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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-02-10
NewPension Law
Allows Sl.M0
Income To Vet

The new veterans pension
law which goes into effect July
! sets up higher income limits
of eligibility for pensions, sc
that many veterans and the wi
dows and orphans of veterans
may become eligible under the
new law even ii they had haC
their claims diSailowed under
the old law.
Present law requires that {;
veteran. otherwise eligible. may
receive pension cu!y If MS in
.Omc is no more than Sl.iOl
without dependents. ,r $1,000 !
he is married or has a minor
child. Under the new law, the
Veterans Administration said,
the maximum IS increased tC
81 300 with no dependents anG
$4,000 if the veteran has de
pcndentS. a sliding or graduate
scale is established for variOu.
income levels below those lin
its.
Also, VA said, women who
have recently become widow"
through the deaths Of their hus-
bands should investigate as soon
as possible whether it is to their
advantage to qualify for pension
under the old law-whoSe terms
expire June 30-or under pro-
visions OF the new law. The
same considerations apply TO the
dependent children of veterans
who have recently died.
Higher income limitations arc
provided under the new law 70.
widows as well as for veterans
Widows may earn up to Sl,8O,
If childleSs or up to $4,000
they have dependent children.
there are children but no Wi
dow. the child's income cai
reach $1,000 annually, not in
Guiding his own earnings, anC
he will still be eligible for PEN
sion.
Full details of income and
other eligibility requirements as
well as assistance in reopening
claims may be obtained at any
VA office.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-02-10
Billy Rex Stephens
On Honor Roll Again

MARS HILL BILLY Rex
Stephens. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
william v. Stephens Of 100 Fow-
Ter ST.. Tabor City. has been
named on the deans honor roll
at Mars Hill College for the
third straight semester.
To be eligible for the honor
roll a student must make at least
40 quality points with no grade
below c. This requires an aver
age between B and A. Quality
points accure at the rate of one
for each hour Of study in which
the student receives a c grade,
two for each hour of b work and
three for each hour Of A work.
The deadline for choosing be-
tween Choice A and Choice B
plans Of cotton production is
tncn
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-02-10
FEBRUARY 8, 1860

Fifty years ago the Boy Scouts of America were
chartered at Washington. d. G. William d. Bovce
Chcago publisher, was largely responsible for thei
formation Boyce obtained the idea from experience
In London with a helpful English Scout first hand
observation of the English movement founded by Sir
Robert Badcn-Powell, an English army officer
May the success of the movement continue in the
years to come.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-02-10
Free
ceiling

SOME FUN Now that
everyone's had a 60 aat the new
cars. here's what the builders
are saying makes 'em better than
last years models.
A publicity release from the
Automobile Manufacturers As
ISOLATION unblushingly list a
host of new features and inn
provements that distinguish the
1860 models"
One mans commentary OF
each Of the new features fol
lows in parenthesis.
The release surges on with
Pronounced changes in body
design and engineering provide
greater security. quiet and COM
fort" They've started tighten
ing up the nuts now
Driver vision has been fur
Their improved on many models
by increased glass areas" MAX
ing windshields cost over 500
to replace
Greater use is also made of
recessed controls. safety type
sun visors and cushioning ma
terials for greater crash injury
protection" Chats good to
know since the ads don't men.
ton it,
Following a traditional pat
tern. many items that were op
tional on some models in previ
Gus years have became STANDARD
equipment for 1860" Like ;
bigger down payment maybe.)
New safeguards against rus
and corrosion have been intro
duced through increased chemi
cal coating processes. better fin
iSheS and more effective seal
ing" Great. but lets wait
!; couple of years and look again
huh?)
Expanded use Of insulation
and sound deadeninG materia
|. reduce noise in the paSScnG
, er compartment" CAbSolutel
worthless when one of the kid
tries to see who can scream tn,
loudCSt.l
"A parking brake that release
automatically when the car l
placed in gear has been intro
, duced while more models max
use of parking brake warnini
lights" Now that's pretty good
fellows
Wiper blades are longer OF
many models and follow wind
shield contours with more uni
form pressure" And. unles
they're electric. promptly stol
working on a hill
! Still land all. though. Ameri
can built cars do give you a goot
shake for your money. I'm re
minded of my own clunker.
medium priced two door will
So 600 miles on the speedometer
It's had a couple of sets of tires
of course. a new battery. littl,
mechanical work here and there
But she's Spry. dependable ant
relatively trouble free. which i
about all you could ask for il
any car, old or new.
: SUDDEN THAWT. :. b
Yourself is about the worst ad
vice you can give some drivers
= SLOGANS. Like many othe
products. newspapers sum u
good works in the form of slo
! ganS. Most Tar Heel newspaper
have one. 1t appears most fire
quently in line of type just be
low the papers title. Others hav
d.. it at the top of page one. in on
corner or the other. Perusing
bunch of papers the other morn
, ing. | came across these: -
, Stanly County newspaper c
r character" - Stanly News an
}. Press. Albemarle: IF it's goo
. for Mecklenburg County we ar
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-02-10

