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proved a hard act to follow since
the conference had earlier heard
from the chancellor of University
of Wisconsin Extension and the
UW president.
During a layover in Chicago on
Tuesday afternoon we took a bus
into the city. While waiting for the
elevator in the fabulous Water
Tower Place, our navigator and
roommate for the trip, remarked:
“I know that man.” Sure she did, it
was John Anderson, tne In
dependent candidate for President
in 1980.
The trip back to O’Hare Airport
was via taxi. The driver was a
Marian Sierzputowski, a Polish
immigrant who predicted the
Soviet invasion of his native land
in the next 30 days. “If Carter was
still in it would have already
happened,” he said. “President
Reagan and the Polish Pope are
strong men. They work together.”
We were more interested in
getting back to the airport in one
piece than having a lecture on
political science. But we made it
and thre was no extra charge for
the information.
Gosh, it’s good to De home!
Acceptable Act
House Bill 747, introduced by
Rep. Vernon James of the Isle of
Pasquotank has been amended
and is acceptable to people along
the Public Parade. The bill as it
now reads extends the Chowan
River Basin Study to include the
Albemarle Sound.
The pollution problem in the
Chowan River has rapidly spread
to some lower reaches of the
Albemarle Sound. To investigate
one without paying equal attention
to the other is an exercise in
futility.
The original bill put into the
legislative hopper by Rep. James
would have established just
another study group in an already
much too long list. With a vigorous
expression of concern and pledges
of support from local government
along the Public Parade, the bill
was expanded.
We were highly critical of the
first brush by Rep. James to focus
attention on a continuing basis on
the water quality in the river, not
to mention the sound. He just
didn’t go far enough.
Now, however, Rep. James has
proven himself as being sensitive
to the needs and even in a General
Assembly where knives are more
evident them shovels he is seeking
sufficient funds over the biennium
to support the Legislative Com
mission the bill would establish.
Furthermore, the Department
of Natural Resources & Com
munity Development will support
the commission’s efforts with the
drafting of an Albemarle Sound
Restoration Project. The
department will need funds to
carry out this section of the bill
and it should be appropriated for
that specific purpose. Included is a
fulltime project manager, who
would coordinate federal, state
and local efforts.
Water is probably our most
precious resource, unless it is our
people. The local cries have been
off and on since 1972, and more on
recently than off. Gov. James B.
Hunt, Jr., has placed the Chowan
River and Albemarle Sound at the
top of his environmental priority
list. The DNR&CD has responded
as often and as much as possible.
The General Assembly, through
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Edenton, North Carolina, 27932.
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AWARDED FOR SAFETY Sixteen consecutive years of no lost time accidents at Ricks
Laundry on Church Street were lauded by Labor Commissioner John C. Brooks during a safety
awards program sponsored last Wednesday night by the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Ann Cano, office manager, and Arthur Charbonneau, plant manager, are shown above
displaying a certificate attesting to their safety record, cited as the best in the Albemarle Area.
Other local businesses and industries awarded for one or more years of safety included, Carter’s
Ink, Atlantic Forest Products, Chowan Veneer Company, P. H. Rose Store, The Chowan Herald and
Tee-Lok Corp.
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license plate renewal card.
The license plate agency in
Chowan County is operated by
Mrs. Jeanette Dowd and is located
at the Carolina Trailwavs Bus
station, 810, North Broad Street,
Eden ton.
HB 747, is getting into the act.
Welcome aboard, even if the water
leaves a lot to be desired.
Guest Editorial
The announcement this week
that the world’s first plant to
produce methanol from peat will
be built in the eastern part of the
state means another major in
dustrial development for North
Carolina.
The plant will employ 200
people.
But all of us should take note
that to create those 200 new jobs,
tbp company will have to spend
$250-million. That’s more than a
million dollars per job! And that
kind of money... in this case and in
most others .. ultimately comes
from personal savings.
That’s why personal savings are
so important, and why we believe
that government tax policies
should encourage them.
We hear many speeches these
days about the need for private
enterprise to create new jobs; but
few of the speakers remind us of
the high cost of creating new jobs
these days.
All this is another good reason
that President Reagan should not
back off from his plan to provide
tax incentives that encourage
business to create new jobs.
Such incentives are among the
best things government can do to
help the economy.
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day care for the first time ever,’
said Fesmire.
She also indicated that the
largest share of the funds
allocated for day care are federal
Title XX funds. “With all the
budget-cutting recommendations
going on in Washington and the
federal fiscal year running from
October through September, there
is no way to be sure how much
North Carolina’s federal
allocation will be for July 1, 1981
through June 30, 1982. We are
hoping to receive at least as much
as we did for the current fiscal
year. The current federal law
governing Title XX funding ac
tually allows for an increase in the
current oeiling on these funds for
1981-82.”
“There is a growing need for
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detailed survey that is now un
derway.
