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Voters Hove A Second Chance

.lY ABOUT WAS BAD ENOUGH!

Monday four candidates for City Council called for a runoff elect too.

John Howard, Harry Hagerty. John Buell and Della Daysoo all decided to challenge the next four candidates in the Oct. II election. The others are Mildred McGrath. Clarence Gray. Judy Greene and WUilam Hadden.

Two other candidates. Charles Votcent d Joe Taft, received clear nui}oritie in the electKw atv! are assured seats on the new council It should be an interestii^ elecDon or Nov t With fewer candidates in the race voters, will be able to study more con^>letely the sJands of the candidates on various issues

Municipal nmoff elections generally draw fewer volnns than the first dection. It may not wor* out that way on Nov. 8 since a general election will be conducted at the same time as the city run-off election

Voters will be deciding the fate of state wide bond issues and some constitutional amendmntfs on that day

Thus it is possible that an even larger vote might be seen than was recorded on Oct. 11.

That factor makes the runoff ui^redictable and wie expect to see the candidates working as never before in the few weeks remaining prior to the runoff

Direct Answer To N.C. Infant Deaths

Gitxmd was broken for a 33-bed S560.000 neonatal intensive care unit at Pitt County Memorial Hospital Tuesday.

The new facility is important to Eastern North Carolina because our state has one of the highest

THIS AFTERNOON

infant mortality rates in the nation.

This new unit, staffed with appropriate medical specialists, will be directly involved with solutions to this problem. II is a welcome addition to our medical facilities.

Obscure Regional Council

ByBnXNOBUTT

RALEIGH - Since the late 60s when Regional Councils of Government were created in North Carolina there have been complaints about some of them from time to time.

The public pays scant attention. Its hard to imagine a less glamorous or less interesting topic.

As a high state official comments candidly: There aint a half-dozen votes in the whole issue.

Besides, the very concept of regional councils wrapped in governmental jaron as it isis difficult for the average person to grasp.

Even members of the General Assembly who are responsible for the operation try hard not to think about Lead Regional Organizations and when lawmakers are forced to do so by one crisis or another, they confess that they hardly understand what they know about regionalization.

More Government Over the years, the central complaint has been that the regional agencies in some areas develop into third levels of government and actually interfere with what local petle want to do.

imposing stumbling blocks between local officials and governmental agencies at the state and federal level.

A legislative study tended to confirm that Impression, but suggested no alternatives.

Regional Councils of Governmental were set up at federal insistence as a clearing house for local ac-tivites. At one time there were some 70 federal agencies with whom local officials had to deal in getting federal dollars. Additionally, each community had to try on its own.

There should be, said the feds, an agency which cuts across county lines and municipal borders to insure regional planning and regional application of the numerous grants available. Seventeen such agencies were installed across North Carolina, with the purpose being primarily to write the grant applications and help local officials get the money, and to help with regional planning.

As with many bureaucracies, as time passed, some propsered with dedicated professional staff leadership an committed

involvement by locally elected governmental officials picked to represent their towns or counties on the super-agencys governing board: others fell prey to disinterested or incompetent leadership. Complaints grew that regional plans didnt suit local interests; local programs were rejected without a fair chance at funding. The record has proven spotty with some regions doing well; others doing not so well.

~ ; NOBLITT

Court Case

Now comes a special case which may serve to focus public attention and understanding on the problems with Councils of Government.

At least, some light will be shed upon an obscure system where millions of federal and local tax dollars are being spent for various administrative and planning efforts; and many millions more being controlled for local programs.

The Regional D Council of

Government proposes to spend more than a million dollars to build its own headquarters for the staff. Some member governmental officials think that is wrong and should not be done even though those elected town and county officials on the council approved the move. A pastor in Boone has won a temprorary injunction halting the project and the case is on its way to the Supreme Court.

Can a Council of Government go beyond serving local governments, buying property and building offices with tax dollars? Can it go even farther and usurp more and more local authority: levying taxes, setting up a police force? Those are the questions raised in the suit.

More critically, who is in charge of these agencies? On the surface, the regional councils are purely controlled by local governments though imposed by federal and state law.

From the governor down, state officials say they have no supervisory responsibility it is up to the local people to run them. The local people argue that they dont seem able to do so.

