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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Feb. 18, 1971 Nnuberrg £>mt 1101 Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance; six months, $2.00. papers and other categories of second-class mail Mr. Counts said. These rather steep in creases will be phased in over five years to soften the impact on the mailers. Other highlights of the pro posal: Airmail rates would go up a penny, from 10 to 11 cents, and airmail cards, from 8 to 9 cents each. If temporary rates are placed into effect, post cards will go from 5 to 6 cents although the proposal provides for a full in crease to 7 cents each. Concerning “Priority Mail”— packages weighing more than 12 ounces and receiving first- class treatment—higher rates are proposed only for parcels weighing less than 5 pounds. For a 5-pound priority mail package sent across the U.S., the rates would remain $4.08, under the proposal. However, for a 1-pound package, an in crease of from 80 cents to $1 is proposed. Regular second-class publica tions—those mailed for delivery outside the publishers county, excluding certain categories— will be raised 1.9 cents per piece plus higher advertising rates ranging from 9.1 to 2(1.9 cents per pound. Non-advertis ing rates will be 7.2 cents per pound. Controlled circulation publi cations usually periodicals without subscription fees mail ed to specific audiences or mar kets—face an increase in only their minimum per piece rate to 5 cents from the existing 3.8 cents postage fee. The pound IT When did you check your fire in surance against the actual value of your property. In 1965' > In 1968? You would be surprised to know how much replacement costs have gone uf) since then. It makes good sense to be realistic about today's values and keep your insurance up to date. We can be helpful. Checked Your Insurance Lately? "YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” * % 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 Hike proposed in mail rates Officer In Charge James W. Counts said today proposed new postal increases will place the nations postal system on a sound financial basis and shift more of the costs from tax payers generally to those who use the mails the most. He explained that recent Pos tal Service proposals submitted Feb. 1 to the Postal Rate Com mission would yield additional revenues of $1.45 billion during fiscal 1972. starting July 1. The proposals call for in creases in virtually all cate gories except parcel post. If the Rate Commission does not present to the Governors of the Postal Service a recom mended decision on rate chan ges within 90 days, it is anti cipated that a temporary rate increase will be put into effect by the Postal Service, the Of ficer In Charge said. He pointed out that higher rates had been sought by the Post Office Department under both the current and previous administrations, but no action was- taken. In addition to the long-stand ing Postal Service proposal for a 2-cent boost for letters from 6 to 8 cents, advertising mail (regular bulk rate third class) would be increased to a mini mum of 5 cents per piece, plus additiojial increases for heavier weights. Substantial increases also are proposed for magazines, news rate remains the same. In third-class, the rates for single pieces—often a circular or small parcel—would rise to 8 cents for the first 2 ounces and the fee for each additional ounce would be raised 2 to 4 cents under the permanent-rate proposal. Mailers holding bulk third- class permits would find their rates per pound raised from 16 and 22, to 22 and 28 cents per pound, respectively, when the proposal is fully effected, and the minimum-per-piece charge would be raised to 5 cents. Special delivery and register ed maii fees would both be in creased. The minimum fee for a special delivery letter would rise from 45 to 60 cents, while the rate for registered mail va lued up to $100 would be in creased from 80 to 95 cents under the proposal. There would be proportionate hikes in the fees for shipments registered at higher values. When the proposed domestic changes go into effect, similar increases in letter mail rates to Canada and Mexico are plan ned. The total yield under the pro posal, when fully effective, is estimated at $2,125.8 million, in cluding all of the rates to be phased over a period of years. In the first year $670 million of the $2,125.8 million would be provided from appropriations by Congress under the Postal Reorganization Act. About 80 per cent of the na tion’s mail volume of nearly 90 billion pieces in fiscal year 1972 will be business-type mail, and the bulk of the increase would be borne by these users. Mike Barb keeps point average As basketball season progress es, it is a normal occurance if a player’s point average starts slumping towards the end c f the season. Not so with 6’6” Newberry forward Mike Barb. At 23 years, Barb is the “old man” of the squad. This is his first year on the Indian team, of which he is eligible to con tinue for two more years. He is not without experience, how ever. The Capitol Heights, Mary land, sophomore came to New berry from Brigham Young Uni versity in Provo, Utah, last year. Earlier he played basket ball with famed Pete Maravich in prep school at Southwood College in Salemburg, North Carolina. Although a rise from 10.6 points per game after 16 games to 12.7 points after 25 games is hardly spectacular, it does reflect a change for the better in Barb that has Coach Nield Gordon very pleased. “Mike has been good on defense