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r or a long, long time most people in this area were concerned with electrical power only when it wai not available or when some pranh , of nature knocked down lines and disrupted service. . Now, in the fight between th« privately owned power companiei and the rural power cooperatives consumers of both are being ex posed'to more information and mis information than they’ve ever been exposed to before. There is a distinct need in this area both for the privately owned power company and for the REA co-op, for one serves as a check against the other. If anyonp. doubts that such a check is needed he has only to look toward the southwest ern part of the state at the Nahta hala Power and Light Company scandal. Aluminum Company ol America, the owner of Nantahala, Is attempting to sell that company to Duke Power Company. The salt is being fought by the people it the area. But more to the point is the state law which allows a com pany to raise it rates before the new rates are approved by the state Utilities Commission. In Nanta hala’s case, the rates were raised more than a year ago. The Case is . still bogged down ' in the utilities commission. It should be noted that the commission is sprinkled liber ally with members who also art connected with private power com panies. If there is anything the Roanoke Chowan needs less right now, it is i higher electrical ratesi People froir other states' find our light bills in credible. Indeed, it is hard to re concile the fact that less than IOC miles to the south or to the west oi us monthly light bills run one-third less for comparable amounts ol electricity. me private power companies ac knowledge that the rural co-ops have filled a need and electrified rural areas when private companies found it unprofitable to put uj lines. But now, the power companies say* there is no further need foi these REA co-ops. The job of the co-ops is finished. The power com panies want to buy the REA lines and customers. There are two arguments thal the private power company in this area should hestitate to use. One: large increases in population and the extension of city limits give to REA customers that should right fully belong to private companies. Not in this area. The largest town in the Roanoke-Chowan has a pop ulation of 5,000. Most other towns have populations of aboiit 1,000 oi less. This is still rural. The second argument: oh'e power company, serving both urban and rural customers, could supply-pow er more efficiently and more ec onomically. The REA co-op, jit this area, Roanoke Electric Membership Corporation, does not oym its gen r-- ■ 'I- ■ ■ WHEN YOU NEED ambulance service . Ambulance erators. it Duys an it* power trom Virginia Electric Power Company, ■the private power company which supplies the towns in the Roanoke Chowan. Someone is sure to ask, if it could be done more economic ally, why hasn’t it been done, al ready? It has. REM CO sells in categories for less than VEPCQ using VEPCO’s power. Let’s not have a second Nanta hala squeeze. There’s room for both VEPCO and REMCQ- here. With the highest power rates in the state already being charged VEPCO customers, we hestitate to think what the situation would be with out REMCO as a rein on runaway rates. P. O. Box S09 Kinston, N.' C. April 17, 1963 Dear Jack: The following letter has been ■sent to Senator Thomas White and to Representative Rachel Davis oyer my signature, I would be grateful if you would include it in your paramount STARTS FRIDAY Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds” Technicolor —Starring— Rod Taylor BRIGHT LEAF Drive-In Theatre SUNDAY-MONDAY-TUESDAY Double Feature "Sergeants Three” Technicolor —Starring1— Dean Martin "The Misfits” Marilyn Clark Monroe Gable Letters to the Editor: “My purpose in uniting is to of fer my protest against the propos ed “Blue Law" statute which is now under consideration in ithe Legislature, and to urge you to vote against the establishment of any such legislation in our state. Further, I would also urge you to propose the abolition of any local option plan which presently allows counties and municipalities to en act such ordinances, inasmuch as they are unconstitutional, discrim inatory, restrictive and punitive. Such statutes are in direct viola tion of. the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Further, they serve only special interests in the business community which would like to de stroy competition instead1 of meet ing competion. Also, may I point out that tourism, one of the state’s primary industries, would suffer extensively from the establishment and enforcement of “Sunday Blue -aws." Tourists, like other people, >uy things other than "tourist terns” when traveling. “To establish "Sunday Blue Laws” )n religious grounds would be a dear violation of the First Amend-' nent to the Constitution which' states that “Congress shall make to law respecting an establishment >f religion or prohibiting the free ocercise thereof.” In the Four teenth Amendment each state ii ordered to meet the requirements of constitutionality in the same manner ai this Federal Government. And so it must follow that no sec ular arm of our system, has the constitutional right to legalize re ligious holidays nor to legislate special behaviors for those days. “I urge you again to strike a blow for religious and business freedom by voting against “Sunday Blue Law” legislation.” Sincerely, Leonard Loftin I ! Phone Richland* 2432 Comfort, N. C. DON’T TAKE CHANCES! Let Us Recap Those Tires Now! LE & SON Now see all thaft new at your Chevrolet dealer% Try out all the things these bucket-seat Chevrolet Super Sports have going for you—extra-cost options like 4-speed transmissions, high-performance engines, Positraction axle, tachometers, the works —and your decision won’t be whether but which. There’s the Jet-smooth Chevrolet Impala SS with all the luxury you could reasonably want, all at a reasonable Chevrolet price; the Chevy II Nova 400 SS, a car that can give any family more run for its money (gives you a break on upkeep, too); the turbo-supercharged rear-engine Corvair Monza Spyder(nice, huh?); and finally, the sports car that inspired them all, Corvette. Chances are you’ve got your Super Sport picked out already. If not, some warm spring weather, a country ro?d and your friendly Chevrolet dealer will help you decide, for sure! CHEVROLET EENY CHEVY n CORVAIR CORVETTE MEENY MINY GO CHEVROLET and convertible models, fttonal at extra cost.) tent kinds of cars at your Chevrolet dealer's See four entirely
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