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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - April 28, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather per try Chou Der becoming warmer and More humid tonight and wednesday with widely scattered in the evenings. Loan of might 9mh Washington daily news if you do not got your rape. Deal m6-8145 Between a n Ano 7 <10 o Stork and one fwu be do it ver leg to yen. Established 1909 eight pages Washington North cat Una tuesday afternoon aptly 78. 1970 daily except sunday May have Many uses work being rushed on atom smashers big four meeting in Berlin Telephone service in . Declining by Frank Carey a science writer Washington a scientists of four nations Are Rushing to Complete powerful new atom a mashers that May prove useful in treating cancer and desalting and purifying water. By 8tan Benjamin associated press writer Washington a statistics gathered by the Federal communications commission indicate the nation a phone service has deteriorated Over the past two years with new yorkers As Many of them suspect a getting the worse service of All los Angeles seems to be getting some of the Best service. The acc in a study initiated last fall has collected figures from the Bell Telephone system on the Quality of phone service in 20 major population areas and is awaiting statistics from seven Independent Telephone companies. While a final analysis is still in the works the commissions common Carrier Bureau is willing to reveal the raw statistics but not interpret them. But some of the figures speak for themselves. They show for example it takes longer to get a phone installed in new York. City than anywhere else Ami once you get it you la have a harder time getting a dial tone or an operator on it. If you ask the operator to help put your Call through Shell have a harder time doing it from new York than anywhere else. New yorkers also find themselves seeking phone repairs More often than anybody except the folks in Southern Florida and like the floridians they have to Call Back More than most people to get it. Los Angeles shows the Best service record in Only one of the nine major tests angeleno Don t have to Call Back so often after they order repairs. But. Their service can be rated Best in general because performance in each category usually is above average. The acc has drawn no con it see phones. Page 81 Hotdog cover up draws criticism demo chief Speaks Here last night a we intend to involve everybody we can in the democratic party we cannot survive by fighting each it was Eugene Simmons speaking. Or. Simmons is chairman of the North Carolina democratic executive committee and be spoke last night before the democratic women of Beaufort county. Or. Simmons told the group that in accepting the party chairmanship he had an understanding with the governor that a the governor will run the government of the state and Gene Simmons will run the democratic he added a the arrangement has worked Well. Quot politics is not a dirty word he said. Quot the Basic policy of the democratic party is not to elect candidates but to heal to inform to educate and to govern better he said. Quot when two democrats get together there is Likely to be some differences of opinion he concluded. A or. Simmons was introduced by Ashley b. Futrell mrs. Verona Cratch president presided Over the meeting held at or. Eds with about 60 members and guests present. It was announced that the next meeting will be held on May 27 at knotty Pine inn. By Don Kendall a farm writer Washington apr a Nixon administration decision against disclosing the Brand name of a a fat hotdogs has drawn the fire of a consumer spokesman who says processors Are hiding behind bureaucratic skirts Quot maybe i believe in the free Enterprise system More than the administration a said Erma Angevine executive director of the consumer federation of America. Quot i say put Mem in line and let them compete in the open Market and let the consumer decide a she said. Mrs. Angevine a comments followed the refusal monday of the agriculture department to list the names of meat packers charged under a new Federal regulation to keep the fat Content of hotdogs and other cooked sausages to a mint Mita of 30 a per cent. Until last october 23 when the 30 per cent limit went into effect there was no Federal maximum. On the amount of fat in hotdogs. Experts said during hearings last june the fat proportion ranged As High As 50 per cent in some varieties of cooked sausages. The agriculture department which administers Federal meat regulations announced monday after repeated requests by newsmen that the fat Content of sausages during the first Quarter of 1.970 averaged 28.5 per cent. But the department refused to identify the names of Man fac hot dogs Page 8 the devices nuclear Acedera tors Are designed to create new super heavy chemical cements that scientists Hope will have Many practical uses but How these cements Are to be produced May gtd science Bonus benefits in Medicine and in making Salt water drinkable. Reports at the annual meeting of the american physical society revealed the machines sport powerful beams of sub nuclear Quot bullets of a chemical Dement to bombard another element in an Effort to produce new superheavy material. But or h. Marshall Blann of the University of Rochester told in his report How the sub nuclear beams hold Promise in other Fields a outside of nuclear physics there is great interest in the beams for possible applications ranging from radiotherapy against cancer and other diseases to water desalinization and purification a he said. The nations involved in