Carolina to approve the bond issue is great.” Congressman Broyhill, one of several participants in the assembly sponsored by the Hickory High School Chapter of Zero Population Growth, also discussed several envir onmental bills before the Con gress, Including electric pow- .er plant siting, noise control, and strip mining legislation. He described Federal re search and experimental pro jects in the recycling of solid waste materials, notably their use in highway construction and the reuse of waste paper products. A question-and- answer period with students followed his speech. of business management.” "The people have a tremen dous lack of confidence in gov ernment and in the Govern or,” Gardnersald. "Theysee people like Gene Simmons up there in Raleigh with a big fat job that’s not needed and they wonder what’s going on. Scott has been playing political games and the people are fed up with it.” Before Gardner gets a chance to go one-on-oneagainstaDe- mocrat, he must beat Jim Hol- shouser for the GOP nomina tion. Why should the 400,000 registered Republicans in North Carolina chose Gard ner over Holsbouser? Says Gardner: "Who can win in November? I think I showed in 1968 that I can win. "I got 48 per cent of the vote against Scott in ’68 and be was the strongestpolltlcalnamein the state at the time. Our polls showed that we could have beaten anyone in the state but Scott. The people weren’t vo ting for Bob Scott. They were voting lor Kerr Scott. We car ried 44 per cent of the vote in the East in 1968, which means a lot of Democrats will vote for us.” Holsbouser has offered to de bate the Issues with Gardner but Gardner won’t be accept ing. He says his campaign schedule was made up three weeks in advance and it doesn’t leave time for that. He also says his poll shows him with a good lead in the prim ary. "The Republicans can’t af ford the luxury of splitting up during this primary,” Gard ner said. "When it’s over, we must be united.” After his 1968 campaign, Gardner had told me that he had "a bitter taste” in his mouth tor the Republican par ty. Gardner felt at that time that the GOP hiearchy had shut his supporters out of positions of leadership. I asked him about that and Gardner replied: ‘ ‘As a par ty, we’re in the best shape ev er. Frank Rouse is the best chairman we’ve ever had. The party is in the black and be has us moving. We’re moving as a party for the first time.” 'Gardner says he finds the peopde are concerned with higher taxes, with roads, with job opportunities, and the number one issue in his opin ion, involuntary school bus ing. feels he’ll be running against Pat Taylor in November. "We will place Bob Scott a- round Pat Taylor’s neck,” Gardner said, "because they’re all part of the same machine. Scott is trying his best to get Taylor elected. "We need to get qualified people to run state gov ernment. If elected. I’m go ing to put the best peopde in important state jobs. I’m not going to use those appoint ments for political payoffs, as Bob Scott has done.” Gardner says bis pwll shows that President Nixon wlU sweep North Carolina this year. "It also shows thatlwlUwin the Governor’s race against any candidate,’’Gardnersaid. “The Republican Party in North Carolina is moving and it’s never moved before.” A few states have more coun ties than North Carolina, but p can’t think of one in which such a large proportion of its population lives in small towns, rural communities or on farms. As a matter of fact—and I doubt if many non-North Ca rolinians are aware of this— our states ranks 12th among the 50 in population. One factor is the large number of rural Tarheels. Rural counties have their own needs from government, and these needs often differ, at least in degree, from those of large cities. One measure of this difference is that cities usually have relatively large, professionally trained staffs who can work full time on fed eral and state programs of loans and grants. The commissioners of a ru ral county and the mayor and council or board of aldermen of a small town as a rule do not have this kind of staff as sistance available. As a re sult, we not only fall to take advantage of federal pro grams with are available, we often don’t even know that they exist. The Senate Agriculture Com mittee, of which I am a mem ber, b^ just published a 576- page book which was designed to help let people know what is available from the federal government for rural devel opment. The book, "Guide to Federal Programs for Rural Devel opment,” tells in simple, non- bureaucraUc language what is available for farm credit, fis hing, alrpiorts, hospitals, sewers, clean a^, and pdan- nlng, to name only a handful of the many entries. It tells wbat department or agency a- dmlnisters the program and, best of aU, it gives the name and address of the pierson in the federal government who is the one to write or telephone tor information orassistance. To my mind, this guide fills a definite need. The commis sioner or mayor without a professional staff can, at his leisure, search out specific programs or he or she might want just to take a look at what is available. Either way, ru ral North Carolina should be the winner, I amarranglngtobaveacopy of the guide senttoall of North Carolina’s county commis sioners and most of our may ors. If you have a need tor such a guide, please write to me for a copy. (Mailing ad dress: 3229 Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20510). The Witnessing Fellowship International Sunday School Lesson for April 23, 1972 LESSON TEXT: Mark 5:1-20; Acts 8:4-40; 18:24-28. In their studies of the Bible, discerning students wlllcome to realize that Christ did not assign the work of His church to a select tew. Rather, they will become acutely aware of the fact that the responsibility for witnessing lies heavily on the shoulders of EVERY one of us who claim to be a Chris tian. This was the intention of Christ.. ..thateveryfoUower should be a witness. The demoniac bad a sorry background. . .he was a dan ger to himself and to those with whom he came in contact. Healed by Christ, bis grat itude knew no bounds, and be beseecbed Christ to let him join His little band of fol lowers, that be might become a disciple. But Jesus, instead of accepting this offer, bade the man. Instead, to go among his own people, testifying to the works of the Lord, as he (the demoniac) had experi enced them--testifying also to God’s compassion, in the person of His Son. It must also be remembered that the church gained its strength worldwide, not by the zeal of just a handful of con verts, but by the loyalty of multitudes. