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Editorials
Working Together
People throughout Chattooga County
have banded together to raise funds for
two new Lifepak-5 units for the Am
bulance Service.
The Service had one unit, which need
ed repair, but two ambulances were
without the equipment, which could save
the life of someone having a heart attack.
Originally, the goal was to raise SB,OOO
to buy one more Lifepak-5. At first, the
fund-raising went slowly. But thanks to a
talkathon sponsored by WGTA and a
telethon sponsored by Channel 6, as well
as $5,000 from Chattooga Commissioner
Unwed Mothers
Chattooga County and Georgia have
serious problems that few people like to
talk about — teen-age pregnancies and in
fant mortality.
In 1984, 92 of the reported pregnancies
in Chattooga County involved teen girls.
Of that number, 65 were born live and 37
*babies were aborted. The teen pregnancy
rate, usually involving unwed mothers, is
higher in Chattooga than in most Nor
thwest Georgia counties.
In 1984 in Georgia, 25 percent of the
births involved unwed mothers, most of
them teen-agers. One of every 10 teen girls
will become pregnant this year.
Georgia's infant mortality rate is the
second highest in the nation. And Georgia
is fifth highest in the rate of teen-age
pregnancies.
Clearly, a serious problem exists here
in Chattooga County as well as statewide.
Labor Day, 1986
Chattooga Countians, along with
millions more Americans, will celebrate
Labor Day next Monday, a holiday that
traditionally spells the end of the summer
vacation season.
Its purpose is to recognize the value of
work, generally, and American workers,
specifically.
Despite productivity problems in some
sectors of our economy, American workers
are still the most productive, most in
novative, most dedicated and hardest toil
ing employees in the world.
Unemployment remains relatively high
in Chattooga County and in some other
parts of Georgia. But that doesn’'t mean
there aren’t willing workers who want jobs
and would work hard to keep them. Just
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The following are excerpts from the Aug. 28, 1948 edition of The Summer
ville News.* * r
MASS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN PLANNED BY ROUTE 27 GROUP —
A widespread publicity campaign estimated to reach approximately 3,000,000
persons will soon be inaugurated by officials of the U. S. Highway 27 Associa
tion, according to plans discussed at a meeting of the organization Saturday
at Happy Valley Farms, three miles south of Rossville. Highway association
leaders plan to attract tourists to Florida via Summerville on Highway 27. Chat
tooga County citizens attending the rally included Harvey Phillips, L. B. Har
rell, Sam Sitton and J. L. Henderson.
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3,500 STUDENTS EXPECTED TO ENROLL COUNTY SCHOOLS — An
enrollment of more than 3,500 students is expected in Chattooga County's 14
schools this year, according to C. B. Akin, county school superintendent. More
than 500 students are expected to enroll in the county’s three colored high
schools. g
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STILL OPERATORS, OTHER OFFENDERS ARRESTED FRIDAY —
County officers and officials from the Georgia Department of Revenue this week
made raids in the county resulting in the arrest of several citizens on liquor
charges. The still was of the “‘ground hog’’ type and had a capacity of about
50 gallons.
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Harry Powell, more than $16,000 in money
and pledges was raised.
So not only has the Ambulance Service
ordered the new unit — due in about a
week — it has sent the old one off for
repairs (it has a loaner to use in the mean
time), and ordered a third unit. The City
of Summerville is paying for repairs to the
existing unit.
Again, it proves what Chattooga Coun
tians can accomplish by working together
toward a common goal.
Let’s keep it up in other community
activities.
The liberal saw about more sex educa
tion solving the problem hasn't worked.
Teen-agers today have access to more in
formation on sex than any previous
generation.
Phil Benson, public health educator for
this area, has an excellent program that
can be sponsored by schools, churches or
any group that deals with teens. It helps
teach them to resist peer pressure and to
say ‘‘no!” That's the most effective
method of birth control.
The North Georgia Crisis Pregnancy
Center is helping teens and women after
they become pregnant unexpectedly.
Summerville Mayor Sewell Cash
recently signed a proclamation citing his
intention to set up a task force in this area
to help battle teen pregnancies and the
high infant mortality rate. That action is
one more step in the right direction.
witness the lines any time there’s an an
nouncement of new jobs in the immediate
vicinity.
