Wednesday, April 1959

Wednesday, April 1, 1959

Study The Year-Round School Bill

Some April 1st Headlines

From 'a long range standpoint there seems to be merit in the proposal that North Carolina map a program whereby it can operate its public schools on a year-round^basia rather than on a ninermonth basis as is currently the caser

* . For the legislature to jump headlong into' provid

ing for vear-round public school operations, however, may well jeopardize the well organized public school system North Carolina now has.

The bill introduced by Rep. John Kerr of Warren County to provide 12-month opevation of schools deserves legislative consideration. More than that, the proposal deserves a great deal more study and consideration than the legislature will be able to give it before adjournment in June.

The General Aa.sembly would be wise to appoint a special study group to delve into the question of year-round oepration of public schools of the state and prepare a detailed report and recommendations for consideration of the 1961 legislature. *

Certainly the public schools of the state deserve as careful consideration as the courts, municipal financial problems, water conservation measures and any number of other thing for which special legislative stury commission have been appointed. It is quite poss-ible'that a feasible plan for year-round school operations can be worked out after careful stlidy of the many problems which would be involved. It is also possible the state coifld afford its youngsters better education if it were able to make greater use of its facilities and thus divert to other educational uses funds which might be saved by not having to construct so many schools to be used only nine month.s out of the

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It should be obvious to the legislature as well, as *the general public of the state, however, that this is not a matter which should be decided hastily. It is now one which should be decided on the basis of what can be brought out in a few hours of hearings before a legislative committee. . . .

The 12-month school proposal may be, in the long run, an avenue by which North Carolma can better . utilize the money it puts into education to provide its young people with better public school training. Ojri the other band, it may cau.se so many school^ problems as to majce the plan impractical.

A.S an alternatiye to Rep Karrs bill calling for year-round schools, the legislature might well appoint a special commission to study the proposal in all its aspects during the next two year.s. At the^end of that time the committee could make* a report and recom-miendations to the legislature for consideration.

Such a study would place the legislature in a much better position to judge the merits the present nine;* month school program of the state as opposed to the proposed 12 month-ached ule f6r public schools.

ARAB LEiiOERS HOLP CONVENTION w IfRAEL

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Haphazard Statehood Moves Are Not Logical

Discussion O:: That Davis Bil.

Bccausf laymen find It difficult to understand the^rms and Import of 'jBtcrzatioti, this column iusked Dr. Rachel Davis, representative from Lenoir county and author of the pendlna bill, to dtscuas It. Dr. Davis says )

STERILIZATION The bill In substance says thU about births out of wedlock:

The first offense is overlooked, Thia could be an error, 54 p*r cent of all offenders are one tune offenders, Ofttime* the firii offense is within Itself a curative and maturing experience which within Itself Is adequate correction. First offenders who have difficulty resiimming their normal lives 'need and should obtain help. Excellent p.sychlatrlc help Is available to these Kills and their families at private and welfare levels. Every family physician and every trained welfare worker 1s a source throUKh which adequate counclllnK and psychiatric treat-iiicnt may and should be obtained.

The second offehse is reported by the State Department of Vital StatistlcR to the Welfare Department- of the resident county of the offender. The unwed mother of two children is then visited by a ca.se w'orker, counelli'd with, and with the case worker rrp<jrLs to the psychiatric division of the

Welfare, or to any other State otierated p.sychltrlc service for councilinR and evaluation. The State operalea nine wCll located mental health clinics, and has an excellent department of psy-..(cUifttrx at jia .llDiversity.

If the girl or woman la found by the.se agencies to be capable of receiving and profiting by treats menl, she, her two children, and 3er entire fainlly are help<'d lo re-establish normal patterns for living. If she is found incapable, mentally or physically of profiting by counclling and Ueai* ment then she Is to be referred to the Board of Eugenics. The lioanl of Eugenics will re-evaluate lK?r case,'' and may If they deem It wise re-refer for lurther counclling and psychiatric therapy, or they may advise sterlll-zatlon. If sterlU/.fttlon 1 advbuMl she has the right to appeal Id* the Superior Coiu*t of her county for trial by Jury. If nece.ssary Jfhe Superior Court judge has the riglit to appoint' fpi; het- council to prepare her case and to re-pre.sent her during the trial.

