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Continued From Page l Mayor Andrew Young may have obstructed justice in a telephone conversation with the estranged wife of Julian Bond, another black, who gained prominence as a member of the Georgia state senate. As we get the story, Mrs. Bond went to police in a fit of temper after a fight with Bond’s new girl friend and told all. She said that Senator Bond, Mayor Young and other prominent Atlantans were regular users of cocaine. A couple of weeks later she retracted her story. Now the grand jury is trying to find out whether a call from the mayor caused her to change her mind. Young admits making the call, but says he urged her to stick to facts, not repeat gossip. He blames the investigation on “pressure from Washington.” From where we stand, it would seem that Washington has its hands full, what with high federal officials carrying on contraband operations, running a covert war and shredding records carried out by secretaries in their underwear, just trying to determine whether justice was obstructed at home. Let Washington put its own house in order, then move on the rest of the country. OLYMPIC TORCH—The Olympic Torch will pass through Edenton June 29 after a planning committee met with the state chairman Wednesday. Planning Edenton’s part in the event were (from left, standing) Richard Bunch, director of Edenton-Chowan Chamber of Commerce; Brenda Toppin, Edenton Police Dept.; Billy Long, N.C. Highway Patrol; (seated) Beth Taylor, chamber president; Jack Hughes, state chairman; Pam Byrum, Chowan Sheriff’s Dept. Assembly Considers Tax Violation Legislation A bill is pending before the N.C. General Assembly which would increase the penalties for criminal tax violation. The legislation, House Bill 1144, says that in addition to other penalties provided by law, any person who willfully attempts to evade tax imposed by general statutes shall be punished as a Class I felon. Exception is made for evasion of less than $400, which is a misdemeanor. The same punishment is sug gested for willful failure to collect, withhold or account for tax imposed. The bill says that any person who willfully fails to file a tax return, supply information or pay tax shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person providing aid or assistance in filing of a return, af fidavit, claim or any other docu ment he knows as fraudulent would be punished as a Class J felon. The bill would become effective October 1, 1987 if adopted by the legislature and would apply to of fenses committed on or after that date. Judge Chaffin Presides Over Two Court Sessions Judge John T. Chaffin presided over Chowan District Court May 12. Leon Wade Hyman denied but was found responsible of driving 45 in a 35 mile per hour zone. He was penalized $20 and court cost. Karen Holley Bond admitted responsibility for driving 45 in a 35 mph zone and was penalized $10 and cost of court. Nancy Travis Albritton admit ted responsibility for having no ci ty tag and was penalized $10 and court cost. Connie Francis Leary Jernigan was found guilty of simple assault, two counts of assault on a law of ficer, communicating threats and resisting arrests. The cases were consolidated for judgement and she was sentenced to 18 months in Chowan County Jail. The judge ment was appealed. Three counts of uttering paper with forged endorsement against Robert Dwight Wilson were dismissed by the state. Luther Williams was found guil Legion Rodeo Continued From Page 1 vin Hunter, manager. Tryouts for the team will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Hicks Field. Eligibility for players is age 19 and under. Players will come from Northeastern, Perquimans, Edenton, Bertie, Williamston, Creswell and Columbia High Schools. Evans said, “If things work out, we’ll have seven or eight pitchers, something we’ve never had before. The season’s opener will be at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Hicks Field against Greenville. The Chowan Herald (USPS 106-380) P.O. Box 207 Edenton, N.C. 27932 Published every Thursday by The Chowan Herald, Inc., J. P. Huskins, President, 421-425 South Broad Street, Edenton, North Carolina 27932. Entered as a second-class matter August ' 30,1934 at the Post Office of Edenton, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1870. E. N. Manning - General Manager Jack D. Grove.Managing Editor Rebecca Bunch.Associate Editor Irene Stotesbury.Advertising Mgr. 'Susan Bunch.Office Manager .Subscription Rates One Year (outside N.C.).$12.50 One Year (in N.C.).$11.55 Six Months (outside N.C.).$ 7.50 Six Months (in N.C.).$ 7.56 ty of worthless check and sentenc ed to 90 days, suspended for two years, fined $25 and cost of court and ordered to make restitution of $122.40 to Pepsi Cola Co. He was ordered not to issue a worthless check for two years. On a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting, serious injufiy.