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Editorials U/~*4 LEGISLATIVE laid atSta ?a all. It WW a relatively EDUCATION 72 (HB 140). the bUl I of tha Governor's Com i Beyond as Intro The bill three eaUdng of the Unlveralty at Hin Carolina w follows: The University of North Car ettaa at Chwel HU1; North C^ellna Suae; The Unlver alf North Carolina at Ral i and Tha University of Carolina at Green* - Tha bill spells out the froctioaj of the Unl wd of da 4-year col whlch It proposes a by converting Char Wmlngma, and Aabe vllle - BUtmore Colleges B bill also authorizes the Board of Education b a departments ad inaeewi a state system of coonaunity colleges, techni cal tnsdtuBs, and Industrial ethratloii centers. Detailed provMens for financing ?ad administering these lnaBl are est out. The county administering an would provide the physical plant and main tenance. and the state would pay lanrhlng and administra tive personnel. Administration at the local level would be by local boards selected in part by Be coimty school boards Md in part by the boards of county commissioners (and, is Be case at community col lapse and Bdudcal institutes, parity by tha Governor). Ad ministration at the staB level wotdd be by the State Board of Education. The bill went B the CnmmltVae on Higher Bdu cadon la each houee. -JBW by Rap. Dolley pro bata overloading school buna. A principal or super lunrtswt who permits or cau ses at wy one time mote pupils then there ere seats on fee bus will b* guilty of a WILDUFE RESOURCES A unbar ot Mils HB 1SS, by Rap. peala t fishing dal fishing < North Carolina flahlng wafers. HB 147, by Rap. Daaials, exempts from the commercial flahlng boat tax. Don - commercial boata owned by NC real dan ta, even though the boata may be equip ped with commercial flahlng gear. HB 136 autborlaaa NC WlldUfe Comml salon officers to enforce the law which pro hibits hunting in Galas Cotaity with firearms other than the shotguns and rifles of .22 caliber or less. HB 144 by Rep. Bennett of Carteret, makes it clear that no tax of any kind shall be levied on NC residents who take fish, shrimp, oyster, dams, escal lops, or crabs for personal or family use. HB 145, also by Rap. Bennett, modifies laws governing the times whan theae seafoods may be taken for personal use for borne consumption. HB 146, by Rep. Williamson at Columbus would allow NC residents who are 65 or older a> fish end hunt without e license. PUBLIC UTILITIES SB 69, by Sen. Forsyth, would revoke the power of Nantahala Power and Light Company a> collect rates, wider bond. In excess of rates authorized by the Utilities Commission. On the first reg ular billing date after March 1, 1963, Nantahala would have to revert to the rates in effect before the Increase under bond. Nantahala would hold the excess already collected, sub ject to eventual refund If the Increased rats Is ultimately disallowed. (Editor's Note: Included In this Bulletin Is a digest of all local legislation Introduced or acted ig?n by the General Assembly during the week ending March 1, 1963, affect ing your coimty or any municipality therein.) SB 69 - Introduced by For syth, February 26: "To re voke the authority of Nanta hala Power and Light Company to collect In Gra ham. Cherokee, Jackson. Macon, and Swain Coiaitles the excess over rates author ized by the Utilities Commis sion. and to require the re establlshment of rates In effect before the Increase, wider bond, was made." (Sus pends rats increase (made July 16. 1961 by Nantahala) as of first regular billing date following March 1, 1963, in tide. Prom that dam. ram ? be ihat in affect n?n last day prior B data af rata prorWou of GS 62-71 (pa fund with Interest if ralaafin al va), escape aa ?