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'''t141v4wik4edi4641ot 417 It doldwoi401 i) il f4-1414(110116-:" likroifithjaik 4' -iikliwob--yot il 11 What Do They Have In Common? 10 Speed Bikes ourselves and found we were am Saturday Their route followed By BOB WISEHART News Staff Writer Mat do an investment counselor a fabric machine mechanic a banker an orthopedic surgeon an auto mechanic two bicycle mechanics an industrial engineer and one college student have in common? To tell the truth not very much Not very much that is until they arm themselves with little jugs of water slip on their cycling shorts mount their 10-speeds and wheel off into the sunset AT THAT point they along with some 70 companions become the Tar Heel Cyclists two-wheel crusaders against pollution flab and the internal combustion engine --i News Staff Writer What do an investment coun- selor a fabric machine me- chanie a a an or thopedic an auto mechanic two bicycle me- ehanies an industrial engineer and one college student have in common? To tell the truth not VCry much Not very much that is until they arm the mse lv es with little jugs of water slip on their cycling shorts mount their 10-speeds and wheel off into the sunset AT TIIAT point they along Kith 70 companions ecome the Tar Heel yclists wo-wheel crusaders against pollution flab and the internal combustion engine Just how dedicated was dem- lowed the highways all the a a 1 of more than we the office "I probably ride 57:77 lit' '77 onstrated last weekend w'hen liVay but they bypassed Rock thought" he sad than id more an 100 miles a week" ---k 1'- i 4- 11 that group of 10 hardy souls Hill Chester and Winnsboro he said glancing over at the pedaled to Columbia SC and i congested city traffic BUT 15-1-1Y? Why do they 10speed bicycle parked in one ''I'''''''''' s--' i'' I 200-mile round trip and cyclists don't mix well i themselves? What corner of his office 4's '4' 0 brings on all the dedication? A John Bowers an industrial '141 engineer by profession is a As the heat of the afternoon A leisurely pedal to the near- The club had its beginnings t-- member of the Tarheel Cy- burned the road the laboring et store in the cool of the several years ago long before '4'1: tevi-r441yr 4-: :7 i clists He is in fact the chair- cYclists began to break up into evening maybe But a mad phrases like energy crisis and 4y' ''i i- 1-- man of the board That really twos and threes finally arriv- weekend ride in the Carolina gas shortage were a part of -i -''''t: t- means he is president but ing at the motel between 1:15 heat and traffic in the name of the American vocabulary 3 frit 7 s''' -t fun and adventure? '0 II Bowers figures that if you give pm and 2:30 pm 1:4 4-4 other people a board slowly evolved into a lik bd 'There are a lot of rea- 1 in they will work The return trip the next day sons" said Bowers "People more substantial thing" Bow- t--e if ii V-e-'4 harder was the same blend of drudg- may want to race they may ers said He also admits that -It' -g i ery and fun After two flat want to get in shape there regular gasoline for 60 cents a ft I- t' 4' P- -4 The ride to Columbia was k-: -44v 1 J'A H' 'it tires and one rest stop they are as many reasons as there gallon helped the club's mem- 1 101'f 1 4 T'4 the club's first big excursion pulled into Charlotte after six are people lxho join up" bership drive considerably so Bowers doesn't know if it hours and 40 minutes on the Bowers became interested in Bowers vies the trek to '1 i i l4sii' i i' was typical or not It was all road bicycles when his boss talked Columbia bia as quite a milestone th planned in advance and reser- him into buying one and riding I think I ix' -T: i 4' ''''W: tor we sw-- vations were made at a motel It was says Bo even ourselves he wer! "just to work each day a 12-mile 1 t''''! i in downtown Columbia The an awful lot of fun round trip A i' 1-------f-4 group left Charlotte at 7:15 "I think we even sunprised That was nearly 18 months Continued on Page 3B Col 4 er' 234't': i-t -4- 9 N-- 4: 1:1 41: '4 1 'r4 ''0 47 -77 0 7 ris--00- 1 I '7 14 7 i 'z' 'I 4 1 I I -14 0 -ter 1 Iir 1 iat Mk tr 0 ilk -aik -tt 4' 4 s-erwt i ix it to ''1'1 tf14 41 irk 1 la Ill e1 liti10'" 5--: Just how dedicated