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QJhr Barrrn Srrori) Published Every Thursday By The Record Printing Company P. O. BOX 70 - WARRENTON, N. C. 27M9 BIGNALL JONES. Editor — DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Prees Association ENTERED AS SECONDCLASS MATTER AT THE OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. UNDER THE LAV " *9 CONGRESS "Second Clan Postage Paid At Warreatrr N. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Sot or ■tats?*o*t U montmi. ta.aa Must Continue To Build As this Is being written Mayor Miles has declared a state ofenvi-'gency and imposed a curfew on Warrenton, scores of highway patrolmen are patrolling our streets and nearby areas In an effort to maintain law and order. There has been violence; some people are afraid and many others are plain mad. ft all seems so needless and It Is doubly distressing that it had to occur at a time when Warren County is moving forward with a real opportunity for a better life, and at a time when so much real progress in race relations is being made, ft is no need to deny that the disruption of our schools and our way of life here has struck us a staggering blow and that our town, our county and our schools have suffered a setback. It would be easy to blame black militants for misguided leadership and in this case we do, but the real trouble in Warren County goes far beyond the school disruption which is a manifestation of this trouble which was and again will be on the way towards a solution. Warrenton's troubles will pass as troubles usually pass. Warren County's blacks and whites will again walk the streets of our town and the corridors of our schools In peace. What the troubles we are now enduring shows is that Warren County's race problems are far from solved. We all can take pride in the progress made due to tolerance on both sides. The lesson we must learn, both white and black, is that there remains much to do. Warrenton's progress and Warren County's progress has received a definite set back. Wrongs, real or fancied, have left much bitterness. Allocating the blame will not do much good. What we have to do Is to overcome this bitterness and work even harder for the progress of Warrenton and our county. Differences should not be settled on the streets, but in our courts where a civilized people are supposed to settle their differences. But if there is to be any real settlement, it must be in the hearts of our people. After Leaf Industry, What? i ii* uurn am sun federal government's rate in the smoking and health controversy. He said government actions, which he and many others consider unjustified, "not only Jeopardizes" the "very existence" of /the tobacco Industry "but It can spell the end of the whole fabric of American commerce as we know It." Pointing to the precedent established by antlsmoking commercials, which not only have the government's blessings but are required to be run free of charge In the broadcast media, he noted also the ban on paid broadcast commercials by the tobacco Industry after Jan. 1. "This," be said, "Is a good precedent for the government to say that there can be no more drug advertising, no more this, no more that, whether they are legal products or not." Addressing a meeting In Raleigh of the Tobacco Growers Information Committee, be described as "absolutely appalling" antlcigarette publicity "when there's no scientific proof whatsoever that there is any foundation to the charges that have been leveled." For example, anti-smoking commercials requir ea to oe run in ine Droaacast media are allowed, he said, to make untruthful, mlsleading statements, mwpported l>y scientific fact, that no commercial advertiser ever would be allowed to get away with. And, if such messages are continued after Jan. 1, the tobacco industry, he said, should be permitted under the fairness doctrine to express the Industry's views. The points taken by Mr. Harrington are valid ones. When the same unsupported charges of the government have come before a Judge and jury In a court of law, in civil litigation based on facts and evidence, "the tobacco companies," as Mr. Harrington says, "haw consistently prevailed." The federal government today Is acting against the tobacco Industry—under rules it never would allow anybody else to uae. Tomorrow, it could be making similar unproved charges, and Imposing unjustified bans of one sort or another against any other type of product—again without waiting for scientific proof. No kind of legally manufactured and used item is safe from such attack as might meet the fancy of powers-that-be In the federal bureaucracy. There's something Inherently unfair and dangerous In a situation like that. White House Censor? Southern Pines Pilot S was a small Item In the papers but it was rather startling to read. The AP report said that the White House has selected aa official censor. The name of the man Is Theodore Koop, a CBS rice president who lives Id Washington