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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-05-05
Tabor City, S7,S51; and White
willie. S16,833.
daniSeh-baS edCniOa h
By Felix A. Grisett.

The whole question OF highway
needs in North Carolina is one
which is very much on the minds
of many people. The Governor
and the Highway and Public
Works Commission have recently
retained the services Of a New
York engineering firm to survey
the road needs of the State and
file a report in time for official
consideration by the 1855 Gener;.:
Assembly. That additional high
way facilities are needed cannot be
denied. The cost of modern high
way construction is so much that
the question of how to finance an
adequate program is a puzzler.
In general. highways are fin
anced by highway-user taxes.
Such taxes are obtained chiefly
from excuses on motor fuels and
motor vehicles. That is true in
North Carolina and in most of the
states. In North Carolina the tax
from these sources amounts to
approximately 500 million dol
lars annually, and it amounts to
S23.54 per person. This per capita
tax in North Carolina is the tenth
higheSet of any Of the 48 states,
and it is considerably higher than
the National average which is
Sl9.54 per person.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-05-05

The financial problem involved
is one Of such magnitude that
many alternatives have been sug.
guested and, presumably, are be-
ing considered. There are those
Tfo feel that if the tax on motto
fuels is increased much more
will reach the point of diminish
.nG returns. "A Federal levy
two cents is now added to the
seven cents in State taxes on gas
Jlinc). There are still others who
feel that taxes other than high
way-uSerS taxes should be used
or highway purposes. The advo-
Gates of this point of view Poin;
out that all citizens. without re-
gard to whether they actually use
the highways, benefit from their
presence in much the same man.
ner as they benefit from the pres
ence of other public facilities. This
point of view would insist that
highways would be a legitimate
charge against general tax funds
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-05-05
are 10 states in which there is nc
highway bonded debt at all.

A comparison between North
Cardinals expenditures for high
way purposes and other state
purposes is interesting. During the
30-year period between 1921 and
1851 the State sold S3l3.O0O. O0C
worth of highway bonds, whereas
during the same period the ottal
capital expenditures for all other
State agencies. departments and
institutions combined was S225,-
100000.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-05-05

There were, however, a grand
total of 74,42O miles of highways
in the State, as of January l, of
which 81, Ass miles were under
State control, or 90.64 per cent of
the total. In Delaware, 1904 per
cent of all the highways in that
state are under state control. Vir-
ginia is a very close third to North
Carolina. In the Old Dominion
state 90.08 per cent o fall highways
are under state control. In North
Carolina, the difference between
the grand total of 74.42O and the
State control total of 67,455 con-
sists largely of highways within
municipalities which come under
municipal control.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-05-05

For about a generation North
Carolina has proudly accepted the
distinction of being THE Good
Roads State" There seems to be
justification for this title. In terms
of miles of highways in relation
to land area, North Carolina is
almost so per cent above the aver
age for the entire United States.
For the United States as whole,
there are IL miles of highways
per square mile of land area, and
in North Carolina there are more
than is miles of highways per
square mile of land area.
Because IL has long been the
policy of the State to assume
the financial responsible yfor
providing its counties with
highways, nearly all sections of
the State have excellent roads.
In Columbus county. for in
stance. there are 1,102 miles of
highways. Based on the counts
A"AN oAS1 VI JOG S4udTt u1llcS,
this means LII miles of high
ways per square mile. This total
land area in Columbus county is
1.48 per cent of the total high
ways mileage of the State,
which means that Columbus is
not quite so we'll off as the
entire State in terms of high
way mileage as a percentage of
land area.
Incidentally, Columbus coun-
tvs share of State highway
maintenance funds for local
streets during the fiscal year
1853 was S39.142. divided among
the municipalities of the county
as follows: Bolton, S2.722:
Brunswick. S679: Chadbourn.
SS,595; Lake Waccamaw, S2.462:
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-05-05

