SECTION TWO—:
Preview Os Progress
Show Is Enjoyed By
Group Os Students
Experiments at School
Thursday Hold Stu
dents Spellbound
“Previews of Progress.” a dramatic,
non-technieal science show sponsored
by General Motors, was presented in I
the Edenton Elementary School audi
torium Thursday morning of last j
week at 10:30 o’clock under the aus
pices of the science class.
Witnessed by millions of Americans,
“Previews of Progress” graphically
presented many of the most recent de
velopments in scientific research
which will contribute to a more en-,
joyable and comfortable life in the
years to come.
The purpose of the presentation was
to par tray the story of progress
through engineering and science. j
Jet propulsion, according to Jack,
Baltzer. narrator of the show, was!
more than 2,000 years old. To prove J
that statement, he presented a replica
of Hero’s Acolipile of about 2008. C..
which was the world's first known jet
engine.
The modern application of jet pro
pulsion was illustrated in two ways.
First, a miniature jet engine,
ing on the same principle as the Ger
man VI buzz bomb was placed in ac
tual operation after being anchored
in place. The blast of its high pres
sure flame created a roar that filled
the entire auditorium.
Following this demonstration models,
of a Douglas Skystreak fighter plane!
and a V-2 rocket were driven at high;
speed the entire length of the audi-j
torium, propelled by tiny but power
ful jets of compressed gas.
A bottle with a dual personality was
demonstrated. The bottle was used,
to pound a nail into a piece of wood, j
then it was shattered by dropping into j
it a small piece of abrasive material. I
Rut the experiment that compared,
with the feat of magic was the mnnu-;
faeture of synthetic rubber. The dem
onstrator merely poured two liquids
into a pop bottle and shoot it. In
about sixty seconds, out jumped a j
large ball of white, fluffy rubber, I
twelve to fifteen times the volume:
of the bottle containing it. “Jumping.
Rubber,” which at present has no com- 1
meroial application, was invented by
Dr. A very A. Morton, a -professor at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Microwaves that wiggle through the
air at the rate of 10 billion a second
and carry piggy-back thousands of
telephone messages and several TV
programs with them at the same time
were demonstrated in the “Previews”
presentation.
The program was very interesting,
and was enjoyed by all who attended.
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Page Six
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BY CHARLES W. DANIEL
(For the N. C. Bar Association)
The Law of Arrest
The hub-bub which followed a North
Carolina Supreme Court decision last
' month, dealing with the law of ar
rest without a warrant, may have left
some confusion in the minds of news
paper readers. This is offered as an
attempt to clarify the basic rules in
| the law of arrest.
j One rule, applying to crimes which
l are misdemeanors, says generally that
an officer may not make an arrest
without a warrant unless the alleged,
crime amounts to. or threatens, a I
breach of the peace. Rut this rule
apnlies only to misdemeanors commit-1
ted in a community where there is no,
local law regulating arrest in suclC
j cases. The ease which brought on the
much-debated Supreme Court decision
on this question last month arose in I
Dallas, a town in upper Gaston Coun-i
tv. Police there arrested without a
■ warrant a man accused of public
I drunkenness. There was no evidence
,that the man did or was about to
j breach the peace. There was no local
statute or authority for arrest in such
1 a ease without a warrant. So. the
rule cited above had to be applied and
the arrest was illegal, Under such
circumstances, the accused man had
a right to resist the arrest.
When Arrest Is Legal
This general rule of no arrest with-,
i out a warrant in misdemeanor cases
, except for breach of the peace cam?
' down to us as inhabitants of the origi
nal 13 colonies in this country as a
part of the English Common Law. It
was written into our General Statutes
jin 1869. No change has been made
' in it since that date, although a num-,
{her of specific, statewide exceptions,
have been written into the hooks.
I These exceptions include practically I
all automobile law violations, game
law violations, forestry.violations; oer-j
tain liquor law violations and a num-i
tier of others. Also, by special acts'
of the legislature, the charters of nu-j
merous cities and towns (Durham,
just for example) permit arrest with-!
out a warrant for drunkenness and
other types of lesser crime—-whether
or not the conduct of the accused j
breaches or threatens the public;
peace.
One point should be noted: If aj
person is arrested without a warrant;
under authority of a local law per-f
IBS CHOWAN HERALD, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1954.
mitting such arrest, he should be tried
I under that law and NOT under the
general state statute. Thus, such ar
rest would be entirely legal and a
subsequent conviction would not be
upset on the ground that the arrest
had been illegal. ;
Felony Arrest Rule
An entirely different rule obtains
for arrests without a warrant when
the alleged crime involved amounts to
a “felony”, or more serious crime for '
which an offender could be sentenced
to the State Prison.
By statute, this rule is that peace
officers have the right to make ar
rests without process (warrant) when
the officer has “reasonable ground to
believe”:
(1) A felony has been committed,
or, a dangerous wound inflicted;
(2) That a particular person is guil
ty and may escape if not immediate
ly arrested.
In order to justify the arrest, it is
NOT essential that any such serious I
offense be shown to have been AO-1
TOTALLY committed. It is only nec
essary that the officer have reason
able ground to believe that such of
fense has been committed.
Did Not Change Law
The Supreme Court, in its opinion
on the law of arrest last month, did
not change the law as it has existed’
for years. !
Tbe opinion pointed up clearly the.
need for a general statewide statute [
I empowering all peace officers to ar-
rest persons charged with public
drunkenness without a warrant. To
I illustrate the severity of this need:
i last year 418 pedestrians were killed
.by automobiles in North Carolina. Os
these, one out of 5 had been drinking,
according to Major Charles A. Speed
jof the Highway Safety Division. Ma
-1 jor Speed says that drunks walking
along the State’s highways constitute
one of the Highway Patrol’s most ser
ious safety problems. Officers need
clear authority to arrest such per
sons (as well as others who are pub
licly drunk) to protect them and the
public. A bill creating such authority
is being prepared by the North Caro
lina Judicial Council fc.r presentation
to the 1955 General Assembly.
God sendeth fortune to fools.
—John Heywood.
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COLORED SCHOOL
NEWS ;
On September 16, Edenton High
School students from grades 6 through
12 enjoyed an exciting stage presenta- 1
tion of progress through science and i
research.
“Preview of Progress” was present- 1
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Among the features presented were
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There was no admission charge.
Parents were invited to witness this
exciting demonstration of science in
action.
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