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PAGE 2, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1972 Perspective l>v Jav \sliln As this particular column is being read, the hoopla of campaigning will be over. As Skipper Bowles said here a few weeks dgo, “The mon key will be dead." Most of us will agree that any event involving mass communications or mass participation usually ends as abruptly as possible. A simple decoding of the pre ceding sentence by example would be the holiday Chris tmas. For five to six mon ths before the actual day the consumer is pushed, cajoled and lured into buying, buy ing, buying. Everyone works themselves up to a crescen do then suddenly December 26 rolls around and the whole shibang is over for another year. Elections are similar, the only exception being they come every two or four years Instead of annually. The signs of Christmas us ually disappear by early Jan uary and do not start again until November. Signs of elections however have the ability to live for as long as the displayer or the weath er permits. Case in point being, bumper stickers. Cars traverse the high ways and by-ways through out the campaign displaying the car owner's preference politically. Since we can assume the cars them selves are not partisan, the logical hypothesis would be that the creature men put the stickers there. The politician as well as his constituency may fancy themselves the most intel lectual set to come down the pike. Pasting the sticky paper to a piece of dirty metal makes man feel as though be has made a vast contribution to the welfare of THE PEOPLE. U he is so smart, then why does he do something be will later regret? A typical scene on Novem ber 8 of an election year Is a voter, whose candidate has suffered defeat, sitting behind his car armed with a razor blade and a bucket of soap. Wash, scratch. Wash, scratch. Ask him why and he replies, why should the world know he supported a loser? So It's work, work for about five hours trying to rid his ve hicle of the worthless sticker. On the other hand we have the next door neighbor who supported a winner. His November 8 is spent tour ing town in his shiny car, adorned with the winning sticker attached thereon. With his best see-I-told- you-so grin he flashes smiles to the folks who are, like the winner's next door neighbor, trying to extricate a permanently embossed political bumper sticker. The loser will swear that he will never again put a sticker on his car and the winner will swear that he is so politically aware that he will always have a candi date's name tatooed on his bumper. But the equality of Amer ica will soon smile on the loser. Watch what happens when the incumbent is char ged with tampering with the coffers or any other such of fense. The loser of the past will run out to buy an "I told youP* sticker and the winner of before will be the man on the ground with the razor and bucket of soapy water. American politics...what could be greater? NEWS REPORT FROM WASHINGTON The McGovern Lesson- The Democratic Party- lac ksun* Kennedy- Washington. D. C.-The paramount feature of the presidential election cam paign was that George Mc Govern never had a chance^ The 1972 race will go down in history as another hope less. 1964 campaign-boring, unexciting and lacking in the unknown. But it might be a turning point in the history of the Democratic Party, at least for the years immediately ah(*ad. Senator McGovern was the symbol of the youth wave of the sixties-of the so-called peaceniks, draft- dodgers, card burners, drug users, super-to.erant indi viduals. campus radicals, revolutionaries, militants, etc. This youthful segment of the population made so much noise in the sixties, expe- cially on television, some politicians (and college pro fessors) were convinced in correctly they represented the wave of the future. In reality, all they represented -and all they represent at the moment—is a more noisy and ill mannered than usual youth movement, of which there is always This radical youth wave frightened off too many mod erate and middle road Demo crats,and older voters,whose experience enabled them to know bettor. The youth wave actually began to go into a decline after Lyndon John son and the 1968 campaign, and is still receding, and will likely continue to do so because of the end of the fighting ill Vietnam. RODNEY DODSON- Editor & Co-Publisher LEM R. LYNCH- Co-Publisher & Business Mgr. JAY ASHLEY- News Editor ELAINE TRIA- General Composition BECKY KISER- General Office SYLVU HOLMES- Womens Editor TONY TOMPKLNS- Sports Writer The Kings Mountain Mirror is published each Wednesday in Kings Mountain, N.C. by the Mirror Publishing Co, P.O. Box 345 Kings Mountain, N.C. 26086. Offices are located downtown at 222 South Railroad Ave. Phone-739-3851. Subscription rates are $4 per year by mail inside North Ca rolina. Out-of-state subscriptions are $5 per year. Secoiui Class Postage Paid At Kings Mountain, North Carolina • » --V' -7’/ft bn Reflections - - *" ' *• • By 1972 it was largely discredited among older Americans and with Presi dent Nixon's capture of widespread support through out the once-Democratic South, plus the sharp reduc tion in American deaths in Vietnam, McGovern's base- radical youth and super lib- erals-was not broad enough. Veteran middle road Dem ocrats like Senator Henry Jackson warned of exactly what would happen if the party nominated