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Tuesday, September 23, 1969f

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Death Touches Entire Conunumty

The death of a P9pular junior high school studnt on 'a highway near the Aycock Junior High yesterday is a tragedy which touches the entire community.

ITie youth was killed as he attempted to cross K.C. 43 at the Red Banks Road intersectiqn on his way to school. This was Jiis first year here and tite first year that the new school had been in operation.

Mark Stewart Williams was described by officials as tremendously popular with his fellow students. He was a member of the Aycock football team. , ' : ^

His death, we are certain, was a great blow to the students, and faculty at, Aycock Junior High. The sympathies of the entire community go out to his family. .; ' '

It mt^ be that all that can be done has been done to prevent such* tragic accidents. The police department stations officers at strategic crossings;

blinkers, to slow traffic during school hours are used at othei^s and many crosswalks are marked with paint.

This is an appropriate time, however, for the city and the police department to undertake a study of all school crossings to plan wap of making them safer. It is well to keep in mind-tlrat two new schools have been opened this year and school districts have undergone major changes so that school children are moving in new patterns.

A study should'commence now to determine if new crossings should be designated, where warning blinker lights should be installed and whether additional crossing guards are needed. <

The schools, too, should make certain that all children have been instructed as to the routes to follow in reaching their schools.

Every step possible should hg taken to avoid oth^r tragedies such as that of yesterday. What is done now may spare some parents in the future the heartbreak, of being tqld their child has died on the way to school.

Alternative To

School bonds.''

What Does Old Box From GHS Contain?

By MARTBA MORGANHAN Hie Raleigh Hmef (Editor!* note: Financing cfaocri needs is a j^oblem faced by every county in the state. Recent actions'in Wake County indicate various prolK lems with. die usual i method building schools dvough bond issues md point toward and latemative, posskily a pajr^you-go method. Todays column is by a staff writer for The Raleigh Times.)

Raleigh an unfinished tale ti how public schools may be Unanced in the future, and how community leaders may lead an effort to finance them, can be told from recent developments in Wake Cbun-

ty.

Wake Cofflity-Commissioners this week unexpectedly postponed a |29 millicMi s c h o o 1 bond issue. Until a public hearing Tuesday, they had hoped to put it on the ^Nov.

4 ballot along with the statewide sales tax vote and a $3-3 million Raleigh urban development issue.

The postponement came after a vocal public hearing at whidi residentsdisenchanted with local school administra-tions-strongly urged that the fate of a , proposed merger of the city and county school sy-iteiBS be decided before another school bond vote.

Wake voters have never defeated a school bond rquest, but many officials and private, citizens felt Nov. 4 would' have been the first time. In other counties of the state, defeat of school bonds has been on the increase.

Ajt the price of $45,000, county commissioners had the Peabody College for Teachers of Nashville, Tenn., make a comprehensive study of county and city school needs. The Peabody Report was i s s u e d this spring and it urged merger of the two systems. During the summer, citizen coni; mittees appointed by the two Peabody Rcfxnt and the-local svool situation. A major toboommittee studying building facilities recently released findings which differed considerably with Peabody but followed almost identicallythe recommendations of the two fchool administrative units. Several . citteens at t b 1 e

It is intriguing to contemplate what wiil be found in a sealed metal box which was in the cornerstone of the. old high school building.

' The box was retrieved and turned over to retired school superintendent J. H. Rose, who plans to have it opened tomorrow night. The event will take place in Third Street.School Auditorium beginning at 8 p.m.

Preparing cornerstones for new buildings is apparently a fading practice now. But back in 1925 the question. According to a * when the school building was constructed it was 1967 state law, merger of the done with most new buildings. "

The sealed box contains momentos of that day to be retrieved by future generations. For the old high school that future is now here and the metal box will soon divulge its contents.

weeks public hearing ques-tiwied why a , in^fewional team of education experts was Brought in if their recommendations were largely dis-tregarded for local schools suggestions.