> iba authority B continue charg ing the suspended rans gar data specified. Act oat B af fect pawdlng litigation before Utilities CommissloB or courts of N. C.) To Putile Utilities. WELPARB SenaBr Morgan of Harnett, chairman of die Sanaa Public Welfare Committee, seat ig> 13 hills on Friday morning designed B carry out the re commendations of the Com mission b study Public Welfare Programs. Former SenaBr Dallas Alford of Rocky Mmbk was chairman of the Commission. The bills would (1) create a presump tion that child born B a mother who has glean birth B 3 or more children out of wedlock la under Improper guardian ship and would authorize the removal of such child by a juvenile court and placement for adoption without the moth er's consent (SB 82); (2) make it clear that physicians may sterilize persona who request such operation tnder certain specified conditions (SB 83); (3) increase foe size of county welfare boards from three B five members (SB 84); (4) authorize aid-to-dependent children payments B children removed m child care Insti tutions under certain con ditions (SB 85); (5) authorize use of some stats funds for aid b foe permanently and mtally disabled b equalize foe bur dan of taxation among foe I<? 86): (6)iriw tevba el wri ter. vlth 87); U) . director of pub^c welUre | 88); (8) authorize te member, of te Son. Board of PuMlc Welfare * receive te aama per (Ham aa la customary for oter ate* board* (SB 89); (9) data* te office of Direct or of PubUc Aaalstaoce aa a statutory position (SB 90); (10) auterlae to a 11ml ad a rant te daalpiatloa of Miniarest ed person ? spend te aid a children checks It la found that te parso i parent or other payee la not spending It for the purposes for which It la Inaodad (SB 91); (U) authorize te exclusion of te first $10 of earned income for old ana assistance purposes ~ 92): f * (SB 92); (12) extend te ADC mamployed parent lav a cover parena Ineligible for benefla due a te fact that their work record was In em ployment exempted from te unemployment compensation lav; and authorize community work and training programs for such parena (SB 93); aid (13) repeal te Sf per $100 valuation llmiatlon on cotaity tax levies for aid a te per manently aid totally disabled (SB 94). On Monday Sen. Crew in troduced SB 64 a make it a misdemeanor to give birth a or a father two or more Il legitimate children. HB 149, by Rep. Stockton and West of .Clay, repeals the lav creating liens on property of recipients of old age as sistance, and cancels existing liens. AGRICULTURE HB 148, by Rep. Wilson creates a Tobacco Advisory Board consisting of a repre sentative of the tobacco manu facturers, one tobacco farmer from each of lb* NC bairn, foe Commlsstaoer of Agri culture as chad rm an. and iba cbiaf officer or manager of (ha NC Staaa Grat?e. NCfarm Bureau Federation, Export Da alert Association. Bright Bait Warehouse Aaaodadoa, Flue Cured Tobacco Co operative S tabillzadoa Corp., Flue Cured Tobacco Grower*? Aaaodadoa, and the Flue Cur ad Dletxict Sipervisor of GradtlS. U. S. Tobacco Dtvla ioo. The Commlaaloaar at Agriculture, with the ^jproval or cooaaat at the Advlaory Board, ia authorized to fix opening delta for aalet In each NC tobacco belt and to fix the hours of a ale at each. The hour* could be altered and holidays declared by the Corn flow at tobacco. In no event may die dally rate of aale at any ware house exceed 400 buahela per hour par aat of buyers. Egg dlstrlbumrs In North Carolina muat obtain a certi ficate from the Commission er of Agriculture. Producers are exempt from the require ment. HB127, by Rep. Murphy, would limit the exemption K> producers having an average laying flock of not mora than 1000 birds. The big egg men would have to be certified. SR 81 commenda U. S, Sec retary of Agriculture Freeman for Ma 1963 cotton support program and market ing recommendations which provldas domestic payment of tp to 6f per poimd. The re solution was made a special order for March 4 after ob jection was made to Its im mediate consideration under suspension of the rules. FINANCE SB 80, by Sen. Belk, ex empts money on deposit or on hand from the intanglhles tax. SB 66 and 67 exempt patent medicines and foods respect ively from the sales tax. HB 135 repeals the tax on com mercial fishing boats and HB 147 exempts noncommercial boats from taxation. SENATOR SAM ERVIN ? SAYS ? WASHINGTON - It has been old dm* the pi Mm of my old Mont Ibo former U. S.S nr. Robert R. Reynold*.Hav ing known Bob since ho woo a young lowyor In Ashevllle, during