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riM- of yrd iwi -I lik la um any grMa thumb la lata tba lava looting ska." Ila alaa tlkaa la golf vbaa ba aa gat au la a couraa ang tmtmmm ta batag moatlf a durrar. system of discipline In our sen 001 reflects tho discipline found in the broader society. District 50 New Head 1 'II A V. I 1 a or jpw1cUW4 Dr. IURI7 UK CtwipUud lour every eioul te th last by VUtttag North Hedge aad Wnl Th Tar IUi eetlv It la prwaaed by th matrfcl el first glance.

ni I cwuld tarwl the Mil-mMWlM I'attad Suta." tare Dr. Cola, "1 doal tha I ewuid find school In ey bxtr thp.M II to pUd with th rcjyakaJ frtllUa sod be-lv th tfKUVI la wUUng I be academically adrturue, -1 tike 0 cay af Ccwan-wood." he aey, "U't warm mi alod ef peopla." Dr. Cole waa bara la rarattevlUa, N.C. la im. 10a mother waa a achool laechar aad bit father ran a feed and seed stare.

Tno CoWe amoved la Bladea Courrtr. where eaa Henry went la public achoola. la high school ba mat a girt named Kadlae Crimea, who lad cheers while bia football team went lata battle. Tbay have been married for 30 year aad have we children Alicia, it, who will bo la the atita grade eest year aad Aady, alia will ba to tba sec and. Mrs.

Cota certified la laacb bona economics aad altrntolarjr education, but "aha win help gt (ba family settled first" beore returning la tba classroom. Tba Coke Kara found a home ba Forest HUie, but It weal ba available until November. Meanwhile, they ara auytag la Cokasbury Carder Apartments, Dr. Cola la from a leaching family, ta addition la bia mother, whe baa ratirad from tba cieaeroom, ba baa thraa aunts aha art teachers aad a Is Impressed With Schools aiuoWtU la tba acbool," ba Mda. Dr.

Cola balltrta "tba, aVratotanant af tba ttudont ta tba Omit af bia capaity lor com pita Urtng ba aur aocMjr la tba ma tar purpoaa af adura-Uoa. Tb boraa, tba acbool, tba church, tba community aad many aCbar armrtaa bara aa tba mporWUlUy af taacbing aalf-dsoctptlna la all aur Tba aa aupoHntanoant baa baaa bay aaaid by a Dtatrlct program vtra Lander Col-Wga which parrntu qualiflad Craaatrood IQgh aaniora la obuia rotkgt cradit aa Cng llaa, aad thkika blghly af tba Junior IUJTC program at cits. Tba dUtrkt la vida avaaa aad lataraatad la la aaya Dr. Cola. Tba program aith Laodar la aaa aapoct af a band ta modify tba ttralAb grada aa that tba final yaar of blgb acbool aria oot ba rapatltloua aad boring for tba ambJtioua KudMt.

-I'm brtaraatad la tba mini couraa approach. atudy af a glvaa aagaant of Engtlah or math, ripUtna Dr. Cola. "Jiut gattieg through a couraa for tba aaka of gtttlng through ought Id ba aomathtng ara ahould taaa a look at." Wbaa ba caa gat away from achool problama. Dr.

Cola likaa "tba fraah air and cxar brother who aapartotandaal af tba Gevantor Marwhaad tuta School far tba (Had ta Tba at aapartataadaal grrm up la a rural aUnoapbara ad want ba arbooJ mhm dla-dpUaa vaa af nba bkiory aurt arWty." Ila bUra acnool araUma ara avotvtnf la Tba point feara a taacb aoii dia ctpllaa." -la tanaraJ. I bWWva tba tyatam af dtedpUaa la aur adtoola raflocta tba tftadpUna found aa tba braadt- aocMjr," ura Dr. Ooaa, patatlni aut that Ua prapar functkaOnf af aay aodaJ aratata ar acbooi arataca raqulraa tba raf-latioa af tta ananibara. dtedptlaa aad aalf control t0." ba aaya, nbaa baUara that laacbara aad prtaclpala niat raaort la forea aa la tba caaa ta tba braadar anaral aaclaty. For taatanca, I am raufbt apaadln aa tba pubik bigbwara, I can aspact la racaJva a cttaUoa ar tba poaaibia baa af Ikaoaa.

