It Could Happen In The U.S.

THE SCARY SEASON!

What has happened in Canada in recent days comes as a shock to most Americans, but the shock must be tempered with the realization that something similar could happen here.

Terrorists captured a Canaxiian and a British official and the Canadian, Pierre Laporte, was murdered. *

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau exercised war-

State Salaries Compare Well

By BRYAN HAISLIP ALEIGH - Can the capable executive earn more in private employment than in comparable service for the state of North Carolina?

For many years, the answer was an obvious Yes. Acceptance of a high level position with the state meant a financial sacrifice, with the compensation of recognition and status.

Government expansion, particularly in education and health, brought demands for qualified executives to direct the states departments and institutions. The income

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disparity with business and industry hampered the recruitment of administrative and professional talent, and often left the state scrapping the bottom of the manpower barrel.

Today, executive compensation for the state more nearly reflects the going rate. Salaries in tbp brackets have gone up by a third or doubled over the past decade. There are upwards of 50 jobs in state government with a price tag of $25,000 and above.

In candor, I think salaries in state government have d(Hie very well/ said E. L. Rankin, Jr. It has been a process of catching up. Most categories in recent years hav moved up fast enough, petiiaps faster than outside, to keep competitive with private business.

He Knows Both Sides

Rankin has knowledge of the subject from.both sides. He dealt intimately with budgets and salary ranges as Director of Administration under Former Governor Dan

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K. Moore. His present position as executive vice, president of the North Carolina Citizens Association, an organization of the states blue-ribbon industrial, business and professional leaders, gives him an awareness of ' executive compensation in

the private sector.

He retains a close interest /in state government since an important part of his responsibility is to keep his membership apprised of developments and trends in state affairs.

Upper echelon salaries for the state are exempt from the personnel act which fixes pay ranges for the rank and file. The Governor and Advisory Budget Commission set executive pay levels, reviewing them every six months. In recent years, regular and often substantial annual raises have been approved.

When the latest round of increases Was made public

last summer it - set oft grumbling by underlings and criticism by some legislators? ITiere were murmurs that when the 1971 General Assembly meets there will b a move to put the top salaries under the hand of the legislature.

That would be a serious mistake, in Rankins view. Executive compensation is a matter that has to be handled with some delicacy. It is very properly left to the Governor and Advisory Budget Commission, he explained.

Flexible to Negotiate

A degree of flexibility is essential, he noted, to meet pr(nptly specific competive situations as they arise. For example, a particularly valuable department head may be tempted by offers from another state. An avenue to negotiate, outside the rigidity of direct /^legislative control, can keep him in North Carolina.

At the same time, Rankin suggested, the list has grown too long. There are how more than 100 salaries which are fxed by the Governor and Advisory Budget Commission, ranging from the presictent of the University of North Carolina to members of the Cosmetic Arts Board.

Some of these definitely -should be under personnel, Rankin said. Hier personnel department already has under it positions with pay ranges up to $25,000 and $30,000, he pointed out. Hie list to be fixed by the Governor and budget commission should be very select,^he added.

Arranged in descending order, the states top salaries constitute a pecking order of officialdom with higher education at the apex.

The president of the University of North Carolina, at $42,000, heads the list. Close behind, all with salaries of $35,000 and above, are chancellors of the Universitys campuses at Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Charlotte, the commissioner of mental health and die state health officer, and the director of higher education.

A half-dozen or so rungs down the ladder, with a $35,000 salary fixed by the legislature, is the Governor.

time powers and Montreal, one of the most modem cities of the western hemisphere, soon took on the appearance of a city at war, according to news reports. *

' The United States and Canada have been bound together by a common heritage and this has been r^ected in good relations between the neighbors, which includes one of the least guarded borders in the world. Therefore it is understandable that Americans are almost as copcemed about Canadas present problems as are the Canadians themselves.

There are lessons for us in what has occurred in Quebec and they can easily be applied to what is happening in this country.

There are people here who feel that their particular causes are above the law and this has at times erupted in bombings and riots in the streets. There is a feeling among some in our country that such actions can be justified, but the tmth is that those who go beyond the law to espouse their causes are attempting to destroy the individual liberties which rightfully belong to all of us.

