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BAND PROGRAM ^ Harry Bouknight leaves an envi able record and solid program behind at Clinton High School as he moves toward a new challenge at Whitten Village. ^ In 16 years, Bouknight has devel oped outstanding band personnel and * >ihtstanding bands at Clinton High c School. As the father of one bandsman l commented, “I honestly think my boy j: is tone deaf, but Harry made a mu- :* skian out of thim.” Bouknight works wonders with ;* young people. His dedication to young •i people and to challenge was what lured fdm to Whitten Village. He will be j: teaching music at Whitten Village and f : will attempt to develop an instru- 1 mental program there. Fortunately, Clinton will not be losing the talents of Harry Bouknight as he changes jobs. His successor, Robert G. Smith, J comes to Clinton High School with im- opressive credentials. He is capable c *of building upon the foundation laid by Bouknight. Clinton is currently in the midst : : of a $9,000 fund-raising campaign to ■: buy new uniforms for the band. A successful drive would be a wonderful f; show of support to give Mr. Smith’s S; : CHS band program a good boost to- : ward greater things in the future. PARDON, CN&L Last week, w’e reported that Sea- : board Coastline Railroad had leased i to the City of Clinton, free of charge, \. the lot at the comer of Broad Street : ,and West Main Street. We have since been informed that • it is the CN&L Railroad which leased : the property to the city, which will use it as a free parking lot. Getting more specific, Mr. J. H. Eaton, CN&L Trainmaster, was in strumental in the city receiving the •: property so the city owes Mr. Eaton > and CN&L a vote of thanks. 'HAUNTED' HOUSES One thing which hasn’t changed much with young people is their fas- j: cination for "haunted houses.” Any house which has been aban- f doned for any length of time may be I* >*haun4*d” as far as the youngsters are concerned. This may be part of youthful fun but fun stops where vandalism begins. There have been several instances j of vandalism in abandoned houses in ; Clinton. Local police are keeping an eye on some of these houses now be- . cause they have been damaged by : youngsters. These young people apparently ^ don’t understand that although a house may be abandoned it is owned i by someone and they are invading pri- < vate property when they enter such l houses. If you hear your youngster talking ^ about visiting "haunted” houses, you ^ should make sure he understands r that abandoned houses belong to 3 someone and that any damage done : in such houses may result in charges : of vandalism. I WILL POWER If folks who quit smoking have so x •i* much will power, why can’t they re- § frain from talking about it? 5 1 THE SAME OLD STORY It was less than a year ago that a Philadelphia man, free on bail after being charged with the death of a po lice officer, killed a second poliecman. In Washington, D. C., the number of crimes committeed by parolees, and accused men set free on bail and awaiting trial, has reached the danger point. The same problem faces every ma jor city in the United States, and is overflowing into suburban areas. Many citizens were shocked a few years ago when a plot was uncovered to place bombs in three of our historic shrines^ the Liberty Bell, the Wash ington Monument and the Statue of Liberty. One of the same men who planned that sabotage is again under arrest. He had been found guilty in the bomb ing plot and sentenced to a term of five years. He had served less than two years when someone decided that he had either paid his debt to society, or had been punished enough. Then, last month, Manhattan Borough Pres ident Percy Sutton named the recently released convict to serve as an unpaid adviser to a community planning board. After all, he had shown some flair for planning. To most people, this would have meant a chance, not only to clear his anem, but to show that the parole system can work. But this man did not react as one might guess. It was the same old story once again. He has now been indicted for taking part in another bomb plot. This time the plot did not involve destruction of his toric symbols. This time it involved human beings. Twenty-one members of the ex tremist Black Panthers, including the parolee, were a 11 e g e dly plotting to bomb five New York City department stores, a police station and a commuter rail station. Snipers were to be in po sition to gun down policemen as they fled the stationhouse. When will we learn? Wish I’d Said That Everybody forgets his lucky breaks or credits them to his intellijirenee. N. DeVane Wil liams, The Holmes County (Fla.) Advertiser. The most outstanding figure in Washington, D.C., is the na tional debt. Lee Call, The Star Valley, Wyo.) Independ ent. Mao's Thought And His Successors Thought Prospects Favorable BY BABSON’S REPORTS INC. WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS.,- Although uncertainties abound and there is no lack of unsolved problems, the U.S. economy is still pointing to the upside. Ad mittedly some segments of busi ness are not showing as much vigor as