Wednesday, March 12, 1969

An Honor In Hosting Symphony Ball

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East Carolina University and Greenville are honored that Gov. and Mrs. Scott have chosen to hold the North Carolina Symphony Ball here this year.

It will be the first time that the ball has been held in the east and it is, indeed, fitting that it will be held in handsome, new Minges Coliseum.

Gov. and Mrs. Scott were in the coliseum for their last major campaign rally prior to last flails election. They were able to obser\e first hand that the arena was suitable for the glittering Symphony Ball.

A big paved parking area north of the building will provide access to the coliseum and there are wide paved walks surrounding the structure.

The governor named president Leo Jenkins and Mrs. W. Arthur Tripp to serve as co-chairmen for the ball and w*e feel they will do an excellent job.

The North Carolina Symphony Ball is one of " the states outstanding social events and the $100 per couple charge goes to support the states unique symphony orchesra.

Many of North Carolinas leading figures will be coming to Greenville April 26 for the event. East

More And More Tax Bills Seen

By WILLL\M A. SHIREd Reflector Raleigh Bureau RALEIGH - More and more tax bills are being piac-td in the legislative hopper and confrontation by the ioint Finance commi**ee is only a ihort time away.

Eventually probably within the next two months decisiwis must be made on state fiscal policy, mean i n g where and how much to raise taxes.

Most legislative lead e r s and highly placed state officials agree that tax increases will be necessary and that this will be the major prob-km that the 1969 General Assembly has to face.

State Treasurer Edwin Gill points out that the .Assembly has a balanced budget before it that which was produced by the Advisory Budget Commission and the previous staia administration. But, Gill

adds, it is a matter of meeting greater demands. More Demands

Gill and other aulhoriti e s aays such a situation is not unprecedented, and are able to trace similar problems dating back to enactment of the Executive Budget Act during the depression days nearly 40 years ago.

Even in the late 1950's during a brief economic recession there was talk of gloom and doom in the legislative halls and the shadow of tax increases just to balance the budget. In a mwiih or so. ihe economic picture brightened and Gov. Luther H. Hodges was able to report increased revenue estimates.

The next governor, Terry. Sanford, won a 1961 legislative battle to broaden the ales tax base primarily lo

benefit public education.

In the meantime both the state economy" and revenues boomed. But demands for more money for services and capital improvements outstripped the budget estimates each time ie legislature convened.

Largest Yet

The 1967-68 Advisory Budget chairman, fcrmer State Sen. Thomas J. White, says demands for the coming biennium were the greatest in state history.

White and his co - workers fashioned the balanced budget Gill refers to and submitted it over the signature of Gov. Dan K. Moore. In many respects the early recommendations go far beywid what the state of North Carolina has ever done in the way of biennial spending. Still it was not enough to meet demands and further budget recommendations by the new governor, Bob Scott. W h i te finds himself in the position of both defending the basis recommendations of his Advisory Budget Cmmmission and pushing Scotts new tax program.

More Bills Coming

Legislative sources predict that even more bills on t a x matters will be forthcoming. And in addion to m e e ling needs of the governors program, lawmakers face tver-increasing pressure to provide more revenue for I o cal governments.

The latest measure on this subject is a compromise local option sales tax bill authored by Sens. George Woods of Camden and J. J. Harrington of Bertie. It would provide for an extra one per cent sales tax levy only m counties which would vote for it and for this to be returned only to those counties on a per capita basis. Several legislators are opposed to this bill on grounds that it would favor the larger, more populous counties.

The large counties would collect the cream and the smaller localities would g e t nothing, says a House opponent.

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Carolina University and Greenville .hould take pride , in the fact that our community' was chosen as the location for thi.*? outstanding event.

Apollo 10 Moves Out In A Rapid Sequence

Americans who have followed the space program from its infancy should not be surprised that Apollo 10 launch vehicle is already being transported to its pad even before the Apollo 9 craft has been returned to earth.

That, after all, is just how fast space adventure has moved since the program was first envisioned a little more than a decade past.

When President Kennedy proclaimed that Americans would land on the moon in this decade there seemed no assurance that the prophecy could be fulfilled. And yet even now all the equipment needed has been sent into space with a full crew and the landing craft has undergone its first test.

Apollo 10 will te.st the vehicle in the vicinity of the moon. If that flight is succes.sful there is little doubt that Apollo 11 will take off during the summer and Americans may stand on the moon before 1970.

