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RAPT ATTENTION—Local black leaders heard the address of Congressman Walter Fauntroy at the annual Edenton-Chowan Civic League Banquet Friday night. Pictured (left to right) are Mrs. Ruth Frinks, Congressman Fauntroy, Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Hudson and Mrs. James Fenner. Being Foolish The Safe Road Act of 1983 is now eight months old and people are treating it like old hat. And motorists know the odds are against them if they drink and drive. They are being foolish. A recently released study shows drunken driving cases are climb ing. There was a decline in ac cidents during the first six months (October-March) but as arrests in crease, so do mishaps. The tough DWI law is causing more to hear the jail door slam. The public knows this, yet they test the system by being foolish. A study of court records shows more people arrested for drunken driving are pleading guilty. At the same time the state’s conviction rate hovers at 94 percent as arrests dropped 31 percent. Motorists seem now to be getting bolder. In the face of mounting odds of arrest and jail, not to mention be ing involved in an accident, people are becoming “laid back” after a blitz. They are being foolish. Guest Editorial The following is a timely challenge from WRAL-TV on the issue of health care fraud: Almost every day we hear something about the public -being cheated, defrauded, or taken ad vantage of in some way. There seems to always be someone trying to get something for nothing. But few things arouse us to anger and frustration like the recent report from the House of Represen tatives’ “Select Committee on Ag ing” estimating that health fraud cost the elderly approximately 10 billion a year. The report said that people age 65 and older represent less than 12 percent of the nation’s population, but were the victims of 60 percent of all health-care fraud and estimated that elderly people spent four to five billion dollars a year on bogus cancer cures, two billion a year on questionable arr thritis cures, and at least two billion a year on worthless products that claim to counteract the effects of aging. In other words, there are untold numbers of unscrupulous en trepreneurs preying upon the na tion’s senior citizens, taking advan tage of their pain, suffering, discomfort and vulnerability to sell them products that they know will not cure their ailments or ease their pain. The Food and Drug Administrc tion and the Federal Trade Con mission, two government watchdo agencies designed to protect th elderly, either don’t have enoug! money or personnel to catch an convict these fraudulent operator or put them out of business. Health fraud, in cases of cance and diabetes, can be life threatening. You can’t cure ar thritis with sand disguised as moot dust, of cancer and diabetes with a $300.00 tube containing a penny’: worth of barium chloride. They say, “A squeaking whee gets the grease”. We hope thi: situation makes you angry enougl to squeak loud enough to you: County Residents To Receive Tax Increase For 1984-85 Fire Budeet By Maru Amburn County citizens who live outside Edenton’s town limits will pay an extra half-cent fire tax, if the pro posed 1984-85 county budget is ap proved next week. The fire tax in crease is slated to go into effect Ju ly 1. Residents of the fire district, who currently pay 3.5 cents per $100 valuation will be required to pay more following Monday’s action by the county commissioners. The commissioners wanted to Nancy A. Rich Mrs. Rich Chosen Symphony Officer Nancy A. Rich, wife of Simon Rich, has been chosen the 1985 membership chairman for the Chowan Chapter of the North Carolina Symphony. A native of Wayne, Penn sylvania, Mrs. Rich, who holds a BA from Duke and a MS from Tem ple, lives at Jubilee Farm with her family. “I am happy to serve as member ship chairman for the symphony in Chowan County; for, 1 have been in terested in classical music since my childhood. Our school children are the beneficiaries of the money collected from this drive,” stated Mrs. Rich. The entire local symphony board will serve as Mrs. Rich’s commit tee. The membership drive will begin July 24, 1984. hold the line on taxes, but their budgeted allotments for Town of Edenton fire and recreation ser vices fell short of Edenton’s budget request. The county is in a contractual agreement with the town for these services. When the town challeng ed the county provide increased funding the county had no choice but to accept, according to a coun ty official. Town officials contended that their request for 33 percent fire Continued On Page 4 Town Council By Maru Amburn In their regular meeting Tues day, the town council approved an airport layout and growth plan