Tly cwnmissioners did not, and perhaps could not answer

oy JAMES KILPATRICK

county and Raleigh City schools can come about only a after the two school boards present t h e commissioners with a merger plan. Thus far, no such plan has been presented. Privately several commissioners questions wheier the two school boards really support Peabodys recommendation to merge.

School officials say them er-ger plan should be ready to be voted on this spring. Hiey have made no official pronouncement on their leanings toward or away from merger.

Hie $29 million school bond, now postponed to a later date, was a shaved down versiwi of ^ school boards original joint request of $33.348 mil-Uon for immediate school building needs. When the commissioners received the request, they had to slice something off it because the countys present indebtedness limit is $32 million.

In bringing the figure down to $29 million, the commissioners caHed it a compromise and said some money should be held in reserve.

At this weeks public hearing, two factors confronted the

commissioners, BothLb3d .un- .

told influence on their decision to delay the bond vote.

One factor was the public urging to settle the merger question before a bond vote. Linked to this was public sentimentsome strong, some subtlethat voters would not approve a bond vote on Nov.

4 without a firmer stand by officials on the merger ques-tkm and how the funds would be spent exactly.

One group of residents said they would actually campaign against the bond issue unless tbe merger question is decided on or before a bond vote.

Tbe second factor came from State Sen. Jyles J. Coggins. The senator advocated (Contbiaed On Page S)

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inngnnng Leadership Role

WASHINGTON - In a week of constitutimial amendments, judicial hearings, and troop withdrawals in Vietnam, it may seem irrelevant to take up the matter of a proposed multi-purpose dam in Virgin

ia; but these other topics have been fully covered, and the story of Salem Oiurch Dam speaks so eloquently of certain ills that afflict our coun-^ that it takes on a special Importance.

Public Forum

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT N()VAK WASHINGTQN-The widely-expected offer by Sai. Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania to Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee to divide uup the Senate Republi-

Senators) are grotesquely inflated. One early Hruska list inadvertently contained Dirk-sens name.

.A footnote; The intensity of the campaign was demonstrated when both Scott and Bak-

can leadership was made overt- er advocates walked over to ly last Wednesday afternoon the House to woo Rep. Jdm

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The proposal was made by Scott to an intermediary at a meeting that Scott requested. Scott, a moderate liberal, told the intermediary that he is far ahead of his two rivalsBaker. a moderate conservative, and Sen. Roman Hruska of Nebraska, a hardline conservativein the race to replace Dirksen as Minority Leader. Scott claimed a rock bottom 20 Senators, two short of the necessary totalnot including Sen. Len Jordan of Idaho, a conservative tending toward Scott

Scott next discussed vdio will replace hkn as MinOTity Whip, No. 2 leadership job, if he succeeds Dirksen. &:ott informed the intermediary that Sen. Robert Griffin, of Michigan, who has excellent contacts in booth liberal and c(-servative camps, is making a strong push to become Whip.

Therefore, Scott suggested Baker might do well to quit , the race for leader and throw his support to Scott. The unspoken quid i'p quo would be Scott backing Baker against Griffin -for the veiy deal that Scotts more liberal supporters have been trying to avert.

ScQtts proposal was quickly rejected by Baker, who still thinlu he can win the t o p spot at Wednesday mornings caucus. Although Bakers supporters admit he would settle for the Whips job if need be, they believe he can beat Scott if Hruska bows out.

Senatorial sponsors are far more aggravated with Hruska than Scott. They know Hrus-' kas head-counts of support (one of them showing 21

Anderson of Illinois on the possibility he might be named to Dirksens seat and vote in the caucus. ^

Pressuring HHH

Hubert H. Humphrey has been subjected to intense pressure from both sides in New York Citys split Democratic party over whether to endorse City CkHifroller Mario Procac-cino, the partys law-and-ord-er mayoral nominee.

