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JAMA CHESSER i Reporter
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1973
As We See It.... ? By Kay Piotrzkowski
Following Arab oil producers' announcement Tuesday that they will
end production cuts to Europe and Japan, the stock market took a
jump, and gasoline rationing in the United States appeared less likely
than in recent weeks. The federal government has promised an answer
on national gas rationing by the first of the year and this newest
development could have an important impact on the decision makers in
Washington..
With all the D.C. vacilating on solutions for the energy crunch, it
seems not many of the makers have been decisioning a great deal lately.
Some suggested an exorbitant tax, others wanted to combine rationing
and taxation, and still others believed in indirect rationing by letting
costs zoom thus pricing many Americans out of the market..
Energy Chief William E. Simon has asked service station owners to
voluntarily limit sales to 10 gallons. He obviously hasn't received
reports from Hoke County where most retailers have been even more
stringently limiting sales for several months. He also asked Americans to
reduce their average gasoline consumption from around 14 gallons a
week to 10 gallons. There have been hints that the 10 gallon limit
might be that allocated if rationing does go into effect. Perhaps
Americans can attain the 10 gallon average but there are many whose
livelihood will be lost if forced to use only 10 gallons of gas a week.
Salesmen will be unable to cover their territories. People who reside
moderate distances from place of employment will be unable to go to
work five days a week.
If rationing does come, and it appears to be the only near
equitable way to dole out limited fuel supplies, hopefully instead of
passing out equal amounts to each driver additional gas will be allocated
for driving too and from work and for on the job required driving. The
administration has not favored rationing and attempted to downgrade
the success and magnify the failures of World War II rationing.,
Certainly there were flaws in the World War II system. People took
advantage of these flaws to cheat the system and turned to black
market sources for additional gasoline. The administration today
explains rationing would develop a black market. But the black market
is already here.
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Since there is a possibility that rationing may have to be instituted, it
would appear the powers that be could benefit from an objective study
of the World War II system. In what specific area did the old system
break down? How? Why? What can be done to avoid these pitfalls in a
new system? These are the questions that need serious attention.
While measures to limit, tax or ration may help alleviate the present
situation, we sorely need other sources of power so our economy is not
dependent on the whims of a handful of oil barons, be they domestic or
foreign.
Browsing in the files
of The News-Journal
25 years ago
Thursday, December 23, 1948
Ryan McBryde. State Senator from
the Twelfth district from this county
since 1933, and elected for the 1949
term, sent his resignation to Governor
Cherry yesterday.
Walter Lee Maultsby, farmer and
merchant of Montrose, died suddenly at
his home there at about four o'clock
yesterday morning.
Harry Greene, Robert Gatlin, W.J.
Coates and Colon Scarborough went to
Lake Matamuskcet Sunday and hunted
ducks Monday
From Poole's Medley:
One thing this writer has learned,
Hoke has done more in the way of
defending Democracy than other like
population. Hoke County sent into the
ranks of defenders 1,461 men, seventy
odd of these were commMoned
officers.
Mrs. Hattif Hall Currie, native and
long - time resident of this county
passed away Tuesday afternoon at the
home of her son, Archie Currie, in
Plnehurat.
of the Retford Fire
week urged everyone
" ' to prevent the
Battery "A" 677th anti - aircraft
automatic weapons battalion, local
National Guard unit and first live unit in
the State to be Federally recognized
after the war, has accepted an invitation
from Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts
to attend the inauguration of W. Kerr
Scott as Governor of North Carolina
and to take part in the parade.
15 years ago
Thursday, December 25,1958
Officials of the North Carolina
Natural Gas Corporation explained
details and routes of the 630 mile
pipeline system to representatives of
more than 30 eastern North Carolina
towns Friday, and then followed the
explanation with a ground - breaking
ceremony at their equipment site eight
miles south of Red Springs.
From Rockfish News:
The Nail Keg Club is still going strong
although it . was slighted by The
News-Journal last week.
Raeford Jaycees in cooperation with
Jack Lttkowski of the Acme
Advertising Company, are planning a
setup near Jack's shop on the 401 by -
pass north during the holidays In which
free coffee will be offered to passing
motorists.
A clothing project for children in
Hoke County was dtscuaaed at the
Raeford Kiwanls Club Thursday night
and some items were shown by
members of the Home Demonstration
Club who made them.
