Tutday, May 11, 1965

Tourists Point Up Highway Needs

^Don't Seem Like Twenty Years Since The War Ended, Does itr

British

As the volume of tourist travel moves upward with the risiff spring temperaturea, it is increasingly evident that North Carolina still has many highway needs, not the least of which is a major east^west artery across the state.

The tourist travel is only one factor although it will become increasingly important. In recent years North Carolina has seen its tourist business grow by leaps and bounds. There is every indication the growth will continue as more people with more leisure time take advantage of what North Carolina has to offer. Particularly in the East where the surface is just being scratched on^the tourist potential, better highways will be a key to further development, ^ ~

Other phases of economic development likewise are putting pressure on the states highways. More industrial development throughout the state has caused Increasing quantities of raw materials and finished products to be shipped on the states highways. Growing population and more automobiles are daily adding to the traffic on the states primary and secondary highways. . ,

Early in its present session the legislature approved a $300 million highway bond Issue that is to be submitted to voters of the state. One-third of this amount is earmarked for construction of primary highways. High on the priority list of pro* jects to be constructed from this fund should be the missing eastward link of a major highway from the coast to the mountains.

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'i^elay

By WILLIAM S. SHIRES

DECISION A long . awaited deelalon baa been made to allow the Dhlvertliy of North Gsfdlna to proceed with Gliding Its own microwave relay aystem to transmit educational television programs on a statewide network.

An alternative to this decision and one considered earefuUy by state officials would have been the leasing of necessary Interconnecting facilities from*^ the private telephone industry In the state.

The telephone industiy had submitted proposals both for ETV alone and for a package oi statewide communications services Ineluding ETV and contended that It would provide the facilities and service more economically on a lease basis.

The decision favoring the Universitys educational television (ETV) center, however, was announced over the past weekend by director of administration E. L. Rankin Jr. with the approval of Gov. Dan K. Moore. It followed four months of study.

WILLIAM

SHIRES

build Own Stations

to build these anyway.

A holdup on plans to build the state owned microwave relay system wss ordered shortly before the new administration took office last January to permit further study. Gov. Moore conceded that, through Rankin, he had quite a lot to do with holding up the plans to obtain more facts.

CX)STS Ranklnkins announcement over the past weekend said his investigation indicated the use oi state-owned towers and equipment can be acc(npli8hed at an an n u a 1 savings of $43.015.

This, he said, would be a saving of $430.150 over the estimated 10 - year life of the equipment, and that the state would own equipment valued at ai^oxlmately $200.000.

His statement was that total savings for 10 years will be $630,150. These figures may still be open to dispute because different cost accounting methods were used by the University ETV officials and private telephone Industry.

BLOW - UP - Legislative sources are predicting a blowup over the method of selecting nominees for University of North Carolina trustees is almost certain to hit the General Assembly before long.

FACTORS Rankin said that after hearing all the presentations and carefully considering all the facts, I have decided that it is in the public Interest for the present state-owned E3TV system to be extended using state - owned equipment and towers.

This, in effect, affirmed a previous decision by the department of administration last September when a state - owned microwave relay system for ETV was approved and bids were requested.

Low bids for the first phase of microwave extension of the ETV system were submitted by Raytheon Corp. and totaled $487,258. This was to be initial capital investment in far cUities for linking studias and transmitting towers by microwave relay.

Questions arose, however, as to long - range costs Involved in maintenance of the system, depredation and other recurring costs as opposed to leased iaclliUes. Towers were not In-cluded. since the state planned

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Out Of The Dominican Crisis, Stron^r OAS

The bid by communists to take over the Dominican Republic has been successfully thwarted by the United States and other nations of the Western Hemisphere.

It may be some time before the situation in the island nation will be returned to normal. It may take months before a stable, democratic government is re-established. The threat of a communist take-over still lingers. But the American nations appear determined to see that the Dominican Republic does not become another Cuba; that the tiny nation is not abandoned to the communists.

