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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
, April S, 1982
No Army - No Navy
No Air Force
Our UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
has been quoted as saying ‘'we~must be
prepared in the West for restraints on self-
interest which a world-wide system of law
and policing implies.''
With the appearance in print of Depart
ment of State Publication 7277, “Freedom
from War, the United States Program for
General Complete Disarmament in a Peace
ful World," we know what his typically
oblique words mean. They mean that it is
the considered policy of the Executive
Branch of our Government, expressed in
this plan already formally submitted to
the UN General Assembly ; to disband our
armed forces and dismantle our defense sys
tem—weapons, rockets, planes, ships and all
—except for the portions turned over to the
UN “Peace Force." It means that the Ad
ministration has already prepared and is
pushing for the surrender of our Constitu
tion, our Bill of Rights, our national tradi
tions and our freedom. All these and our
troops and weapons too, it proposes to give
over to a UN in which steadily increasing
Soviet power foreshadows early and cer
tainly ultimate, Communist control.
This State Department program is so
fantastic that no American could be expect
ed to believe it without reading it for him
self. Obviously, there is no single document
in the world of comparable importance to
all Americans at this moment. But it has
not been easy to get. The Government Print
ing Office reports at this writing that it is
swamped with a backlog of 100,000 orders
that will take weeks to fill,
long enough to make protest futile.)
Rules For Kile Flyers
Budding astronauts and jet pilots, who
begin their careers in the sky by flying kites
these windy days, have a few “dont’s" to re
member. This point is being stressed by
electric companies around the country.
They’re now publicizing such safety rules
as these:
1. Don’t use tinsel string, wire, or any
twine with metal in it.
2. Don’t fly a kite with metal in the
frame or tail.
3. Don’t fly kites in rainy weather.
4. Don’t run across streets or highways
while flying kites.
5. Don’t fly kites over television or ra
dio aerials.
6. Don’t touch fallen electric wires.
7. Don’t fly a kite near electric power
lines.
8. If a kite does become entangled in
electric lines, leave it there. Do not touch
the string, or in any other manner attempt
to get it down.
. 9. Use only dry cotton string and dry
cloth in kite tails.
Remember, Benjamin Franklin didn’t
face modern hazards when he flew his kite!
Babson Discusses
Unemployment
Babson Park, Mass., April President Ken
nedy is up against two “stone walla.’* The first
is that dividing East Berlin from West Berlin;
and the second is how he can reduce unemploy
ment.
(It could take JFK IS CONSERVATIVE BUT WORRIED
Employment is increasing in practically all
lines—manufaeturing, building, merchandising,
But you can get a photographically faith- an( j other important segments; but unemploy
ful copy of the State Department’s “grand ment continues to plague us, and no solution is
design of*surrender” quickly. Llyle Munson y et in Befo* 1 * Solng into
Around Clinton High
By Jen Arnold
president of The Bookmaker, Inc., (P. O.
Box 101, New York 16, New York) has
rushed this nightmarish “Program” into
print so that it may be studied by his alert
fellow Americans without delay. “It must
be,” he says, “if our Republic is to survive.”
AirTMunson explains that he must have
25 cents for his reprints rather than the 16
cents asked by the Government Printing Of
fice because: “Unlike the Government, we
cannot use your tax dollars to print it; nor
can we mail it ‘free’ at public expense.” And
time is running out. As Dr. Robert Morris,
president of The University of Dallas, says
in his foreword to the Bookmailer reprint:
“We seem to be forging our own chains.”
"Proclaim Liberty...”_
Love of country and belief in its insti
tutions are regarded in some circles as
pitifully provincial. Patriotism, in the view
of our advanced thinkers, globalists and fel
low-travelers, is for squares. The gallant
words of Patrick Henry, that inspired un
trained fanners and clerks and blacksmiths
and bookkeepers to defy the King’s armies,
emerge from the subversion mill to read:
“Better Red than Dead.”
But we shall soon discover whether or
not the soul of America has died. We shall
learn whether freedom is still cherished
above security.
On April 19th, the 187th annivesary of
Paul Revere's ride and of the battles of Lex
ington and Concord, will come the tremen
dous, heart-quickening, awesome peal of
bells across the nation—church bells, school
bells, fire bells, chimes, carillons, farm bells,
even dinner bells if any are still to be found,
will sound off from coast to coast and border
to border, in Alaska and Hawaii.
