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EDITORIALS, FEATURES ... of orange county SEC. II, PAGE 1 THURSDAY, JUNE 16, I960 News review, summary ... Candidates7 statements in TV presentation Along with every Tar Heel citizen interested in the future welfare of his state, we listened with great interest to the radio-TV debate Monday night between Dr. Lake and Mr. Sanford. Here, capsuled, is what we heard: * SANFORD SAYS EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT TOP NEED Mr. Sanford declared flatly that North Carolina’s educational system ranks in the bottom 10 in the union. He said “improve ment of public education is our number one need in N. C.” He reviewed his nine-point program “to see that the oppor tunity we give our children for education is second to none.” Further he outlined his previously announced programs for increased farm and industrial development. In summary he said that the state is today in the best fiscal position it has ever been in, and predicted that the state’s revenue would continue to increase. LAKE CITES ISSUES — N.A.A.C.P. A SPENDING In his similar seven-minute presentation Dr. Lake cited two basic campaign issues: (1) the program of the NAACP to bring about a new day by integration of our entire life; and (2) his opoosition to Sanford’s ‘spend and spend and tax and tax’ philosophy. Dr. Lake said the NAACP would remove all consciousness of racial heritage and aim for a "mixed breed society." Sanford's spending program, he said, would bring the state to bankruptcy —such that teachers would face “pay day with no pay check." He detailed his interpretation of the NAACP’s “total integra tion program” — in schools, business service, recreation, and social life. “This organization must be driven from the state. To that objective I commit my administration.” Recalling the state ments of attorney William Joyner (a Sanford supporter) in support of a segregated school system. Dr. Lake asked his opponent “Do you propose anv positive action to preserve our public schools from the NAACP?” SANFORD STANDS ON PEARSALL PLAN In his rebuttal period Mr. Sanford refuted Dr. Lake’s state ment that one hour of TV time had been offered for the debate, citing denials of this that the state’s TV stations had given him that day (Mondavi. “I accent the Pearsall Plan, the N. C. approach to segregation, as the best in the south ... in that other southern states are now coming around to it. I would continue to handle this in the same way.” On Or. Lake's "soend and spend" cKarae. Mr. Sanford de clared this' w»s "a direct rmote from the Republican party hand book. It hasn't hurt the Democratic party and I'm not worried about it. “North r->rniin3 was put brought, to the place it stands todav by a hold-the-line nhilosonhy. It wouldn’t have been advanced by peonle who don’t have faith in the future. —That’s the difference between Dr. Lake and me. “Dr. Lake’s onlv answer is . . . “The onlv thng we’ve got to do is let them ft he NAACP1 know we’ll close the nublic schools ” Noting th»t Dr. Lake’s camoaion mtnaotr (*»ate Sen. Robert Morgan) had tried to push throuoh the Legislature a massive resistance bill, he said that instead the state needed "massive in telligence" in this matter—as opposed to . Dr. Lake's "preoccupa tion with race mattecs." “You can expect from m» a determined! course to better puhl-'c education. I tell you this: We are not going to close the public . schools in North Carolina .” LAKE SAY OPPONENT HAS 'HEDGED' In beginning his rebuttal remarks, Dr. Lake denied Sanford’s charge that he had said that the only way to defeat the NACCP was to close the public schools. “—I never said so,” the speaker replied. Dr. Lake charged that his opponent had declared he’d “have the courage to suggest new ways of taxation” —but hadn’t done ©je of ©range Count? Published Every Thursday By THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Hillsboro, N. C. Chapol Hill, N. C Box 647 Box 749 Telephone 8-444, Chapel Hill; 4191 Hillsboro Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Hillsboro, North Carolina, under the Act of March 3. 1879 EDWIN J. HAMLIN . Publisher ROLAND GIDUZ ..... Editor Hillsboro Office-N. Churton St. Chapel Hill Office-311 E. Main St, Carr boro SUBSCRIPTION RATES __$2.50, on# ^ $1.75, six mo. (inside N. C.); $3.00, one year, outside N. C. Oh Yes! Where were we? -Wall Partymiller, York Gazette so; that his highway paving program—in the words of Gov. Hodges would bankrupt the state; and that Mr. Sanford was endorsing the United Forces for Education $50 million additional school spending program—when _ “North Carolina is already spending a greater proportion for schools” than many other states, which Dr. Lake went on to name. Mr. Sanford, in his campaign, had been "hedging" on his •Ponding proposals, and in his declarations that the state's "ex panding economy" would finance them, according to Dr. Lake. The speaker then cited statistics to show that construction and crop income was declining in N. C. He noted that the textile plants were “fighting for their life.” In summary, he declared “I say that expansion of our economy is something I shall hope for. But that is