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TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 22, 1965

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Would Consist Of 19 Counties

NX. First Congressional District Remains Largest In State In Proposed Plan

Sketch Of Proposed New Congressional Districts

By GARLAND WHITAKER Reflector Staff Writer North Carolinas First Con-

tion is present. (satisfied with the change and

Dr. John East, Republican that he thought toe rest of the

are^sinnn] jVi. ^0** the First District i county would be satisfied also,

p-e siont District remained toe Congressional seat, said today i I think it will be right, al-

toat he had no comment at the though we hate to lose Congress-moment and that he would ra-iman L. H. Fountain.

nL Hal Howe, of Bayboro, chair-

Standpoint of the man of the Democratic com-

*1, * j* { .jmittee for Pamlico County, East did say that it is good could not be reached this mom-that we have a compact and jng for comment, contiguous district and in that

largest in area in the state, but its population was brought more in line with federal court requirements in toe plan for redistricting announced in Raleigh yesterday.

Under the plan, approved 2 to 1 by the Congressional Re-districting Committee yesterday, toe 15-county First will become the 19-county First with Carteret, Craven, Northampton and Pamlico Counties being added.

This is only one of several structure changes in the congressional districts ordered by the court to follow toe one man-one vote rule. The plan will not pit an incumbent congressman against another after the committee created some odd^hap^ districts.

Under the present district lines, the 15 counties of the First District have a coml^iied population of just over 200,000. ^e addition of toe four new counties in the area would bring the population up to 404,000, which would be about 2.40 per cent less than the norm of 414,-196 population established by the three-judge federal court.

Only two districts in the eleven districts set up under the plan announced yesterday go over that norm and then Just a little over 6 per cent.

The congressional redistricting plan was drawn up by Joe Eagles of Edgecombe

COMMITTEES LABOR on redrawing of cengrettional district Nnos will face hard look of N. C. General Asaembly.

He added that the outcome was about what everyone expected and that he was glad to sec the First as a compact district with less gerrymandering that in the other ten districts in toe state.

The sad part. said Harrell, Is that we had to take In so much territory.

A. H. James of Morehead City, chairman of the Carteret County Democratic Executive Com-tnittee said this morning that he didnt suppose anyone was too happy with making the change, but the committee is doing a good job and well have to accept it.

Pm sure weI! be weB rep-

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was approved a 14-7 marghv tewc ho'* r^rets except haring

respect it (toe redistricting of the First) looks sound.

Henry Harrell, chairman of toe Pitt Democratic Executive Committee commented this mor-ing that the proposed district looks as if it meets the population requirements and I think its about as compact as can be because the eastern coun-1 RALEIGH (AP)North Caro-ties are so small in population | lina congressmen are accepting and so large in area. with resignation a plan for re

alignment of the states congres-

Congressmen Accepting Plan With. Resignation

Congressional Lines Are Drawn

sional districts proposed by special legislative conunittee.

The committee approved the plan by a 14-7 vote Tuesday. It would not force any incumbent congressman to run against an-

submitted to pretty drastic surgery.

Rep. Basil L. Whitener, whose 10th District, would lose Avery, Burke and Mitchell counties and gain Iredell, Alexander and Polk, said, I would have liked to have kept what I had. But I knew that was impossible. The 11th was just too light, and

East, the Republican candidate in the 1st, had no comment pending study of the plan.

Republican Rep. James T. Broyhill said his 9th district should be kept intact because more than any other in the state it meets population requirements. He said he hated 3. to lose Iredell and Alexander

tees plan may be made before the General Assembly meets Jan. 10 to consider congressional redistricting and legislative reapportionment in order to car-r) out a Federal Court ruling for equal representation. The

Strong opposition and cries ofj The 4th, represented by Rep. gerrymandering were heard Harold Cooley, would add from some of the seven-man Orange, Moore and Montgomery minority on the committee. ! counties and lose Johnston and

Its horrible, said Sen. Tom i Davidson.

