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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - April 10, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather a fat a inf cloudiness and cooler tonight with Chance at Light rain Date tonight saturday mostly Cloudy and Cool. Lows in mum High 00 Washington daily news if you do Mot got your paper. Teal m-tl4s to two i a a and 7 00 o Piork and of will a de it Rad to you. A a bushed 19qv ten pages Washington North Carolina. Friday afternoon april 10. 1970 daily except sunday blames Senate Nixon will move away from South medicare patients May be limited by Edmond Lebreton associated press writer Washington apr the House ways Means committee is considering a proposal to control the soaring Coats of government health programs by limiting doctors fees to those charged by most physicians not the highest priced ones the limitation proposal described As the "75th doctor plan a is reported to be gaining favor at closed door meetings of the committee although no votes have been taken. Fees charged by doctors in a Community for comparable services would be tabulated and the limit set at the highest level charged by any doctor in the lower 75 per cent. There is no fixed ceiling now on payments to doctors under medicare the social Security program of health care for per sons 65 or older or medicaid a similar plan for Low income persons. A the committee also is trying to work out a system for fixing Hospital charges in Advance. If the medicare and medicaid problem a the Only ones considered so far in several weeks of work on the social Security Bill a can be solved the committee is expected to meet its goal of sending a Bill to the House by the1 end of this month. Proposed revisions in the main social Security Law believed to be relatively non controversial. Include higher payments to widows of retired workers and adjustment of some provisions that now favor women Over men retirees. Fra May Stop food additives county bar praises j in if Vej Ames. The Beaufort county bar association thursday passed a Resolution commending Superior court judge Joshua James of new Hanover county a for the Fine manner Quot in which he conducted a term of court Here this week and for a this Fine judicial temperament and his ability and the sense of fairness displayed by him during the term. Judge James was appointed by governor Bob Scott to fill the unexpired term of the late judge Rudolph Mintz who died of a heart attack Here earlier this year. Judge James has been prominent for a number of years in judicial and political circles in Southeastern North Carolina and was serving As chairman of the North Carolina Industrial commission at the time of his appointment to the court Bench. The Resolution by the Beaufort bar was reported to have been offered spontaneously and supported by members of All political persuasions. The Resolution reads As foil own Quot whereas Joshua James has recently been appointed judge of the Superior court of North Carolina. And whereas judge James has just completed two weeks of criminal court in Beaufort county and whereas the local bar was impressed with his ability and his judicial temperament and desired to express the same now it is see bar Page 10� by g. David Wallace associated press writer Washington apr the food and drug administration has announced it is revoking the use of possibly thousands of food additives previously cleared under informal sanctioning procedures those procedures were so informal officials Arentt even sure How Many or what substances May be affected by the revocation. A spokesman said Fra specialists have estimated As few As 1,000 or As Many As 10,000 chemicals spices and other additives might be involved. Some of the chemicals May be already permitted under the More formal a generally recognized As Safe a grass list or separate regulations. Officials say they done to know of any specific additives included in the revocation which Are not already formally cleared. Quot but is a pretty Safe bet there Are some out there we done to know about said Annada spokesman. The action comes on the heels of a report directed by Ralph Nader accusing the food and drug administration of being so lax in additive clearance that the nation s health is endangered. Washington apr president Nixon has touched off a new round of political controversy Over his supreme court nominations asserting the Senate has forced him to bypass the South in his quest to put a conservative Jurist on the High court. A i have reluctantly concluded Quot the president Sard thursday Quot that it is not possible to get confirmation of a judge on the supreme court of any Man who believes in the strict construction of the Constitution As 1 do if he happens to come from the soul a Quot this is the Moat damning evidence of a Southern strategy we be had since the term was first put in print a protested sen. Birch Bayh d-ind., a Leader in the fight against two Southern judges rejected by the Senate g. Harrold Carswell and Clement f. Haynsworth. "1 find it incredible that the president would make such a chimed in sen. Edward w. Brooke a mass. Another Leader against the Nixon nominees. But Nixon s statement brought nods of approval from senators who stood behind Carswell and Haynsworth. Quot in View of the present makeup of the Senate it would be Terry difficult to confirm any judicial conservative nominee a rom the South a said sen. Roman l. Hruska a neb. No matter who Nixon nominated from the South Quot the powerful Blacks and labor unions would Rise up against him sen. Allen Al Lender. A la. Said. Nixon met briefly with newsmen thursday a Day after the Senate voted 51 to 45 to reject his nomination of Carswell a 50-year-old