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Constructive Suggestions Offered

Recommendations adopted by the Pitt County gestin that present reguljitions pertaining to dia Farm Bureau \his week offer constructive suggeo- ount variety seed be reviewed by the Department tiona that could stand the tobacco industry in goo-i of Agriculture is most logical. The suggestion that stead during the coming seasons. penalties be imposed upon , people who pass unde-

Of particular significance ar recommendatioha sirable variety seed to producers as acceptable seed

pertaining to ihe sale of untied leaf^'on the Eastern plug a serious loophole in present regulations.^

Belt the machinery for setting opening dates on The recommendations are subject to study by various belts, and protection for farmers in keeping local Farm Bureau committees before their presen* seed of undesirable tobacco varieties off the market, tation at the state Farm Bureau convention next The recommendation calling for "ittied leaf month. Although they may be revised before they sales on the first 10 days of next years auction sea- are presented, these recommendations offer the

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son on the same basis as the five-day experiment!. 1 loose leaf sale period this year recognizes the advantages offered by untied tobacco sales on this belt. At the same time, by limiting the untied sales period, the recommendation c^innot be interpreted as advocating abandoning the traditional tied tobacco sales on the belt. It represents what might be a most practical compromise between not permitting sale of untied leaf on this belt and the other extreme which would do away with the sale of tied leaf.

basis for sound, constructive changes which w'ouid prove helpful to tobacco producers and to the tobacco industry. ' >

Adequate Safeguards Remain A Key Factor

The suggestion that producers representative; be included in the group which sets opening dates for the auction season on various belts has sufficient merit to warrant careful consideration by the entire tobacco industry. At present opening dates are set by the Bright Belt Warehousemens Association While this group is in close contact wdth tobacco growers throughout the flue-cured region, its mem-bership does not now include direct representation from the producers.

It has been suggested that the United States and the Soviet Union voluntarily declare a new moratorium on nuclear testing before a new round of tests is begun by either nation.

Superficially, the suggestion may' appear worthwhile, but it w'ould be a serious mistake to assume such an arrangement could realistically bo substituted for a formal agreement to ban nuclear testing, supported by reasonable controls to assure the agreement w^ere not violated.

The suggestion has been made because of the

Difficulties encountered by some farmers th^s speculation that each of the nuclear powers is now

year w hen their tobacco was declared to be of discount varietiesin spite of the fact that thougn they had planted seed of acceptable varieties- points up the necessity of greater protection for

nearing the end of its current series of tests. The idea is to prevent a new round of tests.

growers in this phase of their operations. The sug-

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For years now negotiations have been going on between the nations in an effort to find common ground on w'hich a test ban agreement could be reached. Although there have been times when By PATRICIA MOORE prospects appeared encouraging for such an agreement, negotiations have collapsed with the nations far apart on terms. It is not reasonable to have a formal agreement without adequate safeguard..

The Soviets have clearly indicated they are n >t willing to agree to these safe guards in spite of the years.

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By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

LYNNIX)wn in the inner folds of a briefcase was a card, kept for many years, entitled The Friendship Weaver.

Its text, in part, read:

With consuniinate skill the Master of the Looms weaves a continuous pattern of friendship Into the pattm of hiunan relations. His infinite wisdom has designed the pattem so that never the threads run out in the warp and in the woof at the same time.

Some threads were broken during the past year. The Master Weaver had provided new threads, as bright and lovely as the old.

The pattem of The Priend-

shin Pahrlr rhangM shghtlv in

color and form every tmie a thread is replaced, but it loses nothing in beautv and strength.

The man who sent the card Ixm a

bad tny fr^Kidersd wba Perished each one.

WORK Ljrnn 8 friends, his small family and his work In newspaperlng were his whole life. He had no other hobbies nor activities.

He was a veritable storehouse of knowledge about people, pol- Itics and background information about events and happenings In North Carolina. Hardly a newspaperman in Raleigh in the past 25 years had failed at cme time or another to call on Lynn for some background facts and information and Lynn was always ready to help.

He helped many a cub reporter by offering advice and suggestions, giving them back -" information and guiding

therh in the right direction on a story.

YOUNG Newspapermen die young. And Lynn Nisbet did. He was 71 when he finally lost the battle to cancer Saturday. But no one ever thought of Lynn Nisbet as old.

