Thundftf, Auguit 22, 1968

For Some, A Time Of Decision

Throughout Pitt County right now there are youngsters who are entering the first grade are probably several hundred boys and girls trying to staying to receive their high school diplomas than decide whether to return to the classrooms when ever before.

public schools open next week, or just to forget This means, of course, that those who seek jobs

about their formal education. without having at least a high school education have

Some of them may be working in summer jobs greater odds against them with each passing year, and think the money they may earn in the next nine The money a school-age boy or girl is earning now monthe will be worth more than another year In may look-big; but how big will it look fiw or 10 public schools. Others may face the prospect of re- years from now if he finds himself tied to the same peatlng school work they didnt pass last year, and job level because of lack of educational background

they dont particularly care to go through it all to get a better job.

Most of those who have in the past dropped out

There may be some who have lost interestor of school have looked back froni la^^^ think they havein what the teachers and the books wished they had a ^cond chance. For so^ of them,

have to oifer. There may be some who feel economic the second Tsond'ihance^ '

preMurea on their famlliei demand that they devote ever, there has not beep a second chance.

their time to working rather than going to school. We urge the young people of Pitt County to

To aach vounir nerson who may be facing a make the most of their first chance for as good a

decision of whether to return to school this fall, public school

we would say by all means try it for one more year I months or years spent high school diplo-

In spite of all the talk about from Xid'^nds''rth^ ind^ ua" in The Teari That Til

public school, national statistics show that a larger * ^ number of youngsters are finishing high school now aneaa. than ever before in history. A higher percentage of

No Arm Twisting?

Time Is Nearing Decisions

Contribution To Areas Economy

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By WILLIAM A. SHIRES RALEIGH PoUUcAl note-bo(A;

The time Is fast approaching for decisions on the part of those who would seek political office next year. In the meantime, It la the season lor political rumors.

The rumor mlU Is going full blast In Raleigh these days and most of the speculation contert on next year's state campaigns. parUcularlr that for governor.

There hi# been a decided increase In the number and fre-quently of such rumors In recent weeks. Each new development or actiw adds fuel to the fires and Is examined In the light of the latest crop of rumors.

No less a political figure than State Democratic chairman Bert Bennett Jr. acknowledged the fact of the rumor flow last week and predicted that they "will get wder aa the time goes on.

BENNETT ~ Bencett was apeaklng specifically about the rumors concerning his own Intentions to seek the Democratic nomination for governor next May.

"Every time I pick up the newspapers I see a new rumor about my plans." eBnnett etld.

He brushed aiide the "rum-ors"4hat he had decided against becoming a gubematortal candidate. Instead, Benn^ indicated strongly that he naa tnade no final decision.

"1 repeat that my decision will be made on what X alnoere-ly think la best for the Stats of North Carolina and the Democratic party." he eald, DISCOUNTED Sources close to Bennett said the elt-uation regarding Bennett's probable candidacy was changed. Some pegged chinees as high as 10-1 that Bennett wlU be to the race next Spring.

"Of course Ims listening and getting advice," one eloee associate said. "But Bert's also ready to run for governor and has been getUng more and more encouragement instead d 1cm."

These souoes also dUwounted the rumors that Bennstt had decided agminat becoming a gubernatorial oandlds^ on the bae-is of surveys and eampUngs which Indicated an antl-San-ford admlnlstratloB tentlment.

No sooner were Uwse disclaimers Issued thsn froth speculation arose when Bennett accompanied Oqv. lOrry Sanford to the Southern Governors Conference in White ftdphur Springs W. Va.. this week, presumably to discuss politics.

ERVIN The current rumors about gubernatorial possibilities also ranged to two highly placed Democrats In Washington, former Gov, Luther H. Hodges and eSn. 8am J, Ervin Jr. One widely circulated rumor

around Raleigh was that various Democritle faoUtma had considered a suggestion that Ervin be drafted as a party-unifying candidate. Mott sources said, however, that this was

The importance of seasonal employment in tobacco proces.sing plants in Greenville and Pitt County is more or leas taken for granted without any real appreciation of what,these operations mean to the local economy during the tobacco selling

season.

