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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - April 23, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather Var Petoie Petoud Benw and War tonight Chance of Shower a a in Ider a cower Friday after noon lows tonight Fate his Friday i Washington daily news if you do not got your paper. Dial ms-494s Between ass and i n o Stork and Ona will a de Varad to you established 1909 twelve pack Daviv cog for sunday soviets spotted i Polaris Type subs roam mid Atlantic 3-5 billion Dollar deficit forecast by Edmond Lebreton associated press writer Washington Tapi a the Federal government is Likely to d-ark., chairman of the House ways and Means committee since the study was made chances have increased that the slide into the red by $3 billion to red Ink figure will be in the up $8 billion in the upcoming fiscal year instead of achieving the $1.3 billion surplus originally forecast by president Nixon Congress top fiscal analysts estimate. The estimate was made by per Range of the staff estimate or even beyond it. Congress at Nixon a recommendation has passed a $2 6 billion annual pay increase for postal and other Federal work ers. But it has yet to act on the nonpartisan staff of the postal rate increases and other joint committee on internal measures designed to offset at Revenue taxation at the re _ quest of rep Wilbur d. Mills deficit 118 t Trinidad appears under control by William f. Nicholson associated press writer port of Spain Trinidad api a the government of Trinidad appeared today to have gained the upper hand Over a few score army mutineers and Black Power rioters. Three persons have been reported killed in the disorders six . Navy ships were expected to evacuate. Americas tourists and residents if necessary and the . G overran oat flew in Small Arma requested by the Ftp and government but for the moment a least the government seemed to have the situation under control. A dusk to Dawn curfew part of a state of emergency declared tuesday by prime minister Eric Williams was relaxed in Rural areas wednesday but was continued on a Day to Day basis in port of Spain. Only persons with police passes were allowed outside wednesday night. Must shops were boarded up and closed Early. By late afternoon the downtown Section was almost deserted. There were few guests in the Trinidad Hilton one of the main tourist hotels. The Airport was crowded with foreigners awaiting flights out of the country. The . Embassy said the dispatch of the american ships to Trinidad Waters was a precautionary step and that no evacuation of americans was imminent. Embassy officials said they were advising the 3,000 americans on the Island to avoid Public places stay indoors and obey the state of emergency regulations. White House press Secretary Ronald l Ziegler emphasized to newsmen in Washington that no american troop Landing was planned. A we have no intention of involving ourselves in the internal affairs of Trinidad a he said. There were reports that Brit he b t0 the former ish Commonwealth troops from t Annie Green of Slanesville. They Jamaica and Guyana had land have three daughters mrs. Lane Mayo of Scranton Gloria Graya student at Pitt tech in Greenville and Patricia a Junior at Malta Musket High. By Fred s. Hoffman up military writer Washington api a soviet Polaris Type missile firing submarine Are a dulling in the Atlantic within striking Range of a the United states Pentagon sources say. At least one such submarine built to carry 10 nuclear tipped missiles with a Range Over 1,200 Miles has been detected in the mid Atlantic inv i Muff Defevre off tet is have said several Yankee class soviet nuclear submarines were operational but indicated they had t ventured out for More than Shakedown cruises Secretary of defense Melvin r Laird believes the russians Are on a crash program to bring their Polaris Type submarine Force abreast or beyond the 41-boat . Missile launching Fleet within four years. About 12 soviet Yankee class subs capable of shooting from the Ocean Depths Are reported operational about twice a Many As last fall. Another 12 or 14 of these vessels Are said to be under construction. It is not known How Many Yankee class subs have begun patrols. If they follow the . Method of operation the russians would Send somewhat More than half of their Force to sea at any one time. There was some indication from Pentagon sources that at least one or More Yankee class subs might be involved in the current worldwide soviet naval Maneu vers which . Navy spokesmen Call the biggest Ever in peace time. Sources implied that russian Small plane hijacked out of Gastonia fort Lauderdale Fla. Api a a Light plane landed in Cuba today after a hop scotch trip Down the East coast under threats from an armed convict and a teen age girl the Federal aviation adm Nistra lion reported the plane was commandeered wednesday night in Gastonia n.c., and flew to the con my a no St Island after refuelling stops m Hod Hill us a mull Villa and fort Lauderdale there was no immediate word As to when the Pilot would return. Authorities identified the hijackers As Ira Davis a a Orris Meeks. It and Diane me Kenney 17, both of Gastonia Federal aviation administration officials in Atlanta a Aid Meeks told control towers along his route to keep police Clear of the refuelling stops or he would