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BY JESSE HELMS Vice President, WRAL-TV Mr. Nat Townsend, campaign manager for gubernatorial candidate Richardson Preyer. jumped to a Curious conclusion last week in rejecting what We had intended as a constructive and friendly offer. This station had proposed to donate six one-hour periods of prime-time television for Joint appearances by the candi dates for Governor of North Carolina. Mr Townsend replied - - rather tartly, we thought — that he had doubts about this station's “neutrality” and that he did not believe a confrontation of the candidates, taking place at our studios, "could possibly be fair to all candidates.” That posture, taken by Mr. Townsend, of course served the purpose of taking this station out of the arrangements and cancelling our offer. And since no other television or radio station in the state has yet expressed an interest or willingness to provide such service, the possibility of the people’s witnessing such a confrontation is in a state of suspension. Mr. Townsend said, howfcver, that Candidate Preyer would, be willing to appear on a teleJast originated bv another station and subject to certain restrictions W»iiated by Mr. Townsend. We take this to mean that Mr. Towns*-™ fen$ his associates will now assume the responsibility for making' the necessary arrangements. Candidates ban Moore and Beverly Lake accepted our offer promptly and without restrictions. Each indicated in telegrams that such a series of joint appearances by the candidates would serve a useful purpose. Arid certainly we do. We have no idea which of the candidates would emerge from the experience with the most favor able image. We simply think that it is a test which the people, in choosing the highest officer of their state, are entitled to witness. To be frank about it, we think this is one of the many services which television and radio can render better than other media. As for Mr. Townsend’s reply to our offer, which his. head quarters released to the press, we are almost inclined to disregard his uncomplimentary references to us. This station has been fair to all candidates seeking the nomination for Governor. We have no apologies to make. We do not know what Mr. Townsend meant when he stated his doubts about our “neutrality.” In any case, we are not interested in a running argument with Mr. Townsend. His candidate is enticed to have his campaign run as he sees fit. and if Judge Preyer does not wish to use our facilities, that is a judgment for him and his associates to make. We will not ouarrel with him and will continue to extend to him the hand of fairness. But in our coverage of the current political-campaigns, we have an obligation to tbe people who tune to our station. They de serve fair olav. too. Thev deserve to have as much information as possible about all candidates, their positions, their views, their achievements, and their mistakes, jf doing as conwrehensive a job as DO«sible in this regard should appear to Mr. Townsend as an indication of “non neutrality,” then this is a risk we must take. In *nv event, we have made a specific offer and it has been soecifleallv rejected bv Candidate Prever’s campaign manager. The fact that Mr. Townsend, acting for Judge Prever. has stated an alternative seems to us to suggest that Judge Prever’s campaign staff is preoared to take over the resjV'nslbiHtv which we originally ha.d offered to assume This suits us fine. We went as far as we could, in perfectly good faith, in «ttemoting to provide a service for the people which we think would be extremely beneficial. We make these comments, not to lecture Mr Townsend or In ahv wav to denrecate his candidate. And we do nof Propose to sulk because Mr. Townsend chose to make some uncomplimentary statements about us. Mr. Townsend has a Job to do. And so do we. The future of North Carolina in these important times demands that the oennle Pick thglr leader* with ap understanding of the Issues, a familiarity with the candidates, and a complete knowledge of *he views of those who have offered themselves for election to office We offered to trv to make a contribution in that direction. Our offer was rejected. And that, as far as we are cn cemed, Is all there Is to it, Williford Rites Conducted Today v Funeral services for Thurman D. tfTink) Williford, 43, of Dunn, Rt. 3, who was killed In an auto ac cident Tuesday, were held Friday at 3 p.m. at the home. Elder Les ter Lee officiated. Burial was in Johnson and Lee Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cas sie P. Williford; one daughter, Carolyn Ann Williford of home; one brother. Archie Williford of Dunn, Rt. 2; one sister, Mrs. Wil lie Gurley of Smithfield, and his mother, Mrs. Henry Williford of Dunn, Rt. 2. Registration For Kindergarten Mon. The Week Day Kindergarten committee of the First Presbyterian Church announced that registra tion will start Monday morning for the children of non Presbyterian families who wish their child to at tend the Week Day Kindergarten of the First Presbyterian Church. Thi* registration is for the 1964 65 school year and will be limited in number to a total of 28 children. Those who have an interest in this are urged to act promptly in order that they will not be disap pointed. , Storm “What do you do besides dodge teen-agers and answer questions?" “What else is there to do?” “How will you protect yourself from fans when won-go swimming hers?” . ’« “Hire a swimming cop.’