Monday, June 18, 1982

-Written Agreement Would Help

Now that possible sites in Bladen and Pendbr of thousands of people throughout North Caroj^ina Counties have been ruled out as possible Air Force who do not want to take any chance that the fabui-

practice ranges, eyes again arc turned to Hyde ous wintering grounds for waterfowls in Hyde

C'ounty. County might be ruined.

If Air Force officials are able to make firm * >

agreements with the State Wildlife Resources Com- 'Kf

mission or som? other comparable state agency to w li# LWX j vJXVXAXy

assure safeguards of wildlife in the Lake Matta- ^ \ i v,

muskcet area, they will find much less opposition

to their proposed practice range than novv exists. * AAwwOI.

Air Force officials at a press conference in ^ narrow victory for President Ken-

Green\ille several days ago said their agency is niajor one that gave approval to an

r premn-ed to forego use of the propo^d range for crase in the'national debt limit.

a period of up to three months each var during the , ^ j ^ .i.

I lime hen the heaviest concentration of waterfowl I" spite voiced opposition to the measure

- is in the Lake Mattaniuskeet area. They also assert- Proposed by the administration its approval fitted

I ed that the Air Force will see that use of the range has been established

r for practice by its planes will not in any way be ** P There aic outcries against

- harmful to the ducks and geese which flock to this hej^ing on the national debt almost

every time Cosilfri^s meets, but in the final analysis

ed, the term temporary is at* gs roll merrily along.

It has become almost routine for Congress to

debate the matter, then go along with the admini<-

Thedoifalion of commeTcim Wiwiys^ recommendation. Perhaps it is the routine

How To Succeed In Poltlcs-

WITHOUT REALLVTRVlNG.

Z. major wintering ground on the Atlantic flyway. * . r*

- Further, they said, they will be governed by opin-

Z ions of wildlife experts in determining what use tacnea, ana rv^ should be made of the range when waterfowl are

in the Mattaniuskeet area.

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practice ranges for use by military in Eastern Carolina, plus the fact that these ranges already are used to capacity>by other possible locations for a new planes from Seymour Johnson nasc. Accoraing Air Force spokesmen, the ]iroposed range is the only location which i.s jiractical for consideration for its use.

It is generally recognized, wc lielieve. that the Air Force faces a critical problem in finding a suitable site for a practice range which obviously is needed. Though many sportsmen have expressed opposition to the location the Air Force'dias chosen for its range from a desire

ing a range in this section. Rather it stems from a tsincere desire to see that the great natural asset at Lake Mattamuskeet is not injured as a result of the location of a practice range.

An agreement in writing between the Air Force and the Wildlife Resources Commission to safeguard against possible harmful effects upon wild- I life in the Mattamuskeet area would ease the minds

manner in which the debt ceiling has been consistently upped that causes us almost as much con-

' nlnnps sevorelv limits staggering Height of the debt ceiling,

nv range tr be u-^ed bv congressional discussion of the matter even

iison base. According to primarily for public consumption? Ha.'

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Congres.s really put its mind to a serious study of the federal governments debt situation to determine how high the ceiling might go or what positive steps might be taken to lower rather than raiscithe ceiling?

Sooner or later the federal, government will arrive at the point where it is unwise and unsound to push the u^bt ceiling higher. Indeed many citizens contend'tiiis point already has been reach-

iKe in Hyde County this does not rtem^ whether Congress will re-

sire to prevent the .Air f orce from hav- , this point vheii it comes, it it airead, ha.s

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not been reaphcd. Will Congress hold the line against increasing the federal debt beyond the dan- T ger point, or will the routine of upping the limit have become such a habit that it will be almost automatic?

By GEORGE SOKOLSKy

iGssons

xDerience

,H. Glifton :'And' The

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Tress

7ax Reform Not A Fresh Tooic

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES BLUE Newspapermen all over North Carolina and especially those who cover the legislature feel close to House

tliis time against Rep. Tom Woodard of Wilson county. Woodard withdrew when it became apparent that Blue had the Speakership clinched with

Speaker-apparent H. Clifton Blue / a heavy majority in committ-of Aberdeen because he is one ments,

of them.

Blue is a newspaperman, a businessman and a veteran legislator. He has served in the legislature from Moore County longer than any other man, with consecutive terms beginning in 1946. His legislative battles have been carefully prepared and well-fought, whether they were for his measures to protect the robins in Robbins by making it a bird sanctuary or an import-

These came about by victories for candidates supporting Blue in several counties in the May 26 primaries. Blue had solid support in western counties.

