Attention Is Called To Series In The Reflector

Tuesday, November 7, 1961

Can All Be Proud Of Rescue Squad

GreenviHes Rescue Squad has received additional Voluntary contributions by th^ community. But what \vell-deseryed honors and reflected additional credit they have lacked in the way of financial resources with

iLl A q"; f ^ ^ equipment and carry out their im-

United States and third m international competition portant work, they have more than made up for by

of re^ue units from thq United SUtes and Canada, their genuine desire to serve their fellow citizens in Most residents of this community have recognized a time of dire need the invaluable senice these volunteers have rendered The same ability and determination which en-

*7<>ndmg area m recent years able these men to devote countless hours day and with their tireless efforts in response to emergency night, month after month in volunteer service to this calls It should be S'source of considerable local pride community enabled them to cop the coveted place that the quality of service rendered by the Greenville they now occupy among the talented rescue squads Rescue Squad has been recognized in competition with in international competition the best in the North American continent.

Any community which has an active and well-trained rescue squad is fortunate indeed. But certainly the community which has the constant service of the best rescue squad in the entire country should count itself by far more fortunate than the rest.

The Reflector adds its congratulations to the members of the Greenville Rescue Squad for the covet- The Daily Reflector calls attention of its readers '

ed position they have won among the rescue squads special series of articles by Professor Willard

of the United States and Canada. At the same time b<ibby w'hich began with yesterdays edition,

we join with other citizens of the community in ex- This special series of 15 articles, written to inpressing to these men who give unstintingly of their the public of what they might expect in case of

time and talents our heartfelt appreciation for the riuclear attack and what they might do to sur\ive such contribution they are making to the better of this attack or subsequent fallout, has been carefully

community and its people. prepared by Americas best known authority on fall-

Unlike many other Rescue Squads which were radiation. It is a series designed to afford the

entered in the international competition, the Green- public the be.st, possible information on how to pre-

ville squad has not been in operation for 10, 15 or 20 P^*" such an emergency situation and what to years. They have been organized a relatively few should such an emergency arise.

Many people of this area already have begun to take steps toward preparing themselves and their families for an emergency fallout. Many others have indicated interest in doing something to give their families a better chance of sur\dval in case of heavy fallout, but have not known exactly what kind of preparations to make.

It is our hope that this series of articles by Professor Libby will provide aji'wors to many questions the people of this area have about fallout, radiation, and practical steps which might be taken to give each family a better chance of surviving nuclear fallout.

The Reflector is happy to be able to present this -y outstanding series of articles on thi.s timely subject to its readers, and we trust our readers will not only find them of interest, but will also find thenu-helpful in making plans for the protection of their families.

We Will Bury You, Too, Joe.

years, and most of their equipment has come from

New Vacanies ..n The Assembly

Bv LYNN MSBET

VACANCIES T^vo vacan'^lp.'s Jn the membership of the 1%1 Senate and four in the House of Representatives have occurred iince the regular se.ssion adjourned.

Sen. Edward B. CTark of Bladen noth district) waA appointed a Superior Court Judge by Governor Sanford, and Sen. Spencer Bell of Mecklenburg 20th district) was named to the Federal Fourth Circuit Court by Prc.si-dent Kennedy.

Rep. Ike Andrew/? of Chatham was appointed solicitor; Rep. r> G. Bell of Carteret went on the highway commi.wion; Rep. Charles Cohoon of Tyrrell became director of probation, and Rep John R. McLaughlin of Iredell was named on the In-du.strlal Commission.

So far as can be learned through official chanaeis in Raleigh there has been no attempt to fill the vacancies in the House of Repre.sentativp.s. The Democratic executive committee having re.sponsibility for mminating Interim appointees apparently have reasoned that with the Legislature not in ses-r.iou, and wdth at least some OMc.stion about validity of an oath administered during such recess, there was no point in getting excited.

More action was noted with re.spect to the Senate vacancies. Immediately upon learning that Senator Ed Clark has resigned to don judicial robes the executive committee of Bladen county met and nominated Chatham C Clark to be State Senator. That name was transmitted to Governor Sanford for commissioning, a.od when the Governors office seemed a bit slow the Bladen folks raised caln.

