PAGE 2, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1972
RANAN LURIE IN LIFE MAGAZINE
Strike Is Over?
An apparent lack ot communication between the city and strik
ing sanitation workers bas resulted in a state of contrldiction
and confusion.
We felt that the workers had some legitimate grievances, and
the increase in salary they requested was not only within reason,
but well deserved. Certainly city officials cannot really believe
that $65 per week take home is adequate for the jobs some of
these men perform. Theworkers reported to work Monday mor
ning and were presented with a statement Issued by the board of
commissioners stating In effect that since the men had walked
off their jobs, they were considered fired.
Later Monday, the men converged on city hall, and a represen
tative met with the mayor. At tlmt time the mayor agreed to
bring the demands before the board of commissioners again,
Monday afternoon and would report back with their decision. No
meeting of the board took place Monday, and Tuesday night Ros-
coe Wooten told the MIRROR that as f^ as he’s concerned the
strike Is over, and that be has a full crew of new replacements.
Miles Myers, spokesman for the strikers, contradicted this Tues
day, saying he and the men are still waiting for an answer from
the city regarding their requests.
Such confusion and double-talk serve no useful purpose. It’s
up to the city to take decisive action, and If It Is the decision ot
the city to replace the striking workers, they should be told in a
forthright manner, leaving no room for compromise or doubt.
Apparently the men have been told to hang on for an answer, and
In the meantime have lost their jobs.
The striking sanitation men at least deserve an authoritative
final explanation of the city’s position.
Perspective
by Jay Ashley
If you think last week’s tir
ade on credit was something,
you ain’t heard nothing yet,
A couple of weeks ago Rod
ney wrote an article entitled
"Who’s Attending The Con
vention.’’ I would like to cha
nge that title around a little
bit and call this article,
"Who’s Attending The Sick.”
You might think this follow
ing story Is all fabrication, but
you are wrong. It Is the ab
solute truth, pathetically en
ough.
Last week Barbara decided
to get In contact with a doctor
In order that we would have
someone to call on If we be
came sick. I’m sure many of
you have seen articles In mag
azines or papers that say peo
ple wait until they are sick to
get a doctor and then It Is too
late. Well we didn’t want to
miss the wagon, so we deci
ded to have our owu family
doctor.
After the ridiculous runa
round we received I am at the
conclusion that there are rea
lly no doctors In the United
States. Those TV doctors are
the closest thing to real, and
they are only actors!
Since we reside InGastonla,
we had the wild Idea that our
doctor should be in Gastonia.
Since we did not know a doc
tor, Barbara started with the
"a’s" in the phone book and
proceeded down the list. This
is no exaggeration. She call
ed every doctor listed In the
book. Each time she was told,
"Sorry but the doctor is not
taking any new patients.’’ We
thought this a bit odd, but still
the horrible reality had not hit
us. Then she sat down and
proceeded to call every doctor
in Kings Mountain aind was
given this line, ’’There are
doctors enough in Gastonia to
take care of people in Gas
tonia, we ca.a’t take you.”
now I ask you friends, what
am 1 supposed to do if I get
sick? Treat myself? Oh sure
I could get a doctor. Want to
know how? Go to the emer
gency room at the hospital
and ^ law some doctor would
have to take me. Now that’s
real cool Isn’t it Auto ac
cident victims and heart at
tack patients being wheeled In
and here I would sit. "Whai’s
wrong with you,” they would
ask. "I need somethlag tor
a cold.”
I was always educated In the
idea that doctors took the Hi
ppocratic Oath promising to
heal the sick and afflicted.
After the farce last week may
be it should be changed to the
hypocritlc oath. Maybe the
new oath would read;
I promise to help the sick...
Except those who get sick be
tween 9 and S.
I promise to aid the afflic
ted and wouoded.,.Unles8they
are from another town.
I promise to go out Into the
world and save lives...Unless
those lives are at home.
You might think these rules
are funny and some may think
they are harsh, butltblnkthey
are pathetically true. At lea
st from my experience. Now
don’t go oft on a tangent and
say "Ashley hates doctors.”
I firmly believe that there are
a few nun-conformist doctors
who actually want to help peo
ple. But I’m afraid they are
In the minority. It’s easy to
cruise through life above
everyone else, but It takes a
real man to lookdownat those
to whom he owes a living.
Since last week did not go
well I should have expected
this week to be no different.
Monday I went by the High
way Patrol station to check on
weekend wrecks. While I was
in the office. Trooper Reavls
came In and said, "Is that
your truck?” pointing to the
van owned by the MIRROR.
"Yes,” I replied, "Umdriv-
ing it.”
"Inspection sticker Is ex
pired.” So I received a ticket
right there at the Highway
Patrol office. Some days it
doesn’t pay to get up.
P. O. Box 345 — Phone (704) 739-3851
RODNEY DODSON
Editor & Co-Publisher
LEM R, LYNCH
Co-Publisher & Business Mgr.