What has happened in the Dominican Republic is significant not only in this hemisphere, but throughout the world. Under the leadership of President Johnson, and with th^ cooperation of other American nations, the doctrine that no new communist footholds are to be established in this hemisphere has become a master of firm policy. It is a policy that is backed with military action when necessary, and a policy which has unity of support among members of the Organization of American States.

This policy and the unity of the American nations have successfully met their first test. With the test, the unity has-been strengthened. With this test, goals have been more clearly defined.

Out of the Dominican crisis will come a stronger organization of American States with a firmer conviction that every communist threat in this hemisphere can and must be successfully challenged and removed.

Constitutiona' Meet

By ART BUCHWALD

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By RAYMOND J. CROWLEY

WASHINGTON (AP) - Talk has been abroad in the land of a constitutional convention to curb the Supreme Court. But heres a prediction to paste in your hatband; no such convention will be held.

There is keen dissatisfaction in the ranks of lawmakers about one or the other methods being utilized by the respective House and Senate committees on University trustees. There are 27 places on the 100-member board to be filled by the 1965 General Assembly,

Traditionally, the University trustees have been select e d from nominations submitted to lawmakers for consideration in open committee meetings, House and Senate committees meeting Jointly.

This time, however, the House committee headed by Rep. James Green of Bladen has departed from tradition by voting for a super - secret subcommittee to screen nominations. Green has not disclosed names ot the subcommittee members in an attempt to avoid pressure on the individual legislators. This has aroused further dissatisfaction and even members of Greens full c(n-mittee are disturbed, saying they dont know who has been put on the subcommittee.

SENATE In the meantime, Sen. aaude Currie of Durham indicates he plans to hold open meetings of his University trustees committee.

His public comment has been restricted to the quote from Woodrow Wilson;

Open convenants, open 1 y arrived at.

This forecast Is based on conversations with botli sides in a great ccmstitutional debate. It is also based on simple arithmetic.

But first a bit of background:

On June 15 last year, the Supreme Court ruled that both houses of state legislatures must be based on population. Tms may be the most important court decision of the century more far-reaching even than the school desegregation decree. For it portends a vast shift in grass roots political power, from farm areas to cities and suburbs.

lis Date--40 Years Ago Today

Rural elements, fearful that their interests would be overridden if their dominant political power were shorn away, mounted a counter - attack. They based this on a never-used clause in the Constituti(m.

This says that on applicatoin of the legislatures (if two-thirds of the states. Cwigress shall call a convention for proposing amendments. Any amendments proposed by the convention would be submitted to the states, and would become fundamental law If three>fourth of them ratified.

Up for action In a number of states is a movement to get a constitutional amendment saying one house of a state legislature may be based on factors other than population, provided the people agree In a referendum.

The Council of State Governments, which favors an amend-meiitr says that 20 states have voted the application. Several others have asked CongresvS to act, but have not called for a convention.

But 20 Is well short of the required two - thirds majority, which is 34. And the movement seems to have run out of steam, though the Council of State Goverments is not acknowledging this, of course. There is no prospect that 34 .states will ^sign on the dotted line. _ (Continued On Page 5)

May 11, 1925 Grimesland High School came to the close of a very successful year last Friday night, after several evenings and days of rare entertainment.

The closing exerclacs start- 1-^1 1 1

ed off on Wednesday night with -L a music recital conducted by Miss Dura Halt, the very efficient and talented music teacher.

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Falkland School closes after succeasful term. Dr. W. H. M. Gotten delivered address on Friday evening, operetta presented Thurhday evening.

Mr. E. G. Flanagan, President of the Greenville Bank and Trust Co., won the .second highest prize in the North CJarolina bankers handicap golf tournament in Pinehurst on last Friday.

The Sans Soucl Book Club will meet Tuesday afternoon at 4 oclock with Mrs. George Woodward.

The End of the Century Qub will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 oclock with Mn. T.E. Hooker.

White Theater Glora Swanson In

Wages of Virtue Also Pathe News 10, 35 and 50 cents.