Both ttie United States and Canada are vast countries with many internal differences. These differences must settled by legal means. Terrorism is fascism, no matter whether it comes from the right or the left. If terrorists insist on kidnappings and bombings, then a Democratic society must protect itself through stern means. This is what has happened in Canada, to everyones regret. It could happen to the United States, although we sincerely hope not.

Let's Make Our UF

Pledges At Early Date By'%{T buchwald

Try A

Second

Career

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) Most men, said Henry David Tho-reau, live lives of quiet desperation.

Much of this feeling stems from the fact that they got into a type of work for which they were not suited. Hieir jobs do not challenge them or interest them, and they limp through j lives half-throttled by boredom.

One way of escape, of course.

The Pitt County United Fund has reported that collections and pledges amounted to $12,655 at the weekend.

Chairman Joseph 0. Clark said this represents approximately 10 percent of the total goal of $126,387. This is about ^ual to the pace of last^ years campaign and it is to be hoped that collections and pledges will accelerate so that the drive can be completed as quickly as possible.

Giving to the United Fund supports a large number of agencies.. Each of lis should make our pledge as soon as possible.

Florida Sees Test Of Styles

Don't-Knows Ride

Governw Should Be Tops That is unfair, said Rankin. I do not think the Governor should make less than anyone else in state government. It is the states number one job with number one responsibilities, and that should be reflected in the salary.

And I feel the Chief Justice should be close behind, as the comparable position in his branch of government.

Currently, the Chief Justice receives $30,000, and other members of the State Supreme Court get $29,000. These salaries, as the Governors are subject to i^slative approval.

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

GAINESVILLE, Fla-State Sen. Lawton Chiles stood on a blazing hot corner 'in the center of this university town holding up a large placard that contained the single word THANKS-thanks to the voters for his upset win in the Senate Democratic primary.

With an average of close to 100 cars a minute driving through the intersection the late-afternoon rush hour. Chiles exhibited an .extraordinary recognition factor at least two of every four cars, many loaded with commuters, honked horns, waved, and made the familiar V sign.

What was extraordinary about this recognition factor is that youthful Democrat

-Chiles, who- jumped froni-

anonymity to fame by walking 1,000 miles down the middle of Florida during his primary campaign, spent considerably less than $50,000 on TV and radio commercials during the first and run-off primaries.

His face and voice, in short, have had remarkably sparse exposure among Floridas 2,700,000 voters. But more than making up for this lack of conventional media display and image-making is Chiless unconventional low-key, person - to - person campaign stylea radically different new politics that exploits growing voter cynicism over the slick and expensive politics of media advertising.

Chiless non-media campaign was neither a sudden inspiration nor a product of

poverty (hes actually well-heeled). He devised it out of his political perception, sharpened by 12 years in the state legislature, that voters have become not only frustrated but hotly resentful over slick politics, slick politicians, and slick political nostrums.

A slick politician himself. Chiles deFideSl his only chance in the primary election was to talk directly to voters, listen to their grievances, and play the loner; no major campaign contrfbutors, no statewide campaign staff, no media experts, no Madison Avenue. It worked, bringing him home in the Sept. 29 run-off primary by nearly two-to-one over the heavily favored former Gov. Farris Bryant.

Now running against aggressive Rep. Bill Cramer.

WASHING'TON - In this confusing election year, the (Kily people who seem to knpw their own miqds are those who keep telling tiie pollsters they dont know for whom they are going to vote.

' The dont know vote, said Heinrich Applebauih, the leading elections - expert in the United States, could easily swing this country one way or the other.

Do you mean to say the dont know vote is bigger than the Middle America vote?

Its even bigger than the Silent Majority, Applebaum replied. We estimate that for every person in this country who knows whom he is going to vote for, there are

two and one-half persons who dont know.

How do you explain'such a large dwit know vote?, The d(Mit know voters are made up of people who are sick and tired of being told whom they should vote for. Theyre the true Americans who are being pushed around by everybody. They pay their taxes, send their kids to school, watch television, drink beer, salute the flag, and yet when it comes to elections they have no idea what the hell the candidate is talking about. Wasnt there always a large dont know segment in the population? I asked.

Nothing comparable to what we have at the present

Public Forum

(Letters submitted for the public forum must be limited to 300 words).

