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R. W. BAILES JR.
Publisher
Managing Editor
Advertising Director
STEVE MITCHELL
RICHARD MOISIO
STANLEY SCOTT Circulation Manager
E. B. BRASWELL
Publisher Emeritus
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news printed in this newspaper.
Only a few days remain before the party pri-
maries in which candidates will be chosen for
mayor, five council positions, and the city re-
corder.
City-wide inerest has been somewhat cur-
tailed because the mayor, city recorder, and
two councilmen do not have opposition for the
Democratic nominations or from the Republi-
cans.
But several interesting races have devel-
oped, and the candidates have discussed a
county consolidation, downtown revitalization,
street paving, and public transportation.
LET'S REVIEW the overall situation briefly.
There will be three races in the Democratic
Primary, Oct. 13. There will be no contests in
the Republican Primary, Oct. 12, since only
one candidate has offered.
There will be one race in the general election.
between that Republican and his opposite num-
ber in the Democratic Party..
Mayor Julius Bishop, City Recorder L. Olin
Price, and Councilmen Comer Whitehead of
the Second Ward and Lee H. Guest of the Fifth
Ward are unopposed.
Incumbent Henry Morton is opposed by
James A. (Dick) Roberts in the First Ward.
Incumbent Walter N. Danner is opposed by the
Rev. William James Hudson in the Third
Would the people enjoy more efficient and
more economical government if some or all of
the separate governmental functions of Athens,
Winterville, and Clarke County were com-
bined?
Experience here and in other areas indicates
that they might, and various studies have been
made to determine the feasibility of additional
service mergers of full-scale consolidation.
Health, school, and library facilities have
been combined for some time, and close coop-
eration has existed in the extension of service
activities such as water, sewage disposal, and
fire protection.
Many persons believe full-scape con-
solidation is logical because Clarke is geogra-
phically small and because approximately 80
per cent of its citizens already live within the
city of Athens.
The cost of extra services in the county
about offsets the expense city taxes.
Upon recommendation of the grand jury a
commission was formed in 1961 to explore the
possibilities of merger. That group was ham-
pered by politics, and despite further urging by
the grand jury in 1963, was unable to come up
with positive proposals.
The grand jury in 1964 urged the consolida-
tion of police forces in Athens and Clarke
County, and that apparently revived interest in
the whole question of city-county merger.
During recent months both city and county
ashington Keport
Villagers Must Pay Tax
To Viet Cong-- Or Else!
BY RAY CROMLEY
WASHINGTON (NEA) -A
Vietnamese source has passed
on the Viet Cong tax sched-
ules for one South Viet Nam
province.
Communist guerrillas col-
lect these taxes, called "con-
tributions," in government-
controlled and contested
areas as in the hamlets and
villages under V.C. control.
Their take from Saigon, for
example, is great.
THE VIET CONG secure
their collections by well-laid
propaganda and by threats.
They warn a Saigon busi-
nessman his store will be de-
stroyed. They tell a Hue pro-
fessor that he or his wife or
children will be kidnaped.
They let a farmer or whole-
saler know his goods will be
hijacked on the way to mar-
ket. They carry through on
their threats. A bus line or
restaurant that doesn't pay
taxes is bombed. An "unco-
operative," well-to-do man
finds he must ransom his chil-
dren.
Many Vietnamese are so
afraid of V.C. terrorism they
don't dare refuse these re-
quests, which are carefully
tailored according to the size
of the enterprise or the wealth
of the man.
THE STANDARD V.C. rate
schedule in this province calls
for all goods shipped out to
Saigon and elsewhere to be
taxed 5 per cent in cash.
V.C. agents watch the
roads, collect the tax in goods.
if the former transporter
doesn't have cash. If they
think he's been trying to
evade their collectors, he
pays a penalty.
This export tax applies
acrosos the board to rice, cas-
sava, taro, peanuts, water
buffalo, oxen, pigs, chickens,
ducks and fish.
Imports from Saigon (beer,
soft drinks, liquor, crackers,
toilet soap, perfume, ciga-
rettes and whatever) are
taxed 5 per cent of the Saigon
price.
