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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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.
Your
MQAMPX
Program
NOW—SATURDAY
FEB. 6*8 '
The campus cutie has
the Professor’s Apprentice
his head!
standing on his i
MON.-TUESw, FEB. 10-11
AUDIE MURPHY
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TECHNICOLOR*
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Shows: 3:10, 7:00, 9:00
Saturday: 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9
ROAD TEST
Ford’s new long-wheelbase
ride... new lap-of-luxury cab!
See how sweet-riding a pickup can be.
New 128-in. wheelbase smooths out the
bumps and two-stage rear springs auto
matically adjust to loads. You sit in a “lap
of luxury" on foam-padded seat cushion
and surrounded by 38 lb. of cab insulation.
NEW *64 FORD
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