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! TBM CLINTON CHBONICLK CUntoB, & ThurwUy, AjrU 8, IMS It’s Time To Unecramble Time i The uniform time legislation introduced in both houses of Congress to end clock confusion is lolig overdue. On Sunday, April 25, America will again live on “scrambled time.” More than 100 million Americans will advance their clocks to daylight saving time, white 90 million will not change. “This annual Hime scramble complicates the operations and scheduling of the trans portation industry. It confounds the tele vision viewer, bewilders the vacationing traveler and aggravates the businessman," Senator Norris Cotton (N.-N.H.) said. “A flood of appointments, and late arrivals will plague many Americans,” he continued. Let’s see what happens: • 16 states start daylight saving time the last Sunday in April and end the last Sunday in October. • 16 other states either start gjr aid daylight saving time—or both on dif ferent dates. • Of the 31 states, 16 observe it on a statewide basis, while the others have local option. • And across the country isolated areas observe “wildcat” DST without of ficial sanction. Some states do not observe it at all. . This legislation to have time and date uniformity, wherever daylight saving time is adopted should be encouraged. ness and industry of the South at ever-in- creasing rates, while failing to satsify the demands of the poor for more ... and more and more and more. “Then, the flight of business and indus try from the unbearable demands of the welfare state, and the tragic streams of white refugees—^following their jobs to the North and West “Finally, the necessary establishment of the all-black states as Federal “reser vations,” populated only by government bu reaucrats and their Negro dependents, but —unlike their counterparts on the Indian reservations—represented in Washington by a powerful voting-bloc of nearly forty con gressmen and eight Senators.” Unless every thoughtful Amercian who dreads the dismemberment of his country as much as Abraham Lincoln did will write his Congressman and both Senators in pro test, they are unlikely to be able to with stand the pressure for passage. And if this bfll passes, it will be a great er victory for the Communists (whether or not they have had anything to do with it) than our defeat in Korea. WHAT TIME IS IT? Fine Fair There has been considerable press com ment recently devoted to the financial prob lems of the New York World’s Fair. Accu sations and rebuttals have been flying, even a movement to force the ouster of the Fair Corporation President, master-build- Robert Moses'. Without going into details, much of this is political in nature. Some is a clash of personalities of various pepole, some is based on fact, but none is helpful to the Fair itself. The fact remains that, from the public viewpoint, which is really the only impor tant one, the Fair is a great success. No other Fair in history attracted so many visitors or had so many entertaining and educational exhibits. General Electric’s Progress!and, with its amazing Walt Disney show, is just one example of the fine family entertainment provided free by many lead ing United States industrial frims. We hope that the bickering is over and that the various interests with a stake in the Fair will now devote their talents to making the 1965 season an exciting and happy experience for the millions of visitors who plan to attend. Protett Now— Or Weep Later Only a tidal wave of public protest, roll ing on Washington from all sections of the country can now prevent passage of what is the most vindictive law ever presented to the Congress of the US. This is the “Voting Rights Act of 1965 (H. R. 6400-S. 1564), the “President’s fatw,” a punitive law and a law that could well dismember the US even while we fight our deadliest enemy on the other side of the world. It is an ex post facto law—as forbidden by Article I of the Constitution.