was demonstrated last weekend when that group of 10 hardy souls pedaled to Columbia SC and 200-mile round trip John Bowers an industrial engineer by profession is a member of the Tarheel Cyclists He is in fact the chairman of the board That really means he is president but Bowers figures that if you give other people a board member they will work harder The ride to Columbia was the clubs first big excursion so Bowers doesn't know if it was typical or not It was all planned in advance and reservations were made at a motel in downtown Columbia The group left Charlotte at 7:15 the highways all the way but they bypassed Rock MI Chester and Winnsboro since congested city traffic and cyclists don't mix well As the heat of the afternoon burned the road the laboring cyclists began to break up into twos and threes finally arriving at the motel between 1:15 pm and 2:30 pm The return trip the next day was the same blend of drudgery and fun After two flat tires and one rest stop they pulled into Charlotte after six hours and 40 minutes on the road It was says Bowers "just an awful lot of fun "I think we even sunprised 4 capable of more than we thought" he said BUT WHY? Why do they punish themselves? What brings on all the dedication? A leisurely pedal to the nearest store in the cool of the evening maybe But a mad weekend ride in the Carolina heat and traffic in the name of fun and adventure? "There are a lot of reasons" said Bowers "People may want to race they may want to get in shape there are as many reasons as there are people who join up" Bowers became interested in bicycles when his boss talked him into buying one and riding to work each day a 12-mile round trip That was nearly 18 months the office -I probably ride more than 100 miles a week" he said glancing over at the 10-speed bicycle parked in one corner of his office The club had its beginnings soeral years ago long before phrases like energy crisis and gas shortage were a part of the American vocabulary 'It slowly evolved into a more substantial thing" Bowers said He also admits that regular gasoline for 60 cents a gallon helped the club's membership drive considerably Bowers views the trek to Columbia as quite a milestone for the club "I think we surprised even ourselves" he Continued on Page 3B Col 4 0 SI ro cost 4 I II A 44 A I i --R I44k2- '1 r' )g ii Z': Million 2 rf rt ''4-" 1 :73 7A1 voir wo1 2 gutionclummum rf rfrt LN11714 'I I rt! Mt Liz 17 ringssztri 7 -Tv '41 7 rrogram A-4 4 i 04 le's'k 12274 CI mil Ism t1L1 't1 Is 4 1 144 1- i i SECTION 116 MtXT'M i tOmil Pil 0 a er4 41 "1 '''44 1 i 1: S't! 44 t-A I 44 ::5 '''4 't 41 A 1' TH tmsc41 -i: 1 1 '4: I 0w mmg ::0 Five years Fi ID LOCAL 11 1 By LEONARD LAYE c4ct 0 4 1 SA FRONT 1- tar21 41 g2'41 EZZA DI l' :2 '1 -1 4- tl: --04 i i 't ti 4-Vf 11)4 wil' 0 1 I': 4' 4 A3i0 t':" 11 i 7' iR A al 4-" -pt-y1 News Staff Writer rI)-r dp tk 70401:: iti 4:: Thurs May 2 1974 4 41' --1: Charlotte Motor Speedway r41 AA zi i i a I today announced tl: 74 7 plans for a $25 million five 4 I :1 year improvement program to I Amtak Ansggimpr I A A include an increase in seating Tarheel Cyclist John Bovvers Is Ready To Roll (News staff Photo by Jeep Hunter) SECTION Thurs May 2 1974 r1 ram Irzal lax gramn4 116 ST2krM Orrin 23 rtensta Bata g21 MITZI 13 rrr grl rm- :01 41 I 1 Program To Take Five Years By LEONARD LAYE News Staff Writer Charlotte Motor Speedway officials today announced plans for a $25 million five-year improvement program to include an increase in seating Tarheel Cyclist John Bowers Is Ready To Roll (News staff Photo by Jeep Hunter) Iunter) Most County Topsoil Gone Scientists Say I I iy Mmottlat Chat PO Fat 360 ChtatottalVe28v201 1 I They are a dedicated lot When Passing to ride my mare on the grass strip next to the road I am not on the road but as far off as I dare without trodding on someone's property Motorists either don't understand or don't care that this is quite a trial for both the horse and its rider and extreme caution is necessary to avoid scaring or startling the horse into becoming a runaway I do not advocate tooting the horn to let a horse and rider know a motorist Is coming This would be the worst possible thing However minimum speed should be reached be fore passing