^The Daily Rettector. Greenville, N.C.Thur4ay, January 1, 1*76

Starting With A Clean Slate

ALL READY FOR THE BIG PARTY!

Today, like everyday, all of us started with a clean slate. It was a day to be used to the utmost by each of us. But today was a little more special than most days; for it was the first day of a brand new year. And that means we have an entire year ahead of us to use in whatever way we choose.

We can waste it, or we can make the very best use of it. For Greenville and Pitt County, we hope that this new year will be used to best advantage. We live in an area where much progress Iws been made in recent years. In Greenville living conditions have been improved for many. For the county we have made some steps toward providing better jobs for our people. Efforts are being made to develop medical care for all of us.

Farming, always beset with problems, seems stronger than ever to us in Pitt County. Farmers are finding more efficient ways to grow and harvest their crops. The modem homes which can be seen

across the county attest to the fact that life on the farm can still be good. And in the municipalities of the county, we are still not plagued with many of the problems which have afflicted some of the larger cities of the nation. For that we can be thankful.

We should use this new year to do all we can to see that the good life continues in Pitt and other counties of the area. We should develop good industries, those that.do not pollute, and which provide adequate bnefits for their workers. We should work to strengthen the agricultural economy so that our farming citizens can remain on the farm.

We should do all we can to improvai medical care to make the area attractive to present and future citizens. Cultural and recreational activities should be stressed to give meaning to our lives.

We have done much in recent years, but much remains to be done. All of us should resolve to make 1976 a year of real prioress.

Another Apex In Field Of Poor Taste

Recent not-so-coy public inferences of adultry with a dead President are cheap shots.

Published accounts of two women describing their relationships with Jdm Kennedy reflect more on their own characters than on his.

The kissand-tell role has always been scorned; but published interviews with a four-times married West Coast woman and the former girlfriend of a Mafia leader can turn stomachs.

Wed suggest inquiring reporters tread softly in listening to future^stories by faded beauties who

THIS AFTERNOON

want to share the limelight... the line forms to the left.

While its admissable to presume today that Camelot had its seamy side, and the late President Kennedy wore something less than shining armor in private life, the boasting of intimate relationships with him are in indescribable poor taste.

True or not, the subject of the gossip isnt around to say yea or nay.

Cheap shot, we said?

They dont come no cheaper!

More Power To Governor?

By BILL NOBLITT RALEIGH - Yet another expert joins the long list of those who see the need for North Carolina to have a governor who can serve two terms, and who has the veto power.

Having neither, the Governor of North Carolina is widely considered the weaknest in the nation.

Elizabeth H. Haskell is the author of a thorough analysis of past and present land use activities in this state, and some recommendations for future hange. Her draft report prepared for the Land Policy Council under a $15,000 contract has been the center of considerable debate in the group now writing a legislative proposal for land management in the state.

A Virginia resident, the consultant has conducted studies of land use activities in a host of other states, and has served as a consultant to the Smithsonian Institute.

More Power Looking at the governors office from the viewpoint of land use management, the report goes into considerable

INSIDE REPORT

detail in building a case for giving the governor more power.

A variety of boards set policy for various state agencies, with the governor naming the members.

Appointments are usually lor overlapping terms, meaning a new governor cannot name all or occasionally even a majority of the members.

The governor appoints heads of some departments, but they are constrained by the policy decisions and directions of the boards. Additionally, other agency heads are elected statewide.

The governor is selected by the voters to translate public wishes into state governmental policies and programs (but) is limited . . . by a variety of procedural checks and other executive policy makers, the report noted.

While recognizing that the numerous boards and the limits on the governors office are seen by citizens as keeping more control over decisions, the report recommends that the governor be allowed to

succeed himself, be given veto power, be given

authority to name the members of various commissions without legislative interference, and that some elected department heads should be appointed.

Ms. Haskins conceded that it is unlikely as a practical matter that such structural reforms will come soon in North Carolina. The Land Policy Council declined to even consider that particular recommendation.

Some Adopted

Others of her recommendations were adopted tentatively by that group for inclusion in legislation to be presented the 1977 General Assembly establishing a statewide land use program.

