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ortm tm fr'H" 1- Section Call this special mimbrr before 7:30 if you have a News circulation problem The Charlotte News 374-7322 Charlotte North Carolina Monday October 9 1972 Neither Candidate Environment Expert ic various icgulalory boards need to lip moio lty ROBERT It CUl Ailodltari PrMi land and I think zoning is be I clone on a ugional lather than a statewide' basis The state of Noith C'aiolma has not pm chased any siable pieces of paikland since the l'llos the sigmlicant additions to the system since then hav conic limn donations of land Noith Caiolina's ml governor will not be an ixpcit on environmental problem! Neither Democrat Hargrove (Skippu) Bow lib nor Itepubli tan Jim llolshouser feels he can comment authoritatively on issues like stream channolintion pesticides dam piojicts beach erosion Halil llcad Island anil the ellorts at Hie Scott administration to buy it in ltlil was the most recent example of the legislature's rclusal to appropriate money for land acquisition A lull to spend $5 million to buy Bald Head never got out of committee Holh candidates said they leel the stale do more to develop parks both for natural preserves and recreation areas Hut they dillered on how to do it Tiny ngued that pi i scut laws to piulut the environim nt aie almost adequate But they both want to see tougher monitoring of pollution levels sit earns Bowles said he thinks the job should be clone by mine state inspcctois hut Hols houser said it should be done by the cities and industius which now clump wastes into the sti earns "The state would set testing standanls and of cnllise lull landom checks to make suie they were being observed But it would be very much on a self control basis We don't have the budget to put enough inspectors in the field" llolshouser said Both men shy away fiom discussing the prospect of statewide zoning especially laws to protect beach areas from lui-ther development "We will conliont the issue of a state-land use policy during my administration" Bowies said BUT EACH maintains the environment will be well served during Ins administration because he will appoint to state agencies which police the environment men and women who will act fairly and knowledgeably "A lot of people in public life feel deluged on envn oilmen tal issues and they'ie trying to catch up" said llolshouser in an intei view with The Associated Press "To be candid 1 don't feci like I'm that much of an expet Bowles in a similar interview responded to a question on pesticides by saying "You shouldn't ask me a question like that Its the job of the governor to appoint people to make those i llolshouser is wary of the purchase appmuch lie said he would like to see more donations "because if the state buys the land then speculators will stall to blackmail us into paying them a profit by threatening to develop and getting Horn the state a pi ice in excess of what they paid for it "1 think the state is better solved by vigilant enforcement of the laws we have to protect the environment But if necessary to purchase land in eider to have a comprehensive paik system I certainly wouldn't lun fiom it" lie said "BL'T IT WIIL be a policy with input fiom many people It won't be something the governor just announces and I wouldn't want to get into specifics about what I think it should be" Hoi houser said "hopefully we can move to some sort of ligislalon to protect the beaches to set up some restrictions as to what kind of development there should be But I wouldn't want to tell people they develop their own HAS proposed a bond issue to Met the people Continued On Page 7R Col 1 Both men said they want to strike a balance between the needs of business and the needs of the environment And both said they think the state Department of Natural and Kcnnnm- II RCROVE BOWLES JIM HOISIIOrSER ersons Lose Liv Vmottd Chat n36o ClwjkmMC2820l arolinas Question Of Proper Behavior $5t 'fly up and out of spite I mar ried another man several weeks later Naturally I re gretted it and we were divorced two years after the wedding By this time the man I honestly loved was married and happily or so it seemed to me 12 Killed On NC Highvays Newspaper Crippled By Blaze Dear Personal Chat I ran into a ticklish situa tion recently and I would like to hear other people's opinions on how it should have been handled I was very much love with a mail for tour years For various personal reasons we never married We broke South Carolina traffic accidents claimed at least 10 lives and 12 died on highways over the weekend I saw him once to find out if there was any hope for us to resume our old romance At that time he indicated to me he loved his wife but he also still loved me Since he the type of man to cheat on a woman I realized there was no future for us and left ORANGEBURG Orangeburg Fire Chief Marian Inabinet says a fire which virtually destroyed the daily newspaper offices yesterday apparently started between the roof and a false ceiling on the second floor This edition of the Times and Democrat was printed by facilities at the Sumter Daily Item Paul Jones managing