The N. C. Energy Institute
sponsors research aimed at
helping North Carolina build a
secure energy future. The institute
was created by Governor Hunt in
1978, and has since sponsored
more than 60 energy research
projects.
The projects cover such topics
as energy storage, hydropower,
peat, solar energy, waste recyling,
wood energy, co-generation and
conservation.
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manufacturing and retailing firm.
Prior to joining Conner, Lewis
was Vice President, Roy H. Park
Broadcasting Co., Inc. and
General Manager of television
station WNCT-TV Channel 9,
Greenville, N. C.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Connor stated, “Blake Lewis
has worked with us on qpr ad
vertising program for over 15
years and has seen our company
grow from (1) sales center in 1959
to nearly one hundred (100) in
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Virginia now. We’re pleased
to have a man with his broadcast
and sales background join our
great management team.”
Lewis, a native of Washington,
North Carolina and a Mason,
being a member of Orr Lodge No.
104 and Washington York Rite
Bodies, a member of Washington
First United Methodist Church,
immediate past chairman of the
Administrative Board, and past
president of the Hackney Sunday
School Class.
Lewis was recently re-elected
Chairman of the Historic Bath
Commission. The commission is
NORTH CAROLINA
Farm Tips
From
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., N.A.
By Dr. J. W. Pou
Unprecedented growth occurred in U.S. agricul
tural exports during the 19705.
The nation’s shipments of farm products abroad
rose in value from $7 billion in fiscal 1970 to an
astounding $40.5 billion in fiscal 1980—almost a
sixfold increase, say extension economists at North
Carolina State University.
This was a global agricultural development of
such magnitude that it is difficult to imagine how
anyone could have foreseen it. It was also a
development that affected the lives of all Americans.
Beginning in 1979, North Carolina was among
the states that exported more than $1 billion in farm
commodities annually. That year, the Tar Heel
state’s share of exports was $1,153 billion, of which
unmanufactured tobacco accounted for nearly $670
million.
Rising prices per pound, per bushel, or per
bale—have contributed substantially to higher
export values. For most commodities, however, the
volume of shipments also has risen sharply.
This past year, for example, per-unit prices on
U.S. shipments of grains, oilseeds and their products
rose 9 percent. But volume gained 19 percent,
resulting in a 28 percent jump in the combined
export value of grains and oilseeds.
U.S. wheat exports last year hit 36.1 million tons,
breaking a record set in 1973 when the Soviet Union
engaged in its first massive wave of U.S. grain
buying.
Feeagrain exports were an unprecedented 71.2
million tons in fiscal 1980. Os this total, corn
accounted for 61.4 million tons and sorghum 8.2
million. Misgor gains were recorded in exports to
Japan, Mexico, Spain, Eastern Europe and South
America.
Soybean exports in fiscal 1980 rose to 23.8 million
tons, not a new record but well above the previous
year. Japan was the largest individual buying
country.
Cotton exports fell sharply last August and
September but still managed to set a new record of
slightly under 2 million bales valued at $1,519 per
ton. Except for Canada, the major cotton markets
were the Asian textile producers.
Following an early season decline, tobacco exports'
recovered toward the end of the fiscal year and
nearly equaled the volume shipped in fiscal 1978. A
6 percent increase in price, to $4,770 per ton,
resulted in a total value gain of 4 percent.
Exports of animals and products totaled $3.8
billion in fiscal 1980, up 3.5 percent from the
previous year. Poultry exports showed the most
dramatic increase—4B percent—to $546 million.
In fiscal 1980, dramatic changes occurred among
leading markets for U.S. farm products, according to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Japan remained the No. 1 outlet, as U.S. farm
exports there reached $5.8 billion. But shipments to
the Soviet Union dropped from $2.2 billion in fiscal
1979 to $1.5 billion, largely as a result of the U.S.
embargo placed on grain shipments to Russia.
The Netherlands moved into the No. 2 position
previously held by the USSR.
Mexico, newly rich with oil, skyrocketed from
ninth largest market for U.S. farm goods in fiscal
1979 to mird largest. U.S. shipments there hit $2
billion in a wave of Mexican buying to compensate
for drought-reduced grain and oilseed crops and to
satisfy rising domestic demand. *
The People’s Republic of China, with purchases of
$1.95 billion, was close on Mexico’s heels. Sharp
growth in U.S. sales of cotton, wheat and soybeans
led to a more than doubling of exports from fiscal
1979 to this past year.
Projections indicate the value of U.S. agricultural
exports during the current fiscal year will rise to
S4B billion, which would set a new record for the
12th year in a row.
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appointed by the Governor of
North Carolina and works jointly
with the Office of Archives and
History in acquisitions and needs
for restoration in North Carolina’s
oldest town, Bath.
Lewis is married to the former
Mary Jo Hoover of Batesburg,
South Carolina, and they have two
children Blake, 111, a student at
Beaufort Community College and.
Mary Leigh, a rising senior at
Saint Mary’s College, Raleigh.
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