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Should Keep Coast Guard Station

To Them He IS Real!

It is regrtUble, indeed, that the CoMt Guard hat decided to deactivate its station^at Washingrton, N. C, and move the cutter and personnel to Hobuck-

thousanda of dollars on the Tar west of Washington, deanagginff it to make it usable for recreational purposes. Thus a Coast Guard station may become important to this area.

We have strong ddubta about wisdom of moving the Coast Guard station from Washington. It has performed an important service there through the years.

The First Congressional District's new congressman should list as one of his first duties to look into this move.

en.

The announcement came through Rep. David K. Henderson of the third district.

He said the station at Hobucken will be operated on a trial basis as a combined light-attendant and search and rescue facility.

The reason for the move was given as placing the station in a more centralised location to provide navigational aid to the increased traffic on the

that may be so. but the stations activity as a Most Spectacular Of

search and rescue facility at Washington is an ira- * *

portan! sendee. More and more the Pamlico River ^ w i

and Sound east of Washington are becoming an SnClC AcJllVeiTlllrR

important recreational area for the state. Thousands MpVlWC? nWUV SSAUXSU LO

of boaters and swimmers make use of the waters each .summer. And Inevitably they get into trouble.

Even now the Corps of Engineers is spending

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By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

PROPOSE Proposals now tmng presented by North Car-(diiias cidii aad ootiaties to produce badly needed additional local revsmie cover a wide id potentially rich range of tax souroei.

Some of these would be entire new to Nerth CaroUaa although thsy ere belag tap* ped In other states.

For exqnk, the N. C. Lee-gue of Munfcipalttles has for-maJly recommended:

(1) A a*pl|gyback* local op-fM I Janet

ttoa salM tax ea a couaty-wide basis which would be collected along with the state sales tax and preceedi turned back to local fovemments.

(2) A local epikm payrollc tax requiring withholchng from the paycheck of each worker earning a salary or wages within municipal corporate limits.

In addition, the League of Municipalities has notified the state revenue study commission that it b considering at least one other additional source which it may recom* mend later.

RANGEThe new tax pro-are only part of a broad and fap^^ching tax revision program put forth by tlie municipalities.

In one area, property taxes, the League of Municipalities and the N. C. Asnocintion of County ComnUssieiiers take identical sbmd opposing further reduc^oos in the property tax bascK-the granting of additicmal exemptioBs.

Ad valorem prc^rty taxes now account for more than per cant of municipal re-venuee from tax sources In NorHi Carolina. The proposals for increasing local revemies deal primarily with two other categorlee-ftate-shared taxes

and license taxee.

The range here extendi from revteing of the privilege llcente tax ^ructure, a "more equitable division of gasoline and utility franchise taxes permitting cities to levy up to 119 a year in motor vehicle license taxes.

REASONSThe League of Municipalities cited both general and specific reasons for its prt^als tn a brief flled with the Tax Study Commission.

The County Commissioners asktd for and were granted addlttonal ttme fai which to

prepare formal briefs, prior to public hearings by the study commission early in 1966.

Ernest H. BaU, geatral counsel for the municipalities, pointed out that municipal population in North Carolina is increaaing at a rate twice that of the state m a whole. By iffo. he said. M^proxlmate* ly half of the states popa-latioB will five in cities and towns.

It seenfw obvious, regardless of tha impact of our tax strucpire utn industrial location, that withottt the baste servlcai of moaicipal government, or without sufficient and adsquate rfveiiue aources with which to provide them, our entire effort to further advance the pace of industrialization in North Carolina must falter, he said.

ARGUEDThe MunlelimU-ties brief argued that tha so-called Powell bill allocation formula for returning a portion of state gasoline taxes to municipalities is outdated.

After a struggle of nearly 20 years, the states cities and towns began receiving one-twelfth or t 1-3 per cent of the state gasoline tax in 1951 allocated on a basis of population and relatlvf mileage of streets-

MimieipaUtiea now contend that they ara not getting the benefit af thair gaacdiiie taxes to the same degree that rural areas receive for roads. They argue that a larger share of the state's utility franchise taxes should go to cities and towns where utilities use free of charge tlw municipalitys street rights of way for location of poles, wires, pipes, conduits and the like.

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Most Americana, confident as thay were o a successful completion of the marathon Gemini 7 flight, heaved a sigh of relief when Astronauts Bor-man and Lovell splashed down safely in the Atlantic Saturday morning.

