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TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION

82nd Year No. 13 ^ GREENVILLE, N.C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15.^63

12 Pages Today Price 5 Cents

Special Message On Tax Plans City Council Approval Is

ScheduledJan,24ByPresident\Q\en 15-Acre Housing

What This

Country

Needs

WASHINGTON (AP>What this country needs is more imported cork stoppers, fewer imported potatoes, a national lottery, and a balanced budget.

It could also use a department of urbiculture, vitamin A in its nonfat dry milk, colored post cards, more three-day weekends, a new version of the Star-Spangled Banner, and Grandmothers Day.

WASHINGTON (AP)President Kennedy tentatively plans to detail his proposals for a $13.5-bil-llon cut in tax rates and recouping $3.5 billion in tax law reforms in a special message to Congress Jan. 24.

Timing of the tax message was confirmed today by House Speaker John W. McCormack of Massachusetts after he and <^her Democratic congressional leaders met with Kennedy at the White House.

McCormack,-agreeing with the President that tax legislation is the top priority item facing Congress this year, said the House Ways and Means Committee will consider the administration pro

sign of slight Interest on the Pres-1 spells out its proposed 'loophole

. .. A rbw/\]r4c1rvne

idents pait. He said Kennedys strong \dews on the subject have been detaed repeatedly and at length in the past and did not need repeating.

Kennedy and the Democratic leaders discussed the tax rate 6ut, which would be partly offset by changes involving $3.5 billion a year.

CcHigress was showing unmistakable signs it intends to accept Kennedys Invitation to cut taxes this year. But members awaited more cwicretc details before committing themselves to the actual formula.

Almost every member of the House and Senate favored reduc-

posals quickly. ___________________

M^ormack d tiixes. Although a solid seg-

cratic. Leader me Mansfield of. demanded reductions in

Montana indicated that early appeared to

tention to taxes may well delay committee consideration of Ken-

believe they would be forthcoming.

nedys controversial plan to pro- Kennedv

vide medical insurance for the ^ Another group said Kenneay

aged under the Social Security program.

Kennedy gave the medicare pro-

These at least are gps in 'pram only brief attention in his Tnese, ai leasr, are gap t state of the Union message to Con- billion.

proposed too big a break for individuals. who would share in $11 billion of the reductions, whereas would get only $2.5

the national scene noted by

----------- - creis A storm seemed certain to

Mcormack said this was not a break when the administmj^

to fill them m the opening moments of the 88th Congress.

Although the House has been in session only about six hours, some 2,000 bills have already been introduced. They deal w'ith almost every subject imaginable, including using Social Security records to locate runaway parents.

This is a suggIstion of Rep. Abraham J. Multer, D-N Y.. who could function pretty well

closing provisions.

Some sources expect him to ask for the lowering of family iteips such as deductiwis for medical expenses, deductions for state and local sales taxes, interest on mortgage payments and joint re-tunis filed by married couples.

Some members of Congress have heard that amwig other things, Kennedy may ask for a thorough overhauling of depletion allowances which affect 100 products.

The oil industry would be certain to throw its powerful weight against a proposal to limit drastically its 27^2 per cent depletion allowance.

The Presidents submission of a budget of around $99 billion on Thursday will whet the controvers over whether it is wise to vote tax cutswith no comparable spending reductions when a whopping deficit is in prospect.

Kennedy said his program of tax reductions and reforms was aimed at producing ultimately a balanced budget in a balanced full employment economy. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D-Va., said in

stead the country may be looking down the throat of a three-year deficit of about $30 billion.

In his 43-mlnute speech to the House and Senate, Kennedy put so much emphasis on his tax program that other matters were relatively obscured.

Congressional liberals muttered the Democrats mostly to themselves and the Republicans publiclyabout Kennedys relatively brief dismissal of the social welfare Issues he has pounded in the past.

The President devoted only two sentences to educational needs, omitting any specific mention of federal school aid.

He used only 37 words to appeal for action on what he depicted in 1962 as the prime domestic issue before CongressSocial Security financing of health care for the elderly. The 87th Congress rejected it.