FARMERS PAY production
taxes which range from 6 per
cent of the crop to 28 per cent
and up.
Any family producing 120
bushels of rice pays a quarter
of his output in tax.
The only farmers who pay
the low 6 per cent rate are
those who produce less than
12 bushels.
Transportation taxes of 10
to 50 per cent are levied on
bus lines, barges, "motor-
ized" boats, trucks.
Note that rice shipped to
Saigon, for example, is taxed
four times-the production
tax, the import (into Saigon)
tax. That doesn't include the
tax on the wholesaler who
buys it from the farmer or the
merchant who sells it in Sai-
gon.
INDUSTRIAL, business and
commercial taxes range from
10 to 50 per cent, depending on
the size of the firm. These tax-
es apply to barbershops, den-
tists, restaurants, stores, egg
hatcheries, blacksmith shops
and small neighborhood rice
mills and boat yards as well
as to larger businesses.
Merchants who co-operate
with the Viet Cong and act as
their suppliers or transporters
are given a tax reduction of
20 per cent.
The Viet Cong also tax
workers. Those who earn less
than $24 a month are asked to
"contribute" 5 per cent of
their pay. Those who earn $47
are expected to turn over 8
per cent. A 10 per cent "con-
tribution" is asked of those
who earn $80.
The V.C. have their own
trained corps of tax collectors
from hamlet to hamlet and to
the cities.
The taxes quoted above are
basic rates in one province. In
emergencies, the "contribu-
tions" asked for may be dou-
bled, tripled or even quadru-
pled.
Viet Cong taxes vary con-
siderably from area to area.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
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Be Made This Week; Vote!
City-County Merger Should
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Ward, and Incumbent Dwain Chambers is op-
posed by S. Jack Thomas in the Fourth Ward.
John L. (Jack) Curtis is unopposed in the
Republican Primary in the Third Ward and
will oppose the winner of the Danner Hudson.
contest in the General Election.
SINCE VOTERS CAN VOTE only on those
council candidates in their wards, those living
in the Second and Fifth Wards are not likely to
get very excited about this election.
But those living in the other wards, and es-
pecially the Third, where there will be a con-
test in both the Democratic primary and the
general election, should be busy making their
assessments of the candidates.
Although interest has been curtailed by lack
of opposition in several races, including the
mayor's, there have been several good discus-
sions of important issues facing the city.
Candidates in contested races have ex-
pressed themselves on several important mat-
ters. They still have a day or two to make.
their points. But soon it will be up to the vot-
ers.
We urge them to study the issues and the
candidates and turn out in large numbers to
elect the best men possible to help lead us in
the challenging days ahead.
governments have been studying the question,
and a constitutional amendment to set up a
charter commission likely will be introduced in
the General Assembly in January.
The people would have two voting opportuni-
ties to express their views on the matter, if it
is followed up. First, they would vote on the es-
tablishment of a charter commission in next
year's general election. Then if that were ap-
proved, they would vote on the commission's
proposal in the general election of 1968.
THE BANNER-HERALD has supported the
study of city-county consolidation since it was
first advanced because we believe it offers the
maximum potential for governmental services
here.
Certainly, the enabling legislation should be
developed and approved so that a charter com-
mission can make a detailed study and present
a specific plan to the people.
All the issues can be thoroughly explored by
the commission and the people can be fully
heard before it makes a specific recommenda-
tion for approval.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE that city-county con-
solidation offers any panaceas. And we reserve
the right to criticize specific proposals and to
offer others.
But we do believe that consolidation has
great potential and should be explored. Let us
take the necessary steps to activate the
charter commission.
THE ATHENS BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
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America Can Be Seen
On Wabash Cannon Ball
By JENKIN LLOYD JONES
It occurred to me that if I
ever wanted to ride The Wa-
bash Cannon Ball I'd better
get cracking, for the great old
trains are dying like trail cat-
tle at an alkali water hole..
