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Editorials IjUftfU TVip* > a I ?WW* ******************************** SENATOR Tor SAM ERVM PEOPLE and ISSUES .By Cliff Blue SAYS IBSCUB SQUADS - Vol r Hmcm Squedt In ? ntsn af TvHmIi They ? trip Nassau. leaving Poet - Dts a> adit whole wlW Ike giving ai In teresting report oe Ms trip by letter. NEW PAPER - A new newt paper for Rockingham tppetrs id be la the making. Reports are that Joke W. Covington, Jr.. Rockingham banker and start a nawp^wr around April 1. A few months ago In San ford, Dee Harris ventured forth into the publishing game . by starling the Sanford News Leader. With Dee havti? bean tat We game for some six months, ha mi John could probably have an interesting chat over a ctgi of cofleel CHARLIE HAMILTON -Al most a year ago, Charlie Hamilton, staff writer with the Greensboro Record took over We operation a/ the Harnett County News tp Lllllngton. We have followed the News wlW Interest since Charlie took over Its operation and com mand Mm for We Job which he Is doing. COMMITTEES - In We State Senate, there are 34 commit tees; in the House, SO. The nianber of committees could be reduced without hurt but at the same time, la practically no addi tional coat to the additional committees and they permit the legislation id be handled by n greater variety of chair men and committees. OFF TO GOOD START - The General Assembly, In our opinion, has gotten off to a good start. While die session could run until arotaid the middle of June, the dispatch wlW which dw money commit tees have gotmn down to work could mean adjournment We latter part of May which no doubt Wa members and public would both welcome, com* springtime kot wwatber. HONORARY CITlZEbS-We of Ropra a resolution which would mate Sir Wins no Churchill an bono - rary ddaanof that stats. Wall, ww would bat that Kentucky would so that one batasr and mate Idm mi "honorary OUR BOB - Tte paaalng of Robart Rico Reynolds laat week remover from Ufa a man who for 12 yaara waa one of North Carolina'e moat colo ful ddaens. Moat of us think of Bob Reynolds in terms of his Sen ate campaigns Mid his service In the U. S. Senate. He was first elected to the U. S. Son ata In the depression day of 1932 and served for two terms or 12 years. Before Ms suc cessful campaign for the Sen ate In *32 "Our Bob" had made two unsuccessful stats - wide campaigns. In 1924 be was im successful in running for lieu tenant governor, and In 1926 te opposed Mid lost in Ms Md n unseat the veteran Loo S. Overman from the U. S. Senate. In 1932, in the height of the depression, he ndmlcted and ridiculed the rich and pom pous Cameron Morrison, then serving out the un-expired term of the late Sena lor Over man, and after a close con test In the first primary, won In a landslide in the second primary. In Ms early Washington days in the Senate, "Our Boh" eras a loyal foUower of FDR, sup porting Mm In Ms Sigrane Court pecking Mil. But In 1939, foUowlng Ms defeat of Frank Hancock, who opposed Mm for renomlnadon In 1938, Bob turned against Roosevelt and the New Deal. The break began when Roosevelt named Hancock over Bob's objection, to a Mgh post In the Depart ment of Agriculture. Bob became an Isolationist and a Nationalist. Our thought all along waa that Bob en visioned MmsaU as the head of a movement which might catch Or* and carry Mm m the WMm Houaa. hmwari. it back-find mA brought him back m dm mountain of Ma native Btaicomba County. la 1990 ha ran a poor Bird baraaaa Frank Gn" WUlla Smith tat an i From 9?*n on. having I wealthy da aaroa way Cam Morrlaoa <kd?by marriage, ha lived quietly aid out of the apo flight at Ma home near AshevUle. Washington - The Senate* ta Wllng loeftf c( la Mi Febrwry ABy a roll-call "?a tfa Sanaa rijacad any chanya la Rale XXII which rw qulraa a two-thirda vote of the Sen#?ira"praeeBteid not lay" a> Impoae alienee on Ihoae who wiah 10 apeak oa a rartai motion or bill. Vary likely the Rutea debaat will oat be renewal imtll the open ing ef lha 89th Coagreea in January, 1965. AS The Pastor SEES IT By Rev. ThomaaC. Christmas Andrews First B^MstChtrch Thsrs is scsrosly a family from which somaona has am beaa borne D (ha grows. Many of us are hart-felt by deaths of friends friends ?iarecan It is easy for us a> glze the dead >> excess. With isfoisuca to a great many who disappear from few stage of Ufa, it is bast to say nothing. The Bible la remark able for its sllance