Sl22 million worth Of dia-
were sold in u. S. last
year.
The main portico of the old
''atent Office Building is said t.
be an exact replica of the par
thenOn in Athens.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-02-10

For more specific information.
you may contact your local Cn-
unity Service Officer. or Mr.. r.
rormy-Duval. District Officer,
North Carolina Veterans Com
400 Murchison Build
ing. Post Office Box l742. Will
mington, North Carolina.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-02-10
SENSE f
NONSENSE
COFFEE SHOP - ROUND l
By WRAY THOMPSON

Bill iokinky queried hunting companion dur
hS . coffee break last Friday morning, What would
do ii your wife would say Get rid of those dogs
you'll lose me'?"
Responded Bill, 'Td hate for her to put it
to me that way
Whereupon Dale Watts chirped up and said ME.
too" And added, But I've got it made now; at one
time l had thirteen hounds, a house dog. and four
foxes Things kinda peaceful at our house
now that we've lust got two dogs.
Dale also told of trying to dispose of the fox
quartet For weeks he tried to give them away in
vain. Finally morning Troy Mcpherson broadcast
the story of Dales plight
The result: even though he had been unsuccessful
in giving them away before, after the radio plug he
deluged with all sorts of offers and ended up
selling the animals for SIS each.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-02-10
ROUND TWO

The subject of marriage up. One 'caffiend'
quoted Tor he said) Judge r. Mallard with the
statement
well, two live cheapy one"
But only haf long
WELL DESERVED
Evening star., 1960-10-01
Nothing to Debate

The wives of the presidential nom
ineeS have shown good sense in rejecting
proposal that they stage great
debate" Of their own. The idea presum-
ably was to carry to the television screen
the recently publicized discussion as to
whether Mrs. Nixon or Mrs. Kennedy
dresses the more lavishly.
Both Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Kennedy
(who recently in an unguarded moment
started the clothes discussion) agree
that how each other dresses is not and
should not be made campaign issue.
In fact, both have stated that they can
see no merit in TV debate between
them on any subject. We are old-fash-
ioned enough to believe that candidates
wives are more for seeing than hearing.
And it is the country's good fortune to
have an array of very photogenic wives
accompanying their husbands on the
hustingS. Let's not mar the picture with
unnecessary feminine oratory.
Evening star., 1960-10-01
For Sentiment and Safety

The National Park Services plan for
an inner-loop tunnel in the Lincoln Me-
mortal area is designed to preserve the
dignity Of the memorial while serving
the urgent needs of traffic To throw
the expected heavy traffic from the de-
veloping inner loop into the roadwayS
around the memorial not only would be
a diSService to the shrine and its many
visitors but would present serious traf-
fic hazards for motorists and pedes-
trianS alike.
When the District Highway Depart
ment first proposed Sunken roadways
around the memorial as western link
IN the inner loop, park and other off,
cials Immediately protested the plan.
There were numerous conferences, as a
result OF which the tunnel proposal
evolved. District highway officials said
they had no objection to underpassing
the memorial area, provided the District
was not required to pay the extra bill.
The tunnel worked out by engineer
ing conSultantS for the Park Service
would cost nearly SIC million. In addi-
tion, there would be additional roadways
along the Rejecting Pool and around
the Washington Monument, bringing
the total cost to about $40 million. Since
these are essentially park projects, the
cost presumably would be borne by the
Federal Government. Esthetic and other
aspects of the plan are still to be ap-
proved by the Fine Arts Commission
and the National Capital Planning Com
mission. Highway Department officials
say the layout does not provide for Ger
tain traffic flows. Revisions may be nee
essary. In any case, every effort should
be made to reconcile the requirements
of traffic with the memorial character
of the area involved.
Evening star., 1960-10-01
The Berlin Donoer