The Midnight Oil
by Jam* Chesaer
Only those with a constant memory
block will appreciate that my husband
prides himself on having a memory like
an elephant's. He is even able to
remember the year the Titanic sank.
He says he can remember anything
with numbers in it, i.e. his driver license
number, zip code, address for the past
five years, and his parent's telephone
number.
Not that it is particularly bothersome
to me, but he also remembers the year
his mother was born, and that bothers
her. The part that bothers me is that he
has an uncanny way of remembering
what the bank balance was and
compares that to what the bank balance
is. He is even able, simply by looking at
my check book which has a blank
ledger, to discover how many checks I
have written in a month and has a
pretty good idea of how much money I
spent. Now that is really bothersome.
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Most of the time I do not try to fool
him by telling him that I only paid SI2
for an item which actually cost S 12.98.
But when the after Christmas aales roll
around, I find myself resorting to the
most extreme forms of self-preservation.
1 use the old l-fbrgot-the-exact-price
routine or the but-dear-it-only-costs-us
gimmick.
I always get my share of gifts at
Christmas. And it isn't that I plan to
make the yearly sales, but after the
holidays I realize that it will be a whole
year before a really rip snorting sale
season and 1 lose all my self discipline.
Just imagine the thrill of purchasing a
purple scarf at one-half price to go with
the rims of your glasses. Fantastic. Or
how about finding a hairpiece for
one-quarter off and discovering it may
be the exact color of your mother's spit
curl. I ask you, could you pass up a
bargain like that? Me neither.
Cap isn't the least bit excited about
the wrought iron birdcage that sits in
the corner of our living room. I got it
last year, but' never got around to
buying the bird for it. When you find
the cage at a third off you're a real
scrooge if you don't buy it.
The saddest part of the Christmas sale
is having to take all the bargains home
and try out the excuses for buying them
on Cap. Somehow the excuses never
really fit him. last time I tried the
what-a-bargain approach, he said, "Dear,
you know I'm good with numbers, and
even if I weren't, 1 would still be able to
put two and two together. Let's see
your checkbook."
Puppy Creek
Philosopher
Dear editor:
A man can get into trouble before he
knows it these days. Last week, you
may recall, I was suggesting in a yuletide
spirit that the best Christmas present for
the world would be a bigger bunch of
honest politicians.
Now I've gotten this letter from a
man in Washington asking "how much
more honest do you think you and the
rest of the voters are than most
politicians.
It's an unsettling question and if
there ever was a time for
confidentiality, executive privilege,
secrecy of the ballot, sanctity of the
grand jury, incompetent secretaries, and
probably a re-writing of the
Constitution, now's the time, but IH
wriggle out of it some way, if I can get
hold of the right lawyer and drag the
thing out long enough.
This Washington man went on to
report that a public opinion poll
recently asked the question: Did you
vote in the 1972 Presidential election?
and 73 percent said yes, although actual
voter turnout that year was just 55
percent. A lot of people, he said, were
lying.
It's something to think about,
although I've noticed most politicians
will deride a public opinion poll unless
it's in their favor. ,
I really don't know how many people
are honest, that is, honest all the time. I
suspect most people are honest most of
the time, if it's not too inconvenient or
April IS, some are more honest now
than they were before they got what
they've got now, and some wll be less
honest later than now, depending on
what the opportunities are and how
much cash is floating around or what
they're elected to.
I guess the amount of honesty in the
world is about like the stock market. It
fluctuates up and down through stress
and strain and nobody can tell you for
sure which way It's going next week.
On the whole though I'd say that a
wise politician today is one who gets the
feeling that what the people want most
of all right now is honesty in office.
They may want also honesty
everywhere else too, but you've got to
remember that dishonesty out of office
is a lot easier to get by with.
I don't know whether I've answered
that Wartrington man's question or not,
but at least I've tried to heap ? lot of
confusion around it.
Yours faithfully,
JA.
Senator Sam Ervin Says
WASHINGTON - My current term as
a United States Senator from North
Carolina will expire at noon on January
3, 1975. I will not seek re-election to
the office in 1974.
My decision to this effect has been
made with much reluctance after much
deliberation.
September 27, 1973 was my
seventy-seventh birthday anniversary.
Despite this fact, 1 still do as much work
in the Senate as any Senator of any age,
and still find the official tasks devolving
upon me challenging and satisfvina.
