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THE HIGH POINT ENTERPRISE An Independent Newspaper RANDALL B. TERRY, President, Co-Publisher D. A. RAWLEY, Co-Publisher DAVID A. RAWLEY Vice Pres.

MRS. C. H. LOCKWOOD, Vice Pres. JOSEPH P.

RAWLEY, Gen. Mgr. JOE BROWN, Editor GOOD AFTERNOON Not-So-Lazy Summer Stirs The Emotions 4A Tuesday, June 22, 1976 THOUGHTS FOR TODAY "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions." Joel 2:28. "Von cnn'l nil on ihe lid of progreii. If you do, you will he blown to pieces.

1 -Henry Kaiier, American intluitrialiil. Soundings Around An Iceberg Congressional scandals kicked off by the Elizabeth Ray revelations have produced at least one predictable result. Only time will tell if there are others. Nobody knew better than the press that stories of this sort would inevitably bring new criticism of the press itself. Word has begun to circulate around Washington and the rest of the nation that "the press ought to find better things to do than engage in keyhole investigation." Had events begun and ended with the story that Miss Ray told about her relationship with Rep.

Wayne Hays, it would have been a different ballgame. But other informers stepped forward to declare that it goes much deeper than that. And the result has been a great deal of reporter effort to determine if indeed we have only been exposed to the "tip of the iceberg." There's no denying that the press has tended to balloon the sexual aspects. As James J. Kilpatrick says, the combination of sex, power and misdeed makes a natural news story, a story for which high readership is guaranteed.

Still, as we have insisted all along, the important story is the misuse of tax money whether members of Congress are using an inflated payroll for personal interest. Time will tell, as mentioned above, whether there is misfeasance of Watergate proportions and whether it is within the national capability to learn what the total iceberg is made of. If one is to accept the Jack Anderson theory as analyzed elsewhere on this page, it is not likely to be the House Ethics i a makes i possible. More likely, it will be the Washington press. The impotence of the Ethics Committee is compounded by the very magnitude of its own bureaucracy.

The Christian Science Monitor last week did enough statistical work to show that the total employment roll of the House of Representatives has grown from 3.600 to 12,500 in the space of 20 years and that the House Administration Committee, until recently chaired by Rep. Hays, hired only four people in the early 1960s but today has 260 on its payroll. This growth has made a natural breeding ground for patronage and nepotism' Rep. Hays' sister-in-law is a deputy staff director who hires staff, many of them relatives of other congressmen. Axsimple rule barring a congressman's hiring of a relative would be no answer at all, since their idea of a mutual aid society allows them- to get relatives onto each other's staffs.

The system cries out for an orderly determination of job standards and establishment of a working overview plan of work assignment that eliminates the old bugaboo of patronage. If it takes a "keyhole press" to impel reasonable pursuit by the House Ethics Committee, so be it. Hazardous Duty a i A i a diplomats in Lebanon last week, following long lists of similar tragedies in recent years, spells out again the futility of law-making where terrorism is concerned. No nation's laws and no international laws are going to make the world safe for diplomacy. Three years ago Palestinian terrorists broke into the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum and murdered the U.S.

ambassador, the U.S. deputy chief of mission and the Belgian consul. A short time later, terrorists kidnaped the U.S. consul general in Mexico and held him until the i a released 30 political prisoners and paid $80,000 in ransom money. At the end of that same year, largely through U.S.

efforts, the United Nations established a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against I a i a Protected Persons, PROJECTING THE NEWS Including Diplomats. That convention established a legal mechanism which requires that persons alleged to have committed serious crimes against diplomats be made subject to prosecution or extradition. American policy is pretty well established that the nation will refuse all demands of the type made and acceded to in Mexico. With virtually unanimous concurrence among diplomatic personnel themselves, the policy says that a i a i to terrorists only encourages more kidnapings. The life of the foreign diplomat, once looked upon as a comfortable sinecure, has in modern times become anything but that.

As Editorial Research Reports puts it. "representing one's country abroad has come to be an occupation whose risks rival those of coal mining or tightrope walking." Frequently Freakish Weather Bad weather has been alternately cursed and joked about, but it is generally considered a necessary inconvenience unless a major storm, drought or flood disrupts daily life. A recent spell of erratic weather has led people to view the elements with more than customary seriousness. Early this year, drought in the Great Plains and California revived fears of another Dust Bowl like the one in the 1930s. Although four to six inches of rain fell in Kansas and Oklahoma in April, much of the winter wheat crop already was beyond saving.

