Essay winners at Warren Academy, left to right, are Ray King and Diane Hemmlngs; poster
winners at right are Debra White, Nash Whltmore and Andy "Copley. Absent Was Catherine
Blankenshlp.
m
Winners
In Essay
and Poster
Contests
(Other Pictures On Page I)
Essay winners at John Hawkins Junior High, left to right,
are: Mildred Ayscue, Angela Burchette, Judy Joyner, Sharon
Kay Johnson.
Essay winners at John Graham High School, left to right: kneeling — Larry Green, Martha
Thompson, Ann Hardy; standing—Frank Hunter, Stephanie Mills, John Allen, Bridget Roberts.
Henderson Airport Being Used By Planes
HENDERSON—Paving of the
runway at the Henderson-OxFord
Airport has been completed
and planes are now using the
airstrip.
Much work remains to be done
by providing adequate parking
space for planes and for cars.
A gasoline station Is also to be
Installed and other incidentals
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completed. Work will be pressed
until all has been completed.
The base has been laid for an
access road to the airport and
surfacing Is understood to be a
matter only of days. The State
Highway Commission is building
the access road, which Is
less than a mile from a^tate
road. V
Parking strips have been paved
and when all have been finished
there will be 26 stalls for
UM.
Buildings are still to be
erected, but in the meantime
planes can use the landing strip,
which Is 3,800 feet long and
75 feet wide.
The airport has been financed
by Henderson and Vance county
and Oxford and Granville county,
with funds also furnished by
the Federal Aviation Authority
and the State.
He: "Why do you think I am
such a poor Judge of human
nature?"
She: "Because you have such
a good opinion of yourself!"
Seventy one counties in North
Carolina produce flue-cured'
tobacco and 31 counties produce
bur ley.
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Chmn. Hardage Explains
Flue-Cured Situation
Bjr L. B. HAEBAGE
Eitcuioa Ckilnn
Flue-Currd rfttunttoa
11m production of U. 8. fluacured
tobacco la 1970 was estimated
at 1,161 million pounds,
up 106 million pounds our
1969. Acreage allotments were
reduced S percent In 1970, but
■creases tor harvest were up
1 percent over 1969 because at
under marketings in 1969.
The total supply for 197071
is down 23 million pounds
from the previous year and 464
million pounds lower than In
196S, the first year of the acreage-poundage
program. Prices
from the 1969 crop averaged
72.4 cents per pound. Flue-cured
prices in 1970acreagBd about
the same as in 1969.
U. S. cigarette output tor
1970-71 is expected to be slightly
lower than the 562 billion
cigarettes produced the previous
year. However, domestic
use of flue-cured tobacco was
down 24 million pounds during
the last marketing year reflecting
the continued downtrend in
leaf used per cigarette. Flue
Court
(Continued from page 1)
ft Is therefore ordered that
the defendant, Carl Darnell
Davis, be confined to the common
Jail of Warren County for a
term of thirty (30) days.
This 27th day of November,
1970.
UNWOOD T. PEOPLES,
Judge Presiding
Van King was found not guilty
of transporting dangerous
weapons during declared emergency,
but It was ordered that
the weapons be confiscated and
destroyed by the Sheriff of Warren
County.
The case in which Van King
was charged with transporting
non-taxpaid whiskey was continued
to Dec. 11.
Other cases beard during
the Friday session of court included:
Lore ore Harris was charged
with drunk driving and speeding
70 miles per hour in a
60 mpta rone. Defendant in ab«*la,
through .counsel, j£d
not guilty to drunk driving and
guilty to speeding. Defendant
was found not guilty of drunk
driving. Prayer for Judgment
in the speeding case was continued
upon payment of costs.
William Thomas Kearney was
charged with breaking and entering
dwelling. Capias was issued
for prosecuting witness
and appearance bond set at $500
for appearance at the December
4 term of court.
Joseph Steven King was
ordered to pay a $10 fine and
court costs when he was found
guilty of fallingto see movement
could be made In safety.
Sammy Williams was ordered
to pay a 910 fine and court costs
when be pled guilty to a charge
or public drunkenness.
Cleveland Watson failed to
appear in court to answer to
a charge of second offense at
public drunkenness. Nisi ni fa
and capias to issue. Appearance
bond set at $200 for his
appearance at Dec. 4 term of
court.
Clarence P. Alston was found
guilty of having no operator's
license. Prayer for Judgment
was continued provided the defendant
not operate a motor
TOhlcle on the public highways
ot the state until be is properly
licensed by the Department at
Motor Vehicles.
Robert Lewis Bryant pled
guilty to a second offense of
drunk driving and was sentenced
to Jail for six months wd assigned
to work under the supervision
of the State Department
of Correction.
Hurley P. Moss was sentenced
to the roads'for six mmHi.
when he pled guilty to speeding
110 miles per hour In a
55 rapfa zone.
William Re ddy Bowen, charged
with drunk driving, was found
not guilty.
Roy Allen Green, charged
with possession of dangerous
weapons during curfew was
found not guilty. | was ordered
that deadly weapons be
confiscated by Sheriff and defrayed.
Green was found not
guilty of curfew violation.
