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young age population have out
stripped their population group
increase more than four to one
during this period. He noted that
this was particularly true in
connection with arrests for vio
lent crimes in our large metro
politan population centers.
In summary the FBI Direct
or stated, “There is no com
fort in the cold statistics con
tained in Uniform Crime Re
ports 1968. While it is true the
crime volumes of the 1960’s are
a disgrace to our way of life,
they represent the acts of a re
latively small minority. In this
connection, it is well document
ed that the recidivist plays a
large part. Continuing increases
in our young age population, in
urbanization, and social con
flict are realities. Any crime re
duction must depend on our
young people, the vast majority
of whom are honest and decent
citizens. They, however, cannot
afford to be indifferent to the
crime problem but must active-
RITZ
THEATRE
THURSDAY FRIDAY and
SATURDAY
EYE OF THE CAT
Michael Sarrazin
Gayle Hunnicutt
MONDAY and TUESDAY
IF ITS TUESDAY
THIS MUST BE
BELGIUM
Suzanne Pleshette
Ian McShane
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
GOODBYE
COLUMBUS
Richard Benjamin
Ali McGraw
CLOVER LEAF
DRIVE IN
THURSDAY
First Run
PAYMENT IN
BLOOD
Edd Byrnes
Guy Madison
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
HOOKLINE AND
SINKER
Jerry Lewis
Peter Law ford
SUNDAY
SECRET
CEREMONY
Elizabeth Taylor
Mia Farrow
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
THE ROAD
HUSTLERS
Scott Brady
Jim Davis
Always A Color Cartoon
The Drive-In Will Be Closed
On Monday and Tuesday, but
will open on Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday.
TRINITY CHURCH
HOMECOMING
Trinity United Methodist
Church, Rev. James G. Mishoe,
pastor, will observe Homecom-
ng on Sunday, August 24.
Sunday School will begin at
ten o’clock. The Worship Ser
vice will be at eleven o’clock,
and the message will be deliver
ed by the pastor. Lunch will be
served at one o’clock.
All former pastors, members,
and friends are cordially invit
ed to come and to bring their
lunch, sweetened tea, and enjoy
a day of fellowship with the
congregation.
ly dissuade more of their peers
from criminality.”
Some of the significant facts
from the Crime Report:
From 1960 to 1968 the volume
of street robbery has increased
148 percent, residence robbery
99 percent, and bank robbery,
302 percent.
Since 1960 burglary of resi
dence during d aylight hours
climbed 247 percent and night
time burglary of residence 91
percent.
From 1960 to 1968 the num
ber of purse snatchings rose 223
percent, shoplifting 134 percent,
and thefts of personal property
from automobiles 98 percent.
Arrests for all criminal acts
increased 4 percent, 1968 over
1967. Adult arrests increased 2
percent and arrests for persons
under 18 years of age increas
ed 10 percent.
Arrests for Narcotic Drug
Law violations were up 64 per
cent nationally, 1968 over 1967,
and 322 percent over 1960.
Eighty-two percent of a sam
ple of offenders arrested in
1967-68 had a prior arrest, 70
percent had a prior conviction,
and 46 percent had been im
prisoned on a prior sentence.
Profiles reveal that 67 per
cent of the burglars, 71 percent
of the auto thieves, and 60 per
cent of the robbers had been
arrested in two or more states
during criminal careers rang
ing from 7 to 9 years.
A follow-up of 18,333 offenders
released to the streets in 1963
revealed that 63 percent had
been rearrested on a new charge
by the end of 1968.
Of those released on parole
61 percent repeated, mandatory
release 74 percent repeated, and
of those acquitted or dismissed
over 91 percent were rearrested
on a new charge within 5 years.
By age group 72 percent of
those under 20 years of age re
peated in 5 years, and 69 per
cent of those 20-24 years of age.
Of those charged in 1963 with
auto theft 80 percent repeated,
with burglary 77 percent repeat
ed, and robbery 60 percent were
rearrested within 5 years.
There were 64 law enforce
ment officers killed as the re
suit of criminal action in 1968,
substantially above the annual
average of 51 from 1960 to 1967.
In 1968 almost 16 of every 100
police officers were assaulted in
the line of duty, an increase of
17 percent over 1967.
