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The Ff ?? - TmA, ? TWW?| Times Your Award Winning County Newspaper Thursday, January 9, 1969 LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Disappointing The disclosure that an additional two miles of highway improvements is to be cut from "the long-awaited NC-39, yS-401 project comes as no surprise but it is, nonetheless, disap pointing. When the bid received by the Highway Commission in Decem ber was rejected, it became apparent that something in the project would have to go. The only alternative would have been to have allotted additional funds for the project. This, of course, is not likely. A project which began with a "hope" of eleven miles of improved road, reaching and connecting with a similar improvement at the Vance Franklin line, has now dwindled to less than five miles. While Franklin citizens have long since learned to be thankful for all highway favors, this project and the anticipated finish of it shows vividly one of the major drawbacks to North ? Carolina's present system of building roads. Far too often, what is started is never finished. And the result is a hodge podge of acceptable and unac ceptable highways. A great deal has been heard in recent years about a "missing link" on Interstate 85 between Henderson and Durham. Truly, this stretch has been a,, safety hazzard and a mar on the . state's record of reasonably good roads. This project is now being ac complished, thankfully and someday, it is expected that the stretch will be a complete one. "it is common knowledge that in many places where Franklin roads enter neighboring counties there exists 3 destinct difference in highway con ditions. Roads should be completed between two. points regardless of county boundaries. It is regretable that NC-39 between Ingleside and a point two miles into Vance County will now become a seven-mile missing link. It is hoped that the new incoming Highway Com mission will take a long hard look at it and take whatever measures are neces ? sary.to complete the project as soon as possible. It's been a long time coming and it should be done right. Some Irrefutable Evidence Of The Robert Scott Style CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY Chapel Hill, N>C. A lot of people have been wondering off and on about the possible style and politieal ehie of the new Robert Scott administration. There haven't been many clues in his appointments so far. ranging as they do from, the homespun Ben Roney to the sleek Roy Sowers. The new Governor himself hasn't given away much more than a broad hint that he is a vigorous and eager young man: Well, sir, there is no need to wonder any longer. The evidence is at hand, unmistakable, obvious^ irrefutable, and competent, -a* the lawyers say. If Old Bob is any indication at an. the style of. the Scott administration will be hip (if you're over 45 and have yet to read Norman Mailer, that means swinging). We cite as evidence Governor Scott's sideburns. On the eve of his inauguration the Governor presented himself to the public wearing sideburns that plunged to below mid-earlobc. Besides the length, the Gubernatorial sideburns had a forward thrust faintly suggestive of the old-fashioned mutton-chops now in favor with today's swingers. ' For sharp contrast, you can compare Old Bob's new look with an official photo made a year or so ago. Back then, when he was Lieutenant Governor, he didn't have any sideburns at aH, affecting instead the "Bowl Trim" or "Farmer's Delight" in which the sideburns are shaved off even with the top of thenar. What this radical tpnsonal transformation means in political ideology is open to aH sorts of interpretation. It could mean that Old Bob is fast becoming a North Carolina version of Canada's hip Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, or that he has suddenly been converted to the "New Politics." Of course, it can also mean that ? he just didn't have time to get a haircut. 1^ ? - 1 STATfi dlOiiLEdiE [dr. s i. HAYA KA.WA X PRESIP6HT \ THE MIL* U kCC JOl ?N4t A;. rtlrS.. wtnxl !??? 'It's a Sfd state of affairs when a militant minority can forcibly take over a campus!' WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING A Way Out Of Vietnam COURIER-TRIBUNE Asheboro, N. C. SIKH TO South Vietnam choose to snub the Paris truce talks, the U. Ji and Ha noi mav still have, ihe deter mination lo negotiate a face savin; exit for the I'. S out of this unhappy land It is polil ically impossible lor Ihe president succeeding Lyndon Johnson to perpetuate the conflict merely because the most recent Saigon gov ernment chooses to . light on Domestic opinion deem* o therwi.se. whatever the cost. Already a behind - the ? scenes maneuver to fill Ihe gpj) should Saigon take a walk has raised ihe possibili ty lhai mutual troop with drawal and re-establishnient of Ihe demilitarized zone (DM/. i could still be explor \>d hv the two powers Just as the South Korean government preferred that Dwight Eisenhower continue the war sixteen years ago. so the Thieu-Ky Vietnam re gime hopes for a continued American presence ? per haps in perpetuity so insolu ble does the war seem. It is dawning on our Asian allies that we've lost the sto mach for battle This alone wouldn't assure their downfall. Even now the South Korean government is so [irmly entrenched with r, .S. armament that it could probably go it alone should I lie north made. The same heavy military expenditure is irrevocably earmarked for .?south Vietnam for some \ear.s to come, with or with out American soldiers to (ire the weaponry The crucial moment (or Sai gon will come m winning the minds ol its people. This a lone can insure its survival when its western ally with draws a half-million fighting men The, difficulty of sustaining some form oi control over mast of the south is rr.ade even worse by the Viet Cong's Peoples Revolutiona ry