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Should Be Their Happiest Years

RIP VAN WINKLE AWAKENSI

Welfare programs, of course, cannot be blamed entirely for the murder-suicide of an elderly Florida couple. Neither can insurance programs which fail to pay benefits when they are most sorely needed.

But the tragic situation of the elderly Florida couple does focus attention on a matter of growing concern throughout the nation.

The 74-yearold retired Floridian shot his invalid wife and then himself because he had too much money in the bank to have her admitted to a public nursing home and too little to provide private nursing home care for her when his health insurance suddenly stopped helping with the bills.

Uow does our society provide care and assis-tance'^ln cases where it is needed and at the same time set sufficient restriction! to protect the public from those who would misuse assistance programs? The tragic deaths of this couple draws attention to the plight faced by many elderly citizens today. They suddenly find the health and hospitalization insurances for which they have paid many years no longer provides them with protection in the time of their greatest need. They find the public assistance programs, whch they have helped finance

New Bridge O:: !3ubious Value

By WILLUM A. SHIRES Reflector Raleigh Bnrean

RALEIGH-Wring in the Statesville Record and Landmark, editor-publisher J. P. Huskins says theres no denying the majesty of the new high-rise. $9 million bridge ov-tr the Roanoke River near Plymouth'

But eagle-eyed editor Hus

kins adds that this is a project that ieads from nowhere to nowhere and Is the long wav around, iat.

The people around Willlam-ton and Edenton, says Huskins, make no bones about describing the new Roanoke River project as a political bridge, which can neither be justified by traffic count, population served or distance in travel save.

Many Bridget It is pointed out that from WiUiamston east, two high-waya-U.S. 17 and .S. 84 rouj^y parallel etch other nor^ and south of the Albemarle Sound and were already linked by a bridge five mil east of Edoiton.

Now, Huskins points out, there is a second Iwklge connecting these two highways 12 miles west d the old bridge. And he adds, east-west traffic on U. S. 64 can save no time crossing the Roanoke River bridge for the more direct route to WiUiamston is via Jamesville; and .mrth-south traffic on U. S. 17 can save no time crossing the Romoke River bridge because It ts three miles nearer to little Wasbington via Windsor and WiUiamston and a better road at that.

Some Back^onnd

The Roanoke River bridge project was announced by former Gov. Terry Sanford in 1963 during the early stages of the 1964 campaign for governor^

It was viewed then as po-Utical, in order to win support from the Albemarle area. Editor Huskins notes that because it was finished and dedicated a few weeks ago Gov. Dan Moore will" no doubt get credit for this bridge.

Justification, of course, lies in the fact that the new bridge provides direct connection tween Plymouth and Windsor, between Washington ind Bertie countiespreviously underdeveloped and economically imnroverished areas which are now beginning to blossom. This was Governor Sanfords point. There was demand for the new bridge across the mouth of the Roanoke from both corner counties*

Rooeyl Role

Gov.-elect Bob Scott made the first major appolmment of his administration this week in selecting Ben Roney of Rocky Mount as his administrative assistant.

Roney earlier served as private seoretary to Scotts father, the late Gov.-Sen, W. Kerr Scott. The positions were virtually identical.

It was ezpected that Roney would get a top post in the new administration. He had been a top advisor and strategist during Scotts primary and general election campal ens.

Like Scott, Roney is a native of Alamance County but he has lived most of his life in Rocky Mount where he has an oil (Ustrlbutorship. He is a political veteran, having worked in the Terry Sanford campaign of 1980 and later became director of secondary roads in the Sanford administration.

Bob Scott recently assigned Roney the job of acting as lla-ision man between his organization and the outgoing Moore administration.

during their workinif years, are closed to them ^because they have been frugal in attempting to make their own way.

Retired citizens attempting to live on fixed incomes in^a time of spirahng inflation find it hard enough to make ends meet under the beat of circumstances. Impose heavy medical coats on top of normal living expensea and many couples find themselves in an impossible situation without additional assistance.

