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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1968 WHO’S WHO IN VIETNAM? Thich Tri Quang is a Budd hist monk. Everyone who keeps up with the news knows that, just as they know that he is a Leading Buddhist Monk in S. Vietnam, and that he does not like the government of General ^ By*. What ^everyone* may not know is that^he didn’t like the last six Soyih Vietnamese gov ernments either; he helped to overthrow them all. There are ^ome who say that the only government that Tri Qua-njf'would approve is one in which the Buddhists hold the power. At first glance, this proposal seems only fair. After all, we keep reading in the news dis patches that the great majority of South Vietnamese people are Buddhists. Ought not they be given proportionate weight in the government ? If the Budd hists—and, therefore, most of the people—don’t approve of the Ky government, why should the United States support Ky? These are _ good questions. Unfortunately the “facts” that prompt. them are false. For Buddhism is far from being the majority religion in South Vietnam. At MOST, 30 per ct.' anti-Tri Quang. of the Vietnamese people claim ! —Somehow, this news has not the Buddhist faith. j filtered down to people like The other 70 per cent of the Martin Luther King, who calls people are Confucianists, Tao- ists, Hindus, Muslims, Catholics, and other Christians, Coa Dai, and Hao Hao. Thich Tri Quang does not speak for them—and millions of them have never the current “Buddhist-led” demonstrations as being “vig orous popular opposition.” Dr. King says that since Ky is un popular with the protesting students and Buddhists in Sai- even heard of him. They are gon, we ought to abandon the too busy, in the villages and in I Ky government. (It must be the mountains and the rice pad dies, trying to harvest their crops, raise their families, and evade the Viet Cong. Tftich Tri Quang does not even speak for all Buddhists. His Buddhist Association is but one of 14 rival Buddhist groups. Many of these groups are very Traveling This Summer? Come select your wardrobe from these new arrivals for looks and comfort enters <Womcn\ <=/ffx^axd l 2^ <^o<xL, admitted that Dr. King has an other reason for wanting to get out of Vietnam: he thinks the money could be better spent at on population alone. Also in 1962, the people of Colorado voted overwhelmingly to retain their two house legis lature. They expressed their wish—at the polls— to have one I have been impressed by the truth that most people have capacity for more than they do. Sometimes a calamity brings out the latent capability. But house based on geography, the ; the capacity for achievement is home on hjs favo^te poverty, they s§£ fit. S^natoi^ Dirfcsen, programs.) Dr. King’s remarks are just what Thich Tri Quang wanted to hear. For, to be entirely suc cessful in overthrowing a gov ernment in the midst of a bloody war, Quang and his dem onstrators know they must have American public opinion on their side. It is a pity that our public opinion is so misinformed. If you’d like to educate yourself on the matter, we recommend read ing Marguerite Higgins’ excel lent book, “Our Viet Nam Nightmare.” The facts contain ed in this book are not all pal atable—but they are necessary reading for any American who wants to understand the pres ent dilemma of a “war within a war” in Viet Nam. other in population. The Sup reme Court overruled the will of the people of Colorado and told them, in effect, that it didn’t care what they voted for. It is apparent that the Sup reme Court justices have con cluded that they have the right to run the United States as NINE MEN VS. 50 STATES The United States Senate de feated the controversial “Dirk- i sen Amendment” on April 20. I The Liberals breathed a huge sigh of relief. The newspaper now tell us that the issue is over and done with; it is dead; and we must turn our thoughts to bigger and better things. But the issue must not die. It has to do with the basic principles upon which our gov ernment was established. These principles are currently being violated by the Supreme Court of the United States. What was the Dirksen Am endment all about? The Senator had proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This amendment would have given the individual states the right to constitute ONE house of a two-house State legislature on some basis other than pop ulation. For 175 years, the States exercised that right. A typical State legislature was modeled after the U. S. Congress: One house, like the House of Rep