Friday, October 6, 1961

Determining The Best For Pitt

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Findingrs by a survey committee from the.State rural areas and certainly not unique to Pitt County. Department of Public Instruction who are studying the Yet, in Pitt the size of some of the smaller high schools in the northern section of Pitt County quite schools are a matter of concern. ^ probably will have an important bearing on future The findings and'recommendations which result local action taken with regard to these schools. from the survey by the committee from the State De-It was last spring that the reqilest for a survey partment of Public Instruction should help both local of the schools north of Tar River was made by the school committees and the County Board of Education school committees of Belvoir, Bethel and Stokes. Later in determining where, when and how improvements Grimesland asked to be included in the survey Obvi- should be, made in schools in that section and|how ously the findings of such a study committee will funds for capital improvements as well as funds for furnish the indi^dual community school committees instruction can best be spent to provide the best possi-and the County Board of Education with valuable in- ble educational advantages to youngsters in that sec-formation which it can use in planning for future de- tion of the county as a whole, velopment of public schools in that section. ,

Fqr the past decade Pitt County has moved con-sistently fn its program to consolidate schools in,rural J^6d1a6 JT O* X X00ClOlll areas. The one-room schools w'hich dotted the county until recent years have all disappeared "a consolidations have taken place in order to afford children better educational opportunities. In recent years also, it has become increasingly apparent thatat least on the high school levelfurther consolidation of many proves difficult for another man to of the smaller rural schools is necessary to give stu- Although the Soviets and East Germans have dents the broad curriculum opportunities afforded placed almost every conceivable barricade between the ,students in larger high schools. In many ca.ses the high Western and Eastern sectors of Berlin each day brings schools are too small to have an adequate number of stories of new exploits by individuals from the Eait qualified teachers in all the fields .which high school who risk their lives against the heaviest of odds in an students of today need or desire instructionf. effort to reach freedom

It is a situation which is general in predominantly . If the primary purpose of the Soviets in barri-

cading the border between East and West Berlin was not immediately obvious to the non-committed nations of the world a few months ago, it should be quite clear by now. The Soviets succeeded in reducing the flow of East Germans seeking freedom from several thousands each day to a relative handful of people. They did not, however, succeed in suppressing the desire of many of the East German citizens for the freedom offered by the West,

Cant You-Restrict His Travel

Cant Be Snuffed Out

A mans desire for freedom is something that

Tiravel Industry Still Exnandina

By LYNN NISBET TIDE Records made public during the'recent C&D Board meeting at Winston-Salem disclosed that while Income from travel and tourism is still far behind the total income from manufacturing industry in North Carolina, the travel business is expanding rapidly while there has been a let-up In industrial development during recent months. This stated nor que In that situation. There has been a general almost nationwide slow-down in the long continued forward march of new ndustry. It is a sort of catch-ng up time. The important fact is there is no recession, there is not any indication that advancement is being stopped. The rate of progress has been slower. Meantime, the rate of progress in travel business has been accelerated, until that phase of the total industrial program is recognized as more important to the overall economy.

The men and women who make the Board of Conservation and Development are both business people and politicians. They know that in both these areas it fcs smarter to ride with the tide than to buck It. So. without retiring to the filightst degree from Adustrial promotion In which it has been engaged, the C&D board is moying toward more attention to promoting the travel business.

After hearing the reports made by the Travel Council on the value of tourism to the state, the board voted to Join in sponsoring a travel promotion mission to Europe, comparable to the Industry promotion safari led by former Governor Hodges , several o^ears ago.

The idea was suggested by Volt GUmore, chief of the U.S. Travel Office, in a talk to the C&D and Travel Council. The CAiD board picked it up with enthusiasm, and the Travel Council will determine in a few days whether it will request State cooperation. Chances are 100 to one it will.

POLITICAL BONDS - The nearly $02 million capital improvement bonds to be voted upon November 7 should not get. Involved in partisan or factional politics. Some politicians seem determined to put them on partisan basis.

William E. Cobb, State Republican chairqian, announced with

oppose on party

cans would grounds.

Then this week W. W. Staton. Democratic National Committeeman, speaking at a Wake counfcy YDC rally declared that failure to approve the bonds w'ould be

<1.