THE INSIDE REPORT

The Republican Glimmer

By ROWLAND EVANS

and ROBERT NOVAK

BRETTON WOODS, N.H. In a relaxed atmosphere of modest optimism, powerfully induced by Jimmy Carters multiplying political problems, the corporals guard of Republican governors that met here Oct. 10 tried hard to extract the ideological hatchet that is stuck deep in the partys hide.

That they did not succeed goes without saying. But the fact the effort was made, led by Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson one of the partys biggest vote-getters, and by longtime Govs. William Milliken of Michigan and Robert Ray of Iowa, points to this conclusion: sparked by an obviously premature conviction that the Carter presidency may be doomed to one four-year term, the Republicans would be fools If they did not at-ten^)t to end suicidal warfare over cmservative demands

for ideological purity.

The setting here was the Victorian antiquity of a New Hampshire northland relic, the 1902 White Mountain Hotel, but the symbolism seemed misplaced. Although Thompson invoked the name of Republican President William McKinley, it was to memorialize his 1900 presidential campaign slogans of employment for labor and sound money. Translated into 1977 rhetoric, Thompson said that stands for what should be the universal Republican themes, particularly between now and the 1980 election: more jobs and less inflation. Thompsons warning; don't get hung (fl)on ideological testing.

The effort to smother ideological conflict also had a strong advocate in Delawares new governor, Pete duPont, a political moderate who huddled Sunday night with Mississippis

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Charles Pickering. Pickering, a strong conservative, succeeded the irrepressible Clarke Reed as state party chairman but tacks Reeds lust and flair for doctrinal warfare. DuPont promised to help raise campaign funds for both Pickering and Ray Hutchison of Texas, both possible gubernatorial nominees in the future.

Along with conspicuously reduced emphasis on ideology, a desire for the political retirement of both former President Gerald Ford and the conservative leader, Ronald Reagan, was much in vogue. This privately-expressed hope was particularly evident among gubernatorial candidates, invited here by William Brock, Republican national chairman, to be guests of the incumbent governors at the two-day session and fill in empty places at the conference table.

One top party operative, moreover, said that both Fords quick decision to prop up Mr. Carters Panama Canal treaties and Reagans to do the opposite, both without formal effort to tap party sentiment, smacked of a papa-knows-best attitude that had rankled rank-and-file Republicans even

Strength For Today

LIFE GROWS OUTOFM)ATH

The noted skeptic of a previous generatimi, Bertrand Russell, once said, l^n 1 die, I rot. Russell of ccHu-se meant that death ends everything, and that life beyond the grave is an illusion.

No Christian can of course accept this conclusion, but in another context. Of which Russell was probably unaware, the statement contains important religious truth.

St. Paul, in the fifteenth , chapter of Frist Corinthians,

JIMMY'S WHITE HOUSE

The Hamsters Return

By FRANK CORBOER Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -After a hiatus of about IS years, hamsters again are a topic of discussion at the White House. This time it involves their sex lives.

During the administration of President John F. Kennedy, Press Secretary Pierre Salinger was awakened in the middle of the night by a reporter who wondered if Caroline Kennedys pet hamster had died. (It had, and Salinger has never forgotten the post-midnight phone call.)

Amy Carter doesnt own a hamster. But the sex life of this particular variety of rodent was much on Press

Secretary Jody Powells mind this week as he attempted to draw a distinction between placing a ceiling on strategic nuclear weapons in negotiations with the Soviet Union and ordaining actual reductions.

As I see the question of reductions as opposed to ceilings, said Powell, it nneans if I have 14 hamsters and you set a limit of 20, that means that the hamsters can continue to enjoy themselves iqitoapoint.

If I have 14 hamsters and we set a limit of 12, it means not only will the hamsters have to quit enjoying themselves, but at least two of them will be faced with a

though Reagans stand far overshadows Fords within the party.

The quietly optimistic mood here underlines new efforts by Brock to take advantage of Mr. Carters disabilities, starting with a drive for campaign contributions from the American Jewish community once a private Democratic preserve. Brock met with the most powerful Jewish leadership group in the country during the summer. Subject: Mr. Carters Mideast policies are suspect, so give us a chance.