In addition to the millions of dollars pumped , , . , . . . into the economy by tobacco sales on local auction

market, many hundreds of thousands of gy jqHN ABNEY

The senior senator from Mor- are pumped into the economy through wages earned

ganton Is In line to move up seasonal worker in tobacco factories.

Already in Greenville more than 700 people are employed in tobacco redrying plants which have begun operations. As sales on the Eastern Tobacco Belt move into their full stride within the next few

week., the number of employ^ in tobacco factories rn^ger^u.pMttoe!

of the county will push near the 2,000 mark. Xnese especially with things like eciip-additional job.seven on a seasonal basisprovide sea going on around the world, considerable income for many workers who during The medical authorities and I

other periods of the year have little, if any, steady fvTIhou^h Se

employment. L^dy from Puebto scoffed and

Aside from the auction market itself, the to- aid we were a bunch of nin-bacco factory operation.^ play a major role in boost-

(Ml the important Senate Judlcl ary committee following the death of Sen. EatM eXfauver of Tennessee.

PERIST The rumor that Hodges waa "looking over the situation" In regard to the 1964 gubernatorial campaign brought a quick denial from Uie Commerce Secretary that he h a d told anyone he was considering the race.

This rumor became even more peralstent, however, with subsequent reports that it triggered a flood (tf requests, letters of encouragement and promises of support for Hodges. Then followed the report that Hodges had left Washington for an unacheduled vacation fishing trip to Canada "to think things over."

MCXJRE Additional grass-roots support for Dan K. Moore of Sylva haa been springing up.

Moore has scdld backing In in western North Carolina and his supporters claimed he could deliver a ^0.000 vote majority In some 80 counties. They contended. too. that the fact Utat Moore la not as well known In the eastern part of the state would be advantageous In smoothing over divisive factionalism.

Under the traditional rotation,

U Is the West's turn to elect a governor. The far west has not had a governor In 50 yeara. and there has never been a governor from west of Asheville.

Moore could become the first Democratic candidate to announce for governor. Hla an-nounoement is regarded as almost certain within the next month or six weeks.

BRIEFS Rumors about Qovtrnor Sanford's political future were laid to rest In an interview with Sanford by managing editor Gibson Prather of the Fayetteville Observer. Prather Is perhaps Sanford's closest fiiend In the newspaper busl-neaa and has been called on frequently to advtae Sanford on press relations matters.

A supposedly "hot" rumor that made the Raleigh rounds early this week was that Sanford would lose no time now In calling the special session of the legislature on Senate redls-trlctlng and that the call may be issued tls week.

The State YDC owjventlon Is expected to be held on Oct, 31-Ndv, 2. A convention site at Southern Pines was considered earlier, but It Is now being sTh-eduled tentatively for Charlotte.

Science Met The Crisis

MEXICO CITY - It becomes more obvious every day that

in* the economy of Pitt County during this season cm'^hL ItS

of the year. Some people, in their enthusiasm for which started with "A total

more year-round employment in the local economy, eclipse Is due next week and u bemoiiii the fact that our tobacco factories are only sca.'ional operations. But even operating on a seasonal basis, they contribute immeasurable to the economic well being of Pitt County.

Regular Rituc. Of Foreign Aic.

as a

tribe of Ignorant savages when the sun is blacked out by the moon. (A rough translation bub the general Idea.)

So she had her snide little laugh and I told her, "I dont intend becoming a victim of careless gazing and spend the rest of my life on crutches no

matter how funny you think it is."

And the Lady from Puebla said, "Oh for Heavens sake theyve had eclipses since time began and the only thing thats happened is the world is getting over-populated."