McGovern. He warned a year ago that to shift the party so far left in image would alienate the South and millions of moder ate Democrats and guarantee a Republican victory. They were prophetic words; he was squarely on target, and also perhaps the best nomi nation choice the Democrats had. But Jackson didn't of fer to surrender nor to give draft dodgers and deserters amnesty and he didn't play down to the impossible idealism and pipe dreams of radical youth leaders. The McGovern nomination produced a shambles for a Democratic Party already in debt. Perhaps that makes the nomination of Senator Edward Kennedy in 1976 likely. He is considered a candidate with certain potential. But hr is also controversial and there will be those who seek a non-controversial moderate liberal in 1976. Like Gold- water in 1964, McGovern's rout was so lopsided, he isn’t likely to gel another chance. Holshouser Wasn’t Given A Chance A Year Ago - Now He’s First N.C. Republican Governor In This Century By JOHN KILGO Republican Party leaders across North Carolina look ed at Jim Holsbouser a year ago and remarked; ''He's an excellent man but be can't beat Jim Gardner.” There were other raps against Holsbouser, Some said be looked too young to be elected Governor. Others said he would never be able to raise the money needed to campaign. But while people were busying themselves with reasons why Holsbouser could not win, he was out in the mountains, in the Pied mont, and in the flat coun try of the East, drumming up support for his candi dacy. While chairman of the North Carolina GOP, Hols- houser bad collected his share of lOU’s. He was calling them In. To the surprise of many people, Holsbouser had wide backing in his run against Jim Gardner in the prima ry. And that victory, more than anything else, made Holsbouser strong enough to win election to the Gov ernor's Mansica. No longer did people say he looked too young. He had taken on the toughest candi date his party could offer Final Football and beaten him in a bitter batUe. Against Bowles, Hoishou- ser had another kind of pro blem. It was money. Bow les bad plenty. Holsbouser had very little. The Boone attorney tried to turn this into an advan tage, by saying at every stop that the Governor's office couldn’t be bought and that people were sick and tired of seeing Bowles on television. Holsbouser had his own polls. He kept telling peo ple that be was gaining and two weeks ago, he said he was even and had the mo mentum. President Nixon also gave Holsbouser a push. He came here to embrace Holshous- er and sent out the word that be would like to have him in the mansion. Charles Jonas, Jr., Nix on's North Carolina cam paign manager, has always been big on Holsbouser, and he gave him all the help he could muster. Holsbouser hit hard at the present Democratic admin istration. He knew voters wanted a new face and be promised changes and a good job of reorganizing state government if be was elected. The voters felt him out, were slow to warm to his candidacy, but at the end you could feel Holsbouser com ing with a rush. He will now be the first Republicui governor in this V iti'ry in North Carolina. ae'U be working with a Democratic legislature and his work will be cut our for him. But you must remember this is the man no one gave a chance a year ago. If he could overcome those odds, maybe he’ll be able to noake the Governor's officer work as be has promised, Richard Nixon, President: “There will be no amnesty for draft-dodgers and de serters after the war." Henry A. Kissinger. Presi dent Nix^'n's adviser on national security: “We will not be stampeded into an agreement until its provisions are right.** Nguyen Thanh Le, spokes man for Hanoi in Paris: “Peace is at the tip of a pen.” \J^ Contest Talk about a squeaky finale! You folks who entered the MIRROR’S final last football contest (at least for this sea son!) sure put the pressure on us didn't you? The entries came thick and fast and were within a hair of being first place all around. Although no one got a perfect score, the three winners did get nine correct and came within one point of guessing the correct score. The three who finally made it to the top were Ken neth Roark, Helen Roark and Mickey Moss. These three scored as follows: Kenneth Roark- 9 correct (38 points). Helen Roark- 9 correct (36 points). Mickey Moss- 9 correct (36 points). Since these were our three top winn ers and ther e was only one point sepa rating them, the prize money will be divided equally, as in past contests. Each will receive $6 for this last contest. The MIRROR wishes to extend its con- gradulations to the winners and also Its appreciation to the many who entered each week and made the contest such a success. We hope to have more conter** in the future so keep up with us. Thanx a million! \ s V \ \ J.J, m 1/ 'I # ! il!l. .tm I'i'ii'iiit :(i^! RANAN LURIE IN LIFE MAGAZINE LURIE J bv Rodney Dodson and we've even heard of some Republicans who are not supporting certain can didates on their party's tic ket. Candidates are now making big pitches to "sensible” members of the opposition party to come on over to their side. Ticket splitting is fine, and I believe in vot ing for candldates-not par ties, but the point is, there’s such a variety of candidates expressing diff erent political philosophies under the same party bann er, they just don’t seem to have much in common. Candidates