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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - April 2, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather showers ending Ais a vent Clearing and cooler Tat it Low tonight to �0 cooler Friday and ask Washington daily news if you do not got your paper. Dial mw2145 Between a a and t 0 of clock and one fwu to 4c to tiered to few established 1909 hot pa0�t Washington North Carolina thursday afternoon april 2, 1970 daily except sunday Pinner to head july 4 Celebration p Rehbeim p"la9 Tel we Siam m Bill Page of this City who was elected chairman at a mid East economic development commission at the third annual meeting at the organization Here last night presents a plaque to Carl Venters of Farmville outgoing chairman in recognition of service since the founding of the commission. Congressman Walter b. Jones who was the principal speaker at the meeting looks on in the Center. Staff photo by Litchfield Bill Page year of Progress e elected re by mid East noted by Vivett William h. Bill Page Washington businessman was last night elected chairman of the six county mid East economic development commission. He succeeds Carl Venters of farm Ville who has headed the commission since it was organized in april 1967. In one of his first acts As chairman. Page presented Venters with a plaque in recognition of his services to the commission. These actions came at the third annual meeting of the mid East organization at the Beaufort county Law enforcement association hut West of the City. Otter officers elected were Jack Runion of Williamston vice chairman and e. V. Wilkins of Roper Secretary. Earlier congressman Walter b. Jones saluted the mid East economic development commission for sparking a cooperative Effort which has brought about programs which should spell Progress in several areas. Congressman Jones noted that Grants have been obtained for upgrading Law enforcement and applications have been made to improve housing. He also took note of the movement to get a regional Airport to serve Beaufort Pitt and Martin counties and pledged his support in efforts to get a facility. The congressman said county boundaries will play a less important part in the future than in the past. A no county can go it alone anymore a he commented noting the importance of regional cooperation. Congressman Jones was presented by or. Joe Pou of Greenville. The m idea it e economic development commission was see mid East. Page 8 a year of Progress carrying out a pledge to a course of action in a a commitment to total development a was reported last night by Frank Kivett executive director of the mid East economic development commission. Kivett told the third annual meeting of the six county group a in just a Short year we have seen things begin to happen., i am pleased that mid East has played a part. It would seem that the Long sleeping giant is upon the a your activities during the past year have been guided by admonishments to embark upon a program of action and a pledge of commitment to total development a Kivett declared. His statement said in part a we have All either Beard of been a part of the voice for sip proved transportation. We now have pledges for better North South roads for the area. A four Lane Road to our state Cape Tol is within our grasp. Through the interest and leadership of Many of you Here the mid East regional Airport authority has been formed. All but one county has made their appointments and this person will be appointed next monday. The Gove Inui will appoint his representative this week. A an agricultural commodities and marketing division of the mid East has been formed to promote a better farm Economy. An application is currently pending with the coastal Plains regional commission for a marketing specialist. A Marine resources program is under development. A a lot has happened during the year. Three growth centers were approved., and of size is an achievement in. Itself. No other District in America which is comparable to the mid East can boast a feat. And As is required a positive action program Pap has been prepared and is now approved for the Greenville Center. The Williamston Pap is now being prepared and will be followed by one for Washington. But dust has not settled on these document a during the year the mid East regional housing authority was formed. A study of housing conditions in the area revealed that. O ver 14, to were substandard. But dust has not settled on this study for applications have been submitted to the department of housing and Urban development for 3,000 units of housing 1,000 leased and 2,000 conventional. If Only half of this amount is approved within the next five years it will represent Over 122 million in additional housing for the area a a year ago the Law enforcement planning program had just been organized by the mid East. Since that time More than $320,000 has become available to improve Law enforcement in our area through training equipment and manpower. A Mobile crime lab in Beaufort and a degree level program at East Carolina University Are provided through these funds a applications for nearly $5 million in water and sewer Grants have been submitted and Are at varied stages of review. Business Loans of nearly $6 million Are pending. The mid East Council on aging extends two persons into each county work with our elderly with project funds of $33,909. A recreation and tourism activities Are becoming More