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r>v PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 6, 1967 tm 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance. Six months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN It is so easy to be in error. Recently I was regaling my readers and hearers with the details of economies which might reduce the National bud get by at least twenty five b'llions in a year. In my items for reduction I mentioned the war in Viet Nam. I indicated that this martial display is costing about 12 billions a year. Of course 12 billions is no burden to this rich nation; we are so rich that we almost ooze billions from every pore, eh? But it seems that I, a poor, unsophisticated Commentator, not accustomed to vast sums of money, missed the mark; missed it grievously. If I seek to correct my m'statement I remind myself of the Sunday School man who strove for ex actness at all times and had spoken in opposition to a Sun day School picnic at a mill pond and 10 children were drowned.” In view of that de pressing story tihe mothers rose in a body and the idea of a S day School picnic at the r . pond was abandoned. The wr.ole plan, idea, and program were conclusively squelched, utterly, tee-totally and abso lutely. The following Sunday our objecting friend stood up and said: “Brother Superintendent: Last Sunday I reported that ten children were drowned at the Sunday School picnic. I was mistaken; it was not ten; it was twenty three children drowned.” So now. I spoke of a mere pittance, you know, a miserly 12 billions or so as our yearly cost of the war in Vietnam. And now comes the Chase Bank —New .York’s largest bank the great institution of sixteen billions, and the Chase bank says, “The anticipated annual spending rate of the war of twenty five billion, etc.” So then, if I alarmed you by predicting annual outpouring of 12 billion I must now tell you, on the authority of the greatest bank in New York, that the outpouring is about twenty-five billion! INCOME TAX RETURNS Prepared Federal & State $3 up J . I) . HALL 2162 McCRAVY ST. (Across from Jim Dandy Film Service) TAX RETURNS PREPARED T. L. BROOKS Public Accountant Wise St. Extn. — Opp. REA Hourst 1-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS RETURNS Phone 276-5620 So that’s how it is! I was impressed recently by an advertisement of the Chase Bank of New York that it now has sixteen billions of dollars invested. That is a gigantic sum of money, and great Chase bank proudly proclaims it to the world—16 billion in the greatest bank in New York. And now this little skirmish in Vietnam which we are told is not a war, is costing twenty- five billion! And we are losing several thousand men every year, an irreplaceable loss! We are spending and spend ing; and taxing and taxing; and planning and planning with a reckless disregard of sound government. You may have observed that our national debt is now about three hundred thirty five billion dollars and the easy spenders want to raise the limit! Reflect just a moment; are we crazy or merely foolishly reckless? I quote a sound observation from The Wall Street Journal: “The case for the President’s proposed tax increases is weak from every angle. In an effort to keep the deficit for the next fiscal year from growing to financially and politically unacceptable proportions, the Administra tion asks a 6 per cent sur charge on corporate and most hdividual incomes. Even so, the estimated deficit for fiscal 1968 is over $8 billion. That comes atop nearly $10 billion now reckoned for the period ending June 30, or close to $20 billion of red ink in a scant two years. And—espec ially judging by the course of Federal spending since last January—it could easily turn out to be much worse. It may be recalled that a year ago administrative-budget spending for the current per iod was projected at $112.8 billion; now its $126.7 billion. The figure for the following period is now given at $135 billion. To call such outlays fiscal recklessness is an understate ment. There is no excuse for pushing ahead with the whole hodgepodge of domestic wel fare programs in the midst of a war that is rapidly getting very big and very costly. Yet, while demanding tax boosts, Mr. Johnson made no mention in his State of The Union message of reducing non-defense spending. The omission 's all the more strik ing in the light of his candid acknowledgment that some of the programs are ^hot through with mistakes and failures. Nothing daunted, the Adminis tration >s determined to inten sify the effort to create a full blown welfare state. The economics of the tax in crease are no more logical. NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the estate of Julia S. Norman, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified with the undersigned, and those indebted to said es tate will please make payment likewise. JOHN THOMAS GALLMAN Executor Care U. S. Gallman, Sr. 834 Hunter Street Newberry, S. 0. March 16, 1967 