—that pro poses to make a crime of yesterday’s vio lations (for ten years back) of voting regis tration practices that are to be outlawed! And its provisions to deprive states of the South of the power to establish a literacy test for all voters irrespective of race or color further violates the Constitution. In depriving the South of aay voter qualification other than age and residence, liberty Lobby sees the punishment as a death sentence—by stages: “First, the rise of a new dase of South ern state politicians--a breed of dema gogues—coming into political power on a wave of pie-in-the-eky promises of fires state money for everyone. „ “Next, the futile attempts to carry out those promises by taxing ihe terns, bust- Babson’t Point of View On Pollution of Otr Lake» and Streams By ROGER BABSON Babson Park, Mass., April 8—Our waterways are being befouled and poisoned at an almost incredible rate. The problem of how to fight this pollution of our most valuable natural re sources is becoming complicated more critically every day by the population explosion. By the time pending legislation at the federal level be comes law, it will already be obsolete if we hope to restore our lakes, ponds, rivers, and brooks to their original beautiful and sparkling condi tion. HOW BAD THE SITUATION IS Men of wisdom and foresight have long been battling against pollution, but political and pub lic apathy have slowed down the move to purify our natural water systems. Chief despoilers of our lakes and streams are community sewage and industrial waste. While considerable prog, ress has been made in the establishment of sew age treatment plants in our major cities, the population is growing so swiftly that most of these systems may be entirely inadequate within a matter of a few years. If the building of sewage treatment facilities should continue at its current rate, it is estimated that by 1970 the equivalent of raw municipal waste from 85 million people would still have to be disposed of in our waterways. And by 1960, given the same construct!, a rate for facilities, the equivalent of untreated community waste from 114 million persons would be dumped into our rivers. Unfortunately, sanitary municipal sewage is only a part of the pollution problem. Vast despoilage of our waterways results from industrial wastes and chemicals, plus the dis charge of overflow sewer systems. DIRE FORECASTS MADE Stream contamination from these industrial organic wastes has been increasing at a much faster pace than that stemming from municipal sources. At the turn of the century, water pol lution from factories was equal to the raw waste of some 15 million people. By 1900, it had risen to the equivalent of the raw waste of 100 mil lion people. The U. S. Public Health Service has completed studies which indicate that' within five years industrial pollution will be equal to the untreated waste of the entire population of the country—or in the vicinity of 210 million per sons. NOW A FEDERAL FIGHT Governor Rockefeller of New York has pro posed an outlay of $1.7 billion to purify the mis used lakes and rivers of his state. Anti-pollu tion moves have been made in many other states as well. Greatest pressure from now on, however, is likely to come from the federal gov ernment. Recently, Health Secretary Uelebreeze has been conferring with anti-pollution forces In an effort to intensify campaigns to clean up Lake Michigan and other waterways serving Chcago and its environs. Both local communi ties and industries are being urged to purify their waste discharges themselves. If the pleas of the federal authorities and the anti-pollution campaigners are Ignored, the gov ernment will order offending communities and/ or factories—through the courts—to arrange for proper treatment of waste before it is deposited in waterways. President Johnson’s insistence pn cleaning up our lakes and streams we hope will have an immediate effect upon cities and industrial establishments that have been drag ging their feet on this important matter. Plans and programs that have been discussed and temporarily pigeon-holed will be brought forth and put into operation. WATERWAYS EVERYONE’S BIRTHRIGHT Every man, woman, and child in our country has a stake in our waterways. Streams and ponds must be mads sale, not toft as spot endangering health and evsn Ufa. The tkmal value of our waterways also is immense but there can be little entofmant of rivors and ponds in Which the fish MW «r dying, Stories Behind Words WUBui & P«afi«U Sooner r The area that is now Oklahoma was once “The In dian Territory” and whites were not permitted to settle