The third offense calls for a direct refer to the Board of Eu genic a nd P.!ceR np^ pn 1 h^^^ woman thp respoiusiblltty of proving why she l.s not a gros.sly sex-'ually delinquent pci sou. and should not l>e sterllt/ed.. If .she cannot prove these then .she niay l)c referred for .sterlllzallon. fiom which'She has the same right of

apr>eal and trial as given under the second offenae.

This bin li in itsthtent sympathetic, compassionate and preventive In the help it offers to the mothers and would be mothers giving birth to children out of wedlock. Thl.H OiU shows concern for b^^th tho.se who would Slid do give birth out of wedlock and for the children so l>orn.

The sex psychology of female and the male is different. In tlie entire animal world with few ex ceptions the male Is the wooer atid the female the receiver. Upon this basis, the female, from ttie beginning of creation, and wliti the sanction of all religious and all governments haa been and is granted the right of rejection. and the privilege of pre-- serving the dignity and privacy of her person. The violation of this privilege Is con<ic,med by all churches and punishable by laws. Hence the responsibility of maintaining and protecting the moral standai'da of the human race Is the privilege and responsibility of all ornan kind.

There Is, at present, no known way of Ideutlfylng, b!yond all doubt, the male parent. In certain cases medical .science can prove that a given man is not ttie father of a given child of a given motht'T. But due to the similarity " of blood types and sub types in all humans, medical

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beyond doubt, that a given man l.s the father of a given child of a given mother.

The father may prevent the prosecution of the mother of hLs children by acknowledging his fatherhood -ati4 wording his-ftcknowledgent In the office of the clerk of court of the resident county of the mother, and thusly become financially responsible for the support of the mother and children, or by marring the ssld mother.

, Sterilization is not castration, StcrUlzatlon is a simple opc'ra-turn of lying of or removing the tulles, and require* only alwut nluety-slx hours of hospitalization. The sterilizing operation can later Ik* undone. The undoing operation Is not so simple, but it can Im> done and~4'd*e dalty. SleriUzatlon does nof change the woman's piMsoimllly, alter her altitudes, change her features," nor make her fat or lazy.

(astral ton of the female ts the procedure of removing the ovaries, (astration does coarsen the jfealures. hair and skin, and does alter the altitudes and the pi'rsonallty, and doe* make the

Iftzy.

(astralion l.s a spaying process and Is lused In humans only In the presence of diseased tls.4urs. and.then only as a life saving or life exlendtng piiK'edni. (as* (ration when once done cannot very well be undone.

If New York City ever Hucceeds in becoming a sovereign Mtate independent of the present state of New York, the compoHition of the Htatea of the Union a.s we have known them will be a thing of the past.

1he di.Hpute between the nations largest city andthe state in which it Is located ia primarily poli-tic'al and financial. Some Democrats in the pity declare the metropolis i.H supporting the Mate financially, and yet has to take a hack seat to up-state Republicans when it comes to spending state funds. They w'ant that changed.

Hut making a slate out of New York City wou have far-reaching ramification,M.

^A.s a new stMe, Ne w Ygrk (jity, vypitjd he entitled to iwo^(TktV^iinn'aD'utmher^ of. morhbefs of the House of Representatives. Old New York State would also retain its two Senators, but would have to give up it< repre.sentatives^w'ho came from the metropoli.s.

And if New York as we now know it ever got four members of the'Senate by dividing itself into two states, other state,s would immediately divide them-selve.s lo retain a Imlance />f power in Congres.s. ^

For years therl? has been talk of dividing .sprawling Jexas into tw'o or more states. Recently it ha.s been suggerted that the southern portom of ('alifornia he .*oparated from the northern section and made into a new .state.

if the divi.sion ever begins there would he nothing to prevent North i!arolina, Virginia, Georgia or any other state from dividing it.self into as many .sections a.s it de.sired, have them declared sovereign states and place npresentative.s In Congress.

Such a sitUHtioii is of course unthinkable. But if New York (Tty ran get itself made into a state, there is nothing to iirevmit others from following suit. The entire structure of the nation would he weakened at the national level, and Jhe 4<maller indivitlual states would he Weakened considerably from their pre.sent statu.T.

New York City is big, rich .TnlTpolitically pow-erful on the national .sceru. Hut when it <omes down to hrt.sic principles it ha.s no mor-<* right to become a sovereign stjaJrP than does Greenville or Pitt County.

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By HAL BOYLE

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LXtra Orchids

A local Rtore which wa.t sell-JtiK orchid corfiages for Easter had a few left at tht close of business lajit Saturday.

The tore owner was trying to decide what to do with them when a friend sugge.sted that they might be distributed to the old ladle* at the County Home.

