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New Year Brings New ChaUenges

Today marked the beginning of another school country educational background which will enable year for some 20,000 youngsters who attend the them in future years to compete successfully with schools of Greenville and Pitt County administrative people from other countries, other states, units. This will be a year in which the students, like

For most of the youngsters it will be a year their teachers and school officials, must exert every of progress and achievement. For others, unfor- effort to get the most from the educational program, tunately, it will be a year of frustrations and per- It will be a year in which adults in every section of haps failure. For all of them, however, the new the county should lend their full support to the pub-Bchool year will bring new challenges, new oppor- lie school system throughout the year, rendering tunities through which they may broaden their base cooperation and assistance wherever possible, for learning. Next spring when it comes time to evaluate the

Whether the new school year proves to be a school year, the results will not be determined good one or a bad one for the individual student solely by the efforts put forth by the teachers and will depend largely upon the student. Each will face staff of the city and county schools. The degree of his own difficulties, of course. But every effort has success in the school year will be determined to a been made in the two administrative units to offer significant degree by the effort also put forth by youngsters the best educational opportunities ever the students and their parents, offered in the public schools of this county. Millions

of dollars of taxpayers money will be spent in the GlfOGIlVllO J J

next nine mnths to give the young people of this

Shires Recalls Gram is Reassuring

Wetzel's Tria.

(Editors note: William A. Shires is on vacation. In t h e interim we are reprinting some memorable columns and dis> patches from tl^ past few years. Today, the fimsh of the trail of Frank Edward Wetzel at Rockingham, N. C., on Jan. 10, 1958.)

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

ROCKINGHAM A jury of 10 men and two women today convicted Frank Edward Wet-sel of first degree murd< in file fatal shooting of State Highway Patrolman Wister Lee Reece but recommended mercy, making a life sentence mandatory.

Hie jury deliberated fqr slightly more fiian three hours befive the retmning the verdict As Wetzel stood with his ri^ hand raised, jury foreman W. S. Covington read the verdict

Debite a warning by Judge J. A. Rousseau, ^ verdict broui^t squeals and hand-clapping fi^m the large group of teenaged girls present in the crowded court room.

Coifft - appointed defense attorney John T. Page Jr. asked that the verdict 1^ set aside as contrary to fiie greater weight <rf the evidence. After Rousseau denied the motion and sentenced Wetzel, Page sved notice of an appeal to the State Supreme Court.

Page said, however, that he was not sure whether an appeal would be completed. If the jury had not recommended mercy, an appeal to t h e supreme court would have been automatic. Wetzel already faces a probable life sentence in New York State as an habitual oiminal.

W^zel, a 37 - year - old fugitive from a New York mental hospital, also faces a murder diarge in the Nov. 5 slaying of Hi^way Pidrolman J. T. Rtiim near Sanford, N. C., an

ceived a fair trial, Wetzel replied I dont think I should have been convicted.

As the sentence was passed, Reeces widow, who had been seated quietly in the courtroom, collapsed and was carried out by two patrolmen. As she regained consciousness in an ante - room, she sobbed again and again, I cant lode at him. Hes going to live! Hes going to live!

Rousseau set aj^arance bond on the appeal at $35,000 and set an additional bond of $1,000 to cover costs of the a{^eal. Since Wetzel was unable to make bond, he was to be returned to central prison in Raleigh to begin his sentence as soon as commitment-papers were signed, either tonight or early tomorrow.

The jury received the case at 1:17 p. m. after a 62-minute charge by Rousseau but did not begin deliberations until 2:45 p. m. after a lunch recess.

At 5:28 p. m., tiie jury returned to the court and reported it was divided 11-1 without indicating what way it was divided. When Rousseau asked if

Even if there is a temporary freeze on federal funds being spent for airport construction in North Carolina, it is reassuring to Jcnow that $20,000 is earmarked for improvements at the Htt-Greenville airport. ^

It is only a matter of tiipe before some means is found to remove the deadlock over spending federal funds that have been authorized for North Carolina airport improvements. When that time comes, funds for the Pitt-Greenville airport will be available along with those for other airports in the state.

The recent announcement by Congressman Walter Jones that a $20,000 Federal Aviation Agency grant has been approved for improvements at Pitt-Greenville is a major step. Plans already have been made for acquiring a radio beacon for the airport.

