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BY THE WAY Rv DORIS A. SANDF.RS CRIME RATES The FBI has released its an nual report on crime in the Un ited States during 1968 and it isn’t very pretty reading. Al though it isn't pleasant, port ions of the summary of the re port are published below be cause these are facts of which everyone should be aware. Note near the end of this re port that many of the criminals apprehended during the year were previous offenders, many, of them on parole or probation at the time of the offense they committed in 1968. As I have said on a number of occasions before, nothing is going to stop the increasing crime rate ex cept punishment of criminals. As I recall, during the last term of criminal court in this county, of some 40-odd cases to come before the Court, perhaps one offender was sentenced to serve time. The remainder were fined and required to re main on probation for a year or so. It is long past time for judges to begin having sympathy for the victims of crime, rather than showing so much leniency to criminals whether they be teen agers or professionals A good kick in the pants nn the form of serving time on the gang > for most first offenders would teach them-—at least many of them, that the law cannot be broken without punishment — real punishment being forthcom ing. Now, for the FBI report: According to FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, there were al most 4.5 million serious crimes committed in the United States in 1968, a 17 percent increase over 1967. The number of vio lent crimes exceeded 588,000, a 19 percent rise over the prev ious year. Crimes against pro perty totaled more than 3.877,- 000 offenses, up 17 percent over 1967. According to the FBI's Uni form Crime Reports, in 1968 robbery increased 30 percent, forcible rape 15 percent, mur der 13 percent, and aggravated assault 11 percent over 1967. Mr. Hoover pointed out that the trends in serious crime were consistent in all areas and geo graphic regions Suburban com munities continued an upswing wAh a 17 percent rise m the volume of crime The large cit ies were up 18 percent and the rural areas 11 percent The Northeastern States recorded a 32 percent increase, the West ern States 18 percent. Southern States 16 percent, and the North Central States registered a ser ions crime increase of 13 per cent over the previous year From 1960 to 1968 the volume of serious crime m the United States climbed 122 percent, with the violent crimes up 106 per cent and crimes against proper ty up 124 percent Since 1960 the serious crime rate, or the risk of becoming a victim of crime, has nearly doubled. From 1960 to 1968 the volume of crime has risen 122 percent and our United States population 11 percent Thus, crime continues to outstrip pop ulation growth 11 to 1 The FBI Director observed that the sharply rising crime rates in the 1960’s are most sig nificant with respect to the rap id rise in violent crime over the last several years. He ex pressed greatest concern with the fact that arrests for the (Continued on page 6) Vol. 33-No. 18 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, August 21, 1969 •**« >• .-'\ . Thomas J. (Tribble of Whitmire lost his at the time of theaeeident, was hospitaliz- life in the crash of his private aircraft, ed with a crushed leg. See story on this shown above, near Whitmire Tuesday page. (News-Citizen photo), evening. His stepson, who was in the plane Schools to get extra funds The Newberry County Board of Commissioners agreed here Tuesday to transfer one mill, previously used to pay school bond interest, to the county schools to help finance general operations. The county schools will get an additional $13,000 in revenue per year as a result of the act ion One mill generates revemu of about $13,000 Newberry County Treasurer J Ray Dawkins had previously re ported to the commission that a $125,000 surplus exists in the school bond fund He said the surplus could be used to make bond payments over the next tour years The one mill will be in .uldi- pon to a nine mill tax increase for schools approved recently by the County School Board and the bounty Commissioners The t.ix lev _v tor general conn ty purposes was unchanged for tlie 1909 711 fisc,11 veur The m crease m the school tax lev v will prov ide funds for pav rais* .- to non -date md te.u hers m the count) equal to the average $800 increase fur state paid teachers adopted by the stab Ceneiad Assembly this year Other revenue derived from the tax increase will be used to meet the rising cost of school operations Rep Walter T Rake 1) Newberry, has approved the action by the commissioners to transfer the one mill from the bond account to the county school system for operational expenses BROTHER OF LOCAL WOMAN SUCCUMBS CREENWOOD - W R o y a 1 Brown, 66. of Callison, died Tuesday Among his survivors is a sis ter. Mrs. S M. Price of New berry He had lived in Greenwood 30 years and was a retired em ployee of Greenwood Mills. Plane crash is fatal to Whitmire man A Whitmire man was killed and his 14-year-old stepson was injured, not critically, when their light airplane crashed dur ing take-off at a private airport four miles south of Whitmire off S (’ 121 about 7 45 p m. Tuesday Thomas Jefferson Gribble. about 4ii. of Kt 2 Whitmire wo" pronounced dead on arrival at the Newberry bounty Mem orial Ho.spita! at 8 15 p m '[’he victim > step. on. Rothrop Sutton was transferred from the NYwlit'it) hospital to a < ’olum- bia hospital for tivatmi ant ot a - rushed knee "1 he t w < e sea It r. in;., 1 e engine a in rat! ■ rushed . a - < vondar) Road 36 about loo ) uni - off tlie (>xne, \irport Runw.n L hit ee it-■ :• d udt with t! if main peaJ u‘ in.paej nppan ■rJl) on the flout llji ft A a fit) fire Re! Mel JlSloll ;ii who w a-- at L.t a;rpo:'! ,\ : i! 1 , Ifa pi. i a f aid !