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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - April 24, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather variable Rio Ucuncu Ami ra4h or warm tonight 4�t Chanca of under were Vari Able Elnus Lina a and Little cooler Satar a a Day. Low Toni fort in my. Washington daily news i you do not got your paper. Dial my >145 to new it an a a and ? 00 of clock and Ana will to delivered to jaw established 190� mrw fam Wash noon not a a Olga a hoax Al jul 24. -1�hl daily except sunday Ratcliff or. Glazner and Snow Fra giving of for cancer drug. By Alton Blakeslee a science editor new York a the food and drug administration has Given approval for the testing on humans of a highly controversial anticancer drug one the Fra has Long refused to License. The drug is laetrile the proprietary name for Amygdalia a chemical derived from Apricot pits. While the drug s supporters claim great benefits among cancer patients the american cancer society lists laetrile among a unproven Quot drugs and says its studies find no objective evidence of Benefit from it other cancer authorities have called it a a dubious or under Federal Law the Fra has caned sate and. Mae laetrile because it has hot gone through the process of Legal and orderly testing to show that it is effective and Safe an Fra changing Man spokesman said the Fra gave permission for the first step toward any approval the clinical testing by granting a number in this Case no. 6,734, to an investigative new drug ind application filed on april 6 by the Mcnaughton foundation of Sausa Lito Calif. This does not mean the Fra has made any judgment As to the Worth or safety of the drug the Fra official said. It Means Only that the proposal to investigate it in humans met certain requirements stipulated by the Fra. The Fra spokesman said the ind application like others May be reviewed More fully and permission for the clinical testing could still be withdrawn if cause is found. Meanwhile the clinical testing can begin at any time. The drug is being made Legal see cancer Page 10 scientists study Gene engineering by Frank Carey a science writer Birmingham Ala apr scientists Are studying daring concepts involving a genetic engineering Quot As part of their quest to conquer such inherited disorders As cystic fibrosis and some of the maladies that can cause mental retardation. Conceding their ideas a approach science fiction a researchers attending an unusual conference Here this month said developments like these Are conceivable some time in the future a scientist in a Hospital Laboratory would Quot feed a certain synthetic chemical to a virus that is relatively harmless to Man. Then he would implant the virus inside the womb of a pregnant woman in such a Way that the virus ultimately would reach the developing embryo. It would then release inside fetal cells its chemical cargo consisting of Man made genes artificial versions of the Basic units of heredity which researchers Are now trying to develop. In this Case the virus would in effect be an emergency messenger boy carrying a Gene which pre Natal analysis shows is missing or defective in the unborn child an abnormality that otherwise would result in the child being born with Mystic fibrosis a dreaded glandular disease. A a. Using another technique surgeons would implant tiny Glass beads in the womb of a pregnant woman. The hollow beads would be filled with an enzyme see genes Page 10 careers in agriculture Are cited experiences gained in events such As the Beaufort county four Hoffa meat animal show and Sale Here tuesday help prepare Young people for decision making in later years or. E. W Glazener director of instruction for the school of agriculture and ilife sciences at n. C state last night told the awards banquet for the annual event or. Glazener called agriculture the nations largest Industry and pointed out some of the career opportunities. Following his remarks he presented a North Carolina state University film entitled Quot rewarding careers in or. Glazener was presented by Zeno Ratcliff or. Of Pantego. Awards were presented As follows grand Champion steer trophy Given by Borden inc. Chemical div. Smith Douglass co., presented by Ledrue Buck to Cynthia Ratcliff Reserve Champion steer trophy Given by kiwanis club presented by Clarence Rawls to Bryan Keith Davis grand Champion hog trophy Given by Pantego Puritan club presented by Darrell Windley to Thomas Alligood Reserve Champion hog trophy Given by Washington Lions club presented by Abbott Sawyer to Ray Griffin grand Champion pen of three hogs trophy Given by Bath Puritan club presented by John Bishop to Danny Waters Reserve Champion pen of three hogs trophy Given by free Union Puritan club presented by Monroe Everett to Ray Griffin. First place fitting and showmanship steer trophy Given by Cargill presented by Howard