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Thursday. January 13, 1983 & Editor! note: Nixon, n Eden ton tuUve, is vice-praMenl of Parker Brothers Newspapers oT Ahoskie. His colama appears weekly la a somber of that jraup'i publications. Members of Congress will get a raise. The House of Representatives will realize a 15 per cent gain in their in come while members of the Senate, who decided not to participate in the raise, will see their income rise due to an increase in the total allowed for speaking engagements. Hidden in a large money bill designed to keep the coun try operating, and signed by the President, Congress knows there will be comments from the voters and tax payers. But as is the case in most issues involving tax payers dollars, little concern will be noted from those elected to “serve” the in terests of the nation. An annual salary of $69,762 is not such a large amount Western Carolina Receives Large Gift CULLOWHEE - The largest gift ever made to Western Carolina University -- 212 acres of lake front pro perty valued at $485,000 - was made Wednesday by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hennessee of Sylva. The property is located on Bear Lake in the southern end of Jackson County. The appraised value of the land “clearly established this gift as the most magnanimous ever made to Western Carolina University,” Dr. H. F. Robinson, WCU chancellor said. The property will be held in the WCU Endowment Fund pending development of plans for its use, Robinson said. A 25 per cent undivided in terest in the land has already been turned over to the university. The remainder will be transferred in in crements during the next several years, according to the terms of the The university’s largest benefactors already were substantial supporters of the institution. W. C. Hennesse Lumber Company, which Mr. Hennessee founded, is a con tributing Patron of Quality at Western Carolina and Mr. and Mrs. Hennessee in 1979 gave highly valued wormy chesnut paneling for the main lobby area of the WCU Mountain Heritage Center. Hennessee recently told university officials and trustees he was planning to make the latest gift. He told them “Mrs. Hennessee and I have long admired Chancellor Robinson and what he has done and is doing in develop ment of the university. We wanted to go ahead at this time to express our support for and interest in the univer sity under Dr. Robinson’s leadership. about the various interest rates we pay in our Association. Stop in when it’s convenient and let us show you how your money can - eam some of the highest rates ever paid in the history of our institution. Edenton Sarin# & Loan South Broad Street J point of view BY BILL NIXON when compared with many top industry salaries. But to Americans attempting to make it on much less per year, the increase will be hard to accept. The 12 million Americans out of a job will find it very hard to understand. The activity of the Congress noted in this issue will create more distrust of elected of ficials. Taxpayers should be especially alarmed that the vote in deciding this matter was not recorded, thus keep ing the voters from knowing how their particular representatives voted. Another classic example of Congress attempting to pull a fast one on the taxpayers of this nation. What is just as alarming is the fact that members of the Senate pulled a fast one by not accepting the raise, but allow ing themselves higher fees for speaking engagements. These fees, which are usually paid by special interest groups in an attempt to influence members of congress, are limited to a total of $2,000 per engagement. But the number of times a particular group can pay a Senator to speak is not limited. It is easy to see Scope Aids In Marine Fisheries On a recent night a N.C. Marine Fisheries law officer raised to his eyes a piece of equipment first used on M -16 rifles the latter part of the Vietnam War. The Starlight Scope, a modernistic device to vastly amplify existing light, enabled the officer to ac tually see in the dark. With the scope the officer can shed away the protection of night. Used mainly to patrol polluted areas closed to shellfishing, an officer can “walk right up to someone and Tie will never know I am cigarette glow at 1,000 yards, unseen by the naked eye, is like a flashlight beam when the smoker turns toward the officer using the Starlight Scope. An officer said the scope was designed for a marksman to be able to hit a ping pong ball at 450 yards on a pitch dark night. For someone using one the first time, it is a Star Wars experience. Peering through the eyepiece on a dark night and suddenly being able to see in the dawn-like greenish glow someone 50 yards ahead, walk, bend over, and move his hands, it has the slow motion amaze-effect