not. a basis for promising spending before the expansion occurs. I say our spending is al ready heavy, and cannot be expanded. I shall not recommend any expansion of spending except as necessary after every economy has been exercised. . .” Not*: Your own views on the opinions expressed above are invitod. If you agree, disagree, or have some additional insight on this matter you are invited to give the public the benefit of your thinking in a "letter to the editor." Pleas* limit these to 300 words. ’< Editorial comment... Great Debate erases any shadow of doubt as to best candidate For the fortunate millions of North Carolinians who saw Monday night's television debate between Lake and Sanford there is absolutely no need now for any doubt as to whom they should vote for on June 25. The speakers’ programs as presented individually, and their rebuttal remarks proves on the undeniable record that Lake has no positive program of his own. He admitted that Lake has jno positive program of his own. He admitted that the campaign issues as he saw them were the, NAACP in Ndrth Carolina and his opponent’s spending philosophy. He did not—the reqprd of his Statements will prove —propose any constructive program of his own. The avowed segregationist candidate spent almost half of his piloted seven minutes for citing the reasons he should be elected governor by detailing his interpretation of the NAACP’s objectives. As Sanford has aptly pointed out, he made it .clear that he, Beverly Lake, was running against the NAACP. The sum total of what he said in the time alloted for his own program is more obvious than ever now: He has no program of his own. : !t‘ Says 'Can't spend more . . .' In his rebuttal the best that he could say was that North Carolina was already spending a* greater propor iton of its budget for public education than many other states—and that the state’s spending couldn’t be expand ed, because, as he saw it, things are on the downgrade in North Carolina. Sanford, in his presentation, succinctly reviewed the things he feels the Tar Heel state must do to assure its future growth. He cited positive gains in industry—and showed the path for similar gains in farming and edu cation. It may be trite to repeat it—but it is a matter of law that neither Sanford nor Lake as Governor—nor any (Continued on next page) Newtman's Notepad... Madison ave. tops the reds in new theme of auto ad The most effective contribution to nausea from the advertising field lately is the double-truck color spread feature by General Motors in national magazines. Emblazoned over most of the two pages was a d&ert scene mostly in sunset yellow shades, showing a family in the fore ground beside a plush new ranch wagon. The big word pitch, car ried along the right-hand side (and atmospherically interspersed with several small cuts of woodchucks or weasels) was headlined: “THERE’S NOTHING like a new car TO ENRICH YOUR FAMILY LIFE” j\ua mere, menas, you nave an unfortunately ail-too-lrue com mentary on the moral standard of values that's typical of the llnited States of America today. Mind you, the Newsman has nothing against new cars. I wish I had one. But it's a flagrant travesty on the necessary ingredi ents for a healthy, wholesome, happy family life, to suggest— "There’s nothing like a new car to enrich" it. Matter of fact, in too many cases nowadays there’s nothing like a new car to impoverish fam ily life. In how many families are moth er and dad both holding full-time jobs in order to meet $100-plus monthly payments on mi expensive piece of four-wheeled chrome and glitter. Perhaps the parents’ absence from home is ‘‘enriching” family life. Often the breadwin ner has extra part-time employ ment at nights — a necessity brought about by “keeping up with the Joneses" who also have a new car. Examine this “enrichment” ‘argument a bit deeper: "What a wonderful day when a new car joins the family,” reads General Motors institution al advertising copy. “Nothing smells so good, rides so softly, and drives sc easily.’’ (How do you like that switch— “Nothing smells so good!!”) “Bringing home a new car is the easiest way ever to open up a new world of fun for the whole family." It’s the Newsman’s ob servation that the new car is the one the kids never can have any fun in. It’s always “Keep your dirty hands off the dashboard!" and “Wipe your feet before you get in!” “■Nothing you ‘can buy with the money offers so much for the whole family over so long a time as ... a new car . . . Drop in soon . . . and enrich your fam ily’s life.” Wow! Talk about the crass ma terialism of atheistic communism. Nikita, move aside for the real pros from Madison Avenue! Here's why Lake didn't top Sanford on TV You might logically have ex pected Beverly Lake to outalk Terry Sanford on their big TV de bate Monday night. The former Wake Forest profes sor, long accustomed to the plat form of his classroom or more favorable audiences of his own 6 h o o s i n g was understandably touted to best the much younger candidate for governor. Before going into the studio it was gen erally calculated that Sanford (See NOTEPAD, Page 2)
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