real than imaginary i first cite the ambitious Roanoke River project in. Williamston., Many persons have been Busy see report Page 8 bulk curing discussed at meeting tobacco Farmers should take a Good look at. Mechanical harvesting and bulk curing before making decisions on adopting t hese new harvesting and curing techniques Rupert Watkins biological and agricultural Engineer at North Carolina state1 University in Raleigh said Here last night. Speaking at a meeting sponsored by the Beaufort county Extension service or. Watkins said each Farmer must consider his individual situation in making a decision on what to do. The Nusu Man said investment costs and. Labor saving potential Are factors that figure heavily in making a decision on both mechanization and bulk curing. He said both systems Are Allied or. Watkins said research indicates that mechanization and bulk curing give an end result of tobacco that will sell in the Market place at Only slightly less than that handled by human hands. But be said no harvesting method is better than that by Banda provided hands can be found to do the Job. Approximately 80 tobacco Belhaven Richard Pinner. Belhaven City manager hat been named Over All chairman of the july 4 Celebration for Belhaven by the1 Belhaven Community chamber of Commerce Topper Bateman Bud of Neal and Gilbert Rad Tiff were appointed to serve As a membership committee at the monday night chamber meeting Means of securing and opinion of All that the beat Way to help one s self was by becoming chamber members and working together for the Good of All of northeastern Beaufort county associate membership for inti Vida is was at Al regular membership is $29 membership certificates this year will be signed by the president will be framed and accompanied by a copy of the chamber by Laws. Edward Lee Baker will head the merchants committee and Fernie Laughinghouse and Meyer Libman farming and Indus try groups competing again for awards Given by the coastal Plains development association for Community planning was approved. Material will be furnished by the chamber for explorer scouts to erect a screening Fence along main Street Between the Barber shop and the Bishop building the need of a Day Nursery for the Community was cited and backing Given for a Survey to find out just How Many would use a facility. Effie Bateman president pointed out that the chamber should never Loae sight of the Many natural resources the Community has and that recreational and trailer Camp Sites were in great demand by tourists and sportsmen. After adjournment mrs. Bateman served hot Coffee and hot Tea and a variety of Finger foods. F cancer crusade leaders listed the names of the cancer crusade area leaders were released today by Bartow Houston. Or. Crusade chairman for the City. These area leaders included mrs. John Gray Mary upward Blount area 1, mrs. Garland Isabelle Homes area 2, mrs Harry Fisher asst Leader and business Community area 2, mrs Harry Dolores Shope area 3, mrs Tom Mann Miriam Carter area 4. Mrs. Jesse Julia Moore area 5, mrs. Harvey Mack Jean Alligood area 6, and mrs j. M. Ruby Hodges area 8. A we feel that we Are fortunate to have gained the services of these Community minded citizens who will play an important role in the cancer crusade in our City. These persons and their neighbourhood workers will determine the Success of this Endeavor a said or. Houston. An area Leader is still needed for area 7, bounded on the South by fifth Street on the West by John Small Avenue on the North by the Back property lines of Petutis Vivante Avenue and on the East by havens Street. Any person residing in this area wishing to serve in the cancer crusade should Contact or. Houston. Raleigh plane crash kills 4 teamsters striking while negotiators talk billions nation s largest Senate clears school Aid s3 Bill Witt no slowdown indicators show Good Progress but of it. .11 Bride a later writer Impi by Joe Hall auberte Ted press writer Washington a it the Senate has cleared the nations largest school Aid measure after # a i �?z.9no n by Tiivi Ai a l. Slowing the Pace of school desegregation approval of the $24 6 billion Bill came on a 74-4 vote wednes Day and. Although it goes far beyond president Nixon s recommendations. The measures sup porters doubt Nixon will veto it. The measure which expands major education programs for three years went to the House where speedy approval was promised next week by rep Carl Perkins. D-ky., its mouse floor Ranager some gop senators wondered privately about a veto because of the Sharp increases in authorization the president struck Down an appropriations Bill earlier this year because he said it contained too much Money for Edu cation but the sponsors viewed an Otter veto As highly unlikely mainly because of the heavy Senate vote in favor and be cause the measure Only author izes not App Ropi Money in recent years presidents have annually sought Only about one third of the1 amounts author feed by Congress Lor education programs. Southern senators lost 43 to 32 wednesday in an Effort to Send the1 Bill Hack to the House sen ate conference committee to restore an amendment requiring uniform school desegregation policies in the North and South conferees had watered Down the amendment by sen John stents d miss. So much that the Southern bloc opposed it while Stenka original version required the government to v see schools. Page a it syrians claim-5 israeli jets Down a Damascus Syria of Tufi Irsle