New Lighting Is Long Overdue

Charles Home, director of GreenviUe tilies, reports that a program is underway to replace old incandescent street lights throughout the city with new mercury vapor units, which increase the light output.

Some 300 to 400 lights are to be rei^ced and the work will ti^e most of this fiscal year.

In addition to the increased amount of light that will be given off by these lamps, we will have a much moi^ dependable/lighting system, Horae

Politics Plays Important Part

By RKYAN IIAISLIP DURHAM Politics is a necessary part of the higher education equation, and the legislature is a proper forum for institutions to seek their ambitions.

Victor S. Bryant. Sr.. Durham attorney and longtime trustee of the University of North Carolina, took that

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point of view in discussing higher education restructure.

I would dislike to see a system which would provent the ^esii^ni of one of oiir colleges or universities from going directly to the

legislature. said Bryant.

He made clear that the point of irreconcilable difference in any restructure plan would be the dismantling of the six-campus Consolidated University.

Should the General Assembly accomplish that at its adjourned session meeting Oct. 26 in Raleigh, through enactment of a single, strong government board for the states 16 higher education institutions, warned Bryant, it will certainly light the fires of holy war.

Possible Campaign Issue

The issue then would be thrust into next years political campaigns, including the race for governor, he predicted.

Bryant, a leader among those UNC trustees resisting what they consider deconsolidation threats in the higher education restructure urged by Gov. Bob Scott, responded to questions on North Carolina News Conference, a WUNC-TV panel interview program.

At the start, Bryant emphasized that the ideas and opinions he expressed were personal and not necessarily a reflection of the official position of the UNC board of trustees.

The full, 100-member board will meet the day before the adjourned session of the legislature convenes, Bryant reported. At that time, the assumption is that the trustees will hear reports on restructure proposals and take a stand on one or another.

Andrews-Burney Bill Some members of the executive committee already have endorsed a bill drafted by Rep. Ike Andrews of Chatham and Sen. John Burney of New Hanover which would strengthen the present State Board of Higher Education and ease the way for other campuses to join the

Consolidated University. It would leave intact the present Consolidated University and its board of trustees.

That would retain the system-within-a-system which many of the advocates of restructure say must go.

Bryant. 72. is a graduate of the University of Chapel Hill and its law school. He has .served in the legislature, as chairman of both appropriations and finance committees. His tenture as a UNC trustee spans 35 years, the last 18 of them as a member of its powerful executive committee.

Consolidation of three campuses into the University in 1931 does not compare with the proposal today to group all 16 state-supported higher education institutions under a single governing board, he said.

He made the distinction on numbers. No more than eight to ten institutions can be efficiently governed by a single board without serious dilution of the quality of education, Bryant declared.

No Shotgun Weddings Nor should additional campuses be brought into the Consolidated University except by mutual agreement, he asserted. I cant imagine anything more disruptive than a shotgun wedding between two institutions, neither of which wants to enter into^a marriage contract, he said.

For that reason, Bryant said he takes exception to the plan offered by President Terry Sanford of Duke University, former governor, which would phase the 16 institutions into the Consolidated University over a period of time.

The dominant theme of Bryants discussion was that a coordinating board as distinguished from a governing agency could give sufficient guidance in program planning and budget review to assure the future of higher education in North Carolina.

Politics in education is offensive to some people who interpret it as activity to circumvent the will of God, Bryant remarked.

^ Thats not what I mean at all. But when a president goes to the legislature to explain the ambitions of his institution, and to try in every honorable way to achieve them if thats politics, Im all for it.

Bryant conceded that the Consolidated University, because of size, influential alumni and the 100-meii|ber board of trustees composed of state leaders, might seem to have a political advantage over smaller campuses. I dont believe it has worked that way, he said. All institutions have been quite resourceful in getting* their full share of state funds.

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said The life of the mercury vapor lump g about five times that of the incandescent lamp. Each fixture is also turned on and off individually by a photosensitive eye In the old series system of lights one light out could mean 30 to 75 other street lights off, thus putting whole sectons of the town in the dark.

The new street lighting system is part of a city

wide plan now being carried out using bond ftinds which were voted by the public.

