4Th Daily Reflector, Greenville, N.C.Thursday. November 15, 1173

Student Assignment A Must ?

North Carolina is among sevaral states whose lugher education desegr^ation plans were rejected by the Department of Healtti^ Education and Welfare

It has been reported that plans were rejected for Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Louisiana and Mississippi have been told to submit plans by Nov. 30 or face court action,

A letter to Gov. James E. Holshouser suggested numerical goals for integrating the states campuses, with an implication that black campuses should become one-third white.

Among the suggestions was a biracial committee to assist in preparing a plan.

The rejection of the plan must be disappointing to those who worked long and hard to develop a plan that they felt would be suitable to North Carolinas system (rf higher education.

We frankly dont see how the directive can be net without assigning students to university campus, rather than allowing students to choose their universities as has been historically true in North Carolina.

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Enforcing At Local Levels

By BILL NOBLITT

RALEIGH-City and county officials across the state have been sent copies of a model ordinance to be implemented locally in control of sedimentation pollution

nie states Sedimentation Control Commission is urging local governments to set up the machinery to issue permits and enforce the rules covering soil-disturbing activities as adopted by the 1973 General Assembly.

It is important to note that local governments are given the option under this legislation of developing and submitting to the commission for approval local ordinances for control of sedimentation. If approved. . .such control programs could fulfill the enforcement of the state act, said James E. Harrington, secretary of the Department of Natural and Ekionomic Resources under which the Sedimentaion Control Commission operates.

Hope For Response

State officials hope local governments will respond since they are candid in admitting that the state doeait have the manpower to supervise and enforce the new regulations.

The commission is currently operating as a two-man office, with Qarence B. Shimer as coordinator, and one man on^oan from the federal Soil Conservation Service.

TTie purpose of the program is to reduce the amount of stream or lake pollution due to construction activities, reducing the amount of soil washed away and helping to eliminate future flooding of streams due to the buildup of washed so in the streams.

TTie bulk of new regulations are slated to take effect July 1, 1974, and Harrington is urging local governments to take prompt action, with the hint that if they fail to do so, the state will.

We feel that this opportunity provides local governments with a meaningful way to immediately enter into the important work of controlling damage and pollution from erosion and sedimentation. . rather than have another state agency controlling such activities, Harrington wrote in a cover letter to local officials.

He also promised technical and educational assistance for implementing the local program from the state commission, from the U. S. Soil Conservation Service, and from the N. C, Agricultural Extension Service.

Three Rules

While the major part of local enforcement is not requir^ until next year, the General Assembly included three mandatory provisions N^ich are curritly in effect:

A buffer zone must be kept between any con-sturction wirk and a nearby stream or lake;

Angle of slopes are regulated and any exposed soil on a slope must be planted or otherwise covered within 30 days;

Any tract larger than one acre cannot be left exposed for more than 30 days miless active construction is underway on it.

Going beyond those mandatory controls, the model ordinances sent out by the state would require that local permits be issued before land-disturbing activities could be carried out, and that erosion control plans might be called for when local officials review the application for a permit.

Any project of more than five acres would require a permit and erosion control plan without option.

Copies of the erosion control plans would be submitted to local Soil and Water Conservation District officials at the same time it goes to the local governmental officials, allowing for their review and reaction as well.

Specifically excluded from the law, as included in the model ordinances, would be farming activities; timber production activities; and projects carried out by local, federal or state government agencies:or funded by governmental agencies.

There are currently three areas in the state with local sedimentation ordinances in effect: Raleigh, Forsyth County and Winston-Salem, and Transylvania County.

Local ordinances, once drawn up to suit local peculiarities such as terrain and soil conditions, will be submitted to the states Sedimentation Control Commission for review and approval.

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It is obvious, though, that more work be required to satisfy the Department of Hdalth-Education and Wefare. <

JUST AS ONE STARTED TO SLOW D

Def end-lsraer Pledge Needs 2nd Thoughts

If Secretary of State Henry Kissinger goes through with the proposed treaty in which the U. S. government wo\ild guarantee to defend Israel if attacked, it would probably be approved by Congress. The pro-Israel element in the Saiate is extremely strong.

The irony is that its most vociferous members include many of the same individuals who strongly objected to the U. S. honoring the same commitment to South Vietman.