Anyone who has ever been out of work
for any length of time comes to appreciate
a job when it becomes available. And
many local residents can still remember
the hardships of the Depression in the
19305.
Next Monday belongs to the working
people of our country, men, women and
younger folks. During pauses between pic
nics and recreation, all of us with jobs
should give thanks for being gainfully
employed and say a prayer that those who
are still searching for work will find it in
the immediate future.
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Viewpoint
By Tommy Toles, Editor ’
Remembering Larry
The early afternoon of next Sunday will
mark the third anniversary of when a
Soviet SU-15 fighter pilot locked his radar
onto an innocent civilian airliner over the
dark sea of Japan and fired a heat-seeking
missile into the right outboard engine of
the Boeing 747.
Less than 15 minutes later, that
airliner smashed into the water after its
pilot fought vainly to bring the wounded
craft to a controlled landing on the ocean’s
surface. That crash ended the lives of 269
innocent victims, including that of my best
friend, Seventh District Congressman
Larry McDonald.
In Georgia at the time, it was still Aug.
31. But Korean Air Lines flight 007 had
crossed the international date line into
Sept. 1. .. and eternity.
The Soviet atrocity created a brief in
ternational incident. People in Northwest
Georgia, throughout the nation and world
were outraged at the Soviet attack.
Various nations, including the United
States, issued notes of condemnation
against the Soviets.
President Reagan went on nationwide
television several times to discuss the in
cident but couldn’t bring himself to men
tion Congressman McDonald by name —
although he was the only elected American
official ever to be murdered by a foreign
power.
It may have had something to do with
the fact that Congressman McDonald —
Larry to all his friends — was a staunch
anti-communist who was, at the time, the
newly elected head of The John Birch
Society. The President did a good job ex
pressing the outrage that so many of us
felt over the Soviet action. But that’s all
he did.
No effective sanctions were placed
against the Soviets by the United States
or any other country. All that came forth
from the White House were words, as the
President’s political advisors waited for
the nation’s fury to be spent in unproduc
tive demonstrations during the next few
weeks. The national news media tried to
paint those who favored tough, non
military action as ‘‘war-mongers.’’
Especially Sen. Jesse Helms, who narrow
ly escaped death when he took KAL flight
015 instead of KAL 007 to Seoul, Korea.
The national media did all within their
power, it seemed, to excuse the Soviets —
even before the Soviets had started offer-
On The Funny Side ‘3]
By Gary Solomon i
Make ‘Flashing’ Illegal
Most people will admit to a pet peeve
or two when it comes to the behavior of
other drivers. For some it may be the
speed demon who races through residen
tial zones. For others perhaps it’s the clod
who plods along the interstate at 30 miles
an hour.
My latest pet peeve is those drivers
who think they can block traffic anywhere,
anytime as long as they turn on their
emergency flashing lights.
Unless I'm mistaken, these lights are
for signaling, “Warning! A potentially
Ing excuses.
Various books have since been written
about the incident since that time. Almost
all — except two — have come up with the
wild theory that it was a “‘spy plane.” The
only one I've read that's worth bothering
with is “‘Day of the Cobra’ by Jeffrey St.
John. The rest have gotten more media
play, of course, because they favor the con
spiracy or ‘‘spy plane” theories, which can
be refuted easily.
After having personally visited Japan
and Korea since 1983, viewed Sakhalin
Island from across the Soya Straits, and
discussed the incident with Korean,
Japanese and American sources, I remain
convinced that KAL 007 was no spy plane.
But unlike a Pulitzer-winning acquain
tance who has written a new book due out
this fall on KAL 007, I don’t feel that the
Soviet action was a ‘‘blunder” or ‘‘acci
dent,” either.
To this day, I am convinced that the
Soviets shot down KAL 007 because Larry
was aboard. My view has less to do with
friendship and emotion than it does with
Soviet motives involving Larry’s anti-
Soviet and anti-communist efforts in this
country and in Western Europe. While the
tip of those activities may have been men
tioned occasionally — especially during
election campaigns — only a very few were
aware of the comprehensive programs
Larry had underway to cause severe harm
to the Soviets in coming years. To describe
them in detail would require a book; to
even summarize them here would require
more room than is available.
But aside from that — Larry was the
best friend I ever had. He's one of a very
few who never let me down in any respect.
