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(i)iTTE EW PINK FINAL tip) 41A 1 kli I NEws l'INK FINAL i TEE Stock Car Aces Take To Sports 1 St( Ac To 1 IK AL 1 Largest Evening Newspaper la The Carolinas: gopi e-A -k Choilottg North Corolkno Soturdoy August 17 '1974 'it 0 0 8 ii t441 Largest Evening Newspaper ItThe Carolinas Vol 214 vol 76 15 Cents 15 Cents Love Releasing A Child Ri son titbit 'Alissoun "Whin your child leares home you feel au emptittess that yoa know to-ocr will he wttli auything else" 0 Ill home yol that filled 1011 THE SATURDAY THE SA I LIRUAY 1 1 1' 1 1 4 4 0- At yt)---) 1 401111ttrie 416 1 111ch L4 7 do 4i 1111114161--1 111 rt idi 7 111: IVt 1 MOI la 11: 1 Pi- la 6 5 7111 411121101111hib 1' 11111101 I 4 Question: Dad is it a painful thing or a time ot a child goes away to college? By DARRELL SIFFORD Executive Editor The News DAi Executin parents sometimes do what is best for themselves rather than what is best for their children' I REPORT1 Back in the spring 1 interviewed a psychologist on how children can break away from parents who are reluctant to turn loose ol them But how does the problem look from 4 the parents' point of vien? How can they release their children with love? That's the locus of this interview with my father and mother Charles anti 4 1'-': Hazel Sifford whom 1 visited recently at i 1 their home in Jeffers on City Mot and with who 1 have not lived for 22 years Dad is 76 retired in 1966 after 32 years with the Missouri State Highway Depart- 1 ment Mom is 67 On Nov 26 they'll SIFFORD have been married 50 years 1 am their Answer: In our ae life 1ent on pretty much as usual You wt're at the UM versny imly 30 miles away arid ott were home almost every weekend in Maly it wasn't as if Ott were gone from 'home I thought our relationship vith you still was fairly closf It didn't chamT much between high school and college But Inc jolt came right alter college you wore drafted into the Army You know the Korean War still was going and nobody had any idea it would be over that quickly I t2A1ess Id Lii feit differently about our going into the Army if there liadn'l been a IV- I But you tind yourself dunking: "Well he's through school and reany get out into the world hut he may never get (hat You sit legs stretched out on living room Hoar and you look at them your parents Mom and Dad the two people who above all others have molded your life helped make you what you are and what y'ou are not You live 100o milcs frifin Uteri) rum and lisits comp only once a year mayhe once IAA year So you make the most of Me time you have together the three oi you and as the clock crawls toward midnight zisk them about how it was what they felt in the depths at their stomachs when you the only child went away to college entered the Army got married had children and ultimately moved a third of Ihe way across the country YOU you look ai Mom and who ahoy molded yoi you what are not You livf Uteri) rum (nice a ye IAA years So you IT time you thrice ot crawls tow zisk them what hey their stom Only child lege enter married himately way across E) 3 0 n1 J31PS )r3011 bY JaITS- C11JE3 (only child I've twice before interviewed Dad first on his life during the Great Depression later ton his views about aging and death asked us to go fln to work and let you leave alone In a way I'm glad ve did it that way because I think all of us dreaded the moment when We'd say good by So we said our goodnights that evening as we always had And 'our inother and I cried that morning over breakfast chance He may be killed instead on some battlefield halfway around the world" Its a thought that no parent wants to accept BLit you live wilth it You can't shut it out The day you left or the Army well we'd talked the night before and you asked me and Mom to lei you sleep in But the harclet part picking up your car that a her-noon alter work You'd left the keys inside and I drove it home and your mother was there and we walked into the entPlY house and sok that empty unmade bed and we hoth started crying You'd len a nole pil low I pickcd it up and it Please clean illy sha cr iind put it a ray for me" I didn't Islom how I kid tol find Uii jttUyl lull buflk before I could cican ii uliiihnucd ion Page 1 COI I I )ickcd up and it in tc Ise clean iind put it away toll n't knov bow I had tol itvt rind Ion book before i clean it i1 led an Page 3 A Cni I Op It's the kInd Nmversation people rarely ever have hut the every man and woman at orne I lit shnuid havo with his parents This is part 4)1' IMF conver call tIe 1 00 omb -ils Plante uest Third 'Allpha 372-3333 Tlit ACTION LINE Call Quest solves problems gets answers cuts red tape and provides a voice