Tlie DUy Reflector. Grecavtlle. N.C---Frldev, Jly W. I75

Highways For A Growing City

AS HE SEES THE CHOICE!

A friend visited our office the other day. He had lived in other canmunities and now that he has moved to Greenville he is struck by the lack of major highways serving a city of this size.

We had to agree that Greenville has indeed suffered from lack of adequate highways connecting our community with the cities to the north and the populous Piedmont of North Carolina.

We may have the poorest highways serving our dty of any municipality of our size in the state. We suppose we can blame the politicians for this, but it is a fact that Greenville was just not in the path of the super highway routes which were developed in this state. runs well to the west of us. U.S. 70 is currently being developed from the coast to Raleigh as a dual lane highway, but unfortunately it lies south of our city.

U.S. 17, an historic north-south highway may be improved someday but it lies 17 miles east of Greenville. Now there is talk of developing a new dual lane corridor along U.S. 64 but that is 11 miles north of Greenville at its closest point.

We had to agree with our visitor that Greenville has developed despite, rather than because of good highways. We simply dont have them and to go

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very far in any direction one has to take to the older highways.

Yet with the kind of growth Greenville and other communities in Pitt County and adjacoit areas are experiencing it must so<mi be made clear to the state highway planners that this is a situation which cannot remain as it is forever.

We need a good dual laned road particularly connecting Greenville to the super highways tie Piedmont. Most likely such a highway would involve a new corridor following U.S. 264 as was once considered. It is time for the highway planners to treat Greenville as a growing city that it is, rather than as an out of the way crossroads of the state. We have been denied adequate highway access for too many years.

CORRECTION A Wednesday editorial incorrectly gave the hometown of Jacob H. Froelich, Jr., member of the UNC Board of governors and chairman of its nominating committee, as Rocky Mount. It also included a misspelling of his name.

Mr, FYoelich is from High Point.

ScreeningPlans Move Fast

By BILL NOBLITT RALEIGHGrateful to a General Assembly which funded North Carolinas early childhood screening effort at a time when budget-cutting was the rule, top officials of the Department of Human Resources are moving that program into high gear.

North Carolina will be the first state in the nation aimed at fMe-kindergarten testing of all 85,000 children in that age bracket each year, hoping to uncover early the estimated 10 per cent of kids who have some physical, mental, or emotional problem which will give them trouble in school later on.

The General Assembly approved 3.6 million for the first two years of the screening program, and another $2 million for the related evaluation centers which will probe deeper into problems uncovered by the screening.

Four Pilot Areas Four regions will be the first to launch the program, starting in October to screen children scheduled to enroll in kindergarten in the fall of

1976: Durham, Boone,

Raleigh, and Greenville.

Each city is the center of a larger area, covering a total of 24 counties in the initial launching.

Also in October, directors will be hired for four additional regional centers; Fayetteville, Greensboro, Cullowhee, and Wilmington.

About three months later, those will also be ready to begin screening, so that before the current fiscal year ends, screening will be available for 10,000 Tar Heel four-year-olds.

Next June, another four centers will open; Asheville, Concord, Morganton, and Winston-Salem, more kids screened, and the program will be on track for full coverage of all 85,000 children in the state by 1978also the target date for full availability of kindergarten space in the public school program.

So anxious are Dr. Mary W. Haynes, program director of the Developmental Evaluation program of Human Resources, and Secretary David T. Flaherty

to get the screening program off and running that they are shuffling bureaucratic assignments elsewhere in the department to smooth the process.

The legislature normally hands out funds for new programs with a six month time lag built in, knowing that gear-up time is lengthy.

But were ready to go now, and while the appropriation doesnt start until October, we will apply those funds against current vacancies elsewhere in the department to get started, Flaherty said.

Validity Tests Validity studies on the tests to be used have already been carried out in Winston-Salem, Mt. Airy, Raleigh, Chatham County, Alamance County, Durham and Fayetteville.^ The test and the process of talking with the kids and their parents was developed from scratch, and will be evolutionary. . .taking years to develop further, Dr. Haynes said. No previously tested method is available for such a pilot project.

At first, it looked like

developing the test might delay the start of screening. The professionals and others involved got together, however, and decided that it would take years to design the perfect testa process which has delayed screening in other parts of the nation and the best bet here would be to get started as soon as possible.

In a validity test in Winston-Salem, 50 children were screened; five were found with developmental problems needing attention. Thai seems to confirm the notion that 10 per cent will be the rule of thumb in pinpointing problems.

