The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1973 Page: 4 of 46
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LOCAL SCENE
A Step Closer
1 tert- b «-xciU*nM*nt u. Ua- anxrfig n»«-inl*-r> <4 Um*
< «ru^ High x-huui Band Buffer < tub «ad tbr •■*<
baud Un- kt<a4> repr»-s»-<itf
it - all over » trip u> Uub sufliiiner *t»er«- Um* UmkI
aiU io testiiilMA and march m a paiad* at tfa-
iolertiatMual ooDtenUuri
M'zs’ <4 Um* «-x< itMixent it being getteraLed tA Ua- KimM**
* iuL *(<um- ifxemtxers are <4 paretits <4 ctnldreri in the Land
A a doubt this is ttif inubt -vpinted ^'Aip *»-
wiUmmmI m acGun They have beer. workup tnrougbuut the
•972 73 mBmuI year lo raise money tor this trip to Miami on
Hirer ctiarteied air ■ ‘xabtiuned 4 ontinental Tradways
busses
Aiid as each anek roU» around the band members get a
4rp < loser 0/ the l^nd <4 Manana Ila- Band Boosters and
bai«d members are -. tgorously working day ar<d mgbt to raise
tunds and they are only about from their goal
Ila gr<Aip <4 'ireless workers began hack last summer
wtan they undertook the yub uf ‘Operating the concession
stands at Va Panola * ounty < attlemen s Rodeo as well as the
FFA k‘,di-o it. addition they operated tlx concession during
the summer tor the Little la-ague and Babe Ruth baseball
games
They ve iiad numerous < ake t*akr sales rummage sales
and a g<>spel singing featuring <xjtstanding quartets and
family singing gr<>ups
The I bursday noun Lions (tub >poos<xed a hamburger sale
<xi the downtown square <4 < arthage where ail proceeds went
into tlx Miami bound bank account This lias been an annual
event headed by Reed F<xsy(h and always nets a sizeable
sum <4 money tor tlx band
And Jim Yarborough at Yarborough s Dry Goods in
‘ arthage donated ten percent from sales with coupons used
by Band Boosters w hu h added greatly to the kitty
J ben Saturday a timely car wash was field with the
weather cooperating beautifully bj aid in the drive On this
same day hxh I,axis Hubs in < arthage conducted a volley
tiafl tournament among members and this added more funds
toward the trip
On May II tix band will present a Spring Concert in the
< arthage High S h«iol auditorium which is always an out
standing performance Boosters have been busy preparing a
pr<>gram anil selling advertising to local and county hut
chants This prop-ct is expected to put the frosting <xi die
< ake and assure the trip
Everytxxly in 1 arthage and Banoia <bunfy seems to ix
getting into the ad to send these students on a trip they will
never forget Buddy Bounds heads the group and his per
lorrnani e is unsurpassed The organization works like a
machine with everylaxly pitching in iodo their share
Spirited enthusiasm has prevailed amwig parents
They ve worked on this propel day and night Bounds
said lb- also said they were especially proud of the ( arthage
Lions < lubs lor their work on this project "Splendid
cooperation from the xh'xil Ixiard. principal Metz LaEollette
and Supt McKenzie has been overwhelming in this en-
deavor said the Ixxister club chairman
Bounds said it was going to lake a lol more work but the
group is accustomed to working and it becomes easier as
they get nearer their goal
If will take approximately I7,5OM for the 104 students and 12
chajx-rones io make the Miami trip Round trip tare lor the
three huge busses w ill amount to 14,787 Two nights lodging in
Miami will cost M 232 and one night enroute will be $490 It
possitile the Ixxislers would like to send the band to Disney
W01 Id and this would cost $460 for the group
Many people in our community are due credit for this work
lor our < IIS band Ur congratulate them on a good job and
wish them Hie (rest of success on their projects ahead
Through unity and a little determination these people have
demonstrated their interest and loyalty to the band memliers
and s< hixil .lames Smith _________ ■
Use Caution
11 attic accidents involving sdiool buses loaded with
children arc always tragic but are doubly so when they
<K i nr during the final days of a school vear
It won l lx- long before schixil buses will no longer make
then morning and afternoon pilgrimages picking up and
depositing out nine month scholars
But until that Hine motorists are urged to exercise
IMlience .mil heed state laws concerning motorists stopping
lor school buses
Tin- law winch applies on city streets as well as rural
luj hw.ivs requires motorists moving in either direction on
the same roadway or slrei-l with a school bus to stop and
1 emain slopped as long as the Hashing lop red lights on the
bus are in operation
There are only iwo exceptions Io the law on slopping lor
1 IhkiI buses that arc loading or unloading those vehicles
n another roadway ot a divided highway div lilt'd by a
median or physical barrier are not required to slop, and
stops are not lequirt-tl il the bus has stopped in a loading
/onco| a controlled access highway where |H'deslrians are
not permitted to cross
Tin problem ot school bus accidents is oi great concern Io
law eiitoi cenienl ollicials and educators throughout lexas
line lexas grand iury even warned that serious criminal
charges might result against motorists who disregard this
law .......