In the case of the Florida couple, the ending was sudden and violent. With countless other elderly couples in Florida, North Carolina and elsewhere, the hardships faced are no less real. The years which should be the happiest and least burdensome of their lives become the most bitter anf tragic.

Mining Is Bound To Change Landscape

Mining ia going to make a hole, accumulate aome waste, create duat and noise. It must ba tolerated; or the producta made from mineral raw materials must be renounced.

Those words by N. C. State University geologist John Parker clearly set for^ a truth many Eastern Carolinians have overlooked in eonnection with the new phosphate mining industry in Beaufort County.

What the speaker was saying, in effect, is that the East neednt expect to have its cake and eat it too. Phosphate mining is not going to leave the landscape of Beaufort County exactly as it was a few years ago. While it Is important that the area be restored to as nearly the same state as it was before mining was begun, changes of necessity will result.

Texas Gulf Sulphur has elaborate restoration plans for the area it is mining. Some of the area already is being reclaimed as pasture. Some is being planted in trees. Tt will pot look like it did to begin with, but a.s the geoloiarist said, Some disadvantages from mining may have to be accepted.

North Carolina should continue its effort to see that these disadvantages are kept at a minimum; but at thp snme it miKst take a practical approach to the situation.

Noom For Each Soecial Season

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ART BUCHWALD

Hunger Strike Advisor

WASHINGTON - A parent never knows what kind of call hes going to get these days from his offspring in college. The other evening a friend of mine received a call from his daughter who attends a small Midwest school.

Hello, Daddy, she said Guess what? Im on a hunger strike.

My friend gulped. Thats wonderful, Martha. How long have you been on It?

Two days. Im starving. Where art you calling from? my friend asked.

The dorm. Almost all the girls here are on the strike,

too.

Isnt that nice? my friend gulped again. Tell me, what are you striking about? Just a minute, his daughter said and he heard her say to some(me nt to her, What are we strik 1 n g about?

A moment later she replied, Were on a hunger strike because theyre recnii-ting on campus.

Whos recruiting on campus?*

What do you mean whos recruiting on campus? Are you striking against companies who are recruiting

on campus or ntilitary recruiting?

Hold it, she said In the background he could hear her' say. Who are we striking against? Commercial re-

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By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) - A lot of people are already cranky at Santa Claus this year.

The jolly old saint appears to have hitched up his reindeer jolly well too soon for some tastes. They would prefer to keep him leashed to the North Pole a bit longer.

The great stores along Fifth Avenue, one of the worlds most famous shopping thoroughfares, once appeared to heva a tacit agreement not to put up their

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Christmas deoEations until after Thanksgiving.

This year many o the decorations were not only up but lit from a weak to two weeks before tiie arrival of our annual harvest celebrat-in.

What is happening to Thanksgiving? ask some, annoyed at what seems to them the premature forcing of Christmas.

One answer would seem to be that Thanksgiving has been run over by the hit-and-run triumphant sled of Santa Gaus and may there by have been left ^rmanently crippled, unless stem measures are taken from its rebabi-Uation.

the paintings of the Pilgrim famlV trudging off to church or feasting with the Indians?

It would be sad indeed if this spirit of our most typical of American holidays should be diminidied in importance, perhaps reduced even to the mockery celelwation of Halloween.

Harvest festivals, reflecting mans gratitude for the fruition of earths plenty, are known throughout all civilizations, present or past. They were neld In ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and art common among todays nations.

But in America, Thanksgiving holds a peculiar national relevance matched perhaps only by the ith of July. None of our holidays is more truly American, fwr It represents the heartfelt joy of our founders after surviving the tremendous perils of their first year in a new land.

That first Thanksgiving was a giant stepping - stone of the American spirit, and that is what Tlmksgtvlng has meant to us ever since the blessing ofi our victory over ordeal, the giving of thanks fiw our continuing survival amid manifold dai^ers, the celebration of the promise of our potential eternity as a united people.

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As a presidential candidate, Richard Nixon talked about ending the military draft in favor of a voluntary aystem. He talked in terms of ending ft once we iound the answer to peace in Vietnam, if we remember correctly.

He also talked in terms of

make a military career attractive to young men.