Some of the "new senators

(?) friends wanted to make a big do about swearing-in ceremonies in the courthouse at i.li/abethtown. The Governors office still declined to get rx-Cifed. And for what seems to be very goods rea.son.s. The North Carolina coastitullon and .statutes do not have tlie .spfTiiic 'e.'tictions impo.scd on mrm-b< rs of the Congress that leg-Lslators cannot take the oath of oiixe except in the open .session of the Hoiuse to which they have been elected. But the constitutional provusion that each House of the General A.s.sembly fhalJ be the judge of the qualifications and election of its "own members raises serious que,s-tion whether a Representative or a Senator could take a valid cath before his application for membership had been submitted

to the full body.

PROCEDURE A vacancy occurred in the State Senate from the 10th district by reason of appointment of the Incumbent senator to the superior court bench. The Bladen county com-.mittee moved in quickly to lio.mlnate a replacement for the resigned senator, and the recommended candidate has been ccmmis.sioned by the Governor but up to now has not been sworn in as a Senator.

A vacancy occurred In the Slate Senate from the 20th dLs-tr.ci by reason of appointment of Incumbent Senator Spencer Bell to the Federal Circuit Court bench. The Mecklenburg county executive committee met and di.'scussed the matter at length -and decided not to ask the Governor to appoint a Senator, .sir.cp the appointment could be nothing more than a very empty honor, if that.

The con.stitutlonal amendment adopted In I9.'>2 provided for rinrriination by the executive ccmmittee of the party and commissioning by the Governor of a fill-in members of the General -Asstmbiy. Prior to that time an election was necessary.

Like .so many coastltutioual and statutory provisions, this one was designed to take care of one situation only. That was to assure there would be no long drawn out vacancy In the legislature while the election process tunctioned. And, also like many ot.htr provisions, this one fails completely to deal With the situation of a vacancy in the Legislature when it is not In fcssion. Apparently It was the sense of the people who pro-ro.sed and adopted the filJ-in amendment that legislative membership was not important u'lle.ss the legislator had opportunity to vote or otherwise act as a state official-

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ICONOCLAST Ike London, veteran editor of the Past-Dis-patch newspaper at Rockingham, Is most times a conform-i^L. But occasionally he likes tn go.on rampage and bust up a lot of idols. Like this week V lien he digs into old Colonial Records to uncover the origin of Queens College, the more or les.*: sacred lastitution at Char-lotU* operated under supervision ol the Presbyterian Church and dedicated primarily to the Christian education of young w'o-rnen The 1771 act establishing the .school provided that it s.hould he supported by a tax on all rum and alcoholic bov-eragps sold In Mecklenburg county.

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By JAMES .MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) Jhe Russian people must now go through a revulsion and revolution in their thinking after seeing Stalin excoriated and his nedy hauled from the shrine be-/ide Lenin.

The re.sult should be creation of a new skepticism about the atvolute rightne.ss of their Com-nii'nlst leadership and a softening of the partys rigid control over their minds But it dop.s not follow this will mean a softening in Soviet foreign policy or any le.s.senrig of Premier Khrushchev.s demands on Berlin. It .should be renn m-

t>ered the RiLs.sian.s are Intense ly nationali.stic. and have been So. no matter what their doubts about the wisdom of fh^ir leadership at home, they 'an he expected to rally arouna the flag when their governmrnt. Communist or otherwise, dhals with foreign nations.

By propaganda, edict, reprr.s-s'ens and reprlsaLs., pra<'rallv ail Russlaas alive and able co read and write when Stalin died in 1953 had been conditioned into acceptance, muted or ec.static, of his wisdom, rightness, good-ne.ss, and Communist .sanctity.

Now Khrushchev and bther.s Ir the leadership have revealed Stalin as a pathological monster whoby his exce.sses. misuse of power and self-idealizationwas in effect an enemy of the people and a betrayer of the revolution.