Reporting around, capital square in Raleigh is a young mans game, and Lynn enjoyed it with a relish. He was quick on his feet when a good story was breaking and moved as fast or faster than the younger re-portorial pack, and with as much excitement.

But Lynn was steady and he was thorough. He had his storehouse of background and he had his friends and sources who placed confidence in him. So Lynns copy always had some-thinf' extra, his own trademark.

PEOPLE Lynn loved people and wrote about them through more than 50 years of newspaperlng. He rarely wrote anjthing about himself. He wanted to be Impersonal and was. although he w&s as well known as many of the political figures and state officials he wrote about.

He had a senise of humor and a warm chuckle, usually a twinkle in his eye. He was philosophic, calm and matter of fact even when he learned that his last rllness was incurable. He mentioned it briefly in his column. but only because he was newsman enough* to know that

rarely talked about himself but wanted his visitors to tell him about themselves, about other people and what they were doing', about what was going m. Prom his sickbed he would call into his office with tips on stories and ideas.

FIGHT Lj-nn was a fighter, too. and a brave one. He had a firm faith.

He went to the hospital race during his fatal illness for a few days, but the day before he died he was sitting up In his bedroom at home ra Rosedale A Venue. He had the radio on and was absorbed In the green, sylvan beauty of the backyard on a" bright October day following a Fall rain.

Unless and until a formal agreement with adequate controls is reached, any respite from nuclear testing will be of temporary nature.

About a week ago, a group of parents here announced the formation of a Parents' Council, designed to curh. or control. 'the premature forcing of our children into adult social patterns.

of their children, has recommended that social clubs for teenagers be abolished io that cKy.''

community. They want the social clubs, which they say often emphasize drlnkliig and one should make a choice, the

ORGE E. I|0K0I,SKY 1962, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

ery other year. Just about this time, the mall is full of " speeches, brochures, slogans, importuning the citizen to vote for a candidate on Election Day. Also the radio and tele- -vision are used for this purpose.

The sponsors of all this noise and excitement are non-partisan. They do not tell you for whom to vote but they attempt to shame the citizen into voting. Stand up and bq counted! But for what?

For Tweedle-dee and Tweed-le-dum, for John Doe and John Roe? For a political party which writes a platform and forgets what It wrote or for wi-other political party that copied the first political partys platform, denouncing the first political party for saying what they themselves are saying in other words. It all sounds silly.

I once voted for a candidate who chose to wear a beard. I had as good a reason for voting for him as for the Republican or Democratic candidates. He, at least, wore a beard. It was something distinctive to point to.

Sometimes one is called upon to vote for Shnook versus Sch-Umiel, if you know what I mean, or for Elmier Zilch versus Mortimer Snerd. How can an Intelligent man make a choice? _

'Twice,coerced by the propaganda to vi^e, I entered the booth where a voting machine stared at me. I looked at the names. The insult was too much to swallow. I voted* for" nobody.

The propaganda says that if there are only two candidates.

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The parents are inviting other interested parents to j o i n them. They havent announced their plans as yet.

It seems groups like these are growing. It was just yesterday that we noticed in a morning newspaper that a similar committee of parents in Greensboro, alarmed over the conduct

That committee was formed as a direct result of a wild party held in a Greensboro hotel, which led to arrests and convictions of teenagers on charges of public drunkenness and illegal possession of whisky.

The Greensboro committee Is recommending formation of enough service clubs to serve the students, with emphasis on standards acceptable to the

sometlnies Immoral activities, abolished.

They also want the Board of Education in Greensboro to act on that and other recommendations. which include ridding newsstands of what they call sex magazines and paperbacks.

He was a man who loved North Carolina and its countryside. On trips to cover stories, Lynn liked to drive over roundabout. out-of-way routes hoping he would find some part of the state he hadnt seen and perhaps a story there.

FUNERAL Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd. Burial was In Oakwood Cemetery.

Lynn Nisbet had written -30-, as was his custom, to the end of his last column.

By J.\MES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP* - The rae thing Fidel Castro is most unlikely to have is peace even though the Kennedy administra-tira rejects anv outright inva-' Sion of Cuba.

Adial Stevenson at the United Nations this week indicated this country will help anti-Cas-

throw communism in their island.