The same courtesy does or should apply to bike riders and pedestrians Anything at all is possible in even the most ideal situations person could stumble and a bike rider could hit a stone or a horse might spook into the path of a car At all times I think a motorist should give himself as much distance as possible for avoiding an accident A human life in the motorist's hands and this doesn't concern him he should lose his privilege to drive UNEASY RIDER Leave Early Generally speaking most crews seem to be late and very slow "leaving the barn" each morning and starting on their daY's assignment In the afternoon it appears to be just the reverse They leave the job site early and slowly move back to heanquarters just to sure of leaving on the dot quitting time In between much time is spent in clusters carrying on conversation Consequently it is doubtful that a day's pay is "rewarded" with anything near a day's work Wasteful government spending is one if not the largest contributor to the social disease of runaway inflation By virtue of their lazy and indifferent attitude toward job production far too many tax paid employee are guilty of helping create that wasteful spending and the taxpayer is the goat BAA FOR TAXPAYERS Come Home' 3E Col 6 ago and Bowers still rides to and changes in the physical appearance of the 14-year-old facility Money spent on the program will match the original construction cost and will bring expenditures on the speedway to $67 million Previous improvements valued at $17 million have been made at the track docated north of Charlotte on US highway 29 ME speedway hosts a variety of auto racing events each year on its I12 mile high-banked oval course a one-eighth mile drag strip and a 11'4 mile road course Its major attractions are the World 600 in May and the National 500 in October both for NASCAR Grand National stock cars Some improvement projects already have begun including constructing a 5000-sea grandstand landscaping enlarging victory lane and widening the main entrance way Long-range plans call for construction of a 14000-squarefoot office building paving of all roads on the speedway's 554 acres a remodeling of the press tower additional landscaping and additional seating parking and rest room and concession stand construction as needed "We don't have a strict schedule on some of the changes like additional park ing" said Bob Latford public relations director at the speed-way- "They will just be done as the need arises though we anticipate all these things being completed within five years" The new grandstand structured in steel and offering contoured seats is being constructed outside the first turn on the south end of the track Called GN Tower No 1 its 5000 seats will be priced at speedway's seating capactiy to 60958 New restroom and concession facilities are being built near the almost completed tower Continued on Page 28 Cot 2 Supplies Are By JAMES CUTIEBERTSON News Staff Writer Local swImming pool operators have gotten the jump on a projected nationwide chlorine shortage and say they should be able to open on schedule The operators say they anticipated the shortage last summer and stocked up on the chemical which is required by law in public pools Marion Diehl superintendent of the Charlotte Park and Recreation Department said he foresees no trouble for the city pools at Revolutlon Cordelia and Double oaks communtty centers THE POOLS will opcn June II and operate from 9 am to pm on wiekdis and I pm to 6 pm on STday a II al rasa am v-zza tr ta to )4 -11 urges MAU tW1 szsz 41111 NM 1:311213 3 1111r--1i 14t 2 3 a til5P 045:111 I ici maw osmoull auttaws ammo imosms Al 'so' UZSZ rso 1 111 sot Ak 4 CS 31g1rwmti i 't watt I 0 arigrerillHarr 191 4 a PP II! (load sva 41 gla Itus: tr ta 3 42 2 MOST COUNTY News Staff Writer News Staff Writer From 80 to 90 per cent of Mecklenburg's topsoil has washed away over the years snd tremendous gullies exist a team of federal soil scientists has found "The topsoil has been about washed off" said Clifford 'Tip" McCachren leader of the federal Soil Conservation Ser ice team Topsoil is the upper level of soil and considered the most fertile For School Board 1 Atoft 60aF Studying Scott Endorses McNinchls Bid I Owner Walter