Thursday, December 24, 1970.
Senator Sam Ervin Says:
WASHINGTON—One of the
major legislative battles of
this Congress has been over
federal funding of the de
velopment of the supersonic
transport plane.
1 am opposed to the fund
ing of this plane by our gov
ernment for the following
[reasons:
The ultimate objective of
the development of the SST
is make supersonic planes
available for the use of priv
ate airlines. This being true,
the job of financing the de
velopment of such a plane
should be borne by private
enterprise and not by the tax
payers of the United States.
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NEW PATROLMAN —Edenton Police Department
returned to full strength this week with the employment
of Joe T. Norman, 22, Route 1, Roper, as a new patrol
man. Norman, right, is shown being greeted by Chief
J. D. Parrish. The new officer was recently discharged
from the U. S. Marine Corps after a tour of duty in Viet
nam. He has had Military Police training. Norman is
married to the former Linda Sawyer and they plan to
move to Edenton soon.
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The reasons given for using
taxpayers’ funds to develop
the SST are threefold in na
ture: (1) That the develop
ment and use of such planes
carrying such a large num
ber of passengers will enable
Americans to fly to other
countries quicker in Ameri
can planes rather than in
foreign planes, and thus re
duce the deficit in our bal
ance of payments; (2) that
the use of such planes will
result in the making of huge
profits by private airlines
and thus result in the pay
ment of vast amounts of in
come taxes into the federal
treasury; and (3)' that the
development of the SST is
necessary to promote the
prestige of the United States.
The first Os these argu
ments is, in my judgment, un
sound. The development of
the plane will result in Am
erican tourists carrying Am
erican dollars abroad, and
thus exceed any revenues de
rived from the use of this
plane in comparison with
sums that they would other
wise expend for travel in
foreign planes. The second
argument is of dubious (force.
The history of the federal
government in respect to air
travel has been that the fed
eral government subsidizes
airlines rather than derives
profits from them. I do not
think the third argument is
valid because I do not be
lieve that taxpayers’ money
should be used to advance
the interests of private air
lines merely to promote Am
erican prestige.
One of the greatest prob
lems of our nation and of the
world in general is the pol
lution of the atmosphere, the
rivers and the ocean. Before
we proceed with the develop
ment of the SST, we should
make it certain that it is not
going to make a hazardous
contribution to the further
pollution of our earth. There
has been no adequate study
of this problem up to the
present, and the only provi
sion of such a study contem
plates a commission compos
ed of men who are more or
less crusaders for the SST.
We need a study made by
impartial scientists.
There are proposals new
pending in Congress that we
bar the use of our airports
to supersonic planes to guard
this nation against further
pollution of the atmosphere
and the hazardous noise of
the sonic boom. If legisla
tion of this nature is adopted,
this would render the SST
entirely useless.
The federal debt is rapidly
nearing S4OO billion. At the
present time, the federal gov
ernment is spending more
than s2l billion for the cur
rent fiscal year just to pay
interest on the national debt
Furthermore, prospects are
that the federal government
is going to run a deficit of
billions of dollars this fiscal
year. Congress ought not to
authorize outlays for the SST
unless it has the courage to
cut other appropriations ac
cordingly or to levy new
taxes sufficient to defray its
cost. It should quit mortgag
ing the future of our children
and our children’s children.
After all, the SST would
transport passengers from
America to Europe only two
hours ahead of the time of
travel made possible by ex
isting commercial airplanes.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Around Chowan County Farms
By B. M. THOMPSON, County Extemtou Chairman
The Chowan County Extension Service Staff would like to
take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the co
operation and support given us by the people of Chowan
County. We wish you a Kerry Christmas and a prosperous
New Year. We invite each of you to come by and visit
YOUR offices and call on us at any time that we can be of
assistance.
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CHRIST BACK IN CHRISTMAS
By MARY LIZZIE LANE
Don’t let Santa Claus over power you,
Just think cur years are just a few.
We’ve give Santa the stores and the streets,
Let’s try to keep God’s house clean and neat.
The world is the place for Santa, you see,
Don’t bring him in God’s house it won’t intended to be.
He’s a jolly old fellow I’ll admit,
I am not tmad at him, not one bit.
We’ve give him the school houses, community houses, too.
Be honest with me, don’t you think that ought to do?
You have your homes and families, too,
That’s the place for Santa Claus to visit with you.
I love the giving spirit, I want you to know,
It’s all dressed up in ribbon, tinsel and bows.
I like the tree and the gifts you see,
And the children every one are dear to me.
When I think of God’s house, how sacred it should be,
When Santa walks in it takes the thrill away from me.
Let me talk to you, my dear friends,
There was no Santa Claus when time began.
Things should be done in order in God’s house, you know,
You shouldn’t have the manger scene and Santa in a row.
Let Santa have his place out in the world, you see,
I think he’d be more happy and so would we.
Let’s give God what He really deserves,
And give it to Him by our boys and girls.
Let’s bring Christ where He belongs,
Then our programs will have so much more charm.
The Christmas carols sound so sweet,
Our boys and girls looked so very neat.
Their voices sound so keen and clear,
They knew Christmas Day was drawing near.
I am just a weak woman you must understand,
Yes, I pray you’ll agree with my plan.
1 know that God will smile up in heaven above,
Because Ue wants His children to be gentle as doves.
It's Garden Time
By M. E. GARDNER
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The fall of the year is
planning time in the fruit,
vegetable and flower gard
ens. If you plan well now,
you can avoid costly mis
takes later. You can also
have the varieties you like
best and those best suited to
your environment
If you are not subscribing
to one or more good garden
ing magazines, you might
give yourself a Christmas
present. If you are well
supplied, you may wish to
remember a friend who is
horticulturally minded.
If you have house plants
■ with large leaves and smooth
foliage philodendrons, dra-
I caenas, palms, fatobedera,
rubber and other similar
plants, you can improve the
appearance by washing the
leaves with a sponge dipped
in soapy water and squeezed
out. Examine your coleus,
geranium and other pot
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lime and phosphate, apply the
recommended amounts and
plow under. Plowing now
will accomplish many things.
In the first place, leaving the
ground in rough fallow dur
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give you a better seed bed in
the spring; and secondly, the
hibernating quarters of many
insects will be destroyed and
the lime and phosphate will
be placed in the root zone.
Some people say a lot by
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Those students decorating the windows were Merinda Harrell, Bill Jordan, Kenneth
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