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Events Of 20 Years Ago Are Vivid

Twenty years ago today the greatest armadt ill history |)UStiM~acroas the English CHarmel to land Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy and begin the liberation of Western Europe.

It was a day the generations of Americans who lived during the years of World War II will never forget. It is a day that should never be forgotten by subsequent generations of Americans.

If Pearl Harbor is remembered as the dark day in American history, D-Day in Western Europe is remembered as the time when thejsupremacy^ the United States and its allies fully evidenced it'ielf. From the standpoint of the cost in lives, ships, materials, the losses on the beaches of Normandy w ere as gi^at or greater than those at Pearl Harbor two and one - half years earlier. But there was one tremendous difference. The allied forces were on tlve^ attack rather than the eriemy. For the forces of the AxKs powers, it was the beginning of the end of their grip on much of the world^

There was hardtr a hamlet across the land that did not identify itself wdth - Day because of of its yonug men who were taking part in the long-awaited invasion. There were few^cbmmunlties

In many respects, D - Day se^ms far removed

in history. And yet, its memories are slTt^tvtf trr the minds of many Americans. With the other battles that remain foremost in the nation^s history, D - Day holds its place to remind, future generations of the continuing sacrifices that are necessary^to preserve liberty.

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Job Opportunity Rises With New Industries

which did not count the loss of one or more of its young men who fell on the beaches.

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It is encouraging to read that there has been a definite decrease in unemployment in Pitt County.

W.B, Dillingham, manager of the local Empioy-mehT Becurify Comism office, reported that new claims for unemployment this year were lower than for a corresponding period last year.

"ThdusTr^Tias grdvvTi in Pitt County aiTd job opportunities show growth wdth it, w'as the way Dillingham put it. Except for hard core seasonal unemployment, opportunities, in Pitt are steadily gaining ground, according to the ESC manager.

Getting down to hard figures, Dillingham said there are over JU0Q.0 jobs in this area today that did not exist three or four years ago.

We could not help but calculate that 1,000 jobs means 1,000 families or so, which, of course, means 1,000 homes. At $60 a week it means $60,000 w'eekly in new money for Pitt County, or over $S,OfI0,OO^ per year.

What is more, the future is bright for, as Tliilingham pointed -out, newTndustries arc coming-

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INCOMPLETE - Despite tU the computers and use of electronic equipment and elaborate systems for tabulating North Carolinas election returns, there were unavoidable shortcomings.

The computers and punch card systems were fine a.s far as they went. They worked marvelously, spewing out vote totals, tabulations and masses of statistical data with tremendous speed on election night.

But from the profession a 1 politician's point of view, the election night Job didnt go far enough.

Human error and limitations on vote reporting from the precincts left the count 1 n g somewhat Inconiplite.

It developed during the week following the May 30 primaries that no really accur ate and complete county by county taNilatlons were available. There were approxlmat Ions, which were very clwe and sufficient to give a genera 11 y clear picture. It was clearly evident from the final, unofficial county by county tabulations on election weekend that run-off primaries could be called in the Deocratic primaries for goverqor and lieuten-ant governor.

RETURNS ~ But for p u r-pases of detailed political strategy and planning, even more accurate and complete figures are needed.

They had to be gather e d again, slowly and paln.staklng-ly. before some Important decisions could be made.

For example, three days after the official county c a n-vai^lBg oFretums on June 2. The Raleigh headquarters staffs of the three major Democratic candidates for governor were not absolutely certain just how many countie.s their man had carried.

COUNTIES There were fluctuations in reports and corrections through most of the week.

By Friday following the primary, the standing of the gubernatorial candidates had fluctuated In at least s i x counties. Election weekend standings had to be changed In such countievS as Durham. A.she. Moore. Montgom e r y, McDowell and Watauga.

A report that Watauga had gone from candidate Dan K. Moores column to L Rich-ard.son Pceyers proved false.

An election weekend report that McDowell had given the lead to Beverly Lake w a s blamed on reporthig err o r s, Recountmg in the elec 11

canvass gave Moore, Montgomery, Ashe and Durham leads to Preyer.

By w'eekend, It appeared that Preyer led in 30 counties. Moore In 34 and Lake in 36.