In announcing that its trade agree
ment with East Germany is to be erased
at the end of the year, Chancellor
Adenauer's West German government
has acted in justiflable reprisal for the
puppet Communist regimes mounting
pressureS, including travel restrictions,
against free Berlin.
Fully supported by France, Britain
and the United States, the move has
been ordered in the hope of persuading
the East German Reds to put an end
to their present tension-breeding policy,
and Bonn has made clear that if they
do, then the trade cancellation will be
withdrawn forthwith. Otherwise, unless
the Soviet Union or states like Sweden
send substitute shipments, the Com
muniSt-controlled part of Germany is
likely to feel severe economic pinch
for want of certain key products. An
important portion of its steel, for ex-
ample, has been coming from the West
Germans
1t seems rather probable, however,
that the East German regime, since it's
maneuverS undoubtedly are being car
ried out in keeping with instructions
from the Kremlin, will be able to count
on receiving adequate amounts of So
Wet supplies to Offset the sharper ef-
fects OF Bonn'S trade Stoppage. To that
extent, therefore, the free Germans ap-
pear to be bit wishful in hoping that
their retaliatory action will have a
SOLDERING effect on the Communists and
lead them to take the heat of Berlin.
After all, for reasons best known to
themselves, the men of the Kremlin are
anxious to maintain an atmosphere of
crisis there, and the chances are that
they have some additional unpleasant
rieS in store for the city.
Viewed in that light, Bonn's trade
cutoff decision clearly amounts to a
calculated risk for the West-a risk that
may well result in a fresh batch of
tough Communist countermeasures,
which could include even a total block
ade of the city. True, Mayor Willy
Brandt of West Berlin has Just declared
himself convinced that the Russians
will not resort to any such explosive ac-
cA0A4' H"V VAACAC 10 AIO SudIdnCee as IO
that Certainly Nikita KhruShchev's
conduct in the United Nations has been
Incorporate and ugly enough to suggest
that he may be in a mood to create a
grave new crisis.
In any event, this possibility-the
possibility that free Berlin may be sub
1ected to blockade designed to
strangle 1t - must be reckoned with
most seriously by the United States and
the West as whole. Clearly, If the
Kremlin takes such action, the danger
Of war will be great indeed.
Evening star., 1960-10-01
Improved Economic Base

- Secretary Of Treasury Anderson has
presented to world bankers gathered
here thoughtful and informative anal
ysis Of the current state of the American
economy. His conclusion, in brief, Is
that period of readjuStment has pretty
much run its course in recent months
and in doing so has established a base
for SuStainable, non n-inflationary growth
Of long duration.
The steps by which Mr.. Anderson
arrives at this conclusion are logical.
He starts by setting up two factual
guidepoStS, indisputable ones today and
the recognition of which is essential to
an economic evaluation in accurate
perspective. One is that for approx
mately twenty years the economy has
been subjected to recurrent inf1ationary
preSSureS-forces born primarily of war
and near-war-which were bound to
influence fiscal policies and affect eco
nomic behavior. The other is that the
beginning of new decade prompted a
flush Of excessive optimism m"-perhaps
understandable in the light Of the
American temperament.
two principal lines of reasoning. One is
that, currently at least, inflationary
pressure has been removed-first of all
by the impressive shift from a $12.4-
billion Federal deficit in fiscal 1859 to a
$1.1-billion Federal surplus in fiscal 1860
and, secondly, by an accompanying
easing of monetary policy through a
series of Federal Reserve Board actions
Among these were two reductions in the
rate of interest on loans to Reserve
member banks, reduction of reserve re-
quirements for member banks, the low
ering of margin requirements for stock
market loans and experimentation of
banking system reserves through pur-
chase of Government securities.
The Secretary'S second major point
is closely related to the first. The decline
in inf1ationary pressures and expecta-
tions, he points out, has taken the crisis
quality out of inventory buying It has,
in other words, created feeling of con-
f1dence in the business community that
industrial goods and materials will con-
tinue to be available at reasonably stable
prices-removing the stimulus for over
buying in fear of either higher prices
or possible shortages. While the result
ant decline in inventory spending, after
a near-record rate in the first quarter of
1860, has contributed to Slackened buSi-
ness activity in some quarters, Mr..
Anderson believes that this adjustment
Evening star., 1960-10-01