From these belated disclosures the Russian people can draw only one conclusion: Theyd been bad They had been bamboozled by Stalin and since his death urtil now by Khrn^hchev and others who withheld the truth Iroin them.

They cannot avoid feeling like fools when they remember how by the mlllion.s since 19.5.3 they, stoiHj in long lines to .see the* oody of this man who had become as much their "little father" a.s any czar This will compel them -to a mere questioning and rntlcal evaluation of their leader.-hip.

If demonstrates hnw propaganda can delude them To this ex-tei I the revelations about Sfalui are a liberalizing force The leide|ship harl to realize this before it permitted the demin-(Milion.s.

Ironically Stalin hirn.self had set Ioo.se the mast Iibrializ ng foee of all with the iiroad edn. er.t onal .sy.'tein rreat<d m h;.s idef.Mie No doubt he tilt .sfrief control could keep u in

liaiKi

fhii eontrolling the million.s of iliiiTatf. pea.sani, he and I.eniii inh( riled when they made their revolution stick is not the .same

as brainwashing an educated people, although Stalin did pretty well at it.

The more the education, the broader the intellectual class. T.he greater the intellectuality, the more the questioning, quietly or openly, of what the government controls tend to be medieval.

Sfoner or later, therefore, there had to be a loosening up in Russia. There Is no reason to think it wouldnt continue.

But when nationalism gets involvedas it will in Russias relations with other countries emotionalism begins to affect the judgment of intellectuals afd pea.sanls alike.

For this reason it would be Wishful thinking to believe a laekening of party control at home means a softening of Rus-.sian policy abroad, particularly wdien it involves Russias enemy , Germany.

If anyone doubts the force of nationalism, he can look closer than Riussia.

In this country there are political disagreements over do-me.slic policies but intellectuals and non-intellectuals a^like close ranks against any outside force, like Ruada, when they think America's vital interests are at stake,

Khrushchev no doubt had many reasnas for disenchanting Ru.'^sian.s about Stalin.

Some obvious ones come to mmd: to silence the Communist party members who criticized Mm for not being more like Stalin at a time when he felt he nefded new methods; to rebuke the Stalini-st Red Chinese who now mast criticize the entire Ilt.ssian Communist party, not Jn.si Kli'.n.slu'hev; perhap.s to give the masses of the 220 million Rassian people a greater sense of participation In the de-csion of the Rassian Commu-oi.st party which numbers only 9.7 million members.

Khrashchpv at this time had good rea.son for wanting all thi.=. He IS eager to build up Rus.sia economically witness h;.<; 20-year plan which he says whl carry Rassia ahead of the Uri'ted State.sand this requires new re.soiirci's of energy, dcdi-c.ition and participation.

tiine.s goes on Rassia. in t.'.e pron .S.S of building up a well-i'd pr().speroas and oontenl-*d .MK'.ity, will bt'conie more (or.-ci \;itive. It .seenus to be iiUivitiL- on (hal7 road now. But 0; niiiuini.'in i.' .still in its exper-Inontal. iorinative stage.

It will ))! years before if can be eoiiMdered truly coaserva-t.vf Bill in time it may prove to be the most con.ser

forei in h;.^Iury.

Do you like cats?

Are you interested in^ their welfare? (ha ha)

Would you like to "do" something about it?

You guessed itmaybe you did. This is International Cat Week. Not state or national or North American but INTERNATIONAL Cat Week, sponsored by The American Feline Society, Inc., who boast some 23 years of selfless, unpaid, dedicated service to the Cat.

Wonder what they do about people who work against them?

Anyway, while we are celebrating all kinds of events, we would never be the ones to overlook Cat Week. We will discuss the pros and cons of cals, their most distinguishing traits and the only favor we ask

Is NO cats.

About the most distinguishing trait is their ability to multiply.

This is a surprise.

