Meaning Transcends Problems

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Paradoxically the strife-and tragedy-flled (Mympics of 1972 ended on a joyous note.

The final ceremonies were planned as a sdemn occasion, but the athletes snake danced through the stadium as if attempting to wipe away the bitter and sad memories of the events which had plagued the Olympics.

Curiously to us as the happiness exuded from the television screen during the final ceremonies which were sent back to the United States, the joy did not seem disrespectful to those who had lost their lives. It was as if the young athletes had known

Overfed, But

Undernourished

By BRYAN HAISLIP RALEIGH, Too many North Carolina children are overfed and undernourished.

Eating habits that fill them up but leave out proper nutrition can add up to poor school performance for voungsters, said Elizabeth Jukes, chief of the nutrition section for the State Board of Health.

Skimpy breakfasts, late aftmuwn snacks, and hectic schedules that interfere with regtilar meals are school year hazards to good family nutrition, she added.

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Parents need to do their homework well, she cautioned, to make sure that the dinner sui^ies a diet balanced among the basic food groups and ample in nutrients.

More than that, it should be attractive to sight and taste and appealing in variety. There is a great deal of enjoyment in food, said Miss Jukes. You dont have to forget the fun to remember good nutritHMi.

Nutrition as a health problem has no economic or social boundries. It reaches the children of the well-to-do along with those from families in poverty, she added.

Survey Showed Problems A North Carolina nutrition survey last year indicated that one-fifth of Tar Heel families with annual income over $9,000 nonetheless had inadequate diets. Among preschool children, Miss Jukes recalled, it did appear that economic level of the family made any significant difference in the level of nutrition.

Food attitudes are formed early and shaped by cultural patterns. The child adopts the eating habits practiced by the family and sanctioned by the social environment.

My, what a cute baby! So nice and fat.

Be good, and you can have a piece of candy.

Gean your plate. Think of the starving millions overseas whod be glad to get the food you waste.

The truth is. Miss Jukes said, that a fat baby is not necessarily a healthy baby. The child rewarded with sweets may grow up to be an overweight adult. The first sin of waste is overloading the plate; better a small serving followed by a second helping.

Snacks Spell Trouble Most people run into trouble with what they eat

away from the taUe. We are fNTone to make our decisions about food moment by moment, Miss Jukes remarked. We decide we wont eat too much, then we taste this and take just a little of that. Before long, weve made a meal of nibbles. Children are apt to copy that habit from their parents, she noted.

One way to assure good nutrition is to see that the family has regular meals. It easier to involve planning that way. Most of us do best on three meals a day. she explained.

Each meal should supply one-third of the nutrients for the day, and each should include some foods from three of the four basic groups milk, meat, vegetables and fruits, and breads and cereals.

Snacks are the enemy of good nutrition because they tend to spoil the appetite for the regular meal, she said, and substitute high-calorie foods for a balanced diet. Good Nutrition Suggestions For mothers of school children. Miss Jukes offered these suggestions to promote good nutrition.

Never send the child to school without breakfast. It is very important for the child to begin the day with breakfast. Many schools now serve breakfast. 'This has advantages, particualarly for children who have a long wait and bus ride before reaching school,'^ said.

Encourage the child to have a good lunch at school. The school lunch gets a lot of unjustified criticism. Many mothers say their children get tired of the food at school, she said. All the same, the lunch is planned to provide one-third of daily nutrients, and packing a lunch equal in nutrition demands planning and turns out no more economical, she said.

Limit after-school snacks. G-ackers a half-hour before supper will take away the appetite. Why not keep a shelf in the refrigerator with fruits and raw vegetables for the children to munch on^ Set out a bowl of fruit insted of a candy dish, she suggested.

Support the nutrition education the child receives at school. Cooperation from the family is very helpful to the teachers efforts to improve nutrition, Miss Jukes added.

Achieving good nutrition for the family doesnt require banning the cookie jar or doing away with tasty desserts, she said. The foods contribute to good health, too, as long as they are consumed in moderation and not as a substitute for a diet balanced in nutrition and variety, she reminded.

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deep sorrow when their comrades died at the hands o fanatics, and now they were telling the world that' the Olympics must be continued, that the games have meaning to the participants which traracend all the tragedy and problems.

