Tuesday, October 17, 1961

Is It Best To Withhold Verdict?

New Pentagon Salute

One cannot help but wonder about the question the fortunate man who knows that he Is only a few of why Sam Rayburn has not been told about his con- steps away from meeting the Dark Angel? Or does

dition of caqcer.

- We are not sure whether such a decision to with-hok this information from the patient is not a disservice, whether he be a Rayburn or one pf the Smith family. In the case of Speaker Rayburn, the question seems to be more pointed, however.

Here is a man who has shown the strength and stamina evidenced by few men in his long years of public service. He has always insisted on straight-

fortune smile upon the one^who is shielded from the truth by those closest to him?

Bethel Shows Way In United Fund Campaign

^ ^ ^ 1- Citizens of Bethel have set a good example for

forwardness, facing the facts squarely whether they their fellow citizens in other communities of Pitt are good ar badr^ lt has been his nature to meet issues County by becoming the first community to reach head-on. with no side-stepping, no half-heartedness, their fair-share quota for the major agencies of the Throughout his career he has insisted on knowing county-wide United Fund. It is also significant that every detail of the issue at hand in order that he could additional contributions to the Pitt United Fund are evaluate the situation and carefully plan his own anticipated from Bethel even though their quota has course of action. ^ been reached.

Facing a situation which doctors say will cost him it is important that every community In Pitt Coun-

his life, would he want it to be different?. Is there in- ty this year participate fully in^e Unittd Fund cam-formation or advice he wants to leave with those who paign in order that the goal may be reached The will follow in high places of responsibility after he is $91,860 goal which has been set for the county-wide gone? Would he appreciate those close to him with- effort is realistic, and well within reach of the citizens .holding information which would allow him to make of the county, ^

'last-minute readjustments in unfinished business, or The agencies represented by the Pitt United Fund

permit a re-evaluation of matters in which tentative provide important services to every community dedsions have been reached? throughout the county, and they deserve the kind of

There is nothing more personal than death. From support from every community which has been shown both the religious and temporal points of view, is it by the citizens of Bethel. If every citizen will strive to

Interstate Roac. 3uilding^Work

By LYNN NISBET

INTERSTATE Many complaints have been heard about the atatus of work on the Interstate Highway System, especially the practice of building short sections of super four lane highwaywhich almost deadends into a 22 foot pavement. The public Is confused by completed bridges standing unused for months because no approaches or roadways have been built to make them accessible. Also there are news reports from time to time about so many miles of interstate roads having been completed or opened to traffic.

The Carolina Motor Club asked the State Highway Commission for clarification and for a report in lay language on status of the overall project. Here are orne excerpts from the reply by James S. Burch, Planning Engineer, of the Highway Commission :

The key to clarity is definition. eg. only certain figures can truly fit certain words. Such words as completed, standards, open to traffic, even miles, can have severai meanings. Final right of way MStus may be legally delayed. .\......

All work is d^ in relatively short secticms or segmentsto best serve traffic intensities, and relieve obsolete sections of their traffic burdens. Also, each segment may involve several contracts, e.g. for structures, for grading, for paving, signs, etc. So it may appear as a hodgepodge to the' usual traveler or writer.

In North Carolina we were building Interstate segments as early as 1949, e g. Lexington-Thomasvllle, the Lumberton bypass and others. These were built to prevailing standards, and others were being built when, ,in 1956, the standards were changed.

In some cases we had built only the first two lanes to the old standards, then built the next two to the new standards, and finally had to go back to the first two and remodel them to bring them up to the new standards. Examples of this type are found east of Greensboro. Many other complexities have arisen, not the least of which Is that we must keep ever mounting traffic volumes moving, with never a delay, no matter how difftcult this may be.

HOW NOW? Engineer Burch explains that every State has an officer with duties comparable to his, that reports go into Washington from all these offices, where they are consolidated according to accepted terminology. Part of the confusion in the public mind stems

from the fact that writers and commentators sometimes apply ' their own definitions, or those commonly used in their areas, to words which the Federal roads office uses only in Its own sense. Stated in official terms. Engineer Burch has this to say. about the situation in North Carolina:

Our most recent complete tabulation is as of June 30. 1961, and shows the following for Interstate progress in North Carolina (all 4-lane, rural and urban combined):

Class 1 (A) 1completed to full new Interstate standards and opened to traffic, 181.2 miles, or 23.5 percent of the total;

Class 1 (A) 2open to traffic. current construction will provide full standards, 30.6 miles, or 4.0 percent of the total;

Class 2 (A) 1open to traffic, to standards adequate or partial for current traffic, and complete to these standards, 25 3 miles or 33 percent;

Cla.ss 2 (A) 2Open to traffic, under construction for adequate standards, 24.5 miles, or 3.2 percent.