Stevenson used the word support for the anti - Castroites. Whats missing from the picture is what form the support will take.

For the anti-Castro forces inside Cuba to do any damage, it would seem, they will have to have a strong underground. How they.are to be supported Stevenson didnt explain.

Nor did he spell out what help this country will give the antl-Castroltes outside Cuba. Short of an eventual invasion by them it is not clear how they could be effective, either. Surely talking against Castro, f-s^or-heckling his envoys to the*

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United Nations, way to build a tion.

The anti-Castro forces can hardly make a secrad invasion without direct American help. The last time they tried it; 18 months ago, they wound up in disaster.

The most painful reminder of it has been the negotiation this week to get Cwtro to release 1,113 prisoners of the Invasion in return for medicine and food.

But while Castro foes in Cuba try to think up ways to um seat their young dictator, who has opened his doors to Soviet technicians and help, the United States has some plans of Its own.

President Kennedy is expected to penalize foreign ships which carry supplies to Cuba by shutting them off from commerce with any American ports.

This is not the same thing as a direct blockade of Cuba since that would involve Soviet ships and in turn could mean shooting. if not a major war, with Russia.

But It's the kind of Indirect blockadg which could further damage Castros economy and put a real burden on Russia If it sought with shipping of its own to make up for other countries* ships discouraged by the United States from dealing with Castro.

Castro seems to be in some

pain already, as if he could see tough days ahead, judging from the performance of Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos at the United Nations this week.

He sounded hysterical in his attacks on the United States and even attempted to complain that it IS the United States, not Cuba, which is a Western

Se^Mson dlcfii t answer him directly before the U. N. General Assembly but issued a statement later. It expressed bo-th American anger and bitterness at Soviet intrusion In Cuba.

He said the maintenance of communism in the Americas is not negotiable. He said that if Cuba wants to do business with the vither American republics it had better start by getting rid of the Soviets.

Since the Cuban economy Is in bad shape and he has tried to bail himself out with Russian help, for Castro to ditch the Russians now would put him at the feet of his Western neighbors pleading for help.

He made it clear again Tuesday night that he has no inclinations to follow such a path.

Castro told a cheering throng in Havana that Cuba will never break its ties with the Soviet Union. He wanied that a Yankee invasion would mean rivers of blood and said Cuba would not renounce the support that could mean the averting of these rivers of blood.

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The Greensboro committee concluded that people are concerned less with doing what is right than with being socially accepted and materially successful.

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Tf you wonder what kind of world we live m, consider that the California mother^ who ran aw'ay with her 15-year-old male baby sitter wa.s caught when she applied for public welfare assistance. Lexington Leader.

TO THE EDITOR:

It is very discouraging to our solicitors to be turned down on our annual diive for the agencie.-? in the United Fund. We have some of the best agencies in the Fund and CaroUhas Unit-

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North Carolina, This year most of the money that is raised for the county-wide goal of $95,000 will all remain in Pitt County.

We would greatly want our agencies to get their allotted budgets for this year which Is only their minimum needs. When they put ra their own individual campaigns they raised a lot more than they have been able to get from the Fund. They have been very patient since they have been joined together into one campaign, The United Fund Way.

When you are called upon just think of aU these agencies as if they were calling on you individually and therefore our -gifts would be 4nerea4ci crasid-.v Services -erably. Without professionals Greenville this year our capable campaign leaders and .soliciturs are giving their free'time plus their own contributions and pledges. The Red Cross alone saved the cltizen.s of Pitt County last vear some $39.000 with their Blood Program, You just cant say that we are not affected directly or even indirectly. The Trainable Schral here in this city and their devoted instructors are domg a marvelous job with the retarded children by havi.ig them in school, making tliem happy as normal children would go to school. We should be glad to support this school and welcome the opportunity because we may be the fortunate ones by being blessed with healthy, normal, children. Wont you give this your most sincere thoughts as the solicitors come to you for your donations or

pledges and be ready for him when he comes so that all the time It would take for him to make a second trip will be saved.

I could go on talking all day about the the many wonder

and I have only mentioned two of them. Listed below are our agencies and their budgets for the coming year:

Another North Carolina parents group, active for over 10 years in Charlotte, received national publicity recently In a Life magazine story about

tppnflgprR u'hn grnw up tnn fa,.st

these days.

There is a similar group In Famiville.

