Tar Heel people apd issues..
Gubernatorial hopefuls, bond issue odds
predicted by cblumnist; 50/50 chance teen
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By CLIFF BLUE
NEWSPAPER STRIKE . . We
Seal that people aft over the
tfSA haVe been pNtty well fed
Bp with the printers tftrikfc in;
liew tBMt City which brtoght
•* a halt the publication of the
Batty newspapers In the iatteiiV
largest city. This week, Mrs.
Dorothy Schiff, publisher of the
New York Post, one of five
aewspapers which voluntarily
shut down when printers struck
four others, resumed publica
tion.
We have sometimes-thought
that in strikes where both sides
should give a little, that agree
ment might be reached if the
negotiators followed the poli
cy of the Catholic leaders in
electing their Popes — remain
In session until a decision is
arrived at.
UTILITIES . *.* fit,the coming
Battle in the General Assemb'y
between, the private public
Utility |robto there should to
tod thatp ought to be, .tod*
common fpeund on which the
two groups . could stand aad
serve to the penalty ci mtmei
tod to the beet Wterest <*,,«&
public in general.
SPEAKERSHIP . ^\ hOL We
lor; Speaker ei the House
tot underway %, few days after
the General Assembly convened
Feb. 6. Candidates are, to tome
them alphabetically, Gordon
Greenwood of Buncombe,
(Wight Quinn of Cabarrus, and
tafl Pat Taylor, Jr., of Anson.
Used to ha 4n many Instances,
the Speakership was, back in
the “£jh$ihakers” days, some
what of - a crown prince posi
tion. But not so now, and it’s
Well that it is not.
FORMER SPEAKERS ...
On Monday night, Feb. 25, e
(even of the former Speakers
of Hw HeutB were heMfred.
Ohly J. K Do lighten, speaker
•f Mm TO^mw om absent.
Mr. Doughtop, who had vfcMted
the the# StMehbdse Hie «*ek j
beMe, «uJili| and unable :
to make it.
f'b*tt* Speakers participating
on the program were: John G.>
Dawson of Kinston, A. & Gra
ham of Hillsboro, D. L. <UMp)
.Ward of New Bern, John H.
Kerr, Jr. of Warrenton, Oscar
Richardson of Moaroe, Tom
Pearsall of Rocky Mount, W.s
Frank Taylor of Goldsboro, E.j
T. Bost, Jr., of Coneonl, Larry5
I. Moore, Jr., AddisoB Hewlett,'
Jr., Joe M. ifnnt, Jr.
In. the Setate few of the five
forma- Lieutenant Geveraors.
were in attendance ahdhoBored,
they being it HL Graham, who
is atao a former Speaker of the
House; L. Y. Ballentine, now
Commissioner of Agriculture; H.
ft 'Taylor, father of Rep. H. P.
Taylor, Jr., and Luther H. Barn
hardt. Only Luther H. Hodges
5ho served for two years as
lent. Governor under the Um
s|ehd Administration was unable
lit attend due to a previous en
gagement.
BILLY GRAHAM . . . Billy
GrahfomV Hm-HHc Crusades for
Christ sewn to tb taking phy
sical tott from the StahP*
greatest citfceh. Last weak MM
report was that Graham was
hospltaTired in Honolulu with
"an acute undetermined Infec
tion" Campaigns such as Bil
ly has cppdufted during the
past 15 ya«n take e lot out of
a man. But Graham has done
so much mere in Ms short
lifetime Mum ethers did Who
live to be twice hi« age.
Graham, like a number of oth
er young men who rose to po
sitions of leadership and infiu
enoe while young, has packed a
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whale of a lot of living and sw*
-vice into a few years. 4*
DR. POE ... WO understated
Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of Hie
Progressive Farmer, is writing
a book which he may call, “My
First 80 Years.”
Dr. Poe is another one of our
great Tar Heel leaders. We can
think of no one who has toiled
harder for better living condi
tions on the farm and in rural
communities than,has Dr. Clar
ence Poe.
TRIO >. . . Three men stand
outesttksly contenders for
the;, Democratic gubernatorial
hwr^hefiwn in 1*M: Bert Ren
net, Dr, Henry Jordan, and
Dr. -.1. Beverly Laflfe. Otar guess
Is that all Jbf*e will r«m.
NOTICE
The Beard of Commissioners, Orange
County, wiB meet oft Monday, March 18, at
10:00 a.m. in the Board Room at the Court
house, Hillsboro, as a Board of Equalization
and Review to hear complaints regarding 1963
tax assessments.
$. M. GATTIS
- Tax Supervisor
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