in it. The Indians sold part of the territory to the U. S. government and in 1889 it was opened to settlement by ""whites. The government set April 22 as the date for the settlement to begin, and posted guards to prevent settlers from slipping in early. The land rush began at noon. Those rushing in to stake claims found that much of the best land already “had been claimed by persons who had slipped past the guards. These persons were called “Sooners,” because they had started' earlier or “sooner” than they were supposed to. When the State of Oklahoma was formed it was called the “Sooner State.” A native or inhabitant of Oklahoma is called a “Sooner.” HOSPITAL NEWS Patients currently at Baitey Memorial Hospital include: Orangeburg — Mrs. Barbara Barnes. Whitmire—Mrs. Lottie Hunni- cutt. , Joanna — Mrs. Vadie Camp bell, Mrs. Francis Norris, Hen ry Elliott, Mrs. Charlotte Farm er and baby girl, Rice baby girt. Laurens—Clyde Young, James Knight ahd Nancy Terry. Clinton — Mrs. Allene Kay, Mrs. Florence Campbell, Mrs. Florence Dominick, Teresa Rene Howell, Dwayne Malone, Kent Walker, J. , D. Hanley, Mrs. Bonnie Young and baby girl, Mrs. Edna Jacobs, Doris B. Red, James Hill, Robert Wright, Bill Hughes and John Young. Colored patients include: Mountville — Mrs. Eva Lea- man and Elizabeth Brown. Clinton—Charles Hayey, Jr , Supearley Beasley, Mrs. Cath erine Grant, Freddie Gary, Clayon Pitts, John Payne, John Adams, Margaret Abney, Mrs. Gladys Ferguson, Peggy Clark, John Williams, Mrs. Cora Rice, Russell Robinson, Robnison ba by girl, Graydon baby boy, Rice baby girl, and Carter baby boy. Discharged patients include: Waterloo—John Coleman. Columbia—Mrs. Sarah Smith, Linda Smith and Jeffrey Smith. Laurens—Nancy Terry. Kinards—Lucille Brewer and Mrs. Sylvia Evans. Cross Anchor — Mrs. Beulah Willard. Cross Hill—Robert Lee Mc- Kittrick. Joanna — Mrs. Maxine Hol combe, Phillip Saunders, John Saunders, Charles Saunders, Mrs. Dianne Widener, Mrs. Jeanette Phillips, Homer Jacks, Ronald Barber, Palmer Bragg, Mrs. Julia Kelley aqd baby boy, Mrs. Helen Rowe and Mrs. Dorothy Patterson. Clinton—Norvel Brown, Jr, Mrs. Rachel Hollingsworth, John Rivers, Jr., Mrs. Lynda Graydon, T. F. King, Mrs. Sai- lie Gaskin, Mrs. Oliie Wrenn, Jodie Ballew, Patricia Fowler, Alma Lorene Frazier, Calvin Martin, Carol Mershen, Mrs. Inez K. Miller, Wallace Phillips, Mrs. Susan Pitts and baby boy, Mrs. Marie Thomas, Linda Sin gleton, Richard Ferguson, Den ton Humphries, Mrs. Grace Bryson, Thomas Prather, Mrs. Lorraine Haselden, Robert White, Glenn Downs, Mrs. Glen, da Dominick, Mrs. Reba Dav enport and baby boy, Mrs. Eth el Lever, Mrs. Virginia Myers, Glenda Odom, Mrs. Era Young, Mrs. Bonnie Young, Holley We- hunt, Mona Carol Wilkes. Colorde discharges include: Mountville—Robert Davis. Cross HiU—Ruth Ligon, Mrs. Patsy McKnight and baby boy. Laurens—Georgia Boyd, Sam- mle Hill and James Pulley. Clinton — Minie Lee Gary, John Payne, Florence Cunning ham, Mrs. Cora Hill, Mrs. Min nie Farrow and baby girl, Sam my James Richardson, Azaleas Robinson, and baby girt, Na thaniel Copeland, and Verma Deydse Goggins. CARD or THANES We wish to express our appre ciation to friends, relatives and neighbors for the many acts of kindness and sympathy shows us during the illness and at the death of our loved one. Special thanks go to the doctors and nurses st Bailey Memorial Hos pital for their untiring efforts. Our blessings to each of you. —MRS. GUS RAMAGE, SR., AND CHILDREN IP YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS YARBOROUGH STUDIO and CAMERA SHOP Goner Muagrove sad Pitts Streets CAMERAS — FILMS -4 PHOTO FINISHING Tolephono Talk D. H. MARTIN Your Telephne Highlights From Clinton High By CAROL SANDERS Probably the biggest news Item at CHS this week is that Tommy Johnson is the new president of the Student Council, and Bren da Watts will serve as vice-pres ident. Tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade homerooms also have elected their homeroom re presentatives. There will have to be nuuover elections between candidates for represantative-at- large and class officers. • • • Tomorrow night at $:00 p. m., the Senior Class will present its anpual theatrical production, “Finders Creepers’” This play is a mystery-comedy in three acts. The play cast