4_The Dally Reflector, Greenville, N.C.Friday, April 28, 1972

Seek The Working Officeholder

^ Eastern North Carolina has many problems, as well as a lot of assets.

Certainly one of our greatest concerns is the lack of physicians and other trained medical personnel to care for our people.

It is well known that East Carolina University has tackled the job of helping to alleviate the situation. The nursing school was the first move in this direction. Then allied health courses were developed and these courses are now turning out medical technoligists, social workers, therapists and other personnel needed in health care.

This year after a two year medical school had twice been approved by previous Legislatures, the 1972 Legislature, approved a one year physician training program which will be initiated next fall.

Factors Point To Large Vote

By BRYAN HAISLIP RALEIGH, An historic turnout of Tar Heel voters is in the offing for the May 6 primary.

Executive Secretary Alex K. Brock of the State Board of Elections is forecasting a total vote of 1,300,000, a new record for balloting in a primary.

"All factors combined point to a record, all-time high vote, said Brock. He predicted that the Democratic primary will

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draw one million voters, and that another 300,000 will participate in the Republican primary.

In 1968 primaries rolled up a total vote of 857,167, with 701,100 voting to pick Democratic nominees and 156,067 marking ballots to determine GOP candidates.

Among the elements which will swell the vote are lively races including a first-time presidential primary, a voting age lowered to 18, and the return after 30 years of absentee ballots to primary elections.

Brocks office still is tallying reports from county boards since registration for the primary closed earlier this month.

200,000 New Voters

Based on reports in hand and projections for the missing counties, he estimated 200,000 new voters have been added to the rolls.

"It is obvious that total registration is going over 2 million for the first time, he said. As of last Dec. 31, there were 1,958,053 Tar Heels registered to vote.

Half of the new registration, or 100,000, are first-time voters in the 17-21 age bracket. While that is above Brocks prediction of last September that 85,000 young people would register, it is only about one-third of the youth vote potential.

Brock said the influx of young voters was matched to a degree, significant enough to cause comment by county election officials, of over-50 citizens who had not previously registered.

As a matter of fact, he said, proportions remained constant in the registration of white and black. Democratic and Republican voters. Accustomed Patterns

Unchanged

The implication is that new registration spread itself out in accustomed patterns without setting any divergent trends.

A program jointly sponsored by the state board of elections and thstate board of education to register elibible high school students produced good results. Brock said. Other registration drives also added to the total of new voters, he noted.

Ours is a continuing responsibility, not just aimed at a particular election, Brock explained. Registration books are open now in all 100 counties for ie fall general election, he pointed out.

We look for another 100,000 or so to register before Nov, 7, he said.

Residence Period Cut

The recent reduction of the residence requirement for voting from one year to 30 days also will increase the pool of voters for the primary.

North Carolina was ahead of other states in meeting the residence rules spelled out by the courts since 30-day residents have been registered for local elections for the past year. Brock said. "After the ruling, we simply acted administratively to advance them to full registration, he explained.

Voters face a complicated ballot on May 6. They have a multiplicity of choices in the presidential contest and races for state and local offices. In addition, two state bond issues are at state $150 million for sewer facilities, and $2 million for a state zoo.

Election logistics involve a multitude of detail, but the machinery is ready. Brock said. Ballots are printed, some 2 million-plus for the Democratic primary and bond questions; three-quarters of a million for the GOP primary.

County boards are processing requests for absentee ballots, reinstated for primary use by the legislature as a convenience to voters away from home on the primary date. So far. Brock said, no hitches have developed.

In spite of the long ballot, the election night watch shouldnt stretch out, Brock said, "Sixty per cent of the voting population is in the 25 pounties with voting machines, he explained. Once they have reported, the trends should be pretty well evident.

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Those who satisfactorily complete it will transfer to Chapel Hill to complete their training.

It is to be hoped that the medical school can be expanded to two years next year and then develoi^ ' into a full four year school. Certainly we beleive most easterners are in accord with this aim. And we feel that Tar Heels all across the state recognize the need.

The Daily Reflector has attempted to ask candidates for state offices as they came through how they felt about the expansion of the medical school here.

