^Wednesday, November 8, 1967

Impressive, But Gap Still Exists

The figures are impressive: 96 highway projects, work on 1,431 miles of roads and a cost o f40 million. It is impressive too, that this is the largest single letting of highway projects in the history of North Carolina.

Perhaps of greatest significance for the Eastern area of the state is the project which will four-lane another segment of highway 70 from Golds-^ boro through Lenoir County to Dover ih Craven County. This will be another big leg in the long-dreamed-of highway reaching from the coast into the Piedmont area of the state. When it is finally brought to reality it will not nearly meet the needs of this huge area of North Carolina, but it will afford at least one maior traffic artery from the coast into the Piedmont. Others, hopefully, will follow in less time than has been required to obtain

the first. , , ^ ^ j

Beyond this, there are a number of primarv^ and secory^rv road projects which are of interest to peo^lV j throughout the area. Almost every county ripived a number of projects. In Pitt and Beanfort Connties, for example, almost 50 miles of road

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By WnXIAM A. SHIRES

Reflector Raleigh Bnreaa

RALEIGH-Sharp contrasts could be drawn between l^t weekends VaaceAycock dinner doings in Asheville and

firevioas shindigs of the sort y the states Democrats.

The more than 1,000 party faithful on hand for the annual Fall fund raising affair in the mountain city agreed ^.things were different in a number of ways this time.

'The reason, of wurse, is fftmple the political situation is strikingly different this Fall

WFXIAM

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As a* result, this Vance-Aycock dinner phere was changed.

There was politicking to be sure, but everything was aimed more at building and generating party enthusiasm.

There were fewer mnounc-ed Democratic candidates, and there appeared more party unity, more cordiality, a more solid part^ determination and more castigating of the Republicans.

It was much different than, say, four years ago when the party was heading int3 the 1964 election campaigns and was badly torn. In the Fall if 1963, two major Democratic candidates for governor already had announced and a third was within a few weeks

SHIRES of announcing. It was a time

of intense intraparty politicking, and a great deal of factionalism, division and dissatisfaction existed. This was missingor at least covered up^last week,

Vance-Aycock Speakers The dinner speakers, Gov. Dan K. Moore and Rep, Nick Galifianakis, drummed the theme of standing together and pointing up the partys accomplishments.

Moore said he stands with the party and its cand'dates on all levels and that Democrats must stand together, strengthened by discussion of our differences, and united in our effort to provide a better way of life for all. He urged Democratic stumppoliUcking ag a i nst the noise of the Repuoli-cans. I want to hear some

worK will be included in the bids called for in late November and early December. The majoray of this work will consist of resurtacing.

In years in which one after another record is being set fdr the amount of money being spent on highway wrk in North Carolina, the eastern area is still falling far behind its needs, particularly where major highways are concerned. The figures are impressive when officials talk in terms of millions of dollars spent and the hundreds of miles involved in highway improvement projects.

What is even more impressive, however, is the obvious need in the East for more major highways. Even more impressive than the figures on what is being spent is the deplorable gap which continues between what is needed in terms of highways in this section and what is being done to provide for those needs.

Race Issue Does Not Dominate All Others

Extremists of black power an unyielding^^s^^^ regatioh both suffered defeats yesterday as at^ least

ISTegfS to their

highest office.

The outcome of the election showed conclusively that racial issues do not overshadow all other issues even in large cities. The election results show that even where the seat of powder is concerned, conflict between the races can be resolvd without fighting in th streets.

In Boston, in Cleveland and in Gary, Ind. the campaign for the mayors office pitted a Negro and white candidate against each other as representatives of the major political party. In each case the outcome was close, but in each case the Negro was elected to the office.

The campaigns were not run on a racial basis although there can be no doubt that the racial issue lingered just below the surface in each of them. The victory of the Negro candidates cannot be attributed to black power as some may like to assert, but rther to responsible political leadership which obviously came from the white race as well as the Negro. The newly elected mayors are not representatives any more than their responsible

iouve Forgotten Who Higher Than WTiom

of black power

opponents were representatives of extreme segre- ART BUCHWALD gationists. They are represntatives of their respective ^ ,

political parties, and now of the people of the cities A Q

in which they were elected to the highest office. i iti- Xv^V>LX X

The outcome of the elections in those cities reflect the change which has been coming about in the American society and in American politics for a number of years.