That sounded like a good idea to the store owner so he turned over the number needed to some local ladies who are accustomed to dqlng things ocraslonally for the folks at the County Home.

Many a wrinkled old face broke into a happy smile as the Easter corsages were given to the aged women, it wa.s reported.

I didnt even know it was Easter! one old lady told those who delivered the orchids.

So,' one of the most glorious days of the Christian world could have been Just another drab day for the people of the County Home.

All it took to make the day mitable for them was the co-IflSeratlon of a few big-hearted

folk* in Greenville.

Clarence Tugwell, chairman of the Jaycee sponsored Miss Greenville pageant, reports that this

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Eight lovely contestants are entered in the pageant. They will perform on Wright Auditorium stage in front of settihgs designed by an Interior decorator.

There is also to be a ramp leading from the big stage into the audience on which the girls will walk for their evening dress and swim suit appearances.

It is well-known around Pitt County that Betty Lane Evans, last years Miss Greenville, went on to become Miss North Carolina and then a finalist in the Miss America pageant.

She will be on hand for this years local pageant to serv as one of the Judges. Lovely Betty Lane, who has been Judged in the top beauty pageant of the nation, should know what to look for among the Miss GreenvUle

hopefuls.

Jaycees are now selling tickets for the pageant which is to be held April 9, Miss America programs which feature scenes from last years Miss America pageant, as well &% a section on the local contestants, will be on sale the night of the pageant.

As a finalist in last years national pageant, Betty Lanes picture appears several-times in the elaborate program.

Opinians

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It is a commonplace of contemporary politics that Britain and the United States are in-ieparable allies. A split would be fatal, but it is, fortunately, in-, conceivable.New York Times.

NEW YORK AP)Life can get awful complicated if you let it, sa^ Art Carney. But why let it?

Carney now is riding a o^ man success wave in television. But it has stirred a minimum of echoes in his home life.

When the studio lights die dowo after a performance, Carney heads for his 55-by-lOO-foot plot in suburban Yonkers, where he and his wife, Jean, and their three children live quietly. -We have a nice family life, and we want to keep it that, way. said Art. My 'wife and I live in the same kind of neigh-, borhood we both were born in, and most of our close friends live -in th neighborhood. Our life isnt all show business.

Carney is a friendly, easy-talking man off camera. But he had always shown a stubborn Insistence in working toward his own goals. During a break in rehearsals for his show, he talked ofjhis start In. the business.

"I always was a loner, he said. "In high school ! would have been frightened at the idea of joining a dramatic society. But I enjoyed working out my own acttap dancing and impressionswhich I did at school affairs.

Art spent some years as a novelty band singer and club entertainer before going into radio, determined to become an actor.

The war slowed him for a time. He went into the Army a private, and came out a "corporal.

' A few days after entering European combat his leg^ was riddled by enemy shrapnel. The war also left him slightly deaf in his right ear.

I still get $55 a month from the government for my bum leg, he said, And I can still use it. Carney has never had a real television show of his own, and says he isnt in any hurry for one. He has been signed to do eight special shows next season, ranging from revues to straight drama and childrens programs.

I prefer it that way. rather than doing a straight comedy series, Art said. I like to do a little bit of everything.

Asked his personal philosophy, Art said:

Once, while walking a country churchyard, I came across a gravestone that said: She lived not for herself but for others. It has stuck in my mind ever since. It Is 80 true, I dont know anyone who is unselfish, who is always thinking of others, who is personally unhappy. It is impossible.

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An Increasing number of physician.^ these days blame a virus, tension, or imagination for almast any ailment except hammertoe.Jackson (Miss.)

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Red China Is reported to be putting love-making under gov-eir.ment control. Over here the bipartisan .systein has always seemed much better.Gastonia

The industrial payroll dollar is a wonderful thing. In som* v.'ays its like a rolling snowball. It gets bigger as it;goes througli the community, passing through many hands and touching many people. Some of It is bound to rub 'off on all of us sooner or later.Marcellus (Mich.) News.

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WASHINGTON (AP-Wr with thf St)Vlet Union louk% a lung way off.

That eeina the setuslble Interpretation to put on hitherto secret teatlrnohy of American military leader.i Ijefore a committee of Congress.

For months there has been deep concer.n liere and abjoad as to whether the Berlin crl*!* might lead to conflict with the Soviet Union.