previously, yet relative ly few really serious setbacks have occurred. Thus far, the Ad ministration and Federal Re serve fiscal and monetary control actions -- designed to bring about disinflation of the overheated economy -- have had only a token impact. CAPSULE FORECAST As things now shape up, the One of the most important promises of Richard Nixon when he was a candidate for President was the promise to reverse the flow of power which has been running away from the States. President Nixon’s projected do mestic program redeems that promise. The President laid down his principles as follows: NIXON’S PRINCIPLES First, to supplement Federal funds with private funds, through the use of “seed money” devices such as tax credits and loan guarantees. Second, to enlist the great, voluntary sector more fully, using the energies of those mil lions of Americans who are sble and eager to help in combating the nation’s ills. Third, to help rebuild state and local institutions, so that they merit and gain a greater measure of confidence on the part of their own citizens. Fourth, to streamline the ad ministration of Federal pro grams, not only for efficiency and economy, but to improve the certainty of delivery and to cut away the clouds of confusion that now surround not only then- operation, but often their pur poses. Fifth, to make maximum use of the knowledge constantly be ing gained, as for example, in our commitment to the first five years of a child’s life. CREATIVE BASE In all of these principles, we see an attempt to get back to the creative base of our Ameri can life. This country did not get to be great by depending upon the organizational powers of government. Our greatness came from individuals recognizing the potential of local situationa, and having the faith to act upon that potential. The distant hand cf a government far away cannot detect the needs of every citizen. There are some problems that are national In origin, such aa the soaring inflation that has dally rubbed oar thrifty citizens of their savings, and diminiabed the dollar's ability to bay the social improvements oar nation inflation have hit hardest at the staff of Babson’s Reports ex pects final compilations to show Gross National Product for the first quarter of 1969 approaching the $905-billion mark. . .a gain of 2^ over the 1968 fourth quar ter. Despite the heavy restric tive influence of large spring tax payments and government credit curbs, we feel there is enough forward business momentum to carry the GNP to the $918-920- blllion level in the second quar ter. With perhaps half of this additional 2$ increase coming from higher price tags, the real expansion will be only fractional. Yet the trend will still be up and new highs will be reached in the April-June period. The rate of gain posted by the elderly living on fixed incomes and at the hard-working middle clam who pay the burden of our taxes. To help these groups es pecially, the President proposed measures to raise social security benefits by seven percent while decreasing other government ex penditures and introducing fiscal reforms to save the dollar. For too long, our government has ignored those who are the real producers in our economy, or who have spent their lives in productive pursuits. The pro grams of the past have been geared to the “have-nots” with out taking into consideration the fact that, ultimately, the pru dent and hard-working taxpayer is the one who has to pay. SPECIFIC PROGRAMS For this reason, the specific programs outlined by the Pres ident are those mainly designed to allow the individual to func tion freely. He called for a crack-down on organized crime, racketeers, and narcotics ped dlers—all of them parasites on a healthy society, eating up hard-earned wages and profits. He also called for new laws to combat the rapid spread of ob scenity. The chief cause of the growth of pornography is the recent string of decisions by the Supreme Court knocking down local standards and local de terminations of obscenity. Any new legislation most inevitably cope with these decisions. Other programs proposed by the President would give tax credits to enlist private re sources to meet our urgent so cial needs. The Federal poverty programs have proved that a large central government simply can’t manage local welfare solu tions,. much less respond to widely varying needs. In the same vein, the President called for programs of job training and placement. It is only by employ ing trained and capable people in the private sector that sig nificant advances can be made in raising the standard of living and assuring stability. It has been a long time since a President of the United States presented a program based upon common sense and practicality. Federal Reserve Index of Indus trial Production thus far in 1969 has been lagging the 1968 pace. Preliminary figures suggest a first-quarter average for the in dex of about 169.5. We are look ing for a second-quarter average near 171, with the high mark probably occurring in May. But beyond midyear, production in creases may be harder to come by. REE IN CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY Our