Many farmers plowed under acres of wheat to preserve precious topsoil from wind erosion. California cattle ranchers, who still await adequate rainfall, are now grazing their herds on irrigated grasslands. Mountain pastures have dried out. Richard Felch. head of a i a a Service's a i a weather support service program in Washington, D.C., told Editorial Research Reports: "Ranchers are selling their cattle when they are under-weight because it is costing too much to feed them." Farmers have always been at the mercy of a A a vacationers, especially with the arrival of the warm temperatures that generally accompany the June 21 summer solstice.

In California and Minnesota, for example, dry conditions may undo the plans of numerous campers. There is fear that fire hazards will lead to campground closings or campfire bans in parts of those two states. Tornadoes and hail storms also have plagued the nation. According to government records, 232 tornadoes struck in the first three months of this year. In March alone, 182 twisters were reported an unusually high number for that month.

Let no one think the United States has a corner on weird weather, however. Sub- Saharan Africa is just beginning to recover from a years-long drought that caused widespread death and destruction of cropland. Frost destroyed much of last year's Brazilian coffee crop. Last summer broke heat records throughout Europe and Britain is now basking in warm and dry weather. Drinking water supplies are running low in some areas of the British Isles.

Some scientists theorize that the freakish weather of recent years is the product of a global cooling trend that began in the 1940s. Advocates of this theory predict that the worldwide temperature drop could usher in a "Little Ice Age" similar to the one that lasted roughly from 1600 to 1850. A CIA report supporting the global-cooling thesis was released last month. It warned that world food supplies could be threatened if the cooling trend continued. "The stability of most nations is based upon a dependable source of food, but this stability will not be possible under the new climate era." the report said.

"The politics of food will become the central issue of every government." The idea that the world is entering a period of major climatic change has always been controversial, and so the CIA report has come in for its share of criticism. Although meteorologists and climatologists may differ on theories, they do agree that the study of long-term weather conditions is still in the rudimentary stage and that much more research is needed. They also agree on another point: Technological studies should be undertaken immediately if science is to help prepare society for future weather extremes. By HOLT McPHERSON Enterprise Editor Emeritus Summer is here, holding a special place in the hearts of most of us. The dreamy, golden days of summer will, to some extent, let's hope, help satisfy the nation's nostalgic yearning for happier, simpler i a Watergate was just another building and inflation was something you needed to keep automobile tires going.

And also let's hope, as in bygone times, the official arrival of summer, with Bicentennial, politics, and congressional antics, as of June 21 will bring many opportunities to weave more pleasant memories into the tapestry of life. So let us not waste a single thread. The Hindu poet Rabindra- a Tagore a summer has come to my window with its sighs and murmurs; and the bees are plying their minstrelsy at the of the i grove." There is something about those words that expresses the spell of the season just arrived upon us. When all is said and done, the poet has caught what, for a great many people, is the enduring spirit of summer that will last longer in memory than the excitement and fun of even the most momentous vacation, the hottest political season, and the mounting cost of just about everything. What is there that can truly match the tranquility of a summer morning when the sounds of nature can be heard as the heat of the rising sun stirs afresh the good smells of the earth and its vegetation? In the mountains, the morning is ushered in with the dry hot smell of forests and perhaps the murmur of a nearby stream blending with the sharp strokes of an enterprising woodpecker.

In the valleys, the freshness of a summer morning at the beginning of a midsummer day is but a prelude to indolence as the sun approaches its zenith, driving dogs and small boys to the shade of the nearest tree. These are things we remember about summer long a the rest is forgotten things that only a poet can recall. Yes, summer is here. Not so lazy as it once was perhaps, but still summer, with its heat and its own special emotions. Mayor Roy Culler assures that streets are not going to be neglected because of a tight city budget, for $1,913,000 is being channeled from THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL D.rt.

Putt Mmnpra im 'She can't type or answer the phone, but I hear she's great at getting WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND a a i a i Development funds for resurfacing that should smooth a multitude of rough areas in our arteries 'of travel. High Point's streets have been cut open, patched and run over so badly that the City Council is directing the major portion of the new Community Development Funds into correcting as much of that sorry condition as can be effectuated during the next budget year. In fact, surfacing work already is under way and Mayor Culler assures it will be expedited to smooth the ways over which vehicles have rattled unduly too long. It's pleasing to hear from him, too, that the city's electric distribution system is supplying $1,531,669 from accumulated funds to ease the new budget. With completion of that final linkage of the loop, he is hopeful as all of us are -the electric system will be able to contribute materially in succeeding years to easing financial strain on the tax rate.