The Greenville Parents.

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American Red Cross

16.592.00 Boy Scouts of Pitt County

15.000.00 Girl Scouts of Pitt County

6.500.00

Pitt County Mental Health Assn. 9,000.00

Pitt County Assn. For The Blind 3,600 00

Pitt County Mentally Retarded 'Trainable School; 3,400.00 Salvation Army

10.000.00

Carolinas 'United Community - ' 7,500.00

Community Chest (Balance) 2,500.00

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Trevathan to be its chairman, wants to reinforce the position of the home as the primary authority and agent of responsibility to Its individual members. They want to set guidelines or patterns which follow the normal growth stages of children, by which they believe parents can evaluate their activities. They want to offer support to each individual family who Is conscientiously tryi^ to give their children *a balanced set of values.

They plan to use patterns set up by the Charlotte group as guidelines for the local council, developing programs here to suit Greenvilles own needs.

ations Publicity

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Contingency

6,000.00

Camoaign

1.500.00

Here they say that activities reserved for college are being brought down to the high school level and that activities reserved for high school * are being brought down to grade school level.

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Total

84,592.00

In addition to this the tow'n-ships have a quota to meet before they can receive their ow-n funds for their community service programs. So many of us say. Well, there are so many groups soliciting funds, w-hat do we say? Do you give to these groups or are you just using this as an excuse to not give at all? An excuse is always easy to find. Good Guys Give THE UNITED WAY.

I thank you.

Mable Worthington Secretary of the Fund

The group here hopes to work with families and strengthen their own standards, not act f^r them, a committee member

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Ever watch a substituting for light? A symphony conductor couldnt use more flourishes. One almost expects one line of cars to burst forth with violin music and another to come in with trumpets. Tallahassee Democrat.

better of the tw(>hiehr liit I knew both men. Both were delightful to talk with, but neither was an administrator, an executive, a thinker. These were just names that had been popularized by exhibitionism.

Take the gubernatorial election in my state this year. I must either vote for Nelson Rockefeller w^hom I do not admire because he is all things to all men, or Robert Morgenthau who is nothing to anybody.

The propaganda says that I must vote to prove that I am a good citizen. I am told that in Austria 95 per cent of those eligible to vote, voted. On the other hand, in the United States, only 43.6 percent voted in 1958.

Whv t.hls prp.t:.Q agf^l givp.c IQriS

.statistics in 1962. I do not know. But he does. Maybe it makes the point stronger.

Some day. Americans may baye

icll<> Tftqy' say ^ "tbs politicians:

"iou picKea tnese caamales. You generally pick lemons and say that good men will not serve. You have made electioneering expenses so great, that a decent man would be ashamed to run. It is like buying a job.

If the American Heritage Foundation wants to do something constructive about elections, let them work on cutting down the costs; on making contributions really public: on holding someone, the candidate or his manager, responsible for excessive expenditures, perhaps with a fine of three times as much or a jail sentence. Let, them devise a system for preventing smart guys from contributing money under the table -a method used to avoid reporting.

This is a job that needs to be done. It is much more important than telling citizens to vote when there is no particular reason to vote and no one to vote for.

The next Presidential Election may be a very peculiar one. Rockefeller versus Kennedy! Wherein do they differ in principle? Precisely what is the difference between the Republican and Democratic Parties? What is the historic difference between the Eisenhower and the Kennedy Administrations?

In Soviet Russia, they have a one party system; in the United States, we have a no-party system. In Soviet Russia, If a citizen does not vote in favor of the one party, it can only mean (Continued on Page 5)

Even if the meek do Inherit the earth, they are not to be envied if they have to pay taxes on it.Anderson (S. C.) Independent.

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Economic pressure is as sure a way of making newspapers subservient to government as is censorship and suppression under dictatorships.-Roanoke (Va.) Times.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS PATTERN OF SACRIFICE

Beginning In the earliest chapters of the Bible and going through to the very last, we find the Idea that human life Is cut after the pattem of sacrifice. The crucifixion 3f Jesus Christ was not only a great redemptive event; It was also the .symbol of lifes greatest realiU . namely, that love means sacrifice and that you and I are out of step with the whole universer until we are willing to put self aside. Jesus' Christ Is the supreme example of sacrifice because Jesus Christ is God sacrificing; and God would make ft very plain to us that the sacrifice we see In the cross Is of the essence of the universe. The unseen spiritual world Is built on sacrifice.