for the public Dial 372-3333 or write Quest Box 360 Charlotte whet you need information or action or want to Sound Off Ca red ta 372333 need 11 et eV Says 'LI" There's a MTV ke station where I trade quite often They serve the public with gas and other commodities The other morning I went in and was in need of a rest room They said they had no public facilities If they are serving the public why do they not provide these facilities? TJB There' serve the morning I vi had no pub they not pr Los Angeles Police Hunting For Explosive )olice xpiosive4 Auto Price Rollbacks Predicted A If you air not satisfied with the "serk-ice" at this station your only recourse is to Find one with a room you can "rest" in Unless a service station also prepares and sells food the owner is within this rights to provide or not provide rest room facilities for the public says a spokesman for the Health Department He must however provide them for his employes The only types of business required by law to provide rtst rooms are restaurants MA "places of public assembly" that is theaters and other placm that attract large groups of people Tlw question of public rest rooms is an old one in Charlotte In some ol the shopping centers they arc almost impossible to find Owners of businesses say with some Ilia they do not provide these facilities because many of the people who use them leave them in an untidy comlition to put it mildly A If you your Duly rl Unless a ser within ihis ri the public must holATv business reci MA "places that attra rooms is an they are au with some ben USI' Mat tidy contlit LOS ANGELES (A)) Police have safely removed a 23- pound explosive device from a bus terminal locker but are still trying desperately to find a man who says he 4 already has planted another "alphabet bomb" I The mysterious foreign-accented man self-proclaimed military chief of Aliens of America continued his alphabet assault on Los Angeles last night by planting an explosive device In a locker at a downtown Greyhound bus depot Earlier the same voice said the organization had planted a bomb devastated a ter-mina at Los Angeles Interna- tional Airpovt on Aug 6 killing A SiMPle three persons and injuring 35 others A Simple a-ifely removed a 23- terminal locker but '1 a man who says he Iii 4 bet bomb" -I man sell-proclaimed- ontinued his alphabet planting an explosive eyhound bus depot i Simple Could Quest tell ow vhere calendars originati'd and how the inonths got their names? Could months got H': 2--- i' idi '7' 7As 4tt''''h witao I 14 '4'''ts '''444101r' i'l '4' (--- i ot 4: 4111r 4'''' '1 7 Ig: 4: otT- 0 7 474S5'''''l 4 1(i a i 77: 714-- 0 il-''' i :41 it 4 1 4441 i'' t' 'A 2: ''''Ii71'' 1 4 ''till'i I i''' 100' i "44 i 4 i erftSob i '61tAtkill it' Is -1 11 t71 'A i4- -'-iii- wkArot- 4 31' 7 ii tl-'- 1 SS -4 vv' Chapel Wedding -hapel ledding The man vho called himself Isaac Rasim in tape-recorded communiques has vowed l() spell out "Aliens of America" across the face of the nation "in blood" Ile has said was for ainport and was for locker -te 1 1 1 A 40 i :5 S1 1 A i I neral home wedding to- preceded by one lad' wheels at a skat4 Page 8 -1 i 4 i -4 I i 4 'FOP In a tape recording directoft to the Los Angeles Herald Examiner last night he said bomb already had been planted iy SlitAINIAN HARRIS News Staff Writer 3 Apprentice ernhalmer Davidi Fisher and fiancee Bar-1 hara Jean ANers kkaoted simple kvedchng in tFiapr srP this afternoon they ere lo be weit in the IlaMhorne Chripe14 at Miller Keins llomc A reception was to fol ini the reposin4 room hod-1 ies a re out for final vieW- inz SHERMAN HARRIS News Staff Writer 1 II nticct einhaliner Dav4di and Ilk fiancee Bar-3! ers kk anted al xedchng in it thaprl they ere to be the Him thnrne cilape14 tiller Kerns Cavin lime plton was to follrm in 1 Isill'1 100111 here bod-1 out lor final vtelfv- 22 Damaged den areas of Cook home (eus Staff Photo by Jeep Hunter) 71 DETROIT (A) Some auto industry observers are betting there will be a rollback in the record price increases planned for 1975 models as criticism of the industry's fall prices mounts Several analysts for some of the nation's biggest hanks and investment houses say they expect General 1loto1' just before the new models go on sale iI) late September to announce a modest trimming of its previously annonuneed hike The increase disclosed earlier this month averaged $500 or about 10 per cent If GM the industry's pricing leader rolls back prices the other companies are likely to follow suit the analysts say 'NOW rrs a question of gamesmanship' an analyst in San Francisco said "My guess is that GM rill cut prices somewhat but not to the levels the Ford administration would