Site Opposite Airport

By ALVIN TAYLOR Reflector City Editor Housing Authority members last night won City Council approval for a 15-acre site opposite the airport on U. S. 13.

TTie approval released the Authority to proceed with planning and construction of 65 housing units on the site. It is already within the city limits and zoned residential.

The councils action represents one of the final steps toward clearing the Housing Authority to construct,, 230 units.

Last year the council gave approval to a 30-acre 165-unit site surrounding South Greenville School. Councilmen have only tc

this area but Im willing to listen. You might change my mind.

Wooten quoted from a recent edition of Wall Street Journal an article which he Indicated showed public housing was not working out as well as was expected.

-Public housing has lost in sev

Under the heading of protecting annex a small portion of this site the basic rights of citizens, he to make it final. This is for said little more than the right a public hearing at the Feb. 7 to vote in a free American elec-1meeting, tion must not be denied to anyl Housing Authority

one point, You are distorting this as any good lawyer will do -In favor of your side.

Hite, ho had been mentioned by Wooten continued, I didnt want to interfere with your statement but you caUed me into it.

These people are just as concerned about human problems as any one here.

He told Wooten. You well

eral elections around the nation.know, studying law as carefully Wooten contended. It hasnt!as you have, there are a great worked out as hoped for. number of safeguards for peopie Mrs. Mike Kachmer. who owns who own property in Greenvle. property adjoining the housing He said he did not think anv-

site told the council she felt the area should be developed Industrially. If you split It wide open like you are doing now, there is going to be no hope, she declared.

one would want to take property without these safeguards.

Dr. Andrew Best, member of the Housing Authority, told the group that the whole thing involv-ed a fear of the unknown. ' e

Chainnan Howard pointed out are not here to bring on .^me

citizen on grounds of his race or color.

Tshombe Capitulates; Ready End Secession, Cooperate With UN

LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo

AP)-Katanga President Moise

core of 200 university students.

5 a one-man legslature. He jx^hombe capitulated today. He already has 173 bills in. ^ ready to end Katangas

Rep. Samuel S. Stratton, D- secession, cooperate loyally with N Y. w'ould like more holidays the United Nations and let U.N. to fail on Monday and has a troops rove where they will bill making that the official |throughout the province, day for observing Washing- j Prom his war capita tons Birthday, Memorial Day, ' wezl, Tshombe appealed

,d,penH D., * V. pta ior

sacked the embassy in protest against alleged British support for Tshombes and Katangas secession. They smashed windows. Files were stripped and hurled into the street.

OnHarf V A narriinpr nf Ghana.

Belgian radio correspondent. (respondent in Kolwezl, also re-We are ready to declare to the I ported Tshombe s agreement to world that the Katangan secession end Katsuigas secessum and saia is over, Tshombe said. We are prepared to give the United Na-

Chalrman Charles Howard presented the 65-unit site for the councils consideration last night. He said the authority felt it is the one site which would cause the least controversy and the least damage to owners of residential property.

He pointed out that the site had to be within or contiguous to the city limits.

The commission is charged with the responsibility of presenting a site, he stated. It is up to the council to approve or disapprove.

Approximately 40 citizens were in the city court room to protest the site, public housing and urban renewal in general.

Their spokesman was Attorney

erans Day^ ^wmiirMd ill Ms foUowers to bassador Derek Riches protested tion. Modalities ineans metnoas| xhierry sa

Besides Granflmothcr s Day. jumscli 'strongly to the Congolese Foreign for the discharge of an obligation. of Katangan

are those who request, the state-, soldiers in :

thera

should observe Shut-Ins Day

it opened the way for U.N. troops

___________ to enter Kolwezl. the center of ..........

tions troops freedom of movement the vital Katangan mining ina^ Frank M. Wooten who had asked throughout Katanga. ' try. Diehard supporters of Tsnoi^ special hearing on the site

Tshombe said he is prepared to be had mined the copier and ^ brought up at the

bait refineries and the big electric monthly councU meeting

power dam there and threatened . ,

to blow them up 4n a last-ditch

gesture of defiance. Wooten asked Mayor Charles

Thierry said that mixed patrols King if "It is going to do

1 gendarmes and white good for us to talk.