Recently there have been
reports that a new method
for lie detection has been
evolved at the D. {. General
Hospital. These reports are
quite spectacular, although
not quite as spectacular as
DR.. Riesenan's and Mr.. Peter
Herkos' claims to establish
culpabllity by psychic means.
Aren't we goir 3 from the
ridiculous to the sublime?
Electronic devices for re-
cording cort'cal brain activity
are nothing new. Further
more, it has been established
that such electro-encepholo-
graphic recordings are highly
variable and subject to con-
siderable error. The danger
to the public lies in the fact
that innocent persons may
be unjustly accused as a
result of these faulty tech
niques. An innocent and
honest person can also ex-
perience fear. If the users of
this electronic gadget have
developed a device that can
differentiate' the fearful ten
sion in the mind of an inno-
cent person from that of a
criminal, then they deserve
at least the Nobel Prize, and
I should strongly recommend
that the new gadget be tested
on our two presidential can
didates so that the degree
of their honest intentions
can be established.
Michael M. Miller, M. D.,
Editor, American journal
Of Social Psychiatry.
Evening star., 1960-10-01
Praise for Mr.. Nixon

e The President last August "a threw
what some people thought was curve
ball in the general direction Of Vice
President Nixon. But at the Republican
fund-raising rally Thursday night Mr..
Eisenhower made himself clear on this
point.
Actually, the import of the Presi-
dents remark at the August press con-
ference, we think, has been much dis
torted. In response to a question, he
had been talking about Mr.. Nixon's role
in the administration and the tenor Of
his comments was laudatory. At the
end, however, reporter asked the Pres
ident If he could give an example Of
major idea of Mr.. Nixon'S that had been
adopted as administration policy. Mr..
Eisenhower's reply was: "If you give me
a week might think of one. I don't
remember"
: Whether this was intended to be
facetious, as Mr. Nixon has suggested,
we do not know. But in any event the
President certainly went all-out at the
Thursday night rally to praise Mr..
Nixon's role in the Eisenhower admin
iStration and to express his confidence
in the Vice Presidents qualifications for
the presidency.
He said Mr. Nixon had participated
with him and other high officials Gin
hundreds of important deliberative pro-
ceedingS of the Cabinet, National Secu-
rity Council and other agencies. In
these meetings he has proved himself
time and again to be man with COM
prehensive understanding of the prob
lens of our age and the demands upon
government" Finally, after stating
that Mr.. Nixon's counsel had been "in-
valuable" to him, the President added:
GAS a person ready to enter the duties
of the presidential office, Dick Nixon
has the broadest and deepest prepara-
tion and experience of any man know"
From this only one inference can
be drawn: Whatever thought Mr.. Eisen-
hover was trying to convey in his Au-
gust "a remark, he clearly was not try
ing to downgrade the performance or
the competency of the Vice President.
Evening star., 1960-10-01
Three Sisters Bridoe

The man who wrote your
editorial, Both Bridges
Needed" in The Star of
August Is must have been
using a 10-year-old map for
source material. He kept
talking about a new bridge
being needed across the Po-
tomac at Arizona avenue
NV, when obviously from
several Of his geographic
references, he meant that the
bridge is needed at the foot
Of the proposed Glover-Arch-
bold parkway. This future
bridge more often is called
Three Sisters Island Bridge.
For your information, the
proposed roadway in the bot
tom Of Foundry Branch
Valley designated as Arizona
avenue in 1901 was never
built, is now officially called
Glover = Archbold Parkway,
but is still not built. Several
years ago when the above
name-change was made, the
main thoroughfare leading to
Chain Bridge was named
Arizona avenue. Its old name
was Weaver street and
Weaver place.
Now that these locations
are Strengthened out. we are
inclined to agree with you,
that if and when another
bridge is built above Key
Bridge it should be right
where your editorial indi-
Gated but did not say-at the
Three Sisters site. A bridge
here would make a direct
connection between the Spout
Run parkway in Virginia and
the future Glover-Archbold
parkway in Washington. Thus
the future bridge traffic will
be hidden deep in the woods
and will not clutter up resi-
dental streets on either side
Of the river. A bridge of
new" Arizona avenue would
be too close to Chain Bridge,
and the new bridge trafic
would stub-end in Spring
Valley in very inadequate
streets for heavy traffic. Also,
the grade of Arizona avenue
is too steep for a modern
highway.
James w. Anderson,
President. the Palisades Citi-
zens Association.
Editors note: The edi-
torial, in referring to pro-
posals for a new bridge
between the Key and Chain
bridges, should have ex-
planned that the once
planned Arizona Avenue"
bridge was to be built on the
line Of what now is the
Glover-Archbold parkway
Evening star., 1960-10-01