PRESTIGE There Is an extra measure of prestige thl.<=: time for the man who is Speaker of the House. He already is perhaps the most powerful man in the legislature, with the job of naming committees and run-

ant statewide measure to re-^ ning the show in the 120-man quire insurance companies to house.

give notice before cancelling health, accident and hospitiliz-ation policies.

He went up the legislative ladder, serv'ing on various committees. In 1951 he w^as co-chairman of the committee which wrote the states water resources conservation laws.

He was a member of the governors school study finance committee of 1957-59 and was bead of the powerful House Appropriations committee in 1^9.

CAMPAIGN The chairmanship of the House Appropriations committee followed a campaign for the Speakership in 1959 which gave Blue an inside track on becoming Speaker himself someday.

Blue w'as campaign manager for former Rep. Addison Hewlett of New Hanover county and Hewlett was elected Speaker over former Rep. Carl Venters of Onslow County, a rrian backed for the job by Gov. Luther H. Hodges.

There was the core of the same legislative team Uhich backed Hewlett supporting Blue

The 1963 General Assembly will be the first legislature to convene in the new multi-million dollar statehouse. There will be ceremonies, dedications and other functions at which the House Speaker will be a key figure.

Virtually assured of election at the caucus of the majority party. Dehiocrats, on Feb. 5, the eve of the convening of the General Assembly, the name of the gentleman from Moore will go down in the history books as the Sifeaker elected for first legislature to convene in the new statehouse.

PRESS One important matter, among many, that Blue will deal w ith will be rules for press coverage of the legislature in its new quarters.

Access to the floor is the key point at issue and a question which may not be settled until the rules committees acts. Blue, a newspaperman himself, publisher of weeklies in Aberdeen and Robbins, is president this year of the North Carolina Press Association.

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By RALPH ROBEY

Much ado has been made over the statement of Secretary of the Treasury Dillon on tax re-fonn. Newspapers have given it top space and Washington special letters have been having a field day.

The Dillon statement was contained in a speech he made to the New York Financial Writers A.ssociation. All he said was that the President will propose a top-to-bottom lowering of income tax rates for action ,by the Congress next.year. No details of any kind were given. President Kennedy has confirmed the Dillon prediction but he u.sed only the most general terms.

Now there is nothing really new about this. For months there has been talk and discussion in Washington about what the President would recommend in the way of tax reform for next year. There has been no question that an overall bill of some kind was on its way for 1963. But no one yet knows what changes are going to be sug-... gestcdnot even anyone within the Administration.

On the one side are those who believe that all reduction of tax rates should be for the low income brackets. The reasoning, back of this point of view' is that these individuals would spend the money thus saved on taxes, and this would give the economic system an upward thrust. This is the purchasing-power school and many labor-union leaders and some well-known economists have been preaching this theory for years.

On the other side are those who believe that our lack today Is not primarily purchasing power, but is more a shortage of venture capital.. This group does not oppose a tax reduction for those in the lower income groups, but it insists that percentage-wise the upper brackets must get a larger reduction. Th^ argument back of this conclusion is that venture capital mu.st come largely from tho.se in the middle and higher Income groups. Others may save a large amount in the aggregate. But their .savings need more protection than is pos.sible in funds used for starting a new business. or expanding n established firm through common stock. Such protection is obtained by deposits in savings banks, by purchases of good bonds, and .so forth. Mo'f, bu.'lness men ana conservative economists belong to this school.

Then there Is still a tin; d group, and it is a large one. It holds that there should be no tax reduction until there is a .surplus in the budget of t'le federal governnient; and that debt reducUon Is more import

ant than tax reform. This was the opinion of the Eisenhow'er admipistration, and the same view is held by many members of the Congress, both Republicans and Democrats. These persons are opposed to governmental deficits, and they have not been convinced that sound tax-rate reform will result in larger revenues after the passage of a little time.

The final group that must be mentioned believes that we must have something along the lines of the Herlong-Baker bill. This is an extremely broad five-year tax-rate-reform program, and in our judgment it is the best suggestion in this field that has been offered in many years.

Under this bill personal income tax rates, would be reduced by a stipulated amount for each of five consecutive years. The lowest bracket would be lowered from 20 to 15 percent, and all the brackets bove would also be lowered. The top rate now Is 91 percent, and by the end of the program thi.s would be brought down to 47 percent. The corporate tax rate would be reduced one percentage . point a year, and at the end of the period also would be 47 percent. There would be changes in the taxing of capital gains, depreciation charges would be reformed and increased. and gift and estate taxes would be adjusted in the new income tax rates.

