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Memories Are Fleeting Things
The Board of County Commission
ers is meeting again today and chances
are the Board will--as it has done on
three previous occasions recently-con
tinue to ignore a request from two
groups it appointed to take action on
the matter of zoning.
There has been no reason given for
the Board's refusal to act on a request
by the Industrial Commission and the
Planning Board that a resolution be
passed requesting Franklin representa
tives to introduce a bill to have this
county included in the present zoning
law. The act would give the Commis
sioners authority to zone areas of the
county if and when needed.
The stalling tactics -if this is what
the Board is doing- has just about
worked. The General Assembly is
nearing adjournment and it is doubt
ful that favorable action by the Board
even today would result in any action
.by the lawmakers in Raleigh.
' Initially, the Board promised repre-'
sentatives of the Commission and the
Planning Board that it would pass the
resolution, according to reliable re
ports. After representatives left the
meeting, however, something happen
ed to change the Commissioner's
minds. No action was taken in two
subsequent meetings.
Just how the Commissioners are
justifying the refusal to act on a
request, not by just one body it
appointed but by two, remains a
mystery. Members of the Industrial
Commission are hand picked men,
chosen to serve by the Commissioners
themselves. So are members of the
Planning Board. Seldom does a Board
appoint such members and then com
pletely ignore- with no reasons given
-what appears to be a reasonable
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request.
It is impossible to determine what
the objection to zoning is in the minds
of the Commissioners. With the large
investment by the county in water
lines along NC-56 and the ever ex
panding industrial complex in the
area, the reason for inaction on the
Board's part must be of great impor
tance, indeed.
It is going to be too late when
some land owner in this or some other
critical area finds himself in need of
selling his land or choses to do so on
his own. There will be nothing the
Commissioners or anyone else can do
should someone decide to erect a junk
yard near an industrial site or a
housing project which could hinder
expansion of industry where the
county has invested its money.
The homeowner who wakes up one
? morning to find that a service station
is being built adjacent to his and that
the value of his property has dropped
overnight will surely wish for a reason.
Strange indeed is a situation where
respectable public bodies are ignored
by the elected representatives of the
people who appointed the groups in
the first place. Stranger still is the day
when the Board of County Commis
sioners--for reasons known only to
them- decline to act to gain for itself
more authority.
But, in the absence of any accept
able excuse for its inaction, one must
assume that our Board of Commis
sioners is not acting in the best in
terest of the people. And this is one
thing they all promised to do when
they sought the positions. But, then
memories are such fleeting things.
Politicians forget and so, too, do the
voters.
Not In Our Book
America passed a milestone yester
day. Only history can tell if it passed a
turning point too. Chief Justice Earl
Warren retired and Judge Warren Earl
Burger took office as the 15th Chief
Justice.
Nationally syndicated columnist
Drew Pearson, writing to his grandson
in the fourth grade, says that by the
time the youngster is in college, his
tory will have dubbed Earl Warren as a
great American. Pearson, whose liberal
leanings have made him a Warren
worshiper for many years, points to
what he describes as Warren's deci
sions designed to assure individual
freedom to all Americans.
History may, if for no reason other
than the high public office he held,
tag Warren as great. A man must have
some substance and must stand some
taller than the average to become
Chief Justice. This alone will place the
Californian in the history books. But
in the minds of many Americans, Earl
Warren will never rate the honor of
being called great.
Most will doubt that his actions -or
rather actions taken by the Court
while he was its head -were indeed
designed to assure individual freedom.
One of the most controversial deci
sions, the school desegregation edict
of 1954 certainly took away more
individual freedom than it provided. It
allowed a small minority of blacks to
attend schools with whites and it
allowed a small number of whites to
do as they wished and attend schools
with blacks. However, it removed one
of the most essential freedoms in this
country when it killed a parent's right
to choose the school to be attended
by his child. And there is no color
barrier here. This freedom was denied
people of all races.
The one-man, one-vote decision
might have helped give the city dwell
er more equal representation, but it
took away some of the freedom of the
rural citizen. Already dominated by
the big cities, the Warren Court simply
slapped the small town residents and
the farmers of the country by taking
away from them their representation.
Surely even Pearson will admit that
the individual freedom of Americans
to be safe from criminals was taken
away by the actions- ever so many -by
the Court to insure freedom to the
criminal.
