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Revolt ^

The defeat of a $6.8 million school bond issue and a $500,000^ bond issue for a new techicat institute in Wilson County is another indication of a taxpayers revolt in the'nation.

Wilson County voters defeated the school bond issue by a vote of 6,9910 to 2,189 and the technical institute issue by a vote of 5,814 to 3,268.

It is one of a number of bond elections which have been defeated recently in North Carolina and around the nation.

There^ may have been other factors involved In the Wilson County vote, but we suspect a major consideration was the 40 cents tax supplement which would have been required to finance the bond issue.

The mood of the people seems, to. be against new taxes, and the most unpopular tax of all seems to be the property tax. Although it is considered a tax om the afflnt, it usually affects everyone, for even, the lower income families own automobiles,

television sets and household furnishings.

However, while the boi>d issues are going down to defeat, most people recognize that the projects which they would finance ar legitimate public needs.

We do not know the answer as to how these projects will be financed. Perhaps it will take increased federal aid, or it may be that local governments will have to find new sources of revenues.

We expect that public officials re going to have to do a better selling job to the j)ublic on school and other needs. They probably will have to scale down their proposed projects to essentials to show the public that the needs arelegitimate. It is certain that it is becoming tough to persuade voters to favor bond issues which will increase their property taxes.

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No Time To Let Up On f Economic Restraints

By William A. shires

Reflector Raleigh Burean

RALEIGH-A great deal in the way of pushing for conspiration projects and long-dreamed of senic highways is building up across the state.

At the urging of Rep. Roy Taylor, D-N.C., Congress has approved $100,000 for surveying a route to extend the Blue Ridge Parkway 180 miles from Beech Gap near Asheville to Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park at Marietta, Ga.

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Taylor sponsored li^slatlon Including this appropriation. The survey will be for the purpose of determining a center-line for the extension. The two states, North Carolina and Georgia, must then be responsible for obtaining and deeding the right-of-way land. In North Carolina especially most of the needed land^ is already is owned by the fe^ eral government and under U.S. Forest Service control.

Acquisition of this should' be relatively simple. But Taylor tbin|u there is Immediate urgency to acqtUre privately owned lands bdore costs escalate further. He said it is imperauve that complicated and costly land acquisition procedures be avoided.

SmoUqtr-A new effort is reported i the matter of ge^ ting the federal government to build a scenic highway over the western edge of the Great Smoky Mountains Park, from near Bryson City to Town-aend, Tenn.

Such a road would skirt the nortiiem shore of Fontana Lake and cross the Great Smokie via a series of loops and gaps following gushing mountain creeks.

It is contended that when North Carolina and Tennessee

gave this vast mountain wild- emess to the federal government for a nati<Hial park in the early 1930s that the agreement included such a road. It has never been built Conservationists has opposed it, arguing that highway construction in this parlicu-lar area would spoil the wilderness and ruin the natural beauty and habitat. The fact is that most U.S. Interi Department officials agr'ee with this viewpoint and have resisted. They have sought compromises.

It was thought that completion of Interstate 40 along the Pigeon River rou:e, connecting the two states on tlie other edge of the park would satisfy the demands. Apparent ly it doesnt.

Now, Blount County, Tenn., has decided to retain a New York law firm to investigate' the legal aspects of tne matter further and possibly bring suit to force federal authorities to build the western road. It -Inay cost Blount County, Tenn., $1,750 in legal fees but they think it is worth it.

Swamplamf-At the other other end of the state, beyond the Pasquotank and its coffee-colored tributaries the State Wildlife Resources Commission plans to spend $700,-000 to buv 6,300 acres of snake-infested swampland.

This is an (tffshoot of Great Dismap which lies across tie borders of both Virginia and North Carolina The land is located in Currituck and Camden Counties about 25 miles south of the state line.

Conservationists long have asked that this track be brought under state control. It is a rich wildlife refuge. It has black bears, wildcats, important other species of mamals and reptiles.

Federal reimbursement. for obtaining suh an area will amount to about $500,000.

SignThe first sign marking the site of proposed Raven Rock State Park has been erected in Hartett County. It says Help Keep It Green and Clean.,

Its Your Future State Park.

