Wednesdliy, November 20, 1963

Some Planning Wold Be In Order

Thecs Way Mucho Simpler

?aying 'i^are

?rofit

Pitt County, like many other counties in North program that would be possible in larger consoli-Carolina, needs a long-range plan for moving to dated units. With or .without a firm plan, the county the next plateau of school consolidation "to provide school system is gradually moving in the direction many of its youngsters better educational opportuni- of a few consolidated high schools rather than the ties at the high school level than they now have. larger number of high schools it has today.

During the past decade the county has gradu- It would be far better, we think, if there were some ally carried out an effective program of consolidat- definite plan for this movement toward consolida-ing many of its small elementary schools. The last tion rather than just letting the matter drift with-. one-teacher school in the county has long since dis- out specific direction, appeared as have several elementary schools with other counties, faces some opposition

very few teachers. to further consolidation in its school system. This

In the past couple of years there has been an understandable from the standpoint of communi-fncreasine interest on-'-th part of-many sections ot o/^.s consideration, Pitt

the county in further consolidation at the high school another .hlem that confronta verc

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level. Several district committees have requested studies of possible consolidation plans. There has been a growing recognition of the fact that some of the smaller high schools of the county are unable

likewise faxes another iw^oblem that confronts very few counties of the state.

Since it operates under what is known as the Cleveland County Act, each of the school districts of the county is responsible for its own bonded in

to provide youngsters with the calibre education debtedness and the property of each district is

pledged to retirement of its respective district bonds.

The Week For

ake

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES LAKE Thi may t>e the week of decision for Dr. I. Beverly Lake if. in fact, he is

- not already decided and com-nmed.

The decision political oter-vers e3(pect Is that Lake,will

- choose to run i^aii^ for the

^ Democratic ncaninallon" for

tovemor. *

His formal announcement is expected next week sources say it win come next Tuesday, Nov. 26 and turn the

- Democratic primary campaign Into a three - man race before Thanksgiving, six mcmths prior to the May ) voting.

Lake ran second to Oov. Terry Sanford in two h a r d-fought primaries in 1960 and would enter the 1964 campaign with the beneift of that political'experience, the nucleus of

- his 1960 campaign organiza-ticHi and the fact that he la more widely known thaa^ either of the major aaocmnced candidates. ' *

CX)NTROVERSIALCfo the other hand. Lake is a highly controversial figure.

In 1960. he campaigned ai a staunch segregationist and pledged to resist raca - mixing. He Is a strcmg advocate of states rights and fiscal conservatism. He was described as an ultra - cwiservative and

an arch - conservative. ____

In telling newsmen earlier this month that he would decide soon on whether to run again. Lake said the principles on which he ran in 1960 are eternal but that some of the specific campaign Issues have been altered. He ^aid he wUl accompany his announcement with a statement of his platform.

CLARK When gubemator-

^ ial candidate L. Richards o n Preyer addressed a Fayetteville civic club last week the program called for his to be introduced by former Superior Court Judge Heman Clark.

But Instead Preyer was Introduced by County Recorder's judge Harold Downing.

aark said later I dont feel It would be proper to introduce a candidate for governor when I hadnt made up my mind about being a' can-didiUe for Congress.

Clark is considering making a bid to unseat Seventh district Rep. Altwi Lennon of Wilmington. He said he will de-

* cide soon and make it public. URGED Clark considered making the race against Lennon two years ago and decided against it. Now, however, he is being urged again. Supporters of Dr. I. Beverly Lake In the Seventh district are Incensed by Lennon's recent endorsement of gubernatorial candidate Dan K. Moore and, in retaliation, want to see Lennon defeated.

They are especially angry because Lennon spoke out before Lake announced whether or not he will be a candidate for governor! It Is expected

that Lake will run again. In 1960, Lake carried Wilmington and New Hanover County in both primaries.

SUPPORT In addition to the Lake forces in the Seventh, Clark has ccHislderable support especially in Cumber land, Robeson, Scotland, Hoke and Bladen counties.

His father, J. Bayard Clark, served in Congress for many years.

Lennon was appointed to an interim term in the U.S. Senate some 10 years ago and was defeated In a bid for a full term by the late Sen. W. Kerr Scott. Lennon then unseated former Rep. P. Ertel Carlyle of Lumberton in 1956.

AGAINST The hometown newspaper of little federal amendment leader Rep. J. Shelton of Wicker has taken a stand against the amendment.

