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Weekly Legislative Summary
NOTE: This is one of a
series of weekly summaries
prepared by the legislative
staff of the Institute of Gov
ernment on the work cf the
North Carolina General As
seir.'j-.y of 1967. It is con
fined to discussions of mat
tt.s of general interest am
major importance.
General Assembly qi
1967 convened on February
8 and new, less than 10 days
later, is well into its open
ing phase. At this early
date tho Governor has de
livered-his two major legis
lative messages of the ses
sion; the administration bud
get and tax proposals are
before the Assembly; most
legislative committee posts
ere filled in both houses;
and the Senate has adopted
its permanent rules for 1967
with only minor changes
from 1965.
This ) Assembly differs from
its recent predecessors most
obviously in its composition,
by virtue of the 1966 legis
lative reapportionment car
-7 tied out under court man
date. The impact of reap
portionment is most notice
i able in the House, whose
I members this session repre
sent 49 districts instead of
100 counties. Alterations' in
partisan makeup are also
quite visible, with Republi
can gains more than doubling
that party’s: 1965 contingent,
for a total of seven Senate
and 26 House Republicans. A
final sign of change is in
the turnover of membership
This year finds.7l new faces
in the Statehousc—over 40'.
of the combined membership
■of the two houses—a sharp
increase from the 47 new
faces ;n the 1965 Genera!
Assembly.
Few will deny thi;
Assembly is amply endowee
with issues. Perennial money
questions are at the fore
front, an seem likely this
ygur .to revolve largely
abound tax cut proposal:
ard allocation of a large ac
cumulate budgetary sur
plus. Recent court decision:
have left at the legislativ*
door knotty problems in Con.
gressional redistricting ant'
liquor law revision. Issue:
of educational policy Icon
large on the 1967 legisla
tive horizon, with a , p ocu.s ot
thb charting of the state’:
course in higher educatioi
policy. A wealth of intcrin
study commission r ecom
mendations will soon hi
vying for legislative atten
tion, on subjects ranging
from .revenue structure am
election law revision to wa
ter resource law and uni
v: rsity trustees composi
tion. The legislator whe
wearies of these topics car
whet his interest on such
matters as interest rate ceil
ings. daylight savings time
abolishing capital punish
ment, tax exempt industrial
bonds, electric utility juris
diction, penal correctional
policy, highway safety and i
new appellate court.
Legislative Organization
Both houses elected their,
legislative officers on open-1
ing day, after being con
vened by Lt. Gov. Robert
Scott in the Senate and Sec
retary of State Thad Eure in
the House. In the House
veteran Robeson County,
Representative David Brit* j
was selected as speaker,
while- the Senate elected :
re l ?five newcomer as presi
dent pro tern. Senator Her
man Moore of Mecklenburg
who first saw service in the
1965 General Assembly. For
tho first time in recent
memory a strengthening Re
publican party offered can
ttiHutes for these two posts,
although the result was not
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Edenton, N. C|
Thursday and Friday, '
Fcbru?ry 23-24
Tony Curtis and
Narcy Kwan m
arrivederci
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Saturday, February 25
Double Feature
“REVENGE ?OF THE
GLADIATORS”
“BULLET FOR A ‘
BAS»OLN”
Sunday, Mnndaj*. Tuesday,
February 26-27-28 *
Burt Lancaster,
Lee Marvin and.
‘ Claudia Cardinale in
“THE PROFESSIONALS”
Wednesday and
March 1-2
S Hours of Country Music
Double oJjtotuft
“road to inmytLiLe*’
“COBNTW MUSIC
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1967.
in oubt. The House Re
publican candidate was Rep.
lonal GUr-ren of Henderson
County, and the Senate can
didate, Sen. John Osteen of
Guilfor. Speaker Britt will
preside in the House, while
his opposite , number as
president of the Senate will
Je Lt.- ; Gcv. Scott.
The two chambers also
filled their important ad
ministrative and clerical
posts on opening day last
week. Both houses will
benc/i't again this year from
many years of experience in
most of these offices, pro
viding the continuity that is
so important to a smoothly
functioning legislative ap
paratus. The House elected
Mrs. Annie E. Ccoper as
principal clerk. Sam Burrow
as reading clerk and Archie
Lane as sergeant-at-arms.
The Senate elected to the
corresponding offices S. Ray
Byerly, Eugene Simmons and
W. Brooks Poole. Os this
group only Mr. Lane, a for
mer representative, has not
:edh prior service in his po
rtion. He will serve in
olace of the late Joseph
Warren, House sergeant-at
arms for many years prior
to his death in 1966.
Governor’s Program
Governor Moore has now
lelivered his two major 1967
messages to the General As
sembly, transmitting most of
lis legislative program.
The Governor’s legisla
te message concentrated its
'ire on problems and needs
as public eucation at all
'evels. Salary raises for all
dueational personnel were
■econ-'mended ranging from
increases totalling
17.58% for public school
catchers, and 11% to 13% for
■otlege, university and com
nunity college teachers, to
5% for most aministrativ.e
md supervisory personnel
Other education proposals
included enrichment of va
rious programs, elimination
>f the -$5 high school book
fee. an studies cf public
school kindergarten and of
he public school system
generally. In the reaim of
higher education the Gover
nor made plain his support
d the one-university oon
■ep*. a position likely to be
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tested by proponents of in
dependent university status
for East Carolina College
and possibly other state sup
ported colleges.