The regulars have brought their case forcefully to Hum-irffrey through Francis X. Smith, president of the City Cwmcil, and Moses Weinstein, party leader in Queens. In a recent head-to-head sessirai in Manhattan, Smiii reminded Humphrey the regulars were steadfast in the darkest days of .1968 and were largely responsible for his carrying New York. They want the same loyalty from him now. say an endorsement jof Procac-cino would cut remaining bonds between Humphrey and Democratic reform elements. Strong advice against endorsement is coming from liberal businessman Marvin Rosenberg, long a Humphrey ^intimate, and Howard Samuels, seeking the 1970 nomination for Governor.

Humphrey will {vobably finesse the issue by making clear he views Procaccino as the winner over Mayor John V. Lindsay and has no objection to him but avoi^ endorsing any local nominees for office. -

A footnote; Samuels, an active Lindsay supporter, visited Washington last week to urge fence-sitting . liberal Democratic Congressmen to endorse Lindsay.

To the Editor;

J. H. Rose High School has been the object of much discussion in the Reflector in the past few days. It appears that the news staff and subscribers of the Reflector need enlightenment. I, as a senior black student at Rose this year, would like to enlighten the staff and readers ol the Reflector.

This is the first year that total integration has been exercised in this part of tiie state. Greenville, being the focal point of progress in Eastern North CaroHna, should have the least trouble implementing total integra-ti(m.

Rose is not experiencing the serious difficulties as your paper so flamboyantly suggests. I am referring to an article in your Tuesday, September 16, 1969, editicm. The article was centered around discipline in the'city schools mainly J. H. Rose. Mr. W. I. Wooten, Jr., representing 200 white parents who were cmcemed about their childrens welfare, stated, that use of switchblades, knives and other instruments on the

school premises and

threats made by students resulted in parents keepmg riiil-dren away from school for

fear of bodily harm. There conspicuously watch the hap-ure as 'many blnck parents fjenings of the day. I believe

conc^ned about their childrens welfare as there are white.

The spokiesman also implied that the small minority of troublemakers were black. There is a small mi-nmdty of fr<H}Uemakers in this High School,.but they are white and blade. A group of pe<^le should never be judged by <Hie or two individuals. Theref(H*e, because one black or white student causes trouble, his peers should not

Riot's

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By JOHN CUNNIFF

NEW YORK-(API - Insured, losses from riots and civil'disori ders are down sharply this year but a shift in damage cjaims from the core cities to the campuses 1ms many insurance m*n unnerved as the new school yciu* begins.

A compilation by the American Insurance Association shows that campus disorders for the ifirst eight months of this year accounted for more than 50 per cerf of all insiued losses from civil disorders. In 1968 tlie percentage was less than two Insured losses from all disorders through August 31 totaled $14,972,802, down Sharply from more Uion $80 million for all of 1968, when urban riots after the shooting of Dr. Martin Luther' King sent claims skyrocketing. As significant as the drop, however, was the shift in origin.

In 1968, insurers paid out less than $1 million as a." result of campus troubles. Of tiiis years ' total, some $8,946,972 resulted from campus strife.

With the school year just beginning, and with campus rumblings suggesting that expo-sions could erupt, the insureri were described by one industry source as bein^ greatly concerned.

Not many persons, perhaps, Insurers note also that their ^ have h e a r d of the S a 1 e m payments do not give a com-Church proposal. As a hydro- plate financial picture of deelectric" facility, it pales be- struction, for not all losses are side Hells Canyon. It is not especially huge or remarkably costly. The conservatiwi-ist values in^riled by Salem Church are not in a dass with the Ckilorado gorges. This is not the ssort of proposal, in brief,, that anyone signs a Mi>age ad in the Times about.

Yet the samll scale of Salem C3iurch may be useful all the same. The Corps of Engineers has pr(^ed, and

Congress has authorized, the r * u*

building of a dam across the totals for the first eight

Rappahannodi River six miles above Fredericksburg. The 203-foot dam, one d the highest on the" EastCoast, would impound a lake of 21,000 acres. 'The project would generate 89,000 kilowatts of electrical energy. Initial costs are now estimated at $82,800,000.

