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CAPITOL CLIPBOARD Says President Is Lucky Not To Have Been Running BY EULA N. GREENWOOD .LUCKY ... The headline in the local daily went as fol lows: “President Says He’s Just Sore After Operation.” Well, little wonder he was sore. In that Republican oper ation — in which a record breaking mid-term deal of 56 million ballots had likely lost him Congressional control—he was lucky he wasn’t running himself “YES, MR. STEELE” . . . Although he won without seri ous difficulty, Fifth District Congressman Nick Galifian akis of Durham had his mo ments of worry, too, on elec tion night. Looking back on his fall campaigning with friends last week, he humorously remark ed that he had probably put in some good spade work here and there for his opponent, GOP Fifith District candidate Fred Steele. In the primary battle last spring Galifianakis had gone all-out, visiting check-out gates at mills time and again. His picture had been run and re-run—and he figured every body knew his face. But, ob viously, not so. The name, of course, was impossible. In October he was busily re visiting the old places, shaking the same hands, etc. And, to let the voters know he was not taking things for granted, he would remark something like, “Well, I’m still at it” . . . or perhaps: “I’m still campaigning. But along toward the shag end of the month he noticed that one person he was shak ing hands with said: “Glad to meet you, Mr. Steele.” Then a day or two later came this: ‘‘Yes, Mr. Steele — we’re for you.” “What goes on here?” thought Nick. He finally fig ured it out. His face wasn’t as well known as he had thought; and many people had somehow made “Steele” out of “still”. To many, he was Steele campaigning. From that moment on, Nick Galifianakis always tried to use a term like “continuing”. He felt his own name was enough to handle—and to stub his toe on that of his opponent vfras too much. CITIZEN COUNCIL . . . This may be denied in some places, but the N. C. Traffic Safety Council—once headed by the late Phil Ellis and recently by Dwight Fee — will soon cease to exist 1 n the form established in 1961. Ellis vol untarily left the Council a year before his death. The annual meeting of the Council will be held on Dec. 7, and Gov. Moore has invited board members to a luncheon at the Mansion on that date. Officers and directors will be elected. But the Council in the fu ture will cease to function ex cept as a group of citizens supporting the ever-enlarging safety programs of the State and Federal governments. This will be helpful. A few months ago the Coun cil was laying plans to add six to eight safety assistants to work in special areas over the State. This was scratched during the summer. Now it looks as if the entire staff of the Council may soon be look ing for other jobs. LARGE $UMS . . . However, naturally, Dwight Fee — and he is a very, very capable per son in all phases of public re lations — writing, radio, tele vision, etc.—would like to see the Council continue as in the past. But Council President R. P. Holding, pointing to the tax supported safety programs, says it is difficult to see the need for a highly staffed Council supported by large sums of money donated by private firms and individuals. He raises a point hard to answer. When the Council was con ceived five years ago, the Federal Government wa? spending next to nothing on highway safety. Next year it will spend $1,750,000 in North Carolina alone! And, since each State must match the Federal amount, a total of $3, 500,000 will be expended to curtail injuries and deaths on North Carolina highways each year. Terrific. AUTHORITY . . . There seems to be a move underway here to establish a big, broad N. C. Traffic Safety Authority. The work of this body would dovetail into that of the na tional program coming out of Washington. Ralph Howland, former edi tor of the Associated Press in Raleigh and more recently di rector of safety tor the Chat Ham Manufacturing Co. in El kin, is Mr. Highway Safety in North Carolina. Howland is not only one of the top men in the N. C. Department of Motor Vehicles, he is the con tact man between Washington and Raleigh on the Highway Safety Act of 1966. He and Motor Vehicles Head A. P. Godwin are getting results, too. Appointed by Gov. Dan K. Moore, Howland stands like a Colossus building an empire of and for highway safety in North Carolina. And the Fed eral program requires that the governors of the respective states be responsible for the new program. So, all appointments to the N. C. Traffic Safety Authority Who’ll give you the straight facts /a about one of the most modern home insurance plans ever? Even if you presently have a Homeowners policy, you should know about this new plan. Your Nationwide agent will tell you—plain and simple. R. E. HARMON Boone Tel. 264-8368 Insuring your home can be complicated, and expensive. Until today, you probably had to pay three different premiums to get protection like this—one to insure your house and possessions against fire, theft, wind and liability. A second to continue mortgage payments if you are disabled. A third to help pay it off if you should die. Now, all three kinds of protection can be wrapped up in one simple plan from Nationwide. You buy it from one man—and pay for it with just one check. Your Nationwide agent can tell you all about it, in plain talk without a lot of high pressure. He’s also the man to see for car insurance and your other life and health insurance needs. Call him today. The man from Nationwide is on your side Nationwide Insurance LIFE/HEALTH/HOME/CAR —or by whatever name it may be called—will come directly or indirectly from the Gover nor’s office. But few states— thanks to some pioneer work by the privately - supported Council — are as ready as North Carolina for the new program. And probably no other state has a man as well equipped by education, training, person ality and experience for the top post as Ralph Howland. NOTES ... A private meet ing of leading citizens from throughout the State was heid here a few days ago to look into the formation of a N. C. State Chamber of Commerce. . . . Average crowd at foot ball games in which UNC was one of the participants (Notre Dame, Georgia, State, etc.) this fall: 40,000 plus! WHS Students Attend Leadership Meeting Beth Lawrence and Jerry Hayes, juniors at Watauga High School, attended a Lead ership Conference on the ASTC campus Nov. 11 and 12. The ASTC Student Govern ment Association invited stu dent council members from 25 high schools in Watauga and surrounding counties. As members of the Watauga High School student council, Beth and Jerry received many valuable suggestions for im proving the work of student council members and other school leaders. Army is expected to re-sign Cahill as coach. Symbols Of Rural Wealth? m Could Be! • • • Yes, here could easily be symbols of important factors of our Rural Econ omy. The important poultry indus try . . . the gigantic tobacco industry . . . the revolutionary impact of electrical power in rural living, rural industry, rural economy. ...However We Merely Wished To Say ... and extend a word of special welcome to tobacco growers, buyers and warehousemen from your ... Electricity The Rural Living Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. . J/k‘
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