Horae said that once the current project is completed, the Utilities will bi^ up-grading lighhy on local boulevards and other heavily traveled areas of the city.

The improved street lighting system cannot be carried out too rapidly. Much of Greenvilles system is antiquated and is long overdue for replacement.

Better street lighting makes the sidewalks safer fpr pedestmnsjn residential areas.

Onboidlvards good lighting systems take some of the hazprds out of night driving.

Greenville is a city where quite a few students and others are moving about at night. An adequate system of street lights is their best protecUon.

N.C. Will See Nixon Kick-Off

By JOHN KILGO RALEIGH Preiiident Nixon, without making any big deal about it, has chosen North Carolina as the first state in the nation to formally kick off his campaign for reelection.

/The President went to Charlotte aiid Raleigh to pick the two men to run his campaign in the Tar Heel state. They are Charles Jonas Jr., a Charlotte stockbroker, and Willis Smith Jr., a Raleigh attorney.

Both men are low key, meticulous, tireless and have been raised in the art of practical politics. Both play prominent roles in Nixon;s North Carolina campaign in 1968 when he carried the state easily over George Wallace and Hubert Humphrey. Nixon gathered more than 627,000 votes in the 68 campaign in North Carolina.

Without question, Nixon figures North Carolina to be one of the key states in 1972. The 13 electoral votes are important but there seems to be more to it than that.

I really believe, Jonas Jr. says, that the President looks at North Carolina like its almost home to him. He went to Duke and has lasting friendships here. He cares about this state.

Jonas and Smith say their appointment as campaign directors at this early date will give them a chanpe to put on a better campaign for the President than they were able to do in 1968.

We had only about six weeks to do it all in last time, Smith said. Now weve got 13 or 14 months. This will enable us to organize better on the country level and Im" hoping well be able to use some direct mail in this campaign.

Jonas and Smith have already opened and staffed an office in Raleigh at the Hilton Inn. They plan to hire more people in the near future.

People in North Carolina jst as everywhere else are upset about a lot of things. Some people dont like school busing, most dont like the state of the economy, the war is still an issue.

But if the election were today, Smith says, I honestly believe President Nixon would carry North Clarolina.

Will he have a harder time than he did in 68?

That was quite a large victory for the President here in 1968, Jonas says. I dont know that it will be any harder this time. Things will kind of even out. This time we have an incumbent. On the other hand, he will have a record to defend. But we have 13 months to keep campaign attention on the President. We have a visible candidate. Its not likely that the Democrats will have a visible candidate until next August.

While they dont talk much about it publicly, it is known that the Nixon forces feel their toughest foes at least in North Carolina would be Senators Harry Jackson and Edward Kennedy. A poll was run in the state recently and it indicated that.

Jonas says the people in the White House have pledged absolute cooperation to do anything they can to make Nixon a winner in North Carolina

Co.mmerce Secretary Maurice Stans was in Charlotte last week. Both President Nixon and Attorney General John Mitchell will be in C]!harlotte within the next month. Mrs. Martha Mitchell was in Raleigh last Thursday.

All of those things indicate how the President feels about North Carolina and how important the state is to him, Jonas says. And you can rest assured that the President will campaign in person in North Carolina next year. To be honest with you, Mr. Nixon looks strong here. Were finding a lot of people who are willing to help.

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No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition. Benjamin Disraeli.

Strength For Today

' ASITCOMES

Some people go through life with their heads held so high that they do not see the common everyday world round about them. Frequently their posture indicates pride of social position and ancestry.

It is a wonderful thing to be well-born, but we cannot take much credit for the virtues and capacities which have come down to us through forebears. Jesus did not say, By their roots ye shall know them. His declaration was "By their fruits ye shall know them (Matthew 7:20; Luke 6:44).

It is amazing the way some people emphasize matters of little consequence and allow matters of great consequence to go by unheeded. The person (man or woman) who goes through life giving everyone the high and

mightly, as kids are accustomed to put it, never gets much praise from his fellows and probably deserves even less than what he gets.

