Robesonian (Newspaper) - May 16, 1973, Lumberton, North Carolina Temperature high 77 low 45 Noon today 68 degrees Call 7394322 Have your Robesonian delivered at home VOL 78 PUBLISHED 5 WEEKDAYS AND 1 SUNDAY IN ROBESON COUNTY LUMBERTON NC WEDNESDAY MAY 16 1973 ESTABLISHED 1870 COUNTRY GOD AND TRUTH EIGHTEEN 10 Cents NASA Ponders Repairs Temperature Soars Higher In Sky lab By HOWARD BENEDICT AP Aerospace Writer CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP One temperature reading in side the troubled Skylab space station shot to 150 degrees to day as the space agency pon dered whether to rocket three astronauts to the lab to install a cover or balloon to shield the craft from the searing rays of the sim That is one option being con by experts who are cop ing with what to do about the high temperatures that present ly make the orbiting laboratory uninhabitable They say the high readings which have risen steadily since the craft was launched Mon day are the main barrier to sending astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Dr Joseph P Ker win and Paul J Weitz into space Sunday to link up with the lab Mission Control reported to day that throughout the night radio commands frequently shifted the attitude of the Sky lab so that different areas were exposed to the sun This helped stabilize the av temperature in the main workshop cabin at about 110 grees a spokesman said But one sensor in a scientific air lock section sent a reading of 150 degrees Temperatures on the outside sunlit surface of the lab re mained at a rather high 250 to 300 degrees the spokesman reported Raids Over Cambodia At Issue Nixons Support Fails As Bombs Continue By HARRISON HUMPHRIES Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP Long time Senate supporters of Pres ident Nixons Indochina war policy have turned against him on the continued US bombing of Cambodia Eleven Republicans joined 13 Democrats in a 240 vote in the Robeson Indian Racial Research Findings Revealed Senate Appropriations Com Tuesday to shut off all funds for any further US com bat activity in Cambodia and Laos The administration managed a slight victory however by persuading Republicans to move to delay a full Senate vote on the bombing until after Paris negotiations between Henry Kissinger and North Vietnams Le Due Tho Their meeting to discuss ment violations begins Thurs CHAPEL HILL NC APj A study by two North Carolina medical researchers says the Lumbees of Robeson County probably have Negro and white ancestry than Indian in their racial composition Dr William S of the Department of Anato Mt Dhaulagiri Is Conquered By UJS Climber KATMANDU Nepal AP Dr Louis Reichardt the Amer ican climber who saved himself from an avalanche on Mt Dhaulagiri four years ago by diving into a snowbank lias led a team to the sum mit of the peak the American expedition reported today Another American John Ros kelly 24 of Spokane Wash and a Nepalese Sherpa guide named accompanied Reichardt to the summit Saturday A radio message said the men hoisted the American and Nepalese flags during 40 min utes on top of Dhaulagiri the worlds sixth tallest mountain It was the third time the mountain had been scaled my at the University of North Carolina Medical School and Dr Amoz Chernoff then of the Duke Medical School published their study in the December 1964 edition of Human Biolo gy a medical journal They ran blood tests on 1273 Lumbees in 1958 in an attempt to draw some conclusions about the racial ancestry of the Lum bees A of Lumbees led by Howard Brooks is currently seeking federal recognition as Tuscarora Indians which they believe will entitled them to federal benefits Drs and Chernoff used four different mathematic al methods of comparing sev eral identifiable genes minute particles of genetic information hidden in the nucleus of the blood cells Those genes occur with dif ferent frequencies in different races By comparing several genes whose frequencies are known for the suspected ances tor races of the Lumbees the scientists were able to get a genetic picture of the Lumbees Despite differences in the four methods used to com pare the data the amount of Indian ancestry ranged from a low of 10 per cent to a high of 21 per cent said he wanted to be SeeBon Page 2 Action Line ACTION LINE answers questions from readers with from local sources It Is concerned with the prob lems of individuals relating to public agencies and ser vices and with questions of general interest Write Action Line The Robesonian Lumberton NC or dial 7394325 I am a stamp collector What is an Internal Revenue Stam Weather Mostly sunny skies are forecast for this afternoon and Thursday with clear and cool predicted for tonight Winds will be northerly from 10 to 15 mph today becoming variable from 5 to 10 mph tonight Rainfall probability is near zero today and tonight and 10 per cent on Thursday Sunrise and sunset today am and pm Thursday am and pm The problem resulted when protective thermal paint was stripped from the spacecraft during a launching mishap NASA also is considering dis patching the astronauts on an abbreviated inspection mission that would involve a of the Skylab to evaluate prob lem areas