M23-3tp Last year the argument for raising taxes was made largely on the ground of fighting in flation. At the moment, with evidence of slowing down in many business areas, less is heard of that contention. It ought to be noted, however, that the inflation is still with us. How good, then, are the Ad- ministration‘’s tax proposals as a way of dampening inflation? The figures speak for them selves. By greatly expanding its spending, running enormous deficits, the Government is still on an inflationary spree. It is attempting to curtail pri vate demand while swelling Governmental demand, an ex ercise which makes no sense. Finally, a word about the individual taxpayer, the harried middle-class man who provides most of the Government’s rev enues. He finds taxes already going up on almost every front—Social Security, state and local. The Federal Author ities have already given him the fat tax of inflation, and to day kindly, paternalistic Wash ington wants to gouge still more in direct taxes.” We have over in our quiet city of Manning a colored preacher who has expressed e great truth in very few words. When he was asked why so few listened to his sermons he replied: “Sin is very popular.” Can you improve on that? As long as it seems “quite the thing to have liquors in the home and on sale conveniently aspiring young men will want to show they are in the swim; and older men frequently need ing a bracer or a solace, will look for it in liquid form. Now, our Pennsylvania friends have an idea. Long ago we ex perimented with State-owned liquor shops called State Dis pensaries. Remember? “The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, which owns and operates all liquor stores in the state, is conducting a state wide advertising campaign aimed at getting parents to ‘take the pledge’, not for them selves but for their children. Over a four-month period, the board plans advertisements in some 350 daily and weekly newspapers urging parents to sign a pledge which reads, in part: “I don’t care what other parents let their children do. I am not going to let my child ren drink any alcoholic or malt beverage at home or anywhere else before they are 21”! Penn sylvania law prohibits the con sumption of alcoholic beverages by persons under 21. The pledge, of course, has no legal status, but the board believes it may at least make parents conscious of teen age drinking. The first advertisement, which amounted to a quarter- page in the large dailies, was run the last week of Decem ber. A second is scheduled to appear across the state on January 23. A Philadelphia ad vertising firm was hired to handle the campaign, for which the board budgeted about $70,- 000. In addition to the news paper ads, the agency is send ing 60-second, taped, public- service announcements and col or films to the state’s 200 radio and 25 television stations. The unusual advertising campaign is part of a continuing effort to curtail illegal drinking by teen-agers; the program began almost a year ago when the state agency became alarmed over the growing number of teen-agers arrested for drunk en driving. Teams of enforce ment officers were sent out nightly to check on taverns a- cross the state. In more than 10,000 investigations (the board watches over 25,000 lic ensees, including taverns and restaurants, hotels and clubs), the officers arrested almost 200 minors for drinking and 8 lic ense holders or their employes for serving the youths.” More Social Security tips If you know everything there is to know about social secur ity and medicare, you won’t be interested in this article. For example, you will already know when to visit your social se curity office. But don’t stop reading yet; there may be some details that you have not con sidered. Medicare protection for hos pital bills and doctor’s bills can start with the month you reach 65. To get this immediate cov erage for doctor bills, however you must enroll during one of the three months before the month you reach 65. Your medical insurance, which pays doctor’s bills, is not ret roactive, and if you do not sign up on time you will lose months of coverage. Your first enrollment period ends three months after your 65th birthday. If you do not enroll before the end of the third month after the month you reach age sixty-five, you won’t be eligible to sign up until October 1967. Your cov erage would not start until January 1968. If you sign up in your first enrollment period your month ly premium will be $3. Should you wait until October 1967, your premium will be at least 10 percent higher. By not visiting your socia 1 security office promptly you can lose over a year of this valuable protection against the cost of doctor bills. You are eligible for medicare even if you continue working after sixty-five. To make sure you under stand how social security af fects you, get in touch with your social security office at 219 MagnoBa Avenue, Green wood. Summer Clothes for you... 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