We know one person up one morning

who

woke up one morning and Nobody will dispute that, we couldnt find dear kitty. Kitty

feel sure. Next, they shed hair. was hiding in the mattress

And they scratch. And scratch ^^s^i^chow managed to claw its

Itito the nice warm bed

That meow sound they make Is ^Tnd was actually inside the mat-

music to cat lovers, but agony to the enemy, which may be a person, dog or bird.

They have an amazing ability to make mince meat out of the biggest dog, and what they do to birds shouldnt even be mentioned in a family paper such as this.

They love milk, as a rule.

These are all common traits. There are some uncommon ones.

Such as the cats that are best pals with the household dog.

Other Editors Saying , . Durhams Nuclear Views

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

The general feeling in Washington is that sooner or later rno.'tly soonerthe . S. Is going to have to resume atmospheric ruciear bomb tests. That Is in line with the feelings of North Carolinas former Rep. Carl Durham who says we will have tc resume testing in order to keep up with other countries meaning th Soviet Union.

Durham knows something about atomic energy, having been a charter member of the Joint Atmoic Energy Committee which shepherded development of the first atomic bomb through all its red tape and obstacles. And Durham admits the prospect of resuming tests does little to cheer him up.

But If other countries Insist on tetting in the atmosphere it wilj be necessary that we resume such tests to keep up, he iaslsts. These are just haj-d facts we must face. And one of the ha-d facts is that when we add oar own tests to those of the Ru.'isians in the atmosphere, the air we breathe is going to be just that much more contaminated.

At the same time, there will be diplomatic repercussions.

While Russia has poisoned the air and terrorized the world for tne past couple of months with its own bombs, it will be Rassia thtat will scream loudest when the U. S. resumes its own at-mc.spheric tests. Neutrals, too. will have some loud words to uftei. keeping in mind the fact that these same neutrals have n.if knocked themselves out con-(h nining Khrashchevs newest bomb bursts.

The tragedy of the whole sor

ry mess is that Russias .50-megaton test was so unnece.s sary. It is recognized by mili lary experts to be unfeasible We could have exploded dozens of such bombs years ago if it had served a purpase. The result of Russias bull-headed insist-ance on testing such a big bomb 1/5 increased poisoning of the worlds air,

Durham insisted, at the time of Americas atmospheric tests In the Eniwetok area four years ago, that we begin underground tests as a means of gaining ase-ful data without the danger of fallout. It is harder to get the needed information, he admits, from underground tests. However. a great deal has been gained by our underground experiments, particularly in peaceful uses of atomic energy.

Unquestionably the U. S. has considerable retaliatory power in nuclear weapons at this time. This was pointed out recently b.v several different administration officials, some even insisting that we are this time ahead of the Russians in nuclear military weaponry. That may be true; how long would we maintain such a margin If Russia continues its current series of tests while we do nothing?

That is the point former Rep. Durham makes, and that Is why he Insists we will be forced to re.sLme atmospheric tests if the Soviet continues its own. And this resumption by the U. S. will mean diplomatic fireworks, dirtier air for the ma.sses to breathe, and a step nearer to war This move by the U S Is one we cannot avoid, but thuS dors not eliminate one whit the (ragic note so evident In the sfoiy of our time. \

tress. After the cats extraction, from the mattress that is, things were sort of different for le feline.

Anyway, we havent said anything good or bad about the cats.

Weve just brought the facts before you and you can make up your own mind, though in this column we do have the privilege of coloring things if we wish.

If you are interested In becoming a member of the American Feline Society, Inc.. you can write for your cat kit (thats what they say. so help me). If you are really enthusiastic, they will accept a $250 single payment for life membership. Otherwise. you can pay dues in other ways, such as monthly pledge (amount optional), gift (same), $.5 subscription annually and so on.

; Opinions In

3rie::

We must learn, above all, (hat hapipiness is a relative state of mind, that we can accomplish through intelligent, Christian though and deed. And when we learn this, life will flow on more ca.?ily and more full and more enjoyable. Hertford County Herald.

"And now a sports writer has a column discu.vsing an Oedipus complex. Boy, this quality education is really hitting on aU cylinders. Raleigh Times.

