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Washington Report.
By CONGRESSMAN WALTER B. JONES
: During the closing hours of the first session of the
93rd Congress, legislation was enacted in an attempt
to cope with the fuel shortage. The first bill was
known as the Energy Reorganization Act of 1973. The
purpose of the bill is to bring under the control of a
single agency the various government sponsored
research and development programs to provide the
nation with new sources of energy. The bill provides
for the Atomic Energy Commission to be divided into
two components, the Energy Research and
Development Agency (ERDA)-and the Nuclear
Energy Commission (NEC). ERDA will assume all
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NEC retaining the nuclear licensing and regulatory
functions. The bill provides for the transfer of
responsibilities to the newly created central agency
from the Department of Interior, relative to the Office
of Coal Research including fossil fuel energy R&D
and related activities conducted by the Bureau of
Mines "energy centers," and the underground
electric power transmission research. Also trans
ferred to ERDA will be functions of the National
Science Foundation relating to solar heating and
cooling development, and to geothermal power
development. The Environmental Protection Agency
will transfer to ERDA - programs relative to the
development and demonstration of automotive power
systems and of the technologies to control emissions
of Dollutants from stationary sources using fossil fuel.
It is believed that this consolidated approach to the
serious question of shortages can best be handled by
one agency ratner man tnree or tour separate
agencies trying to find solutions.
Another legislative hassle developed over the
Conference Report regarding the Energy Emergency
Act. As previously explained, this is a bill which
would give the President broad powers as they'relate
to rationing and issuing administrative directives
such as controlled speed limits and the closing of gas
stations at certain times. The main issue at stake was
just how much authority Congress should attempt to
retain, some feeling that the President should assume
full responsibility while others of us believing that the
Congress had already delegated too much power to
the Administration and should assume some degree
of responsibility at this critical time in the history of
this nation. In any event, between the House and the
Senate as well as the Conferees, deliberations
consumed approximately six days in considering this'
legislation.
It is unfortunate that such critical legislation has to
be considered in the closing hours of a legislative
session, for in the haste to reach adjournment, all too
often amendments are approved which sometimes
prove to be not in the best interest of the people of this
nation.
In their motion to adjourn sine die, the House
agreed to reconvene on January 21, 1974; therefore,
this column will be suspended until the House
reconvenes, and I take this opportunity to wish each
and everyone a happy 1974.
Sam Ervin Says
WASHINGTON My
current term as a United
States Senator from North
Carolina will expire at noon
on January 3, 1975. 1 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 birth
day anniversary. Despite
this fact, I 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 satisfying.
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 end Codification of
Se Laws, and Separation of
Wers, and my seniority on
Senate Committee on the
Vied Services would
ble me to serve North
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Carolina and the nation with
more effectiveness in the
immediate future than at
any time in the past.
Moreover, North
Carolinians past numbering
assure 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 should seek re
election in 1974, 1 would be
asking North Carolinians to
return me to the Senate for a
term which would extend
beyond the eighty-fourth
anniversary of my birth.
Since time takes a t
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 thai 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. '
It take 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.
Poinsettia
No Flower
; Those big red "''flowers"
on a poinsettia aren't really'
flowers. And the colorful
Christmas plant could just
as well be called
"willdenowia."
'..The poinsettia's bright
blossom is not the flower but
highly modified petal-like u
leaves called bracts.' The
actual flowers are tiny
yellow rosettes .: in .1 the '
tcenter. '--" . .
- The plant Is named after
Joel R, Poinsett who went
to Mexico in 1S"5 to serve as
United States minister. He
so admired the tr:".t red
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Organic
Causing Disease
.Organic water pollution is
apparently creating con
ditions for widespread
1 disease among game fish in
some of North Carolina's
best fishing lakes.
That is the preliminary
finding of an initial study to
discover why diseased fish
in 10 popular lakes on the
Catawba and Yadkin River
chains have been showing
up in increasing numbers. It
is estimated that some
34,000 fish have died in
Badin Lake, and the total so
far may be much higher.
Sportsmen and tha N.C.
Wildlife Resources Com
mission' are concerned
because the fish most
directly affected seem to be
those most popular among
fishermen. -
Striped bass, white bass,
white perch, largemouth
bass, . bluegills, green
sunfish, robin and war
mouth are among the
hardest hit, and diseased
fish have been found in
virtually every large im
poundment on the Catawba
and Yadkin River chains.
