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* % -L —V 7JZ ■,/T THE CLINTON CHRONICLE CUntoa, S. ThurecUy Febniary 6, 1964 What Your Dune* Can Buy [■ What is more pitiful than a child born with some crippling defect? What is more worthwhile than a cause whose purpose is to prevent and find cures for the 600 kinds of environmental and hereditary defects of the central nervous system and skeletal structures which are known to exist? These questions* and their obvious an swers, are most pertinent now. For, during January, TTie National Foundation—March of Ditn$s—conducted its annual drive for - funds. The organization is still concerned with the polio problem which was the reason for its creation. But now,, due to the won ders of the vaccines, that problem has been largely solved. So the emphasis has been shifted to brth defects—and its overall philosophy is found in the telling phrase “Human Rescue.” What do your dimes buy? The list is impressive. For one thing, they help to pay ' for research and special treatment centers, 70 in number, which are located in more than 60 of the nation’s 85 medical schools —some of the schools have two. For anoth* er, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies was recently opened in San Diego and is in the process of completion. For a third, there is a very real hope that research and experi ment will, perhaps fairly soon, produce an omnibus vaccine that will protect against all the viruses. To give one more statistic, there are 11 million cases of arthritis and rheumatism, crippling and agonizing, among the people of this country. And your dimes go to help fight this scourge. of Withholding The Truth ‘ We have hard much, in late years the problem of “managed news”—that is, of executive and administrative orders and policies which either prevent certain news from reaching the public, or present it in altered or incomplete or inaccurate form. This, naturally and properly, is the cause of deep concern in all the news media. The vital principle of a free, unfettered press is the basic issue at stake. Also, it seems, we have a problem of “managed testimony” by government em ployees. Senator Strom Thurmond writes: “In 1951 President Truman issued an Ex ecutive <5rder prohibiting employees of the Executive Branch from testifying before Congress with reference to certain mat ters. This order was nothing more than a claim of Executive privilege. Federal em ployees are given no choice by this direc tive—they are ordered not to testify . . . This constitutes an attempt to withhold from from Congress the only valid basis on which Congress can legislate — the ’truth.” /v This is a delicate m*ea. There are mat ters concerning the national security and the military position of the nation which, for the most obvious of reasons, cannot be made public. But it seems clear that this principle is being used—or, to put it more accurately, misused—as a means of con cealing from the people facts that it is the right of a free people to know. It amounts to an “iron curtain” that cannot be tolerat ed in a free nation. correct appraisal. . For, the attitude it describes is the only one which can make possible, and bring about, urgently needed economics in government—whether in the defense complex, or in any other activity. I In The Same Scales From a lead editorial in the New York Times: “Every Vice President is a poten tial President and should be weighed in the same scales as the nominee for the Presidency. We hope that the Republicans in San Francisco Mid the Democrats in At lantic City all will recognize that ability, character and experience should count for more than personality, religion or place of residence in filling the second place on their tickets.” In other words, we can’t afford nonen tities as Vice; Presidential candidates nor men whose only discernible asset is the as sumption that they can attract certain groups of voters. We have been lucky in the past, when time and tragedy have brought men to the highest office in the world. It is time to remove the dement of chance. Babson Discusses Local Taxes Stories Behind Words tVilttam by 8. Penfieii. Crazy As A Loon The loon is a huge bird which measures 28 to 82 inches in length and has a wing-span of 44 to 50 inch es. This bird, which is found in the north temperate and arctic zones, lives mainly on fish, which it catches by diving. - ^ The loon is a good swimmer and is strong in flight However, it gets about very clumsily on land. The loon is noted for a loud, wierd cry that can be heard for a great distance. The loon’s cry sometimes is so wild that it sounds like the laughter of a madman. The resemblance of the bird’s cry to a maniac’s laughter gave rise to the expresson, “crazy as a loon.” secrets contained in that careful ly guarded volume. • • • Saturday the football team held its annual banquet at which all players qualifying for Block C’s ^received their letters and stars, and the football torphies were presented to outstanding players. Trophy winners were as follows: Most Valuable JV Award, Darrell Godfrey; Most Improved Player Award, Joel Whitsel; Best Block er Award:- Bruce Dixon; Best Defensive Award, Marion Free man; Best Sportsmanship Award, Jack McKittrick; Most Valuable Player Award. Phil Rogers. After the trophies were presented, sports editor Laurence Leopard presented a plaque to Phil Rog ers, winner of the Sentinel’s 100 per cent award. * * * This Saturday the teen-age di vision of the March of Dimes will sponsor a March of Dimes fund raising dance featuring the Play boys from PC in the CHS gym. Since this is almost the last project of the drive and since the teenagers of Laurens County are leading the state in the amount of money they’ve raised, let’s all do our share to make this dance a success and keep Lau rens on the top of the list! jv' ♦ • • Starting Wednesday the Nation al Honor Society will be sponsor ing a paperback book fair In the library. This really is a grand opportunity to buy a copy of your favorite nov^j^get that Thesau rus you’ve been needing or just stock up on novels and other books for general-purpose read ing for this summer. Do be sure to save your pennies (no books are more than $1.35) so you may order a whole stock of these handy volumes. Also next Friday, Valentine’s Day, the Sentinen will sponsor the annual King of Hearts Contest at which the King of CHS will be crowned. All this week and next CHS’ers will be miserly hoard- ng away every