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l) PAGE 10, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1972 Perspective l>v Jav And once again the forces of goodarestrlvlngforamore progressive Kings Mountain. Yes, in a never ending effort to make downtown KM a thriv ing business center the mer chants and chamber of com merce have suggested that parking meters be eliminated from the downtown scene. This should be an incentive for the shopper to use down town facilities instead of driving a long distance to park free. Some people have the con cept of parking meters being vicious back biting instru ments designed tor the sole purpose of racking the cus tomer with a case of the "screaming meemles.’’Many a stalwart and robust individ ual has been reduced to the level of stale whipped cream because of a 25 cent parking ticket. "Aha" he will say after the first wave of anger has pas sed, "rilteachthem. I’ll shop some where else." So he piles into his car and drives to Charlotte, spending $2 for gas, a few cents for oil and 15 cents tor the Rolaids that he will need after spending two hours in downtown Charlotte traffic. This is his way of striking back? Believe it or not, folks will get more upset over a parking ticket than a speeding ticket. Ask any policeman who has issued both types of tickets. I did and found that many Halloween- Then And Now! RODNEY DODSON- Editor i Co-Publisher LEM R. LYNCH- Co-Publisher 4 Business Mgr. JAY ASHLEY- News Editor ELAINE TRLA- General Composition BECK\' KBER- General Office SYLVU HOLMES- Womens Editor TONT TOMPKLN'S- Sports Writer The Kings Mountain Mirror is published each Wednesday in Kings Mountain, N.C. by the Mirror Publishing Co. P.0, Box 345 Kings Mountain, N.C. 280B6. Offices are located downtown at 222 South Railroad Ave. Phone-739-3851. Subscription rates are $4 per year by mall inside North Ca rolina. Out-of-state subscriptions are $5 per year. LURIE'S OPINION would rather bee a car load of prison escapees armed with Thompson sub machine guns than an irate woman who has just been issued that little red envelope. So In essence maybe the mer chants are doing a far far bet ter thing than appears at a superficial persual. Just think, those frayed nerves and tension headaches caused by the thoughts of a little red flag reachine the EXPIRED mark may soon be made well. The franticness that is caused by scrounging through junk drawers in the house for a quarter to pay the city before the ticket becomes worth a dollar may be a thing of the past. If the issue of "No Parking Meters" becomes a reality then maybe a vast portion of troubles will dissipate. I think it would be a dandy idea tor the city to proclaim a special "Parking Meter Day" when the dream comes true. Everyone who has suf fered from that clock on an iron post will be Issued a hack saw and be sent into the streets to pillage and destroy the object of their hatred. People can hang the heads on their belts in a symbolic ges ture of victory. Let no meter remain standing. Massacre the oppressor. Rise up you slaves to the money machine, you have nothing to lose but your anxieties!! Halloween has its origin among the Druids centuries be fore the Christian era and from the Roman festival of Po mona. Later the church adopted the day as a special one, and the name is of Christian origin, referring to the eve of All Hallows Day. Druid customs were so firmly entrenched that although the Romans outlawed their observances in both Britain and Ireland during their occupation many of the observances survive to this day. Halloween is one. To the Druids, October 31st was the end of the year and thus the festival. The Druids also believed this was the time good souls of the dead went into animals, especially the cat. They believed punishment of the wicked could be lightened by gifts and prayers. (TheSlst is also Protestant Reformation Day, dating from Martin Luther’s rejection in 1517 of the church’s teaching that one could buy indul gences for both the living and dead.) In the United States the day has come to be associated with young people, who gather in goodies in trick or treat calls—a vast improvement over the mischief and destruction of former years. EDITOR’S NOTE: We know all too well that the mischief and destruction is not all a thing of the past. Each year during Hal loween, children are injured and killed as a result of the “fun and games." Halloween must still represent its original ominous symbol, because it seems to bring out the sick and malicious element of society who prey on the Innocent. Parents who let their children go out trlck-or-treating should accompany them. Children who don’t want their parents going with them are a little too old for It anyway. Personal injury is not the only price we pay for this “fun.” Property damage is sometimes extensive even in small cities following a night-on-the-town by vandals. Property owners shouldn’t underestimate potential damages, and take all neces sary precautions to prevent it. Nixon & The Press Despite the daily efforts of the .New York Times, the Washington Post and .several other leading dailies. Presi dent Nixon continues to have the overwhelming support of most American newspaper editors. What is the case argued daily and with much bitterness and ugly accusations by the Times and