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VOLUME 95, NUMBER 17
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1992
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SULZER DEDICATION - Goy*raor Icuum B.
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addrMt at th* dodication of th* n*w Sulsnr
Photo by Gingor Hall
Brothors plant noor Groyor Friday. Tho plant
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Hunt Praises Sulzer
At Dedication Friday
Sulzer Brothers Inc.
celebrated the opening of its first
United States, located on
Highway 29 near Grover, Fri
day and Saturday.
Governor James B. Hunt,
Peter Sulzer, Executive Vice
President of the Sulzer Textile
Machinery Group, and Walter
Schneider, Executive Vice Presi
dent of Sulzer Machinery
Group, spoke to a crowd of over
200 invited guests at dedication
ceremonies Friday morning.
Open house for the general
public was held Saturday.
Governor Hunt called the PS
3600 weaving machine, which
Sulzer will produce at its Grover
plant, “the Mercedes Benz of
weaving machines.”
“Sulzer represents the best in
companies we have sought to
establish in Nonh Carolina,”
said Hunt, who personally began
an industry recruitment cam
paign in Europe several years
ago.
“Today’s dedication sym
bolizes what the North Carolina
recruitment success has been
about,” he said.
The Grover plant, located on
90 acres, will enable Sulzer to.
serve customer needs even better
in tbe future. It represents a ma
jor long-range commitment by
Sulzer to the textile industry.
The plant represents “the
largest Sulzer investment in
quite some time,” Peter Sulzer
pointed out. Sulzer is an interna
tional enterprise with sales well
over two billion dollars and more
than 30,000 employees, and
serves a wide variety of markets.
Man Arrrested After
Wednesday Foot Chase
K ings Mountain police charg
ed Thomas Madison Reid, 19,
of Apt. 31, Carolina Garden
Apartments with probation
violation, resisting anest and
damage to property last Wednes
day after a foot race which left
one police officer and a private
citizen with minor injuries.
According to officer Billy Ben
ton of the KMPD, he was work
ing as a security guard at Harris-
Teeter and spotted Reid, whom
the police had been seeking for
the probation violation, walking
across the Harris Teeter parking
lot. Benton said when Reid spot
ted him, he ran and hid.
Benton then called the police
department and officers Richard
Reynolds, G.E. Sale and Johnny
Belk responded. The officers said
Reid was later spotted coming
out of some woods behind
Hardee’s, and officers Reynolds,
Sale and Belk began a foot chase.
The officers chased the man
across the Holly Farms and
Eckerd’s parking lots and Benton
jumped in his pickup truck and
attempted to block Reid’s path.
Reid reportedly ran into the side
of the truck and was apprehend
ed.
Officer Reynolds fell during
the chase and sustained minor
skin cuts, and Larry Dunn, a
private citizen, chipp^ a bone in
his elbow when he attempted to
tackle the man.
Sulzer was chartered in 1834
and produced many industrial
products, including steam
engines, during the 19th cen
tury. In assiciation with Dr.
Rudolph Diesel, the first pro
totype diesel engine was put into
operation at the Sulzer works in
1897, and the first reversible
marine diesel engine was in
troduced in 1906.
Sulzer Brothers, Inc. Was
established in the United StK.:c^
in 1940 and is a subsidiary of
Sulzer Brothers Limited of
Winterthur, Switzerland.
Thomas Huber, Vice-
President of Manufacturing and
Plant Manager, said Sulzer puts
emphasis on quality, which is
built into the machine
throughout the manufacturing
process. The machines incor
porate the latest technological
developments and are produced
to Swiss precision machine
manufacturing standards by a
100 percent American
workforce. Almost every step is
computer-controlled.
Flexibility of machine tools
and well trained personnel per
mit optimum response to new in
dustry requirements, Huber said.
The Grover plant is furnished
with the latest in production
equipment. In parts production,
for example, the machinery in
stalled ensures close tolerances
which guarantee a high level of
quaility assurance and accuracy.
In the assembly hall, air
cushion carriers make handling
of heavy machinery an effortless
task. Huber expects plant output
to reach total capacity of 700
machines annually by 1984.
The PS 3600 machine was
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Hambright Is Elected
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R. Fain Hambright, Grover
Postmaster, was recently elected
by the National Executive Board
of the National League of
Postmasters to serve as its Presi
dent.
The League of Postmasters
represents more than 90,000
Postmasters and other federal
employees. The professional
organization of Postmasters was
founded in 1904 and four years
ago opened its membership, on a
limited basis, to all federal
workers.
Hambright will serve as resi
dent chief executive officer in
Washington, D.C., corporate
headquarters of the League.
Prior to being elevated to the
presidency, Postmaster Ham
bright served six terms as a
Member of the organization’s
Executive Board. In addition, he
previously served in numerous
state, regional and other national
posts.
FAIN HJLMBRIGHT
Outgoing President Wendell
Kimbrough of Arkansas said,
‘Tain Hambright will continue
to be a great asset to our
organization and in his role as
President will make an even
greater contribution to solving
the problems facing the Postal
Service and those among us who
serve as Postmasters in more
than 30,000 communities.”
Kimbrough went on to praise
Hambright for his outstanding
postal career and his dedication
to serving his community in a
number of civic, fraternal and
service organizations.
One of Postmaster Ham-
bright’s first official duties as
President was to testify before
Congress on a number of postal
topics, including ZIP plus 4, elec
tronic communications, postal
revenues, public service subsidies
and the role of the Postal Rate
Commission.
Hambright will be on leave
from the Grover Post Office
while he serves as resident of
ficer of the League of
Postmasters in Washington.
