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PAGF 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 13, 1970 (Elj? Npuihrrry ium 1101 Hovce Street, Newberry, South Carolina 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: S3.00 per year in advance; n "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E WILDMON (Tour the Holy Land with Mr. Wildmon. Nov. 24 - Dec. 3. $630. Terms, for more info, write him at Box 1368, Tupelo, Miss. 38801 j WHAT DO YOl SAY WHEN YOU DIE? (Copyright. 1070. Donald E. Wildmon) six months, $2.00. m SENATOR STROM THURMOND REPORTS TO THE PEOPLE THE SOVIET POSTURE Attacks arc now bcin^ leveled at the annual military procure ment hill, now beinir debated in the Senate. The general argu ment against the military pro curement bill is that we have to revise our national priorities be cause we allegedly have been spending "too much” on defense. But what is more important than the amount of money spent is our national attitude toward defense, and our will to survive. N'o amount of money, however p r reat, will save a country that adopts an attitude that it has reached a certain plateau of de velopment, and can afford to rest on its laurels. Once that attitude is applied to defense, our strength and capacity as compared to the enemy begins to deteriorate, par ticularly when we face a deter mined and aj2Kressive enemy. SO MKT EFFORT What counts is not money, but determination. The Soviet Union, w ith about half our resources, is putting forth a far greater effort than the United States in terms of its ability, and in terms of diversity of weapons and con tinued research and development. Let us therefore review the Soviet posture. In their reitular forces, the Soviets have about d.3 million men, with additional border troops of 250,000. The United States has been cuttinir back its men in arms, and will have only 2.9 million in the next fiscal year. The Soviets have organized their armed forces into five serv ices, as compared to our three. In addition to the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Soviets have the Strategic Rocket Troops and the Air Defense Troops. These are separate commands, devoted each to their intercontinental and medium rariffe ballistic missiles and to their ABM defense sys tems. Soviet military strate^.v views these two commands a:- independent concepts in military thinking. They are not just a better kind of artillery, or a bet ter kind of air-delivered weapon. They presume a whole new de velopment in strategic thinking- SOVIET K’BM’s The Soviets now have more than 1200 ICBM’s, exceeding the United States level of 1054, which has remained constant for sev eral years. But the variety of Soviet ICBM’s gives them a flex ibility which we lack. The huge SS-9 missile has a pavload five See your local, independent insurance agent first. It always pays. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 14IS Main Street Phone 276-1422 His name was Thomas Jefferson. He was born at Shadwell, Virginia, on April 13, 1743. He died on July 4, 1826. The date was a tribute to the man. And in between those two dates he tied together a life of service to his fellowman. Your probably reinembe*’ him as the author of the Declaration of Indepen dence. And most of all, he would have wanted you to remember him for that. He even wrote his own epitaph. He had a reason for doing so. Before his death, he gave his daughter Martha Randolph instructions to have these words inscribed on his headstone: “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statue of Virgin ia for Religious Freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.” Says A Lot That is saying a 1 t about a man's life—-any man’s life. Jefferson could have put more on that headstone,you know. He could have added a long list of accomplishments. He could have stated that he had served the state ol Virginia as it’s governor. Most of us, had we the honor of be ing governor, would have included it in our epitaph. For we would have wanted others to know. But not Jef ferson. Also, he could have stated that he was a member of Congress. For he was. But he did not choose to include that fact on his headstone. Jefferson could also have reminded those who were to view his headstone of the fact that he was minister to France. And Secretary of State. He was that, you recall, under the ad ministration of George Washinglon. And that would have been something worth recalling for most of us. But not for Jefferson. From that position Jefferson moved up to the number two man of these United States. He served as Vice- President under John Adams. But not even that was included on his head stone. Or, had he wished, Jefferson could have had engraved on his headstone the fact that he was President of this country. Not once, but twice! And that is an honor shared by very, very few men. But Jefferson did not con sider even that fact worthy to be in cluded in his most precious accomplish ments. Pride Often A Vice Most