Its very easy to agree to such treaties. Honoring them is something else. Both Secretary Kissinger and the Congress should weigh the grave inherent risks such a defend-Israel treaty entails. At this hour, and as far into the future as one can foresee, that kind of promise involves a readiness to confront Russia and all its satellites if need be. Our European allies w(Hild not and will not be involved. Theyve already made thir position clear.

Bennett Plans 'Olive Branch'

Health,

Comfort

By JOHN KILGO

Tom Bennett, the new chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, says he will extend the olive branch to those Republicans who opposed me for chairman and try to convince them that our party will be wide open.

We will certainly include Frank Rouse and his supporters in our future plans, Bennett told me in an interview, Tm not a vindictive man. Im not the- kind of person who would want to kick out the people who opposed me. Gov. (Jim) Holshouser is not that kind of

person.

The key issue in the campaign between Bennett and Rouse turned out to be Gene Anderson, Gov. Holshousers top aide. Rouse and Anderson became bitter

enemies.

I asked Bennett what role Anderson would play in the Tar Hedi Republican Party.

Im certain Gene will play a prominent role as the Governors number one assistant, Bennett replied. However, I have also discovered in working with Gie that 1 find him to be very cooperative and interested in the Republican Party.

I think (Srene has been made to look like the big bad bear that he really isnt, Bennett continued. As party chairman Im going to work cooperatively with the Governors office and with whoever is working with him, just as I will work with Frank Rouse.

Bennett says he doesnt think the Republican Party in North Carolina is as badly split as people say it is. He says the vast majority of Republicans at the state convention supported him for chairman.

I fought a clean cam-pign, Bennett said, and I will be able to go to those who supported Frank and put out the olive branch. I dont think our party has permanent

injuries.

Bennett says his top priority will be to put together a sound budget, pay off the partys debt, and then get ready for the 1974 goieral elections, especially those concerning Republicans running for the General Assembly.

The new GOP diairman says he will also be traveling across North Carolina meeting Republicans and offering his services to help build local organizations for the GOP.

We want to bring unity to our party, Bennett said and I know we can do it.

Meanwhile Rouse told me in a sepearte interview that he thinks itll be a long time before some of his supporters get over the chairmandiip fight.

We didnt know wdiat we were up against, Rouse said. You dont get beat like I did and not feel it. The Governor fought me with all he had. I thought Republicans were strong enough to hold out for their convictions but I guess I was wrong.

Rouse says one of his closest friends came up to him shortly before the GOP convention and said he had to go for Bennett because he couldnt resist the pressure any longer.

Rouse says hell remain interested in politics but added; I neglected my business for two years. Now Ill be back in Kinston trying to put that back together. This will be a full time job for me I assure you.

By JAMES J. KILPATRICK

of Judges And Newsmen

On Oct. 15, the U. S. Supreme Court entered a laconic order: Case No. 72-1511. Dickinson v. U. S. The petition for a writ of ceritorari is denied, Mr. Justice Douglas would grant certiorari.

Few persons paid much attention to the order. It came at a wild time in the news, coinciding with the Agnew resignation, the Ford nomination, and the losing round for the Presidwit in the case of the Watergate tapes. Yet the Supreme Courts refusal to review the sentences imposed in Louisiana upon Larry Dickinson and Gibbs Adams will rank among the most significant and most ominous events of this term. The effect is to give new and powerful meaning to the concept of judicial supremacy, and simultaneously to jeopardize

the peoples right to know what goes on in their courts.

Let me try to give both sides. The case arose two years ago this month in Baton Rouge, where a black civil rights activist, Frank Stewart,had been arrested on a charge of conspiracy to murder the mayor. Stewart denied the charge absolutely and contended that he was the victim of trumped up accusations by the state. After various legal maneuvers, the case wound up before U. S. District Judge E. (Jordon West for a hearing limited to the single question of whether Stewarts indictment was contrived or legitimate.

As the hearing began, Judge West made a stunning announcement; It is ordered that no, no report of the testimony be taken in this case today shall be made in

Opinions In Brief

Other Editors Say A New Auto Tax?

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Automobiles are properly defined as personal property but if another way can be found to tax them with more revenue coming to local governments that other way should be followed.