resentatives, was based on pop ulation; the other, like the Sen ate, on geography. But in 1962 the Supreme Court of The Uni ted States declared that BOTH houses in EVERY state legis lature would have to be based for one, doesn't agree that they have that “right.” That is why he proposed his amendment. His proposal failed this year, but it is to be hoped that vic tory is still in sight in a fu ture session of Congress. Meanwhile, there is another way to stop the Supreme Court from taking over the States. Congressman William Tuck,' of Virginia, has proposed a sim ple Act of Congress. His Act would remove from the Sup reme Court all jurisdiction over State legislative apportionment cases. Which is to say that the Court would be FORBIDDEN BY LAW to tamper with State legislatures. Mr. Tuck points out that Con gress is given, by the Constitu tion, the express authority to limit the kind and number of cases that the Court can try. We think it is about time that Congress exercises this right of authority—before nine unel ected men in Washington go even further to destroy probably never fully tested by most of us. Whether Jehovah gave us one talent, two talents or five tal ents we know from observation that the one talent man, in the full development of one talent, surpasses most men of five tal ents. Here in our great ai)d rich America the great leaders are seldom of preeminent intellec- world and glorify the Giver of tuality; our nation has men of great potentiality and still has extraordinary men; but the common run of men seen fall into a rut and deal in common places. But all observation in dicates that brilliance is rare; ordinary men do most of the work. Only rarely do we find a transcendent figure whose life and achievements enrich the all things. So we ordinary men carry on, walking in the path blazed by geniuses. An advertisement of the wild billows of the sea reads “To morrow you can drink coffee made with sea water. Very likely true. Do you know that Castro cut off the American water supply in Cuba? We quickly arranged t h e l to have the sea water de-salted. rights of the States and of the people. If you think so too, write to the Manion Forum, South Bend, Ind. Ask for copies of broad casts No. 602 and 604. Then send them on to your own Congressmen and Senators. , Jmpala Sport Sedan'Eight standard safety features, ; including front and rear seat belts., CHEVROLET’S ALWAYS BEEN FAMOUS FOR SMOOTHING OUT ROUGH ROADS And right now for a Double Dividend, you get a buy that’ll smooth out your budget! CHEVROLET DOUBLE DIVIDEND DAYS! NO. 1 BUTS • NO. 1 CARS Now at your Chevrolet dealer's j-: Buys on those big, beautiful Chevrolets have never been better! 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And nearer yet; God of our fathers! The great chorus ha^ sung; the ladies in finery have joined in song and worship; the men were there too, though in re cent years men have renounc ed frills and finery and have come in quiet, sober raiment. Easter is always with us in truth. Even though we cherish the sturdy old patriots, Elisha and all the hosts of the faith ful. We live in an age of miracles for life of every day abounds in the glorious contribution of Jehovah. We may remember the great figures of sacred history; and we may cherish forever the sac rificial living of our mothers; but Easter turns our gaze to the future, the life to come— that new day when each one will face the Maker of all things, the Judge of all men. Ahead of everyone is the new life, the glorious resurrection when the rising of the Saviour proved the eternal life, the end less life that no one can escape. So the great organs and or chestra may be hushed; and the gay raiment may be set aside, but Easter in a quiet way, in our bed at home, or in a hos pital, or far away in the briny deep—somewhere, sometime we shall face our own Easter, greeting the risen Lord. So today there is as much wa ter to drink as flows near Cuba. Some interesting news culled from reports of The S. C. Elec tric and Gas Company. “The Home Service represen tatives of the South Carolina Electric and Gas company es timate that if you are an av erage homemaker with a family of four, you wash 17 thousand dishes a year. You also wash and iron a ton or more of laun dry . . . prepare more than a thousand meals . . . clean miles of rugs. Yet, thanks to depend able electric ‘servants’ you can do it all with time left over for family fun and community affairs. All through your house electricity helps and entertains you—at the flick of a switch.” “The industrial growth in South Carolina is