concern ing the dead. Adam art Eve died, but lhara was no eulogy. Prophets, priests.and kings died, but nothing was said. There is no reference a> a funeral Sainton anywhere. There is no Bible precedent for ftswral t But th live, in a large measure, by their labors. They prepared the way for us. They built our houses, felled our for ests, art opened up life's way for us. Many people speak most powerfully from the grave. Luther is gone, but the Reformation Benson. John Bunyan is dead, but Ms Pil grim still walks through the world. Robert RoUtes is dead, but the Sunday School still goes on. So, being dead, they still speak. they want away from us they left behind an ex ample which ww are boiaxl la respect Many are refrain ed tram an unworthy net by the influence of one Sorrow for the pious deed, not excessive, must be refining. Our landerest sym are never fully uitfl we suffer. We fed for others ixitll we have learned a> feel for ourselves. However, our grief must not be- so great that It shuts out heaven from our weeping eyes. We are not m sorrow as those who have no hope. Bean Seneca, whom we refer m as a heathen, used ? say, "The thought of de ceased friends is sweet and pleasant to me: for I have enjoyed them aa one who la about IB lose them, and 1 have lost them as one who may have them again." Certainly the promises of Jesus and Hia victory over the grave abould made the Christian Ilea with glorious hope which transcends the bondage of death. Because Jesus lives, we live and shall Hallelujah I Christ I ATYOUR FORD DEALER'S FRIDAY! The Liveliest of the Lively Ones! Meet Ford's all-new Command Performance cars fresh from their world premiere in Monaco I At center is the hot new Falcon Sprint V-8 that won first in its class at the famed Monte Carlo Rallye. Bucket seats, sports-type steering wheel, 164-hp V-8 and tachometer are standard. More news! V-8 engines now available with any Falcon!* Top; the new Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe that took Alpine grades like a native. There's a choice of two V-8's and a vinyl covering in black or white for owi?owe4mec?*?! its Thunderbird roof. Foreground: new Super Torque Ford \ r"V Sports Hardtop with V-8 zoom up to 425 hp and sleek new roof- f) p* I 1 line. This beautiful new hardtop looks like a convertible! ~ F.k BURCH MOTORS REESE MOTOR CO. Dealer No. 696 Murphy, N. C. Phone 837-212] Daatar No. 642 Andrawc, N. C. Phona 29 AUNT HET 3,om 3k. Of W. Frank Forsyth for lids session, deaths, re tirements, mi political de fssts had caused dili-ty-two iff Coramittoe vacancies to (dlL la ?he raahuffllng of Isst week, four new Commlt ms Chairmen were named. die lass Senator Kerr as Chairman of the Space Com mune. In turn. Senator Jack son succeeds Senator And erson as Chairman of (he Interior Committee. Senator McNsmara succeeds the lam Seassir Cbsvaz as Chairman of dts Public Works Com mittee. My coUaagus. Senator Jordan, succeeds Senator Mansfield who vacates the Rides Committee, as lis Chairman. Seven committees had the party alignments changed. These were Foreign Re lations. Armed Services. Commerce. Public Works, Appropriations, Banking and Currency, and Judiciary. The Finance Committee made no change in party alignment, but Senators Rlbicoff and Dirksen were named to fill existing vacancies. The Gov ernment Operations Commit tee waa enlarged to the status of a major committee by in creasing its membership from Due to the dominance of tax position of the Senate Finance and Appropriations commit tees is certain to have a mark ed affect on any legislation in these areas. With the fail ure to enlarge the Finance Committee at last week's policy meetings, it appears likely that the Finance Com mittee will shape any tax bill brought to die floor. PROCRAK6 - Recent Pre sidential messagea have dealt with farm, education, and mental health programs, The farm message of January 31, proceeda on the theory that Congress will offer separate bills m meet needs in the areas of feed grains, cotton, dalryli^. and other programs. Last year's omnibus farm bill offered by the Administration was much bettered in its at tempt ? cope with opposing views on farm surpluses. The separate bill theory may bring greater legislative success in farm programs at this ses In contrast to the agricul tural approach, Congress has bean asked to anect a com prehensive twenty-four part educational Mil. The measure has already gotmc off