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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - April 6, 1970, Washington, North Carolina\ weather variable c a till a or a mainly North port Kwh Low of roast tuesday a Panto Dew. Cloudy rid. Washington daily news if you do not got your paper ,.deil a 21 As 9 so and 1 00 Ivan re and on a til be de nmn a to you a a amp get pages Washington no both la Bulkha monday of Gesn qom april 1920 daily except sunday California 4 officers shot dead postal hike proposal May falter Carswell forces appear headed by Mike re bin associated press writer Saugus Calif it a four patrolmen were shot fatally sunday night while investigating reports of two men brandishing guns at motorists on a Mountain Highway. Sheriffs deputies started a and the men fled in their red. Late Model Sedan As 40 custom ers in a nearby Coffee House huddled on the floor a car of that description was found about 10 minutes later on a dead end Street about a Block from the shooting scene. Three helicopters and More than 100 Law enforcement offi As they did so one of the men entered a nearby House and took a father hostage the Man then started firing at the More than 100 officers sur rounding the House officials said. A. They identified he As Jack Wright twinning. 35. Who said he held Steve Hoag captive. Mrs. Hoag escaped from the House and their son Jeff was Safe in an outbuilding bedroom because of the hostage officers. Outside held their fire As deputies with bullhorn ordered him to surrender. One Deputy quoted twinning As shouting a a in la be dead if i walk the other Man wanted in the slaying surrendered himself about an hour earlier to electric Power station employees about five Miles away. He was identified As Russell Lowell Talbert 28. Deputies said both were wanted in connection with the slaying of a Federal officer in Oregon. Mrs. Hoag told deputies that twinning knocked on their door at 4 15 a.m., demanding the family car. When it was offered she said the gunman changed his mind and took Hoag captive while she slipped out. Officers said one suspect was believed severely wounded in the original shootout. With two patrolmen dead and one mortally wounded the last officer had held off the two gunmen alone for five minutes until he was hit by a shot in the face a witness said. Cers on foot and in four wheel drive vehicles scoured the rugged Brush covered Hill and Canyon area in search of the assailants a Highway patrol spokesman said tibe1 men apparently were armed Shotgun and a ,44-Calibeiipiagmim pistol and fled with one four officers service revolvers a a we re not sure if the officers even got off a shot a the spokesman said however one of the mortally wounded officers had my t tired �?o11 99 a code phrase meaning a officer needs assistance a Over his car radio and other patrol cars sped to the scene. Two of the officers were dead. Another died in route to the Hospital about 15 Miles away and the fourth died after reaching the Hospital. The patrol cars were riddled with bullets. The Highway patrol spokesman said the two fleeing men might have hitched a ride with a passing Motorist if the car found nearby was theirs. About. 40 customers were in the All night Jas Coffee shop including Home 30 Young Church group members taking a breather from a charter bus trip. A i just heard the shots and saw some Guys running around the cars in the parking lot. Its real Bright out there a said Coffee shop manager Al Sims 49. A i told everyone to Lay on the by Walter r Meara associated Presa writer Washington api presi Dent Nixon s proposal to raise the Price of mailing a letter to a dime to help pay for the wage boost of mailman and other government workers is doomed according to Senate democratic Leader Mike Mansfield the it Clit stamp does no to stand a Chance. Mansfield mid in an interview a they just wont in for a a especially in the one area for an important Victory i see Pathol. Page 8 which is returning a that area it first class mail which is paying its Awn Way under the current six cent rate Structure set gite Higbee. A Wyo. Chairman of the Senate Poat office and civil service commit tee already had rejected the Nixon proposal he mid a Check with Mem bets of his panel showed the 10-Cenl stamp does t stand a Chance. Mcgee said he1 would consider a one cent increase two at the outside Mcgee s committee scheduled hearings late today on the presi dental so proposal based on a settlement reached last week Between government negotiators and. Officials of the seven major postal