The Texas Special, The Dixie
Flyer, and most of the Rock-
Island Rockets expired during
the summer. The Frisco's
Meteor made its last run in
September. And this month
The Missouri River Eagle is
gathered to its fathers.
So here I was, inhaling
buckwheat cakes in the
lounge-diner of The Cannon
Ball as the train glided out of
Detroit's old Fort Street Sta-
tion and the sun came up like
thunder out'er Canada 'cross
the river. I felt a little foolish.
It would be ten hours just to
reach St. Louis, whereas if I
had taken the through jet I
could have been home in the
office by noon.
But I had a lot of necessary
reading on the coach seat up
ahead. And it would be good.
to take a close look at mid-
America, for in these days of
travel at 30,000 feet the land
is only a carpet, sometimes
brokn and sometimes green.
The new super-highways are
tunnels of speed through which
you pass mindless of the farm
honies beyond the fence or
the villages that cluster about
the distant church steeples.
BREAKFAST was hardly
finished before The Cannon
Ball halted interminably be-
side a purling stream. At long
last the reason for our de-
lay showed up a roaring
freight behind five diesels, its
new super boxcars, auto
racks and "Big John" hop-
pers filling the air with dust
and tumult. The fact that it
was The Cannon Ball in the
siding shows where the heart
of modern railroad manage-
ment lies. This was to happen
twice more.
The neatly-dressed colored
lady in the smoking lounge
was knitting her brow over
note paper. She smiled sheep-
ishly.
"I'm trying to make a list
of all the states, and I'm
missing two," she said.
So the retired farmer in the
thick cataract glasses and I
set forth on a trail that finally
led us to Idaho and Maryland.
"My late husband," said the
state-lister, primly, "was a
Pullman porter, and he said
there were two ways to kill
time-just sittin' or improving
your mind. I do things like
this. Most folks just sit."
THE PRETTY BLONDE in
the toreador pants came in,
searched her purse, and final-
ly asked for a match. I
pricked up my ears.
"English?"
"Yes," she said, "I'm mar-
ried to a staff sergeant in the
Air Force. Met him last year
at a fair in Lancashire near
our farm. We only courted
three weeks but he's very
nice. He's been transferred to
San Antonio, where I'm going.
I'm afraid to fly."
A white-haired gentlemen
pulled out his watch and
scowled. "I'm from Little
Rock, and I'm trying to make
the same connection. We've
got an hour and we're almost
that late now. It'll be tight."
"How often do trains leave
St. Louis for San Antonio?"
asked the girl.
"Once a day."
She looked scared.
WE WERE NOW in Indi-
ana, paralleling the Wabash
River. The corn was high, the
hogs fat, the barn fresh-paint-
ed and the old two-story, high-
gabled farmhouses had given
way in many places to ranch-
styles. Fort Wayne was big,
busy and grimly-industrial,
but we passed through good
little towns, too-Huntington
Peru, Logansport and Delphi,
each bearing the hallmark of
Indiana, the huge old court-
house set in the city square.
This is Booth Tarkington,
George Ade and James Whit-
comb Riley country. It is not
without its tragedies and dark
secrets. Sherwood Anderson
recounted the confessions of
imaginary Winesburg, Ohio.
Theodore Dreiser, an Indi-
anian, wrote "An American
Tragedy." And Edgar Lee
Masters laid bare the heart of
Spoon River in Illinois. But
mostly it's optimistic, vigor-
ous, friendly country. The
Purdue kids who got on at
Lafayette looked sharp, and
so did the gabbling weeken-
ders from the University of
Illinois who came aboard
from the Urbana bus at Tolo-
no.
AS THE CANNON BALL
neared St. Louis, its muzzle
velocity sadly reduced by the
high-priority freights, the
English girl was close to
tears.
"I can't remember the
name of my husband's new
base," she said. "He hadn't
found an apartment yet, so I
have no telephone number. If
he meets the train in San An-
tonio tomorrow and I'm not
on it...."
The situation was worse
than she knew, for the Wa-
bash approaches the St. Louis
station idiotically from the
west via Delmar Boulevard.
