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Af tht ytar-tnd tpproaches, most people turn to tnkinf ftock of the pMt ear and appraising whit the niw ycir will bring. It ft true in Pitt as it if in moit other countiea of thi itate.

By most yird-fticks, 1901 proved i good year for Pitt County's economy. AgriculturiUy, it wii one of the bitter years for thi county and although there were some ioft spots in farming in a few eectioni of the county, moit crops produced good yieldi and brought good prices.

Business-wise throughout the county 1961 likewise proved a good year generally speaking. The general economy, which was good in 1960, apparently was better in 1961. Job opportunities throughout the year were better than in the previous year and per capita earnings likewise moved upward putting more money Into circulation throughout the economy of the county. Construction work on- the Voice* of America installations as well as new building^ on the East Carolina College campus and general commercial and residential building provided more payrolls in this partl^lar field than in the previous year.

Manuf^uring plants in the county provided employment for a laraer number of citizens than in the previous year, and this also was reflected in the generally better economic picture.

With these factors as a backdrop for looking around the corner into 1962, they afford a promising picture for Pitt from the economic standpoint in the

"ncidents Point Ud-FIow In Law

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0AJUBLE88NEBS lUMDt nubilcltT about tht way real estata dfvtlopert have aponged oti tht taxpajtrt for Powell bill atrtat Improvament funds cen-tart mtaraat on one of tht wtak-ta| polnta in tha North Carolina lofialatlva ayttam .^During the paal four or five years a number of awt^u eommunltlea, mcnstly akmf tha eoaat. with from threa to SO population, hava bean in-eetporatad as municipalities and ttuit madt aliglble for use of BUta faaoliaa Ux road money under tarma of tha Powall bill for davalopmant of thair atraats.

Thaaa Incidente have pointed up a aarlout flaw in the 1951 act"ittalf, which has been known .aa tha Powall bUl. and waa haUad at Ita paaaaga as a long forward atop toward equity with ragpaet to distribution of State gaaoUns taats in towns and cit-Tha idea was and is good, tha porpoaa aound. Nobody at tha time thought about tha pos-slbllltjr of incorporating a hun-drgd aoras or mor of undevelop-ad uninhabited land into a mu-nleipaUty. running a aurr#yor*a ling to deslfnatg "streets'* and applying for tax money to build tha roads- Baeausa the State highway oommlssion and moat administration officials oppoaad thg use of fasollne tax money In tha towns, tha law was writ-ten ao a to ptrmit them very llttla voice in the distribution or use of Powell funds. When a eommunlty met the requlrementa of tha statute there was no alternativa but to allot money on beals of straet mlleafc.

Hio abaurd situations which have rocgntly developed are not BO much tha raault of flaws in tha Powill although thasa art obvloua, aa an indictment of tha eartlesanaas and utter dis* rofard of members of the Oen-aral Aasambly in the decencies and proprlatiaa in tha mannar of lacorporatinf ntw towna.

LOCALHalf tha members or mora often do not know what thay ara voting for. Tha-^bllla ara latreduoad undar tha fuiaa of "local laglalatloo" and by long cuatpm tha other members support puraly local bills sponsored by ooUaafuea, Of coursa, a bill that adda to the tax load of tha eitlm of avary county cannot ba proptrly elaiaod as local. But It la aaay for tha represanutlva to aay UtUa bill Just Incor-jwrttaa a immunity in my county and in not intaraatad to anybody alan 8o tha bill la glvan favoratala aotlon, not on its marita but aa a courtesy to a eoUaagua.

Oomaa, Uma for final paaaaga of tha maaaura in one of those

fast moving "local billa only aaalonn Only tha tiUa of tha act la read and that often la vague. If it levies or permits a tax, as the incorporating acts do. it must go through a roll eall vote on separata days. And here la whara many a legislator gets trapped. The House and Senate both have rules permitting what is called the "short roll call. That la on tha firat vota tha full membership la called and each members vote recorded in the Journal. If there Is no negative vote and there seldom is on tha locals when tha next bill la called the presiding officer is likely to announce that "Without objection the short roll call will be used " Nobody objects and the .clerk napa aomathlng Ilka "Andrews, Harris, Zolllcoffer" and there Is a chorus of ayes. Thereupon the speaker declares that "96 members havtng voted in tha affirmative, none In tha negative. the bills have passed third ^ reading and will be aent to tha senate."

That may happen a dozen timea in one day. and on avery roll call tha aama men who answered the'firat time are re-oorded. Meantime aome of them may have left the chamber. Later when confronted with the Journal record that be votad for such and such a bill ha is surprised and angry. But It'a too late then. Couru have ruled jrou cannot go back of tha Journal.

