Monday, October 10, 1966

Growth Projections Could Be Low

Growth projections for Pitt County made a few years ago by state officialsalthough they were substantialappear in the light of todays estimates to be on the conservative rather than the optimistic side.

Those projections showed that Pitt was one of a relatively few counties in the eastern section of the state which would show a population increase duringnhe decades of the 1960s and 1970s. It was estimated that Pitt, which had approximately 70,000 people in 1960, would reach 75,000 population by 1970 and add another 6,000 to its population in the following decade.

Based on current estimates of the countys development, these figures appear far too conservative. There are those who assert Pitt already has reached the 75,000 population mark in the first six and one-half years of this decade. And there are also indications that the countys growth, although it has been appreciable during the past several years, is destined to accelerate rather than slow down in the years ahead.

If Pitt has merely kept pace with the population

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of this decade, its population has increased 9.7 per xr

cent. That would put the countys population at the 75,000 mark now rather than in 1970 as was estimated in the state-wide projections of a few

years ago.

While many of the states counties obviously have fallen below the state-wide average growth during the early years of this decade, we seriously doubt that Pitt is one of them. n

If the pattern of the countys growth already is three years ahead of earlier predictions, care must be taken to see that plans made to meet needs brought about by population growth are likewise accelerated. Otherwise Pitt will find itself lagging behind its own growth and thereby retarding rather than enhancing its own development rate.

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Our Readers Made The Big Increase Possible

The Daily Reflector expresses its sincere appreciation to its readers who have boosted it into the number one spot among daily newspapers of the state in percentage increase in paid circulation

Indian Vi

May Be

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES furnished details of this vill-VTT T APir known as Secotan. A fea-

intffi nf noQi-iir AOft dfavv- central burial house,

Ings Of nearly 400 years ago wbUo HpniPfpS hnd.

iiages ^i^ebuilt

may soon provide North Carolina with its newest toiB*ist and travel attraction.

If pdans materialize it will be a idace called Secotan, and perli^ someday it will rival or at least equal Oconal-nftee. Both, of course, are Indian names and sites of reconstructed or projected Indian villages.

Oconaluftee is the recwistruc-ted Indian village of the Cher-doees on the Qualla reservation in the Great Smokies, already one of North Carolinas most popular tourist meccas. The name is Cherokee, from the flashing, white water stream which pours from the heights of the purple mountains on the North Carolina-Tennessee border.

Secotan is Algonquin, the ame of a tribal village along

WILLIAM

SHIRES

the sparkling Pamlico River In coastal North Carolina before the first white settlers, arrived, ntil recently, existence of the Indian town on the Pamlico had been almost forgotten.

MAPS The maps and drawings which disclosed Se-cotM were those of John White, leader of Sir Wal ter Raleighs lost colony expedition to North Carolina shores four centuries ago.

Whites works, borrowed from the British Museum and recently reproduced by the itate Department of Archives and History, showed an Indian village at approximately the [iite of Bath, N. C., oldest town in the state.

In a separate drawing, White

in which White depicted bodies of fallen tribesmen lying in funeral state.

RECONSTRUCT - Reconstruction of the village of Secotan at Bath is a project being discussed and planned by the Hiitoric Bath Commission.

From an historic standpoint. Archives and History director Christopher Crittenden sayt we can probably reconstruct it with a fairly exact degree of accuracy. The idea is being pushed by Prof. Herbert R. Paschal Jr., chairman of the history department at East Carolina College and perhaps the leading authority on pre - colonial Indians of Eastern North Carolina.

Prof. Paschal and others already have visited Jamestown, Va., and obtained drawings and architectural details oi a reconstructed Indian vil-1 a g e there - perhaps the village at which Capt. John Smith was saved by Pocahontas.

PROJECT The Secotan project at Bath was given priority at a recent meeting of the Historic Bath Commission, the first meeting of this 25-member group since its reorganization by act of the 1965 General Assembly.

The commission met Oct. 2-3 at Bath and at Washington, N. C. Edmund H. Harding of Washingtop was re-appointed chairman. Members wiU serve staggered five year terms.

In addition to planning new projects, the commission reviewed accomplishments of the past several years including acquisitions and restoration of the Palmer Marsh House and the Bonner Hmise.

Historic Bath is an important part of the overall Coastal Historyland tourist development program in Eastern North Carolina. If developed, the Secotan restoration will be the first restoration of an early Indian village in the coastal historyland area.