No doubt with the successful beginning of space exploration, still more wonders await mankind. Perhaps, too, there are great tragedies ahead; but man is destined to continue his space exploration.

Things Woulc. Be Different

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ART BUCHWALD

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) -Things sure would be different if everybodys daydreams came true.

For example, it might be a far better world, or at least a more interesting one, if

P^ple got pensions at birth but had to settle down and go to work at 65.

All mortgages were self-liquidating.

Anyone who hogged the same parking space more than two weeks in a row had to pay an inheritance tax on it.

Comedians who told jokes about how dumb their mothers-in-law were would be exiled to Timbuktu with their mothers-in-law.

The years heaviest snowfall always fell on the 15th of July.

Money was as common as

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credit.

Children went into hibernation at 12 and awoke, yawning, at 20thus escaping teenage problems altogether.

Every major city had at least five strolling Cxerman bands which walked through the streets every day making cheerful sounds.

FTofessional football had a 52-week season and Congress a tw'o week one.

Caviar tasted as good as hash and was twice as cheap.

Winners of beauty contests were appointed baseball umpires and performed their chores in grass skirts

National political campaigns were permitted to be conducted only during eclipse of the sun.

Nickel beer and the ve-

Quotes

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome. Samuel Johnson.

Truth is never pure and rarelv simple. Oscar Wilde.

cent cup of coffee made a comeback.

Business firms gave automatic merit raises to employes the first and 15th of every other months.

Downtown city streets were given over to the pedestrians and autos restricted to the sidewalks.

Anyone too tired to build his own love nest would be given one free by the government.

Slums were inhabited only by the people who really deserved to live in them.

When commercials on a television program exceeded a normal sound level the station that sent them out would explode into 10,000 pieces.

The Joneses had to worry about keeping up with us.

It would be illegal for a manufacturer to turn out any product unless it was guaranteed to last at least 10 years after it was paid for.

The more you ate the slimmer you got.

Yep, anyone can dream up a better world. But making the dream come true is what takes the doing.

Foundation

Taxes

Public energies should support the current effort to close tax loopholes such as the tax-exempt status of many foundations. The question is not the validity of the Mel-lons exotic interest in medieval tombstones of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ford Foundations large public relations budget or the Rockefeller Foundations cushy offices. The question is sound fiscal policy.

The federal governments record in distinguishing between charitable and capricious foundations is poor. If foundations are to be taxed at a reasonable rate (and they certainly should be), exemptions should be severely limited, or eliminated. And to qualify for the foundation tax rate which is established, a group should be forced to make regular public reports (less than one-quarter of 249 foundations with more than $10 million in assets make such reports now).

Philanthropy should not be sullied by the shadow of tax evasion. St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times

''nsured By Big Brother

WASHINGTON - Big Brother is not only watching you, he also is insuring you.

Just the other day a 39-year-old maij in Maryland had his automobile insurance policy canceled because an investigator found his rented home filthy.

The poor chap, who was in the midst of tiling his kitchen and dining room, was not given a second chance by his insurance firm. After the cancellation he was turned down by 10 other insurance companies on the theory that a family that doesnt dust together, doesnt adjust together.

If this is a trend in the automobile insurance business, were all in for a very nerve-wracking time.

The scene is the home of the Drakes. TTiey have j u st bought a new car and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their insurance man.

Tommy, screams Mrs.

Drake at her 10 - year - old son, get that fire engine out of the living room. Do you want our insurance agent to think we live like pigs?*

Tommy starts crying and Mr. Drake says, Relax, Mother. All we want to do is insure our car. We have nothing to be ashamed of.

Im so nervous, Mrs. Drake says. Oh, here comes the agent.

Enter Bart Crockett. He shakes hands with Mr. and Mrs. Drake and then puts on a spotless pair of white glov- es. So you want to insure your car?

Yes, sir, says Mr. Drake, showing Crockett his clean fingernails.

Crockett walks by Drake over to the piano and rubs a gloved hand over the top, and then looks at it.

What kind of car is it? Crockett asks as he gets down on .his hands and knees and

looks under the couch.

Its a brand - new 1969 Gazelle, Mrs. Drake says nervously. Weve both been driving for 20 years and weve never had an accident.

Hmmnn, says Crock e tt. Mind if I look in the kitchen?

Heavens, no, Mr Drake says. Youre the insurance man.