Other War

It is evid(it that Democrats can no longer be complacent about the Republican political force in Norfli Carolina, and cannot afford the luxury of quarreling bitterly among themselves. Unit and caution have become watchwords of the states Democrats.

Republican Threat

ngal 2 nadean

Just a year ago the GOP scored its biggest gains in at least a generation in North Carolina with some surprising sweeps of local elections, upset victories for the legis- praise for what the Democra-lature and capture of a third tic party has accomplished

All That Agony 'n Fifty Years

teat in Congress.

And on the eve of the Vance Aycock dinner, a Republican John L. (Jack) Stickley of Charlottebecame the states first formally announced candidate for governor next year.

Indications, have increased fiiat a GOP primary for he gubernatorial nomination will develop, and R;(^ublicans will field candidates and campaign vigorously for all major offices next Fall. It poses a threat which Democrats are taking seriously.

CiMitrasts Pointed Up

over the years. . . .

Galifianakis, a first termer in Congress considered to be a bright comer in Democratic party affairs in the state, urged carrying the fight to the GOP and do it oroudly.

Here at the state level is where we must continue to build the solid foundation of the party. If we are to continue to provide the solutions to our nations problems, we must remember the ancients truth of unity and avoid the disaster of excessive fighting among ourselves.*

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) -Its been like watching a Russian bear eat an electric light bulb.

Surprise, convulsions, indigestion, internal bleeding, thrashing around half out of mind and degestion restored have all been part of the process since the bolsheviks took

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This Date--40 Years Ago Today

By FOY H. DUNCAN Nov. 8, 1927 Big Parade Here Nov. 11

Armistice Day is the most significant day of the entire year to the veterans of t h e World War. These men, especially those who played tag with death before the German lines somehow have a different outlook upon life from other people. . . .There will be a parade and a program. . . .As these veterans march by the public sh o u 1 d realize that many of them have faced death for the protection of the security of their country. The good people of Greenville should dedicate themselves to the task of seeing that in the future the people of this city will pay prt^er respect on Armistice Day to the meaning of the valiant deed., of our World War soldiery. . . .

Birthday Dinner Given By Mrs. Eason On a recent date, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. W. Hadley and family, Mrs. W. L. Best, Mrs. Jane Forbes, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hollingworth and little daughter, Mary Edith, Master John Happersherg^r and B. T. Rouse attended a birthday dinner given by Mrs. Betty Eason at her home near La Grange. She had about seventy friends and relatives and was the recipient of many attractive and useful presents.

Gives Dinner In Honor Of His 48 Birthday

H. W. Renfrew entertathed friends last night at his home on Third Street in honor of his 48 birthday. The occasion was an enjovable one, being featured by the spirit of comradeship that die much to make it long remembered. . .

over the Russian revolution 50 years ago today.

Surprise The Bolsheviks were caught flatfooted, unprepared for the takeover when the revolution began. They got themselves together, grabbed their chance, and communism has been in charge since.

ConvulsionThe beginning was dreadful: The struggle with the other fantions which were split and indecisive; civil war; and economic collapse.

IndigestionLenin and his Bolsh^iks started out as the apostles of Kark Marx. But they twisted Marxism to suit their needs. And Lenin even (Continued On Page 9)

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS WE GET AS WE GIVE

We value anything to the extent that we invest in it.

A father once gave his little daughter a pocketbook, and she promptly lost it.' After that for several years she losFpoc-ketbooks as fast as he gave them to her. At last he conceived the idea of putting a little money in the pocketbook, and after that the child never again lost her pocketbook. An empty pocketbook was one thing; a pocketbook with a few pennies or a dime in it was something quite different.

Friendship, happy domestic life, success in business all these things depend for their value upon the amount we invest in them. If we invest little, we get little. If we invest much, we get much. We can have as many friends as we are willing to buy with the generous spending of an unselfish spirit. We can make ourselves and our homes happy or otherwise, depend i n g upon the extent we are willing to sacrifice. In business it is true that natural aptitude and the circumstances of the business world have considerable to do with business success, but all things being equal, the hard worker passes the shirker on the home stretch every time; the reason being that he is willing to give unstintedly of himself to the winning of the race.