Pittman to Kayron Carowan second place fitting and showmanship steer trophy Given by Richland Puritan club presented by Finley Lewis to Gary Gregory third place fitting and showmanship steer trophy Given by big swamp Puritan club presented by Howard Pittman to Fred Howell first place fitting and showmanship Swine trophy Given by fungo Puritan presented by Norman Allen to Tommy Clark second place fitting and see awards Page 10 Law Levels blast at Mitchell by Neil , Bride a labor writer Atlantic atty n Jap a the United Auto workers Union has accused vice president Spiro t. Agnew and atty Gen. John n. Mitchell today of slag tag a of repress Ion against americans who espouse unpopular causes a the Law takes its stand firmly against the arbitrary unpopular by government and insists that official Power must operate with aspect for individual Freedom Quot the 1.6 million member Union said in a convention Resolution adopted thursday Agnew tries to heighten our differences split the country and make it unpopular to dissent Quot said Steve Schlossberg. Law general counsel Quot he is also selective. When a mob turns Over a school bus in the South he says it was angry parents but when kids demonstrate for peace they re impudent snobs Schlossberg said in an interview the Union Resolution written by Schlossberg urged repeal of the recently enacted Quot no Knock Law allowing Federal agents to enter premises without warning where use of drugs is suspected it also urged Congress to defeat Mitchell s District of Columbia crime Bill proposal that would permit preventive detention of persons awaiting trial on criminal charges. The Resolution said the proposal which the Justice department has urged As a Model for the nation would reverse the Long american Legal tradition of a trial first and imprisonment afterwards if convicted. A we Are in unrelenting opposition to the Campaign of repression now being waged by attorney general Mitchell vice president Agnew and others in the National administration a the Resolution declared. The Law Ateo urged Legal protect Toof 7�?zwsmtn ague is having their notes or recordings subpoenaed by the Justice department and strict bans on wire tapping and illegal searches and seizures. The convention overwhelmingly re elected 62-year-old president Walter p. Reuther to his 13th straight two year term in the first contested election for a the Union presidency in 21 years. Reuther Defeated Art Fox 49. Of the unions big Dearborn mich., Ford local by 13,609 votes to 220. Demo women to meet apr. 27 the april meeting of the Beaufort county democratic women will be held at or. Eds on monday night april 27, at 7 00 of clock it was announced today by mrs. Verona Cratch president. _ _. Eugene Simmons of Tarboro chairman of the n. C. State democratic executive com Mittee. Will be the speaker. The members Are urged to come out and bring their husbands. Those planning to attend should Call either mrs Cratch in Washington or mrs. Delmar Keech in Belhaven. Plans to abolish draft receive cold reception _ College for courthouse Board defers decision again on bid letting exemption in doubt by 5im by Tom Spencer mans Flag editor the Beaufort county Board of commissioners deferred again thursday a decision on letting bids for a proposed new county courthouse Here the problem continues to be the difference Between the apparent Low bid figures and the million available for the project the Low figure of 61,125.235 by Leo Hawkins of Greenville was $229,133 below the 61,354.366 offered by Hawkins at the first opening on feb 18. The reduction resulted in numerous changes authorized by the com missioners the Board set a special meeting for tuesday night to decide on the bids question chairman Alton Cayton said he Hopes that some further changes and reductions can be negotiated to bring Coats within reach and permit the letting of the bids he indicated the county might have to appropriate some additional fifty. The new general contract bid figure plus those offered for mechanical plumbing and heating and electrical at the original bid opening and still in effect by agreement puts the total construction Cost at 61.476.865 plans for building the new courthouse have been plagued by one delay after another since the Surprise passage of a i 5 million Bond Issue in May of 1966 the commissioners voted on March 4 to Call for new bids for the general contract after finding the original Low bid offered on feb. 18 too High they set the new bid Date for april 16 that later was deferred to april 23 because of an advertising mix up before that months had been consumed in getting a site after a proposed Deal Between tie county and the Washington development fell through some 6200.000 of the 61 .8 million Bond Issue has been spent for a site and architect s feet and now the Board finds itself in a squeeze to get enough Money to erect the facility despite