Councils", one of which it has established to rule an en tire province south of the DMZ UPI wire reports recently warned lhat the Cong would organize such a puppet- struc ture to implement policy un der the noses of Saigon's mil itary rulers That it has done m> successfully in a major province < 80 miles south of Da Nang i suggests the road ahead for South Vietnam is rooky, that the struggle won't l>e military other than in a li mited sense, but political The Cong is winning men's minds with violence but can nilv weaves a power struc ture at the grassroots with which to govern once intima tion is no longer necessary. The tolly of the Vietnam war is becoming more and more apparent as we Talk of peace while the Cong pre pares purposelullv for the non-military aspect of their revolution "he Whisker Rebellion In The Columbia (S. C.l Slate In The Old days rUrloonist Herbert Block of the Washing ton Post used to depict the Old Nixon, with (t least a four-day stubble on his jowls peering from underneath 4 tipped - up manhole rover to make sure no good guys were looking around. The depict inrt\ lasted. In fact, until last No vember S, when Herblock's anti-hero was elected Presi dent. Somehow it no longer seem ed in keeping with the honor do* the office. Dipping hij pen into an untapped well of kindness. Herblock produced one of his more memorable cartoons. His studio had be come a barbershop, and. in K hung a sign: "This shop gives to every new President of the I'nited Stales a free shave H Block, proprietor." Last week Herblock showed he was as good as his word There was the New Nixon; and1 instead of emerging from a sewer drain, he was hop ping out of a fireplace with * sackful of cabinet appoint ments on his back. New Nix on was jolly old Santa Claus, false beard and all. but pre sumably clean-shaie under neath. In the weeks since the e lection. Herblock has manag ed the impossible He has yet to exhibit New Nixon's new shaven face. The question is not whether he will keep his promise: of that there is no doubt. The question is whe ther a cartoonist In the na tion's capital can go (our years, excepting Christmas, without looking the Preiident . In the (ace. _ ? ? ? . Questions On Pueblo Release 1 . Viewpoint by J eue Helms We may never, of course, know the whole tniih concerning the seizure of The Pueblo ard her crew. But enou 4> is already known for thoughtful America. is to realize that thla entire episode ia a ahameful biot a disgrace upon the pages of American hiatory. The reieaae of the 82 living crew mem bers. and the return of the body of the 83rd, brought relief to the country and joy to the loved onea of the 82 who returned to freedom after eleven months of captivity and torture In the communist dungeons of * North Korea. But there remains the humilia tion that the United States lacked the courage to do what it should have done to preserve.our national honor. There is now no excuse for our not doing so. An American vessel, seized Illegally, atUI lies captive in the hands of arrogant com munists The North Koreans should not be The Frq^$in Times Established 1870 ? Published Tuesdays ti Thursdays by The Franklin Times. Inc. BIckettBlvd. Dial GY6-3283 Louliburg. N. C. CUNT FULLER, Manafinf Editor ELIZABETH JOHNSON, Business Manager NATIONAL EDITORIAL Advertising Rates Upon Request* v4y ' | ASSOCIATION ^LiiS SUBSCRIPTION RATES la North Carolina: Out of StaU: On* Yaar, $4.M;?bt Months, $2.83, One Year, $8.60; Six Months, $4.00 Three Months, $2.0$ ??- " Three Months, $3.60 ~ ' Entered u weond cLs m?l matter and pr?afe paid at the Pott Office st LouUxiif. N. C. 27 J4?. permitted to assume that their guilt has been ? expunged by the belated release of American men. For it is still a fact -if our leaders have been truthful with us-that one of our ships and its crew were seized without cause or justification. But there is more to It than that. His torians will have to search, without much prospect of success, for a single redeeming feature In this entire event. In the first place, there needs to be an explanation as to why a virtually unarmed, multi-million dollar, top secret vessel was sent on such a dangerous mission without adequate protection. And when It was seized, why was there such timidity, fearfulness and indecision about getting the ship beck? Then is discussion, behind the scenes In Washington, that the captain of The Pueblo may be called to account for his perhaps hasty surrender of the ship. His explanation has already been given: that the ship lacked effective defense, and that he did not wish to subject his men to slaughter. In other days, that explanation would not have been acceptable, but one fincfc It dlfflcult-in today's frame of reference- to find fault with Commander Bucher's reason ing. He has lived In an era when his country has constantly compromised with com munism; he has seen the world overrun with brutality of a totalitarian force which has seldom been challenged by nations which declare themselves tq be defenders of free dom. ? ' ? $0 why, Commander Bucher undoubt edly reasoned, should he sacrifice his life, and those of his men, in a fight against communism when his country--*nd her allies-lack a strtiilar commitment? In Viet nam, American. men are dying in a stalemate, no-win war that has become a protracted drain on the resources of America. For the first time in history, the United States Is engaged in what it has not even yet declared to be a war with communism. We have declared only that we do not intend to win. In any case, the North Koreans have taught us- in the tao'st humiliating way-the meaning of "peaceful co-existence" with communism. In the process we have learned that the price of no resistance is surrender and that the penalty for surrender is impris onment. torture and death. We reiterate that the release of the men of The Pueblo, should not be regarded a* an end to the