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The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14
THE LINCOLN TIMES
Dial Regent 5-2571

out" this season, our town isn't
likely to have any representatives
in pro ball this summer; some
thing that hasn't happened in a
long, long time
Warren Hawkins. coach of the
unbeaten. WNCHSAA champion
Asheboro boys that beat Hickory
in the tourney title game here
last week. is married to former
LincolntOn girl. Betsy Sue Leon
ard. Betty Sue, incidentally. is
also a former Lincolnton Wolver-
cite player
Looks like they'll have to en-
large the trophy case in the lob
by of the new Block Smith Me
mortal Gymnasium to take care
Of the increasing number of
Wolverette championship troph-
les . They were over As of them
displayed in the case prior to the
recent Journeys and. now
this season, three more have been
added-one for the regular sea-
son Western AA conference title,
another for the Western Confer
ence tourney crown, and the third
for the WNCHSAA title =.
These latter three trophies, and
individual gold basketballs. were
presented to Coach KiSer and
the Wolverettes following the
WNCHSAA finals here.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14
CourtOf Honor
Set For Thurs.

The monthly Lincoln county
Boy Scout Court of Honor will be
held on Thursday night, March II,
at 7;45 O'Clock in the First Presby-
terian Church.
A Scouter Roundtable will be
held during the court.
At 6 pm. prior to the court, a
district meeting of Scout officials
will be held at the Plaza Grill.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14

Jim Lineberger is back for third
base. Jim Poole at the second
sack. Homer Smith and Robert
Auton. Other prospects include
Odell, Don Buckley. catchers; Ted
Robinson. 1b: Jimmy CarSwell.
Harold Bynum. David Ramsey, of;
Ernie Lippard. infield.
THE SCHEDULE
Mar. 31-Lincolnton at Cliffside
Apr. 4-Belmont at Lincolnton
Apr. 12-Lincolnton at Shelby
Apr. 15-Cherryville at Lincolnton
Apr. Is - CliffSide here
Apr. 22-Open
Apr 26-Forest City at Lincolnton
Apr. 29-Lincolnton at Cherryville
May 3-Lincolnton at Tri-High
May 6-Shelby at Lincolnton
May l0-Lincolnton at Belmont
May 3-Rutherf ton at Lincoln II
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14
Rock Springs Boys
In Semi-FinaIs Of
Valdese Tournament

Rock Springs high school boys
cagers have advanced to the
semi-finals of the Valdese Gold
Medal tournament. Tonight.
they clash with LenOir at 1880
o'clock.
In a Thursday contest, the
Springs bounced Granite Falls,
71-57. as Jimmy Munday buck
eted 81 points. In Saturday
game. the Lincoln county quint
of Coach Ed Carter timmed
Waxhaw, 1862.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14
Some Wives Do Most Contract
Talking; Hubby Takes Care Of
Base Hts Mama The Figures

was jumped all the way to the
Cardinals. Why?
We'll, we knew this time he was
ready and better pitcher, Rick
ey, Jr.. explains.
He was, too.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14

About one-half of the nation S
milk production is consumed in
fluid form. One-fourth is used to
make butter. The remainder goes
into other manufactured dairy
products.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14
ANSWERS TO SPORTS QUIZ

l. Roy Campanella batted .258
in his first year while Mickey Ver-
non had .257, Nellie Fox .255 and
Ed Mathews .242.
2. Larry Jansen won 81 games as
a rookie in 1947. Garcia and
Trucks posted IA wins in their first
year and Roe came through with
13.
3. They're lady wrestlers.
4. Hub Pruett of the st. Louis
Browns.
5. Mike Donlin in 1909 = he
went into vaudeville skit with his
wife, Mabel Hite.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14

A rotation system using nom
susceptible crops is still the basic
means of reducing damage from
nematodeS.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14

The SIS million hogs and pigs on
U. S. farms January was 13 per
cent above the relatively low fig
ure of year earlier.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-14
SHORTS

