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bin Jones County levies. And in Jones County which Ah>0 miaV\ n bwiaII well above what the heavily tax ed Kinstonians are winding up having spent on their children. , • fn the four-year period 1964 68 the total <$erating costs of both Lenoir County school sys tems amounted 10623,908,129.59, almost-* |6 million per year av erage, but it wasn’t spread so evdnly. &. 1964415 the two Le noir County school systems ' spent for operations $4,713,741. SJ but in Urn baft year of this v four, 1967-68, the price-tag of quantity education had soared Kto $7,200,72660. This is an in crease in just four yean of more than 52 per cent and at a * .• time whpn the total enrollment of the two system was dropping by 563 students, from 14,304 to 13,731. In that four years while Lem oir Countians were spending $23,968,129.59, Craven. County^ two school systems, managed to rock along on just $21,039,084.06. Pitt County’s much larger two systems got by witti $26,546, 564.63, the Wayne County and Goldsboro systems (also far larg er) used up just $31,873,933.15 of the taxpayers dollars and. the - Wilson County and Wilson City systems burned up only $18, 782,261.63 for public school op ; erations. None pf these figures • v includes any money far capital outlay. given to the amount paid lo ilty out of this total. ; jtf j Lenoir Ownians taxed them, lives at WnaOfiar 14,404,310.70 the local Pitt County with 18,000 stu dents to Lenoir County’s 14,00< only had to scratch, up 2,006, -***a,e ** ”i“°“ * ie systems got by with just 4,107;40 of local funds on al of $318 million spent all sources. e Wilson County and. City 16 peopl to Xtr700 year period County family for a total of $14 only $155 came from *«*■ lea. Wayne County is now have 96,736 people orsomtuuug Hke 24,106 families and in this four-year period their total, per family cost of “free schools” nun'to something like $1322, but they had to kick in just <1130 of that from local tax sources. Wilson county’s population is estimated at 60,364, or about 15,000 families, which means that in this period the average Wilsori family was spending $1252 per family on free schools, but the local tax levy needed to bring that figure up to $1252 was only $162. So, in one paragraph the pic ture is this: For total public school operations the average Lenoir County family spent $1540, M Craven County $1295,1 Pitt County 1420, Wayne Coun ty $1420, Wayne County $1322, Wilson County $1252. And from local tax sources the average family bite was Lenoir County $284, Craven County $111, Pitt County : $155, Wayne; County $180 and Wilson County $162. And these are comparisons of counties of about the same size and relative per capita income bases. When such counties- asj Jones and Greene Tire set be side those of Lenoir the gap is beyond belief. In Lenoir County that same Nematode Count for Badly Infested Land Available at States A pilot Nematode Assay Pro gram has been going on four years at State University. The purpose of this experimental years this Cooperate Program the cart per family was .. for its schools, but where the average Jones County’s local payment was juft fS5 it was, |85 per family from local funds hi Lenoir County, f For-those wha wonder how such wide variations in alloca ions of school funds comes about the answer is very simple: The boys in the back room'of the State Department of Public In struction take away from the counties that show a willingness to tax themselves heavily for ed ucation and add to those coun ties that are less openhanded. Kinstooiahs tax themselves an extra 21 cents on the $100 valu ation to gtve their children a better chance, at least dollar wise bat when the state aUdpfk; rule gets through sliding stu- . dents in the Kinston schools winding up with an average of 1496.96 being spent on them, while in the county system where there is no special school tax tax the average expenditure per pupa is $540.01! n TRENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1969 Bazaar-Supper Christian Chapel In H» Phillip* Crossroads section of Jones County U holding a bazaar b* ginning at 2 Saturday afternoon at which a largo number of items from the farm and home will bo oWared for sale. At supper time ar real, home-cooked chicken slow supper will be served. The public is urged to visit both the bazaar and to eat supper Ail all profits go into the church building fund. Short Course Opens December 8 at ECU On All Tax Laws A farm and Small Business Income 'Sax short course is scheduled in Greenville on Dec ember 8-9, 1969. The short course, which is sponsored by State University, is designed to bring people up to-date on tax laws and court railings. A total of four short courses will be held across the state. A fifth short course of a more ad vanced nature will be held at State University in Raleigh on December 10-12. The short course will be pri marily for persons who assist other people in filling out both state and federal returns for businesses and individuals. 