the race to Complete the it machines Are the United states the soviet Union France and Germany. Blann said it appeared Frances device called Allice will probably go into operation first possibly sometime this i year. The . And the soviet Union Are running neck and neck with prospects of having their machines operational by 1972, he said. But another american scientist or. Albert Ghiorso of the University of California at Berkeley where the United states device is being built said it May be ready As Early As mid-1971. The most sophisticated machine will be the German device called uni Lac. Its not expected to be ready until 1974 or 1975. Quot details of the Effort to build the smashers came out after Ghiorso reported discovery of a new heavy radioactive chemical element created by an existing accelerator the new found substance called hafnium is Light when compared with the new elements. Being sought. It was created by bombarding a rather heavy element californium 249, with nitrogen. Ghiorso said the discovery might help toward artificially creating or even ultimately finding on Earth the so called a Weka Lead a an extremely stable substance Long sought but never created by scientists still doing Well Kenneth Woolard age 2vk, who underwent open heart surgery at Duke Hospital last Friday is still getting along Fine the youngster is Alert and he is out of intensive care. His Mother is there with him. Darrell Martin chairman of the Kenneth Woolard fund reported today that there Are now $6,535.98. In. The fund. By Frank Crk steal Asee rated Freu writer Berlin a ambassador of the United state. Britain. France and the soviet Union met today for a second round of secret talks on reducing tensions Over divided Berlin. There was no expectation an agreement might be reached any time soon. A meeting in the old Allied control Council building the a has Sador for Nifte world War ii Vic tors were expected to expand on the Basic positions they outlined at their first meeting March 26. Francois Seydoux de Clau some French ambassador to West Germany was chairman Senate committee opposes arms Aid to Cambodia embattled nation asks economic indicators Point to slowdown in inflation t a s. Help by ii l Schwarts Iii by Bill ne1kirk a As Ocia led writer Washington a economic indicators Point to a Sharp slowdown in inflation this fill two top economists predict Nixon administration contentions that Over All Price Rise will Stow sharply in the autumn but. As they spoke other Indi cations of a sagging Economy caused concern tit the business Rotthe second meeting. The oth they made to War statements on rom Mouv finished in the Black Ford reported its consolidated sales in the opening three months Down by $ per cent while Gmys sales fell by 14 per cent during the name period a at the . Pm feel ers were Kenneth Rush of the United states sir Roger Jack Ling of great Britain and Pytor Abras Simov the soviet ambassador to East Germany. Sources said the three Western allies might attempt to get the meetings scheduled every two weeks and to arrange for four Power staff consultations Between the ambassadorial talks there was also a possibility there a Day the Stock Market suffered its worst slump in six years and other signs revealed a troubled Economy in making Thia assessment in speeches to the United states chamber of Commerce monday. Walter w Helier. Former chair Man of the Council of economic advisers under former presi Dent Johnson and Berle w Sprinkel of Chicago supported in new York the Stock Market s Dow Jones Industrial aver age fell 12 it Binta to 735 1$, the worst drop since nov 22. 1963, the Day president John f Kenned was assassinated and in Detroit general motor and Ford the nations larg est automobile manufacturer said that Auto sales and profits were Down m the opening Quarter this year although both still Nixon conferred with his coun Oil of adviser and five other economists called in for a special discussion of the nations economic Outlook administration officials de med the talks were directly connected to the Stock Market slump one informant said the discussion was scheduled some. Tier a Onomy. Page a Lasso related prets writer Washington api a the Senate foreign relations committee has made Clear to the administration it opposes any . Arms Aid to Cambodia despite that combat lord nation plea for water school run system to West Germany into the talks at a later Date but sources foresaw no break thru Tough on the knotty problems concerning divided Berlin at Issue first is a soviet and East German Contention that the talks should Deal Only with West Berlin. The communists contend this is the Only part of the City still under four Power occupation. Bowen f funeral slated wed. Funeral services for mrs. Lucille b. Bowen age 50, will be held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home wednesday after noon at 2 of clock conducted by the Rev. Dalton Finch pastor of the acre Chapel Christian Church. Burial will follow m the acre Chapel Church cemetery. Mrs. Bowen died in the fungo District Hospital in be Haven Friday night following a critical illness of one Day. She was resident of the acre Community it. 1, Plymouth. Surviving Are Willie j. Bowen two sons Roger Bowen it. 2, Washington and pfc Frankie Bowen . Army in Vietnam one daughter Sharon Black two Sisters mrs. Cyril Ange of it. I Plymouth and mrs. Ralph Tyer of Pinetown. The following nephews will serve As pallbearers Elton Cutler. Bruce Bowen Bonnie a Waters Jimmy Tyer Lester Harris or. And Ralph Bowen. Highway bids Raleigh a the North Carolina Highway commission today received bids totalling $17,.052,449 for 17 projects involving 152.2 Miles of Road construction in 18 counties. An apparent Low bid of $8,-653,022 was submitted by Blythe Brothers co. Of Charlotte on 6.395 Miles of grading surfacing and structures on interstate 40 Between Cove Creek and Clyde in Haywood county. C. G. Tate construction co of Concord submitted an apparent Low bid of $2,711,222 for grading paving and building structures on 1.640 Miles of the corporation Parkway in Winston Salem from Monnoak drive East to Thomasville Road. Rededicated Chocowinity a this Beaufort county Community at the Junction of . 