which will be submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration. Federal funding may be available in one - two years for airport renovation, the project engineer predicted. Dain Riley, of Parrish and Associates in Raleigh, who was given the task of creating the 20 year refurbishing plan, said, “The "Tofecast' pfea^^nWHrrT^ hanger, and runway needs.” Riley advised that the current runways should be both narrowed and shortened in order to make the airport more cost-efficient. The engineer also proposed that much of the town’s existing proper ty near the airport, be used for in dustrial development which would not interfere with the airport operation. “Take the vast acreage out of air port usage and put it into industrial use,” Riley said. Riley also contended that the town will need to consider building Continued On Page 4 Volume XLVIII-No.73 Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, June 21, 1984 Single Copies 25 Cents Congressman Fauntroy Urges Civic League: Continue Efforts For Increased Registration By,Maru Amburn A crowd of 300 heard Con gressman Walter E. Fauntroy, (D DC), make a challenge that with in creased black voter registration, President Reagan's “reign of er ror” could be ended. Fauntroy ad dressed the Fourth Annual Edenton-Chowan Civic League Banquet Friday night. Using flamboyant humor and biblical parallels, Fauntroy in spired the audience to three stan ding ovations. The civic league was organized in September 1977 with the goal of in stilling in all citizens the impor tance of registering to vote, em phasizing that a “voteless” people is a “hopeless” people, according to league president A. C. Hudson’s opening remarks. In his hour-long speech, Fauntroy said that by “mastering the arithmetic of our political power,” blacks could be the deciding factor in the November general election. If 25 percent of the unregistered blacks in 24 states would register, they could defeat Reagan in 1984. Also, Fauntroy contended that with increased registration in North Carolina blacks could also defeat U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. Fauntroy, who ranks fifth in seniority on the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Af fairs, placed the burden of Services Held For McDonald Dixon McDonald Dixon, an Edenton native, died Sunday, June 17 after a long illness. He was 86. Dixon was a former resident of both Edenton and Elizabeth City who had recently moved to Bret ffiavert Rest Home in Nags'Head. He retired as a consignee of the Sinclair Oil Corporation in 1961 after beginning the operation since 1938. A civic and church leader, Dixon was a member of St. Andrews by the Sea Episcopal Church in Nags Head; past president of the Eden ton Rotary Club; and former treasurer of the Tidewater Council of the Boy Scouts of America. A trustee of Elizabeth City State University for 14 years, he was chairman of the Board at the col lege for seven years. Dixon was a former vesfrv Continued On Page 4 America’s economic ills on the cur rent administration’s transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich. “Ronald Reagan and the conser vative rich of this country have been leading the American people astray,’’ the black leader said. “Rather than rebuilding existing plants, these rich businessmen have taken their Reagan tax relief and used it to invest in foreign coun tries with cheap labor..” “People in North Carolina will look at their tax returns and know that this (administration) is no good,” Fauntroy added. A Yale Divinity School graduate and minister of New Bethel Baptist Church Fauntroy called for a coalition of blacks and whites with goodwillio end the “Reagan waron the poor.” “We may have come over here in different ships, but we’re in the same boat now,” he joked. Fauntroy, who is an advisor on Jesse Jackson’s presidential cam paign, challenged those in atten dance to follow the “Black Leader Continued On Page 4 Corson Addresses Soviets By Maru Amburn Dr. Candace N. Corson of Eden ton returned this week from a 10-day trip to the Soviet Union where she discussed nuclear war prevention with Soviet physicians. In her address before the Con cerned Physicians of the Soviet Dr. Candace N. Corson WM r ■ ■ ■ ■> ■--• • • -**->--*• —— w. •»m -yr-r Union, Corson said that, “Human survival demands that we not allow political, social, and cultural dif ferences, real and important as they may be, to prevent us from combatting our common enemy; nuclear war and the arms race.” Corson was one of 40 members of the group Physicians for Social Responsibility who were invited to the Soviet Union by Dr. Eugene Chazov, President of Soviet Physi cians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. The trip followed a 5-day in ternational conference