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I MEW BEUri CkAvc! . .. PUBLIC LIBRARY •• I i:v The NEW BERN That telephone on your desk or table, here In New Bern, can link .you to 200 million other telephones all over the world. However, 48 percent of the things are In the United States. No other nation comes close to America. Runner-up Japan has only eljjit percent, with Britain, West Germany, Rus sia and Canada well below this figure. Believe It or not, Can adians do more telephone talk ing that U, S. gabbers, averag ing 635 calls a year compared to 620 In our country. Add the number of people who are tuned In to someone else’s Juicy gossip on party lines, and you've got a lot of folks Involved. As the saying goes, people will talk and the tele phone makes It mijdity con venient. New Bernlans had less In the good old days, but they whistled more. No one seems to whistle much now, not even small boys. Think back, have you done any whistling lately? National surveys show Uiat from 3 to 10 times more crime goes unreported than Is list ed In police statistics. As an individual, there are a few things you can do to help stem lawlessness, and somebody has got to start somewhere. You can r^ort all crimes or suspicious Incidents im mediately. You can serve as a witness or juror, when It falls your lot. Instead of try ing to worm your way out of this responsibility. You can lock your car doors and remove the key from the ignition. Stealing automobiles Is a profitable racket In America, and In most cases the negligence of car owners Is a contributing factor. You can make sure that news papers on your porch ajid let ters In your mailbox aren't allowed to accumulate. Upping off would be thieves that your home isn't occupied at present. And so far, no one has dis covered a better way to dis courage Peeping Toms than drawing your curtains when they should be drawn. If you're carrying big money around in your wallet, don't adverUse the fact by flashing It around others. One of the most brutal murders this town ever saw was Inspired by a fellow who displayed a roll big enougli to choke an elephant. In a boot leg Joint. A couple of strangers made friends with him rli^t away, and took him tor a ride. They got his cash, bumped him off and tossed him overboard. The slayers were convicted In Craven Superior Court, but at that point their vlcttm was hard ly capable of. rejdclng over the triumph of Justtce. Any list of this.year's un- beUevable accidents would have to include a freak affair that occurred last weekend on Neuse river bridge. Picture three automobiles headed in the same dlrecUon, toward New Bern, shortly before 1 a.m. The third car In line, driven by a 25 year old. Maysville man who was later charged with drunken and reckless of>eraU(Hi of his vehicle, rammed the second car In the rear at hlfdi speed. That In Itsfilf was not remarkable. What does border on the . (Conttnued on page 8) PUBLItHID WIBKLY IN THB HBART OP \22^1 VOLUME 10 NEW BERN, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1967 NUMBER 20 COLD SHOULDER—^This honest to goodness snow scene near the entrance to Craven County Court house is symbolic of the chilly reception that may be waiting for New Bern newsmen at future meetings of the County Commissioners. Reporters, even under the balmiest circumstances, seldom endear themselves to elected or appointed public servants. Certainly the Commissioners (see the Mirror’s editorial) won’t do less than the expected, if the fail to roll out the wel come mat for the not so gentlemanly gentlemen of the press at their next scheduled session. That’s the way the cookie crumbles, as they say in flippant "®'^®’’ Placed too much faith in the diligence of any newsman who wins popularity contests. Come to think of it, the rather remote pros- g ect of playing in August snow is much more exciting lan a Commissioners meeting, so bring the blizzard on.
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