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Page 8-A Spotlight On Energy At N. C. State Fair RALEIGH The spotlight will be on energy in the biggest exhibit of the 1978 State Fair. The 10,000 square-foot charter-sphere, which last year housed the highly successful “Leaves of Gold,” will be turned this year into the “Energy Dome.” Another 12,000 square feet of space outside the dome will have solar and commercial exhibits. Designer David Cameron promises tat the Energy Dome “will hit on everything.” He added, “I want visitors to be able to say, ‘Hey, I can use that idea at my house’. On the otherhand, I want to show them some of the new energy Rotary Club SELLS Decorative Cedar Mulch Sat., Oct. 21 $2.00 Pm Bag $25.00 IS (Approx. 40 Bags) FREE DELIVERY CALL: 482-7451 4824431 482-4783 FOR BENEFIT OF BOY SCOUT TROOP Formerly— HOSKIN HARRELL’S STORE Now HERMAN’S SNACKS & GROCERIES NY YANKEES SPECIAL! FEATURING Free NY Yankee Buttons WITH PURCHASE OF *I.OO OR MORE! SAME FRIENDLY SERVICE . . . Link Sausage, New York Cheese (black rind cheese) specialties. Doris and Bill Herman, New Owners 2 MILES FROM EDENTON ON NC 32 SOUTH AT BASE ROAD INTERSECTION Open 8:30 A. M. i .. > ... : \ / Y'U PRESENTS I Jim'Boswell °Stlow KiV - *'( ■ ' ■ /•’ . £&££&&&&* I __ alternatives that are at the forefront of technology.” An attraction of the Energy Dome is bound to be the cut-away model of a two story, energy efficient house. Visitors will be able to walk through the house and observe construction details and energy-saving, devices, including a special fireplace. Another feature of the dome, which could have practical application for many visitors, will be the exhibit on wood stoves. On display will be wind generators and solar panels, including the new photovoltaic solar cells being developed by the Research Triangle Institute. A flywheel car, a model of a wood-fired boiler, and a methane gas generator will be packed into the dome. A highlight of the Energy Dome will be the model forest, which will come equipped with rain, ponds and a cascading stream. Located on the stream will be a srriall hydroelectric generator and a ram, a popular water-pumping device before electricity reached rural areas. A special series of reusable exhibits will include a map of North Carolina’s present energy resources, including nuclear power and other alternatives for the future. A home-of tomorrow scaled to the ecosystem will be part of this series. A strong conservation entire Energy Dome, according to Cameron. A according to Carmeron. A model oil recycling plant and information on the recycling of paper and aluminum will be presented. Top Drivers To Compete At N. C. Motor Speedway ROCKINGHAM - The American 500, final Winston Cup Grand National stock car race of the season in the Carolinas-Virginia area, will be the featured, at traction for outdoor recreation lovers this week with a series of exciting happenings scheduled Thursday through Sunday at North Carolina Motor Media Gets Beating By James J. Kilpatrick The American press, as such diverse fellows as Richard Nixon and Bert Lance will tell you, is famed for dishing it out. We are not so widely acclaimed for taking it. But when a few hard lumps come our way, we ought in good conscience to acknowledge the thum ping and venture some modest reply. In the current issue of the Atlantic, Louis Banks gives the press what-f6r. In the February 15 issue of Modern Medicine, Dr. Michael J. Halberstam lashes about with his cane. They make substantially the same charge, that once the press gets beydnd routine reporting, much of our coverage is ignorant, biased, unfair, imbalanced, or all of the above. Banks is an old pro who served in the Time-Fortune factory for nearly 25 years before he crossed the street to academia in 1973. He’s now an adjunct professor of management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His concern goes chiefly to the coverage of business news. He relays his observation that many business leaders distrust reporters, dislike the em phasis on “antibusiness” pronouncements, and believe the press provides “a distorted view of reality.” This resentment is especially severe, Banks advises, among businessmen engaged in producing consumer goods. These executives “see themselves as victims of a media epidemic more virulent than botulism.” The bad consumer news gets prominent coverage; the good consumer news rarely is reported at all. Dr. Halberstam, a leading cardiologist here in Washington, is also a professor of medicine and a prolific writer in the medical field. His February piece in Modern Medicine is an admirable example of polemical writing at its very best. He takes the hide right off. First he skins Mike Wallace and Dan