Experience is the most efficient
teacher of all things, including
legislating. I have been privileged to
serve North Carolina in the United
States Senate longer than any other
North Carolinians except Matt W.
Ransom, Furnifold M. Simmons and
Lee S. Overman.
A case can be made for the
proposition that my long service in the
Senate, my familiarity with national
issues, my friendship with my Senatorial
colleagues, my chairmanship of the
Senate Committee on Government
Operations, my seniority on the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary and my
chairmanship of its Subcommittees on
Constitutional Rights, Revision and
Codification of the Laws, and
Separation of Powers, and my seniority
on the Senate Committee on the Armed
Services would enable me to serve North
Carolina and the nation with more
effectiveness in the immediate future
than at any time la the pest.
Moreover, North Carolinians past
numbering aaeure me of their approval
of my course in the Senate, and urge me
to seek re-election in 1974. To them, I
am deeply grateful.
Notwithstanding these
considerations, intellectual honesty
compels me to confront this inescapable
reality: If I AouM seek re-election in
1974, I would be aaiditt North
Carolinians to return me to the Senate
for a term wttch would extend beyond
the eighty-fourth wlesnaiy of my
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People & Issues
SENATOR ERVIN - While Senitor
Ervin hat announced that he will not be
a candidate for reelection to the United
Statea Senate, we do not expect hit
demiae from the platform at hat been
the caae with to many people when they
leave public office.
Senator Sam wll continue to be a
much tought after speaker by the
Democratic Party not only in North
Carolna but nation-wide. Appointed to
the IMtod Statea Senate in June 19S4
by Got; raor William B. Umttead,
Senator Ervin wu immediately given an
assignment to speak on the Senate
Resolution to censor the late U.S.
Senator Joseph McCarthy In his nearly
20 years in the United States Senate.
, Ervin has been loved by both the
conservatives and the liberals.
Step by step Senator Ervin opposed
the desegration laws which were enacted
under the Kennedy and Johnson
administrations. He has long been an
ardent opponent of busing to achieve
integration.
His chairmanship and leadership on
the Watergate Investigation Committee
endeared nim to the liberals who have
opposed President Nixon from the
beginning. The young people have taken
a great liking to him. Had he sought
reelection he would have likely won.
As much as we admired him, we
believe that he has taken the proper
course. He will be retiring at the very
height of hit popularity which will give
to him as long as health will permit
more invitations to speak out on the
issue of the day then he will carc to
accept.
With Ervin's decision having been
made to retire, the embers will likely
start burning in the hearts of many
people who would not have dared
oppose the mountain man from Burke
County.
Henry Hall Wilson is already in the
race. Having been away from the State
for 12 years Henry Hall needs more
time to renew friendships and build an
organization than the other quotation
willing to serve," to use a quotation
from the late Governor Gregg Cherry.
OTHERS INTERESTED - Among
other men interested in running would
find Attorney General Robert Moraan
at the top of the Hat. While Morgan
disappointed many of hit friends two
years ago when he decided against
running for governor, few if anv expect
him not to be off and running nard for
the Senate in early January.
On the Democratic side there are
others interested in running, former
Congressman Nick Galifianakis of
Durham, for one. Nick defeated Senator
Jordan in 1972 then lost big to Jesse
Helms in the fall election.
Former U. Gov. H. Pat Taylor, Jr.,
who lost to Skipper Bowies in the
primary is said to be interested in
making the race. Congressman Rich
Preyer who lost out for the Democratic
nomination for governor to Dan Moore
in 1964 might be interested in trying for
the Senate, Bob Scott whose dad - the
late W. Kerr Scott went on to win
election to the U.S. Senate two years
after leaving the governor's office, might
well like to follow in his dad's footsteps>
REPUBLICANS - it now appears
that Cong. Wilmer Mizell of Davidson
County is a most likely early entry into
the race from the Republican side.
"Vinegar Bend" as Mizell was known in
baseball circles where his pitching
enabled the Pittsburgh Pirates to win
the World Series in 1960, is regarded as
one of the GOP's most formidable
contenders.
Others receiving mention among the
Republicans include Charles Ray Jonas,
Jr., of Charlotte, son of the former
Congressman Jonas. Cong. Jim Broyhill,
is another top man in GOP circles who
might become interested in running
with Ervin out of the running.