editor of the Times and Democrat said his newspaper would probably use the Daily Item's facilities for "at least two The deaths included seven who died in separate one-car wrecks another in a two-car head-on collision and one pedestrian Claude Benjamin Tripp Jr 29 of Greenville was killed yesterday afternoon in a two-car head-on crash in a rural road in Greenville County All of this happened thiee years ago My mother called me yesterday and told me his wife had been killed an automobile accident I said I would come to the funeral but she said she think it would look proper (he lives in Baltimore) I w-as shocked by her reaction This man was a dear friend of mine and I think it would have been improper for me to attend the funeral But I want to get into a fuss with mother so I stayed home think my moth er is being over CAREER WOMAN Join Us Got something on your ith Share it with others mind? by writing under a pen name to Personal Chat PO Box 360 The Charlotte News Charlotte 28201 JONES SAID no assessment of property damage had been made yet The fire broke out early yesterday afternoon By 4 30 pm firemen had the blaze under control but it had totally destroyed the newspaper's editorial and advertising offices Spokesmen for the paper said some of the presses and business office equipment might be salvaged A i a te Editor Frank Mvers said most of the rec-ords which had been stored in the business oflice appeared to be intact Nows Staff Photo by Bob Glendv Irene Lrvin Plant Manager And Manny Fisher Check Over Robe For Kid Duds Hanging Out At Shopping Center A 63-vear-old Florida man Julian Thomas Sanders of Rt 2 Milton Fla died Saturday when his car ran off a rural road in Yotk County and struck a tree Killed when struck by a car in Orangebuig County Saturday was five-year old Lisa Harmon of Oiangeburg Officers said the accident oc- cuircd on a rural road about two miles north of the city A 30-year-old Lancaster man Thomas Lawrence Caskey was killed about 11 miles south of his home town Saturday on 17 Steve Patrick Boggs 19 of Decatur Ga perished Saturday on 187 in Anderson County when his car ran off the toad and smashed into a tree Thomas Vincent Tolbert 18 of Rt 4 Kershaw was killed Saturday when his car over turned off 601 about a mile noith of Kerhsaw in Lancaster County Cut And Sew Operations New Union Industry Plans To Grow firm will work on a contract basis sewing robes for thil-dien robes and other lady's ready-to wear items Dear Personal Chat I go to SouthPaik every Saturday Not just to hang around but to give me something to do I want to complain about the policemen They are everywhere They won let anvone with blue jeans long hair and a tee shirt sit in the mall There is also a ccitam restaurant that want people who have long hair or wear blue jeans had a pcisoiial run-in with tins lestaurant and I know how they Beat cei tain people I went into this restaurant and 1 sat down with some of my fi lends The manager told us to leave because we weie making a mess All we were doing was drinking Cokes and smoking cigurets So we left and came back the next week He still let me in About a month ago my sister (she's an employe of SouthPaik i and I went into this same restaurant for lunch and no one said anything About two weeks ago a fuend and I went in and the manager asked us to leave Is there anyone else who has been having trouble with being treated nicely at SouthParkT HAD ENOUGH Chathe Biown's Pants Place on Old 74 near the Fairgrounds "I really enioy getting out and meeting people and I have mnie time for it Fisher said FISHER ADY1ITS that he has a great deal more exptti-ence now than he did 20 years ago but also admits that it is a little like having your children 10 years apart having a great time getting started again It is a lot more fun this Fish cr said The Charlotte resident commutes daily and usually beats his employes to the plant lo eated in downtown Momoe Debro Manufacturing is currently operating in 8000 square feet of floor space and Fislu-r says he has no plans lor expansion THE 5ft- EAR OLD burner textile company president is putting in just as many houis now if not more than before but claims he doesn mind at all The fire was discovered by News Editor Frank Odom who said he noticed what smelled like electric wire burning and went to investi gate He said he was trapped in the press room and had to flee into an adjacent store-luoni where he smashed the glass out of a window with a chair and escaped A police officer who heard the shattering glass and saw Odom and the smoke coming from the window called the fire department close by and about 25 firemen were sent to the scene The Times and Democi at also publishes a weekly newspaper the Bamberg Herald Jones said he was unsure where that paper would be printed By BOB GLKNOY News Carolina Bureau MONROE Union County's newest industry Debio Manufacturing has opened with 10 employes hut plans call for a total oi staff of 70 within three months The cut and sow opeiation is expected to have an annual payroll of $150000 once in full operation Manny Fisher owner of the new firm is no stranger to Monroe