If I ara a atadaat la a acbool aad tba bat! rtags, tbaa I am ta pactad ta report la my atatloa, ar faca auapanaioa. "1 baUara a caa atak propar conduct through laara inf ratbar tbaa by arbitrary authority. Our atudanta naad la ba uldod la tba davalop-ment of aalf control aad a ofraaponalUlltyloothar yTOMLOLUS Msaagtag EdJUr Dr. Henry Cole mart tba drpartmcnl beada from Columbia ao 111 har aUandliig tba atat achool aupcrtotandent annual con- I want la aaa how things ar run la South Carolina and 2 SECTIONS 10 THE INDEX JOURNAL 143 GREENWOOD, S.C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1972 I Da i ly "q'l I rewiflii 'laiirgest'In "6 Yews CuDIni11DC irk Inflation Rate Slows Sharply Cost Shows Modest Rise "Our amola family Uioa rvimmiog and vatar abting," Dr. Cola baa ba activa la tba Itotary Club la North Carolina aad bia family at Baptist.

Tbay bava not aoiortad church ba Graaa aad. Dr. Cola baa afcubad aO bia training aad 1 North Carolina axparionca ba Ha bolda tba fllvlag aducatlonal cradaatlala: AA Dograa tram CampbaH Cat Wgt, BA Dagraa from Vaba faraat Uolvaratty, MA Da Craa from Carallaa alvtralty tva-yaar car-UAcaU la adraacad Education Admlalatratioa from tba Uniraralty af North Carolina, aad Docotor of Educatloa Da graa from Duba Uniranity. Ha cama ta Cr hp wood from WUaoa. N.O, hra ba barvad aa auparintandant aa tba WUaoa County Schoola.

Ha la a fomar taacbar aa tba Wlaitaa-lalam-rarirtb County achoola and tba Coida- Hia admlalatratlva at partanca tocludaa aorrica aa admmlatratlva aaalataat la Col da bora far two yaara, aaaiatant auparintandant ha tba Alamanca County achoola for fir yaara and fir yaara a WUaea County aupar bntandmt Dr. Cola alaa baa dona aoma taachmg aa a adjunct pra faaaor of aducatlon at Atlantic Chrlatlaa CoTJcga. Ha will out af bia offka through Tuaaday of aait watk 14 PAGES TCtCK 'fruits and vegetables, 'which normally do not lis that much la June. In other major price categories, the bureau said bousing was up four-tenths of one per cent, transportation also rose four-tenths. And medical care and recreation Increased three-tenths each to Juna.

Clothing prlcea declined three-tenths of one per cent, the bureau said. The price of used cars continued to rise sharply, the bureau said. The June increase was 3.1 per cent. as voting against the increase were Sens. Ervin of North Carolina and Holllngs of South Carolina.

Republicans against Included Thurmond of South Carolina. "Backers 0 McGovern hoped his vote would improve his image with labor. Tba $130 minimum was a key goal of the AFL-CIO in this legislative session. McGovern was not endorsed by the AFL-CIO executive council. The bill passed the Senate after two amendments postponed the effective date of the $3.20 minimum to two years, Instead of one, and eliminated 1 million employes in retail and service establishments doing less than $390,000 annual bust- As approved, the minimum wage would jump from $1.60 to $100 for most non-farm workers 60 days after enactment, and to the full $2.20 in two years, The present minimum of $1.30 for workers on large farms would be raised to $2.20 in three years.

Tha bill also, repeals exemptions which now prevent many workers from getting overtime pay. Sens. Peter H. Dominlck, and Robert Taft, R-Ohio, aponaors of the ad-ministration's bill, said the Democrats' proposal was inflationary and would un-' dermine Nixon's economic stabilization effort Thoughts For aew we see ta a mtr-rar dimly, bat then face ta face. New I kaew la part, then I shall understand fully, evea as 1 have been fatly understood.

Se faith, hope, leva abide, these threes bat tha greatest af these Is lava. I Car. 13:12. 13. Religion Is tha light of our life.

Faith Is the key that turns It on. Ernie Ford, singer. aomrbody to consult with in caa anything come up," bt aaya. Sporta TV Scout Women 6.7 14 THO DAY Good afternoon. Today la Friday.