of us would agree that pride is often a vice that destroys many of us. We accomplish something and we cannot wait for the world to learn of our deed and praise us for doing it. And many of us keep telling people years after our accomplishment of what we once did. Some people learn how to handle pride. Jefferson was such a man. He learned how like all people who do so —through a great desire to be a ser vant. Why didn’t Jefferson include all those other accomplishments on his headstone? He told his daughter when she sought the reason: “The things that are not on my inscription are the things the people did for me,” he said. “The things that are on it are things I did for the people.” That’s proper control of pride. Pray to God that we can all acquire it.— FIVE STAR times bigger than our biggest. The Soviets have close to 300 of these big missiles, and, accord ing to Secretary of Defense Laird, they are continuing even in recent weeks to build new ones. The Soviet Air Defense Troops include both anti-aircraft ground units, anti-missile units, and fighter plane units. The Soviets have installed and tested favor ably their ABM around Moscow. They have the capability of turn ing their SA-5 missiles on the Tallinn line into an ABM. They have 3,100 fighter planes in their air defense commands. The Soviet Army has 2 million men under its command, but it has steadily put the emphasis on quality of weapons. The Soviet Army has increased its firepower and mobility by 10 times per unit of force since the end of World War 11. SOM FT NAVV The Soviet Navy has been practically rebuilt since World War II. They have 57 nuclear and diesol submarines, capable of launching 202 missiles. The U.S. lias 41 Polaris nuclear sub marines, capable of launching 052 mis«i!os. But if the Soviets continue at the present rate, they will surpass us in Polaris- type submarines, with the equiv alent missile capacity, by 1074. The Soviet Air Force is di vided into Long Range, Tactical, and Transport divisions. The Long Range Air Force consists of both 200 long range bombers, and about 750 medium range bombers. The Tactical Air horce has at least 1,000 aircraft, while the Air Transport forces have about 1,500 short and medium- range transports. The U.S. is phasing out its B-52’s, while its U-5A transport, the F-lll, and the new B-l are facing heavy political attack. The United States remains strong, but the challenge in and out of Congress to unilaterally disarm us or to weaken our de fenses must be met with firm resolve and determination. /&LsT^crv^. W. Oscar Pitts rites Saturday W. Oscar Pitts, 85, died Fri day at the Jesse Frank Haw kins Nursing Home. Mr. Pitts was born in New berry County, the son of the late Thomas Presley and Mag gie Milam Pitts. He was a re tired farmer, and a member and elder of Smyrna Presby terian Church. He is survived by three sons, William Pitts and Harold Pitts, both of Newberry and T. D. Pitts of Poway, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Walton of Charleston and Mrs. J. M. Buford of Columbia; two sis ters, Mrs. Harry W. Shealy of Newberry and Mrs. Nettie Sub- ” of Columbia; ten grandchild- n and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were con- d.ucted Saturday at his church by Rev. Charles O. Gahagan. Interment was in the church cemetery. Miss Ruff, 85, service Sunday Miss Minnie E. Ruff, 85, died early Saturday morning at her home, Route 2, Pomaria. She had been in declining health for several years. Miss Ruff was born and rear ed in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late Sig mon and Christie Heller Ruff. She had spent her entire life in the St. Matthews section of the county and was a life mem ber of St. Matthews Lutheran Church. Surviving are one brother, Raymond I. Ruff, Pomaria and a number of nieces and nep hews. Funeral services were held Sunday from her church with Rev. C. Allan Sellman conduct ing. Burial was in the church cemetery. In miiiic areas li\e shrimp is eonsidered the top honefish bait, hut in other areas other baits pre vail siieh as eoiieh. trails. -Sl’OMTS API ELI). Announcements FOR MAYOR I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-nomination to the office of Mayor of the City of Newberry in the September 8th Democratic Primary, and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. CLARENCE A. SHEALY, JR. FOR CITY COUNCIL I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-nomination to the office of City Councilman, City of Newberry, in the Sep tember 8th Democratic Prim ary, and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. CECIL E. KINARD FOR CITY COUNCIL I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Councilman for the City of Newberry and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary. L. D. GARDNER, JR. FOR COUNCILMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of City Councilman City of Newberry, in the Democratic Primary, and pledge myself to abide the results of the primary. C. A. DUFFORD, SR.