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Tuesday, March 20. 1962

Splinter System Would Weaken

To preeminent factors emerging in North might not get a college education an opportunity Carolina positt to the fact that considerable pressure to do so. As an industry** a college adds important

mont in the next lew years for more and larger iiayrolls to a community and* its growth potential community scattered in cities throughout is equal to if not greater than that of other in-

tht statie, dustries'* which might be sought and secured.

Firs; of a*i ihcre is the increasing demand , Goldsboro, Kinston an^^Elizabeth City, among among >pechse graduating from high school ? Eastern North Carolina, already have

for coJige eN.;catior.s. Xorth Carolina, which now indicated more than a passing interest in having ranks- roar 'he, honem in the number of its voung- ^ <^ommunit>* college in their respective cities. Rocky s:or< of oo' oge age who are actually in college, is in the past few years, put forth a tremendous

ir''ng 0 keep r'ore of its voungsters in public ^enimunitj effort in terms of both money and work, schoo.s they finish high'school. This will, if i order to be selected as the site for a new church-

i; ;< >;.;ot\ssf.r!. increase the number of those eligible If f. college. Charlotte, the largest city in the to iitor.i C'Oilcgo. At the sam time there is likewise Carolinas, is making a bid for establishing a major a s:a:o-v uie effort to interest more of the high /^

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sc hoc' graduates in furthering their formal education in coi lege. Add to these the fact that more youn.esters are entering public schools each year, and it is readily apparent that many more college classrooms will be needed in North Carolina during the next decade.

The second important factor is that cities of

dr the most part the efforts of these and other cities probably will be built around the idea of a state-sponsored community college as the cornerstone for the program. With time and effort some of those begun as community colleges may reach a size and scope of activities far beyond what is now the common idea of a community college.

This set of circumstances**uciiich is developing

North Carolina which do not now have colleges are jn North Carolina offers both a great opportunity coming to recognize the great economic and cultural and a great challenge to higher education. The iii-importance a college can have upon the community terest of individual communities mav open the door in which It IS located As an institution of higher for considerably more local support'for higher edu-learning, it automtica ly adds prestige to the com- cation than has been evidenced in these communities munity in which it is located. Its presence affords previously. If it can be properlv harnessed, addi-many youngsters of the community who otherwise tionaj_ facilitiesfar beyond>iW which the state

alone could provide may be in the offing for higher education.

At the same time the state government must not allow" its system of state-supported colleges to become a conglomeration of un-coordinated tiny _ v*x r>i ^erments which gobble up a disproportionate part

1 I ^ fundsNavailable for higher education to the detri-

mentmeiit of'e. b ulished institutions.

A practical ji: \eram should be worked out in North Carolina which will enable the stateto take advantage of the itureasing interest in establishing more colleges, and at the same time obviate the possibility of a spMnter system of institutions w'hich in total concept w'ould weaken rather than .strengthen higher education in this state.

Tons Of Food In Schoo'.

(Note to Readers: L\Tin NLs-bet Is out of the state, visiting In Tampico, Mexico.)

By WILLIAM H. GLLLEY

Department of .\griculture Guest Writer

What will it be?

A piping hot lunch, a full, balanced meal with all the trimmings including plenty of milk or a soggy sandwich, packed along with the books early in the morning?

The choice is natural with aome six hundred thousand school children in Nortn Carolina each school day.

The school lunch program in the state, fourth in size in the nation, feeds an average of 621.^ children a hot meal once a day. Imagine feeding the entire population.s of Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham. Charlotte, Asheville, High Point and Winston-Salem for lunch five days a week.

Moving the tons of foods to the school kitchens Is no small task. And the job is carried out by the N. C. Department of Agricultures markets division where J. P. Davis heads up commodity distribution.

canned green beans, canned cherries, frozen turkeys, pro-CC.SS and natural cheese, canned green peas, canned cona, canned tomatoes, fresh cranberries, canned sliced apples and apple sauce.

The section under Davis Is responsible for detennlning the eligibility of the schools and other units which can receive foods under the program, for the unit does not furnish foods to schools alone.

In.stitutions, nurseries and summer camps are provided foods from suit>1us supplies, too. La.st year they received 2,280,187 pounds of food items valued at $431.997.

Davis and his personnel. In supervising'the distribution program. visit some 1.500 schoc^. nearly 200 county and city school superintendents, around 80 other institutions and about 60 summer camps each year. Their inspections include freezer lockers where frozen items are kept and other storage facilities to make sure they are adequate.