Federal appeals judge from Tallahassee Fla. He told them a my next nominee will be from outside the South and he will fulfil the criteria of strict constructionist with judicial experience either from a Federal Bench or on a state appeals court a he said. Mafia Hierarchy being penetrated in break up a. Cut Bra symposium support v voiced a symposium on alcoholism in Industry and business scheduled Here May 5 under sponsorship of the Washington rotary club and the Industrial management Council of the Washington chamber of Commerce was hailed today by w. Clay Matthews manager of manufacturing at Hamilton Beach company and chairman of the chamber Simc As a a Good program to be put on by professionals and much needed in this Matthews declared Quot i sincerely support the program and feel that much Benefit from it will come to Beaufort county arrangements for the program which will feature speakers with National and International backgrounds Are being made by the rotary clubs committee on alcohol information headed by the Rev. Irwin Hulbert. Other members of the committee Are Beverly g. Moss and Leon Roebuck or. The symposium will be held at St. Peters episcopal Church Parish House tuesday. May 5, starting at 2 30 . It will continue through a dinner meeting at 6 . Sponsors say Iju program it its scope has been held in the area or in North Carolina. Guy c. F Ornes by Arthur Everett associated press writer new York a with a fusillade of Legal . The Law is pinning Down the Hierarchy of the Cosa Nostra atty. Gen John Mitchell fore fees its eventual breakup Quot to the Point where it is no longer a substantial influence in Ameri to fun life a a attack. Cario including gambit in Quot we now have about 230 Cosa Nostra members and associates under indictment. Arid more1 than half of these were obtained to the last calender year a Mitchell says others in the Hoot flume i re ire enmeshed Are m prison or facing the pm in state prosecutions or invest Nihi Lity of doing time on various nations charges in 23 Days in March All five of the top cd Osa Nostra alone 14 of them Drew the at chieftains in new York cite Are tent Ion of courts grand juries under Legal Carlo Don regarded by authorities As the crime syndicates High commissioner. O r Boss of Bosses h e was indicted March 23 on a fed eral charge of conspiring in a multimillion Dollar armoured truck robbery that never came off a in addition reputed i my new tra Bosses in Philadelphia. Newark. Boston. Buffalo and new Orleans Are in trouble with the in state or Federal in All More than a score of the biggest names in the mafia or stale investigative agencies Quot this is not the end. This is the beginning atty Gen. Her Bert f Simone of Rhode Island said recently after Raymond Patriarca frequently identified As new England Casa Nostra Boss was convicted of a murder conspiracy. Mitchell said much the same he i old the Assoc salad Erraa is due to be increased to 20 cities within three months these quasi Independent groups of shout 30 members include jus Tice department lawyers. Internal Revenue men. Fri agents. Tabor department investigators secret service personnel and the like violations in any of these a areas Tirina the Force into Coor Quot we plan to increase the pres sure even More this year. We know we can never completely eliminate organized crime. What we Hope to do is to convict enough of its member my a i ional Strw Ture Breaks Down completely a Mitchell said Justice department strike forces Are on duty in it cities and that the number Apollo 13 Mission awaits final decision on flight by Harry f. Rosenthal associated. Press writer Cape Kennedy Fla apr there astronauts including a last minute Rookie substitute on whom everything depends lean today a scant 24 hours before Blastoff whether they and Apollo 13 will leave for the Moon saturday the scheduled 2 13 . Est launch was left a Cliff Hanger pending a decision on whether John l. Swigert jr., the Stopgap replacement. Can mesh Talent and personality with prime Crew members James a. Lovell or. And Fred w. Haise or. If not the flight of Apollo 13 will be postponed until May 9 at a Cost of $800,006. The decision was to be made by Nasa admin tra Tor Thomas o. Paine this afternoon after evaluating Swigert s performance in a four hour rehearsal session today. Thomas k. Mattingly ii who had the misfortune not to be immune to the German measles to which he was exposed was All but ruled out of the Mission thursday. Physicians figured they d be taking too much of a Chance sending him on the 10 Day flight while Swigert worked out in simulators with his new Crew mates the sleek 363 foot High Saturn 5 rocket was being read led As if no uncertainties existed about its human cargo the preparations were on schedule. The weather was fore cast to be scattered Clouds no rain. In the make believe space capsule where launch flying and Moon Landing conditions Are simulated by computers Swigert worked on achieving the precise coordination that is needed among Crew members the question was not How Well he knew his Job. His training had been identical with matting Lye a but always with different Cabin mates. A a it a really a compatibility sort of thing to get him up to Speed in language and responses this sort of thing a a space Agency spokesman said. Quot its a matter of responding and knowing. A lot of times they use their own sort of shorthand in Guy c. Fornes age 44, of Wilmar it. I Vanceboro died in the Beaufort county Hospital today at 8 30 . Following a critical illness of two Days he had been in failing health for the past several years. Or. Fornes was born in Chocowinity township oct. 27, so o l 1 1925-, son of mrs. Mamie Wilson Ujj o cil ools Fornes and the late Allen Kirk clings to