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, the most humble of men achieved results that were little short of mirac ulous! TOTAL PRESS RUN: 4,000 COPIES THROl’GH WITH LOVE Stockton. Calif.-Roy Rawlins, who claims to be 101 years old, says he is tiirough with iove. After be ing bedridden shortly after his fifth marriage last July, he was granted an annulment because his wife had taken most of his furniture, freezer and pet cat. "If I’m elected Governor,” Gardner told me, "I will ask the North Carolina legislature to pass a resolution against busing. Then the Congress of the United States will know how our lawmakers feel about it.” While confident of victory, Gardner isn’t taking anythl^ for granted. The primary campaign has three more weeks to runand his campaign days are 18 hours long, with only Sundays off for rest at 1^ Rocky Mount home. * Without saying as much, he Witnessing for Christ, as has been pointed out, is the solemn responsibility of a professing Christian, and this calls fora great deal of soul-searching and preparation on the part of the individual. Our lesson today centers on the activities and the faith of three great witnesses, and in these three—the healed de moniac whom Christ ap pointed to the role of a home missionary, PhUlp (who wit nessed in Samaria) and Ap>- pollos, who witnessed InE- phesus and Achala, we can plainly see that witnessing is a natural result of a meaning ful relationship with Christ. It is noteworthy that- -despite the disappointment he must have felt at not being able to accompany Christ on His mis sions, the man did as be was bid witnessing on the "home front”, so to spieak, with unremitting zeal! (And here we must pause and re flect that every true Chris tian has some story to tell, of an experience with the Savior!). Philip, although assigned to a purely administrative job, carried the gospel Intoa "for eign” country when he went to Samaria and preached of Christ. He was possessed of no special training to prepare himself for this work. . .but he preached with such power, and such faith, that the people marveled at bis eloi^ence, (How desperately, today, the world has need of people like PhilUi!). In the story of ApoUos, there is much we can leam about witnessing; Apollos was ane- loquent man, well versed In the Scriptures.. .yet, from a husband - and - wife team of (These comments are based on outlines of the Internation al Sunday School Lessons, co pyrighted by the International Council of Religious Educa tion, and used by permission.) His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Odell Norwood of 309 Silver Street, Kings Mountain, He is married to the former Miss Debbie Cooke of Shelby Highway, Kings Mountain. Herein lies a lesson! All men no matter what thplr back ground, have something to contribute to the Christian movement! Rhetoric and edu cation are priceless gifts... but so are the gifts of zeal, perception, and insplrationl From the stories of these three we also perceive that God will provide the where withal tor His work, through varied mankind and circum stance He will meet the spiritual and the Intellectual needs of those who dedicate themselves to His will! God does not give us knowledge or experience for the sake of knowledge and experience a- lone. . .BUT FOR THE SAKE OF OUR WITNESS! How best can we dispense the knowledge that we have? P.F.C. NORWOOD JOHN KiLGO tentmakers, be learned much when it came to truly effective witnessing! Jewish refugees Aquila and Priscilla, although Christians, attended the syna gogue faithfully in Ephesus, using this contact to witness to their bith in Christ. Itwas here that they met Apollos, who was speal^ in the syna gogue. Aware that there was much lacking in Apollos’test imony, these humble people took Urn to their hearts and taught him all that they could, thus deepening the qi^lty of his testimony. WhlleGov. BobScott has been visiting Tokyo, his horse for President has pulled up lame in North Carolina. Sen. Ed mund Muskle says he will de- escalate his Tar Heel cam paign. Muskle leaders met last Monday night and decided to cancel plans to open a camp aign office for the Maine Se nator in Charlotte. Muskle had also planned to visitNorth Carolina for three or four days of campaigning in A- prll—and that also is off. Mrs. Louise Brennan, who along with Gov. Scott has been running the MusUe show in North Carolina, tells me the Muskle campaign headquar ters in Raleigh, staffed by se ven people, will remain open. And Muskle’s name will re main on the ballet in the North Carolina presidential primary. "But you know the people like to see. the candidate,” Mrs. Brennan said. "I understand Sen. Muslde will not be com ing to North Carolina in Ap rU as previously planned. Maybe he’ll come in May for a (by. Gov. Scott gets back next Monday and we’ll know more then.” ^ Mrs. Brennan stUl hopes that Muskle wUI get a "sizable vote In North Carolina as a centrist candidate.” "Shirley Chisholm wUl take much ofTerrySanford’sblack vote,” Mrs. Brennan said. "George Wallace wUl take care of the right. We’re hop ing the centrist vote wUl go for Muskle in the primary.” Muskle’s North Carolina campaign wasn’t facing seri ous financial problems, Mrs. Brennan told me. And the peo ple who had sided with him were holding firm. But Muskle, who met disa ster in Florida and Wiscon sin, apparenUy didn’t feel as if he could master Sanford and Wallace in North Carolina. Muslde might sUll campaign here. But if he does, don’t look for lightning and thun derbolts. It’ll be a token vi sit at best. ♦»* Question: What did poUtl- clans do before pollsters started crawling out of the woodwork? Everybody has a poU. Everyone claims to be ahead. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent on poUs In North Carolina this year. 1 ») 0 I keep hearing that Repub lican voters are having a hard time deciding their choice in the primary for the U. S. Se nate. The poUs show the un decided vote in that primary Is stUl very large and the hour is getting late. Charlotte attorney Allen A. BaUey, who has joined the camptdgn team of gubernator ial hopeful Pat Taylor, ran Beverly Lake’s unsuccessful campal^ for Governor In 1968. BaUey, a conservative. Is considered very strong in the East. He has been ac tive in Charlotte politics for years and his first choice for Governor was attorney gene ral Robert Morgan. • •
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