We did not do this to make the medical school an issue. Frankly we thiiik it should be beyond politics at this point. North Carolina simply should do it, and we would rather that the candidates be unanimously in favor of it.

We will not attempt to recapitulate all of the candidates thinking on this matter; however we feel every voter should make certain that the candidate he intends to vote for is willing to work for the expansion of the ECU medical school.

Development of the medical school is vital to improving health care in North Carolina. The next governor and other state officials should furnish the leadership, working with the universities board of governors, to see that this development takes place.

Dove Element Jump The Gun

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON - The top Democratic leaders of the House reversed themselves and embraced their partys anti-Vietnam orthodoxy last week at just the moment when polling data pointed to new public anger over North Vietnams offensive and new support for President Nixons war policy.

Those House Democrats still supporting the President were stunned last Thursday morning when Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma and Majority Leader Hal Boggs of Louisiana unexpectedly ended seven years of support for the U.S. commitment in Vietnam by voting with the 135 to 66 majority to get out now.

Albert and Boggs said nothing before or during the closed-door Democratic caucus to signal their dramatic switch to the partys new Vietnamese orth(>doxy which stands apart from public opinion. Indeed, that orthodoxy is so intense that the peace Democrats actually believe their abhorrence of retaliatory bombing is shared by the public. In their zeal, they imposed this view on the Albert-Boggs leadership.

As a result. House Democrats now lead public opinion on Vietnam after seven years of lagging behind the Senate doves. Although unpredictable events on volatile battlefields in Vietnam might any day produce the public dovishness they now imagine, current evidence is that they misread the public.

, That is indicated, among other polling data, by pollster Albert Sindlinger, who regularly makes national telephone surveys to thousands of respondents. When the Communists invaded South Vietnam March 30, hawkish sentiments wanting to go all out to win the war rose from 23.3 per cent to 29.7 per cent, then climbed again to 31.4 per cent with Mr. Nixons bombing of the north. Extreme dovish sentiment wanting to admit defeat and give up dropped from 19.8 per cent

to 19.2 per cent with the invasion, then rose to 20.3 per cent with the bombing.

Equally significant are Sindlinger answers to whether "President Nixon is doing all he can to settle the war. Hitting a low of 46.8 per cent after the 1970 Cambodian operation, yes answers reached 63 per cent with Mr. Nioxons peace plan in January. They dripped to 59.1 per cent with the Communist offensive, then, remarkably, climbed to 63.3 per cent with the bombing.

Such findings contradict the conventional Democratic wisdom that the public is outraged by renewed bombing. On the unsupported assumption that super-dove Sen. George McGoverns campaign for President has been dramatically aided by anti-war feeling. House doves claim Mr. Nixon erred fatally in unleashing the B-52s,

These convictions increased months of pressure on Albert and Boggs by House Democratic doves, who laid down this implicit ultimatum: If you continue to oppose the caucus majority, your days of leadership may be numbered.

Following a private Pentagon briefing early last week. Speaker Albert gave intimates the impression he still supported the Nixon policy. But on Thursday morning, Albert aand Boggs submitted to the new Democratic majority. First voting against the resolution which denounced U.S. bombing without mentioning the North Vietnamese invasion, they switched when it was amended to condemn the Communist offensive that triggered the bombing.

Some conservative Democrats did not even wait for that amendment. The original resolution was backed by erstwhile hawks James J. t)elaney of New York, Daniel J. Flood of Pennsylvania, Eligi de la Garza of Texas, Thomas N. Downing of Virginia and Chet Holifield of California.

The switch by the influential Holifield resulted directly from peace-bloc pressure. Facing opposition (Continued on page 5)

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Strength For Today

PAY UP A certain little borough installed parking meters several years ago. In the office where fines are paid for overtime parking there is a sign which takes some of the sting out of the four-dollar fine that the city fathers have announced as about right in the way of punishment. The sign reads; Abusive conduct toward violation clerks will be treated as contempt of court.

Cant you see them and hear them? "Why I didnt have my car out all that day. The cop that turned me in must be crazy. "What kind of a racket are you running around here? "Yes, thats the way' my names spelled, but I aint done nothing unlawful. Next thing youll be accussing me of murder. Whats the use of trying to do whats right when you get a deal like this?