With the advent of the needy food program in the state, storage facilities had to be ex-

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Effectiveness Rests At The Local Level

8y ALVIN TAYLOR

Young In Hear

At 81

She was white haired but spry, this lady in the Trading Post Antique Store in Wilson. Obviously .she had seen many Regulatioii.<i i.i.^ued by the State Board of Health it was

for assuring .sanitary conditions in migrant labor apparent that she had remain-camps in North Carolina are commendable, but county health departments throughout the state will determine through their enforcement of the regulations how effective thev are.

' +1 1 I 1 1 coiumnisi as we botn

Conditions in these labor camp.s have become looked at an ancient music

a matter of grave concern in recent years, and there box. You young folks dont

i? ample proof that manv ,-such camps have been far ''''drr.iiand it but a lot of

lielow what niiirht be considered standard or even

1 1 L-rr I Mctiiudiu ui tven qjij. homes when I was young.

reasonaDle. Li torts by the state to up-grade living i saw a table in here. We had

conditions for migrant farm workers should not end didnt

with i.ssuing a set of regulations anything special.

say.

All these things mean something to me. she told your columnist as we both

You know". Im 81 years old, the lady volunteered.

I told her, in all honesty, that she didnt look it.

A lot of people tell me that, she answered with a smile. I just got my duvers license renewed the other day.

I thought that it would be marvelous to be that active at her age.

She drifted off but later I saw her again as .'he was leaving. The 81-year-old lady climbed into a 1962 baby blue Thunderbird.

..u tu Lff tTA- We are confident most of the county health i gazed at the pnce tag on

P.?^des 4 SaSsbuYToISs am department.s will endeavor to .ee that the regula- TeTd AmCSTbeTrbie'

............ ."I health depart- ZZ .TiorZZy

ments are understaffed. Demands upon the time

of their employes already have them spread too

with a well-balanced hot meal as well as provides an outlet for the many agricultural commodities farm abundance provides.

The program helps local trade too. Davis says. For every dollar value of commodities supplied the schools by the . S. Department of Agriculture through the NCDA, three dollars worth are purchased locally to complete the school menus. In addition to the local purchases, many food items come to the program through purcha.ses by the USDA directly from North Carolina concerns.

In 1%1 some 30.992.000 pounds of food were received by 1,046 schools. The value of the food totaled more than $7.-545,000. The foods are handled out of warehouses at Butner. Many shipments made to larger school units are in boxcar loads diverted directly to unloading points for the schools.

In all thirty-two items are supplied through the program. They are; Flour, lard, non-fat dry milk, creamery butter, dry eggs, canned grapefruit, canned beef and gravy, frozen ground beef, rolled oats, canned olives, canned peaches, com meal, dry beans, rice frozen lamb, canned pork and gravy, peanut butter, frozen chicken, canned chopped meat. Irish potatoes, canned apricots.

ed to needy persons in 35 counties, and some 145.631 persons are receiving the federally donated surplus foods made available through the USDA.

Davis said that in 1961 some

retta?S5ySii migrpt labor camp.s will also be' the'.same'

distributed in the'state under" fOdnlie.s which have limited staff.s to take on the this program. additional chore of seeing that the camp.s are

Commodities going to needy operated in accordance with the state regulations families include canned meat. oatmeal, peanut butter, butter.

A former Greenville man James Corey wa.s on the de.s-troyer-e.scoFt Keller which was battered in the sudden storm

of their employes already have them spread too , i 7^ Vi o

thin for the jolas they are supposed to be doing. (Jt OPr ".riinr^ SnV/lDrT lM'>^not unlikeiy that the countie.s which have most 1-JU.iHJi O OLiyiiiy ...

Immunity Is Available

(Henderson Dispatch)

If the new program is to be effective.lhe state agaii^ the menace

" - - - of polio IS beuw sounded anew'

S^ZiTour,S might well conside,- having a srand-lw groiiForVts I

ne. L>dYlnf antr,.fs.t a.-<^i.Mance to county health <le- Carolina, and citizens generally niunizing of chlid.

rice, dried beans and processed cheese.

Under this program the state aids the counties in getting the food to the recipients through funds allocated for that purpose.

The vast quantities of food moving into the stored in the state provide a valuable resource in the event of an emergency. Foods donated to the school lunch program, for needy persons and institutional use can be made available in the event of disaster. Davis explained that in the case of an emergency, the donated foods in warehouses in the state are available for immediate u.se and then would be replaced as soon as possible by the USDA.