Neale Patrick (Gaston Citizen
reports tha' Frank MCGUIRE and
Jim Tatum sat together during a
semifinals game at the ACC bas-
ketball tournament in Raleigh,
and that some Carolina fan (anti-
Barclay. apparently remarked
that he wished that was "a per-
manent seating arrangement" .
And. we read there's been some
criticism on NC. States public
appeal for $500 to finance the
Wolfpack cagers trip to Denver
and the AAU The reasoning
was that if State couldn't afford
the trip, it shouldn't have accept
ed the invitation.
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the Hotel Statler, csc Chairman
Philip Young told the SPA the
current haSsle over Federal pay
raise legislation threatens to de-
lay action this year on other ad-
ministration's employee benefit
proposals. such as group health
insurance and employe training
programs.
Mr.. Young also declared that
the present system of having
Congress adjust classified and
postal salaries is too "slow and
cumbersome" He urged con-
sideration Of plans to place all
Federal salaries on a full OF
partial wage-board basis, the
same as is the case for per diem
workers.
Acknowledging that such plans
offer some practical difficulties,
Mr.. Young said that might be
adaptable within general
framework of congressional con-
troll.
The csc chairman also said
that a number of difficulties have
to be ironed out before the Gov
eminent joins in the single
packaged community charity
drive. Mr.. Young emphasized
he is not opposed to a single
packaged drive. He said, how
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Senate Votes
z Probe Funds
BY the Associated Press

The Senate has voted $4,000
to finance an investigation Of
charges by Senator Johnston.
Democrat, of South Carolina that
the Post Office Department and
Civil Service Commission are
flouting the laws protecting Gov
eminent employees job security.
The investigation is to be con-
Quoted by the Post Office and
Civil Service Committee which
Senator Johnston heads.
The Senate also voted $50, 900
yesterday to finance an investi-
cation OF alleged infringements
of constitutional guarantees I'M
der the Bill of Rights. and an
other $4,000 for a complete
examination and review" of the
patent laws.
The constitutional rights in
quiry will be handled by q
Judiciary subcommittee headed
by Senator Hennings, Democrat,
OF Missouri Senator Hennings
told the Senate he would pay
particular attention to matters
concerned with the rights of
privacy, freedom of speech, free
dom of the press. freedom from
unreasonable search and seizure
and functions of administrative
departments whose responsible
ties particularly affect such
rights"
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Junior Science
.ExhibitOpens

HARRISONBURG. Va, May IL
R.-Exhibits painstakingly set
up by nearly 800 junior members
Of the Virginia Academy of
Science were to be judged here
today by senior scientists
gathered for the academy's 33d
annual meeting.
The exhibits, many of them
elaborate affairs dealing with
varied aspects of scientific en-
deavor, represent the winners of
five regional science contests in
Virginia during the past year.
The high school participants
worked well into the night toSget
the exhibits ready for the judy
ing in Madison Colleges Burrus
Science Hall. Final winners will
be announced as part of the
academy's talent search program
Spotlight of the four-day ses-
sion will center this morning on
a meeting of the senior academy
council.
Interest tomorrow and Satur-
day will be on papers presented
the delegates by specialists in
various scientific fields.
Irving G. Foster of Virginia
Military Institute will preside
over the meeting.
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New Testing Station
For Autos Requested