That powerful electric loop surrounding the city represents a large part of investment of $3,310,000 additional to the system to in- sure.a constant flow of power and to assure virtually unbroken service, come what may. Dr. and Mrs. H. Eugene Peacock, pleasant members of the community during his 4-year tenure as superintendent of the High Point United Methodist District, which includes Randolph County, have gone to Hendersonville where he's taking over the pulpit being vacated by the Rev.

George P. Robinson to take over superintendency of the High Point District. Mr. Robinson, at 41, is an outstanding younger minister with a good record at Hendersonville. He has big shoes to fill in the superintendency he is entering upon here, for Dr.

Peacock, an outstanding i i Methodism, has the district very much on the grow. Duri i a a superintendent, over a dozen i i churches have been built in the district, along with four new parsonages. Others are in prospect. Camp Shepherd, an a i church recreation project, added a full-time director, and the Urban Ministry, which Dr. Peacock strongly supported, took on a new direction as well as director.

Dr. Peacock a i pastorates in Mobile, for 14 years, and in his home city of Montgomery, for four years. He came to the Western North Carolina District to take the pastorate of First United Methodist Church at Charlotte for seven years before taking over the District office here. Mrs. J.

Sanders Dallas is delighted that David W. Lopp, the new administrator who next week takes over as administrator of High Point Memorial Hospital, is a Davidson College classmate of her son, Sanders Dallas and that Dr. Ralph Brooks and Dr. Charles Rowe, two of the most skilled urologists in the South, are also graduates of Davidson, as is Dr. William H.

Flythe, a leading physician here Frank J. Sizemore was co-chairman of the 40th reunion of the class of 1936 at Duke University the past weekend Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Mackintosh are back from Cape Cod where they retraced their honeymoon of 50 years ago, joined by four of the six remaining couples who joined them there in 1926 Sam Claar, the city's horticulturist, is the unsung hero of that herb garden which has brought new fame, as well as attractiveness, to the High Point Museum property.

He takes a real interest in that project while keeping the whole property looking good The Aero-Debs, five young High Point girls, have won the right to compete at Washington Aug. 1-5 in the National Acrobatic Competition of Dance Masters of America, with an apparently good chance to win if they can find the needed $1.156 for expenses. a Mrs. Harriet Johnson at 1315 Hempshire Court, phone 8856536, if you'd like to help send those young darlings into that national competition Having outgrown their present residence the James F. Morgans have bought the David Maas house at 416 Hillcrest Dr.

in a deal arranged by Jen Hart. House Ethics Unit Winks, Averts Eyes They Said It "He's pulling a little Venezuela on us right in our own back yard. It's a government takeover pure and simple. It's what we've been fighting around the world for SO years. But don't tell Washington.

We don't want to give them any ideas." Unidentified oil company attorney commenting in the Aw York Timei on tht attempt by Houiton Mayor Fred Hofheins to claim municipal otenfnHip of oil in that city. By JACK ANDERSON United Feature Syndicate WASHINGTON The House Ethics Committee, which came equipped from the beginning with handy rugs suitable for sweeping scandals under, is searching frantically for larger rugs. As an act of i penitence, the committee was formed eight years ago ostensibly to keep congressional corruption down to tolerable levels. But there was a general exchange of sly winks, as the word was passed that the committee would not depart too far from the hoary tradition of covering up major embarrassments. Now Reps.

Wayne Hays, and John Young, whose sex exploits are under investigation, have huddled privately with committee members. The two embattled congressmen have indicated that they expect the committee to do its duty by them and to whitewash the charges. Sources close to the investigation have told us that the i is conc a i indeed, on evidence that would tend to exonerate the accused congressmen. But the accumulation is such that the committee is in need of more accommodating rugs. The official upholders of ethics have shown more enthusiasm, meanwhile, for hounding newscaster Daniel Schorr for pirating out to the public a classified report on intelligence fiascos.

A team of 12 crack former FBI agents were-hired to track down Schorr's source, a $150,000 effort that has kept Senator Soaper At a a a preserve, Henry Kissinger has an eyeball confrontation with a lion. Yeah, but let's see him go eyeball-to-eyeball with a giraffe. The governor of California admits he is an intellectual. We do not believe that, even in his state, this is illegal. the sleuths going around and around, coming out nowhere.

They have conducted more than 125 intensive inter- i i i i results. They have produced reams of reports, which Chairman John Flynt, bravely insists contain "some good information." But when we pinned him down, he admitted that the trail is "cold." One of the congressmen who had possession of the controversial intelligence report, James Johnson, told our associate Bob Owens that the investigators had interviewed him twice. The second time, they asked to look at his personal copy of the report. Johnson gladly produced his black volumes and asked how the investigation was proceeding. The two investigators shrugged.