The main source for fuel taxes
is gasoline. The rate in North Car
DINA is seven cents per gallon. No
state has higher tax than seven
cents, although there are six other
states which also levy a tax Of
seven cents-Florida, Kentucky.
Louisiana, Mississippi, South Car
DINA and Tennessee. For about
five years, Louisiana had a state
gasoline tax of nine cents, but it
was reduced to seven cents in 1858.
incidentally, Louisiana is one Of
only two states which has ever
reduced the rate. the other being
New Mexico, which between 1949
and 1851 had a rate of seven cents
then reduced it to six. The trend
is to keep going up rather than
to reduce it. Every one of the 4S
states has tax on gasoline. The
lowest rate is three cents. which
prevails in only two states. Miss
ouri and New Jersey.
More bonds for financing high
ways is one suggestion which is
often heard. North Carolina al
ready has one of the highest high
way bonded debts of any State.
AS of January !. 1858 Chat date
Is selected in order to be able TO
arrive at comparable totals for all
the state), the total highway bond
ed debt outstanding was S2l4 mil
lion, which was about S5O6O per
capita. This was the fifth largest
per capita highway bonded debt
of any state. Delaware had the
highest per capita debt. Sl99.37.
West Virginia was second 1898 .O2) -,
Jew Jersey, third (S67.32). and
Arkansas, fourth (S66.06). There
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09

Friends Of Staff Cassell. one
time head coach Of everything
but basket weaving at American
University, will be pleased to
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sity president, Staff also is in
charge Of admissions, so he
knows everybody on the campus,
and vice versa.
During World War II Staff
was a senior Navy lieutenant.
serving on an admiral's staff in
the Pacific when he heard that
Jim Petro was aboard another
ship in the harbor. Borrowing
the admiral's barge. Staff fer
ried over to the battlewagon on
which his former football tackle
was stationed, held up two fin
gers to indicate a two-striper,
and climbed aboard.
He found the ships captain
and staff, a detachment OF Ma
rines and the usual quota OF
sailors standing stifly at atten-
ton when he stepped on deck
and smartly saluted. After the
bosun finished piping him
aboard there was an embarrassed
pause before the captain in
quired:
where's the admiral?
"Admiral?" Staff replied. i
held up two fingers for a two
stripe lieutenant, not two-star
admiral. I'm here to see your
cook"
Lou Groza's two field goals
against the Redskins Sunday
recalled for Harry Gilmer the
Cleveland Browns stars pains
taking practice sessions before
the pro bowl game at Los An
geles two years ago when Harry
held the ball for The Toe. 1t
was an eye-opener for Gilmer.
who is tucking away all the
football knowledge he comes by
for future coaching career.
Groza doesn't begin his kick
ing drills with short placements
of 10 or Is yards like the aver
age kicker, Gilmer told US. Lou
begins on the 40-yard line and
then moves back for Is or 20
minutes Of kicking from mid
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Senators
Continued From Page CID

another millionaire, Arnold
johnson, in the picture and will
ing to spend lavishly, Washing
tons chances of landing choice
players automatically have di-
miniShed.
Washington is up against fab
ulodusly wealthy outfits in COM
peting for players. Many OF the
millionaires In baseball are will
ing to spend recklessly in an eff
fort to acquire a winning team.
Other Owners Loaded.
johnson, a director or eXecu-
tive in more than 20 major en-
terprises, stacks more blue chips
against the Senators, who al
ready had been forced to COM
pete with such loaded owners as
beer-rich August A. Busch, jr.,
of the Cardinals; Lou Perrin OF
the Braves, Phil Wrigley of the
Cubs, Bob Carpenter of the Phil
lies, Spike Briggs of the Tigers,
Tom Yawkey of the Red Sox and
Dan Topping and Del Webb Of
the Yankees.
Among that group there's a
disposition to toss money around
like confetti if it means landing
a likely boy. The Senators OBJ
viously can't match coin with
them, and Washington's plight
has become more serious with
Johnson now in the bidding.
Same TV Sponsor.
Washington and Baltimore
games are broadcast and tele-
vised under the sponsorship of
the same firm, the National
Brewing Co. of Baltimore. That
company has a contract to
broadcast and televise the Sem
ators' games next season and the
Orioles games for the next two
years.
I'VE haven't talked to the Ma
tional Brewing Co.; people or Of
ficials of the Orioles in regard
to working out our problem, "
Calvin said. "but I think we can
sit down with them and reach
an agreement"
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Furman, a good little football
team, made only Is yards on the
ground against the Tigers last
Saturday.
On offense Clemson has been
hampered by repeated injuries
to Don King, who, when he is in
condition to play, probably is
the best split-T quarterback in
the South. But he's in and out
of the lineup. Although Charlie
Bussey has been a pleasant sur
prise as the second quarterback,
it's not the same team without
King.
Last year Maryland gained 302
yards rushing against Clemson
but couldn't bulge the Tigers
inside the 20-yard line. Mary
lands winning touchdowns
came on a 90-yard punt return
by Dick Nolan, an 8S-yard kick
of return BY Bernie Faloney and
a 65-yard pass from Faloney to
Nolan.
Clemson has defeated Presby-
terrain. Florida, Wake Forest and
Furman.
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Clemson Invading Maryland
With Best Defense in History