A joint study by the N.C.
Wildlife Resources Com
mission's Division of Inland
Fisheries , under the
direction of Dr. Norris B.
Jeffrey and .the
Southeastern Cooperative
Fish Disease Project at
Auburn University shows
that Badin Lake has ap
parently the highest number
of diseased fish; however,
significant numbers of
diseased fish have also been
found in High Rock and
Tuckertown Lakes but not
Blewett's Falls on the
Yadkin River system.
Though the Yadkin River
system appears most
severely affected, diseased
fish were also found in all of
the major lakes on the
Catawba, River system
where samples were taken,
including Lake Norman,
Lake James, Lake
Rhodhiss, Lake Hickory,
Mountain Island Lake and
Lake Wylie.
"Fishermen first reported
the disease to us last
summer," said Jeffrey,
"and we began to make
some initial checks to see
what was causing it. At first,
there were not enough
diseased fish to give us an
accurate idea of either what
was causing the problem or
how widespread it might be.
This summer, however, the
numbers of diseased fish
have increased
significantly, and we are
concerned. .
"We have our biologists
working on it, principally W.
Cape Carnes, Siler City;
Wayne Chapman,
Albemarle; and Roy Miller
of Winston - Salem," said
Jeffrey. "We have also
requested and received aid
from the Southeastern
Cooperative Fish Disease
Project. Larry Olmstead of
Duke Power Company is
also assisting. ;
4 "During early November,
Dr. John A. Plumb of the
Southeastern Cooperative
Disease Project worked
with us in gathering sam
ples and information, and
we now have his report,"
said Jeffrey.
Plumb's report, along -with
preliminary results
from Wildlife Commission
studies, indicates that the
two organisms primarily
responsible for the disease
are Epistylis, a protozoan
and Aeromonas
liquefaciens, a bacterium.
Light infestations of Dac
tylogyrus and a Costia-like .
protozoan were also found
on the gills of fish.
The two main diseased
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show up as lesions or sores
on the skin, scales and
mouths of affected fish, thus ,
, prompting the . common ,
. name of "red sore disease."
With Epistylis the most
common disease found
the parasite attaches itself
to the hard parts of the fish .
(scales, fins, spines, or
exposed bones) and can
cause a small sore. Later, as ,
the parasites increase or
grow, the sore increases in
size, and pit-like, inflamed
sores occur. Infestations on
fish may range from very
mild with only one or two
small sores to very severe,
with large sores covering up
to 75 percent of the fish's,,
. body. Epistylis rarely '
causes death to the host fish
by itself, but does render the
fish unacceptable to most
fishermen. Epistylis often
leads to secondary bacterial
infections of Aeromonas
liquefaciens. This
frequently occurs in more
severe cases of Epistylis
and it is felt that these
secondary infections are
more likely to cause the
death of the fish. These
bacterial; infections
generally occur when fish
have low resistance and
have ' trouble producing
antibodies to ward off
bacterial disease.
"Plumb's study indicates
that though the fish may
have these sores, the fish
can be safely eaten if
properly cleaned and
cooked," observed Jeffrey.
"I seriously doubt, however,
that many fishermen will
find that very comforting,
and this in no way lessens
the potential impact of this
problem."
Plumb's report indicates
that Badin Lake produced
the highest percentage of
diseased striped bass (100
percent of those checked),
with white perch running 57
percent, white bass 67
percent and warmouth 50
percent. Largemouth bass
were severely affected in all
three of the Yadkin River
system " lakes with in
festations running from 17
percent in High Rock Lake,
and 64 percent in Tucker
town Lake, to 100 percent
(one bass) in Badin Lake.v'"
Most of the diseased bass
were moderately to heavily
infested.
In a previous survey of
Badin Lake, Wildlife
Commission biologist
Wayne Chapman found a
'large percentage of some
species diseased, ranging
from 17 percent infestation -r
on pumpkin-seed to 100
percent on white bass and
green sunfish. Chapman
found infestations of 50
percent of the largemouth
bass and bluegills checked.
During two fishing
tournaments at Lake
Norman on October 27 and
November 3, the percentage
of largemouth bass infested ;
with Epistylis was 15.3
percent and 21 percent
respectively with the degree
of infestation on individual ,
fish ranging from light to
heavy. ..