No one was really sure w'ith-In a few hundred, possibly a few thousand votes how much vote margin Preyer had over Moore. It was reported approximately In the neighborhood of 25,000,

UNCERTAINTY -The uncertainty about the exact margin was at lea.st one factor involved In Clifton Blues delaying his decision about whether to call for a run-off against Robert W. ^Bob) Scott for lieutenant governor.

Sam Burrow. Blips s t a t e Campaign manager, said as late as Friday we haven't been able to find out exactly how many votes difiere nee there was."

The difference, approximately. was somewhere between 40,000 and 47,0(X} votes. Burrow said. But 5,000 votes can make a lot of difference.

There were a lot of things about the vote counting I dwit understand. Burrow said.

He said that on the basis of one report late in the evening of May 30 and another giving r)00 more precincts reporting in the lieutenant gover n o r s race, we didnt gain a single vote.

EFFECT One of the factors considered quietly by Preyer and Moore strategists in efforts to win the support of those who voted for Dr. I. Beverly Lake on May 30 wa.s the possible effect of an out-^ riiht Lake endorsement.

Outwardly, both camps appeared anxious to get as solid support from Lake and his top lieutenants as possible.

But privately they conceded that a strong endorsement by Lake might hurt their cause in the Piedmont. And these strategissts felt that the Piedmont remains as Important to victory as ever despite what the East does.

Neither Moore nor Pre y e r forces felt they could afford to lose votes In the Piedmont while wooing Lake support in the East. Moore, aides, especially felt that an aligment of Moore - Lake might alienate a good deal of Moores n)od-eratp - positioned first primary strength in the Piedmont.

There was little possibility of a firm Preyer - Lake alignment. although Preyer forces were hoping to gain Lake .sup-iX)rtcrs for the second primary on grounds that Moores position was too fluid.

in and those already here are expanding; therefore the unemployment figures should constantly decT^s^

Industry hunting, as Pitt County communities have discovered, is a painstakingly slow process. For the persistant, however, it eventually pays off. When the new industries do come, as is happening in Pitt County right now, the dividend.^ are rich, indeed. Everybody benefits- from this additional money, including the laboring man, businesses and county and municipal governments.

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By WINFRED I.. CIODW'IN

"The School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of State College (University of Kentucky) has attained a national reputation. All the graduates have received jobs.

The average salary earned by these men at the beginning of their work is $56 per month.

That was big news in The Lexington Democrat, June 1, 1903.

This years college graduat-Ing class can hope for better pay, roughly In the $500-$600 a month range. And they can look forward to a small increase in starting salaiie.s over their predecessors, the graduating Class of 1963.

Beginning offers to this years college seniors have just been released by the College Placement Council In its quarterly survey, Involving 107 colleges and universities over the country and some 2,000 job offers to seniors majoring in: accounting. general business, aeronautical, chemical, civil, electrical, Industrial, and mechanical engineering, liberal arts and biological sciences, marketing and distribution, physical science and mathematics.

The over-all dollar Increase thus far has not been as sizable as last year, but starting salaries got a small boo.st in most fields. For instance, technical jobs in this years college graduates are paying $18 more than last year, averaging $610 a month: w'h i 1 e non-technical jobs Will bring $16 more, or an average $509 a month.

Percentage - wise, technical Jobs have shown only a 2.5 per cent increa-se to 3.9 per cent last year; and non-teclinical. 18 per cent to 3.6 in!- cent la.st year.

To draw a dollar and cents comparison, college technical training will pay off about $100 a month more than non-technical training to the college graduate entering the job world this summer.

Aeronautical and electrical engineering remain the highest paying categories, though they are not rising a.s fa.st as some other fields. Marketing and distribution jobs have led in salary increases, up $26 to $491 a month. Jobs in construction and the building materials field, along with banking finance and Insurance, rallied from a late 1963 slump to a small increase over la.st fall s offers up $25 to S554 in con-'.struction and up $16 to $461 in the banking group.

Hiunanities and social sci

ence majors were getting offers than their predecessors, drawing an average $493 starting pay a month. Accounting Jobs were up $6 to $533.

As the fields with the most jobs available, aircraft again led the way, although the increase was not as high as last year. The petroleum industry jumped to second place, over electronics, in job volume.

Chemistry majors were In demand, with their salaries hiked $22 a month for the bachelors degree and $38 for a masters in this field.

In fact, a masters degree to this years graduate means a neat salary bonus of about $100 over a bachelors sheepskin. For Instance, in chemical engineering, the jump from bachelor's to masters pay is $608 to $732 monthly: In mathematics, $584 to $734; and In business administration or commerce, $503 to $620.