Ease Up Dul
City Urging Price Constraints
By GARY STEWART
Editor
The Kings Mountain Board of
Commissioners Monday night
approved a resolution asking
Duke Power Company to con
sider “constraints” on such costs
as public relations advertising
and guaranteed dividends for
their stockholders and urged the
State Utilities Commission to
refuse unwarranted price in
creases by Duke.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
the city is concerned about the
rising utility costs during a time
of inflation and recession, and
said that Duke could “hold the
line” on increases by refraining
from spending advertising which
pats itself on the back.
Moss said Duke spent $1.4
million in advertising last year,
and it guarantees its
stockholders a 17 percent divi
dend. Moss said there is a move
underway by Senator Marshall
Rauch to initiate action in the
State Legislature which would
limit Duke’s advertising and
Talent
Show Set
Tonight
The Kings Mountain Kiwanis
Club’s annual Talent Show for
the ki.if’.ergdrten through
seventh grades will be held
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at B.N.
Barnes Auditorium.
Admission is one dollar.
The junior high and high
school divisions were held last
Thursday.
‘The Invasion of the Body
Twisters”, a group which in
cludes Darrell Thompson, Tony
Lewis and Scottie Edwtuds, took
first place in the junior high divi
sion with a dance to the tune of
“Must Be The Music.”
Karen Stewart and Lin Put
nam won second place with a
dance to “Cool”, and Lisa
Vaughn sang “God Will Open
Doors” to take third place
honors.
Rusty Morrison won first
place in the high school division
with the song “Rise Again.” San-
di Wells sang “Because of Whose
1 Am” to win second and
Charlene Gamble won third
place with a gymnastics routine
to the tune of “Sweet
Surrender.”
Tonight’s show will feature
division winners from Central,
Grover, East, West, North and
Bethware schools.
guaranteed dividends.
The city’s resolution, which
will be passed on to the President
of Duke Power and the North
Carolina League of
Municipalities, read:
“Whereas, many citizens of
our community and other cities
are suffering financially from a
combination of inflation and
rcession; and
“Whereas, the cost of elec
trical service has increased con
siderably in recent months; and
“Whereas, citizens on fixed in
comes or short work weeks find
the increased cost particularly
hard to fit into their individual
budgets;
“Now, therefore, we, the
Mayor and Board of Commis
sioners of the City of Kings
Mountain, do hereby urge Duke
Power Company to consider
constraints on operating costs,
such as public relations advertis
ing and guaranteed dividends,
thereby enabling them to hold
the line in the cost of electricity;
and we do further urge the
Utilities Commission of the State
of North Carolina to be most
diligent in reviewing and
scrutinizing completely requests
for increases in utility costs, and
to refuse unwarranted
increases.”
In another matter Monday
night, the board approved the
employment of a qualified hor
ticulturist to supervise city per
sonnel in the care of plantings on
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Bloodmobile To Visit
KMHS Next Monday
The Future Homemakers of
America of Kings Mountain
High School will sponsor a visit
by the Cleveland County Blood-
mobile Mon., May 3 from 9 a.m.
until 2:30 p.m. at B.N. Barnes
Auditorium.
The goal for the visit is 200
pints.
The public is invited to attend.
To avoid long waits, appoint
ments may be made by calling
the Honte Economics Depart
ment at 739-3794.
To give blood, donors must be
between the ages of 17 and 66,
weigh at least 110 pounds and be
in good health.
Shelby High will sponsor a
bloodmobile visit Wed., May 5
from 9 a.m. until 2:30 in the
gym. The goal is 200 pints.
The public is invited to attend.
For appointments, call
482-3409.
Bums High School has the
record for the most successful
high school bloodmobile visit of
the year, getting 263 productive
pints on March 10. The school
had a goal of 175 pints.
Cfes* High School neite<i 194
productive pints at its March 1 7
visit. Its goal was 185 pints.
The KM and Shelby visits will
be the final high school visits of
the fiscal vear.
Wreck Injuries Fatal
To Grant Linderman
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Charles Grant Linderman, 17,
of Route 1, Kings Mountain,
died Saturday morning after his
car struck a tree on Highway
161 near the South Carolina
line.
According the Highway
Patrolman R.D. Keenum,
Linderman’s car ran off the road
about 6:20 a.m. Keenum said the
youth had worked a double shift
the night before and was on his
way home when he apparently
fell asleep.
He died at Charlotte
Memorial Hospital.
He was the son of John
Broadus and Frances Grant
Linderman of Route I, and was
a senior at Hunter Huss High
School in Gastonia. He was a
member of Oak View Baptist
Church.
Surviving, in addition to his
parents, are one brother. Rev.
John Linderman Jr. of Raleigh;
two sisters, Mrs. David (Teresa)
Caldwell and Mrs. Randy
(Leigh) Hord of Kings Moun
tain; maternal grandmother,
Mrs. Bleeka Grant of Chester,
S.C., and paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Linderman of
York, S.C.
Services were conducted at 5
p.m. Monday at Oak View Bap
tist Church by the Rev. Ray
mond Shumpert and the Rev.
John Linderman Jr. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
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CANCER LEADERS ■ Mambars of tho King*
Mountain committoo to raiao funds for tho
Amoricon Concor Socioty or* plcturod abooo
ot o workshop Thursday night ot Homo
Fodoral Soring* and Loan. Loft to right oro
Kay Holshousor of tho Clorolond County Unit
Photo by Gary Stowort
of tho Amoricon Concor Socioty, trados and
industry choirman Bill Craig, Kings Mountain
campaign chairman Joko Dixon, and gorom-
mont omployoos cholrmon lorry King. Tho
county's goal is $43,500.