are even forced to sir. pledges of loyalty spyliig they'll support the straight ticket. I was talking to someone just yesterday who also ex press their disenchant ment with party labels, and brought up the question of why can't a man just run and be judged on his own merits, without being a party member. Why, after all can't a per son, without great personal wealth or the backing of a party machine be a serious candidate for public office? Why indeedi If its one thing the Amer ican electorate can be coun ted on for doing it's forgett ing. Maybe our memories are short or maybe our tol erance is high, or maybe the candidates just change. I've also come to the con clusion that political party labels are about as signifi cant as sports teams calling themselves as they do by such names as "lions,” "bears,” and “cubs." Ev en the Democrats and Re publicans use animals as symbols. To illustrate both points, isn't it strange how a once liberal democrat like Hub ert Humphrey now repre sents the "moderate” wing of the democratic party, acceptable to most party regulars, and bow George ' McGovern became branded McGovern became branded as a radical. Or how Repu blican Barry Goldwater In 1966 was defeated because people thought be was too "radical” to be president and instead chose his oppo nent who pledged not to send American "boys” off to fight. In this campaign we have found Democrats for Nixon, Bombing Finale Now that a ceasefire in Vietnam is at hand, one should review claims and counter-claims concerning President Nixon’s decision to get tough with Hanoi earlier in the year. The President blockaded North Vietnam’s harbors and resumed the bombing of North Vietnam, of course, in retal iation to the blatant North Vietnamese offensive against South Vietnam. Many at that time lambasted the President’s move as certain to prolong the war, and hinder peace negotiations, etc. It was claimed the North Vietnamese would never ne gotiate under military pressure, etc. It was said the U.S. military retaliation would not appreciably hurt Hanoi. Now it turns out to be clear the President’s tough action helped bring Hanoi to its senses and to the peace table. One cannot yet say how any agreement will turn out. in the long run, nor indeed whether it will be kept. But the goal of ending the killing was brought closer by firm, forceful action. The Communists, as always, respect determination and military power more than anything else in dealing with the West. And while the resumed bombing campaign claim ed lives, ending the v t by doing so will have saved many lives in the long run. Cannibalism The vicious personal attacks within the black community in the Nixon-McGovem campaign are regretted by all think ing Americans. William Scott, Atlanta newspaper owner, was quoted recently in the Daily Mail of London as saying he has never before witnessed such vicious personal at tacks in a political campaign. Scott presumably referred to charges by blacks for Mc- Ciovem that those who favored Nixon, such as Jim Brown, Sammy Davis, etc., had sold out, or betrayed their true convictions. This, of course, could not be true of all blacks who support the President. What is distressing about this political cannibalism, as President Nixon called it when it was splitting the Repub lican Party in 1964, is that it is, essentially, extreme in tolerance. In effect, what those who favor McGovern have been saying about those who favor the President is that these blacks are hypocrites, bought or insincere. They are not allowed to enjoy the traditional, democratic right to have their own view, to be respected even though they don’t conform. Questioning the motives of those who disagree with one is poor business at best; when carried to an extreme which means condemnation of millions of black Americans, this is fascist mentality and method, and dangerous for both the Democratic Party’s future and the country’s. KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Report Prior to October 30 Mrs. Paul D. Blanton, B.C, Mrs. Essie L, Brooks, K.M. Mrs. Charles F. Carpenter Mrs. Charles F. Carpenter, K.M. Mack Lee Conner, K,M, Frank W. Dunbar, B.C. James H. Fields, Clover Mrs. John Marvin Galley, K.M. Mrs. Frank J. Greene, K,M. Ross Gregory, K.M, Mrs. Bessie G. Hannah, B. C. Mrs. Verdie Kale, K.M. Mrs. Gallie R, Lanier, K.M. Jesse Guy Ledford, K.M. Haywood W. Mackey, Cher- ryville Mrs. Madge E. Melton, K.M. Walter M. Moorhead, K,M, Conan F. Pursley, Clover Mrs. Lillie E. Reynolds, K. M. Luvenia Janie Rohm, K.M. Virgie Leona Smith, K.M. Mrs. Thelma B. Sprouse, K.M. Mrs. Bonnie M. Summers, K.M. Lewis Daniel Walker, III, Gaffney Daniel Lee Wells, K.M. Mrs. Rosa Lee Wilder, K.M. Jim WUllams, B.C. Mrs. Marvin Wright, K.M. Yates D. Young, K.M, October 30 None October 31 Mrs. Donald E. Hawkins, Gastonia Tommy Bob Yarbrough, K. M. November 1 Michael Eric Broome, B.C. November 2 Brown M. Adams, B.C. George Rhea Barber, K.M. Mrs. Brenda S. Morrison, K.M. Mrs. Milas E. WUson. K.M. November 3 Mrs. Howard L. Conrad, B. C. November 4 William K. CarroU, K.M. Mrs. Nellie Jean Childers, Smyrna WUllam Dean Fuller, Dallas Newell E. Hardin, Gastonia Jimmy Wray Huskins, K.M. Mrs. Paul P. Pressley, K.M. Joseph William Sellers, K. M, November 5 Mrs. Hubert G. Clemmons. K.M. November 6 Mrs. Roy M. Jones, Clover Mrs. Manda R. Barber, K.M. Mrs. Edward W. Bibbs, B.C
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