Seay of Rowan. Its a re-gerry- The 5th, represented by retir-mander of the 1961 gerryman- ing Rep. Ralph Scott, would add

with only minor changes from the original draft.

State Senator Walter B. Jones, eongressi<ial nominee f<H* the Democratic Party from the First District and who was treated as a sitting congreu-man in the committee, said today, Im delighted with it (the realignment). I welcome these people of the four counties into the First District and I feel I have r.iany friends in the area.

Jones added that there was a continuous interest from Carteret to Currituck in fishing and recreation.

Asked if he thou^t flie plan was the best solution, Jones replied that there is nothing you can do under the one man-one ote ruling when a large geographic area and small po^a-

other. But the committee pro- something had to be done to add counties because they have been posed some odd-shaped districts to its population. ; m the district since the him o

to avoid this, notably the 2nd, All the districts are contigu-the century. The district would 4th and 10th districts. jous, and I dont think anybody | gain Avery, Wilkes and Surry.

Republican Rep. Ctoarles R. could accuse them (the mem-j Some changes in the commit-

Jonas, whose 8th District, would lose Lee, Montgomery and Moore counties, commented that the proposal (toesnt change the political climate too much in his district.

I will hate to lose any county in this district, said Jonas. But it was pretty obvious that the district would have to be

to m^e the change.

will lose X good congressman, but well gain another, so I'm not feellny too bad about tUs. said James.

Al, p. Ward of New Bern, who is chairman of toe Oaven Democratic Executive (Committee, was not too excited

Ne^ess to say, comment-

Redrawing

Districts

ed Ward, I would perfer to remain with the Third District and not change ctmgressmen.

I hate to see the realignment disturb a district that has existed so long, even though I have I lot of friends in Greenville and other counties in the First District.

T. G. Joyner of Garysburg, diairman of the Northampton

RALEIGH (AP)- State Republican (Chairman James Gardner today called a tenta- tive plan for redrawing North Carolinas 11 congressional districts a farce.

This whole plan was tailored to protect the incumbent congressmen, Gardner said. And I have said all along I dont think any redistricting plan

$17 Million Is Proposed To Aid N.C. Air Service

Democratic Executive com- sijoyij consider the feelings of mittee, said this morning he was congressmen.

I lay the full responsibility for this plan at the feet of the governor, Gardner said. The redistricting committee gave shortness of time as (me of the excuses for the way their plan looks. Gov. (Dan) Moore wasted toe whole month of December.

bers of the joint legislative committee) of gerrymandering. Rep. Horace R. Komegay, whose 6to District would lose Durham and Grange counties and would pick up Davidson Ctounty, said:

I regret they cut my district in half. While I knew we had to lose about 75,000 people, I had hoped they would take as little as possible off.

Rep. L. H. Fountain, whose 2nd District would lose Northampton County and pick up Johnston and Granville, said that although I hate to see us lose any county, that proposal sounds like a reasonable one to me. I cant complain about it. Walter Jones, the Democratic nominee for Congress in the first district which would gain Craven, Pamlico and Carteret counties, said toe plan is fair and equitable so far as the 1st District is cqncemed. John P.

committee will meet again Jan. |der. Im going to do all I can I Durham Ck)unty and give up

to see that it doesnt pass. Granville, Surry and Wilkes,

Hie plan produced 11 districts | Changes made in other dis-; The 7th, represented by Rep. with an average variation of 2.5| tricts included: Alton Lennon, would lose Bladen

per cent from the population The 3rd, represented by Rep. County, norm of 414,196 per district. Two David Henderson, would gain i The llto, represented by Rep. districts would exceed the norm I Bladen County and lose Carter- Roy Taylor, would add Burke by a little over 6 per cent. let. Craven and Pamlico.

and Mitchell and lose Polk.

