8 8 r-. c '■■) »!• )) VOLUME 95, NUMBER 17 THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1992 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTI ^ ^ 3i ■m SULZER DEDICATION - Goy*raor Icuum B. Hunt is picturnd oboT* d*lly«ring th* knynot* addrMt at th* dodication of th* n*w Sulsnr Photo by Gingor Hall Brothors plant noor Groyor Friday. Tho plant U Sulsor't lint in tho Unitod State*. 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 Turn To Pago 5-A Hambright Is Elected o 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 Turn To Page S-A 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