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A Future Problem Needs Attention

Pi'esident Johnson has issued a somber warning that the world is fast running out of pure water.

At the dedication of a $46 million dam in West Virginia, the president bluntly stated that the world will soon face a choice between war or ample stocks of pure water.

The need for water, he said, is growing so fast that we are in a race with disaster.

The United States will soon, sponsor an international conference on water for peace in Washington next May 23-31.

3urke Countys Odd Situation

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

UNIQUE In deciding whether to accept the successor to slain sheriff David W. Oaks as Republican nominee for the office, the Burke County board of elections faced a unique and curious situation.

But despite a formal legal opinion to the contrary it went ahead and approved the candidacy of Alvin H. Wise as Republican nominee for sheriff on the November general election ballot.

What caused confiision and uncertainty was discove r y after the county Republican executive committee had named him that Wise is registered as a Democrat.

Wise, chief deputy to Republican sheriff Oaks for four years, said it surprised him. Ive always considered myself a Republican, he said. My mother and father are Republicans and my wife is a Republican.

WILLIAM

SHIRES

CONFLICTING - But the registration record was clear, along with indication that Wise voted in the 1964 Democratic primary. And si n c e Burke does not have f u 11-time registration, he could not re-register immediately.

Burke election officials, facing a deadline for printing ballots, asked Raleigh f o r advice. Apparently state elections officials and the state attorney generals office only added to the confus i o n. They sent back conflicting views.

Assistant Atty. Gen. Ralph Moody, himself a native of western North Carolina, said in a written opinion that this man cannot be appointed by the Republican party as a candidate to fill the vacancy because he is now registered as a Democrat.

OPINION Moodys opinion reached Morganton two days after an earlier, informal opinion from Moody on the telephone that it would be all right to approve Wise and let him change party affiliation later.

This was the substance loo of advice from state elections board secretary Alex K. Brock Brock conferrred with chairman Lee Smith and wrote-

Your situation is indeed unique and escapes precend-ent as far as this office is able to determine.

Simply as a matter of opinion, it appears to us that a strong argument could be made in support of the selection made by the Republican committee, Brock wrote. Emphasizing that the views were his own and suggesting a ruling from the attorney general, Brock said he felt the law on candidates and party affiliations allowed greater latitude in general elections than in primaries and that Wise had a constitutional right to switch party affiliation.

REFLECTION - Moody sent his written opinion to Carl P. Giles, chairman of the Burke board of elections, saying he at first tho u g h t that such action could be taken and would be valid and according to law.

After further reflection, however, he said, he felt Wise could not be appointed.

He said he interpreted intent of the whole primary article that political parties could not raid opposing parties and at will name or select a candidate from some other party. This man cannot again change his party affiliation except by provisions of GS 16^50 and this could only be during the registration period.

WRITE Moody, noted for certain controversial opinions and rulings in the past, wrpte this one for the Burke Coudiy board in the absence of another assistant attorney general, James F. Bullock, who was ill.

Bullock also has handled some legal hot potat oes and handed down controversial opinions such as the recent brown bagging ruling. Normally, however, most election law questions go through his office.

AFFIDAVIT - Back in Burke, there were sharply worded partisan recriminations and charges in the Wise case. Both Democrats and Republicans accused the other party of muddying the waters and making irresponsible charges and statements.

The county elections board, hopeful of settling the controversy, required Wise to sign an affidavit pledging to change his registration. It developed that it all might have been a mistake. Wise lives in Linville township where two Alvin Wises are registered as Democrats. Wise contended his being registered Democrat was a mistake.*

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America has long known that^ it is facing a water crisis. We are constantly remmaeu o this as large cities lace snort water supplies ourmg summer months.

In this country an effort is now being made to clean up polluted rivers and streams through use of water pollution control plants. However, the need for pure water is growing throughout the world, for by the end of this century the global population of 3 billion will have doubled.

In many, perhaps, most, areas of the world there are no water treatment plants. Drinking water is drawn from shallovv wells or streams. As more and more people place additional demands on these water sources and add to the pollution, pure water may indeed be difficult to find.

Add to this the vast irrigation needs to produce the food which must be had for this rapidly mounting population and you have the seeds for world wide revolt. Humans cannot long live without drinking water. The problem of starving humans is already with us.