It was only a few months ago that a new administration building was constructed at the facility. The new authorization provides funds for clearing approaches to the field's main runway and for a new lighting system for that runway.

These improvements will further upgrade the _

Pitt-Greenville airport and make it safer and more ART BUCHWALD attractive for use by private planes. The attention given in recent months to improving this important local facility is commendable. With air transporta tion becoming increasingly important for every com munity, the development of the Pitt-Greenville airport is an undertaking which cannot be overemphasized. ,

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

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it wmdd be posfdble to reach a verdict. Juror Raymond W. Freeman said *I was the re-mainhig one and I'm going to vote with file ofiiers.

The jury resumed deliberations and returned at 5:56 p.m. wifii the v^dict.

Rousseau told the jury it could turn any one of five ver-

hour after the slaying at Reece, diets: Guilty of first - degree A decision as to whether to murder, guilty of first - degree

try him for the second slaying must be made by District So-Bcitor Jack Hooks of Kenly, N. ., DOW a patient in a Durham hospital. It was believed, however, that Hooks would decide against anoth^ trial.

Befwe receiving the sen-ience, Wetzel said everyones been real nice to me in this state. I apixeciate it. asked iater if he tiiought he had re-

murder with recommendation for life imprisonment, guilty of second - degree murder, guilty of manslaughter, or innocent Solicitor M. G. Boyette asked for the death penalty for Wetzel, 37, of Seneca Falls, N. Y., whom he termed a heartless, cold - blooded murderer. Page called for acquittal on grounds the state had proved nothing.

By JOSEPH R. GOYNE

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Johnson administration is unlikely to convert two major international achievements into massive support at the polls next year. '

But botii will help shape the lives and leisure of many Americans for years to come.

Earlier tiiis summer, U. S. officials reached agreement to cut tariffs on thousands of items over a five - year period in return for cuts by otiier non-Communist nations.

And last weekend the United States agreed with nine leading industrial nations on a framework for creating new money to help pay for new trade.

Both moves have bipartisan

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By EARL L. DOUGLASS WHAT CONSTITUTES REAL TRUST?

People generally respond to us about the way we expect them to. If we look upon them a ^ with suspicion, they wxive wor- Z..lj thy of suspicion. If we trust them, they usually prove worthy of trust. If we fear them, we find we have something to fear in them. If we hate hem, we find that they respond to us in a like ^irit.

With the exception of a comparatively few degenerate criminals, practically everyone will be honest if we thoroughly convince him of the fact that we expect him to be and trust him. 1 was amazed to learn from an officiM of a credit corporation several years ago that his firm was in the habit of lending money quite indiscriminately, with-, out collateral and wifii very little investigation of the borrowers character. This official assured me that most people will be honest if they know that they are trusted, and tha the overwhelming majority of people in file country are honest by nature and expect to pay their bills. He told me that cent of what they lent, and that they found, over a period of years that they kept well within this limit

We hurt our fellow men immeasurably when we refuse to trust fiiem. If we never trust a man unless we know him to be reliable, we really do not trust hhn at all we simply bet im a sure thing. Trust begins when we put our coirfi-dence in people who experience teaches us are prone to be flbewd and

support but lack massive voter attention given such questions as the Vietnam war^ trouble in the cities.

Yet government officials consider them so important tiWhe countrys future that theyVe^ spent four to five years trying to resolve problems surrounding each.

President Johnson called last weekends agreement the greatest step forward in world financial cooperation m two decades and said it will advance the welfare of all Americans.

The reduction of tariffs and the means to finance more trade will mean more jobs for Americans, the administration contends.

The government estimates that every $1 billicm in exports means 127,000 jobs for Americans. Government officials expect the successful round of tariff talks to increase exports although they hesitate to say by how much.

Foes of specific tariff cuts contend these could lead to in-(Continned On Page 21)

MARTHAS VINEY A R D, MASS.The weaier has not been the greatest on Cape Cod this year, and I have found myself spending a great deal of time playing the game of Monopoly with my children. 'This battle. f<M*; real estate probably been toe most pbpular pasttime for children fqr oyer toee decades, and its pe now is as g^t as it when it first came out 1935.

The surprising, filing about Monopoly is thafc'y^e

tion has taken its toll in this country, the for real

estate on tie Monopoly , board

have reminded the same for 32 years. Its very hard fw a parent to explain to his children how lucky they can still purchase Marvin Gardens for only $280.