As president, he must come face to face with the proposition he talked of in bis campaign. The American people will not look upon this matter as merely a campaign promise. The drafting oi young men in this country is a national issue, and it is likely to remain so for a long time to come unless definite steps and action are taken to change.

If such a change is to be contemplated by the Nixon administration, the lirst question to be asked is this: Can American maintain its military needs through a program of voluntary enlistments?

No one can possibly know the answer immediately If we can realize peace in Vietnam, then it would be the distinct hope of everybody that military needs will be drastically reduced.

Those who say well, wt do not know what will hap

pen until we try it, have a real arguing point But Mr. Nixon must weigh the arguments carefully. If we understand correctly, he speaks of a voluntary program only after conclusion of the conflict that he could get the needed manpower to maintain a fighting force were through voluntary enlists ments.

America has many commitments over the world. We have to keep military personnel in Europe and other places. And in todays world military strength is of utmost importance. Some countries measure another nation more in terms of military strength than in terms of economic or political power. Communism seems to understand military might far more than anvthins else.

However, If Mr. Nixon con devise some system whereby the^ draft can be eliminated and if his svstem does succeed In keeping our militm*y strength up to what is needed, then his administration win score a home run at the outset. Many concessional leaders will say it canned be done. Others will differ sharply on how it should be done.

Really, it is not how it ought to be done that will tell the real story. The real meat of the coconut coniM in doing or not doing.

cruiteri or military recruiters?

She came back on the line. Its commercial. Daddy. They want people to join the Dow C3iemical Co.

How long do you expect to be on your hunger strike? my friend asked.

How long are we going to be on the hunger strike? he heard his daughter ask someone.

Th^e was a pause and she camo.^back on the line. Nobody knows. This is the first time anyones done it. Cant you give me some idea? my friend said.

He could hear her talk i n g with people in the background. Susie said that Gandhi went for 60 days without eating or drinking anything but orange juice.

But he was in training, my friend said. He de-escalated his food intake for months before he struck.

He heard his daughter say to her friends, He says Gandhi trained for his hunger strike.

More background talking. Then his daughter came on: Thats what we were calling you about. How long do you think we should stay on it? Im flattered that youd ask me, my friend said, but frauikly, Ive never been involved in a hunger strike myself. I thought you kids usually took over the administration building.

It doesnt have the impact of a hunger strike. You should see the president of the school. Hes practically in tears. Dur cheeks are all sallow, and we groan a lot The president knows how to deal (Continaed On Page f)

By SHIRLEY CHRISTIAN Associated Press Writer

SANTIAK). Chile (AP) ~ Washingtons latest foreign aid emissary arrives in Rio de Janeiro and, with Brazilians dancing about him In carnival ma^, drawls his pleasure at being invited to their country.

You know that we did not in-vite you, taps the host president State Department

arranges these things.

Not at ell nettled, the visitor -A Mr. Huber-orders an out- -landl^ matii low^ed over the presidents head and hangs a medal from His ExceUencyi

noaa,^

Then he turns loose a shower., of dollars and watches the dano* crs scramble.

Tlie scene-from this scasoni

most controversial, but popular^ playends with Mr. Huber

walking through the theater

audience, still tossing make-believe dollars.

On stage the cast sings; A dollar to drug you and put your reason to sleep ... A dollar to sell you with your sweat and blood, a dollar to discouraga you in any revolution.

Introduction to the Elephant and Other Animalsby Jorge Dias, also takes aim at Latin American dictators and guerrilla fighters, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the Inter-American Development Bank, chewing gum, The Marine Corps Hymn, end America, the Beautiful.

The play amuses and infuriates Chileans and North Americans alike. Chileans say Uncle Sam is not all that bad and that neither is Latin America so quick to dance to his tune. Yankees here grumble about the ungrateful attitude toward aid supplied by U.S. tax dollars.

The bearded director, Jaima Celedn, says Introduction, which has had a five-month run, is intended to provoke Latin Americans to think about themselves.

The play if made op of sketches set in various countries. In a scwie In Bolivia, the military president is making a speech when a phrnie rings. He answers, in English.