Conservative California state chairman Mike Montgomery, here as an observer, has invited Sen. Jacob Javits to be the main speaker at a January political dinner in San Francisco and then tour rich Jewish suburbs in west Los Angeles a font of Democratic contributions and San Diegos well- endowed Jewish districts. Brock plans similar campaigns on a national basis, backed by the latest Harris survey i^ich diowed Mr. Carter with a 60 per cent negative rating from Jewish voters by far the largest negative percentage in any voting category.

The modest (^timism here (Continued on page S)

Public Forum

Letters submitted for Public Forum must be limited to : words.

To the editor;

There is a definite need for a traffic signal to be installed at the site of the new Wellcome Middle School, located at the junction of N. C. 11 North and N. C. 903. Since the electric raUroad signals have been installed, the danger at this intersection has been lessened. However, with the opening of the new four-lane hi^way last week, there have been a number of accidents on the new stretch of highway.

School buses entering N. C. 11 from N. C. 903 have a treacherous passage to get to Wellcome School first having to stop for the railroad crossing, then crossing two northbound lanes and finaUy crossing two southbound lanes in order to reach the side road that is entrance to the school.

1 have a son who drives one of those buses. He takes his responsibility of a bus-load of childrens lives and well-being quite seriously. This crossing is hazardous for a long vehicle such as a school bus. Traffic signals to stop the flow of traffic would greatly increase the safety of this intersection.

Cant something be done to speed up the process of obtaining such a signal before someone is injured, maimed or killed ? It would be too late then for the victims of such a tragedy. The present priority system which our Hi^way Department uses to install traffic signals is good; however, it is better in some cases to cut red tape when the need is as obvious as it is in this particular case.

Mrs. Mary Barden (Eric) Whkhanl Rt.l, Stokes

To the editor;

P. B. S., the Public Broadcasting System, is now airing a new nightly talk and interview program hosted by Dick Cavett. Cavett is one of Americas most popular and proficient television personalities and his program should be in line for Emmy nominations. Unfortunately, this program has not been scheduled on the University of North Carolina television network due to a lack of funds. However, if enou^i public support is shown. The Dick Cavett Show may be added to the WUNC-TV schedule.

If you would like to view this program on Channel 25, or on the other UNC-TV channels, write a letter of support and send it to: George E. Blair, General Administrator, University of North Carolina, 910 Raleigh Road, (Jiapel Hill, N. C. 27514.

R.E.Landon

rather difficult situation.

That is the difference, and if you are a hamster you will appreciate that.

President Carter and Soviet President Leonid I, Brezhnev have yet to embrace Powells analogy.

At the outset of the news briefing this week at which Powell announced Carter has added Saudi Arabia to the already-crowded schedule for his four-continent tour, a reporter asked, Is it true the trip has been extended so that now we are going to spend Christmas in Bangladesh? The President is not, Powell replied, but we may be able to make arrangements for some of you if you keep it up.

Powell presumably had in mind the suggestions of some columnists and commentators that the ll-day itinerary shapes up more as a test of presidoitUd stamina than of administration diplomacy.

Carter is scheduled to return from the journey on Dec. 2. Asked if he would bet his bottom dollar it wont be extended, the press secretary observed, There are very few things I would bet my last dollar on

Irrepressible is an apt one-word description of Midge Costanza, the Presidents assistant for public liaison.

Introducing Carter at a gathering of the Young Presidents Organization, Ms. Costanza, who prefers that designation, raised both hands to still the applause.

I told you not too much, she chided with mock seriousness.

It was all in good fun, but you might have to conduct a lengthy search to find another presidential assistant equally willing to get a laugh at the expense of the boss.

Which brings to mind the efforts made before the inauguration by Presidentelect Carter and his top advisers to play up Ms. Costanzas prospective role as the top-rmiking woman on the White House staff.

Advance published reports had it that Hamilton Jordan would be the only Carter aide to be known simply as an assistant to the President.

All others, according to these accounts, would be assistants with designated (CoaUnuedoapagei)

Green Fears Power

By DAVID R. NELSEN Asaodatod Pre Writer

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Succession would bring machine politics to North Carolina and make the voters wish they had not allowed a governor to serve more than one term, warns Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green.