Wicker of Lee Is chairman of a statewide committee set up to push for approval of the proposed amendment in a Jan. 14 election.

The Sanford Herald concedes that Lee County is a small county and that most of the small counties are lined up strongly in favor of the amendment.

But the newspaper says ed-Itorally it would deny representation to those areas that Justly deserve It and the resentments it would engender would come home to roost on the Democratic party. . .We hope the voters decide to leave well enough alone and vote down the proposed amendment.

It adds, The Herald Is a small dally newspaper, in a small county, but we are against the little federal plan.

REVERIE - Entitled Autumn Reverie, the following is from Colvin T. Leonards column Guidelines in the Greensboro Records:

Trees, plucked bare, wave their naked branches nervously. . .Leaves scamper aimlessly across the yard, nudged gy the winds fitfulness. . .Flocks of birds wing gracefully overhead. warming their motors for the long flight southward

The sand trickles ceaselessly across the yard, nudged by er Time impassively measures out Mans allotted days and seasons. . .He silently multiplies, adds and subtracts . . .His arithmetic gives and takes away. . .

Another week the sum total of so many days, hours, minutes and seconds is now a turned page. . .Much has been done, and much left undone. . . and high and low moments are now lines in a story thats told . . .Familiar footsteps have been heard for the last time friendly faces turned finally toward the setting sun at journeys end. . .

And Mans faith tells him It Is all part of Gods orderly purpose for Creation.

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This makes the problem of consolidation far more complex than it might otherwise be . . . and in no case would it be simple. To further complicate the picture, public schools of Greenville operate under a separate administrative unit from the rest of the schools in the county.

Pitt County may some day arrive at the be^t possible arrangement for several large consolidated high schools by just letting nature take its course. It seems to us, however, that it wouM be much better for the school program, for the youngsters and for the taxpayers if there were at least a tentative plan for achieving consolidation goals ina sound and orderly manner.

If an effective consoldiation program is ever realized, it will not be accomplished in a short period of time and it wdll not be accomplished without thorough study and planning.

Holding Our Breaths For Next Installment

Rei-AUtKiN

By ALVIN TAYLOB

United States officials might be concerned over Cambodian flirtations with Red China, but w^e can only greet word of Cambodia rejecting $31 million-a-year in foreign aid with a smile.

That figure represents about six dollars (American) for every man, woman and child in that tiny country; an annual investment that is at best a gamble on our part.

Cambodia has not been reluctant in the past to accept military and economic aid from this country, or from communist countries, or from anybody who didnt exact terms. And this collection of combined handouts probably runs to a very pretty* penny, indeed.

^ Heart of Cambodian leaderships indignation would appear to be hostile rebel radio broadcasts which they suspect are a U.S. responsibility. This, of course is denied.

?rivate

Aerial Delivery

City Engineer C. A. Holliday got his hat back special delivery by air, all the way from Pinetops Sunday afternoon.

What happened was that Holliday went to a party at the home of Dr. A.W. Hedgepeth in Pinetops Satur day night. The Greenville engineer forgot his hat when he left.

Sunday afternoon, Holliday got a phone call from Dr. Hedgepeth. You forgot your hat and it doesnt fit me, the physician told Holliday.

But he said that if Holliday would meet him at the Greenville airport at 2:45, he would

personally deliver the hat.

Well, Holliday was at the airport at the appointed hour. A light plane appeared on the western horizon. Soon it landed and Dr. Hedgebeth stepped out to hand Holliday his hat.

Holliday says that Dr. Hedgepeth has only recently been bitten by the flying bug He now has his own dirt airstrip on his farm and he has built a hanger to house the plane.

Heres a prediction that the new Herbert C. Bonner bridge which will be opened over Oregon Inlet leading to Hattarax.

But if Americans orr the scene vi^anted to prove their point, it does seem from this distance that it i i

could be done in short order. And if Americans on fjf itorQ

the scene did not want to go any further into the J^*^ J_Jv^iLvyl O k^v.J. y 11 . .

issue than making denials, then there are probably i y m i 7 1

reasons for that, too. ")PS m 1 ObQCCO OtlC

Meanwhile, no doubt, the world is holding its IVa

collective breath. (Hertford County Herald) fact that six of his ministefj

Will tiny Cambodia throw annual aid of $31 ..Foolishness and irresponsibi- (mostly students still in train-

millions into Uncle Sugars face? Will the perfidious fe^ions^ E^vidi^cfofThia^fac^^^

rebel radio broadcasters be unmasked? Will there to be found in the current in-

wiU become one of the famous bridges of the nation.