ONE-THIRD These seg-' ments add up to 261.6 miles or 34 percent of the Interstate mileage in North Carolina. Other segments, not yet open to traffic or to the above standards aggregate 5CC.3 miles. That makes total mileage of the Interstate in North Carolina 768 9. Including his comment on the situation Burch says: We customarily summarize the first four classes above into this statenaent: *In North Carolina 262 of the ultimate 770 miles (34 percent) have been completed to final standards, or to standards adequate for current traffic, and open to traffic. We may also add that, in these terms. North Carolina ranks seventh among the states of the nation.

COMPLEXITIES - One of the major complexities in the handling of Interstate construction is that the Federal government establishes the standards and furnishes most of the money, but the State must acquire the right of way, let the contracts and supervise construction. It is known that delay in finishing 1-85 between Greensboro and Charlotte was due to right of way problems occa-sloned by changed specifications.

Even the highway folks con-fe.ss they cant explain some of the prolonged delay in completing sections of 1-40 between Durham and Greensboro.

Engineer Burchs clarification does not make it easy for the layman to understand some of the delays, but it does sug-ge.st that the engineers know what they are doingand why.

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meet his- personal fair-share giving to the Pitt United Fund this year, no community in the county will have difficulty in raising its fair-share of the total budget . . . and more. And if the other communities of the-c()unty will follow the example which Bethel has set, Pitt County will have no difficulty in meeting and exceeding its United Fund goal before the campaign month of October ends.

A Valued, Respected Citizen Lost To City

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Dr. J. A. Nimmo, for 32 years pastor of Sycamore Hill Baptist Church, was a valuable citizen of Greenville, recognized and admired by citizens of both races of this community for his work over a long period of yeai*8.

During the more than three decades that he made

By DON SCHLIENZ

ittle Bit Means A Lot

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Its not the easiest thing in the world ... in these days of a prosperous tobacco season and accompanying general atmosphere of well-being ... to vlsu-his home in Greenville, Dr. Nimmo devoted himself families in dire need,

unstintingly to work in behalf of his church, his race, soiAething like that seems

and what he sincerely believed to be the best interest distant, as though one of

...... those depressed areals you

of all the citizens of this community. Day by day his read about was involved; or.

life in this community reflected his untiring devotion perhaps, related to one of our to serving God and to serving his fellow man. y* agricultural produce

Not only was he a respected citizen of this com- Ti; munity, but Dr. Nimmo was likewise recognized state- erai economic prosperity was wide for his services by the high offices he held in something less than good, the General Baptist State Convention and the National Yet, we have families to whom Baptist Convention. Among the tributes to his work nttie bit means a lot . . . was the conferring upon him of the honorary degree Oarrison, who is in

of D()ctor of Divinity by Shaw University in Raleigh iSow these ^things for his outstanding service as a minister.

The death of Dr. Nimmo this week has taken from Greenville onq of its outstanding .citizens.

TTie clothing bank has been one of the fraternal organizations routine projects over the years. So it is not really extraordinary that requests for articles of clothing have already been received before the annual collection campaign got underway. Garrison says the first approaches began soon after the start of the new school term. Oddly enough, so too were the first scattering of contributions; though the actual collections dont start until next week.

What goes into the clothing bank

Items left over from each years collection are contributed to the Salvation Army; which explains why the bank starts from scratch each fall.

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Garrison Is heading up the Moose Lodge clothing bank drive again this year as he has in the past. Its not a particularly big job, as such things go; but It is big in terms of what the clothing bank has done and can do for the truly destitute.

Shoes, coats, trousers, dresses, shirts, underclothing . . . you name It; all items that have been outgrown and still have some wearable value to someone else. As Norman says, to someone who doesnt have anything, an outgrown pair of sox or a slightly outdated dress means a lot.

Youll be reading about details on the collections later this week, I understand there will be a movie (admission price: articles of used-and-still usable clothing), and a city-wide canvassing Monday evening.

Once a year these outgrown or set-aside items are solicited,

Rearful Over

^PPrOClching50?Other Editors Saying

Image Of Our Country

By HAL BOYLE

So, Mother, think twice before you throw out that scuffed pair of shoes ... or that old dress. The clothing bank just might have somebody you can help. It costs you nothing and youll never know but what it might have been awfully important to 8ome(xie.