Well thats just dandy with mo but I told her my colleague. Dr. Sigmund Blott, and I were getting ready to cope with this situation. Each in his own way.

Dr. Blott had built himself a Sun-Scope which is a largo cardboard box with a pinhole in one side and a white paper to reflect the phenomenon on the opposite side. And the box had a large hole cut in one side so Dr. Blott could insert his head and make scientific ob.servations.

And I found an old dish pan and a stick because I read somewhere that a group of Indians get tin pans and club them during an eclipse so the sun will

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By JAME.S MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) It has happeued so many times it's like a 1itual in a bargain basement.

The President asks more money for foreign aid than anybody, probal)ly including himself. thinks hell get.

The immediate reaction In Congress is a kind of horror at the thought of shoveling out all tliat money to foreigners again.

Since the war tho United States has provided more than $l(Mi billion in economic and rallitaiT aid to til countries.

After this annual shock Con-gres finally votes more foreign aid than U seemed willing to do but always less than the pjTsident asked.

Tup.sday the House began Us yearly debate: how much

money this time? There will be many weeks of shuffling before the final decisions.

Thats why President Kennedys opening statement at his news conference was a rather muffled cry of anguish. He urged congress to be careful with the scissors.

He will have more to say later if Congress gets too frisky.

This year Kennedy frustrated some of the eager tailors in the Capitol by .snipping off some of the money he asked for before Congress had a chance.

Last Jan. 17 he asked $4.9 billion In aid. But before Congress stopped chattering about the enormity of it and get down to business, something extraordinary happened.

A sptxdal 10-man committee-headed by Gen. Lucius Clay which Kennedy had appointed to Investigate operations of the foreign aid program came out for foreign aid all right but not with the price tag Kennedy had put on it.

The committee said or seemed to say, for there was a lot of confusion about this when the committee reported last March 24 that alx>ut $.500 million should be trimmed off the $4.9 billion Kennedy hsd asked.

On April 2, Kennedy sent a

special message to Congress on foreign aid, chopping almost $500 million off his original request, which is what the Clay committee had seemed to suggest.

On Aug. 6 the House Foreign Affairs Committee went Kennedy one better. It suggested Congress should authorlxe no more than $4.1 billion for foreign aid, or $800 miUlon less than Kennedy had originally said was needed.

That figure WAS the starting point when the House began considering the matter this week. But the inclination of some House members will be to show even greater economy than ita committee.

The greatest foreign aid tailor in the House is Rep. Otto E. Passman, a Democrat and a millionaire from Louisiana.

In 1961 he had hlntsell wheeled into the House on big debate day he had broken hla shoulder the day before and told coUeaguea: "Even though Im In pain, I question whether I am as in aa much pain aa the 187 million Americans who have to foot the bill for this." He has long coq^dered foreign aid "fouled up and uncontrell-able.

In 1962 Kennedy asked $4.9 billion. Congress appropriated about $1 million less even though. In the midst of the slashing, Kennedy proteat-ed against cutting the heart out of the program.

In 1961 Kennedy sought $4.8 billion. Congress voted about $800' million less even though, in the midst of the slicing and s 1111 n g, Kennedy cried out against a decapitated program that would be "too UtUe and too late."

Other Editors Saying. ;i^edistricting Angles

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"If new grading standards are penaliaing the tobacco grower for prochioing an undesirable tobacco, the answer is not in changing the product. If the standards ar themselves mks-taken, they should be changed." The Durham Herald.

(WasJiington Dally News)

Governor Sanford has had two sessions with lawmakers In regard to the matter of redistrlct ing the North Carolina senate. The lawmakers will soon convene in special session in the effort to accomplish the Job.

Looking at the matter from our own viewpoint here in the Second Senatorial district, we have a population of approximately 103,000 people. The present district comprises the seven counties of Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Washington, Tyrrell, Pamlico, and Dare.

