Saturday, April 21, 1962

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The Dawn That Changed The World

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It was a Sunday mofning of darkness and dispare for the handful of Christians at Jerusalem that first Easter. Their leader had been executed by one of the most horrible methods imaginable. The world about thenf^ad crumbled. Th^ one they looked th and loved, the Son of God, had been sealed in a tomb, his three years of incomparable ministry had suddenly ended.

The one who had come to save the world had been slain by it.

But as the new day dawned that Sunday it brought with it a new meaning for mankind. The Christ had overcome the tomb. The bonds of death had been forever shattered foftlTose who followed in his path, for those who accepted his name and sought to do his bidding.

From bloom and dispair the day suddenly became one which held ^ut hope and eternal promise for those at Jerusalem and for others down through the centuries in every corner of the world. Life sifddenly had new meaning and a new code for living set before the people by Jesus was evaluated in its eternal qualities.

As another Easter morning dawns tomorrow there will be millions of followers of Jesus throughout the world who wilt gather in praise and thanksgiving for the love of Christ and his supreme sacrifice for the gift of eternal life made possible by

his death and resurrection.

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important Day. Of Christianity

By LYNN NISBET

EASTEREaster Is the most significant festival of the Christian calendar. It commemo-rates the central Item in the' Christian faith the resurrec-tloD of Jesus. Although it has not been as generally observed as Christmas, it is in fact far more significant. There is mystery surrounding both the birth and the death and resurrection <rf Jesus. There is evidence <Hit-aide of purely Christian literature about the birth and life of the Mmn o! Galilee. But nowhere except in the writings of the apostles is there any support for the COTceiH (rf the res-urre<^icn.

R has been suggested that one reason for the less popular and exuberant celebration of Easter is the series of tragic events Immediately preceding. Por weeks in advance the advent of Christmas is joyously celebrated and the great day when it comes is often anti-climatic. For six weeks before Easter Christians are asked to observe the Lenten seasai with sacrifice and self denial. The darkest, saddest day of the jear is Good Friday, two days before Easter, which Is the anniversary of the tragedy on Calvary. Then Easter Ixirsts with aU its glory, proclaiming new hope and new Ufe to mankind. It is impossible to prepare in advance for joyous participation In this festival without violating the sanctity of the. Lenten period and Good Friday.

But without Easter the Christian religion would be no more than just another sect among all the religions cm earth, depending for its vitality only on a code of morals.

DATESBesides the my.sti-cal religious significance there re many interesting things about Easter. Chie is the date, which varies between March 22 and April 25. (It is late this year, coming on April 22.) The World Almanac gives this Infor-maticm cm that point:

In A.'D; 325 the CouncU of Christian churches met at Nicea In Asia-Minor and accomplished at least two historic achievements. It drew up the Nicene Creed and also decided that Easter shall be on the first Sunday following the Paschal full moon which falls upon or next after March 21. Principal reascm for this timing was that the pilgrims needed moonlight to travel on their way to the great Easter festivals.

The dates for Easter have not been changed since, despite

efforts to stabilize It by the British Parliament some 35 years ago. The Paschal full moon in the fourteenth day of a lunar month reckoned according to an ancient ecclesiastical computation and not the aston-omlcal full moon. Because of this and because of the wide spread of 35 day? on which Easter might faU. the Parliament in 1928 passed a permissive statute to fix the observance of Easter <m the first Sunday after the second Saturday in April. Implementati(m of this statute reared international ccmsent and such consent has not been given. So Easter still comes sometime between March 22 and April 25.

Selecti<m of the time for the Easter observance and tjing it In with the vernal eqtiinox was influenced by the fact It took the place of an ancient heathen festival celebrating the coming of spring, the new birth of nature.

On mountain tops, and bare plains, in huge cathedrals and in humble homes the words of Christians will be lifted up as men contemplate the meaning of Easter. Children whose spiritual eyes are just beginning to see the new light hi the life, the death and the resurection of the Christ will 'glow brightly. The eyes of the elderly, though seemingly dimmed by their earthy years, will see more clearly the meaning of another Easter morn and the promise it holds for them as it does for all others.

It is the morning which made Christianity live for all generations because of the living Christ.

Little^To Gain, Much Jo liosie By Giveaway

North Carolina has little to gain and much to lose if it should decide to venture into the road of granting tax concessions as bait for new industries seeking locations.