Washington? Of course: Oh, yes, yes. One mlUion doan

Okav hnau **

Seconds later, another mill-tary man slwots the jwesldent and, after referring to our system of political succession,* continues the speerii where hie predecessor left off.

In Santiago, a newsman esks the president of the Thter-Amw-ican Development Bank if its funds are distributed with political ends.

I dont have the least idea,** he replies, because I receive the checks already prepared from an American commission that functions in a hidden basement of the White House.

The newsman asks a representative of the Pan Amwlcan Union if the organization has talked to any Latin American guerrilla fighters.

We have interviewed all the valiant Latin American guerrillas that live in New York,' he says.

Quotes

Happiness is as a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Nathaniel Hawthorne.

'I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from lis* tening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway.

Strength For Today An Awkward Time For President

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

FORWARD MOVEMENT

Is the Church on the up and up today or on the down and down?

Most people feel- that the Church is largely losing its power over the lives of individuals and over the events having world-wide importance.

But we should not jump at such conclusions wUh the confidence either glad or sorrowfulthat we have arrived at the truth. Many aspects of Church life todsy are more hopeful than they havs been in centuries. 'The coming-together into closer unity and the understanding of the different branches of the Christian Church are circumstances that should thrill us all. There are still problems to be solved. There are issues to be faced and dealt with courageously. But on the whole,

things arc looking up for the Church today. We can, and should, regret thf^fact that the CTuirch is not helping to solve world problems more rapidly than appears to be the case. Neverthelstt, historians a hundred years from now will probably speak more enthuslstically about the CSiurch than vp In tiie midst of its problems are speaking about it today.

Church kadera are well educated and committed men. Hie Church Is not full of hypocrites but full of stumbling people who never theicM keep pushing on to an ideal which was set up by none other than Christ himself. We go shead twelve inches and faQ back eleven. This is not advancing at a whirlwind rate, but it is advancing.

The Church Is on the move and that move is forward.

By ELMER ROESSNER Richard Milhous Nixon will find himself in an awkward position soon after he becomes President He faces:

A moderate slow-down in business*

Continuation of price esca-lati(Hi.

Scant prospects of curbing inflation.

Inability to meet key election nromises.

The moderate business slowdown Is likely because while the surtax has not slowed consumer buying, the Jan. 1 increase in Soc a 1 Security taxes may. And if that doesnt heavier inco m e tax payments by April 15 will. They will be heavier (1) because wages and profits are higher this year and (2) because many taxpayers, even those without hi|^ incomes, have neglected to increa s e

th^ quarterly prepayments. A Present: Johnwms Barden.

President Johnson accepted the onus of the surtax and

went along with th ecut in federal spending. He ako signed the Social Security increase.

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The surtax has not yet slowed down business, as it was intended. October sales were one-half of one per cent below September's, but still 10 per cent aowe October, 1967. Federal spending,

instead of being cut, has increased since July 1.

But what President Johnson so courageously accepted as his burden will fall on the shoulders of President Nixon.

In addition, Nixon will be beset by constantly rising prices. Even if there should be 1 recession and there wont be prices would keep on going up.

Almost all labor ecmtractes have built-in increases and, as wages go up, so must prices. The Social Security increase will also increase employers wage costs, although sime may try to meet it by reducing staffs.

Inflatioo, Like The Poor

Despite cangmign promises, President Nixon will be unable to stop or even slow down inflation.

Prices will go up*

Deficit spending will rise. Congress is still New Deal-, Fair Deal - Great Sode t y -' minded, under pressure to provide jobs for the untrained, increase benefits for people on welfare, and to provide cheep housing for the populace. Tbeie are tasks far more difficult than feedinc a great multitude with five weves of bread and two fishes.

Even if the war in Vietnam is ended, the heavy military commitments will continue for months and perhaps years.

There will be no hope for cutting government spending

for a long time to come; nei-the-' will there be hope of reverting to a gold standard, and positively no h(^ of ending inflation.

Those chuckles you hear off stage may be those o( Hubert Horatio Humphrey.