If resident Kennedy would recommend at least the principles of the Herlong-Baker bill, it would be a great step forward.

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Copyright. 1%2, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

To be told, at this late date, that we shall return to the Keynesian concept of planned deficit spending and to tax cutting w ithout balancing the budget, is discouraging because one is expected to learn by experience and experience is against any; such program. President Kennedy has heretofore not given the impression that he favored deficit financing.

It is unfortunate that President Kennedy in his Yale speech gave the country this dose of Miltown. We do not need to have our nerves quieted; we need to be stimulated so that w^e can move forw'ard. And the economy of this country cannot move forward unless drastic steps are taken in specific directions;

1. Government spending needs to be cut to the bone, because there is no honest money avail

able for wasteful expenditures;

2. Foreign aid must be cut to the bone becau.se we are running out of funds to aid countries which do not need aithand do not know' how to use our aid;

3. Taxes must be cut immediately both for corporations and individuals to stimulate economic activity and to restore a greater respect for the payment of taxes; postponement to April 1964 will not help much now;

4. A diligent search must be made for hidden American money and for tax evaded possessions abroad. The thief wh(T evades taxes is as much a thief as one who steals a purse;

5. If a ceiling is put on prices, it must be put on wages; otherwise industry will become obsolescent;

6. GATT cannot be permitted to control the American tariff

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Tax experts reveal that If Uncle Sam seized all individual income over .'525,000 a year, it would run the government not quite 3 days. If he confiscated all income over $10.000 a year, it would (arry the government only 18> days. Lincoln said that God must have loved the pofjr peoplpr he made so many of thenr By the same token, *you can't run the government on tlie rich, there are so few of them.Bethel (Me.> Citizen.

(The Charlotte Observer)

There are no laws in North Carolina goveniing the use ol chemical tests for suspected drunk drivers.

' There should be.

More and more police departments in the state are using chemical tests. Both Charlotte and Mecklenburg County police are now u.sing the Breathalyzer, one, of the simplest yet mo.st foolproof devices on the market.

Since there are no laws, the police use the machine on a voluntary basis. The evidence obtained is used only to corroborate a policemans testimony, not as substantive proof that a man is drunk.

Even so, the Breathalyzer helps the court both in convicting the drunk driver and allowing the innocent to go free.

Experts say there are more than 60 emotional, mental and physical factors that may cause a person to look or act drunk.

A policeman arresting a driver strictly on the basis of personal observation has no way of knowing definitely whether the man he is arresting is drunk or sick.

The Breathalyzer knows immediately. It's better than a battery of lawyers.

Conversely, a man may appear outwardly to be in reasonable control of his mental and physical faculties, when actually he has had enough alco-liol to make him a deadly menace behind the wheel of a car.

He may fool the policeman

but he can t fool the Breath-al.vzer.

Courts have ruled time and again that chemical tests are constitutional, that they do not invade a mans privacy or abridge his right not to be forced to testify against himself.

Experiences in many states have shown that the Breathalyz-cr increases the number of diTjnk driving convictions, and that it makes the highways safer as a result.

Many states have passed two laws conceraing the use of this machine. The Wrst law states that any person having an alcoholic concentration of more than six ounces of w'hisky or six beers in his bloodstream is legally intoxicated.

The second law, called the implied consent law, says that any man granted the priVilege of driving on the public highways myst consent to submit himself to a chemical test if asked: that a refusal means an automatic revocation of his license.

These laws make sense. They save lives. They inconvenience nobody, with the exception of the drunk driver and an occasional defense attorney.

The North Carolina General Assembly has consistently refused to adopt these law's. There will be another chance in li)63. Tlie bills will be introduced again. They should be passed.

And they will be passedif the people of North Carolina demand them for their own safety.

which must be free to function as necessary to protect American industry and the jobs of American workers from unfair competition in the American market. If this is not done, a Buy American campaign will progress among our people which would hamper the Administration in its foreign negotiations; '

7. We cannot afford to go on playing tiddlywinks with Soviet Russia or w'ith any other country w'hlch seeks to destroy us. Our weapons must be sharp and swift.

Action along ,these lines will restore confidence. Inaction makes for confusion and confusion adds to fear. The Presidents economic advisers may know economics but not the psychology of the American people. The current recession Is psychological and must be treated that w'ay.

In his Yale speech. President Kennedy sought to restore confidence but he spoke to the Yale faculty not to the country and the Yale faculty, while undoubtedly erudite, is not enough of an audience to matter. For Instance, the President treats the loss of confidence, which sent the stock market tumbling, as due to myth the perpetuation of myths. He said:

111 recent months many have come to feel as I do that the dialogue between the parties between business and government between the Government and the public is clogged by illusion and platitude and fails to reflect the true realities of contemporary American society.