all along,” commented Gordon, “but lately he has gained confi dence and aggressiveness to be come a real asset to the of fense.” This sudden surge of “con fidence and aggressiveness” seems to mirror the team as a whole. “I think the reason I am shooting better is due to the fact that I am more loose now than at the first of the season,” stated Barb. “The whole team has decided to give it a better effort, and that’s the reason for our success of late,” he concluded. If his field goal average has improved, his free throw shoot ing has proved to be deadly accurate. In 25 games he has sunk 91 of 115 to lead the team in tosses from the line for a 79.1 per cent average. In two games alone he hit on 18 straight tries. Mike feels his best effort of the season was Saturday, Feb ruary 6, against conference leader Elon, and surely he will get no argument from anyone who was there. Not only did he score 27 points, but it was the 220 pounder in the last two seconds of the game that broke the 77-77 tie by rebounding a rim shot, then dunked it in for the win.. His rebounding, fif teen for the evening, was a deciding factor in the Indian victory. With four games remaining before the Carolinas Conference tournament on the Newberry schedule, Mike hopes to conti nue his excellent shooting per formance. College is center for teacher exam Newberry College has been designated as a test center for administering the National Tea cher Examinations on April 3, 1971, Hubert Setzler, the Col lege coordinator of the Exami nations, announced Monday. College seniors preparing to teach and teachers applying for positions in school systems which encourage or require ap plicants to submit their scores on the National Teacher Exami nations along with their other credentials are eligible to take the tests. Last year more than 105,000 candidates took the ex aminations, which are prepared and administered by Educatio nal Testing Service of Prince ton, New Jersey. The designation of Newberry College as a test center for these examinatins will give prospective teachers in this a- rea an opportunity to compare their performance on the exa minations with candidates throughout the country who take the tests, Setzler said. At the one-day session a can didate may take the Common Examinations, which include tests in Professional Education and General Education, and one of the twenty-four Teaching Area Examinations, which are designed to evaluate his under standing of the subject matter and methods applicable to the area he may be assigned to teach. “Bulletins of Information” de scribing registration procedures and containing Registration Forms may be obtained from Setzler or directly from the Na tional Teacher Examinations, Educational Testing Service, Box 911, Princeton, New Jer sey 08540. Prospective teachers planning to take the tests should obtain their “Bulletins of In formation” promptly, he advis ed. Miss Black is Palmer leader Bubber Holston of Columbia, Susan Black of Newberry and Sheila White of Orangeburg, have been elected to positions of leadership in the President’s Advisory Council of Palmer College at Columbia. Holston, a sophomore at Pal mer, was elected chairman, Miss Black was elected vice chairman and Miss White was named secretary of the 13-mem ber council which serves as an advisory group, counseling di rectly with college president, Dr. Charles E. Palmer, on stu dent and academic affairs. Miss Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis D. Black of Rt. 4, Newberry, is also a Dean’s List student and is ma joring in the executive secre tarial program at Palmer. Sgt. Aull with security guard CAMP SPRINGS, Md—Tech nical Sergeant Henry K. Aull, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther D. Aull of Rt. 1, Pomaria, is a member of a select Andrews AFB, Md., organization that has earned the U.S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the third time. He will wear a distinctive service ribbon to mark his af filiation with the 89th. The sergeant is a 1950 gra duate of Pomaria High School. His wife is the former Paula J. Glaze. City Building Permits Building and repair permits issued by the City of Newberry during the past week amounted to $37,460. Ten permits were issued as follows: Leland Lively, 341 Player St., locate trailer; P. M. Dennis, 2016 Mower St., repairs; Irvin Dodgen, 516 Wright St., repairs; Summer Memorial Church, Mil ligan St., addition; Raymond Lee Koon, 1415 Wheeler St., addition; Claude Dominick, Hunt St., addition; First Baptist Church, Caldwell St., repairs; Henry Williams, 1232 Player St., repairs; Leonard T. Wright, 1232 Jones St., repairs; and Mim Jones, 2125 Nance St., re pairs. HEAR DR. CARL McINTIRE Standing Up For God and Country Daily at 8:30 a.m.—(Mon.-Fri.) Over WKMG 1520 On Your Radio Dial Here In Newberry AUDITOR'S 1971 TAX ASSESSMENT NOTICE Returns of personal property, (vehicles, boats, motors, trail ers, mobile homes, farm mach inery, livestock, etc.), new buildings and poll tax are to be made at the County Audi tor’s Office beginning: January 2nd. 1971 through February 27th, 1971 All males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years, except those incapable of earn ing a support from being maim ed or from any other cause, shall be deemed taxable polls, per Section 65-151, 1962 Code of Laws of South Carolina. All returns are to be made by Tax Districts. Your failure to make return calls for pe nalty as prescribed by law.. The books will be closed for making returns after February 27th, 1971. Jeanette K. Hamm Auditor Newberry County