Each step taken by the Soviets and East Grmar\ police to prevent escapes to the West has added em- ^ nrkXT cnTTT

phasis to the burning desire of many East Germans to oL/rlJblJiiN/j

escape the conditions w'hich the Soviets have imposed _ upon their homeland. At first there was the closing charged against Ihe Democratic border crossing .points until only a few remain-

party. He appealed for support ed, but this did not stop the freedom flights. Next

came the barbed wire barricades, then the brick walls Yesterday .ernoon-. news than I know the contents of my

to wall Jn the East wire brought the docWr*' ver- wn waiiet?

if theDemocratic party Is going to claim credit for passing the bonds, let them do it, qll not help them

I But What Can One Say?

^ managed to diet on Speaker Sam too late

escape to the West. Next there came the demolition tor Thursdays Reflector: but the of buildings adjacent to the border, and the creation last. .as bad news

of a no-mans land that could be showered with bullets. But still the refugees flee to the West, in

smaller numbers, to be sure and with con.siderable The'"iSnJcm

less certainty4han before. But still they risk their lives brief stop during one of the po-

BIG LEAGUE Governor Sanford spoke in Winston-Salem

Monday where he was introduc- , - v r -

ed by A. H. Galloway, president for the slightest chance that they might flee to the campaigns then in prog-

of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com- We.st. Tess.

The Soviets, though their actions in Berlin have ^ the man, . .shook

cut off escape routes for thousands who want to flee

to the West, but they obviously have not reduced the for the life of 'me there

pany. Tuesday he spoke In Kannapolis where he wa? Introduced by Charles A. Cannon, head of the Cannon textile empire. Quip-

Governors officer here: The ^ ^st German desire for freedom by building barricades Mn"that rS^bled c?nv bass Ls playing in the big league of barbed wire and bricks, by slaying those who seek ai material.

this week,

ROAD SIGNS This busl-ne.ss of regulating roadside signs billboards gets more complicated every time it is dLs-ciissed. An important part of the travel promotion program is the beautification of roadsides. Garden clubs and other agencies have joined in protesting the cluttermcnt of roadsides with billboards. The Federal government offers a larger share of money for interstate highways to states which adopted the standard code banning billboards not only from the right of way but for hundreds of feet Inside the private property llne.s of landowners. It us interesting to note that many of the folks who insi.st upon adopting thus plan of banning billboards also in ust upon more informative .igius along the road sidts. The CAU board this week adopted a re.<olution proposed by the Parks Committee for more and larger .;igius on highways pointing to Stale parks.

to escape. Indeed, they may have only shut off the niri t wan valve which in recent years has prevented an internal Nati-ally. explosion among the people of East Germany.

Prophets Arent Always Hearc,

But what do you say to a man whose gavel can subdue a national political convention. . . whose words can change the course of a great nation, and probably the world. . .who knows inner secrets of political and governmental life more Intimately

Do you try to capture his interest with inane comments about the weather? Questions about his tour? Whos going to win?

Hardly.

He could be presumed to have gone into that routine scores of times in the past 48 hours: and to subject the wise old man to more such trivia would be tantamount to idiocy.

So you kid him a* little bit about his television rating, ask him when he expects to get home again. . .and his replies are always gracious, but reserved.

The Rayburn mouth. I remember, resembled a steel trap. . . a trait you often see among elder men with strong wills: and his eyes were bright and unwinking.

They reflected nothing.

tiently. . .and In his silences one might surmise the Rayburn thoughts were on many things other than a flying tour through Eastern North Carolina.

The honored visitor sat there alone while various well-wishers stepped up to be introduced and shake his hand.

Others beside myself seemed to feel the futility of trying to hold the Great Man in conversation, for after a brief handclasp theyd stand to mumble something and then fade back into the growing crowd.

Someone, somewhere, looks at a watch and gives the signal.

A timetable must be observed, and the party prepares to depart.