It is Hie motorist s 1 esponsiblily to observe and adhere Io
I laws and rules ot the road Slopping and wailing for
I children Io disembark from a school bus lakes only a few
moments and a little patience lime well spent il it
preserve* but one youngster's life t Jim Stevens
Grassroots
I \K1 ( HVSI \t MISS IRIHl SK Parents in Camden.
Sew Jersey are now responsible lor acts of vandalism com
milted by their children under a measure just signed by Mayor
Joseph Sardi Jr The parental responsibility ordinance states
that parents will lx subject to $50t> fine and a maximum tkvday
tail sentence it their children 18 and under commit acts of van
dahsm Parents receive a warning tor the first offense after that
they can be jailed or fined
tuHIUM (H\ \Rh 1 ROWI $\ HIlH.i (TIHOSU IK
When the government can no longer trust the citizens with guns
the citizens can no longer trust the government
'HOLD THAT LINE,&0VePN0g'" |
SENSING THE Ni-WS
The Red China Lobby
OPINION * FEATURES
Editorials
Time For New Look
Many well mlenbuned lawmakers
and others have sought to unpuM-
cunfiacatury gun control measures
on all law abiding citizens in the
belief that such measures would
auUMnatxaUy solve the problem uf
violent crimes Such measures
would nut solve the problem But the
worst part of this preoccupation with
gun controls is that it diverts at-
tention from the real factors in
volved in effective crime preven
tion
The Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation has listed factors af-
fecting crime rates in its
publication, “L'niform Crime
Report> They include such things
as density and size uf a community s
population and tlx metropolitan
area of which it is a part com-
position of the population,
educational, recreational and
religious characteristics and ef-
fective strength of the police force
There are many other things
listed but nowhere is there mention
in the FBI crime factor list of the
impact uf tirearms cuntrofs on
crane There is good reason for this
The causes uf crime and its control
are loo complex to respond to such a
simplistic cure
It is time fur a new look and a
fresh approach to crane control
Many of the moat intractable
problems uf crane control have
social cultural educational and
economic roots Trial and punish
ment fur criminal action should be
sure and reasonably swift Par
bcular penalties should be attached
to use uf a firearm in the com
mission of a crime
Too many serious and lepeated
offenders roam tlx streets Free on
bail pending trial or after serving
minimal sentences, they are at
liberty to strike again and they
often du There are many steps
which can be taken to control crane,
but taking guns away from the law-
abiding citizen isn't one uf them
Those who say it is are like ostriches
sticking their heads in the sand to
avoid confronting the more difficult
or frightening aspects of life
To Fit The Crime
nit huh HixviJitmi
Earlier this year The
Washington Posf joyluHy
repotted the ixws dial a lun
cheon had ta-en given at the I
s Slate bepartrnent 'o faxux
J<4in stew art Service and ixhei
old < hma htuuh> ot the
With more pressing foreign and
doim-stii news items deman
ding coverage little lominent
was printed on this luncheon
given by the American Foreign
Service Association sponsor ot
the allair But the luncheon has
•penal significance and should
not go unmarked nationally
Ac< 01'dmg to the Bost the
men honored at the luncfieon
were foreign service specialists
who were persecuted and
dismissed lor sending news
their country did not want to
tiear This is untrue
The rising generation of
Americans should know about
the men m the I s State
bepartment and academic life
who portrayed the emerging
commuhist regime on mainland
1 hma .is democratic and
thereby helped Mao Tse rung
attain his goals The collaspse
ol a friendly China alter World
War II was an unmitigated
disaster lol the I tilled Stales
The mistaken China policy ol
tin- I tilled Stales al the end ol
the sr'CfiwLwurltl or has cost
the Amencan people dearly It
helped Man lay the loundations
ol a monstrous tyranny com
milled lii-liur ilowidiiJI ol the
I mled States
< onsnlei ilii- case ol John
Stewart service who has been
hailed in liberal circles as a
mistreated scholai Accuracy
In Media the Washington based
journalistic research
organization recently cited one
ol Mi Service s erroneous
lejiotis about the philosophy
.nut inlenliuiis of Hie < hmese
(omniumsis tin Sept zh 1944,
lie wrote Hie communist
political pt ngram is simple
democracy This is niiicli more
Vmerii an than Sov let in lorni
anti spirit In the same report
he assui ed W .ishlllglon officials
that il was a mistake Io think
M.10 wanted to hi mg socialism
Io (Tuna saying "The next
stage m I tuna s advance must
lie capitalism
But H was not mistaken
ludgnienl alone llial got John
Stewart Set vice into ’ trouble
VIM notes that what got turn
mtii lint waler was that ill t9|;i