In my day, I told my children, .$280 was a lot of money, and you thought twice about buying Marvin Gardens before you plunked down cash for it Now the minute you land on it, you throw the money, fjiwn as if it was water.

*j!Ho jrou want to buy it or don'tyou? my 18-year-old son demanded.

Don't rush me. If I buy

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Other Editors Saying Silly Talk About Prayer

Marvin Gardens Ill have to buy Ventnw and Atlantic Avenues, and theyve really gone to seed in 30 years. Til wind up wifii a bunch of tenements on my hands.

Will you please roll the dice?

Im just trying to impress on you the value of a dollar, I said. Monopoly is more than a game. I dont want you kids growing up thinking you can Imy the Pennsylvania Railroad for $200. The Reading Railroad, maybe-^but not the PcnMylvania.

f H you dont roll youll miss your turn.

Now hear me out, I said. You children must understand that every piece of real estate on this board is undervalued. When I was a child we mortgaged everything just

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There was a lot of silly talk in the papers over the weekend about prayers in public schools.

<Ov. Lester Miaddox of Georgia was the silliest. The United Press International quoted him as saying I have long favored a constitutional amendment which would permit our childrra and our teachers to pray and to read the Bible, if they so desire. Thats exactly what the Constitution, as kiterpreted by the Supreme Court, now permits. Any child and any teacher who wants to pray at school or read the Bible at school can do so. The Court simply ruled that no duld can be iorced to pray a required prayer. Thats all.

The Court ruling is an excellent one. It ixotects the

children from heii^ forced to repeat a certain specified prayer, and goodness only knows school children should be protected from the ideas some public officials have about religion.

So, with another school term about to begin, everybody should try and realize, what the Court ruling on public school prayer actully was: 'Diat no required iMayer may be forced on a school child. Any school child who wants to pray voluntarily and according to the dictates of his own consciice may do so.

Unfortunately, all too many politicians are all too willing to seek votes in the guise of .defending the rights of children to pray, when that right already has been more than adequately protected the very Court the politicians attack.

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to own a piece of the Boardwalk. But today anybody can buy Boardwalk or Park Place. You kids dont appreciate BoardwMk and Park Place because you never had to work for them.

They pretended they -lidnt hear a word I said.

A dozen turns later I landed on chance. The card I picked up said, Go to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.

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crats to impose a Mrong peace plank on fiie^|)emo-cratic convention nez| s^inmer has made Its first conquest of a regular party leader.

Robert L. iREthern

state cfaainnan In (aliforriia, filis wed( informed ^^m>h L. Raoh, Jr, the leader of the movement, he **aneqiiivocaliy* siq^iorts toe effort. ^

In addition to Ctoate,* three other state chairmen Imve aleo endorsed Rauh's proposal ^and iH'omised to use fiieir influence within fiieir state delegations to battle for a strong anti-bontoing peace^ plank in the 1968 psaiy platform. Each of them, however, insists on anonymityi^)artly because fiiey dont want to stir up counter pressures this far ki advance, partly because they fear Wte House retaliation. Ihosideifi Johnson cx-p e c t s to write the platform himself.

Rauh's pT(^osal was privately circulated to some 400 liberal Democrats. His basic proposition is that anti-war Democrats should stay away from aU thirdiiarty movements and from all efforts to dump President Johnson for some other standard-bearer. The result of both fiiese approaches, Raidi argued, wouid simply be to reduce the influence of the anti-war bloc within the party and enhance tiie election of a Republican candidate who might be more hawkish fiian Mr. Johnson.

The question of how antiwar Democrats should deal with the war has mUt the liberals wide open, including Americans for Democratic Action of which Rauh is a vice-chairman. It is also matting left-wing partisans of fi^ New Left, who meet next week in Chicago at fiie National Conference for New Politics.

Despite advance indications file (Chicago rally may endorse a third - party movement. Dr. Benjamin Spock, who is often menticmed as a possible third-party candidate, threw eql d water on the idea in a letter to Rauh.

Replying to Rauhs proposal, Spock said the Chicago meeting would be concerned more witti a movement, not a party; with local political action rather than a national ticket. If either old party chooses a half - peaceful candidate, wrote Spock, I would think any New Politics national ticket would certainly be withdrawn.