Julv 21. the 303rd day of 1971 Tbere are 163 days left la the year. The aun rose this morning at 6:32, will aet tonight at 8:38 and will rise tomorrow at 8:32. Ob tfcke date hi 1588, British forces under Sir Francis Drake attacked the Spanish Armada In the Enxliab Cbinei. THE WEATHER Yesterday's high was 93, and the tow last night was 61.

Total rainfall to data this year to 29.12 inches. Average annual rainfall through July Is 29 Inches. Lake Greenwood elevation at 8 am. today was 439.33 feet. The lake Is considered full at 441 JO feet.

FORECAST Mostly sunny and hot today and Saturday. Gear and warm tonight. Highs today and Saturday to the tower 90a. Lows tonight around 70. Probability of rain near zero today and tonight and 10 per cent Saturday.

Winds variable 5 to 10 mpb today and Saturday and variable less than 9 mph tonight EXTENDED FORECAST Extended outlook Sunday through Tuesday Widely scattered thunders bowers and continued warm. Highs around 90. Overnight lows near 70. or about $3J0 par weak pur power. This la tha largest over-tha-year increase in real earnings (purchasing power) for any Juna since the eeriea became available en a monthly basis la HM," the bureau said.

It added that much of tha rise la workers' purchasing power was due to lower 1973 federal Income tax rates. Tha bureau, said that, when the Jun rise in living costs was adjusted for expected aeaaonal factors, tha aver-all Juna price rise was one-tenth of one per cent, the smallest rise on that 54th YEAR NO. tha hlgbeat rata of rxpanalon af tha economy since tha fourth quarter of 1969. Coupled with a report by tha Labor Department that the Coat of Living ria slowed to 0 per cent in Juna, tha GNP report waa tha beat economic news tba Nixon administration baa bad in a long time. Not only did the economy grow faster than It baa anticipated, but tha rise In price In tha aecond quarter was within the target the administration wants to achieve by tha end of tba Tba department aald tha increased GNP In dollar terms amounted to 129 9 billion compared with 131 billion in tha previous quarter.

With inflation figured In, the Increase figured out to precentage rata of 11 per cenL Wm brought GNP to a sea-. aonally adjusted annual rata of $1,139 trillion, tba department uid. A Nixon administration economist. Dr. Harold C.

Passer, assistant commerce secretary, said the increase in the aecond quarter waa "prodigitua." He added that the 11 per cent increase in the rata of Inflation would have been the lowest since the fourth quarter of 1969 except for the low rate that occurred in the fourth quarter of last year because of the price freeze. Passer said the rate indicates that the administration's economic forecast for this year "will be realized or even ex ceeded." By BILL NEIKI1UC A AaaMlatad Praaa Wrltor 1 WASHINGTON CAP) Tha atonomy surged tha April-Juna quarter to th highest rata of expansion In mora than six yaara while Inflation slowed thai govemment aald today. Tha Commerca Department aald that tha aacood-quartar Gross National Product, mar-bat value of tha nation 'a goods and services, advanced at a fast 1.9 per cent pace la "rear terms, meaning economic growth with Inflation subtracted. On top of this, the rate of Inflation a meaaused by GNP figures dropped to 11 per cent, tha lowest sine tba days of President Nixon's wage-price freeze, and lasa than half of tha 1.1 per cent rata and prevailed in tba first three months of the year. Tha IJ per cent growth rata compared with an upward-revised 15 per cent rise rata la the first quarter and It marked East Sf il irfvk basis in nine month.

Actual food prices rose six-tenths of one per cant, but th gala was figured as a twotentha of one per cent rise on tba aaa aonally adjusted basis. "Retail prim of poultry, beef and pork rose sharply In June after declining for several months, the report said. The increase was 1 per cent for the month and meat, poultry and fish were 7.7 per cent higher than a year ago. Fresh vegetables also Jn-creaaed sharply, 17 per cent for the month. The bureau said bad weather curtailed supplies of 7.4 million additional workers, including million domestic servants, 1 million chain store employes and 4.9 million federal, state and local government employes.

It now goes to a House-Senate conferees to reconcile differences between the Senate version and one approved earlier by the House which provides a $3.00 minimum pay scale. The Senate approved the measure by a vote of 63 to 37 Thursday night after defeating the Nixon administration's proposal for a $3.00 minimum b- a 47 to 46 vote. Among the Democrats listed Living ByNEIL GILBRIDK AP Labar Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Living coats roeo a relatively mod- eat two-tenths of on per cent last month and purchasing power of tha average American workers' paycheck showed tha highest yearly gain on record, the government said today. Tba rise ta consumer pricee, clipping two cents off tha value of each 10 ta June, was due to a sharp Increase In. food prices and leaser increase for used cars, homes and household services, tha Labor Department aald.