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To the Editor;

I am reacting to a story headlined Disagreemoit Is Normal Pattern that ai^ared in the October 13 Reflector. Statemoits attribqted to the principal of Sadie Saulter Elementary School seem illogical. Obviously chjldren have their disagreements and usually they can work them out.

However, to state that ...there diould be no interferice by adults suggests that adults should not even attempt to help, lilis seems to be an irresponsible attitude. While it is obvious that not all attempts to help either by the teacher or qpother adult are successful, failure to try is inexcusable.

. A second point raised is the issue of paroits not interfering with students at school because teachers are certified to do their job, are under contract and that parents should have no f($ar or doubt of the (their) competence.

Does this mean

time. In the past no One wanted to admit he didnt know what \yas going on in the country. Now if you refuse to admit you dont know, people think youhould be taken away to the funny farm.

Applebaum said . the Dont knows could be broken down ethnically between those who are undecided, unsure 'hnd have no opionion.

These three groups compose the majority of the dont know voters, he said.

Whats the difference betweent them?

The undecided are those in the $5,000 - to $15,000 - a -

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an authentic law-and-order Republican, Chiles has immunized himself from that fatal political disease of Southern moderate Democratsthe tie-in to Washington, to big money from Big Labor and to celebrity Democrats. He has said no to every offer of help from prominent, out-of-state Democrats.

Moreover, Cliiles lacks an identifiable record on the national issues being lavishly used by the Republicans to paint ^Democratic Senate candidates as soft on law -and - order, student riots, pornography, and drugs.

Thus, in his campaign for Cramer last week. Vice President Spiro Agnew was reduced to mocking Cliiless celebrated walking tour

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competent? Nonsaise! Hie piece of paper that shows that a teacher is certified is no guarantee of competoice just as the Fh. D.or M.D.d^rees areno guarantees of competence.

Hiis attitude on the part of some people in education that all teachers are competent has been an important factor hampering progress in weeding out teachers who are not doing a good job and at the same time rewarding those who are doing an outstanding job. like any other occupation, teaching draws a mixed bag (>f people for a variety of reasons.

But being certified to do ones job is not the same as doing it ^competoitly. Believe it or not, there are many teachers vdio shoidd have been anything else but a teacher. To ask people to accept, as fact/that all teachers are equally competent or even competent is contrary to real experience.

As one person who spent 12 years in public school under 40 different teachers and 7 yeiu*s in university with at least another 40 different teachers, my experiaice teUs me otiierwise.

Sincerely,

Dr. Dennis M. Roberts

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year income bracket. Hiey are mostly white, though a few are Inca Indians.

I see.

The unsure are mostly composed of hard hats, blue -collar workers and Avon ladies. While theyre working, this group seems to know exactly whom they are for. Its when they get laid off because of a recession that they get confused.

And the no opinion?

who express no opionion are those who dont want to be identified with those who are undecided or unsure.

I see.

In the past, the undecided and the unsures and those with no opinion always split their votes. But this year because of the low quality of the campaigns and lack of issues, all three groups might vote together, and this could have a tremendous effect on the nation.

Why doesnt Agnew appeal to the dont knows? (Continued on page 6)

is to moonlightand thereby have two careers. Here are a few moonlighting jobs that ought to restore almost any mans pleasure in living, whether hes merely looking for more money or for greater variety:

Ghoulkeeper in a haunted house.

Wardrobe mister for a Broadway musical show.

Baggage carrier for Gina Lol-lobrigida.

Water boy for a flea circus.

Quality control engineer uv a brassiere factory.

Bodyguard for Raquel Welch.

Stand-in for Santa Claus from New YEARS Day until Thanksgiving.

Social secretary'for Frankensteins monster.

Doorkeeper in an Arabian harem.

Night watchman in a bourbon distHlery.

Ditto ditto in a scotch ditto.

- Ditto ditto in a rye ditto.

Ditto ditto in a gin ditto.

Ditto ditto in a vodka ditto.

Head groom in the White House stables.

Athletic coach for the man in the moon.

Winekeeper for Dean Martin.

English teacher for Casey Stengel.

Best man at Frank Sinatras weddings.

Chief old money burner for the U.S. Mint.

Barber for Yul Brynner.

Toll taker at the Pearly Gates.

Coal salesman at the other place.

Stuck in a rut? Its 'probably all your own fault. There are plenty of interesting jobs availableif a,fellow only uses his imagination.