He also said:

M.vthology distracts us everywhere in government as in business, in politics as in economics. in foreign affairs as In domestic affairs.

But that is not quite the whole story. Money rushes toward profits and runs away from losses. That is the nature of the critter. There Is no myth about this. To restore confidence, the President needs to assure those who work at the mechanism called money that they will not be harassed, that they will have a fair chance to do their jobs, to earn a profit, and to rebuild their plants and equipment. Those assurances do not appear in the Presidents speech in clear-cut, clarion tones, although a sympathetic person can say that that is what he understands the President means.

But the sympathetic person does not count as much as the unsympathetic person, particularly the frightened person who lost money in the stock market and still does not understand why.

There can be no question but that President Kennedy has

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Gravity,

Study

Values

By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK. Mms. ~ My first investment was in the stock of the Niagara Power Company. I was astounded by the tremendous power of gravity which had been goii^ to waste over Niagara Falls for thousands of years. When I was later connected with MIT,

I became Interested In Sir I.saac Newton and his studies of Gravity. The Babson Institute now has the second largest Newton Gravity Library in the world.

GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

When the Gravity Research Foundation was established and endowed at New Boston, New ^Hampshire, I was glad to help. My first Interest was aroused by Harry Vlssering of Bab-,son Park, Florida, w^ho flew th first giant dirigible from Berlin to New York. I was then even taught that It was Impossible to make heavler-than-air machines fly and not fall to the earth.

I further found that Clarence Birdseye, the discoverer of quick freezing, and Igor Sikorsky, the father of the helicopter, and Dr. Howard Steams of Simmons College were members of the Board of Trustees.

I gladly promised them my help. Up to that time no serious accidents had happened on commercial airlines; then the original idea of the Foundation was to harness gravity The present purpose is to make an airplane temporarily float in case of trouble and drop slowly to the ground so the passengers can safely get off.

DIFFERENT METHODS OF ACCOMPLISHING THIS FEAT

Most of the studies have thus far been along developing a < semi-insulator of gravity which could cover commercial airplanes. This would require the development of some new metal. with the molecules arranged differently than exis in any present metal. I understand that the Gravity Research Foundation will send details, of this proposed new metal to anyone who writes them at New Boston, New Hampshire.

A young inventor named Norman Dean, of Washington. D.C., has invented a machine to put into an automobile which will raise the automobile when the machine is operating. This idea has been discarded under the theory that it is pulling oneself up by ones bootstraps. Hence the Idea has not been adopted by helicopters or individual airplanes. However, there is no objection to this for an emergency purpose. If Lord Howes friends invention -had been such that the engines of the fatal French airplane could have suddenly been used to prevent this anti-gravity fall, it might have saved the lives of these Atlanta people.

OTHER WORK OF THE GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

The Foundation makes no experiments and has no laboratories of its own; but it is endeavoring to interest scientific departments of colleges In the problem. Up to the present time four colleges have erected monuments near their science building with these words thereon; This monument has been erected to remind students of the blessings forthcoming when a scientific breakthrough discovers what Gravity is, how it works, and how it may be controlled to prevent airplane accidents.

Another hopeful feature Is the offering of Annual Awards of $1,000 for essays on the subject of gravity. Last week awards were made to the following five . persons;

Dr. G. M. Clemence of the U. S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.;

R. L. Forward of Hughes Laboratory, Malibu, California;

D. W. Sciama, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, ' England;

F. J. Dyson. The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey;

C. Y. Wang. Harvard University, Cambridge. Mass.

I advise those who travel much in commercial planes to take an interest in this nonprofit Foundation about which I am writing this week.

"Tiicrc ouiiht to be more women workinp for the government m Washington. Jurt think of all the fun tliey Would, have moving tiiose bureau.s around. Celina (Tex.) Record.

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Tax Savinas On Vacation Travei

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VVe live lu an a-.e when wlio-th< r we v.uiit to or not W(' ui* tx inr iorceiJ lu lltink Ceiitui ie.s ayo.wlien danp.er carne upon tlie land the iahabitants' Ihe.eof turned their eyes toward the kini-;. He Would protect them. He would repel tlie enemy. He would feed the starving.

VVe live in-a new age. The issues of life are more in *our hands than the5^ Itavc ijeeu in the hands of any preceding generation. Success or failure Is up to us today moie than ever before.