to a rocky start. Disappointment has bean voiced from many aldaa over segmenta of the peckage program. The Mil involves about everything that has thus far bean conceived for legislative action In the e<ki c a do nal field, 1 do not think there la much likelihood that an all - or - nothing approach will produce aid to education at this session of Congress. The mental health program embraces four legislative programs and some amend ments ? existing health lawa. In essence It would provide additional grants to States for health centers, and for Mdldtwgw which would be used for die treatment, training, and cars of the man tally retarded. At the present time I have not had m oppor tunity b study Its provisions closely ad form an opinion as to the wortidnesa of such m approach to the cars for the mentally ill and the ment ally i JUST ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER By Carl Geereb We hrrr?*^ SB come across a letter the other day that was written by Ambassador Jose ph us Daniels several years be fore Ms death, while ha was In Mexico. It closed with this Hole ditty: Don't be hurried; Don't be worried. If you do. You'll soon be buried. Mora truth than poetry In that sentiment. ?aea We wwrw discussing ole - fashioned bedroom furniture the other day ? the Iron bed with brass knobs, trundle bads, wsshstand with be ftowwrwd bowl and pitcher, nug, wed various other 04 1th, "do you ? Mg brass ifor7" We afadttod ww dhhi't. "IH be glad to explain It b you," said Mr. Bockwith wltt a commendable spirit of "Those bright i for a About once a a real l i bad i so that ens all would reflect the raya of tta sun an a small porttoo of dw bod. The rest of tta bod would be ta tta shade. WotttM't be Dumb animate are more fortunate than us human be ings. They can satisfy their appetite without takin' soda, or a pill, to stop the misery. da down in a routine i at the Lagtalawe. In the first weak. Gov Sanford gave Ida Sum of tha SUM maaaaji *> the Legis lature and DM following day gava hla budpt message pre senting a whoudngMllloe dol lar budget and tftd not recom mend ny new tax program. Tha Ullloe dollar budget did not Include gproilmanly five hiaxlrad thousand dollars ($300,000) .3ummt (Editor'* Now Thla Is the first In a series of weekly summaries prepared by die legislative staff of the In stitute of Government on the Work of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1963. It Is confined n> discussions of matters of general interest and major Importance.) The 1963 General Assembly convened on Wednesday, Peb. 6. Because the death of Lieu tenant Governor Philpott made It necessary that the Secretary of State convene the Senate as well as the House, the two houses convened at different times?the Senate at 11:30 ajn^ the House at the usual 12 noon hour. Senator Clarence Stone of Rockingham was elected President of the Senate.Sena tor Ralph Scott of Alamance was named President pro tem pore. S. Ray Bylery was re elected as Principal Clerk; Leroy Clark. Jr? re-elected Reading Clerk; and W, Brooks Poole was re-elected Sergeant At Arms. Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Moore was elected Speaker of the House. Mrs. Annie B. Cooper was re-elected Prin cipal Clerk. Sam J. Burrow, Jr., was named Reacting Clerk, and Joseph H. Warren was re elected Serge ant-At-Arms. THE STATE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING As the session opened. In terest of legislators and pub lic alike was centered on the new Legislative Building. The first week of the session a motinted to a "shake-down" cruise as members and em ployees became familiar with the building and Its facilities. Members turned their at tention to the question of management of the bulling. Senator Tom White of Lenoir Introduced SB 3, creating a Legislative Building Govern ing Commission. After some differences between Senate and House were adjusted, the ' bill was ratified, becoming the first new law of the 1963 ses sion. The Legislative Bald ing Governing Commission will consist of the President of the Senate, two persons q> pointed by him who are mem bers of the House at the time of their appointments. Ap pointive members will serve for 4-year staggered terms. The Commission will deter mine policy governing the use of the Legislative Building, will make allocations of space within the building, and will promulgate rules governing the use of the building and Its facilities. The