Brown who was not at the station during the 9:10 am robbery but who later talked with his employe said the two forced the employe and a customer into a restroom stole their wallets and flA on foot The employes wallet contained company money he said THE ROBBERY was the fifth such offense in two days in the city police said William Gilliard a delivery man for Lay Inc was robbed about 9:25 am yesterday in the parking lot of Norman's Market at 2843 Rozzell's Ferry Rd Two men came up to Gil-hard and put a pistol to his back police said and stole his gold watch and about $5 from his wallet They fled on foot Norman's Market was also robbed on Jan 7 and March 20 police said About 11:10 am yesterday another Fr it Lay delivery man Donald Orders was robbed in the parking lot of Your-Way Grocery at 2300 Wilmont Rd nilice said a man voth a pstol approached Orders and said "Freeze if you move I'll kill you" Pohce sad the man stole $10 in cash a check for $23 Continued on Page 311 Col 3 fckmt'nz tallot7J7P' cot r'21 Davidson College student Carol Goldsborough decides to soak up some sun while studying And what should happen? A friend Jeff Neikirk stops to talk (News Staff Photo by Tom Franklin) Two Had Pistols as urbanization has taken place the blame is shifting to land developers "Farmers have gotten to the point in the last 30 years they recognize what it (soil ero sion) does to them and they are protecting their soil" he said Developers on the other hand are just learning he said To bring about control of erosion on land development sites the county is considering adoption of a sedimentation control ordinance The ordinance would outline requirements for developers to follow to prevent soil erosion on land cleared for construction COUNTY Engineer Ken Hoffman said Mecklenburg County commissioners soon will set a public hearing on the ordinance MeCachren said oil erosion from a land development site can be much more severe than that from a farm with a builder's site causing as much erosion in one year as a farm would in 30 years MeCachren said the soil survey so far has covered about one-fourth of the county in the south and southwest areas In 'connection with the soil erosion findings the team also has found that bedrock In some cases is close the surface thus indicating erosion He saki that in the area surveyed only about a third of the land is well suited for Sep Continued on Page 313 Col 2 No Problem told that there is a shortage" "The market is tight and chlorine is difficult to get" said Homer Katehie manager of Moreland Chemical Co Inc Production supervisor Herman Sears of North Carolina's only chlorinl producizg plant Allied Chemical Corp of Wilmington agreed Tie said the market has been tight for a couple of years and this could result in spot shortages and delay's in slipment tilts summer Suppliers have several theories on iy the shortage exists Otis Johnson owner of Johnson Pool Supply at 301 Wood-Continued on Page 313 Col 1 taken ifting to to the ars they oil eroInd they oil" he other 11g he ntrol of sidering Lentkation outline )pers to erosion er Ken clenburg soon ring on erosion cut site than with a much a farm lie soil vered county uthwest the soil am also In he sursion le area third of for sepCol 2 al )rtage" it and get" lanager Inc Herrolina's plant of Wit- as been years in spot shp31 thenige exr John-Wood-Col 1 1 I I) Allow Distance Dear Personal Chat: Just last week I had an experience that really irritated me I am one of several city people who own horses and board them in the country Often it becomes a necessity 1'' Join Us Cot something on your mind? Share it with others by writing under a pen name to Personal Chat PO Box 360 The Charlotte News Charlotte NC 28201 Men Come Late Dear WONDERING WHY: How right you are! As I travel over a good portion of this state and several others I have made it a habit to observe the work practices of public highway crews and others of that nature And I must say it is disgusting to see the obvious "deadbeat" efforts of most of these people Why No Publicity? Dear Personal Chat: Tuesday April 30 was declared by Congress as the National Day of Humiliation Prayer and Fasting This could definitely have been one of the most important days in