There are a few parting handshakes and the Speaker moves out to the sidewalk where a car is waing by the curb. For one

of his tour, there were no outward signs. He sat stiffly, pa-

MONEY IN FUN The legal aiithontle.'; make clear dLstinc-tion between commercial fLsh--ing and .sporUs fishing, but the auditors dont see so much difference, It came out In reports to ttie C&D board this week that salt water sports fLshing

contributes some $.')0 million to some fanfare a few weeks ago <*,the economy of North Carolina, that the Republicans in North That doesnt Include any of the

Carolina would support some of the bonds, oppose other.s. A few days later Robert L. Gavjn, last years Republican candidate for Governor, is.sued a statement fully supporting some of the Issues which Cobb had said Republi-

fre.sh water upstate fishing. Put that $50 million along with the back riding, ,kl run.s, etc, and hunting and Inland fishing, horseback .rKlhig, ski runs, etc.l and it is clear ttnrt tun Ls big and profitable busine.sg.

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By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Copyright, 1961, King Features Syndicate. Inc.

Charles Collingwood who dis-cu.'i.ses the short-comings of the press for CBS-TV finds that newspapers are w'eak in the realm of prophecy. He says:

One of the chronic failures of the press is its inability to decipher the handwriting on the wall. The result is that events, clearly foreshadowed come as a stunning surprise. PooUiote: see Cuba, Laos, the Congo, Angola. Berlin, et cetera, et cetera

The great TV networks maintain news staffs throughout the world and therefore should be, at lea.st, as prophetic as any other reporters. Never have I seen the radio or TV do a better or as good a reporting job as the new.spapers or news services. Collingwood I." himself a newsman and although his work is interesting and even charming. the gift of foresight and prophecy Ls no more his than it IS mast reporters or, for that matter, evaluators of the State Department or the CIA. Kari von Wiegand of the Hearst New.spapers was very much a prophet and got into trouble be-cau.se he was so much ahead of hi.s lime, that no one believed him.

Collingwood pay.s me something of a compliment which clo(v not puff me up too much. Not only ls the prophet not believed hut when he .spetfks out. meti seek a motive. Referring to the Chiiana situation. Colling-wood said:

lieorgo SokoLsky .sounded an alaini on ApnJ 4th. but thereafter the press maintained almost total silence except for oa- . ca.slonal remarks by professional aiiti-CommunksLs like Fulton Lewus, Jr.. and reports In 'the con.servafive papers of speeches by Connecticut's Senator Thomas Dodd, and so forth. And per-hatxs tliat IS part of the reason the press neglected the Guiana ^tory so long. The anti-Commu-

nlst specialists had made the story their province, and they have cried wolf so often that mast newspapermen back away from their special causes. .

Of course, the anti-Communist speciali.sts would naturally know what the CommunLsts are up to, just as a top-notch baseball reporter has some Idea about what is happening in the baseball business.

The reason that newspapers buy what we write and continue to print it year by year is that we provide what others do not have. It is as simple as that. Like every other kind of specialist, an anti-Communist specialist must do an enormous amount of work in his field. Eugene Lyons, for instance, who is such a specialist for the Readers Digest. labors as diligently In this field as any science reporter does in his. Of course, Lyons is believed no more than I am not because he cries: Wolff

Wolf! too often but because the subject 15 very complex, requires Intensive knowledge and Just Judgment and sounds quite screwy to those who regard themselves as anti-CommunLsts but do not know what Communism is and those who believe that all human beings are much like themselves, fairly good-natured, practically honest, who know movements by names but little of the substance there-of

It did not, however, require tho gift of prophecy to know the Giuana story. It was clear for all to Sin. for several years. AU that was required was diligent nading of the material at hand. As a matter of fact, this was also tiue of the Cuba story about which there were -many correct evaluations while there were also many Incorrect evaluations. The anti - Communist specialLsts were naturally correct nor two reasons: first, they know tile names of important Communi.-Us and therefore knew tlie names of Che Guevara and

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Other Editors Saying .. Who Causes Accidents?

If he was weary from the strain stature in the world,

- his height is considerably less

than that of the men surrounding him. But the way HE walked, he stood ten feet tall. . , which is pretty good, even for a Texan.

(The Macon Ga. Newi)

Of all the skills practiced by mankind, there is none that is used moreand improved less than that of driving an automobile.Thats a provocative idea to have thrown at us as we enter the fall and winter driving season, most hazardous of all because of diminished daylight driving hours. ,

It comes from Paul C. Ackerman, engineering vice president for Chrysler corporation, writing in the magazine Highway Highlights. He seems chiefly interested, and wisely so, in puncturing the complacency and self-satisfaction which grip most motorists.