The bells will be heard when it is one
p.m. (Standard Time) in Washington, D. C.,
noon in Chicago, 11 am. in Denver, 10 am.
in San Francisco and 6 am. in Fairbanks
and Honolulu, and the clangor will resound
across America for four minutes.
“Bells Across the Nation” is the inspira
tion of National Commander Charles L.
Bacon and Charles Hamilton, chairman of
the Americanization Commission of The
American Legion. Admiral Arleigh A.
Burke, USN, (Ret.), is chairman of the Na
tional Committee and assisted by former
Presidents Hoover and Eisenhower and oth
er distinguished Americans. Every Legion
post in-the 50 states is actively participat
ing, the post commanders heading up local
committees for this impressive commemo
ration of Patriot's Day.
let me say that JFK is getting fed up with his “in
tellectual” advisers. He is willing to listen to
them; but he has decided to
make his own decisions and not
leave them to anybody else—not
even to Vice-President Johnson.
Some administration officials
are picking up big labor’s theme
that the government should do
something to decerease heavy
unemployment in the U. S. There
is increasing talk of considering
the problem an “emergency”
. . . calling for drastic steps by
Uncle Sam. These would include advancing public
works projects, creating made-work programs—
possibly a modern WPA. So far, JFK has balked
at grandiose proposals, mainly because they
would be too costly and would throw federal
budgets even farther out of whack ... to say noth
ing of the adverse impact on our already-sick bal
ance of foreign payments. However, pressure
from within and without the Administration is in
creasing . . . and 1982 election-year politics may
force the President .to send some stringent new
proposals for reducing unemployment to Con
gress before too many more months have passed.
SELLING MORE GOODS THE ANSWER
JFK is emphasizing to both management and
labor that the great need is for the United States
to sell more U. S.-manufactured goods—at home
and abroad—and to keep prices down. He be
lieves this demands an entirely new brand.of
tariff powers—an ability to “trade.” This is es
pecially important in view of the “European
Common Market.” JFK believes that only as
he is given dictatorial powers will he be able to
meet dictators in Russia and other countries. I
believe he is correct.
In addition, the United States is faced with a
rising imbalance of international payments and a
resumption of the gold outflow. The nation really
sits astride the horns of a dilemma: If the unem
ployment problem is met by inflationary spend
ing, our gold outflow may become a flood; if we
try to prevent gold loss through higher interest
rates and lowered spending, business may slump
and unemployment soar. The President—in try
ing to boost foreign trade—is on the right track
... but he will need to be a super-salesman to
sell Congress on turning over to him dictatorial
powers.
THE COMING STEEL CONTRACT
The President is anxious to establish the prin
ciple that wages per hour will increase only as
production per hour increases. (Management
wants the new machinery also to get some
“wages.”) This may be okay for the steel cor
porations, but the trouble will come when all of
the other unions want the same “deal” that the
steel workers receive. Many corporations claim
that, for various reasons, they cannot reduce
costs further than they are now. All of this means
that labor is tending more and more to approach
a socialistic system as far as production, prices,
wages, depreciation, etc., are concerned. TTiis, of
course, is the big danger.
Meanwhile, the President’s Labor-Management
Committee has been conferring on automation di
lemmas, but no workable program for dealing
April 1 through 7 is National
FHA Week, and it is certainly
FHA Week in Clinton. The Dis
trict Future Homemakers of
America convention was held in
the recreation hall in Anderson
last Saturday. Marjorie Arnold,
candidate from Clinton High
School, was elected District
President. With this honor, Mar
jorie also won the opportunity to
attend the National FHA conven
tion in Salt Lake City, Utah, next
July. About thirty-five students
attended the convention from
Clinton High. FHA’ers of CHS
were in charge of the devotions.
The theme of this service was
“The Message of a Tree.” Those
taking part on the program were
Sandy Leopard, Susie Black, Lee
McCall, Ann Addison, Ruth Todd,
and Sandra Huggins. The service
centered around scripture pas
sages from the Bible showing the
value of trees. Beverly Muller
sang “Trees” during the service.
Mrs. Harry Bouknight, FHA ad
visor and home economics teach
er at CHS, will serve as district
teacher-advisor for the coming
year. Sandra Norris modeled a
dress she made in home ec, at the
district fashion show.