____ Tshombes army werei ..| f,gyg just about decided to

nhent cmitiimed, that the pmsl-imaintaining order in Kolwezi. He| giong with this area, Ma

replica of New Bern or New York or any other place, he declared. We are here to bring a busine~s that w'iU bring pride to the ciLy of Greenville. I hope we can get on with the business of choosing an area and not discuss fa'- s which have already been settled In closing Wooten said the c v raised taxes 20 percent this year, this move w'ould takq tax orop-

Purple Heart Day, Childrens ! y wdS M the Tshombe's declaration was re- dent of the Congo RepubUc ^d id the population heard ttef Jor King replied: I helped pick

Day. Food Service W^k. Sen- layed S the South African Press the prime minister should, when ---------

lor Citliens Month and Weld- About 1,000 Africans, with a Association and Rene Thierry, a

d Products Month.

Rep. Lindley Beckworth, D-Tex. Is fearful the new higher postal rates will prevent elderly pensioners from communicating with their families. He 1 seeking a colored penny postcard for strictly personal messages.

There are bills to help Indians, artists, nurses, ducks, veterans, page boys. Bills to get the United States out of the United Nations and retire the national debt.

And there la a measure by Rep. Vernon W. Thomson. R-

Accept Basic Premise On Preaching Racism

this statement Is issued, put into force the amnesty provided for in the U Thant plan in order to guar-

news of the probable arrival of U.N. forces with relative indifference.

Tshombe, who slipped away

that the area under consideration is zoned residential. He said the Authority did not feel the site would endanger Mrs. Kachmers property. But It is not up to us to say, he continued. We dont contemplate purchasing Mrs. Kachmers property.

We put a lot of time and effort in selecting a site, he told the councU. We are your ser- , u

vants and it is up to you to de- erty off the books, he stated, clde where to go.

Henry Johnson told the council;

It may not be this council; it may not be this generation, but I believe somebody wl regret these moves.

Richard King, brother of the mayor, said he voted against public housing "but after the people voted for it, then I backed it.

An unidentified lady said she and her husband owned a house i

near the site. If you put public ! - - - , ^ . . . ,

housing there, what will w doi he continued. They voted for R wlth^ our house? Im strtqtly and feci no need to come up against it.

A second lady said she owricd j , lv..,*.

a house in the area. also. Row Wooten had also recalled that would you all like something like King had campaigned against pu :i. that in froot of. your home? I lie housing and urban renewal m Housing - Redevelopment Attor-lthe 1961 campaign. This brought ney Kenneth Hite told Wooten at! (Continued on page 13)

We have come here, timc-af-tcr-tlme, he said of the opposition group. Not a single person has come here for it except those appointed to the boards.

Mayor King answered that he had voted against the progr.im*v. We got whipped and Im willing; to take my licking.

You want to know where the people are who voted for this.

testant and Jewish spokesmen meeting at the unprecedented Nar tional Conference on Religion and

____________ _________ . Raceagreed oa a basic premise

Wls. he would like Is a | today no religion in American can

little national recognition for practice Its convictions and

the Circus World Museum at [preach racism.

Baraboo, Wls. ! The Very Rev. Msgr. John J.

Egan, director of the Chicago

uted very shortly.

Rene Thierry, Belgian radio cor-

Fired For Not Joining Union

CHICAGO (AP)-Catholic, Pro* from suffering. We hope

Council, noted The wne un- proposlUon can be exec-

derlying theme which unites Catholics, Protestants and Jews is the belief in a personal Gk^ to whom we all have the obligation to give witnessthat all men, as special creatures of God, possess a unique dignity.

