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Safety Record Must Be Improved

Greenville placed among the top 10 safeat citiea of North Carolina lor 1967.

The rankings art maintained by the North Carolina State Motor Club and they are based on the number of traffic deaths per 10,000 auto registrations.

Wilson ranked as the safeat in the annual ratings of the state's S7 cities and towns with over 10,000 population.

Greenvilles rank was ninth among the top ten

cities.

There were six cities on the list which did not have any fatalities during 1967. Unfortunately Greenville was not among these. Our city recorded one fatality during the year.

Some other cities and their rankings were: Jacksonville, seventh; Kinston, 15th; Goldsboro, 17th; Charlotte, 26th; Rocky Mount, 30th and New Bern. 33rd.

While it is pleasing to know that Greenville is among the ton ten in safety record so far as fatalities are concerned, all who deal with traffic know that there are still a great number of wrecks here.

Already Bidding For Key"*Posts

By WnXIAM A. SHIRES Reflector Raleigh Burean

RALEIGHThree men presently appear to be top contenders for the important and powerful post of chairman of the State Highway Commission in the Scott administration.

One of the three, Carl Ren-^0 of Wilson, already Is actively and openlyand in wri

tingseeking and support and cndcgsement for the chairmanship.

'i ne other two are Cliff Benson of Raleigh, vice chairman of the Highway Commission during the Sanford administration, and State Sen.hleff Allen of Biscoe, a leamng political aide to Gov.-elect Bob Scott' Politically all three are close to Scott.

Renfro is serving on the present Highway Commission as an appointee of present governor Dsn K. Moore, He has received endorsement for the chsirmanship by his hometown newspaper, the Wilson Daily Times.

Scott Appointments

Undoubtedly more names will be mentioned, endorsed and considered for the 122,000 a year post. The next Highway chairman and 14 commission members will not take office until next July 1, thus giving Scott plenty of time to choose carefully.

Most observers expect that Scott will follow the custom if delaying certain major appointments while the 1969 General A<!sembh' is in session.

In this way he can hold them eut as plums to set his legislative program enacted.

Annointivp nower constitutes one of the best and most affective means of persuasicn

for a governor of North Carolina, other than his popular mandate.. And traditionally, an incoming governor who does not squander this power usually has success in getting hi legislative program enacted a^t as he wants It. It should be remembered that North Carolina governors do not wield the veto.

Did You Know

OompHcatlons department Did anyone realize chat the date set for Gov.-elect Bob Scotts inauguration, Jan. 3, is the same date on which the new Congress convenes in Washington?

ApnarentW few did. This means that such prominent figures as Sen. Sam J. Ervin, Re-elect L. Richardson Prey-er, rep. Nick Galifianakis and, in fact, all of the members of Congress from North Carolina may miss much or all of the inaugural ceremonies for the new governor. And their supporters also will have to choose whether to be on hand in Washington or attend the Swearing in of Gov.-elect Bob Scott.

This conflict is causing some headaches for the inaugural committee, and for the elec-teds as well-

Aaotber Complication

Another complication could come about if ttiere snould be even a slight hitch in certifying the offlcial returns from Nov. 5 in legislative races.

The date set for Democrats in the J969 General A.sem-bly to caucus is Nov. 26next Tuesday a few hours after the State rf Flections

convenes to certify the returns. It appears that there are few if any coniesis, and things may run smoothly.

House Democrats are to convene at 2 p.m. Senate Democrats will caucus shortly after the House finishes. A definite time-in fact a definite date was difficult for the Senate leaders until someone could contact the senio* member of the .^e''te. S^n. Haude Oirrle of Durham. Currie was vacationing out of state. He was accompanying the states travel mission to South America.

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Hopofully Groonvillo's driven can go on to im-provo our record so that not oven ono fstality occurs during A year. Wo also need to improve our raeord so that the number of injuries resulting from traffic accidents aro reduced and the staggering financial losses incurred through property damage are brought down.

There is so much to bo done in makng our streets and thoroughfares safor and It is going to take further efforts on the part of every citizen to cut down on traffic accidents.

Contributed Much To Quality Of Continuity

President Lyndon Johnson andi President-elect Richard Nixon have contributed a great deal to the spirit of continuity in government.

President Johnson, by his pledging to make no unacceptable commitments; and Mr.Nixon in reminding the world that the United States are truly 'united," have made a valuable contribution to the future.

Continuity is a major item.