There is such a thing as good background and fortunate indeed is the person who has such background. Once in a while a genius springs out of stock which has very little to commend it. There are some people whose background is of such an ordinary nature that it causes them not to go through life witirtheir heads held high but with their heads drooping only watching the pathway before them. '

Look up and be assured that you are of infinite worth. This is the religious way of looking at life. But we are all sinners and make a multitude ^ of mistakes. Take life as it comes and give thanks.

By Earl L. Douglass

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By J.J. KILPATRICK

Midwifery Is Difficult

UMTATA, The 'Transkei To come to the Transkei in the autumn of 1971, and to learn something of the herculean efforts of black and white to bring a new nation into being, is to learn a little of the difficult art of mid

wifery.

In the nature of things, the Bantu people themselves more accurately, the Xhosa-speaking Bantu will have to give birth to this child. But the Republic of South Africa, in the role of mother-in-law.

Other Editors Say Free Aid Myth

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

Probably the main argument put forth to justify obtaining federal aid is the old claim"that it is free.

Now along comes findings from a House Public Wmrks subcommittee which show that not <Mily is federal aid not free, it is costly in terms of mcmey and time; and time, after all, is also money.

In recent hearings Robert J. Hajzk, direct(X' of public wwks in Harford County, Md., addressed himself to the free myth about federal aid.

Hajzk pointed out that federal projects requiring matching local funds often cost the applicant more than if the irogram had been carried out with no funds at all from WashingUm.

One major reason for the high cost of aid is the time and pe<^le needed to file the numerous and necessary reports with the funding agency.

In 19S0, for instance, states had to meet 10 federal requirements for highway projects. Now the total is 23 requirements.

It is not surprising, then, that federal aid adds an estimated 30 per cent to the cost of road cimstruction.

In another example, small businessmen seeking government funds must wait about 10 months for loan processing. In 1966, they had to wait only four months.

Another witness said his state agency sprads half its time on water pollutim projects filling out federal forms.

Another reported that federal paper work trifded in six wedks, which indirectly creates more polluti(m because fewer personnel are available for on-the-site inspection.

Added to the costs created by delays and paperw('k are the additional projects which federal agencies require, but which the aid recipient wouldnt have undertaken otherwise.

On top of all this are the ever-present controls from Washington which often override local needs and wishes.

Hajzk summed up the feeling of many witnesses at the hearing when he said that obtaining federal aid is hardly worth the trouble.

It is, in fact, often the source of trouUe.

midwife and counselor, is almost as intimately involved. This is a tough pregnancy. Some persons expect delivery, in the form of total independence, within three years. Others say ten. A fair guess, if the rest of the world will be patient, is five.

Will the world wait? On the very day that I write, here in the Imperial Hotel, Umtata, U Thant has delivered himself in New York of one more ritual denunciation of South Africa. He has told the UNs General Assembly just what the General Assembly wanted to hear. This week sees the Afro-Asian bloc attacking within the Security Council. Our own government. out of blindness, stupidity, or just plain politics, seems unwilling to take those firm and decisive steps of friendship that might count for so much at this moment. Meanwhile, the pregnancy moves along.

So many lies have been printed of South Africa that one despairs of finding an audience for truth. It is popularly supposed that the Vorster government, whip in hand, stands in oppressive menace above millions of browbeaten non-whites whose one burning ambition is to obtain freedom and dignity as equal citizens and voters within the Republic. It is supposed that all white persons subscribe to repression; it is supposed that dissenters are imprisoned. 'This is the conventional wisdom of U Thant.

It is a travesty. Do not believe it.

Those who come here to listen may rather conclude. (Continued on page 6)

By WILLIAM L. CHAZE

Assoelated Pross WrUor

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) - My wife has been after me for months to dress a bit more snappUy, to jettison pinstripes and cordovan for weirdly patterned knits and over-the-ankle boots with zippers up the sides.

And, for months, I have resisted, using the logic that if I just hang in there unstylishly, it will all pass and I will have saved a few dollars.

My wife accepted this in bitter silence, apparently resigned to life with a drab husband. I thought the matter was settled until I came home a few days ago and found a large box on the couch.

She smiled winningly as I opened it and, to my astonishment, found a pair of brown boots with zippers up the side, sharply squared toes and, so help me, leather heels an inch and a quarter high. An inch and a quarter.