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Janice Ruff, rising senior from
Joanna, was named president of
the student body last Monday in
the annual school elections,
homeroom representatives, repre-
sentatives-at-large, and class of
ficers were lected. Numerous
run-overs will be held this coming
Monday. Those elected, however,
were: Barbara Anderson, repre-
sentativ for 12-A; Janie Culber
son, 12-B representative; Janet
Johnson and Shirley Ann Tim
mons for 12-C and 12-D, respec
tively. These students will hold
their positions for the 1962-193
school year.
Cadet Horne Named
To Honor Committee
By Tfie Citadel Corps
Citadel Cadet William A. Horne,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Horne,
of Clinton was recently elected by
the corps of cadets to the mili-
UDy college 1933 Honor Commit
tee. The Citadel second classman
was one of 21 cadets chosen as
the rising cc M "je honor repre-
sentat • es, who will take over
duties from the graduating 1962
Honor Committee May 5.
E!e"t on to the Honor Commit
tee is one of the highest achieve
ments to which a cadet can as
pire. The honor representatives
are elected by secret ballot of the
Corps, with one committee mem
ber representing each of the 17
companies and four battalions.
Reorganization of
Laurens County
Memory Gardens
A reorganization of Laurens
County Memory Gardens under
local control and management
was formally announced this
week by John E. Curry, formerly
of Pikeville. Ky., who will be
come owner and manager of the
business.
The former staff, including
John O .Wilson, is no longer con
nected with the cemetery in any
way, Mr. Curry said.
Named president was Russell
R* Burns, educator and farmer of
Laurens. R. T. Smith, Laurens
businessman, is vice-president;
Mr. Curry is vice-president and
manager; and John Gotautus,
vice-president of Professional Dis
count Corporation of Spartan
burg, is secretary-treasurer. All
are regular board members.
A board of directors with four
regular and five advisory msm-
bars has bean elected.
Advisory directors are Hubert
W. Graydon, legislator and mar-
chant; C. Bryan Holland. Lau
rens realtor; V. Parks Adair,
Clinton mortician; W. K. Waits
of Joanna, retired assistant su
perintendent of Joanna Cotton
Mills and trustee of the Joanna
Foundation, and Ralph Riddle of
Lydia, deputy sheriff.
The 38-acre cemetery tract Is
located nidway between Laurens
and CD aton on the old highway.
It offers family memorial estates
and perpetual care and already
has a lai ge number of subscribers
to its services. Offices are main
tained o<i the site with the hours
9:00 to 2:00, Monday through
Thursday, 9:00 to 6:00, Friday,
and 9:00 to 12:00 Saturday.
Mr. Curry, who came here last
J^ionth, is a Baptist and resides
with his wife and two children
at 098 E. Main Street. He has been
in the cemetery business since
1998, having been owner-manager
and sales contractor for other
cemeteries in Kentucky and Vir
ginia.
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RURAL'FIRE DEPT.
Presently, fires occurring In
rural areas pose quite a problem
to many persons. The municipal
fire departments throughout Lau
rens County make it a practice to
answer calls from outside the
city, but In most cases, the lim
ited amounts of water carried on
their tracks prove to be of no
avail in combating a Maze of
any size. This is usually the only
water available.
It must be admitted that if a
piece of municipal fjpe apparatus
responds to a rural call, it is not
available should a fire break out
in the city. This is not good, tor
the urban dwellers are the ones
whose taxes have been used to
purchase this equipment. Thus,
the person’s property which is en
titled to protection is actually
jeopardized.
Other counties throughout the
state have organized rural fire
fighting organizations to provide
R not be
also?
Boro, Is is costly, If oai
at initial cost only; but lot
a little further. With rural
fighting facilities, fire
rates would be lowered
ably, not only in the rural
but in the municipalities also by
virtue of the fact that the city de
partment would be less likely to
be tied up on a rural call when
needed in the city.
How practical is a rural fire
fighting organization?
With funds which are avail
able from various agencies and
organizations, and public coope
ration, a rural fire department
for Laurens County could be more
of a reality than one might imag
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with automation-created unemployment and re
training has been proposed. Nor has a plan for
stemming economy-numbing strikes yet been air
ed. Internahunion dissensions further complicate
the situation. The Meany-Reuther-Hoffa triangle
may not be eternal, but it will make for rough-
and-tumble dislocations on the labor front during
1962, with many a headache for employers.
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