changes in bricks and materials and elimination of some of the fancy work on the facade and a canopy Over the rear Entrance the proposed courthouse will be built on the North Side of West second Street across from the county agricultural building it will replace the present Cour House which was constructed Here in 1794 one of the factors pressuring see courthouse. Page 19 soc lated Presa writer Washington a Prest Dent Nixon a plan to abolish the Craft has drawn a cold reception from key members of Congress and prospects for Early special bread May Pervier going to not be so special Raleigh by g. David Wallace associated press writer Washington a the House wife who pays the few cents extra for certain specially. Breads May be getting nothing substantially different Frem Plain bread a Survey by the food and drug administration guardian of the nations staff of life concludes that in some butter egg potato and Buttermilk breads the amounts of special ingredients Are unreasonably Low. In one instance a butter bread was found to contain no butter at All. Other butter breads were found to contain As much As 2w pats. The average number of pats found to be present was 14, or three eights of an ounce. The Fra Survey showed 80 per cent of the Consumers expected to get 2 pats or More in their butter bread. The Survey found As Little As one fifth of an egg or As much As one and one third eggs in egg bread. The average of half an egg compared to the one egg or More expected by 75 per cent of the Consumers. The Survey found similar wide variations in the other specialities from one third of an ounce to just shy of a full ounce of potato flour from one half ounce to nine ounces of Buttermilk. Bakers say the special ingredients Are added to give the breads a distinctive flavor How much is needed they say is largely a matter of taste a a comparison of the surveys of Consumers and manufacturers reveals that some Bakers formulas Are lower than May be considered reasonable As to the Quantity actually present of the ingredient that is named on the Label a said the Fra in its report the report has revived action on possible requirements for How much or How Little of the ingredients covered in the Survey should be included in bread the government proposed standards for All specially breads in 1941, but when the standards were finally set in 1952 they covered Only White bread whole wheat bread enriched bread milk bread and Raisin bread. The Industry and Fra have been conferring in the past year on possible additional standards. Quot it looks like Well have see bread Page 10> operation today two and a half year old Kenneth Woolard was still in the operating room at Duke Hospital at 11 00 o clock today where surgeons Are seeking to repair his ailing heart. The youngster with a Hole in the heart was Well of the pneumonia which had hit him last sunday. The Kenneth Woolard fund this morning stood at 65.784 13, according to Darrel Martin chairman. Hospital officials had promised to Call As soon As Tutje youngster is wheeled out of the operating room in order that information on the operation could be Given out that information will be published tomorrow. The department of local affairs has named Graham w Pervier 28, of this City and ministry Tor of the division of governmental relations. G. Irvin Aldridge. Director announced m r Sleigh today the governmental relations division includes department of local affairs housing and Urban programs and the information and advisory assistance service. Pervier has been director of the department s Community planning office in Washington since 1969 Bob Hinshaw now a c Community planner in Tito Salisbury area office replaces Pervier As director in Washington. Both promotion Are effective May 1, Pervier has been director of the area office since september he holds a master s degree in planning and Urban design from the University. Hinshaw 36. Is from Snow Camp. He has been a Community planner with the division of Community planning since 1967. He graduated from unc Chapel Hill scientists at Duke Durham apr about 150 scientists from the United states and several european countries gathered at Duke Uris varsity today to hear news of the latest results of tests in nuclear accelerators. Attending the two Day seminar were High Energy or elementary particle physics experts. They will discuss experiments in Multi billion Volt accelerators such As the one at the Brookhaven National labor Story on Long Island. N. Y. Abolish College deferment Are to doubt. Although the College exemption plan set Forth by the president thursday was promised an Early hearing in the Senate. House armed services committee chairman l medal Rivers. . Said he planned no a i Tion on draft Reform this year Only a review Nixon asked the authority to end educational exemptions in a message to Congress and announced he was abolishing on his own future