Among those were suggestions that the Regional Councils of Government need clear directions on what to do, how to do it, and staff to do it with; that a coordinated permit process be used to eliminate the many time-consuming and conflicting permits; that various policy and advisory citizens groups involved in land use

programs be consolidated.

The council also endorsed the idea that field offices for various state agencies now scattered around the state in different locations be consolidated over the next five years.

Rejected by the council, or in some cases simply not considered, were other items in addition to the strong governors proposal.

Prospects of transferring economic development responsibility from the Department of Natural and Economic Resources to the Department of Commerce met no favor.

And the council could not resolve the dilemma of whether separate Piedmont and Mountain commissions should be established paralleling the system now in use in the Coastal Land Management counties, or if one statewide policy board would be best.

Further discussion of the proposed land management legislation will take place early in February at a two-day retreat for members of the Land Police Council.

Busing Ploy By Jackson

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK WASHINGTON-Sen. Henry M. Jackson is using the post-Christmas void to*" unveil a bold scheme intended to finally break him loose from the pack of Democratic presidential candidates: a proposal to drastically reduce the power of federal judges to order racial school busing.

Its impact is critically Important In Massachusetts, where Jackson desperately needs a strong showing in the March 9 primary. The obvious, though unlabelled, target of Jacksons anti

busing bill is U.S. District Judge W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., of Boston (called a fanatic by a key Jackson adviser). Under the Jackson program, Garritys hold on the anguished schools of Boston would be dramatically loosened.

But beyond Massachusetts, Jackson is making a daring bid for rank-and-file Democratic support on an issue where the partys leadership (pro-busing) runs directly counter to public opinion (anti-busing). On an issue which some politicians call the liberals Vietnam, Scoop Jackson conceivably

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could become the George McGovern of the anti-busers.

The depth and intensity of anti-busing sentiment is well understood by liberal presidential candidates but outweighed by their terror of reprisals from the partys disproportionately influential left wing. Thus, the candidates temporize, suggesting that busing does not work well but should be retained as a last-resort desegregation weapon.

Having decided a few months ago to stop foolish and fruitless wooing of the left, Jackson is uniquely capable of gaining support on this seminal issue,. But he has been uncomfortable In his four-year-old support of a constitutional amendment to prohibit biising. Besides uneasiness over taking the same position as Gov. George Wallace, Jackson knew all too well that the amendment could not be adopted for

many years, if ever.

Jackson said precisely that on Nov. 9in a conference with state Sen. Bill Bulger, a Boston anti-busing leader. Instead of a constitutional amendment, Jackson wanted to quickly pass a law restricting federal judges. Bulger suggested limiting the courts to handling specific Instances of racial segregation, preventing them from establishing racial quotas for a whole school system.

On Dec. 20, six weeks after this conversation, Jacksons staff put the finishing touches on an anti-busing bill designed to shrink judicial power without running afoul of the Constitution:

Future busing orders could come only from specially convened three-judge courts, not a Garrity sitting in solitary splendor; his and other busing orders now in (Continued on page 6)

Strength For Today

THE YEAR OF OUR LORI)

There is a famous picture entitled, Flight into Egypt. It shows Joseph leading a little donkey upon which is seated the Virgin and the Babe. The scene is laid in the desert, with the Sphinx and the pyramids constituting the background. Below the title of the picture are the two significant Latin words, Anno DominLIn the year of our l-ordj^ '

These two Latin words signify that one sees depicted on t|is canvas the beginning of a new era in human

history. In the year that the flight into Egypt occurred, the worlds attention was centered on the grandeur of imperial Rome. But in Gods sight, the significant thing was that a Babe had been born into the world of a humble Virgin, So significanl has that event become, that all dates in history are rendered from itAnno Domini;

God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the World to confound the things which are mighty. By Elisha Douglass

By JAMES J. KILPATRICK

Unfinished Patio Sits

\ Back in the middle of May, llbuis Dennis said to his sister Mry Dennis, why dont we fini^ that patio for mother? Mar^ Dennis said okay, so they gM the lumber and set to work oyer the Memorial Day weekeny. Then the cops showed up, and there the lumber ^ts. This is. not exactly a Cjmistmas story. In the land of the free, its more an everyday story.

