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10—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Oct. 10,1968
COURT HOUSE
REFERENDUM
A major decision faces Laurens
County’s voters on Nov. 5 in addition
to the decisions about political offices.
County voters will decide what to
do about the Laurens County Court
House.
The county’s legislative delegation
is offering the voters three choices:
(1) build a new court house at a cost
not to exceed $1.8 million on the site
of the old Laurens Central Elemen
tary School: (2) renovate the present
court house and build a county office
building at a cost not to exceed $2
million; (3) neither of these.
We have run news articles about
the proposal but there is little discus
sion about it and many voters seem
unaware that the issue is coming up
soon.
We suggest that local civic clubs
contact the legislative delegation and
arrange for programs about the pro
posal.
The delegation will be most co
operative because its members are
trying to inform the people about the
situation.
It’s too important a decision to
make without being fully informed.
PILOTS AND HUNTERS
The Federal Aviation Administra
tion sent out its annual alert to the
nation’s airplane pilots a few days ago.
It warned that the airways will be
filled with an estimated 10 million
ducks in the weeks ahead. In addition
there will be something like 500,000
Canadian geese, as many as 450,000
blue and snow geese, and perhaps as
many as 50,000 wdiistling swans
heading south and eastward.
That invasion of air space is cause
for caution for pilots, and we join in
the hope that no crashes will result
from high-speed aircraft flying into
birds in migration.
The alert also means that the
hunters across the country are begin
ning to get their gear ready for the
season.
The number of hunters rises an
nually. It has risen from 12.6 million
licensed in 1950 to a 1965 high of more
than 19.3 million, according to the
Fish and Wildlife Service of the Inte
rior Department. There is some dupli
cation in those figures since they in
clude those hunters licensed in more
than one state, and the 1960 figures in
clude our younger states of Alaska
and Hawaii. Still, they reflect an im
pressive percentage of our population.
There is one area of the world that
is going to experience a marked de
crease in the number of hunters this
ftUl. In Soviet occupied Czechoslo
vakia, the newspaper Vereni Phaha
reports that “Anyone going into the
woods armed with a rifle . . . really
has a lot of guts.”
The deer and duck season is al
ready open in that unhappy country.
But with occupation troops camped in
the woods there won’t be mjiny sports
men venturing forth this year. In
deed, most no longer have a hunting
weapon. That’s the way things are
when a totalitarian regime runs
things.
WOMEN DRIVING ALONE
Each report on crime released by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
includes statistics showing an in
crease in the number of assaults on
women. These reports do not indi
cate what percentage of these assaults
involve women who are driving alone
at night, but the problem is one which
troubles women drivers throughout
the nation.
It is impractical for anyone to ex
pect all women to refrain from any
night driving unless acompanied by a
companion, nor is there any insurance
against breakdowns on lightly travel
ed roads.
The Mississippi Automobile Deal
ers Association has taken cognizance
of this problem and compiled a list of
protective measures which can be fol
lowed to reduce the danger.
The first consideration should be
the vehicle. Keep it in the beet pos
sible mechanical condition; be sure
the gas tank is full: make sure all
doors lock properly.
Avoid bad neighborhoods and trav
el on well-lighted streets where pos
sible, even if it means extra driving
time. Keep doors locked and windows
closed. Don’t leave enticing valuables
in plain sight on the seat.
Inform someone of your route, des
tination and expected time of arrival.
If the car stalls and won’t start, stay
put. You’ll be safer in a locked car
until trustworthy help arrives. If you
have a flat tire, drive slowly to a safe
place. In an emergency, you can drive
on a flat for as many as 15 miles, if
you keep a slow pace. Carry a flash
light so you can signal passing cars.
If someone unknown to you stops,
tell them through closed windows
that the police are on their way, and
that you’ll be patient and wait fax
them. If a car blocks your path, lean
on the horn. If followed, drive to the
nearest police, fire or gas station.
Don’t go directly home, even if home
is close by.
And if all else fails and you find
yourself in trouble, don’t panic. Just
scream your head off.
who ever
heard of
burning money?
But every year people do.