he wrongfully gave copies ol
ttljrlhinoh Wnkhmnn
lames Miiilh I'ulilislu-i
Ilin Stevens I tluoi
Paul Palmer Vdveitsmg Mgi
I oimdvd txi.‘ P II Bov >1*
Pliom-tri I M> II ( aithage: lexas
Atty erroneous tviteiiion upon the
vhdiatlf f sfandmii or reputation ot
any person ,ir'* or corporation
9/t'ich n»ay appear m Hie toiumns of
the Panola Watchman will tH\x<adly
corrected upon be no brought to the
attention ut the pubbsher
Entered as second clan matter at
the post office in Carthage Texas
under Act of Congress March J
tin
I'ublishrd V a< h Ihut sdas
Nubsc 1 ipUou Hairs
Hasabblr m \<halter
In I'attuta ( PUtil)
\nd 11 adr I ri t Hut s
SI 75
Uuhldr ranoU ( nuith
H (MI
some 18 classified State
fnpartment documents to
Philip Jalle the editor ol
Amerasia a pro communist
publication
Americans now attending
college who want to understand
the postwai period should
study the record ol the Institute
ol Pacific Relations which was
the key operation ol the Red
< hma Lobby The Senate
Judiciary Committee with no
dissenting voice in the I S
.Senale rendered this judgment
in July 1953
Hie IPR disseminated and
souglit to jxipularize false m
lormation including in
formation originating from
Soviet and ' omjnunist sources
A small core ol ollicials and
stull memlx-rs eithei com
munisi or pro communist
< all ied the main burden of IPft
activities and directed its ad
ministration ami jarluies
The Internal Security Sub
committee examined the
operations ot the propagandists
who tried lo sell Chinese
Com muni sis as agrarian
reforms Oneol these writers
Prol Owen Lattimore the
Suluummiiiec called .1 con
scions articulate instrument ul
Ute Sov let conspiracy The late
Robert A Hunter aial Forrest
Davis m a penetrating ana'ysis
01 ux icm .I..,.- ’ wrote
that a group ol persons
operating within and about the
Institute ol Pacific Relations
exerted a substantial influence
on I nited Slates Fay Eastern
policy Owen laitlimore and
John 1 arter Vincent were in
tluential in bringing about a
change in 1945 favorable to the
< hmese t'ommumsts '
When State Department
reviewed ('hma policy July 27.
1947 a critic a| moment in Asian
affairs 17 ol the 25 experts
summoned lo the department
for consultation had
associations with the IPR As
1949 drew to an end (he Stale
Department was employing
every pressure to lorce aban
donmi-nl of the free Chinese on
Taiwan and lo obtain L’ S
recognition of Mao's regime
The intervention ol former
President Herbert Hoover and
Sen Robert A Taft the
K<-public an leader helped
pi 1 w ent the 1 omplete aban
donment of free China sought by
Hie lyjH-s who were honored at a
luncfieon m the State Depart
iiii iii last January
Out Of The Past
I'roiH the
the Panola
HAH Uts M.(l
The < arthage High School
debate team c omposed of Craig
Buck and lilts I- argarson won a
superior rating in the Southern
Association Tournament in
Miami Fla Earl < anker is
//7c v o/ ---------------
ll alchnian
<i-pled employment with the
local post ollice
Mis Neal Estes attended the
district meeting ol the District
Federation Convention held m
1 ommerit’
Man s inhumanity to man hasn t
lesserxd one iota following tlx
Supreme Court ruling tn the summer
of 1972 outlawing the death penalty
Those with a desire Lo do txxiily
harm to their lellowman have gone
happily on their way using guns,
knives cluhs and blunt instruments
as suited their fancy Now President
Nixon has proposed that capital
ounishment be restored for certain
federal crimes which would
probably include war time traitors,
hijackers, kidnappers, fire bombers
convicts who a Hack prison guards or
persons who assault officers of the
law, if these acts result in death
In some cases, the penalty would
have to be discretionary as. for
example, in aircraft hijacking If the
death penalty were mandatory, a
hijacker once committed to
diverting an aircraft would have no
incentive for not killing a whole
planeload of passengers on a
suicidal flight
The rights of the law abiding
citizen are in need of protection The
reinstatement of capital punishment
as a deterrent to the commission of
acts particularly detrimental to an
orderly society is likely to receive a
lot of support in the Congress and
across the nation Turning the other
cheek is fine up to a point, but most
of us have about reached that point
The Good Life
U S agriculture does far more It is a mistaken idea that, because
than assure an abundant food and
fiber supply lor more than 200
million Americans It has become
the nutrition hope of the world So
far as setting high productivity
standards, it is also a foundation
stone of II S economic stability It
is liecoming increasingly apparent
that the status of our agricultural
economy is closely related to the
total world economy For example,
while our trade deficit in 1972 was
the worst in the history of the
country, it would have been much
worse were it not for U S farm
exports hitting a peak of some $9 4
