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- journal (hno&na PRES S association Public t??0 Th??a.^ *-<? N C 28376 ||9 W. ll?ood A??imk S?UcrJp.k? R.?? I" "Tmo..!. _ *2.25 p,r Year ? M.00 b Monlh* - S4.2S 3 Month. PAUL DIC KSON SAM C.MORRIS MRS. HAUL DIC KSON MARTY Sl'ZANNt APL1N Second CUss Po?*g* ?? Rwford' N-C' P?.bU?her-tdHor General MtnM" . . Sock!) tdliof Reporter Reporter THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, TV violence takes a dive Americans concerned about .Menee ?| ^ television will have at W? ^ f? |ess violent than those of shows for the new season promise this turn around in nrevious years, and much of the credit 10 ^ ^ Acti for network programmmg can go toCjttK^ Mtional Parent-Teachm Children's Television (ACT) an ^ TV fare and successfully Association which are keeping c violence's sake. sponsor ?? --SKSSM in violence is the Most encouraging in this we^om a ^ say in indication that Americans appear ??? three commercial detuning what type, of .P~^"?SU^ening. More public networks beam into their hvi g , types of programs is oarticipation in influencing t e ^ pandering to the lowest essential if the medium *l^[^^foMhe^idtnitt?<My mote common denominator of interests . of the viewing public to goal of elevating the aspifatlo" Aft M the airways do belong more lasting and redeeming values- Anera^ that new uses for S?Se public. In light of current pr^tionje influential part of television will make it an f?e public has an increasing stake Eh* are concerned that Some television produ^ undersu^dabl^.rc ^ ,t c "sanitizing" violence out t of 0f society, and lead to Plast'c creativity, present an unrahst , ^ Qne producer remarked^ television" and a Plastl^ screen is not the answer. The Totally eliminating violence fro ^ an jnci<jental part of a series key factor is how violence is handled. rily protrayed some of S as "Roots." for instance, f^Sunt of violence should ^.StrfbyTmaTure^ auSience. But gratuitous gore introduced solely for sensationalism is ine*c'f^11emark the so-called "mature' Unfortunately sexual innuendo w ^jn to be shows this season. a^."Xm Sus and other groups rightly bombarded with complaints from reugiu concerned about '"J.^^^ial interest groups seeking to However, vigilantism by p?c wfc needs to be kept in ^ not scrve the public nor the medium. television remains a ne^orks'apparently^re starting to listen. CHris,^ Science Mom.or Fhrlichman and other/Watergate profiteers tihriicnina" ~>?t-Watereate wave While the United States continues ue tQ ride the wave of of reform. Watergat.%^fh^d Nixon began with a television series profits. The pardoned Richard N & the imprisoned John to be followed by a tok. Next $eries Meanwhile. Ehrlichman is following ;hu toak-in, Frank Wills, has the man who discovered the Watergai not always even had a 3oD- While a Watergate-sensitized There is something wrong he ? ^ Korean bribery. Bert government investigates ^u"V?h matters, the top participants in Lance's banking practices, and other mane . f from it the^ biggest scandal with his White Mr. Ehrlichman ^ romoany " contributing to a six-part House-CIA novel. Th ^ ^omp jy season for one of the 12-hour package launc1 hii rag t chief Nixon alde HJR. networks. But before long a book by^^ mics And on it goes. Haldeman will be getting icted in Watergate, like any other No one denies that thos? rehabilitate themselves and return to . ? _i_ .uo.?ih hp allowed to renaouuaic thp wav convicted in Watergate, like an g^"gcrimBe pay. CkrMan Science^ Mon.ror Browsing in the of The News-Journal 25 years ago Thursday, September 4, 1952 The high school charges of Coaches Bob Rockholz and Earl Huggins returned from the week of training at Myrtle Beach will advance in their pre - schedule practice. ? ? * From Poole's Medley: In the election of 1910, there were only 10 Republican votes cast in the part of Cumberland that became Hoke. ? ? ? From Rockfish News: To say it rained here Sunday would be putting it mild. It literally poured down for hours and Fay etteville Street was almost washed away. ? ? ? Robert Perry, Jr. received his commission as Second Lt. this week at James Connolly Air Base, Waco, Texas. 1 5 years ago Thursday, September 6, 1962 Booster Club president Ken McNeill has announced his group with charter buses for the third game of the season at Wilmington the night of September 21. * * * County Commissioners yawned their way through a routine meeting Tuesday, as the most important item of business was to authorize Home Agent Miss Josephine Hall to purchase a new sewing machine. * ? ? White and Negro school en rollment were up slightly over last year, but Indian attendance fell off. the office of School Superintendent W.T. Gibson reported this week. ? * ? Services were held Tuesday at Red Springs Funeral Chapel for Ira L. Newton. 