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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - April 25, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather mostly Cloudy tonight and sunday with Chance <4 rain torn Chat and sunday a Htut warmer sunday Low tonight 55-48 High sunday mostly Toa. Washington daily news if you do not got your pm por ,. Dial ms-1145 to twin a a and 7 00 o Stoak and of will a do her and to you established 1909 fight pages Washington North Carolina. Saturday afternoon april 25, 1970 daily except Sun oat red chinese launch satellite joining ., France Russia president needs More time in cambodian Aid decision Tokyo apis Coram Uniat Chin announced today that it had launched a satellite into orbit a Rouill the Earth. The official new China new the country to Hail the great Agency mid the my Pound Satel a 1970. We Are Happy to announce Hie Complete one revolution that this great Call Ian uhf by around the Earth each 114 Man chairman Mao has come true1 Jones presents Fht Camporee begins Washington api the White House a branded the conflict in Cambodia a clearly a foreign invasion a but says president Nixon needs More time to decide whether the United states will pour arms into the Southeast asian country the obvious fact is that 40,000 communist forces is cleanly a foreign invasion and in no sense could this be s pretence of a civil War a presidential press Secretary Ronald l. Ziegler said Friday. But Ziegler declined to say when the administration will respond to Cambodia s urgent appeals for Arms Aid Nixon has the whole situation under consideration Ziegler said adding a Tif to watching it a of and is concerned with the arms requests have put Nixon in s difficult political position especially after he announced last monday the phased withdrawal of an additional 1400� us troops Tavi Etna within the next year the White House announced thursday the United states has approved a plan by the South vietnamese to Send several thousand soviet but rifles to Cambodia at the same time. Ziegler said tha t action does not constitute a reply to Cambodia s repeated requests for assist a Nee in putting Down the communist forces a problem Nixon is pondering this weekend the president twice this week inst Pumi or map St tin National Decurth Council apparently to wait or the situation i Cambodia to jell meantime Many members of Congress Are sex Pec Tod to make it Flat tit no Pas any to. Vol ment in the cambodian conflict in a television interview on Abc Friday Senate majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Mon Tana mid be feels the1 United states Quot absolutely should stay out of Cambodia despite the feelings of mans Field and other lawmakers Nixon in his own asian doctrine said last summer on Guam the United Stales should stay out of isee Cambodia pase a a utes and broadcasts the music 0� Quot Tung Fang Hung the fast is red at a frequency of 20 00� Mega cycles mtg Tilto was launched Friday the Agency said the Agency said the satellite s orbit ranges from 173 Miles to 1.4m Miles above the Earth at an Angle to the Equator of m s degrees Quot the Succo Dilu Sunc Trig of the satellite Marks a Gohd be ginning in the development of China s space technology a the Agency added Quot it is a great Victory for Mao tse Tung thought. And another fruitful result of the great proletarian cultural revolution Quot the announcement began Quot our great Leader. Chairman Mao has stated we Tun should produce manmade a Elliles in the midst of the triumphant March of the people throughout China successfully launched its first manmade Earth satellite on april 24 1970 a it gave no further technical or Tail. R did it my where the finest trility was launched or with what Type rocketry the launching if confirmed is Likely to add to worries in the West Over communist China s already known capability to pro Proxmire mayor announces a a pm pc Pentagon new City manager Rerp mgt it Oxtot Here is working together Flag Bugle scout Camporee Milwaukee. Wit. Api a a leading Senate critic of do fee spending accused the Pentagon today of flooding Congress with scare tactic propaganda about soviet missiles to protect the military s budget Quot Thia is the old scare hell out of them technique which the Pentagon unveils each year just before their Money Bills Are acted on a sen. William Proxmire a it Welty dphtic5�. Referring to inc Etc Pentagon released inf or and photographs of the ss-9 missile and other Wea Proxmire added. Quot ther nothing new or More threaten tog than be Tofft in these Pentagon revelations. Quot they Are timed More to protect the Pentagon s budget request than to Alert the Ameri can people against any new or a dangerous threat Quot the senator mid in remarks prepared for a foreign policy