epiaode. There Is still our ship, owned by the> citizens of the United States and ?eized illi^Hly by the communists. In the hands of tne North Koreans. This vessel should either be returned to us. or be destroyed by our military forces. It should not. under any circumstance of timid reaaon Ing, be allowed to remain In communist hands- and as a symbol or further disgrace and dishonor to the United States. Better late than never we tfiould now do what we failed lb do montha ago. We ahoiild not forget The Pueblo! ''COME THINK It ain't so much that I, .mind cold weather. It's the thought of it. Just take a look outside. The trees are bare. The ground is half frozen. The sky looks funny and . . hang it . . I'm about to freeze to death. Cousin Clearly Count . . she's my cold cousin , . . has,come up wim a iaea. now. lousm Clearly ain't the brightest or Uncle Noah's youngins . . . but she is the thinest and ever now and then she ?comes up with some whing ding ideas. She days that if some body would hook up some heaters at every electric power pole in the county . . . there'd be enough heat to make the temperatures like them deep south statt s. Cousin Clearly points to the laci I nai mis wouia Dring oui me giris in oiKims wnicn wuuia bring out the boys who would spend their money and make everybody rich. She also says that things would grow in the winter like they do in the summer and that there'd be no need for overcoats . . . nose drops and overshoes. She says it couldn't snow and the rain would be so warm, everybody would enjoy being out in it. It's a wonder somebody hadn't thought of this before. Uncle Noah days he's going to Washington to sign up this idea just as soon as the boys in the white coats bring Cousin Clearly back. They're still looking for the fellow who got lost in he courthouse Monday. Somebody said he was last seen upstairs in one of the back rooms . . but this ain't been confirmed. They're working on putting signs on the doors and this might be a help but we like the suggestion that a rope be placed along the wall leading back out. This way . . . when you get It lost . . . just follow the rope to the end . . . Sure hope they find him before he starves to death. If you've been thinking about catching the Hong Kong . . forget it. Everybody's had it or got it and there iin't no status in getting it anymore. If everybody is gonna have it . . . who wants it?1 We ain't sure everybody that says they got it . . . really got it. Some folks just like to act like big shots and they think they ought to have everthmg anybody else has. The slightest sneeze. . . and right off. . they're saying they got the Hong Kong. Ain't folks funny?. ********************** *********************** From The Office Of Congressman Fountain ? : ^ South Not In Control Washington, D. C. . . .Both Houses of Congress had their moments "f gvrilpmpnt and signs of change during the opening hours. No doubt you've . read about the contests for various leadership posts, internal or ganizational changes and the seating of Rep. Adam Clay ton Powell of New York. What I'd like to discuss today, however, is a gross misconception apparently shared by many columnists and commentators. I've been aware of this misconception for some time but it was revived so frequently over the last few weeks that I feel it should be exposed. What I'm speaking of is the statement, repeated over and over by those who should know better, that the House is controlled by Southern Democrats who hold most of the Committee Chairman ships. This simply is not so and jr. glance at the committee lists would make that apparent to anyone who cares to look. The Congressional Direc tory lists 21 standing commit tees of' the House. Of these, . only four have as chairmen members who can be truly considered as from the South. These chairmen are Reps. R<veis of South Carolina, Armed Services; McMillian of South Carolina. District of Columbia; Colmer of Miss issippi Rules; and Mills of Arkanas, Ways and Meaps. Texas, which rightly con siders itself part of the South west despite ? Southern out look and flavor along its east ern hinge, has four commit tee chairmen. These are Reps. Poage. Agriculture; Mahon, Appropriations; Patman, Banking and Currency; and T , Veterans Affairs. n If Texas were con * sidered a Southern state, only eight of 21 committees could ' be considered to have South erners as Chairmen. The state providing the next highest number of chair men is Maryland, hardly con sidered a Southern State these days despite its location just below the Mason-Dixon line of lohg ago. ^Chairmen from Maryland are Heps. Friedel, House Ad ministration; Garmatz. Mer chant Marine and Fisheries; and Fallon, Public Works. Actually, Maryland and three other Border States control six chairmanships, the largest single bloc in the House. From Kentucky, Rep; t Perkins chairs the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Staggers of West Virginia is r chairman of Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and Rep. _ lchord of Missouri is head qf , Un-American Activities. The North can claim three ' fhiirmff nthipt* Reps, filler of New York, Judiciary; Dulski of New York, Post Office and Civil Service; and Morgan of. Pennsylvania, Foreign Affairs. That leaves two in thtf Midwest and two from the _ Far1 West. These chairmen are Reps. Dawson of Illinois, Government Operations; Price of Illinois, Standards of Conduct; Aspinall of Colo rado, Interior and Insular Af fairs, and Miller of California, Science and Astronautics. As you can see, the South does not control a majority of House committees or the House itself I wish it did. _ But as lonf at the "pun dits" go on saying we do, a lot of persons unfortunately are going to believe it and, just aa the pundits do, lay the blame for all of the naltan's ills at the feet of the Sduth
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