A third automobile testing sta
ton in the Northwest section of
Washington was urged last night
by the Hawthorn Citizens Asso-
citation.
The group will ask the Com
miSsioners for the station and
seek support for it in area asso-
Citations.
The guest speaker, Miss Ear
line Carpenter. of the newly Or
ganized Transit Protective Com
mittee for Metropolitan WASH
ington, told the association her
committee is fighting to improve
transit service.
The meeting, conducted by
James Perrin, president, was
held in the Chevy Chase Com
munity Center, Connecticut ave-
nue. and Mckinley street NV.
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bert was diagnosed as non-para-
lytic polio and her condition was
reported good.
All vaccine used in the Vir-
GINA program was made by Eli
Lilly & Co. of Indianapolis. OF
the 81 cases among immunized
children throughout the Ma
ton, the Lilly vaccine was used
in 10.
Wyeth Serum Used
Children in District and Mary
land schools were vaccinated
with the product of the Wyeth
Laboratories, Philadelphia.
Some criticism was voiced in
Congress over the handling of
the program by Mrs. Hobby.
Like DR.. Scheele, she turned
down a request to appear before
the House Banking Committee
yesterday. DR.. Scheele later said
he would be available for a
hearing tomorrow.
Representative Multer, Demo-
crat, of New York said he would
urge the Banking Committee to
adopt a resolution calling on the
President to direct Mrs. Hobby
to appear as a committee wit
ness.
Representative Boiling, Demo-
crat, of Missouri told the House
Mrs Hobby appeared to be
lodging her responsibilities, and
Representative Vanik, Democrat,
Of Ohio said this "looks like a
cover-up for possible public
dereliction."
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annual meeting OF the OOCleLy
for Personnel Administration:
This is where the patronage
problem is especially serious. =.
It is impossible to sufficiently
emphasize the demoralizing ef-
feet of such efforts.
IF we are to have a system
whereby certain so-called ca
reer people must get political
Endorsements and be subjected
to political tests before receiving
appointments to career posi-
tions, then we will never achieve
the Announcements in the civil
service system which we need"
The official of the 80-year -old
business-supported organization
called on the administration to
clarity its policy regarding the
career service land remove any
cause for suspicion of partisan
influence which will prevent the
constructive programs now I'M
der way from realizing their full
potential"
Affects Selection
"If the career service is to be
subjected to political tests, Philip
Young and his staff at the Civil
Service Commission might as
well abandon their progressive
efforts to improve executive de-
velopment and training" Mr..
Watson said. THE public cannot
afford to train executives in the
career service who will be sub
jected to political suspicion by
future administrations. Adequate
selection of people for training
cannot be accomplished where
political favoritiSm is involved.
If there are to be political
tests, then President Eisenhower
might as well discontinue efforts
for the Presidents incentive
Award Program. What kind OF
incentive award system can we
have If every person receiving an
award is going to be suspected OF
being a political favorite?"
Mr.. Watson cautioned Govern
ment personnel officials not to
resist changes in the civil service
system that will make the system
more dynamic and workable.
Held to Need Improvement
Declaring that civil service
needs improvement" Mr.. Wat
son added: Just as we guard
against favoritism, we must also
be careful that we do not view
every proposal for change as q
raid on the merit system. In
other words. civil service must be
protected from the entrenched
bureaucrat just as much as it
must be protected from the pious
politician who is going to save
democracy from the civil service. "
Mr.. Watson observed that po-
litical patronage, rather than
civil service, was on the defensive
these days, because the American
public and the Nations press are
strong supporters of the merit
system.
PROGRAMS STALLED-At
yesterdays afternoon session in
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Cruise Brightens Lives
Of Area Handicapped

Lame. the singer, made the pre-
sentation.
Above-deck. a father fed his
cerebral palsied boy a cupcake
and milk. The child has no con-
troll over his muscles. His chin
was covered with cupcake.
Negotiates Stairs
A young polio victim ap-
preached the head of a stair
way. He flung his metal crutches
away. A Jaycee asked him il
he wanted to be carried down
The boy shook his head, and
swung down the steps by hang
ing onto the railing.
The habitual booster" smile
of the good Jaycee gave way
many times to moist eyes.
Richard McCauley, chairman
of the function. hauled to a halt
at one point in his activities,
observed:
I've made these trips before,
and there hasn't been a. time yet
somewhere along the line that
lump doesn't come to your
throat"
Hey, mister. look at my cart
Wheel" an eight-year-old girl
cried out. negotiating one. She
was past the paralytic stage of
polio.
AS the boat left it's Washing
ton Channel dock In a cloud OF
black smoke and orange balloons
set adrift by the kids, the Metro
politan Police Band was playing
Smiles"
1t really wasn't necessary.
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BOY, 3, QUITS
CIGAR SMOKING
FOR ICE CREAM

BETHALTO. Ill. up. -
Earl E. Welton. 3, has
switched from SIN oking
three cigars a day to eat
ing ice cream cones.
Mrs. Earl c. Welton. the
boys mother. said yester-
day she started weaving
Earl from cigars last week.
She said he hasn't smoked
for six days now, but he
has eaten about 20 ice
cream cones"
An elementary hool
teacher, Mrs. Era Weeks.
had a lot to do with Earl's
quitting. She told him he
couldn't go to school when
he got old enough if he
smoked.
Mrs. Welton also said
she had beeen swamped
with letters from all over
the Nation. demanding that
she break Earl of the
smoking habit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12
BY JOHN w. STEPP'