For more than a decade this state has enjoyed unprecedented progress in economic development through its industrial growth. It has been able to realize this growth by selling the advantages North Carolina has to offer industrynot through giveaway gimmics in the form of tax concessions.

By and large the industries which have moved plants into North Carolina have proved to be good citizens and have showed through their actions their desire to carry their share of responsibility as corporate citizens. North Carolina has concentrated on attracting industries which wanted to pay their own way on a permanent basis, and this policy has paid off for the state many times over.

Although some other states are increasing their tax concessions to new industrj in an effort to gain additional plants and more industrial jobs, such a lolicy appears to us shortsighted indeed. Most good industries ask nothing more than to be treated fairly. Those who demand more in exchange for locating a plant in a specific state or community usually contribute little to the long-term welfare of the state or the community. They come in to take advantage of what they can get out of a community or state and then are ready to move at the drop of a hat to some place which offers more.

North Carolinas policy of treating industries fairly without offering them such things as exemp-"tion from taxes, government financed buildings and the like has proved to be of sufficient merit for the policy to be continued.

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JORDANDr. Henry Jordan of Cedar Falls, former highway chairman and State senator, was in Raleigh the*other day. He said he was getting a M of encouragement from many quarters, some unexpected, to run for Governor. His name has been included in nearly every list of potential candidates. He confesses some interest in the proposition but says his interest as of now is not nearly so strtmg as it was when he was proposed as a candidate several years ago. He told this little story.

When the 1960 political campaign was just getting warmed up a friend asked Dr. Henry if he had heard the rumor that you might be our next Governor. Have I heard it? snorted the doctor, Heck, man, I started it.

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UMSTEADSome 300 to 400 friends of John Um.stead assembled at a dinner party in Chapel Hill the other night to pay tribute to the veteran legislator for his contribution to the cause of good government, education and improved treatment of mentally ill. It was a significant event. John Umstead has never held an office higher than membership in the General Assembly of North Carolina where he has .served for 13 terms. Yet at the dinner the other night Governors and U. S. Senators and University presidents vied in paying tribute to his outstanding service to his state and its people.

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By J.AMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) Twice in a row Easter for President Kennedy has been a time of calm and quiet, when even bunnies looked safe and there were no broken eggs.

But now as he rocky in the Florida sun he probably keeps his fingers crossed. Right after Easter in 1961 the lid blew off and kept popping almost until Easter this year.

He was in office less than 75 days then. He's been there 455 days now. All the days in between kept him jumping. If the past is any criterion for the future. hell be jumping soon again.

Nothing sen.sational had happened in those 75 days. Kennedy had been wrestling with Congress. There was still murder in the Congo Communists were still advancing in Laos. Premier Khrushchev was sounding off.

Then, only 10 days after last Easter the Russians sent their first man into a space orbit of the earth, unplea.sant news for U. S. prestige. Within 15 days Kennedy banged into disaster the Cuban invasion.

The States recovered some of its pre.stige in a hurry by sending its first man into space but only on a short hop last May 5. not 'an earth orbit. It was another nine months before this country could orbit a man.

But trouble piled up for Kennedy. He met with Khru.shchev in Vienna and the critical jockeying over Berlin began. Kennedy, to show there was no Ame-ric?.n softening, built up defenses. called up ReservLsts.

where, the Ru.ssians '{tunned Kennedy by .suddenly resuming nuclear te.sting, a move ^now driving Kennedy to new nuclear test.s.

In between times the United State.s poked its nose deeper into Lalin-Ampiican affairs when Dictator Rafael Trujillo was as-sas.snated in the Dominican Republic.

And it got deeper into A.sia

with stepped up help for Viet Nam against Communist guerrillas. help that included American fighting men who are not supposed to be fighting unless attacked.

Kennedy had to reorganize the State Department, do some shifting arou. in his own White House staff, ay to get along with some difficult allies like French President Charles de Gaulle, push a new trade program on Congress, plus all the other things he tried to do with Congress.

Almost until this'Easter the Ru^ians kept up a dangerous pressure on Berlin and then Kennedy got hit with one of this greatest tests here at home when the steel industry raised prices. He won that fight.

He won it just in time to be able to fly to Florida to relax, which was just about the time the Russians began to take some of the heat off Berlin.

No other crisis is in sight at the moment.