Cmon buddie, lay the four dollars down on the counter and get going. Yes, even with prices as they are today you could have helped yourself to something worthwhile if you had that four dollars back again. But whats the use? Some months ago a chap was standing before a half dozen listeners and saying vehemently: "I know my rights and Im going to take this thing into court if you dont give them to me. What a time he must have getting to sleep at night. Everybody around him is stupid and unjust. Town gossip has it that he has pounded two tables into kindling wood. When we begin pounding the table and shouting and talking about our rights people are going to slip away holding their noses and pointing to their heads (meaning, of course, his head).

By Earl Douglass

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By ART BUCHWALD

Hurricanes And Women

WASHINGTON The National Hurricane Center has just released 14 feminine names for this seasons storms. They are Agnes, Betty, Carry, Dawn, Edna, Felice, Gerda, Harriet, niene, Jane, Kara, Lucille,

Mae and Nadine. The names, according to the NHC, are picked by computer and no slurs are intended. But some Womens Lib organizations have complained about our weather people naming hurricanes after women. I

Other Editors Say A Lot Of Greed

(Jacksonville Daily News)

^ 'Theres a curious thing about the consumerism movement.

Its a movement of the good little guys, the consumers, to impose ethical respisibility on the big bad guys, the corporations, who sell us shoddy goods or poor service and maybe pollute the environment while doing it.

But the people who run the big bad corporations, are, as M-ivate citizens in other situations, consumers, too. And millions (rf the good little guys work for the corporations and help make the shoddy goods or deliver the poor services they complain about when it is done by somebody else.

One case in point, which has nothing to do with consumerism but which illustrates this curious ability of people to separate their public and private roles, is the revelation that the Small Business Administration was defrauded of millions of dollars by victims of the Los Angeles earthquake defrauded not by business but by individual people.

Swamped with claims, the SBA was forced to accept the word of claimants, who in many cases suffered far less damage to their property than they alleged, or suffered none at all,

('This incidentally punches holes in another idea that a government agency is a heartless thing run by faceless bureaucrats devoted to ensnaring helpless citizens in miles of red tape.)

Another case in point, which also has nothing to do with consumerism, is the Treasury Departments report that a spot check of income tax returns in the Southeast found 97 per cent of them fradulent. The returns were prepared by professional tax services, but dont bet that any overwhelming number of the taxpayers who used outside help were innociently unaware of the hanky-panky.

In neither example, in the Southwest or Southeast, was there any organized conspiracy by big bad guys to cheat good little guys. In both, it was simply a matter of grass-roots greed.

The moral for the consumerism movement? Maybe none at all. Or maybe just this that honesty, like charity, begins at home. Or as Pogo put its, We have met the enemy and he is us.

spoke to Prof. Fritz Folgelhammer, one of the leading hurricane watchere in the United States, who said that while he is sympathetic to the complaints of some women, he feels it is impossible to describe hurricanes except in the

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feminine terms.

The hurricane, as you know, is a storm over water attaining diameters of several hundred miles, following a curved path away from the equator. When fully developed, these tropical cyclones can cause untold damage to shipping and the shoreline. The cold dry air mixed with the warm moist air and moving in a circular pattern can come on without warning.

"Any man who is married can appreciate why we have named our hurricanes after women,

It does seem to fit, I agreed.

We name our hurricanes in hopes of personalizing them so people will pay attention to where the hurricanes are going. If we named them after men, no one'would care about them until it was too late. If we called our hurricanes Max or Charley or Arthur or Spiro, they would be ignored. But when we say Hurricane Agnes is on her way, people (Continued on page 5)

Mover Is The

Loser

By JAMES R. NORMAN Associated Press Writer

MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) -The move from a city apartment to a suburban house means different things to different people. To me, its largely a matter of readjusting my approach to traditional chores.

Take spring cleaning, the traditional time to pick up the carpet and follow the directions of a knowledgable supervisor usually femaleon where the furniture looks best for the bright season.

Put the couch there, why dont you, and maybe we could move the bookcase over against that wall, she says.

Unhnh.

That looks better, but dont you think it should be on the other side of the window?

Unhnh.