- ; ;t o a n 1! It - took a: a if eg! 11 j i .’ill' red ! 11! ‘ 1: 'TO N t 'M ‘ k on as low r; Iht rnuwu'v lit -aid !a- la ■ard the < fa si; . s ft w rtiinuie.'- 1 W T i ’he plane t; ed tra , e! 1 -d about tin ee toil! th'' of ‘be ' it ■ngth of t t'a- runway A hen It > w erved off to the left : end era -died on the .M'fondar) road 5 ltd 'ullough said lie believed Gribble was attempting to turn tlie airplane back on the airport runway when it went down. He said he found both occupants still strapped in their seats when lie got to die scene The victim owned an auto parts business near Whitmire. Members of the Whitmire Rescue Squad were at the crash scene late Tuesday awaiting the arrival of investigators from the Columbia office of the Federal Aviation Agency Miss Katherine Larder is now residing at 1912 Harrington St. Special term of civil court set A special term of Court of Common Pleas (Civil) will con vene at Newberry Courthouse on Tuesday, September 2, with Honorable Francis B. Nicholson, resident judge of the Eighth Jud icial Circuit presiding. The fol lowing will report at 9:30 a.m. on the 2nd to serve as jurors: Joe C. Seymore, Mabel M. 1 Jester, John O. Frick, Margar et W Millstead, Julia N. Dy- skm. Mildred K Hightower. Bon nie B Cook, Ethel L Stone, Fred R Rodelsperger, Samuel W Shoalv, .Jr . Sam W Berry, Rut)y Lee McCullough. Getson D Werts. John R Werts, 111, Marv 1) Floyd. Ralph 1). Wal- drop Iren I.Kingston. Jr., Clar- e Ilf e S Ha/el. Jr . oiin I). White ALo Winifred S Stockman, Helen V\ Mllle! Kdw. mi F. Mc- l.eoti Max S Cook, .1 Harold Rutt Sr Philip D Sanders, Mieiii M Cook. Thomas E Ri- t hard.' ■tin. \ t i a C ( ’reekmorc, . losept : J' McCraekm Jr . Ollie 1' Be. a nhaugh, John W. Ring- t r. Jr . George W Heller. Jr . i’.a ter C Jackson, Wayne G. Be Hint . J Alvin Count is, J Colic Shea I \ h red J Weiig Jr , ('has. F Wilbanks and John W Lom- iui<.■ k. Jr READINESS TESTS TO BE GIVEN All students entering the first grades will be given a readi- noss test, according to R. E. Beck, principal. These tests will be administered Tuesday, Aug ust 26 at 11 a.m. and Wednes day, August 27 at 11 a.m. It is very important that all students, Speers and Boundary, who have not had the readiness test be at the Speers Street cafe teria at the appointed time, Mr. Beck said. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Daven port are living in Holly Hall Apartment 3-C, 763 Pope St. $3 PER YEAR Former star of Metropolitan to be here Miss Blanche Thebom, star of le Metropolitan Opera, will be ieatured at a “Fall Fashion Re view” at Newberry High School auditorium on Wednesday, Aug ust 27 at 8:30 p.m. The Review will feature music from “Hello Darling”, and is being sponsor ed by The Fashion for the ben efit of the Newberry High Sen ior Band Tickets for this outstanding performance may be obtained from any member of the band. Ovations are nothing new to a star of the rank of Miss The bom, but when an audience of nearly 7.000 rose to its feet in Atlanta's Chastain Amphitheatre one summer evening in 1967, it was in tribute to Miss Thebom’s success in a brand new role— not as singer but as impres- sario. As Artistic Director of the opera division of Atlanta Muni cipal Theater, she had blended the talents of hundreds of sing ers. dancers and musicians, to say nothing of assorted stage craftsmen, into a production of “Aida” that was one of the most lavishly spectacular ever pre sented in the United States. Op era history will record t h e triumph of Miss Thebom’s edi tion and production of Purcell's “King Arthur ' which opened the Alliance Theater in the new Atlanta Memorial Arts Center and the new 1919 version of “La Boheme” which created such controversy between the conservative opera goer and those who loved its realistic drama. As a singer, Miss Thebom rose to stardom with astonish ing swiftness. Most singers reach the summit only after long years of voice training, c o a c h i n g and performances abroad. In Miss Thebom’s case, it took just four years for the former Ohio secretary to be come a star of the Metropolitan Opera. The businessman for whom she worked as a secre tary persuaded his family to sponsor her studies in New York and three years later, she made a successful debut at the New York Town Hall. A year after that, she bowed in the Metro politan Opera in the role of Fricka in Wagner’s “Die Walk- (Continued on page 3)