studies indicate that dollar volume of construction will in crease substantially compared with the 1969 first quarter. While the rise in bank lending rates and higher building costs are dampening earlier forecasts of a 10% rise in housing starts this year, the recent brisk housing stajts should bolster re sidential construction. Heavy construction -- high ways, bridges, dams, and the like -- will show good gains from first-quarter levels. And com mercial and industrial building promises to lend support to the industry’s total activity. Hence, the economy should benefit from a decidedly higher level of pend ing for construction in the current quarter. Accordingly, the Re search Staff of Babson’s Reports favors such building materials stocks as Lone Star Cement, Me dusa Portland Cement, and Nat ional Gypsum. PLUSES AND MINUSES Babson’s Reports staff men are forecasting that the following other industries will show the best gains during the second quarter: Airlines, aluminum, chemicals, copper, electric utili ties, life insurance, and railroads and transportation generally. This augurs well for stocks such as EMC Corp., Reynolds Metals, and Republic National Life In surance, currently favored by Bkbson’s. Tending up also, though at a slower pace, will likely be: Auto accessories, elec tronics, machinery, metal fabri cating, and rubber. Autos and steel will probably be the major laggards. Auto pros pects are rather drab, and total output in the second quarter now promises to be down from the somewhat disappointing results of the January-March period. Steel (still going great guns af ter a far better-than - expected first quarter) will do better than autos. Yet we feel steel is rid ing for a setback. While ship ments should hold qp well, auto’s doldrums and resumption of for eign steel inflow may slow or ders and lead to a flattening out of production before midyear. SUMMARY The bulk of the factors suggest that business will chalk up far ther over-all gains in this se cond quarter — in both volume and profits. Inflationary pres sures must still be reckoned with, however, and as we come closer to midyear we look for increases in profits to taper off. The high cost of carrying inventories and the Impact of fiscal and mone tary controls may restrain for ward buying. NMM SENATOR STROM THURMOND REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE REVERSING THE FLOW (N* 2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., April 24, 1969 Hunger and Defense The poor are like the man injured in a wreck. He has multiple injuries: a fractured leg, broken arm, contusions of the body. The poor are also multiply "injured.” They need food, housing, training in personal hygiene, schooling, health care, job training, job opportunities. The poverty cycle begins with hunger. Children, left without food, are not read bedtime stories either. Usually they enter school without ever having turned the page of a book. The classroom appears strange, sometimes hostile. They drop behind, take the first grade twice, probably re peat another, and before long, discouraged, they drop out. Back to the slum they go. Later, it is not unusual for this dropout to be picked up on the health, welfare, or penal rolls. When should government enter the picture? Should it wait for the poor to be sick ened by hunger and then ad mit them to the hospital. It costs $65 a day in the hospi tal—enough to feed a family of five for two weeks. Should it wait for the poor child to hit teen age, be«>me a juve nile delinquent, and then spend a fortune on child guidance counsellors, truancy officers, and juvenile courts? Should it wait until the poor, with no training, steals? It costs $10 a day to care for an inmate in the penitentiary, and this is enough to buy $360 in food stamps for the hungry. I believe that it is cheaper to feed the child than jail the man. If we only would face up to the problem of hunger, we not only could save lives, but ultimately we could save money. If the child was brought in early years to a kindergarten and fed a hot breakfast, he would learn good habits. He would develop in centive. The hungry children that I’ve seen in my tours of South Carolina—both white and black—would fight to get to school if they knew break fast was waiting. And swollen welfare costs would begin to shrink. Initially, however, this pro gram will cost more. This ad ditional cost—about a billion dollars more than we are now spending—can be raised easi ly. But some make it hard. This is the group that advo cates withdrawal from Viet nam and opposes defense appropriations. They speak of hunger and caterwaul “mili tary industrial complex" in the same breath. Eternal vigi lance used to be the price of liberty, but to some, ap parently this is the price to eliminate hunger. To get a hot breakfast, they say we must cut back on the bomb ing attacks that protect our troops; we must continue to let our navy slip; air power is imperialistic and ineffective both; and the only way to get a hunger program through the Congress is to vote against the ABM. In short, some think money for hunger must come from the defense budget. I think not. Undoubt