As Inquiry it the White House quoted the press secretary to President Nixon as saying that he couldn't comment on the report "hecause it still Is classified." What President Nixon has in mind was not disclosed. The AP news fctory assumed that the official censor would be in charge at censoring the news media in esse of s national emergency. But without such an emergency* why would a censor be selected? . . Luckily for the American people, there can be no prior re straits on the press under First Case Of The Loyal Wife Billy Arthur in Chapel Hill Weekly "Hey," he bellowed to the crlattac figure at the wheel. *Tm pulling you oo four counU. to the Orat piece yon drove through e red light, to eecoed place you are goleg the wrong t way ob e om-way street, to the third piece Amendment rights. The press, of course, can be held accountable for what It published, but the founding fathers of the United States knew well the dangers of an official censorship. They knew well, too, the value of Americans freedoms of a free press and free speech. Even In wartime this country has not resorted to official censorships. During World Warn the press of America agreed to voltmtary restraints on themselves In the publishing of Information that might give aid and comfort to the enemy. But there was no White House censor as such. We hope the White House has no such thing in mind, but if it does plan a program of press censorship, or any kind of censorship, we think th* it should be made pdbtlc now aM not cloaked la the secrecy of "classified" information. Quotes Politic*: tha art of looking lor trouble, finding It everywhere, dlagnoalng It laeorreeOy, ind applying tha wrong ram«cUaa.—Groucho Marx. Ultaracy burta the Individual, binding him !rom knowledge which could brighten hie Mure, nstend hie outlook and poeeihly save Us life. Let's all Join 1b m effort to at imp K oat. Children at and more la need at enanle fn t — jo ggpii jbubtrt Many of our long-haired joatha have not et found a wave length - W. N. o be on the Joo ynu-aelf WjnhmtoM Mostly Personal By BMNALL JONES Half dosing following dinner Monday u ay wife was listening to a Peggy Mann program, I was aroused by Mrs. Mann's speaking about a sweet potato loaf In which sweet potatoes were mixed with flour to make the loaf. My Interest was In that It had been more than SO years since I had heard of sweet potato bread. During the first World War one of the ways we conserved flour for our soldiers and our allies was by making sweet potato biscuits by mixing the flour with the yams. They were tasty enough for a teen-age boy but failed to catch on as a regular part of the diet after the war had passed. I am certain that I have not tasted a sweet potato biscuit since the Armistice was signed on Nov. 41, 191B. Children are still carrying their lunches to some of the private schools, but in the public schools they are served hot lunches at below costs and at no costs in the case of children from badly deprived families. But during my school days the only hot lunch I received was by running home during the noon recess when I attended the old Warrenton graded school. When we attended school at the old one - room graded school in Sandy Creek Township, which operated for only four months each year, we carried our lunches. I cant remember what these lunches were, but Inmost cases I presumed they were fried meat in biscuits, probably a glass of milk, and a molasses biscuit. These biscuits were prepared by punching a hole in a large biscuit, filling it with molasses and plugging It. As I remember, they were delicious, much better than the sweet potato biscuits we ate during the war years. However, many of the pig>ils carried sweet potatoes to school, and one family carried turnip salet biscuits to school. These were made In the form of a sandwich, and the very thought of eating one is still repugnant to me. m previous articles, I have mentioned how little organized ■ports were in the school swblch I attended. Not only did we not have ball diamonds, nor football fields and most of us had never beard the word gymnasium. But we had little or no social activities. Miss Lucy Hawkins' private school, which I did not attend, had a candy pulling each year. However, I was Invited to one or more of these and they were fun. Class trips to Washington and New York were to come years after I had completed my formal education. In my school days we had no student council or Beta dub and a Junior-Senior Prom was something undreamed of, but someway or another we managed to survive, and many of my classmates seemed to have done very well In after life In spite of this lack. The principal and teachers were the final authority In the schools of our days and disobedience and rudeness would have resulted in one whipping by the school principal and another by the parents when the boy reached home. As this is being written our schools are closed down and the county Is filled with tension and hate Is raising