76. well known Antioch fanner. by Marty V? 9a Big Bonus Coming J The Air Force proposal to use the Raeford area for low-flying jet exercises has caused some concern among folks. It seems that people don't like the idea of all the noise at all hours of the day and night. The Air Force understands this and we're sure that they don't want to do anything to make folks mad at them. In fact, our exclusive source. Col. Vermy Wurmturned. dis closed that the Air Force is prepared to make a very generous offer to the city which will be a big bonus. Wurmturned had all the details to this package worked out and was all ready to present it to the city council last Monday night, but the city council didn't meet. Something about a holiday, they said. The package that the Air Force is prepared to offer in return for the favor is really too good. The airmen will help promote tourism and commerce in a campaign that would cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars if they had to pay for it. But it will all be free. The jets that will be coming will be from Sumter and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina and they will do constant skywriting all the way. Messages like "SEE RAEFORD. N.C." and "SHOP RAEFORD FIRST" will be seen by multitudes. Puppy Creek Philosopher Dear editor: Because everybody needs some thing to talk about till the regular football season starts, the month of August was devoted to talking about the Panama Canal. Fans with losing teams will probably continue talking about it all Fall. The canal is not one of my major worries. I've never been through it and have no plans to. Yet it generates a lot of hot debate. People in favor of keeping it say we built it. we paid for it and it's ours. Others say so what, if the Panamanians want it. let them have it; our big oil tankers and war ships can't squeeze through it anyway. But in all the discussion I've not heard anybody get to the main point: is it making any money? Do we charge ship owners enough to pay for the upkeep? How many hot checks are we holding from Rus sian ships going through it? If there are a good many, have we thought of making it coin-operated? Just because we bought and paid for the canal is not necessarily an argument for keeping it. There are ranchers in this country who bought and paid for cattle three years ago they wish they could get their money back on now. There are city people who bought certain stocks they'd now like to unload on somebody else. Before I make up my mind on the Panama Canal I'd like to see an operating statement on it. But if the Panamanians insist they\e got to have the thing, that they're fully capable of operating it. I've Figured out a deal. They can have it if they'll take over Amtrak in this country too. If that doesn't s?em quite fair, we could maybe throw m the Postal Service also. What are the prospects for the Bucks this year? Yours faithfully. I. A. Although it will slow the planes down a bit to do all this writing, Wurmturned believes that it is a small inconvenience, inasmuch as the goodwill and friendship of the folks is the most important con sideration. But that's not all. The Air Force has also promised to provide lots of fun and amusement. Carowinds is so far away, and the water slides in Wilmington and Fayetteville can get tiresome. So. for people of old ages who want a thrilling ride, when the jets go screaming over at 500 feet, folks can grab hold to special ropes and enjoy a thrill packed ride through the air. Better than Thunder Road or anything Disney World has got. It'll all be so swell. And the Air Force brass have also promised to help establish a lasting memorial. A Home for the Deaf. It caused some curiosity that the Board of Education went ahead and conducted their regular meet ing Monday night, foregoing the Labor Day holiday that everyone else enjoyed. These hard-working public ser vants are to be commended for sacrificing so unselfishly, to be sure. Besides, they had a very urgent piece of business which made it impossible to delay the meeting. The resignation of the baseball coach last month precipitated a minor crisis--the bases belonged to him since he bought them out of his own money. Happily, however, it turned out that the school did have a second set of bases, athletic director John Pecora reported, so the 1978 baseball program won't be can celled after all and the school board members can relax. miM Now that President Carter has sent his comprehensive welfare reform programs to the Congress, perhaps it ts in order to see what changes he is asking. They are. to say the least, sweeping. The package is a large and complex one that, according to the President, will provide jobs for those who need work, establish fairer and more uniform cash benefits, promote family stability and improve the self - respect of recipients. Of course, many of his proposals may be modified or altered by Congress. The Carter Plan does away with Supplemental Security Income. Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and Food Stamps. Instead, the President proposes to give eligible families flat cash payments depending on their needs and circumstances. Perhaps one of the most im portant parts of the plan is the one to help people go to work -- the Jobs Program. The President wants to create up to 1 .4 million jobs and job training slots. Of these. 300.000 would be part - time and it is hoped many unemployed people could be placed in private sector jobs. The new jobs would be for low income families with children, not just for people receiving welfare under the present system. The public sector jobs would oav the minimum wage, except in states where the minimum is higher than the federal. All of the jobs will be created training for skills useful in the private sector. Jobs with flexible hours, including part-time jobs, would be included to meet the needs of parents with young children. As proposed, the Carter plan is projected to cost S30.7 billion in 1978: the Administration has calculated that $27.9 billion of that Report To The f i People bv Senator Robert Morgan amount would come from existing programs or savings and S2.8 billion would be additional cost. Not included in that cost estimate, however, was S3. 4 billion in ex panded earned income tax credits tor middle ? income persons who would not receive income supple ments. Originally. President Carter had said that the Administration's welfare revisions would have "no higher initial cost than the present system." That "no higher initial cost" statement drew a jgreat deal of tire, especially from financially pressed state and local govern ments looking to Washington for relief. On August 6th. when the President made his formal pro posals. he said that his decision to add more nionev came after very careful consultation with state and local leaders, and he stated that the additional funds would provide more than S2.I billion in fiscal relief to the states, particularly4 those which had borne the heaviest burdens. The President itemized the cost of the proposed program as follows: Employment and Training Pro- * grams: SN.K billion: Cash Assist ance: $14.2 billion: Earned Income Tax Credit: SI. 5 billion: Emer gency Assistance Block Grant: S.h billion: Child Care Deduction: S.O billion. All of these figures are in I47N dollars, so inllation will push the actual numbers up hv the time the program goes into effect. Anv welfaru^bill is controversial, and this one will be no different. It will be studied and re - studied in committee and 1 want to see just what changes are proposed. But I can generally support the idea of giving work to those who can work instead of furnishing them food and money. CLIFF BLUE... People & Issues OPINION POLL... I attended a social gathering a few evenings ago at which about 100 citizens were present including judges. legisla tors. party chairmen and just ordinary tax-paying citizens. I passed out an Opinion Poll Ballot and here are the results: Question 1. "Do you favor the proposed revision of the Treaty between the United States and Panama in which the Panama Canal would be given back to Panama with some safeguards for the United States? Answers: Yes 32. No 42. Question 2: How do you feel President Carter is doing? An swers: Good 51. Average 30. Below Average 2. Question 3: Do you favor succes sion for North Carolina governors? Answers: Yes 50. No. 32. Question 4: What kind of job do you feel Governor Hunt is doing? Answers: Good 42. Average 29. Below Average 5. Letter To The Editor 1 To our friends and gymnasts of Raeford: This past Tuesday. August 23rd. we had the pleasure of conducting a gymnastics clinic in the Raeford Armory. 