my studant days at Chapel Hill. 1 would for* lite id m significant facts that t often overlootod because at Us ooiorftd character. First, there was Bob's afaaolun coirage id tgthold his per sonal convictions. Ha sacri ficed his career In the Senate, during Us second term, by op posing the Involvement of the U. S. In the affairs of Europe ? a cause that was becoming highly mpopular. Secondly, and most Inspiring to me, was Us complete de votion ? his daughter through the years. Joining with the legions of Us friends, I wish e> express my sympathy to Mamie Spears Reynolds. During the past 1 have sup ported the United Nations not withstanding the fact that there were many of Its projects of which I did not approve. How ever, the recent armoistcement to give the Castro government aid In agricultural matters at the time when that government refuses to pay Its dues K> the United Nations is the heighth of sheer folly. Much protest has been raised here in Wash ington about the wisdom of giving comfort and aid to a government whose only pur pose is ? crests trouble and enslave Its own people. It Is my fond hope that this U. N. Committee will react favor ably to this criticism and rescind this program which Is completely at odds with our annoimced policy of trying to economically overthrow the Castro regime. As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I have been tearing the closed - door testimony of Defense Secretary McNamara about the policy of abendon t armed boi lng manned bombers and re connaissance aircraft In favor of missiles. While the Secre tary*! testimony Is lmpres I feel that there are a Una. who la lot at I fort WASHINGTON - Twol Congress i Thoy art tha 1 la Cuba aid At tax program ?Oared a> Congress. Laat week tba Sonata Armad Sonrloaa Preparadneaa Sub commlnae opened hoarlnga to form at Independent Judge ment on tha debate raging over the Ruaalan araanal admittedly praaent on Cuban aoil. Berlin. Vietnam, and tba Middle East, all troublo spots, are dwarfed in importance to Cuba ad its affect on our world leader ahlp. Tba continued presence of large numbers of Russian tod Soviet-bloc armed troopa In Cuba raises disturbing questions for a ixtltad people who becked our firm atand last October. To a paramount ds gree our foreign policy react on reaching a reasonable sol ution to this problem. That is why the Senate Subcommit tee's bearings are of the ut most importance. Equally important are the tax heatings going on in the House Ways and Means Com mittee. Srfeguardlng tba do met tic economy has been given Dp Congressional priority. Just how much of the tax program has hard Adknln latration becking has become a question after the President dampened tha need for tax re form in an address to the American Bankers Associa tion. Congress remains cau tious in its qiproach to re wldng tax laws not based on a coordinated reduction of fed eral spending. No one would deny that individuals and the business community need a tax cut. But the truth is that a proper framework to grant a tax cut has not been es tablished. [hiring chronic de ficits can only be accom plished by cutting the expenditures or raising the revenues. Neither of these ap proaches have bard core sip port as the tax debate begins. Congress is asked to new and coatly pro grams nd cut la Juan ftcatioc far this I . fiscal 1967.1 will result. TA. *?.. eben Baa succumbed ? eat of iba forbidden Mi hi *e Garden oI Edna. la Bve was ?>ld th swa* Coofraaa U *1* ? . . our economic problems ta a moat piaaaant way. *? tax cut, aaan If It vlola?a aa laHlahail acooomlc pra house bs set In ordtr by lbs almple remedy of a tax cut? Or. will the country not haaa to look daapar la? post-war changes which haaa altnred our world of finance. la not foreign aid*a awady dralnon our economy alao a Juatlfl cadoo for all other requests for governmantal aaaUtaocaT Are not labor - management lawa in naad of a raatudy and real?Ion7 Haa the free antar prlae ays mm become burden ed by governmental effort! to repeal economic lawa and to aolve co nuny problems heretofore reserved to the private economy. There are no ready answers to iheee questions, but they merit our attention. It might be well a> weigh carefully the advice given nearly five years ago C the Finance Committee by Bernard Baruch. advisor of many Presidents, when he spoke on this subject and a ft cut. On April 1, 195$, Mr ? Baruch made this pertinent observation: ??In the last analysis, we face a teat of character and common sense. Have we so deluded ourselves that we take seriously the Alice in Won derland notion that the cure for Indebtedness lies In mors debt; and that thrift la anti social 7 Or do we have suf ficient economic sense ? suit courage ?