This meaii.s fliat we have to u'ir 014! mind'. Peychologi.rt.s a.s-.me us that even tlie most rnt-ditc and leaned only u.se a

simdl portion of theii, braiti pow'-

. Sumelinie.s v.lum we get tiiradiuily up agaimst it we suddenly iiml oiirseJves .capable of rea.son and rt sourceiiilne.'-.s whifli we iievtu- knew We posse.-ed, But why wait tor tlie eii.sls to tjriii;; this orili'. Who aie the sncce.s.'ful people in liie/? Undoubtedly Uiy aie tlie mne.s wlio f'arly leunu to think. V.iio -:ee lile-a.s it really is. who learn how' to put two and two together. Once in a while a stupid, no account person comes to occupy a position of tru.st and to have con , .siderahlc uifluence. but ^t often. Tlie general public is hard to fool. They know wlio use.s his brain.^ and who rPiesnl.

U.^r your bean, a*, the' youm-s'er .say. for the Creator has given yoq one.

By KLMEK KOESSNEIt

Vacation travelers can make some neat tax savings. They wont be enough to offset the co.st of the trip, even if the trip is to a dam site, but they can regtster in buc^ks when filing income lax forms.

Most of the.se deductions are allowable only if complete rec-. ords are kept. So in this plan-niuK.pei iovl. it is liest to plan to ,talu* along a little notelxiok in which Uenis are entered at the time at which they are paid. Be .sure to note tiie place, incliuiiiig stale, tlie uein. the amoiliit paid and the amount of tax. When you get 'receipts, th[) those into tlie book.

Cigarette taxes are deductible in a larger number of .states, than ever thi.s year. They are deductible when the .state law provides that ihe retail buyer_ pays the tax. Where manufacturer, distributor or - retailet; pays, they're not,

TAX-BDON STATUS

Prrntice-Hall's tax .. . 'nice .ay.s riearctte taxr.'- are now dddurljblr thcf-r .states:

Alabama, (Jaliforiiia, C.'onnccl-

'icut. Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine. Massachusetts, Minnesota. Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada. New Hampshire, New Jersey. New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. South Dakota. Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, We.st Virginia.

State gasoline taxes are also d( tliicUhle. As a rule, sign on the pump gives the tax rate. If it doe.Mi't, ask tjie attendant.

.Note; You niay Ix^ offered maps to enable you to plan .Muti trip through .slates with lowe.st gas and eigaKette taxes. Don u bother. Yon can lose more in traveling a few extra miles tlmn yon can

State and (8fy sale.s taxes need watching. Rates are not always posted. Always ask the salesperson the amount of the tax and write it down. Note: Rates, in California, for example, vary from town to town,

IHEI T AN <'\.SIIA!.TY

Theres rarely a motor trip without an aceldent or. a bit of theft. At lea.sl ircover the tax riednciinp. Two limiltilinns; 'the in.'aufd pjiit can't he dedurt-ilde tallliougt^ excess over in

surance can be); the loss must be made a matter of record. If a hit-and-run driver does $100 dam^e to your car and you have a $.50-deductible policy, you can deduct your loss: $50. But report the matter to the local cop.s; make a record of your report, and keep insurance payment and repair receipt.s.

If your spare is missing some morning, report it to local police. If you are asked to fill out a report, save a carbon for yourself. But be sure to keep a record.

Losses in .stoims, etc., are al-so deductible. In damages, tliefts and .storms* take a photo if it will add to the evidence. Interest on loans, or instalment payments on vacations, are deductible!'

In ^ general, travelers abroad can 'make similar deductions. How^ever, taxes In foreign languages may be harder to spot; ask your travel agent for a briefing before you go. Ofie difference: charitable gifts in the U S arc deductible; those ahiofid aiC generally not. Your cnnfribution to re.slore a cathedral may be worthy, but It's

not deductible.

Note: All the deductions cited above are personal deductions, they must be Itemized on your tax return. Further, the standard deduction cannot be claimed when Itemized deductions are.

TAXES TOWER A VESSEL OR SOMETHING ELSE?

A Texas Tower is not a vessel. On the other hand. It may

be.

A Texas Tower Is one of those three-legged monsters that stand in the sea as replacements for the old Light Boats that guided ships to safety.

In litigation over the tower that collapsed off New York In a storm in January, 1961, a Federal Court has rujed that the tower was not a vessel and the governments liability could not be limited to that of a vessel.

However, the Supreme Court has ruled earlier thiU; whether a- Texas Tower was a vessel was, a question for a jury. This ca.se was brought under the Jonc.s Act: the later case wa.s brought under the limitation of Llablllly Statue.'

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