The story'y^eally concerns Mrs. Magdale^ E. Dennis, a 74-year-old widw, a chrOnic invalid, who \lives on Morganford Ro^d in St. Louis. She owns a f^w lots in Arnold, Mo., about h^lf a mile from the Meramefc River south of the city. On one of these lots she proved to build a concrete padjfor a 27-foot travel trailer, pack in 1%9 she got her se*er and water hookup, but w|thout a screened patio the weekend

retreat is just about useless in summer. The flies and mosquitoes, says daughter Mary, are something terrible out there.

So Louis and Mary Dennis, with some help from Louiss children, got the concrete poured in forms that would raise the pad 24 inches above the ground. They put up the 2x4s and nailed on some 4x8 plywood sheathing around the bottom. It was looking pretty goodonly the roof and doors to go, plus the screen wirewhen two City of Arnold police cars drove up. The cops proceeded to hang a Stop Work order on the job. Mary asked why, and the cops said they didnt know, they were just following orders.

The Dennises had done a terrible thing. They were in violation of the City of Arnold Building Code Ordinance No.

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Other Editors Say Surprise Decision

(Goldsboro News-Argus)

Congressman David N. Hendersons decision to retire at the end of his eighth term comes as a shock to most of the people in the Third Congressional District From the standpoint of age and seniority, Mr. Henderson was in a^jpsUioh to be one of the most influential figures in the U.S. Hous^ Representatives for the next decade At the age of 54, he elects to retire He can do so comfortably in light of his total of 28 yars (tf public service, including hjs 16 years in Congress. '

The big question on the lips of the people of the Third Congressional District is, Why?

There is little doubt that he could have been re-elected.

The reason suggested strongly in Mr. Hendersons formal statement is that he is tired.

Chairmanship of the Postal and Civil Service Committee, he said, has caused him to have to work longer and harder than ever before.

He said he wanted to be free to do some things I want to do rather than things I feel compelled to do.

He mentions his desire to lead a more relaxed way of life, which hopefully will lead to a longer one.

That, of course, may have been a key and certainly understandable concern of the congressman Aside from the increased demands on him, he also is known to have been fighting-unsuccessfully-a weight problem.

The combination Is not usually a healthy one With his retirement benefits, Mr. Henderson will be free to step down and lead a leisurely life at an age at which few people can look forward to doing so.

During his tenure in Congress, he has been a hard worker. His voting record, by and large, has been in line with the thinking of most of the people he represents.

His stepping down at this time comes as a disappointment to many of us.

But those of us who know the congreuman know he makes no decision hastily. This one, he said, is final and irrevocable We accept that with regrets and with thanks for the representation he has given us in the Congress.

7.1, Bill No. 7, and also in violation of Ordinance No. 7.3, Bill No. 3S, but more especially and particularly, they were in violation of Flood Ordinance No. 7.5, Bill No. 72, which prohibits construction of any kind within a designated flood hazard area without a special permit.

Such a permit, they learned, may only be granted, according to Section 1(a) of the Ordinance, upon approval by the Offices of the Health Officer, Superintendent of Public Works and the Building Commission, after consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Arnold city ordinance, the Dennises were further advised, was enacted pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act. The local law is somewhat more restrictive than the federal law, which heaven knows is restrictive enough. The federal law says that if a community such as Arnold fails to vote itself under the federal act, no property owner in a designated flood-prone area can get flood insurance.

Well, said Mary Dennis, we. dont intend to get flood insurance. The particular lot on Almond Drive has been affected by flood waters only once in recorded history, and that was in the terrible flood of 1973. If it looks as if another such flood is likely, well pull the trailer out to Interstate 55, and if the screened patio gets washed away, too bad.

The local authorities said, nothing doing. Mary Dennis said; Look, itq not as if we were building a million-dollar palace out there and asking the taxpayers to subsidize flood insurance. Were just trying, with our own hands, to build a patio for mother so she can have the seven grandchildren out there on weekends In* the summer. Otherwise the flies and mosquitoes will eat the food right out of their mouths. Said the city fathers; no way.