penney they can get their hands on since onq pen ny could make the difference in the “ coronation”. Be sure to sup port your favorite candidate! • » » Don’t forget to watch for your fellow SHS’ers on TV Sunday at 3:30 on channel 4! OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. John H. Poole ob served their 33rd wedding anni versary on February 1. IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE VO! DON’T GET THE NEWS PHONE S33-t541 v rate of taxation. The One And , Only Attitude A short time ago the Defense Depart ment closed 26 domestic installations in this country. They had become obsolete, they no longer served a useful purpose and represented a needless drain on the tax payers’ money. — In the days following, news media re corded many cries of protest. Some came from affected business groups, some from civic organizations, some from Congress men of the regions concerned. , “But,” says a publication of the Chamber of Com merce of the United States, “these adverse reactions were fewer than might be ex pected. In contrast, many' business organi- tttions in the areas affected expressed their approval although regretting the ne cessity of the closings. Their reaction can be summarized like this: “We cannot have our cake and eat it, too; we cannot demand reduced government expenditures and then howl like a banshee when an economy move adversely affects our area.” Let us all devoutly hope this is a Babson Park, Mass., February S—Most citi zens are deeply interested in the federal tax cut now on its way through Congress. But almost every commentator—in the newspapers, on the radio, and on TV—points out the fact that while federal taxes will be reduced, state and local tax es will continue to climb substantially. BEHIND COMMUNITY TAX BOOSTS Most supplies, materials, and services which your city must buy cost more today than ever before. More is demanded, and—sad but truy— more is wasted. These are the reasons your cify fathers have to hike local tax levies. I often feel, however, that many methods of holding down community expen ditures are not used to the full. For example, higher tax rates might not be necessary if your locality were adding a sufficient number of economically stable families. Most cities thus ex panding should be able to raise enough tax money from the ad dition of new property to prevent the necessity of increasing the Why shouldn’t the outlying sec tions which are experiencing the big growth pay the advanced costs? City and county workers’ pay generally has in creased because of rising living costs; but is it fair to compare these wages with those of pro duction workers in inoustrial plants where output has increased almost as much as pay rates? I think not. In a good many cases, town employ ees have not upped their productivity, and some are perhaps even goldbrickers on their jobs. Lots of such workers couldn’t get work in industry. Who would hire them? WELFARE AID COSTS You can see, in localities where the welfare rolls are made public, that the NET cost of hon est old-age assistance and other charity work is not exceptionally burdensome. The Federal Gov ernment and the State reimburse the local treas urer Jor most of these expenditures. More im portant. most of the money remains in the busi ness stream of the community. Even after pay ing the required taxes for welfare outlays, most merchants, landlords, and service dealers are better off in terms of net financial results. Along with having the satisfaction of helping deserving people, they benefit, in turn, from the expendi tures of these people. SCHOOLS AND HIGHWAYS 1 have expressed myself many times on school costs. We may as well face the fact that we pa rents have turned over most of the job of bringing ap our children to school teachers, baby sitters, and TV. We should be ashamed of ourselves for doing this, but if we insist on such a luxury- including school bands, school football games, and other amusements—we have got to pay the ■ costs. Don’t blame your town fathers for such | additional expenses. As far as highways are concerned, federal and i state outlays are taking care of more and more of ! the work of construction. Some cities with high-1 jy efficient managers have actually reduced high way expenses. Labor costs are being lowered through the use of road-building and maintenance machinery; and with very low municipal interest rates, your road department can borrow money quite cheaply. TOG much debt is bad Despite the low municipal interest rates, most comumnities have entirely too much debt. IneP ficlency, politics-playing, and outright corrup tion have spread into to many municipal govern ments, from which a considerable' number of voters may be sercetly profiting. I have said be fore. and I say again: The basic solution of our local tax problem lies in honest and efficient management with wisely encouraged growth and careful assessment. ‘ , It is morally unhealthy for voters to get un earned wages, unearned subsidies, unearned hous ing, and other unearned benefits. Often, politi cally ambitious forces support such measures just to get votes. Such practices can be extreme ly dangerous. They are at the very root of in creased costs and constantly higher taxes. .. . .. In case you heard any shouts of joy comnig from Miss Sheely’s room about five o’clock Friday or at three o’clock Monday, you 1 may be interested to know what the commotion was all about. Since the fall the Clintonian staff has been industriously working on its masterpiece not only during fifth period but also after school, sometimes until as late as five o’clock. Now their staying after school is over (at Highlights From Clinton High By DISH1E DELXNY least until it’s proof-reading time), for as a message on the bask corner of the blackboard proclaimed in large letters: "We’re tnrough: ’ The 1064 edition of the Clinton ian was proudly ‘‘sent off” Mon day with all the best wishes of the entire staff and the expecta tions of the whole school. Now all we non-Clintonian staff members can do is sit tight and wait until spring to learn the multitudinous LOAD TEST Ford's new double-wall box with handy one-hand tailgate I See how easy it is to open and close the Styleside's new one-hand tailgate. Then see how sturdy ... it's strong enough to support a ton. And the double-sidewall box is sleeker outside . . . stronger inside, plenty rugged and plenty easy to load. 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