The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 12, 1964, Image 2
T
Plaxico Served Wdl
Democrats of Laurens County for the
past ten years have had a well-led, well-
operated organization.
Every two years, when elections were
held, the campaigns were efficiently con
ducted and kept on a high plane.
We have closely followed practically all
election procedures in recent years, both as
an oheerror and reporter.
And we have reached the conclusion
that tile successful operation of party busi
ness has been due in large measure to R.
L. Fbutico, who gave up the post of party
chiiftnsn in the county recently after serv
ing for a ten-year period.
We think he has been dedicated, fair
and honest in his dealings with other of-
ficials, candidates and voters.
Regardless of party, an election official
wfio serves well is due the thanks of the
public.
THE CUNTOW CHRONICLE
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 12, 1964
base* But the co-op had to borrow $2,260,-
000 from the government. It got this mon
ey at only two per cent Then the govern
ment had to borrow money at four percent
interest to make this loan. Thus, the, gov
ernment had to pay $44,600 more in inter
est then It received from the co-op. The
investor-owned firm also would have paid
$43,500 in federal income taxes in the proj
ect, which Washington will not receive
from the co-op.
“So, instead of the apparent $39,000 ‘sav
ing/ the U. S. Treasury lost $88,000 in in
terest cost and potential tax income/’
There, in a capsule form anyone can un
derstand, is the bask truth about “cheap”
socialized power. It applies to every kind
of government power project, large or
small.< And its substance can be summed
up in a sentence—this kind of power is
“cheap” only because it is subsidized, di
rectly and indirectly, by all of us.
Why So Much Stress On
New Hampshire Primary?'
Listening to\ television networks rep
resentatives in recent days, one would have
thought the Republicans of New Hamp
shire were going to elect a president in
Tuesday’s primary.
NBC’s newscasters stated that 600 mem
bers of the network’s staff would assemble
and announce returns of the election. CBS
and ABC had big crews on the scene.
It was only a preferential or popularity
contest in one little state with four or five
electoral votes and little national influence.
Even by the wildest stretch of the
imagination, the winner couldn’t win much.
No more than if the primary: had been held
in South Carolina.
If Rockefeller or Goldwater or Stas-
sen or anyone else had won, it was no indi
cation that the rest of the country would
have voted for him in the coming conven
tion.
The polls closed at 6 p. m. About 7:30,
the CBS newscaster stated that Lodge
had won, according to their cakulations—
computers and all.
^ Lodge is a New Englander.
Babson Discusses Cuba
i
The Principle
Is Unchanged
The Medicare proposal—which would
provide certain services for everyone draw
ing social security payments, whether or
not they needed or wanted them—is not
dead.
The first bill was called “Health Care
for the Aged.” Its successor bears the
title “The Hospital Act of 1963.” It may"
be that proponents think the new name is
a more palatable one. ‘ In any case, it dif
fers only in relatively minor detail from its
predecessor—and the principle it represents
is unchanged.
And so are the objections—potent,
thought-provoking objections — to that
principle. These fall into three main cate
gories. One is that government control of
health and medical care would both in
crease costs and lower quality. Another is
that unpredictable costs, arising as the pro
gram expanded, could eventually threaten
the solvency of the present social security
cash benefits system. And the third is
that the use of a social security program
for hospital care of elderly people could be
the opening wedge in the establishment of
compulsory government medicine for all,
with its attendant bureacracy, red tape and
a decline in standards.
The “Cheap”
Power Farce!
Ask any advocate of socialized electric
power systems, on any level of government,
and he’ll tell you that public power is
“cheap" power, and he’ll cite figures to
prove it.
AM the cold figures don’t always tell the
whcAe atory. Not by a long shot. For
example, see what the DaUas, Texas, Morn
ing News had to say editorially about some
“cheap” power provided by a Rural Elec
trification Administration co-op:
“At Eglin Air Force Base in Florida a
co-op bid $39,000 less than private industry
to supply power to a radar unit on the
Babson Park. Mass., March 12.—As I am dic
tating this column only about 350 miles from
Cuba, I cannot get the problem off my mind. The
only time that I ever saw Castro was after he
overthrew Batista and was given a big recep
tion in New York, with an honor guard marching
along Broadway and a ticker tape demonstration.
As I remember, he was later invited and accept-
?d an opportunity to speak at Harvard University.
Therefore I cannot forget that this was the same
Castro who is now causing so much trouble in
Cuba.
HAS CASTRO CHANGED?
As I look back upon the former years, I do not
remember that Castro talked Communism or had
I begun to take over any property
! in Cuba, especially plantations 1
[owned by United States compan-
1 ies. Since then, he has been tak-
ing over all properties in Cuba
regardless of who owned them;
this applies to city property in
Havana as well. Now the ques
tion is: Has Castro changed and
become thoroughly Communis
tic, or has he simply fooled us
from the start?
•My impression is that Castro was not truly a
Communist when he was cheered in New York,
but that he found Communism was the only
means whereby he could control Cuba. There
fore, he turned Communist and took over all the
property which he needed to carry out his plans.
Personally, I feel that was the time President
Kennedy should have stepped into the picture; it
seems to me we made a great mistake then.
WHAT ABOUT RUSSIA?
When Khrushchev saw what was taking place
in Cuba he sent one of his top-men to visit Cas
tro. This official representative of Russia spent
two or three months with Castro and finally con
vinced him that he had gone so far it was neces
sary to adopt a purely Communistic Government,
similar to what existed in Russia. Here again,
President Kennedy had an opportunity to argue
with Castro. Meanwhile, Khrushchev saw his op
portunity and shipped technicians, soldiers, and
missiles into Cuba. This was really the time that
our worst trouble began.