That is the nutshell story. ^ ..... ^

It is a familiar story in every existing tensions, but then file part of the nation, wherever damage claims,

special interests have been heaviest campus damage, able to fire up the political about $2.7 million, was at Indi-boilers tiiat propel the Engi- ana State University in Bloom-neers to action. The business- Ington. Fires broke out in the men and public offidals who. graduate Ubrary building during she should cpe with her ra* hve promoted the S a 1 e m^ disorders In February and May, dal problems Intelligently. I Church Dam are no more and damage also was inflicted

grasping, opportunistic, or in- on a reserve officers building, sensitive thmi their counter- Of thwe states hit by disor-

parts eveiywhere else. It is 4ers, damage was least in Geor-the something-for-nothing syn- Sia, and Mississippi. In both drome. Virginians are by no states campus strife caused inmeans immupe. sored losses of about $500.

The dam first was justified in Califwnia from all

for flood control; but Frede^ disorders totaled $1,663,290 and ricksburg has not suffered a spread over 14 cities,

serious flood in 27 years, and Campus discord accounted for the property that n^ght be all but $^0,709 of that 4otal, with damaged by a recurrence heaviest damage being at San could be protected by alter- Francisco State College nate means at a small frac- ($750,000) and the University of tion of the cost. Calif<Hmia at Berkeley

The dam would generate - ($520,000).

89,000 kilowatts of hydroelec- In New York, disorder losses trie power, and doubtless the totaled $648,500 for the first energy could be absorbed in right months, of which $600,000 this rapidly growing region was attributable to riots last south of Washington. But only spring on campuses of. the City ;a few miles away, in nearty College, New York University, Louisa County, the investor- Brooklyn College and several 'owned Virginia Electric and high schools.

Power CJompany is building* Heavy campus damage also

a nuclear plant that will pro- was sustained in Ohio, Missouri, duce 813,000 kilowatts by 1974. Wisconsin and Tennessee. Ultimately the Louisa installa- Total insured damage at tion will have a capacity of schools totaled $873,400 in Ohio, four million kilowatts. 'The Sa- of which $500,000 resulted from lem Church output is barely fires and vandalism at 0ear-(Continaed Oib Page 5) view High School in Lorain.

reap the ill fruit of bis mis-cultivations.

We, black and white students, are proud of our school, J.H. Rose, and we appreciate the courteous leadership Mr. Warren. We are frying to make the best of this year, and so far there has been only mie incident at tl^ schooL Our neighboring schools are experiencing much WOTse trouble than we are. Their communities have not made hasty and rash decisions and laws because of wie incident or even several incidents.

insured. In the Detroit riots of 1967, losses came to $64 million, but only $41 million of that was insured.

This years figures are also bound to rise considerably for two reasons;

1. CM disorders this month In Hartford, Conn., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., are not included. And few insurers believe that the remaining months of this year will be free of troubles eittier in the cities or on

months have been verified for only 122 cities and the District of Columbia, although damage claims are expected from 252 cities, the District and Puerto Rico.

In some instances, insurer* state, university officials publicly underestimate damage, their intention being to avoid adding

They have handled it m an intelligent way. While reading that article Tuesday, I really wondered if Greenville is the focal point of progress in Eastern North Carolina. If Greenvflle is indeed a leader,

noticed that several commun leaders are contemplating bringing the local law enfwce-ment agencies in to keep order. We already have order, and we hope to maintain it.

Articles such as the one which appeared yesterday are detrimental to a community. It would appear that the whites are against blacks and vice versa. This is not true. I would sdggest that some of our so-called leaders come to the school and in-

their minds would change.

When a mass news medium into an implement to start trouble, thn is the time to do something.