Earl Warren may indeed be referred
to as a great American in future
history books. But, he'll nevpr make it
in these columns.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Democrats Must Be Joking
The Smithfield (N.C.) Herald
Let Governor Scott fight for his
tobacco tax proposal -openly, honest
ly, vigorously. But let the Administra
tion in Raleigh and its supporters be
done with charging the Republicans
with trying to pull off a shady deal
that Democrats wouldn't stoop to
consummate in pursuance of objec
tives.
When the revenue bill including the
Governor's proposal for a 5-cents-a
pack cigarette tax was sent back to
the House committee last week,
Governor Scott painted the Republi
can leaders as an unrighteous lot. He
accused them of opposing his tax
package because he would not agree
to a "deal" guaranteeing appointment
of Republicans to State boards and
commissions.
The Republican leadership has ac
knowledged that it let the Governor
know that Republican legislators were
not enthusiastic about voting for new
taxes until Republicans have repre
sentation in the fiscal process. There
are no Republicans on the State'Ad
visory Budget Commission.
If the Republicans were hinting at
a sort of political trade when they
conferred with Governor Scott, were
they doing something that Democrats
wouldn't dare do?
It is common knowledge that much
of the Governor's power to push a
program through the Legislature rests
upon his appointive power. One
Governor after another-all Demo
crats- have- won support from many a
legislator on promise of making ap
pointments desired by those whose
legislative support was solicited by the
Governor's Office.
The Governor's uncle-Senator
Ralph Scott-was blowing off some
steam Friday, saying that he ought to
tell President Leo Jenkins of East
Carolina University "to go fly a kite."
Senator Scott, concluding that he had
over-estimated the Jenkins political
influence, was upset over the opposi
tion of Pitt County legislators (Presi
dent Jenkins' representatives) to the
tobacco tax. "I would think East
Carolina University and its needs
would' be considered ' by them, e*
pecially when the Governor has stuck
his neck out for East Carolina."
Was Senator Scott upset because a
"deal" between Governor Scott and
President Jenkins had not been carried
out? There is no evidence that there
was such a deal, but Republicans -and
some Democrats, too- might wonder
about Governor Scott's backstage
maneuvers after taking note of Uncle
Ralph's words.
Political trading is a way of life in
governmental circles. Before there
were enough Republicans in the Legis
lature to make a noise, there were
deals aplenty among Democrats.
The Greensboro Daily News ob
serves in an editorial: "It is a joke to
suggest that horse-trading, vote
swapping and appointment-promising
that goes on daily in the Statehouse is
'moral' when Democrats do it but
immoral when Republicans do it
innocent when a judgeship is promised
to a Democratic stalwart but unmiti
gated evil when an Advisory Budget
Commission post is requested by the
opposition."
A joke it really is.
BENTON, MO., DEMOCRAT: "No
wonder it's so hard to attain peace
and understanding in the world. There
are more than. 700 million adults who
can neither read or write. Think of itl
One third of the world's population is
still illiterate!"
Anger
Spaak when you are angry
and you will probably make the
best speech you will ever regret.
Split
"Wall, Kow did tka 'Old moldar of
public opinion' faro today?"
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presentatlves switched their votes after
it became apparent that their battle
wai lost. Speed had said last week that
he was fearful that a two-cent levy this
session would Isad to a possible five
cent tax two years from now. He said
this year's tax would open the door
for more tax on tobacco In later years.
Approved by the House, 78-35 last
Friday, the bill now faces the Senate
sometimes this week. A bsttle seemed
Inevitable Monday when State Demo
cratic Party Chairman Jimmy Johnson
of Charlotte appeared before the Sen
ate Committee to propose and Increase
In corporation tax In lieu of the crown
tax on soft drinks. Johitson Is head of
a bottling firm In Charlotte and waa
state campaign manager for Governor
Bob Scott last year;
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THINK
OF IT..."
by'
frank count
This is the time of year when folks go on what they call
vacations. It must be fun. I ain't never been on one. I went
fishing once but that won't no vacation. The fish was on one
but I fiypT'ir" 1 what the boss calls a vacation, the
little woma/T definesvNut the word means. She's always said it
means dotk work at* the office work at home. If
everybody's vacation is like mine. 1 cant figure why folks get
so all fired excited about them.
The little woman took one last week. I didn't go but 1 had a
vacation. She was gone.
She got back al
right. In real good
shape. Guess what
she brought mi. A
full case of laryngitis
(ever try spelling
that from me
mory?). She didn't
. give it to me. She
got it. How about
that. I got a full
week vacation while
she was gone and
now that she's back,
she aint talking. My
- cup runneth over.
I been having
. more fun. I'm dying
to find out all the
things she done
while she was eone.