Rather of 60 Minutes; then he flays the print media generally; finally he returns to the television that “almost THE CHOWAN HKKAUJ Speedway. In the spotlight will be auto racing stqperstars Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Richard Petty, Benny Parsons, David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Buddy Baker and defending American 500 champion Donnie Allison, plus many other drivers with a Shot at Victory Lane such as Lennie always trivializes what it covers.” It is no more realistic, he says, to expect the press to be fair in its reporting than to expect a rattlesnake to be “fair” in its striking. Dr. Halberstam is con vinced that much medical reporting is flatly “biased.” He denounces the press for covering the harmful side effects of certain drugs without giving coverage to “the triumphs and ad vances.” All this adds up to a performance by the press that is astoundingly bad, inaccurate and vindictive. “It is the manhandling of our profession,” he says, “that properly enrages us.” Well. There is some small measure of truth in this farrago of accusations, but two or three points may be made in reply. First, businessmen and doctors alike suffer from a fun damental misunderstanding of the nature of news. Second, much of the picture they complain about is of their own making. Third, the situation is steadily improving. It is not news, alas, when one million automobiles perform satisfactorily; it is news when ten thousand are recalled. It is not news when Kodak names a vice president; it is news when Kodak gets hit with an anti trust judgment. It is not news when a surgeon per forms a thousand successful operations; it is news when he leaves a saw inside. And so on. Yes, we ought to cover more of the “triumphs and advances,” and in point of fact much coverage is in deed devoted to the good things. But news is news. The pa - ess could do a better job if executives and scientists would climb down from their high horses and respond, on the level, to reporters’ questions. Every reporter of my acquain tance has gone through the maddening experience of trying to reach a business executive, close to deadline, only to get the royal runaround from the PR boys. Down in Florida last year, one of the county medical societies voted to discipline any member doctor who spoke to a working reporter. Who’s sore at whom? The situation improves. At the highest levels of journalism, increasingly we see courts covered by reporters who are law school graduates. Many business editors are trained in economics. Food editors have degrees in nutrition. We have science writers capable of holding their own in any laboratory. And so on. This trend toward specialization will grow steadily stronger. But we never will wholly satisfy our critics, and we ought never to try. So long as the press maintains an essentially adversary relationship to the whole blessed world them against us —a healthy tension will survive. (Mr. Kilpatrick is syn dicated by the Washington Star Syndicate, Inc., N.Y., N.Y. This column reprin ted by permission of the author.) GZJ27G2M Pond, Neil Bonnett, Dave Mards and Richard Brooks. They will be contesting for the $16,385 winner’s share of the $149,150 in posted awards for the 500-mile event on the world’s fastest one-mile closed course. The race is scheduled to start at 12 noon Sunday. Other highlights for the weekend include qualifying for the prestigious Sun-Drop Pole Position Award on Thursday at 3 P.M., the American 500 Road Race of 10,000 meters and One Mile Fun Run from 11 A.M. until 1 P.M. Saturday, followed by the Lyon Radio Stations Baby Grand 125 kilometer feature race for sub compact cars at 3 P.M. The spotlight figures to focus considerably on Richard Petty, who is trying desperately to snap a winless string that has stretched to 41 races. The acknowledged king of the sport with 185 career vic tories, hasn’t gone winless for a season since 1959, the year he begain racing fulltime about midway through the season. Petty conducted extensive tests at NCMS last week and Washington Report By Walter B. Jones By Congressman Walter B. Jones The House of Representatives was the scene of a major presidential victory last week when that body voted to sustain the veto of the Public Works Ap propriations Bill. President Carter had vetoed the bill against the advice of both Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and the Senate because of his opposition to the construction of about 30 water projects, primarily in the west. The vote was actually 223 to 190 in favor of over-riding the President, but since a two-thirds majority was required to override, the vote was not even particularly close. The decisiveness of tHe President’s victory was rather surprising since most observers had felt that the vote could go either way, even up to the time when the roll was called. The margin should be attributed to the intense and highly effective lobbying conducted by the President himself, the White House staff, and his cabinet MiiiisiQ ■ Special Prices.... I R available on 1970-78 model H U Monte Carlo’s U r & Used Trucks £ r mDP C CHEVROLET U mifh nJ? If ut company, inc. ■ 1100 N. Broad St. Ph: 482-2138 I SALES HOURS: Monday - Friday BAM.