OBSERVER FAYETIEVILLE, N. C.

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Every major city in North Caro-lina will "someday soon" have a minister. who will serve as the lo-cal spokesman for the Moral Ma-

. jority. · · . , ·. • · "We're working on it now," says

Harold Knowles, special assistant to Dr. Jerry Falwell, whose Moral Majority movement blossomed into a powerful influence in national

, politics in President Ronald Rea-gan's election last year.

Knowles said eastern North Car-olina will begin to feel the impact of Falwell's "get involved" philos-ophy this year. . ·

Knowles, who lives in · Fayette- , ville but travels throughout the Southeast as contact man for Fal-1 well's Old Time Gospel Hour, be- , Jieves more and more pastors · in . the Fayetteville area are going t~ , be more personally involved "in a vocal way" in local and state poli~ BAROID KNOWLES

' tics. · , , . He lists the Moral Majority's ~p- Knowles feels that the Moral

position to the Equal Rights Majority movement will grow Amendment and its interest in the stronger and stronger with minis-state's ' school text books as items ters of all faiths becoming suppor-of top priority with Moral Majority . ters. "This isn'.t just a Baptist _ supporters in Carolina during the movement/' he says. i · • · coming year. He predicts the development of

Rev. Lamar Mooneyham, pastor a "hot line" telephone to Falwell's ·, of the Tri-City Baptist Church in •" Virginia headquarters where local

Durham, has been designated as ,• ministers can discuss issues of im-Falwell's number one spokesman ' po·rtance with Falwell. , • . · for North Carolina. ·' In the last state elections, the

"I believe that it will not be too Mora'l Majority gave strong sup-• far in the future that the Moral port • to three Republicans -

Majority . will · b~gin s~lecting .- -a · .Helms, · Sen. John East who de-minister-leader m each maJor feated ·then-incumbent Robert

~ community 'in _the state,~· Knowles · · Morgan, and I. Beverl~ Lake; un~ says. • · ' J • - successful GOP candidate for gov: · He says Falwell doesn'"t plan to emor. , 1. • n

run for poliffoal office himself. "He .; , ~ • . • .• .J -

has said that even to be president • . • , ..•. · • · ·• :. :.. t. . . · , ... of the United States would be -a · ,. · ; . •J •· r • .-,,-: ~, ~· ~. n.• step down from his life's work as · · ; · PUBLIC ·meeting ·on the abor-a pastor." , · ' ~- tfon · issue· will be held Tuesday at

Knowles sa~s: "Jerry doesn't 7: 30 p.m. in the former county · plan on grooming anybody to r~n courthouse on Gillespie Street. for political office. But he will The meeting has been scheduled speak out and tell the people what . • to allow local citizens to voice their candidates stand for and express ' opinion's on abortion issues. · ·

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"Sen. Helms and Jerry are close friends," Knowles says. "Jesse ··RE.P. · BILLY . CLARK ~f Fay-keeps us in touch with what's going ettev1lle has been re-appomted to ·on in Washington." , , .• , .. , the North C~r~lina General

·. . · ,''' : . Statutes Comm1ss100 by House . "Jerry .certa~y 1sn t ~mng ~ . Speaker Liston Ramsey. · . mvolve himself m local 1~s.ues, - . The commission is responsbde Knowles says, "but local numsters for publishing, codifying, revising are encouraged to speak out as and recommending changes in private citizens on matters that are important to every Christian." (See TAR HEEL, Pa~_J.--,

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state laws, and operates'·within the . State Department of Justice. .

Clark, an attorney, serves as .. vice chairman of the House Courts .and Judicial Districts Committee. · .. • . { - '

IN KEEPING with jts new ap-pointments policy, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners made nominations this week for

· vacancies on four boards. The no-minees will be voted on at the reg~ . ular commissioners meeting in Au-·· gust. ~ ~ .. ,.

Nominated for a vacancy on the Board of Adjustmenf was Floyd

, Shorter, an executive with United · National Bank. No other nomina-tions were made for the post, and . Shorter will complete the unex-pired term of L. Bradford Morton, UNB executive who was murdered early this year. The adjustment board decides special zoning mat-ters and variances.

Nominated for a second term on the Industrial Financing Authority was Robert A. Edwards of Hope Mills. Edwards was the only nomi-nee for the post. -

Nominees for the county's six representatives on the Region M Aging Advisory d Committee in-clude: Mar, Thomas, Ia Ross, Richardo Nunez,· Pinky Jackson, · Rosa Brown an"d Sarah Gonzales . .

~inmissioners na~ed five nom-inees for four vacant seats on the . Educational Development Advisory Board, which serves as a liaison between the public and Uie school board of the city school system: Nominees ·include Joyce Loughlin, Betty Major, Ametha Robsinson, Leslie Griffin and Robert Weathers. · r •

The new appointments policy re-quires commissioners to . me a brief description or resume of no.: minees with the board's clerk. Commissioners however have ,so

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far failed to me any information of. the nominees listed above.

• • • LEFT DANGLING in the run of ·

recent board · appointments ls the 1! fate of Cumberland County Joint '.

· Planning Board member Roberta Waddle, whose term has officialy . expired. :. - · · . • , , .. , ,-~- ;

Waddle was asked -to remain·-on ·1 :

the board until an impasse .is ~ · f: resolv~d, which may have to await ._ l ' the ~return ; of . CoIIlmissioners ;. /.,

. Chairman M.M. "Mac" Beard, now,: j· recovering .from a heart attack. : 1 ·

. · Commissioners recently ap- : I pointee Johnny Gillis to one of two·· . vacancies on the board, but : · l reached a tie vote on nominees ~ ! Waddle and Charles E. Smith Jr.·-'· 1"' for the second seat. Waddle, one of : two women on the 13-member :. I

. board that handles zoning matters,·: I bas already served one term. ·· · · , • I

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·· Moore eo'unty Republi~ans ·wm ;. 11• mej!t Monday to chose ·a new sher- ' ' ·

· .Hf, but Pinehurst Police Chief ~ · . . J!mes Wise ·a ppears·.~ ;be .. the : j GOP's top choice. , - : J

No one 'Is willing to make · such •. , predictions public, but those close : ! to the decision-making process say ' . there are ·several reasons . why ~ · Wise is favored over his maior · competitor, Robins Police Chief : Willie Hill. '

Both men have organized sup- , porters behind them, and both men ~ I are registered Republicans. But~. Wise hails from Pinehurst - a Re- I

·, publican stronghold : and, equally~ . . important, the resort community offers more GOP voters than does Robbins. ,

Although Wise is a Republican, . be is a newcomer to the party1 . Until early July, Wise had been a registered Democrat. Hill is a life- : I' l~ng Republican. : . . . . · · . 1

\Jerome Whipple, former sheriff, I re'signed for "personJl reasons" In . l early July .

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