blow up the plane. The Light plane carried Only the two hijackers and the Pilot North Carolina police so d. T. King said the plane was piloted by Boyce Stradley 56. Who reported to ground control communications that the couple boarded the plane saying they wanted to a Fly around a the Pilot was quoted As saying the Man pulled a gun and ordered him to Fly to Cuba King said the Hijacker took Over the communications and told ground forces at Gastonia he had enough explosives to destroy the plane a Gastonia police department spokesman said Meeks was sentenced to two to four years in 1960 on a manslaughter charge an Faa spokesman said the see Hijack Page Al president orders end to draft deferments w orders fathers affected bids opened Antisubmarine warfare units in _ _. _. It Atlantic nay be a a retain a a by methodists a Amsl Mia air r s. Tea a e or Ning How to . Under Kenneth Gray Gray seeks school Board a i. Seat in Hyde Swan Quarter a Kenneth Gray Scranton Farmer is one of 10 candidates seeking five seats on the Hyde county Board of commissioners or. Gray who is seeking Public office for the first time says his candidacy is based on his interest in bringing about Unity on school questions in Hyde. The county has been divided in the Wake of protests Over desegregation. Or. Gray is a member of the Eunice Chapel Church of Christ and a teacher in the adult sunday school class. He is also a member of the Mattam skeet High school boosters club and is a member of the Board of directors of the Woodstock electric membership corporation of Pantego. De on Trinidad but Jamaica and Guyana denied them. However the two British Fri see Trinidad Page 9 haps in Hopes at Deal with the he sea Fleet. Nearly 200 soviet surface warships submarines and auxiliary vessels Are taking part in the Maneu vers entering chiefly in the norwegian sea and the North Atlantic. Other sizable russian naval squadrons Are Active in the philippine sea the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. The . Navy Over the past week has been calling attention to the soviet Maneu vers because of a longstanding concern Over russians widening reach and also perhaps because Congress is now considering the military budget. In fact the russians May be doing the . Navy a big favor by carrying on its spectacularly global Maneu vers at this time. Even As Navy spokesmen briefed Pentagon reporters on what they called the soviet a demonstration of muscle a the House armed services committee was sending to the floor a Bill authorizing an extra $435 million for Navy ship construction next year. Bloodmobile gets 103 pints the red Cross Bloodmobile at a special Stop Here wednesday collected Only 103 pints. The visit had been scheduled to help the lagging Beaufort county donor program catch up. Red Cross officials Here today expressed appreciation to those who gave blood. Contracts id the erection or an educational building at the first United methodist Church in Washington have been opened and the Low bids on the najor work total $276,921. It was announced today. The four major Low bidders found the general contract to be $209,865 the plumbing contract to be $14,115. The heat and air conditioning Low bid was $24,779 the electrical work Low bid was $28,162. The figures above of course do not include Many necessary items such As the Kitchen furnishings. And decorations. A Church conference has been called for the 11 00 of clock at the regular sunday morning worship hour on sunday april 26. At this time the project will be explained and All members of the Church 18 years of age or older will be eligible to vote on the proposal Bridge shut Down slated the Wilkerson Creek Bridge across the intercostal waterway near Ponzer in Hyde county will be completely shut Down from 6 . Friday to 6 . Monday there will be no crossing of any kind during the period either vehicular or pedestrian the Complete shutdown of Hyde a Westward link by land comes As the u. S. Corps of engineers rebuild the facility. There will be no daily news Carrier deliveries Friday and saturday. Can anyone come out ahead everybody in trouble in Indochina by William l. Ryan a special correspondent Southeast asians situation has become so incredibly tangled that practically nobody can be confident of coming our ahead and practically everybody is in some kind of trouble. The spillover of fighting from Vietnam into Laos and Cambodia along with other developments has created headaches for the United states the soviet Union red China Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Thailand the Philippines and otters in the area not to mention the Indochina regimes themselves North Vietnam is lobbying in paria and elsewhere against a French Drepaul far an International conference m Indochina. One reason for this probably is a Hanoi notion that the americans will Loee in South Vietnam by default but there could be another Good reason. Peace now in Indochina could put North Vietnam into the Middle of a soviet Chi Nese dispute Over influence Hie Side or the other must win the ensuing struggle and losers of such struggles often lose their Heads As Well. It seems almost impossible for Washington to peas right on Cambodia s distress Call for help against the Viet Cong and North vietnamese invasion. To respond May Widen the War. To ignore the plea can mean the subjugation of Cambodia by communist