MOTIVESNot many legislators have ulterior or selfish motives in their introduction of or voting for bills of this kind. BtlU fewer of the rank and file maoibara are eonaeioua of the wrong they may ba doing by supporting such measures. But the 111 effect is Just as serious as if it were deliberate. Tha thousands of dollara which hava gone into private real astata da-velopmanta through Powell fund allotmenU mean Just that much less for honest use in bonnflde towna which are struggling to render adequate aarvica to tax-pyw. _

SALUTElThe Mf news storlea seem to have missed It, but soma of those who attended the 66th birthday caremoniea at Kill Dev-U Hills last week were as much Impraasad by tha formation flight of hundreds ot Oantdlan Snow Ooasa over the Wright Memorial pylon aa they ware by the Jet planea. Tha geasa came up from tha Pea Xaland refuge on Hattaraa ialand, and it it aid they aaldom gat that; far away from home baaa on tam-porary flighta.

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Conitruction work on the VO A facilities will continue during the coming year with a target date for completion near the end of the year. Ai this huge facility nears completion more families of the permanent personnel who will operate the installation will begin moving into the county to live here and make their living here*

The general economic outlook for the iratjioh in 1962 is good, according to the experts, and should be reflected in steady and perhaps expanding operations for the manufacturing plants already located in Pitt. Prospects of greater expansion of manufacturing facilities nationally in 1962 should enhance the possibility of other Industries locating in Pitt to provj^e additional jobs and payrolls. Completion of the new Industrial training center being planned by the county should likewise make Pitt a more attractive location for for prospective industries.

East Carolina College, which is the largest single industry in the county, is anticipating continued growth In the coming year as has been the case for more than a decade now. An increasing enrollment will require a larger faculty and staff for the college and here again be reflected In increased steady payrolls.

In agriculture, which continues to be the main-''stay of Pitt County, the outlook is for another successful year. Expansion of supplemental income crops on ,the farms of the county have in recent years produced more year-round Income for farmers and this has reflected Itself in sn improved economic condition. Tobacco controls will remain In effect for the next three years and the 1962 tobacco acreage allotments have been set at the same as this year.

As the final days of 1961 slip off the worn calendar and 1962 begins, most signs point t another year offavorable economic conditions for Pitt County and its citizens.

Color Standardization Idea Holds Np Glamor

At the risk of being accused of unrealistic pessimism, we hazard the opinion that the new color standardization system advocated by the'Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards will find limited acceptance In the American business world.

The idea behind the color standardization Is sound: to have a fixed designation for each color so people can ask for a specific color and get exactly what they ask for. But can you imagine the fashion designers giving up^^ea mist green for such an ordinary color standard designation as blue-yellow, 4 white, density 1 ? I

. Or ifiould the ladies be satisfied if every shell pink were the same color and it was no longer called shell pink, but rather given a standard designation? Think how absurdly simple it would make shopping. Kather than going from store to store to find just the right color ear-rings to go with the new dress, the ladies could merely designate, by number what color they wanted and have it delivered. It would take much of the fun out of shopping, not to mention the physical exercise that would be lost to the nation if the ladies didnt have to walk a couple of miles through stores to find the right outfit.

On paper the new color standardization sounds fine, but we doubt it will catch on. And the ladies will not be eiAirely responsible. Certainly the ardent fisherman wouldnt rely on a color standardization to pick out^the feathers he wants in a bass bug or a bream fly. He has to finger through a wide assortment to find the exact combination that he knows the fish will ^relish.

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ItB now three days since Christmas and nobody has heard anything about pogo since East Carolina * College closed and its "pogb champion" went home to Charlotte for the holidays.

As of Dec. 9, James Shuman

of BC.C. had hia record of 601 times, then his record of 934 times beaten by 12-year-old Sidney MiUi who Jumped 3,812 times. A young lady from Greenville, Linda Spain, also 12, beat Shuman also by Jumping 1,130 times.

Other Editors Saying... A Branch At Ft. Bragg?

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By JAMES MARLOW *

WASHINGTON (AP) - Its gotten so that if an American president stayed home hed look like a snob.

In the past 11 months President Kennedy has received at least 30 visit* from foreign . heads of state and prime ministers. plus scores of ambassadors, and has made several foreign visits himself.

There are four good reasons for this back-and-forth business;

Truly fast travel: end of Isola-tlonlsnl and new, close ties with other countries: abandonment of tha Idea that only a president's subordinate.^ should dabble tn diplomacy and Premier Khrushchev himself.