Most newspapers of North Carolina experienced considerable growth from 1960 to 1966. The states 47 daily newspapers jumped in circulation by 10.2 per cent to a new high of 1,187,000 copies per day. Morning newspapers enjoyed an increase of 8.2 per cent in circulation while afternoon newspaper circulation increased 12.4 per cent.

The fact that The Daily Reflector experienced a circulation increase of 44.8 per cent during the same period mirrors the growth of the area as well as the growing number of readers of this newspaper.

Our readers, of course, are the ones who made our circulation increase possible. We trust the circulation increase means, among other things, that The Daily Reflector is constantly doing a better job of presenting a complete daily package of news to the people of this area. We hope also that it means The Daily Reflector is filling an increasingly important place in the lives of an increasing number of people of this area.

nspoken Risks Seen In Manila

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK WASHINGTON - The big unspoken danger awaiting President Johnson in Manila is, ironically, the hard - line anit-communism of his Asian allies who will meet with him there.

While thoroughly approving Mr. Johnsons peace-seeking trip to Manila later this month, U. S. diplomats in Washing-10 n are privately worried about the attitude of the most militant anti-Communist nations fighting alongside U. S, troops in South Viet Nam. Public opposition to Mr. Johnsons peace overtures would certainly be embarrassing. At worst, it is feared, they could actually derail peace efforts.

The worst danger stems from South Korea, which has two divisions fighting in Viet Nam. Since the end of the Korean war in 1953, the 38th parallel splitting Korea has been an impregnable military barrier between the Communists in the north and the anti-Communist South Koreans led by Gen. Chung Hee Park, South Koreas president.

Thus, any possible settlement in Viet Nam that ends the fighting and begins breaking down the barriers between the Communist north and the anti - Communist south has a deep political impact on South Koreans,

Such an agreement will raise the question, abhorrent to the South Korean government, of political agitation for some sort of similar ar-rar^ement in Korea. If the United States leads the way toward eventual accomodation between North and South Viet Nam, will the U. S. eventually promote similar contacts between Seoul and Pyongyang? SITUATIONS DIFFERENT The answer, of course, is a resounding no. The two situations are entirely different. The trouble is that the South Koreans see deadly parallels in Viet Nam.

Accordingly, the South Korean government, backed up by the moral and military force of those two Korean divisions in Viet Nam, may in

sist on the veto power over South Vietnamese peace policies now being studied in the White House.

For example, President Johnsons offer of economic help to North Viet Nam after the war and his efforts to bring Hanoi out of the Chinese Communist orbit are already being quietly resisted by the South Koreans.

Likewise, the strong hints that a negotiated settlement would lead to the eventual dismantling of the vast U. S. base apparatus in South Viet Nam may be resisted by the Koreans, who shudder at the thought of any U. S. military slowdown in their country.

Mr. Johnson is well aware of all this. At Manila, the President will make the strongest possible appeal to South Korea to back a negotiated settlement in Viet Nam. He will emphasize the fundamental differences between a political settlement there and the semi - permanent division of Korea (now more than 12 years old).

But the mere fact that South Korea has been so generous with its troops in South Viet Nam gives Gen. Park a strong bargaining position in Manila. Rather than liquidate the war with negotiations in which the Communist Viet - Cong will share, the South Koreans privately advocate a hard - line policy of military victory.

THAILAND HAS

EQUAL STAKE

Nor are the South Koreans alone in this approach to the war. Thailand, which lies next along the bloody path of Communist Chinese expansion, has an equal stake with South Korea in defeating the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese rather than negotiating with them. Even today, the northern provinces of Thailand are being systematically undermined by Communist agents working under the direction of Peking.

Finally, President Johnson will be under even more intensive pressure from that antiquated anti - Communist on

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The Security Clearance

WASHINGTON - The Senate internal security subcommittee just released classified material involving the security clearance of eight distinguished American citizens. It was unevaluated material gathered by Otto F. Otepka, and many people protested that this kind of thing harked back to the McCarthy era.

I didnt realize how dangerous something like this could be until I was interviewed by a security specialist from one of the government agencies, who was checking up on a good friend of mine who was being considered for an important job.

We shall call my friend Bill Hoganblatt, and I knew him from my days in Paris.

'The security man was very friendly. How long have you known Hoganblatt? he ask

ed me.