I think the power that is vested in the governors office in the state of North Carolina today is absolutely awesome, Green said in a meeting with newsmen Wednesday.

I think the taxpayers and the people of North Carolina are going to rue the day if they pass the succession amendment on Nov. 8, because I really do believe that youre going to see the legislature become totally ineffective and be nothing on earth but a pawn in the hands of the governor, whomever he is, with the powers be now has, Green said.

Most of the power which Green said he feared was the authority to make appointments. Green conceded that the power came from the General Assembly and could be withdrawn, but he said the legislature would never do that for fear of the consequences.

How is the legislature going to limit that power when he already has so much power that they dont dare reject him, he said. Patronage is involved and all of the patronage in North Carolina is controlled by the governor. So, heres a senator or rqiresentative who comes to Raleigh to represent his district or his area, and if he wants any patronage, hes got to support the governor and his programs or he doesnt get the patronage.

Voters will decide Nov. 8 whether governors and lieutenant governors will be allowed to seek second consecutive four-year terms. If it passes. Green and Gov. Jim Hunt would be allowed to run again in 1980.

Though Green said he cannot predict the outcome of the vote, he said the larger the percentage turnout, the larger the vote against succession. If there is a very small vote, then that enhances the chance of succession.

He repeated his complaint that the constitutional amendment was put on the ballot this year when there is little to attract the average voter to the polls. It would be better to vote in 1978 when a U.S. Senate seat, the 11 House seats and all (Continued (HI page 5)

40 Years Aga Taday

October 20,1937

V, F, Townsend, union spokesman, announced a truce in the waterfront strike which had tied up principal southeastern seaports for six days.

About 8,000 men, mostly stevedores, checkers and warehouse workers were on strike in Wilmington, N.C., Charleston, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Tampa, and Miami, Fla. The walkout tied up more than thirty steamships.

Two buses and several cars loaded with journalists and travel executives on their way to the tobacco belt stopped in Greenville for a few minutes.

Greeted by the high school band, members of the tour arrived just before 3:00 p.m.

They were ushered into the Proctor Hotel dining room where they were served refreshments. On their way out of town they were taken by East Carolina Teachers College. ' Lynn(?averiy

Benefits In College Education

likens the dissolution of the body to the rotting of the husk of a seed in the ground. This part of the seed must first die before the inner life begins to manifest itself. In the same way, our bodies must die before we can be ushered into a life beyond the grave.

In still another sense, even on this earth we must die in order to live. If our whole object in the world is to save our lives if we coddle them and try to scjueeze out of them all the satisfaction we can we lose the very thing we so ardently seek,

byElisfaa Douglass

ByDAVEGOLDBEAG AP Newsfeatures Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - The fringe benefits of a college education range from athletic competition to a happier, more creative family life, says a new study, undertaken in part to counter the allegation that too many Americans are overeducated.

The study was directed by economist Howard Bowen and financed by the Sloan Foundation and the Cam^e CkxincU on Policy Studies in higher education.

Bowen, former president of Grinnell College, the University of Iowa, and

Claremont University Center, says he conducted the study in part to answer a number of books questioning whether many college students actually belong there.

The study contends that the $85 billion a year spent on higher education returns about three times that amount in intellectually and socially broadened graduates.

One of the benefits of ttending college is simply the satisfactions that come from the attendance itself -from the learning, the stimulus of interesting people and ideas, the sociability, the pleasant suiroui)dings, and

the memorable ex-periences, the study concludes.

College also opens up to many people new interests, new awarenesses, and new understandings that are an important basis of lifetime satisfactions.

Although the report finds that the college experience will add meaning to the rest of a students life, it recognizes that the experience can vary from student to student and college to college.

It can be negative for some. Students learn to smoke, to drink, to use drugs, and some ruin their knees playing football, Bowen said in a

recent interview.

Of all the contributions of college, Bowen finds the enhancement of family life the most significant, particularly in fostering an attitude of intellectual curiosity in the homes of college graduates. That curiosity and its effects, he feels, contributes markedly to future generations.

For example, the study finds that more time and thought are given to raising children in collegelucated families. The children tend do better in school and in turn are likely to attend college, as will their children, building a solid base for a better-educated perica.