If population is to be the only consideration In this matter of redistrlotlng. we are told thac the 'magic number is 91,123. That means that for every 91,-123 people In the state, one senator should be expected.

It cannot work exactly that way because finding combinations of counties to comprise a dlatiict wUl be Impossible. Under the Sanford plan Mecklenburg county would have three senatoi's, Forsythe and OuUford counties two senators, and several counties will have one senator.

The present plan insofar as the Second Senatorial district Is concerned Is rumored to place Beaufort. Hyde, Washington, Ty-rell, and Dare into one district with one senator. These five counties have a combined population of 63,722 people. Then Mai'tln county would be put Into a district with Bertie and Hert-fOid counties and with a population of 74,207 people, Pamlico county would go into the district with Cartaret county.

Of course, there is no possible way to redistrict solely on population where all districts w'ould

have approximately 91,000 people. And there is no W'ay to do the job with everybody left hap-py-

The Eastern part of North Carolina might as well realiza that if the present plan is ad#pt-ed, it means that Eastern North Carolina will definitely be in a minority when it comes to the North Carolina legislature. The Piedmont area w'ill be in the drivers seat.

This might offer the simple method of redistricting. And from all indications a majority of the lawmakere seem willing to go along with the plan. If the groundwork now being laid bears fruit, then the special session of the legislature to be called by the governor should be able to dispose of this peice of business with great dispatch.

There are sure to be some lawmakers who will balk at the plan. We prefer the "Little Federal plan which would give each county one representative and the senate divided altogether on a basis of population. This plan certainly will be much more difficult to accomplish since i| Involves a constitutional amendment that would have to bo voted on by th people.

Then the shadow of the federal courts looms large in the thinking of those in responsibility. There Is no assurance that the courts might not upset the Sanfor dplan, but as of now, from the population standpoint, It seems to offer the most realistic plan yet offered.

In 196.5, when the next regular legislative session convenes, it seems a pretty sure bet that the Eastern area of North Caro lina wil Inot have the voice it has. had over the past many years.

come out again.

Im not sure how It works but this tribe has been doing it for generations and the sun comes out every time.

Of course the Lady from Puebla said she had to see this so w'e took her to a little Indian village up in the mountains and everybody in town crowded around when Dr. Blott carefully removed his Sun-Scope from the trunk of the car.

One of the village gentlemen sauntered over and wanted to know if we were delivering oatmeal or something so Dr. Blott explained all about eclipses and his box.

And this Indian gentleman looked at his wrist watch and and said it would be 23 minutes before the eclipse began. Then the Lady from Puebla handed me the dish pan and stick and said, "All right. Gernimo, heres your equipment. You better get ready.

The villagers began giving each other looks and whispering and the Lady from Puebla said, "Why dont you warm up with a tune of some sort like Yankee Doodle before the real action starts?

Then the Indian gentleman looked at his watch and said, "Well, Its about time," and the villagers got out pieces of smoked glass and began squinting through them. Saying things like. "Yep, just like the last time." and "Its a shame only seven per cent of the suns surface will be covered here."

Dr. Blott got very excited and squeezed his head through the pin hole In his Sun-Scope. but one of the Indian mechanics loaned him siane welders goggles so he made out. I beat my dish pan into a sort of "U" shape and the villagers appland-ed and said, "Keep It up chief. Thatll drive the shadow away like nothin."

Say what you like but the shadow DID go away and everybody was happy and went back to work. And the Lady from Puebla laughed rudely all the way home at Dr. Blott wearing the cardboard box on his head and a purple lo(^ on his face.

I dMit know why but women are Incapable of understanding science.

Opinions In Brief

"Vandals should think twice about the consequences before going off the deep end in destruction of property and disorderly public conduct . . . including' giving heed to the welfare and shame of their families when th4v are hauled in by the pohce.Wai-luku, Hawaii. Maul News.