While the information that living cost rse five-tenths of one percent in September might be dis-, ye^uraging, it is but another indication that the nation must continue restraints to bring inflation under control.

There are. those who argue that the restraints such as tight money and the tax surcharge, are being continued too Iqng and will carry the nation into a recession.

However, the fact that cost of living is still moving up is a good indication that inflation is still not under control.

It would be a mistake to abandon the war on infiation, just when there is hope that it will be won ^ one wants a full blown recession, but continued inflation is every bit as dangerous.

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ART BUCHWALD

;Agnew For Intellectuals

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By MAX HARRELSON

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UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (AP)Diplomatic pressure on U.S. policy in Vietnam has eased substantially as a result of U.S. peace moves over the past two years, beginning with the 1968 bontbing halt.

As one U.N. diplomat put it: There seems to be an undeclared moratorium on criticism except from the Soviet bloc and the Arab countries.

This trend is apparents at the current session of the U.N. General Assembly. Many delegates have ignored the Vietnam problem or confined the selves to expressing hope for success of the Paris peace talks.

A suhrey by Th Associated Press found widespread reluctance among diplomats to discuss Vietnam. Some pointed out that the question was not on'the assendriys agenda; some said they .didnt want to -comment on U.S. policy in the midst of national controversy.

Two yeads ago this was not tile case. Forty-three cbiin-tries, third of th .N. rriem-bers, urged the United States to stop bombing; North Vietnam. Secretary - General U Thant expressed belief that a majority of the ;;members would Vote for cessation of the bombing if the ii^sue was presented. i

Criticisrp of the Uni t^e d -

verted other countries' tion.

U.S. sources said that Secretary of State William P

WASHINGTON - President Richard Nixon caused a great dal of speculation when he announced so far in advance that he was going to make a major pronouncement concerning Vietnam. By selecting Nov. 3 as the date, he has given the press and other news media an opportunity to guess what he is going to say and do. The rumors are ^getting wilder each day.

I can reliably report that, despite all the trial balloons -that the White House is send-

Rogers, in his recent private i -tog up, one of the things he talks with 86 foreign minis- pluns to announce is that he

Vice President Spi-

the Uflitednfa^ns was pleased with the general reaction to U.S. Vietnam policies this year.

In their (^ning ptiity declarations before the assembly, the diplomats dealth with Vietnam briefly orin some casesnot at all. U.S. policy continued to draw criticism from Soviet bloc and Arab countries, but not from the so-called nonaligned ' nations which had joined two years ago in the demands for a bombing halt. The latter countries devoted their remarks maiitiy to hopes for a negotiated settelment.

A number of countries welcomed tiie bombing halt a li d the lucent U.S. troop wiih-drawls. Typical of these was Finland, which had . been (Hie of Jhbse demanding a cessation of the bombing. Asked to conaiment on U.S. Vietnam policy, Finlands Ambassador Max Jacoby cited a speech by his fortgn minister noting that the t^binh had. Mopped and negotiations begqn. v

In that sense, said Jacol^ son, he acknowledge that tte bombing halt was a .(iositive step. ./ri

Turkish Forei.gn Minister Ih-

ro Agnew his liaison between the White House and the intellectual community.

I? A spokesan said, No one in the Administration has a better understanding or a deeper interest in the intellectuaia

has gone to bat for the educated classes in the country, particularly the students.

The President feels that by announcing Mr. Agnews appointment as his pers<mal representative, he irill be able to take some of the steam out of the moratorium protests. The feeling is that the Vice President is the only one who can communicate with the students and protesters.

I asked the spokesman how the President had discovered this.

The President has always known that his Vice President has been a popular figure on the nations campuses. Not only has Mr. Agnew had dap-port with students, but he is lso respected and admired by professors and college presidents. They see in Mr. Agnew

' By DON BATTLE

NEnV YORK (AP) - rfe said , he was going to die aomeaay anyhow, but he was going to lose weight first, related an Ohio supermarket salesman aa- ^ er a dieting customer stocl.ei up with $13 of soda containing qyclamate.