-again^t 'Ahthony Wendell Hayes, prohable cause was found and he was bound over to superior court for trial. Thomas Shelton Nixon III was found guilty of assault on a female and sentenced to 30 days, suspend ed for two years, fined cost of court and ordered not to assault Pamela Nixon for two years. The state took a voluntary dismissal for James Lawrence Holley on a charge of possessing malt beverage on public property. Voluntary dismissals were also taken for Antonio Satterfield, common law robbery; Chris topher James Verhague, and Ar tie Laboeuf, possession of stolen property. Landra Levette Jackson was found guilty of larceny and sentenced to 90 days, suspended for two years, fined $100 cost of court and ordered not to go on McCrory’s property for two years. An appeal was noted. New Location Continued From Page 1 certainly pleased to be able to ac quire the funding and have this new facility. We feel that it will go a long way to provide stable residential facilities for clients needing this service,” Franklin said. The Broad Street facility is licensed for nine residents and one manager, but Franklin said three of the residents will soon be mov ing into private apartments. He stated that the average number of residents in the home is five. AMH must make application to HUD to construct such homes bas ed on certain criteria, including need. A like home has been con structed in Elizabeth City and the area board has applied to HUD for grants for homes in Camden and Dare Counties. Franklin said HUD assumes that water and sewer lines are available when the site for a new home is chosen, so the town has agreed to share one-half of the $12,000 to install lines to the con struction and AMH will pay the other half. Probable cause was found on charges of breaking and entering (two counts), larceny and posses sion of a stolen vehicle against Rickie Holley and he was bound over to superior court for trial. An appeal was noted. On a charge of possession of marijuana, Holley was found guil ty of misdemeanor possession. He *was sentenced to 30 days, suspended for two years on pay ment of a $100 fine and cost of court. An appeal was noted. Holley was found guilty of hav ing no operator’s license and sentenced to 90 days, suspended for two years on payment of $75 fine and cost of court. He was ordered not to operate a motor vehicle until licensed. The verdict was appealed. Pamela H. Nixon was found not guilty on a charge of assault. Larry Bond was found guilty of assault on a female and sentenc ed to nine months, suspended for two years, fined $50 and cost of court and ordered not to assault Gloria Bond for two years. Johnny Daniel Dogger and Orlando Drye were in court for probable cause hearings on charges of felonious larceny. Pro bable cause was found and the men were bound to superior court for tidal. Oft charges of failure to comply with fine and cost, a notice of hearing was filed for Carol Fer rell. ,The defendant complied with requirements and the hearing was dismissed. Charges of failure to return hired property (two counts) against Jeannette Welch were dismissed when the defendant could not be located. Judge John T. Chaffin presided over a light docket in Chowan District Court on May 19. On a charge of driving while im paired, Johnnie Roosevelt Basnight was found not guilty. A charge of disposing of secured property against Edith Mae Holley was dismissed by the state, as was a charge of assault on a female against Hazen Ovel Jones Jr. Jo Allen Loftin was found guil ty of shoplifting and sentenced to 60 days, suspended for two years upon payment of a $50 fine and cost of court. She was ordered to complete 24 hours of community service and pay its fee and told to stay away from Maxway for two years. On a trespassing charge, Percy Lee Leary was given an active sentence of 90 days, with 12 days credit for time spent awaiting trial. WEATHER FORECASTER—Tim McGill, staff meteorologist for WCTI-TV, gestures in explaining how weather forecasts are arrived at. He was guest speaker at last Thursday’s Rotary Club luncheon. Rotary Cup Award Presented By JACK GROVE The Edenton Rotary Club had a full program at its Thursday lun cheon meeting last week as it hosted this year’s Rotary Cup and scholarship award winner, last year’s winner and Tim McGill, meteorologist for WCTI-TV, Channel 12 in New Bern. This year’s Rotary Cup winner is Liza Vaughan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Vaughan. She is also valedictorian of her graduating class at John A. Holmes High School and plans to attend the University of North Carolina. Last year’s winner, Brian Bunch, was also present to accept a plaque in recognition of his award. Bunch attends East Carolina University. Murray Goodwin, retired agriculture extension agent, in troduced McGill as the guest speaker. The TV weatherman explained that he would provide an insight into what goes into forecasting. He told his audience that they could expect a thunderstorm on almost any summer day. He said that they tend to be more severe around New Bern. In this area, they are less severe due to the waters of the sound. McGill said that the National Weather Service, through its of fices around the state, plays the biggest role in forecasting, Wilm ington and Hatteras radar reports are relied on most by Channel 12. “Everything the meteorologists have in Raleigh, we get,” McGiH said. “Analysis of the data is the key.” He said that often the resul tant forecast varies among meteorologists due to inter pretation. McGill, who has a degree in meteorology from a university in Illinois, said that upper air charts, compiled from data fed into com puters, are relied on heavily for forecasts. Both the Hatteras and Wilmington stations send baloons aloft twice daily to collect upper air information. “Weather plays a real big role in broadcasting,” according to the