That can hardly last long in a wwld where, despite a slight pause for Easter and its lesson of unselfishness and new hope, there is .so much lunacy, savagery, chicanery, larceny, rapacity, duplicity and stupidity.

NEW YORK (AP) Lots of people collect stamps as a part-time hobby. For me, collecting stamps has become a fulltime , job and a full-time headache.

I doh"t save plain old postage stamps. Thats e*sy. My . kind of collecting takes planning, energy, concentration, cunning, patience, strategy, foot-, work and time mostly time.

You see. I collect trading stamps and all of a sudden it has become a way of life.

More and more stores are enticing me with stocky squares in all colors of the rainbow. Recently another nationwide grocery chain joined the battle. brandishing a plaid sword, and I surrendered meekly.

Im a prisoner of the stamp war.

Time was when I needed milk or bread or eggs I just trotted over to my friendly neighborhood groper. He gave me the food and I gave him the money. It was a simple transaction which I remember with no.stalgia.

These days, when I need groceries, I have to do some fancy figuring that would make a computer flash its tubes in admiration.

First, I study every ad and circular put out by all the stores in and out of the neighborhood.

If store A advertises butter at 74 cents a pound, but store B sells it for 79 cents a pound and throws in 20 stamps, logic tells me store C Is the place to buy it because I can get lOb extra stamps by buying five dollars worth of stuff. And never mind what the price of butter is in store C nor how much gas it takes to get there.

Meanwhile, store D tempts me with the pledge that it will present me with 100 free stamps if I just turn up with a special coupon in my hand and a smile on my face.

Not only has my method of shopping changed, but so has my timing. No more theater matinees for me: Wednesday Ls double stamp day and I want to be right on hand when they pass out the bonus.

All my friends are in on the act too, and stamp-trading is rapidly replacing mah jongg as an afternoons diversion in our neighborhood.

Nowadays, If the family can ju.st eat enough, theres very little stamp books cant be converted into. Besides the old standbys of toys, household

Other E(ditors Saying Drumming Out Drum Out

Sparky says:

(The Washington Post)

Gen. David M. Shoup, the civilized and sensible commandant of the United States Marine Corps, has put a swift end to the ancient practice, inexplicably revived at the Norfolk Marine Barracks, of drumming men out of the service. By order of the jmmander at Norfolk, a young marine, discharged by court martial after he had served a sentence for larceny, was marched in front of four platoons in dress uniform last week and then escorted off the installation to the sound of the death march on rolling drums, while his former comrades about-faced and stood with their backs to him.

The drumming out ceremony is an interesting anchronism. No doubt, the local commander thought of it a.s a dramatic way to empha.size the great traditions of the Corpsand the high ^nse. of. honor which belongs to membership in it and to the wearing of its'uniform. But in simple truth the ceremony has

atxut as much pertinence to the present as the related practice of cutting the buttons from a discharged mans uniform with a sword. Both went out of use about the time the sword ceased to be a major weapon and drummers stopped leading troops into battle.

The Marine Corps picks its men and is therefore not without responsibility for the few w'ho turn out to be unworthy. It is right to get rid of them, of course, and as speedily as possible. But there is something essentially sadistic about the wanton public humiliation of a man who has already been punished by a prison term and by disgrace and discharge from the service. It is more likely than not to win sympathy for the offender; and it Ls very likely indeed to be distasteful to the men obliged to take part in the ritual. General Shoup, w^ho has done much to make the Marine Corps a model contemporary fighting service, is wise, we think, to consign the drumming out ceremony to the past.

items, sporting goods, jewelry and hardware almost anything money can buystamps can get you free. ~

Latest inducement in on"e wishbook is tours to glamorous places all over the globe.

New products have even sprung up as a result of the stamp-pasting craze.

Personally, I have my eye on a .trading stamp safe, just Introduced by a mail order house. Its a small wooden box to hang on a wall or stand on a shelf. Theres a drawer for loose stamps and under its lid are filing compartments for full books and ones underway.

It costs $1.98, but Im not going to be too quick with the cash. In no time at all it will surely be offered as a stamp premium.

Opinions 'n Brie::

The suppression of unne-ce.ssary offices, of useless establishments and expenses, enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These, cover-'irig our land with officers, and opening our doors to their intrusions, had already begun that process of domiciliary vexation which, once entered, is scarcely to be restrained from reaching, successively, every article of property and produce. Thomas Jefferson.