The MUls Poll Shortly before President Johnson sent his 10 percent tax surcharge proposal to Congress, Representative Wilbur Mills of Arkansas conducted an informal poll among an extremely influential sample.

The sample was composed of senior members of Mills^ House Ways and Means Committee and file Senate Finance Committee five top members from each committee (six Democrats and four Republicans). Millss question; as of today do you favor a tax increase?

The answers would scarce'v please the White House. Nine said no, only one gave an unqualified yes.

By FOY H. DUNCAN August 30, 1927 Birth Announcefoeiit Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Whichard, Aug. 29, 1927, a daughter.

Age Ldw Is Full Of Loopholes

Mrs. Barr Entertains ^

Mrs. C. J. Barr delightfully^ entertained at bridge last evening at her home on Ridgeway Street, having as honor guest, Mrs. C. M. Tolar, who yesterday celebrated her birthday. . , . Mrs. L. B. McCormick made high score for the ladies and Mr. C.M. Tolar for the men. . . . Low score prize went to Miss Mildred Lane. . . .

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To The Editor:

Your editorial posing an Interstate Highway along present US 13 strikes me as both sound and thrilling.

What would you and other interested readers suggest we might do now toward promoting the use, by desirable kinds of traffic, of US 13? I have a few ideas.

Carroll Webber

By ELMER ROESSNER

It l(K^s as if the nation may soon have a law barring di:rimination in employment of older wwkers.

This is to say that the proposed law is shot full of loophole and, even if it were, not, it couldn't be iforced.

The law was unanimously approved by a House Labor subcommittee. Rep. John H. Dent, D., Pa., managing the bill, says it will be approved by the full committee and by the House itself. The Senate, mostly elderly men, may jiirt go along with it.

The faults of the bill are these:

It pntoibits discrimination only between the ages of 40 and 65; after 65 an employer or union can discriminate as much as it wants.

It excepts jobs in which age is a bima fide occupational c(Misiderati<, which is a rubber band that can be stretched around almost any job , in the country.

Outside The, Pension Pale The law allows newly hired older workers to be kept out of pension and retirement

If it is passed, the law cannot be made effective for these

reasons:

The great increase of yming workers, the results of. the postwar baby boom of twenty years ago, will create tremendous economic and political piessure to kici out older men to give young men a chance.

There are dozens of tests that can be used to prove that an older man is not adequate to hold down a job. For example, since the human wearies with age, it is simple to devise tests to show that a man of almost any age past 40 does not qualify tor any specffic job. Given 16 minutes, I could invest a test that would prove I do not have adequate sight to wr&te a daily business ccdumn. Perhaps I cant.

It will tend to make men of 39, 38 and even younger unwanted.

Since ^ the |ovemment has been unable to preveit discrimination because of sex, it will also be unable to prevent discrimination for age. Someplace in this favored land there may be a kmee mining coa^

or a virgin driving a 32-shift truck, but the pious legislation to prohibit sex (lesodmimna-tion in jobs has become a j<^e. Reas(Hi8 Fw Age Discriminations

One of the major causes of discrimination against older workers is the government itself. With its Social Security pension system, it has encouraged both employers and unions to fire men at 65. In fact, that was one of fiie

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original arguemnts for Social Security: it would encourage men to quit at 65 to make room for unemployed younger mm. But survival on Social Security today is ail exercise in starvation and the Civil Service system is equally tough.

The government, fiuxiugh various ctimii^ has encourag

ed conqianiee and uaions to set up retirement plans, often tied up with mandatory retirement ages.

Some times ago I was invited to recommend a man for a job with a large foundation. I got a call from my contact who said, The man you suggested seems ideal, But he is in his fifties.

He couldnt have his experience and be younger, I said.

No, agreed by contact, but I have been gmng over the situati(Mi with our personnel department. The man we hire has to be exactly .34 or 35. If he is younger, he wiH pay to much into the pfertsdon plan in relation to what he will get out of it. If he is older, the fotmdation will have to pay an excessive anuwt into the fund to make up for previous years.

And so if you are older than 35 or 40, thats what you will face, regardless of what laws ait passed. But if the Dent bill becomes a law, it will create a number of new bureaucratic jobs, most at which will be filled by people Under 40 and more by peo|de over 65.

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