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4 1 PAGE 2, KINGS MOUNTAIN MIRROR. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER tO. 1972 Perspective bv Jav Ashle\ Fads are an integral part of our society. Anyone who is old enough to walk and talk can show you some fad in our world. Back in the twenties such crazes as flagpole sitting, swallowing goldfish, mara thon dancing, seeing how many college frosh could pack into a telephone booth, etc., etc., were the vogue. Later came the hula hoop, and marathon rocking chair contests. Different dances have been as prolific as ra bbits in a hutch. Charleston, Big Apple, Truckin’, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Fish, Frug, Twist, Bugaloo, Swim to mention a few. The most marked thing a- bout a fad is that it is a temporary thing. Fads are social diversions from cha otic situations. If not for World War I maybe flagpole sitting would never have come about. Todays fhds and crazes are no different. Conflicts in society rip at people and in effort to escape, a fad is born. It may take the form of longer-than-has-ever- been - seen - before -and- most - hope- it -will -go-a- way hair or more seriously, drugs. One thing is certain, thou gh, and that is no matter how young one is, he will a- Iways look back at what seemed to be better days. We all do it In bet, those “days of old’’ might have been the worst in the world, but from today’s perspect ive they start looking bett er and better. So what results is a bd engulfing a group of fads which we wUl define as nos talgia. Old radio programs come back. Film festivals are overrun by patrons wanting to see Bogart, Fields, Chap lin. Howdy Doody (my hero) enjoys a rousii^ comeback. Ai^ In the bustle of todays world we fiid an escape and little by little the whole thing becomes a cycle. For an example we can look at the realm of bshions. Take a good look at the picture in this article, A young school girl, age per haps IS years. The long hair curls in a Janis Joplin fash ion and the dress comes straight from Any College, U.S.A. She wears the coy RODNEY DODSON- Editor A Co-Publisher LEM R. LYNCH- Co-Publisher A Business Mgr. JAY ASHLEY- News Editor ELAINE TRIA- General Composition SYLVIA HOLMES- Womens Editor TONY TOMPKINS- Sports W’riter The Kings Mountain Mirror is published each Wednesday In Kings Mountain, N.C. by the Mirror Publishing Co. P.O. Box MS Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086. Offices are located downtown at 222 South Railroad Ave. Pbone-T39-38Sl. Subscription rates are M per year by mall Inside North Ca rolina. Out-of-state subscriptions are $5 per year. Second Class Postage Paid At Kings Mountain, N.C. I CROSSWORD ♦ ♦ Z By A. C. 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The similarities in todays dress and that of yesteryear were so great that Mabel Logan brought the picture for us to see and share with our readers. We can only spec- ubte that the photo was tak en in the early years of this century, yet 72 years later we can witness the same sight on any street in the country. Many of us today often lap se into the syrndrome of con stant criticism. A man whose daughter wore such “outlandish” clothing today W'ould certainly gripe and nag until more conventional garb were donned. The mo ther would wonder where her own child would get such notions to wear those “old beky dresses.” Let’s have enough gump tion today to get concerned about bigger things than clothes. I have the strang est feeling that if Etb WeUs Logan were here today she would offer a loving smile upon our fickle ways and level oft our pointy little heads. ’ 'j '/ h 'l,,i I, ,, ''h'll !,/■ i:!:!'< ■ ''I'/ " ' ,1, 'J, 'A 111. J.. lSHINGTTO^ ^6 -Zi- Circinogens Harrison Wellford, writing in “Atlantic Monthly” says tlie Food and Drug Administration has approved five drugs for animals with estrogen-like activity to speed up growth -all replacements for the recently-banned stilbestorol (DBS), now known to cause cancer in laboratory animals, and used for years as an animal feed. Wellford says the Agriculbre Department, which is sup posed to have a practical and accurate system to test for residues of such drugs before FDA approves them, has no such testing method. And, moreover, he says all five drugs approved by FDA are suspected of being carcinogens~as was the recently-baiuied DEIS. In that the National Cancer Institute has taken the posi tion that any drug which increases the carcinogenic burden in man ought to be avoided, the Wellford charge should be one of the first investigations of the 93rd Congress open ing next month. V I, '/ # I Lower Property Taxes? A federal revenue sharing program began December 8tl when the ’Treasury Department mailed the first checks (totaling 2.7 billions) to sbtes and cities. The program is expected to pump thirty billion dollars into state and city tieasuriea in the next five years. The Nixon Administration has emphasized its hope that., these federal flinds would be used to reduce property bxe^ —which have become excessive and even confiscatory in ‘ many U.S. communities. Whether sbte and city officials will allocate the newly arrived federal funds to this purpose depends upon public opinion in the various states and communities. If sentiment is strong, among a well-informed public, and officials are pressed to pl^ge these funds to reduce bxes, the goal can be realiz^. This, then, is the time for an informed electorate to see to it that property taxes are reduced. "50 VOURE MV NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR- Hunt Busy With Committee Appointments KQ SYNDICATE By JOHN KILGO The assignment of secre taries for legrisUtors will take on a new look when the General Assembly convenes next month. Lt. Governor-elect Jim Hunt and James Ramsey, be next Speaker of be House, are busy getting beir com mittee appobtmeats made now, so that legislators may be assigned office space and have beir secretaries ap pointed. This year, freshman legis lators will share a secre- bry—one secrebry for two legislators. Those legisUtors wlb pre vious time b be General •Assembly will have beir private secrebry. Hunt and Ramsey tob feel it’s important to get be of fice space and be