From 1960 through 1968, 475
law enforcement officers have
been murdered in the line of
duty. Of the 626 offenders in
volved in these police killings,
76 percent had been previously
arrested, and 65 percent had
been previously convicted. Of
those offenders with a prior ar
rest 54 percent had been prev
iously charged with a violent
crime, and 16 offenders had
been involved earlier in a mur
der.
Two-thirds of these police kill
ers previously convicted had
been granted leniency in the
form of parole or probation,
and almost 3 out of 10 were on
parole or probation when they
killed a police officer.
ShelLer plan
campaign begins
A seven-day public informa
tion campaign to alert Newber
ry County to the distribution of
official information based on the
community fallout shelter plan
has begun, according to State
Senator Robert C. Lake, Jr.,
head of the Newberry County
legislative delegation.
The campaign will consist of
meetings with various commun
ity groups and a series of re
leases to local news media dur
ing the week immediately prior
to beginning of distribution. The
campaign will be climaxed by
the door to door delivery of a
fallout shelter directory, spec
ially tailored for Newberry Coun
ty citizens, and a handbook pub
lished by the national Office of
Civil Defense, detailing what
steps citizens can take for their
protection in emergencies.
The shelter directory contains
maps which direct each resi
dent of the county to a building
nearest his home which would
offer him the best available pro
tection against radioactive fall
out in event of a nuclear attack
on this country. It also describes
what warning signals and de
vices would be used and what
items he might take to a com
munity shelter. The booklet sup
plies additional information on
preparedness and explains what
may be done to provide pro
tection from fallout at home.
Senator Lake described the
campaign as “potentially one of
the most important efforts to
reach the individual citizen ever
attempted by Newberry Coun
ty.” He said that the commun
ity shelter plan and the infor
mation it has generated could
result in the savings of count
less lives should this country
ever face nuclear attack.
ON DEAN'S LIST
AT COLLEGE
Thirteen residents of Newber
ry or Newberry County are on
the Dean’s List at Newberry
College in recognition of their
academic achievements during
the second semester of the past
academic year. The listing re
quires a grade point average of
at least 3.5, on a scale in which
4.0 represents “straight A” work
The list announced by Dr. Con
rad B. Park, academic dean,
includes the following from this
city: Kenneth C. Riebe, Jr.;
Lisa Cornick and Hugh Domi
nick, sophomores; Judy Farb,
Harriette Hedgepath and Ellen
Williamson, freshmen.
Also on the list is a sophomore
from Pomaria, Armour Ran
dolph Griffin.
Dean Park’s honor listing in
cluded six seniors who received
their degrees in June: Stephen
Bedenbaugh, Brenda G. Brown,
Cecil Fulmer and Sue Ellen
Wicker, all of Newberry; Carrie
Rosemary Kinard, Prosperity;
and Patricia Arleen McKain of
Whitmire.
KENDALL DIVIDEND
IS INCREASED
BOSTON - The Kendall Co.’s
quarterly dividend has been in
creased by nine percent, Ken
dall President John L. McCon-
chie announced recently. The
Kendall directors set the divi
dend at 15 cents per common
share payable September 15 to
stockholders of record August
28. The new dividend is equi
valent to 30 cents per share for
stock outstanding before Ken
dall’s recent two-for-one stock
split. Kendall makes products
for health and industry, and has
two plants Oakland and Mollo-
hon, located in Newberry.
In addition, a regular quart
erly dividend of $1.12 1-2 per
share on the $4.50 cumulative
preferred was declared, payable
Runner-up to
Miss Newberry
is ‘promoted’
The Newberry Jaycees an
nounced at their regular meet
ing of August 14 that Miss Deb
bie Westmoreland is now Miss
Newberry. She moves up from
first runner-up according to the
rules on the contract between
the Newberry Jaycees and the
Miss America Pageant.
The move was made because
of the resignation of Anna Fike,
who plans to marry her child
hood boy friend Paul Lariscy of
Charleston. Together they will
move to New York City to pur
sue a career in the musical
theatre. Mr. Lariscy, like Anna,
is a voice major.
RECEIVE DEGREES
FROM WINTHROP
Dr. Charles S .Davis, Win-
throp President, conferred de
grees on 140 graduates at the
fifth informal summer com
mencement at Winthrop last
Tuesday.