It would have taken President Jamas Madison about 24 months allowing two weeks for a look-aroundIf he had -wanted to visit the 1815 Congress of Vienna in those days of sail and coach.

That would be too long for any president to be away. But Kennedy could get to Vienna now in less than 11 hours by Jet.

Once Jhls country moved out of Its > historic Isolationwith World War IIIt began moving in the exact opposite direction. Now it is tied to nations around the world by military alliances and foreign aid.

This has created a community interest which this country never shared in before and makes it natural for all the big wigs involved to visit one another and talk shop.

In the long history of American isolatlonsim It was routine for American presidentswith the brief exception of Wilson and until Franklin D. Rooseveltto stay home and let their secr^ taries of state and ambassadors do the direct dealing with other governments.

There was no reason why they shouldn't have stayed home: the United ftates' policy was to be aloof.

Tha war ended that. The Brit-lah and Russian foreign secretar> lis were nobodies in the wake of Prime Minuter Wins ton Churchill' and Joseph Stalin Time was short, events momentous. So Roosevelt dealt with them in pdrson.

He made some memorable trips abroad to do so. President Harry S. Truman began the foundation of military alliances and* foreign aid which Prealdent Dwight D. Elsenhower Inheria-

ed. ThU led in time to exchange of visits^ but for one ^particular reason above all.

Premier Khrushchev made personal diplomacy a way of life for a head of government. He aaid the foreign mlnlatera were messenger boys, who could handle the grimy details after the top men made agreements.

But, he said, only the top men could get things done. Eisenhower would have looked negative or self-conscious if he had refused to meet the Russian.

The fact that his summit meeting with Khrushchev produced no successes has been pointed . to by those who want a return to the stodgy diplomacy of the pa.st as a reason why preeldents should stay home.

But that summit meeting cant be called a failure. It would have been amasing If, In one brief meeting, the worlda iUi could have been healed.

So far Kennedy, who met Khrushchev in Vienna last Juna, has not had to go into lengthy negotiations on any of his foreign trips. No doubt he will in time.

That he will continue to make visits abroadgiven new times, and new problemaseems Inevlt*' able.

Dean Rusk In 1960, which was before he became Kennedy! secretary of atata. took a dim view of personal negotiations or summit meetings by a president. He suggested the Job should be done V professionals-

Kennedy, who dominates both Rusk end American foreign poL icy seems to think differently. He doesnt act like a man who wants someone else to do his talking for him.

And. since his visitors would still continue to pour on him. he'd have to return aome of them with tripa abroad, even If he didnt negotiate at all.

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"There Is nothing in the leest 'free' about the personal enterprise system. Its operation calls for the expenditure of both money and effort. And It aleo requlree a great deal of constructive thought, and In these tunes of increasing interference by and competition from fov-erumeut agenciei it alao calls for not a amall amount of worry^"Cuero iTex.) Record.

(Greensboro Dai|br News)

A study by the state and Port Bragg exploring the poasibUlty of establishing a two-year branch of the University of North Carolina at the military reservation may be very much In order.

Dr. William Archie, director of the State Board of Higher Education, said Bragg officials are weighing a prQjpbsal offered by the board tor stieh> a study and an answer Is expected shortly. "I think theres a very real educational need at Fort Bragg and if the State of North Carolina can poesibly meet it. it ought to meet it, Dr. Archie said.

' He also stressed that state is committed only to study, nothing more, If the two-year branch were established, the federal government would pay up to $7-50 per semester for each soldier enrolled. Tuition in excess of that amount would be paid by the student. Thus, there would be no cost to the state.

The need for education at tha vast military reservation is urgent. Some 20,(KX) officer! and men at Bragg do not have col* lege degrees. The University of North Carolina has provided extension courses at Bragg, but most colleges limit the number of credits allowed for extension courses. Bragg had asked, the state to establish a regular four-year college at the military base, but the State Board of

Higher Education did not think that "sound educational policy*

While the need for at least a two-year educational institution at Fort Bragg cannot be denied, the question as to whether the University of North Carolina should take on such a chore has far wider ramifications, The university is Uie capstone of the states higher education system. It strives after excellence at the top. and while Its mission should never become exclusive, there are factors concerning quality which cannot be ignored*

If the university established one .branch at Fort Bragg,

would it have a strong case against another at Elizabeth

City, or Wilmington, or Charlotte or Asheville? Just how far can a great university go in extending Its services without watering down its quality?

North Carolina has other in

stitutions which might meet the Fort Bragg need far better than the University of North Carolina There are likewise private Institutions. even Fayettevilles

new Methodist College, which might find fertile fields at Bragg.