35 young gymnasts and potential gymnasts involved in a long. hot. busy but productive day of tumbling, bouncing and somer saulting. Because the clinic and all the arrangements kept us so occu pied. we were not able to talk to the gymnasts and everyone else in volved as much as we would have liked. So. we wanted to take this opportunity to relay some of the reaction, to the clinic, which we didn't get a chance to express. First of all. we were extremely impressed with how well-mannered and behaved kids of such varying ages (5-18) could be for 6 hours. They were active, attentive, tried hard and responded well to all the safety precautions which we en forced. Their attitude toward the difficult and specialized sport of gymnastics and the hard physical effort involved and toward us as instructors was very positive and gratifying. Secondly, there are some very talented, potential gymnasts in your town. There are a number of young gymnasts in your town. There are a number of young gymnasts in Raeford who have high aptitude and interest in the sport such that if a gym. proper equip ment. coaching and time were available they might successfully progress through a competitive gymnastics level. To them, I wish good luck in a difficult task, and commend them for their interest, determination and working on their .own. This would be a good point to mention and thank the Glisson Family. Linda Glisson has been coming to my program in Durham for some months, tried out for, and made the competitive team, at tended my summer gymnastic day camp and is the number one example of the type of gymnastic talent in Raeford. With no more than a once-a-week chance to practice in Durham, but with hours of practice every day at home. Linda has kept her gymnastics on a level with the gymnasts on the team who practiced 3 times that much gym time. Linda's determi nation and hard work would have been to no avail, of course, without the tremendous effort, financial support and co-operation of her parents. The Glisson family was our prime motivation in doing a clinic in Raeford. Between they and the Recreation Dept.. we were able to attend to the clinic with a minimum of problems on the Raeford end. In addition, the Glissons provided us with a great steak dinner and a needed evening of pleasant relaxation. Thank you. Raeford. Hope to see you soon. HAVE A HAPPY HANDSTAND!! Gymnastically yours. John H. Row and Tim Rand Question 5: Do you like rigid enforcement of the 55 mile per hour law? Answers: Yes 69. No 15. Question 6: What kind of a job do you feel Jimmy Green is doing as lieutenant governor? Answers: Good 48. Average 30. Below Aver age 3. Question 7: What kind of a job do you feel John Ingram is doing as Commissioner of Insurance? An swers: Good 52. Average 20. Below Average 9. PANAMA CANAL.. .Speaking of the Panama Canal, we venture the opinion that the issue will "make or break" quite a few Washington legislators before the issue is Finally settled, in both the House and Senate. Yes, we say "House and Senate" because the House will likely have to vote on: certain issues growing out of the proposed treaty before it is put into effect. With the "drop of the hat"; you can get a lively discussion; underway at most any crossroads service station or country store when the subject is mentioned. Among the several Democrats* expected to seek the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate in North Carolina come voting time in May, you can expect both sides tof be represented by candidates. COURT * CANDIDATES. ..Tar Heel voters will have two seats on the State Supreme Court to fill come primary and election time in 1978. Justices Dan K. Moore and I. Beverly Lake will be retiring due to the mandatory age retirement lavir for judges. State Court of Appeal Judge David M. Britt has been telling friends that he will definitely be a candidate for the seat now held by Justice Lake UNEMPLOYMENT RATE..; The writer was a member of the N.C. General Assembly which en acted its first minimum wage law in 1957 and was one of its supporters. Yes, we need a minimum wage law, but it should not be unreasonable: for beginning workers and for workers unable to produce suf-j ficiently to justify the required wage. Only last week we noticed that the unemployment figures had risen from 6.9 in July to 7.1 in; August p BANK OFFICIALS... Wondef how many bank executives in Nortli Carolina and elsewhere follow th^ same practices as did Budgec Director Lance while he was chief executive of a couple of Georgia, banks? The revealing of Lance'l practices may in the long run lead: to the out-lawing of practices which! should have long ago been stopped for the good of depositors, stock holders and bank executives! f
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