Crockett opens up the closets, inspects the frying pans with his glove. A little grease here, I see.

One of the children must have washed it, Mrs. Drake says. She grabs it out of his hand and starts scrubbing it with steel wool.

Were you thinking of accident as well as liability insur-

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Other Editors Say How Much Testing?

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

The Nixon administra t i o n fully understands that it is being tested by the recent Communist racket attacks on civilian areas of Saigon, but it is determined that any response will be tailored to fit the situation in Vietnam and American public reaction. So says an American source with knowledge of current developments in Vietnam.

But no decision has been reached by the Nixon administration on what to do although Washington admits the Communist atrocities clearly violate the understanding with Hanoi by which President Johnson ended the bombing of North Vietnam last November.

Under present policy, the North Vietnam seem to have a clear-cut sanctuary from which they can launch forays against the South. In view of the ghastly number of casualties among civilians, one wonders how much testing the Nixon administration needs before demanding a halt.

The government has sent repeated warnings to Hanoi, but in the absence of any action by this country, it is

more than likely that Hanoi is simply ignoring these official protests.

The whole idea of halting the bombing, as claimed by Johnson, was to impress the Reds with our sincerity in wanting peace talks. Johnson finally got the Reds to Paris where nothing has happened. But back in South Vietnam the Communists have violated every understanding Johnson thought he had made with the enemy. Hanoi, however, says the bombing halt was unconditional and unilateral In other words, the U.S. must stop, but the Reds still had the green light.

Up to now, Nixon has gone along with this costly policy. His defense chief is in Vietnam now assessing the situation. Perhaps the policy will change when Laird returns and gives Nikon his report on the situation.

A continuation of the present soft policy can only lead to more disaster, plus a further hardening of the Communist attitude at^e Paris peace talks as themed delegation sees no response from the U.S. to the stepped-up atrocities in South Vietnam.

ance? Crockett asks as he opens up the garbage pail. Both, says Mr. Drake. Crockett writes in his notebook, Slight ring around the sink.

Then he turns to the Drakes. Will your son also be driving the car?

No, hes not old enough. OK, now lets check the bedrooms.

Theyre all in order, Mrs. Drake says.

Crokett says, with a trace of a smile, Mrs Drake, automobile insurance companies wouldnt be in business if they took everyones word that their bedrooms we r e spotless. Of course, if you dont want the insurance. . . No, no. Inspect the bedrooms by all means. Crockett goes into one of the bedrooms and runs h i s glove across the windowsills. Suddenly he looks up horrified. Dirt. Theres dirt on your windowsills!

But its on the outside, Mr. Drake protests.

Aggghh, cries Crockett. Dirt, dirt, dirt. Filthy, filthy people. He tears up the policy.

Does this mean you wont (Continoed On Page 8)

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHLNGTON - After a dangerously long delay, President Nixon is about to dispatch a high-level emissary irom a Wail Street law firm to try and settle the incendiary dispute between the U.S. and Peru over the .seizure of U.S. oil properties.

The crisis over Peruvian expropriation of the international Petroleum Corp. (IPC) last fall is a time bomb that could explode with devastating repercussicHis for the U.S. on April 4.

If the nationalistic military junta now running Peru fails to take appropriate steps to compensate IPC for the seizure by that date, Mr. Nixon has no choice but to cut off all U.S. aid. Peru would also lose its quota of the U.S. sugar market, worth a cool $45 million a year.

Thus the President acted none too soon when, late last week, the State Department quietly asked John N. Irwin II, a Wall St. lawyer who did much of the basic negotiating on the new Panama Canal treaty, to go to Lima. Irwins assignment: persuade

General Juan Velasco Alvor-ado, Perus president, to open negotiations on the IPC seizure, either directly, through some international agency, by arbitration, or in the Peruvian courts.

The method is unimportant, because almost anything Peru does will constitute an appropriate step, and void the April 4 aid cut-off.

But Irwin, who spent last Friday (March 7) in private talks with Congressional leaders, will go to Lima with the odds somewhat less than 50-50 that he can bring it off.

Latin/diplomats in the Organizaron of American States say OTivately that if President VelMco (who has made much poljncal capital by thumbing hispose at Uncle Sam) allows the^jaid and sugar cut-off to take '"ef^:tf-)Lone Latin country will pubmy come to the defense of Wasnington (even though Argentina, for one, is privately lobbying Peru to open the IPC case).