It represents a delicate changeover of the reins of government, as well as policies. Many, perhaps most, other governments simply do not have this capability. The agreement to provide for continuity in United States policies is something Democrats and Republicans take pride. It is an auspicious portent of our nations responsbility in its global role.

Americas responsibility is not merely to itself. It is a matter of life and death to too many thousands of people, to too many countries, and to too many freedom - loving peoples.

The high degree of rapport between the outgoing and incoming administrations is a most pro-misng development.

Missourian Is Trying Collect

He May Be Blind. Deaf, I^ame. (^raz) and Anaebronistie, but He*s Also One of Our Saered Tradition-T

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON-One day last week. Washington lobbyist John Graves stopped in at the office of the Democratic chairman of a Midwest state and asked him to support Del-ton L. Houtchens for Democratic National Chairman when""Lawrence F. OBrien resigns probably within tht next couple of weeks.

This visitation is the first clear sign that Houtchens, now the Missouri State Chairman, and Missouri Gov. Warren Hearnes arc trying to collect on an ill - advised promise made by Vice P.-esldent Hubert Humphrey last May, when Humphrey was bidding for the support of Missouris delegation to the national convention.

Most Democratic politicians have written off Houtchens as OBrien's replacement, for one simple reason: he, Hearnes, and much of the party apparatus sabotaged Humphreys Missouri campaign. They did this in a variety of ways, including the omission of Humphreys name from billboards and newspaper ads.

Moreover, some sample ballots passed out in Jackson County (Kansas City) by the leader of the Heames-Hout-chens faction actually slated George Wallace and Republican Rep. Tom Curtis, along with Hearnes, Ignoring Humphrey and Lt. Gov. Thomas Eagleton (who, despite this sabotage, defeated Curtis for the U.S. Senate). Partly rcs-pcmsible for this party trca-SMi was state Rep. William (Bill) Royster, Jackson County leader of the remnant of the old Pendergast machine.

That Royster would snub Humphrey and Eagleton without a wink from Houtchens and Hearnes (who won reelection handily) stretches credulity. Roysters political power depends on the statewide patronage of Gov. Hearnes, not Jackson County, which is now

controlled by anti-Royster reform elements.

This plug for Wallace and curts paid handsome dividends on Election Day. In three Kansas City awards the 11th, 12th, and 13th, all of them Democratic where a single pull of the lever votes the straight ticketHearnes ran 50 percent ahead of Humphrey and Eagleton. In fact, one-third of the statewide Humphrey deficit of some 15,000 votes would have been eliminated if Humphrey had received the normal Democratic vote there.

The reason for sabotaging Humphrey was Hearnes-Houtchens conviction that he left Chicago politically dead. Boycotting Humphrey would thus rescue Hearnes from the taint of Humphreyism.

It is against that backdrop that the pledge Humphrey made last May to Hearnes and Houtchens must be examined. As a non-primary state, Missouris convention delegates would go pretty much as the power in the stateHearnes and Houtchensdictated. Bidding hard for the support of Missouris 60 delegatevotes, Humphrey or his agents made two promises: to name Hout-chensas National Chairman right after the Chicago convention and, if elected, to put Hearnes in the Humphrey Cabinet at the end of Heamess second term as CJovemor four years hence.

Also wooing Hearnes and and Houtchens was Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, working for his brothers nomination. Kennedy lunched with Hearnes on May 31, one day before the state convention that wouliT pick the convention delegates

Kennedy was less expansive than Hunphrey had been. All that Hearnes got was a pledge that at the end of Hearness second term, Bobby Kennedy if elected President--would make Hearnes an ambassador to an unspecified foreign coun-(CoBtlnned On Page S)

?lan For Next 4 Years

WASHINGTON' - The most impcHtant thing, now that the election is over, is foi 'Americans to prepare themselves for the next four years. It isnt too early to start putting catsup on your cottage cheee, because thats the way President - elect Nixon likes it The first thing you have to to is stop calling Mr. Nixoti

tricky Dick. That was all weU and good during the campaign, but as every one keeps saying on television, Mr. Nixon is the only President weve got for the next four years and Americans must treat him with respect. From now on if you dont agree with him you can call h i m crafty Richard."

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We must also start getting used to a different cast of family characters in the White House. In place of Lady Bird, there will be Pat; in place of Lynda Bird, there will be Trida; in place of Luc, there will be Julie.

