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"It It better to light one candle than to enrse the darknest"
THURSDAY. JANUARY 22. 1970
Visible economics
The space agency's announcement
that it wHI wipe out 50,000 jobs in the
next 18 months is dramatic enough. It
moans a slowdown in the present Apollo
program (ending in 1974 instead of
1972). it means the United States won't
send a robot - manned spacecraft to
Mars in search of life there until later
this decade. In actual dollars spent.
NASA s budget isn't expected to
decrease. It just won't be allowed to
grow.
But dramatic as the 25 - percent
cutback in NASA s manpower is, it's
but one up - thrust ridge in the budget -
hokJdown iceberg with which the
administration is trying to cool off the
nation's economy. The Defense
Department's decision to buy 121 fewer
F - 111 aircraft, worth about SI billion,
is a similar dramatic move.
These space and military economies
eould have been justified on grounds
other than the need to control
Inflationary government spending.
After all, now that we have gotten to
the moon, there need be no hurry to
consolidate all the scientific and
technological gains the moon venture
still offers. There is no pressing reason
to get to Mars.
Nonetheless, the cutbacks are telling
maneuvers in the administration's
economy slowdown program. This
program is having its effect. Kven
though inflation continues to suggest
the economy is expanding, real growth
in the gross national product has about
come to a halt. The S10 billion increase
in the fourth quarter GNP probably was
empty inflation. Business has been
holding down its inventories - a sign that
buyers are tempering spending plans.
The administration has to keep a
measure of stringency in its own
spending or else business will be off to
the races again.
The administration also must phase
out some of its military and space
spending if it hopes to shift priorities to
the domestic scene where funds are so
badly needed. Some observers say a
shift of S20 billion in the next couple of
years is hoped for, to finance more
costly welfare, urban and education
programs.
President Nixon is expected to
propose America's first S200 billion
budget later this month. \<ffth a modest
surplus (which can be released if a
recessionary tailspin threatens). And if
he is indeed going to gear his spending
plans to bettering the quality of life, as
anticipated, the space and military
economies could be welcome preludes
to that message. The Christian Science
Monitor
Order your igloos now
At this is being written the
thermometer has been below freezing in
Boston for all of 1970 so far. This may
not be startling for North Dakota,
Ontario, or northern Norway, but it is
somewhat unusual for southern New
England. Now (sigh) we may have
learned the reason. Long - range weather
forecasters say that the world is in for a
period of cold, lasting centuries. It
might even, they warn, end with
another Ice Age.
According to the head of the
government's Environmental Sciences
Services Administration, world
temperature has fallen about six - tenths
of one degree since 1950. That may not
seem much, but it is, actually, very
impressive where weather is concerned.
It is found that a fall of only several
degrees in the yearly average
temperature of water or air can bring
about quite startling changes in plant
life, fish life, and many other aspects of
life on earth.
Such changes, up or down, also have
a telling effect on wetfall, the amount
of snow against rain which can fall, and
upon the length of time ponds, streams,
and harbors remain frozen. In the end
all this can affect, and most
impressively, the height of the seas.
Looking out our windows we haven't
noticed any great changes yet. But we'll
have another look next week. The
Christian Science Monitor.
Browsing in the files
of Tho Nows-Journal
25 years ago
January 18, 1945
Pvt. Robert W. Curric is
qiendinf a furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Curric.
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Sgt. Alfred Cole of Fort
Bifcs, Texas has been at home
on furlough for the past ten
days.
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Lt. Herbert S. McLean, Jr.,
has notified his parents of his
safe arrival in the Southwest
Pacific.
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Mr. Vander McNeill has had
several heart attacks since he
returned from Highsmith
Hospital.
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A. S. Knowtes and Miss
Josephine Hall, county farm
and home agents, respectively,
announce that SIS annual
locker rental payments have
been secured from 71 families
of the 300 needed to assure
eonatiuclhM of a freezer locker
?IbM, to be built across the
Mghwey from the Raeford
Cemetery.
wlb be held in the
Raeford Presbyterian Church
Sunday for the (Wat time since
the building waa daamged by
***" eeeeP?*
Raeford couples attending a
Shriners meeting in Charlotte
last week included Mr. and
Mrs. Crawford Thomas, Mr.
and Mrs. Israel Mann, Mr. and
Mrs. Neill A. McDonald and
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Reaves.
Rationing rules require that
every car owner write his
license number and state on
every gas coupon in his
possession.