But 1 can wait. I can wait long's the laryngitis lasts. One fellow
said he heard of a case that lasted all summer but I happen to
know he kept his little woman out in the night air. I'm fixing a
place out in the yard if I can get it ready before she gets cured.
I might be able to make a summer of it.
I been thinking about all them folks going to the beach.
Now I aint got nothing against the beach. I been there and it's
alright for them that likes it. But, did you ever see them
sunburns coming home after enjoying a week's vacation?
They're burnt up. Their skin is peeling and their eyeballs done
turned pale and their hair looks like somebody built a bird's
nest in it and through all their cries of pain, they're busy
telling you what a Tine time they had. You can tell these
people how pretty they are . . . how well behaved their
youngins are or how nice you think their house is . . . but
nothing . . . absolutely nothing makes their eyes sparkle like
the simple comment: Got a little sun didn't you?
There's folks in this world who'd rather hear them words
than to win the Irish Sweepstakes. I aint never quite figured it
out. There seems to be more meaning to getting burnt at the
beach than it does to get the same burnt look behind a mule
and plow. ?
Ask any papa who ever suggested to his young daughter
that she help in the field on a sunny day. No sir, papa, the sun
is bad for her skin. She'd break out all over and she'd have to
see the doctor and most of the whole world would surely end
pronto. But, suggest that daughter might ought to take a few
days at the beach and you'd think the sun wouldn't shine. And
when she comes back all blistered, dont you do it . . . but get
a stranger to ask: Got a little sun, didn't you? That'll make her
day. Shell smile for a week . . . after she gets so the wrinkles
on her face dont hurt.
But vacations aint all bad. Folks going to the mountains
carry sweaters. They complained all winter long about cold
weather and soon's the mercury gets high enough to see, they
load up and head for the cool of the mountains.
Some folks spend their vacations at home. I ain't sure
which ones get the mosl-if any, rest. Traveling is another way
to rest up, they say. You jump in the car and drive like made
for half the time and then head back in tinVe to punch the
clock Monday morning. In you come, all fresh and full of life.
Rested and ready to buckle down for another year. Oh, yes
you do. And it takes another week to rest up.
But. like I say, I guess they're fun. The little woman says
she had a real good time. She's been in bed every since she got
back, but it was fun. Now if she just had a few more days to
rest up, she'd be ready to go again but I dont think she
will. It kills her not to be able to talk. She aint aboot to take a
chance like that again. Come to think of it ... I wish she
would. Can't you suggest some place she might go to hdp(?)
her laryngitis?
Bunn
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val by Bunn voters will cover the
project's final payment. "In the event
the federal government withholds the
final payment for any length of time,
the remainder of the bonds could be
sold in order to satisfy the contract
ors." he s*id. He pointed out that the
government does not make final pay
ment until the project meets its re
quirements and that this is sometimes
delayed.
The effect the water project might
have on future industrial development
at Bunn was commented on by Schu
bart "There has been a renltency
among industrial developers-state and
utilities- because we did not have
approval of this loan. Now that the
loan is approved and funds set aalde,
we will be able to talk from a slightly
different point of view. I am sending
the neceasary Information and listlnp
are being submitted to appropriate
agencies today."
A meeting is acheduled for July 8
between Bunn officials, Industrial
development leaden, attorneys and
possibly federal officials to finalize
plana. It was explained the meetli*
will get everything ready for the engi
neers to begin their work. AO docu
ments pertaining to the project are
expected to be finalised at that time.
It was said.
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TOK new First-Citizens Louisburg
managefl has IB years of wide flnan
cialexperience having worked in both
consumer and commercial banking.
Dail began his career with First -Clti
zens in 1960 as a loan officer in the
bank's installment loan department in
Kinston.
The following year he was promot
ed to manager of the installment loan
department in the Wilson Office and In
1964 he returned to the Kinston In
stallment Joan department as manager.
In 1968 Dafl transferred Into the
bank's commercial loan department
where he has held a series of positions.
Earlier this year, he was assigned to
the Louisburg Office of FInt-Cltbena,
as assistant vice president and commer
cial loan officer
Dall is a past president of the
Kiiu|on CWitan Club, and served as Lt.
Governor of CMtan Interna tion. He la
a member of the Elka, the Chrfl Air
Patrol and the Spill man BaptW
Church, In Kinston, where he has been
active for many yean.
A native of Wilson, DaR la a gra
duate of Atlantic Christian College, ?nd
a veteran of the Air Force.
He at)d his wife, the former Joyce
Godwin of Ahoalde, have two child
ren.