billion last year
one farmer now feeds something like
50 people besides himself,
agriculture is less important than it
was when the L S was a nation of
farmers and frontiersmen In
reality, it has only been through the
growing efficiency of agriculture
that people have been released for
the production of all ol the other
amenities of life now taken for
granted
Fven though there are fewer
farmers among us, it should never
lie forgotten that agriculture free
market agriculture remains a
cornerstone of the good life
s|m-ciTi instructor
Rev II M Dry will be the
spt aki-i during .1 revival al the
North Side Baptist Church
'luring lhe coining week
Ml and Mis D V Mullins
have as their guest this week
hei sister Mrs Scruggs ol
I exarkana
Dr Raymond Garreil
execulive director ol Hie Texas
\niinal Health < onunission
will be the speaker at a meeting
ol lhe Panola County (al
llenien s Association
I WISH XI IBS \(.()
A total ol 1.2H> high school
students aie expected here lor
the Region IV I niversily In
terscholasln League concert
and sightreading contests this
weekend
\un \ andei grill has been
elected president ol the Aiea X
future Homemakers of
America
Mrs Minna Perry president
ol the Panola County Altrusa
(lull said Mrs Sherwooki
Avery ol Dallas will be the
speaker at (he regular meeting
April 14
Ikiug Hellemy is the new
ownei ol I s White Kitchen Cate
on the ( enter highway
I Hilt I A At Aits A(>D
Alice Livermore will conduct
lhe band mothers cooking
school which will open here this
week w
Q M Martin will be the
speaker at a meeting of (he
Panola Council of Parent
Teachei Association
I 0 I dwal d AAelst iiu ihIk-i
ot the faculty ol the I niversily
ol Kentucky was a (arthage
The Lighter Side
liy James Smith
Youngster, finding a
salesman at the front
door '‘Hey Mom. its a
LIVE COMMERCIAL •
N>
I HAV E A girl "Friday ” And, I don’t think the
missus is jealous f or she's her girl Friday loo!
I- or several months, a vivacious and pretty young girl
has been visiting our office on Fridays for research
work in our microf ilm She is Susan Metcalf from Heck
V die
Susan, a graduate of the school of journalism at
Stephen F Austin, is currently working on her master s
idegree When lime lor the thesis rolled around, Susan
t hose her subject The Panola Watchman
She told me in our first interview that newspapers
had always fascinated her and this was one reason lor
her chousing journalism as a major
Then, lor her to choose the Panola Watchman for a
thesis certainly gave me every reason to call her my
girl Friday Of course, when my slow acting brain
thought about her subject for some time I realized all
lhe interesting material she could obtain from a HMi
year old institution Too. 1 thought how fitting it would
tie with 1973 being the Centennial year of this
newspaper
Al first. 1 tried to discourage her on her subject I got
now here She w as determined and she went to work and
lias sufficient material probably to write two or three
thesis And. in our opinion, this is the true trait of a
dedicated lournahst She has proven her ability by not
letting me sway her thoughts
Actually, we did not think information would he
suf ficient for a thesis because our job is publishing news
about people and events not ourselves And, this
brings to light how pleased I was a tew years ago. in one
respect, when we had a note from one of our sul>
scribers
The note read, "Please cancel my subscription to the
Watchman all it is any more is somebody that's going
lo do something or something else that has already
happened
Well, 1 had to oblige the person without argument as
there was no phone number listed but I did write a
letter and attempt to explain about NEWS in, a
newspaper and the role of one in a community
lhese ups and downs haven't been found in the
microfilm by my girl Friday Neither have a lot of other
h and brimstone lhe Watchman has undergone
during its inti years of service to this community It has
always managed to survive and continues to grow with
the community it serves and today has 4,9541 paid
subscribers
Susan is almost finished with her research and we’re
going to miss her each Friday I am particularly in
debled to her lor the interest shown in the Watchman
and some great features she has found time lo write for
us She wrote two lor us on Gary one on the monthly
tratk-s day and another on the jamboree both which
are fund raising events for the Gary Volunteer Fire
Dept
And. this week one of Susan s features appears m this
('dilion which malls the history of Harris Chapel and
its Community Improvement Club
That's my gal’
v isitoi
AAorlh Vatidignll has av
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Stevens, Jim. The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1973, newspaper, May 3, 1973; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1202750/m1/4/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.