It now appears that the primaries for
both the Democrats and the
Republicans may become a real
"donnvbrook."
NEW YEAR'S WISH - For the New
Year. I send the readers of this column
this message, author of which is
unknown: ?
"I said to a man who stood at the
gate of the year, give me a light that I
may tread safely into the unknown, and
he replied: "Go out into the darkness
and put your hand into the hand of
God. That shall be to you better than a
light and safer than a known way.' "
Just One Thing After Another
By Cut Goerch
When it comes to advertising the late
Will Wynne of Raleigh had a system all
his own.
His advertisements in the Raleigh
paper were supposed to deal with his
radio and radio ? repair shop. As a
matter of fact, they dealt with
practically everything else, including
international problems, care of children,
curing dogs of mange, and the best way
to cook spinach.
To our way of thinking, however, one
of these advertisements is in a class by
itself.
As you know, there are several other
stores in Raleigh selling radios. This is
the ad Mr. Wynne ran in his regular
space:
birth.
Since time takes a constantly
accelerating toll of those of us who live
many years, it is simply not reasonable
for me to assume that my eye will
remain undimmed and my natural force
stay unabated for so long a time.
As a consequence, I have reached the
deliberate conclusion that it would not
be fair to the people of North Carolina,
who have honored me so much in times
past, for me to ask them to re-elect me
to a new six-year term in the Senate,
which would not expire until January 3,
1981.
I thake this occasion to express my
profound gratitude to the thousands of
North Carolinians who throughout the
years have supported me in my efforts
to secure good government for the
people of our land.
Stories Behind Words
By William S. Penfield
Silhouette
In 1759, Etienne de Silhouette was
named French minister of finance. A
war in which France was involved had
Just etrfM. and the government was
financially exhausted.
In order to rebuild the country's
finances De Silhouette adopted severe
economic measures. Costs were cut as
mich as possible.
The money ? saving program
extended even to paintings. Instead of
having protraiti painted, it became the
faddon to have outlines drawn of the
profile and filled in with blackflrThese
out Unas looked Uke diedows on} wall.
From the name of dM ?p wfao
pictures are called "sflhouetue."
HONESTY-ABIUTY
WYNNE RADIO CO.
Nothing But Radio
The best in radio since radio began.
Repairs cannot be done for less. Oldest
in America.
We wish you a Merry Christmas.
That part sounds all right, despite the
fact that the advertisement appeared
about ten days after Christmas.
However, maybe Mr. Wynne was
thinking of the next Christmas.
But just look at the rest of the copy
which appeared in the same space:
In the Meantime, Get your Radio.
Philco from Thompson-Lynch
Zenith from Johnson-Lambe.
General Electric from Jimmy Briggs.
Those are three stores that were
competitors of Mr. Wynne in Raleigh.
Never before have we seen anything like
that.
Some years ago Mr. Wynne displayed
some money in his show window. He
advertised perfectly good ten - dollar
bills for $5.00; five - dollar bills for
$2.50, and one dollar bills for 25 cents.
Only one sale was made. A customer
came in and paid $2.50 for a five dollar
bill. Mr. Wynne made prompt delivery.
Other folks merely looked at the money
and laughed.
Recently we were eating dinner in a
local restaurant next to a party of four
people. One man was doing most of the
talking and to put it mildly, he was
extremely loquacious. He possessed a
voice which had unusual carrying
power, and that meant that practically
everyone in the dining room was able to
hear him, whether they wanted to or
not.
His specialty seemed to be telling
jokes. We'll give you a sample of what
we overheard:
"A college professor asked his class to
give him the Greek word for marriage.
There was silence, which was finally
broken by a voice which announced
somewhat doubtfully: 'Professor, I
believe the Greek word for marriage is
'monotony.'"
He laughed to beat the band over
that. Then he branched off into this
one: ' 4
"Another teacher asked her class:
'What Is poetic license?' And a boy
promptly responded: "Poetic license is
the license you git at the city hall
before you can write poetry.'"
He just naturally. went into studies
when ha turned that one looee. The
next one went like this:
"Two men were talking to each
other. One of them said to the other:
'You heed change and relaxation. Why
don't you play golf?' To which the
other one responded: 'Shuck, I can't
play golf; I don't know one card ftoan ,
another.*" f
We had finished our desMrt by that
tinea, to we got up and left Maybe it
waa iusl at well.