occupational agricultural and parental deferments Only the student deferments require congressional approval at the same time Nixon announced a plan to begin phasing out the draft in july 1971, when the draft Law expires and shift to Snall Volunteer John c. Stennis d miss chairman of the Senate armed services committee said he does not think an end to the draft Quot is in the realm of reality for several years to come even after the end of the Vietnam War a we should just forget the idea that the draft could be eliminated or suspended until that War la Well Stennis said the draft will be needed after that he said to prevent Short Ages for particular leadership and special skill slots Rivers said abolishing the draft might be an idea and a goal to work for but "1 can to see any Wayto do it under current regulations. 1.8 million students hold defer Menta workers with agricultural exemptions total 23,000 and about 4 million men Are deferred because of dependents although not All of them because they Are fathers other deferments have been issued to school teachers critical defense employees and police and firemen rep f. Edward Hebert. A la chairman of the House draft subcommittee said any action in Congress this election year would a invite disaster by opening a Pandora a Box of wholesale political draft overhaul but Stennis said he favors giving Nixon some discretionary authority to end College deferments Stennis said however certain medical and science student deferments must be continued Hebert said Nixon could sides Tep Congress on the exemptions through a loophole in the Law. That permits him to abolish College deferments on his own by a see draft. Page 10 record attendance expected Camporee registration gets started at 11 . Registration for the 1970 East Carolina Camporee got underway at 11 of clock this morning. A record 5,000 scouts Are expected to attend the two Day event at the Herbert c. Bonner Campaine East of the City. An original estimate of 4,000 has been upped by scout officials. The schedule of events for the Camporee is As follows Friday 11 00 ., registration at area Headquarters. Proceed to assigned campsite and set up lamp. Change to your official uniforms and notify area Headquarters that you Are ready for uniform inspection. 5 00-7 00 ., supper hour and cleanup. 7 005 80 ., free time for 8 005 15 ., Camp fires. 10 00 ., Tatoo 10 15 Taps. Saturday 7 00 . Reveille a breakfast and cleanup. 8 30 ., formal opening it of the Camporee Flag ceremony. 9 00-11 00 ., two Camporee scout Craft events will be run off during these hours. 11 00 . 2 00 ., preparation of required saturday lunch and cleanup. 2 00-4 00 ., two Camporee scout Craft events. 4 00-5 00 ., run off top first Aid teams in Council. 5 50 ., Retreat Assembly. A patrols and troops should be assembled in full uniform on their respective campsites for the final lowering of the Flag. 5 00-8 00 ., skipper and cleanup. 8 00-9 30 ., evening program. 9 45 ., Tatoo 10 00 tape. Sunday 6 30 ., reveille a breakfast and final cleanup to close Camp. 8 30 . Interdenominational religious services for scouts of All faiths. The time and location of separate services for roman Catholic and episcopal scouts will be announced at various times. 9 30 ., strike Camp a when All equipment has been fully packed and your campsite thoroughly cleaned tip notify your area headquarter that you Are ready for fins inspection and checkout. At time earned ribbons will be awarded approximately 100 scout officials leaders met last night with officials of the sponsoring see scouts. Page 19 officials warn c Cambodia inn eed of military help Choc Xung car Bodian soldiers question vietnamese civilians during a patrol along Highway 1 near the Border of Vietnam. By Bob Horton a military writer Washington Cap a some top Pentagon officials Are saying privately Only Swift and sub Stan tia military Aid can prevent a communist overthrow of the new cambodian the same Token some hold the View that the cambodian situation if exploited might provide powerful leverage against Viet Cong and North vietnamese forces using cambodian territory As Sanctuary from the Vietnam War. This assessment became known thursday after the White House disclosed Cambodia is receiving several thousand captured enemy weapons South Vietnam with approval. The acknowledgement appeared certain to spark controversy in Congress where some members say Aid to Cambodia would expand american involvement in Southeast Asia. The White House said the go ahead for shipment of ak47 automatic rifles retrieved from the Battlefield in South Vietnam a did not represent the Nixon administration s response to Cambodia s a a extensive request for . Arms that request the White House said is still under consideration some High military officers it was Learned favor lending a see Cambodia. Page 19

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