- to face the facts of our situation, recog nize the mistakes we have made, and correct them in time, without Incurring the heavier penalties which delay and evasion will exact?" AS The Pastor sees it ' By Rev. G, K. A. Haeae Free Methodist Church In the month o( March we antar Into the Lenten Season. It Is usually the time of pre paration for the greawst event h Be history of the world, when Chrlatwas sacrificed for the salvation of mankind on Calvary. The subject of thla article ia "The Miracle of The miracle of the new birth In afua taken too lightly, and enty twice born men and can evaluate thla great . In the following we will try to a how aa wall aa the positive si da of a true con version. It is in the heart of every sober person to try a> hp of soma good purpose to Bis world. To be so, be aeeks instructions from those whom ha Judaea to have attained this Ci. No one can ever hope a> d a sinner to God unless he has gained Be confidence of Bam Bat ha is a child ofGod. The first swp toward convsr afoa la therefore to HEAR the message of God's great plan of salvation. Thla cm be achieved either by reading the Word of God. or hearing It In Hearing or resBng it >t help much wises It too. Many Word of God, but have not understood It. 0ea Acts 8:30). Reading and anrtsveiwiflig it ia a good t start but it Is not CON - V VERSION. The Word of God will lead ae b Be conviction Batwe are Mantra. Wa coma mknowBat ? wa taf God. Wa are sorry for Ufa. first confess them ?> those persons, (not to the priest, pastor, or friend) our wrong, and make peace with them. It Is Impossible to have peace with God if we do not have peace with men. After we have cleared up the past by confession and restitution with our fellow men, we come Into the right relationship with God, for further advancement; but con fession and restitution la still not CONVERSION. Many try to seal their desire to find God by the sacred rite of baptism. It Is good to be baptised as a public confession of trying to lead a Christian life, but baptism is a till not CONVERSION. One can go down Into the water a dry sinner md come up a wet sinner. An outward washing does not always mean an In ward cleansing. God wants a clean soul be fore He can deal with him. Any habits or appetltles In body or mind contrary to God's will must first be cleansed. Many of us have tried to do this In our own strength, and have failed. Here the power of God enters In. There la nothing no hard for God. Be It alcohol, drugs, profanity, self-seeking, or pride, or an uncontrolled temper - NOTH ING la too hard for God. Our bodies are the temples of God, and they must be dean before God will come ins It. Many have cleaned up all but one thing, and did not find peace with God. He la a Jeal ous God, md we cannot truly be converted until every last obstacle Is removed. When that la dona, God will give us the witness of the Spirit that we are a Child of God. (See II CorlnthUns 1:22) Until we have that perfect assumes, we are not converted. But when we have that witness, we do not used a priest, preach er, or passr to of I We must continue In will of God In full i and grow In grace. Bventnally wa will coma to the full sta ture and fullness tn God. The and of our Christian expert ft^lytetTufeBts?I."l,"r The ssarhtng of full but Tor Heel,,. PEOPLE and ISSUES ...By Cliff Blue NEWSPAPER STRIKE - We feel diet people ell over the USA hive been pretty vtU W id with the printers I tribe in New York City which brought to e belt the publication of the daily