....... _ Dr. Frank H. Littell, a Chicago

Axchdiocesan Conservation Coun Theological Seminary professor,

-----------said The most useful and rele-

vapt .contribution the churches

antee the security and lib^y of ^ Elisabethville over the week-the president and government of ^ar capital

Katanga, all their offlcia.ls and Kolwezi, has been alternately

agents and all the people who. ^ seeking to calm dle-

have worked under them. , secessionists Into cooperating

The statement added: *j^g u.n. and seeking to rally

We have decided cooperate, ^ last-ditch fight.

loyally with the United Nati(His, ^ ______

and are asking that the date and time for a meeting should be fixed in order to spare the popu-

Can Pay Tickets coSd nwiVio racial justice woutd

SANTA MONICA. Calif. (AP)-Douglas Aircraft Co. suyn It has fired 22 employes who refused to join a labor union or pay the equivalent pf union dues under an agency shop agreement.

The firm said Monday It was acting under terms of a contract with the AFL-CIO Machinists Union and the United Auto-Aerospace Workers.

Douglas estimated 20 to 30 per cent of eligible employes arc paying an agency shop fee of about $5 monthly Instead of joining the union. Under Uie contract, employes must do one or the other or be discharged.

At Bloodmobile

LENOIR. N.C. (AP) Mot<5 helpless and defenseless.

Ists ticketed for oyertime pariclng in Lenoir will be permitted to pay with their blood.

be to become truly the Church disciplined as a community of witr ness, loving in service- to the Least Brother intercessory for

Rabbi Morris Adler of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Detroit, said. Religion is more widely

Cite Reductions With Tax Plan

Four Injured In Auto Collision

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Treasury Department says President Kennedys tax cut proposals, if enacted, would mean reductions of 20 to 30 per cent for many persons with incomes of $20,000 or less.

In tables released Monday night

Pour persons were injured this morning w'hen two vehicles collided at thp intersection of Boyd and Myrtle Aves, about 9:35 am.

Investigators identified the drivers of the autos as Gloria-tine Blount, 27-year-old Negro of 702 West Ave., Ayden, . and John William Piver, Sr., 67, of 1308 Myrtle Ave.

The Piver auto was headed East on Myrtle Ave. while the

The plan wWch went Into effect respected among i showing what Kennedys propos-

Monday and will continue until Jan. 22 was agreed to by Lenoir's City Council.

us. Can it truly hope for. the Io- would mean for certain tax-

spect of modem men if it affirms payers, the Treasury noted that , in rhetoric the dignity of man and j figures do not show the effect

Red Crosa officials said every is blind in fact to the misery of^^jj certain changes to be proposed parking ticket issued during the,man? later in tax treatment of some

period would have a tag notifying the recipient of the option of paying $l fine or contributing a pint

He urged representatives of 66 churches and church-related groups at the four-day conference

of Wood when the Red Cro.ss which opened Monday to subor-bloodmoblle comes here Jan. 21 dinate doctrinal differences to im-and 22. 'prove the lot of mankind.

New Vice President And Asst Trust Officer For Wachovia

types of income.

Also, the department said, the tables apply only to taxpayers claiming the standard 10 per cent deduction.

Following are examples of changes under the proposed tax cut:

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Pitt Mayors For Updating Of Countys Tax Values

By HENRY HOWARD Reflector Staff Writer

Updating of Pitt County tax values will be done as thoroughly and as economically as possible if a committee of mayors has Its way.

Six of the nine Pitt mayors and other members of a special tax study committee made theii thoughts on the upcoming revaluation clear at a meeting here Monday night.

J. W. Pou was elected vlca

?resident and William L. Steele II was named assistant trust officer of Wachovia Bank^and Trust Co. here today.

Pou is manager of Wachovias agriculture department and Steele is estate planning con-aultant in the trust department R. W. Howard, senior vice president of the local bank, announced the elections following

J. W. FOU

mectinga of the bank shareowners and directors.

He said the shareowners elected a new director, Thomas H Davis, president and treasurer of Piedmont Aviation, Inc., and the directors also advanced Jolin C. Clark and C. Eugene Loopei to senior vice presidents in tne banks general offices. Clark* U manager of the bond department and Looper is director of per-Bonnel.

Increasing consumer spending across the nation spells a good year for area businessmen, ant: most should find 1963 slight) better than 1962 both In sales and in profits," Howard said.

