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m : Kidd Brewer’s -:&>' RALEIGH ROUNDUP” *W "W* «w . . . ihie to the unusually bad weather we had In March over most of North Caro lina-- due to the decreased take home pay brought on by the State withholding tax, and due to un certainties of the stock market -and last year’s not-so-good agri cultural income, the 60’s so far have not been so soary in most retail business in this Suite. A report we get from the Mer chants Association says that most merichanto-Aand this is particular ly true of the smaller stores—say their sales are behind1 last year’s figure at this time. < Of course, the big months (Sept. Oct., Now., and Dec.) are still a head—-and look good because of -extremely favorable agricultural conditions—but up to now the a '“soaring sixties’’ have fallen pret ty well on their ({seal faces. CAR SALES ... Id June—latest month for which figures. are a vailable—new car sales in North Carolina were a here 34 over the same month for 1968 ... and many of them were the small cars hke Falcon (729) Corvair <3217), Valiant <285), and Comet (235) . . . which were not even on the market in June of last year, Foreign oar sales were' down from 893 in June of 1959 to 982 for June of this year. Chevrolet was walking well a head of Ford,'which led-in June of last year by 2,898 to 2,538. This June Chevrolet sold 2,518 new Chewys to 1,586 Fords. For the year, Chevrolet is outselling Ford by 14,758 to 11,070. But Ford’s Fal con is outselling Chevrolet’s Cor vair by 4,613 tQ Corvair’s 2,075. Of the regular makes, Pontiac ranks a poor third (behind Chewy and Ford) with 3,493. Rambler sold 418 new cars this June as compared with 334 last June. TRUCKS . . . With sales of Ford trucks leading" Chevrolet 3,931 to 3,863, (for the year), June showed total truck sales for the State at 1,494 as against 1,676 for the same month in 1959. Third truck in popularity in the State this year has again been In ternational with 1,102 sold for the year. In fourth place is CMC at 918, with Dodge bringing up fifth place at 367. The foreign makes are running ahead of White, Mack, Studdbaker, Willys, Diamond T, and Autocar.' WiHys seems to be the only make of vehicle which regularly sells more trucks than cars. They have only sold 47 new cars in the State this year as against 170 trucks. BRACINiG ... We won’t mention names'here, for reasons, you will see ,in a moment, but we beard the other day about this certain 17 year older who took hiy girl to the dance at the country club on a recent Saturday evening. A thunder storm knocked out the lights for a inimrte. The young swain did what came naturally— planted a kiss on his pretty young partner. There was. really nothing much to it. gust a peck, really, or at least meant to be. like a lot of other gocd-inten tioned things, it didn’t turn out that way. When the lights came sud denly on, there the young man stood hopelessly nuzzling at the girl’s neclk:. Tbe braces on his teeth were caught in the gill’s a » most unlovely—and most in need love. „ MiALL . . . Some 35-40 Raleigh business people—led by bankers and merchants—will fly to Kala mazoo, Michigan ,in mid-Septem ber to see how that city converted last year its main drag into a grass-covered, tree-lined shopping pert. They won't be quoted on it, but many Raleighites believe that within one year Faietteville Street Cram Capitol Square to the Hotel Sir Walter will be closed to ali vehicular traffic and developed in to a shopping park. ANOTHER BUHLDffiNlG . . . Last week it looked as if the way was being cleared for the State to have a handsome new Art Center to bouse its million dollar' worth of objects d’art now displayed in the old Highway Building on Bast Mor gan Street. ; If die project materializes, you wiH see a centralizing of all our fine art, Literary, and nature col lections in a two-million-dollar building on North » Wilmington Street one block from the new Legislative Building and a block and-a-balf noijth of the State Capi tol. FATHER’S SON ... The August is sue of Header’s Digest has a four paige article which tells drama tically of a new weapon against cancer. As interesting as the news itself EDITORS SAY AMAZING PROMISE Many curious and unlikely things are'written into party platforms. But this one we would not have be lieved if we bad not read read it: We will support whatever action is necessary to eliminate literacy tests ... as requirements for vot 'Inf. That remarkable statement is part of the Democratic {dank on civil rights. An attempt to bar literacy tests by federal action .would probably be-ruled unconstitutional. For the Constitution gives states the right to fix the qualifications of voters. Eighteen states have such provi sions for obtaining an informed electorate—at least one that can1 More than half these states are I-----i to Tarheels Is the fact that the (man quoted in most of it is one Dr. Oscar Creech, Jr., chairman of the department of surgery at IXi lane University. His father tor many years was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Ahosikde. After going into volun tary retirement. Dr. Creech was pulled out to join the Chowan Col lege crusade. He is still one of the main forces in pulling this school out of the mire and onward and upward. Twenty-five years ago right a long norw Oscar, Jr., was taking medicine at Wake Forest College— with a few hours out every day to lead an orchestra which every body swore sounded “exactly like Hal Kemp”. outside the South. There is no evi dence that their laws are being used to keep qualified Negroes from voting. Such laws, are in themselves no more discrimina tory than those which bar child ren or the insane. Ihey are, in fact,.reasonable and needed safe guards. Should all states be de nied their protections because a few have abused such statutes? The very existence of such an extreme and ill-considered propo sal has two evil effects. It nour ishes fears and false hopes alike. It gives white southerners fresh ground for suspicions that north-' enters either have no understand ing of their problems or no regard for their rights. Of course it is un likely that any Congress will enact f or . .. The Thrifty Place to Finance Your Car See... Atlantic Discount CORPORATION Wo Refinance and male* • direct auto loan*. So# Us At— 115 E. Caswoll St. Kinston Dial JA 3-3219 such a destructive proposal. Bat therein lies the second evil—popu lar disillusionment and cynicism created by the making of promise* which cannot be fulfilled. Christian Science Monitor 'Hercules Unchained9 ChtamaScope and Technicolor —WITH— Steve Reeves PARK Kinston, N. C. STARTS THURSDAY August 18 Walt Disney’s 'Pollyanna9 In Technicolor _WITH— Jane Richard Wyman Egan Sea the Chevy Mystery Show in color Sundays, NBC-TV “These trails would shake the cab off an ordinary track... but not our Chevy” Few trucks are subjected to the body-wracking beatings that are part of a day’s work for this Chevrolet Series 60 pulpwood hauler. It’s owned by J. E. Fox, North Carolina logging contrac tor. As Bobby Fox, a partner in the business says, “Loaded with pulpwood, we drive over stumps and potholes you’d think would tear the truck to pieces. These trails would shake the cab off an ordinary truck, but not our Chevy. We can average an extra load a day . . . make $45 to $50 a day more with this Chevy than we can with the others.” In every weight class these Chevies are doing more work at less ex pense than trucks have ever done before. Drive one at your Chevro let dealer’s. It’s an experience that could pay you big dividends. 4 “That 6-cylinder engine really per forms,” says Bobby Fox. “It’s got the lugging power we need in the woods ana walks right along with a full load on the highway.” WORTH MORE BECAUSE THEY WORK MORE! CHEVROLET SIURDI-BILTTRUCKS Trade now during your local authorized Chevrolet dealer's Truck Value Roundup! 1
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