There are so many people today writing and speaking enthusiastically about Jesus the Great Teacher; but Christianity was founded not on the Great Teacher but on the Supreme Sacrifice. Take the cross out of religion and you take the core out of it. Take away sacrifice and you take away salvation. The teachings of Jesus Clirlst will never of themselves save men and were never intended to. Men are saved when they* accept the sacrifice of Jesus Christ at the value God placed upon it. The teachings of Christ are meant to guide them in the right way after they have made the great acceptance.

In the cross we have a divine pattern. In Christ Himself, we have the demonstration of that pattern.

Now that the postage increase has moved from threat to reality, here are 15 steps, some of which have been suggested in this column before, that films can take to lessen the Impact:

1. Review mailing lists, eliminating duplications, addresses that have moved or become dormant. (I receive as many as five identical mailings from companies that should know better.) Postmasters wiU help you check your lists. Certain legends on your envelopes W'lll bring reports on dellvera-blllty. Ask your postmaster.

2. In buying lists for direct mail solicitations, insist on guarantees of accuracy.

3. Make sure your shipping department sends mail at the cheapest rates. Sending * third class mall at parcel post rates can be costly.

CARDS LNSTEAD OF LETTERS

4. Use post cards instead of, letters to acknowledge receipt of orders, merchandise, etc. The bigger saving here will be in typists time and stationery.

5. Use first class mall instead of airmail ra Thursdays and Fridays when writing to firms within 1,.500 miles. DcUv-

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ery will be on Monday in either case.

6. Dont u.se airmail to nearby points. Airmail between New York and Washington, for instance. is as slow or slower than first class.

7. Eliminate unnecessary correspondence, such as acknowledgments of acknowledgments, informational carbon copies to branches when not needed, etc

8. Crack down on employees who use stamps or postage meters for personal mail. (The rise in rates will Increase temptation.)

9. If you suspect pilferage of stamps, consider postage meters.

10. If you mail spiall Items of merchandise, determine if a change in packaging can save postage. A 17-ounce parcel costs as much as a 32-ounce parcel. One company, making daily mailings to customers, slashed postage costs by sending six 16-ounce packages a week instead of five 19-ounce packages. Lighter carton.s, cardboard and packing may more, than pay for themselves.

11. Ask your postmaster for a copy of regulations governing educational materials and make sure you are taking advantage

of this low rate whenever possible.

12. Re-examine your entire mailing operation. Dropping one unnecessary clerk may more than offset the postage Increase.

13. Consider having a lettershop or other outside organization handle your mailing. But first, of course, find out exactly what your current costs (Including payroU taxes, etc.) amount to.

14. A 10-cent phone call will cost only 5 cents more, instead of 6 cents, than a letter. And many business rates are under 10 cents a call. Whenever a phone call can be 5 cents more effective than a letter, phone. Sometimes a phone call can be $1,000 more effective than a letter.

And the most Important point of all:

15. Make your sales letters and advertising mailings more effective# Test them to make sure. When promotional material makes sajes, postage doesn't icostit Pays

The effect of the new rates on promotional mailing will be interesting to watch. There will be less competition in numbers, becaus weak operations cant survive at the higher rates. But there will be more compeUtft

In quality, mail vendor

because every will try to pack more sell into each mailing.

Permission to reprint this column with credit to this newspaper is hereby granted.

U. S. STEEL SEEKING NEW PACKAGING CUSTOMERS

United States Steel, with tinplated steel for cans, already has a large part of the packaging materials market. But it wants more and to get it has developed and tested a number of new packages.

Among them are; A tinned container for bulk cheese with a key opener and a reclosable *' lid; cans that can be used for cooking as well as merchandising spaghetti, beans, etc. (they have concave lids which, when removed, allow enough space for expansion when the contents are heated);

two-quart cans narrower on one side than the opposite, to make easier handling and pouring of motor oU, cooking oil, rug sha.npoo. etc.; hermetically sealed TV dinners and casserole dishes: triangular, voal and conical cans to add distinction to products; cans that become shakers for grass seed, and cans for loaf and sliced cheese that eliminates the need for refrtgwa-tton from plant to consumer.

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