newspapers to die notion's largest dry. This week. Mrs. Dorothy Schlff, publisher of the New York Post, one of five newspapers which voluntarily shut down when printers struck four others, resumed publication. We have sometimes thought that In strikes where both sides should give a little, that agreement might be retched if the negotiant's followed the policy of the Catholic leaders in electing their Popes -? remain to session imdl a de cision Is arrived at UTILITIES - In the coming battle in the General Assembly between the private and pub lic utility groups, there should be, and there ought to be, some common ground on which the two grotgw could stand and serve to the penalty of neither and m the best Interest of the public In general. SPEAKERSHIP - A hot race for Speaker of the 1965 House got tatderway a few days after the General Assembly con vened Feburary 6. Candidates are, ? name them alphabetic lily, Gordon Greenwood of Buncombe, Dwlght Quinn of Cabarrus, and Pat Taylor, Jr., of Anson. Used to be In many instances, the Speaker ship was. back In the "king makers" days somewhat of a crown prince position. But not so now, and It's well that it is not. ? FORMER SPEAKERS - On Monday night, February 25, eleven of the former Speak ers of the House were honor ed. Only J. K. Dough ton. speaker of the 1957 House was absent. Mr. Do ugh ton, who had visited the newState houae the week before was ?mng and unable D make it. Former Speakers participat ing on the program were: John G. Dawson of Klnsen, A. H. Graham of HUlsboro, D. L. (Libby) Ward of New Bern, John H. Kerr, Jr? of War ren Km, Oscar Richardson of Monroe, Tom Pears all of Rocky Mo int. W. Frank Tay lor of Golds bo ro, B. T. Best, Jr? of Concord, Larry I. Moore. Jr? Addison Hewlett, Jr? and Joe M. Hint, Jr. In the Senata four of the five former Lieutenant Gov ernors were in aOmdance Did honored, they being A. H. Graham, who la also a for mer Speaker of the House; L. Y. Baliendne, now Com ml as loner of Agriculture; H. P. Taylor, father of Rap. H. P. Taylor. Jr? awl Luther H. Bernhardt. Only Luther H. Hodges, who served for two doe ? aprevioust _ _ BOXY GRAHAM - Billy Graham's terrific Cr for Christ i toll physical State's i other yowg men who rose to positions of leadership and Influence while yowg. has P"=ked ? whole of a lot of living and service Into a few years. DR. POE - We understand Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of ?he Progressive Farmer Is writing a book which he may call. "My First 80 Years." Poe ie another one of our great Tar Heel leaders. We can think of no one who has tolled harder for better living conditions on the farm and In rural communities than hasDr. Clarence Poe. ..?- Thr?e men standout ?s likely contenders for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination In 1964: BertBen ?n,I ?"? Jord?>. ?d Dr. I. Beverly Lake. Our guess n^?rL ?*". throe will run. BOND ISSUE - The chmrn ?re at least 50/50 that the Genersl Assembly will submit a $200 million bond Issue to the people for their approval or disapproval. PERSONAL MENTION -Dr Dallas Herring of Rose Hill is one of our leading lay edu catnrs today . TVMaJor L. P. McLendon Is a man of courage end a man of tremendous ehUlty.... Letter To The Editor The Editor: In last week's paper there was an advertisement for the United States Brewers As sociation. Inc. Many of us have subscribed to the pnr having the taiderstandlng there would be no advertisements of this nature. We expect this understanding to be honored. We wish to keep our country free from the sale of alco holic beverages. We contend that were we to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages legally, there would be an Increase In consumption, thus leadb^ ? Increased crime rates, nodal deterioration, and ?Pjrlnisl degeneration. We thank you for your co operation and we trust there will be no future adverdslna of this nsture. A Resolution passed In bust ness session this daa by ,t^,2.OMEN,S missionary UNION of the Truett Memorial BaptUt Church, Hayosvtlle, North Carolina. Mrs. Leslie R. 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