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V - '-vMUireni oh uccu icvwiuj wu cerning world population explosion and plans lor a possible local birth control clinic. The clinic has bear f something people can be lor when it comes to the population growth problem. Bat until now, unfortu nately, the battle has lacked some thing — there’s been nothing to be against ' This week BUI Register, assistant WUUIJ VHMIWMU new $64 title for county agents), provided ns’ with a. missing quan tity. He found us a villain. No fight worthy the name should lack an enemy. Now when we talk of pop ulation growth we can all really dig into the discussion. At last we have something to be against. Bill’s enemy was found in the following editorial from the Wash “Our criminal convictions are con stantly being reversed op techni calities — not on the evidence. The police are frustrated, t “The criminal is being afforded more legal protection than the or dinary citizen. I often wonder who, besides the police, is concerhed about die rights of citizens to be free from attack by criminals.” — Police Chief Robert W. Murray of District of Columbia, in an inter view with U. S. News and Wbrld Report. Here is a statement that will be widely endorsed among policemen. But it suffers a fatal defect of logic. It expresses concern for the “ordinary citizen” yet ignores the face that the “ordinary citizen” — the person innocent of any crime— is the very one whose security the ’’technicalities” are designed to in sure. Society safeguards innocent citi zens from abuses of the p ol i c e power through these “technicalities.” It excludes illegally obtained evi dence from a criminal trial not to favor the accused but to discourage the police from obtaining evidence by means which injure innocent persons. It is the “ordinary citizen” who is victimized when the police make an unwarranted arrest, as in the recent case of Folksinger Jackie Washington here in Boston. It is the “ordinary citizen" whose privacy is invaded when police en gaged in a fruitless search of his home or automoible with neither court sanction nor probable cause. It iis the “ordinary citizen” who suffers when induced by coercive police interrogation into giving a false confession. Chief Murray implies that the Use Realty-Mixed fOHCRETE No Meat — No Waiting — Our Ready-Mixed Concrete It on the Job When You Need Alto Sand, Gravel and Cruthed Stone. Barrus Ready Mixed Concrete Company Five Eitfantu — New Bern Highway, Kinston, N. C. STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! ■ s® cm IS -:; or USED police are capable of distinguishing between a “criminal” and an “or dinary citizen.” But they are not; -nor is it their function to try. The determination of guilt is' the function of judges and juries. The function of the police is tc enforce the law without breaking the law. It proves frustrating, then that is the price of a free society. PARAMOUNT STARTS FRIDAY Nominated for 8 Academy Awards Including Beat Picture and Best Actor. "To Kill A Mockingbird” -“Stirring— Gregory Peck BRIGHT LEAF Drive-Ii Theatre SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 'The Interns9 —Starring— Michael Suzy Cal lan Parkei ington, D. C. Port: “THE POTATO A VILLAIN* TUs is a suspicious age and when we are not smelling out subversives in one place; we scent villains in another. The latest culprit is the homely potato which is being charged by Prof. William Langer with at least partial responsibility for the population explosion. Potatoes have insured adequate food supplies in many parts of the world.' Professor Langer explains, and when people are well fed —r well, they multiply. In Sweden, he insists, the population curve rises sharply after every large potato harvest On the surface the potato appears to be too innocent to provoke such fundamental changes in a people, but appearances are deceiving and one should not be lulled by bland ness. From the first our ancestors suspected the potato. When Sir Walter Raleigh’s exploring captains brought potatoes to England, they whispered that this new product From America was a powerful aph rodisiac. Soon half the country gentlemen of England were care fully tending potato patches. Vir tous maids were warned against eating them, and the Virgin Queen was said to look upon the new crop with distaste and suspicion. If med ical science lias disproved the qualities attributed to the potato by the Elizabethans, agricultural eco nomists have show that it has an importance hitherto undreamed of. And now Professor Linger has correlated it significantly with the population’s growth. The boarding boose plea: “pass the potatoes” has, it last, lost its ipnocent accent The Washisgton Post was being Facetious, of course. But for those who must have something to be against before they can be for, it’s just possible a potato could serve. Only improvement we can think of is that for those so inclinded sweet potatoes Would be better to bate than the white kind. Not only can the sweet ones be charged with causing the population explosion — they’re red as well. If sweet potatoes are already communists can chitterlings be far behind? — AMBULANCE JA 3*5143 i DIAL JA 3*2412 FUNERAL HOME 2M E. BLOUNT ST. KINSTON, N. C. LUXURY CAR: RIDES, RESPONDS AND LOOKS LIKE IT OUGHT TO COST A RANSOM You’re looking at our Impala Super Sport Convertible which, along with its cousin the Sport Coupe, absolutely embarrasses higher priced cars. That special trim and those front bucket seats merely hint at the comforts you find built into every Impala Super Sport. Performance? It’s remarkable, an under statement we can afford when there are 7 engines to choose from. One of which is the popular 340-hp Turbo-Fire 409*, a wizard in traffic and a joy on the open road. And others all the way up to 425 hp*. If you want an extra flourish or two, mull over extra-cost options like floor-shift four speed manual or Powerglide transmission, Positraction, fade-resistant sintered-metal lic brake linings, and a tachometer to relay what’s cooking up front. Just before you rush off to your Chevrolet dealer, may we remind you that both Impala Super Sports offer the new Com fortilt steering wheel*. You adjust it to suit your driving style, flick it out of the way for easy entry and exit. All three Chevrolet series—Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala—deserve a long look. Super Sports demand it. Super Sport equipment* available on both Impala Convertible and Sport Coupe. *Optional at extra cost. WHAT'S NEW at YOUR CHEVROLET DEALERS
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