> “Hasn’t this hair style been used before?** “Bure, remember Napoleon?" SORORITY PLEDGE gdon of Route Caro The Answer Readers’ Questions on the pro nosed Dunn Hospital will be nns we-«d ^ this space three times week’v Mondays Wednesday .. and Brldavs . hereafter. In order that every eltlren of our community be made fully aware of the nrotrram’s details. Address r- card or letter with your oues Hon to Answer Box. In care of this newspaper, or telephone 892 R1Q7 and nslc for Answer Box WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH TO BUILD A HOSPITAL? New methods of diagnosing di sease and restoring health are be ing constantly developed and must be available Immediately In a hos pital. Manv reoulre costly eouto nsent and specially designed build ins space, which means that every cubic foot of hospital space Is more expensive than the same a mount of space In any other pub lic building. WHY DO H08PITAL BILLS SEEM SO HIGH? During the last few years, the increase Ip ho«pltal expenses has exceeded the increase during al of the previous years of this cen tury. Hospitals have had to raist wages to hold enough nurses technicians, and other personnel h care adequately for the patients and everything used in a hospita today Costs more. Every house Wife knows what has happenet during the last decade, for ex ample, to the cost of food am clothing. The hospital mu«t pa: adequate wages in order to com pete with other employers in ou srea. Too Late To Classify POE SALE OE BENT: Two W* room house trailer. Bull bath. Oa or «ee Marvin Barefoot, 802-368: i-fci-it BEAUTY A BUFFOON — A winning combination in the all-new 1964 RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS opening at STATE FAIR ARENA in RALEIGH on FRI. FEB. 14th with show - times FRIDAY at 415 and 8:15 — SATURDAY at 2:15 and 8:15 — SUN DAY at 2:15 and 6:15. IT’S THE BIGGEST, BEST 3-RING CIRCUS EVER. DON’T MISS IT ! ! ! Brock Files mittee and has ir.ade an excellent record in the office. So far, no opposition to him has been reported and none is expect ed. In his announcement today, Mr. Brock said he would serve “the people of Harnett, Duke and Grove townships to the very best of my ability and will give the people the very best representation I pos sibly can by being conservative in all that I do.” Favors Economy Efficiency "I do not favor any tax increase of nnv kind for the people of Har nett County and will vote against it.” said Mr. Brock. “I will further do all in my nower to see that the county gets full value for all tax money spent and at all times I will trv to give the countv good, honest, cle«n and fair government.” Pointing out that the board has lust recently appointed an indus try hunting group, commissioner Brock said he would lend his full sunoort. in an effort to secure addi tional Industry and more badly - needed navrolls for Harnett. The District. Two official ils+ed nrocurement of additional in dustry as fJtrr-fr the county’s vital needs. He «a<d he Would also do will that he could to receive greater -iteration of secondary road funds tor Harnett. •‘Vtrern Section of the COUntv needs road ' irunrovements.” said Commissioner Brook. “and T fe“! that the townsbins of TVuke. Grove and Avorachnm h°ve been esneni8l iy neeiortefi in the allocation of road funds Friers Serving “T annreriqte the ormortutlitv oi sowing oiMeons on the county hoard of commissioners.” he said VTt, has heen a privilega and an honor for me to do so. T regard 1 the offire as one of the most 1m. nortont in the muPtv because thf hoard decides how and where t«v money is to he snent and the wel fare and nrneress Of the entir» county denends to a large ert.onl on what the countv hoard does” Wr. BrocV said **T Uke the toh T like neonle and T like to servt them T feel +hat. T have gainef valuable experience during re-m' months and am now in a nosltio* to really he able to render goor service to th“ neonle. T shall an nreriote the sunnort of all citizen! in the Tlemocratio nrlmarv ” A native and lifelong resident o‘ Harnett, tfr. Ttrook has been ( groeprv merchant In Erwin tor *hi --— —•—---^ \'r ’ past 16 years, owning and operat ing his own business firm. A combat veteran of World War i n. Commissioner Brock left Dunn with the National Guard in 1940, and served with the Army until 1946, when he was honorably dis charged as a Master Sergeant with the 40th Division. He saw combat duty in three major campaigns in the South Pacific, in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. At the end of the war, he served with Artny of Occupation forces in ((Corea. He then returned to Erwin and went into business. Throughout the years, he has played an important role In community and county af fairs. He is a lifelong Methodist and has served on the official board of the Erwin Methodist Church for 15 years, four of them as chairman of the board. He is now teacher of the Men’s Adult Class In Sunday School and is active In all phases cf church work. Community Leader He has been a member of the Neill S. Stewart Masonic Lodge at Erwin for 16 years, is a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies at Wil mington. Sudan Temple in New Bern and a member