our nation's history I would like to know why there was so little publicity about this day It was publicized in the churches Nit as far as our newspapers were concerned there was little publication TELL ME WHY 'Honey Please 5A-4s okm NA A)v: At''4 I 7 do 10 I to) oc 7e0 -i if 7 A is if be of Pinball Players Rob Gas Station By WARREN BARNARD News Staff Writer School Board member Jane Scott today endorsed the candidacy of fellow member Sam McNinch III "Sam McNinch's record on the school board for the past Valuableemember" The two along with William Booe have long been considered the conservative element on the board although more recently Mrs Scott and McNinch have broken with Booe to vote with moderate members on some issues YESTERDAY BODE endorsed candidate IL (Doug) Taylor but declined to voice outright support for AlcNinch The most he would say about the cNinch candidacy is that MeCACIIREN said some the gullies the team has found "are tremendous" measuring as much as 30 feet deep McCachren's team is preparing a survey of soils in Mecklenburg Count and a conference was being held today to unveil results of the first phase of that survey His comments came during an interview before the conference In older times the county's farmers were to blame for the erosion McCachren said but ''1 would not be unhappy to see Sam reelected" McNinch is the only current board member who is seeking re-election next Tuesday when voters will decide who among 18 candidates will occupy the three open seats The other two members of the ninemember board whose terms are expiring Mrs Julia Maulden and Dr Carlton Watkins are not seeking re-election Mrs Scott said apparent public confusion over just which incumbents are running for re-election prompted her to endorse McNinch "Many people have asked Continued on Page 3B Col I 'no problem" to significant shortages "We have noticed no large shortage of chlorine" said Bill Freeman manager of Carolina Food Supply at 1814 Central Ave Bob Pomeis vice nresident of Jones Chemicals at 601 11cNinch St has noticed a shortage for the past two years "INSTEAD of ortierrig in bulks our customers wili have to order in smaller amounts Ike supplies that last a week or so" he said Jack Platt manager of Pacific Pals Pools South Inc at lx340 Blvd said that "although things are looking good now we understand and are CHLORINE Short But Pools Here Have By PHIL WHITSELL News Staff Writer Two men who walked into a Charlotte service station today to play with a pinbali machine apparently decided the game wasn't exciting enough Both stopped playing after a few minutes drew pistols and robbed an attendant and customer at the Service Distributing station 2 2 0 0 Ave Free Spirit Finds Home Tinsley Crawford who for months has been politely asking people to please quit trying to help him has a new place to live now and he's paying his own way as he said he would Crawford 71 caused some consternation among sheriff's deputies in December when he sat for 11 days and night in the lobby of the county jail Ile ferreted food from garbage cans and slept sitting up in a chair while deputies tried to figure out vtat to do with him He liked the jail he said His friends were there FINALLY because there Continual on Page 3B Col 1 Apartment dwellers in buildings operated by Home Realty and Management Co and Spangler Realty Co should have no problem swimming this summer The spokesman for the two realty companies say they anticipated the problem and stocked up for the entire summer And local swim clubs don't seem to be affected either Officials at Idlewild I in Club and Suttle Swim Club report no problems in getting chlorine A check of local swimming pool suppliers showed however that tl)e supply of chlr ne a lable to them ranges from Dear Personal Chat: The only reason I'm writing this is because my wife reads ttli! C01111-1111 every day and I would like to tell her I love her My wife was a great wife and mother She loved all of us very much She didn't have to Aork outside the home or worry about money because I was a hard worker Then I started drinking And when I did I would pick fights with her She became nervous and upset and the children were Continued on Page ftmft3JDOOW0m -ff0mgbtm0AWMh441tiiPt411k.