weatherman. He said that a poll was taken on what people watch TV for and that the weather was the number one reason. In fielding questions from his audience, McGill gave this defini tion in answer to one: “ ‘Partly cloudy’ is more sunny than ‘part ly sunny.' ” Local Business Diversity Provides Low Unemployment One Employment Security Commission official says Chowan’s business and industry diversity is what provides a local low unemployment rate. Gordon Allen, Edenton ESC of fice manager, said the county’s rate for March was 3.9 percent, with the state recording a rate of 4.9 percent. Allen called diversity “the greatest and single-most influen cial” factor in providing a low number of workers without jobs. “Most businesses have been able to find their niche in the marketplace. The cotton mill is always trying to find their market and penetrate that market,” Allen said. In contrast, he pointed out the heavy concentration of textile in dustries in the Piedmont area. The concentration means that when one plant is depressed economically, most other businesses are in the same condi tion and no industry is available “to take up the slack”. Allen said he had been impress ed with the favorable economic in fluence of tourism in Edenton and Chowan County. During the fiscal year from Ju ly 1,1986 through June 30,1987, the Edenton office placed 712 workers in 910 jobs, with some employees placed in more than one job. Of that number, 42 workers were placed in jobs with a salary range in excess of $15,000 annual ly. Job openings received by ESC totaled 1,192 in the same period. Statewide, 10,740 North Caroli nians found jobs last month through 78 Job Service Centers and six branch offices operated by ESC. Employers across the state listed 21,790 jobs with ESC in April and agency staff filled 13,784 of those jobs. Since its fiscal year began, the agency has placed 131,336 in dividuals in jobs across the state. Figures released for individual Jjjfc^YiSfcjfentgjs :shPML.the greatest number of placements were made in Charlotte with 418; Fayetteville with 377, Winston Salem with 360, Lumberton with 351, and Greensboro with 324. Greensboro placed the greatest number of individuals, 75, in jobs paying more than $15,000 per year, followed by Salisbury with 58, Raleigh with 49, Winston Salem with 42 and Shelby with 39. In April, the greatest number of jobs listed by employers with ESC local offices were Raleigh with 1,088, Greensboro with 1,068, Charlotte with 871, Winston-Salem with 832 and Fayetteville with 827. Development Action Grant Is Awarded The U.S. Department of Hous ing and Urban Development has announced that the Town of Plymouth has received a preliminary notice of award of a $440,000 Urban Development Ac tion Grant. The Urban Develop ment Action Grant Program pro vides funds to municipalities to promote new and expanded employment opportunities - targeting jobs to area unemployed and underemployed. The Town of Plymouth’s Urban Development Action Grant will in itially be loaned to John O’ D. Williams to assist in the construc tion of the 65,000 sq. ft. Plymouth Landing Shopping Center which will be constructed on U.S. 64 Business. The shopping center will contain a major grocery store (Food Lion), retail stores and a drugstore. These anchor tenants occupy 85% of the shopping center’s space. The remainder of the shopping center will consist of small shops. The $2,100,000 shopping center will result in the Town receiving an additional $16,796 in property ta^qs ea£h year. The project will result in 51 construction;jobs and 54 full-time equivalent permanent jobs. Sixty-percent of the perma nent jobs will be filled by low- < moderate income persons. Thirty five percent of these jobs are to be filled by minorities. The Town of Plymouth, the Developer and shopping center tenants will work with the Employment Security Commission Office to ensure that local residents have the max imum opportunity to benefit from the project. ' In addition to receiving repay ment of its loan from the Developer, grant conditions in clude the provision that the Town of Plymouth participate in Developer profits resulting from the use of the UDAG loan. The Town will use program income to further economic development ef forts. It is anticipated that the ma jor use of repayments will be to stimulate downtown revitilization efforts. All grant conditions should be met by the end of June 1987. The Plymouth Landing Shopping Center is scheduled to open by Spring 1988. In celebration of the announce- ^ ment of its Urban Development Action Grant and its resultant economic opportunities, the Town of Plymouth will hold a “ground breaking” ceremony at the Plymouth Landing Shopping Center site. The ceremony will ■ take place on Thursday, June 4, at : 1:00 PM. Representatives from • the U.S. Department of Housing : and Urban Development; State, : regional and local officials; the j Developer; shopping center ' tenants; and the Town of : Plymouth will be present. Lot Clearing ii Continued From Page 1 : site, “Ultimately it will be some ,; type of athletic facility.” He said i that although now there are no > specific plans, about 18 months ] ago he submitted plans to the town ; council for a ballfield. He said that * at that time he told the board that ; the land needed to be cleared] before definite plans could be j, made.
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