The end of the longest manned space flight in history was almost an anticlimax to the recent eventful days in space. Yet. it was the key to a successful venture.

Although it will be days before detailed medical reports on the two Astronauts are available, preliminary reports leave little doubt that the two suffered no ill effects from their long stay in space. Apparently they have answered conclusively the question that has haunted space expeYts since the manned moon flight planning began. They have shown that man can endure long periods in space, carry out precise functions and return to Mrth without ill effects. ' ' '

' The flight of Gemini 7 in spite of leijfne^ manner in which it wak carried out, must rank as the most spectacular achievement of the fledgling space age.

Students Show Their Concern

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By ART BUCHWALD

By Winfred L. Godwin

As elsewhere, the war in Vietnam has cast its long shadow across Southern college campuses this Christmas season. Tha deep concern of students fw the fighting in Southeast Axis is refiect^ in many special efforts on cam-

uses from Maryland to exes.

**We want to show our sympathy for the South Vietnamese themselves, said a Tu-lane University junior who is heading up a 500-student drive to solicit funds in t h e New Orieaia area for the people of South Viet Nam. We went to prove that the majority of college students throughout the country are behind our fighting mea in South Vietnam.

Fumh raised by the Tulane students during their two-day campaign are turned ovar to the Amerlcim Red Cross which, in cooperation with the South Vietnamese Rad Cross, will buy food for ths rafugees of that country.

En routa from the kitchen of a womens dormitory at Clemson are homebaked cookies for ths men of the 6251st Tactical Fighter Wing in South Vietnam. At Auburn University, 110 coads, in a Project Lovf. hava dressed 1,000 dolli in the Vietnamese garb of kmg panta and coats for U. 8. flgnfiM troops to dis-tributa to Vietnamese children. And from Mississippi State University, gifts ranging from cigarettes to books as well as a raft of personal letters to aarvicemen are being sent to U. S. troops as a protest against the draft card burners and a show of appreciation to our men in Vietnam, as one student expres-sad it.

Univeraity of Georgia students sponaorad an Isaccs Bleed-In Project, in tribute to a Ft Benning Captain who was killed in Vietnam trying to save two fellow Americans, which spread to every Georgia college, was given a proclamation of state support by Governor Carl Sanders and brought in some 5000 pipts of blood. University of Mississippi student recently sponsored a Pints for Patriotism Dgv and donated almost 700 pira of blood for U. S. sol

diers in Vietaam. In an early December Bleed-Iu, East Carolina College students collected 1200 pints of blood aa a testimony of their support for the American stand in Southeast Asia, and then canvassed the city of .Greenville tor donations ol books, ctothea and cards for the South Vietnamese people.

These efforts may seem in the face of the suffering, the fniatratioii and sacrifice of U. S. tro^ in Vietnam, but they refieet a genuine effort by many student# to ex-

These efforts may ofm way at a time that has great meaning to our society. Rw* cently a University of Florida 8tudit received a letter from an ex-classmate who deacribad His combat experience in Vietnam and ended, quite limply but profoun<fiy, with the statement, wt must all do what we can to make the world a better place. The letter was his last But more eloquently than anyone he had doubtless aummed up the feeling of the vast majority of atudents on our regions campuses this Christmas, 1965.

Dr. Spock, Americas leading authority on children, has come up with some revolutionary Ideas for Christmas. He says that the holiday season is so overdone that children go to pieces under the tension and he warns that Christmas exploits and fosters childrens naturally greedy tendencies.

To solve the problem the flood doctor thinks we should feavt children home when shopping, that they should be shielded from live Santas, and that a child should be limited to only one or at the most two Chriehnas Hresents.

The scMo if Christmas

morning. A 10-year-old child comes running down the stairs In his pajamas while his parents sit nervously by the Christmas tret.

There arc two packages under the tree. The boy rips them both open. Oh, boy, he cries, an Erector set and a pair of galoshes. He starts looking behind the tree. Wheres the other stuff? he asks.

The mother says, Thats all there is, son.

All there is? the boy says. But its Christmas.

We know that, son, the

Other Editors Saying Inequities To Continue

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Emotions are equipment with which heaven provides women as an effective defense again.st male reasoning pow-#r.*^Knoxville (Tenn.) News-Sentlncl.

We hate to repeat gossip, but what alse can you do with it? -Chewelah (Wash.) Independent.

SHOP EARLY! MAIL EARLY!