The June lis In living costs pushed the Consumer Price Index up to 129.0 of iU 1987 baaa of 100. This meant it took 91190 last month for every $10 worth of typical family purchases five years ago. The report, by the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics, said tha rise in living cost In the past year was 19 per cent, the first annual rise under 9 per cent In the pas five years. The bureau also reported that average earnings of some 90 million rank-and-file workers' more than half the nation's work force-rose $3.18 per cent to $139.39 for the month. This was due to a one-cent rise in hourly pay and a half-hour Increase in the length of the average work week.

The average paycheck was up $7.83 or 8.1 per cent over the past year. After deductions for the rise in living costs over the year, the gain was IJt per cant Senate Okays Minimum Wage To $2.20 An Hour Today's Index By R. GREGORY NOKES Associated Preea Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has voted to boost the minimum hourly wage to $3.20, a move that could bring bigger paychecks to millions of workers and more labor support for Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern. The increase from the present minimum of $1.80 was the largest single pay hike in history. It came after McGovern made a special trip from his vacation retreat in South Dakota to cast his vote.

Tha bill extends coverage to MAMIE AND JOHN EISENHOWER, the widow and son of Dwight Elsenhower, have challenged a statement by Sen. George McGovern that he to a disciple of the late President's defense 8. BOBBY FISCHER CLAIMS THE FIFTH GAME in the controversial 24-game chess match after a blunder by Soviet master Boris Spasaky. 11. Classified Cemics Deathi 12.13 19 Choiring On Stagnant Air By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A steamy, atagnant air mass -that has strained electric power supplies and caused pollution alerts remained anchored over the Eastern seaboard today with no relief expected for a few 1 more days.

The National Weather Service forecast more, temperatures in the high 80a to middle 90a, a situation which sapped the reserves of electric utilities and led to blackouts or brownouts in scattered areas The week-long heat wave lilBlllfiSrt fciiilflflIMM "dL zzr over the populous nasi was blamed on a Bermuda high that stretched to the Mississippi River valley and pumped humid tropical air up from the Gulf. With the listless air, pollutants tended to collect and increased to dangerous levela in 'some areas. 't In the Pittsburgh area, a first stage pollution alert forced in dustry to cut back operations. Eye irritation and shortness of breath were common com Elainti especially In the down wn section. 1 An emergency air pwiuuuu M.n.

U.iA auen waa in mcut wt iwua vuw countiea In the Ohio River vaK I More Recycling Day-Volunteers Needed W. Harold Koon is organizing the manpower for Greenwood's first Recycling Day but he has one major problem, he doesn't know how much manpower should be organized. "We know how to run the operation, we just aren't sure how many volunteers it will take to do it properly. Se we want as many as we can get for the first time. We need people to direct traffic, people to load and unload paper, people to receive the paper, and cans from motorists.

You won't even have to get out of your car when you come, if we have enough volunteers." Koon said that the Coca Cola Co. has offered to supply the volunteers with free Cokes all day and Koon will supply tape recorded music for them. Recycling Day will be Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. under the sponsorship of the Greenwood Environmental Coalition.

Greenwood residents may dispose, of their old magazines, newspapers, glass, aluminum cans and clothing In the rear parking lot of the Municipal Building. Anyone interested in helping with Recycling Day should call Koon, program director with the C. TB and Respiratory Disease Association, at 223-7303 or 223-4427. Mrs. Prances Marshall is chairman of the project.

ley steel-making region. State attorneys filed precauUonary injunctions, to bar industries from violating the order. Raid showers brought relief to tha New York metropolitan area during Thursday evening, washing tha air of many pollutants and dropping temperatures to the low 70a. The respite was expected to be brief. fi Park Seed Readies For Festival numerous flower beds.

The company will ba one of many tours to ba hod during the festival in Greenwood Jury 2730. (Index-Journal photo by Curtis Rice) Preparation for the Festival of Flowers ha cjone info high gear. Eddy Hawkins, art employe of Park Seed Com pony, strips withered blooms from one of the companies.

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