Post? They claim Mr. Nixon is a demagogue knowingly flim-flamming the people and the press, his motives Ix'ing purely political. To accept the editorials andlinesof agreeingcolumnists of these publications, one must conclude Mr. .Nixon is a complete phony. But the nation’s othereditors don’t accept this conclusion. Nor do the nation’s voters. A ix'ccnt poll of editors 1),\ Kditor & Publisher, for ex ample, shows H88 for Mr. Nixon and only 38 for Senator Mc- (’lovern in the presidential campaign. Either the Times and Post are right, or eighteen ol' ever.x nineteen editors throughout the nation are right. Viewing the incisive and hitter Times-Post id'fort.one is concerned over the growth of newspaper chains; If a few chains owned practically all the nation's majordailies. the situation would inlu’ivnll.v Ix' a threat to the free press-as are the news operations of the three giant networks in the field of television. L<*»f . , ■ t I'l!!**/' VIETNAM SERIES Bowles & Holshouser Keeping Hectic Pace As Campaign Climaxes KQ SYNDICATE By JOHN KILGO Skipper Bowles and Jim Holshouser, the two leading candidates for Governor, are trying to set some kind of a record tor personal campa ign appearances. Look at the schedules of both men tor a given week and you have to be amazed how either is standing up under the pressure. They start their appearances a- bout 7:30 In the morning and continue until about 10 at night, at which time they have to gather with their workers to review the day and plan tomorrow. Both men are trying to squeeze a day off every now and then, but even when they try to hide they end up on a hand-shaking tour or talking with aides on the telephone. When it’s over, both men will have to vacation for a week or ten days just to un wind. It makes me nervous just trying to write about where they go every week. The North Carolina Demo cratic Party made about $30, 000 from the Vance-Aycock dinner held In Asheville on Sept. 30... Republican can didate lor the U.S. Senate Jesse Helms says polls aren’t worth a doodle. In that light, we report to you that a Charlotte News poll showed Nick Galiflanakis running ahead of Helms In Mecklenburg and a Greens boro Dally News poll also showed Galiflanakis ahead. However, a poll out of Greensboro taken by Long Marketing Service Indicates that Helms Is ahead. Maybe Jesse has a point. Maybe the polls aren’t wor th a doodle. At least, some body is going to be wrong in this election. At least one Elections Boa rd In North Carolina has is sued a warning about the up coming election. BUI Culp, executive secre tary of the Mecklenburg El ections Board, says It wUl be well Into the morning of Nov. 8 before the Mecklen burg returns are counted. The reason, according to Culp, is the unusually hea vy number of absentee ball ots that have been reqfuest- ed. The law says these ballots must be taken to the precin ct where the voter Is rois tered" and kept under lock and key_ nntU the pojls close on Nov.' 7. At that time they wUl be counted by hand be fore the regular votec are tabulated. "We have absentee ballots In the thousands out,” Culp told us In an Interview. "The counting of these bal lots is going to delay our re turns from Mecklenburg. We’ll be lucky to have our returns finished by 2 or 3 o'clock In the morning." And this Is In Mecklen burg County, where every precinct hu voting ma chines. It’s not the kind of thing pol iticians like to see in print, but it’s a fact that some New Hanover Democrats feel they’ve been snubbed by Ski pper Bowles’ workers. The situation was serious enough that Hugh Morton, chairman of the New Hanover Democratic Party, wrote Bowles a letter lirformlng him of the matter. Morton says be wants to do all be can to push the Bowles candidacy In New Hanover and be told me: "Iwouldhavebe- en negligent If I hadn’t brought the matter to Skipper’s atten tion.” The bigger the speaker, the smaller the words he uses. LURIE'S OPINION % IS T E .A M \\ O R K Reflections In Rodney Dodson Well, apparently the movie cameras are rolling again In KM. Last week the produc tion company of "The Last American Hero’’ a film a- bout the life story of race car driver Junior Johnson, was supposed to do some shots here on the Lake Mon- tonla Road, using the car of local race driver Freddie Smith. It was supposed to be early In the morning, and since there was a heavy bla nket of fog when I woke up that day, I didn’t figure It would be any point to going out there. I do understand tnat parts ol the movie we re filmed at the Concord Speedway, One of the actors In the production Is Jeff Bridges, son of Lloyd, and star In "The Last Picture Show." I’ve never had any luck try ing to attempt anything mechanical, especially when there are directions thrown In to make matters worse, nevertheless every once In a great while I have to prove that fact to myself all over again. Sue had decided to put some new carpet down in the bathroom, and since the room Is only about 5’X5’ I decided I could handle one of those put It down yourself kits from Sears. Well the nice little square of bright blue carpet came. It lay In the floor for about a week. I got tired of looking at it the other night and decided to lay It down in a hurry. Glancing at the directions, I could see I had the paper pattern which was supposed to be cut first. I cut it