forces and a severe setback for the South vietnamese regime. A president Nixon is going ahead with his phased withdrawal of us troops from South Vietnam a continued . Military presence in Southeast Asia suggests at least implicit support for its nations against chinese pressure. But there is a Prospect that the presence will be greatly diminished or even dismantled and some Southeast asian nations Are jittery. Indonesia urgently wants an asian conference on cambodian neutrality. Ambassadors of in Malaysia Singapore members of a visitation committee they should b accredited by the colleges and school Are shown with local and county school officials visitation too tote schools to help decide whether looking m it Southern Chocol Nekr association of of two left Are h e. Rogers principal of Choctow Unity High school. Jasper Warren chairman of the Beaufort county Board of education or. Lewis h Swinde i jr., of Atlantic Christian ctr Liege mias Madeline Tripp of the state department of Public instruction Gray Hodges Jasper Nten Dent of Beaufort county schools and or. John Horn a of East Carolina University or Swindell and or Home Are members of the visitation com Nittle and min Tripp is chairman of the committee of accreditation of the soc in North Carolina. Miss Tripp to a native of Aurora and or Swindell grew up in Washington. Staff photo by Litchfield accreditation inspection committee looks at Choco schools Chocowinity a visiting committees continued looking Over the Checo Waity schools my programs today before deciding later whether they should be accredited by the Southern association of colleges and schools. Thirty four educators make up the two groups studying the school. Or. Lewis h Swindell or of Atlantic Christian College in Wilson formerly of Washington is heading the elementary committee and or. John Horne of East Carolina University in Greenville is heading the secondary committee. Thailand and the Philippines members of the association of Southeast asian nations have been meeting on that situation several right now Are contending with a new upsurge of communist guerrilla activity sponsored and perhaps materially supported by the red chinese. A communist takeover of Cambodia would raise the Prospect of a Long period of general instability in Southeast Asia. Unquestionably guerrilla movements in the whole area would be encouraged. The russians must be concerned about the possibility of widened asian War. They worry that Short of a big War Hie red see Asia Page 91 Vick funeral n slated Friday funeral services for Willie Vick age 56, will be held at the Washington Church of god Friday afternoon at 3 of clock conducted by the Rev. P. A. Howard pastor. Burial will follow in Pamlico memorial gardens. The body will be moved from the Paul funeral Home to the Church one hour prior to the service. The following will serve As pallbearers Lonnie Lilley Granville Lilley Jesse Jones Eddie Jones Joe Godley and Jodie Rhem. The family will be at the Home of mrs. Vick s sister mrs. Eddie l. Jones at 216 East seventh Street or Vick died Early wednesday morning following a heart attack surviving Are his Wile three sons one daughter four grandchildren four Brothers and one sister. Fund climbs the Kenneth Woolard fund has climbed this morning to the sum of $5,678.88, it was announced this morning by Darrell Martin chairman. Some report Are still to be sent in and anyone wishing to contribute will find a genuine warmth in doing so. The drive is not Cut off but the organized Effort will be discontinued for awhile or until More Money is needed to defray expenses. Or. Martin said today Quot Kenneth will undergo heart surgery Friday morning at Duke Hospital at 7 00 o clock. His pneumonia has cleared up. What we need now will be prayers for the Success of the he talked with the doctor last night regarding the youngster and barring any Complick hons the operation will be per fortified tomorrow the committees Are looking at such tilings As instruction build lags bus system administration to ache a Load and teacher qualifications members of the two committees on looking at the elementary school and the other looking at the High school a arrived thursday. They will continue their investigation through today. Chocowinity schools applied for admission to the Southern association of colleges and schools for accreditation three years ago in the meantime school officials have supplied the sacs with reams of information about the school. The visit by the committees is another step by the sacs to determine whether the school meets the requirements for accreditation. It approval would make the school one of less than 50 Union schools in the South with accreditation no Union school la this area is accredits Ted by the sacs although some High schools and some elements re schools have met the prescribed standards. Accreditation by the sacs is a Mark of excellence. Among other things students find Transfer of credits easier formal announcement of a decision is not expected before next december. A Quot jail tag debtors attacked by Don Mcleod awol Ald pres writer was in a i id ancient practice of jailing peo pie who done to pay their fines is under Strong attack in the supreme court As unfair to the lawyers representing indigents who were jailed because they were too poor to immediate payment of fines asked the court wednesday to