unions. The tentative agreement reached after a first time Ever postal strike provided a two step. 14 per cent boost that Breaks Down this Way a a 8 per cent boost for nearly All Federal workers including postal employees and personnel retroactive to dec. 27. A another 8 per cent jump for mail workers if and when a Post office reorganization Bill be comes Law the Cost of the package is estimated a i $3 billion and Nixon s 10-cent stomp a proposal is designed to bring in 82.3 billion. Mcgee said Congress will work within the terms set by the see postal. Fuge re committal vote May need Agnew a John t tall we h mar it pres or mar Washington it apr a a liar raid Carswell s supporters in the Senate appeared to have an important Victory within their hands today As the Senate headed into its first crucial vote nip supreme top astronaut of world Here i it the Pic Tortol tracing of astronaut James a Lovell s four spare missions which Minhe him the worlds leading astronaut from left gemini 7 in Owci up for his a off april to gemini 12 in 1966. Apollo g in in l Ond Moon Mission. Apollo 13 it or fun ism to in 42. T�n<1 is i a a Mrna Nde of the no i suit to a to to blast Apollo 13 countdown Forth Admoon grand jury shot moving after repair by Howard Benedict a aerospace writer Cape Kennedy Fla a the a Pace Agency reported Oday it no longer had a fuel pressure problem in Apollo 13 s Moon Landing Craft and the countdown moved ahead toward saturday s launching of Man s third lunar Landing Mission the bothersome helium system which pressurized fuel tanks in the lunar Lander recorded excessive pressure during a test sunday. Specialists monitored the potential problem the pressure had Stab throughout the night and said today lived. A Nasa announcement mid the operation of the system a Uja satisfactory and Well within parameters a it mid there was no plan to replace the helium tank the three astronaut who Are to Fly the Mission James a Lovell or. Thomas k Mattingly ii and Fred w hate or Wak ened Early today for their final major physical examination. The exam not Only determines if the spacemen Are healthy but also provides heart rate respiration end other Baseline data for comparison during and after the 10-Day flight later in the Day the astronauts planned several hours in a command ship simulator practising launch procedures and possible abort Maneu vers in Case of rocket trouble _ launch director Walter Kapryan had ordered the Long countdown to begin on schedule at 10 sunday while experts wrestled with the pressure prob Tom but he delayed installation of heavy ordnance on the rocket and spaceships until the trouble a see Apollo. Page Fei. In Kopechne Case ready Home loan Guatemala / Quot a i ceiling not helping by Noel Yancey associated press writer Raleigh Cap a the 1969 general Assembly placed an 8 per cent ceiling on Home mortgage Loans while allowing interest rates on other types of Loans to go higher. An associated press Survey indicates this Well intentioned concern for the Home buyer did him Little Good. The Survey showed that with higher interest rates available elsewhere some important sources for Home financing in North Carolina have dried up. Insurance companies which formerly financed Many tar heels in buying Homes got out of the Home mortgage Field and placed their Money in commercial investments on which they could get 12 per cent or More. Out of state investors who used to Channel funds into North Carolina for conventional residential mortgages sent their Money elsewhere where the returns. Are higher. As a result persons seeking to borrow Money to Purchase a Home in North Carolina must get either a Cha or a a loan or go to a savings and loan association. The Borrower who gets an Cha or a. Loan will find these Loans Are exempt from North Carolinas 8 per cent ceiling and will find himself paying up to in per cent. Those who go to a savings and loan association for an 8 per cent loan Are Likely to find themselves on a wailing list. A we Are making commitments up to 15 months in Advance a said Joseph j. Long president of the Raleigh savings and loan association. A Borrower who wanted his loan right away would most Likely have to go the Cha or the a route and pay the higher interest he said. Herbert w. Wentworth of Greensboro executive vice president of the North Carolina savings and loan league pointed out that when the general Assembly held the ceiling on residential Loans at 8 per cent it permitted higher rates on. All other forms of Loail a when this distinct compete see Loans Page 8 forces