At present, automobiles are supposed to be listed for taxation with other personal property. The flaw in the plan is that many taxpapers, estimated somewhere between 5 and 15 percent, dont bother to list their automobiles. The result is that many cars go untaxed, and many local government miss out on taxes they shol.d have.

In Wake County, the tax officials make a valiant effort to check the state license r^istration list against the tax listings here. During the last fiscal year, the Wake officials located $3,500,(XX) worth of untaxed automobiles, and even that astounding total didnt include all the untaxed cars in this country. The officials just didnt have time enough to finish the job.

A state legislative subcommittee has apiH-oved a bill that would substitute an excise tax on motor vdiicles for the present system of listing them as personal property. The owner would have to pay the excise tax at the time license plates are purchased, and the state would send the money to the local governments. It has been estimated this would mean a $13 million increase in local revenues across the state.

Rep. Robert A. Jones, Rutherford Democrat, sponsored the measure. He says that the only pecle the bill could hurt are those who arent paying the taxes on their vdiicles. The people who do pay their taxes will join Jones in being unable to work iq) any sympathy for them.

TTie measure is to go to the 1974 legislature for action. If it is enacted, it wouldnt become effective until 1976, which should IM*ovide ample time for preparations necessary to change he system of tax cdlection.

The new system wont bother the citizens who have been paying their vehicles taxes. Theyll be paying aiq)roximately the same amount, but at a different time.

any newspaper, or by radio or television, or by any other news media.

That breath taking edict, amounting to absolute censorship of the press, was intended to protect the defendant from the possibiity that pre-trial publicity might jeopardize the selection of a jury later on. Judge West was doing his duty as he saw it, and there is no reason to challenge the sincerity of his intentions.

Dickinson and Adams, reporters for the Morning Advocate and State Times, had a duty of their own. They could not possibly submit to any such gag upon a free press. They therefore wrote accurate, straighforward accounts of th.e hearing. Judge West promptly found them guilty of criminal contempt and fined each of them $300. The effect of the Supreme Courts order of Oct. 15 was to uphold Judge West.

There is no question that Judge Wests gag order was in flagrant violation of the Ck)nstitution. This was the ruling of the 5th U. S. Circuit in August, 1972, when the case came up on appeal. In an opinion by Chief Judge John R. Brown, the Circuit Court held that Wests blanket ban on publication of court proceedings so far trangresses First Amendment freedoms that any such absolute proscription cannot withstand the mildest breeze eminating from the Constitution.

It was readily apparent, said the Circuit Court, that no decision, opinion, report or other authoritative proposal has ever sanctioned by holding, hint, dectum, recommendation or otherwise any judicial prohibition of the right of the press to publish accurately reports of proceedings which transpire in open court. Judge Wests order was constitutionally unacceptable, and hence illegal,

But having said all that, the Circuit Court nevertheless ruled that the order had to be obeyed. The two reporters should have ought immediate judicial review of Wests ban. The publication of news can be enjoined. Newsmen are (Continued on Page 7)

By ALTON BLAKESLEE AP Science Editor

NEW YORK (AP) With the fil shortage and predictions of seva-e cold in the months ahedfl,' hae are some sicentific tips to winterize yourself for health and comfort.

Wear loose clothing .'creating an insulattng laya of air between the skin and clothes. Layers of clothing can be added or removed as necessary.

For a bit of extra warmth, put your coat over a warm radiator before going outdoors.

This could help not because the coat is warm, but because it is dry. It will soak up moisture from the outdoor air, and gain heat. TTiis is reverse evaporation. The coat wont feel wet, because the moisture is taken up inside the fibers of cloth.

A heavy suit and coat, well dried out, will generate as much heat in a short time this way as your body normally produces in an hour or two, by one estimate.

Keep house temperature under 70. A good deal of re- search shows the 65 to 70 range is best for a feeling of wellbeing.

The recommended bedroom temperature is 50 to 65 degrees. In some tests, volunteers said they felt more refreshed after sleep in that range rather than warmer or colder rooms.

Opening windows wide so the bedroom temperature drops to 30 to 40 degrees doesnt bring any additional benefit. And it takes more fuel to warm up the room during the day.