He asked whether they had found Schorr's source. They laughed. In desperation, the committee has now shifted its attention to other reporters who also had access to copies of the document. Apparently, the committee hopes this might lead to Schorr's elusive source. ALBERT CONFIDENTIAL: Speaker Carl Albert's recent i to the oil sheikhdom of Kuwait was planned down to the last detail, including what he should say to' his host and when he could drink "a quick cup of tea." the details were spelled out in an elaborate cable from the U.S.

embassy in Kuwait to the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia, where the Speaker visited first. His host, the cable informed Albert, would be his Kuwaiti a a Ghoneim pronounced "Goo-Name," the cable added helpfully. "He is a relaxed and friendly man who enjoys a good joke," advised the cable. "You can speak to him in the same way you would to an American.

A good opening gambit might be to congratulate him on Kuwait's i i archrival Iraq in the Gulf soccer championship." The cable cautioned gravely that Albert should refer to Gulf" rather than the "Persian Gulf "a sensitive local issue," explained the cable. "On arrival," continued the cable, "you will be escorted into the VIP lounge GLOBAL VIEWPOINT for a quick cup of tea. TV and press will be in attendance" "unavoidable," added the cable distastefully. It then proceeded to instruct the Speaker what to tell the press "You will be asked to comment on who you are visiting (in) Kuwait. I would tell them frankly the purpose of your trip It probably would also be best to avoid reference to Iraq as a potential Kuwaiti adversary, although mention of the above soccer victory would be both appropriate and welcomed." The press reception, the cable estimated, "will take 10-15 minutes.

Ghoneim will then escort you to his car for a 20-minule ride to the Hilton Hotel, across the street from the embassy. The GOK (Government of Kuwait) is putting you up in the Amiri suite." Party Platforming Meaningless By WILLIAM L. RYAN North American Newspaper Alliance NEW Fortunately, political platforms are not designed to be taken seriously. Otherwise, the foreign policy mishmash being Democrats' drafting subcommittee would be enough to generate panic among the informed elements of our citizenry. The Democrats obviously are hard at work now trying to come up with a platform that will please everybody and the Republicans can be confidently expected to do likewise.

That is why platform planks contain so much tommyrot. Something for everyone platforms are, of course, only to be expected once every four years from all parties. Platforms are carefully tailored to befoozle the voting public. Oddly enough, the voting public knows all along it is being kidded, but goes along with the joke as if it were a tradition to be cherished. If the Democrats mean what they say, which they don't, they are going to perform some interesting tricks with contradictory goals.

They are going to seek cooperation with the Soviet Union while maintaining a deterrent thai will keep the Soviet Union from belting us with a big one and at the same time cut $7 billion from the military budget. They are for the Soviet- U.S. detente but against letting the Soviet Union try to get the best of the bargain, which means they promise themselves to get the best of the bargain, an arrangement hardly likely to be considered detente by the Soviets. They are going to build a strong U.S. defense, "which would mean armed forces with high morale and purpose, while forgiving all past draft dodgers and deserters.

But for sheer nonsense, the proposed plank on military and economic aid should be singled out for special notice. Somebody should set up an Oscar-like award, perhaps a statuette in the likeness of the late lemented Kingfish of Louisiana, and call it the "Hooey," to confer due recognition upon such efforts. The proposal in question would deny military or economic aid to "oppressive, totalitarian governments." This would write off the majority of governments of the world; certainly most of the so-called "Third World." It would mean no U. S. economic or military aid could compete with Soviet economic and military aid in three quarters of all the African continent and much of Latin America, while U.S.

technology under the continuing detente would flow into the totalitarian Communist bloc to help it under- i the i States elsewhere. The dictators who run so much of the Third World, to say nothing of the Communist dictators, will be enormously underwhelmed by a U.S. threat to make economic and military aid dependent on the dismantlement of their dictatorships. All are quite aware that in the same Third World, much of which is under harsh authoritarian rule and dotty tyrants, the basic U.S. interest isn't philanthropic.

The U.S. interest is a hardheaded one in such things as bauxite, copper, platinum, a i cobalt, gold, diamonds, chrome, zinc and other raw materials, to say nothing of the security of sea routes around the Cape of Good Hope used by giant oil tankers. If the Democrats were serious, which they can hardly be, the United States would have to reverse gears with respect to Zaire and Kenya, two of Black Africa's most important nations, the former a i i a dictatorship, the latter a one- party regime that jails political opponents. Senate has just approved arms aid to both.).