searching for Kidnap killers officials split Over meat import decision deferred on mine la Deal by Eloy Aguilar associated press. Writer Guatemala apr guatemalan Security forces stepped up their Hunt for members of the leftist rebel armed forces during the night after the body of kidnapped West German ambassador Karl von Upreti was found in a roofless mud hut near Guatemala City. He had been shot once in the head. Police patrols were seen on almost every other Block of the capital. Some Homes were searched. But there was to immediate report of any arrests. Count von Upreti was kidnapped tuesday and killed sunday after the guatemalan government refused the demands of the rebel armed forces or far for the release of 22 jailed far members and 8700,000 in Ransom Money. The terrorists warned several times that they would kill the 63-year-old Diplomat. If their demands were not met. West German Chancellor Willy Brandt scored the guatemalan government saying it had a shown itself unable to give accredited diplomatic representatives necessary in a statement issued in Elpaso Tex during his tour of the United states he said cooperation Between countries a will be seriously threatened if it does not prove possible to prevent terrorist actions of this kind a Brandt said his government had. Made known that it was willing to pay the 8700,000, a but unfortunately this was to no a special representative sent by Brandts government to Guatemala said a break in relations Between the two countries had not. Been �?odiscarded., guatemalan government had previously released far men in Exchange for its own kidnapped foreign minister and an abducted american Diplomat but it said it could not meet the kidnappers demand this time because the prisoners a sought were already sentenced by the courts or a scheduled for court action. It said to release them would violate the Constitution. Instead government imposed a 30 Day state of siege giving Security forces extraordinary Powers. The body of the frail 63-year-old ambassador was found about 12 Miles from Guatemala City near an Adobe House where he was believed to have been held. He wore a Blue suit White shirt Black shoes and had a watch on his left wrist and a ring on his Finger. He was holding a blood covered pair of eyeglasses and the left Side of his head was bathed in blood. The guatemalan said the body was found after an Anonymous Telephone tip to the see Kidnap Page 8> lecture speaker a Thomas o. Poyser c. S. B. Of Dallas Tex. Will give a Christian science lecture entitled a a. Higher humanity at the Christian science Church at 321 North Market Street Here Friday april 10 at 8 . Or Poyser graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in engineering during world War ii he served As a meteorologist in the United states air corps after managing a business firm in Dallas he resigned to devote full time to the Christian science Healing ministry. He is now a teacher of Christian science As Well As a member of the Christian science. Board of lectureship. The lecture is being sponsored by the Christian science society. Admission is free. 4 Washington it api Nixon administration officials Are divided Over whether meat import regulations should be relaxed to provide a break for Consumers particularly Low income families. On one Side is the agriculture department which argues that present rising prices Are an indication of the Cost of raising and marketing livestock import restrictions Are needed to sustain Domestic farm production the department says. Arguing on behalf of opening the Way for More cheap imported meat to deflate current prices Are the Council of economic advisers and presidential consumer adviser Virginia Knauer. The agriculture department says the Price increases should Slacken soon. But economists outside the department mindful of the Sharp meat Price increases which surprised us a analysts last year Arentt so sure. Agriculture forecast a 2 to 2 4 per cent increase in All retail food prices last year. But the whopping 10 per cent increase in meat prices carried the real annual increase to 5.2 per cent. For this year the us a says All food prices will increase 3.5 to 4 per cent with the meat Price spiral stalling by late summer or Early fall. Meanwhile the agriculture department Contin to counsel against any action to ease imports of foreign meat which is used almost exclusively in cheap manufactured products like hamburger. The economic advisers and mrs. Knauers office Are arguing that increasing imports would have a significant Impact Only on