Foods moving by rail into the .state at the time of disaster can be rezouted directly to most any point for emergency iConiinued on page five)

partment.s where checking on the migrant labor tieed the ap-

camp.s impo.'es'still another Imrden on an already P'"', d vmply with the ad overloadeil departmental staff. ^

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON 'AP'-Theres been something for every body in Pre.sident Kennedys flood of proposals to Congre.ss this year and the .vear is young.

He will probably feel lucky, even surprised, if Congress approves half of what he has asked. But he ha.s asked so much, for so many different kinds of people, it cant fail to do him political good.

Theres something for old people. city people, farm people, young r>eople (children and students), Negroes, migrant workers, federal workers, untrained wcrker.s, the unemployed. dortois. dentists, com-mumtie . cities, .slate.', bu'-i-ne'i.s, induf try. colleges and, under one big tent, the whole work : con.-iimer.s.

In his State of tlie Union me.s-.sage on Jan. 11. he outlined at least 41 proposals. He has 'expanded on them, and then some, in 15 follow-up nie.ssag-es to Goiii/re.ss .so far.

They are too broad and too many to bf totallv achieved this year but they will make a wonderful talking point for the re.st of his tenure.

Becau.se they have such built-in appeal in all directions he can, win or lo.se on them, al-vvay.s point to what his administration got or tried to get.

Tfiey would be evf'ii more im-pre.ssive if now. unlike 1 a s t year, Kennedy fouaht for all of

them^ instead of ju.st some.

But he is dealing with a Congress which, lain by Democrats far outnumbering Republicans, is dominated by enough conservatives of both parties to fni.strate him.

There are enough Democrats in House and Senate to ram his programs through, if they stuck together. But they dont. Yet this is election year for a new Congress.

So, unless this Congre.ss puts over a majority of his requests, it will be embarra.ssing and unconvincing at election time when Kennedy a.sks voters to send even more Democrats to Congress.

Some of Kennedys pro-grairus, by accident or design, are politically .'hrewd .-ince they throw bones of special interest to groupis or individuals who otherwise would have no hesitancy in opuosing him.

Critics of the .so-called welfare .state and of centralized goveniment may complain his programs would greatly widen the government's responsibility for the general welfare. Indeed, they would.

But acceptance of this role of government has been a consi.st-ent and developing part of American hi.sloifor almo.sl 30 vears under thtf'i' former pre.sident.s.

Kennedy cun remind his eri-fics that Coiigie.s.s it.self, in the Employment Act of 1946, be-(Continued on Page 5>

monition. To do so could avert years of suffering, immobility and costs of treatment, and might even save human life, which could be yours.

The present appeal has to do with booster shots. These, it is stated, should be taken at intervals of not more than two years, and annually is recommended. This, too. irrespective of the number of ihots previously received. Every immunized person who did not have a Salk booster last year .should get one now, in the month of March. Further, every individual under 45 who has not completed the basic Immunizing cour.se of three injections should begin that course without delay, with a con.siderable degree of protection possible of achievement for the coming polio .sca.son.

National statistics are cited showing that one-third of children up to five years of age, half the women and two-thirds of the men In the age group of twenty to forty have not had the vaccine. In recent years, the figures .show, half the paralytic patients have been five years of age and under, but very young adults have been the mo.st seriously pa>a-lyzed. Equally startling Is the

record that shows half the deaths, but only one-tenth of the cases, were persons over twen-Therefore, im-en under five prevents most of the paralysis, but \accination of teen-agers and adults prevents death.

In North Carolina. Salk vaccine is compulsory by law for children two months to six years of age. though, unfortunately. most parents wait until near the school age to have their children immunized against the disease.

Before the Salk vaccine became available, with its guarantee of immunity from polio in 90 percent of ca.es, we wning our liands in desperation In hoping for some remedy or preventive. But .since it was di.s-covered and its value determined beyond all doubt there has been a lessening of concern and a laxncss about assuring the protection which is now available. Perhaps that is human nature, but it Is a deplorable commentary on the indifference of millions of individuals in safeguarding themselves against a crippling ailment which can ab.solutely be prevented in nearly all instances.

When indeed will we come to our sen.ses in the intere.st of our own wellbeing? The Salk serum Is of little value after polio .strikes. Its greate.st effectiveness is as a preventive. Carelessness is ignoring the treatments borders on stupidity, since Immunity may be assured.

that struck the coast earlier this month.

Lt. Corey was among 131 Naval Re.-'Crvists who were called from job.s in and around Washington last October when the Keller was reactivated and .sent to Norfolk as a unit of E.scort Squadron 12.