Repeatedly, surveys show that most of us think safe driving warnings are for the other fellow. and that many believe drivers education is something only teen-agers need. These attitudes are reinforced by safety studies which stress the menace of the extremistthe drunk and the reckless speeder especially.But listen to Ackerman;

The plain, hard facts are that the majority of injury-producing accidents are caused by self-acknowledged good drivers who are traveling at speeds under 50 miles an hour. Actually, the.se average drivers who become involved In an accident because of a thoughtless, unsafe maneuver, like changing lanes without looking, probably have done the

same thing so many times without having an accident that they have developed a false sense of security,

Many of us have or develop bad driving habits. Only luck gets us by without trouble. All of us can learn new things about drivingnot generalities such as stay alert, but specific things like how to use the brake for best effect, how to grip the wheel for sull control of the car, what to do when pavement are icy. /

Ackerman offers his own list; Check your car at the outset to see that tires are. firm and all equipment is working. Behind the wheel, watch the road well ahead, not just the car immediately in front, so you can cope with developing danger.

Look into rear and side mirrors every few seconds to keep track of side and following traffic.

Glance at the left front wheel of oncoming cars for first sign of maneuvers that.could spell peril. Many head-on clashes might be averted if such action were begun in time. Stay far enough behind the car ahead particularly on expresswaysso you can stop safely.

One more thing, Ackerman was .photographed in a car with his seat belt securely fastened. And that is a picture worth countless written comments on how to save Tiveit on the high-ways.

Since then. Ive often remembered the little question raised by the Rayburn visit. . .and never yet been able to answer.

Just how does one make conversation with a real wheel who has been around long enough to have heard it all umpteen millions of times. . .as well as some angles the starry-eyed admirer hasnt yet encountered?

It isnt easy.

Opinions In Brief

It appears reasonably obvious that in American business more and more workers care less and less about the quality of the work they do. This in itself is bad enough but even worse Is the growing tendency of the average employer to expect such apathy and accept inferior workmanship as standard performance. Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader.

^Recalls A Past jsson

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) The things a man learns about women when he is young educates all his days and ways.

It was then, a time ago:

There were the four of us, going home after school, in the time when arithmetic counted.

He, the other fellow, carried the other girls books. Cflass for the day was done, and a feeling of recklessness swept the campus of the grammar school.

I carried the real girls books.

Her name could have been Agnes.

Agnes wasnt the class clown or the school genius. Shr had brushed brown hair, the most languorous eyes in the fourth grade, and a sense of command.

She was a great gal in her time. She had everything going for her-beauty, freckles, charm, and a boy to carry her books home.

I felt mighty proud the first time I was allowed to walk Agnes home, even though she wasnt too good at short division and she spelled by heresay.

But day after day all aha talked about was herself and her own ,dreams. She never asked about mine.

It occurred to me that aU I was doing was listening to her, and her books were getting heavier and heavier. Time was invisibly throwing dishwater on my romance.

So was Agnes.

Youre the smallest boy In the class, Harold, she said. Im at least a head taller than you. Its embarrassing. Cant you grow any faster?

Ill try, Agnes, I answered manfully. Easier said than done.

In those days many horses still pulled my wagons in the streets. Now and then a wornout house would collapse In midduty, fall upon the street, kick briefly against his tangled harness, then lie quietthe ultimats in the dignity of workhood.

On a day going horn# from school we came upon such a horse, fallen in the street and quivering. It lay there at the end of its will and its ability dubious, nonviolent, unprotest-Ing. saved from total despair only by the roving eye of aimless hope.

Agnes didnt feel the way I did.

She walked blithely over, kicked the horse where its mane met Its shoulder and said, Get up, horsie! get up!*

The horse couldnt get up.

Agnes walked' on homeward unconcerned', uninvolved. Her books were a burden heavy and hateful, and I never carried them again.

Across 40 years I remember I learned about women from her. Later experiences taught kinder lessons.

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Theres no placs In our society for people who seek to make a profit by exploiting the fears of a worried wife or mother. The quicker they are exposed, the better off well all be. Charlotte Observer.

By nvid-1961. some 6 2 million Americans, officially classed as needy, were receiving free federal commodities , . . compared with ... 8.5 million who were on the fre_^ list in June, 1960.Wall Street Journal.

