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p reT Am'rgmr> EDWARD A. YUZIUK - EDITOR & PUBLISHER I CAROLYN R. YUZIUK - ASSOCIATE EDITOR MBS PATSY BRIGGS - OFFICE MANAGER FLOYD GEOUGE - PRODUCTION PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PtJBLISHJNG COMPANY SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BURNS VTLLE,N,C. , THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1970 NUMBER 48 I SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00/YEAR I OUT OF COUNTY $5.00/YE*R SENATOR SAM ERVIN * says ; WASHINGTON Political campaign spending has been an issue for generations, but with the advent of te le vision and skyrocketing election costs, the nation has become trou bled about how to preserve our democratic processes to pre - vent the problem from getting out of hand. The Political Broadcast Bill, which I support, represents a new attempt by the Congress to cbal with political fund raising, campaigning, and spending. Admittedly, the bill restricts its provisions to one critical sector of political spen ding, i. e.', radio and television costs, and simply seeks to control expenditures for broadcast time. Basically, the bill sets a limitation on the amount of mo ney a candidate for the office of President, Senator, Congress man, Governor or Lieutenant Governor, cr anyone on his be half may spend in purchasing time for political broadcasts in a general election campaign. The bill limits such spending to a maximum of seven cents per vote cast in the last prece ding election for the office sought by the candidate, or to $20,000, whichever is greater. The bill also sets a limitation on primary campaign costs for the broadcast media at one-half of the amount such can didate should spend under the ceiling formula used for that office in the general election. Moreover, it requires candi dates or their representative to certify in writing to the radio or television station that the payment of its charges do not exceed the limitations set out in the legislation. While many have suggested that Congress should d e fer action on this measure until a comprehensive bill controlliig all political expenditures can be enacted, I would point out that most "clean election" bilk of the past have been rejec ted simply because they have taken this approach. "Tie fact is that radio and television costs in political cam paigns now constitute the largest segment of most campaign budgets for national offices. Hearings before Congressional Committees studying this bill indicate that political cam paign expenditures have doubled since 1952, and that expen ditures for radio and television campaign time amounted to nearly $59 million in 1968. This item alone represents a7O percent increase over spending for the same purpose in 1964. Thus, the Congress has been forced to reckon with this probfau The major Federal statutes relating to campaign finances are embodied in three Acts: The Tillman Act, the Corrupt Practices Act, and the Hatch Act. In brief, the provisions of these statutes prohibit corporation and national bank from making money contributions to candidates, require reports of the receipts and expenditures of certain candidates and of their campaign committees, set maximum amounts whih these candidates or their campaign committees can expend for political purposes, and prohibit active participation in national politics by most Federal employees. Political ethics have become a matter of national con - cem, and it seems likely that campaign spending loophofcs will be a matter of continuing Congressional concern. How ever, the Political Broadcast Bill offers no conflict either to regulatory legislation limiting campaign spending which is now on the books or to any further revisions which the Con gress may deem necessary to deal with this problem, and I, therefore, voted for it as a constructive measure to deal with a very complex problem. groß-Ge Washington T"RieP TO OfZOVO ALFALFA SUT Mfc'T WITH MTTL6 SUCC6SS IN THf ACtl? SOIL OF ~ TFFfASTfcPM U i.A. 4 JHDJHFUIS •Com Blight—Possible Threat In ’7l Much has been written and said about the Southern Com Blight which struck the com crop over much of the nation during this past summer. Some mis-information has crept into news stories. According to Win. C. Bledsoe, County Extension Chairman, the following is the latest factual information avail able from N.C. State Urdver - sity and the N.C. Extension Service— Southern Com Leaf Blight is a fungus disease that has been observed intermittently in the Southern United States as a leaf spot and blight for many years. Damage has usually not been severe as most com has had a fair degree of inherent re sistance. But the infection that has hit main com-producing areas this year in varying de grees is a new race or virulent form of the fungus parasite.Hel minthosporium Maydis, which apparently developed between 1963 and 1969. : Symptoms of the disease in clude oval-shaped brown spots. The new mutant parasite at tacks leaves, stalk, and ears. The spores are carried by the wind, but they need moisture to germinate. High humidity and warm nights encourage the growth of the disease. ' This accounts for the fact that Yan cey Com Crop was not a severe A M | ■ -t. jEp£ Lynn Moore Takes Office The appointment of Mr. Lynn T. Moore as President and Gen eral Manager of Western Caro lina Telephone Company and Westco Telephone Company