of the Dunn Shrine Club. For 26 -Tears he has been a member of the Woodmen of* the World, Is also a member of the Costs lodee of the Junior Order, and is now servtno- hi® fourth vear as a member of the Harnett Coun tv Tuberculosis Association He has also been active in other civic, re ligious and fraternal groups and has been a lifelong, staunch Demo crat. He married the former Miss Mar tha, Whitesell in 1948. Mrs. Brock has been a member of the Erwin school facnlt.v for the nast 14 years. Thev have one son. Worth Wreck, a ire 7 He has two brothers, Clifton Wroek. the Chevrolet dealer at I.il linetno and Frorf Brock, who holds a position with Colonial Stores In Norfolk. Va. His only sister. Mrs. Havwood (Onhelial Roberts is postmistress at Coats. Bdnnerman our hospital hond. to approve the Important.. «nH nedessarv. Water anri ponitarv Rewer -Ronds. All of t.hecp wilt demonstrate the progress of our citv.’t Ban’’-rman pointed out, that everv rit'ren of Dunn ahould nartieteate in the hond vote fnr “Wa.ph at nq will hare pn eOnal one* met hv these outstanding is ■ sups ” Jkst (batty (RsuwJud DUNN. N. a RECORD PUBLISHING COMP ANT At 811 Eut Canary Street || gaeoiid-euuk natter tn the Poet Office in Dun. N, C. 8be kn of Oongreea, Act of ltanti *, 18W. ■wy Afternoon. Monday tkreesh Friday. Second-class postage paid %t Dunn. N. O. at SUBSCRIPTION RATES BT CASHIER—88 CENTS PER WEES Ml NOT SERVED BT CARRIER AND RURAL ROUTES NORTH CAROLINA—MM Per Tew; MM for six aaonthej -STATE-81AM per yew la advance; fd Enforce Speaker Ban L BURLINGTON (UFI> — Guber natorial candidate I. Beverly Lake says Communists cannot expect any sympathy from him if he is elect ed governor. Lake told the Lions Club here Thursday that if elected he would see that the state’s so-called speaker ’- ban law is obeyed. The law prohibits communists and Fifth Amendment pleaders from speaking at state supported colleges and universities. Lake added he would consider proposed amendments which would clarify and assist in accomplish ing the state’s purpose. Lake repeated his charge that eubernatorial opponent Richardson Preyer exercised “mighty poor judgment” as a federal judge by trying to “seek clemency” for Jun ius Scales, a convicted Communist. Reftopoulos at 8 p.m. of which Mr. RaftopoU tos will address the congregation cn proper Christian conduct and how one can make a success of the ministry. Then on Sunday the climax of this week’s special acti vity will be the widely advertized talk being delivered by Mr. Rafto Poulos on the subject, “Building a Happy Human Family”. This will be delivered at 3 p.m. The Bible's answer as to what is required to build a happy family will tho roughly be considered. All persons of good will are welcome to come, no collections are ever taken. Dunn PCA The new Federal Land Bank As sociation emblem is a deep blue oval, the new Production Credit Association emblem is a brilliant red oval, and the Banks for Coop eratives will be identified by the metallic gold oval. The overall emblem for the Farm Credit System is also an oval. The pillars of its illustration represent the three banking groups, the roof signifies the uniting service objec tive, and the solid foundation sym bolizes the strong financial base of the system. The oval of this em blem is enclosed by the words, “Farm Credit Service.” **trp to the present," Mr. Brew er and Mr. Green said, “banks and associations of the system have used a variety of emblems. As a result there was little indication that our institutions at related and have closely corrlated pur poses, objectives, and goals. Ac tually, this close relationship is the source of much of our strength in providing sound credit for farmers” Behind the^e emblems ore re- j markable credit institutions, deeply rooted in the history of American agriculture The farmer - owned Federal Land Bank Associations have served farmers for 47 years with long - term land bank loans to refinance debts and purchase and improve farms. The Federal In .termedlate Credit Banks, establish ed In 1923, supply loan funds for local farmer - owned Production Credit Associations. The Production Credit Associations make short term production loans and inter mediate - term loans for capital nuroose to farmers, and the Banks for Cooperatives provide specialized credit service to farmer - owned cooperatives. Funds loaned bv the banks and associations are obtained bv the honks from the sale of bonds and debentures on the public market to private investors. The Federal land Bank Associa tion rf Sanford was founded in 1013. Today it has 1333 members and has $8,056,000.00 in loans out standing. The Federal I .and Bank Associa tion of Sanford tVw* with 45 oth er osencicticns In Flor'da. Oenreta. Worth Carolina and South Caro line earn and ™rt. as a cent for the Federal T.and Bank of Columbia. The Tlunn Production Credit As sociation and 36 other associations in the same fmtn state area are remred hr the Federal Intermediate fjrodit Bank of Colnmhia. The Dnnn PCA mas eet-hlished in 1033. Tedov 1* has meg mem bers and has *3 sag soa in loans entctordine Areo former- harrowed ♦3agi n23. from the association in 1 oaa TTatlonellv. neorlv 300 000 farm ers have leans nntst.andina from the Vederal T.and Banks through the TSg Federal T and Bank Associations for over as billion. Farmers borrow *3,6 b'lHon a year In short and intermediate - term credit from the 4gd BCAs in the nation. “Onr new corporate identifica tion n mere TO w'li became a nation ally known farmer - owned trade mark.” Mr. Brewer and Mr. Green pointed out. "It reflects our moder nization in farm credit methods to keep pace with the needs erf mod ern farming* in this community.