Warner, McNeill and Clark
starred for Raeford in a game
the Bucks lost to Hamlet by a
score of 23 to 21. In the girls
game K louse, Curric and
Cameron did well for Raeford
but Hamlet won this one too,
23 to 8.
15 years ago
January 20. I9SS
John A. McKeithan, native
of the McKeithan Pond section
of what is now the Fort Bragg
reservation and oldest son of
the late Daniel and Lydia
McKeithan, died Sunday. He
would have been 80 in
February and had lived in
Raeford since 1900.
James Archibald McQueen,
farmer and former mail carrier
of Blue Springs Township, died
Saturday at the age of 84.
Rep. Harry Greene of Hoke
has been named vice ? chairman
of the finance committee of
the North Carolina Houk of
HepMaaatathvs.
Heavy snow fell over mosl
of North Carolina Wednesday,
and while onlv about three
inches fell here, it vsas enough
to get the kids out of-school.
Mrs. Mclunis reports that
these cold days have been fine
for the Nail Keg Club at
Wood's Store, and that a new
cat has turned up, but that no
one has ever found out what
happened to Toby.
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Miss Fronda Kennedy
reported from Antioch that G.
C. Lytle, Jr.. had returned to
San Francisco after a leave
with his parents.
Home Food Market advertised
a carton of six Cokes at fifteen
oents.
Claudine Hodgin scored 36
points in each game as the
lioke girls beat Clinton and
Red Springs during the week.
5 years ago
January 21, 196$
Lucy Grey Peebles and
Editor Jim Taylor both write
of snow in their columns, and
both seem to like it.
County Superintendent W.T.
Gibson and Principal Earl
Oxendine announce that
Hawkeve School has been
accredited by the State
Department of Public
Instruction.
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By William Friday, President
Unlvcraity of Norih Carolina
YOU
AND THE
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA
f
Albert Coates, professor
emeritus of law at the Uni
versity in Chapel Hill, has
written a most interesting
book, "What the University of
North Carolina Has Meant to
Me."
An even thicker book could
be written under the title,
"What Albert Coates Has
Meant to the University." He
has given his productive life
to this institution, and his
monument is, of course, tl^e
Institute of Government.
As a young law professor
in the University in the 1920s,
Mr. Coates became acutely
aware of what he describes as
"the gap between law in books
and law in action." In typical
Coates fashion, he decided to
bridge the gap.
His instrument was the In
stitute. To say that he found
the going difficult is an under
statement. He lacked money.
He lacked a precedent and
guidelines for his brainchild.
SACRIFICED. SCRIMPED
A less determined and less
zealous man would have quit.
Albert Coates, however, re
fused to let go of his dream.
He virtually bankrupted him
self. With the full support of
his charming wife, Gladys, he
sacrificed and scrimped, even
selling a lot on which he had
planned to build a house in
order to get money for the
Institute.
His account of thoae days
will leave a lasting Impression
upon the readers of hia book,
available at S1.95 at Bullshead
Hook Shop, Chapel Hill. It is
the story of persistance in pur
suit of a vision. As North
Carolina and the nation now
know, the flowering of the In
stitute wrote a new chapter in
government.
The Institute has been a
school for public officials. Its
products have staffed import
ant states agencies; one of
them, Terry Sanford, became
Governor. The Institute has
nroduced many of the most
innovative ideas adopted by
the state.
INVALUABLE RESEARCH
The bright young lawyers
have performed invaluable re
search for all branches of our
government, particularly for
the General Assembly. It has
been said, quite truthfully
that the Institute is one of the
principal underwriters of the
state boast that "Good Gov
ernment is a Habit in North
O arolina."
Albert Coatea waa able to
bridge the gap between law
in books and law in action be
cause he took the trouble to
diagnose the training needs of
public officials before pre
scribing the cures. He visited
courthouses. He even accom
panied officers on raids as
they destroyed liquor stills.
In the late 1980s, he decided
the Institute needed a new
home. He lacked money, but
that didnt deter him. He just
told the contractor who was
digging the basement for the
building to dig slowly; mean
while. Mr. Coates dug for the
money.
SPRY AT 73
That building, incidentally,
now houses me and my staff
on East Franklin Street in
Chapel Hill. Mr. Coates, the
former landlord, still spry and
keen-witted at 73, frequently
visits us. The Institute is now
located in more splendid quar
ters on the Raleigh Road.
Born in Johnston County,
Mr. Coates came to the Uni
versity as a freshman in 1914.
After graduating from Har
vard Law School, he returned
to Chapel Hill. He retired
from the faculty last year.