edly there is some water in our $80 billion defense budget, and it should be reviewed for cuts. But I don’t believe in cutting back on bombing or anything else to protect our boys in Vietnam. And the deprecation of our mili tary is disastrous. The recent assault on our ROTC presents a real danger. It’s getting to be un-American to wear the uniform. This is all wrong. For one, the military are far more educated than many realize. Next to Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, West Point stands fourth among educational institutions in America with Rhodes schol ars. And until the fighting started in 1965, 75 r /c of West Point graduates in the 10 years prior thereto received their master’s degrees. More importantly, the assault on the military completely ig nores what Russia and -China are doing. Russia deployed their ABM around Moscow in 1962, and apparently are spending billions at the mo ment to beef it up. While opponents of the military in one breath are saying we have enough ICBMs to de fend us and in the next breath that the ICBMs won’t work, we know what Russia thinks—that it will work 1 We cannot delay any longer. As South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun said: “Those who would enjoy the blessings of liberty must be willing to undergo the hardships of sus taining it.” National defense must be sustained and hunger must be eliminated. Money for hunger can be raised by retumhig' thf^' titWp^"‘ffom ^ some of the 420 bases we have overseas—by eliminat ing the 7% investment credit —by withholding action for a year on the Mars space pro gram or public works proj ects like the Central Arizona Dam costing $1.3 billion. Now is not the time to con fuse hunger with defense—or refuse either. The poor have waited long enough and our soldiers in Vietnam have sac rificed more than enough. .i-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-: Sensing The News ( ABM BY THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council When Senate * liberals,* led by Senator J. William Fulbright (D- Ark) began their battle against an anti-ballistic missile system, the operation seemed to be just another emotional protest by the defense-abolitionist element in the Senate. The fight against the ABM has taken on a new char acter in recent weeks, however. It apparently represents a bold bid by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass) and Kennedy faithful to defeat and humiliate Presi dent Nixon In the early months of his presidency, thereby turning him into a virtual lameduck pre sident from the start Members of the Kennedy fami ly and former Kennedy adminis tration officials are in the key positions of the anti-ABM move ment* Dr. Jerome Wiesner, chief scientific adviser to the Kennedy administration and a fervant ad vocate of quick disarmament is masterminding efforts among 'liberals* in the scientific com munity to discredit defense a- gainst Soviet ballistic missiles. In New York State, Stephen Smith, a Kennedy brother-in- law, and Roswell Gilpatrlc, a former high official under the New Frontier are leaders in a so-called ‘ad hoc Committee A- gainst ABM.* Abraham Chayes, a Harvard professor and former State Department official in the Kennedy administration, also is deeply involved. The depth and scope of the anti-ABM effort is Indicated by the fact, that it eveh indofes massive telephone-call- ing operations snch asartused fa presidential elections. Com mittees art being formed to write tetters to appear fansvqpapers across tin coontry. This power drive by New Fron- Stakes! • • tiersmen, who would like to mark Richard M. Nixon as a one-term President, cannot be regarded, however, as an ordinary exer cise of politics. The defense of the United States should not be involved in the political game. In the past, both major parties have closed ranks on national de fense. Even when a President lacked a majority in Congress, the majority accepted his lead ership on vital defense decisions, holding that the U.S. can have only one Commander-in-Chief at a time. The foes of ballistic missile defense are throwing overboard all the precedents insofar as de fense leadership is concerned. President Nixon has said that.the Safeguard ABM system isessfen- tial tc the security of the Ameri can people and to the protec tion of the nation’s nuclear de terrent force. Mr. Nixon has the constitutional responsibility for the defense of the United States, but the anti-ABM lobby clearly intends to usurp his constitution al authority. In trying to justify their ruth less opposition, * liberals* in the Senate say that the ABM would endanger peace. But Senator Richard Russell (D-Ga) rightly has characterized this argument as absurd. In a recent talk in Atlanta, Senator Russell pointed out that the ABM is a defensive system. He asked bow the Rus sians could possibly be angered by an American defensive sys tem. The absurdity is all the greater inasmuch as the Soviets already have an ABM system de ployed around Moscow and Lenin grad. As for the need of the ABM, the President fa fa a better po sition than anyone to know the fall extent of the Soviet missile menace today. * * •