Skyraiders Hit Near Cambodian Border

U.S. Jets Pound North Viet Nam As Terrorists Strike Near Saigon

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Agency has recommended that $17.1 million

Waynesville; West Jefferson; Rocky Mount-Wilson. ImprovementsAhoskie; Albe-

dollars be spent in toe next five I marie; Andrews; Asheboro; years to build and improve air-1 Asheville; Beaufort; Boone; ports in North Carolina. Brevard; BuriingUm; Chapel

The FAA, in its annual five- Hill; Charlotte, Douglas Munici-

year forecast of airport needs, recommended that airports be

pal; Clinton; Edenton; Elizabeth City Municipal; Elizabethtown;

built in 27 North Carolina cities Fayetteville; Gastonia; Golds-and that 55 existing facilities be boro; Greensboro; Greenville; Improved. Hatter as; Hendersonville; Hick-

The recommendations in-ory; Jacksonville; Kinston; eluded: Uong Beach; Uunberton; Man-

U.S. Ponders Acceptance Of Yule Lull

trafinn i. thC SoUth, AIt ForC(

SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP)U.S. Navy jets smashed a key railroad bridge 18 miles west of Haiphong today in another heavy bombardment of North Viet Nams heartland, U.S. spokesmen reported, while Air Force planes carried the air war in the South within 800 yards (^ Cambodia.

As U.S. fighter-bombers hammered round the clock at toe Conununist North with 174 tons of bombs, tiie Viet Cong struck three times on Saigons door ste^ during the night and killed a village chief. |

Ninety Air Force F105 Thun-derchieis, F4C Phantoms and FlOO Super Sabres and 30 carrier planes took part in toe night-and-day assaults on North Viet Nam, hitting 10 bridges, main routes and storagd areas,

four U.S. planes were reported lost.

Planes from the carrier Kitty Hawk used radar delivery systems to zero in on the railroad bridge near Haiphong, Norto Viet Nams largest port. The area, part of the Hanoi-Hai-phong industrial complex, has been hit by U.S. planes daily in the past week.

On the ground, military action against the Communists seemed

almost at a standstill.

U.S. spokesmoi announced the number of Americans killed in combat last week declined to 10 compared with 91 dead, the second highest toll of the war, in the previous seven-day period. The number of Amercians wounded dropped to 126, compared with 316 in the Dec. 12-18

South Vietnamese losses cht the week were 239 killed in action, 425 wounded and 77 missing, the spokesmen said. Communist losses were given as 920 killed and 89 wounded. This gave the Allies a 3.6-to-l kill ratio over toe Viet Cong.

An American spokesman said the lower U.S. casualties wa

period, and 6 were listed as the result of a decision by the missing in action, one less than Viet Ck>ng not to become (ied-

the previous week.

sively engaged.

Military Construction Freeze Detailed

$11 Million Program In N.C. Is Postponed

tration is considering acceptance of a Ctommunst suggestion for a 12-hour Christmas Eve lull in Viet Nam fighting.

Publicly, they are making no

He co^d have criled a spe- .tatonents. Only -niesday dght, dal session ely tto month assistant White House press and we (X>uld have hammered secretary Joe Laitin said I this thing out, Gardner said, dont have anything on that *1116 GOP still plans to draft privately there is talk its own redistricting proposal, he said, to be presented to the General Assembly when it convenes in special session Jan. 10.

We will continue to work on our plan until we come up with a proposal that will not be an attempt simply to protect the | troops, vested interest of toe men in the I Source said Congress, Gardner said.

Force Sky- WASHINGTON AP)The De- Navy Camp Lejeune: Brig raiders slammed into an o Idjfense Department has postponed;complex, $1 million; and combat Viet Cong stronghold on the mdefinitely $11 million in mili-jvehiele maintenance shops,

tary construction in Norto Caro-1 $196,000. lina because of Viet Nam wari Marine Corps Air Statiim, outlays. Cherry Point: Combat vehicle

Navy and Marine Ck)rps proj- maintenance shop, $111,000; air-|

Cambodian border in the marshy Plain of Reeds 35 miles northwest of Saigon. Acting on information from a Viet 0)ng

neer facility, $1,(^,000; au(fl-torium, $449,000; parts storage building addtion, $92,000; ad-noinistration and storage building, $780,000, and dental dine, $454,000. State total: $4,106,000.