The deaths of the Israelis will always hang over future Olympic games and it is clear that secinrity will have to be tightened to prevent any such horror recurring in the future. It is also obvious that something will have to be done about other problems which plagued this years games. Obviously bad refereeing which possibly cost the United States in the competition, needs attention. Rules on what drugs athletes can take must be clarified after young Rick DeMont was disqualified for taking legitimate drug for asthma.

The Olympic games have many weaknesses and most of them were painfully revealed in this years competition. The tragedy of the slaughtered Israelis overshadowed everything else.

We feel that a moment of respect should be set aside at every future Olympics in memory of the Israelis, but there is no question in our minds that these age old athletic events should be continued.

The strife of this years games tells us there is much that needs correction; however the troubles should be looked on as a challenge to improve the games, rather than a reason to abolish them.

The young p^ple expressed their joy at being a part of the big event at this years closing ceremonies and this is a joy that should not be denied to future generations because of this years troubles.

Wooing Back

In The

Home

Stretch

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) - Many people complain, Ive got a thousand and one things to do.

Me? I cant make that complaint anymore. Ive only got about 830 things to do.

The 830 things are the number of columns I still have to write before I retire at 65, and the Great Pocketbook in Washington, D.C., turns around and starts dribbling back free money my way.

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By ART BUCHWALD

The Estranaed Caado Prepares Again

w WASHINGTON Everv The Canadians repaint all Canada change their mini

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

HOUSTON - What the hell is he doing here? grumbled an engineer at Houstons Manned Space Center watching Sen. George

McGovern on a guided tour. I suppose hes going to do a 180 on space too.

Thirty minutes later, McGovern flirted with just such a 180-degree turn away from his adamant anti-space spending policy. Telling unemployed space technicians I believe in the space program, McGovern added he wanted unmanned, not manned, spacecraft. But, he went on. Dr. Chris Kraft of the Manned Space Gnter had revealed to him that the new space shuttle is needed, manned or unmanned. This did McGovern, having denounced the space shuttle all year, suggest he might reconsider.

That suggestion, an impromptu notion of McGoverns not discussed with advisers, fits into his post-Labor Day campaigning: court voting blocs alienated by his past policies, telling them what they want to hear. Thats in the American political tradition but nevertheless deeply disturbing to many ardent McGovemites.

Moreover, McGoverns emphasis on mollifying estranged voter blocs contributes to themeless in his campaign. And although he escaped last week from the August doldrums with his best speeches in months, there is still no sign his campaign is cutting significantly into President Nixons immense lead.

The reason for McGoverns emphasis on appeasing critics derives from his unique nomination, in the face of hostility from substantial elements in the Democratic party. Accordingly, his strategy is to devote September to winning back enough disaffected Democrats to launch an effective October drive against Mr. Nixon.

Thus, when McGovern came to Los Angeles last week, his high command in Washington ordered some

Jewish event to fight leakage of Southern California Jews out of the Democratic party into Mr. Mxons arms. McGoverns California operatives hastily arranged a Wednesday morning meeting with Loss Angeles rabbis by chance coming the day after the Olympic Village tragedy.

Consulting Jewish advisers back East over the telephone Tuesday night, McGovern developed a position President Nixon cannot match; no diplomatic relations with Egypt until Cairo restrains Arab terrorists (who are not under Egyptian control anyway).

McGovern, told that the rabbis distrusted hts preference for Sen. J. W. Fulbright as Secretary of State, promptly informed them Fulbrights pro-Arab views now disqualified him. Naturally, he did not mention that his own Mideast views once closely resembled Fulbrights.

Later Wednesday morning, addressing the machinists union convention, McGovern drew his biggest applause by suggesting protection of American products (though, as a free trader, he opposes the Hartke-Burke tariff bill). Forewarned that few machinists are cloves, he omitted his usual anit-Vietnam pronouncement.

Arrriving in Dallas Wed-nesay night, McGovern dropped his habitual denunciation of oil millionaires and added praise of Lyndon B. Johnson. In Houston Thursday, while saying space spending should drop to $2 billion from $3.2 billion, he made the breathtaking promise of another job for every unemployed aerospace worker (programmed) plus his hinted softening on the space shuttle (unprogrammed).

Such conventional political trimming has generated protests from McGovemite ideologues (including Gary Hart, head of McGoverns national organization) that this is not the George McGovern of the primaries blaming it on advice from (Continued on page 5)

WASHINGTON - Every four years 40 to 50 million Americans vow that if their man doesnt win the Presidency, they will move to Canada.