It is difficult to find anyone' who does not display stress in certain circumstances, and psychiatry is not such an exact science, that it can provide an infallible yardstick for normality. Whos loony now? used to be quite a byw'ord. Maybe at eludes social psychiatrists times we all and this Includes social psychiatrists seem a bit peculiar to others. Roanoke (Va.) Times.

By JOY STILLEY

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Theres a new do-it-yourself kit on the market called ^the Divorce Kit. It includes several strands of peroxide hair, a few loose pearls, and some fur and millinery bills marked Paid.Lamar (MoTr-Democrat.

Some folks demand the benefit of the doubt when there is nof any.Anderson (S.C.j Independent.

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By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT Copsrright, 1962, King Features Syndicate. Inc.

Matzah la eaten on the Paae-over and has been for several thousand years and is the center of ritual during the Pase* over. The Matzah is an unleavened bread, made of flour and water and containing no other Ingredients. Actually, it was in vogue as far back as Abraham, as anyone can know who reads Genesis.

However, on the Passover, It has a special purpose, namely It reminds the Jews of the Exodus from Egypt where they were slaves until liberated by Moses.

The Hagadah, which Is read on the first and second nights of the Passover in every properly conducted home, begins with the words:

Lo this is the bread of affliction, which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt; let' ail those who are hungry enter and eat thereof; and all who are in need come and celebra|e the Passover.

The youngest child then asks why this night Is (ftfferent from all other nights, and among the questions he asks is why unleavened bread Is eaten. The father then answers:

Because we were slaves unto Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord our God brought us forth from thence, with a mighty hand, and an outstretched arm; and if the most Holy, blessed be He! had not brought forth our ancestors from Egypt, we, and our children, and our childrens children, had still continued in bondage to the Pharaohs in Egypt; therefore, although we were all wise, all of us men of understanding and experience, all of us having knowledge in the law. It nevertheless Is Incumbent upon us to discourse of the departure from Egypt; and all those who largely discouree of the departure from Egypt, are accoun^d praiseworthy.

This is an old custom and goes to the Very heart of historic memory. But Khrushchev objects to it. He objects to the State bakeries baking Matzahs for the_ Passover, and as there are no other bakeries in Russia, and as flour may only be obtained in government stores, the Jews living under the control of Khrushchev will have no Matzahs. The Russians call that separation of Church and State. Actually, it is the persecution of religion by the state.

Khrushchev will also forbid the baking of wafers used in Christian Communion services.

Thus Khrushchev shows his contempt for the emotional and intellectual rights of others. Of course, there will be Jews in Russia who will.find ways and means to make Matzahs, for in Jewish history there have been many Khrushchevs and t h s very small people have somehow managed to overcome their enemies and to survive. Also, they have, in good times and in pleasant countries, lost mr 'V of their population who h' e changed their names from ' braic to fit the language of >e country where they happened o be; who changed their faces a:d even became converts to other religions.

Amazingly. Stalin never interfered in such matters and even Hitler ignored the prospect of pin-prick persecutions. He slaughtered outright.

The w'orshippiug Jew is uncompromising in his attitude o-ward his God and the faith )f his fatherii.

Flavius Josephus says of Matzah :

Quitting the country by the shortest route they arrived on the third day at Beel-sephon,

" a place beside the Red Sea. Being bereft of any sustenance from the barren soil, they kneaded the flour, baked It with merely a slight heating, and subsisted on the bread so made; on this they lived for thirty days, for they could make what they had brought from Egypt last no longer, notwithstanding that they rationed the food, limiting the portions to bare needs without eating to satiety. Hence it Is that, In memory of that time of scarcity, we keep for eight days a feast .called the feast of unleavened bread

Khrushchev, who is more monolithic than Lenin or Stalin, objects to all differences among the Russian people. He will find it difficult to pursue such a course because in his country there are many races

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They'll play safe when left with a trained sitter

3ut Can He Get Off The Tiger?

i*5%] i'e Le a place to start!