About 18 years, I replied. T want to say hes one of the finest men Ive ever had the pleasure to be associated with. Hes a good father, a kind husband, a loyal friend and a great American. What kind of people did he associate with during the years in Paris?

All kinds. Writers, artists, businessmen. Bill was a very democratic guy.

Anthing strange about these people?

Well, some of them were strange. I mean we lived in Paris, and you tend to meet a lot of strange people there you know, nuts of all kinds.

Were there any left wingers among these friends? Come to think of it, I think there were. At least some of

By JOHN CUNNUT AP Basioess Newt Analyst

NEW YORK (AP) - The ccmpany that made your toaster or perhaps the tires on your automobile may be among those joining in the newest growth industry; building cities.

General Electric Co. has made plans to add cities tc its product line within a year. The expected cost fore each city will be about $800 million to $1 bib lion over a 15-to-20-year period.

Goodyear 'Tire & Rubber Co. Is building what it hopes will be a city of 100,000 persons near Phoenix, Ariz. It also expects to invest about $1 billion.

Humble Oil & Refining Co, if heavily invested in Clear Lake City, Tex. and millicms of dollars of corporate money backed the private developers of Re-ton, Va., and Columbia, Md.

The new industry has a vast concept. It encompasses th houses, churches, museums, tli fire house all built from tht cellar holes up undeterred by red tape or old-fashioned buil(l-ing codes.

The production of brand new towns is perhaps a logical consequence of urban Wight, th# profit motive, the population boom. It is a modern-day evolution, greatly expanded, of what we once knew as housing developments.

For Goodyear, now building Litchfield Park, Ariz., the motivation was the population boom, the M'ofit motive and the availability of land.

During World War I the company tonght 13,000 acres of ranchland to grow long staple cotton for tires. Synthetic meanwhile replaced cotton; and the booming city of Phoenix, less than 18 miles away, rattled the ranch gates.

them had strong political con- Goodyear decided to utiliz

victions, but I dont believe the land over Vft decades. When

Bill then again he never the town is finished, therefore,

did say much about politics. nothing in it will be older than

Didnt you find this 25 years not the factories, nor

strange? the investigator ask- museums, nor churches nor

ed as he took notes. curbstones. . .

What about rirls*? queson arises of wheth-

wnat atxmt girls. ^ ^ er a corporation should create

B"1 asnt much of a lad- Accustomed to produc

tion line methods, can the cor-

rru i i 1- TT poration attune itself to the indi-

Xv^^duatity that brings vitality? didn t hke BTls then? ^ ^^ate stamp, for

ies man when he was in Paris.

'Public Forum

girls

No, he liked girls. As a matter of fact he had several girl friends when he was in Paris.

Then youd say he was promiscuous?

Let me think, Yeah, he was more promiscuous than he wasnt. To tell the truth.

ART

BUCHWALD

To the Editor:

The editorial that you reprinted Simday, Oct. 2, from the Farmville Enterprise seems to me an exercise in falsehood through innuendo not yet surpassed in print by the supporters of Mr. Jones.

The Farmville editor presents no factual evidence that Dr. East has neglected any duties connected with his teachingvery possibly because he could find none. During neither of his campaigns has Dr. East missed any class meeting. In fact, he usually campaigns at night, when he has no classes.

If Dr. East applied the soft - pedal to the away from Washington theme, it may be that he only wanted to keep from boring the voters with frequent reports of Mr. J 0 n e ss absence from Washington.

Most candidates, beside

campaigning, have another fulltime job. Mr. Jones has a full - time job as Congressman. I wish he were doing his job as well as Dr. East is doing his.

Being a student in one of Dr. Easts classes, I think his lectures compare very favorably with those of many other teachers. Surely his teaching is enriched by practical experience in what he teachespolitics.

Any accusation of neglect made against a teacher must carry an accusation of laxness against the administration of his school for tolerating his negligence. One thing East Carolina needs no more of is false, reckless criticism from the press. If the Enterprise and Reflector have cn i-dence in East Carolina College, they will be satisfied with Dr. Easts work if the College is.

Charles H. White

example, be impressed upon the deisign of churches, the town houses, the patio homes of Litchfield Park?

Goodyear, at least, believes not. Were putting in the basic facilities, said Patrick Cusick Jr., general manager, but the actual designs are left to tlie individual owners, to the churches and tbe museums.