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THE UNITED WAY

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Soviet,

Niiclear

Sallout

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright, 1961, King Feature* Syndicate, Inc.

Perhaps the most significant fact about the Pall-Out is that no one can guarantee precisely where it W1 fall. The huge cloud that Is crossing Sibena must settle on parts of Red C^na as well as on other parts of the wol-ld. The Chinese are but frightened by the butchery of Khrushchev and they are alerting their clangfers that face them. This may be a cause for hysterical anti-Sovietism.

The geography of northern Asia needs to be studied vei*y carefully to understand what the Russ^ns are doing. The bombs are being exploded in the vicinity of Noraya Zemlya whicti lies closest to the Arctic Ocean. Soviet Russia is using the tun^ for its explosions to avoid affecting its own mbre densely populated area.

The cloud of Fall-Out moves 0 uthward to Mongolia and therefore must settle on the northern provinces of Red China. The Mongolian cities lie in both Russia and China, although Mongolia lies between Turkestan and Manchuria. Whereas the Russians might say that this area is not densely populated, it is impossible to guarantee that the Fall-Out will not drop down on Manchuria and the northern provinces of China which are very densely settled. Manchuria particularly has absorbed a large population during the past century.

To the west of the cloud lie Sweden and Greenland and it is the Russian objective that some of the Fall-Out will cross the North Pole into American territory. The likeUhood is that it will cross Kamchatka to Alaska across Canada with a tail flying oyer the United States. American weather is made in Siberia and in the entire area affected by the Russian explosions.

Strontium 90 and other radioactive chemicals formed by the explosions of nuclear weapons are chemicals which do not ordinarily exist in nature but which come into existence as a result of these explosions. These chemicals are very damaging to all that bves upon the Earth because they convert both living and inert matter into radioactive material. The chemicals remain in the atmosphere after explosion, slowly moving in the form of a cloud. When the chemicals settle on rain clouds, they come down to Earth and penetrating the soil, they pollute it. The crops that grow in such polluted soil become poisonous and when eaten by animals that consume the crops, poison the animals, so that cows give off radioactive milk and meat which can have permanent devastating effects upon human beings who consume these commodities.

Genealogists are not vet absolutely sure as to the genealog-ical effects of Strontium 90 on human beings, but it is believed that if consumed in sufficient quantities, it will so affect the genes that an entirely new race will be procreated. Much of the discussion on tins subject is theoretical and cannot be substantiated by evidence. Hqwever, distinguished gcnt-al-ogists hold firmly to their theories and laymen accept their statements until they have better information, as the subject is extremely technical and most of us do not quite understand it.

This then is what the term Fall-Out means and it is naturally a cause for con.siderable fear and disturbance. Until the subject has been proved absolutely. no one can say what t^he effect of the Fall-Out will be and how much radioactive Fall-Out must drop down to do real damage. The amount varies with different reporls.

At this moment, it must be said that Soviet Russia achieves no purpose in exploding bom'\s. These are not scientific experiments. While they do frishl-en the masses of any country, government know that we are far ahead of the Ru.ssians in atomic development.^.

The pxplosioas are acts of terrorization. The taiget is not fixed and actually cannot be fixed, which means that whereas bombs may be exploded anywhere, the end result of the rxplo.sion is a puzzle to the shooter and to the vie'im (Continued on Page 5)

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.Modern .se;riic loftily dusdaias :* I ancient heliel in ovil .spinis. Aiid of eoiir.s,. .se ruire* would ap-ixai well JiatiLed in such a e.'iTlu.'^inn Kverylhing in the imdern world poaits in pre-ci elj the oppasite direction to I'.at of till' ancient belief.

Pi't we are arrested, as we ri*K. the New Testament, to d;.= cover that Je.sas seems to lave accepted the exustencp of evil fpints without que.stion .Many would account for fhLs bv saying that Jesu.s was a mar of his aue. and therefore he shared the belief* of Tils age. even though .some of the.se belli fs may have been mistaken Others would say that Jr.sus well Knew (hat there wa* no such thing a.s evil spirits, hut luved the concept because the people of that day could understand no other.