has been announced by Mr. G. H. Paris, Vice President of Continental Telephone Service Corporation. Mr. Moore will succeed Mr. James Armstrong who is being transferred to Wfest Virginia Telephone Company where he will assume the duties of President and General Mgr. Mr. Moore began his career in telephony on November 3, 1941 in Fairmont, West Virgin ia, as a cable splicer's helper. He was also in the line crew far six months. He was called into the military service in 1943,re turning in 1946. Eight months after his return he was assigned to work in the Fairmont Cen tral Office as a C.O. Repair man. He was promoted to management in September, 19- 52 and has worked himself up to his present position, having served, through the years, as Plant Engineer, Foreman Su pervisor, Staff Accountant In ternal Audits, and numerous other positions. ly affected as was some other areas. The disease affects those com hybrids that carry the "T 1 gene for male sterility. Some 70 to 90 percent of com tybrid grown in the U. S. carry this gene. If the disease appears before or soon after tasseling, the yield, quality, and feed value of the grain is reduced. —but to what extent has not been determined. If poisonous substances are produced by the fungus, they apparently are in jurious only to the com plant. Recent feeding trials show no adverse effects on livestock. Treatments of infected fie Ids are not considered to be effec tive after the fungus strikes.... And, except for sweet or seed ' com, cost of spraying every few days makes the cost of this con trol prohibitive for farmers grow ing field com for feed. The best control is the use of resis - tant seed. Any variety of com produced with normal cytcplaan will be tolerant tothe disease. Seed companies are growing a new stock of this seed in Mexi co, South America and Hawaii, that should be ready for plant - ing by Spring. The quantityof seed available and the price is presently a matter of specula - tion. Some predictions are that there will only be enough normal cytoplasm seed to plant 5096 of the acreage. Seed selection will be the Icxnion jfor um By Marilyn Manion THE REAL CULPRITS UNMASKED Last Spring, the communications media held kangaroo court and convicted several persons, groups and institutions. The National Guard was indicted for the shooting of four students at Kent State University. More subtly but just as surely, President Nixon was found guilty; after all, the stu dents wouldn’t have rioted had it not been for Cambodia, would they? “World Opinion'’ shook its head in despair over the state of the capitalist establishment and the proponents of anarchy md destruction used Kent State as a justification of their criminal behaviour. Then, nearly six months later, a 15-member Ohio Grand Jury reversed the conviction. It was about time. (The moulders of “world opinion” did their best to hush up the truth. One Kent State student told the Mancheser Union Leader in May that he planned to tell the jury that the guard was “definitely provoked into shooting.” When Ohio Senator Stephen Young read the boy’s comments, he was incensed. Young shot off a letter to the youth, saying that he was “a despicable fellow;” that when he testified before the jury he “should and undoubtedly will be indicted for the crime of perjury.” Despite such intimidations, the witnesses testified and the jury heard.) The jury found that the National Guardsmen were not criminally liable because they “fired their weapons in the honest and sincere belief and under circumstances which would have logically caused them to believe that they would suffer serious bodily injury had they not done so.” The “major responsibility” for the events of last May, said the jury, “rests clearly with those persons who are charged with the administration of the university.” The university had fostered “an attitude of laxity, overindulgence and per missiveness;” faculty members had placed an “over-emphasis" on "the right to dissent.” Add to that the fact that a whole procession of revolu tionaries—Jerry Rubin, Mark Rudd, Bernadine Dohm, to name a few—had been radicalizing Kent State for at least a year before the May shootings. (Manion Forum Broadcast No. 816, May 31, 1970.) Despite the dramatic effects of the Liberals to convince us otherwise, the fault at Kent State lies with the radicals—and those who allow them to do their dirty work. Nobody put it better than President Miller Upton of Beloit College. Here is what he wrote to President Nixon: "If the fault lies anywhere for the deaths, it lies not with you and the Vietnam war, but with the radical acts and ex cesses we have tolerated in the name of dissent.”'—American Way Features \ 1 4fi, : most important factor in mini mizing blight losses in 19 71. Com produces should: (1) make arrangement early with your regular supplies for your seed needs. (2) plant seed having "N" on the tag indica - ting normal cytoplasm. (3) avoid if possible planting seed with a "T" on the tag, indica ting Texas cytoplasm. It should be pointed out that other seed alternatives are: (1) blends of "N" and "T" (2) open polina ted or "old fashioned". (3) F-2 seed from your own field which will possible decrease yield as much as 3596 If there are questions or in formation is needed, please call your extension office. a * w op *rm t)W£.K To*c>* High 62 Low 4
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