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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1966-12-06_Vol32_No18_02

CAROLINIAN EDITORIALS BROWN BAG BOO-BOO With the recent North Carolina Supreme Court ruling that liquor can be consumed legally only in one's home, drinking Tar Heels probably cursed and tore their hair from one end of the state to the other. But at second glance, the brown bag ban and its enforcement could be the best thing that has happened to drinkers (of bonded liquor) in the state since prohibition was repealed. The ruling, which is being interpreted to mean citizens can no longer take bottles of legally-purchased liquor into restaurants or night clubs, also makes illegal the widespread practice of "bottle clubs" and country clubs where members keep their bottles and are served drinks from them. All of this originated in the Turlington Act and supplemented by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of 1937, in which a system of state-owned liquor stores was set up on a county-option basis, is a step backward and away from the current southern trend toward civilized drinking laws and habits. Perhaps the most important and widely felt manifestation of this regression, though, will be the millions of dollars lost by North Carolina business because of the enforcement of the law. Bob Carre, manager of two large hotels in Charlotte, said recently that sixteen national and regional conventions have been moved to Atlanta because of it. The hotels alone will lose an estimated $1,300,000 from the cancellations, but Carre added that 80 per cent of the conventio n dollar is spent outside a hotel, so the city will lose additional millions. Because of this revival of Carrie Nation attitudes in a supposedly progressive state, some prominent members of the North Carolina State Legislature predict that a change in present liquor policy will enjoy top priority in the coming session of the General Assembly. This could, of course, mean a number of things, among them the possibility of a state-wide referendum for liquor by the drink and over the bar. Another possibility, not as desirable but in all probability more likely, also presents itself. The Baptist lobby at the state capital, having just come from a convention which went on record as opposing alcohol in any drinkable form, realizes at the same time that a state-wide vote would, in all probability, produce the legalization of by-the- •drink liquor sales. They will settle, then, for open bars on a county or municipal option basis. This being the case, the anti-alcohol dogma will retain its hold, along with the bootleggers, on the state's more provincial areas. Consequently, Jackson County,Cullowhee included, ed, may as well brace itself for a dry spell of extended duration. Until the time of a state-wide referendum on the legalization of alcohol by-the- drink or until Jackson County finally realizes that beer sales at least will increase its revenue probably a thousand per cent, men from Western and anywhere else south and west of Asheville and Waynesville will continue to be killed on the highways, a prime source of county revenue will go elsewhere, and the preachers and bootleggers will stay fat and be happy. THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Is published semi-weekly by the students of Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, N. C. Represented for national advertising by National .Educational Advertising Service, Inc. A member of the Intercollegiate Press Association and the Carolina Press Association. Offices are located on the second floor of Joyner Building. Phone, 393-2312. Subscription rate: $2.00 per year. EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER JOHN NICHOLAS TAYLOR R. DAVID HAYES Managing Editors Don Lucas, John Keeler News Editor Earl Hartman Sports Editor Bruce Loftin Feature Editor Ted Whisnant AssL Feature Editor Charlotte Wise Copy tv^nr Gail Verne Rewrite Editor Jamie Simpson Secretary • Cyndy Edwards Circulation Manager . . « Charles Viek Cartoonists Larry Whiteside, David Hirt Columnists John Keeler, Dan Diets, The Paw, Bruce Loftin, James L. Bass, BiU Upchurch, Barry Steagall, Earl Hartman. Don Loess Writers Jam's Barnwell, Lamar Buchanan, Janet Garner, Bobby Hicks, Rose Hooper, Dong Bernard* Sam Hull, Nancy Lucas, Marti Norwood, BUMe White, Mary Jane Carpenter, Grady Cooper, Stan Rata, Kafd Howard, Carolyn AUen. Photographers Tom Jones, John Wilson Typtste.. Man**, Co*. Breads Darts, VfcU Dowdy, Glsssr Uttair Sponsor 1.. Mrs. Jean M. Engiiah ^ WtLL SON, VOU« Carols ^\>ST C/mVje The Internationalist Hans 5. Borov In 1917, being under the control of President Jose Batley Ordonez, Uruguay established a nine man council of administration in place of the presidential system. The new council of administration was composed of six members of the majority party. The president of_ the council controlled the ministries of war, police, and foreign affairs. In the recent elections Uruguay scrapped this Swiss style committee rule and elected Retired Air Force General Oscar Gestido to the Presidence. In electing Senior Oscar Gestido, the people o f Uruguay voted for a general program of reforms. The country has been facing increased economic and labor problems for some time. Uruguay, a country about the size of Nebraska, lies between Argentina and Brazil. It was created as a buffer state between Argentina and Brazil. Its capital is Montevideo. The major exports are beef, mutton, and wool. The chief markets for the country are the U.S. and until recently Europe, Senior Gestido is the leader of the Colorado Party which for the past eight years has been in the minority. Opponents