its ugly bead because th*re seems to exist a difference at opinion between some students and school officials over the way schools should be operated. One must be convinced that all change is not progress. I am convinced th* many of oar problems could be solved by good manners and soft answers and by paying a little more attention to our blessings and less to our lacks, real or imaginary. Electric Plant Overran Witk Non-Electric Eels A can at worms la a mess, but for Carolina Power * Light Company a condenser full of eela waa even worse. Migrating down the Lumbar River, tte eela slipped through protective CPAL screens and reacted tte inner workings of one power unit at tte W. H. Weatterspoon Plant near Lamterton. Tte raanit waa that one 49,000 kilowatt unit had to be atat down Cor two boors while power company employees re moved nearly to gallons at tte allmy flak. Despite their attraction to a power plant, a biologist said ttey were ant electric eals. 8uU~bait trig hi MM to lim ten the aat tonal sport at ancient Crete. Tungsten M Ttw Tungsten Quaea Mine Mtr Towns rille la In full operation with SS5 persons employed after years of lnoperation, it was announced at formal dedication ceremonies at the mine on Friday. Ranchers Exploration and Development Corporation was host at the dedication ceremonies with an estimated 400 to 500 guests In attendance. They were served a bounteous buffet luncheon at tables sat up In front of the new processing mill. The principal speaker tor the afternoon was Chairman Roy Sowers of the State Department of Conservation and Development. Ranchers President Maxle L. Anderson also spoke, explaining corporation operations and objectives. George R. Sboafer, general manager of the corporation's Interest at TownsvlUe, was master of ceremonies for the program and welcomed the guests. The Rev. Richard A. Johnson, pastor of West Baptist Church and motorman in the underground workings 1500 feet below the surface, gave the Invocation. Following the program, visitors were accorded conducted tours of the processing plant, observing the various stages of separating tungsten ore from the rock in which it is found. Peking Policy Helps Revive Vance Mine By JIM WHITFIELD The News and Observer TOWNSVILLE - North Carolina has Red China to thank to a great extent lor the revival of Its tungsten ore mining Industry here as a major producer In the United States. Red China, which formerly mined half the world's supply of tungsten ore, has withdrawn from the world market. This enabled the United States to begin digging into Its tungsten resources. Maxle L. Anderson, president of Ranchers Exploration and Development Corp. of Albuquerque, N. Mex., told bow Red China helped trigger the return of U, S. Tungsten to foreign exports In an interview. He and otter officials of the company, which also mines copper and uranium, were here for dedication ceremonies at the firm's Tungsten Queen Mine. The mine, situated on property that was once the homestead of Jefferson Davis' grandfather, Is 16 miles northwest of Henderson and only two miles south of the Virginia state line. Anderson said that In addition to Red China making room for half the world's supply "for reasons we've tried every way to find out and figure out," the demand for tungsten has increased for industrial reasons. "Red China Is probably using the tungsten," he adds. "Tungsten not only is used as filament for light bulbs and tire studs, but tungsten carbide Is Increasing in demand for use In high speed drills," Anderson said. Tungsten carbide Is second only to diamonds In hardness. "Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal at 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, making It adaptable for space use, too," Anderson added. Demand Increases He also noted that emerging Industrial countries of the world are demanding more tungsten. These were the reasons given by Ranchers Exploration for Investing $1 million In new facilities and |1 million in new equipment. The company already has sold all of the mills production through December at a producer price of $68.50 per abort ton unit (20 pounds). In addition, bids for production In 1971 already are being considered. Current prices, which exceed $3 per pound for tungsten In ooncentrrte form, are In sharp contrast to the 80 cents per pound received for concentrate when the Tungsten Queen property was shut down In 1963 by Its previous owner. Prices High Prices remain at a high level, according to Anderson, and forward sales of anticipated protection have permitted the company to begin Us newest operations under favorable drTbe property was discovered by Jpseph and Richard Hanune In May, IMS, while they ware searching lor strategic min erals tor ase In World War Q. They worked the vainimtU 1M4, ine Near Towi production at a Urn* when the U. S. «u consuming twice as much tungsten u It iu producing. The Vance County Deposit was regarded as a unique natural resource and soon became