Given and it shall be given unto you, is the Biblical explanation of how the serious giving of the best one has results in satisfactory returns. ^

WASHINGTON - The operations room of the 24th U.S. Army Recruiting Ck)rps was tense with excitement. Gen. Rubicom, the commanding officer, came in with his staff and stared at the map on the wall.

Any news from the front, colonel?

Yes, sir. Weve he a r d from the Dartmouth patrol. They managed to get on campus unseen and got their card table set up in Hie administration building. They report they signed up four students for Officers Candidate School before they were discovered and had to retreat.

Good show- Any word from Princeton?

No, sir. Not for two days. The last report we had was that Capt. Reilly and his men were surrounded by students who wouldnt let their car move. Theyre running short on water and food, asd I dont know how much long e r theyll be able to hold out. Call the Air Force and ask them if theyll make a drop.

I did, sir, but the weathers been bad and all planes are grounded.

Dammit, colonel, weve got to get relief to them somehow.

I know, sir. We were thinking of sending in a relief force, but weve used up all our reserves at Harvard.

Whats the situation at Harvard?

Lt. Shivers is trapped with three recruiters in the office of the Harvm-d Oimson. Lt. Shivers? a major cried. Thats my brother. How can you send a kid up to a place like that?

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Other Editors A CrimeTn

Saying Unlikely

(Salisbury Post) .

No door is more firrh 1 y locked to Negroes than t h e one that leads to the halls of power in organized crime, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Mafia is definitely not an Equal Opportunity Emoloyer.

A black mans got a better chance of being elected mayor of Selma than of making it into the big money with the Syndicate, the paper quotes a Brooklyn Negro as grumbling.

Since they can hardly go to their local human relations commission with a charge of job bias, and since complaining to the boss can result in being measured for a cement overcoat, Negro hoods have to be contented with such menial positions as numbers runners or narcotics pushers.

This is one instance of discrimination which is not likely to move Negroes to stage a protest demonstration a crime - in, perhaps. But the situtaion is not as amusing as it might seem.

According to crime experts, a big share of the organized underworlds estimated annual take of $2 billion from the numbers racket and $350 million from narcotics is squeezed out of the nations ghettos.

And much of the ghetto Negros contempt for the police is partly rooted in the knowledge that some of them aie serving the white racketeers who are bleeding the community, charges Lincoln Lynch, associate national director of the Congress of Racial Equality.

Easy does it, major. Gen. Rubicom said grimly. Lt. Shivers knew what he was doing when he volunteered for the 24th U. S. Army Recruiting Corps.

Sure, you can say that standing here in this nice comfortable office seven stories underneath the Pentagon. But what about the kids you send out day after day to Ohio State and the Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin and Berkeley? What are you running, a suicide mission? Major, I will overlook your insurbordination because I know how you feel about your brother. But I would just like to assure you that Im not heartless. How do you think I feel every time I send a patrol out to Yale or Columbia or Oberlin? Sure, I know they may never come back. But weve got a job to do, and I cant let emotion stand in the way of the Armys recruiting plans. Somebodys got to do the dirty work. War is hell, son. (Continued On Page 9)

Reagan

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Oentec.

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK WASHINGTON To Republican politieans in California, Governor Ronald Reagan aa his press conference in Sacramento last Tuesday (Oct. 31) committed the first truly serious ror of his political career with potentially deep national implications.

One such California Republican, fully informed earlier by t^ Gov^iknts aides of a homosexual problem in Sacramento, was shocked to hear Reagan deny the existence of the affair. Turning to a companion watching the press conference with him over television, this politician anappedr Integrity jnst

His appraisal may be premature, but Reagans own oo-litical advisers have long s^iid the publics belief in his integrity has been vital in his fantastic rise to Presidential contention. Now he has erred by telling considerably less than the trutha fact known by California politicians and being passed by word of-mouth to politicians a.toss the country.