'^irenoth For Todov

Ky i:\IiD I,. I)0IC;L\SS UIK DARKEST HOUR

'T'li* re was darkne.ss over all the earih as Jesu.s expired on tilt* cro.ss. The eartli trembled. Even the pagan centurion in cp.i :*e ut th' , uJoii deriar-ed that this man must indeed be the Son of God But never has human sadness and despair^ reached lower depths than 'on the day which followed. The de.sciples had fled and left their Master alone Peter had denied that, he ever knew him. In their homes tlr e twelve companions, who in many ways had tried hard to be faithful but who for the most part failed tlielr Master in the hour of need, mu.'^t have wept as they saw their hopes for the kingdom toppling in ruin about

them. Tlieir liest fiiend was i)e-lr>g executed. They Iiad largely failed him in an hour of need. Th(' great hop- toward which tiiev had all pi e.s.sed was evidently fruitle.ss and vain.

/hat i day -hai Saftlrday! Wh.at mis<*ry. what heart .search-, ing, what regret, what de.s-,;ai. ! ft vVa^- ovei.

Yes. from their, standpoint it was. But at dawning on the first day of the weeK .something was to occur -- somslhing which-v\C (han;;.* th'-.'-p hispir >'d as 'i despairing fb^'*irl".s Into joyful procla'mer.s of a new faith, a new hope, a new day.

We offpii hear that the dark-e.st hour is in* t before the dawn The darkest hour In human history was just Irefore the dawn of Christs glorious resurreclioa.

Bv eLMER ROE.SSNER

He who rides tiger need never pul coin in parking meter. That wa.snt the way Confuciius put it. but thats the main idea. Once .somdone mounts a tiger s back, it Ls difficult to !ct off to put a coin in a meter or.* to run off in another direction.

Pre.sident Kennedy may have mounted a tiger for his attack oil Big Steel Njv\ . after hi.s clawing victory, he may have difficulty in dismounting. He cannot, for Instance, slow down the Investigations he launched against the steel industry; he cannot abandon the reprisals he and his partyhave called for; he cannot get off the tiger.

His ride against Big Steel won tremendous popular acclaim. The ptiblic generally, consumers and labor were enthusiastically In favor; they cheered his victory and the shouts are still echoing across the land. And that makes It all the more dif-fi'-nlt to dismount. ^

This. then, is to predict that rihe Administration may find it necessary to continue a vigorous

attitude toward business. It is difficult to dismount a tiger. OTHER LOOK-AHEADS

Here are more business predictions:

Newsprint to continue steady. Publishers In the annual meeting in New York next week will have one bit of cheer: no rise in newsprint prices are in sight. Production and demand are In balance and the paper companies are making comfortable profits at present rates.

ITniform highways: A s 1 x-year-old plan Ls nearing fruition. Long talks between State and Federal road officials on standard rules and practices are coming to conclusion. If agreements are reached, both contractors and governments Ciii Mvr moi-ey.

Net petroleum market: A water emulsion of petfoleum resins. under development for three years, Ls nearing the market as i^n agricultural rtulch. It has increased the .yield of plants uiy to llO per cent. It may result In spectacular Increases In yields in arid lands, since U bolds available moisture

in the soil.

MORE INSTITUTIONAL JOBS

Banks, corporations to hire

more: Dividend and Interest payers are quietly lining up available clerical employees. The new tax proposal requiring the withholding of 20 per cent of dividend and Interest will In-crease clerical work for banks, ^corporations and other affected institutions and there may be a shortage of Intelligent personnel If the law Is passed. Although the effective date is far off, the time required for training will cause institutions to act promptly after passage.

'Tore state contracting: Peking construction, demolishing, highway, maintenance con-iracts? Buddy tip to state amt ,, local officials. Their cxintracts may rise about $3 billion this year, which means gravy for many. Purchases of supplies for state, county and city institutions are also Increasing.

Textile leaks: Government efforts to shelter American textile firms from low-wage competition will be slowed by illegal importa. They wont bt of

the border-smuggling type; they will Involve transshipments through third countries, with changes of labels, etc.

OLD PROMOTER INVENTS THE VERTICAL MOTEL Im on my way to a new fortune, the Old Promoter announced. I have invented the vertical motel.

The whattle hootle? I asked.

The vertical motel. Hotela are having a,tough time competing with motels, he said. Hotels think its layout, paric-ing space, freed(xn from downtown traffic and tilings like that that give motels the edge. But I have figured out ti real rea-son and 1 ^ve laveirtfl a hotel that can beat motels. How?

No tipping, the old one said. The American boob is tired of being a sucker, tired of dishing out tips for nothing. In my tipless hotel, I think I can pack more people In at $14 a night than a motel can at $11.

Ill believe it when I set tt - but Id Ukt to aet it.