actual work of maintenance may be delegat ed to the Department of Ad ministration, subject to the general direction of the Com P resident Stone named Senators White and Williams and Speaker Blue named Re presentatives Crawford and Uzzell n> the Commission. BUDGET - Governor San ford delivered his budget mes sage on Friday, Feb. 8, and the budget bills were Intro duced the same day. The bud get totalled soma $1.8 billion. An Increase of $35 million was required from the General Fund for the "A" Budget? to maintain state services at their present levels. New funds amounting u> $51 mil lion were included for the ptd> 11c schools for more teachers and tick leave, salary In creases, vd other purposes. About $9 million addition si funds went to the Consolidated University of North Carolina. Two million was set aside for conversion of commimlty collages to 4-year Institut ions. The pnbadM and paroles programs received slaeabie Increases, as did the mental Institutions. Salary tocraaesdjo^l^OOper year bars of the Council of State. Agriculture tod etpandtares e?ed by about $3 Gasoline wed oil ts i fees which have 1 to stnort General Pund dee will bene of WM peopened hood issuss is 1961 win rsetdiw $117 million. The Osoars! Ptmd lslastffidaody good sbto that $47 mintoo medjooplts] i^FWOvssseots. Rofaeaoo cMrasa'"' Senate aid House Appropria tions Committees respect ively. The chairmen wasted no time In getting down s> work. Lees than a week after the opening gavel rapped, the Joint Appropriations Committees were hearing Budget Officer and Director of Adminis tration Hugh Cannon outline and explain the budget. FINANCE - The other half of the budget picture ? where to get the necessary money? will fall to Senator J.V.John son of Iredell and Rep. Clyde Harries of Rowan. It appears that they may have the un usual and delightful task of promoting legislation reduc ing taxes. Governor San ford, In a special message, read to each house, re commended an increase In the dependency exemptions for state Income tax purposes, the repeal of the sales tax on news vendors, and the exemption of prepared medi cines from the sales tax. By the end of the first full week, five bills reducing taxes were Introduced: SB 16 (HB 22) To Increase Income tax exemp tions to $500 for each depend ent; HB 29 and HB 69 repeal ing the sales tax on news vendors; HB 41 reducing taxes on commercial fishing boats; HB 47, exempting medicines sold on prescription of veter inarians from the sales tax; and HB 56 exempting certain resort cottages snd apart ments from the 3% tax on gross rentals. SENATE RE DISTRICTING - This painful subject moved to the fore Immediately after the Assembly convened. SB 6, by Senator Currle of Durham. Is identical to the bill which he Introduced lest session. The 1961 bill cleared a Senate Committee but was defeated on the floor. Also Introduced the first day was SB 7, by Sen. Humber, to Increase the Sen ate membership to 60, and to provide that Senate districts contain related geographical, population md area Interests. SB 30, by Sen. Crew would di vide the state into not more than 50 senatorial districts by considering population distri bution, traditional, historical and geographical groipings of counties, mutually shared area economic and gov ernmental Interests and prob lems, and other factors rea sonably bearing tpon fair re presentation. The bill would provide for 55 Senators, the extra five to be apportioned e> the five most populous dis tricts. Finally SB 22 present ed Republican suggestions for redlsDieting. This bill would give Mecklenburg, and a dis trict comprised of Guilford and Stokee, 3 Senators each. The problem Is the seme as In 1961, but the beckground Is shandy different. Lending a sense of real urgency to the task are the more than 40 court cases spawned by the Tennessee case of Baker -vs Carr, and the feet that the Republican party will un doubtedly make a real effort in 1964 to capitalize on fail ure to deal effectively with the problem. SCHOOLS - Not all of the school activity was on the appropriations front. HB 51, by Rep. Whitley Is designed to strengthen school attend ance laws and to require the state s> finance and train the school attendance personnel. HB 63 by Rep. iSornburg, establishes a limited form of continuing contract for public school teachers and prin cipals. SB 36. by Sen. Strong and Story, establishes a tenure system for teachers. SB 35 (HB 68) provides for nonpert lsan elections of members of all city and ootsity boards of MISCELLANEOUS - SB t (HB 2) establishes a pcogiam of medical assistance to needy aged persons who are not eli gible for piddle ssela tence payments under the OAA pro gram...,HB S (SB 10) am en it HB 32*wmdd ,e**-le^e, flij voting laws bars of HB I to $1. . MB 9 Jan. 1. 