Nev*rlfu^\v,s. as wp ponder tle |)idbleiii there appeals to be f It than this. The peo-pl* who dPbelieve evil spirts. li'h however, hi'lieve m angels! nuft If ange^ good spinU> exist inav not their opposite niimber.s exi.sf al'^o'* Furthermore, are we not eonflniially impre.ved bv fhi reaI:/atioi) that there Is a di.tinet p Ional element in the evil which eontinnally assails (US- If WP hellpve in thp Devil, is ( iinre.asonable to believe that h satanic majesty may have qiuft a lot of eager workers a; .'ting him^

Moo'ern. w ell-edneated people do not and probably cannot believp In evil .spirits, but neither, If they arc a.s wise a* th\ apiwar to be. can they d'.-mls.s the idea without con-sideral>!p reflection

rta(l the New 'lestament raixlully and think thi* over as you do

By e:lmer roes.sner

The snap back from the late-19<;(, and early-19t)l recession which the Democrats today are caII.ng the "Eusenhower reces-sien ha.s been le.vs than hoped for, Jmtged by corporation profit.*.

The First National City Banks <ji.ilrterly tabulation .shows that the net profit of 791 leading corporations in the third quar-tir wpre 2 per cent less than ir. the .second quarter, although Pd cent above the third (or Elsenhower quarter of I960.

Huithermore. the net income lot the first nine month# of the VI ar was .5 per cent less than the net in the first nine months

C( 19S0.

It was. of course, unfair to chaiacterlze the 1960-61 dip as at. "Eisenhower' recession. R b lust as unfair to cah the fx-penpiice ^>0 far this year a Kenurdv slump" simply because eoriKiration profits were less tlian in the last comparable

E-senhower period.

CYCLIC DEVELOFME.VT.S

A.v most economists tell me, lP( rises and falls during the l.uvt three Administrations are irrsely c.vclic and. while government action may round off rough corners, it cannot suddenly reverse trends.

The Indiustry groups In the New York banks summary, showed wide industrial d'vergen-c.^s

For example, the 31 Iron and .teel corporations had earnings in the third quarter that were 70 per cent higher than the thiid quarter of 1960 However, then profits in the first nine month* of this year were 32 ner cent below the first nine month* of i960.

At the same time, 46 machinery companies, closely related to the iron and sieel companies. showed gain* of 21 per V( tiL in the third quarter over a year ago. and 16 per cent for t.hc first nine moothi.

.() FAR THIS YEAR

\mong the gains during the first nine months of the .vear were 9 tobacco producs compan ie.s, up 9 per cent; 27 p<ti oleum companies, up 9 per cent and 36 food and beverages companies, 63 electric power and R2S companies, and 2 telephone and telegraph companie.s, each up .5 per cent.

Among the declines were 44 railroads down 44 per cent; 22 autf and parts companies, down 31 per cent; .32 electrical radii and TV companies, down 23 per cent, and 29 textiles and apparel companies, down 21 per cent.

The changes are le.ss drastic than the figures indicate, the bark suggests; "As asual, the ni(M notable Improvements in earnings performance over the I960 period was scored by in-di.*rlc.s that were sorely dc-pre.vced a year ago. . The ai.fi. industry, despite reduced *aJc* because of early model

at

cliange-overs and a .s'rikn General Motors, was .still able t > come clase to year ago le-siuls

Ihe.se companies showed earnings ,n the thiro xjuarta^r on-y 2

per cent less than in the third 19. quarter.

IK YOU HAVENT GOT NOU^^'** SWEax ABOUT

formed

to bring the sauna to America.

A sauna 1* a dry-heat Finnish cath with temperatures rang-\ftp IfW to 250 degrees.

' a sauna. Finns often run snow, but if I ^ expected of so.i.helJcd American steamers. The company, InternaMonal Sauna Corp.. 3.50 Fifth Ave., New

V Finn-^h

' P''ia^ncated a.spea nood. igneous rocks and othe* equ pment. It ^-ii] franchise other companie* to operate saunas.