Nixon

Titular

Chief

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright, 1963, King Fe^ures Syndicate, Inc.

Traditionally, the last man to run for the U. S. Presidency on a defeated ticket remains the titular head of his party until a new nominee Is chosen four years later. The lines of titular authority, however, can be pretty scrambled when a beloved ex - President is still ai'ound to exert his magnetic attraction. So, when the Republicans form a Citizens Committee and a Critical Issues Council to deal with matters between conventicxis, it is not unnatural for commentators to remark that the "Eisen-howerites," not the "Nixon-ites, are stirring.

Let there be no deceiHion, however. Richard Nixon, in moving to the "communications capital" of the U. S. In New York City, is not going to be scooped by any of the Republican "position papers" which a Critical Issues Council stocked with "Eisenhowerites" is expected to turn out. He obviously does not regard his "title as Republican Party head to be an empty one.

The suggestion that he Is In competition with any duly constituted Republican organ must, of course, horrify Nixon. After all, he considers himself to be an "Eisenhowerite himself. He ran for President with Dees blessing, and he was always very much in rapport with Eisenhowers Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, on foreign policy matters. Nonetheless, there is a subtle difference between Nixon and other Eisen-howeiites. As the titular head of the Republican Party he can go and see on his own. and he has the leaders right to speak without cue. This gives his remarks an authority and a cutting edge that nothing turned out by a committee as a consensus could ever have.

Talking last week with this columnist at temporary digs at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, where he Is living until his apartment is ready, Nixon defined himself on various matters as no other "Eisenhowerite has. Fresh from his tour of Europe, which took him behind the Iron Curtain as far east as Budapest, the possible post-operative effects of the nuclear test ban were very much on his mind. What distresses him about the arguments pro and con the desirability of a "thaw in the Cold War Is that they tend to concentrate on the needs of the West for peace on the one hand, and the possibility that Khrushchev may be deceiving us on the other. For-gotten is ttie probability that the people In all of the Iron Curtain nations between the Berlin wall and Russia proper will be abandoned in the atmosphere that is created In the wake of a test ban.

Nixon was particularly biting when he talked about the "double standard" manifested by U. S. "liberals In their concern for the extension of freedom. They work themselves up into paroxysms of anguish over apartheid in South Africa or colonialism In Portuguese Angola; they dont like "ghettos in New Yorks Harlem or segregation in Birmingham, Ala. Neither, for that matter, does Nixon. But he notes that Harlemites, in his newly adopted city of New York, are free to take the subway to Times Square. Eastern Europe, on the other hand, Is, In Nixons brooding words, "the worst ghetto In the world." Its greyness, its apathy, appalled him. Budapest, after Vienna. "like night after day," seemed drab and hopeless, but after dipping Into East Berlin, Budapest itself seemed almost gay by comparison.

The whole of eastern Europe Is a real ghetto because people are denied the right to move around, to demonstrate, to vote. By contrast, the Negroes of the United States are free, for they manifestly do move around, they do demonstrate, and President Kennedy expects them to vote for him in droves in 1964.

Nixon kept stressing the things that might be given first order of priority In any posttest ban negotiatiwis with Khrushchev. Item: The Soviets could be asked to withdraw their troops from eastern Europe. Dem; freedom of movement might be demanded for both individuals and populations: Item: the Roman Catholic Church should get freedom to go about its business. Item; walls should be destroyed. Item: Khrushchev (Continued on Page 5)

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Strength For Today

BY EARL h, DOUGLASS WHILE YOU CAN

We often heai the expression that opporlunity presents Itself only once. This U not true. Opportunity comes back time after time. But the difficulty is that each prcsentaU(Xi is a bit dif-lerent from the former present-atlons and usually Involves considerably more difficulty. If we do not accept an opportunity now It will come back to us alright but it will be a form moie difficult to accept. Also it may be more difficult to recognise.