Hut the Joint, Chief* of Staff painted for Itie Hotise Approprin-tlon* CommltU'e in secret a picture of auch 1 overwhelming AmerlcR power that the U .8.S R. would l(H)k crazy doing anything to cause a war If

There are a (xniple of big ifs

The Soviets would be crazy to start a war If they are a.s convinced of Americas military ^x)wer a.s arc the Joint chiefs and if no one in the Sovdet Union hxses his head in a wa'y that would eau.sc war. -

The .chiefs' te.stiniony. after .v'curlty censoring, wiw released tn part Monday. It can t)e summed up Ihl.s wav; The U.SS R. would l)e flattened 'by Americas nuchar twmbs if war started.

The chiefs said American military power Bvillt urouiui long-range bomb<*rs, mks.siles and mis sllc-liuinchlng .submarines vs growing at a pace to deter any .Soviet military adventure In the lulnre.

The Joint chiefs didn't dvMount

the Soviet Unions' ability to have wlde ranging missile* In the future but right now they said any Soviet nuclear attack would have to tie done almost entirely with maiuied bombers.

Defense Secretary Neil McEl-roy backed up the ctdefsv said this, countrys power Is enough to destroy the Soviet Union If It attacked.

Tlieu he predlcU*d: We believe .that our planned military pro-gram.s will keep us, we are now, ahead of the Soviet Union In over-all strength at any pro-Jeoled point in the future."

Rep. George Mahon (D-Tex)

^ chairman of the subcommittee which heard the military leaders added: I think It tS important for everybody to know that we Ivave* a terrific capabUtty ^dor . launching an unstoppable counteroffensive t attcked.

McElroyg prediction* plus the statement* by the chiefs and by Mahon did more tlian Just reassure those who might have bix'tv worrying about war with the Soviet Union an.v time .noon.

they also fried i^ome other fish for tfir Eusenhower adtmnlstratlon by taking some of tive steam out of Senate Denvocrats argumeiiUs that Plesldent Elsenhower, in hi.s search for economy. Is . pulting t<H) little money Into defense and that in stHvrPtlme he will be at a missile disadvantage with the USSR

Still, alj these self-confident slatemen's may make new difficulties f^;' the administration in Coummetl on Pge 6)

Proposed new law.s concernlnjg comity and municipal governments which would make effective the reconunendatlons of two of live study coinraisslon created by the Generl Assembly two years ago have hit th* legislative hopper.

One of tha proposals provides for uniform assessment of property for taxes according to equal standard* in all the one hundred counties of the state, and a companion prnpnskl would provide for systematic revaluation of property each eight years. These proposals are the outcome of the recommendations of the Tax Study Commission.

Following the recommendations of the Municipal Study,,. Commission. bllKs have been introduced -which would authorize counties to adopt zoning regulations for the use of land outside "municipalities, give to towns- of 2.500 or more population authority to extend theii- zoning regula-tion.s one mile beyond thetr limits; authorize counties to regulate the subdivision of land fot* other than agrtcujtujal purpose* outside of niunicipalltles and also

serve the careful consideration of local officials and citizens.

Valuation of property for taxation is the most sensitive lierve of local government. Upon equality and uniformity of valuation,,, of property, real and personal, is dependent whether iaxe*' are levied fairly or., unjustly. Rates of taxation may be uniform, but this 1* meaningless If the valuations are not uniform and equal- ly assessed. If the proposed new laws can establish and enforce equality and uniformity of assessments throughout the one _ hundred counties and within the counties themselves. they should mo*t certainly be adopted. It is a known and accepted fact that under the" present system many Inequalities' exist, placing an unfair burden-of taxes on some classes of taxable property and permitting unrealistic valuations on others.

Regulation of the use of property within towns Is also a .sensitive subject. The proposed laws on this subject would extend zoning powers to county governments. taking care of the mu.sh-rooming growth of nonurban residential and industrial areas. Zoning regulation* have found

authorize counties to employ faVor ih many towns and most

building In.spectors; and authorize .Joint county-town planning boai els to supervise land use.

Pres.umably these proposals re needini legislation. The proposed legislation la the result of exhaustive, studies made by tie two legislative study commts-sions over a period of two years. Now that tlMfy are befqre the General As.sembly they de

al! cities. They should also be useful for i-egulatlng non-urban residential and industrial com-munlUes, The Idea of towm and county cooperation in- this field ts certainly. good.

These are%subject of concern to all our local officials and citizens alike. It would be good to have these proposals publicly discussed.