Those receiving degrees, from
Newberry County, were El lie
Felker of Newberry, Bachelor of
Science, School of Business Ad
ministration; and Mary Ellen
Bowers, Prosperity, Bachelor of
Arts, College of Arts and Sci
ences.
Urges shots for
Negro children
The President of the Palmetto
Medical Society today called on
Negro parents to get their child
ren immunized against measles,
diphtheria, and other diseases.
Dr. H. D. Monteith of Colum
bia commented, “Shots for most
childhood diseases have been
available for years, but so far
we have not been able to get
parents from low-income groups
to get them for their children.
“Surveys show that low-in
come Negroes are not protected
against shot-preventable diseas
es,” the recently elected presi
dent said.
“For example, over the past
ten years Negroes have account
ed for 71 percent of the state’s
diphtheria cases,” he stated.
Now that school is only a few
days away, Dr. Monteith strong
ly recommended that parents
take their children to their coun
ty health department or family
doctor.
He reminded residents that
children really need immuniza
tions several years before they
enter school. “In fact,” he said,
“children should start their
shots at two or three months
of age.”
National statistics indicate 75
percent of the deaths resulting
from whooping cough occur
among children six months of
age or younger.
Last year in South Carolina
there were 14 reported cases of
whooping cough, a vastly under
reported disease. “That’s not
many, but we shouldn’t have
any,” Dr. Monteith said.
Another reason for starting
immunizations early in life is
that the majority of complica
tions resulting from measles oc
curs among children under 3
years of age.
According to Dr. Monteith,
October 1 to stockholders of re
cord at the close of business
on September 12.
In other action, the directors
elected G. William Miller, Pres
ident of Textron, Inc., to mem
bership on the Kendall Board,
succeeding Richard R. Higgins
who retired after serving on the
Board since 1948. Mr. Higgins
joined Kendall in 1922.
“An excellent present for any
child on his first birthday is a
measles shot.
“However, parents should not
wait a full year before starting
most other immunizations,” he
said.
Academy buys
(and to build
According to the announce
ment made by Dr. Sydney E.
Carter, Chairman of the Board
of Directors, the Newberry Aca
demy has purchased a ten-acre
tract of land from Hal Kohn
for the new building site.
The property is located on
Smith Road between Glenn St.
and the cut-off and is easily
accessible from all parts of the
county.
Dr. Carter stated that it was
through the active interest of
Mr. Kohn in the progress of the
Academy that these plans could
be made. Construction of the
first unit will begin shortly. The
heavily wooded area offers a
splendid opportunity for the de
velopment of a school plant that
the directors believe will be a
credit to the entire community.
During the period of construct
ion the eighth and ninth grades
will have classrooms in a resi
dence near the Academy.
AGN meeting to
be Tuesday
The Association for a Greater
Newberry will hold a special
meeting on Tuesday, August 26
at 10 a.m. in the Community
Hall, it was announced today
by J. K. Willingham, President.
Items scheduled for action in
clude adoption of the Stage II
Downtown Development Plan,
and recommendations on store
hours.
A special committee, consist
ing of Tom Halfacre, Steve C.
Floyd, G. Furman Garner, and
Kirby Lominack will make re
commendations for the fall shop
ping season on store hours, Wed
nesday afternoon openings and
night openings. Promotions will
be discussed by Chairman Billy
Beard.
Adoption of the Stage II Down
town Development Plan which
has just been completed by Ad-
ley & Associates is expected.
Any business wishing to join
the Association is urged to con
tact Secretary Dave Sokevitz for
further details.
Summer finals
at College
Summer graduation exercises
for 25 seniors who are candi
dates for their bachelor’s de
grees at Newberry College is
scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Friday
in Wiles Chapel on the college
campus.
Dr. Conrad Park, Newberry
College’s Academic Dean, will
preside over the ceremonies.
The Rev. Mr. Garth Lee Hill,
secretary of the Newberry Col
lege Board of Trustees and past
or of the Zion Lutheran Church
in Lexington, will deliver the
address to the candidates.
Friday’s graduation exercises
will present only a brief lull of
activities on the campus. The
1969-70 school year will begin on
Friday, August 29 with faculty
conferences.
New students will arrive Sat
urday, August 30 for placement
tests followed by an orientation
program. Upperclassmen will
return for registration for their
fall classes September 2. Class
es for the new term begin Sep
tember 4.