followed possibly by a docking and brief onboard in A decision on what to do and when and if to launch may not Canoeists Grounded Undismayed WILMINGTON N C A pair of Utah canoeists were thinking it over today mined whether they would set out again in their 16 foot sail rigged craft for an Atlantic voyage to Portugal Mrs Shirley Haycock and her companion Bob Geedy set out Monday from Wrightsville Beach in a heavily laden out rigger canoe They were towed o port through Topsail Inlet about 10 miles up the coast late Tuesday afternoon weary but undismayed Mrs Haycock told a news man by telephone I just dont have any comment at this time It may take several days of dis cussion before we come up with any further plans She was reached at the home of Harold Geedy no relation to Bob Geedy at his home in the US DIPLOMATIC ENTR Y INTO CHINA David K E Bruce center foreground Americas first diplomatic representative to Communist China follows a official as he crosses a bridge from Hong Kong into China on Monday Behind the 75 yearold Bruce is his wife Evangeline At right is John Holderidge deputy chief of the new US Mission AP Wirephoto Brooks Trial On Riot Charges Continues In District Court The trial of Tuscarora Chief Howard A Brooks who is charged with inciting to riot by urging three or more people to gather at Prospect School on the night of March 23 was still in progress at noon today in Robeson District Court Brooks is also charged with failing to disperse The trial of 48 other Indians who are charged with failing to disperse is slated to begin at the conclusion of the Brooks trial Monday as the trial began The Internal Revenue Stamp which was first printed in 1862 was used on various documents such as bank checks deeds stocks and bonds playing cards cigarettes wines and many other items Some of the students at Lumberton Senior High School would like to know why nothing was mentioned in the 197273 yearbook about the following deceased students Tommy Branch Danny and Beth Principal Henry L Meares says At the beginning of the school year plaques were placed in the trophy case at school in memory of the students who either died during a school term or in the summer I do not know if this was considered sufficient commemoration or if it was an oversight What is the address of the State Food Stamp Office in Page 2 Snubs War Tax MOUND BAYOU Miss grand mother who refused to pay taxes to support the Vietnam war says shes willing to face a federal prison sentence rather than renounce her protest be cause The war is still going on Im too old to be heightened by anything said Mrs Martha a registered nurse at Delta Community Hospital in Mound Bayou who was sen Tuesday in U S Dis tript Court at Clarksdale to nine months in federal prison after refusing to apologize in court for income tax violations stemming from her protest of American involvement in Southeast Asia The war is still going on and we are pretty much in the same position as we were in 1964 We still have men over there and of course the corpo rations are moving in now to set up businesses and exploit the people said Mrs Tran a petite softspoken Springfield 111 native who be came a devote pacifist after they dropped the bomb in Hiro shima We are providing 80 per cent of the support for the Death Penalty Bui Puts House i Senate At Odds RALEIGH AP North Carolinas House and Senate are at odds over legislation to amend state laws dealing with the death penalty This was shown Tuesday as the House approved amend ments proposed by its Judiciary 2 Committee to a death penalty Rep John Stevens combe the committee chair man said the amendments re stored the bills to what they were when the House passed a death penalty two months ago As the now stands it calls for the death penalty for first degree murder and for murders committed in the com mission of arson rape rob bery kidnaping and burglary For and first de gree burglary which are now Ogden The canoeists earlier Tuesday had refused assistance by a fisherman who came alongside off Topsail Island but late in the afternoon they accepted a tow by Brad Knight who came upon them about a mile off shore Knight a United Air Lines pi lot vacationing at his Old Point home on Topsail Sound said by telephone They were off Top sail Inlet and not making much headway I was out in the inlet and saw them and recognized their boat right away Knight said he pulled up in his boat powered by a 135 horsepower outboard and two newsmen were subpoenaed to appear and testify to what Chief Brooks said at a press conference on the afternoon prior to the assembly at Prospect School Both newsmen CE McLaurin and Price testified as reluctant witnesses According to Solicitor John B Regan since both newsman had attended a press conference at a place known as The Stable in on the af of March 23 and since it was a press conference that the information gathered at that meeting was intended as public information The brunt of the testimony by both newsmen was that Brooks had said at the press conference that the Tuscaroras intended to have an organizational meeting at Prospect School and that if any law enforcement officers were on the Prospect School grounds when the