...USE

>J^tOOE

(Washington Daily Newt)

The federal courts ordering reapportionnrait so as to comply with the one man-one vote concept might think that they are doing toe job of pitting an equitable to-tribution of political power.

As we look at the problem, inequities will always exisL regardleaa of how many rulings are hande down by the high court.

For instance, If we take one large county in North Carolina aid surround it with several small counties, and call that a district and give that district several representatives, by very prbactical de-ducatlon it is very easy'to see that the big county could take all toe repreaentation leaving none for the smaller counties. But looking at the district as a whole, it would comply completely with the one man-one vote concept.

1\xiay over North Carolina various counties have different methcK^ cd determining how the county commissioner shall be elected. If a given county has one city with more population that the rest of the county combined, then that one city could elect all the commissioners if indeed the one man-one vote concept eventually comes all the w^ down to county commissioners as seems inevitable now.

pie are being left out, the one man-one vote idea does present some inmractical machinis. Of course it seems that in the matter of electing coiHity commissioners the counties one day will elect them alt at large with every citizens vote counting exactly the same as evwry other citizens vote, the voting machinery seems so fair and equitable, but in application the end roault will be that so many area# will not be directly represented. Yet, toe federal court says you muit use this system.

If we could all look at government in terms of serving the whole rather than serving one part, the entire proWam would melt away. But if in a given county all commissioners should come from one small area which la heavily populated, toe commissioners as a boch^ might not really know the problems contained in some other areas.

We can look at toe one man-one vote concept in any light we wish. We can think toat it will solve an our ppo-bfems insofar as government is concerned. Frankly, it will not. Some inequities will still exist, and we suppose that they always will.

TTie federal courts might have one answer, but In truth and wisdom, we kg) asking ourselves toe question is their answer realV Ht

Well, if hes not a nut, hes a fink, the boy cries. What kind of a (Jhristmas is this, anyway?

Dr. Spock is just trying to keep your greedy tendencies to check. He says the leas w* ive you, the happier you will

In toe tense that many peo- tor than ours?

The boy scrwm Im not greedy. I only want whats coming to me.

But if we gave you evcry-toing you wanted, you would tost go to pieces. We dont want you to have a nervous breakdown,

Whats a nervous break-<k)wn?

Its when you get sick and depressed.

But Im sick and depressed new.

Yea, but you would be much worse if you got a lot of presents.

Im going to tell grandma tois afternoon, the boy sap.

fflie's not coming over this afternoon, the mother tells the son.

Why not?

Because Dr. Spock doesnt believe in mass family gatherings at Christmas time. He says it will only unnerve you. The three of us are going to spent a quiet day tcjetoer. Without any toyi?

Wf'li ling Christmas carols, tha fatoar aayiu (Continued On Page I)

Where Do We

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Copyright, 1186, Kfaig Features Syndicate Inc.

A group of Yale University professors and students, including an eminent divine, an eminent Dante scholar, an eminent authority on Melvilles Moby Dick, and, to be perfectly fair, a few eminent political scientists, have signed one of those $5,000-to-$8,000 newspaper advertisements calling for a nationwide reappraisal of our Far Eastern Policy. The name of the group sponsoring the advertisement is Americans for Reappraisal of Far Eastern Policy, and It wants to.negotiate with Red China, beginning with the question of Red (Dhtoese admission to the UN.

Well, in a fluid world there is nothing eternally sacrosanct about any policy. But just how do you negotiate with a country like Red China? Where ^ you begin

father says. But Dr. Spock says you should only get one or at the most two (3u-istmas preeents this year.

Whos Dr. ^k?

He is a very famous pedl-trician and he writes ^ks on how to raise diil^eB. Ito aays the more presents we buy you, the more chance you have of going to pieces on Christmas Day.

The boy says, He must be aome kind of a nut.

He is not a nut. He is a very distinguished man who knows what goes on in the minds of children.

ART

IIUCHWALD

when the conditions are all laid down for your defeat before you have even so much as opeoad your mouth? And how do you trust a man like Tse-tung, who says that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun?