The incident In a Cincinnati suburb, however, was not typical across the country. Super-^ market carii registers have been getting a woriworTmging , -jiMuttds for consumers returning foods and soda containing the artificial sweetener, found to produce cancer in rats.

The Department of Health Ed- ^ ttcation and Welfare announced < last weekend a ban on publie sales of drinks containing cycla- * mate after Jan. 1 and of food 1 and other products containing it F after Feb. 1 under a 1958 law prohibiting the sale ol foods that * have been found io cause cancer * in tltt animals. Abbott Laboratories, the major producer of the artificial sweetener, first alerted the government to re- . search findings that massive doses of cyclamate had caused cancer In rats.

One lady brought back 80 bottles of cyclamate drink and asked what I was going to do with it, commented a Milwaukee store manager. I said Im

spokesman said. He discussed it with representative col-

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!-^eanuts For The Rest

(Charleston, W. Va., Daily MaU)

One of the' durable myths of this country is that the only good educations is the education capped off by at least four years M college and

an A.B degree. Wii^ it, nearly everything is possible in so

cial and* economic advancement.. Without it, the prospect is bleak.

TH myth is supported by the educators themselves. Most of > them acquired a higher education and with it a buili-in bias in favor o

Meanwhile, federal outlays for vocational education (in the main for those who dont^ go to college) have risen from a mere $41 million in 1964 to $262 milUon in 1969 to $266 million in 1970 (est.).

Graphically, this presentation is startling. It says, in effect, billions for the college-bound, peanuts for everyone else. Some of the implications as spelled out by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfares Advisory Council on Vocatipnal Education are even worse. Every year it observes the nations scho-

than the Vice President Time . - , .

and time again Mr. Agnew 8oing to put it back on toy shelf

a man of warmth, generosity ^d sell it When^you stop and

and intelligence, and someone ^ink about it, if yod ve been

who can'state their case to "IS ^

iho. PrpsidAnt * or SO, whats another two bottles

Kd the President come to w botUes going to hurt?^ this decision on his own?" MwaukM waitreM,

No he did not the expressed a different viewpoint

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proved tiiat it causes cancer in human beings, she said, if its

not good enough for rats, its not

good enough for human bebgs.* In a Grosse Pointe, Mich, market, manager Bob Eschrich said, My dlebpop sales nave stopped cdld. WhPs "gotog to pay men for all twse?,

A spokesman for Albany Public Market, operator of six stores in Albany, N.Y., said of foods with cyclamate: Theyre still buying it, in small lots. Youd Imve to say that sales are pretty much off and situation is pretty much up in the air. The customers are still confused.

T IS T j u ius-i, A spokesman for the Este Die-wife, Ji^. I dOT t tomk there

is any doubt that they speak ^

for ^ entire college genera- pouncement there was a drop in TV. sj * * sales, but now a hoarding trend

? A? appears to be developing. The

be to the Non Administra- spokesman attributed the move tion what Enc GotoM was ^ spe(ndation^ toar 'r^^^^ to toe Johnson Admmistra- prestitytiona to buy toa candy

. .V . woulti push up toe price. Some .

Ym, that, as Viw customers also feel that they ( President, Mr. Agew will may not like the substitute product and want to stock up on toe cyclamate candy, he said.

Persons requiring poniugar diets for medical reasons, such . - ,, as diabetes or obesity, still;

artists have something to could, wltii a prescription, get. say, they will put it in the products containing cyclamates. [ willing ear of Mr. Apcw. We some store operators attributed want them to feel tiie Vice any runs on cyclamate foods to

lege students.

Which ones?

Daivd Eisenhower and his

have more influence on Intel lectual matters in toe country. It is hoped that when students or educators, writers, historians, philosophers and

President is one of them.

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higher education. It is under- fa ^ educate to the level

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following tHe bombing halt and- the beginning of prelinii-nary peace talks. Also, contri-, buting to the change was toe Soviet military intervention in' Czechoslovakia, which' blunted

ti(Hi of ipilitary operations had brought ab(Hit a more favorable atmosphere and added: .The initiatives taken by the. government of the U n i t e d States are in the nature of

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of. blindness - blindness to toe toct^that millions of Americans dont arid probably shouldnt go to college.' ,

American education has not been fixtures in toe curriculum for many years. But the extent of the prejudice as measured-in dollars is shown in some figures from toe cur-Tent U.S. News and World Report.'