like to see" An industry ratchet' for a New York research firm predicted GM would "modestly reduce its planned increase" to ShOW it is cooperating with the nation's efforts to combat int lahon fie said GM tnight drop the amount of the announced increase by an average $100 "Il GM drops Ford Motor Co will drop and Chrysler will come in with something shill tar although it would like nmre" he said Ford said last month its 1975 models would go up an average $418 or eight per cent Chrysler has not indicated how much it plans to raise prices but a company spokesman said the increase would be similar to GM's The increases conw 00 top of A You think this is N1Jgui4t J7 Pile 17Ih day of the eighth month al the year right? Well yes but i you had lived in early Roman times it would be the fourth day after the ides of Sextilis the sixth month of the year HOW Agtoilrauzji The Sumerians of Babylonia were probably the first people 7 8 (310 11 to make a calend'ar They used Att4 i7 the phases of the moon count ing 12 lunar months as a year To make up for the difference :) I between that kind of year and the ycar of the seasons they 4 inserted an extra mnnth in the calendar about every four ifft 410 vea r- like the Sumerians the early Romans used a calendar 41 based on the moon The high priest regulated the calendar On the calends or day of the new moon he announced to the people the tilnc of the 'lanes (first quarter) and ides full moon) for that month We get our word calendar from the Latin work kalendae The early Roman calendar wasn't very acctwate so Julius Caesar adopted the plan of an Egyptian astronomer to have 365-day years with an extra (lay added every fourth year or "leap year" Be distributed the extra 10 (lays among the old 29-day months making them identical witth our months The early Roman calendar had contained only 10 named months starling with Ala rell Our calendar didn't reach its present state of accuracy I is still not perfect) until the appearance of the Gregorian calendar in 1582 The flu rues of the Inonths are all derived from the Romans January is named for Janus a titan a to god: February edimes from the Latin word feburare purify" Nlarell is named or Mars the god of war April comes trona the no aperire open May honors Atiala no Roman goddess and June does the same for Juno another goddess: ituly formetly called Quintilis efive) was renamed in honor of Julius Caesar in the month he died and August formerly Eextilis tsix) honors the emperor Augustus The remaining months all kept their original Latin number names: September SeVen 001bur 0 November (nine) and December A You thi if the year (first quarter) word calendar calendar was plan of an 1l4 extra (lay adi wed the extra identical with tabled only 10 didn't reach until the a ppca The names January is ne from the Lath Mars the god open May la same tor rfivei was rei died and Aug Augustus TIK number name (nine) and De( 'NOTHING could make us happier than we could conclude that vif can reveal the location of bomb 'I' which is already planted" the speaker said in a casual confident manlier Bomb could he a device which Basim said would be exploded in a crowded area tomorrow it two 110A' retired police officers are not charged in connection with the death of two Mexican nationals in 1970 Asked if he thinks the threat still stands for tomorrow Asst Police Chief Daryl Gates said "I asstune so" Two Youths Injured In Charlotte Fire "SOME people might ant think its right In get married'4 in a ittneral chapel) hut for tt51 it's a simple chapel veddin47 the 33-year-old groom said Ills 2fi-year-nld bride sa4d1 "We aro closer to that chapel) than are to any church lit charto ie id mit ks therC and I have used it Many times' tor meditation" She said her mother op! people might not right (to gel married'4 eral chapel) hit! for tigl mple chapel weddiii47 rat-old groom said i fl-year-old bride saldj closer to that ehapetl are to any church ht id milks fterc lye used it Many loneC I otion" lid her mother op1! he identified said Cook came 10 Ills door and told him his house was on fire and he needed some help Continued on Page 4A Col ted fill Page Col Cook's parents Mr and Mrs Roy Cook were at Myrtle Beach at the time of the fire neighbors said and Reed was staying with their son asim said I he "0" lo "nf" in "Aliens of America" st nod for oil refineries But he ex "AS SOON as I heard the Continued on Page 4A Cot By KEN-GARLAND News Staff Writer Tkt 0 Charlotte youths viere seriously 11itired early today when fire Aruck a south Charlotte home lire department officials said Roy Baxter -Buddy" Cook 19 of 738 IUSetim Dr where the lire occurred and Gary Keith Reid 'In of :1821 'ferrehonne