most grati fying—for all concerned. But sometimes, in the enthusiasm for t the new, we tend to over look the steady growth of in dustries that have long been a part of our community. Take the S. C. Electric & Gas Co. as an example. Just recently, they announced that it would spend 142 million dollars for construc tion in the next four years. Just how much is 142 million dol lars? Here’s one way to des- RITZ Theatre THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Ladies Bargain Hour All ladies attending the matinee between 3:00 and 4:00 P. M. Thursday or Friday will be ad mitted for 50c. We will furnish free Kleenex Tissues to all ladies attending this movie. Please see it from the begin ning. Lana Turner, John For sythe, Burgess Meredith, Con stance Bennett “MADAME X” Shows Thursday and Friday— 3:00 - 4:52 - 6:44 - 8:36. Shows Saturday 1:00 - 2:52 - 4:44 - 6:36 - 8:28. Business seems booming, ac cording to reports of our Banks. Everything seems like the sun shining on us AmerL cans. But even here we have poverty and affliction, sin and sorrow, heart aches, turbulence, disaster. It is all a part of life. Through suffering and sorrow we understand more of our fel- lowman and more of the gra cious dispensation of the Most High. “Life is real, life is earnest and the grave is not its goal— Dust thou are, to dust return- eth, was not spoken of the Soul.” Life is our great opportunity to serve the Lord by serving our fellowmen. Life is a period of testing; we have all been rich ly endowed by Jehovah with talents of all kinds. As told in the Scriptures there may be great talents and hum ble abilities. We can’t all be great, preeminent figures; but we can be faithful in a few things, using, developing even the small aptitude. MONDAY AND TUESDAY Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, Gypsy Rose Lee, June Harding The Trouble With Angels Drive-In Theatre FRIDAY & SATURDAY “HELP” The Beatles, Leon McKern Sunday Sex And The Single Girl Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall Always a Color Cartoon cribe it: 142 million dollars is ten and a half million dollars more than all the industrial growth in the S. C. E. & G. area last year. What the South Carolina Electric A Gas is get ting ready for is more indus trial growth. The company has faith in this state.” ^ , t . It’s big news when you hear a new industry is eomih^r into an area to build a^piartt “Costing 142 million , dPl^ES-q And ‘ it’s big news when you hear that an established industry expects to expand to th^t,a»teui|That’s t^p kind ^f new8."necent5r an nounced by the $out)i Qarolina Electric and ui# ^During the next foii^ years, £ne new consttruction to be douethy the company will result in expen ditures totaling that l^2 millkm dollar figure. For this year alone the totaf Ys^M^million . .. convincing evidence of the com pany’s confidence in the 23- county area which it serves, and further evidence of ability to meet all electrical needs. Throughout the United States,, the story is the same—^Ameri ca’s many investor'owned elec tric companies are expanding at an average increasing rate to supply all the electricity the nation needs—without the help of your tax money.” COUNTY PERMITS Gerald Amick, Route 2, New berry, one five-room brick ven eer dwelling, 1-2 mile from the city, $13,500. S. Frazier Taylor, 1538 Trent street, one one-room barber shop building, one-half mile from the city, $2000. Ted Murph, one seven-room brick veneer dwelling less than half mile from city $18,000. J. B. West, Route 1, New berry, one six room brick veneer dwelling, one mile from New berry $10,000. Gordon Minick, Route 4, one seven room brick veneer dwell ing three miles from Newberry $10,000. D. E. Brittain, twp-story 8- room brick veneer dwelling in Loblolly Estates $32,000. James F. Cummings, Country Club Estates, two, story seven- room dwelling $24,000. RECENT CHANGES IN SOCIAL SECURITY LAW One of the most recent changes in the Social Security law is one that allows widows to receive a monthly benefit at age 60. Martha F. Pressly, Dis trict Manager of the Greenwood Social Security Office stated today that this change was ief- fective in''"September 1 1965 and that many widows were taking advantage of the change. How ever, she believes that there 'are many more widows in thi* area who could be receivmg these monthly benefits. The requirements for enti tlement to this monthly benefit are: (1) Be at lejftst 60 years old. ( (2) Be the iridow of a per son who worked and was in sured under social security. 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