The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-02

OO1AAAAA1JOSS SCuSQu4cU a puD1AC ucdT"
ing for Thursday morning of this
week on a bill to pay A-certifi-
cate teachers from $2,400 to $5,-
400 year. Senator Sawyer of
Durham, introducer of the mea-
sure, said that teacher groups and
others had asked to be heard. The
bill also provides that teachers
may not be dismissed without
cause and gives them the right
to a public hearing if they are
dismissed. Also it would provide
for paying the teachers in IL mon
thly installments instead of nine.
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A study on the reading habits
of American men and women has
been published in New York. g.
4S7 men and women 10 years old
and older were interviewed about
the parts of a newspaper they
read. The study covered 80 states,
the District of Columbia and two
Canadian provinces. The study in
Dictated that many newspaper rea-
ders will read an outstanding ad
as quickly as they will read a
top-notch news story. Other con-
illusions of the survey: from the
end of World War II to the out
break of the Korean War men
were beginning to pay more at
tention to the local news than
they had in either the prewar or
wartime periods; men read 10 per
cent more editorials during World
War II than they had before the
war, but dropped II per cent be-
low the wartime high after the
war; two per cent more women
than men read the comics; ad-
vertising has more influence with
skilled and unskilled workers than
it does with business and profess
sional men and women. Here's
the way most men read a news
paper; $3.50 of them read the front
page first; then most men look
over the picture page before turn
ing to the sports page; next
they're apt to turn to any general
news page with advertising. Wo-
men follow the same pattern-up
to a point. But when the men are
engrossed in the sports page.
most women will be turning over
to the society page. While the
men are still catching up on the
news, most women will turn to
the women's and food pages.
In Chicago the DR.. Pepper Bot
ting Co has sued the Coca Cola
Co. for $75O,OOOO, claiming that
nickel Coca Colas are in restraint
of trade. DR.. Pepper contends that
Coca-Cola is trying to monopolize
the Chicago area soft drink bust
ness by forcing the sale of Coca
Cola at price below cost. This
is done, the suit said, by Coca
Cola threatening to shut off sup
plies to merchants who would
charge more than a nickel for
Coca-Cola. DR.. Pepper claims that
in this way Coca-Cola suppresses
competition. The suit claimed DIR.
Pepper has lost $25O,00O as re-
suit of the practice and asked
treble damages. 1t also sought an
injunction to forbid Coca-Cola
from monopoly, conspiracy and
making agreements in restraint of
trade"
Prospects for a health center for
Currituck were frightened last
week by an announcement from
DIR. w. W. Johnston, district |
health officer, that site for such
a center has been donated by. :
Clyde Matthias of Currituck. Ap-
preached by a committee from |
the Currituck Ruritan Club, Ma |
thias readily agreed to donate the
land, a one acre site near the
county courthouse, provided the |
Board of County Commissioners
assume the county's part in the
cooperative plan under which |
Federal, state and county govern
ments share the cost of the pro-
ject, and provided, too, that the
property revert to his estate
should it cease to be used for the,
purpose for which it was donated.
Eric Johnston expects "dead
CATS" rather than bouquets, to be
tossed in his way in his new job
as Americas economic stabilizer.
He told the Senate-House Eco
nomic Committee last week: 81
think it is impossible for anybody
to take this job without having
a lot of dead cats thrown on their
doorstep, but I hope the people
will understand" He made the
statements after Senator Benton
democrat, Connecticut) COM
mended Johnston's past record of
contributing to the business COM
rnunity and added with smile:
"My fear is that this may be the
last compliment that will be paid