and Union Count Fisher 'pent 25 years with Perfect Fit Industries befoie lesignmg about a year ago had always wanted to do something on my own and I figured after years with one fnm it was time to get start ed" Fisher said A 59-YEAR-OLD Columbia man died in the crash of a pickup tiuck Saturday in Richland County The highway pa-tiol which identified the ic tim as Hughes Anderson said the truck ran off 21 and overturned No Answer For Broken Heart Fisher usually gets to Monroe about 7 a in and often stavs until 10 or 11 pm "All that will change once we get everything set up and we get into full operation" Fisher said "People are your biggest asset and once you reach a ccr tain size you have a tendency to lose contact I want to be able to keep a close relationship with my employes and the best wav to do that is stav at a reasonable size" Fisher said Starting a new business in Monroe anything new for Fisher More than 20 years ago he came to Monroe and staited Carolina Textiles with 10 emploves "We arc working on building a nucleus of employes and as soon as we get these trained we will add another 10 until we get the group we want" Fisher explained life Like you my heait accept the reality my intellect knows is there A similar accident claimed the life of a 23-year-old Denmark man Officers said James Clay Deloach was killed early yesterday when his car overturned off SC 321 I can offer you no help or answers THE NEW manufactunng probably have to go to work full time he said with a bioad grin To keep busy duung the foimative period of his new industry Fisher operates Continued On Page 7B Col 1 4 Dear YELLOW ROSE There was something in the first several lines of your letter which caught my eye and as I read oil it was painfully clear that I would have written the same letter substituting vvhoie you usid The only other ditfcrence is that she left me with several young children The few dates 1 have had since she left me have only served to emphasize the hurt and the emptiness of my I rr fcyCf 7 Vj A 'HU )t s'-'v CT'-wv-tt-vW Jjr Great Falls Mill Bums Who Will Wallace Backers Support In Tar Heel Vote? I suppose the reason I am responding is because you are one who really knows how I feel and vice versa This helps One day our hurt will pass But until then we live one day at a time forgetting the painful yesterdays and worrying about tomor-perservmg as much dignity and finding as much of ourselves as we can Then maybe just maybe the day will come when we can say "Today I am For you and for me I hope tins day comes soon A LONG WAY TO GO A Step Back victory margin in about any race By BRYAN 1IAISIIP ALREADY IT seems apparent they will be an impoitant factor in carrying North Carolina for President Nixon a second time Whether they will stick together to any de gree in balloting for governor Senator or other state races is not certain Dear AO If people lke you wcip allowed to be the leaders of our city we would still be the trolley car stage you realize that a town stand still We muM crow RESIDENT "Mb YV'k' ROCKINGimt Great Falls Mill which was to have been the site of the first textile museum in the Southeast was destroyed by fire yesterday Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire at the old null located olf 74 near here Great Falls Mill built in 1869 was thought to be the seventh textile mill built North Carolina It closed during the Depression belt was re-eently selected as the location of a textile museum the third suth museum in the enuntrv Barricades had boi rais-d to rinse the null to the public hut it was known to bp a gather rg plate for hobos and inos What Is Township Violation? Wallace voters are turned off by George McGovern the Democratic presidential nominee but not yet fully turned on by the state ticket said Hyatt of Winston Salem RALEIGH Whah way will the Wallace vote go when Tar Heels tioop to the polls for the general Candidates and politicians ponder the question in the fi nal weeks of the campaign The answers thev arrive at could modfy stands on issues and initiate new strategy for office seekers George Wallace the Ua hama governor received -z i some 500 000 votes in North i Carolina when he ran for the presidency on the American por'y tic Let in 1CJ He got around 412 tw a mujoritv the LHmocratic presidential pi unary la-t spring If those numbers march to the same beat ths foA thev uiuld mak- a to-: 3 Unless some development generates their enthusiasm he added the fortes may well or just stay home Dear Personal Chat In the last several months I have turn told by thiee riilferent people heie Charlotte that they h(ive been stopped in South CaroVia by the police for driving too fast Each was charged $16 each had to pay cash on the spot and they were told that no ponts woud be charged to their driving record One of these persons told me that if he had not had -4 going lo he more tit hei splitting this fall than has ever been seen In North New Staff Phcto by Boo Glengy Debi-o Manufacturing Now Employs 10 Operators Coti'iniicd On Tage 7B fn? Continued On Page 7B Cot tee- -e fra jjSiliT i 5 i-.

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