They went down the gang
plank in wheel chairs. on
crutches, in metal braces.
One 9-year-old boy, only re-
Gently out of the hospital and
fiat on his back, made it, at the
last minue, in a stretcher- like
contraption.
1t was the 21st annual Poto-
mac River outing of the Wash
ington Junior Chamber of Com
merce on behalf of the handi-
capped children of the Metro
politan Area.
On the face of it, it was a
heartbreak cruise, with nearly
1000 kids of all ages limping,
hobbling and stumping around
the decks of a pleasure craft.
Except that the delighted ex-
pressions on their faces con-
tradicted any such ideas.
For five hours, there was a
continuous round of entertain
ment. Hoppity -Skippity, the
man-like TV rabbit In his zip
pered terry-cloth pelt, was there.
g The Texas Wildcats twanged
out ditties and ballads ranging
from "Davy Crockett, to "a
Frog Would Accounting Co.. and
back to "Davy Crockett" again.
The little boy on the stretcher
dreamily chimed in on the "Davy
Crockett choruses.
Free Features
The entertainment was free.
So was the Wilson Lines Mount
Vernon-which travelled all the
way to Mount Vernon-and the
thousands Of cupcakes, cartons
Of milk. bottles of soda pop, hot
dogs. ice cream cups, candy bars
and boxes of toys. Local mer-
chants contributed the goodies.
p Taxicab firms. a Virginia bus
company and Jaycees provided
the transportation. The boy on
the stretcher might never have
reached dockSide in time if it had
f.. not been for a funeral home
ambulance service firm which,
without hesitation, responded to
a last-minute summons for free
service.
And there were more than 100
prizes won by drawing lots. They
ranged from radios to wrist
watches and cowboy suits. The
top drawing-a trip to Bermuda
on the new cruise-ship. TRADE
Winds"-was won by 12-year old
Roberta Hamilton who lives at
1l3 Galeston place S.W., and
goes to the Tyler School. frankie
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Boys Club Offered
Use of AVG. House

Directors of American Veter-
ans Committee house at 1851
New Hampshire avenue NV.
have offered the use of its club
house facilities to the Metropoli-
tan Police Boys Club provided
the club is organized on an in
tegrated basis.
The ave directors said the
offer was made to encourage the
growth of the boys club move
ment as well as to encourage the
recent advances made toward
ending racial discrimination in
the city's life"
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ever. the problem must be care
fully studied and worked out
before it Is put into operation.
Mr., Young also strongly praised
the administrations "construc-
tive personnel program" for Gov
eminent employees during the
past few years, citing the nu-
merous fringe benefits given to
Federal workers.
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Virginia - Mostly cloudy with
showers and scattered thunder
storms tomorrow and over west
tonight. Low tonight 81 60.
Somewhat warmer in south to-
morrow.
Wind-Southeast tonight and
southeast to south 1920 miles
per hour tomorrow.
River Report
tFrom U. s. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
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Cor HurtIes Into ConuI,
Killing Eight in Family

MONTERREY, Mex. May IL
R.-Eight members of a Mexi-
can family from Fresno, Calf :,
were killed yesterday, when their
car hurtled into a canal near
here. They were returning
from a Mothers Day visit in
Mexico.
The only survivor was the
father. Ramiro G. Lozano, who
was driving the car. Most
victims drowned. Mr.. Lozano
told officials he lost control of
the car when his wife, nervous
because of the speed, grabbed
him.
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Poppy Sole to Sturt

The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold its annual poppy sale
in College Park from Saturday
through May 81. Sale of the
artificial flowers. made by pa
tients at the Perry Point Vet
erans' Hospital, will benefit dis
abled veterans and needy chill
dren of veterans.
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TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Increas-
ing cloudinesS tonight with low
near Sc. Cloudy and mild tomor-
row with showers and probably
scattered thunderstorms.
Maryland - Increasing cloudi-
ness and less cool in west tonight
with chance of some rain in the
mountains and low in the SOS.
Rather cloudy and milder tomor-
row with showers and scattered
thunderstorms spreading to coast
by night and high in the 70s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-12
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Political Fovoritism
Charged in Promotions
By JOSEPH YOUNG

The executive director Of the nonparsan National
League charged today that partisan politics
influencing the promotion and appointment chances of Govern
ment employees.
Watson league told the
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WEATHER BUREAU FORECAST-showers and thunder
storms forecast tonight for the from the Eastern
Great Lakes to the Gulf and westward through the Mssis-
sppi Valley Showery weather also will the Northern
states from Lake Michigan to the North Pacific coast
will be cooler in the Middle Mississippi Valley and in the
far Northwest.-AP Wirephoto Map.
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Record Temperatures This Year
Highest. SS, on May g.
Lowest. 10, on February 3.
High and Low of Last ~ Hours Ending
4 AM. Today
Hlgh. 10. at $50 pm.
Low, 81, at sos IN.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
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Ho,U to make your lalUn gro,U
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PROGRAMS STALLED-At
yesterdays afternoon session in