Unemployment continues over the South and the nation, It is true. But college train e d workers grow in demand year by yeai'.

The last U. S. Census, comparing jobs in 1950 with I960, revealed that the category for Which college training Is most indispensable showed the healthiest increase: the professional and technical group. The South showed an even greater increase of persons in this categoiT than did the rest of the nation 60 per cent, or 10 per cent higher than the nation.

The one thing- you can say about former President Eisenhower, when it comes to politics, is that he is willing to take a stand. Unlike many political leaders. Mr. Eisenhower is able to speak out and let the

chips fall where they may. It 4s^ior this reason that the American Broadcasting Company has hired him as a commentator for the Republican convention. Knowing how forthright and outspoken he is, we cant

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TI>e other important category for which a college educa^-tion has become increasingly necessary Is that of managers and proprietors. These increased 7 per cent in the nation and an impressive 24 per cent In the South.

Thus job prospects look good for June college graduates over the country, including the Souths record breaking 140,-(KK) new diploma bearers.

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To the Editor;

The Flynn Christian FellovC-ship Home Inc, of Greenville on June 19, 1964 will have been in operation one year.

Survivial of this organization has been made possible by an underetanding public who have given of their time, efforts and contributions (all of which w'ere given to the horns unselfishly), along with the tireless efforts of a loyal board of directors.

It is with great pride that at this point we would Uke to declare that many individuals, church groups and civic organizations all continually helped with their gifts and visits. This has been a great inspiration to the men in the home and we feel strongly that this has been a wonderful influence on the high rate of sobriety, as well as the desire of the men to attend the church of their choice. As a matter of fact we feel that for these reasons our home can be favorably compared to any home of which we know.

May we, take this opportunity to thank each individual, church and civic organization for their many contributions to this project.

The Flynn Christian Fellowship Home, Inc. of Greenville, is the newest of nine of these non-profit rehabilitation organizations.

The first of these homes W'as organized in Charlotte. N. C. a little over three years ago. -

The present manager of our home has a rehabilit^fon program set up for the ilfdividuals enterig it. The men must enter the home sober and remain sober as long as they

stay in the home. It is man-dantory that the attend AA once a week. They must also attend a house meeting once a week. They are personally counselled from time-to-time. It is suggested very strongly that the men attend the church of their choice.

There were, and still are, many men today In Greenville who are seeking a better way of life and our rehabilitation center, the Flynn Christian Fellowship Home, Inc. has so far assisted 65 men who sought us out as a means of finding this fellowship and understanding which W'as the means to the end they so desperately needed.

The Flynn Christian Fellowship Home, has as one of its aims giving these men the opportunity to salvage their self respect, as well as the healing of the many other Uls,

We, the board, realize the great privilege that is ours In having the opportunity of helping our fellowmen, who have been less fortunate than we. We all realize that except by the grace of God w'e could be candidates for this help o u r-selves.

Therefore w'e accept our responsibility with great humility and thanksgiving for this chance to help. We know that all the citizens of Greenville feel as we do. We feel that all appreciate this rehabilitation center which is a wonderful asset to Greenville In so many >nays spiritually, morally and economically.

Austin H. Britt Vice President, Board of Directors

FlN-nn Christian Fellowship Homes, Inc.

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This is Harrison B i n d 1 e speaking to you from the Cow D. Eisenhower. Mr. President, how does this convention look to you?

Just fine; Mr. Blndle. It looks fine.

"Could you give us a nin-dowii on the leading candidates?

Well, as you know. Mr. Bin-dle, I dont like to discuss personalities. I think theyre all good men and will uphold Republican principles.

But couldnt you give us .some inkling as to whome the Republican candidate will be? I d rather not say at this time. I think we should wait until the ballots are cast. I think I mean I know I hesitate to speculate on the Individual who are running for this nomination.

But, as our leading commentator, surely you must have some personal feelings as to how the convention will go? Id prefer to keep that to myself. I dont think a commentator at a political convention should comment on the convention, as that is not his job.

Well, Mr. President, can you tell me this? Have you spoken to the candidates? My brother Milton has. How does he feel about It then?

"Well, I havent discussed It with him. I dont think its right to discuss something like this with somebody else. He has his own thoughts, and I have my own thoughts, and if I express his thoughts they might be misinterpreted as my thoughts.

