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we are going if we do not
know where we have been."
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by Bote* Barton
CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE WINNERS,
COMMISERATIONS TO THE
LOSERS
It was an interesting
election season, no doubt
about it. The best thing about
it now is that we'll get a
respite until November when
we crank up again for the
general elections. We offer
congratulations to the winners
and, of course, commisera
tions to the losers. Like the
old timer said, "Some'un has
got to win and some'un has
got to lose." That's the way it
is in America, one of the last
bastions of free expression at
the polling place.
Surprises. One campaigner
who really impressed me was
finished second in the bal
loting for the North Carolina
House of Representatives. He
proved anew that a man can
still win a campaign without
paying people to vote for him.
lie spent all day Tuesday at
the Pembroke polls and went
away with many, many
friends and a mind boggling
-? 1,025 votes. Noted a long time
political observer, "DeVane
was one of the most effective
campaigners I have ever seen. |
If he ever got hold of your
hand he had a good chance of
convincing you to vote for
r him."
Pembroke also showed a
bigneas, a statesmanlike
quality by helping return
Sidney Locks, the Black can
didate for the House, to a first
place showing. I am proud of
the place I live near by and
work in for standing by Locks
in spite of ill wHl caused by
the June 29 Primary. Pem
broke, as I see it, is one of the
most democratic {daces in
America. Indian folk will
usually do the right thing if
given the opportunity to do
so. Locks also helped himself
by coming to Pembroke and
\ asking Indians to vote for him.
j People still like to be asked for
* their vote and, certainly, not
\ be taken for granted. Seem
> ingty Gary LocUear, the Indi
an who lost a doae race for
district judge, also did himself
proud by publicly supporting
Locks during an especially
trying time. I suspect that the
Black electorate will remem
r ! ber Locklear's magnanimous
and courageous stand if he
ever runs for public office in
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tne future. ??
And, of course, Wyvis
Oxendine heat incumbent
Herman Dial in the Pem
broke-Maxton-Smiths Com
missioner District race. The
winner deserves our congra
tulations. He is a personable
and articulate young man. 1
am sure he will make a fine
county commissioner. But I
must honestly confess that 1
voted for Dial although the
newspaper I edit did maintain
an air of neutrality throughout
the campaign. I will never
endorse one Indian candidate
over another. I have never
done so, and I did not propose
to begin a dangerous prece
dent in this particular race. I
try to be honest with my
readers. That is my only
reason for telling you (after
the election fa over). that I
voted for Herman Dial. 1 hope
to develop a good IS Wo nest
relationship with Ozendine,
especially if he overcomes the
Republican opposition of Bob
Brewington in November.
That's just good sense. But I
want my relationship with
Oxendine and all men to be
based on honesty.
So, congratulations to Wy
vis Oxendine and all his hard
working supporters. They ran
one of the most organized
campaigns I have ever seen in
all my years of covering
politics. They rightly should
be proud of their monumental
achievement.
So, congratulations to the
winners and commiserations,
of course, to the losers. The
only consolation to the losers
is that there is always another
campaign.
Soma people one* believed
that mountains war* formed
by an enormous under
ground serpent moving about.
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Pug dogi wart 10 priztd by
tha nobility in anciantdbpan
that thay wara kapt undar
tha cara of ipacial woman,
and wara navar alio wad to
?at foot out of doort.
If you pick up a flawing
dog and maka him proipar
out. ha will not bita yoo.
This to tha principal dKftr
anca batwaan a "*an and hi*
dog." Mark Twain
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Local
Students
Attend
Approximately 100 North
Carolina high school students
attended the final session in a
series of four week-long work
shops conducted by North
Carolina State University's
School of Engineering.
The session, hel July 11
through 16, brought to a close
the engineering school's Stu
dent Introduction to Engi
neering (SITE( program. It
was sponsored by the school's
Undergraduate Student Ser
vices Division under the di
rection of Assistant Engi
neering Dean George F.
Bland.
More than 400 high school
sophomores, juniors and sen
iors were chosen to partici
pate in the SITE program on
the basis of their interest in
and'potential for engineering
and science careers. They
came to the campus for a
week to attend demonstration
classes adn laboratory ses
sions. They interacted with
engineering students and fac
ulty and gained on- campus
living and learning experien
ces.
The following area students
dent's name, high school, ms
or her parents' names and
home address:
Robeson: Doris A. Lock!ear,
Prospect High School, Mr.
and Mrs. L.N. Locklear Jr.,
Route 3, Maxton; and Ann M.