NEW YORK (AP) Are you approaching 50 and feeling fearful?

Calm down, man. Whats to be afraid of? Youre Just entering the payoff years.

Physicians say many men and women today approach the age of 50 with a gathering hysteria, a sense that they are leaving the sunshine years forever and entrlng a dark dismal tunnel leading nowhere.

Some cant even stand the prospect. They come apart, mentally and physically, and their courage for living becomes as limp and sodden as a paper bag in a rainstorm.

I had some of these fears, too. But after being 50 some eight month.s now, I find it has turned out to be a far less-shattering experience than turning 40 was. Or even losing your first love in kindergarten, for that matter.

Actually, if you have the sense to realize it. life at the half century mark, and after has certain advantages. It adds a few flavorful bubbles to the foam on the beer of existence.

Such as? Well, such as

At .50 you dont have so much trouble finding a parking space. You leave the car in the garage more often.

Youre no longer in danger of getting a heart attack from running after a bus. Why chase it? You cant catch it anyway.

Your clothing costs you less and leas each year. As you get stingier and stingier, you hate to put out money for anything new.

- Your wifes clothes cost less, too. Shed rather put up with her old coat another year than listen to you complain about how high everything i.s getting these days.

Instead of going fo the barber every two weeks, you go every three week.s. After all.

whats left to cut?

You go to bed earlier and get more sleep. Why stay up and watch the late film on television? You saw it 20 years ago at the mo viesremem ber ?

You eat less and your food bills go down. You have finally learned the less you overload your stomach the less it has to gripe about.

You dont waste your energy on foolish things like chasing red-haired girls. You dont know any. And those you did know-well, their hair has turned to silver.

You give up the wasteful three-martini luncheons that used to leave you sleepy on the Job all afternoon. You can now feel Just as sleepy on one martini.

You get plenty of healthy exercise. Getting up in the morning and closing the window is all the exercise you feel you really needbesides bending down and tying your shoelaces.

You become wider and better informed on world affairs. This is because in the evening youd rather stay at home and listen to your wife than go out on the town.

You no longer have to fret about the future. The boss has let you know you dont have any.

But you gain a wonderful golden goal. Your ambition is to reach 62 or 65 when youll be eligible for a Social Security pension, and the government will have to start giving back some of the dough it has been taking frof you all these years.

After .50 you turn away from big problems and see the beauty In small jobs, and at last you have the time for themtime for gratitude, time to be kind, time to remember, time to even to grow young In heart again.

Who, on - the summit of .50, would want to be 20. and have to start the long rocky climb again?

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

The image of America as seen by Europeans and Asians was created largely through the It^s we exported, items such asNgntos, TV sets, music, movies, a^d particularly the latter. Motion pictures probably have had more impact on the human . mind than any other media during this century, and that would include television since TV Is comparatively young and its influence Is yet to be measured.

Vincent Price, a veteran actor and an astute observer of movie influence on people, has just returned from Europe and what he has to say about the subject is not very flattering, nor reassuring. According to Priceand we agreea reappraisal is In order on the part of Hollywood leaders in the matter of selling America to our overseas friends.

Says Price: Whatever good will Americans have engendered over the years is ^rtually wiped out by the kin(M5f pictures we are sending to Europe nowadays. We used to give them entertainment. Now we send them problems.

And certainly Europe doesnt need problems: they have

enough of their own without shipping them ours in the form of sick movies of the t5T?e turned out by Tennessee WUllanxs and others of his kind. What we are doing Is giving Europe a sort of Tennes.see Williams view of America, and that isnt the true image of this country at all.

We know It, of course, but Europeans do not. They judge us. as Price pointed out, by our movies. Some Eur()eans believe we are in the throes of a huge depression because of the type of film junk we dispense over there. Some think all Americans are sick, neurotic, perverts or worse.

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Public Forum

TO THE EDITOR:

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Well, if such pictures are undesirable, what kind should we send? Price has the answer for that. Oklahoma type movies would be ideal. It represents something out-going, healthy and more typical of an earlier America. These are light, glamorous type of stories, but that is what they used to see and from such films developed a healthier opinion of -America.

Too many films have been going overseas of the type like, I Want To Live, Butterfield 8. Inherit The Wind. and other such sick films, it Is unfortunate if these are the only kind of fUms Elmer Gantry. The Fugitive Kind. that will make money. It was not always so. Once people went to movies for entertainment; not to witness a succession of weird characters, unhealthy relations, sick souls and minds.