of physi cians in Helsinki, Finland. According to Dr. Corson, the pur pose of the visit was to “get to know our Soviet counterparts and iden tify and discuss areas ot mutual concern.” Among the topics discussed were: professional and public education on the medical effects of nuclear war; analysis of long-term ecological consequences of nuclear war; survivability of nuclear war; social psychology of the arms race; and arms control and disarmament. Corson has been active in Physi cians for Social Responsibility (PSR) since 1980. She was elected chief delegate of the Southeastern region in 1983. The Edenton resident has lec tured widely in Eastern North Carolina on the Medical Aspects of Nuclear War and the psychiatric impact of the threat of nuclear war on mental health, among other topics. A Yale University medical school graduate, Corson came to Edenton in 1979 in the National Health Ser vice Corporation. Since 1982, she has precepted at the Family Prac tice Center in Greenville as a part time clinical faculty member. “Between our countries, there is now an ignorance of each other’s societies and a lack of communica tion that we deplore," said Corson in her Kiev address. “Simply by meeting, we are thus reducing dangerous tensions and acting as healers to humanity.” “We will go further as we discuss the principles and steps by which we can reduce the threat of nuclear war, and as we inform our coun tries policymakers of the medical information by which they can guide their decisions about nuclear weapons and war,” Corson concluded. Optimist Club Announces Fourth Of July Activities The Chowan-Edenton Optimist Club is proud to announce a schedule of activities for the Fifth Annual “Fabulous Fourth of July” celebration in Edenton’s Colonial Park. This year’s events begin with an arts and crafts fair at 11 A.M. in the Municipal parking lot adjacent to the park. The “Anything That Floats But A Sanders, Cartwright Sentenced By Kon Anderson The last of five people involved in the June 2, 1982 burning of the Elliott House on Route 32 were sentenced last week in Pasquotank County Superior Court. Larry Wayne Sanders, 35, and Douglas “Luckie” Cartwright, 36, both received five year suspended sentences with five year supervis ed probation for their participation in the burning. The two men however received active prison sentences in another arson case. Sanders was sentenced to. an aetive five months in the Albemarle District Jail on arson charges involving the burning of a house owned by Bonnie White located on Center Hill in Per quimans County. Cartwright, who plead guilty to arson charges involving the Per quimans County house and the sale and delivery of cocaine, was sentenced to six months in the Albemarle District Jail. Both Cartwright and Sanders of fered testimony in the Chowan and Perquimans arson cases. In March, Hertford attorney James D. Singletary was convicted on four arson charges involving the Elliott House burning. He was sentenced to three years in jail, a judgement which he appealed. Cartwright was the key prosecu tion witness in the Singeltary trial. On the witness stand he admited that he and two other men burned down the house after being in structed to do so by Singletary. Mitchell Duke Ivey, 37, and Peter Rosenthal, 45, were the other men charged with the burning. Ivey received a four year suspended sentenced with five years supervised probation in Chowan County Superior Court this month. Rosenthal received a one year suspended sentence with one year supervised probation and a $10,000 fine in Dare County Superior Court last month. Rosenthal pleaded no contest in the conspiracy charges Boat” vehicles will be on display from 11:30 A M. at Holmes High School until the 1 P.M. race which will be in the Edenton Bay by the cannons. Other acitivities will include games and boat rides from 2 - 6 P.M., tours of the America II and a demonstration by the N.C. Wildlife Water Safety Team. Varied entertainment will sound throughout the afternoon and even ing beginning at 2:15 P.M. Schedul ed to appear are the Albemarle Pops Orchestra, the Good 01’ Boys, Steve Banks, Albemarle Brass, Harmony Belles, Oak Stump Stompers, Andy Faircloth, Chowan County Bluegrass, and Oakwood. Concessions will open at 12 noon and be available through the “Fabulous Fourth of July” fireworks display at 9:30 P.M. over the Eden ton Bay. The Chowan-Edenton Optimist Club invites the youth from 1 to 100 to join them on the 4th. RAINMAKING MACHINES—‘Because of the recent heat and lack of rain, Chowan County farmers have been putting their irrigation systems to use. This particular system is providing much needed moisture to corn —1 -— «§|ggjjjgy^Sgj£ga|§f2^|{|g|g|j|||y|g| \;
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