The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, August 21, 1969, Image 1
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
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Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, August 21, 1969
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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
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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
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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-
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’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-
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