** i Judge Preyer acknowledged re cently that he had written a letter asking that Scales’ prison term be cut, explaining he regarded him as a "m wed-up” idealist. State Legionnaires have taken up the issue and rejected Preyer’s ex planation, claiming that Scales Is a hard-core Communist who advo cated overthrow of the II. S. gov ernment by force and firearms. Wife Was Scale* Witness In a Legion address at Dunn last week, Joe Butler of Burlington call ed Preyer’s explanation “pure tom myrot.” He said Preyer’s action in seek ing release of Scales from prison was “not surprising in view of the fact that candidate Preyer’s wife took the witness stand at the trial of Scales in an attempt to save him from prison.” RALEIGH (UPI) — I. Richard son Preyer ended the third week of his 100 - county stumping year to day in his campaign for the De mocratic nomination for governor. Preyer, completing appearances in over one - hair of th? counties in the state, called for increased agricultural diversification in a speech to a Raleigh civic club. "The most tragic feature of our state’s economy,” Preyer said, “is that we do not raise enough food or feed for eitiher our people or our livestock.” ’ He said North Carolina spent #1 billion annually in other states for i food which could be grown by the state’s farmers. “Here - in lies the great trage dy and the great hope of our state,” Preyer said. “If we could overcome, even in small part, this great de ficit, we could lift North Carolina out of a cycle of poverty into a 1 cyele of hope.” ., - Pope Attends partment will handle more than 90 billion nieces of mail, this will be 420 peices of mail per person bas ed on the anticipated population of 214 million persons. With the new automatic data processing equipment now being used and to be installed in larger offices later the postal personnel, with the help of Zip Code, will be able to make more accurate distribution, earier dispatch, less breakage, and faster transportation with better local service. The United States Post Office Department is the largest employ er in the world now having more than one-half million workers on its payroll. It is important that ways and means be found to cope with the ever growing mail volume and the Zone Improvement Pro gram (ZIP) seems to be the ans wer. This of course, is a program of automation and is designed to meet the needs of mail handling v/ith less cost to the taxpayers and faster delivery of the mails. With the advancement of the Zone Improvement Program (ZIP) til of us in the postal service are becommtng more concerned with its advantages and the possibili ties it offers. We would like to impress upon the mailing publie the need to Inform themlselvea concerning the Zip Code Program. When you are mailing use Zip Code in your return address and when receiving mail, that you will want to reply, make note of the Zip Code in the senders return ad dress. The Post Office solicits your In quiries and offers its servcles. Russia Cuts * In his speech, Khrushchev diag nosed the ills of Soviet farming and recommended certain reme dies. NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) — Cy prus President Archbishop Maka rio» will send a delegation to the United Nations Security Council “in a few days’- following failure of Anglo-American attempts to set up a peace force for this embattl ed island, high diplomatic sources said today. No Agreement bond issue, may I Suggest that I pj omised that I would support the bond issue afid I -shall be 4rue- to my word. I am doing this with the understanding that Nergo doctors, registered nurses, and other per sonel will be brought into the em ployment of the hospital. Your suggestion! about getting Negroes registered to vote: in this we are in full agreement. How ever, you could be of great assis tance in helping to get the Negroes registered to vote by having a Negro registrar appointed to work at some place like Harnett High School during registration period. This has great psychological im plications in gaining the desired objectives. I am not indifferent to the wel fare of our city nor its progres sive move in the right direction and shall continue to try to con tribute to the betterment of Dunn for all people as I have tried for the Negroes. last but not least, your April 1st suggestion here as being the more appropriate time to give at tention to our racial problem is understandable and acceptable if we can lay the foundation for 6ome real progress in the field of Job opportunities and ■ public accom modations for Negroes in the city of Dunn. I agree that we can not do an effective Job in this pri gressive movement (such as the bond issue) with public demons trations going on in our town, I will appreciate the opportunity of discussing this further with you at a very early date, face to face. NOT LEAPING? VALENTINE, Neb. (UPI) — I*"* Leap Year, but the gala may no* be leaping. 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