control bulletin by the associated press at Imi three North Carolina trucking firms were crippled today by Drivers walking off the Job in protest of contract agreements by the National Union in Washington. The some 500 Drivers working out of the Southern terminal of associated transport in Burlington refused to get behind the wheel after pickets went up the company head quark Early this morning. Up it ters new Jaycee president cd. Thomas Boyd Plant manager for j. A. Hackney amp sons Here has been elected president of the Washington Junior chamber of Commerce. He will succeed Richard Lawrence. Other officers elected include Wayne Barber external vice president Milton Brown jr., internal vice president Bob Tyndall Secretary Tom Edwards treasurer Blake Lewis jr., state director and Glenn t Cox Hackney High Earl Tetterton and Ronnie Clark members of the Board of directors _ Fornes. He was a Veteran of world War ii and was a former civil service employee. He was married to Frances Dixon of this county nov. 27,1957. Surviving besides his wife and Mother Are two sons Heber Fornes and Billy Fornes All of it. 1, Vanceboro three daughters mrs. Louise Carawan of this City miss Dixie Fornes and miss Mary Fornes both of the Home one brother Hyman Fornes of it. 1, Vanceboro. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home saturday at 3 30 of clock conducted by the Rev. Roger Tripp pastor of the Union Chapel free will Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Lewis cemetery re 2, grime Stond. The family will be at the Home of his daughter mrs. Louise Carawan at 304 East 15th St. Industry Farmers responsible Mercury Poison comes to attention by g. C. Thelen or. Associated press writer Washington apr Farmers and manufacturers poured billions of pounds of a toxic chemical Mercury into the nations food and water Supply for years while the government did nothing to Stop them. Although there had been significant and Early warnings from abroad about the danger of the pollution Federal authorities did not stir until three children in new Mexico were sever by injured recently from eating Mercury contaminated pork and after Mercury tainted fish showed up in the Groat lakes. From 1984 until Early this year when to began removing some unneeded Mercury pesticides the agriculture department rejected every objection a hundreds of them from the food and drug administration to the registration of the Chemi and then according to a department official it acted Quot Only because of the new Mexico incident and the resulting Public the Fra objections were brushed aside the official said a a because they offered no substantiating evidence of their during that time Mercury poisoning from contaminated and 20 deaths and 45 injury cases in Guatemala during 1966. A Mercury discharge from an. Industrial Plant in japanese Waters contaminated sea food resulting in 43 deaths and uncounted birth defects. The facts on Mercury As compiled by a recent government pesticide commission Are these some 5.3 million pounds. Mercury Are used annually by Industry 800,000 pounds going in manufacture of pesticides. Mercury is a permanent element and a residues can persist up to 100 years iffy polluted Grain accounted for 35 death lakes Quot accumulating in Roo unt and 321 injury cases in Iraq in ing concentration in fish and Mil four deaths and 34 injury Shell fish the commission said. Cases in West Pakistan in 1963 Quot human consumption of such seafood May Lead to accumulation of Methyl Mercury to even lethal Levels Quot the commission said. Although the Fra had worried for some time about Mercury in pesticides apparently no government Agency did any thing about Industrial discharges of the chemical into water supplies. We be been discussing the problem with Interior but Haven to decided who is in charge a said an official of the depart men of health education and welfare no one in government is ready to say yet that the Public is or is not endangered from Mercury pollution. The reason Lack of data. A Bradenton Fla. Apr gov. Claude Kirk vowing to Quot meet Force with Force a dung to control of the Manatee county school system today in the face of besieging . Marshals. The marshals seeking to Clear the Way for school integration under a Federal court order said they already regarded three Kirk aides the county sheriff and five deputies As under arrest although not in physical custody. Kirk retorted at a news conference thursday night that if a my people Are arrested he would put the marshals Quot in the county . Atty. John l. Briggs said a Kirk intermediary had told him marshals attempting to enter school Board Headquarters to make arrests would be fired on. A Kirk aide replied that no such statement was by an intermediary or any member of the governor s staff. Kirk said he would not appear in Tampa today for a contempt hearing in the court of . Dist. Judge Ben Krentzman author of the integration order but would be represented by an declined to say what his next move would be a to like a coach i done to really expect to talk about the game plan before the game Quot a but said he had talked with . Justice department officials who had approved his undisclosed plan of action. A Superior Force of Deputy sheriffs and state troopers prevented three Deputy marshals and an assistant . Attorney from taking actual custody of the Kirk aides and. Six lawmen in a confrontation at the school Board office thursday. All nine were accused of obstructing jus Isis cer a a a a a it Quot. Speaking a such compatibility could be crucial in an emergency Lovell the Mission commander was known to have Miskiv mrs. About have an under study step in just before curtain time. His appraisal of How Well Swigert fit in was a major