There we higher and certainly far mare costly bridges arounii,, but few are as striking* as. this, ribbon of white concrete*. Prom a distance it appears to rise from the waters of the Atlantic. Its tall navigation span can be seen for miles away. Suspens i o n bridges, such, as the Golden Gate, are awesome in their massiveness, but there we to be found few man-made structures that hold quite the beauty of the Herbert C. Bonner bridge as it curves gracefully across the waters of Oregon Inlet.

Opinions. In Brief

be another Southeast Asia revolution?

Alas, theres no telling when the next installments script will be aired.

It should be a good one.

Doubt Nikitas

Good Judoment

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Kennedy administration has expressed serious doubt about the Russian leaders good judgment in testing the nerve of the West, particularly that of the United States.

Secretary of Defense Robert < S. McNamara put it this way In a talk Monday night: I do not regard the present Communist leaders as whooly reckless in action.

But recent experience, in CJuba and, on a lesser scale, in Berlin, has not persuaded me that I can predict with confidence the sorts of challenge that Communist leaders will come to think prudent and profitable.

In addition, this McMamara talk before the Economics Club of New York had an unusually tough tone for the Kennedy administration which has tried to avoid sabre-i-attllng.

The secretary compared American and Russian milit a r y power and flatly claimed nuclear superiority for the United States. He said the Communists have sought to avoid a big war with the West.

This doesnt mean they wont try smaller challenges if they think they can get away with them. What if they try them, as they did in Cuba and at Berlin?

McNamara gave them a warning: The best way to stop them fr(MTi the smaller adventures if to assure them such short-of-all-out-war tries would meet prompt, effective military response.

In short; Stop them cold and let them decide to back off or keep pushing into the big war they want to avoid.

Much of McNamwas talk was devoted to American nuclear superiority, for example: The Soviets are estimated to have today only a fraction as many intercontinental missiles as we do. But he acknowledged the Russians are a big threat to Europe, with their hundreds of Intermediate and medium-range ballistic missies.

The Russians recently acted up. creating tensions In Europe and iiere, when they blockaded American troops trucks on the autobahn in East Germany before letting them through to (Continued on paae 81

volvement of a group of New England clergymen In the already tangled racial sufferings of WiUlamston.

The ultimate solution of Wil-liamstons racial problems will come from a patient working together in mutual respect by representatives of all portions of both races bi the community. Continued demonstrations, almost pointless in objectives except for keeping the situation before the public, of Wil-liamston will still be faced with the problem of solving WUliam-stons problems despite all the new ill will created in the meantime.

As for the Boston preachers, the Rev. W.A, Campbell Episcopal minister in Williamston and member of the towns bi-racial committee,' corree 11 y pointed out when first Informed of the visitors coming, some of these ministers have simply been misled. . .They can strain the situation here by focu.sing national attention on us, but the people here have got to pick up the pieces. Its easy for them to move Into another mans home, wave the American flag and then IcaVe. The Rev. Mr. Campbell is one of those who will have to pick up the pieces. Just as he has had to spend a great part of his time this year in trying to seek solutions to a problem already overintenslfled by extremism on both sides.

When contacted about the

Ing) were in jail In Williamston, Massachusetts Episcopal bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ans o n Stokes, is quoted as saying. I know these boys are quite sincere In believing that they can help in this way. We each must do what we feel called upon to do. This is not exactly a rousing cheer for these, a.s the bishop says, boys In their well intentioned but misguided effort.

The unfortunate aspect of this situation is that in our area it fs apt to reduce the effectiveness of the church as an institution for help in solving our racial problems now and In the future. This would be most unfortunate. Much needed leadership In this field of practical application of Christianity ought to come from our churches and their ministers. A discrediting of the practicality of all ministers as a result of the absence of respect for due process of law and avid seeking of martyr status by these ministerial students, so obviously out on a lark, would be a serious loss.

It was not long ago that we commented on the lack of understanding exhibited by Ku Klux Klanners in Williamston. We would put these youngsters on the same nitch. It Is hoped their naiveness does not deter any older and wiser of our areas men of the cloth from taking their rightful ^art in day to day solutions to our interracial problems of continuing to live together with mutual respect for each other.