Tin inventory Spending) is near COM
pletion and that total economic activity
for the year will be high.
In an election year, all economic
theses are certain to be challenged and
debated against the background of pol
itics. Mr.. Anderson has no record, how
ever, of indulging in distorted economic
dissertations for partisan political pur-
poses. And he would be most unlikely to
do so to his expert and sophisticated
audience of this week, the governors of
the World Bank and International
Monetary Fund.
Evening star., 1960-10-01
ACubon on Castro
Whut Recession?'

The Assembly Of the United
Nations may well consider
the inventory Of Castro's mis-
deeds during the last IS
months of his bloody regime.
Let the U. N. know that in
Cuba there exists a regime
based on brutal force. 1t is
Communist in its economic
makeup, and anarchy in the
core Of its ignorant and illit-
crate proceedings.
Juridically in Cuba there
does not exist a State. The
authority Of such is capri
ciously interpreted by the
majors of Castro's armed
forces. who judge, condemn,
absolve, confiscate or Inter
vene" lives and properties
without being subject to any
legal, rational processes
whatsoever. There is no liberty
Of conscience because the
priests and ministers and the
faithful are harassed by mobs
organized and directed by
Castro'S Chief of Police
Ef1genio Amejeiras, who was
formerly sought as a trader
in marihuana.
Cuba is tyrannized by Fidel
Castro and his gangsters who
have converted the formerly
respected Embassies, Lega-
tions and Consulates Of Cuba
into centers Of subversion and
propaganda and agitation.
Pursued by a complex of
diabolical hatred, Castro is
trying to do the impossible:
10 TURN the whole Cuban
people into haters of the rest
Of America, North and South.
In the name of staunch
friends Of the United States
I beseech the Government of
the United States, the press
and the American people in
general to help us and help
Cuba to get rid of Castro's
despotism in order to prevent
another maSSacre-like the
one in heroic Hungary-with
the tanks, arms and planes
which his Soviet Russian
sponsors have unloaded al
ready or will unload in the
near future.
Jorge GOvanteS,
Former Ambassador of Cuba
to India, Switzerland and
Greece,
Evening star., 1960-10-01
VISTAS IN SCIENCE
Luminescent Blush in Polar Skies
By THOMAS r. HENRY

There are two of these belts.
The visible auroras, they
say, can be accounted for
entirely by the effects of the
outer Van Allen belt while
the newly discovered phe-
nomenon can be attributed
entirely to the inner belt.
\ 4 y
The first ultraviolet map
of the entire sky now is being
prepared by astronomers of
the Naval Research Labora-
tory.
It will show what the
heavens would look like if
seen only in the ultraviolet
light to which the human eye
is insensitive-a quite differ
ent picture from that of the
present star-spangled sky.
Objects now invisible pre-
sumably will be shown clearly.
An array of eight small
telescopes sensitive to ex-
treme ultraviolet wave
lengths of light was used in
a research laboratory expert
ment late in May. These
telescopes were sent aloft in
a rocket which reached an
altitude of 1875 miles over
White Sands, N. Mex.
Rocket View of Air
There the telescope OBJ
tanned a view, unobstructed
by the dense sea of air sur
rounding the earth, and
transmitted images to ground
receivers that are expected
to provide valuable informa-
ton about the structure of
star atmospheres. Images OF
celestial objects were OBJ
tanned that cannot be seen"
with ground-based optical or
radio telescopes.
The images obtained as the
rocket carrying the tele-
scopes swung through its ira
jectory were reflected by
specially coated mirrors to
photodetectors which con-
verted the images into elec-
trical impulses.
The results, according to
the Navy report. clearly dis
tinguished the ultraviolet
emission of individual stars
and nebula. These are being
included in the new map.
Further work along the
same line, the Navy scien-
fists believe, will result in
discovery of hitherto I'M
known celestial phenomena.
Results of the present expert
ment, they say, should pro-
vide the most complete map
of the sky yet obtained in the
invisible ultraviolet.