Were going to have w pause now, Mr, President, for a station break.

"I dont know whether a station break is good or bad. I imagine it does have its function, but Im not familiab with station breaks, and if you dont mind Id rather not get into one.

They have the station break Palace at the Republican National Convention. Seated next to me is the man w'ho prob-iContlnued on Page 6)

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Bv JOHN CHAMBERLAIN' Copyright. 1964. King Features ' Syndicate, Inc.

Ever siiice I can remember. NeviTTork Qty ha been the tolerance capital of America.

Go a long ways to u pre-World War I era. In thoee days you couldnt be a radical with impunity in SUppery Rock or Peoria. But a Max Eastman could found a magazine called The Masses below Fourteenth Street in Manhat^ tm, and a coterie could gather around him wlt nobody to say them nay. An I. W^W.Jeadcr like one-eyed Big Bill Haywood could not hope for middle-class entertainment in Boise, but he was weIC(Kne at Mabel Dodges salon on lower Fifth Avenue. Poets Uke Edna Millay might feel out of place in Maine, but not In Greenwich Villager

Or take a later period, the Nineteen Twenties. If a youngster Just out of college chose to stay at home in the place of 1^ birth, he was expected to become a business man, join the ceuntry <dub, and never miss a meeting of Rotary. But hi New York he could foUow Hr LTT5lenckr and-bait -the -booboisle, or write poetry without punctuation or capitals and still be regarded as a genius If it sounded good.

New York, of course, was a multiracial community. There could be cracks about the Jews, the Italians and the Irish, but it was hard to keep a good man down no matter what his race, A Bernard Baruch, in New York, could become a millionaire; a Jimmy Walker could become Mayor; an A1 Smith could be nominated for President.

The Negro got the benefit of New Yorks particular brand of tolerance when he began moving north. He couldn't necessarily find a good place to Uve, but a Claude McKay could write a book like Home to Harlem and get it pubUshed and favorably rev 1 e w e d. a Charles Gilpin could get a star part in an ONeUl play, a Walter White could organize for the betterment of his raco and find plenty of local support for his efforts. Branch Rickey couldnt have put Jackie Robinson on first base when he was still the general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, but he did do just that when he switched to become the boss of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

I am not so stupid as to Im -agine that life is easy for a lot of people In New York. But as long as the city remain the tolerance capital of America, things can Imp rove there. And what New York accepts is generally exported elsewhere. For better or worse. New York is the style capital and the communlcatlOTis capital of the natitm.

WeU, what about the things that seem to be menacing the tolerance capital today? I am sure that the recent spate of Negro violence on late subway trains has no connection with a plot of any kind. But stall-ins and other demcoistratlons of the sort, not criminal in themselves, rip the fabric of mutual forebearance. In t h i a murky atmosphere h o o d 1 u-mism is encouraged. And what becomes then of the tolerant city?

At this point we might go to the eastern shore <rf Maryland for a lessOTi. The two Maryland eastern shore towns of Salisbury and Cambri d g e have similar population mixes and similar traditions. In Salisbury, in the spring of 1961, a group of Negroes appealed to ^the white ministers of the town for help with problems of dlscriminati(Mi. The ministers went to the restaurant own-ens and within a year they had managed to get the restaurants desegregated.

In Cambridge, just thirty miles from Salisbury, Negroes, following a far more Intransigent leadership, gave the restaurant ownersa one week in which to 8tan(Twmd deliver. The result could have been predict-(Continued on Page )

"It is sonutimc.s argued that the church hould stay apart from politics. That is a supine attitude. A church that muffles it.s voice on great moral and social issues and is afraid to press its picas' in market places and legislative halls deiscredils its creed."Toronto Daily Star.

Victory For Price-Fixing loes

By ELMER ROESSNER Proponents of price - fixing claim a sweeping victory in last weeks decision by the United States Supreme Court upholding Ohio's fair trade \aw.

The Court held, by'a vote of 8 to 1. that Ohio's fair

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ANOTHER SIDE TO THE Pit TI RE

The happy days of youth' But are they happy? There are certain aspects of youth so plea.saut and so deep in their delights that they can never be equaled in later years.