But the conductor rose to the
occasion.
"I've wired for a cab at
Granite City. It's just across
the bridge."
At Granite City the girl
leaped off, followed by a Ne-
gro mother lugging pales. The
white haired gentleman
from Little Rock was carry-
ing her baby. They hurried to
the taxi and everyone on the
coach waved encouragingly.
As we crossed the Missis-
sippi I looked at my unread
pile of books. Too much had
been going on. You can de-
scribe it in a word-America.
Timely
Quotes
If poverty made outlaws
there wouldn't be anything but
outlaws in the Ozark Moun-
tains where I grew up.
Gov. Orval Faubus, of Arkan-
sas.
We're trying to get kids
thinking in sophisticated ar-
eas, trying to find ways to
make kids use their heads.
And it turns out kids like to
use their heads.
Dr. Jerrold R Zacharias, of
MIT, on the revolution on the
three R's.
BERRY'S WORLD
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when they've worked the bugs out of 'em!"
Railroad Schedules
SEABOARD AIRLINE R. R.
COMPANY
Leave for Elbern, Raleigh,
Richmond, Washington, New
York.
East
No. 6 Local, 3:40 p. m.
No. 34 Silver Comet, 8:10 p.m.
West
Leave for Atlanta, Birming
No. 33 Silver Comet, 5:34 a.m.
ham.
No. 5 Local, 2:35 p. m.
Allen And Scott
Pope Behind U.S.
In Vietnamese War
D1
RUDERI S. ALLEN ANI
PAUL SCOTT
WASHINGTON-Pope Paul
VI gave his private blessing
to U. S. efforts to defend
South Viet Nam from Com-
munist aggression during his
New York meeting with Pres-
ident Johnson.
He assured the President,
"I am in sympathy with your
efforts in Vietnam."
That's the confidential re-
port that President Johnson
made to his congressional
guests aboard the presidential
plane during the return flight
to Washington following his
historic conference with the
Roman Catholic pontiff.
He revealed that the Pope
made the remarks during
their country-by-country dis-
cussion of the world's major
trouble areas before the Holy
Father addressed the United
Nations.
"IS HE SHARP!"
claimed the President in giv-
ing details of their more than
an hour meeting. "The Pope
is as well informed on what is
going on in the world, espe-
cially Viet Nam and the Dom-
inican Republic, as I am. He
told me that 'I am in sympa-
thy with your efforts in Viet
Nam.' He even knew all about
the Great Society and what
we are trying to accomplish."
President Johnson said he
went to great lengths in ex-
plaining the position of the U.
S. in Viet Nam, telling the
Pope:
"We are helping to defend
South Viet Nam against Com-
munist aggression because we
gave that country our
solemn commitment. If we
fail to keep this pledge, the
commitment we have with
50 other nations would be
considered worthless."
DURING THE PRESI-
DENT'S private talks with the
Pope in a thirty-fifth-floor
suite at the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel, two of the most promi-
nent lay Catholics in Congress
paced the floor in an adjoin-
ing room.
When the precedent-setting
conference continued for 40
minutes with no sign of break-
ing up, represntative S. John
J. Rooney, D-N. Y., turned to
Speaker John McCormack, D-
Mass., asking:
"Who do you think
ahead?"
ex-
is
"I wouldn't know," replied
the speaker with a big grin.
"But I can tell you who isn't
far behind-the President."
MANAGING THE NEWS-
The Soviet Embassy is using
an old device-the planted
story to try to improve Rus-
sia's image and spread Com-
munist propaganda in the U.
S.
Exclusive articles and sto-
ries are being distributed to
weekly magazines and news-
papers and passed to U. S. re-
porters on large daily papers
by members of the Soviet Se
cret Police who double as di-
plomats and information spe
cialists.
In most instances, the arti
cle are carefully prepared by
a team of writers in the
Kremlin and sent to Washing-
ton by diplomatic pouch for
distribution by a special
branch of the KGB, the Soviet
Secret Police.
