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Improvements For Railway
NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk
Southern Corporation plans to
a (end |IBO .1-million in 1963 on
c ipital improvements for its
o terating subsidiaries, Nor
f Ik and Western Railway and
S mthern Railway, Robert B.
C aytor, the corporation’s
c airman and chief executive
o fiber, announced.
♦This capital budget
represents “a sizeable expen-
Editure in light of the current
economic climate,” Claytor
skid, although it is significant
ly below the combined capital
spending of $353.0 million in
1962 by the two railroads,
wflich consolidated on June 1.
compelling reason for
much lower projected
il spending is the
amount of stored equipment,
principally cars and
locomotives, the two railroads
have on hand. Just over $166
million of the combined 1982
capital expenditures was for
etoiipment.
Nearly $121.9 million for
new projects and $58.2 million
to complete projects carried
ovter from 1982 comprise the
year’s capital spending pro
gram. Major expenditures in
clude over $146.9 million for
new projects and carryovers
in roadway improvements.
Rail work totaling $55.0
million, of which $20.7 million
is considered capital im
provements, will include 401.8
miles of continuous welded
“fibbon” rail for both
railroads.
•Track changes will total
oiler $15.3 million, of which
$2.4 million is earmarked for
the completion of a key con
nection between Southern and
NW at Hurt, Virginia.
Bridge, culvert and tunnel
projects total $22.2 million;
signal and electrical projects
412.4 million; and
of way
machinery $8.7 million.
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Other significant expen
ditures are $6.4 million to
upgrade the computer system
and purchase other office
equipment, $6.9 million for
improvements to the
microwave communications
systems and $6.3 million for
environmental protection
projects.
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Dare, $180,858; Currituck,
$93,207; Washington, $34,951;
Bertie, $71,456; Edgecombe,
$36,256; Warren, $32,057;
Gates, $39,080; Pasquotank,
$18,742; Perquimans, $30,647;
Pitt, $31,576; Nash, $14,026;
Tyrrell, $11,676; Beaufort,
$11,996; Chowan, $10,696; and
Camden, $9,549.
The City of Roanoke Rapids
received $72,494, and the
Roanoke Rapids School
District and the Roanoke
Rapids Sanitary District
received $22,508 and $4,657,
respectively. Elizabeth City
received a check for $5,256.
Other cities receiving checks
included Greenville, $17,600
and Washington, $5,301.
Hie largest town check of
$29,195 went to Kitty Hawk.
Other towns receiving checks
included Williams ton, $27,749;
Ahoskie, $11,296; Plymouth,
$13,324; Murfreesboro, $5,028;
Nags Head, $15,906; Manteo,
$3,026; Tar boro, $7,640; Kill
Devil Hills, $14,085; Weldon,
$4,120; Winfall, $3,023;
Aulander, $1,363; Edenton,
$1,804; Belhaven, $1,562;
Bethel, $1,453; Columbia,
$2,046; Gaston, $1,532; Win
ton, $1,566; Whitakers, $1,341;
Robersonville, $1,703; Con
way, $1,891; Jackson, $1,357;
Kelford, $1,780; Rich Square,
$4,921; Seaboard, $3,927;
Southern Shores, $4,047; and
Woodland, $2,644.
point of view
BY BILL NIXON
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■alive, la >ki pniUeil aI Parker
Bratbcn Nempapan es Abaakie. Hia
fkwa appear* weekly la a aaaiber
*T that jreap'e pafcHtaHeai.
All but lost in the recent
publicity surrounding the
trucker’s strike are the very
serious events in Lebanon.
Again, American and Israeli
forces have confronted one
another. The latest incident
came close to being a case of
bloodshed.
If not for the decision by
Israeli officials not to
challenge the response of an
American officer, the results
could have been very
devastating.
In this latest event, Israeli
soldiers in tanks attempted to
enter an area guarded and
under the supervision of
members of the American
peace keeping forces. U.S.
Marine Captain Charles B.
Johnson felt compelled to
draw his pistol, leap onto the
lead tank, and grab its com
mander to prevent the vehicle
from entering the area, which
according to the Marines, was
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under their total supervision.