The autocratic NLRB has assumed powers never intended for it by Congress. It conceives its function to be that of .cbmpcninf: the acceptance of unionism even if it is against the wishes of employes and |f it takes suppresion of free speech to achieve it. The Roanoke (Va.) Times.

We may not be the.first to reach the moon, but well be the first to send foreign aid. Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gazette.

BY JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

The military control over South Viet Nam must be something temporary. Civil rulers drawn from the ranks of the Vietnamese themselves must organize a new government along democratic lines. Meriden (Conn.) Morning Record.

Copyright. 1963, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

It begins to look as if the rise of Sir Alec Douglas-Home to the Prime Ministers ofiice in Britain is really going to pay some uniamlliar divioenos to the whole free world. The tip-off is the sudden change in the British attitude toward the SoliEB^^ cff

British Guiana, which-is schcd-nlRd to get its freedom in the not so distant future.

Just yesterday the British were prepared to quit their tropical dependency without caring who or what took over. Premier Cheddi Jagan, a Castroite Marxist, was licking his lips in anticipation. In an election for home rule In the interim period before British departure, Jagan's party, consisting mostly of East Indians, won a majority of the seats fai the local legislature. The two minority parties, Forbes Burnhams Peoples National Congress, a predominantly Negro grouping, and Peter dAguiars Unite(l Force, led by the descendants of Portuguese immigrants, were both out in a rather dismal right field as Jagans Chicago-bom Marxist wife, Janet Jagap, moved to take over the practical machinery of government, including courts and p(^ce. The British sugar interests, controlled by the so-called Booker Group, and the local officials of Barclays Bank of London, seemed entirely unmoved when Burnham and dAguiar a?gued that their two parties, which would probably have a combined majority under proportional representation, would never get a chance to go to the polls again if the British were to leave without permitting a final election. Despite the prospects for another repressive dicrtatorship, the attitude of both the Conservative Party in London and the local British seemed to be that Guiana was of no importance at all, and if Jagan were to proclaim a Castroite revolution it would menace nobody who counted for anything anywhere.

That was the way things stood before Macmillan passed the reins of Conservative power In London to Lord Home, who, as Britains Foreign.-Minister, had seemed oblivious to what was going on in British Guiana. But Home, as he surrendered his lords title to become Prime Minister as Sir Alec Douglas-Homer impressed Jagans political opponents as someone who woiild be open to reason in his more exalted political position. Unable to get any trustwor^iy indication from Cheddi Jagan that British Guiana would remain a democracy after British departure, Forbes Brunham and Peter dAguiar decided to take their case to Sir Alec in-person.

Passing through New York City on his way to Lcxidon, Peter dAguiar told his North American friends that, for the first time, he was hopeful that the British would not quit their colony without holding new elections under a system that would allow a majority coalition Instead of a Jggan-domimtted minority to rule. There we re .'"evidently, fome bitter arguments in Londdp as Cheddi Jagan pressed his own case for freedom without new

IVlQ/f

election. But, as dAguiar'had hoped, the new government of Sir Alec Douglas-Home did turn out tp reasonable.* Cutting Jagan off, the British Imposed the solution ^ich Burnham and dAguiar had asked for. And so, barring a successful Jagan appeal to violence which would seem to be unlikely before the British departure, there will be aiother election this time, undrt proportional representation rules, BritUh Guiana is not lost to Castroism yet.

This is good news fat the United States, for, even though British Guiana may be a poverty-stricken piece of reel estate, it does sit athwarR the

southern approaches to the

Panama Canal. But the Bhlft in the British attitude dould actually be more Importahl ^or Its sjrmbolism than for anything else.

What it seems to show is (Continued on Page $)

Bonanza For Tax Consultants

Strei.igth For Today

BY EARL L. DOUGLASS

HOW MUCH THEN?

Everything is possible.

This is not correct. We have read about the people who lost both hands and became artists, and the blind who can .describe landscapes they nevtfr saw.. Individuals in free countries sometimes start with nothing and end up millionaires, national leaders, scientific wizards. It almost looks as if everything is possible.

But we have never to give one example created a perpetual motion machine, and this for the quite obvious reason that the material of which .such a machine would be fashioned would not in iUself be perpetual. It would finally di-slnte-grate. The race problem may be Insoliiable, God may have given us thla problem not because He exPfcted to work It out perfectly but because He wanted to try our Christian character as w endure its in^Dvenlences.