syn claimed its fighters and a a it i a x i lick antiaircraft guns shot Down five israeli planes today and to have Drivers Stillo Road by the associated press truck Drivers in most of North Carolina remained at the wheel today despite a spreading National work stoppage by a a hamsters four major firms if Charlotte. However reported work ers were refusing to Cross picket lines set up wednesday. A no contract no work Quot the placards carried by picketing teamsters read. Spokesmen for the companies Akers freight lines Hennis freight lines Johnson motor lines system and Ryder truck lines a said their men did not walk off the Job but they said Drivers and terminal workers remained away from work after finishing their shift or assigned trip wednesday thus diminishing the work Force at the end of each successive shift and Leav ing most teamsters off the Job today. A a they la respect the picket lines Quot said Bill Ward Charlotte terminal operations manager for Hennis. W c. Barbee president of the teamsters local 71 of Charlotte said the pickets had gone up without orders from him. A a no one has the authority to Call a strike but me Quot he said everyone i have talked to has been urged to stay at trucking firms in Raleigh Winston Salem and Greensboro reported their Drivers and terminal workers were on the Job As usual awaiting the outcome of negotiations Between teamsters and Industry representatives in Washington Bruce Blevins Secretary see n. Page 8 captured the pilots of a phantom and a French made Mirage which fell inside syrian territory two syrian aircraft were lost in the dogfights which raged Over the 199-mile cease fire line in the Golan Heights and the Foothills of it. Hermon said a a a syrian communique. One syrian Pilot was killed m added syrian communiques reported a Large formations Quot of syrian jets battled with israeli planes while ground forces of the two nations pounded each other with took and artillery fire. Arab and israeli troops were trading fire along the entire cease fire line said a syrian military spokesman syrian Mig fighters were Flung into the Duel in a bid to prevent israelis Aerial strafing of syrian artillery positions the spokesman added a Large formations of our planes Are now engaged with enemy aircraft a he reported Quot our antiaircraft batteries also Are bravely fighting off enemy planes trying to hit our artillery positions in an Effort to put a Stop to their heavy shelling a Bond regrets Davidson n c. A Julian Bond the negro state legislator from Georgia who worked to dump president John son in 1968. Says he wishes now Johnson were Back in the White House Bond said in a talk at Davidson College wednesday that a was much As i wished he weren to president when he was Quot he now feels Johnson was a better president than president Nixon. Nixon he said is a not As Able and not As interested Quot in social Reform As Johnson was Bond said Nixon s Lack of concern for social has taken hold in the country at Large John r. Spencer Spencer seeking Board seat Swan Quarter John r Spencer of Scranton a Veteran Hyde county school teacher has filed for a Seal on the Hyde county Board of education Spencer a graduate of Elizabeth City state teachers College in Elizabeth City is one of five candidates challenging the five incumbents on the Board the Scranton Man is a member of St John s Baptist Church and has been the Church Secretary for 17 years he is a Isom a member of the Star of the Orient Lodge no. 90 of free and accepted masons and a charter member of the Albermarle school masters club in seeking a seat on the Board Spencer says it is my greatest desire a to help build a better school system in Hyde he said his three main concerns Are d that we grow into a living organization 2 that we meet today a and tomorrows problems and 3 a greater concept that is exciting and stimulating a i feel that i am equally qualified a a Al the position Quot Spencer said. A if elected 1 pledge my Best services to All of the1 people of Hyde trucking and Union negotiator haggled Over la i Lions of dollars in wages today while Many of the 425.000 teamsters involved in the National labor Tattis continued striking in dozens of Cut there Are Indica i inns of Good Progress said a source in the negotiations that dragged through wednesday night and into the Early morning before recessing in the second Day of the nation s biggest trucking strike in history while the bulk of teamster Drivers remained on the of chief Industry negotiator Ray f Beagle mid the walkouts were massive his trucking employer inc group representing some 12,000 firms pledged however not to Call a nationwide lockout in Reta hat Ion As it did three years ago the Industry pledge eased pressure on president Nixon in dealing with the nations latest labor crisis by averting at least for now a total trucking shutdown Industry sources mid the difference Between teamsters demands and Industry offer for a new three year contract totalled some $3 billion Taka near City a teamsters local official mid he a informed an agreement had been reached to make any contract ultimately signed retroactive to the expiration Date of the old pact Midnight last tuesday i Kph Ftp i a 4rw�l were to turning to work on he basis of this agreement the official said however strikes of varying magnitude were reported Early today in several cities Over the nation but there were no walk a Uta in major centers As new York Chicago. Philadel phia and new Orleans negotiators