Dr. Haynes is intent on keeping the screening program from becoming another mass bureaucracy thing. She says the effort is aleady involved in a love-in with the public schools, and local efforts are to tailor each screening system to local needs and problems. Local agencies, public or private, churches, daycare centers, schools, physicians; all are involved to the degree they will join, she said.

The INSIDE REPORT

The Ford Transformation

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK MARENGO, 111.In just three months, Gerald R. Ford has transformed himself from a nice guy who simply did not belong in the White House into a forceful leader both of his country and his party, who now runs far ahead of Ronald Reagan.

That transformation in this rock-ribbed Republican town (pop. 4,235 ) 65 miles from Chicago would have seemed impossible when we came here last April and found Reagan pressing hard on the heels of an appointed President without a constituency.

Some of the same registered Republicans who were saying in Ajxril that President Ford was badly miscast for the White House now see him as a President who (says one dress shop sales clerk) doesnt soft-soap and pussy-foot around. Our interviews with 50 Republicans, conducted with the help of Patrick Caddells

Cambridge Survey Research, give the President high marks on handling foreign policy in an almost exact reversal of three months ago: 28 excellent and good, to 19 fair and poor.

The Mayaguez affair was mentioned, but at least as important was strong support for the Presidents attempt to play an even-handed role in the Middle East crisis. Weve given Israel too much for too long, the owner of a small beauty shop told us. Overall, 37 Republican voters said the U.S. should not get involved on either side of the Arab-Israeli struggle but should keep out of it altogether.

The real surjwise from our interviews, conducted with Caddells Midwest representative, Henrice Taylor, was the new perception of Gerald Ford as leader of his party. In April, when we asked the question, Whom would you like to see your party nominate for President? only 12 of 55

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Republicans volunteered Mr. Fords name. Last week, he was chosen by 25 of 50 Republicans.

All told, Mr. Ford now outdraws Reagan for the 1976 nomination in Marengo by 35 to 11, a sensational demonstration of party acceptance by Mr. Ford compared to April, when the margin was 32 to 22.

Part of this sharp rise for the President undoubtedly stems from publicity about his 1976 campaign, dramatizing the tactical weakness of Reagans continuing indecision to run or not to run. Had Reagan himself announced for his partys nomination last April when Mr. Ford was at his nadir, he might have gained a major advantage over the President.

Thus, judging from the dramatic rise in strength Mr. Ford is now exhibiting among Republicans here, Reagan is taking dangerous risks with each days delay in making up his own mind.

Nevertheless, Reagan retains impressive political support against an incumbent President. I am getting to like Ford, a housewife told us, but Id sure vote for Reagan if I have the chance. He just has a little more push than Ford. A real estate salesman described Mr. Ford as a disappointment, Reagan as a real leader.

This potential support for Reagan is buttressed by the favorable voter reaction to Reagan, scarcely different from their reaction to the President. In answer to our question, Do you have a generally favorable or unfavorable reaction? they gave Mr. Ford a 7-to-l favorable rating, Reagan almost 8-to-l (with Vice President Nelson Rockefeller just a shade ahead of even). IVhen we matched Reagan against Rockefeller in this conservative heartland, Reagan outscored the Vice President by a 3-to-l margin.

Overshadowing Reagans latent strength, however, is the preemptive aspect of Mr. Fords announced candidacy. I feel a lot better about Ford than the last time we talked, said a retired postal worker who was an all-out Reaganite when we questioned him in April. A cabinet maker told us: Ford is just beginning to get the experience he needs and I think we should keep him.

Such evaluations are made possible by these voters perception of better economic conditions, for which Mr. Ford ets credit. In April, just before national unemployment to{^>ed 9 per cent, the Presidents rating on the economy was miserable: only 12 of 55 voters gave him a good mark. Now 23 of 50

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Strength For Today

A cynic recently announced an updated version of the Golden Rule. It was, simply, Do unto the other fellow as you think he is going to do unto you. and do it first.