The Wright brothers learned to fly a heavier than air machine after the most distinguished scientists and mathematicians in the world proved

indeed proved that such a feat was Impossible. Such an achievement leads us to believe that everything Is possible. We believe we can solve all human problems If we stick to It long enough.

Certainly the vast majority of problems can be solved either by iw or by others. But some tangled situations are given us that our patience may be cultivated as we try to untangle them and our spirit^ given new life as we endure un-seen problem.s.

Such situation.s should not discourage u.s but challenge us^ We are here to solve most of the problems we confront

but we are here also to endure otliers which will make us stronger and more understanding as we bear up under them and press on to leacn

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By ELMER ROESSNER Changes in capital gain levies in the pending tax law may be more important to many taxpayers than proposed income tax reductions. If the law is passed, It will provide a bonanza for tax consultants with clients in the capital gain field. The clients wlU happUy pay for guidance to tax savings through this complicated swamp.

Instead of the prewpt shortterm and long-term gains, the new law provides three categories: Short term. Class B and Class A.

As will be seen, lucky will be the Investor who can convert his gains into the Class A category, for he will have more of Ms riches to keep.

THREE CATEGORIES DEFINED

Here are the three categories explained:

.Short term: Gains on the sale of capital assets held for six inonilis or le.ss gre to be taxed at ordiilary Inpom rates, just Is they arf now. An ihvfstor In the 50 per cent bracket will pay 50 per cent of his shortterm capital gains unless he can contrive to convert them Ha loqg-Um gains wMch

he probably will.

Class B: These are gains realized on the sale of capital assets held from six months I two years. Only half of the gain will be taxable, and that half will be taxed at no more than 25 per cent.

Prentice-Halls Information offers this example:

A taxpayer in the 26 per cent tax bracket has a Class B capital gain of 110,000. He includes 50 per cent of this amount In his Income, resulting in a tax of M,300 on the gain 426 per cent of .50 per cent fo $10,000), Thus the effective rate applied to his gain of $10,-000 Is 13 per cent.

"If the taxpayer were In the 60 per cent bracket, 50 per cent of the $10.(100 comes to a $3.-000 tax, which would be an ef-fectlvf tax rate of 30 per cent on the gain. However, since the maximum tax rate applicable to Class B capital gains is 2.5.5 per cent, he'll h.ave to pay only $2,W)0.

or profit-sharing plans upon termination of employment.

Sale of part or all of a patent right after six months.

Coal and iron ore royalties.

Timber, under certain conditions.

Livestock for draft, breeding or dairy purposes held for more than 12 months.

Unharvested-crop farm land If crop and land are sold together.

of 40 per cent would aniount to $2,400, but hed have to pay only $1,100, the maximum. Thus the tax bill:, while pro-vidhig no cut in social security levies and small beneftU for wage and alary earners.^would provide a wdndfall of tolden apples for the wealthy with capital gains.

SOME EXCEPTIONi Certain gains will be Class B gains no mateer hoW much longer than six months they are held. These are;

Lump sum one-year dlstii-

butioos from qualified peusioa

INTO GOLDEN GAINS

The Class A gains are the

richest of all, since they are least taxed, Hhese are gains from the sale of capital assets held more than two years, except those specially provided for in Class B gains.

Only 40 per cent of Class A gains are subject to tax, and the maximum tax rate of 21 per cent.

Prentice-HaU offered thla example;

' A $10,000 capital gain would be taken into Income at $4,000 Assuming tliat the taxpayer ia in tlie 26 per cent bracket, his tax on the gain would be $1,-040 ( 26 per cent of 40 per cent of $10,000),

If the taxpayer were in the 60 per cent tax bracket, 60 per cent tax bngcket. 60 per eBt

NEW BEER-CAN PUI.L<TAB SAID TO MEET OBJECTIONS

All beer drinkers have not been captivated by pull-tab beer cins. Some tabs break off at the tart; sometime they do not fully open the ca; they break fingernails; the sharp edge cut fingers. Anff some drinkers fear they are .aying too much for the can In relation to the beer.

Continental Can has patented a new tab which it glainu answers all of the objfctioni except, perhaps, the bi|t on. The new U-Tab ha smooth, rounded edges, dimpled Indentations on Uie tab for a beUer gripping surface, and jmProv-ed leverage for easier and faster opehingi. Continental spent II mllllpii in developidg new opening systems for rigid containers. The new cans will r.p-pear later this year and be in mass production early In 1964

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