What can you say in a spot like that? The dear woman clearly felt she was doing me a kindnesshad. in fact, paid for the boots with her own money, saved from the grocery allowance.

I managed a nice smile and said I had changed my mind, that I could accept the boots but to spare me any more surprises because I had a hangup about them.

The following morning, to bring a little joy to her life, I made a big production out of putting the boots on and zipping them up. Such was the pleasure written on her face that, against my best instincts, I set off for work.

I teetered along on the heels, feeling quite strange. All eyes were on those brown boots, moving along so obviously beneath me. By the time I had covered a block, my face was flushing and Id decided that, if I ever wore them out of the house again. Id change them for regular footgear once inside the car. Shed never know.

Once at work, I immediately set matters straight, telling my bosses that the boots were not really me, but had been a gift from my wife. They looked Continued on page 6)

40 Years Ago Today

By GWYN COGHILL Sept. 30.1931

Thomas A. Edison, suffering from a complication of diseases, has lost strength the past few days, his physician said today in a bulletin from West Orange, New Jersey.

The citizens of Greenville have received notice and generally regret to learn of the inability of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt to visit Greenville and deliver the annual armistice day address before the Pitt County Post of the American Legion in November. The Legion, however, is planning to observe the anniversary of the ending of the world war with appropriate ceromonies.

Playing this week at the State Theatre is secrets of a Secretary starring CTaudette Cobert.

Monetary Controls For Spain

By ELMER ROESSNER

Spain is steadily emerging from the recession that afflicted her, as well as the United States and other nations in 1969. Its gross National product is up 6 per cent over 1969.

Even before the recession struck, Spain used the traditional monetary controls that the United States used. They worked in Spain; they did not in the United States. A tight money policy slowed down the Spanish boom in the 60s and so, when the recession began in 1969, there was less of a binnp and, with a relaxed monetary program, its recovery has been steadier than Americas. There has been no demand for wage and price controls in Spain, no new barriers to imports.

There are reasons why traditional monetary policies worked in Spain. The economy is far less varied and implicated than in the U.S. The country is more compact. It has less diversity of language. It has been disciplined iq^r the dictatorship of Generalissimo

Franco. There are fewer power sources struggling to gain advantages, such as produced by lobbies in the U.S., unions, banking interests, speculators.

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How Economy Was Struc-tmred

When World War II ended, Spain, as a neutral, was isolated. The .S. poured billions into the rebuilding of the ecmiomies of the Allies and more into strengthening West Germany as a buffer against communism.

No one helped Spain. So the government mapped its own recovery program. It instituted monetary controls, not with a purpose of providing instant inxMtperity, but to provide a mo^rate economic growth.

It created a National

Industrial Institute and put $6 billion to $7 billion in it. The institute invested heavily in the less glamorous but essential industrial such as coal, steel, chemicals, electric power, aluminum and Iberian airlines. It invested lightly in socially desirable industries and encouraged private investment in the more glamorous ventures.

While it is involved in a chain of tourist hotels, it did not try to build housing, as the U.S. did. But it made money available at low rates to professional builders.

Boom In Housing

As a consequence, Spain is in the midst of a spectacular housing boom. New apartment buildings, some small, some tall, are springing up everywhere. In Madrid and Seville, there are miles of highways lined with new apartments. So many are being erected in cities and towns of the country that an anti-apartmeht house movement has developed, with traditionalists demanding that tlfe govern

ment slow building to preserve the centuries-old buildings and picturesque alleys of the past.

John Troy, commercial attache of the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, told me that a family can buy an apartnient in a condominium for as little as $10 a square foot. Housing, he said, thus comes within the purchase range of most families, since the per capita income last year was about $1,000, compared with $250 in I960.

'There is inflation, Troy said, but take-home pay has been rising faster than inflation.

This year, TYoy related, the Embassys internal news bulletin reported that the shoeshine concession in the basement would be shut down for two weeks while the native shiner took a vacation. Troys neighborhood newsstand was closed two weeks while the vendor went to the country, and his neighborhood barber was closed for long weekends while the barber joined his family at a summer home he bought.