the largest producer of tungsten In North America. The mine continued to prosper after the War, during the early 1930s, when the nation's defense stockpile was amassed. Then tungsten prices began to decline. In 1958, the mine was closed, leaving many tons of reserves untouched. The mine opened again in May, I960, but closed again In 1903 when prices failed to Improve. Ranchers conducted an economic study of tungsten in 1966 after confirming the demand for tungsten was Increasing. The company's geologists began a systematic search of existing deposits. They decided the best deposits were at the Ham me Mine after studying 1,500 prospects. The mine Is now estimated to contain proven and probable reserves of about one million tons of huebnerite ore, making it one of the largest commercial deposits of tungsten in the country. Geologists say the tungsten Service With A Smile (NOTE: The following article Is taken from "Hall-Facts" of Enfield, official newsletter of Halifax Electric Membership Corporation, which says "We're not sure where this originated, but it came to us by way of the Newsletter of Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative, Portola, Calif.) "The following letter has been received from Miss Flfl Paree, manager of the Seymour Nudist Camp for girls. "Gentlemen: "I wish to express my sincere thanks to you for the excellent service your linemen performed last summer. It was explained to us that the transformer on the pole next to our swimming pool was of a special type that had'to be dusted twice 4 d*y. ofletf ohfce a week and have the bolts tightened every ten days. "A Mr. Watt explained to me that unless the transformer was dusted regularly the dust would coagulate with the paint which would set up a chemical imbalance of the hydro-foil and cause a great deal of trouble. X am happy to report that your line crew faithfully stopped every morning and afternoon and spent 15 minutes dusting the transformer. "While this operation was being carried on a Mr. Volt stood on top of the truck caboverlooklng the 8-foot fence around our camp and carefully warned the girls around the pool not to get too close to the transformer. "Your crews always were very conscientious in making repairs. On one occasion a cross arm broke on a pole next to the tennis court where some of the girls were playing tennis. Nine men with three ladder trucks worked tour hours to replace the cross arm. They had quite a little trouble making the repairs, as they would put up a cross arm, put a level on it, then unbolt It and install another, a Mr. Shock explained to me that unless the cross arm was absolutely level the wires to the transformer by the swimming pool would sag, the power flow would be uneven and as a result only half the swimming pool would be heated while the other half remapped cold. "Evidently we have a special type meter by the swimming PooL The meter reader us it had to be read once a week by two men so that an exact average of power could he calculated. One of your meter readers Is rather clumsy, because during last summer he fell ower two lawn chairs, a picnic table and agarba*» can while walking over to check the meter. "I wish to thank you again tor the wonderful attention your line crews and meter readers gave us last summer. I have been assured thM all the men will be on the Job again this summer. I understand that last summer two men passed up their vacatloos Just to make eure that our electrical equipment worked promptly. "(Signed) Miss Flfl Fane, Manager, Sejraoar lfadist camp" isvlfle IHfW deposits bar* developed some 300 million years ago during the Pale zoic Sra when molten granite began to thrust toward the surface and later cooled. Ranchers purchased the property from Howmet Corp. in December 1968. The next year wa a spent In dewatering the mine and its 35 miles of underground workings, rehabilitating the main shaft and evaluating ore reserves. During the past year, the company has deepened the main shaft about 1,800 feet. Presently it is driving for production on the 1,700-foot level. Extensive ore development was also accomplished on tte 1,900-foot level during the year. Construction on the mill began in January under the direction of Bechlel Corp., of San Francisco. The mill was completed in August. The mine presently is employing 235 men, who are producing 800 tons of ore per day. "Our production here makes us the third largest producer in the United States," Anderson said. "We need more men we can train in mining skills," Anderson observed. He said many of the former miners left the area after the previous closings of tungsten mining in the area. Some have returned to the mine. CTperfifloft The company, which Is now paying Us miners $2.90 an hour, has negotiated a new contract with the United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America calling for $2.98 an hour. The contract remains to be ratified by the union. 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