So the old emphasis on grasping oppoitunlly as .soon a.s one sees it Ls go()d. This does not mean that we should be precipitant in our actions. Think back over your We and yw may discover that you niadr some of your blgge.st mistakes because you did not take time enough to think out the situations involved.

we should never hurry. Neither should we dally. As opportunity stands before us we should re-inenibt'r tliat probably aa good an opportunity as thtt will never present Itself to ua again. Oh yes, opportunity will return, but the next time It retumi It will Involve more difficulty on our part to extract from It acgna lasting satisfacUoQ or benet.

Men and wonten In every age have needed to be alert. An alerl person serving under Agamem-t\on on the fields o| Trey ig one thing and an alert peraon In A Wall Street office or a aubur-ban home is something else again, Basically they are the same, but there ia enough difference in enviixMinient to make a profound difference in the op-poriunlty Itself.

Seize opportunity not too fast but with dccialon, preps-ion, and purpose.

By ElMER ROESSNER

I have received this intelligence:

"A new puff Iron table a 12 by 38 inch double table is available with any heads, with or without vacuum, with or without fabiio pressing heads, except on the No, 8 egg, from W. M. Ciaaell Mfg. Co., Inc.. 831 S. First St., LoulsvUle. Ky. A four - way unit, cctmprlsed of two 38-inch double tables, Is available either* for in - line a^ rangement or angular arrangement.

One wuld think a business oomtnentator knew what that means.

WHATS for TOILET: WHATS NOT

The Internal Revenue Service, In its Solomonic wisdom, has ruled that the following Items are taxable as toilet preparations;

Childrens toilet kits which contain real cosmetics or other toilet preparations (this Includ-

es kits which contain powder, lipstick, perfume, etc., even though they are sold as toys). Nail hardener, to be used externally. (That means, apparently, goo put on nails, not gelatine swallowed to give n a 11 a more scratch.)

Sachets contained in garment hangers (only the sachets art taxable).

Tissues Impregnated with a hair softening solution for us# in waving or curling the hair. At the same time (Rev. Rul, 63-158), It held the foUowing items were nontaxable: Eyelashes, artificial.

Fabric cloth, scented wdth perfume, to be used for making clothing Lipstick brush. Intended for use as an applicator for lipstick. with brush made of sabio bristles and holder of polished brass, ...

Prepacations to be taken Internally, even though recommended for cosmetic purposes, (That would tttm to exempt prune juice.)

NEW GUIDE TO WHITER

W, Norbert Engles, president of the Chicago City Bank and Trust Co., has devised a confidence Index."

It Is that any urban shopping district can determine Its own health by adding the per cent of Individual stores vacant to the per cent of total apace vacant. multiplying by 2.94 and subtracting from 100. According to his Index, Englewood, a Chicago suburb, has a business confidence of 4S.0 la 1960 and 74.4 in 1988.

Engles wUl have to give trading stamps to get his Index accepted in other centers.

AMA. MEET DR. BBB

It WM the National Better Business Bureau, not the American Medical Association, that Issued the fcUlowlng statement;

"There la atlU no knowii drug, preparation, device or method of treatment generally available to the public which may" be iruthfuUy advertised as a cure, remedy or competent

treatment for common baldness; te prevent common baldness: t( stop or prevent falling hair In cases of comm(Hii baldness; or to feed or nourish the hair and scalp,"

The NBBB added that dlagno-te by a competent physician was recommended when hair fell out. But it did not tell how to determine a Physicians competence.

READ THOSE CONTRACTS

The NBBB, however, has issued a warning more on its Held. It advised businessmen to scan (xmtracts offered by collection agencies.

One agency, It said, has A contract that reads, "All you pay is 25 per cent of the claims listed for collection."

A company may list I2,(X)0 In claims for collection. The agency collects not a damn cent. So the company still owes $500 or 25 per cent of the claimg li.sted.

Deal with established local agencies, NBB advises. Qo(xl advice.