Robert B. House, chancellor
emeritus of the University at
Chapel Hill, had this apt com
ment on "What the University
of North Carolina Meant to
Me":
". , . The leading character
in this thrilling story is not
Albert, and not Gladys. It is
Carolina in the body, mind,
and spirit of this University
of a whole people. In this story
we see, and feel, and give
thanks for how we came to be
what we are."
May I add that the State of
North Carolina has reason to
give thanks for Albert Coates.
STORIES
BEHIND
WORDS
by
William s. Penfteld
Monty
The Romans looked upon June as the queen of the goddesses
because she was the wife of Jupiter, the Romans' chief god.
Juno was the special deity of women, and of marriage. She
also was known as the goddess of good counsel, and in this
capacity was referred to as Juno Moneta, "monenta" being
derived from the Latin verb "monerc" - to advise.
The mint where the Romans made coins was in the temple or
shrine of Juno Moneta. The coins thus acquired the name
"moneta."
The word passed into Old French as "moneie" and into
Middle English as "moneye." The final "e" was dropped,
resulting in "money."
Creek Philosopher
Dear editar:
According to an article I
read in a newspaper that fell
out of my neighbor's mail box
and landed on the running
board of my car - if you
remind me cars don't have
running boards anymore I'll
suggest you attend to your
business, I'll put the paper
back, regardless of where it
landed - Nasa. tire space
agency, is letting off 50,000
workers, due to a slowing
down in future moon landings
and other space shots.
I knew this was going to
happen. Practically everybody
in the world watched the first,
moon landing, only about a
third as many watched the
aecond, the other* went to bed
figuring they'd we it an tape
some time the next day. The
third shot will attract even
fewer.
It's like discovering the
North Pole. The first man that
did it was a hero, the second
was acclaimed too, but now
flying over the North Pole is
about as eventful as flying over
Red Springs.
The mooniust doesn't have
enough to offer to keep man's
interest, and therefore his
money up very long. It's so
dead it doesn't even have any
germs worth inventing a
vaccine against down here on
earth. The rocks brought back
have made a lot of geologists
happy, but geologists must
have been doing something
before they got the moon
rocks.
Getting there and getting
back is th? big adventure, and
since we've already proved we
can do that, future trips may
become about like mountain
climbing - exciting mostly to
the people doing the climbing.
Now I've almost gotten
away from what I started out
to say. It's about those SO,000
workers being let off by the
space agency.
Here a a fine set of workers.
trained and skilled and eager to
stay busy, and we've got to
find something truly beneficial
we could use them lor.
I intend to spend the next
few days figuring on this
problem and next week will
report on any ideas I've come
up with.
Yours faithfully,
I Just One Thing
After Another
By Carl Gocrch
Mr. C.M. Allen sends us a
clipping from The Durham
Herald:
"The office of Register of
Deeds yesterday received the
following letter from a woman
in Detroit:
" 'Dear sur i wish you would
look up my marry i marry in
43 March Round a Bout 6 that
is near i can giss at it i Marry
syl Guss Ellison and he was
station at Camp Buttle North
Carolina. My name was Louise
Armould be Four I mar him
Will you Please send me a
Coppie of My Marry stiffie I
lost ther and I don't have Enny
tiling to prove tliat i am marry
i need this one a maddv
Blessing Please look this up and
send this to me Wright a way
please.'
"Office officials said that
they would attempt to comply
with the wishes of the
Michigan resident.
Maybe you'd be interested
in knowing about some
changes that Itave taken place
in the names of various towns
in North Carolina. Ounces are
you'd be surprised if you knew
how many of these clunges
have taken place. Wilmington.
Southport. Washington,
Burlington, Asheville these
and many others have changed
their names during the process
of their growth and
development.
Wars play a big part in name
clunges. For instance, before
the start of World War II there
were two postolTices in
Durham named Tojo and
Oyama. Feeling toward the
Japs became rather bitter, so
Tojo was changed to C.enlee,
and Oyama was changed to
Few.
And then, when the first
World War got underway, folks
ilown in Columbus County
decided that they didn't like
the name of New Berlin, so
they changed it to Delco.
Keyser. in Moore County,
sounded too much like Kaiser,
so the residents in that section
lutd the naine clianged to
Addor.
Spellings alto change. The
name ot? Uwharrie lias given
tnapmakers a lot of trouble,
and you'll find it spelled
Uliarie and Dhurrie lots of
times.
Tuckaseigee is another word
that causes a lot of confusion.