The fact that Clemson will
invade Maryland Saturday after
noon with the best defensive
record In the schools history
must come as some surprise to
Coach Frank Howard, who was
confident of his offense before
the season started but skeptical
of the defense.
Extensively Clemson has scored
only one touchdown in the three
games it lost against Georgia,
VPI and South Carolina.
Defensively the Tigers have
given up an average of only
TIT yards per game on the
ground, although their schedule
has included the first and third
place teams in the Southeastern
Conference, Georgia and Florida.
Maryland's halfbacks should
test Clemson's boast Of having
permitted only two runs of over
Is. yards in seven games.
Bob Frederick of Wake Forest
went "a yards against Clemson's
second team, and Bob Clemens
of Georgia went II against the
same Clemson unit on a draw
play.
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Basketball Series Self.
Between CIV, Army

A two-year home-and- home
basketball series between George
Washington and Army has been
arranged, with the first game to.
be played here this season and
the second at West Point during
the 1866 campaign.
"a
The series renews a rivalry
that extended through seven
games, ending with the 1929
season.
The game this season will be
played February IL at the Wash-z
ington-Lee High School gym in
Arlington, where CIV was host
to a Christmas tournament last
year. Uline Arena, where CIV
generally plays its home games,
is booked that night for q
hockey game. ~
CIV won six of the seven games
played in the earlier series with
Army, including the last one
during the 1923 campaign.
STAB. The Colonials were ranked
18th in the country in last sea-
sons final Associated Press poll
after a higher standing most Of
the year. and again expect to
have a strong team.
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Host Pro Proves Prophetic
As 74Wins at Goose Creek

Tee Baker. the host pro at
Goose Creek. offered to bet one
of his members yesterday that
no pro would shoot within a
stroke of par in the Pro-Ama-
teur at the Leesburg Club.
The fellow wouldn't bet. and
it's a good thing for him that
he didn't, because, when the
scores were posted. a 2-over par
"a by Steve Tobash of Fort
Meade was the best effort.
Many improvements have
been made at Goose Creek since
Ben Hogan played there Is
months ago. The course is in
relatively good condition for a
new layout, and the changes in
the holes have been for the
better.
T0baSh Finishes Fast.
The back nine is a hackbreak-
err. The par 3 holes were playing
as drives for most of the field
The par Is are long. It's a tough
golf course and from the place.
ments of some of the pins yester-
day it appeared Baker had made
a bet that nobody would shoot
close to par.
Tobash, completing his first
year as civilian pro at Fort
Meade, has finished fast this sea-
son. Some Of his recent rounds
in competition have been a SO
at Washington, 81 at Cavalier
and 71-72 when he tied for the
Uplands Open title at Rolling
Road.
Walter Romans of Baltimore
c. c. threw the pro sweeps away
He had a 3-footer for a birdie on
the 18th. which would have left
him with par for a II. But he
missed, then took a double DOGGY
five on the 18th and went over
par on Is when he gambled for
a birdie and took five.
The pro-amateur went to Al
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BY LEWIS +. kTcAlsoN