Nathan Alexander Perry,
charged with spaeiUng ®0 miles
per hour in a 58 mpt, .ndreektaas
driving, entered a Hen
at redtlesa driving and speedtag
TO miles per hoar in a K
cur«d exports to i#e» ;o oontlnued
on the high plateau of
Mm prevk>us three marketing
IMTI, a par cant above a jmt
earlier when the dock at r Ik a
stowed shipment a.
m the past 15 yaara, the
anount of flue-cured uaad par
cigarette has declined 3 percent
annually. Domestic disappearance
in 1970-71 Is expected to
decrease because of reduced
la at use and drop In cigarette
output. Kxports in 1870-71 is
estimated at 2 1/2 percent below
the previous year.
Prices to (rowers in 1971
are expected to Increase over
1970 due to a smaller crop and
total supply of flue-cured.
Tbe supply-production plus
carryover—tor 1971-72 Is expected
to be about 2 l/2 percent
below the 3,130 million
pounds in 1970-71.
Smoking in relation to health,
rising U. S. tobacco prices
and large supplies of tobacco
in other countries will continue
to affect the U. S. tobacco Industry.
parous weapon in an area of
declared state of emergency,
was ordered to pay a $35 fine
and court costs.
Gaynell McColn Brown,
charged with drunk driving, entered
a plea of careless and
reckless driving. He was ordered
to pay a $100 fine and court
costs.
Morgan C. Williams, charged
with possession of dangerous
weapon, was found not guilty.
The court ordered the deadly
weapon confiscated by the
sheriff and destroyed.
Morgan C. Williams was
charged with possession of
stolen vehicle. A motion by state
to amend warrant was allowed.
Williams, also charged with
curfew violations, was found not
guilty.
The most youthful population
of any state—median age 24.3
years —lives in Hawaii, notes
the National Geographic Society's
book Hawaii.
Th. FOUNTAIN A*
Ktport3 jBBtk
TO THE PEOPLE WM
Washington, d. c.-ix»ustrUI
safety, a »*>)ect of vital
concern, has been much la the
news la recent days as the Con fraaa
considered tha Occupational
Safety and Health Act.
Tha measure, as originally
written, would have (Ivan too
much of a blank check for unnecessary
and unreasonable
Federal Intervention In what are
properly state responalbUlties
and would not, I fear, have contributed
to a climate conducive
to Industrial accident-prevention
In North Carolina.
The revised bill, which passed
the House last week, with
the support of every member
of the N. C. delegation, did not
eliminate all questionable provisions,
but hopefully it will
provide a responsible system of
workable regulations which
won't Impair North Carolina's
own highly successful program
of safety. Our sreident rate Is
about half the national rate.
Regrettably, too few states
have programs comparable to
North Carolina's. This fact and
high accident records in such
states spotlighted the problems
and ere aied the pressures which
led to passage of the comprehensive
Federal measure.
Of course, any accident is one
too many, but It's pretty hard
to provide for a system which
can anticipate all dangers and
human mistakes. Even so, North
Carolina's safety program is
considered excellent and has
undergone continued improvement
over the years.
Our industry has gradually
developed and maintained increasingly
effective safety programs
because It has learned
that safety pays In countless
ways. Various legislative measures
adopted over the years
by the state and the Federal
government have also contributed
greatly to industrial
safety In North Carolina.
But, basically, accidents cannot
be prevented by laws alone.
The best results can be obtained
by close cooperation between
government, industry, workers
and public and private safety
organizations.
When we look at North Caro
liaa'S safety record, w» are
pleased to not* a gradual but
cootl&ued decrease In the number
«( rtlsahllng Injurlc ^ per
million man-hours worked In
our at ale. In IMS tha North
Carolina Injury rata was 1S.S
par million man-hours, but In
1968 It had declined to 7.4.
North Carolina'a Workmen's
Compensation Insurance rates,
among tha lowest In the nation,
have not risen greatly in recent
years, despite Inflation, because
of a successful emphasis
on accident-prevention programs
which reduced costly onthe-job
accidents and Injuries.
In fact, our Insurance rates will
soon be reduced again - by
6.9 percent This was just announced
two weeks ago.
The safety record of Industrial
plants In the Second Congressional
District is especially
Impressive. For example, I
happen to know that 29 plants
In the Nash-Edgecombe area
won N. C. Department of Labor
safety awards In 1968, which
was the last year surveyed.
These plants collectively
worked 5,196,000 man-hours
with only nine disabling injuries
in 1968. This resulted in a
frequency rate of 1.5, which Is
92 percent better than the national
average for all industry
and 80 percent better than the
state average. I'm satisfied that
many other plants throughout
our District had similar records
even though th^ latest
survey doesn't provide statistics
on the other areas.
We are naturally pleased with
N. C.'s total effort, but we In
the Second District have every
reason to be particularly proud
of the teamwork accomplishments
of industry, labor, government,
and public and private
safety managers in the field of
accident prevention.
Let's tell them so whenever
we get a chance.
However, even though this record
and the overall state record
are much better than the
national average, they could be
even better; and everyone concerned
should, and I'm sure
will, work to that end.
It will take concerted and con
were <te ft*
result of minimum
payment durln*
in • percent
during that period,
aame period, 884,000
ees were due |M
result of overtime
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