The upshot was that Mary Dennis wrote Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who took it up with J. Robert Hunter, acting federal Insurance administrator. Mr. Hunter wrote the senator a three-page, single-spaced letter. He spelled out four different provisions of the rules and regulations that might apply (Continued on page 6)

Prison

Inmates

Speak

By JAMES R. HOOD Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - I wouldnt know my kids if they were sitting right in front of me, Louisiana Sate Prison inmate Newman Sanders told a high school audience as he gave his stock anticrime speech.

After the speech, a pretty, 13-year-old girl approached Sand-, ers.

Do you know me? she asked. Im your daughter.

It was the first time Sanders had seen his daughter. She was born after her father had been dragged off on one of his many trips to prison. By the time he finished that sentence, his wife, son and daughter had disappeared from his life.

Its hard. Its very hard after all these years, not knowing your own child, not even knowing what she looked like, Sanders said after the recent surprise meeting.

Sanders, 33, and lifer Ken Plaisance, 35, have been talking about drugs and prison life to students and civic groups for years. They estimate theyve made over 200 speaking tours.

And yet, the idea of the speeches began as an escape plot, Sanders said.

Several inmates dreamed up the idea to get outside the walls of Louisianas sprawling prison farm at Angola, he said. Once outside, they expected to break free of their guards and flee.

But a week later, the group returned to the prison as scheduled, to the surprise of the other inmates who knew of the scheme.

We forgot, Sanders said. We started taking the whole thing seriously.

The story the longtime prisoners tell is a serious one. School principals say it makes a strong impression on their students.

Sanders first sampled narcotics on the streets of New Orleans Irish Channel at the age of 9. By the time he was 11, he was addicted to heroin and had to turn to crime to support the habit.

The pattern continued a pattern that was to result in Sanders spending nearly 20 years behind bars and losing his family. He is now serving a four-year sentence for burglary and could receive a good time discharge early in 1976.

Plaisance tells a similar stors. He mixed booze and pills when he was 19, before the drug culture was even born.

His last binge came 13 years (Continued on page 6)

40 Years Ago Today

January 1,1936 Italy and Ethiopia ex-changed bitter recriminations today over their warfares newest cause celebre the fascist aerial bombardment Monday on the southern front.

Emperor Haile Selassie, from his field headquarters at Dessye, telegraphed a protest to the League of Nations charging Italy with using poisonous gas in the attack and with effecting complete destruction of a Swedish Red Cross ambulance.

The Rome government In turn countered with an official communique insisting: "The bombardment which took place on the Southern front was fully justified by the proved fact that two, Italian aviators who fell at Daggah Bur were killed and decapitated and their heads carried to Harar In triumph. James Kyle

Meat Label Time is Extended

By DON KENDALL AP Farm Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -Consumers will continue to see labels claiming that meat products such as sausage and lard are pure for another six months, despite the governments Jan. 1 deadline for removing them from retail shelves.

The additional time is being granted processors by the Agriculture Department, which contends it would be a financial hardship on companies if they were required to destroy millions of unused labels by the deadline.

Nearly two years ago a more stringent labeling requirement was forced^on

the department by a federal court The court ruled in favor of a consumer group that contended hot dogs called "all beef or 100 per cent of something or pure were mislabeled if they contained more than one ingredient

Since processed meat contains some seasoning, preservatives or other additives, none is qualified as any of those things under the courts interpretation

The department said on Jan 23, 1074, that the term all and'Slmilar words. In the courts view, meant wholly, complet^, exclusively and solely and proposed that the same rules

for hot dogs be extended to other meat and poultry labels.

After studying the situation for almost a year, the Agriculture Department on Dec. 4, 1974, said that processors would have until Jan 1,1976, to use up their old labels.

H.E. Steinhoff of the departments meat and poultry Inspection branch said the additionaL time to next July 1 would be officially announced soon Proceuors will be allowed (o use pure and100 per cent labels that were in stock before Jan 1, 1975, he told a'^porter.

One reason that the old labels were not used was

because pork production was down sharply this year, meaning that less sausage and lard considered the items most affected was arouhd for labeling. Retail pork prices also were at record highs, suggesting that consumer resistance also was a factor.

A consumer spokeswoman said the departments claim that Immediate enforcement of the label order would mean economic hardship for processors is pure bull and maybe pure politics.

Carol Foreman, executive director of the ''Consumer Fecteration of America, said she was shocked that USDA has held it back for another six months.