Like most of the problems, which beset the world, the solution to a water shortage is not going to be easy. The time to determine answers to this future problem is now, however. We would hope that the plans laid today will give the answers for tomorrow.

3eGaulle Keens

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) -French President Charles de Gaulle must like it on President Johnsons back. He keeps climbing upon it, until Johnson brushes him off, which is what just happened again.

Once more de Gaulle came up with a suggestion for ending the war in Viet Nam, and Johnson once more promptly rejected it. In view of his own record and French history, de Gaulles solicitude for Viet Nam is a little two-faced.

De Gaulle was president after World War II when the Vietnamese, sick of French rule for three-quarters of a century, sought independence. French forces went in to crush them.

The war that followed lasted until 1954 when the French were crushed and driven out.

Last week De Gaulle suggested what he had proposed before, with a little variation He had made his first suggestion to the President when Johnson had been in the White House less than three months.

At that time-Jan. 31, 1964 De Gaulle suggested to a huge news conference that all Viet Nam be neutralized, with the cooperation of Red China. Just four days before he had officially recognized the Red Chinese as the legitimate government of China, over American protests.

Johnson held his first presidential news conference the next day, Feb. 1, 1964, His answer to De Gaulle was no. He said the American attitude would be different if we

This Date-40 Years Ago Today

By FOY H. DUNCAN Sept. 8, 1926 Greenville Led State 845,106 Pounds Tobacco Sold Average $26.02

From the official figures made public today it is believed that Greenville tobacco market led the markets of the'state yesterday when it sold 845,106 pounds of the golden weed for $219,935.00..

could expect the Viet Cong to let their neighbors live in peace.

Last Thursday De Gaulle came back to the same theme, taking a dig at the United States along the way by implying this country was an invader.

He said: There is no chance the people of Asia will subject tiemselves to the law of the foreigner whatever his interests. Once more he proposed neutralizing the two Viet Nams.

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MARLOW

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By JEAN SPRAIN WILSON

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Bean Break Up Moonshining

The many bear stories that originate in the dismal swamp are mere incidents as compared with the story brought back here yesterday by local hunters who went into Beaufort County, near the Craven County line after deer. The only evidence they could find of such creatures existing were piles of bones, which they were told were devoured by bears. They were further advised that it was impossible for any living creature to exist in those forest other than bears.

From what could be learned as to the antics of Mr. Bruin, the people of that section are of the opinion that the prohibition forces for the Federal government, the state and county, have employed the services of the bears in their efforts to break up the illicit distilling business. Because as fast as such plants are erected and equipment installed for the manufacture of whiskey, hordes of bears will make raids and not only pour out the beer but completely destroy the entire plant. . . One informant asserted that t h e bears were much more diligent in their search than the officer!.

But he added this: Before there could be a neutrality agreement, the United States would have to promise to pull its troops out. He didnt say the North Vietnamese Reds would have to pull their troops out of South Viet Nam. This angered the Johnson adminis-tion, in addition to De Gaulles butting in.

This time the Frenchm a n tried to be a little more subtle. Instead of saying outright the Red Chinese would have to be a part of any neutrality agreement, he said it obliquely without mentioning Red China by name.

He did it this way: He said the five world p o w e rs (Continued On Page 5)

Strength For Tocday

By EARL L. DOUGLASS SMALL THINGS AND GREAT

A man died recently at the age of 57. He had been an officer in one of the outstanding British regiments. Twice he had betrayed his country and had sold classified and highly secret information to the enemy. He was supposed to serve a beloved country. There had been placed upon him a responsiblity of great trust. He disgraced himself and his country. He proved to be a traitor.

Imagine going back on ones family. Think of how hateful it is when a man betrays his friends. Judas Iscariot stands out as probably the most hated character in all history and this because he betrayed his Lord and Master. Certainly a person who is not true to his native land, who will turn traitor on his own state and government, is a villain indeed. The judge who finally sentenced the traitor to prison said: You are the most despicable person that has ever appeared in this court.

Treason probably begins with little acts apparently inconsequential Why not? We give in a little here and a little there. We. compromise in a little here and a little there. We compromise in small things and later in large things. Finally, we find ourselves involved in moral treason. A picture of this traitor in liis uniform was published in papers all over tlie world at the time of his death. But this picture had been taken while he was still a true servant of his country. Or was he? Even while he wore the uniform he was practicing a making money out of his Infamy.