People cause forest fires. To
the South, trees mean jobs,
industry, money. And every
time a forest fire strikes-the
South gets burned! Including
you. So be extra careful with
fires. And be on the lookout
for the malicious woods burn
er. Report him!
gjjSjp’ aT| HELP PREVENT
FOREST FIRES
IN THE SOUTH
"Here Come De Judge,
Here Come De Judge!!”
CONFRONTATION IN EUROPE
The mood of the country is to
turn away from international
affairs, and to concentrate our
attention upon the domestic
scene. It is precisely at the time
of our election campaigns, and
immediately after, when our
nation is most vulnerable in the
international arena For this
reason, the growing intensity of
the Soviet threats against West
Germany and West Berlin ought
to give us serious alarm.
Although Berlin has always
been an object of Communist
pressure, many observers are
now convinced that the Soviets
are also trying to bring about
the submission of West Ger
many to Soviet policy
SOVIET PLANS
The Soviet plans include di
rect intervention into the affairs
of West German politics. De
pending upon the reaction and
attitude of the United States,
the Soviets' plans quite possibly
include the use of military force
against West German territory
The ceil meaning of Czecho
slovakia is becoming clearer
every day. Although the Sovieta
had real grievances against the
Czech Communist rulers, the
force used to crush the Czecho
slovakian attempt to weaken
Party rule was far out of pro
portion to that required
At least 30 divisions poured
into little Czechoslovakia Six
divisions taken from East Ger
many were replaced with seven
divisions of fresh troops The
Warsaw Pact forces, over
whelmingly Soviet, now number
over one million men stationed
in territory adjacent to West
Germany, armed with the latest
and most modern equipment, in
rluding missiles and tactical
nuclear weapons The skillful
and dramatic operation in
Czechoslovakia could easily be
the dress rehearsal for an in
vasion of West Germany.
CZECHS AND GERMANS
The picture darkens when
recent Soviet declarations are
examined. In the Soviet mind,
the Czech situation and the Ger
man situation are closely linked.
A recent article in Pravda justi
fied the invasion of Czechoslo
vakia on grounds that its so-
called “socialist independence”
was threatened by reactionary
elements. The article blamed
the Czech Communist leaders
for not having suppressed these
activities on their own. Then the
article went on to assert that
false notions of sovereignty
could not be used to justify an
alleged resurgency of neo-
Nazism m West Germany.
The Sovieta have also said
that the Potsdam Agreement
allows the signatories to enter
the territory of former enemies
to repress the resurgence of to-
called militarism. Finally, ths
Soviets invoke the UN Charter,
claiming that it gives them the
right to take enforcement action
against the “aggressive policies”
of any former enemy atate.
It is clear that the Soviets
would seek to avoid any direct
confrontation with U.S. or
NATO troops. , Instead, they
would invite the United States
to “re-occupy" Germany on a
Four-Power basis; in the ab
sence of a positive U.S. re
sponse. they would go it alone.
TRANSITIONAL SET-UP
The arrangements cited in the
Potsdam Agreement and the
UN Charter were never In
tended to be more than a transi
tional set-up. Our planners
naively failed to foresee that the
Communists would keep half of
Europe in bondage for 22 years.
In any event, there is absolutely
no justification for attributing
any aggressive actions to West
Germany, or for declaring uni
laterally that West Germany is
undergoing a resurgence of
militarism. The West German
armed forces are under-manned,
and equipped only with conven
tional weapons.
The Soviet Union, a great
power, has just completed a
troop movement on a scale not
seen since World War H—yet H
dares to accuse a relatively
weak nation of “militarism."
The Sovieta have laid out
their plan in stagea, and they
will proceed as far as they think
they can go without opposition.
It all depends upon their judg
ment of the American will to
resist We must declare that any
aggressive act against West
Berlin or West Germany is an
immediate act of war against
the NATO pact We must back
up our words with action and
commitments to see that the full
level of NATO force* in West
Germany la restored. The next
few weeks may tell the tale
whether ths U.S. is too dis
tracted by internal politics to
save the heartland of Europe
from Communist control.
Questions, Answers
About Life Insurance
(Not prtpmrmi or pritUod at gjiornmtnt
FIRM CONTROL—"What is
required is a clear-cut acknowl
edgment by all of us who par
ticipate in' Federal policy
making that our objective is
establishing firm control over
the course of fiscal develop
ments, i.e., over the amount
and character of Federal
spending in the future. For
this purpose, spending cuts
this year are not the basic in
gredient, welcome as they will
be. What is essential, rather, is
change in spending programs.