field. Then he starts on kick
offs from his own 40-yard line.
IF a kickoff doesn't go
through the goalposts he frets
and fuses with himself" Harry
said. II wondered why until he
told me the ball had to go where
he aimed it or it was bad kick.
I thought anything that went
into the end zone was good, but
not Lou"
Groza likes to have the ball
placed down so that the seam
is out of sight, or directly in the
line of his toe.
ben Agajanian didn't like to
see the seam" Harry recalled.
Ben thought the ball veered off
to the side if the seam were on
one side when he kicked"
We remember too, that Aga
janian, who joined the New York
Giants after being cut by the
Redskins this season, thought
the wind caught the seam and
curved the ball off course.
"Groza asked me if I noticed
anything unusual about his
kicking" Harry continued. land
I discovered that he lands on his
right. or kicking foot. Gillom
(Horace Gillom, the Browns
punter) lands the same way. If
you watch pictures Of Groza
kicking you'll see his right leg
straight out, like the follow
through of a baseball bat. It's
not that quick. sharp kick that
coaches used to teach for kick
ing extra points. And you may
also notice that all kickers now
put everything into their extra
points, as if trying for field goals.
No more of those little taps"
x + \
John Carson, the Redskins END,
who spent some time with the
Browns before being traded to
Washington, also says Groza in
sisted on running all the Often
sive plays with the first team in
practice. Lou worked as hard
as the loWlieSt rookie.
Hes not only great kicker
but a good tackle" Gilmer said.
1--WE watched him for a long time
in the films and he handled our
tackle with no trouble on every
play"
That was not only true of last
Sundays game, but of last years
game, and the year before.
Paul Brown said he traded
Carson to the Redskins because
he had to drop one end and the
choice came down to Carson, a
rookie, and Gillom, his regular
punter and one of the leagues
longest hooters. He had to keep
Gillom.
AS for Dale Atkeson, Brown
confirmed Joe Kuharich's theory
that he didn't have time to wait
for the rookie to acquire polish
and experience while he desper-
ately needed offensive help.
Hes good boy" Paul said.
but they'll have to keep him at
one position, and not shift him
around like they've been doing.
Let him stay in one place and
he'll make a good back for
them"
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Open DATE Gives CIV
Break for Terp Game

George Washington's football
team has an open date this week,
with the windup against Mary
land to come the following week,
and the players were given a
day off from practice yesterday
The Colonials return to work
today, however, with a light drill
scheduled to keep them in shape.
The program gradually will be
stepped up, but no really rough
scrimmages are scheduled.
The open date this week was
not planned as a maneuver to
give CIV extra time to get ready
for Maryland, but the CIV
coaches welcome the break, nev-
ertheless. Originally booked this
week end was Washington and
Lee, which dropped football.
Coach 30 Sherman of CIV
plans to head the delegation of
scouts taking a last look at
Maryland when the Terrapins
play Clemson Saturday after
noon at College Park.
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Fans Want Changes
Now, but Redskins
Are Standing Pat
By Lewis T. Atchison

The Redskins apparently have
adopted a British attitude for
the last five games of the season
and intend to somehow "muddle
through"
There is no doubt that there
will be some wholesale changes
before the 1855 season rolls
around, but die-hard fans, suf-
fering because of last Sundays
62-3 walloping by the Browns.
want an immediate change. Any
thing that might perk up the
team and give the season ticket
holders some sort of a show for
their money will do.
1.-THE best thing Joe Kuharich
could say to that team right
now," one observed, would be,
so long boys, I'll see you at the
ball park Sunday because all
they're doing now is getting bad
habits in practice"
Chance Sought for GiImer.
Others would like to see Harry
Gilmer return to quarterback for
the homestretch. There is little
doubt that this will be the Ala
bama stars last season with the
team and Harry still wants one
more shot at the job in which
he never quite succeeded because
of a series of injuries.
"Gilmer knows the system
better than either Dorow or
Scarbath," said this critic. ''He
throws better than either and
runs as well when he has to eat
the ball, so what have they got
to lose?"
Dorow might be more valuable
on defense, than at quarterback,
as another observer believes. AL
is faster than anybody in the
Redskins secondary, and as long
as the team isn't scoring it might
as well try to hold the opposi-
ton to more respectable figure.
Gilmer wasn't used on defense
until things got so desperate
and Paul Brown of Cleveland
had labeled him as one of the
leagues top defensive men-sev-
eral years ago. Defense prob
ably is Gilmer's long suit in the
pro game, despite his lack of
heft.
Some Becoming Indifferent.
There are some members of
the squad who have grown in
different to defeat. A licking
comes as part of Sunday after
noon for them, like the kid be-
ing led to the woodshed after
filching a cookie. Others, par
ticularly some of the rockies,
have a lowdown feeling and their
pride is hurt. These are boys
from winning college teams who
weren't accustomed to being
kicked around before they joined
the Redskins.
The latter will be in their bat
thing against a crippled Pitts
burgh team Sunday at Griffith
Stadium, trying to win another
one in which the odds will be
against them. The others will
just go through the motions.
Somehow there is no great urge
to be angry with them or out
ragged by their attitude.
At this stage it seems that the
Redskins are smore to be pitied
than cerisured.
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u Of Chicago Bears Hurt
In Green Bay 1ussIe
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Twenty-
two Chicago Bear players were
treated for an assortment of in
juries as an aftermath of Sum-
days 1928 victory over the
Green Bay Packers.
Its the most players report
ing for treatment of injuries on
a Monday that I can recall" said
Owner-Coach George Halas. THE
training room looked like a hos
pital. 1t was just one of those
tough, hard-played games"
Halas said most of the injuries
were of the minor variety
bumps and bruises-but that
Chick Jagade, star fullback. def
initely will miss this Sundays
game at Wrigley Field with the
Cleveland Browns, his former
team. q,
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Athletics
Continued From Page CID
Star Stan Photo.