NEW YORK (AP)-You run to the cupboard to get down a can of dress and hat, a can of mink, and a wee can of pearls. Your husband asks if you will please get him that six-pack of ties on the shelf.

Because you are expecting a guest you may also reach for a vacuum packed chair, and for use in case the conversation grows stale, several cans of fresh air.

For pleasant background you know you can always count on your canned music.

This could be you today, as uncanny as it sounds.

Grandma may have quit preserving things with her boiling pots, jars, rubber rings and parafin. But the industry she fostered marches on. The pressurized tin cylinder, standard equipment in the brides kitchen and the doughboys dufflebag, and the recent fliptop darling of the beverage industry, now store more than mere food and drink.

Recently a dress manufacturer anounced it is putting up its dresses and hats in cans. The label matches the lively clashing colors and ke-

Other Editors Saying Miladys Knees Exposed

(Greensboro Daily News)

The great Anglo - American alliance, author of some of historys most stirring triumphs and momentous treaties, teeters at the brink of disruption. A challenge has been hurled across the wide Atlantic that threatens to drive asunder this epic partnership.

The challenger is Da v i d Meshum, a violinist for the London Symphony Orchestra. He returned to London the other day after a month of concerts in Daytona Beach, and was promptly asked by a reporter why American women have not fallen over themselves to buy Britains popular miniskirts. His heretical answer: American women

such terrible figures. They are doing themselves a favor by keeping them covered up.

Out of such insults, bloody wars do grow. The conf lid has already begun to escalate, with this retort by one American who has done some girls tend to have legs which are practically straight up and down. But when they wear their hems north of the knee this shortcoming may escape the eye of the casual girl watcher.

Unless the adversaires are quickly brought to the negotiating table, there will almost surely be war. A battalion of Bunnies will be launched against Carnaby Street. Julie Christie and Samantha Eggar will be made admirals of the Royal Navy, and ordered to send their ships against Phil Spitalnys All - Girl Orchestra. The hot line between Queen Elizabeth and Lady Bird will be snipped by Modesty Blaise. P e t u 1 a Clark and Barbra Streisand will start a screaming match.

All because one fiddler didnt like what he saw at the beach. It may be, though, that he and Oleg Cassini were on the same beach at the same time. For Oleg reported in a recent column: Too recently for com fort, I saw several 140-pounds-plus women confidently boasting bikinis at an elegant sunning spa. These were not merely navel - exposing two - piece swimsuits, but traditional bikinisthreateningly scant. Should fatties such as these be wearing bikmis'; NO.

It could be, of course, that Mr. Cassini was on the beach at Brighton.

leidoscopic patterns of the garments inside. When the lid pops off, wrinkleproof, nylon fabric oozes out like shaving cream. Besides flippy hats there are baby trapese styles, dropped waistlines and body-molding fashions with kicky skirts.

It was a California manufacturer who decided to can mens ties, featuring a handy pack of six for the man who is wearing more than one.

Perhaps the choicest cannery in the country is the stockroom of a New York department store during its holiday season. There in assembly line fashion a busy ma-clne pops lids onto juice sized cylinders containing silk stockings, slacks, mink boas, jewelery, sweaters, sexy lingerie and bikinis.

Canned air is a favorite item solid in gift shops to people who still believe its the sentiment that really counts.

Fancy candles, matches and puzzles are more nonedibles and nondrinkables sealed in round tins with prestigious labels.

Even without its contents, the can today is very much in vogue. Thanks to pop artist Andy Warhols popularization of the Campion soup can, culture-conscious womens clubs on the West Coast serve luncheons still in cans. Hairdresser Julius Caruso uses standard-sized cans as curlers. The art set in Greenwich Village anneals them together as table legs or smashes them into can-tastic sculpture.

Without a can opener life can be tedious.

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Even though were supposedly an intelligent people, crime is rampant. And probably because of a shift in moral values, gone are the inhibitions that made each of us more responsible a generation ago.-Garrison (N.D.) Independent.