Although largemouth bass !
were found to have a high
; rate' of -infestation of
Epistylis in some lakes, the ,
most severely affected fish
were the striped bass, white -bass
and white perch.
"Of course, parasites such 1
as these are always present
in every fish population," .
explained Jeffrey. "It is a
natural condition for fish to :
have some parasites, and a i
rather delicate equilibrium
is established between ,
parasites and fish.
nowever, u is unusual 10
have conditions where the.
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parasites are as abundant
as they are in this case."
Plumb observed that "red
sore disease" or Epistylis
has been diagnosed from
virtually all the
Southeastern states during
the past 10 years, and is
found most frequently
during the fall and winter
months.
The disease may occur in
any type of water. Still,
according to Dr. Plumb,
organically enriched waters
pollution from sewage
disposal, certain industrial
wastes, cropland runoff, and
the like appear to be most
favorable for the occurrence
of severe outbreaks of
Epistylis. As waters become
more enriched, more and
more fish are affected, and
individual fish are more
likely to have serious in
festations. The parasites
apparently use the organic
matter, along with water
borne bacteria as a food
source. ;
Plumb further points out
that although Epistylis can
be controlled - under fish
hatchery conditions by
treatment with certain
chemicals, no therapy has;
been tried on larger bodies
of water because of the
obvious impracticality.
Plumb reports that the
most logical approach may
be to strive to reduce the
organic load in the water,
thereby reducing the
parasites' food supply.
"What this means, of
course, explained Jeffrey,
"is that controlling the
pollution in these river
systems and lakes may be
the only way to effectively
control the disease. This
does not mean that organic
pollution is the only possible
cause; however, it is true
that organic enrichment has
been identified as a major
contributing factor in cases
of this sort, and we need
more information. If the
disease is being caused
primarily, by organic
pollution, the only solution is
to clean up that pollution.
And also, if pollution is the
cause as it appears to be
then this means that if we
are to continue to have good
: fishing in North Carolina,
we not only must clean up
existing lakes, but make
darn sure that any new
lakes get clean water before
dams are built or gates
closed."
Protection
.. Today, over 32 million
women are building social
security protection for
themselves and their
families through their own
work.
The working woman has
both disability -- and
survivors protection. If she
becomes unable to work for
a year or longer because of a
disabling accident or severe
illness, she and her
dependents may be eligible
for monthly cash payments
from social security. If she
dies prematurely, monthly
cash payments from social
security can . help her
children through school
until they're 22, of they
remain full-time students
and unmarried.
Even though her husband
may be working at a full
time job, her children are
still eligible for benefits on
her work record.
On her own work record,
the working woman can
retire at 62 with reduced
monthly cash payments. Or
she can wait until she's 65
and get full monthly cash
benefits.
Women need to know
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BY ROBERT E.LEE
(Sponsored by The
Lawyer of
North Carolina)
Alexander executes a will.
Subsequently Alexander
and his wife adopt a child.
Alexander does not change
the terms of his will and and
there is no mention of the
child in the will. Does the
adopted child inherit
anything from Alexander?
Yes. Under the statutes of
North Carolina, the after
born child is entitled to
such share in the estate of
Alexander as it would be
entitled to if Alexander had
died without a will. The will
: of Alexander is not
otherwise revoked or
affected.
The law gives to an after
adopted; child the same
rights of inheritance that
are presently given to a
natural child born after the
execution of a will. '
If the particular child had
been born into the family or
adopted into the family of
Alexander before the
execution of his will, and
had not been given anything
under the terms of the will,
the child would not have
inherited anything from thej
estate of Alexander.
A parent is not obligated
to leave anything by will to
his children. But if there are
either after-born or after
adopted children, and there
is no provision whatsoever
in the will in reference to
them or an indication in the
will that the test or
intentionally did not make
specific provision therein
for them, the law will give
them what they would get
had he died without a will.
This is on the theory that the
testator would have done so
himself if he had gotten
around to changing his will.
A MAN DIES WITHOUT'
A WILL. He is survived by
two natural children and one .
adopted child. He wife had
predeceased him. Will the
children share equally in the
distribution of his estate? -"
Yes. The estate will be
divided equally among the
three children.