If that is the preference today, then something indeed is wrong with America. We have the suspicion, however, that the bulk of such rot is centered in Hollywood, where It Is poured forth from fevered minds not at all typical of the true America.

ewish Roots-Cut Off

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright. 1961, King Features Simdicate. Inc.

Captain Joshua L. Goldberg, who for many years was the leading rabbi in the chaplain corps of the United States Navy, spent some time recently in Soviet Russia. Chaplain Goldberg. generally known as Josh, came to the United States in 1917 and immediately enlisted in the Army where he learned English; in World War n he made m enviable record In the Navy. Besides English, he speaks Russian, Hebrew, Yid-* dish, French and other languag-

coUected, cleaned and distributed to families within the county who are reduced to straits thankfully unknown to the vast majority. Im told it is nothing unusual for this clothing that otherwise might be 'thrown away or saved In an old trunk or In the back of a closet for fruitless years, reaches 200 and more people from the clothing bank.

The Sheppard Memorial brary welcomes the opportunity to recbgnlze the DAILY REFLECTOR during this National Newspaper Week. We are proud of the role all newspapers play in protecting our countrys freedoms.

This years theme, Your newspaper. . .Heritage of Tnith, PrcMitier of Freedom, seems especially appropriate to libraries. We know that to gain a real understanding of what our coun-. trys freedom means, citizens must read newspapers, as weU as books. The services which libraries and newspapers give each other help both meet their responsibilities to our country.

At all times, the DAILY REFLECTOR has played a valuable and valued role in the progress of the Sheppard Memorial Library. We are especially grateful to Patricia Moore, who has always given excellent coverage to every phase of our work.

We believe that the freedom to read and the freedom of the press are mutually dependent. We hope that we may always work together to preserve these essential freedoms.

Sincerely, Elizabeth H. Copeland, Librarian

Sheppard Memorial Library

He did not go to Russia to make a study of conditions there, but speaking various languages and being of Russian origin, he was able to probe deeply into the life of the people who interested him most, the Jews, among whom he Is respected as a rabbi. In an article in "Look he discusses his experiences and the conclusions he has reached;

While the Jews in the Soviet Union are officially recognized as a distinct nationality, their national life Is devoid of any institutional or organizational expression. There are no Jewish schools, publishing houses, historical research or folklore institutes. although other Soviet nationalities enjoy these facilities as a matter of course.

ReUgiously, too, the Jews

find themselves at a distinct disadvantage. Other religions in Russia have regained some status in recent years; ^he Jews still have none. The few synagogues in some major cities ar too small to accommodate Russias Jews. The Jews are

afraid to go to the synagogues lest their children lose their

jobs; afraid to complain, lest they be accused of being counter revolutionaries; afraid to

ask for a visa to Join families in Israel lest they be accused of participating in Zionist - capitalistic conspiracies; afraid to communicate with relatives in the United States lest they be dubbed potential spies. They have become a community of l^perers in a kingdom of fearX

Rabbi Goldberg says;

Being a Jew under the czars was only a disabilitynot a calamity. Within these restrictions, the Jews developed a rich Intellectual, cultural and, most important, religious life. Great Talmudic academies, whose function was to preserve traditional religious material and educate rabbis, judges and teachers, provided outstanding leaders.

This has disappeared. Jewish life has its roots in the Hebrew language and literature; th language not only preserves traditions and manners but also binds the Jewish people together In five or six thousand years of history. This has been destroyed. Yiddish, a jargon bas^ ed On Low German, but including Russian and Polish words, has a limited relationship to Jewish traditional life and no relationship to the Jewish religion. This Is permitted in So'^et Russia.

Goldbergs article is worth reading because it is the first on the subject which pierces deeply into the philosophy of Bolshevism and the psychology of the Jew. The evidence, is well established that anti-Semitism is stronger in Communist Russia than it was in Czarist Russia because whereas in Czarist Russia, anti-Semitism was physical. In Soviet Russia it goes to the roots of the very existence of the Jews as a culture. Czarist Russia killed individual Jews; Soviet Russia seeks to wipe out the Jews as a distinctive ethnic and cultural group. The Goldberg articles merit lies in its avoidance of superficialities, dealing only with fundamentals.