When asked to comment on
the events, an Israeli military
spokesman in Beirut in
dicated he felt Johnson’s ac
tions were reckless end total
ly unwarranted.He went on to
state that Johnson was lucky
the commander of the tank
had not delt with him more
harshly.
The Israeli commander is
lucky he did not pursue the i
matter further and determin
ed a withdrawal was in order.
Captain Johnson has in- i
dicated be would have taken <
any action necessary to con
trol the situation. i
It’s .time for all foreign
forces to leave Lebanon, in- i
eluding all armies from 1
Israel. No real threat to the i
security of Israel remans in I
Lebanon, and the continued ’
presence of outside armies is
not longer needed. The con- I
tinuous reports of alterca- i
tions, mostly between forces <
of Israel and the other i
members of the national 1
security forces, will eventual- <
ly end in serious injury or
death. There has been to
much blood spilled in that na
tion already.
As a result of the most re
cent altercation, American .
and Israeli diplomats have
agreed on a formal boundary
marked by highly visible bar
rels. This should help in iden
tifying the various areas
under command, but isn’t a
guarantee that the confronta
tions will end. The only way to
assure this is to remove all
outside forces from the
country.
As this activity continues to
draw concern, 1,800 more
U. S. Marines are headed to
Lebanon. An additional 1,800
have been camped on the
shores of Lebanon or standing
by aboard ships in case they
were needed.
While the deployment of
these troops may appear to be
needed for the protection of
America’s interests in that
area, theie are questions on
how long the United States
can afford to keep troops
there. A protracted stay in
Beirut could seriously imptur
the ability of the U. S. 6th
Fleet- to carry out its com
mitments in the area. It has
already been determined that
the fleet might miss schedul
ed NATO exercises this
spring.
While the American com
mitment in Lebanon does not
reduce the abilities of the
U.S., the continued presence
. of American troops there will
eventually end in an explosive
situation. Israel has indicated
time and again, that it will not
be concerned with any in
terests other than its own
when and where it should
decide to take action. If
American Marines happen to
be in the way, then they will
just have to suffer the conse
quences. American response
to Israel in the past has been
an indication that little will be
done regardless of what ac
tions Israel may take. Or at
least, that’s the way it has
been.
It’s time for all nations to
leave Lebanon and let the peo
ple of that nation work out
their problems without out
side interference. There will
be no answers to the problems
facing that nation until such
does happen. It’s time to get
on with it. The possibility of
additional threats tv"
American life demands it.
UNC Dean’s List
- CHAPEL HILL-The
following students from
Chowan Coodty have been
named to the 1982 fall
semester dean’s list at the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
Eliot Anthony Atstupenas,
P.O. Box 329; Mark Pope
Byrum, 136 Morris Circle;
Christopher Ramon Harmon,
2 Hawthorne Rd.; and Debbie
Lynne Jordan, R|. 2, Box
109-A.
Immanuel Trojans
Defeat Bethel
Immanuel Trojans traveled
to Bethel last week where
they defeated the Bethel
team, 58-35. Tim Brabble and
Stevie Harrell led the scoring
with 13 and 12 points.
Ahoskie came to Edenton
on Feb. 1, and the Trojans
handed them a 39-20 loss.
Stevie Harrell led the scorers
with 14 points.
On Friday, the Trojans
went to Rocky Mount where
they defeated Grace-Chris
tians 47-31. Stevie Harrell
again led the scoring with 15
points.
Thursday, February 10, 1983
f$C, Refrigeration
Exam Offered
Hie N.C. State Board of
Refrigeration Examiners has
announced that it will give an
examination in Raleigh on
April 11 for persons who wish
to take the examination to
qualify for a Refrigeration
Contractor’s license. All per
sons and firms who install,
maintain, service or repair
'commercial, industrial or in
stitutional refrigeration
equipment, as defined in
North Carolina General
Statutes 87, Article 5, are re
quired to hold a State
refrigeration contractor’s
license.
This will be a regular ex
amination as prescribed in
the above mentioned Law and
is designed to ascertain the
technical and practical
knowledge of the applicants
concerning the analysis of
plans and specifications,
estimating costs, fundamen
tals of installation and design
of refrigeration equipment.
Persons planning to take
this examination may secure
an application form from the
Board’s office in Raleigh. All
applications must be received
by the Board on or before
March 11.