This year is no different, and I have heard many of my dearest friends say, If McGovern is elected. Im taking the family to Canada. Or If Nixon gets in for another four years. Im leaving the country.

The trouble with these threats is that the Canadians take them seriously. Since they are so short on population, the idea of 40 or 50 million new immigrants makes their mouths water.

The Canadians start building new homes and schools to accommodate the disenchanted American voters. Slopping centers are constructed, contracts are given out for drive-in theaters and motels.

The Canadians repaint all their buildings and touch up their lawns to make the Americans feel at home.

Night classes are given on how to treat the new arrivals. Welcome Wagons are beefed up and new factories are built to provide jobs for the millions of Democrats or Republicans who say they cannot live in the United States under a Communist Democratic or Fascist Republican regime.

To facilitate the move, Canadian customs officials are told not to open any luggage of American emigrants. Canadian Mounties are instructed to go easy on traffic tickets.

No expense is spared in preparing for the influx of people.

But what inevitably happens is that after the election the 40 or 50 million people who vowed they would go to

Canada change their minds and remain in the United States to stick it out under That Man in the White House.

I saw it happen when John Kennedy beat Nixon. I saw it happen again when Lyndon Johnson beat Barry Gold-water, and again in 1968 when Richard Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey.

Canada was waiting with welcoming arms for all the people who said they couldnt live in the United States any more.

ART

BUCHWALD

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To the editor:

While the proposed recreation program covers a variety of interests, swimming pools appear to have priority. A total of $270,000 for seasonal recreation seems extravagant. Though federal funds are to pay half, such funds still come from our government and we sui^rt our government.

Greenville has made splendid recreational strides in the past, but there are gaps that need closing. Above all, what provision is being made to transport participants to the activities? We offer free recreational programs, but forget all the children do not own bicycles; all teens do not have access to cars; and many senior citizens have to rely on neighbors, relatives, or strangers, which can be a psychological discomfort. Some older women have walked from downtown Greenville to Elm Street recreational building. While walking is beneficial, it can be overdone. We are providing more tax services instead of city transportation for the needy. Transportation is our greatest need, far more than pools with their added drain on electrical current and water supply during a season when these are at a premium.

What are the added programs for senior citizens? Why havent steps been taken to obtain Golden Age admissions to theatres at reduced prices similar to other cities? What about meals on whes? Why is downtown minus benches for comfort? Our beautiful but empty park graces the Tar Tiver, but it is of limited use. Lack of public transportation keeps it out of bounds even if it had benches and shade trees for comfort.

Let us get the buses rolling and then Greenville will have really made progress.

Evelyn Beasley Greenville

Nobody came.

All the hopes and dreams of the Canadians to double their population overnight vanished, but it left a taste of bitterness that lingers on.

The greatest cause of anti-American feelings in Canada can be attributed to our presidential election-year promises which people in this country have failed to keep.

How long can the Canadians keep building up their country for people who promise to go there and then refuse to go?

At the moment Canada is in a terrible quandary. The ambassador in Washington has reported that 45 million Republicans have vowed to go to Canada if Cieorge McGovern becomes President of the United States. He has also reported that surveys indicate that 40 million Democrats will come if Nixon stays in the White House.

Canada must decide in the next few weeks whether to go through the motions of preparing for them or to ignore these vows as idle threats. Suppose this time all the people who say theyre going to Canada really do? Yet suppose the Canadians spend all the money and nobody shows up?

It seems to me its incumbent on every American

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There was a time, however, when I had 8,206 things to do but didnt know itelse Id have gone into a coma to escape such a doom.

That was when I first started writing this column just 29 years ago this month. It was a battlefield baby, bom on die beach at Salerno during our invasion landing in Italy in 1943.

The chance at it I owe to my friend of a lifetime, Emie Pyle. The great success of Ernies wartime human interest column about soldier life led a number of Associated Press editors to ask if there wasnt room in American journalism for a similar type of column to be carried by The AP. It turned out there was.

Ernies column led him to a lasting fame and a premature death at 44. Mine had led me through two more wars and 67 countries and the miAds and hearts and so^ of hundreds of peopl^I haye met and written about towell, to here.

