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4 ' ' ~* - '' mm H^HII |fv ® i . JjHfHßriH B|i M B^^ijj^^B^BßflP^BpH^B || _ Bfl jf % HU WiLlljl Eftr"^ *^fIfIHHHS^ , ! '^5K. \ % f'fSr." : '...'/• • 5- 1 ". Organizers Say Earth Day To Make Man's Life Better Campus, school and communi ty organizers today polished preparations for Earth Day—an unprecedented attempt to mus ter massive citizen awareness and action to deal with the dete rioration of man's environment. Observances planned Wednes day include everything from marches and demonstrations to mock funerals for the automo bile. Clean-ups. teach-ins. na ture walks, workshops and lec tures are scheduled. " Earth Day is a commitment to make life better, not just big ger and faster, to provide real rather than rhetorical solu tions." says the organizers' main manifesto. Earth Day grew out of a suggestion made by Sen. Gay lord Nelson. D-Wis.. in the wake of last November's antiwar demonstrations. It was reasoned that if public sentiment could be mobilized over the antiwar issue, then the positive issue of protecting the environment ought to generate even greater support. Organizers say the key is lo cal participation. To that end a largely volunteer force has been working in a Washington office since January conducting a campaign to stimulate local ob servances. Last week a spokesman for Environmental Action—the Washington group—said groups representing some 2.000 commu nities. 2.000 colleges and 10,000 high schools were set to partici pate. The organizing effort was budgeted at $125,000. Spokes man Stephen Cotton said sever al offers of funds from large corporations had been turned down and the group hoped to raise the money from founda tions and individual gifts. At the same time the organi zers are looking beyond Earth Day, emphasizing the impor tance of continuing programs on the local level and warning that pollution problems must not be forgotten after Wednesday's events. Although a number of politi cians have endorsed Earth Day, organizers have been wary of political alliances. Cotton said some politicians seem to think environment is an easy issue on which they can look good just by expressing an interest. He said the group had de clined to meet with John Ehr lichman. President Nixon's aide on environment: "We thought we didn't have the time or the inclination to go over there and EARTH DAY Students at Cooleemee Elementary School celebrating Earth Day and picking up scraps of paper from sit down for a chat." The Earth Day campaign has been derided by young radicals as a "white middle-class diver sion" of the public spotlight from the issues of racial equali ty and Vietnam. The organizers have respond ed by noting that those causes are ultimately encompassed in a satisfactory environment but that they will be meaningless if the physical deterioration of the earth is not arrested. • CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING (UVB IN COMFORT... oil through tho house oil summor long Cool comfort can be yours by simply adding a G-E space-saving, split-sys tem to your central heating system. It's so easy and costs much less than you ever expected. • Faeieut Gmwil Electric dependability. • "Quik-Atteeh" refrigerant line* Make keek-up quick and ilnpte. • Tough enamel fialah resists weather and cerresien. • Exclusive apine fie cell fere e*er> efficient end quieter eperetien. • Seeled-ln-Steel G-E Ceapreteer. • Only system with "Hatched Ceeipenente" fer high rellehUlty. Up To 5 Years To Pay Jfete Ymn tin "Htm fir AM Smttmt OWEN-LEONARD, Inc. . SALISBURY i the school grounds are Billy Gales, Lynn Miller, Troy Bailey, Doug Walls and Dale Ijame (Photo by Par-ringer). R- O Kiger Ir9* W Dempcratk^Candjdate -In the Primaiy on May 2nd- Davie County deserves good law enforcement and it effective requires the cooperation If elected Sheriff of Davie County, I will do everything within my power to bring justice and law and order to the citizens of Davie County. Your Vote Is Necessaiy - Make It Count Vote R. 0. Kiger in the May 2nd Democratic Primaiy VOTE j N.C. STATE SENATE > JJ&mL SENATORIAL If" 1 DISTRICT j b* " t DONALD S BINGHAM ! MAY 2ND REPUBLICAN PRIMARY j ★ Lifelong Republican of Davie County who was born in Randolph County of Republican parents ★ Experience-Served as Representative in 1965-66 General Assembly ★ Civic Leader-Smith Grove Club, Farmington Masonic Lodge, Director of Davie County Public Library ★ Business Leader-Co-owner, Bingham-Parks Lumber Co., Director Branch Banking and Trust Co., Organizer of Tar Heel Gun Club ★ Religion-Bethlehem Methodist Church PLEDGED TO SERVE WITH HONESTY AND DIGNITY j VOTE BINGHAM MAY 2 J WEAVER accrue •Wt I yg g VBfl r CaK b3*2S6t. ehys or OHV or 633-2520 & B. WEAVER - ft SONS ELSCTBIC
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