Ted Pent Announces For
Re-election To State Senate
Senator R. T. (Ted) Dent an
nounced Friday that he bad f 1-
ed for re-election fbr one of the
Thirty-first beoatorial Distr ct
seats. This dsirct is composed
of Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell
and Yancey Counties. The Thir
ty-f ve year old Spruce Pjie
'' businessman is President of
Diamond Mica Company which
’ has cperatons in Mitchell and
Yancey Counties.
Senator Dent served hs Fresh
man term in the 1367 General
Assembly as Republican Minor
ity Wh p. He served on the Com
mittees of Conservation & De
velopment, Banking, Public
Welfare and was the first Re
publcan in “recent h story” to
serve on the powerful seven
man Calendar Committee. Sev
eral ammendments to the 1967
Water and Air Pollution Control
Act and the Water Use Acta
were adopted at his suggestion.
After the General Assembly
adjourned, Senator Dent was
appointed to a Leg slative Re
search Sub-committee by the
President Pro Tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, which
is study ng the credit and lend
ing practices in North Carolina.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1968
This con m ttee will make its
recommendations on any chan
ges they feel are des.rohle un
der the current s: itutcs to the
1968 session of tlr General
Assembly.
In the cpeirng days of the
1967 sesi>< t, Senator Pen* in
troduced a b'll to block the ini
tial Cable Television Referen
dum in Asheville. It was success
ful in passng the Senate but
there was not enough time for
it to get out of committee in the
House of Representatives. It did
serve to gve publicity to the
issue which was Overwhelming
ly defeated in the referendum.
The anti-poverty agency,
WAMY, put forth a proposal to
start publ cat on of a newspaper
to be circulated in Watauga,
Avery, Mitchell and Yancey
Counties which was opposed by
Senator Dent. After hs bU was
introduced condemning this ac
tion on the part of the anti-pov
erty organ zation, their proposal
was withdrawn due to public
pressure.
Senator Dent is a former non
commissioned off cer who ser
ved wth the U. S. Army in
Korea. In civic affa'rs, he is a
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This is to announce as a can
didate for the North Carol na
Senate, 31st Distr ct, subject to
the Republican Primary Elec
tion. Ths distrcj/ comprises
Yancey
and Mitchell Counties.
I am an attorney engaged in
the practice of Haw, a member
cf the f rm of Riddle and Briggs,
1-05 N. r hwestern P.ank Build
ing, Ashcv lie, North Carolina.
I attended Mars Hill Public
Schools, Mars Hll College, Wes
tern Carolina Univers ty and
Wake Forest University, grad
uating n the Class of 1932 from
the Law School of Wake For
est Un versity.
I am a member of the North
Carolina State Bar Association,
a member of the Buncombe
member of the Board of Trus
tees of the Spruce Pine Com
munity Hosp tal, Vice-Presdent
of the Mitchell County United
Fund, and a member of the
American Inst tute of Engineers.
He attended the Un versity of
the South at Sewanee, Tennessee
and is a member of the Trinity
Ep scopal Church.
Dent stated that he contem
plateed moving to Asheville
w thin the next two months.
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County Bar Assoc ation, Ameri
can Tr al Lawyers Association,
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
and Woodmen cf the World . I
am new serving as County At
torney for Mad son County and
formerly served as Treasurer
of the Upper French Br~ad Eco
nomic Development C'mmiss'on.
I have served as Chairman of
the Madison County Republican
Execut've Comm fee. Chair
man of the 11th Congressional
District, member of Nor'h Car
olina Republican Cen f ,ral Com
m ttee, member of North Caro
lna Republican Executive Com
mittee and as a member of the
1968 Republican Platform Com
mittee.
I was elected to the 1967 Gen
eral Assembly as a member of
the Senate. Dur ng this session
I served on such eomnrttee*
as Highways and Roads, Finan
ce, Elections And Election Laws,
Judic'ary I and Consttutioa,
and at present am serving on a
legislative committee rewrit ng
the C:de of Civil Procedure.
I thnk that one of the most
important problems facing our
State is that of providing a real
ist c means of financ'ng the bas
ic and fundamental programs
cf our State, such as education.
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ro<id construction and ma nten
ance, and that the burden of
taxation must not be borne by
only a few. Educat on must be
gi'.en our immediate attention.
The Laws pertaining to auto
meb le 1 ability insurance should
be revised in keeping with inter
ests of the autcm~b le owners
as well as the insurance indus
try.
The legislative procedures
should be revised, eliminating
the secret sess ens of the ap
propriations sub - committee,
where only a “hand-p eked few”
determine where approximately
*2.7 b llion dollars will be spent
for the next two years, as was
practiced ; n the 1967 session of
the General Assembly.
Mere concern and attention
should be given for the construc
tion and maintenance of second
ary roads n mountain areas.
of the mountain counties
are virtually n the same condi
ton road wise as they were sev
eral years ago.
North Carolina has great po
tential and can be elevated from
its low position by
fundamental, sound and bonest
government.
Bruce B. Briggs
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