Consumer spending this year will rise an esStlmated $10 oil-llon, he predicted,-^with the bulk of the gain centered in services and nMi-durable goods (such as food. textiles, apparel).

Business activity throughout the state and region has been at record levels even though 1963 s rate of economic growth did not measute up to predictions of a year ago, he said.

During l62 Wachovia put more money to work to serve its customers and to promote aound economic growth of thla ares than ever before, he reported, as resources, deposits, loans and capital funds of the bank .u> tained refcord levels, and Wacho

via maintained its rank as the Southeasts largest bank.

While average deposits were approximately $38 million grea* -er than in 1961, average earning assetsloans and securitiesincreased more than $49 million during 1962, he said.

Wachovia eiimings after taxes were increased close to 10 per cent by maintaining an effective (Continued on page 13)

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car driven by Miss Blount was headed North on Boyd Ave. it the time the collision occurred. Officers quoted Piver a.s saying his accelerator stuck when the vehicles collided. His car canve to rest two blocks from the scene of the collision, at the intersection of Boyd Ave.. and Halifax St.

Miss Blount and two passengers in the auto. Miss Mildred Lee Sparkman, 22 of 310 Plan-tcl-a St.. Ayden and William Faison, 816 Blount St., Ayden were treated for minor injuries and released. Piver, who was charged with failing to yield tne right of way, was being held for observation at Pitt Memorial Hospital at noon today.

Damage was estimated by Traffic offioers at $450 to the Blount car and $300 to the Piver vehicle.

By unanimous rolce-vote. the committee offered three recommendations for consdier-ation Friday by the countys Overall Planning Committee. The OPC will study the rec-recommendations for conslder-ting a proposal to the County Commissioners.

perenal property in the county.

The recommendations mean that the committee feels the tax department is capable to perform preliminary steps in the project at a bargain price when compared charges of a professional firm.

They also reflect an opinion of the committee that the new standard of values will be close: to a true picture of county property values if a professional firm handles the basic part of that investigative work.

nation should bring property values into true perxpeettre. They also agreed with prediction that values wouM be higher In most cases after the project is complete.

Order Induction Of Five Feb. 18

AAdjusted gross Income.

BLiability under present tax law.

CRevised rate tax liability.

DDollar reduction In tax lla-bUity. . ^

EPercentage decrease In tax liability.

Ru Persists In Robeson County

WM. L. 8TESLB

LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) A flu epidemic which began in Robeson County still persisted today.

The epidemic spread to the Magncdia School near Lumber-ton where 212 students out of a student body of l.OO wera sick.

There were 480 absences in Lumbertoo scluxois Mcxiday out of a total enrollment of 4,5(X).

At Fairnumt, in the south end of the county where the illness started, there was a decrease in the number of absences.

Here arc the recommenda tions:

1. That work on preparing a

It was explained, however, that a higher valuation would not necessarily increase the t*ix bill because of two variable factors: <l) the assessment ratio (Pitt County currently levies ad valorem taxes based on one-third the actual value, and (2)

Mondays meeting of the com-i the County Commissioners have mittee, which in effect is a sub-power to adjust the tax rate committee for studying an OPC annually to meet budget needs

problem, came nearly two years before Pitts revaluation mu.st be the books. The head-start

on

Gray told the committee that Pitts financial condition s sound and explained that the

session reflected the County i problems of levying taxes to Commissioners previously-stated meet county expenses are not feeling that the project shou!:Lrelated to the purpose for re*

begin at lea.st 18 months ahead of time.

valuation.

The county attorney describ-

Mayors attending the meeting ed the basic purpose of the re-

complete and up-to-date set of

maps showing in-city property be undertaken by county taxmen R. S. Moye and Harding Sugg, using the past records and services of Rivers fe Associates, local engineering firm.