Life Insurance Co. and must also
pay off debts estimated by him
at 100000. He will, however.
get back $1.65 million by the
sale of Connie Mack Stadium to
Bob Carpenter, owner of the
Phillies.
II am the happiest man in
the world" johnson said upon
learning that the American
League mad unanimously APP
proved the sale of the stock to
him and that six of the eight
owners had approved the trans
fer. ut was the toughest fight
have had in my life," he COM
mented.
Briggs Switches Stand.
AS it turned out, it was a
tough fight. Were it not for the
switch in sentiment of Spike
Briggs, president of the Detroit
Tigers, the shift would have been
blocked. A three-fourtans vete is
needed for a franchise shift and
had Briggs stuck to his original
position Detroit would have
joined with Washington and
Cleveland in rejecting Johnson's
bid.
Briggs and Clark Griffith, "a
year-old president of the Sena-
tors, had been violently opposed
to the shift while Hank Green
berg. general manager of the
Indians, had entered the meet
ing with an open mind" It
was a distinct surprise, there
fore, when Briggs not only voted
for the shift but actually was
the man who made the motion
for approval of the transfer.
Il wanted harmony in the
league" Briggs explained later.
II was sick and tired of all the
wrangling. I knew if I voted
against the move we'd be back
where we started from and the
wrangling probably would go on
all winter and into the next
season. 1 think now we'll be
Strengthened out once and for
ALL"
AS part of the $3.5 million deal,
johnson agreed to sell his inter-
est in Yankee Stadium within 90
days.
Problem for Minors.
The franchise shift, third in
the last 20 months, is expected
to create quite a problem in sew
eral minor league towns. The
Yankees are asking no compen-
sation for their Kansas City
franchise, but johnson must
satisfy the American Association
for the loss of one Of it's best
cities.
A seven-man board of arbitra-
ton will be set up to determine
the damages. Then. too, a re-
placement must be found for
Kansas City. The association
will meet in Chicago Monday or
Tuesday to tackle the problem.
Dencer, now in the class A West
ern League, is a likely choice.
That would mean another city
would have to be drafted out of
another league. That could start
a chain reaction down to the
I L.. l. !. = =
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Jamison, unattached pro, and
M. Parker Nolan, membership
chairman of the Westbriar
course. They put together a
best-ball Sc, Nolan making good
on five handicap strokes. Henry
Gerard of Norbeck and S. M.
Curly Arwine of the host club
had So, as did Bill Bassler and
Bill Brewer of Purcellville.
Brewer Tops Amateurs.
Brewer topped the amateurs
with a rs but took net with
76-6-70, leaving gross to Harold
Dorsey of Rolling Road with n
Spencer Overton, the new North
South senior champion, and
Chuck Adams of Fredericksburg
had TBS among the amateurs.
Andy Gibson's one-over-par
70. made in a Pro-Am there last
year, still is the official record
at Goose Greek. Sam Snead
posted a pair OF TBS in a 36-hole
exhibition when the course was
brand new.
AL Burton. the Army Navy
pro who has been fighting a
mysterious hand ailment all
year, had four injections made
in his hand before he started
and played the round out, but
he lacked control with his
numb hand and shot 80. Bur-
ton had six 3-putt green's in