We have to focus sharply on
what the Government is to do
as well as on how much it is to
spend,” says Rep. Wilbur D.
Mills, (D.-Ark.). Chairman,
Committee on Ways and Means.
BY RICHARD GANTT
Attorney
Prestyterian College
Q: What kinds of insurance
does the Federal estate tax in
clude under the term insurance?
A: Every kindof life insurance,
including term, ordianry life,
limited pay, et cetera.
Q: Is the Veterans life in
surance issued by the Federal
Government taxable?
A: Yes. The estate tax is in
the nature of an excise tax for
the privilege of transferring the
property in an estate.
Q: Are Social Security death
and survivor benefits included
in a person’s estate?
A: No.
Q: Are death benefits received
under accident policies taxable
as part of a persons estate?
A: Yes.
RICHARD
GANTT
Future Of Vending Machines
WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS.-
Over the past couple of decades
the automatic vending machine
has developed into a robot con
trolling an impressive segment
of big business. Just how great
its significance was revealed at
a recent convention in Philadel
phia of the National Automatic
Merchandising Association. The
occasion drew approximately
9,000 delegates representing bet
ter than 6,000 vending service
firms throughout the nation.
UPTREND STILL STRONG
To those who may have
assumed that the market for
vending machines and the ex
pansion of their use had reached
the “glut’ stage, figures from
within the industry will come as
a surprise* Total take in this
field during 1967 reached a spec
tacular high of $4.5 billion. And
the projection for the current
year promises sales volume al
most 9% higher, hoisting the
dollar turnover for automatic
merchandising devices to a new
record of $4.9 billion.
Convention representatives of
this thriving industry were es
pecially optimistic about the fu
ture. About one-third of the con
cerns anticipate that within five
years their sales volume will
surpass present rates by 50%,
a particularly rosy forecast in
view of the wide selling base
already established. Even more
arresting, however, is the fact
that one out of every five com
panies represented look for a
sales advance of 100% during that
span. Pessimists were almost
nonexistent at the meeting.
FOCAL PRODUCT AREAS
Most of the business done by
vending machines Is concentrated
in such lines as cigarettes, sand
wiches, ice cream, milk, candy,
chewing gum, soft drinks, and
nuts. While discussion on the sub
ject is still somewhat tentative,
many Insiders look for constant
additions to the list of products
machine-vendable. Planners for
some department stores and dis
count houses, faced with steadily
rising expenses, aim to test out
the possibilities of machine-
vending smaller items, clothing,
kitchenware, appliances, etc.
For the present, though, sur
veys show that the quickest
changes for the industry are like
ly to be involved with articles
of food and methods of distri
buting them most efficiently. As
the automatic - merchandiser
operators have become larger,
they have tended to run their
own food kitchens rather than to
buy from outside sources. This
tendency will persist and be
come more prevalent, according
to the surveys, fa fact, close to
one-half of the firms within the
Association are currently turn
ing out their food in their own
commissaries, with still others
expressing Interest in this pro
cedure.
MACHINES VS. NO MACHINES
One of the most striking re
velations within the vending in
dustry is the increasing rever
sion to non-machine techniques of
selling and servicing. High on the
list for development are more
widespread regulation cafeterias
and lunch counters. It should be
noted, in fact, that some 35%
of the vending- machine firms are
already selling food by other than
automatic-machine methods. Key
emphasis for the future is “ser
vice* by whatever means. On the
horizon, therefore, loom greatly
extended tactics in truck catering
and the letting out of con
cessions.
To save money, more and more
of the smaller units are turning
to the purchase of their conven
ience foods from concerns run
ning their own output kitchens.
Though the larger establishments
are still somewhat divided, some
purchasing their requirements
and some running their own cen
tralized commissaries, the trend
is strongly in the latter direct
ion.
Because of rising labor costs
and other expense factors, the
move toward consolidation of
companies has gained speed. And
this tendency will become strong
er. Some executives in the field
point to the inefficiency of work
ers as one of the worst draw
backs for the industry. Where
profits are lagging, inept or in
different personnel is often cited
as the most telling cause. Hence,
upgrading of hiring standards
may well be a prime issue for
the business in the years ahead.
