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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
i ..Clinton, S. C., Thursday, inarch 3, I960
An Andior
To Windward
The American Medical Association is
encouraging the ^voluntary health insurance
industry not to cancel contracts covering
people over 65 once medicare goes into ef
fect next July 1—but to continue offering
improved contracts in that age category.
This is an important arid needed activ
ity. And the older people should under
stand that in many, perhaps moat, cases,
voluntary insurance of one kind or another
provides protections and services that
should not be relinquished.
It is an unfortunate fact that many of
these people seem to believe that medicare
will pay the bills for any medical problems
that may confront them. It doesn’t. Cov
erage is limited and in some areas there is
confusion as to just what it will and will
not do. Moreover, there are portions of the
bill that many authorities think will lead to_
deterioration in the quality of medical care
and disturb the all-important doctor-patient
relationship. Experience may very well
force repeal or major phanges in these por
tions. And, of no small moment, no one
knows what medicare will really cost and
whether or not taxes and levies thus far
authorized to pay for it will be adequate.
The Times-Record, of Spencer, tVest
Virginia, sums up the point clearly: “. . .
we offer this reminder to all our elderly
friends and neighbors—hold on to w'hat
you’ve got until that bill actually goes into
effect, arid then make sure you’ll have what
you need.” Long before anyone thought
of such a law as medicare a splendid sys
tem of voluntary health insurance came
into being, and it has grown dramatically.
It should not be abandoned out of hand by
those over 65.
Schuster and his crew. While the car didn’t
meet with everything in the recent fiction
alized movie based on the race, it surmount
ed real difficulties, so many that when we
read a short version of Schuster’s "story in
The Reader’s Digest, we wondered why ev
ery other American car today i? not a
Thomas Fiyer.
Schuster’s book gives the answer. Im
mediately after his triumph, the Thomas
factory in Buffalo worked day and night
filling orders. But the next^ two models
were “lemons,” not only inferior to rival
cats but more troublesome than the Thomas
that won the race, Hundreds were return
ed to the factory,' In 1912, the Thomas
company went bankrupt..
It seems that there is a moral for 1966
an well as 1908 in this story^ It is that
stunts are not a substitute for quality,
character and reliability in an important
product.
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WE CAN’T CALL IT A WAR..
IP WE. DO THE POWER OF
SOGGESTIOM MIGHT
A New Class of Poor
There is skepticism, within both the
parties, that the deficit for the 1967 fiscal
year can be held to $1.8 billion, as forecast
by the President in his State of the Union
message.
The projected budget is $112.8 billion.
Anticipated revenues are $111 billion. The
skeptics feel, for one thing that actual
spending will run well beyond the antici
pated figure—no one, for example, can now
tell how costly the Vietnam war, which is
being constantly escalated, will be. And
they feel, for another thing, that revenues
will not reach the estimates even if Con
gress goes along with the presidential re
quest to reimpose certain of the recently
reduced federal excise taxes, which is
doubtful.
The trouble lies in the effort to wage a
costly war on the one hand—while embark
ing on all manner of social welfare projects
on the other. We find its fruits in in
creased inflation. The Portland Oregonian
made a cogent comment in these words:
‘The truth is that inflation and the gov
ernment’s vast spending to help the poor
have already creatd a new level of poverty
above the old. Ask anyone whose welfare
or veterans benefits have been cut back
because of the other-pocket addition of
Social Security benefits. Ask anyone strug
gling on a fixed-income in retirement
There has been created a new class of
poor.”
There will be more new classes of poor
if present inflation breeding policies, based
on a “guns and butter too” philosophy, pre
vail. This is the fact that now confronts
Congress.
Remember The
Thomas Flyer?
A tough little man named George Schus
ter, who is still alive at 93 in Springville,
New York, back in 1908 rode a Thomas
Flyer around the world, driving himself
through Siberia and Europe, to win the in
credible, New York-to-Paris Automobile
race. He tells its story in a new book, “The
Longest Auto Race,” published by The John
Day Company.
It was such a great feat that President
Theodore Roosevelt received and praised
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Babson’s Point of
View On The Need
For Safer Cars '
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park. Mass., March'3 — Traffic
deaths and injuries are climbirig steadily.
This, despite the fact that, auto makers are
installing new and more effective safety
equipment on their cars and despite the
more rigid and frequent state car inspec
tions. The death toll on our highways—
which President Johnson has termed our
gravest national problem next to Vietnam—
poses economic as well as moral and legal
questions ... for which we must find an
swers.
THE PROBLEM IS ACUTE
We are concentrating, in this column, on
the topic of safety equipment for cars, be
cause rising public concern about highway
deaths and injuries has centered on the
question of just how safe the cars them
selves are. _ .
The problem is acute, and in the absence
of swift, decisive action by agencies of the
federal government, state governments are
beginning to take more of a hand in probing
this field. Only a few weeks ago the At
torney General of Iowa conducted hearings
to determine “whether or not traffic fatali
ties and serious injuries can be sharply re
duced” even if the number of accidents is
not lowered. The Iowa hearings, held at the
State Capitol in Des Moines, centered on car
safety equipment or the lack of it.