So, publish the truth in your paper. We are proud of our school and our leaders, especially Mr. Warren, Mr. Barnhill, and Mr. Whitney, and we want only the test the schori has to offer us-^ education.

Sincerely yours, Herbert L Gardner, Jr.

Strength For Today hiverypgoy eeos

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CHURCH UNION People have strange ideas about the nature of Christianity. Some regard it as merely the living of a good and useful life. Others tie it so closely jto thr church that they are ^IrrioSt willing to say that there be no Christianity from church membership. But such etmtentions do not stand either, the test of time or the testimony of the Bible. Most Christians are church members, but it does not follow that all church members are Christians. The church Is'not full of hypo-crites, but it Is full of people who find it hard to live up to the Christian beliefs they profess. .Every day they stumble and sometimes appear to fall flat on their faces;^tr1f thet are Christians in the truest Mnse of the term; they pick memselves up and press for

ward to what they are convinced is the Truth.

Naturally, we have different branches of the Christian church emphasizing different aspects of the faith. Church union is to be commended and soppwted provided we -realize that every branch of the (Cristian church stands fo-r some important and all-embracing truth. We will h a V e church union worthy of the name when we recognize the differences existing between people df all denominations and churcl)es yet united in . their allegiance to Christ and his jgospel.

One ;of the mtet encouri!g-ing aspects of modern life is the willingness of all varieties of Christians to get together,

By ELMER ROESSNER

When the oil lobbyists charged in the Senate frying to block the House proposal to cut the oil depletion allowance from 27% to 20 per cent, this column proopsed a happy cwnpromise, to wit; 'g(ve every taxpayer a depletiim allowance of, say, 27% per cent, to compensate for the depletion ri ^ physical and mental resources because of age and the effects oi time.

Just as oil wells are depleted, 80 are individual taxpayers, It was argued; there may be less energy and fewer ideos in a working slob, just as there is less oil left in pyvell,^s the years go by./

This proposal fell a liUlc short of electrifying tlie ' nation., The column was not le-

ihake hands and press on to- produced in the CwigresslMial

ward the fulfUling of Christs Record, no Congressman de-

I^ris. nounced the column as a pro-

, By Earl L. Douglass Casiro invention; no shffLa

were fired through the writers window.

Undaunted, this column now proposes anottier revoluticn-ary idea;

Capital Gains For Everyb^ At the moment, the Wall Street and big-money lobbyists are charging up Capitol Hill to Oppose the Houses plans to reduce the loophole on capital gains.

The present capital gaina provision could not have been tetter for the wealthy if it had teen written by the late J. P. Morgan himself. A man or woman who works with his (r*her hands or brains pays the full tax. rate on his or her earnings. / , ^

But if he (NT she makes'his or her bread by playing the stock market, or sitting on a make him or her rich, they pay only half the rate working stiffs pay, and never more than 25 per cent,' pf()yidlng

they are not too quick tq grab their profits.

Let Everybody Hay! '

So, still undaunted, this column proposes that everybody be allowed the capital-gains benefits.

Bjoai

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a legal education..

If a woman makes $7,500 a year as a hair stylist, that Is a capital gain on the tim and money she spent as a slavey in a teauty school. And evep if a man makes only ^,000 a year as a trucker, it is a capital gain on tiihe lie spent learning to drive' a trudi and the money he spent getting into the union.

"If what an oil baron or a stodt speculator makes is a capital gain, so is the miney you and I earn a capital gam on the money we and our parents spent to have us taught how much 12 4imes 12 is and which way Is north, , .

- The simple solution to the capital-gain* Ijnequlty is to allow everyone a capltal-galns

If a man makes $75,000 a year a* a doctor, it is a capi- tal gain on the mteey be and his parents spent to push him * rate <m their earnings. I! you through medical school. If he agree^ write your Congress

makes $100,000 a year as a lawyer, it is a capital gain on what was spent to give him

man. He, gjou and I could lick Wall Siftet, but-1 doubt we will. ) .