Q: Are proceeds of life in
surance payable to beneficiaries
other than the estate of the in
sured subject to the Federal es
tate tax?
A: Yes, if the insured held
any incidents of ownership or
transferred the policy in con
templation of death.
Q: What are the rules deter
mining taxability of proceeds of
life insurance payable to named
beneficiaries?
A: The proceeds payable to
named beneficiaries of the in
sured are taxable if the insured
possessed at death any incident
of ownership, exercisable alone
or in conjunction with another,
in the policy.
Q: What is a legal “incident
of ownership*?
A: This term has never been
fully decided by the courts. But
some examples of ownership are:
right of the insured, or his es
tate to the economic benefits;
the power to change the bene
ficiary of the policy; power to
surrender or cancel; right to
assign; right to pledge it for a
loan.
We Con Dish It Out
But Con We Take It?
BY DR. HERBERT SPAUGH
“To get along, go along.* I saw
this motto sometime ago, and it
made quite an impression on me.
How true this is in our rela
tions with our fellowman, and
with God, t*o. The Bible puts
It another way: “Thy shall love
the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, with all thy soul, with all
thy mind, and thy neighbor as
thyself.’
We were not put on this earth
to wander around aimlessly ac
cording to our personal desires.
It Is inconceivable that the Crea
tor of the universe who never re
peats Himself by creating one ob
ject exactly like another object,
would expect man to be exactly
the same as his fellowman. Bio
logists tell us that no two leaves
of a tree are exactly alike. Even
our fingerprints are different
That’s the secret of our whole
fingerprint identification system.
If God creates us all differ
ently, then there must be a dif
ferent plan for each one of us.
It remains for ns to find that
plan and follow it That's the se
cret of success. How wonderful
the fact that Divine Guidance can
be had even if life is confusing
and we don’t know the way. All
we have to do is to learn to know
the One who does know the way.
And if we learn to know our God,
yield our lives to him, He will
show us the way. So if we are
to get along in life we are to go
along with God and H is plan for us.
This is likewise true in our
relations with our fellowman. The
successful politician knows this.
You could see this at work in our
recent political conventions.
How true this is in the home.
My mother used to say that there
were two bears in every home:
“bear* and “forbear.* The Bible
tells us that the secret of a
successful marriage Is to submit
yourselves to one another and un
der the Lord.
I’ve written enough. You have
a brain; absorb this and use it.
Note - You may write to the
Everyday Counselor in care of
this newspaper enclosing a long
self-addressed, stamped en
velope and twenty cents for a copy
of my bulletin #139 - “Divine Gui
dance.*
* * *
"If we and the other great
corporations can find the way
to make a business out of de
velopment, if we can learn to
measure profits in human
progress as well as dollars, we
will not only win the enthusi
astic support of our young
people, but the last third of
this century can bring all man
kind a long way toward the
realization of the human po
tential.”
. B. McKitterick
V. P. Corporate Planning
General Electric Company
Life Is both give and take. Many
of us can give criticism freely,
but how hard It is to take criti
cism. We can dish it out, but
we can’t take it •
If criticism begets criticism,
by like token love begets love.
You ought to be quiet and
do nothing rashly.—(Acts)
19:36).
Often we wish we could re
tract something we have said
or done. When we feel this way,
it is time, right then, to take
an idea of truth that will free
us from hasty or unwise deci
sions and actions. Let’s pause
first and make sure that our
actions will be wise, right and
good so as to be a blessing to
ourselves and our neighbors.
“Each of us, I think, has
accepted the absolute necessity
of involvement as citizens and
businessmen in the urban
problems of our times. Let me
make this observation: Our
ultimate goal is not to offer
welfare in any form; it is to
offer opportunity in every
form. Our obligation is not to
perpetuate dependency; it is to
remove the roadblocks that
stand in the path of self-devel
opment.”
—J. D. Wright, Chairman
& Chief Executive Officer
TRW, Inc.
The 171 Youth Opportunity Cen
ters in 132 metropolitan areas
served 3,286,300 young men tad
women from February 1985,
through May, 1968, the Dapert-
ment of Labor reports. A total
of 821,300 individuals were placed
in Jobs.