If nothing happens with the

Other Editors Say Other Side Of Coin

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(Rocky Mount Telegram)

Not long ago a proposal was offered by the American In-, surance Associatiort -.v h i c h would do away with the traditional concept of traffic liability based, on fault The idea is to save money, both for the policy holder and the company in the face f rising costs. ^

Now the other side of t h e proposal is presented. Accor-din to Wiibu* Y . Jones, president of the Federation of Insurance Counsel, the adoption of this no - fault auto accident compensation syst e m would dash all hope tor resolving the nations intolerable traffic Occident situation.

Jones insists that such a plan by doing away with the concept of liability based on fault would remove every incentive for people to exercise care in the operation of their vehicles.

The FIC is composed of defense trial lawyers from throughout, the U. S. and several foreign countries, 'f b e y represent defendants insured by firms that comprise a 11 segments of the cosualtv insurance business. In this country liability'has traditionally been based <ui personal

fault and the liability imposed is a penalty for disobeal-ence, Jones points out. And he beheves that eliminaf'on of the iM-inciple that each man be held responsible f o r his own acts would have disastrous consequences, for tliis liability principle encourages a person to take great care in performing his activities.

According to Jones, the nofault plan as proposed by the American Insurance Association is a dangerous approach which the American pub 1 i c has rejected repeatedly over the past few decades. One major point Jones br.ngs up is the fact that the AIA plan, in addition to destroying incentive to drive caref u 11 y, would abolish the jury trial in auto accident cases.

Pople want to know why. Jones said, should the jury system be eliminated in auto accident cases and retam e d in slip-and-fall cases, .sporting accidents, commercial transactions or even in criminal actions.

That may be a quest i o n that proponents of the nofault proposal will find difficult to answer. In anv case, there is likely to be much debate over this matter before action is finally taken.

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engagement between now and Inauguration Day, Julie will marry David Eisenhower. So the new fiwt family will consist of Dick, Pai, Tri-cia, Julie and David, bat not Chet.

As for the first lady, P a t will have to do her own thing. Mrs. Kennedy was big on redecorating the White House, Mrs. Johnson beautified America, and Mrs. Nixon will have to find something else to do so she wont look as if shes copying the Democratic first ladies.

Perhaps Mrs. Nixon could get Americans to eat a good breakfast. >

Obviously, there b going to be a change in style in the White House.

Barbecues will be out meat loaf will be in.

Cloth coats will be in fur coats will be out.

Martha Raye will be out John Wayne will be in Billy Graham, who always is in, no matter who is President, will effect the smooth religious transitiwi betw e e n the Johnson and NLxon Ad-ministratiMis.

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By JOHN CUNNIFr

NEW YORK (AP) - arly in the 1960s the most frequent topic in executive speeches was business - govemm e n t relations. Today, just as clearly, the subject is the social responsibilities of business.

Although not an infallible guide, executive speeches by their nature do tend to reveal what businessmen consid e r most pressing or disturbing or most worthwhile.

The first topic resulted from business anger at what it considered to be inteHer-cnce by the Kennedy administration in the market place, specifically in the pricing of goods, an area which business felt to be its own alone.

The remarks were coi&ist-ent: government and business should not intrude into each others areas. Each had.,its role, and if they were to play these roles effectively they had best keep out of each-others sandbox. .

The second topic shows how much business attitude 'has changed in these few years, for in concerning itself "With social progress, business is taking on a role that customo-arily has been handled by government. t,.

Among the projects: restoring the core cities, improving education, reducing water-air-sound pollution, training dropoutsall areas of endeavor by corporations with a growing social awareness.

Although ^mc of the problems are indeed businss-created, seldom in the past has business on a large scale attempted to seek solutions, for that was considered the job of government.

Broadly speaking, there are two categories in which business is participating:

First, as a corporate citizens concerned with the environment in which business exists and resolved to do something altout It, even if It Cuts into prdfits teporarily.

The insurance industry: jhas pledged'$1 billion toward The rehabilitation of core dfies, for example, not unaware that if it doesnt improve its own neighborhoods it eventually will fail to obtain the clerks and secretaries it needs.

Jsst a few years ago many companies risked irritating stockholders by involv i n g themselves. A reliable poll now shows 65 per cent of stockholders feel corporations should participate, in the war on poverty.