WHAT THE CAR MAKERS SAT
Except for an appearance by a spokes
man for their Automobile Manufacturers
Association, the leading car makers boycot
ted the Iowa hearings. Their position is that
hearings at the state level place too great a
burden on the industry. Also, that “there is
not and never will be a completetly safe au
to.” They point, further, to an impressive
list of safety devices which have-’become
standard equipment on U. S. cars in recent
years. For example: the wrap-around wind
shield, designed to increase visibility; the
use of safety glass in windshields, to resist
shattering; lowering the center of gravity
for car frame; safety locks; self-adjusting
brakes; and seat belts.
In addition, car makers contend that in
general the public has been slow to purchase
“optional” safety devices available for ad
ditional fees—devices which often cost man
ufacturers large sums to develop and per
fect.
AN ECONOMIC DRAG
Probably no one would seriously argue
that the car makers have not tried to make
cars safer. The record amply supports their
efforts. But today’s slaughter on the high
ways has become truly massive; and it has
become also a definite drag on the economy;
hence, it is certainly in order to ask whether
the car makers are trying hard enough to
make their cars safer.
Over the past few years, deaths on U. S.
highways have risen to a scandalously large
total, greater than all our casualties in Viet
nam. The rapidly climbing claims against
auto casualty insurance companies and the
mounting costs of such insurance settle
ments are appalling. And no computer could
accurately assess just how much brain pow
er and manpower the nation has lost through
these traffic deaths and accidents.
MORE CONTROLS IN THE OFFING
Right now, a congressional investigating
subcommittee is studying the relationship
between safety equipment cm cars and the
accident toll. Crash-injury research proj
ects at Cornell and Harvard suggest that
safer cars could be made. The industry
must, then take its responsibility more se
riously. If the manufacturers are already do
ing their best, perhaps they should seek the
help of outside engineers and researchers.
This is a grave national problem . . . not
merely an industry problem. If the auto
makers do not solve it, they will be inviting
federal and state controls. And such con
trols—both troublesome and costly—would
be bound to eat deep into industry profits.
elected to form a new council
for next year. Also, a new stu
dent body president will be
, elected to replace Tommy
Johnson next year.
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Social Security
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Stories
Behind
Words
by
William S. Penfield
Dumbbell
Centuries ago it required hours of practice
daily over a long period of time to learp how to
ring tunes on huge ..cathedral bells. The noise
created by beginners was a nuisance, so a system
of dummy ropes and weights was devised—al
lowing learners to practice without disturbing
the community. This noiseless device was called
a “dumbbell.”
The hours of pulling the ropes developed big
muscles in the upper part of the body. When
someone invented a similar device for taking ex
ercise, it was also called a “dumbbell.”
When a short bar with weighted spheres on
each end was later introduced for exercising,
the name “dumbbell” was transferred to it.
Martha F. Pressly, district
manager of the Greenwood
District office of Social Secur-
ity u today advised Medicare
enrbllees to keep in a safe and
secure place the health insur-
anee cards that are now being
mailed. «
“A health insurance card is,
in effect, the enrollee’s insur
ance policy,” Miss Pressly
said. “They should be kept at
all times in a safe place; pref
erably they should be carried
in the enrollee’s wallet or some
other safe place on his person.”
The card is proof that the
person has enrolled for both
hospital and medical insurance
benefits under the medicare
program. When this program
begins on July 1, the enrolled
persons will have protection to
help pay hospital and doctors’
bills.
Persons enrolled are" urged
by all means to' keep in force
any private insurance until
medicore becomes effective in
July.’
The Social Security office said
tat before July, enrollees will
receive a detailed booklet
which will tell all about the
benefits under Medicare and
how these benefits will be paid.
“Meanwhile," the office said,
“If you have any question
about your benefits, look for
the answer in the medicare
pamphlet you received ear
lier.”
The Greenwood Social Secur
ity office is doing everything
possible to sign up all persons
who are over 65iyears of age
and the office urges all those
who haven’t signed to come by
the office and do so.
Miss Pressly said that until
April 15, the office will be open
each Sautrday between 9:00 a.
m. and 1:00 p. m.
County Library To
Join In Program
The application of the Lau
rens County Library to the
South Carolina State Library
Board for participation in the
junior intern program for the
summer of 1966 has been ap
proved, according to Mrs. Phil
D. Huff, librarian.
This will be the fifth year
the library has taken part in
this program which is planned
as a recruiting project to give
qualified young people an in
troduction to the profession of
librarianship through the expe
rience of working ip a public
library.
Qualified juniors or seniors
who are interested may obtain
information and an application
blank from the library.
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Highlights
From Clinton High
JBy PATSY SIMMONS
Tommy Johnson, our CHS
Student Council president,
came home Sunday after a two
weeks’ stay at Self Memorial
Hospital in Greenwood. At the
hospital Tommy was treated
for a dislocated hip, which he
received during spring football
practice at Presbyterian Col
lege. He will remain in a cast
for about a month. Since he
will not be able to attend
school, Tommy plans to do
some of his school work at
home with the aid of his teach
ers. Everyone misses Tommy a
great deal and is looking for
ward to seeing him back at
CHS again. Although many stu
dents have been to visit with
him, I’m sure Tommy would
appreciate even more!
• • •
Last week the CHS Beta Club
visited Jacobs Brothers’ Pub
lishing Company. While there,
the Beta Club members were
conducted through the biulding
by Hugh Jacobs. The students
were fortunate to see the Beta
Club Journal being published
on the day of their visit.
* • *
The Student Council held a
meeting Tuesday to discuss the
upcoming election of new offi
cers. Student Council represen
tatives and officers will be
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