2. That the county tax department proceed with plans 'o prepare new file cards for each parcel of property with buildings, Including measurement. and total square footage of the buildings based upon existing tax records,

3. That a professional firm be employed to revaluate all real and commercial and Industrial

were J. M. Butterworth. Bethe;

Walter Dail. Winterville; W Leslie Elks, Grimesland; Wiley A. Gaskins, Grlfton; J. L. Peeie, Fountain; and O. G. Spell, Farm-ville. Unrepre.sented by their mayors were Greenville, Ayde.i and Falkland.

valuation program as a means for distributing the ad valorem tax more evenly. State statutory language, Speight said, calls for revaluation standards based on current true value of money By recommending employment m i azi>,zn..v.. of a professional firm to set a

Tax Supervisor Moye presided lvalue schedule, the committeo at the I-i-hour session and other I showed agreement with a state-members attending included ment by Winterville Mayor Wal

Sugg, County Commissioner 'Vernon E. White of Winterville,

ter Dail: Id like to see as true a valuation put on a piece of

County Auditor H. R. Gray and property as can be put on it.

County Attorney W. W. Speight

The mayors reflected gen-enil agreement that the reval-

The two recommendations advising that county forces bo used for preliminaries reflect-

(Continued on page 12)

The local Selective Service board has received orders to induct five Pitt Coimty men into the armed services on Feb, 18, it was announced today.

There is no call for pre-induction physicals for February as of today.

As announced previously, the local board will send five men for induction and six for preinduction on Jan. 24.

$99.4 Billion From Taxpayers

Another Record At Annual State

Year Noted Bank Meet

Another record year was shown stockholders of State Bank & Trust Co. at its annual shareholders meeting here this morning.

President J. T. Marston Ji said. Gains were recorded In all departments of the bank. For the first ti- .e, at any years end. deposits exceeded $10 million, amounting to $10,235,000 as compared with $9,162,000 on Dec. 31. 1961.

He said the banks customer accounts rose above 10.000. That

the bank have been increased to total 33. The annual payroll, he said, has grown to more than $165.000.

Net earnings after taxes amounted to $55.260 or $2.63 a share," Marston told the ^are holders. He compared those figures with last years profits of S52.764 {$2.51 a share). He noted that 1961s performance was th highest previous year.

In commenting on the ^ local economy in "'relation to the banks business during 196^*, Marston said:

We are particularly pleased

increase was responsible for the _ ^ ^___________

gain In total deposits, Marston increases shown in view

WASHINGTON (AP)The gov- said. of the relatively disappointing

ernment collected a record $99.4 billion from American taxpayers in the fiscal year ending last June 30.

In its 100th annual report Monday, the Internal Revenue Service said collections were $5 blliion

Pointing out other growtn factors, Marston said:

Loans increased 4o $5,425,0H) all put to work for further de* velopmenl of Greenville and Pitt County To service this additional volume of business.

more than in the previous yearijbank has expanded to take oV;r

Corporate and individual Income taxes accounted for $71.9 bUlioo, an increase of |4 blUl(xi.

most of the second floor of its blding.

Marston said the employes at

return from the tobacco crop which was affected by excessively bad weather.

It is gratifying to see thU economic loss offset to some extent by Uie additions to om economy afforded by the money .spent for goods and services b\ the families moving . to this area, associatad with our (Ea^ Carolina) coUcte, Voict of

America, industrial enterprises and those people who move hera just because Pitt County is a good place to live and work. During the meeting, the shareholders reelected the following directors:

M. W. Aldridge, Tom R. Andrews, A. R. Barrett, M. K. Blount, W. S. Bost. John R. Hardy. Howard L. Hodges, Jr., Charles W. Howard Jr.. J. B. Kittrell Jr.. John T. Marston Jr.. Reynolds May, John P. Mingcs, Ray D. Minges. K. B. Pace. W. M. Scales Jr.. B. B. Sugg Jr., B. B. Sugg. Sr.. H. C. Sugg, A. Hollie VanDyke, J. B. Webb Jr. and W. W. Wooten After the stockholders meeting, the directors reelected thet^ officers of the bank;

J. T. Marston Jr., president; M. K. Blount, vice presldeiit; John R. Hardy, vice prcitkhf: B. B. Sugg Jr., vice yresldert and trust officer: J. Curtis Hendrix. Marftet B. PuctA Whli-am A. Rott Jr. and J, Warrin

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