Moreover, it is quite possible that Peru would nationalize all U.S.-owned property in Peru, including valuable copper holdings, if the mandatory aid cut-off has to be invoked.

Thats not all. If Irwins last-minute mission to Lima fails to move the inflexi b 1 e Velasco, a probable casualty will be Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, who |s due to make a tour of Latin America as President Nixon's personal emissary in mid-April. Whatever his credentials as amigo to the Latins, Rockefellers oil connections woud make him highly suspect throughout the continent if the expropriation of IPC (a standard Oil of New Jersey subsidiary) results in the cut-off of U.S. aid to Peru.

None of this can be laid directly at the doorstep of Mr. Nixons White House. The amendment to the foreign aid act requiring the cut-off was passed eight years ago and the seizure occurred weeks before Mr. Nixon was elected.

Despite that, however, Mr. Nixons failure to come to grips with the IPC affair until this late date is regarded in Latin America, as one more sign that Washington is looking everywhere but in its own backyard. There are many signs and they bear wi the Administrations dangerously slow pace in the Peruvian cri-. sis.

For example, that crisis (Continued On Page 8)

Strength For Toiday

More Elaborate, Costlier Toys

WHY THROW GOOD THINGS AW.\Y?

The referee's whistle shrieks out and the footb a 11 players stop and look up with considerable anxiety on their faces. And well they may be anxious. One side is going to be penalized for a personal foul. In this case it is slugging. Some hot-tempered chap couldn't resist the temptation to take a punch at the man in front of him, and the referee's whistle was the result.

Well, the side which had profited by the penalty' had a touchdowi within three minutes. Then, later in the game, that side was penalized and their opponents soon got a touchdown. Again there was another personal foul

called, and that kept a clean-cut touchdown from being counted.

The hotheads had lost the day for their fellows. One side was denitely defeated because <me of their men start-es slugging. He brought down the good name of his college and defeated his teammates. He was there to play football, but he insisted on making the affair a prize fight.

One flash of temper can break up a marriage. A silly little quarrel can come between sweethearts, and fifty years later they remember the lost years with moist eyes. An angry accusation, and a business partnership is at an end

How can we be so silly as to throw happiness and welfare away with both hands?

Earl L Douglass

By ELMER ROESSNER

The toy manufactures of America appear to belie v e that even if there is a dip this year, the-economy will be going great at Christmas time. They also seem to believe there will be more inflation.

Toys shown at the 66th American Toy Fair in N e w York are more elaborate and more expisive than ev e r. Toys, like 1%9 model autos, have more extras on them than ever. Some manufacturers have brought out more elaborate (and more expensive) models of toys and dolls that were hits last year.

^ace toys and racing autos dominate this years new toys. There are also long lines of racial dolls. The trend appears to be toward dcflls designed with true racial char

acteristics, instead of standard dolls, colored and costumed. An all - Negro company, Shindana Toys (shin-dana is Swahili for competitor), introduced Baby Nancy, a doll with authentic black features and skin color

ing. ^lindana (6I7 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles) hopes to sell to families of all races. Mattel introduced a J ul i a doll.

Big Year For Space

Space tiemes are endless. Tliere are space games^ mo

dels of space ships, fu n n y space people and astronaut characters.

Auto racing games abound. Cars can be raced in a scwe of new tracks, with all kinds of twists and turns, and with a wide variety of accessories. Most of the racing games are motorless. Manufacturers appear to have adults in mind as well as youngsters. Many of the games are suitable for gambling.

There are large collections of toy auto kits, including 90-part kit with French bathtubs as seats by Eldon. Eldon also displayed several battery powered autos, including one 31 inches long and sturdy enough to sui^rt 150 pounds. Lawn Merry - Go - Round

New is a backyard Water-Go-Round by Kenner. A two-seat merry - go - round spins

on the power of a garden hose It can be adjusted to shower the riders and, of course, can water the lawn at the same time. It weighs only 14 pounds.

Other unusual toys include: A party - girl doll that toots a horn, puffs a party favor, blows bubbles and inflates a balloon, by Mattel.

Eeeks! a machine for making tarantulas, monsters and other scary things, by Mattel.

An electronic puppy that will circle, scamper away or come to the child when a beam of light is focused on his collar. It will also romp by itself in the sunlight Piippets are strong this year, with many mak^ offering hand and string puppets, some wifli stages on which youngsters can put on their own shows.