to the Swiss-style council of nine, the Colorado party claims the council was too inefficient. The former council system had been controlled by the Blanco Party since 1958. The Blanco Party is rural in nature and quite conservative. In choosing Senior Gestido, Uruguayans chose a candidate who espouses a program of honesty and straight talk about Uruguayan problems which primarily are a scidding of the world market. The Common Market in Europe has helped considerably to bring about the current problems in Uruguay. OF GRECIAN TEETH by John Keeler Have you ever seen a mountain break and crumble into nothingness? Or have you ever seen a river run red with blood so that you r eyes ached as you looked at it? You probably haven't and you don't think that anyone else has either. You think that things like that don't happen and that people who think they do are crazy and belong somewhere so that they can't get out and hurt others. Well, I'll tell you something mother, these things do exist and there are people who see them. You don't because you don't care to, but they're real, you can bet on that. To see these things you've got to be out. I mean so far out in front and so high up that nothing can touch you. You've got to be "what's happening baby," and to know the rest of the cats can't stop you. You've got to know that you swing and that if the others get too close you can turn them off. Zap! Just like that, with a flick of the wrist or a snap of the fingers. If you can fly them you know what 1 mean. If you can't then you don't get it, so you'd better cool it before your little pea brain gets completely blown. I knew a guy once that had seen mountains crumble, and rivers of blood. He wasn't a hop-head or a stick man either. He was an ordinary cat, but he could fly when he wanted to. He knew what it felt like to have clouds around' him and to look down and see the world in a new and fresh perspective. He could turn on and feel things all the way from the head down. He could enjoy things and get excited over them, this cat was really alive and he knew it and believed in it Like I said before, he was a real gone cat. He looked the same as any of you, but when he wanted to, when he cared enough to really see things he soared and at those times nobody could touch him. He was on top and he was happy, just because he cared a little bit and went to a little bit of trouble. It doesn't take much to try a little, to go to the trouble of getting out and trying to see what is outside the little shell that you build to hide in. It might scare you a little bit liH^ The Solors are brieht and the sounds are clear and sharp, but once you see them you 11 go back again. I'll guarantee that All you've got to do is try to see things, they're there waiting for you. If you've got the brains to get out of your case and look. If you'll make the first jump up then you can fly and see that there's nothing you can't do. They can't stop you baby and most of them won't dare try. The Concerned American By Joel Mashburn With the election ovor, and the returns in, a surprising victory for the GOP has been witnessed in many parts of the nation. One should stop at this point, however, and analyze the the situation for just a moment. Askyourself a few questions. Why such a switch in the attitude of the Amiv':an people toward the present administration? What will be the effect of this victory on the Great Society, the Foreign policy, the domestic problem*, and the election to come in 1968? Why were the terms "Hawk,* "Dove,", "Black Power," and "Backlash" used in this election, and wh?i cITjit will these ideals have on future elections? These are just a few of the questions that will be attempted, in the column in the coming weeks. Politics is not a dirty word. It is very often misused in terminology and practice, but politics is what keeps America strong and free. However, when you have only one party, you lack competition and no longer can a nation remain strong and free. You loose all identity of individuals and soon weaken to be dicatatedt i by someone other than your own choosing. This Tuesday's election proved to the American people, and to the nations of the world that we in the United States do have a two party system, and it is our job now to prove also that in time of need and in time of crisis, we are able to combine forces and forget our political differences. The first requirement for being a good politician is to be a "Concerned American". Republican Victories Republican victories across the state swept some of the major leaders among the Democratic Representatives and Senators from office. Although it is significant that the Republicans picked up sixteen House and six Senate seats, the facts are of more moment when one considers what Democrats were defeated. In the Randolph-Guilford County district, Dr. Henry Jor~ dan, the brother of Senator B. Everett Jordan, was defeated substantially. In a neighboring district, incumbent Tommy Scaz, one of two candidates for President Pro-tempore of the Senate lost his seat. His opponent for President Pro- Tern, Senator Herbert Hyde, was also lost in the Republican sweep, leaving the matter of who is to be President Pro- Tern completely to conjecture.

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

• Creator
  • Western Carolina College
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1966-12-06;
  • Date digitized: 2017-10-23
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 4 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
• Identifier
  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1966-12-06_Vol32_No18
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library