Surprising to some companies, unexpecteid profits sometimes do result from ac-.tivities in the social area One company after another expresses surprise today at how training programs for dropouts are easing their lbor shortage. *'

Secondly, in search of rofits. Perhaps belatedrly, usiness has learned tlat there is money to be made in pollution control, in educaron, in slum rehabilitation, i*

The discovery, alth^gh new to most businessmen, was foreseen years ago .^by David Lilienthal, fori|i r

chairman of both the Tennessee Valley Authority anc^^e Atomic Energy Commissjlon.

Lilienthal founded and bow heads a private concer, DKve-Ippment and Resources C6rp., that has been making he^hy profits in areas once thi^ht to be the sole responsil^ty of government.

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Strength For Today Voters Adopted More Inflotioni

By EARL L. DOUGLVSS THE ECUMENICAL.

CHURCH

The coming - t ogether of the different brancnes of the Christian church with a new sense of understanding and appreciation is one of the outstanding achievements and blessings of this century. Controversy is never so unbe<*om-ing as when it is wag e d among Christian believers. Today we are coming to see that all branches of the Cliris-tian church have their place, and that eech stands tor some necessery emphasis. If we should come to the place where all branches of the Christian church were to be joined togather In om< kind of workable union we would still have to admit that there arc vast areas in toe realm of religion which these human ni'nds of ours cannot as yet fully comprehend. This new movement toward church union is known as tba Mnimeoi-

cal movement. The word ecumenical comes frun a Greek word meaning the inhabited world. The ecumenical church, therefore, if this ideal is really achieved, would mean a church iin ion worldwide in extent and influence.

The divisions of hundreds of years are not going to be put aside and forgotten in a ,ew ' e"is. ' e ;r-e ueaded toward church union and 11 we are wise this union will be effected, although not tomix'-row or the n^t day and not with the completeness s o me would Uke to see, but with a cooperation and undei*stino> ing that would cause all followers of CHirist to join in tba I .notion of his kingdom of love.

We live in an age of vie-lence, and the poiisibiUty rJ substantial union among Christian believers ^w<xdj go f> ton" wav toward stemming this violence.

By ELMER ROESSNER The people voted for a bit more infiation on Nov. 5.

The headlines said that voters rejected mwe than half of 19 billion in bond proposals. So they did. But they also approved $4*1 billion worth, the highest at one time in history. This is inflationary by $4.1 billion.

It was also a great boon to the upper middle - alass and the wealthy because the interest on those bonds will be tax exempt This means people in the upper brackets can escape a sizable amount of federal income taxes. A recent cakulatioa snowed that poopla with incomes down to $35,000 a year oouid make significant savtnfo on what money they had to l ivest by buying itata and city bonds.

What they escape to income taxes of course must be made up by taxes on others. The new bonds will generale $200

milliona year, tax free.

Why Boadt Are Inflationary

The $4 billion in bonds will create jobs, sales and profits for industry. But it will do ii on borrowed money, which will eventually cost them or their children $t billion or

more. And by expanding the money supply, the issuunce of these bonds arc just as inflationary as the proliferation cf federal bonds.

The federal govermi.ent is parity responsible lor the

large amount of bonds voted. In many fields the government offers federal funds to supplement state spending.

West Virginians, for instance, gaily and overwhelmingly voted for a $350 million bond issue to take advantage of the Appalachian Act to construct 41 miles o roads costing an estimated $70! million. The federal government puts up the rest.

Over the years, the interest, will double the cost to Virginia and, unless inflation unexpectedly drops dead, rising prices will prooably increase the costs, considerably or cut the mileage.

T;*^ Revolt?

The defeat of the alinost $5 billiun in proposed issues has been hailed as the B u n k er Hill of a tax revolt. In many states and cities resistance to rising taxes was a facter. But there were other rea-ons.

In some places schwoi'

bonds were defeated dc^ peopfe rebelled not agate i taxes* but the increa^^ amount of frills beings to school buildings. iW^ went to school, I pulledFh bell rope by hand; toda^i automatic timer sounds awlij

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In more instances vOtf^ decided to leave their jp blems to Uncle Sam. Inl Angeles, voters failed to {lai a $2.5 billion bond iaitt largely for a new transport tion system. Some Vottr probably felt, Why tax ^ selves when tha Uwpartap of Transportation is piss I n out millioiu to ottier eitletl Atlanta and Fulton Count ,|iefealed a $993 roillh in bonds that wuul^ hai partly financ^ a rapid tra sit project. However, Distrl of Colurabia voters favor e $208 million to help finance 97-mile subway system.