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BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDERS
A "BOO-BOO"
President Nixon really pulled
a 'boo-boo” the other day—one
the news media is not apt to
let him forget anytime soon,
especially in view of the fact
that he was criticizing the
news media when he made his
unfortunate statement.
Using as an example the trial
of Charles Manson currently go
ing on out in California, Nixon
was attempting to point out how
the press, TV and radio tend
to glamorize the criminal ele
ment in this country. In so do
ing, he referred to Charles Man-
son as being “guilty, directly
or indirectly” of eight murders.
This is one that Mr. Nixon
should have left for Mr. Agnew,
who is a master at chastising
the news media without stick
ing his foot in his mouth.
I think we can all understand
how the President feels about
the Manson trial, and about
Manson himself, but thus far,
(except in civil rights cases,
where usually a party is con
sidered guilty until he can prove
himself innocent) in this coun
try, an accused at the bar of
justice is presumed innocent un
til proven guilty.
In every criminal case tried
before a jury, when the Judge
makes his charge to the jury,
usually the first feature of his
charge is the “presumption of
innocence". He will tell the
jury that an accused comes 10
court with that presumption,
which follows him throughout
the trial until the jury is con
vinced, “beyond a reasonable
doubt” of the guilt of the ac
cused. And if the jury has a
“reasonable doubt", the Judge
will instruct the jury to return
a verdict of not guilty.
From the testimony given thus
far in the Manson trial, as re
ported in the press there would
seem to be little doubt as to
the guilt of Manson. The point
is, however, that all of us are
too quick to judge a situation
before hearing all sides, whether
the accused be Charles Manson
or our next door neighbor
It didn't take long for the
President to realize the mis
take he had made, and to re
tract his statement, but the
harm had already been done.
I believe it was Omar Khay
yam w'ho wrote to the effect
that ‘ The moving finger writes
and having writ, nor all thy
piety or wit can lure it back
to cancel half a line or change
a word of it"
The news media dutifully re
ported what the President said;
and those words will not soon
be canceled or changed The
news media will see to that
A number of old and historic
homes in Newberry County will
be on tour during the Newberry
County Tricentennial celebrat
ion beginning on November 8th
The tours will be conducted two
days during that week, on Wed
nesday and Thursday
Between now and the date of
the tours, The Sun will publish
pictures and brief descriptions
of the homes to be shown on
the tours.
THE BLINKERS
If those of you who live or
drive out our way—Boundary
Street, are wondering why the
traffic light is blinking rather
than operating with the red and
green lights as customary, I
have been informed by the City
Manager that lightning ran in
on the lines the other day and
knocked out some portion of the
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Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 6, 1970
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FIREFIGHTERS — Mayor C. A. Shealy
Jr., presents certificates and congratula
tions to Fire Chief Ed Hazel for qualify
ing as instructor in firefighting technolo
gy; Thomas E. Longshore Jr. and Gustave
P>. Reuter, for completion of courses in
firefighting technology. The presenta
tions were made at a meeting of city
council Tuesday night. (Sunphoto).
Council talks parking lots
Annex 20 acres
on bypass 76
A number of merchants from
lower Main Street appeared be
fore city council Tuesday night
with a petition on behalf of
themselves and other merchants
for off-street parking in that
vicinity Mrs. Clara W'ertz,
spokesman for the group, told
council that they had been turn
ed down by the planning com
mission in their plea for park
ing facilities and now were ap
pealing to city council. She
stated that a number of mer
chants had spent considerable
money to make their places of
business more attractive, and
with the new Nance Street pro
ject the lower part of Main
street would be cut off from the
rest of the town.
Others from lower Main ex
pressed that their section would
deteriorate unless more off-
street parking was provided.
Councilman C I) Coleman
said that he had talked at length
with people on lower Main St.,
and although he felt that some
new parking would be available
with the completion of the Nance
Street project, he felt the people
did not want to wait for com
pletion of the project. He said
the merchants need parking in
the vicinity.
Councilman L. I). Gardner
said he was in agreement with
the people on lower Main and
would go along 100 per cent
with their wishes. “They do need
parking and deserve off-street
parking. I know it will cost mon
ey.” He suggested that money
collected from other off-street
facilities be used to develop
parking in that area.
Council authorized City Man
ager Riebe to negotiate for an
option on Jim Parr property in
that area which may be used
for city parking with council's
approval.
In other action city council
gave approval to annexation of
21 9 acres of land owned by Mrs.
Edith Larkin Matthews The
acreage is located on bypass 76
between Highway 219 and 34. It
was zoned as a B-3, General
Business District.
Council also adopted the 197j
tax levy. Millage was set at 54
mills for ordinary and operating
expenses, and 6 mills for bond
ed indebtedness. This is the
same rate as was in effect for
the 1969 year.
At the beginning of the meet
ing Mayor Clarence A. Shealy
Jr. presented certificates in fire
fighting to the Fire Chief E.
Hazel and firemen Thomas E.
Longshore and Gustave B. Re
uter
Recreation Day
plans outlined
The 13th annual Rccreafmn
Day plans have been compL od
and there will be a full day of
activities planned for the youths
of the comm’inity at Speers St.
Field.
Some special times have been
set for some of the events:
Starting at 9:00 in the morning
the area champions will be de
termined in horse shoes, hula
hoops, frisbee, and fore par con
test. Following these activities
the youths will participate in
the three legged races, sack
races, wheel barrow races,
treasure hunt, and at 1:00, Fire
Chief, Ed Hazel said everybody
that is on the loosing end of the
tug-of-war wall get a good soak-
in.
The Pet show will start as
soon as the tug-of-war contest
has been completed. Ribbons
will be awarded for the biggest,
ugliest, smallest, cutest, most
unusual, best mannered pet The
pets will also be broken into dif
ferent groups:
Dogs, Cats, Water pets, Feath
ered FYiends, Four legged farm
animals.
Also during the day there will
be a bicycle race in which each
person will be able to partici
pate in his or her own age group
Little Miss Recreation will
start at 2:30 on the pool deck at
the Margaret Hunter Pool. This
contest will be for girls 4. 5, and
6 years of age. All parents
should have their beauties at
the pool in a swim suit or play
suits for this event.
Free snow balls will be given
away during all the events.
The Recreation Department
would like to urge all the par
ents and interested spectators
to come by and eat lunch at the
Speers St. Field.
REUNION SUNDAY
Susan Oxner Wilson and Cart
er Wilson Reunion will be held
at the Mt. Bethel Garmany
Schoolhouse August 9th.
All descendants are invited to
come and bring picnic baskets
and sweetened tea. Dinner will
be served about one o’clock.
LONG SERVICE EMPLOYEES — Em
ployees of Molohon plant of the Kendall
Co. were recognized with awards and a
banquet Saturday night at Newberry
Community Hall. Receiving awards at the
company’s 4th Annual Awards Banquet
were from left, seated: Mrs. Mildred
Glymph, 35-year award; Horace Bouk-
L. Stutts, G. R. Wicker, J. C. Meetze, J.
B. Riley Pr., Mrs. Margaret Boozer, Mrs.
Leona Jennings, Mrs. Lula Wicker and
Mrs. Virginia Rchardson. Absent was 25-
year honoree Mrs. Ernestine Ruff,
night and Mrs. Thelma Bolinger, 45-years
service; Mrs. Lillie Leonhardt ond Kendall
Smith, 35 years. Standing, from left, are
eight employees with 25 years service, H.