While a study 1* very much In order, the State Board of Higher Education-and the university itself should go slow indeed about the business of cafeterla-l i k c uniVFTflity instruction* The capstone nmt remain the capstone, not an institution which spreads itself thin:.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS THAT THRILLLNG REMINDER

Phillips Brooks, the great Episcopal rector of Trinity Church in Boston and later Bt|-hop of Massachusetts, was tht outstanding preacher lo the United States one hundred yeara ago. He was beloved of all classes. One day a tailor said to him: 1 am not of your faith, but often I come to hear you preach because you make me think of God.

It is not often that we' encounter people who definitely make us think of Ood. Onoe in a while we do. and these are oe-casions which haunt our minds with pleasantness for months, and sometimes years which follows. As we encounter some people we think only of evil, of meanness, of narrowness and

bigotry. Once a while there is a man or woman who makes us think of God*

It would not be an adequate description of Jesus to aay that he was one who caused humanity to think of God. bit it can certainly be said that this wai one of the things he did. Today people who are not Christians at all, who are adherents of oth- er faiths in distant parts of the world, reverse this Jesus, acknowledge his greatness, and think of God when they think of him. Gandhi was said to have carried a New Testament with him at all timea and to have read it every day.

Men and women who make us think of God!- How precious they are; Rare? Yea, but like most rare things, precious because of this rarity.

"You make me think about God.

By PATRICIA MOORE A

All Quiet On ^ogb Front

' The whole thing started about the first of December when Shuman decided E.C.C. was not recognized in the field of college fads. He decided on pogo as the fad for E.C.C. He went home, got his pogo stick, and began-to Jump.

- The idea was to challenge college students. However, a college challenger is vet to be heard from, though the challenge hat been issued statewide.

So, as of Christmas, ,3roung Mills was pogo champion of the city, and county maybe 'even the world, as far as we know. and Linda was- unchallenged champion of jumping rope and Jumping pogo at the same time. Though various feats have been managed via the magic stick, nobody has ventured into the . rope jumping field, in fact, Shuman himself was mot happy to leave that to Linda.

He was,a little disappointed that a new pogo stick be ordered one which would have been stronger and more durable, failed to get here for his big test. As of the Christmas holidays, it had still failed to arrive.

Shuman, however, was In hopes that it would be here for a fresh after-Christmas start.

From a practical standpoint, the matter is Just about like it was when it started: Shuman claimed the pogo chamj^o: of eastern North Carolina college atudenta, and he has that. From now on, ha he Intends to stick with college crowd.

From a pliiloaophical standpoint, things are a little different. 'Was pogo a worthy crusade for the local college, which has prided Itself in tremendous growth and academic progress? Will such a crusade bring honor to the college? And. will there be any challengers for Shuman to beat on the college level?

Well say one thing. We sort of enjoyed the whole thing. We are anxiously awaiting the next step.

Opinions In Brief

"Predcnts, unlike the reet of us, have their own private Jets. But Jet aircraft have shrunk tae world for everyone else too . . . business people, tourists, students. They too can make friends and wield an influence. And that, one may hope, will prove to be the basic si^fleance of the Jet age." Industrial News^ Review.

"The Reds are building the East Germany wall bigger and stronger. Probably to keep out an influx of free people from the promised land,"Gillespie (lU.) News.

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Success

By OEOBOB B. 80K0LSKT Copyright. 1961. King Featores Syndicate, Inc.

m these days, It is so unusual for a father to live to see an entire family grow up who all achieve notable position. Such a blsMUif cam* to Joe Kennedy. < Although his eldest son died before the father, the second son. Jack became President of the United States; Bobby became Attorney General; Ted will probably become Governor of Massachuaetts. The daughters have not married for wealth or position but have established aoclally purposeful Uvea.

This is indicative of a disciplined and well-bred family that found within family life a , completion and Joy that is not usual in this era. To know a Kennedy is to know a clan, headed by Joe and Rose. The devotion of one for the other is beautiful. Bobby, Jacks campaign manager, has been devoted to his brother, giving his time and his ability to aid his brother to succeed. The sisters and the brothers-ln-law joined the campaign and went before the pubuc to serve their brother. Even Rose, the mother, now 73, campaigned along with the Kennedy girls. Thla was a family In action.

Joe has had the gratification of seeing hit boys and girls grow' into positions of prime significance. I remember, years ago. seeing the proud father walk down Fifth Avenue on Easter Sunday with his boys ^ and girlathen a young patriarch of a growing clan. And he brought to them the ideal of patriotism and religious-fealty. Few men could say that they had so completely succeeded in building a family that based lU relationship on mutuality and love. To have achieved this is enough for any man.