Institute at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Proxmire said soviet tests of the ss-9 have been known for months a new russian radar installation is above ground and vulnerable to attack and Quot soviet submarines with nuclear warheads have been sitting off our coast for Jennette rites slated sunday Edward a. Wyatt Aasta Taat City manager in Petersburg a a a has been Riat Ned City manager Here it was announced today by mayor a Thomas Stewart he will assume his duties her May 11. The mayor mid that or. Wyatt a 1964 graduate of Virginia polytechnic where he majored in business and who received his master of Commerce degree fro tty91 of a min a Ftp m w to 1969. Will come to Washington with top credentials or Wyatt has been with the City of Petersburg since sept. 1967. His primary have been in the areas of personnel management general services and purchasing id it Ion to his position of assistant City manage the new City manager has been serving As in evening instructor at Richard Bland College in Petersburg where he has taught a course entitled Quot introduction to business previous employment has Edward a. Wyatt included serving As a supervisor for the Brown and Williamson tobacco corporation where he worked to the Leaf Man fat Turing testing and planning and see Wyatt. Page a it question for some time has been How the cd Naae would deliver them to a larg the announcement said China achieved Ita Success Quot by holding High the Banner of Unity and Victory of the ninth party Congress adhering to the principle of mile pendent and self Reliance. Faithfully carrying out the general line of going All out. Aiming High and achieving a see China. Pitet it tags asks army permit to dredge the Texas Gulf Sulphur a Quot company Here has made application for a department of the army permit to dredge from borrow areas in South Creek Between Aurora and Pamlico River according to major Joel t. Callahan acting District Engineer in Wilmington plans submitted show four borrow areas in the Creek to be a dredged a a Deib re 1 Feci and Width of 75 feet the dredged material consisting of a proximately 75.000 cubic Yards is to be deposited on an existing berm around the applicant s slimes Pond or its repair he said the determination As to whether a permit will be issued will be based on an evaluation of ail relevant factors including the effect of the proposed work on navigation fish and wildlife conserva Vai pollution and the general potato interest maj Callahan said comments on these factors will be accepted and a see engineers. Page i it Haiti sealed off i 4 j i come on knot congressman Walter b. Jones brought an american Flag which has flown Over the capital and presented it in Early morning exercises today to the approximately 5000 boy scouts of the East Carolina Council camping Here this weekend Pete Long of Tarboro aided by or. Tom Reid of Jacksonville and or. Frank Saunders of East Carolina University had charge a of the Flag raising ceremonies. Congressman Jones was introduced by Ashley b Futrell. Jones expressed his appreciation at being Able to participate in k ceremony at a boy scout Camp named for his illustrious predecessor in Congress a the late and beloved Herbert Bonner a Jones presented the Flag to the color guard which raised it while scouts saluted and a Bugle played. The boys began piling into springtime Woods of the Bonner site on Friday they came by car bus and foot. Vehicles of All shapes and sizes lined up along the forking roads to discharge their happily excited cargo. The smell of Pine and of life renewing itself after Winter Only served to intensify the excitement As the boys began setting up Camp for their two Day Outing. Tufe purpose of a Camporee according to professional Scouter Ken Davis Field director from Rocky mount a is to give the boys an Opportunity to experience and practice the things they study All a these boys will practice the skills required to live with nature and other people Quot Daivs explained. The scouts prepare their individual tent areas and. Set up the group campsites Complete with latrines and cooking areas. They set up patrols for safety and general Camp clean up and maintenance. As a group they participate in Competition to demonstrate their skills in first Aid Rescue use of Compass and signalling. The entire troop competes on a Point system for the organization and follow through of the entire operation. The boys also learn the value of leadership and discipline in team operations. Most importantly they meet other boys Swap stories and experiences and learn needed skills of appreciating others they May not get much sleep but the experience of working together at building a fort cooking their food and disciplining a bother along with All the fun will make