Includes the follow ing people: Rena Cox, Kay Hat ton, Dianne Ledford, Carol San ders, Jane Johnson, Linda Till er, Linda White, And! Stroud, Eddie Shealy, George Grant, Jim Adair, Terry Lewis, Jimmy Ray, Wayne Barnes, Joe Adams and Bill Quarles. Admission for the play will be fifty cents for students and seventy-five cents for adults. Several CHS science students really racked up on honors for our school at the District Science Fair, held recently at Furman University. Butch Rice captured the first place ribbon in the bi ology division for his experi ment with autoradioactivity. CoUit Lehn also took first place with his minerals and Jack Ferguson .captured a second- place ribbon for his fossils. * * * The Sentinel came out Tues day and revealed that Betty Mae Baldwin has been selected Stu dent of the month for April. Bet ty Mae is currently serving as co-editor of the Clintonian and she is a member of the National Honor Society. 4 N. PMm Satinet, front $M » Ttawoont, from SMS SnrvtM Ptocto, fmnt S^tSS Dillard Boland JEWELER Pitta SL Clinton DID YOU KNOW THE TELEPHONE HOUR WILL SOON CELEBRATE ITS 25th ANNIVERSARY AND IT’S STILL GOING STRONG! Of course, there are lots of reasons for the suc cess of the Telephone Hour. Good music. High quality per formance. Top guest stars. But on a program like this, much depends on its musical director, Donald Voorhees. Mr. Voorhees* has directed the program since its beginning on radio in 1940. When die program switched to TV in 1959, he continued as conductor and director. Mr. Voorhees knows as much about handling a chorus as he does about directing an orchestra. What’s more, when he can’t find a piece of musk to fit a special occasion, he sits down and writes one! One of his best-known compositions is the “BeD Waltz,” theme of the Telephone Hour?>£ileen Farrell, die great American soprano says this about Mr. Voorhees, “The man’s uncanny. He knows what Fm going to do bo- fore I know myself.” Mr. Voorhees knows what he’s talking about He hat been bringing good musk to America for a long time now. Like millions of other viewers, we look forward to many more yean of good musk with Mr. Voorhees and the Telephone Hour! It was a long hard winter in Clinton, and I’ll knock on wood as I say thank goodness its over. The Bell Telephone Hour will salute the end of winter and the real beginning of spring April 13 over NBC-TV with a special Festival of Spring. Hostess Olivia de Havilland will introduce the sa lute of spring—with its romance and religious connotations. Miss de Havilland will host a fine cast of guest stars: Dorothy Collins (of “Hit Pa rade” fame), Anita Gillette, and Ron Husmann (popular singers), Richard Tucker (of the Metro politan Opera) and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. This show, incidentally, was specially written by author-journalist Jim Bishop, whose byline you’ve probably seen over many Associated Press date lines.'* J.LBrawley Joanna — Funeral Services for Jesae Leon Brawley, 4B, of 40t Pickens St., who <ttsd la an automobile accident near Union Friday, were conducted Sunday at S:S0 p.m. at the First Bap tist Church of Joanna by Dr. Bryan Harbin and Rev. Pickett. Burial was in CLINTON, g. C., IMDEHDBY, t, ISM — ant* nmtwi «iin»iw» Jnly 4, ISM — WHJAiflh -Jwatt, _' l 1 ' " " 1 1 1 ■ 11 ■ ■—mii ■ wmmmm PUBLISHED EVERY THUMDAY ST VMS CHRONICLE PUBUMOSK} II. I mnuiKi'iii Hu— M'wi II I — mil iiiiiiwi—ati» Rato (Payable la Ona Ya«|Uh Pallbearers were Horace Black, Ed Bsgbce, Carter Wright, R. Brace and JUgle Abrams and Norman F. Cast. Tht escort indndsd the 107th AA Association, his Na tional Guard aak during World War H and Boif Clark, Joe De- laay, BUI WttBngham, Louis H. Murphy. Fred Weir, BIB Tinsley, BIB Boyd, Sheriff JR. Eugene Johnson, Ralph Prater, Julian A. Hunnicut, Bluford Nabors, Winfred Norris, Boyd W. Hoitz- cla#, Frank Slmpoan Jr., Dan Kirby, Georgo E. Stockman, Da- rid Boland, Mac C IF YOU DONT BEAD YOUR --L i /ym\n\w\\ PROGRAM Today, and Sat Afternoon DOUBLE FEATURE 8hm Thonday aad Friday: S:1R d:lT, t-M Saturday: 3:00 P. ML Oub^^/ Shows Thursday and Friday: 4:33 and 7:42 30 and 4:36 SATURDAY NIGHT Starts 7:00 P. M. ALSO MON.-TUES. STARTS WEDNESDAY APRIL 14 Sal. Night: 7 and 9 3:10,6:30,6:90 COMING SOON- MAJOR DUNDEE GIRL HAPPY DEAR HEART * *