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By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Copyright, 1966, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

FREIBURG, West Germany The air mechanics strike in America had its good side. Arranging for a trip to Japan and Taiwan, I had to buy a ticket from west to east to get off in time. Aside from proving to myself that the world is round, this enabled me to stop off for a few days to see some old friends in the Rhineland. What they have had to say about their condition is interesting. They seem a little less sure of themselves than they did a year ago, when they were voting Ludwig Erhard and the Christian Democrats into office. T)m economic boom is still going strong, and the labor market is stUl verv tight. The tip-off to this is uat my son (jhris, who knows absolutely nothing of ivactical science, got a summer Job in an electronics factory in Tening-en, near Freiburg, wifii no questions asked. But people who were accepting Erfaard as Cliancellor last September as the author of the Gennan economic miracle** are now wondering he can*t loosen up the capital market The complants are precisely what they are in America: no money, fears of inflation, mad a diminishing assurance that State action can always be taken in time to prevent depression.

JOHN

CHAMBERLAIN

To give credit where H is due, my friend Jurgen, a young medical student who translated Erhards speeches for me a year ago, has turned out to be a prophet. He reminded me that he had said last September that Erhard was a man who lacked force. This isnt necessarily true in terms of character, for Erhard used plenty of intellectual force in his own field when, as Minister of Economics, he abolished price controls a decade or more ago. But in politics appearances are everything, and the fact that Erhards party has been losing ground to the Social Democrats must make the Chancellor seem persona 1 ly weaker than be is. The erosion of his position is comparable to that ot Lyndon Johnsons.

A popular complaint about the Germans is they try to push the Nazi epoch out of their minds. My son Chris tells me that this does not apply in the least to the young people with whom he worked in the electronics factory. They talked freely about the remaining physical sears of the war, and invariabiy the conversations would lead back to Hitler. The young, eo Chris says, are very obje^ve about the Nazi years. They welcome the autobahns and the extensions of social welfare that are left over from the third Reich, but consider that they were definitely not worth the insane tensions of the time. Incidentally, Der Spiegel, the leading weekly news magazine of West Germany, has been running a series of critical articles on the Nazi years, which hardly sustains the contention that older Germans are unwilling to look at the past.

Herr Ren^, a friend of a (ContinulM On Page I)

argon Of The New Car Stylists

By ELMER ROESSNER Now that 1967 auto model are being unveiled, shoppers ought to make sure they like the pork chops and the biscuits, the egg crates and the idiot lights. And if they dont like the blips or the bustle-backs, they had better look at another line.

All those terms are In the jargon of the auto stylists, reports NADA magazine, the publication of the National Automobile Dealers Association. Some of the words will spill over on to the production line, and the boys there are talking about notchbacks and eyebrows. And the salesmen may soon be telling prospects about the beautiful beauty bolts.

Here are some of the definitions gleaned from the

NADA magazine:

Beauty Bolts: Expos e d,

large, round bright bolts on the surface of bumpers, not necessarily beautiful.

ELMER

ROESSNER

Blips: Small ornamenta

tion in series, such as several Identical decorations on the body.

Biscuit: A rectangular sewn area on a seat or door panel. BUSTLEBACK IS A NOTCH-BACK

Bustleback: Convent i o n al automobile configuration, as

distinguished from fastback. Also called notchback.

Egg Crate: A complex grille work made by intersecting planes, usually with more depth than can be obtained by stamping.

Eyebrow: A cowl or visor above a headlamp, instrument panel or wheel opening.

Fish Hook: A spear or arrowhead ending to a decorative molding or paint stripe.

Idiot Lights: Warning lights on an instrument panel which glow red when something in the engine goes wrong.

NO MINI-SKIRTS

Modesty Skirt: Sheet metal below the bumpers that conceals chassis members. Also called modesty panel.

Pork Chop: An extension of the instrument panel on the door, usually an integral part

of the door moldng.

Sugar Scoop: A depressed surface leading to an a; r scoop. And among the initiate, a dashboard is not an instrument panel. Its a su -face on the front of the car to intercept water, mud or snow.

DRINKERS LOSE SUITS, STUDY OF VERDICTS SHOWS

A study by Jery Verdi c t Research, Inc., shows that both plaintiffs and defendants get choped down by personal injuries juries if they have been drinking.

The study shows that if tb<" plaintiff has been found to he drinking, chances of recovery of damages shrinks. But if the defendant can be shown o have been drinking, amount* of recovery increase.