Cusick, who holds a masters degree in city planning from Harvard and a Wg reputation as one of the rebuilders of Pittsburgh, believes tbe emerging city in Arizona is a creative project, one that is still developing and which wont show a distinct pattern for five or 10 years. About 600 people live there now.

After a decade or less tbe people who have purchased lots and built homes and encouraged churches and museums to locate in Litchfield Park will find

he was a rake.

Would you say he like foreign girls better than American girls?

1 remember once he had two dates one with a u i u x i . French girl and one with an *"he*r own bt intoests to

American girl, and he stood

up the American girl. k. town grows there may

^jow drd you^tee, about

b<;rme "' /

bother me, but now that you nrpcnmahiv win k /k bring it up it was a dirty thing 2sEe^,evl to do. It makes you wonder about a fellow like that.

You said it; I didnt What about his drinking habits?

As far as I know he never touched the stuff at all.

Then youd call him a secret drinker?

Come to think of it he (Continued On Page 5)

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Too large a part of the high school curriculum is aimed at the college-bound student, even though only a small minority of high school graduates finish college.Portland (Ore.) Journal.

Strength For Today

Tax Increases Are Sure To Come

By EARL L. DOUGLAS pleasure

PRODUCTION TAKES CHARACTER

George Eliot In her novel Adam Bedge gives a picture of lovenly work and inattentive workmen which we may well ponder in these days of feathe --bedding and slowdowns. In a workshop as the clock begins to strike out quitting time, one man lays down his plane; another reaches for his jacket; an-another, with a screw h a 1 f-driven, throws his screwdriver into the tool basket; another drops his hammer as he is in the act of lifting it. Adam Bede speaks up indignantly: Look there, now! I cant abide to see man throw away their tools i that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no

i their work, and was afraid o doing a stroke loo much. I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clocks fairly struck, just as if he had never a bit o pride and delight in *s work. The very grindstone ull go on turning a bit after you loose it, There can be no peace in industry or in the world without the honest attempt on the part of everybody to produce, and there can be no peace in mens souls until they give to life the best they have in them. Anything that encourages a man to do less than he is capable ot doing to produce a quality of work below his highest capacity is degrading to the workman, injurious to the cause of labor and ruinous to the best interests of soci&tf.

electioneer.

STATE. COUNTY, CITY AND SO ON

In state and local taxes, there will be tax boosts too to meet higlier wage de-

By ELMER ROESSNER These are ahead in business:

Tax increases.

Price rises.

Tighter money.

In federal taxes, in addition to the suspension of the 7 per cent credit for investments in equipment and machine, there are income and corporation tax rises not far over the horizon. As soon as the election is out of the way, the administration will get to work on tax increases. Best guess are rises to bring in $10 billion more a year, about the mands, suppress riots, meet amount needed to finance step-* the rise in crime, build more ped - up operations in Viet hospitals to meet medica i d

Nam.

Also, the prospect of a lam - duck session Congress increases daily, nbt only to tackle taxes but to resolve other administration proposals, that will be left unfinished in the mad rushriiome to

demands, improve welfare and unemployment payments and to satisfy demands for more services, more bread and more circuses.

Note that the federal govern m e n t, by initiating so many projects that require

matching funds by states and subdivisions, is forcing state and local taxes up.

Price rises are continuing and there is nothing to stop them, except perhaps a little LB Jawbone, which hasnt been very successful so far.

Farm prices have dropped about 1 per cent, leading to CLMER some slight cuts in food prices. And there are some pro-ROESSNER spects of cheaper meat.

But on the whole the trend is up. In recent days computers, icc cream containers and other cartons, rare metals, textiles, monosodium glutamate and copper have gone up. Rising copper prices may be something to live with a long time, with unions demanding higher wages in the United States and the government of Chili moving into the man-agement of copper mines there.

TWO FORCES ON MONEY

Interest rates will be higher and loans harder to find for two reasons: the continuing expansion of business, partly because of the Viet Nam war, and government efforts to tighten the money supply.

On Thursday, Roy Wenzlick, noted economist, prepared a talk before the National Industrial Conference Board predicting that less than one million private housing units would be started next year. But even before he could deliver his speech, the Federal Housing and Veterans Administrations increased their mortgage rate from to 6 per cent.

And in California, home owners demonstrated agj^nst savings and loan companies that were evoking little-known clauses in mortgages to increase interest rates. California already has one oF the I highest rates in the country.