The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1962-02-02

lSOLATED! How the affair
became so big and involved only
three local people Burch son and
father and Brewer-is difficult for
old heads here to understand.
With the thousands of, people
associated with highway construc-
ton and the thousands more on the
State payroll, you would think one
or two more would be directly or
indirectly involved but appar-
emily not. AS of this past weekend,
it still looked-strange as It seems
like an isolated thing: violent
turbulence touching no other part
of the plain.
But just a whole lot of questions
must still be answered. There is
more than one person in Raleigh
who thinks "more heads will roll''
before finis is written to the case.
GOT TO HIM? The word we.
get from neighbors of the Brewers
is that he had slept very little, had
paced the floor like a Gagged animal
for nearly two weeks before slash
ing with razor blades. He finally
broke. Who wouldn't? Every street
corner here is abuzz with what Bre-
wers attorneys told him just befors
he slipped out of the conference
and drove the six miles to his su-
burban home. When a trail of blood
was found and it was announced
that Brewer was missing, one Raj
edgh resident indirectly close to
the case said. "It looks as if--got
to Brewer. This, of course, proved
incorrect-but it was a most in
teresting reaction to the announce
ment.
WHY NOT REX? =. Now what
was the real reason Kidd Brewer
was moved from Rex Hospital in
Raleigh to Duke University Hospi-
tai in Durham? And, under the
circumstances, would it not have
been better for him to be moved to
Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill
or to Bowman Grey in Brewers
of Winston-Salem?
NEXT -. Now the next round
could involve the Burch's or the
Minnesota Mining Co. It looks as
If Kidd Brewer will be out Of it for
season. The belief here is that he
will recover physically before he
does mentally.
Before the apparent suicide at
tempt, the N. C. Revenue Depart
ment was calling the shots. Now it
is psychiatrist over at Duke Uni
versity. He, and only he, will say
when Kidd Brewer is able again to
enter the fray.
Meantime, watch for some in
teresting and rather unique devel-
opments.
HAND-SHAKING Just be-
fore he began his speech to the Ma
tional Association of Travel Organi-
cations in Washington's. Willard
Hotel last week, Commerce. Secre-
tary Luther Hodges tore himself
away from the august group at the
head table. and made a quick hand
shaking tour among 25 Tarheels
gathered there for the luncheon.
AS of last week, Dean Rusk
seemd more of a fixture in the
Kennedy cabinet than Luther Hod-
ges. He looks young, vigorous, full
of health, makes a good speech
and still reads it so hurriedly you
miss whole sentences. Gov. Sanford
drawls e. his out
J. like /. this sub.
NEXT TIME Z. Fifth District
Congressman Ralph Scott is telling
ambitious young Democrats of that
section they can fight for the honor
of succeeding him two years
hence-but he would be very much
obliged if they would just leave him
alone this time.
And-we rather think they will.
It's no time to beat a conservative
in a district which has just added
Wilkes County to its listings.
CAR SALES /. New car sales
in the State for this past December
were $3.50 as against 9,027 for the
same month of 1860. Chevrolet led
Ford-2,524 to 2,07S Auto sales
in the nation for the first ten days
of this year We're averaging 1868
per day-18 per cent over the first
ten days of 1861.
NOTES -. We had nice letter
Of Cong. Harold D. Cooley !. who
said in his charming way ). he has
no gubernatorial ambitions ... is
interested in continuing his work
in the House as a balanced Demo-
crat" .. we still say he would
make a great Governor but no
doubt will mean more to the State
and nation as chairman Of the
House Agriculture Committee
But we DO have at least a half