But if you think your backs hurting you now, city-dweller, just try fitting yourself into this suburban scene:

10 p.m. The nursery at the nearby highway shopping center has closed at 9:30. Headlights probe the living room as what you normally would expect to be a car swerves into the driveway.

But its not a car. Its a military transport of some type, covered with jungle camouflage. No, wait a minute. Under that foliage, its baby blue, so it cant be a tank.

The door slams.

Guess what? she announces. I have flowered crab, three dogwoods, a cherry tree, a plum tree, a peach tree, and silver maple, a popular tree, three lilacs and a weeping willow.

Oh? That willow and I are going to get to understand each other, it occurs to me.

They told me we have to plant them when its cool out.

Yeah?

Its supposed to be really hot tomorrow.

Unhnh.

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40 Years Ago Today

ByGWYNCOGHILL April 28,1932 Members of the Greenville Kiwanis Club will journey to Grimesland Friday evening for their second out-of-town meeting of the year. The meeting will be in the form of the celebration of Farmer Night and Hon. Fred P. Latham of Belhaven, former member of the State Board of Agriculture, will deliver the principal address.

Emissaries continued to search for the kidnapped son of Ck)lonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh today, but concrete developments were scarce.

Governors of more than a score of American people today joined in a tribute to the mother of George Washington. At the tomb of George Washington the governors listened to a tribute and then placed a wreath on the grave. Tonight the governors will attend a formal dinner at the White House.

Mutual Funds' Sales Slowed

By ELMER ROESSNER

The no-load mutual funds are still growing but not at as fast a clip as previously, and well below their peak year of 1969.

No-load funds, of course, are those which are offered directly to shareholders at net asset value, without an additional sales charge. At the end of 1971 there were 160 no-load funds, according to the No-Load Mutual Fund Association, with net assets of $5.85 billion.

In 1970 there were 137 no-load funds with assets of $4.10 billion. And in 1969, 137 such funds with $3.8 billion in assets.

Sales in 1971 were only $1.01 billion, however. 'This was a good rise over a year earlier when sales were $850 million but still under the $1.02 billion record in 1969.

Moreover, redemptions in the most recent year were a staggering $647.2 million. 'This brought net sales dovm to $367.8 million, the poorest showing in four years.

In contrast, 1970 redemp

tions amounted to only $370.3 million and resulted in net sales of $477.9 million. And in the previous year net sales came to approximately $681 million after redemptions of $337 million.

'The funds share of total sales, which dropped sharply

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in 1970, was virtually unchanged last year. This was due largely to the increases in the number of no-load funds.

But in the net sales per individual fund, the no-loads experienced a sharp decline from about $6.2 million in 1969, to $3.5 million in 1970, to $2.5 million last year.

Total net assets of the no-load mutual funds continued to climb in 1971 despite the slowdown in net sales growth. They set a new record of $5.85 billion which was $1.75 billion over the previous year and

$2.05 billion above two years ago.

Individual Car Imports Risky

Importing foreign cars by individuals is becoming trickier because of the new safety standards going into effect.

Any car manufactured before 1968 does not have to meet U.S. Federal Safety Standards and can be brought into the country with no problem. Those manufactured in 1968 and thereafter must comply with the standards in effect on the date of manufacture or they cant be driven on American Highways.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the best thing the individual car importer can do to protect himself is to make sure that the car was manufactured for American use and has a Certification Label to that effect permanently attached to the car.

V^icles which ck) not have

the Certification lable were manufactured for sale and use elsewhere and have to be adapted to U.S. requirements. This adaption can be difficult and expensive. If the purchaser isnt qualified to judge the adaptions he should have a reputable and reliable party make and check the modifications.

The penalty for importing an unqualified car can be considerable difficulty with U.S. Customs, excessive adaptation costs and a car that is not safe by current standards.

Per Capita Taxes Bite $97 Deeper

Every man, woman and child in the United States will pay an average of $1,023 in Federal Taxes during the 1973 fiscal year, aciiording to the Tax Foundation, Inc. 'The federal tax burden will range from a high of $1,462 per resident of Connecticut down to-i$563 per individual in Mississippi. 'The new** compares with $926 in fiscal 1972.