Lets start with this matter of UN admission before going on to other matters in the Far East that Yale minority thinks need reappraisal. The Red Chinmie have spumed the UN recently, and have even talked of setting up a rival peece body. But they have said aoougb to the past to Indicato thay might condescend to take a seat by Manhattans Fast River if toe rest of toe world would be good enoufh to change the UN charter and expel all imperialist punpet states. The Taiwan Chtotae would of course, have to be thrown out; Red CMia haa said it won't sit with the Chil^ Kai^hek clique. Satisfaction for Red China here would reqtdre a preliminary abandonment on the part of the Taiwan ChineM of their right to a veto to toe UN SiMurity Council. Preeumably if tilt law iato hold, the

Taiwan Chtoeae cant be thrown to the wolves without their prior consent. This, no doubt, could be arranged if the U. S. were sufficiently Machiavellian to threaten Taiwan with cancellation of an existing treaty of mutual defense. But if reapprajsar' were to invoivf such arm-twisting, there wouldnt be a country in the world that would continue to trust the U. 8. in any vital matter.

Under Red Chinese conditions, the only way to make the UN wivarsal is to begin by forcing the non-univer-sfility of Taiwan, a nation of 12,000,000 people. Twelve million isnt ao much, but its more than live in the Maldive Islands.

Anothe rcondition lain down by the Rod Chinese is that the UN repudiate its 951 re-iM>lution condemning Peiping as an aggressor in Korea. Thus there could be no negotiations looking to seat Red CSiina in to* UN without the UN itself oating erow. Even toe League of Nations, feeble

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Strength For Today

More Look-Aheads For Business

By EARL L. DOUGLASS UFEs GREAT ISSUES

Most of us believe in a future life. There will be a next world into which we enter. What will it be like?

Well, God has not seen fit to reveal to us very extensively the nature of the life to come, C^ainly it will be vastly ctifferent from the world to which we now live. Its ideal# will be different ahd undoubtedly higher. Even Jesus himself could not describe for us in adquate terim what .the ultimate kingdom of' heaven would be like. But probably this was due, not to a lack of x)wer on his part, but to a ack of capacity on our part to understand He made plain to his generation tha! tlierC IS a divine Householder pre

aiding over creation. We receive rewards now, and we are promised more in the future. Also, we are chastened and dlcipltned if we do wrong.

The world and the universe which God treatod are still to His hands. He can do with His universe and with us as He like*. We are told that God li love. He will, therefore, do for His creatures what His loves moves Him to do.

We can be sure we are *kafe while we are In Ood't hands. We ure to the process of growing souls. Right and wrong are, toe great toaues of life. Patience and faith arq our keywords.

y'l press forward. said' fjt. Paul Gok1 advice, and better policy.

By ELMER ROESSNER

Here are more look abeads In business:

Chrlstnias boom: That

Christmas tales this year would set a new mark haa been predicted ever since the end of the last season. But last-minute signals indicate that the boom may be far greater than average fcwe-casts. Ctoly abominable weather in the coming week can prevent aalei exceeding r*-cent expectations.

Factoring boein: The rise in interest rates, plus the tight money market, is likely to push factoring volume to an all-time high this year. 'This year factors will lend $23 billion, ccQrding to Irwin Naitove, borad chairman of Dommerich and Ck)., a leading factor. With banks near a limit of cu>a-

city, they are forcing buainess-men to turn to factors, he reported. The tight money market narrows the gap between hanks and factors.

SOONER THAN WE IHINK

The steel tnra-around may

come soon tbaa expected. Steel orders have been sluggish because so many buyers have been drawing on inventories. But orders will pick up in weeks ahead. Many users are requiring shgpes not in inventory; others are getting

new orders they have not stocked for. Orders will Ulerease for steel for freight cars, construction and, importantly, for defense.

Nonstick boom: When plastic coated cooking pans first appeared a few years ago they created a mild flurry end then lubtided. Many of the coetinipi turned hreWQ or faded away. But TeHeo^t* fd pans came back Itrqoi this year; they are one the bonanzas M the shopping aeaaon. But competition la coming. Boeing has developed what it cmls a superior Teflon process. It will ba too late for this season, but youll aee and hear a lot about it next year.

Fruit Beer Coming: A new canned soft drink that look# like beer and foams like beer, hut tastes like apple Juice, has been tested in key

markets by Royal Oown and will appear over the country as warm weather comes.

High capper prices: While the government, by assuring industry of adequate supplies of copper, forced producers to rescind a 2-cents-a-pound price Hike, it will beo be albe to keip toe price down. World pricfi arc already higher, and wnrld demand is rising. Defense needs at home are so great toat tha release of 200,-000 toiw pf etockpUes copper will not be onough.

Employment easing: Extra post office and sales help will start being laid off in a matter of hours. This will ease the shortage of workers, but only slightly. Many of those being laid off do not want regular jobs. In t h i s weather? They want to return to their familiea er uoamptoy-ment benefits.