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Strength For Today

By EAlil. I,. lUH (II X.VS KEKI UN tVEElMNG

Keep oil Smiling" has become, the slogan of many extroverted people loilny It eomes to u.x, tlierefore, h.s a .'lowk to read llie'^ Btblloal statement, Hle>s.sed are ye 'Ihai weep now for ve .xball laugh "

What good Ls tlvere in weepinu ?.....

rienty. In fact, the people who eannot shed tears are on a level with the animals, which, bythe way. never .slied tears Onl.v hu marus can weep. And 'the reason lor thUs i* that only humans have tlie sen.se of value.s which eau.se.s them to tie sorry for .son\ethlng other than tlielr own inusfortune. AH through tii.s teaciiipgs. Jesus w as .saving a kiiul word alHvut live weepers U he were here ioday, he would probatvly l?lake souie caitgjic remark.s about the back-slappers, and Uta aiiai-uppt'i*

who are alw ay.s lelUng u.s to keep a .stiff upiMT Up and not to let life get u* down,

Jp.sns said, Bles.sed are they that moiun: for they .shall be comforted What he meant wa.s. blessed are the people who have the capaevly 'io Lve sorry-.*orry for tlieir sins, sorry for the sins ,iit tlw' world, .Hoiry for the ml*-

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fortune in whioh human life coivstantly steeped Weep over

your .stns Look out over a bounlifiU, world in 'wlilch men are .starving, and s<h* if you can smile -about'Uvat. If you have any heart, you will weep over the sufferings of mankind. And if you. ^ do- weep, then the day ta Coniinu . * w heh you w ill lavigU You will Inugh with gladne.s.s when in this woild kok1 trlumpba ovr evil, w hen the .stti of this world iis supplantctl hy the peilccuou of auoUwL a or 14. * ,

By ELMER ROES.SNER

Marriages are niade/lii heaven. Ttie stork hi ings babie.s.

Sure. But both heaven and-the stork must subscribe lo some economic sepvice. * . ,

The recent ^cession began in the fall of 1957. touched bottom In the spring of 195. and was fading away by late fall. Since then the trend has been generally upward. Fair statement^

Well, the marriage totals began to dtp alter the June and August highs in 1957 and slumped to deep lows In. February and March, and began ruslng in the , iraditiopal month of wed-tHng.s, Juiip" But the June, total.s were linder a year earlier, and the rate wa* down almost 7 per cent

After that (conelrting with (he Yali lutturgo Uic uumbcr ol mar

riages continued to rise, tying 1957 marks In October and rising Since then.

.\l Gl .ST BRIDES Incidentally, figures gathered by the JHealth. Education and Welfare Department show that, while merchandisers correctly think tbat June is the mnlh of marriages. August Is not far behind. Last year: " 179.000 June marrlage.s, 153,(X)0 tn August. Tliats lot of Iqqt to be sold.

, Now- .consider birtlvs.

Births continued their high monthly rate through most of J9.i7 qntll November, when they i-howixi M sharp droj) of 378 000 to 345,000 in that month That makes ij iefm as if the recession was caused by -the rirop in birth rate*, instead of vice versa,

bTURK KL.%CliLLB

However, the biith rate throughout 19.^ continued below the rale -of 1957. In July, just nine menths after the finst rumbllng.s of economic dwcoritent, there was a sharp decline in numbers. The rate per thousand population drX5ped 6 8 per cent, .one of the biggest falls .smce (.he war,, ' The number of bu-ths kept on rising after that^ but failed, to leacli comparable 1957 figures vaitil September, when they were about even.

...Then in No-vember, just nine months after the worst of the recession. birtJfi* dropped to 341,-(KK) from the October figure of "372,(100 There wa.s a .slight rise in December and the rLse''wili probably continue through the eafiy months of tiiLs year par-el4rUng the beginnings of the recovery uiiit mouths ago- -

The point of all this is that If you love brides arid babies, pray , for Improvemenus in the Grosa National Product, personal income and the employment index,

FAIR TR ADE lU RTS SALES.

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"A general Electric Co. o> ficial 'sald today there had been a 'significant contraction In the number of .smaU- and medium-size retailers williog to handle^ it* electric houseware* since"^ it abandoned fair trad* . . . OE gave up fair trading its electric housewares la.n bebruarjv

Page oife, Ifome Funrtshlnga Dally. March 25

Employment ls up at General Electric Co's Appliance Park ,by about 147 over what u was at ihi.', time last year smt pape/, same day , same page.