JAY ASHLEY
News Editor
Published Each Wednesday
In Kings Mountain
By
Mirror Publishing Co.
Subscription Rates; $4 Per Year $5 Outside N.C.
Party Maxerkk Says No
Will Voters Buy State GOP
Conservative Package In November
By JOHN KILGO
KQ SYNDICATE
Republican Party maverick
Jimmy Johnson of Concord,
who ran unsuccessfully a-
galnst Jesse Helms In the U.S,
Senate Primary, will not be
actively supporting Helms or
gubernatorial nominee Jim
Holshouser In the fall elect
ion.
As a matter of fact, reports
are making the Tar Heel polit
ical circuit that Johnson will
support Nick Gallflanakts for
the Senate and Skipper Bowles
for Governor--and soon ch
ange his registration to the
Democratic Party.
J ohnson Isn’t ready to go that
far, at least he wasn’t In an
Interview with me, but he does
say candidly:
“The lathers of North Car
olina Rqiubllcan Party have
made it clear that they do not
want me. (Jim) Holshouser
had been to Concord rour or
five times and didn’t even call
me. He doesn’t want me In a
10-acre field with him and
that’s all right. I guess I’m
more of an Independent now
than anything else.”
Will Johnson support Jesse
Helms In the Senate race?
“If Helms comes to Cabar
rus County, I will Introduce
him around,” Johnson said,
“But If Gallflanakts comes
here, i’ll Introduce him a-
round also.”
Johnson believes the North
Carolina Republican Party Is
about to package a conserva
tive philosophy that Tar Heel
voters won’t buy In November,
"The Democrats tried L
Beverly Lake and lost,’’John
son said. “In 1964 we tried In-
our - heart - we - know - he’s
-right Goldwater and got clob
bered. Wallace lost here In
1968 and the only reason be
won here this time was be
cause the people were voting
against Terry Sanford. And
now the Republicans are run
ning Jesse Helms, who Is the
most conservative candidate
to ever come down the road.”
Surprisingly, Johnson be
lieves that defeated guberna
torial candidate Jim Gardner
Is a moderate compared to
nominee Holshouser.
"Gardner was a sincere
candidate this tlme,”Johnson
said, “and If he had not had
the legacy of the 1968 cam
paign to live down, he’d have
won.”
Johnson says Tar Heel Dem
ocrats have been smart to
move to the moderate view
point.
GOP regulars. Reconsidered
It a slap In the face and says
he owes no more obligation to
the Party.
Johnson says most of his
campaign contributions In bis
fight against Helms came
from Democrats. He says;
"I know I’m In the wrong
place. I’ve gone as far as I
can possibly go in the Repub
lican Party. The Republican
Party Is controlled by the reg
ulars. The general leaders!^
of the Republican Party and I
are not In the same dance
hall,”
Is Third Party Likely?
< 'Skipper Bowles Is a dynam
ic Individual,’’ Johnson says.
”he knocked heads with the
internal part ot his party and
won. Pat Taylor ran a tra
ditional campaign and lost.
"Toere’snodoubtln my mind
that Gallflanakts is In tune
with the average North (Mo
lina voter. (Jesse) Helms
Isn’t going to get the labor
vote, the Negro vote, the young
vote, or the Intellectual vote.
I even think some big business
people will look at some of his
statements and turn away
from his candidacy.”
In his race for the Senate,
Johnson was snubbed by many
LURIE'S GRAPHIC OPINION
Reflections
by Rodney Dodson
Another borrowed Item, hot
from the news desk...Mrs. J,
G, Martin of 620 MauneyAve.
filed a complaint with the po
lice on the 18th. Seems she
saw two men fleeing her back
yard with one other Rhode Is
land Reds and a Black Hen
Chicken. The chicken thieves
were later apprehended, and
since the birds were returned
unharmed, she decided not to
press charges against the mi
nors.
I don’t think that’s what Co
lonel Sanders meant by the
great chicken outing!
ky and Elaine went across to
city news for snacks. “Nabs!”
Elaine exclaimed. What are
nabs?” "Ah Ha!” I Interrup
ted, “Only somebody from the
northern piedmont would know
what nabs are. I used to say
nabs all the time, but down
here nobody says nabs. No
body knows what nabs are
even.
Jay was raised near Burling
ton, and I’m from neighboring
Stokes County myself. Incase
you’re still wondering, nabs
are those little orange packs
of cheese crackers.
Another first has to be this
tomato (pictured below). Yes
friends, this genuine tomato
was grown by Charles Houser
on Meadowbrook Road, right
In his backyard. He says it
was one of a kind. I’ll go a-
long with that.
All of this soundsas if John
son has made up bis mind to
change to the Democratic
Party, But he Insists that he
has not made that decision.
"I guess you can say I’ve
decided to call It a dayinpol-
itlcs,” Johnson told me.
“I’m an elder statesman at
37.”