out and the directions said something about turning tbe rug upside down before cut ting It. That made a lot ol sense, so I proceeded. Sue was watching me, and both our mouths flew agape about the same time, just as I had cut out a big bole for the commode...! hadn’t turn ed the rug over, which meant tbe thing would lit all right-wlth the foam rubber side upl I was In no mood to panic or throw Jilngs, so we put the thing down, with tbe hole for tfab commode right in tbe middle of the floor. After a little patching. It was as good as new. November, 1972 The Wind From The North Is Strong and Proud, And pounds on my door In a fashion loud-- -Anne Lawler. November was formerly the ninth month in the old Roman calendar and when Pope Ckegory revised the calendar it became the eleventh, though its name derives from the Latin word for nine. In American history it is also known as the month in which five Presidents were bom. James K. Polk, llth President, was bom on the 2nd in 1795,in Mecklenburg County, N.C., but grew up in Tennes see, which he represented in Congress and as Governor. He was the first “dark horse” ever to be nominated in a Democratic Party convention, at Baltimore in 1844"While Martin Van Buren was denied the nomination by adoption of the two-thirds nominating rule (which was used until 1936 when supporters of Franklin Roosevelt discard it) Warren G. Harding, 29th President, was also bom on the 2nd, at a farm in Morrow County, Ohio, in 1865"the year the Civil War had ended. Harding was a dark horse selection at the 1920 Republican convention, after having served in the Senate and as Governor of Ohio. James Abram Garfield, 20^ President was bom in Cayahoga County, Ohio, on the 19|flup 1831, decended from Massachusetts ancestors. He wiM elected President as a Republican in 1880, and was assassinated in 1HR1. Franklin Piercetpronounced purse), 14th U.S. President, was born on the 23rd in 1804 at Hillsborough, N. H., and served his state in various capacities, resigning a U. S. Senate seat because the pay was insufficient. He was nom inated and elected as a Democrat in 1852. He attempted to annex Cuba, tried to pacify North and South, but was not renominated by his party. He became very critical of Lin coln during the Civil War. Zachary Taylor, 12th U.S. Presi dent, was bom in Orange County, Virginia on the 24th in 1784, preceded Pierce as President. He was a military hero in the Mexican war, son of a Revolutionary War ofTicer of Virginia, grew up in Louisville, Kentucky (then Virginia), and won a great victory over the Seminole Indians in Flor ida, dying in office in 1850. November also contains Thanksgiving Day, this year on the 23rd. And it is always election month in the United States. The first American Catholic bishop, of the famous Car- roll family in Maryland, was appointed November 6th (or 14th) in 1789. U.S. triMips landed in North Africa in World War II on .November 7th, 1942. Congress met for the first time in Washington, D.C. on the 17th in 1800. Mark Twain (Siimuel (’lemenslwaslxirn at Florida, Missouri, on the .30th in 1835. News Report From Washington The 1973 Senate- The 1973 llouse- Mxon’s Role- Ttie South- Washington, D.C.--A re cent survey by the Washing ton Post indicates Repub licans have a better chance of capturing a majority in the Senate than had been thought. But the survey sees the House remaining Demo cratic. Some had assumed, and still do, that a Nixon land slide would bring the G.O.P. control of the House, but not necessarily the Senate, where only a third of the membership is running or retiring and circumstances favor the Democrats. But the Post poll shows Republican Senate gains likely in Rhode Island and New Mexico and perhaps also in Montana. Oklahoma. •North Carolina and Georgia. In three other Dixie states the G.O.P. is trying mightily to replace Democrats-in Virginia, Alabama and Lou isiana. Since the Republicans need a gain of five seats to gain Senate control, the prospect seems realizable. But. the survey indicates Republican candidates are f OREIfiN .\|D MOM V The-Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a S2.8 billion foreign aid money bill. This does not Include foreign miiitarv assistance. seriously threatened in races they must win to hold present strength. These races are in Delaware, Mich igan and Texas. They also are being pressed in Oregon, Idaho. South Dakota and Kentucky. The Importance of Presi dent Nixon’s role in the campaigns in these states is thus evident. Having tried so hard in 1970 to gain G.O.P. seats in the Senate, the President is certain to continue that effort. If Mr. Nixon can further break the Democrats’ tradi tional hold on the South by helping in Senate races in deep South states such as North Carolina or Georgia, the result is likely to be historic, politically. Until now.South Carolina’s Strom Thurmond has been a rarity from the deep South. In the House, a Nixon landslide might mean G.O.P. control hut a gain of 39 seats is needed and most surveys indicate lesser gains for the G.O.P. Here again .Mr. Nixon’s role could be decisive. ON linrsiNG The House Rules Commit tee has killed a .$10.5 billion controversial hou.sing bill and voted to defer action on it for the remainder of the Congressional session.
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