Since 1964, federal outlays' in support of colleges has cliijibed steadify - from 1.7 billion to $4.6 billion in 1968 to' $5 billion in 1969 (est).

of the young men and women who turn 18. Thereafter, it supports for them a galaxy of remedial programs, some of which have cost as much as $12,000 for every man and woman placed on toe job. And for those who linger in unemployment, it bears the cost of $4,000 or more a year in welfare payments.

It is a feariul price to pay for snobbery, for that is what it is toe notion that those who arc headed for college are not headed for anything else either.

these persons stocking up now. Has the Vice President Not all are doing this, however, been informed of his appoint- Mrs. Don Carey, an Oak

Ridge, Tenn. woman whose husband is a diabetic, said she has stopped using cyclamate foods with youth and with educated and has turned to saccharin, people. He feels that theyre another noncaloric, artificliil toe h(^ of the future and sweetener, toat what they have to say Most stores are waiting for is iportant to the direction suppliers topick up stock con-in which this coutnry is going, tai^g cyclamate and either He is particularly impressed make refunds or substitute it with their eagerness to speak with noncyclamate products, out on the Issues of toe day, Pepsi Colasaid Wednesday it and he feels toat the more expects to be out in next few toe intellectual community is days with a new Diet Pepsi heard from, the less mistaks without cyclamate. In some toe Administration will make, areas, the consumer may be He doesnt believe if youve able to get it already. new seen one ^campus, youve seen product will use as sweeteners them all. both natural sugar in imall

The President was most amounts and saccharin.

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By ELMER ROESSNER . Here is a Business Today preview ofthe Ctoristmas shop^ ping season:.

Christmas stunts, holiday windows and catalog distribution will start earlier this year.

. Christmas advertising In all media will be heavier than usual, in many .caqeq fru-

ahead; more people fear That

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gadgets for the man ,or who has everything.

. Stores will run out of ppjk., ular items earlier than ever.

. Post Christmas mark-/downs will be fast and deep. Heres The Why ~ ^

The basic reason for this is that a number of consumer urveys shows that^ families 81% becoming cautious. Fewer people plan to buy new cars, hiajor appliances and other important gifts in the months

; neople business wUl (leclme and there is nothing like fear of a decline to cause consumers to curtail apending. The slight rise in unemplctyemnt will cause many families to cut gift list.

Knowing all tois-and the possible lag in holiday shopping has beep a leading subject in trade papers tailers are plannlrig/to up the advertising^ ah(i promotion, starting U earlier arid putting more oomph into it. Retailers know, despite any lag in Christmas shopping, many stores will make higher sales than eVer before, imd It might as well\b them.

Because of ininreasing consumer caution, there will be less demand for frOu-frou and bric-a-bi4ic this year. Riiuil-ers, sensing this, will stock and promote sensible gifts. Why buy Uncle Henry d pot

of moustache wax when what hell really need, is a years supply of blades? '

Cantious Stocking 1 Because of toe danger of slippage in Christmas buying, stcnres are stocking very carefully. They dont want to be

caught with heavy inventor iei on'the last three days before Christmas. So many will run out of the best selling Items, preferring to lose ~ a| little profit on a few sales than lose a lot more on unsold

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At the same time, when stores find that certain items - arent moving, they will dump them faster. The after- Christmas sales are likely to start well before Christmiu this year, with prices betorri and after the holiday cut to the bone to get the goods out of toe store. \ ^ *

However, iirith all to|i caution, Buslnesa Today sti^ on its prediction that retail sales will break all recorcis a again this'pear. They totaled billion last December arid should reach $37 billion this December.

Not all retailers, of eeurss, are pessimistic or even com*' pilcent Neiman - Marcus, in Dallas, for instance, is fcatim tog a kitchen computer toat is progdammed to plan menus . for busy (and rich) houst wives. It costs $10,600, which includes a two - weeks course in programming.

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