wat ching someone walk on the moon. Marine Fisheries officers have been borrowing from the military Starlight Scopes for the past six how charges of possible con flict of interest can arise. It will be very easy for any special interest group to in vest thousands of dollars in any one Senator, and you can be sure that group will be ex pecting a return of their investment. It has been suggested that any increase in salary for elected officials be put before the voters for their approval. Requests for salary or other related increases in benefits would be presented to the voters during non-election years, with the individual voter’s districts voting on their representatives. The voters, not the elected, would have the choice of deciding if a particular official was wor thy of an increase. This is certainly not a new idea. Many top executives in business have their salaries and other perks set by vote of a board of directors or the of ficers of the company. The ones responsible for providing the monies to operate our government and pay the ex penses involved in sending men and women to Washington and other govern ment positions should have a say in what rewards are received. months. They use the $3,500 - $6,000 pieces of equipment in various ways. Gaining a vantage point, they can survey a large area and look for a light, a boat, or an unfamiliar lump. The scope weighs eight pounds and is about 18 in ches long. It is easy to carry, and it only takes seconds to get it out of the carrying case and ready to use. Recently, near Wright sville Beach, an officer hd a tip about some men using a polluted area at night. Three officers went to the area, and sure enough, there were. The officer with the scope situated at the edge of the marsh and the two other officers closed in on the five men from either side. By using the scope and his radio, one officer directed the other two as they chased the men back and forth throughout the night. Court cases have been made with the scope. Sur prisingly, one officer said, “nobody has thought to ask, ‘how did you see what you were doing in the total dark?’ ” The scope is being used at several locations along the coast. Cases have also been made against those caught shrimping in closed areas. "Perspectives” Lectures Scheduled GREENVILLE—Two noon time lectures in a continuing series entitled “Perspec tives” and sponsored by the humanities program of East Carolina University School of Medicine will be presented in January. The first will be “The Case of the Desperate Haitian: Autonomy and Beneficience in Medicine,” with Warren Reich, S.T.D., as guest speaker on January 10. Reich is director of the pro gram in Health and Humanities of Georgetown University Medical School and is a 1982-83 fellow with the National Humanities Center. Dr. Irvin Blose, ECU pro fessor of psychiatric medicine, will discuss the “History of Psychiatry” on January 25. This is a Charles E. Culpeper Foundation “History of Medicine” lecture. Hie programs will be held at the Pitt County Memorial Hospital cafeteria in the upstairs conference room from 12:30-1:30 P.M. instead of the hospital teaching addi tion, the previous meeting place. The public is invited, and there is no admission charge. For information telephone 757-2818. aesSe A Thar* m 48 mite* of narvat in tha body. THE CHOWAN HERALD While not a bad idea, it is doubtful that such a law will ever be passed. In order for such to become law, the Con gress would have to vote on it. Past history has proven that Congress is not interested in having the voters know what they are up to; case in point, the non-recorded vote on this Hoke Roberson, Jr. |B; • ■ -V; * . ' - ' >•. Announces ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE I Buck, Oldsmobile, I Pottiac Or GMC Tracks I Now through March 31,1983, you can get Low GMAC financing on the finest line of low 11.9% GMAC financing on quality 1983 GM GM vehicles ever offered. Available from Hoke cars and light trucks.* And this low rate is not Motor Corp. on vehicles delivered by March 31. just limited to selected models. Qualified Vehicles ordered by February 28 are also eligi buyers can finance any new 1983 Pontiac, ble. Dealer financial participation may affect Oldsmobile, Buick or GMC light-duty truck or final negotiated price of the vehicle. 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Reports filed with an insurance company in Rome noted: “I thought my window was down but I discovered it was Page 9-B up when I put my head i through it.” Or this: “A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.” And, finally, thisonel“The pedestrian could not cjecide whether to go backwards or frontwards, so there was nothing I could do but run over him.”
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