The ship was on maneuvers when it wa.s .seized by the worst storm to be brewed in the western Atlantic in many a year.

The Norfolk Ledger-Star reported the ship limped in after the storm Her forward lifelines were jury rigged, her midship deck doors were mi.ss-ing from both sides, her torpedo launchers were twisted.

Were happy," Lt. Corey told a Norfolk reporter, ju.st to be here.

Seized is the word for it Corey .said of the ships bout with the winter storm. Ive never seen anything come up so fast.

The seas were like nothing I had ever seep before, another officer said. They averaged around 60 feet with .some that must liave run as high as 80. The wind was full hurricane strength.

Opinions

In

Brief

Natural hurdles are a clial-lengc. But artificial hurdles pul progre.ss to sleejj." Industrial News Review'.

Architects cover their mistakes with ivy, doctors with sod, and brides with mayonnaise. The Talos Booster, USS Galveston.

So we sent that colonel we caught spying back to Russia. Serves him right Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat.

Still, if parents dont keep up with their children, who else will?Greensboro Daily News.

Wed all enjoy tax freedom, in whole or in part, and borrowed money at a rate tar below that of the market. But if we all had these privileges, whod dig up the taxes to pay the governments huge bills? Industrial News Review.

People

'Believe

By -GE0R<4E E. SOKOLSKY

Copyright, 1962, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

The circulars keep piling up on all sorts of subjects and indicate an Increasing excitement among our people over the course of events. In came one from Americans United for Separation of Church and State (POAjU). I do not know how to pronounce POAU, but that does not matter. This circular, like so many others, asks for money and apparently they want the money to educate Senators, Congressmen, State Senators and Assemblymen, newspapers, columnists, etc.

It Is not altogether clear In the cirular what POAU Is about except that it says:

Thousands turned out to cheer John Glenn. WUl you come out to cheer for Separation of Church and State?

Your chance to show how you feel will come In a few w'eeks at two public rallies with Dr. C. Stanley Lowell, from Washington, D. C.

I do not see the connection betw'een John Glenn and the quarrel over Separation of Church and State, except that the name of John Glenn attracts attention the way Marilyn Monroe used to.

We can skip the pitch and go on with the very general subject of public excitement over what people believe to be true. POAU believes that Church and State should be separated in this country and I have never come across anyone who disagreed with that general notion. but as is usual among free men, the definitions are varied:

1. Some hold that any rela-tlon.<?hip between the goveim-ment and a religious founded and conducted school is an negation of the doctrine that no religion should become an establishment in this country, even to gij^g .small children orange juice:

2. Others hold that the Roman Catholic Church has de-.signs^ on our educational sy.s-tem and plans to take it over: /

3. Still others do not object to the Catholics running their own .schools because it reduces taxes but object to Catholic children riding in municipal school buses:

^ 4. Some are atowed atheists and desire that their children should not be corrupted by being told about God.

And there are many other variations on this general theme. None of these folks object to anyone teaching the children about Karl Marx or about a sane nuclear policy, or a biologic interpretation of sex such as recently appeared in a magazine telling girls how to prepare them.'ielves for eventual husbands. Nothing is said a b o u c numerous offen.se.s to good taste; to say nothing about public or private morals. But there is a terrifying fear that Pope John XXIII will take a plane, fly over here, and in-stall him.<pl in Blair Hou.sr.

Personally. I cannot get too excited about the.'^e fears. I do fear Communism, not only abroad but here at home. I fear the deterioration of human character under the .'Stress of Marxist materialism oveilaid on American pragmati.sm. I fear that the checks on human conduct. the moral restraints on human lu.sts are much more important than . quan elling over which l)ieotry is suoerior.

Each man has his own enthusiasms. his own antagonisms and his own expression of views.

(I am, at this moment, interrupted by a young lady, representing a dance studio, who chose to call me on the It in-phone to offer me free dancing lessons, which is an old come-on to get me involved. I bawled at her and told her never to disturb me again becau.se I am busy at work. She said that .she had her work to do, too. That apparently is her opinion of her rights and she gets paid for it.)

But some people hold opinions and express them, not because they get paid but because they live in fear. POAU apparently lives In fear that Pope John XXIII will take ov-et! the U. S., just as Brigadier General Holdridge of the Minute Men writes voluminous letters to all and sundry to denounce the evils of Roman Catholicism and a little paper (Continued on page flvt)

More Tax Sharns Circulating

Strenath For Todav

Bv EARL L. DOUGLAS.S THE DIVINE ANSWER

The whole answer to life is love. We never take the first .step in the direction of wholesome and robust living until we learn how to love.