Tuscaroras arrived that the police were trespassing on Indian property Brooks according to other testimony had been denied the use of the school facilities for the organizational meeting that had been scheduled He was quoted as having said at the that if the doors of the school were not unlocked at pm that he would see that they were unlocked Both newsmen also testified that at other Tuscarora meetings and on the steps of the Prospect Methodist Church on the night of the confrontation Brooks had instructed his followers not to make any move until he made a decision Brooks was further quoted as saying at Prospect that he would not tolerate drinking of alcoholic beverages at demonstrations and that those drinking should leave immediately He also was quoted as in the Tuscarora security force to make certain that those not in compliance with his restrictions be forced to leave Brooks also was attributed with announcing at the assembly that if anyone of the policemen harmed any of his people that he would declare war on Robeson County Neither newsman was present where law enforcement officers moved across the road to make the mass arrest when the assembly allegedly became disorderly t Blueberry Fete Under Way Today ELIZABETHTOWN NC AP The seventh annual North Carolina Blueberry Festi val opened today in the Eliza Lake area in the southeastern part of the state The festival sponsored by 13 counties also promotes tourism and commerce in the area It runs Sunday There will be a beauty pag eant Friday night Other events will be a parade a golf tourna ment for men and women and a parachute drop by the Golden Knights of Ft Bragg Allenton School Student Holds Faculty Lawmen At Bay With Gun A seventh grade student at Allenton School surrendered a small calibre pistol that he used to hold school officials and law enforcement officers at bay while the youth kept a teacher as hostage in a mobile class room adjacent to the school this morning The youth left the school peacefully in the custody of Robeson County Sheriffs Department Deputy Willis Walters No one was injured Authorities say that there was no indication that the youth in tended to harm anyone but that under the circumstances the situation should have been and was approached with extreme caution According to Charles Kinlaw principal the youth came to school on the bus this morning and shortly after the schools classrooms had opened for session the juvenile brandished a revolver in the presence of two teachers and several students All students were immediately removed from the area as a safety precaution and one teacher stayed with the juvenile who had the pistol until law enforcement officers and juvenile authorities could arrive For approximately 30 minutes the youth refused to the pistol and would not permit the teacher to leave the classroom Deputy Walters unarmed entered the mobile classroom where the juvenile was holding the teacher around am in an attempt to get the youth into surrendering Around 9 am Deputy Walters talked the youth into giving up the gun and turning himself over to juvenile authorities the Department of Social Services According to reports the youth was emotionally disturbed about what was described as offcampus problems Classes were returned to normal around am at the school The state rested its case after hearing testimony from two more witnesses both law en forcement officers who were present throughout the demonstration and the arrests In what was referred to as a surprise or unusual move at torney for the defense Tim Rowan reportedly subpoenaed Solicitor John B Regan to testify early Tuesday afternoon Regan according to reports was at Prospect School on the night of the assembly by the Tuscaroras and gave the order for law enforcement officers to move across the road and make the arrests after there were several reports of bottle throwing in the direction of the contingent of law officers Presidents OK On 1969 Bugging Is Alleged NEW YORK AP The New York Times quoting re liable sources said today that President Nixon authorized the wiretapping of National Secur ity Council and Pentagon beginning in 1969 A White House spokesman confirmed the report of authorization for taps on more than a dozen govern ment officials The Times said Three former aides of adviser Henry A Kis I Davidson An thony Lake and Winston were among government whose telephones were tapped The Times reported INDEX Classified Comics Editorial Entertainment Obituaries Sports Television Womens News 17 16 12 14 2 911 47 Camper Is Torn To Bits In Collision Mf I No one was injured in this traffic accident which occurred Tuesday at am about five miles north of Rowland in the nor lane of 195 According to the report filed by Highway Patrolman R V Moore a car being operated by Vincent Craporotta of NJ crashed through a camper that was being towed by a vehicle being driven by Earl Shaw of New York The Craporotta vehicle wound up inside the camper with both vehicles coming to rest on their sides The camper and contents were damaged an estimated the Craporotta car incurred worth of damage and the Shaw automobile an estimated Tpr Moore charged Craporotta with following too closely McLaurin Photo