To the Editor;

Since there seems to be such a great difference in the prices offered and paid some people within the Urban Renewal Area, should not an explanation be given. I understand that a few of the prices are as listed as follows:

3 lots with good house, corner of Greene and First Streets, colored0,000.00 1 lot with good house. Second Street, white10.000.00 1 lot with good house, Greene Street, colored4,500.00 3 lots with poor houses, Reade Street, white23,000.00

1 lot with good house. Second Street, white14.000.00

2 corner lots with poor hou.se. First and Reade Streets, colored2,600.00

1 good house and lot, Greene Street, colored7,600.00 Re.sppctfully submitted Selena S. Lang 209 West First Street Greenville

Strength For Today

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By EARL L. DOUGLA.S.S OUR ONLY HOPE

Deep down in the heart of every true Christian believer is the conviction that if We Ihist and obey the divine guidance given us we shall be happy with a deep and durable happiness. Sometimes-this conviction is strong and unqualified. At other times it is very weak and hazy. But if we have to choose stark atheism or some form of belief in God and tru.st in providetice, practically all of us would choose belief and trust.

In fact, we could do no other. The method by which God works may seem temporarily unclear, but like St. Paul we' are persuaded that He l.s able to keep that whirh we have

committed to Him agalnat that day that is, until the secret of life is revealed and God takes us to IIim.'<elf and into Tils confidence, We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.

The Bible bears testimony to this fact. Furthermore, when we look at the sacrifice of Jesus Christ unjust, cruel, In-comprehenaibly evil we know It with certainty because faith in the death and resurrection of Victorious Living. It Ls the source of such living. It is the certainty and inspiration which pervades that type of living for all who p(Mi.sess it and clutch It to their hearts as the one and only thing they can rely upon.

AH things work together for go<M), to them that love God,"

President & The

?ress

Last week Ufe magazine published an article about President Johns(Hia relations with the press, and it was for the most i>art quite critical.

The leading Washington pundits were asked their opinion of the President, but nobody bothered to talk to me. I believe that the reason for this was that Im one of the few newspapermen in Washington who believes President Johnsons relatUns with the press are above reproach.

There has probably never been a President In our history who has been so little interested in what was being writ ten about him. While the President has always made himself available to the press, he has never played favorites with any

of the correspondents, and he feels the same warmth for a newspaperman who wr i t e s something good about him as he does toward^ a newspaperman who for some reason might be antagonistic.

There are many things that can be said about President Johnson, but nobody can accuse him of trying to Influence the press in any way. If a reporter is confused about Viet . Nam or the Great Society, all he has to do is call up the White House and the President will straighten him out. If he doesnt call, the President will call him. But (Hice the story In In print, thats the end of it as far as Mr. Johnhon Is concerned. Besides, hes much too busy to call up an editor

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Other Eiditors Saying Christianitys Mission

a television network president and complain about what has been said about him.

As far as news leaks from the government are c(Micemed, President Johnson has alwaya taken the position that It doesnt make any difference who announces a story as long as its made available to the public.

Occasionally a high government official may say something that the President felt he alone should say, and then the official will get a Joking letter from Mr. Johnson kidding him about it. But in most cases, particularly where Presidential appointments are Involved, he couldnt care less who leaked them.

ART

BUCHWALD

(Christian Science Monitor) During the postwar years

CTiristeiidom has shown a growing determination to rid itself of disunity. Consequently, the ecumenical movement has undergone treamendous expansion, not only In size and scope of activity but in maturity of approach. At the same time that there is an encouraging willingness to explore all possibilities, there Is an increasingly realistic appraisal of the practical problems Involved. There is an awareness that this is still primarily a time for study and research rather than joint action programs.

The World Council of Churches has Just announced the menv bers of a joint committee to work out with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church the principles which should be observed in further collaboration and the methods which should be used.

Eight delegates from the World Council three Ortho-- dox and five Protestant will come together with six men appointed by the Vatican Secretariat for Christian Unity, not to make decisions but to elaborate proposals which would be submitted to the bodies they represent, and communicated to the member churches. Progress will doubtless come more easily In some areas than in others, such as in phil

anthropy and social and international affairs. Theological study programs which have a specific bearing on ecumenical relations could bring helpful clarification, as could discussion of common concerns with regard to the life and mission of the Church.