Some people will cheer that
statement. Others will view It
as a sad occurence. But tew
politicians will Ignore It. Jim
my Johnson isn’t the kind of
man politicians Ignore. '
Someone asked me Tuesday
to see If there would be anjr
Interest in starting a chess
club in Kings Mountain I
don’t play myself, but Jay
Ashley our Intellectual-ln-
resldence here at the MIRROR
plays. In fact he says be and
his wife play a lot of nights at
heme right after the news
when there’s nothing but a lot
of garbage on TV.
U anyone is Interested, let
me know, OK?
I’m glad Home Savings and
Loan put up the new time and
temperature Indicator In front
of their building. I for one will
find It useful when I go to the
Post Office every morning, I
can look up and see bow late
I am. It will also be handy to
check the temperature so I’ll
know whether to turn the air
conditioning on In the car
It aoes look unpressive re
volving around, and is tte.
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Chances appear good Governor George Wallace of Alar-
bama won’t accept the Democratic Party platform recently
adopted at Miami Beach. No doubt Wallace supporters will
carefully analyze the G.O.P. platform also. (Most Wallace
delegates left the Democratic convention disgusted with
Senator George McGovern’s platform end delegates.)
If Wallace and his supporters can’t live with the Repub
lican platform, either, after close analysis, the prospect
may be another third-party effort, Wallace’s health permib-
ting.
In 1964 Wallace refrained from campaigning because of
his respect for Senator Barry Goldwater and his political
philosophy. No doubt Wallace will find much in the G.O.P.
platform more to his liking than that which emerged from the
Democratic convention, though the economic proposals of
Senator George McGovern contain aomethingof certain
Wallace themes.
To wield any dec! si ve power in November, however,
Wallace will have to have electoral votes; the oiily way he
can get them is to run as athird candidate, 'nius the chance
of that remains.
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House Refuses More
Public Work Spending
In an unusual action last
week, the House ofRepresen-
tatlves defeated a bill which
would have authorized an ad
ditional $5 billion In Federal
funds for water and sewer
systems. Another stated pur
pose of the leglsUtlon was to
reduce unemployment, and
this would have been accompl
ished by giving priority to
projects In low-income and
high unemployment areas.
I opposed this legislation be
cause I felt the need lor It was
misrepresented and it would
have been highly Inflationary.
In addition, it would provide
a duplication of effortwith two
other bills wblchhavealready
passed the House of Repre
sentatives--the Water Pollu
tion Control Amendments and
the State and Local Fiscal As
sistance Act (revenue shar
ing). The comprehensive wa
ter pollution control measure
passed earlier this year pro
vides $18 billion overathree-
year period for the ronstruc-
tion of waste treatment flicil-
Ities, Including sewer collec
tion systems. Likewise, en
vironmental protection Is one
of the three high priority
areas under the $3.5 billion
atmual allocation to local go
vernments provided in the re
venue sharing bill, and this
specifically Includes outlays
for sewer construction.
There Is need lor Improve
ment of our nation’s water and
sewer facilities, and the Con
gress has shown strong sup
port lor efforts to meet this
need. However, the legisla
tion which was defeated last
week was. In my opinion, not
the best vehicle to accomplish
this purpose.
This measure would provide a
three-year extension of the
present communicable dis
ease control program. Ori
ginally set up In 1955 to pro
vide Immunization programs
against polio, this program
has been extended through the
years to cover the other wide
spread conunuolcable dise
ases, such as dlpherla, who
oping cough, tetanus, and me
asles. The House-passed leg
islation would expand this
effort by authorizing $90 mil
lion for each of the nexttbre^^
fiscal yeus lor communl-^^
cable disesuse programs. Sig
nificantly, $50 mUllon of this
amount Is earmarked for the
control of veneral disease,
which has reached epidemic
proportions in the United Sta
proportions in the UnltedSta-
tes.
Aging; Another measure ap
proved by the Housewould es
tablish a new NationsJ In
stitute of Aging In the National
Institutes of Health. This In
stitute would serve as a focal
point for N.I.H. activities re
lating to the elderly, including
the aging process and dis
eases which affect primarily
the aged. In addition, the bill
would provide a program of
grants for the construction
and staffing ot mental health
facilities for the aged. Both
of these provisions grew out
of recommendations of the
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HOUSE APPROVES THREE
HEALTH BILLS
"SOME PIECES JUST DON'T FIT'
The House of Representa
tives last week passed three
bills In the public health fie
ld. All of these bills origi
nated in the House Committee
00 Interstate and Forel^co-
mmerce, on which I serve, and
I supported their passage.
White House Conference on
Aging held in 1971.
Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung,
and Blood Diseases; This le
gislation would strengthen the
authority of the National Heart
and Lung Institute in order to
advance the national attack a-
gainst diseases of the heart
and blood vessels, the lungs, |
and blood. Increased funding,
research authority, and pro
grams of public education
would be authorized.
These three bills, along with
the many other pieces of
health legislation approved by
the Congress this year, pro
vide an important advance
ment of the national effort to
Improve the public health.
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