Woods, Prospect High Scho
ol, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Woods,
Route 1, Pembroke;
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aasily, pop into tha freezer
for 15 minutss before
grating
Senate stands firm I
; 011 balanced budget j
WASHINGTON - The
Senate no Wednesday refused to
weaken a proposed constitutional
amendment requiring balanced
budgets, rejecting efforts U> allow
red-ink spending in limes of eco
nomic or other, non-military crisis.
The chamber first defeated 61 34
a pi^iposal to wa(ve the balanced
^pe nding requirement in times of
international turmoil or natural di
sasters. A similar revision, allow
ing deficit spending in ocononiib'
emergencies, was defeated 67-30.
The constitutional measure be
fore the Senate would permit an
unbalanced budget only if the
country went to war.
Sen. Alan Cranston. D-Calif., a
leader of the mfeansure's oppo
nents, said exceptions should be
allowed for other reasons, includ
ing overseas crises, earthquakes,
floods or famine.
"It is ridiculous to require that
we have to declare war to spend
what we need to spend on national
defense." he said.
Under his proposed change,
Cranston said, the president or
Congress could decide to "spend
what we need for the national
.emergency."
During a White House meeting
with 12 senators} Monday, Presi
dent Reagan urged an exception
permitting deficit spending both in
wartime and if national security
were threatened.
But chief Senafo-supporters of
the amendment, including Repub
lican Sens. J. Strom Thurmond of
South Carolina, chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, and
Orrin Hatch of Utah, were opposed
to the exception.
Thurmond said the amendment
already permits Congress to ex
empt federal programs from the
a mend men' with a three-fifths
vote in the house and Senate.
A nat.onal emergency exception
would make it too easy for Con
gress to find an excuse to spend
more than the government takes
in. Thurmond said, adding: "But if
we have a war. that's another
thing."
Sen Dennis DcConcini, D-Ariz ,
another supporter of the amend
ment. said, "We are not going to
have an open checkbook for any
body unless there is a declaration
of war." i '
Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan. D
N.Y., an opponent of the amend
ment, suggested in jest that a fu
ture president might declare war
on a small country like Iceland to
permit an unbalanced budget.
While there would be no actual
fighting, Moynihan said, the Unit
ed States might pay "modest re
parations" to Iceland for allowing
the United States to declare war.
More generally, be said, the bal
.> anced budget amendment has
been found to be "phony as a
three-dollar bill" by almost every
economist who has considered it.
After considering a series of
amendments by opponents, the
Senate is scheduled to vote on the
balanced budget amendment
Wednesday.
In an interview. Hatch conceded
that it will be tough to attract the
67 votes needed for passage of a
constitutional amendment.
A two-thirds vote also is re
quired in the House; then the
amendment would have to be rati
fied by three-fourths of the state
legislatures.
"Any time you fight for a consti
tutional amendment, it is uphill,"
Hatch said.
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INSIDE-OUT CREAMY CUPCAKES
1 package (14 os.) gingerbread mix
1/2 cup finely dropped walnut*
1 container (S os.) Birdi Eye Dover Farms * ,
whipped topping, thawed
Prepare gingerbread mix a* directed on package, adding
walnut*. Divide batter evenly into 12 paper baking cups
set in muffin pan*. Bake at 350? for 25 to 30 minutes, or
until tops spring back when lightly touched. Remove
from pan and cool on rack*. Cut a 1-inch circle in center
of each cupcake and remove. Gently scoop out center,
reselling crumb*. Toast reserved crumb* at 350? for
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of cupcakas with remain inKrhipped topping and sprinkle
with toasted crumb*. Serve the day prepared or freeze 2
to 3 hours or overnight. Remove cupcake* from freezer
5 to 10 minutes before serving. Makes 12.
"A mountain and a ritir
are good neighbors.
George Herbert
washes the shores of
'five continents ? North and
South America, Asia, Aus
tralia and Antarctica.
'72 Prospect Class Reunites
The 1972 gradnatiog daee
of Prospect High School held
Its second dees reunion re
cently at the Pembroke Jaycee
Club House. Each member
gave a brief re as me of hi me nil
or heteelf followed by a short
program by^tfae class leaders.
teachers, along with their
Mr. Johnny A. LocUear, Mr.
WHfiam C. Chavla, Mrs. Flora
Scott, Mrs. MaMo Cnm
mbtgs, Mr. Nash LocUaar,
Mr. Leo LocUear, Mr. Marvin
Lowry, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hndel Harris. A stank dinner
was served.