The working group also appears prepared to tackle the more difficult areas problems which cause tension between the churches (e.g., Inter-falth marriages, religious liberty, proselytlsm).

Dr. W. A. Visser t Hooft, who will head the World Council delegation, considers this a step of the utmost significance. But he cautions that nobody should expect Immediate results because we have very difficult tasks facing us. We are heartened that the Christian world is finding ways to work together with an enlarged sense of brotherhood and that the churches are exploring means oi achieving unity of purpose.

We hope that the work of this newly appointed Joint committee will result In an ever clearer understanding of the primary mission of Christianity to emulate the teachings and practice of CThrlst Jesus. As aU Christian churches Increasingly embody the spirit of the Christ, they will find the unity they so rightly desire, even though it may come In ways as yet uncontemplated.

Many of the newspapermen in the Life piece complained that they never know what the President is going to do next and hes very difficult to cover. With the exception of an occasional walk on the White House lawn and a press conference every onc In a while, the White House press corps has nothing to do. The President will always give them plenty of notice when he plans to go somewhere, and he never falls to keep his Press Secretary, George Reedy, Informed -of his plans.

Thanks to fine teamwork between the President and Mr. Reedy, the press is never at a loss as to what Is going on.

The rumor in Washington is that the President Is thin -skinned, which couldnt be further from the truth. The first person to laugh about a story on himself is the President. He enjoys the give and take of satire as much as anybody and If there is anything he detests If.s someone who wont laugh along with him.

The Presidents witticisms are the talk of Washington, and its tremendously hard for him at a press conference to keep from making a hilarious quip.

As for the columnists, the President has always believed (Continued On Page 5)

Fonaer

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright. 1965, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

The Brttia)} Laborltes. who have not yet managed to ahuf-fle off the last vestiges of doo* trtnairs socialism, still persist In the delusion that the way' to cure ineffklency In steel manufacture Is to 'nationalize the big steel companies. But in America we oling to the anlt-trust aoi^uaoh to Insure competitive efficiency ~ and thereby haim a tale that the British should be pondering.

Speclfioally, the British Ls^ boiltes should have had observers H)Otted at the Bethlehem Steel CorporatliMi's Lackawanna. New York, plant on this merry morning of May 11. If they were there, thcbe observers would be wUnesslng a remarkable sight. They would be watching as an socar unit train developed bv the New York Central Railroad backs up to the Lackawanna mills loading platforms, ready to receive not steel slabs ranging from 900 to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit. Anchored by chains and placed on insulating cross beams in the gondola cars, the steel slabs going out of Lackawanna are destined for the new $350 million Bethlehem rolling and tinplate mills at a point 500 miles away in Bums Harbor, Indiana. StlU warm on arrival, the slabs will be fed into a production line that has no basic steel facilities to supply it with raw hot steel In the immediate Indiana-South Chi-cago area.

JOHN

CHABffBYBLAM

What todays unit hot slab operatlixi on the New York Central signifies is the emancipation of steel makers from the necessity of having totally integrated facilities aU in one place. From now on the steel man who can command the co-coperatloD of a progrcssvo railroad will be able to compete ahnost Mtywhere without having to Invest millions for heavy basic ^eel - making equipment. Aslhe New York Central's President Alfred Perlman puts It in learned technical lingo, By shipping slabs via unit train,we mtnftrhize the delay factor traditional In non-Integrated production.

Why does this carry a moral for British Laborites? Well, if nationalization had been Invoked to Increase steel availability In the Indiana-South Chicago region, nobody would have thought of trying to link basic hot slab mills In western New York State with new rolling capacity 500 miles away on the shores of Lake Michigan. Nationalization does not provide for an ingenious tie-in between a great railroad seeking new freight sources and a steel company that has not seen Its way clear to make a new Investment In completely Integrated facilities in a new place.