secrebry assignments out of be way quickly, so that be Legisla ture can get down to busbess when it convenes on Jan. 10. Some bwmakers feel one reason for be relatively slow start of be 1971 session was a deby b committee ap pointments. And one legislator tells me; "It was three weeks last year before I knew where my office would be located. They moved me a- round like a marble oh a Cbbese checker board.” Everyone ought tohavebeb permanent office assignment before be first week of be legblabre is over. to convince be legblators to put b more working hours mi Friday, a day that has been almost completely open b ober years. It looks like a no-ooosense session. Make no mistake about one thing. Hunt and Ramsey are determbed to get more wor king hours b each week, b- stead of be Legislabre meeting from 9 a.m. until noon, as b be past, bey hope to get it working untU 1 p.m. They also hope to utilbe be afternoon hours better. Liquor-by-be-drlnk con- tbues to rabe ib head as an issue for 1973. However, as bb column reported a monb ago, it won’t be be same emoUonal, drawn-out battle bat it has been for be post sb years. Attem^ will be mode to get some mbed drink legb- lation passed—and bere will be a battle. But be leadership of bob Houses—and individual legb- Utors that I’ve talked wib— seem determbed not to let be argument bog down be Assembly as it has b years post. And from be outside look ing b, it would appear bat be liquor forces are weaker bb year than bey were b 1971, They didn’t exactly have conbol of be situation bat year. AhIo Pollution A recent court decision postpones mandatory air-bags in U.S. automobiles until at least 1976 because the court was convinced automatic air-bag safety devices are not yet re fined to a practical and workable degree. b this connection, a growbg weight of opinion leans to ward a rdaxation of the 1970 pollution law’s new-car emis sion requiremenb by about five per cent. It is felt a five per cent relaxation by the Elnvironmental Protection Agency would enable be bdustiy to avoid fifty per cent of project ed cost increases on 1975 and 1976 cars and also reduce projected gasolbe oonsumption-whicb goes up wib be new devices: In addition, the relaxation would avoid be stall ing feature in emission-device engines. If older cars, those built before 1968. were required to be fitted wib relatively simple emission control devices, costing less ban 850, this would eliminate far more pollu tion than the loaa caused by a five per cent relaxation on new-car emiasiona. From many viewpoints, then, the five per cent relaxation might be justified, though the nation anti-pollution goal as legislated in 1970 should otherwisi be sMcUy adhered to. Phosphate Ban BANNED TCnrS SOLD WASHINGTON - Consumer action groups in 17 states have reported that many toy stores across the country were stocked with hundreds of dangerous toys banned by the Government. The or ganization did not specify which banned toys were found. Progress on the waterpol- lution front is accelerating. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New York and Florida have now banned higb-phosphate detergents from grocer’s shelves (as of January 1st). These states, following earlier action by various counties and cities, have resorted to be ban to pro tect their water resources and bey are none too early. The hope is that by be end of 1973 all fifty states will have banned bese high- phosphate detergents. The ban bars detergent products wib a phosphate content higher ban 8.7 per cent—a level considered safe for human healb and water quality. Ramsey is looking for ways The Christmas Spirit December is be most exciting (and tiring) monb of the year in many American homes because of the approach of Christmas and all associated wib it. In be commercial scramble which Christmas has become for many the real meaning of be day is lost to many of us. Christmas gets its name from the mass for Christ and it is, of course, be birb of Jesus bat we commemorate on be 25b. .At one time it was mote a religious observance ban a general holiday wib Santa Claus, gifts, family re unions, etc. In broadening be observance some have in creasingly minimized be religious aspects—which is their privilege. -And while many feel this is unfortunate it should be re membered by all bat about one in three .Americans belong to no church. .Millions of obers. such as those of Jewish faith, do not believe Jesus was divine, though admiring him as a man. In addition, millions of obers—of Chinese. Japanese, Middle East origin, etc., have a different deity altogeber. Yet all of us can enjoy be Christmas spirit—which per tains to all men. of all faiths and origins, and is a message of love for one’s fellow man and peace on earb. .And so in bis general way. too. Christmas is highly important. This general spirit, enjo.ved wibin be philosophical concept of tolerance, enables all .Americans to have a happy holiday each December. Santa Claus While some in bis country choose not to observe the Santa Claus tradition at Christmas, which is their privi lege and not to be criticized, for most .American children Christinas Eve is a magic night un.matched for the rest of the y ear. How many have tried to stay awake Chnstmas Eve night, to hear Santa land on the roor* How many have left food by be fireplace? How many have thrilled to the marrow at a glimpse of him. in red and white? How .-nany millions of letters have gone out to him, of childish hopes for wondei- ful to.vs and fun? If it can’t last, and it can’t; if it isn't real life, and it isn’t, it is nevertheless a magic time of joy and excitement and wonderful anticipation for youngsters, and even more reward for parents. For young and old be sweet memories never die—and help keep be home a nostalgic, loved cen terpiece in our long agos ax'd memories. Donxld D.JbN« Kings p. O. BOX 192 NI»TB CWOUNA 280M ^ cmztNS or the Dear Friends; the studente in our schcwls approval of S ‘Sol -..s oecem^r IS. Xs you know, be schools. It was encou^bg^t^ availabUity of pro- able vote. Wib ““^“^tir^stafl can concentrate on a ograra oi Best wishes for the Holiday Season! Sincerely yours, Donald D. J ones
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