headed by acting teamsters president Frank e Fitzsimmons and Bangle were faced with closing a Gap be tween the Union a reported demand for $1.70 an hour in wage hikes and the Industry a offer of 99 Cento Over three year plus improvements in mileage pay. Pensions health and welfare benefits vacations and cast of living pay the Union had not issued a teamsters. Page 8� severe storm watch issued a a by the associated press the weather Bureau has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for part of South Carolina and much of North Carolina. The threat of thunderstorms with Large Hail and damaging winds will be in effect until 3 . Today the warning area is 70 Miles on either Side of a line from 50 Miles Southeast of Columbia Richmond a the area of severe thunderstorms includes most of the North Carolina coastal Plain and most of the North Carolina Piedmont. Tobacco talk two Beaufort county tobacco a Armen took Over an agricultural Extension publication on tobacco harvesting and curing with Rupert Watkins a biological and agricultural Engineer at North Caroline state University in Raleigh at a meeting at the Beaufort county agricultural building Tere last night on. Tobacco mechanization and bulk curing. Shown from left Are Plum. Mills of Chook Waity or. Watkins and Garfield Woolard of Poetown. Or. Watkins was the principal speaker at the meeting which was attended by staff photo by Litchfield about 89 tobacco growers Farmers attended the meeting which sparked much interest and a lengthy question and answer period. In making plans for the meeting Max Chesnutt county Extension chairman said there is a growing interest in bulk curing in Beaufort county. He said As Many As 45 bulk curing barns have been erected in the county this year. Previously there has been Only a handful of butt curing bams in the county Chesnutt said Farmers Are replacing conventional barns with bulk curing facilities As the old Type bams a Wear out he noted that there have teen few new tobacco bams built since world War ii and said Many of those in use Are having to be see tobacco Page 8 Raleigh apr a. Private twin engine plane crashed in a heavily wooded area Early today while attempting to land at the Raleigh Durham Airport. Bodies of two men and two women have teen found. Officials said the planets flight Pian indicated six persons were aboard. Search of the twisted wreckage is continuing. The plane owned by Roberto construction co. Of Durham disappeared from the airports radar screen feb pretty after Midnight s. B. Blackley commander of the Raleigh Durham area of the civil air patrol said an on foot search of the area by about 25 persons began about 2 . The search Crew working in a heavy Rato did not find the plane until 7 . Today. It was upside Down to a heavily wooded area about a mite from the end of the runway with both of its wings sheared off. Religion and patriotism Victory marchers see big turnout by Martha Cole associated press writer Washington apr Spon sors of a March for a Victory Over the communists in Vietnam estimated today anywhere from 25 ,990 to 150,099 persons will Parade Tere saturday they mid people Are coming from 43 states for the March Down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Washington Monument grounds for a 2 to s . Rally. Its the mine route an estimated 250,000 Antiwar demonstrators most of them youths took last nov. 15. Saturday s March supporting a military Victory to sponsored by a committee headed by or. Carl Mcintire of coding Wood n.j., a pastor a radio preacher and president of the International Council of Christian churches. A listed among the backers Are gov Lester Maddox of Georgia Sens Strom Thurmond r-s.c., and Barry Goldwater a Ariz. Rep. Mendel Rivera d-s.c., chairman of the powerful House armed services committee and George c Wallace former governor of Alabama. Among the speakers will be Mcintire and gov. Maddox. Parade banners will Call not Only for Victory in Vietnam but also Freedom for prayer and Bible Reading to the schools Spon son said. Religious patriotic Veteran and refugee groups Are coming from All sections of the country they said. Some Are bringing bands for the Parade. Quot the March for Victory is a religious and patriotic demonstration. All Are invited to participate in it Quot sponsors said in full Page advertisements in some newspapers in addition or. Mcintire has talked of the March on his radio program. In a flyer the sponsors mid a the hippies and the radicals the liberals and the leftists Quot have been to Washington time and time again. Saturdays March they mid is an Opportunity for a the Christian people who believe that they must stand and give expression to their Strong opposition to. The enemies of the country. Communism and any compromises with it to go to Washington. One flyer also mentions Freedom of Choice on the part of families for their children s education. The decision to hold the March was made last nov. 11, sponsors said. Wallace mid from hts office a speaking engagement in his Campaign for governor prevents his being at the March but he supports u fully. Rivera and Thurmond have mid they support the March but prior commitments at the Charleston s.c., to Centennial Celebration april 4 prevent them from attending the demonstration. Goldwater Ateo will be unable to attend. Before the Parade sponsors plan a prayer meeting Friday night on the sidewalk to front of isee March Page 8

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