Unfortunately, throughout the course of history this version of the Golden Rule has been applied more often than the version we try to abide by. There is a world of difference between this rule and, All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye ep^ so unto them; for this is

By ART BUCHWALD

Travels With Henry K.

the law and the pro[ri)ets. This was Jesuss extension of the ancient law of racial and tribal fidelity which commanded men to love their neighbors and hate their enonies. Our Uwd extended the concept of nei^bors to take in all the w<x-ld. He laid down a princif^ which could be made to wtirk among men everywhere, if the commitment was there to make it work. It is up to us to keep Our Lords version (rf ttie Golden Rule alive, healthy, and continually used.

by Elisha Doaglass

BONNEvery American going abroad should travel with Henry Kissinger at least once. I had the pleasure a couple of weeks ago of flying around Europe with the secretary of state while he held useful and constructive talks in a friendly atmosphere with Giscard dEstaing of France, Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union, Helmut Schmidt of Germany and Yitzhak Rabin of Israel.

There is no greater honor than to be selected as one of the elite 14 journalists to fly on Mr. Kissingers well-appointed Air Force 707 and share in the joys and heartbreak of American jet diplomacy.

The advantages of traveling with Mr. Kissinger

are enormous. You dont have to go through customs, you dont have to carry your own luggage and you dont have to tip taxi drivers.

The only disadvantage is that you have to stand in hotel lobbies and in front of old castles for five or six hours doing nothing until he is ready to leave for his next stop.

The one thing every journalist must agree on when traveling with Mr. Kissinger is that you may not identify the person who gives background briefings on the plane by name: You cant even say a high U.S. official with wavy hair, hom-rimmed glasses and German accent who had his garbage stolen last week said.

Other Editors Say Should Stay Home

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

Howard K. Smith said something on his ABC news program the other night that made a great deal of sense. He voiced his opposition to President Fords plans for attending an East-West supper summit in Helsinki July 30, a meeting at which the Soviet Union and 33 other nations will attend.

The purpose of the meeting is certainly one the United States should not agree to and should not condcmethat is, official confirmation of Russias post-World War II influence over Eastern Eroupe By attending such a show, Ford is giving sanction to a shameful act of aggression that took place during and at the end of World War 11 when Soviet troq overran numerous countries of Eastern Eroupe in their pursuit of German forcesand stayed ^

Stalin used World War II as an excuse to subjugate all of Eastern Eroupe with brute force, a move that the Allies condoned at the time, although Winston Churchill warned the Allies they should never permit the Russians to remain in the countries formerly occupied by German troops.

The upshot of the whole matter was that the citizenry of those countries traded one tyrant for another, while the Allies lifted not one finger to stop it In the process, thousands of East Eurpoeans who hated Communism were murdered, countless thousands of others were driven off to Siberian slave camps and never heard from again

Today the Russians own a nice little empre, bought and paid for with Western Allied help and maiey, su[q;>lied during the hectic days of World War IL Without Lend-Lease from the United States, Russia would never have even pushed the Germans out of Soviet territMy.

So with our aid, the Russian hordes came and stayed And today, Moscow wants the United States and other naticuis to go to Helsinki and give their blessing to the Kremlin gangsters, thus making the rape of Eastern Eroupe legal and official President Ford should boycott that meeting, as should every other nation that still has decency as a bais fm* its existence

Small Bills Ra

The only attribution permitted is a senior American official on Dr. Kissingers plane, and since I took the pledge J dont want anyone i^iessing who that could be.

What I didnt realize until I traveled on the Kissinger plane is how involved you can become in the secretarys foreign policies. Because you are with him, the foreign press waiting on the ground assume you know something they dont, and pretty soon you find yourself holding press conferences and giving interviews on the steps of chateaus and castles in Paris, Geneva and Bonn. When youre new on the plane you tend to deny inside knowledge concerning Kissinger, but in a short while you become convinced you are an expert and answer every question posed to you by desperate ' news4iungry press.

While I was willing to talk frankly with the foreign journalists I insisted anything I said had to be attributed to a senior American correspondent traveling with a senior American official.

This is how these conferences would go:

Swiss radio correspondent: Why didnt Nancy come to Europe with Henry?

Senior correspondent; We felt since these were exploratory talks it would be too early for her to make an appearance.

German newsperson: Did Nancy come to the airport and if so what was her mood?

S.C.: She seemed relaxed and smiling and both she and Henry agreed that they had frank dialogues and fruitful exchanges during their dinner of the previous evening.

French correspondent: Why did Dr. Kissinger come to Europe at this time?

S.C: It is very hot in Washington now and he hadnt been out of the country in two weeks.

Israeli TV man: If Dr. Kissinger fails in these talks what will he do next?