No distinction in
inheritance right is made
between a natural born child
and an adopted child when a
person dies without a will.
If a husband or a wife is
survived by a spouse and
two or more children, the
surviving spouse takes one
third of the real and
personal property and the
children, or their lineal
descendants, take the other
two-thirds of the real and
personal property.
HOLIDAY GUEST
Miss Mary White of Boston,
Mass was a Holiday guest of
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Pitt.
FROM VA.
Mr. and Mrs. George Clarke
and family of Petersburg, Va.
were week-end guests of Mrs.
J.E. Morris.
CHRISTMAS IN
NEW BERN
Mrs. J.R. Futrell spent the
Holidays in New Bern with her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs.' Richard Futrell.
about the social security
program and how it affects
them and their families.
Additional information
may be requested from any
Social Security office.
PEOPLE OF
LIST YOUR TAXES
AT THE COURTHOUSE
IN PZHQUIMANS COUNTY
List every day except Wednesdays &
Holidays during the month of January,
: 1 07C from 9 A.f.V to 5 P.M.
Fci'uro to list villi subject you to a
faltyf ten (10) per cent of
tolal lanes
A Look
By VIRGINIA WHITE
TRANSEAU
DEC. 27th, 1935
H. G. WINSLOW NAMED
MAYOR OF HERTFORD:
H. G. Winslow was ap
pointed Mayor of Hertford
to fill the unexpired term of
E. L. Reed, who recently
resigned the position, by the
Board of Commissioners at '
a special meeting held on
Mondaynight.Thepositionof
Commissioner of Public
Works was given to B. N.
Hines, who has served for
' Several ' years as town
electrician, ; and who will
perform the duties of both
offices. Mr. Hines, who
formerly received $150 per
month as electrician, will be
paid $175., an increase of
$25. for his additional duties.
W. G. Newby, town clerk,
who formerly was paid
$150., will receive $165., an
increase of $15. Thirty
dollars per month will be
paid the Mayor. 1
FIRE DESTROYS
FILLING STATION ON :
CHRISTMAS DAY: Fire ;
destroyed the Shell service
station on the Hertford
Edenton highway early ,
Christmas morning. The
station, which was owned by
' the Winslow Oil Company,
of Hertford, and operated by
Claude Chappell, was
discovered at about 4
o'clock in the morning by
Mr. Chappell, who was
; sleeping in a room adjacent
4o- the station. J. Emmett
Winslow, of the Winslow Oil
Co., estimated the extent of
the loss to be approximately
twelve to fourteen hundred
dollars. There was no in
surance. I, 000 POUNDS STOLEN
SUGAR RECOVERED: A
thousand pounds of sugar
stolen from the warehouse
of Reed & Felton on
Christmas night was located
by M. G. Owens, special
night policeman, shortly
after the loot had been
carried to a vacant house on
Grubb Street. The' thief, a"
colored man said he was
from Elizabeth City, and
whose name could not be
learned, was taken at the
scene. He was smoking a
cigarette in the room where
he had the sugar cached
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COUNTY ENJOYS
WHITE CHRISTMAS: Snow
on tne ground on unristmas
Day! This . was the first ,
White Christmas in this
section in, ipany years.. It
has not' nowed here at
Christmas before "since the
memory of man runneth not ,
to the contrary". This only
applies to," ' the younger
generation,' however, as
some ' of the older folks ' -distinctly
recall a Christmas .
when everything was ,
covered with white. One ,
recalls that either in 1891 or
1892 it began snowing on 7
Christmas Eve and that the
snow continued to fall
through most of Christmas '
Day. That was a heavy
snow. Another says that .
once since then probably
around 1900, there was now
at Christmas, and nobody 1
under thirty has ever seen
snow in Perquimans at ;
Christmas before.
A white Christmas, gf
health and happiness is I
wish for each and every!
in Perquimans County. L
The shoeshine men of
Istanbul, Turkey, carry!
brushes and polishes M
ornate brass workboxes thal
may cost as much as $100,
National Geographic says, :
Even a poor man of Istanbul V
prepares for Sunday outings
with a bath, a clean suit, and
a shine.
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The, potato originated in
the Andean countries of
South America, where it is ;
still called papa, as in Inca
times,. National Geographic
says.: .
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