Mrs. Henrietta Goldberg, who accompanied her husband to Russia, wrote some articles for the the Newark Star - Ledger which tells of the shock at the sight of equality between the sexes, women shovelling snow or digging ditches. She writes:

Continuing along the route where the improvements were being made, I was startled to see a small unit of these trench diggers lying prone on the snowy sidewalk. For a moment I thought they were men, because they wore the same baggy dark pantaloons and heavy felt boots, but coming closer, these women were fast asleep. We call it coffee bi;eak in America.

It is tough to witness brutal-

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A Guide On How To Avoid Taxes

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOt'GI.A.SS CAN

WE RI.SE ABOVE TROUBLE There is a great deal of complaint today about high taxes. This Ls natural. People never liked high taxes and never will.

But we live in an age so replete with danger that huge military equipment is imperative. ' This 'costs money. Furthermore, it Increases the cost of other branches of government. Everything' pyramids until taxes are indeed staggering.

Of two things we can be sure taxes will continue to be uncomfortably high for the forseeable future; also pension systems of all kinds will prevail. Inasmuch as it is practically impossible for a person to (F^ake a fortune today because of the tax syatem, aomethlng must be done

to give people security In retirement. And this thing that will be done is some kind of pension system; some variety of the social security principle.

We should become awai e of the fact that we are living both in a new world and in probably, the most dangerous era that* humanity has known, for this is the first time that the race as a whole has been in jeopardy,

This means that we must make sure to support ourselves with inner forces which neither the insistence of the tax collector nor rain of bombs can destroy. There will always be a remnant to carry on. and the remnant will be a "heart remnant that is, people who have, that inner security and power which will rise above any calamity devilish man may think up to torture his fellows.

By ELMER ROESSNER We hear tell that the Kennedy Admimsiratlon is cracking down on income-tax avoiders and that new rules are tightening up on the wastry of company funds in expense accounts.

But we read that those in the know have elght/^ested ways to increase travel and entertainment expense deductions.

A' brochure at hand says, "Heres the help that can actually get you BIGGER legitimate deductions than ever before.

It offers a handbook with "eight big opportunities. They are;

ROMANCE!

1. "U points out why Its a good idea to take your wife along to help on business trips. . .and how you may be able to deduct part of her share of the expenses even when ahes along just for personal reasons.

,2 Spotlights 23 frequently-overlooked travel and entertainment deductions that can run into BIG MONEY. . .explains how under latest rules you dont even

have to keep receipts for some of these Items.

3. What seeming commutation expenses (never deductible) may now actually be deductible travel expensesshows how if you take home office homework you may have a big new deduction.

4. . . . one simple step to be sure that when you use a credit card to charge a legitimate business fxpense that the charge is so notated, and the deduction will stand up. This can save you a large tax bill. .

CHARGE OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES

5. . .nine deductible house

hold expenses (or those who use their homes for business enter tainlng pips five other deductible costs of home entertaining many men overlook. .

6. . . .the simplest, tax wise .way to handle expenses that arise out of the. use of your own ca.' for business reasons reminds-you that though your vacation expenses are personal, thei*e are four common vacation expenses that are deductible

anyway.

6. . . one sure way for the top man In a closed corporation to get every deduction he is entitled to. . .how to automatical-1- comply (six) with the government's tough requirements.

8. If you make a trip that combines business and pleasureor if you make frequent short business tripsheres how to add substantial sum to your 1961 tax savingstwo plans so simple you'll wonder why you didnt think of them yourself. GET IN ON GRAVY The company sending this brochure is one of the most astute tax guidance companies in the United States; its material is reported to be checked by Interna] Revenue specialists.

These tax escapements all seem to be based on government rulings.

If you can afford this kind of advice, you can save a lot of money on your Federal taxes. If you cant, you pay through the nose.

It prompts a revival of an old suggestion; that income tax

forms contain a little box, I take the exemptions. If the common variety of taxpayer checks the box. he gets a 25 per cent deduction.

Fair, isnt it?

BE PATRIOTIC. BUT DONT FALL FOR BOND CHAIN

The National Better Business Bureau is warning gullible Americans against a revival of the endless chain savings bond scheme.

A typical letter lists the name and addressee of 11 people, and is sold person-to-person. The sucker pays $18.75 to participate and sends the person whose name appears on the top of the list a $18.75 bond. The sucker then makes two coplee of the list and sells it to two other people. The sucker is told that when bis name reaches the top of the list he will receive bonds totalling $38,400.

He doesnt of course. But the promoters pick up quite a few $18.75 bonds. The seller of the bondsthe U. S. government warns againt the trick.

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