Cove were admitted to CharinUe Memorial flospit-31 in serious condaion with cuts and hurns a hoTital spokesman said (ZIMPVi2IIMIDiEDMA713 I The Love Of A Brother A HOSPITAL spokesman said Reed is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Reed District Chief IL Helms stud both youths were cut when they tried to escape the fire by going out a window at the back of the house Cook also suffered third-degree burns and Reed was burned but Helms said he did not know how badly Helms said the fire apparently started in a sofa in the den shortly before 5 am doing considerable darnage Lo the borne He said the fire was confined to the den but the aest oi the house suffered Nater and smoke damage he said Continued on Page 4A OIL 3 Dear Readers: (f)Mc SCC are and I ILIvo to be sicker' Ihan thcy arc to do it" and I to be si(ker' 1 () I need the type of rocker prescribed by Dr Janet Travell for President John Kennedy The rocker is made in North Caro Can you give me the olace to obtain one dnd the price? Mrs II Spindale 1 need thi President Johl Can you Mrs II Thursday: Bill Ballenger reports on Univetst ty of South Carolina football proTects in story trona Colutnbia I er reports on traivetst )(Alban poTeets in Et' I A 16 year-old boy wasted anti immobilized by muscular dystrophy is going through life on thP strength and love of another his 14-year-old brotther You'll meet them Monday in a moving siory hy Tom Boone We think its one of a number of unusually good pieces you'll find this coming week in The Charlotte News Other recommended reading: A Tho-e chairs made by the Chair Co in Aqichoro and are soki at various retail outluts around this ttae and elseNVIlere A spolicsman says Grindstaff Furniture Co and Smith Furniture Co in your area and in Charlotte usually A Th(e-e and are sold where A Smith Furnitu Fire department officials raie "considerable damage" in he $1000 to $50o0 range Continued On Page 2 Col 7 Friday: Buses? Subways? Alonordis7 Or vkhar! Raleigh correspondent Alike Dembeck discusses transportation in urban areas witli Terry Lathrop a member oi a lialeiLth cowoiltf in! firm and former director of research with the Bureau of Planning tor the New York f-lattif Department of Transportation Stan 01S01! reports on Davidson Collcge football under mat: coach Ed Farrell VayS? Mono1' ails7 Or Indent Mike nemheck ill urban areas rfttli I of a lialeill ector of research witit or the New York '-lattif tanon Sian 01SoII cge loolnall under flew What's Inside 30 Helms said neighbors heard Cook calling for help and caller: the lire department at 5:07 am Thc fire was extinguished 5:49 am fire officials said Helms said he did not know what caused thc fire but he said evidence indicated the firc started in the sofa A neighbor who asked not to CHANCE OF RAIJR'5-' op f)1 i-C CH AN MA1 9 ISIonday: How well can top -1f)ck car drivers handle the smaller cars in sports cm competition? Boh Myers reports from Char lottc Motor Speedway Homemaking editor Edith Low tells about third and fourth graders who arc learning to cook exotic Mods in classes at the Nature Museum In his "Books Etcetera" column John Alexander revicws -The NrctiMelago" Alexander Solzhenitsyn's poverful indictment of the Stalinist prison system 4C IA 2-15n 5C 6A 181) 4C 7-flA 5C 5C NEXT SATURDAY: What's it like after you've wrked I ulfil a (beam become boss of a company's branch office earn more than $504 OW a year? In The Saturday Pcport you'll itte4 a man who'll say Mat imtead of old he fo(md an uniPtY Pot at the end of the rainbow What's it like after theam become boss of earn more than $504 jay ritport you'll Nee( tel of old he foand 1 the rainbow 4 3 0 coE MINC3 ILLAW The Mung Of The Day Bridge Business Classified Comics Editorials Emery Wiser Feature Page Lifest yles News In Pt gion Obituaries Sports Your Ilicycle Evening Prayer Forecat: Par! ly cloudy throuzili Sunday with a clionce of a liCill0011 and elieniot4 timndershokers Low tonight in the upper 60s and higil Sunday in die mid 10 iMoic ricta on Page 2A) Fortecaq: Pa Sunday of afternoon ant dershmkers La upper 60s and the lord Page 2 1Vednesday: Whals your peri)(tivF cl inc11e1) for a loitrpz you dance and takr fill your 0 ny2hteluhs? In The Wectovsday Eepor m4'4n Zaiona iAbo'll say 'Thosp Today'S 1un of The Day submitted hy 11 A Bisifig sell 2216 Pros idence Ftd Chartotio and a ciieck for $15 is on the way to our winner Other Ntungs Of Note (and inun2 contest rules are on Page 2A Father there is no such flung as au empty moment because You fill each one with opportunty Amen Cominz up next ma in The NM! A batch of goo 41 rratimz Join 011? DARR 111 SIEVORD in The NtWt: A bateti kfitit cal? DARRELL SIEVORD 151.