fac Tor in the final decision. Mission director Chester n is ordered the countdown for the launching to proceed after a 24 hour conference with Nasa officials about All aspects of the flight vice president Spiro t. Agile and Chancellor Willy Brandt of West Germany headed the list of distinguished guests expected for the liftoff others included Secretary of state William p. Rogers housing and Urban development Secretary George w. Romney and agriculture Secretary Clifford m Hardin the Mission of Apollo 13, America s third expedition to the Moon is to land and explore a Hilly Upland Region and dig into its surface for rocks that Sec Apollo. Page 10 Oncea Nita donated action against the sus peeled wrongdoer in addition Mitchell said pressure is being increased against legitimate businesses which have fallen into mob has asked for a revision in anti Trust taws to provide maximum a see crime Page m beef study goes Back for details Washington a a House committee has sent Back for More study a congressional report Catling for an investigation to head off serious bad shortages predicted in the United states in five years the House government operations committee rejected and sent the report Back to its special studies subcommittee on a re committal motion thursday by Hep Jack Brooks a Tex. A former cattleman the cattle Industry sharply opposed the report. The com Mil tee s action taken by voice vote came despite Market indications that beef prices this summer could approach the High they reached a year ago a a Quot a there s no justification far jumping on Best which is unregulated and gets no Federal subsidy a Brooks said in offering the Mot cml Quot in general the report does no to support its conclusion Bui Brooks said he had been contacted by Only one cattle Man whom he said is not an Industry official. Teachers merger s tops t temporarily Raleigh a North car in the Charlotte Olina s predominantly Black teachers organization has sus Oncea Pended at least temporarily its Pearson Mecklenburg Etta Greene w Oman seeking Board seat Swan Quarter a Etta Greene a life Long resident of Hyde county has filed for a seat on the Board of education of Hyde county. Mrs Greene received her elementary education from the Hyde county elementary schools and is a graduate of the former Kinston College which was a High school and Junior College at that time she did further study at Elizabeth City state University in Elizabeth City. Mrs Greene is an Active member of St. Mary s disciple Church and sunday school she has served As vice president of the women a Home Mission for 20 years and 19 years As Secretary for the Hyde county Church Monument society she has also served and held office in the order of the Eastern Star and the Loving Charity organization. Mrs. Greene says she Quot is interested in the development of True Unity of All segments of Hyde county and the promotion of educational policies that will Benefit each resident of the see Greene. Page in it move toward merger with its White counterpart july 1. The last minute breakdown in the Long awaited merger came in the Wake of a disagreement Between the two organizations Over Federal dist. Judge James Mcmillan a desegregation Dan for the Char Latte Mecklenburg schools. The Black group the North Carolina teachers association Nita was angered wednes Day when the White group the North Carolina education association once opposed the National education associations endorsement of Mcmillan a plan. Nita executive Secretary a b Palmer said thursday he has cancelled what was expected to have been a joint announcement with.,the Oncea april 17 that the two groups had agreed to merge a a the Nita helped Black parents file the 1965 suit that led to Mcmillan s order of last feb. 5 which called for the busing of thousands of children. The . 4th circuit court of appeals heard Oral arguments in Richmond thursday on an Appeal of the plan by the Char Lotte Mecklenburg Board of education. Palmer said his Board of directors had instructed him to cancel the april 17 announcement and had expressed second thoughts about the merger. He said the Nita Board will hold a. Special meeting april 1,� to discuss the situation. Quot this is a very serious Issue a Palmer said. A we must reconsider the status of things in Light of the no eat a opposition to the near a president Charles of Charlotte had. Released a statement wednesday saying that Nea s intervention in the Case could Quot serve no useful purpose but could create new animosities Between the members of the two teachers organizations in North Carolina Palmer said in reaction a certainly these animosities Are not new we suspected they were lurking a but we also expected enough discretion would be used that they would not come to the forefront As they have Palmer said Pearson s statement is the first indication the Nita has had of the Oncea stand on school desegregation both groups have agreed to resolve All their outstanding court cases before merger a see meager Page 10 former resident Dies mrs. Hilton Hudnell. Or. Of new Bern a former resident of Washington and sister in Law of mrs. Blossom Hudnell Thomas and mrs John Butler of tins Ftp died thursday. Funeral ser laces will be held monday at .11 . In the new Bern presbyterian Church burial will follow in the National cemetery til new Bern. The family req eat no Flowers. Survivors Maude two sons Hilton Hudnell a. Of new Bern and Perry Hudnell of Worthington o. To i a Cavite tonight the. A is u. Poyser. Of Dallas Texas Wei give a free Christian science lecture tonight on Quot a higher humanity Quot in the Church edifice Christian science society 321 North Market Street. Quot the Public the invited

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