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/ j PAGE 6 — The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 1, 1969 I u CLEAN FOR FIRE SAFETY swarthy, sullen, dark-eyed and residents who are approaching menacing. They have a big age 65 to celebrate by finding knife and they will cut your out as much as they can about throat.” the Federal health plan for old- He called Palestine a key is- er Americans. Contact the so- sue and said Jewish claims, rial security representative in ‘‘based on memories 2,000 years Newberry at the courthouse , ^ old” ignore historic Arab rights, on Thursdays between 9 a.m. I To Arabs, he said, Israel and 3 p.m. “an alien state—an agent of A person should sign up for Western colonialism and im- medical insurance two or three ~ ^ perialism.” Arabs rightly fear months before he reaches 65, Israel’s expansionist aims, he if he wishes coverage of doc- added, pointing to original tor bill to begin in the month _ Zionist claims to ‘‘all territory he reaches 65. | ( J c . j from the Nile to the Euphrates. If he waits until later, his Underlying the struggle, he medical insurance may not be- said, is “the Arab Problem” of gin until one to three months Moslem refugees who have fled after he signs up, and if he Palestine in fear of the Jews, waits more than three months Israel is barring some 90,000 after he reaches 65, he will such refugees in Lebanon from not have another chance to their homeland in spite of Un- sign up for a long time—per iled Nations efforts, he said. haps as much as a year. Dr. Saliba, associate profes- • por a person who is a social sor of history at Emory and security beneficiary, the basic Henry, has authored several hospital insurance protection works on Middle East history begins automatically with the ~ h and poUtics. Bom ih Beirut, he month of the 65th birthday. One / earned his undergraduate and who is not receiving benefits ^ % advanced degrees at Tulane chmild check with the social Members of the Newberry Fire De- ing up for fire safety during Clean-tjp anc j a i so has studied at Duke. se curitv office two or three partment, which, with Scoutmaster Geo. day in Newberry. (Sunphoto by Martin R. Summer, sponsor the Sparky Fire De- Armfield. partment, give extra emphasis to clean- Reasons for postal raises explained An “inherited” postal deficit of $1.2 billion is responsible for the proposal to raise the post age bill for residents of New berry, Postmaster Harry E. Moose said today lift revenues by $46.8 million annually. Voung Democrat group meets in Columbia Some 160-200 teenagers from throughout the state gathered in Columbia last weekend for Mr, Moose said he had been the two-day convention of the advised by Postmaster Gener- Teenage Democratic Clubs of al Winton M. Blount in Wash- South Carolina, ington D. C. that the record Among them were the follow- $1.2 billion 1970 deficit com ing from Newberry: Beth An- pelled President Nixon to seek derson, Cathy Roberts, Mike postage rate increases. With- Bedenbaugh, Jimmy Coggins, out higher rates the Depart- Gordan Johnson, Mary Anna ment will be left with a stag- Long, Mary Paul, Chris Shope. gering deficit that would be- Sponsors for the group were come an added public tax bur- Duby Thompson and Mr. and den. Mrs. Longshore of Newberry. In addition to increasing let- The teenagers, representing ter mail from 6 to 7 cents, as local clubs from all counties proposed by the Johnson Ad- in the state, convened Friday ministration, President Nixon an d Saturday to settle consti- also asked that second and tutional matters, to adopt a third class mailers help reduce platform, and to elect state- the large postal deficit which wide officers for the year, would otherwise be paid by tax- The convention’s theme, re- payers, the postmaster said. miniscent of the party’s sym- For bulk third-class mail and bol, the donkey, was “Kick up most magazines and newspap- Your Heels”, ers, the rates would be increas- The official business session ed 16 percent to 20 percent was called to order Saturday above today’s levels, he noted, morning, as the teenagers took These percentages include rate up the matters of platform, re hikes already scheduled by solutions, constitution and by- previous action of Congress. laws. The President’s recommend ed increases will reduce the 1970 postal deficit by more than $600 million. The postmaster listed these Speaker for the convention luncheon Saturday was L t. Gov. John C. West, who spoke at Pirate’s Cove. The convention moved into other details on the proposed its afternoon session, with a increases caucus of each county delega- First-class mail: Letters and tion set for two o’clock, postcards would be increased The convention officially ad- one cent, to 7 cents an ounce journed at six o’clock Satur- and 6 cents a piece, respect- day .following a President’s re- ively. on July 1, 1969. Airmail ception at the Cabana, postage would remain at 10 The Democratic Women’s cents.'This will yield $557.2 mil- Council of South Carolina spon- lion in new revenues. sored the convention in con- Second-class mail: A hand- junction with State Democrat- ling charge of three-tenths of ic Headquarters, a cent per piece for circulation outside home counties would be- rome effective July 1, 1969. This would yield $15.3 millior annually and would ^nresent a 12 percent increase in addi tion to the 8 percent rise sche duled to take effect January 1, 1970. Third-class mail: For single Saliba blames news media for faulty Images’ “Faulty images” blind most Americans to the Arab view- pieces, rates would be increas- point and create misplaced sympathy for Israel, a Middle- East specialist from Emory & Henry University in Virginia told a Newberry College aud ience last Thursday. Dr. Samir Saliba, a native Lebanese, blamed news med ia for creating a false picture ed one cent per piece. This would yield $12.4 million. For regular bulk third-class, the minimum would be increased to a uniform rate of 4.2 cents on January 1, 1970, as contrasted with the present rate of 3.6 cents. The 1970 increase would of both Jews and Arabs. “We hear of the Iron Cur tain and the Bamboo Curtain,” he declared, “but America has a curtain of its own, thicker than iron or bamboo, built by the news media.” Key issues in the Arab- Israeli power struggle are rare ly discussed, Dr. Saliba charg ed. Instead, he said, news re ports have produced a distort- Every month many persons ed picture of the Middle East in Newberry area sign up late with Israel painted as a green His Thursday visit to the mon ths before his 65th birth- Newberry Campus for a ser- day about his eligibility. ies of lectures and classroom — ————- discussions was sponsored by DAIRYMEN AT the college’s department of his- JERSEY SALE tory and political science and One of the highest Jersey the South Carolina Foundation Sales on record was held at of Independent Colleges. Your Social Security oasis and Arab lands as a bar ren pool of oil. “The Jews are seen as al ways hard working, .brave handsome, smiling, singing for their Medicare benefits, H. M. Spiller, social security field representative, said to day. Noting that May has been claimed Senior Ci tizens songs to pretty girls,” he de- Month by the President, Mr. dared, “while the Arabs are Spiller urged Newberry area Mayfield Farms, Athens, Tenn. on April 26. Fifty-two Register ed Jerseys were sold at auct ion for an average price per head of $2,275. The highest animal of the sale was the Jersey bull, “Bas Aim Orchid Jester”, which sold for $26,000. The top Jersey cow of the sale was “Milestone Sensational Sylvia”, who sold for $13,500. Those attending the Mayfield sale from the county included: Furman Epps, Boyd Parr, Henry L. Parr, W. W. Parr, W. E. Senn, C. T. Smith, Dave Waldrop and A.F Busby Last year South Carolinians paid $17,089,484 in State taxes on Beer UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. PO BOX 6247. COLUMBIA. S C 29206