IN CHARGE OF THIS
"news nianagement" opera-
tion here is V. Bogachev, a
member of the KGB's Depart-
ment D-for "disinforma-
tion." His cover title is "offi-
cer" in the Soviet Embassy's
press department.
He recently sent a glowing
article on life expectancy in
the Soviet Union to a West
Coast magazine publisher
with a covering letter, stat-
ing:
"The Novosti Press Agency
(APN), Moscow, USSR asked
us to offer the enclosed ma-
terial possible publication
by you. We hope you will find
it interesting.
"It may be published as a
whole or may be used in part,
as best fits your need. The ar-
ticle is exclusively for your
publication. If you use the
material, send up two copies
of the issue in which it ap-
pears."
WORLD-WIDE OPERA-
TION-The West Coast publish-
er, in turning the letter and
article over to U. S. authori-
ties, reported that this was
the second "exclusive" that
Soviet authorities have tried
to plant with his magazine
within the past three months.
A correspondent, who cov
ers the State Department for
one of Washington's largest
daily newspapers, is known
by U. S. security authorities
to receive regular stories on
U. S. -Soviet foreign policy
sy official. This Russian diplo-
mover from a Soviet Embas-
mat also is constantly trying
to plant stories with TV and
radio correspondents in the
capital.
According to U. S. intelli-
gence authorities, one of the
current operations of the
KGB's "Department "" is the
circulation of the autobiogra-
phy by the Russian Agent
Gordon Lonsdale.
Lonsdale, alias Konon Trofi-
movich Molody, was
tenced to 25 years in prison in
1961 for running a spy ring in
Britain. He was later ex-
changed for Greville Wynne,
sen-
a British businessman who
the Russians arrested
trumped up spy charges.
(Distributed 1965, by The Hall
Syndicate, Inc.)
(All Rights Reserved)
on
Managing Your Money
New Stock Buyers
Should Seek Help
BY C. LEE BUILER
Dear Mr. Butler: For years
and years my brother-in-law
has been after me to start
buying stocks. I never felt
like I wanted to take the risk
but in February of this year I
decided I would experiment
by pretending to buy certain
stocks which I could have af-
forded.
I drew up a list by picking
seven of the best known com-
panies in what I considered
the most important industries.
I didn't bother to check any
financial information because
balance sheets and that sort
of thing are completely for-
eign to my interests. Well, be-
lieve it or not, all except one
of the stocks I picked went
up. What scares me, though,
is the thought of actually buy-
ing these same stocks when I
could have bought them much
cheaper in February.
I haven't told my brother-
in-law because he would give
me the horse laugh, but I do
wart to invest in stocks. If
you were me, would you pick
the same ones for real that
you did on paper?
COMMENT: I question
whether you could withstand
the psychological torture of
constantly reviewing your
holdings from your double
standing point-for real and
for nothing. However, don't
feel too ashamed about your
method of picking winners.
I'll wager that at least half of
all the interiors in the coun-
try could not intelligently dis-
a financial statement.
cuss
Ana many who can are
broke.
But don't get me wrong. Ad-
vice from qualified, knowl-
edgeable people is still the
best way to go. Why don't you
try it-for real, not just on pa-
per.
Dear Mr. Butler: I didn't
care very much for that ad-
vice you gave that woman
who had a little rental prop-
erty and a son who wanted it
in return for keeping her for
the rest of her life. You made
out like the son was some-
thing of a scoundrel and that
isn't true at all.
I had the same situation in
my family. My mother did not
have enough money to live by
herself and I was the only one
who was willing to have her
live with me. There was con-
siderable expense involved for
several years and I don't feel
in the least bit guilty for hav-
ing reimbursed myself from
her funds. My brothers and
sisters were all tears when
she died but five dollars a
year hey wouldn't spend on
her. They got just what they
deserved-nothing.
COMMENT: You are con
fusing two very different
propositions. The voluntary
gift or bequest of one's estate
to the one child who cared
enough to offer his home is
one thing. Where a parent is
forced to give what she has to
a single child in return for a
favor is something else. Des-
pite what you say, it sounds
as if your conscience hurts
you.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1965