The legislative message
also stressed problems of
law and erder—proposing to
strengthen criminal laws
dealing with cross burnings
and bombing of houses; to
offer more liberal rewards
for information leading to
arrests and convictions of
felons; and to make the Law
and Order Committee a sta-r
tutory body. Another focus
of the message involved na r
lural resources, where Gov
ernor Moore proposed con
solidating the Stream Sani
tation and Water Resources
Boards, transferring air pol
lution abatement responsi
bilities from the Board of
Health to the consolidated
water agency .and strength
ening water use legislation
especially with regard tc
ground water. Other high
lights of the legislative mes
sage included approval of
the proposed appellate court
and an across-the-board 5%
raise for state employees.
Governor Moore expressed
opposition to liquor by the
drink while .recommending
that ’ r; 'c3
alized if consistent with tho
principle of alcoholic bev
erage control.
Big newi of the budget
message was the long-await
ed gubernatorial tax pack
age— a combination of in
come tax exemptions total
ling revenue losses of $23.3
million a year. The new
exemptions recommended by
Governor Moore were for
servicemen’s combat pay, the
aged (65 or older—sl,oo ex
emption), dependency ex
emptions fer students ($600).
and an increase in the basic
dependency exemption frem
S3OO 4a S6OO. The major
revenue drain from these
proposals, 70% of the total
loss, would result from the
increased dependency ex
emption, The Governor pro
posed to apply slll million
of a whopping estimated
$163 million state “credit
balance” or budget surplus
toward capital improvements
during the coming biennium.
Although nearly 60%- of the
total capital budget would
go to higher education fa
cilities, the proposals made
heavy cuts in requests of
same of the state’s institu
tions of higher learning.
In his budget message the
Governor hinted that he
would not oppose raising the
6% interest rate ceiling se
lectivity, as in the case of
home financing, and recom
mended consideration of tax
exempt industrial aid bonds
with some limitations. He
also indicated his approval
of an optional 1% local
sales tax.
New Bills
Bills are being introduced
now at a steady if unspec
tacular rate, Among the
proposals to •be dropped in
the hopper since opening day
are several which imple
ment gubernatorial recom
mendations— operating bud
get (SB 19 - HB 34); capita!
budget (SB 20 - HB 33);
Law and Order Committee
(SB 36 - HB 75); and tax
exemptions (SB 18 - HB 32).
Alternative or similar tax
proposals have been offered
in the House by Rep. High
and others—combat pay ex
emption (HB 4); S6OO de
pendency exemption (HB 13)
and a $2,000 householder ex
emption (HB 3). The first
“brown bagging” bill of the
year has arrived (SB 2 by
Sen. Burney), as have the
first Congressional redis
tricting proposals, both in-
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Firebird. This is our economy Firebird—with
the same exciting options and interiors as RM
the more exotic ones. It's Overhead Cam Six ■£££■
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driving. See them all at your Pontiac dealer's.
volving major surgery on
present lines (SB 34 by Sen.
Gentry and SB 35 by Sen.
Wood).
An old itinerant custom is
about to bo re-established by
the 1967 Assembly after a
iapse in tradition by its no
travel 1965 predecessor. This
Assembly has already ac
cepted invites for a visit to
Beaufort County (SR 15-
HR 27) and a round trip on
the Seaboard (SR 11 - HR
15). Awaiting only House
approval is a sally to Char
lotte (SR 22 - HR 44).
RSVP.
Girl Scout News
February 14, 1967.
We tor,:c up dues. A new
member came in. Candy
Hardin and Ann Leary sold
the most cookies so they got
a prize. We sold 699 boxes
of cookies. Then we did
some skits. We had some
refreshments. Then we went
home.
Connie Copeland,
Scribe.
EVANS BI’YS BULL
B. Warner Evans of Eden
ton recently purchased an
Aberdeen - Angus bull from
Leary Swain. Jr., of Eliza
beth City.
Tile nature of things con
tinually tends to the de
struction of equality.
(SHOP EVERY FRIDAY
djjjUjjk Night 'Til^
full
SWING
Now Thru Saturday,
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This Is the One Time Eaeli Year When
Give-Away Bargain 1 Vires Are to Be
Found In Praetieallv Every Area of the
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Store, on Choiee duality Merchandise
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as Well as on Odds and Ends and Soil
ed Items ... Hurry In Today.
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BARGAIN GROUPS AT
25c 50c 75c
SI.OO $1.50 $2.00
*3.00*5.00*8.00
SIO.OO $15.00
PLUS MANY OTHER SALE
PRICED GROUPS BETWEEN
ITEMS ON SALE INCLUDE: TOWELS, PANTS, SHIRTS,
SUITS, BLOUSES, SHOES, FABRICS, SWEATERS, JACK
ETS, BAGS, HATS, BLANKETS, BEDSPREADS, HOIJSE
WARES . . . PLUS MANY, MANY OTHER ITEMS FOR
THE HOME AND FAMILY! HURRY IN FOR YOUR
SHARE OF THE RARE AI NS!
BELK - TYLER S of EDENTON
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