Indeed, the only impact on Reagans political fortune.s of the unhappy affair will stem from how the Governor has handled it. The problem of the unfortunates involved is, in truth, a private tragedy rather than a public scandaL To his credit, Reagan handled it that way when first brought to his attention several months ago.

After investigation by prl* vate detectives indicated homosexual activity by several persons in Sacramento (some on, some off the Governors staff but no elected officials), efforts were made to ease them from public service with minimum damage to their lives. Considering that immediate public exposu r e would have destroyed these men but not harmed Reagan, the decision was made not out of political expediency but from considerations of personal decency.

Inevitably, however, ru.m-ors spread. By late September, the story was racing through political and press circles in Sacramento and Los Angeles. It was then that Reagans inner circle began making mistakes.

Prominent Repub 1 i c a n s were called into the office of Reagans high aides in Sacramento to be offered a look at evidence accumulated by the private investigators tan inspection that some declined). The result was still iur^ ther spreading of rumors

Worse yet, Reagans ades decided among themselves without informing Reagan to put out the story to any rejwrters who happened to ask why certain Reagan staff mjimbers really resigned. That is precisely what happened at the national Governors Conference aboard the liner Independence the week of Oct. 16.

Lyn Nofziger, Reagans chief political aide, did not peddle the story wholesale. When asked by reporters, however, he revealed the sordid facts complete with nam* esan error in judgment oy the usually shrewd Nofziger. His comments spread throuoh the ship and back to the U.S.

A cryptic paragraph in the Periscope section of Newsweek, appearing on 0-t. 23, asserted a top GOP Presl-(Continued On Page 9)

Comalaints? Lets Be Helpfu..

By ELMER ROESSNER

Mrs. Leslie Midgley, who is taking her job as President Johnsons special assistant for consumer affairs as seriously as Betty Furness used to close Westinghouse ref r i g erator doors on television, has asked the public to send her complaints. Lets be helpful.

First, Mrs. Midgley* do something about those contests, the ones that say, You may already have won t n e Taj Mahal, or You may already have won a night on Moscow town with Kosygen.

I have sent in dozens of coupons, always carefully putting a check in the box opposite the words, No, dont send the Hope diamond, for which I would pay $1 a week, but let me know if I have won a prize. My readers have sent in millions of similar tiny postcards. But neither I nor any of them I know of have ever won even a transi-tor radio.

Furthermore, none of us know who, if anybody, ever won. Some contests offer to send a list of winners if I send them a stamped, self-addressed envelope and M;a Farrow, but I never seem to have an extra stamp in the house.

A Weak Excuse

Some contests say they cant advertise lists of winners because then the winners could sue them for using their names in advertising. Nuts. All they have to do is to put a line on the entry blank saying, My name may be used in ads if I win.

And another thing about these contests, Mrs. Midgley: In those contests in which gas stations give you half of a phony bill, with cash it you match them, is it really honest to give out more right halves than left halves?

I know a person my wife is a person who nas three

right halves of a $2,5()0 bill but no left half. I have si^en ads in the papers for I g 11 halves, put there by suckers who dont know that if anybody has a left half they can pick up a right half for a dollar.

BUWER

ROESSNER

This is unfair. The consumer is being cheated unless there are as many left halves as there are right halves. Get with it, Mrs. Midgely. Other Consumer Impositions And why do not shirtmakers make pockets deep enough to hold a pair of glasses? My glasses and the glasses of everyone I know eep pop

ping out and busting because the pockets are so shallow. Whom do I sue, the shirt company or LBJ?

Furthermore, the tails o sport shirts are so short they constantly work up and outside the belt. The makers pri-bably send the cut-off tails to indigents in the Congo for G strings. Why cant they leave them on the shirts of we who pay for them?

When I buy a plastic bag of six lemons, why is one always mushy? Why, in even the best supermarkets, is the down side of a ^teak always fattier and bonier? Why is one potato in every bag hors de combat?

Why do I get shipments of Christmas cards I .never ordered? Why doesnt the package of breakfast foods sav they cost 63 cents a p o u n d? Why cant all peanut butter be packed in 8-, 12- and ounce containers and none in 7 l-6th-ounce jars?