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f ISfrtt-dIratiftt Olounty llublU Cibrarg The N£W BERN VOLUME 12 NEW BERN, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1969 NUMBER 7 Would New Bern's feminine voters support a capable mem ber of ttelr sex who ran for President? Women have a clear majority In the natton, so if you gals ever put your mind to It you can name the Chief Exe- cuttve of your choice. The most recent figures we have, complied by the Bureau of the Census, reveal that there are S million more women who are eligible to cast a ballot in national elections than men. Only 67 percent of the fair sex vote, compared with 72 per cent of the country's males. Both figures seem to be un believably high, but that's what the Bureau's computers came up with. When women first voted in 1920,after winningaprlvilege they were entitled to all along, their percentage was 44 per cent, but it has steadily climb ed since then. Far too many women, herein New Bern, probably vote as their husbands do, assuming that the man of the house is better versed in politics. On second thought, they may just pretend agreement, and vote as they please. This editor's wife doesn't even bother to pre tend, and that's fine with us. If you're among the New Bernians who have motored to New York City during the past year, you may have been on tele vision without even knowing it. And if you were drivings stolen car, and got caught, your ap pearance on a screen might ex plain why. Since it is estimated that one out of every 300 vehicles on turnpikes has been spirited a- way from its rightful owner, cameras set up at toll booths along limited access highways are scanning license plates. The Information is relayed to a computer, which immediately tells police, up the road, if the car has been stolen. And here’s a sobering fact, and still another reason to make sure that your key hasn’t been left in your automobile when you walk away from it. According to the FBI, stolen cars are 200 times more likely to be Involved in accidents than other motor vehicles. When you get back your car, and you may not, the odds are it will be in damaged condition. Oldsters, since man was placed on earth, have pined for the good old days and viewed the youi^r generation with dis may. Disturbing us now is the prevalence of drug addiction among those in their late teens and early twenties. It isn’t a matter totakell^t- ly, but the good old days weren't better, but much worse, if you take into account all age groups. The hi|^ mark in America was 1913. That year, the last before the Harrison Act brought Fed eral control, one American out of every 500 was using dope. The nation’s population at that time was a hundred mil lion, and there were 200,000 addicts, including some sadly consplcious New Bernians on both sides of the railroad track. Opium, cocaine and morphine were in much demand, and with no law against it you could get them. Today, with the population doubled since 1913, there are an estimated 63,000 victims of dope in the United States. It is a distressing revelation thgt^f^. . , . (Continued on Page 8) ■ • • ■ ' HASN T CHANGED — Eddie Kwasnick, once a New Bern High school basketball star, is gentle by nature and always warms up to kids. His duties as a Navy corpsman in Vietnam bring him face to face with bloodshed and heartbreak, suffered alike by military and civilians, but in his few spare moments he goes out of his way to be kind to children, such as these seen here. Look closely at the two top photos, and you 11 note that the small boy on crutches has lost a leg in a war that not only maimed him for life but bewilders him. In the left center photo, while hospital ized, he smiles at Kwasnick and extends his frail arm in a gesture of affection. Compassion needs no com- mon language to be understood, and no one knows this better than a trusting child and a guy like Eddie. » I * t • t I I * t » ) i I t I « « t I » I I I I » t » I « I » I I 1 p » » I I » » * * t * I t I I t » I I ) ) I » I * » » > t » I >
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