S.C.: Kissinger never fails. Sometimes he may not reach a full agreement and then he is willing to settle for a narrowing of the differences (Continued on page S)

A Frail Deal In Finland

By BARRY SCHWEID

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) American officials are more than a trifle defensive when they discuss the declaration that President Ford and leaders of 34 other governments will sign next week in Helsinki.

After two decades of prodding, the Soviet Union will finally gain acceptance of the postwar map of eastern Europe. In return, the West mostly gets some high-sounding but tenuous human rights principles.

The document, which is not legally binding, allows for peaceful changes in borders. But this provides scant hope that Moscows hold on eastern Europe will be relaxed and change will have to come from within the Warsaw bloc, the way Romania has achieved a measure of independence in its foreign policy.

As for the human rights concessions, such as reunification of divided families and freer movement of ideas, journalists and security, they also are not legally enforceable and depend on Soviet good will. To the very end of two years of weary negotiations and drafting of the declaration, the Soviets fought for and obtained qualifications and conditions in every liberal provision.

The idea of an European collective security treaty was first proposed by Moscow in 1954. The West has tried to tie it to parallel negotiations to reduce Russian ground forces in Europe. These talks remain stalled in Vienna, but Chairman Leonid I. Brezhnev will have his declaration and 35-nation summit to crow about at the 25th Communist party congress next February.

The Americans were never very excited about the conference. Privately, the highest officials were sometimes amused by the relentless debate among some 600 delegates over the placement of a comma, the translation of a phrase. Mostly, the United States went along with the tide.

In the U.S. view, the result is a political document that can (Continued on page 5)

40 Years Ago Today

July 25,1935 Major R. C. Flanagan has returned from Raleigh, where he went to ascertain details of the law providing for PWA loans and grants for paving operations in the various towns and cities of the country.

The major, who conferred at considerable length with officials of the local government commission, said they were in sympathy with the plan of the city to obtain a grant and loan for such operations here. Officials said they plan to cooperate with this municipality in every way possible.

In view of the movement to provide pavement in every part of the city where desired, the major said the board of aldermen was at this time considering petitions of this nature. He urged all persons desiring street paving or curb and gutter improvements to file their petitions with the board as soon as possible.

This request is made, the major said, so the aldermen will be able to determin the exact amount of money needed for such operations here.

James Kyle

By JOHN CUNIFF AP Business Analyst NEW YORK {AP) - Send a small bill to a very large corporation, even if you supplied it with no product or service, and there is some chance youll get paid. Less diance pertiaps than a year ago, but still a diance.

The reason is that some companies have a pdicy of automatically paying very small Mils, reasooii^ that to diedc all of them would result in an even greater cost And in S(Hne cmnpanies theyre just careless. Bogus bills slip by.

With an emphasis on cost controls, however, companies have tightened their bill-paying pracces, and so die defrauder has to be more sq[>histicated He must adapt to his environment, and sometimes he does it well

One of the cleverest schemes today involves the bogus bill for distributing a companys annual repmt and proxy materials. Hundreds companies are paying for such services and receiving nothing of value.

The background: Brokerage bouses often buy stock for their custoners and keep it in street name, meaning the name of the brdierage house The corporation sometimes never knows who these stockholders are

But, fw investment and public reladcHis purposes, tl^ corporation wants to keep in touch with these shareholders. It agrees to pay the brokers 50 cents for eadi set of proxy materials the brokers order and distribute.

In the coivse of a year a

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cly held company might get (Mxlers from dozens (rf brokerage houses, orders diat it autometically fills and for which it pays 50 cents per order, a fee set by the N.Y. Stock Exchange

This provides the opportunity for what a^iears to be hundreds of small-time operators to seek to be distributors of annual reports. They set up business and christen themselves wii one of those long, brokerage house-type names.

They submit their orders on official-looking forms for 20 ot25 reports and then quickly follow with their bills. Usually they keep them below ias so therell be less diance of being questioned.

One corporate secretary, T.C Tyler Jr. of J.M. Smudier Co., found that such

phony bills, if paid, would have cost his company $5,000 in one year, to say nothing of the postage and printing costs involved. Many annual rq>orts cost in excess of |2 a copy to print

Quite oftm the requester never intends to redistribute the reports, although some do reship materials to cdle^s and Utn^ries. Others just throw the reports away. They have no operation other than a box number.

(^reraed for an operating address, the bogus firm sometimes supplies a street number that turns out to be a vacant lot or a rooming house.

Too often to be ignored, the address is either a college dorm or a bouse near a college campus, particularly one with a school d business administra boa

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