There's a bank up in the
western part of the state which
is known as the Bunk of
Tuckaseegee. but the Board of
Geographic Names of the
Department of Interior is the
final court of appeals, and this
board insists that the word
should be spelled Tuckasegee.
A card from Mr. J.C. Brock,
of Winston-Salem:
"Try this little puzzle that is
somewhat similar to another
item tliat appeared recently in
your column:
"Fill in the blank spaces in
each line with a word of four
letters. Hach word contains the
same letters, transposed
differently:
"Come landlord till the
(lowing ?
"Until tlte ? run over.
"Tonight we ? upon the
"Tomorrow ? to Dover."
And then, on top of this,
Mr. Brock adds the following
piece of excellent philosophy:
"You wouldn't worry about
what people thought of you if
you only knew how seldom
they do."
CiliM Vt BLUE ? ? ?
People & Issues
EVERETT JORDAN -
Evidently U.S. Senator B.
Everett Jordan heard the
whispers that Ids health was
none too gt?d and that he
would not be seeking
reelection in 1972 so he dashed
a big bucket of waters on the
smouldering talk last week at
his home in Saxapahaw saying
that he intended to run for
reelection in 1972. "I'm still
doing a lull day's work every
day and as long as my health is
good, I don't sec any reason
not to serve."
Jordan was quoted as saying
that he hoped to introduce
egislation soon which will "at
least curb the crime wave."
This statement interests us
very much for if lie has a bill
that will "at least curb the
crime wave" then not only Tar
Heel citizens but the law .
abiding people throughout the
land will be most grateful
When Dick Nixon was
campaigning for president in
1968 he was going to crub
crime in the nation and
Washington in particular but
instead of slowing it down it
has become more violent,
particularly in the nation's
capital.
We hope that Senator
Jordan will have better luck
with Ins legislation than Nixon
has had.
And come to think about it
Everett Jordan has been a
pretty lucky man and has
served North Carolina well in
the United Stales .Senate.
,i W',";n he was appointed to
he United States .Senate in
Hi v r'overn?r Luther
(lodges, Terry Sanford, then a
candidate for governor, blasted
the appointment, saying that
Hodges could not pawn him
off as a Scott fmeaning Kerr
?Scott) man, for Jordan was'
reported to have been a
supporter of Alton Lennon
instead of Scott in the 1954
Democratic primary when
Scott won over Lennon in a
tough and close primary battle.
However, in the intervening
years Sanford and Jordan have
become close political allies
Sanford refused to consider
opposing Jordan for the Senate
in 1966 and in 1968 Jordan
was Sanford's biggest booster
[or vice president on the
Democratic ticket, and again
for chairman of the
Democratic National
Committee in 1969. Months
M?'^?fore be was tapped for
ff* Duke presidency. Sanford
let it be known that he would
not consider running for the
*PI,UI Wl r*xi
friend Everett Jordan in 1972.
Generally, it take* a US
Senator several years ,u V
sufficient seniority to head a
W cof'mittee. Well, Fverett
Jordan had been in tlie Senate
only a short while when luck
so happened that he was made
chairman of ,he
Lhr'u s i f* c?nimittee which
'Jjrust him into earlv
,l,e Se,u,e
fZSS' r hC had becn "
member of the conservative
inner circle" in North
found "dial 'I1* pC?ple ,non
ipund that lie was veerine to
?lie middle of tlie road and has
on plaudits from many who
"l .',rst opposed his
appointment.
head'efj" h? u g0<Kj 5ta,f
headed by the able Ihll
Cochrane which does an
outstanding job in taking care
of the requests from the
p
iTvsai? ???ip
But above all, we hope that
he will be successful in his
proposed legislation to "at
least curb the crime wave."
PARADOX .. President
Nixon appears to have set up a
Pfr'd(n,x Washington and
liohl |L",0n* ?" 'hC
fight-rope like a professional
1968 h.Charh?'tc speech in
be came out against
bussing students to achieve
intetration but his HFW
Secretary and close Ira
Kober, H. Finch ?, proSJbTy
.meL?0'' bUK'ng to acbieve
M5 ."} ' year ,h,n
M?ch?;r?,iSe,ts ft
Secretary Robert Finch pushes
Th ,*C'u a"d geu ,hinIP done
That s the difference'
Commenting on the school
decisions coming out 0f
Washington. The frank Im
Times published m i "KUn
has this to siy " bur8
,he
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Unlike theyBib% Z*LV7
Constitution fc2?'
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