Camp Bonner a place few of them will forget. The site used by the Bast Carolina Council of boy scouts which comprises 360-plus acres of see Camporee Page i Mayhue Jennette. Age 57, a resident of the Wilkinson Community it. 2. Pantego. Died suddenly Early this morning in the fungo District Hospital in Belhaven. Funeral services will be held sunday afternoon at 3 of clock from the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home Here with Stacy Cox pastor of the West Belhaven Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow in Pamlico memorial gardens. Members of the Board of deacons of the Wilkinson memorial Church of Christ will it see Jennette Page a a Miami a Haiti was sealed off today after mutineers seized three haitian coast guard vessels Ami fired on the Island country a capital of port a Prince. The shells apparently aimed at the Palace of president Francois Duvalier injured one per son and damaged several Homes the government said a Duvalier immediately closed air Porta and halted Telephone service for All but the Palace and minister level officials citizens were ordered to Clear the streets. The curfew was expected to be lifted today. Quot Arthur Bonhomme the Hai la an ambassador to the United Stales said in Washington port a Prince was shelled twice by the rebel seamen the Type of vessels used was not in the past the haitian coast guard used 95-foot cutters with 40im cannons the ambassador mid Duvalier asked the United states for see Haiti. Page 8� boy undergoes heart surgery Kenneth Woolard. Age 2came through the delicate heart operation Well yesterday at Duke Hospital according to Hospital officials. They reported that the Hole in the boys Hei Frt was much larger than expected but they said that insofar As. The operation is concerned it was successful. Darrell Martin chairman of the Kenneth Woolard fund said t i it morning Quot doctors say that the next 36 hours Are critical. It is now in the hands of or Martin also reported today that there Are $6,042 48 in the Kenneth Woolard fund mrs. Vhf a Ilie j. Bowen passes mrs Lucille b Bowen age 50. Resident of acre it. I Plymouth died in the fungo District in Belhaven Friday night at 8 o clock following a critical illness of one Day. Mrs Bowen was born in Beaufort county May 26. 1919. Daughter of the late Andrew Jordan and Nannie Wilkerson Bowen she As a member of the acre Chapel Christian Church i the adult Bible class of the Church she was married to Willie j. Bowen of acre on dec 22, 1836 surviving besides her husband Are two sons. Roger Bowen of it 2, Washington pfc Frankie Bowen of the u. S. Army in Vietnam one daughter Sharon Renee Black of the Home two Sisters mrs. Cyril Ange of it. I Plymouth and mrs. Laura Tyer of Pinti pwn funeral arrangements will be announced by the Paul funeral Home. Obscenity problem seeks High court Aid by Barry Schweid associated press writer Washington apr the government has turned to the supreme court for help in stemming the tide of imported obscene books magazines and photographs. In an Appeal filed late. Friday the Justice department asked the court to affirm the constitutionality of a Law that permits \ customs officers to go through travellers Luggage and. To seize a a obscene or immoral articles what May stand in the gov Erna Aoto a Way is the courts ruling last april to a Georgia Case that Possession of obscene films or printed matter in the privacy of a Many a Home cannot be made a crime. Last january a Federal court in a Alifornia cited the ruling in declaring the Tadarall Law any invalid restrict 0b Freedom of speech and tit dealer who sued to recover 37 the Justice departments a photographs seized by customs peal signed by solicitor Gener of totals As he returned from a m charge of the criminal Divi Europe last october. A ton said the three judge Federal pads1 also noted a supreme court pc Cisin in 1981 that Quot the Rich 10 receive Public totos to a fundamental right a the Case dime Fly m Milton Luros a los Luros planned to incorporate some or All of the photos to a hard cover edition of the Kama Sutra of vats Ayana. A Book that describes candidly a Large number of sexual positions. The court in California said he fact that Luros planned to make commercial use of the photographs does not mean he cannot invoke the High court s non interference with enjoyment of obscenity at Home Quot a customs inspection at the Borders of the country is a very different matter from a police search through a private Library or office there is no right of privacy regarding the contents of ones trunks at the Borders books and papers May be examined without probable cause if for nothing else than to see what May be concealed Between their isee obscenity. Page 8

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