prices of Low Cost meats by Tom Spencer managing editor the Beaufort county Board of commissioners deferred a decision today on whether to acquire the mine la elementary school property on u. 17 from the Washington Board of education for use by space cramped fast growing Beaufort county technical Institute. Chairman Alton Cay ton said no action was Likely on the question before the May meeting of the commissioners. Beaufort tech and City school officials joined in offering a proposal for a three Way Deal under which the Washington Board of education would deed the mine la school property to the county which in turn would turn it Over to the technical school Beaufort tech for its part would drop its leases on three of six buildings it now rents to House its expanding operations. Or. Zeno Edwards chairman of the Washington school Board told the commissioners that the Board would deed the mine la property to the county in return for an estimated 860,000 needed to erect a Square feel steel building to for storage. Or Edwards said the school Board present uses the mine la facility for storage purposes but would be better off to have a City based building As a storage facility the mine la building which was abandoned for classroom pure owes at the end of the 1968-69 school year is located six Miles North of the City. Charles Byrd president of Beaufort tech said the technical school can utilize the mine la building at least until the end of 1971 and perhaps three to five years and consolidate Many of its programs under one roof. He said Money now paid for leasing buildings scattered about the City could be applied to the Purchase of the property Byrd explained that even when the first building on the new Beaufort tech Campus is completed in october 1970 it will House Only a Small portion of the 462 full time students now enrolled in the school not counting an expected increase in enrolment next fall a we believe the proposal by the technical Institute and the City school Board is a reasonable request a Byrd declared urging its approval. Byrd said that the Washington by Board. Pay a. By Cornelius f Hurley associated areas writer Edgartown. Mass a a special session of the Dukes Hinty grand jury convenes to Ltd Day amid doubt Over its Price Dure in its Independent invest Gat Ion into the death last jute in of Mary to Kopechne miss Kopechne. 28, a former Campaign Secretary of the Tate sen. Robert f Kennedy died i a car driven by sen Edward m Kennedy. D. Mass the cur plunged off a narrow Bridge into dal Pool on k Island which ties a narrow Strait from cd Garion. One of the Tow As on the Island of Martha s Vineyard Kennedy the youngest and Only survivor of the four Kennedy Brothers escaped but tie Laved for 10 hours his report of the Accident to Island police he subsequently pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of tire Accident without making himself known he was Given a Jaii term of two months suspended on probation for a year the grand jury which put off an inquiry last october because a District court inquest was scheduled is meeting in a Spe rial a session on its own motion to investigate the Accident. The procedure it Wilt take is up to a majority vote a of its 23 members. Leslie h 1-Eland. 29, a Vineyard Haver druggist who is Foreman of vote grand jury says he believes its first move should be to ask for the right to inspect the transcript of testimony and the report of District court judge James a. Boyle on last january s inquest. Whether the grand jury asks for the transcript a is up to the entire grand jury. I done to know the Legal Leland said sunday. Quot this is Why we have asked dist. A try. Edmund dims to advise us on what we May want to if the grand jury is denied Access to the documents it would have two avenues open it could on in hard i right court nomination an at turreted in my poll prior to the Start of today s vote showed 49 senators opposing a motion to recommit and kill the nomination to the judiciary com nut tax19 for and. To uncommitted Sim a two senators could not make today s session. 