4 Instructors are provided by the Department of Economics at State University in cooperation "with the Department of Internal Revenue, the N. C. Department of Revenue and the Social Se curity Administration. Persons interested in attend ing the short course may oome by the county Extension Office in the Federal Building in Kins ton or call 527-2191 for further information. Nasty Experience * iRnUhif m!!^- gjf llnntiiilnn ' W IfllWn VT nn®Vl^P§TwIl' route 1 narrowly escaped death In a natty experience tot wank while working with Crain & Dan See aftlaA ■ eomeeeeAedDSa^M '^iC — ^— — — m in Tne nnnecnon or sswvr mains t^ the dty> new sewage tugwSawimaaft nlanf lA/SIgjb^ — VipinnHNiT pfanT. Wilton wit 0V ercome by sawrer gasses, fell, in to a manhole area and was near 1__ _B-•-* Draft Lottery Plan Goes into Effect; Senator Explains Hew System Works By U. S. Senator Sam Ervin Congress recently approved1 the President’s request that he be permitted to use the lottery system of choosing inductees in to the armed services. Tiie Congressional action was taken to reinstate the power of the President* if he chooses to use it, to establish a random prime age group. From 1948 until 1967, the President had the authority to designate the so-called prime age group for induction and to establish the sequence of induction. Dur ing the debate on the extension of the draft law in 1967, how ever, the House adopted lan guage which forbade the lottery system of selection and that provision became a part of the 1967 law. Congress has now elim inated that proviso. It should be pointed out that the recent Congressional action did not affect the power of the President to implement five of the six plans he announced in his May 18th draft message. These related to the change in the prime age group subject to induction from an oldest first to a youngest first order of call, Seriously In Kinston Wreck Doris Darden Boone of 1107 Willow Street suffered serious head injuries at 5:45 Saturday af ternoon when his car was ram med' at the intersection of Efer rltage Street and1 the Airport Road by another car driven by Ruby H. Cherry of Greenville. Patrolman Earl Edwards said Miss Cherry failed to yield the right of way and came onto the major roadway to cause the accident. Four passengers in Boone’s car suffered injuries for which they were treated and released. They are Jeffrey, Tony and Joyce McNeil all of Kinston route 2 and Gloria Jean Pitt of 1018 liberty Hill Road, Miss Cherry was hospitalized from injuries she suffered in the crash and Boone after re ceiving emergency care at Le noir Memorial Hospital was sent to Pitt Memorial Hospital for treatment of serious head.inju d accidents in crash at the cora Tiffany in WU of Col charged the period of prime draft vul nerability, and the continuance of undergraduate and graduate student deferments. In his May 13th message, the President announced that he planned to continue undergrad uate student deferments with the understanding that the year of maximum vulnerability would come whenever the deferment expired, and promised to allow students to complete, not just one term, but the. full academic year during which they are first ordered for induction. He declared, at that time, that he planned to change the order of call from the oldest first to the youngest first. This, he pointed1 out, would reduce the draft vulnerability of a poten tial inductee as he grows old er. ,The President stated that he would reduce the period of prime draft vulnerability from seven years to one year. Un der his plan, a young man would normally enter draft vulnera bility during the time he was 19 years of age and1 leave it when he becapie 20. The Pres ident also requested a report from the National Security Council and the Director of Sel ective Service on all guidelines, standards, and procedures relat ing to the draft. The sixth proposal in the May 13th message was the Presi dential request' that Congress enact legislation permitting him to use the random selection sys em of choosing men for induc tion in the armed services. On October 30th, the House approved a bill to permit the President to have this authori ty, and on November 19th, the Senate took similar action. This will permit the Administration to implement its plans to revise the draft. According to the tes timony given by the Execuive branch officials in Congression al hearings, the plan will be come operative early in 1970. At that time, the Selective Ser vice system will establish the 19 to 20 age group as the prime age group for induction into the armed sendees. Individuals in this group will have a maxi mum exposure of one year for induction, and those not in ducted in that age group with in that period will then be placed in a lower order of call. Under the lottery system,' a national drawing will be con ducted using the 306 days of the year. Each $aywffl receive a sequence of call, and’ individ r!3rn iaCC0Rl' W a 8cramblin8 m. ve study
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