declare the practice Union Slit t tonal. Robert o. Fisher represent my a number of Baltimore indigent told the court that letting an affluent defendant Fine and go Home while jailing a poor Man for nonpayment is not equivalent punishment. Stanley e. Bass representing a Chicago Man kept in jail beyond his term because he could not pay an additional Fine said time spent in jail is a More severe penalty than paying a Fine. A society looks on it differently a Fiaher said a a Man who has gone to jail is a criminal. A Man who has paid a Fine has had an unfortunate experience a Fisher Atoo questioned any formula that equates loss of Freedom to loss of Money no matter what the rate a one 24-hour Day in jail does not equal $2,&Quot Fisher declared calling for i ruling that would require courts to provide other by Stan Benjamin too Laird press writer Washington tape a Prest a it Nixon off wed today and end to future draft deferments for occupational or agricultural activities and for fatherhood he also asked Congress for authority to end future student is torments Totev it Rel i and it it order or pledged to Issue if he is granted authority would not after i the deferments now held by students fathers and workers or such deferments granted under applications now pending Nixon asked Congress top a Mil the draft to be run on a a ton wide basis with a single National Call by lottery numbers this would replace the present system of local Calls by individual draft boards which need not Call exactly the same numbers at any one time at the same time. Nixon endorsed the goal of ending the draft entirely and replacing it with an All Volunteer army. To achieve this goal he said he will propose additional pay raises and benefits for members of the armed forces and will seek to encourage enlistment and re enlistment he also to or a Dering a review of military poli Cial to recognize the personal needs aspirations and capabilities of military personnel provisions for student defer Menta at present Are written into the draft Tow to change them Nixon must obtain action by Congress giving him Diacre Munary authority he said that Athis Gul Horitz it granted he it Imi Edia Al it Issac a a Chou executive order ending student deferments in the future. The White House explained to a fact Sheet accompanying the presidents message to Congress that As of today student already attending College or. A Sec Nixon. Page 9� awards meet slated tonight the awards banquet for the 19th annual four Hoffa meat animal show and Sale held tuesday will be held at the red men s Hall on third Street Here tonight or. W. E Glazener director of instruction Lor the school of agriculture and life sciences at n. C. State University in Raleigh will be the guest speaker. Or. Glazener will be presented by m d. Red Whisnant president of the Beaufort county farm Bureau Kenneth Snow chairman of the agricultural markets development Council of the Washington chamber of Commerce will serve As master of ceremonies trophies will be presented by representatives of Means of payment such As by various organizations which instalments. Make them pm a Bible Earth Day brings cleaner environment to attention by Bob Monroe associated press writer Atlantic Waters break today on a cleaned Baach in Brooklyn traffic grinds Down new Yorkus fifth Avenue where a picnic was held while cars were banned. Congress to Back in session Earth Day to Over. Hundred of thousands of americans joined in the Obe Erv a Nee wednesday uniting in a plea for the preservation of the environment that cradles Man hoping to Mark the beginning of the end of pollution they marched demonstrated and rallied a Many a 100,000 Strong. They listened to count less speeches by politicians scientists and other leaders they swept scrubbed picked up titter and planted Trees and Flowers. The National education association estimated that 10 million Public school children Partick fated in teach in programs some 1,500 Louisville pupils crowded into the Atherton High school concourse to illustrate the problem of overpopulation the demonstration ended with pushing grabbing and pinching. In san Diego Calif and Topeka kan., Many youths went to school on horseback bicycles roller skates and skateboards instead of the usual cars or buses. Congress recessed for the Day with Many of its members making speaking engagements. Not to were warmly received. Sen Charlea e. Goodell. K n y. Was greeted at a new York University rally with a leaflet calling his speech a the biggest cause at air sen. Gaylord Nelson d-wis., who originated the idea of Earth Day told an Indiana University rally a we could Stop our involvement in Laos in 30 Days and we should but the Battle to restore Man to his proper place in the environment will take a commitment beyond anything we have done he proposed National policies on land use pesticides and herbicides. National standards for air and water pollution and a ban on offshore Oil drilling a until such time As the country needs the Oil and until we can extract it without fear of ecological disaster a Nelson Atoo spoke during tin Day at the University of California in Berkeley. In the nations capital Ben. Birch Bayh d-ind., called Fot the Creet Ioc of a a National environmental control Agency u conquer pollution is we have a see Earth Day Page a it n

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