- 5:30 PM. Saturday 8 AM. • 12 Noon •• mm SERVICE & PARTS Monday - Friday 8 AM. - 5 PM. Closed Saturday n was very much encouraged with the results. The test results, following a highly competitive showing in the National 500 at Charlotte the Sunday before, had Petty flashing his famous grin and admitting “I honestly think we’ve got a chance to win now. Since changing from the Dodge to Chevy we’ve got a chance to win now. Since changing from the Dodge to Chevy we had been so busy going to races every week that we hadn’t had a chance to go through the race car and sort things out. We’re in the ball game now. If we can get a little good luck for a change we’ve got a chance to win.” Parsons and J.D. Mc- Duffie followed Petty the next day with test patterns of their own. Parsons, who finished third in the same lap with Carolina 500 winner David Pearson in March, was Seeking a tip for better handling on the track’s high banked turns (22 degrees in turns one and two and 25 degrees in three and four.) McDuffie was testing Mc- Creary tires for endurance. Both were pleased with the results. officers. The lobbying effort was certainly Stronger than anything previously put together by this ad ministration (with the possible exception of the Panama Canal Treaty in the Senate) and indeed some Congressmen said that Mr. Carter had done a lobbying job comparable to those done by former President Johnson, the acknowledged expert in this field. As an example, the night before the vote I received a personal telephone call from the President concerning how I would vote on the override attempt the next day. We had a friendly convesration in which he offered his reasons for vetoing the bill. I replied that I certainly understood why he had taken his action and that I continued to support most of his policies, but that I felt I had to uphold my previous commitment to House leaders to support passage of the Public Works Bill. There was no undue pressure by the President, and I believe he understood the reasons tor my position. The North Carolina Yarborough, winner ot nine Winston Cup events this season, will be running on a new setup for the American 500. Car builder Junior Johnson has announced that he has been working on some new stuff for the race. “Rockingham is a tough place to finish, much less win. Your car has to be almost perfect, and we think the little additions and changes we’ve made are a The well-loved game of tennis came from Eng land and was first played here at a lawn party by— . -TZ- Mary Ewing Outerbridge ~ ~ _____ and her two brothers in ; 1874. America now —C J ~ boasts well over 10 mil- ( » — — lion active players and ibr- t /aj more than 150,000 *ft ./ - M court,. ® delegation had eight Members supporting the President and three, in cluding Congressmen Ike Andrews, Charlie Whitley and myself, voting to override. Although none of us had projects directly af fected by this override, we do have Congressional districts that benefit from public works projects on frequent occasions and it is necessary to support the House Public Works Committee on other items. In other action, the House passed a bill making it a federal crime to smuggle REVIVAL Edenton Church of God ( Starting Sun., October 21 at 7:30 P. M. Rev. Dwight Huffman Guest Evangelist SPECIAL SINGING NIGHTLY. Thursday, October 19, 1978 . step in that drection.” . = David Pearson, winner of seven pole positions this season, will be favored if take the SI,OOO Sun-Droj; prize and a SSOO bonus from? Busch beer. The fastest B drivers will earn starting? spots on Thursday. Fifteen additional drivers will wfe berths in time Friday, and the field of 36: will be filled Saturday. cigarettes across state lines for purposes of evading taxes in states which place a high levy on cigarettes. The Senate had passed a similar bill shortly before. This bill was in response to evidence of growing involvement of organized crime in the cigarette smuggling trade. The bill would not affect It family from up north which purchased several c&tons of cigarettes in North Carolina on their way home from vacation. There must be at least 30,000 cigarettes -; involved before federal jurisdiction would occur.
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