17, . 264 and 32, will dedicate wednesday at 3 . Its new municipal water system recently installed with a Farmers Home administration loan and a Federal Grant. Federal state and local officials will be on hand for the dedication program scheduled on the Campus of High school. Among those who will be on hand for the occasion will be first District rep. Walter a. Jones state Cha director James t. Johnson and . Cha administrator James a Smith j. L. Patrick. An Cha official in Washington d c. And former vocational agriculture teacher Here will be the a master of ceremonies mayor w. T. Barnes mayor will head the local delegation which will include members of the town Board of commissioners and local officials and Community leaders. The project was financed with the help of a $135,000 Farmers Home administration loan and a $55,000 Federal Grant. Work was completed about two months ago and water was turned on at that time. Mrs. Ella c. I Allen passes executive halting pressure on court 4. 18-Yearold vote rights act Nixon move and Southern strategy by James Phillips associated press writer Washington apr presi Dent Nixon a plea to lower the voting age to 18 by constitutional amendment has been criticized by a leading congressional Democrat As. A Means of defeating the Southern opposed voting rights act. Rep. Emanuel Ceder d-n.y., chairman of the House judiciary committee termed the presidents unexpected legislative Man Euver Quot part of the Southern strategy to kill the voting rights Nixon touched off the to t Congress by Torii Congo Eashoo Al leaders in a letter monday that while he supports lowering the voting age he believes it is unconstitutional to do so by statute. He asked the 18-year-old vote provision be separated from the voting rights Bill and pay Jod As a constitutional amendment. The presidents position rum counter to plans of House democratic handlers of the Bill who want to accept the Senate passed version that would lower the voting age by simple statute. Sending the measure to a House Senate conference committee for reworking could defeat or weaken the voting rights statute said Ceber. A Why did he wait so Long a asked Celler. If the Bill fails to pass he added a the responsibility to on the president.�?�. The Bill containing the provi Sion to lower the voting age would extend for five years the .1965 voting rights act which has been called one of the most effective civil rights Laws of modern times. Supporters say it enabled More than a million negroes in the South to Register to vote. Home minority Leader Gerald r. Ford a Mich. Said he Quot violently disagreed with cel Lerus interpretation of the presidents motives he said he would try and Send the Bill to conference to delete the 18-year-old vote provision. The president asked for Quick passage of a constitutional amendment because the Senate Bill Quot represents an unconstitutional assertion of congressional authority in an area specifically reserved for the states and that it would therefore not stand the test of challenges in if the Senate Bill is enacted Nixon said a there looms the very real possibility that the outcome of thousands of state and local elections and possibly even the next National election a will be jeopardized. A i strongly favor the 18-year-old vote a he added. Mrs. Ella Cutler Allen age 47, resident of 2865 shelter Road Chesapeake a. Died in a Norfolk Hospital monday morning at 9 45 of clock. She had been in failing health for sometime mrs. Allen was born at Chocowinity Jan. 14, 1923, daughter of the late Duncan and Mamie Guthrie Moore she was member of the first Baptist Church of Kinston surviving Are her husband James w. Allen of Norfolk a. Two daughters mrs. Broce Lewis or of Chocowinity and mrs. Richard Jones or. Of Norfolk a. Two grandchildren her Stepmother mrs. Elizabeth Clark Moore of new York City one brother Duncan Moore or. Of 3, Washington three Sisters mrs. Nell. Von Thompson of Newport news va., mrs. James Sheppard of Norfolk a. And mrs. Jiggs Carter of Jacksonville one half sister mrs. Matthew Harrell of this City. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home Here wednesday afternoon at 4 of clock conducted by the Rev. E e Edwards free will Baptist minister of Chocowinity. Burial will follow in Trinity cemetery. The following will serve As pallbearers Oler Cutler or. Bill Cutler Gordon Ipock Earl Cutler Alton Lewis and Joe Lester Cutler. The family will be at the Home of mrs Allen s daughter mrs. Bruce Newto or. At Chocowinity by Peggy Simpson associated press writer Washington it a it the Nixon administration has decide a against pressing for a supreme court ruling on he Legal ity of segregated schools resulting from housing patterns the Justice department s top civil rights lawyer says. The reason Jer to 1 Leonard said monday to the adm Nistra tied has no solutions to offer should the High court strike Down unofficial or de Factor segregation As unconstitutional Leonard thus made Clear what president Nixon had implied in his recent statement on school segregation in which he said the administration