Opinions Brief

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt.

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our w^ealth commands us, we are poor indeed. Edmund Burke.

Your world, the world you live in day by day, is just about what you make it. It will be no better or bigger or finer than you are yourself. Norman Vincent Peale.

Real Villains Are The Killers

Strength For Today

TRUTH INCARNATE Henry M. Stanley was sent to Africa to find Livingstone who had been lost for several years in its trackless jungle. Stanley was not a CJiristian when he went to Africa, but after he met Livingstone and lived wfth him for some months, he bore this testimony: Here is a man who is manifestly sustained as well as guided from heaven. The Holy Spirit dwells in .him. God speaks through him. 'The heroism, the nobility, the pure and stainless enthusiasm at the^ root of his life come, beyond question, from Oirist. There must, therefore, be a Christ; and it is worth-while to have such a Helper and Redeemer as thi8 Christ undoubtedly is, and as He here reveals Himself in this wonderful disciple.

We are told in the first chapter of John that the Word became flesh and dwelt ^qn^ng^^. The Word, or message df God, must always become flesh, if we are to understand its meaning. It is only when Gods message becomes incarnate in human life that we see and appreciate its real significance. Stanley had probably read the Bible or had listened to its being read on numerous occasions. But he never fully understood the teachings of the Bible until he saw them incarnate in Livingstone. There the Word or message of God came to life in the gracious acts of a good man. The Word became flesh, and Stanley beheld in Livingstone the glory as of the only begotteh of the Father, full of grace and truth.

By Earl L. Douglass

By ELMER ROESSNER Non-returnable glass bottles are a damned nuisance.

But they arent ruining the ecology.

And the fact that they are attracting so much concern is a real danger in that they

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divert attention from the real hazards threatening life in these United States.

The real danger is in the killers. The poisons that are being emitted into the air are shortoiing everybodys lives. The carbon monoxide, lead, the sulphur compounds, the smoke particles and ot6er pollutants are killers.

Two score persons were killed when poisonous air blanketed Dmiors, Pa., and made headlines arotnul the

world. But every time air pollution rises in our big cities, the death rate of the elderly rises and nobody pays much attention.

Water And Soil Polluted water is a killer. There are dead spots in the ocean where cities have dumped sewage continually. Fish in many lakes and rivers are dying off because of pollutants and those that dont die carry mercury and other chemical poisons, disease germs and filth into the stomaches of humans. And drinking water is so contaminated that the amount of chlorine added to make it safe also makes it sickening.

Our poisoned fields, spread with insecticides ^nd herbicides, grow poisoned vegetables and meat. And no (me knows how many people poisoned water and contaminated food have hille<^ imobably many more than the Vietnam War, possibly more Americans thn World War II. "

And nonreturnable bottles?

Somebody may have stepped on a broken bottle at some beach and cut a foot. Some mugger may have conked a victim with a nonreturnable ginger ale bottle.

But empty bottles of themselves are not killers. There have been empty pill, tonic, syriQ), wine, perfume and other nonreturnable bottles for years, for centuries. Yet until the recent concern over the ecology, nobody paid any matter.

Who Returns Champagne BotUes?

They are not poisonous, they do not sustain bacteria, they do not injure water, air or soil. They can be thrown into the sea and ground to sand by the waves. Shards of sandretched blue bromo-quinine bottles,' tossed overboard from.ocean liners, used to be collected on Fire . Island and made into jewelry. Non-returnable beer bottles used to be collected and shipped to Latin America where they became retur

nable bottles and lived long and happy reuse lives.

But the; nonreturnable bottle is agitating a lot of Americans. Madison, Wis., and several other cities recently voted on laws to prohibit the sale of disposable beverage containers, presumably exempting citrate of magnesia bottles. Congressman James Scheuer, D-N. Y., introduced a bill levying a federal tax equal to what a reasonable deposit would have been on nonreturnables.

All this worry over bottles, sometimes q the shadow of clouds of poisonous smoke, may have psychological roots. /

Our Puritan inheritance has implantf^ guilt in connection with waste. This has been driven home by the fact that bottles once had |i cash value2cents for small ones, 5 cents for larger ones-^and some still do. So a bottle thrown away, <wr even the sight of one at the roadside, gives most pqpple a tinge of guilt. '