Keep relative humidity indoors at about 50 per cent. Volunteers said they felt better and functioned better at middle humidity.

And this humidity is tougher on germs riding around on droplets of moisture. The salt concentration of water droplets then becomes more dis-(Continued on page 7)

40 Years

Ago Today

By SUSAN PRICE November 15,1933 Potato growers in Bethel will assemble in the Bethel auditorium tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. to discuss next years acreage and the marketing of Irish potatoes.

A. F. Mercker, secretary of Interstate Early Potato Committee and E. B. Morrow, State Horticulturist, will discuss the crop.

All farmers interested in growing potatoes are asked to attend the meeting.

The director of the Pitt County Health Department was in Farmville today to investigate the possibility of cases of parrot fever in the community.

The investigation followed receipt of information from the State Health Departmrat that a traveling circus known as Bruce Slows was carrying birds infected with psittacosis.

The statement said the circus was reported to have exhibited in Khiston and later in Farmville.

Persons who got birds from the show are asked to contact the Health Department to help decrease the chance of human infection from the disease.

Carolina will meet Duke Saturday in the State championship game in Durham.

La>A/men Question Gun Control

Strength For Today

JUSTIFIED ANGER ThCTe are few things in the world that cause more trouNe than anger. And yet anger in itself is not necessarily wrong. We are told that on a nianber of occasions our Lord was angry. But it was always at men v4io in their crusty, avarice, or selshness ma^ their fellow men suffw. Our Lord had not a word to say against those tormentors who nailed him to the cross. He maintained a dignified sUence in the presence of Herod, and his conversation with Pilate <hs{dayed not the least resentment over in

justice.

Jesus used ango* as Jt is siqqposed to be used. So, for example, when some of his contonpcuraries put their own man-made rules before human wdfare and made the temple unft for worship with their merchandising, his ango* welled forth. But he was never angry with those who abused him. The things whidi most often anger us angered him not at all. He saved his anger for situatxms whidh we sometimes readily condone and for persons with wtaxn we often &id ourselves on the best of terms.

By Ettsha Dowglass

By RICK SCOTT Associated Press Writer

North Carolina law enforcement (rfficials in some of the states largest cities believe that strick gun control and r^istratirai alone probably would have little effect (XI the number of murders in the state.

Top police officials in Ralei^, Durham, Charlotte and Wilmington, and the head oi the State Bureau of Investigation, c(xnmented in a survey by The Associated Press.

They fdt that the coirts and tnal judges already have the power to deter crimes involving guns by handing down stiffer penalties. Generally, the policemen

favor minor changes to limit the availalxlity of some guns by some people.

But, they said, strict control and regulation would, likely create a mountain of paper work and would probably fail to deter criminals who wanted a gun f(H* killing.

The officers took issue with a recent published statement by a Florida professor that loose gun control in the Deep South is a factor in the higher homicide rates in the section.

Its not the people who buy guns legitimately who give us the m(t trouble, said Chief H. E. Williamsixi of the Wilmington police. I think weve got laws on the books now to take care of guns if the courts would enforce them.'^

We need tougher penalties for people who usfc~guns in the commission of a crime.

The people who give police trouble, Williamson added, {xobably wouldnt register their weapons anyway. Williamson said help might come from lav^ allowing more thorotich search fxocedures and stiffer jail terms for people who commit a crime with a gun.

FBI statistics showed there were 17.0 murders per 100,000 population in Wilmington last year. Other North Carolina cities included Raleigh at 18.7 per 100,000; Charlotte at 17.6; and Durham at 17.2

The murdo- rate in some lai^e Northern cities was lower, a<xx}rding to the FBI.

Chicago had 11.5 murders per 100,-000 population. Dr. Eugene (Jzakoski, chairman (rf Florida State Universitys Department of Crimindogy, said recEsntly he was cffli-vinced that l<x)se gun ccxitrol in the South has resulted in a higher murder rate.

1 doubt thats the reason, said Durham police Chief W. W. Pleasants. Im in favor of some type of control on guns. I dont think we tdiould throw it open and allow everyone who wants one to have a gun.

But, I can see a lot of complications in total gun registration, Pleasants added. He said he would go along with a law to require gun registration by convicted felons.

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