I have,, known Joe Kennedy many years and in all this time I knew the depth of this man's love of country. A friend said to me the night before Joe suffered a stroke;""I do not fear that the Kennedy boys will ever disgrace this country. Joe would shoot thesa if they did a dishonest act.NThat man was Bernard Baryc^h who is a good Judge of men. Herbert Hoover worked closely with joe Kennedy in organizing the Executive Branch of Government and always spoke In the highest terms of respect and affection of the father of this clan which were trained to public aervice and who knew no other life.

When Joe Kennedy was the American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, he was Bomatlmea berated as pro-Qer-raan or anti-British. Joe was neither. He was pro-American. He objected to any country taking advantage of the United States. He always thought in terms of what was beneficial to the United State's and if he and Franklin D. Roosevelt quarrelled, it was over each mans Judgment as to what was then best for the United States. This singleness of purpose, Joe passed on to his children.

He fashioned them for public life. He established them in economic independence, so that each could serve his country without succumbing to temptations or compromising to earn provender. Under his tutelage, they grew up solely for public service. He has had no cause to be ashamed of them. }

One year, I had delivered a lecture in Palm Beach and, as is the custom, some came up to apeak kindly to me and to shake my hand. And along came a modest little lady who aaid:

"Im Rose Kennedy, the mother of the Senator.

There was pride in her voice and I realized for the first time that this is not a congeries of individuals but a family, bound by love of proud of each others accomplishments. These young people were not competing against each other but were united in the strong personality of Joe who bred them to be effective and virtuous.

It is not Important that one became President of the United States. This is one of the accidents of life, an accident that might have gone one way or the other. What matters is that they have all grown up with elegance of manners, with a strong sense of moral responsibility, with a consciousness of civic duty. To me. it seems that Joe Kennedy had more to be proud of that he reared such chUdren than that he achieved wealth and position and that hla son is President. For what really matters is that men and women are good, not that they are successfuL And Joes progeny is good.

More Profit In Cutting 'Costs

By ELMER itdESSNKR All prognoaas are for higher oosts of material* and labor next year. This underscores thi fact that cutting costs may ba mora profittbla than making addl-tional salea.

This has always been true. But tha truth is more apparent when Fadtral taxaa ara high and state and local taxM art going hlghtr.

Here U the claaaic txaroplt: X Company makes 6 per cent an additional sales. If it in-areasea salea by II0O,(X)O In a year, it Incrieaaaa ita net inooma brfora taxes by $6.000. But if it cuta coats by I12,(XX). it Increaa-ea it* net by the amount that $300.000 in sales would yield.

And if the company is in tha 0 par cant Ftaaral tax braekat, a $13,000 cut In eoata would in

crease in aales of $400.000. increase in sales of $400000. TAX BITE ACTUALLY DEEPER

Many oorporationa pay $3 per cent Federal taxes on their top profits. In these caaaa tha profit* on any increase in aales would ba diminlshad by that rate.

In addition many companies are subject to atata county and city inooma taxes which may run from 1 to 7 per cent in-craasing tha tax levy to aa much as 50 per cent. However it does not usually reach tha maximum figure because amounts paid in local taxes are deduetibls before calculating Federal taxes.

Thus, if a company niakes 6 per cent on added aales and increases salas by $100,000 a year, U wiU make $6,000 before Fed

eral and local taxaa and, after them, only $2,460. In this case, a aavings of $2,460 in costs would equal additional sales of $100,000 a year and a savings of $5,000 would be better than a $200,000 sale* increase.

But pau.se. Many local gov-ernmanu levy gross receipts taxea, levying on Income even though It yields no profit. iTiaea rates vary, but they tend to make savings even more profitable then additional salat.

FIRE THE OFFICE BOY!

Prentlee-Hall calculate* that if a oorporatioo la in the 53 per cent bracket, then the cost saving of $1,000 will be a* much,In sales as the following amounts on these profit margins:

Equival esit Profit nargina in aalea

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Thus a company may increase Itc net profit more by firing a $40-a-weak office boy than by adding a $10.000-a-year eales-manwhich may be one of the things wrong lyith the present Robin Hood tax system.

BUY YOUB GRAVE NOW. , AVI ON INCOME TAXES Daniel X. b. Schwarti, pub-llshere of "Daniele Tax Bav-ers. a $i booklat. wrltae, "Elmer: Cemetery lota and care are deductible under charlteMa oontrlbutlone if bought from a nonprofit organization, which almost all are.

Daniel might hare addad that people burled in oemetertee are aleo exempt .from Social Security deductions and several other excises.