He was honest, both tough and gentle, in
tellectual and pragmatic, a dynamic public
speaker and a shy individual, an
aristocratic Southern gentleman who
could talk with anyone about anything, a
serious man with an astonishingly funny
sense of humor, and a successful surgeon
who hated politics but gave up all he had
on this earth for his country. He was a
man of courage, honor and integrity —
rare ingredients in today’'s world.
A memorial service in his honor will be
held at 3 p.m. Sunday at his church, Nor
thside Independent Methodist, 590 Mount
Vernon Highway, Sand Springs.
I plan to be there. And never to
forget . . .
dangerous situation exists. Approach with
caution.” If your car stalls on a city street,
for example, you activate your flashers to
alert other motorists that you're not
moving.
However, some drivers use the lights
to announce, ‘“‘Warning! I'm stopping in
the street for no other reason than I'm lazy
and don't want to find myself a parking
place.” Such people gall me to no end.
One day recently a car stopped ahead
of me in the outside lane of a major
see ON THE FUNNY SIDE, page 12-A
Guest Column
Labor Day Freedom
On Independence Day, we all celebrated liberty. We
honored freedom in a big way. Now, on Labor Day, we
honor America's working men and women.
But something’'s missing. :
On this Labor Day 1986, let's not forget our pride in
freedom. Right now, millions of Americans are being
denied the most basic freedom of all —the Right to Work
free of union-boss coercion.
Intent on feathering their own institutional nest, Big
Labor’s rulers are forcing millions of workers nationwide
to join and support labor unions as a condition of employ
ment. Workers can join the ranks of organized labor, or
they can join the unemployed.
This is an indefensible job monopoly which contradicts
the worthy principles our nation so enthusiastically
celebrated on July Fourth. To quote the late Sen. Everett
M. Dirksen, “Is there a greater right? Is there a more im
portant right? Is there a more fundamental right than the
right to make a living for one’s self and for one’s family
without being compelled to join a labor organization?”
On this day set aside to observe workers’ rights, it is
the millions of too-often forgotten compulsory unionism
victims for whom we reserve our highest praise. Many
have spoken out — at great risk to themselves and their
families — against the demands of the union hierarchy.
Braving the loss of employment, blacklisting, harass
ment, beatings and even the threat of violent death,
courageous Americans have stood up for the right to make
their own choices about union membership. Their ordeals
are made necessary by the federally authorized system of
special privileges and legal immunities afforded union
officials.
A prime example is the Hobbs Anti-Extortion Act, aim
ed at halting acts of violence and extortion which inter
rupt interstate commerce. Five of nine Supreme Court
justices ruled in 1973 that union officials and their agents
are exempt from Hobbs Act prosecution when they com
mit acts of violence to achieve ‘‘legitimate union objec
tives.”
As the direct result of that split decision, Big Labor
bosses have turned to violence as a matter of policy to
bend workers to their will and spread their compulsory
unionism regime. Since 1973, more than 5,100 incidents
of union violence have been reported nationwide.
Thankfully, many Americans refuse to buckle to this
reign of terror.
One such brave individual is Ashbel ‘“Mac’’ McConnell,
a Colorado laborer who was fired from his steelworker’s
job and deprived of his pension because he dared exercise
his Right to Work by stepping across union picket lines.
Another is Clarence Dixon, one of a small group of loyal
Chicago fire fighters who refused to shelve their principles
while striking militants set fire to buildings, sabotaged
equipment, vandalized their homes, terrorized their
families and contributed to the deaths of 12 children.
It would be a sham to celebrate Labor Day without
honoring the sacrifices individuals like Mac McConnell and
Clarence Dixon have made for workers’ rights. There is
no room for coercion in a free society. Every American
worker must have the right to join — or not to join — a
labor union.
On this Labor Day, let's remember that if we believe
in liberty, we believe in the Right to Work.
Reed Larson is president of the National Right to Work
Committee.
News Clips
NEEDED LESSON
Federal aid to education should start with the teaching
of arithmetic in Washington. — Austin (Minn.) Herald
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WIDE RANGE
Among the things that give a new and broader vision
are travel, religion and a charge account. — Los Angeles
Times
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DEFINED
Revolving credit plan: Every time you turn around you
have to make a payment. — Columbia (S. C.) Record
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POSITIVE PROOF
The most impressive testimony for tolerance is a
golden wedding anniversary. — Marshalltown (Pa.) Times