But there is another side to the life of youth which adults sometimes forget. Young people are generally ill* at ease, restless, unsure of themselves. They arc sensitive beyond de-scnptioa. Probably a majority of them feel that older or more e.vperieiuTd* people are rxcring at them, cnticizinc them pulling tlirm to pieces in then ininds. Then there are di'.appolntmeiit.s in romance, tensions inconceivable to middle ased perisons, defeat.'^, fru-.strations Also and this is the most important of all to

remember there are temptations of such overwhelming character that after a lapse of twenty o thirty years, father and mother tend to forg e t some of the exptnieiices they confronted and the fires through which they frequently had to pass.

Do not envy youth: instead try to underrtaud youth. The Ixiys and girls of thi.s generation are probably ha\iug a harder time than youth has expelipnced in many centuries. They are not to be pitied, for their privileges are many; what thev need i.s understanding and love.

The vniuh piobicni Is as nli^ as tile hllLs. FAce it palenFs. ediicatois - \mng people. We have all had to confront the probhiTi and are me better tor U.

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However, there may be flaw's in the victory. They are:

1. The decision will strengthen discounters. With an abundance of products, they can always obt-am plenty of goods that are not price-fixed. They can offQi tougher competition for those stores that adhere to manufacturers prices. The upheld Ohio law, and similar state laws, will prc-^ vent nondiscounters from meeting discounters prices. ANOTHER AID TO IRH E-CT TTERS

2 It will give discount e r .s another advantage, since It will tempt manufacturers In Ohio and eksew here to hale price - cutters into court. And ^ieir i.s iiolhhig dscouiiTeT .s like bPtier tfrjin to be sued for eutii purr's a Ung astho.se .suits rin not P+romp a fm.an-cui uutueu. rur yeaxi dis

counters have been using these actions as bases for headlines In advertisements and posters to say, We are accused of cutting prices-

3. The action will benefit the great mail - order chains for two reasons: First, interstate commerce is largely exempt from state laws permitt i n g price - fixing and, sec o n d. the.se chains handle their own brands, on which they set their ow'ii prices, to' a large extent. Thus they can undersell nationally advertised brands consistently.

About nine - tenths of Sears' goods, for example, are sold under its own trademarks, ' Nevertheless, the court's de-ci.sion. to some extent, rcpre-.sents a victory by the proponents of retail price - fixing,

A .AND B BIND C In upholding the Ohio statute, the court upheld the nonsigner clause, which is the key to most price - fixing le.g-islation. Under thl? clau.se, if manufacturer A persuades retailer B to sign an agreement to maintain a minimum price for A.s trademarked producs. Then rrlatrerTs C. D. E' and fur on through thousands of alphabets must maintain the same minimum price. All that the nianuACturer need to is to not

ify other retailers that he and retailer B have set up such an agreement.

This legal theory recalls some of the pre - Chvil War contentions, when courts were told that if State A recognized the fact that person B was a slave, then States, C, D and so on must accept such slavery.

What effect the new decl-sion will have on the quality maintenance bill now in Congress isuncertain. This bill would prmit manufactur era of all trademarked products in interstate commerce to fix retail prices. Legislation of this sort Is never blqntly called price fixing. It is always called "fair trade or quality control proposals to lull public opposition.

POS.SIBLE CONSEQUE.NCE

The courts ruling may hearten supported of the quality control bill. On the other hand, many Congressmen may feel that they have more serious problems at the moment. ud the Court's decision gives .states a green light to handle the problem their own way.

And. indeed, the decision

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Irgl'latuics 'to engrf jv-.v price - fixing law.s wiihhrthe fraqiework of the court s lUl-Ing The court and the Ohio

legislature have shown the other 49 state how to put together a law that^ can force citizens to pay prices the manufacturers decide.

POLICE CRASHES PROV* BASIC PHYSICS RULES

As CMiriecticut State Police watched, a research c(npeny crashed small and regu 1 a r-size cars head on at East Haddam, Conn. The results were what any physics senior at nearby Yale could have told State Police Commissioner Leo J. >^Mulcahey without smashing up any cars; the big cars crushed the smaller ones.

Mulcahey said: If this exhibition arouses public awareness of the dangers of ridlnf in small cars, it will be worthwhile. We want to create buyer resistance to small ears and arouse demands by customers for more safety devices.

The commlsslimer may have been looking through the wrong end of the telescope. What the demonstration dearly showed wa.s the big cars are much more dangers to frtliers than** small care, and that If buyer resistance to big cars was created, there would lie much ' lees damage in ciushe.s.

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