It is just as inconsistent with the concept of human rights to require a man to belong to a union m order to obtain work, or to join one after he has landed a job in order to hold it. Eighteen States now have in force laws prohibiting this practice, All of them should have^ Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelligence.

Bloom Of Moderate Prosperity

Strength For Today

By EARL I.. DOUGLA.S.S

A FA.MDlS KKIEND.SIIIP

We are told that when Jonathan and David met for the- last lime and communed toaelher. Jonutlian strengthened Davids hand in God.

The friendship of David and Jonathan has been famous through the ages. How Jonathan strengthened Davids hand in God on this Igst occasion we do' not know. But* evidently he said things by way of encouragement. that strengthened the faith of the man who late44wrote the Twenty-Third Psalm declaring that the Lord jaas his Shepherd.

The finest thing about that famous friendship was that Jonathan strengthened his friends hand in God.

Friendship Is never really

friendship until thus happens. When lho.se who are near to \xn can really say that our contacts have deepi'p.ed their faith in God and maji. then and then on-ly can we claim to be a friend worthy of the name. Many a man can look back on companionship which slowly but surely over a period of years weakened every fine Impulse in his nature It is the part of wisdom to disentangle ones self from the pernicious influence of such relationships if they exist True happiness exists only when friends strengthen each other in all good things.

Jonathan died soon after this meeting. Or did he? He .seems always to have lived on influentially ill the life of his fnend David.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The bloom is on business trends. Its not a blaring red bloom, but a rosy glow of moderate prosperity.

Item: The National Association of Purchasing Agents Business Survey Committee a hard-headed bearish bunch if there ever was onesaid in Its September report that recovery from the 1960-61 recession is now an accomplished fact; that the hoped-for-better third quarter Ls a reality and the anticipated good fourth duarter seems to 1^ in the making.

Hem: Manufacturers sales

and new orders continued to advance in August, extending the recovery that began last February, the Department of Commerces Office of Business Economics said. It added, significantly: The backlogs of unfilled orders rose.

Favorable but cautious

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Item: The Chase Manhattan Bank's bi-monthly letter says, The business recovery U vigor-.

ous and broadly based. Industrial production is up 10 percent in six months, more than making up for the 8 percent decline during the recession. . .Experience shows that a recovery which extends acroi^s a wide front in its eaiJy stages usually pressages an extended period of good business

It adds this note of caution:: "However, the business mood could hardly bo described as one of aggressive optimLsm. Statis-tics^on new orders, capital ap-propriatloiLs and expenditure plans, and inventory buying anticipations reveal a certain hesitation, a cautious mood with respect to forward commit-menLs

This attitude Ls partly explained by the fact that the business upswing is still in an early stage. .A continuation of the business recovery could Improve the earnings picture and lead to increases in the capital expenditure programs. CONSUMERS ARE READY Item: The University of Mi

chigan Survey Research Center, which keeps polling consumers on Intentions to buy, reported that consumer confidence in the economy has improved decisively in the last three months. A growing number judge the ecor nomic outlook for the next 1? months as good.

Item: The New York Journal of Commerce, which em'ploys a battery of economists, said in a page-one statement; Business activity, dragging its heels a little during the third quarter of thL< year, may show a fresh burst of speed in the new quarter just beginning.

In fact, unless business does show more vitality this quarter, there ls likely to arLse some tendency to lower sights on the praspecUs for next year.

"Psychologically, at least, this is an important period. BANKERS LISTENING

Hem: A Busress Week sur-\ry .how> that, as fai as most bankers are concerned, tho? bouDce in the economy hasnt reached them yet. The demand from fresh money is still Ipw,

and there seems little pressure to increase lending rates.

That fact, and several others, add up to more significant points:

The present interest rates will encourage spending for spending for plants and equipment, and for other expansion.

The delay in the steel price increase, and the indications that it will be moderate, further will tempt business to embark on expansions.

The rLse in the draft call and the call-up of reserves is reducing unemployment.

Many lines, such as apparel and shoes, report advance buying on a hearty scale. However, the auto picture is still cloudy, and no one yet knowsnot fvea the University of Michigan whether we are heading into a boom model year or another moderate one like the 1961 ai-fair.

All in all, there are a iftiraber of reservations. However, the weights of evidence seems to point to rosy glow, if not a aky-rocketing economy.