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The Franklin Times ' . 4 Pwbhthcd K Vfi T?.wU? A Ttevrarfcf Wf??| All Q* PrmhUm C?mty LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT " ^ < . . I ? " - Hi " That Was Our Promise" A release from the State Highway Commission last week, attempts to ex plain, without saying why, the misinter-j pretations associated with the remarks made by Commission Chairman Joe Hunt in a Channel 4 broadcast recently. Mr. Hunt referred to some counties being "out. of tune, politically" and implied that he agreed that such coun ties were not sharing in the highway funds allocations on a basis equal to other counties more in line politically. Mr. Hunt has gone on Channel 5 tele vision to clarify his remarks. Anyone five years old or older knows full well what Mr. Hunt said on WUNC TV was true. Counties "out of tune" have suffered in the past and unless the world tips over, they will continue to suffer. There is no argument with Mr. Hunt's disclosure of this fact. It is the repeated "need" reference he and his associates make that irri tates the Christmas spirit out of us. In the aforementioned release, for example, Mr. Hunt is quoted as saying, "When we were out asking for support of the bond issue, we told the people that roads will be paved and improved where they are most needed. 'That was our pro mise, and that is what we are living by and will continue to live? by." Mr. Hunt continues, "So long as I am Chairman of the Highway Commis sion, ' there will be no distinction among the counties except as to their needs." Franklin County people will more thaif likely be contented to take Mr. Hunt at his word, if he would simply show us more need in Durham and Wake Counties than NC 56 here in Franklin County. We would be most contented if Franklin were to be allotted its proper share of the bond money. Mr. Hunt could spend the balance any place he might care to.1 If Mr. Hunt ^ living by his promise, and if he plans to continue to live by it, it seems to us the old song come$ to mind which says, "You gotta change your way of living-Cross over the bridge." Maybe So, Maybe Not Take one SBI agent. Take one first without-reason-given SBI Director. Take a known convicted gambler. Take one Parole Board and one parole. Mix thoroughly with one color TV set and what have you got? If you haven't the answer don't dis pair. Nobody else seems to have it either. The agent, John Boyd, admits having intervened with ,the State Parole Board Chairman in behalf of convicted basket ball fixer Dave Goldberg's parole! He admits receiving a color TV set from the same Mr. Goldberg. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. Mr. Boyd says he returned the set to Mr. Goldberg, but before doing so, he purchased an exact duplicate so he coufd get the shipping case in which to return the original. Certainly as far fetched as this sounds, we have no reason to doubt it. However, Mr. Boyd says he interceded in behalf of Mr. Goldberg with the knowledge and con sent of ousted SBI Director Walter An derson. Mr. Anderson says not. Since Attorney General Wade Bruton has chosen not to disclose his reasons for firing Mr. Anderson, a perogative of ; any boss, many questions are left un answered. If Mr. Boyd was acting in compliance ' with SBI regulations, well, and good, but 1 he leaves much to be desired inside the highest law enforcement agency in I the state. We had rather believe that intervention in behalf of convicted criminals is not a part of the duties of an SBI agent. We'd like to hear this from Mr. Brli ton. Mr. Anderson says he would have i discharged Mr. Boyd for such action, j and yet it is Mr. Anderson who is look- I ing a job and Mr. .Boyd, who cannot be all clean in this matter, is still enjoy ing full SBI status, with what apparent ly is Mr. Bruton's blessings. Mr. Boyd has, admittedly been open about his actions and has readily re vealed to the public his records. It seems Mr. Bruton should clarify the question of whether he condones such j actions by the SBI agents. We do not ' believe it is in the public interest for SBI personnel to aid in granting paroles even if they do return the gifts. \ WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Louisburg Has Pilot Plant For Low Cost Housing Goldsboro News-Argus Louisburg, Franklin County, is installing a plas tics factory for the production of pre - fabricated houses. If it proves satisfactory it may be a great step forward toward solution of the housing problem. Moulds for the making of plastic panels and beams have been made and should be in operating in cast ing units for housing early in the year 1967. Louisburg's pilot plant, one ot the first if not the first in its field, will be a four-room affair with 830. square-foot capacity. The backers of the new plant have been quoted as saying that the cost of a plastic home would be half, or less, than a home of equal size built of conventional materials. But there remain some questions to be solved. For instance, there are no inner and outer walls be tween which such fixtures as medicine chests, some types of closets, and such can be hung ... * . Insulation of plastic materials is much superior to insulation with usual materials, the eiwerimenters say. And the pre-fab panels and beams "an greatly reduce the time and labor for setting up the building. The type home which will be made at the Louis burg plant is described as being of great attraction for a beach cottage or mountain summer home. The developers expect that research and experi ence will rapidly advance the development of the plastic home. Already this material has met the tests for many uses such as bodies of motor vehicles, cer- - tain types of posts and a growing list of uses. ' Governor Sanford in a statement summing up his administration said that he had hoped during the time he was in office a break-through in development of low-cost housing would come. He had asked re searchers for the state to seek to produce a small family home of good quality for about $3,000. Work on such a structure is continuing in many parts of the nation. f; ' Slums such as Watts in Los Angles and Harlem in New York City, in part, develop from condi 4 - And A Happy New Year, Too." by Clint Fuller Tlmas Managing Editor New Year** Day was a busy time when we were boys. Neighbor* would extract promise* days ahead that we would visit their homes early on New Year's Day ... the earlier, the better. Back then It was considered good luck If a man ... or boy was first to enter a home on that day. Woe be the home which suffered the mis fortune of having a girl darken the door first on New Year's. Blackeyed peas and hog Jowls were a must. No self-resp*ctlng family would go to bed ot^ New Year's Ere without a good stock of these two essentials on hand. Most women, cooked the delicacies the day before just to be safe. It was also believed that what hap pened on New Year's Day would hap pen throughout the year. If you needed a doctor on that day, you'd be sick all year long. On the other hand If you had good fortune on the first day of the year, you were likely to have It throughout the year. If you worked, you'd work all year. Folks lived very carefully on New Year's Day back then. And then there were always the Inevitable resolutions. We cannot re member seeing anyone working over ? list of New Year resolutions In the put many years. It use to be a big thing. Folks stopped smoking on that day, stopped bltli* their nails, stopped whipping their wives or nag ging their husbands. Of course, most resolutions were broken by mid January, but It was always a good time to take stock and attempt self lmprovemen^ At least the Intentions were usually good and It made for some mighty nice folks for afewdays each year. | . i But, u with so many customs, these New Year resolutions have given way to the pit New Year Ere celebration. Ask anyone about New Year's today and the conversation will (o Immed iately to what they plan to do New Year's Eve. No motion will be made of any resolutions, kept orbrokenand chances are, even though you might be a man, you'll go away without a special Invitation to visit your neigh bor around t A.M, New Year's Day. Americans celebrate the coming of the New Year at plush nightclubs, if one lives In a big city or private clubs and homes, If oM does not. Salty generally accompanies the event, with some marked degree of nostalgia as the clock strikes mid night. Customs vary In different parts of the world and, indeed, in different parts at our own country. * Russians celebrate by firing a hun dred roll salute with cannons; Italians mark the event by continuing Christ mas for Twelve Days and the French give gifts at New Year's Instead of Christmas.' The First Day has been celebrated ss early as autumnal equinox, about September 21, and as lste as the summer soil Ice, about June 21. In the Middle Ages, moat European coun tries celebrated New Yeer's on March 28. The Jewish people mark the date late In September or eerly October. In China, the people clean house, pay debts, cloee their businesses snd shoot firecrackers. Times Square has become a syno nym for New Year's with thousands flocking to the New York center at midnight to yell and sing as the huge cle^sk strikes twelve. Through the medium of television, millions at homo witness the scene e*ch year. But, ?lth all the hoopla, there are still some who Just quietly fo to bed The Times Established 1170 Published Tuesdays 4 Thursdays ** II* fra ^<11 CLINT FULLER, Managing fcdttor ELIZABETH JOHNSON, . business Manager national I on Oil Advertising Rates Upon Request SUBSCRIPTION RATES Single Copy 10$ In North Carolina: One Year, ?4.M; Six Months, I1U Three Months, ?1-M. CM at SUte: On* Year, $B.?0; Six Months, $y? Three Months, $3.10 0(1 December 31 and simp through the whole thing. They may have trouble writing -1967 on their correspondence for several days, but they are per haps the safest and sometimes, we believe, the sanest of all. Whether you travel to Times Square, a night club, a private club or home, or Just slip off to bed, 1987 Is Just a few hours away and there Is Just enough time left for all of us to wl?h for all of you a very safe and Happy New Year. 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