But here I am, heading into the home stretch with only 830 days at the typewriter left in which to save mankind and make a better world. I feel like a 90-pound anemic version of Hercules thrust into the vast Augean stables, handed a small toothbrush, and told, Gean it up, kid.

The supposed occupational ailments of columnists are smugness and vainglory. I (Continued on page S)

40 Years Ago Today

By GWYN COGHILL September 13,1932 Greenville has a new cotton yard. It is located near the National Biscuit plant on Albemarle Avenue and is easily accessible to the various cotton interests of the city and community. The old cotton yard was located on the platform of the Norfolk Southern freight depot, but that section of the city has become congested in recent years that it was deemed advisable to move to another section of the city where the handling of stape could be conducted with greater facility.

Undetermined damage to valuable timber lands of this section is being done by forest fires burning on several fronts around Greenville. Today smoke, from the fires threw a pall over the city during the early morning hours, decreasing visibility and endangering traffic along some of the main highways radiating out of the city.

Strength For Today Reassessing Of Mutual Funds

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GOD WANT TO BE MERCIFUL In the 36th chapter of the Book of Jeremiah is found the account of how Jehoiakim, king of Judah, dealt with the sermons and wise counsel of the prophet Jeremiah.

This Jeremiah, first because he had a discerning mind and secondly because he was under the commandment and guidance of (^, saw that ruin was descending upon his country and that the only way to avoid it was by a thoroughgoing moral renovation.

Jeremiah kept on His preaching and his warning but neither king nor people paid any attention. At least certain members of the kings court persuaded the monarth to listen a while

until they read to him some of Jeremiahs words. And the king listenedbut only for a few moments for he became bored, and snatching the book from the readers hand cut the pages with a penknife and cast them into the fire.

Here indeed was a lost man, and anyone in the Biblical sense of the term is truly lost who meets the advance of God in this spirit. We are all sinners, but there is a difference between sinners. The only hopeful sinners are the ones who are trying to get away from their sins, to riied them,, to break their power.

When men treat the advances of God with contmpt and ridicule they are storing up for themselves a solemn season of judgment. ^

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By JOHN CUNNIFF AP Business Analyst NEW YORK (AP) -Having reached a high-level plateau built of $57 billion in assets divided among 11 million shareholder accounts in about 4(X) funds, the mutual fund industry now is reassessing its role, trying to chart its future.

Looking back down the hill is easier. There were only 312,0(X) accounts 30 years ago. Assets back then totaled less than $500 million. Hie industry had nowhere to go but up, and up it rose, lifted by the new affluence.

But now the growth has stalled. Purchases still are running at a rate oi more than $5 billion a year, but redemptions have jumped from a long-term average of 7 per cent of assets to more than 10 ptT cent.

Many fund investors are disillusioned by the erratic record of some not all funds. Others, it is said, have been forced to redeem because of taxes and unemployment. And others, having achieved goals, are simply cashing in.

A good many fund people claim that nothing is seriously wrong, and this njpy indeed be the case. But other fund managers feel the future wont be like the past. They are using the plateau as a base camp to re-equip for the next climb.

Few fund executives are more realistic about the present problems or more enthusiastic about the future thw Jack Rogers, the new vice president for product development at Anchor Corp., which manages $2 f

billion in seven funds.

Rogers has very few doubts that Americans of middle income are waiting for new investment vehicles to be presented.

Mutual funds must recognize that the small investor is becoming more sophisticated, Rogers states. People of ordinary means are seeking advice and counseling. They are searching for ways to develop and preserve sniall estates.

As he sees it, they arent giving up on mutual funds, but quite clearly they are seeking additional vehicles for their investments and are seeking coordination of tax planning, insurance, investments, savings, pensions and so on,

Viewed in the context of the past, the product of a mutual

fund management company would be only one small element in this total plan. But Rogers and a few others see the management company of the future as provicUng all these products.

The new view, as expressed by Rogers is that the fund management company is the connective tissue that binds together all the elements of estate planning.

, The small investor is avaricious for investments advice and outlets, Rogers feels, adding that people of average means recognize the value of shrewd investments, especially in regard to inflation and taxes.

Now, he says, if we put our imprimatui^on a dealRhe dealers will be inclined to sell < our product.

And if Rgers reasoning is coiTect, the peofrie^v^ll buy.