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The News record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY 80th Year No. 26 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. Mlmam Co;iaty Library 9/81 15c Per Copy Bank R obbery Suspect Captured In Florida One of three suspects in last week's Hot Spr ings bank robbery was taken into custody Thurs day by Madison County Sheriff E.Y. Ponder in Florida and charged with robbing the Wachovia Bank & Trust Company of some $50,000. Charles Edward Williams, 18, of La Belle, Fla. waived extradition and was returned to Marshall early Friday where he remains in the Madison County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond set Friday afternoon by District Court Judge Robert Lacey in Newland. Ponder said he recovered "a sizeable sum"' of the money that was taken in the robbery after arresting Williams. An all-points bulletin re mains in effect in Florida for two other suspects charged in the holdup. Williams is charged with bank robbery with firearms and dangerous weapons, Ponder said. Also charged in the holdup are David Jones, 18, of Miami, Fla., and Spender Allen, 44, of Moore Haven, Fla. Ponder said arrest warrants have been issued for Jones and Allen, and law enforce ment officers are in "hot pursuit" of the suspects. Reports indicate Williams and Jones entered the Hot Springs branch of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company about 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 15 and demanded bank employees give them money. Both men, unmasked and reportedly car rying a pistol and a knife, locked three bank employees and a customer, Mrs. Gene Autrey, in the bank vault before leaving the bank. The rob bers then walked approximately 500 feet down the street and got into a pickup truck and fled town. Ponder said Allen was the driver of the truck. Allen is a former resident of the Spring Creek community and has lived in Florida for several years, the sheriff said. As of Saturday, the truck had not been located. Williams is scheduled to have a probable cause hearing in Madison County District Court on Firday, July 3. House Approves Gas Tax, Nixes Tax Hike On Cigarettes By ERNEST MESSER The N.C. House, by a 70 to 49 vote, approved the Senate passed bill to increase the gasoline tax. Modifications by the House Finance Committee reduced the tax from three to two and three-quarters cents and deleted a proposal to pay a rebate of up to $22.50 to North Carolina drivers. All Democratic House members from the far West voted for the gas tax. The major opposition came ffrom representatives of coun ties which already have good roads and in which most of the secondary roads are already paved. Support for the t*x increase was almost unanimous by representatives of eastern and western counties where most of the unpaved road mileage is located. All Available facts in dicated that, in order to main tain our 78,000 mile of roads and 16,000 bridges, more funds will be necessary. These observations were presented Ernest Messer during the tax debate: Since the last gas tax in crease in IMS, inflation has eroded the ? highway dollar by about 200 percent, and revenues from the gas tax have decreased by about $20,000,000 per year. People don't want their taxes increased; neither do they want the roads "to go to pot. ' Sentiment in the west is strong for a tax increase on cigarettes, which we don't have the votes to levy. No one wants the food tax used for highways. There is strong sentiment to let those who use the highways pay for them. While drastic economy measures are being im plemented ? construction projects cancelled, highway employees laid off ? there Just isn't enough money to pro vide reasonable maintenance and a limited construction schedule. Despite a bloc vote by Western Democratic House members last Tuesday, ef forts to increase the tax on cigarettes by three cents was killed by a lop-sided 7S to 41 vote. All Western House members, except Charles Hughes of Henderson County, supported the effort to place the cigarette tax on the calen dar for full debate and a vote. This decisive victory by the anti-cigarette tax forces vir tually assures that there will be no increase in the cigarette tax this year. An "Act to Provide for the Management of Hazardous and Low-Level Radioactive Waste in North Carolina" will be considered by the House this week. The bill has already passed the Senate. All local hazardous waste control acts will be repealed and the responsibility and power to devise a waste con trol and disposal plan will be given to the state. No longer will local govern ments be able to veto waste disposal plans. The bill provides a 15 member Waste Management Board to manage the plan with actual supervision being the responsibility of the Depart ment of Human Resources. A new automobile tag bear ing the inscription "First in Plight" has been approved. House and Senate Redisric ting plans have been enacted but the Congressional plan is still in limbo. Adjournment may be passi ble by July 3. '?Public Meetings ^ The Madison County Board of Commis sioners will hold a public tax rate adoption hearing on Tuesday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the Madison County Cour thouse in Marshall. The Madison County Board