, Pie tared loft to right me
pm embers who attended Front
5 row [sooted}- Wanda Lock
leer, Cindy Sanderson, Fen
)nio Lowery, DoHon BnBard,
ell, Kenneth Clark, Beajy?(
raw- Betty Dhd, Janet Dial,((
Gad LocUear, Oriono Chads, I
Mary Dial, Joan Worries, ((
Barbara Lowry, Hobo Baker,//
Alva Scott, Kathy Chads, Y
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bar, tshscea Lowry, Geonbf
Clark, Terrio Bollard, Cml).
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fajM^Ca^Jaert', Larry Y
Larry Delsoa Strickland, |(
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REPORT FROM
U.S. Mnator
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HELMS
WASHINGTON?In December 1972; about a month
after I was elected to the Senate. I had lunch one day in
Raleigh with 8. Everett Jordan, who had been defeated in
his bid for renomination to the Senate the previous June. Thus
he was leaving the Senate after many years of distinguished
service. The Democratic Congressman who had defeated
Senator Jordan in the 1972 primary was himself defeated
in the November general election.
Senator Jordan and I had been friends for more than
two decades. And as I look back on it. it never occurred to me
that I would one day succeed him in the U. S. Senate.
LUNCH?At lunch that December day. Senator Jordan
remarked that the Senate had undergone many changes since
the early 1950s when I went to Washington as administrative
assistant to Senator Willis Smith, a close friend of Mr. Jordan's.
"For one thing," he said, "you're going to have a constant
fight on your hands to preserve the tobacco program."
He mentioned that the smoking-and-health issue had
become mistakenly confused with the tobacco program.
The false notion was growing that the tobacco program had
something to do with whether people smoke cigarettes, he
said?when, in fact, there is no connection between the two.
The only questions were (and are): Who will grow the tobacco?
Will foreign farmers grow the tobacco and ship it into the
United States? Or will American farmers continue to produce
the highest-quality tobacco in the world, thereby earning their
livelihoods?
Destruction of the tobacco program would mean
economic chaos for hundreds of thousands 6f tobacco farm
families, including 45,000 families in North Carolina.
JORDAN?Senator Jordan told me that day that he
seriously doubted that the tobacco program would survive for
even four more years. "Like it or not, Jesse, that'll be up to
you and Herman Talmadge and a few other Members of
.Congress. I wish you luck?you're going to need it," he
said.
Well, nearly ten years have passed, and we still have the
tobacco program, and I believe its long-range prospects for
survival are very good. But as Senator Jordan warned, it has
been a constant fight.
A week or so ago, the program met one of its sternest
tests in the Senate. Thanks to the support and understanding
of our close friends in the Senate, efforts to destroy the
tobacco program were defeated.
TROUBLE?The trouble began late last year in the
House of Representatives. The Senate had passed a farm bill
*rhic$i.J>a(L~letl the tobacco program unscathed. It wasn't
easy, but when the bill left the Senate, the tobacco program
was totally intact. The situation in the House of Representa
tives was vastly different In order to avoid outright defeat of
the tobacco program. Congressman Rose and other tobacco
state Representatives were forced to agree to an amendment
which led to yet another piece of tobacco legislation tfwt had
to be approved by both the House and the Senate.
The House passed the bill in late June and slit it to
the Senate. The. papers arrived in the Senate aftef 5|?m. on
the day before the House of Representatives wak s4H*duled
to begin its Independence Day recess. When the papers ?rrived,
most Senators had gone home for the day, and there was no
possibility of acting upon it that day.
The next morning I called a meeting of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, of which I am chairman. Senators on
the committee, knowing of the importance of the bill to me,
were fully cooperative. A quorum was assembled, and the bill
was unanimously approved by the Agriculture Committee
and sent to the Senate for action.
But one Senator, Mr. Eagleton, Democrat of Missouri,
exercising his rights as any Senator is entitled to do, served
notice that he was prepared to filibuster the bill until after the
House of Representatives had recessed, thus blocking con
sideration of it that day. So unanimous ccnsent was reached
to consider the bill when both the Senate and the House of
Representatives had returned?on July 14.
Which is what happened, and I will discuss that in my
next report.
JM
I would like jl
to thank the Voters ))
* ? MM
and the many (j
Workers for their a
Support and Confidence. )
| Thank you! |
I WILLIAM L. J
[BILL] 0XENP1NE |