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Senator Sam Ervin Says:
WASHINGTON Congress
just before the mid-October
recess passed two major anti
crime bills. These were die
Organized Crime Control Act
and the Drug Abuse Preven
tion and Control Act
I supported these measures
which seek to deal more ef
fectively with two of the
most serious problems con
fronting our nation; i. e.,
crime and drug abuse.
The Organized Crime Con
trol Act was initially formu
lated in the Senate Subcom
mittee on Criminal Laws and
Procedures, of which Senator
John McClellan is chairman
and of which 1 am a mem- ;
ber. Its major objectives are ■
to cure defects in the pro- i
cess of gathering evidence ]
against organized crime to i
limit abuse of pretrial pro- i
ceedings by defense counsel, (
to extend federal jurisdiction
over syndicated gambling and
corruption, to attack the
take-overs of legitimate busi- *
nesses by racketeers, and to
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Building, inspecting and maintaining power
lines is a man-sized task even on the fairest
day.
But when the weather gets rough, the
Vepco lineman’s task gets rougher. And
we’ve had seme pretty weird weather lately:
violent storms, devastating floods, blustering
winds, lightning-struck tress that downed
lines and disrupted service.
authorize longer prison terms
for dangerous offenders.
The Drug Abuse Prevention
and Control Act seeks to uni
fy and revise the penalty
structure of our federal nar
cotic laws and to provide new
toe Is for their enforcement by
federal agencies. It also ex
pands programs of rehabili
tation, treatment and drug
abuse education. I regret that
this act does authorize so
called “no knock” searches by
the police in drug raids. I
offered an amendment to
strike this provision, because
in my judgment such a pro
vision authorizes unreason
able searches and seizures
which are expressly forbid
den by the Constitution, and
puts the jeopardy the tradi
tional Anglo-Saxon concept
that “a man’s home is his
castle.”
Like most other Americans,
I am alarmed about the
spread of crime in our coun
try. But, I think that we
must resist the temptation to
simply pass a federal law
which is based upon an emo
tional reaction to rising crime
rates and which negates hu
man experience and basic
Constitutional guarantees for
all individuals, both good and
bad. Most of the provisions
of these crime laws are good
in principle, and yet I found
during my study of them that
there is much need to care
fully scrutinize every title to
keep this legislation on a ra
tional and Constitutional
plane.
And when the weather goes on the
goes on the job. Any-
or right He climbs poles, repairs
tornlinea, works out in the elements until the
Hgnts go on again.
Iffa exhausting work. Hard. Hazardous.
But it’s vital work and the linemandoesit
witt pride and mtisfaetion. That's Ms%b:
helping Vepco help people. w
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One of the problems in
dealing with anti-crime bills
is that we are tempted to
adopt the most drastic mea
sures to deal with a particu
lar crime that has been in the
news. However, one must
recognize in the drafting of
such legislation {hat it is im
practical to impose too great
a punishment for a criminal
offense for the simple reason
that juries will not convict in
cases where people think the
accused may get excessive
punishment When that oc
curs, the jury can negate all
of the punishment imposed by
statute simply by stretching ,
the doctrine of "reasonable
doubt” to an unreasonable
degree.
Thus in committee and on
the Senate floor, I have ,
sought to see to it that these .
anti-crime bills are based up- ‘
on sound logic and Constitu- ,
tional doctrine. I am pleased ,
to say that some of my
amendments and suggestions ;
for the improvement of these
bills were accepted, and I re
gret to say that others were
not
One of the major anti
crime needs yet to be met by
legislation is to have speedy
trials in our criminal courts.
On June oth, I introduced a
bill to require trials of fed- ,
eral criminal cases within 60
days. While there is insuffi- ,
cient time to secure passage
of this bill at the present J
session, because I believe it is
one of the most effective ,
anti-crime deterrents. 1
Cancer Grasade
Boosts Research
With a terrible urgency,
about four million persons in
this country wait for science
■ to solve the riddle of why
1 human cells go wild and kill
the host that nurtures them.
These four million include
the loved ones—the families—
as well as the one million
Americans who at this instant
suffer from a diesase that
may kill at least two-thirds
of them; the other one-third
will survive because some of
the answers are known and
medical science was summon
ed in time to save them.
For those suffering from
cancer there is a constant
question: ’Will research find
the answers in time to save
my life?” It’s not an unfair
question. When you look
about and see the immensity
of science today with its
computers, gathering limit
less facts about market trends
and product potentials; about
the tensile strength of wings
to carry jets at speeds faster
than sound; to compute the
course of missiles to the
moon and projectiles between
continents; or even to im
prove the taste of toothpaste.
“The ongoing sAmerican
Cancer Society research pro
gram, currently pegged at
$21,000,000, is the largest such
program of any private or
ganization or of any health
related organization other
than the federal govern
ment,” Bill Norvell, Chowan
County Crusade chairman,
said. “The American Cancer
Society supports research
projects and top-flight scien
tists in 125 colleges, universi
ties, hospitals and institutes.”
In truth, of course, only a
tiny fraction of the nation’s
.research expenditure is spent
|on cancer. As a past presi
dent of the American Cancer
Society put it, “Until a more
ringing cry is raised by those
affected by cancer, progress
in the direction of research
will not occur." 1
A ringing cry from the 1
Chowan County Cancer Cru- ]
sade is being heard during
the month of October. “Our
goal of $3,500 must be met if '
we are to do our part in for
warding the progress of re
search,” Norvell said. "Please I
give when called on and help ,
u# do our part in “fighting ,
cancer with a check-up and a 1
check’.” 1
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Cancer Society Headed By Hay i
RALEIGH—Lex Ray, execu
tive vice president, Duke
Power Company, Burlington,
was elected president of the
N- C. Division American Can
cer Society, at their annual
meeting here Sunday. Ray
succeeds Dr. Joshua F. B.
Cambios, Asheville surgeon,
in this position.
During the past year Say
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EXHIBITS AT VA. PEACH CALLERY- —Profession- I
al photographer Jack Williams of Elizabeth City, shown j
editing exhibition prints, has contributed a series of direct !
color pictorial studies to the current salon showing of ;
professional and amateur photographs at the Village
Gallery, College Park Information Center, Providence -
Road, Virginia Beach, Va. The Tidewater District of
the Virginia Professional Photographers Association has
for the first time joined the Norfolk Camera Club and
the Tidewater Photographic Society in providing a public
display of creative photographs. All of Williams’ prints
are blue ribbon, Court of Honor or “best in the State”
awards featuring studies of Edenton, Pasquotank County
swamp scenes, historic Virginia, candlelight weddings and
the like.
served as chairman of the ]
board of directors and ad- ]
vanced to the presidency at- |
ter serving in various capa- j
cities in the state society. ]
Mrs. Robert W. Scott, wife
of Gov. Bob Scott, was re
elected first vice president
Dr. D. E. Ward, Jr., Lumber
ton surgeon, was elected chair
man of the board of directors.
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