49 nay Voles insured at Toast a tic. Thus Selling up a tie breaking vote in favor of the nomination by the Senate a presiding officer vice to two fwd Spiro t Agnew Bui failure of the re committal motion by sen Birch Bayh. I ind. Docs not necessarily mean Carswell now a judge on the u s 5th court of appeals will take the seat vacated nearly a year ago when Abe Fortas re signed under pressure by prior arrangement a vote on the nomination itself was set for wednesday in the event the re committal vote fell Short and that test Stilt to rated close the pro Carswell forces had picked up steam All through last week primarily on the Force of a totter by president Nixon Reaf firming his support of the nominee and criticizing opponent for attempting to strip the executive of its constitutional Powers of appointment what seemed to put the Carswell backers Over the top against the re committal motion were stands taken sunday by Sens. Charles Percy. Ritt and Thomas a Dodd a Conn. Both of whom had been considered uncommitted Petton in a statement issued Carswell Page 8�?~ so t a w. G. Marshall Dies saturday see Kennedy Page it Engelhard William g Marshall 67, a retired Auto mechanics ached saturday at his Home Here or. Marshall was a member of Watson Chapel methodist Church and the methodist menus club. Surviving Are his wife mrs. Rachel d Marshall a son. William g Marshall. Or of Engelhard two daughters mrs Early my m Gibbs of Engelhard and mrs Rue a Harriss of Raleigh a Stepson Hilly Dudley of Raleigh three stepdaughters. Mrs la Rue Cunningham at West columbia., s. C., mrs. Ann Grant of Plymouth and mrs Mary Cederdahl of Spring Valley Calif two Brothers. Hubert Marshall of Chesapeake va., and Tom Marshall of Engelhard three Sisters mrs Annie m Daniels of Norfolk. mrs Hannah Overton of Raleigh and mrs Sallie m Singleton of Washington funeral a Serviette were held sunday with the revs h. L Martin and James Boswell conducting burial followed in Soule cemetery Duel Over Carswell not a new thing and offer Relief primarily to the Low income families that spend a Quot proportionately larger share of their salaries on food. A it s either hamburger or Chicken or something like that a said one official in favor of eased import restrictions a for them it s not either hamburger or Steak or Low meat prices would also be helpful in combating inflation said Aneth 1 see meat Page 8 by Barry 8chweid associated press writer Washington Apas president Nixon lock Down the Senate gun barrel today Over nomination of g. Harrold Carswell to the supreme court at Toast one thing is dear it s happened before. From the Early Days of the Republic when George Washington saw John Rutledge a nominee for chief Justice Defeated because he spoke out against a treaty with England presidents and congresses have been locked in an endless Duel sometimes the stakes were control of the court itself As when Franklin d. Roosevelt exasperated Over persistent invalidation of new Deal Mea Suris and encouraged by a smashing re election in 1996, tried and failed the following year to pack the court by expanding its membership . The fights were motivated by pique and mean politics. In 1844 Ami 1845. Senate whigs suited Juhr Tyler who had become a Democrat by blocking four of his five nominees. Although at least three of the men John c. Spencer Edward King and Reuben h Walworth Genera 11 y were recon in Zed As eminently qualified in All. 24 of the 132 men nominated to the court before Carswell failed to win approval by the Senate two of them Roger b Taney of Mary land and Stanley Matthews of Ohio made it on a second try. Rutledge was the first Man rejected in 1795. The last was Clement f Haynsworth or. Of South Carolina Defeated 55 to 45 last nov 21 for the same seat Carswell seeks. One of the rejected 24 men lost out simply because he had written a routine letter of Intro auction a Caleb Cushing s misfortune in 1874 was that he had written the totter for a Young texan in 1861 to Jefferson Davis president of the confederacy. Cushing a former attorney general and a judge on the Massachusetts supreme court was branded As pro Lavery by Radical republicans and president Grant withdrew his nomination for chief Justice six times Congress changed the size of the court at least twice Iri an Effort to stymie the president. The first was in 1801 when federalists reduced the original six to five to Block Thomas Jefferson from naming a successor to the aged and ailing William Cushing of Massachusetts. Congress repealed the change in hot Quot. The second time in 1866, led by sen Lyman Trumbull of Illinois Congress Cut the court from its Al time High of 10 to 8 to prevent the embattled Andrew Johnson from naming justices inclined to strike Down the reconstruction acts. A loser in the Quick shuffle was Henry Stanbery an evidently qualified Man who was Johnson a attorney general and was to be his lawyer in impeachment proceedings in 1868. Since his seat was gone1 his see history Page 8�

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