1964. be equipped with seat " 12 (HB 24) aUml adli .. J?27ra. r and city boeTds'ofedu^ . JB 35 ?Ill be dte Sua Agen Moat of the Committee Stgnmanu havo already b rlvao out. however. In Cyril? dmre arseeveralin committees to too nomad Mid I will wait tanll new week b git* you the Uat of my com ml ttsc I introduced a bill In the c?..- a, prohibit Utility Com panlas from placing rates Into effect under bond. This bill grew out of the fight over a ram Increase by Nantahala Power and Light Company i 33 1/3 % bu which averages 33 1/S ft but which in some caaea goes ? nearly 100*. Related? the Is sue la the disputed sate of Nantehale's dtatributlonfeci 11 das B Duke Power Company. Under the existing stature, the Utility Company may go ahoed and ralae rams without *proval of the State Utility Commission provided It posts sufficient bonds m refited rates to Its cusmmers should the commission turn down Its -?r Is precisely whet hat happened In the controvert al Nantahala -Duke deal In Weat ern North Carolina. Appro xl mately $1,500,000.00 has been collected ss a result of ram Increases and the end la not In sight pending a Utilities Commission decision. It Is my strong conviction that a Utility Company should not have such ram raising authority. The public la dm loser for at tha present time I do not believe dm public Is being repreeenmd by the pre sent Utilities Commission. No one can dispute the fact that large Utilities should antici pate their projected needs end tie In rams with planning to as to take their ram requests b dm Utilities Commission first, that Is not an unreason ,hi? ?Mng m ask them to do. The Utility Commission mem bers are appointed, they must be made x> realize that their obligation la B the public no leas than Utilities Companies. Also Involved In this bill Is the ram Increase placed into effect tnder bond by Wesmrn Carolina Telephone Company. Their problem will be no more of power Legislation In troduced in tha coming weeks of the Legislature. The 1963 General Assembly of North Carolina christened Its Aawttnff new Stem Legis lature building (Sum House) and this seven million dollar structure is really a sight B see - beautiful and functional. Many folks have termed this building "The show place of the nation." The Sum House may be a symbol of something new, but the new In North Carolina generally merges with the old. Our North Carol ina's tttltuite Is fixed and for ward and lu slogan Is: "Good government is a habit In North Carolina." Should you wish to reach me by telephone, my number la 8337036. To reach me by phone at the Sum House, place your call through Cm*Bl Exchange and ask for my office #1016. You can reach me through my office at the Sum House, Ral eigh, by letter or telegram. If there Is wtythlng that 1 can do for eny of you folks, please command me. Sjust one thing wafter another i By Carl Co arch Poor Colonel Kinnel The Colonel le stationed et Port Bragg. While on foreign duty he got hit by some kind of e bug end hed to take a lot of ahota at Walter Reid Hoe pi tal when he got beck home. They gave him all aorta of medicine and finally cured But here'a what happened: Prior to becoming 111, the up at hla heed was aa clean of hair aa a billiard ball. In re cent montha, however. It hat started to aprout and be now haa a good growth which la ateadlly becoming thicker. If the Colonel juet knew whether It wee the bug that caueed thia or whether it waa tome combination of ehota that he took, he undoubtedly could make millions at dollars. As It Is, he hae to be aadsfled with hla own personal Im Bllly Fuller Is the eight year-old son at Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fuller at SmltMleld. His persnts are St Presbyterians ?d so la he. A few weeks ago Billy snd Ma Daddy were walking along Ftyetasvllle Street In Raleigh. They stopped at the corner at FayetttvUk tad Davta. watt ing for dm traffic light to Billy auddmly si - "Daddy, foey. hate M Raleigh, doet they r* "Whet dt you ? ? "That Mi dde at hate right of Bfhtfo, "|
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