Air Force Ft. Fisher Air

that the Communist proposal i yeara as a hideout by

might accepted by simply ^ ^ *

refraining from any action during the period if a practical cease-fire also is observed by

defector, the Air F(^ce ordered ects would have totaled $5.58 craft fire and crash a strike on a 3-mile-square area that spokesmen said had been

station,Force Station: dormitory, $30,-

million, Army $4.10 million, and $328,000; Marine air control 000.

Air Force $1.29 million. squadron warehouse, $166,000; Pope AFB: POL quality con-

Defense Secretary Robert Me- and rehabilitation barracks, $3, trol, $42,000; dining hall, air-

the Communists and a marshalling point for supplies (iribbling in from Cambodia.

Associated Press photogra-the Communist Viet (Cong guer-! P^er Richard Merron, who flew fadUties. Nearly M of rUlas and North Vietnamese I with the mission, said: years planned military con-

We hit some buildings only 800 yards from the border Itself.

You could see the bor(ter as very well defined by some old

amara has announced post- 295,000. men, $267,000; officers quarters,

ment of $620 million worth of' Marine Ctorps Air Station, $616,000; and chapel and annex, construction of homes for serv-iNew River; Dispensary, $243,- $335,000. State total: $1,290JN)0. ice families, barracks and like 000, and barrack, $240,000. State --

that a formal acceptance would be highly unlikely since the Communist pro-

Ncw airports Bryson City; Charlotte; Concord; Durham; Elkin; Erwin; Franklin; Greensboro: Henderson; High

teo; Marion; Maxton; Mount Airy; New Bern; Raeford; Raleigh Municipal; Raleigh, Ra-leigh-Durham; Roanoke Rapids;

Point; Kings Mountain; Lexing-iRockingham; Rocky Mount Mu-ton; Lincolnton; Louisburg;jnicipal; Salisbury, Sanford;

Marshall; Monroe; Mooresville; Mount Olive; Reidsville; Rox-boro; Rutherf(M*dton; Smitb-field; Tarboro; Taylorsville;

SNOPPINC lAYS m

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Shelby; Siler (3ty; Southern Pines; Spruce Pine; Star; Statesville; Wadesboro; Wallace; Warsaw; Washington; WhitcviUe; Wilkesboro; Wll-fmington; Wilson Municipal; and Winston-Salem.

Borman, Lovell Fly To Homes

CAPE KENNEDY, ill. (AP) -Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell Jr. fly to their Houston, Tex., homes today after conqjleting the medical phase of their postflight debriefing.

Dr. Charles A. Berry, Gemini

AWOL Soldier Is Questioned In Coed's Slaying

posal came in a radio broad- Vietnamese fortifications which cast, rather than through diplo-1 still are there. At least 30 or 40 matic channels. ihuts and other buildings were

The temporary truce was pro-hit hard. posed two weeks ago in a Red i In all tiie air activity, only one

this total: $5,581,000.

Army Ft. Bragg: Bachelor Po|c0 'Surpriso' struction program is being cut officer quarters, $1,020,000; elec-' ..

in the new defense budget tronic maintenance shop, $47,-pQUr AllOOGClly North Carolina break- 000; tactical equipment shopl . . ? #

and facility, $210,000; post engi- CraCKing Safe

The

down;

radio broadcast in South Viet I Nam. The Communists offered stop attacks from 7 until 7

CHAPEL HILL (AP)-Chapel to Hill PoUce Chief W. D. Blake said today an AWOL soldier from Ft. Bragg is being held in Newark, N.J., for questioning about toe stabbing death of a affair was up to U.S. and South University of North Carolina Vietnamese authorities in Sai-coed last summer. gon.