Russia's move was criticized so violpntly by
the press of the United States and by members of
both political parties that Russia agreed to with
draw all missiles which could reach our large
cities. Whether this has yet been done complete
ly, no one actually knows. We are dependent in
large part on what travelers tell us, as our aerial
photographers sometimes get shot down. Hence,
we do not know whether all long-range missiles
have been withdrawn, or not.
WHAT ABOUT BLOCKADES?
These were attempted by the United States;
and were successful for a short time only. Soon i
Canada, England, and other countries decided it J
was to their advantage to sell goods to Castro
and deliver them in their own ships—which, un
der international law, our ships could not hold
up in a blockade when no war had been declared. I
This is the condition today.
Meantime—notwithstanding the damaging hur- j
ricane—Cuba is harvesting a fine croup of sugar, j
which she is able to sell at a high price. This en
ables Castro to buy a" fleet of buses, much needed
machinery, as well as wheat and other commodi
ties—giving long-term notes in exchange. Some
nations guarantee these notes payable on install
ments over a ten-year period. Thus, with Rus
sia’s help and that of other nations hungry for
trade, Castro appears to be in good shape at pres
ent.
WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE?
All the above has made Castro pretty cocky,
resulting in his cutting the supply of fresh water
from our base at Guantanamo. Many Ameri
cans, under the lead of Republicans, are demand
ing that we take aggressive action. President
Johnson, however, hopes that this campaign for
election can be based upon “peace and prosper
ity.” The American public is thoroughly pro
voked with Castro, but they do not want to risk
- war with Cuba. *
This is bound to be a hot question, politically.
When we know who the Republican candidate will
be, I will write another column on Cuba. I hope
readers will remember that we believe Cuba has
enough long-range missiles stowed away in her
hills to annihilate not only any Florida city, but
perhaps any other city on our Eastern Seaboard.
My readers will be hearing much more about
Cuba between now and the November elections.
We Need LESS Go- ~rnment not more!
Stories
Behind
Words
by
William S. Penfield
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is a magnificent tomb, so called from
the tomb of Mausohie.
Mausolus was the ruler of Caria, a small kingdom
in Asia Minor. King Masolus died in 353 B. C., and
his devoted wife, Queen Artemisia, ordered a splendid
edifice built as a burial place for him.
The white marble structure was built by some of
the best architects of that time, and was decorated by
some of the era’s foremost sculptors. The fact that the
tomb ranked as one of the seven wonders of the an
cient world attests to its magnificence.
ington trip, art usually
Ing huge sums of their
usually totaling about tea dol
lars. But somhow I
things are going to be a little
different this year. Let's just
wait and see!
Last week at its March
ing the Student C—irtl die-
cussed procedure for the Afttf
elections, made flaas for flW
eighth graders’ visit to CHS,
and discasaod the possibility of
having a canteen la the lunch
room to ratio money tor the
council. President Bobby John
son also stressed to the council
members the importance of en
couraging students to buy
school supplies from the school
store. • • •
Monday, the second year
Junior Classical League held
its March meeting at which
they began planning their Ro
man Banquet which will be
held in the spring-
• 1 s *
Next Monday the Chem-Bi-
Phi Science Club will meet to
view its members’ science fair
projects and wrap up final de
tails tor the fair which will be
held March 20-21 in the high
school cafeteria.
In charge of the science fair
this year are Martha Craw
ford, Robert Blackwell, Ronnie
Traylor, and Bill Jacobi: *
Saturday a group of juniors
be taking the National
MerH Scholarship Qualifying
fast, which M «ie basis far
derardtai fheasaads of H. M.
f. C. schdarMBpe to deserv
ing high school students across
the nation each year.
* • •
of CMTs top regMar Mm
on begaa the first pdlf <
MotKu's D*y Bdiffiwr...
FLOWER HOLDER
IN REED ft BARTON'S
HEAVY SILVERPLATE
imc.fti.fx
complete with
sdverplated
bowl, glass
flower holder,
sprigs of
forget-me-not
and candle.
Holder is
2W' high-
DILLARD BOLAND
Jeweler
East Pitts Street
Clinton, S. C.
From Clinton High
By DISHIE DELANY
After our lovely holiday last
Friday we CHS’ers have been
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
this week—-or have we?
I never cease to Ke amazed
at the incredible amount of
work we intend to get done over
a long week-end, which some
how is still waiting for us Mon
day morning! Oh well, it will
get done sometime (probably
at the last minute!)
This week the juniors have
plunged into their task of rais
ing money for the cake sale
with renewed vigor. Though the
cake sale isn’t until March M,
the competition, esp e c i a 11 y
among junior home rooms, is
exceptionally keen. With bids
sometimes ‘ reaching more than
a hundred dollars for a single
cake, the sale is always excit
ing as well as rewarding for
the juniors because of the help
it affords them in financing the
Junior-Senior Banquet in May.
Of course while the juniors
are accumulating their huge
sums, the penniless seniors,
who are scrimping to have
funds enough for their Wash-
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MARCH 16-17-18
Eliza Kazan’s
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Nominated for 4 Academy
Awards! Best picture, best
director, best story, best
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because his lifes’ aim was
to reach these shores.
With Paul Mann and
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3:30 and 7:30
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CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1964
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