If the British would give up the nationalization fetish and turn to the anti-trust approach, , would have a relatively fool-proof method of encouraging steel competition. Tms enough, the anti-trust approach, in America, Is not always reasonably applied. Some years ago the Bethlehem Steel people, wishing to become ccrnipe-tltlve with U. S. Steel, Republic Steel, and Inland Steel in the Indiana-South Chicago area, tried to effect a merger with the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, which is a midwest operator. With Youngstown facilities, Bethlehem would not have had to make a huge new Investment in the M!dwe.?t. But the Department of Justice turned Bethlehem down on the merger proposition, arguing that It would Increase steel monopoly.

This, on its fsce, was silly, for a Bethlehem- YoungstoiATi merger of Midwest facilities would have led to Increased competition within the area involved. U. 8. Steel. Republic, (Continued on page B)

Court Booms FroTichise Business

By EIMER R0ES8NKR There will be a boom in the franchise businesses, courtesy of the Supreme Court.

The courts decision in the Carver case last week appears to be a big go-ahead for the already * booming franchising industry.

Nine present or former dealers sued Carvel, Inc., alleging that Carvel's franchising system violated the Clayton Antitrust AcL in that It required franchised dealers to u.sr Carvel equipment, its trademark, and to purchase from Carvel or approved sources all their ice cream mix and other ingredients, to sell no other products and to charges prices fixed by Carvel.

The U. 8, Appeals Couil had niled that these provisions were noi in violation of the Clayu> Act. The Sui-enoe Court agreed to review this ruling last October and lut week dismissed .ts writ of review a.s "Impr. vidently granted.

WHAT RUlJNfi MKAN.a In rffrcl, this upholds the

Appeals Court ruling.

But the significance Is broad. The Carvei franchising system IS approxu6ately the same as some 800 major franchising systems in the United States, embracing other frozen dessert Stands, hamburger sianas, mote.s, restaurants, chain stores, hot-dog wagons, apparel shops and even trampoline emporiums.

ELMER

ROBSSNER

Some of these, of course, may have gone fuither than Carvel and used methods that overstepped the law. But those that did not seem to be shclt-tercd by the Courts decisin This will moan that the hun-(Irrds of franciilslnR systems will find it easier to raise mon

ey, through borrowning or stock sales, for expansion; that they will become bolder in selling franchise, and that would-be Independent businessmen will be more attracted to franchise.

To these last, a repeat: Investigate each franchise proposition carefully, check with other franchise holders; dla-CUS6 the plan with your attorney, and do not sign any agreement before he has read it.

This Is a lot of 8lghlff<5ah(pe In the case of Stephen Bawr-Ine, head of a Bristol, Cann., auto agency who advertised a 1%2 Pontiac for 1,39.3 tna-na.s Mrs. Bernice Wyszynski, of Pquabuck, Conn., tendered a bunch of bananas aa a down payment and, when Barberine balked, called the State Consumer Protection Department. Barberines explanation that bananas was a slang expression for dollars was overruled and he accepted a bunch of bananas for the car.

The lesson U rot to be die-tionary rlKlit In wrtllng ads. but wIkmi a slli'atiftn like this aris

es, to play it for all its worth. For a $1,395 car, Barberine got $50,000 worth of publicity and free advertising and a bunch of banaoaa.

STORF^ EXPECT BALES IN SECOND HALF A national survey of department. specialty and variety stores by the National Retail Merchants AasoclaUon shows that torea expect a median gain of 6 per cent in egles and a per cent gdViRfie to profits la the last hgU of this .vear, compared wfth the last haU of 1964.

FIRST-QUARTER PROFITS UP 18 PER CENT OVER YEAR AGO

Corporate profits in'the first quarter of tbil year bav# ten-erally been reported as higher, but Just how high ia shown by the First National aty Banks regular tabulation: 16 per cent.

The 1.246 corporations checked were that much ahead of the first 1964 quarter. Th# biggest gain was by SLjUr and

other transportation compan-"p flu amazing 86 per cent.