The Bible is a .study in love -Gods lo\ e for niiui anrl nian'.s love for his fellow creatures. When men find God they find love; until they find God. no devotion to church or creed will a\all llicrn (/an.vlhlng.

Do you have .some donn siic problem tl-at day bv day .stares .von opt of conteiiance^ God's aa-wer to that r. love. IJ ym have .some twist in your nature that ^causes you to lose

hope in winning victory ov(>r self:^ The answer to that is love. Doe.s your heart bum with jealousy and .vour eyes look with envy? The answei to that situation is love. Do you hate someone until the words of lor-givrnes.s catch in vour throat and will not come out' The answer to that flark and foiehod h;'-' reality is love.

God 0 loved th( world that He (lid .'Omrlhing about it Hi gave his only lir-otten Son that whnsoevei' b( lievelh in Mini lioiilft )ioi perish bur ha\_p / e\ i'la tinv lih

Ghri.s'iamt i.'' the reli'lor. of lo\ ( . It ,i.' God's love in redemptive action.

By EL.MER KOES.SNER

One of th(^ older profes.sions has taken on a new look in recent yeai'.s. It has broadi'ned its interests, incri'a.sed its capital and attracted many new practiiionrrs.

When 1 was a lad there was a lean, frock-coated man, looking like an unemployed undertaker. who frequented th( Alameda County. Calif., court house, reading the notices tacked to the oaken door, and browsing through papers in the pro bate clerks office.

He wa.s w'hat was then call ed a tax shaij), sometimes pronounced shark. His chief occupation was waiting for prop-peny owners to neglect their taxes When they defaulted, he would buy tlie tax liens. If the owr-ers paid up before the fore-clo.siire flati. he got his 6 per cent and was satisfied. If they faih'd, he would l)uy In at the fo) rclo.sii:e, often getting a val-uabh bit of orntx'rtv at a tenth nf it.s worth

WIDER RANGE

Today tio.se practllioiiei s have a mud) broader field. Not only do counties and cities

foreclo.se, but .school distilcLs, lighting districts and other tax-levying bodie.s do the same. The tax .shark has to cover more offices, but his opportunities are broadened.

An even greaU'r extension consists of the great amount of profM'rty that states and .subdivisions condemn and then .sell, A .school district, for example. may condemn five acres for a new school site and then .sell off fragments to reduce the plot to a two-acre by two-acre .square.

The fragments are usually auctioned, and some tidbit.s go for a song. A few' dollar.s may buy a strip of land an adjacent business needs and will pay handsomely for.

One expert did nicely when an Eastern City^condemned 20 feet along a street about to be widened. Home owner.s were paid well Then the expert boinrht from the elty the five led of each hou.se that pro-jf'rted Into the strip. Owner.s. all of whom wanted to move flK'ir hoiisi'.s back on their lots, were offered th flv(' foot .sections at enormous prices.

MORE ESTATE BUSINEISS

The old. funereal sharps used to watch estates. Often, to divide an estate, among several heirs, a piece of property had to be auctioned. He was there with his bid and, because heirs did not expect a cash competitor, he would get valuable property at a few cents on the dollar.

This can still be done in many counties, and more operators are specializing in this field.

The possibility of fat profits on tax foreclosures, sales after condemnation, and state sales have attracted many young operators, often lawyers, into this field.

It's not easy work. The sharpsor sharks must be constantly vigilant, combing lega' records to spot oppiortun-ities. Even then, they must be canny In assessing the value of property to be snatched. Many will not blil on a tax-sale plot 01 surplus land until they have a crt.sh-ln-hand Invo.stor.

Can anyone plav? Sure! But the irqulreniGif.'- IncliuU a wad of ciisii, l)ocau.s(' most sale.s arc largely for ca.sh; a willing

ness to plough through endless records, and a sharp sense of realty values, A source of extra capital that can be called upon when a ripe plum Ls spotted is also an asset.

The novice may be most successful in starting small, Inlying cautiously, and beginning in school districts or small townships. Crashing this profession In large cities may require paying off officials, splitting with them, or making contributions to political powers. An eager young man may be advised to lose a little k^t of his c(Misclence in small towns before he is ready to sell his skin for the fat profits in big cities.

BULB OR NOT, ITS A BULB FOR TAXING

The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that the new electroluminescent nlte lights, which give out a gentle light by activating a layer of phosphor, are electric light bulbs oi tubes and hence liable to the manufacturer's tax on bulbs anjd tubes, even though they are not bulbs or tub. (Rev. Rul. 62-34.)

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