of Commis sioners will hold its regular monthly meeting on Friday, July 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the Madison County Cour thouse. v? The Madison County Board of Educa tion will meet on Monday, July ? at 10:30 a.m at the courthouse on Main Street in Marshall. GOP To Convene In Hayesville For First Time June V at S p.m. inl_,? ?t the Hayesville High School auditorium, according to Joe L. Hoi gan of ltarahall, chair man of the 11th District GOP Rep. Bill Hendon of wW at the event which is Kr . | 4 ... . . t (_? J ( 1 ? -- lies rn ! Of. Larry Republican Convention will be elected during the business session. The state convention will be held in Wilmington Ju ly 24-25 Harold Corbin of Franklin, current district chairman, is expected to seek another two year term, Morgan said Other posts up for ? ? , secretary and PROGRESS CONTINUES on the construc tion of the new Southern Railway bridge across the French Broad River at Ivy Hill section south of Marshall. Four of the six sup porting concrete piers have been poured and the fifth pier should be poured in a few days. Engineers project completion of the steel and concrete structure for late August or early September. Elections Board Officers Elected The Madison County Board of Elections met Wednesday evening, June 17 to confirm appoints by the State Board of Elections. Oscar McDevitt of Marshall was re-elected chairman, and John A. Hensley also of Marshall was re-elected secretary. Both officers are Democrats. Republican William B. Zink jr., of Mars Hill will also serve on the board. County boards of election throughout Western North Carolina completed their reorganization meetings last Tuesday and Wednesday following appointments by the State Board. Many the boards continued with the same members as before, and all contained two Democrats and one Republican by virtue of the governor being a Democrat. Normally the two board officers, chairman and secretary, are of the majority party. Board members appoint the full-time elections super visor for their respective county. Hendon Wants Vote On Exnenses WASHINGTON - If members of Congress want an increase in their expense ac counts, they should have to go on record and vote for it," Rep. Bill Hendon said Wednes day. Hendon's comments came during an announcement fhat he has introduced a resolution that would change the rules of the House of Representatives to require the full House to vote on travel and office ex ?On The Inside Ken Edwards plans debut of new column next week. Details Page 2. pense increases. Last month, the House Ad ministration Committee, in full accordance with existing rules of the House, approved cost-of-living increases in the travel and office allowances for members of Congress. Under existing law, a full, recorded vote of the House was not required to approve the increases. People are justifiably upset over the method used by the House Administration Committee," Hendon said. My bill would require the full House to vote on any further expense account increases. At a time when Congress is cut ting do/ens of programs in order to reduce federal spen ding and inflation, I, too, find it incredible that a House com mittee could approve more spending for Congress without a recorded vote. if my resolution passes, each congressman will have to stand up and be counted before any more increases an' granted, the Western North Carolina congressman said. NC AE President Opposes Senate Bill Teachers Oppose Statute Change Abill directing a study be conducted of the so-called teacher tenure statute before the October meeting of the General Assembly is a "back door attempt to destroy Job security for the state's public school educators,"' the presi dent of the North Carolina Association of Educators said icunQjr. Mrs. Loretta M. Martin, a Thomasville teacher serving as NCAE president, said Senate Bill 621 In an unfair attempt by the Slate School Boards Association to do by study commission what it can V of the General Assembly for what it was ? "a bold attempt to give school boards a hun ting license on all educators every five years. She said passage of such legislation "would immediate ly turn teachen and prin cipals into timid individuals afraid to sp?ak out on anything for fear their names would go on the list (or the time when their personal hun ting season approached. Sup aiBnll IajvIaIaI i/VM n I n n pori I or sue n legislation was lacking, she said. Martin said the School Boards Association has prevailed upon powerful members of the General General Assembly by the Oc tober special session. It looks to us as if what is planned is a quick endorse ment of the peculiar philosophy that has been espoused by some leaders of the School Boards Association recently, Martin said. She saM the so-called tenure statute came into being because of abuses in the Mr . - V ? i-t leave the county "With what is happening in our society right now with the tl ? ii. i : i - . __j | l,, n Moral Majority sno iih IWW Right, can you Just imagine what a stale of chaos will exist in our schools if we take away ihe minor job security teachers and principals now have, she asked. . ?*. ? ?' * ? ' A ' ' '? She said NCAE believes the Dismissal Statute. which list
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