Blake said Robert Lee Thom-

plane was reported lost in the past 24 hours, and that was an-p.m,! nounced Tuesday. The pilot was Christmas Eve until 7 a.m. rescued after bailing out. In the Christmas. previous 24-hour air activity.

Secretary of State Dean Rusk; said last week that the whole

Trooper Transferred Following Comploint

Slowdown?

MURFREESBORO, N. C. (AP) Police say they surprised four Norfolk, Va., men who were allegedly robbing a safe at the Chowan Milling Co., six mil^ north of Murfreesboro.

One of the men was seriously wounded during a gunfight Monday night with officers who bad RALEIGH (AP) A State had received several citations, gm^ounded the mill.

Highway Patrol officer has con- mostly for equipment violations. | Hertford County Sheriff R. V.

Back At Reports

toa, stationed at Ft. Bragg, was

arrested Tuesday by Newark >^9 ivOfig MltS police. He said officers from Chapel Hill would question him

wherecver he is tried for, hONG KONG (AP) - Hong

AWOL. Kong hit back tonight against .-

Blake We just want to U.S. and British complaints that! quarters said a cease-fire of " some Hong Kong products arei some sort may be in the wind

health hazards.

SAIGKIN, South Viet Nam (AP)A slowdown in ground warfare led to some specnla-tion today that tiie Viet Cong may be coasting toward a a Christmas Eve truce their radio offered, with strings attached, two weeks ago.

One authority at U.S. bead-

talk to Thornton about he was July 30, the day Suellen Evans of Mooresville was stabbed to death in a wooded area on the University campus.

A Cumberland Ck)unty offi-

flight surgeon, said Tuesday the cer said he was desperate to

-physical conditions of the two pilots had returned to pre-flight Dormali and addad:

get away when questioned about a stolen car earlier this year, he said.

The government Department i of Commerce and Industry announced it had found no evidence of contamination in plastic drink coolers made in Hong Kong. It said it would ask for details of U. S. tests which reportedly found oentamination.

for a 12-honr period.

But another officer empowered to know snch decisions said:

Were paid for 365 days a year. Christmas is like any other day. As for the 12-hour lull. I know nothing in that regard.

firmed that a trooper was transferred after a complaint was lodged against the officer by a former legislator.

MaJ. C. Raymond William Craig Cherry, 27, had been ordered transferred from Hamilton, where he has been stationed for three years, to Jacksonville.

The transfer came after former Martin County Rup. R. Frank Everett, filed a complaint

Williams, whose resignaton has been accepted by G^win, said the transfer was not ordered by Godwin and is not as bad as it seems on the surface.

The reason behind the transfer was not because ^a person of some prominence had complained, Williams added. There had been complaints

against C^ierry previously. He

V*: o'ng ovemal-

hides Commissioner A. PUston '^* williams added.

Godwin. *It is actually a matter of

Everett, who received a dta- personality and of (^erry just tion from CJherry last July for not being a small town trooper, improper passing, charged Cher-although he is a very good

ry with harassment of me and trooper and very conscientious.

Parker identified those arrested as Matthew Thomas, 24, Willie (fraig Mebane, 28, Zeb (Bud) Artis, 23, and Glenwood Lee Boomer, K.

Boomer was shot twice when be ran from the scene firing a .22 caliber pistol. He was listed in fair condition in Roanoke-Chowan Hospital.

EXTENDED WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR N. C.

Temperatures through Monday will average three to eight degrees above normal Rising temperatures early in period, turning somewhat cooler about Monday. Predpitation early

my truck drivers. He said his, It is almost routine policy to trucks had been stopped by transfer a trooper when we get I next week will total about six-Cherry mapy times and theyia lot of complainto about hia.ltenths of an indi^