would avoid a provoking the courts into extreme the supreme court has not ruled that a racial isolation by itself requires a constitutional remedy even where that racial isolation May a brought about by official Actium or Leonard told a news briefing group. The High court has held unconstitutional the official or de Jurez Type of segregation existing in the South but has not spoken on the question of whether the Constitution requires wide spread busing to achieve racial balance in neighbourhood schools. Leonard also said statewide desegregation suits once contemplated against Florida North Carolina., arkansas., Mississippi and South Carolina May not need to be filed Sirce he said voluntary cum ply Anceto coming along. Three weeks ago. Murd said the administration would a watch very closely Quot voluntary compliance efforts in the weeks ahead a if nothing happens to end the dual school systems we Are kind of bound to proceed with the state suits a he said at a but Leonard said monday he saw Progress in end net the dual school system Leonard disclosed the admin i Stratton a position on de Facto segregation in response _ to a question a we would Best have a solution if u a. A a the supreme court were made he said adding that neither or of his colleagues do if he Law were to require an elimination of de Facto segregation in schools then we would be Smising children from say. Harlem to who knows he said. Leonard contended the Federal government has no Law on which to justify pursuing alter native paths to desegregation created by housing patterns he said the administration will pursue the. Neighbourhood school concept in the South Pat it terning it after neighbourhood schools in the North enough military hardware to outfit a Large army a a the committee was virtually in agreement and very firmly against sending said chairman j w Fulbright. D a Kafter Secretary of state William. P regers briefed the panel behind closed doors Mon Day agreeing with Fulbright sen a or Republican committee member sen George Aiken of Vermont said he to sure a the president Wilt take into consideration How this committee feels. A Fulbright and Aiken met with newsmen following the 2 a hour session with Rogers the secretory left hurriedly saying he did t have time to comment Fulbright quoted Rogers As v saying the cambodians had made a Quot very Large request for equipping a very Large army a including rifles trucks half tracks and air planes but not military personnel Fulbright said the administration apparently has made no derision on going Bev Oft what it already has done publicly at least this has been confined to approving South vietnamese shipment of captured soviet ak47 rifles and. Allowing armed forays into 0�npri�n territory by South v Iok ism when Quot is kid. Whei Het the administration had considered air support for cambodian troops and whether the would constitute 131 full night said he question had been asked but that he a really could t remember what Rogers answered neither could Aiken Fulbright said the administration apparently was not Overly concerned about the North vietnamese and Viet Cong troops roving Cambodia., but believed any substantial increase in their activity could threaten plans to continue winding Down the Vietnam War. Sen Stuart sync Pigeon d to m a Oudit ipmu., but he said it to True the trend Quot it in Teft the session after about in the North is toward inc Reaa ing segregation a Whites desert the inner cities for the suburbs Leonard stoutly defended the administration s school desegregation efforts saying he saw no difference Between the civil rights policies of the administrations of former president Lyndon b. Johnson and Nixon s. Asked Why he thought Nixon has been criticized for slowing Down the a Pace of desegregation. Leonard said Quot because for a certain amount of Money you can buy a newspaper and say what you an hour said the North vietnamese and Viet Cong troops have been using Cambodia As a Sanctuary since 1965, and he could t sex a Why such a big thing is. Being made1 of Cambodia a i just Hope that it does not mean that somewhere Back of the administration policy there is a hedge against a Vietnam nation a Quot he added in reference to the president s stated aim of turning Over the fighting to _ South Vietnam troops. Set Gale Mcgee d wyo., Sec Cambodia. Page 8� sponsor says obscene Bill will have no trouble by Jim Adams associated press writer Washington a a landmark Bill cracking Down on obscene mail sent to youngsters and to adults who done to want it should sail through Congress a like motherhood and the Flag a says a chief sponsor the Bill up for House approval today defines in explicit terms nudity sexual conduct sexual excitement and sadomasochistic abuse considered of scene to minors. The american civil liberties Union opposed it As an unconstitutional restriction of free speech and said Congress should have waited for a report from the president s commission on pornography and obscenity before acting. But rep. Robert n. C. Nix a a. A principal sponsor said he had heard of no opposition among his colleagues. A a it a just like motherhood and the Flag a he said monday mailing material or advertisements defined As obscene for minors to any Home with Young sters under 17 could draw a maximum five years in jail and $5 000 Fine for the first offence unless it is specifically addressed to what the Mailer be moved to be an adult. New York statute s definition of obscenity to minors and the House Bill follows it almost to the letter. 11 describes in detail prohibited depiction of genitals but Tocks breasts and sexual arousal and defines it As obscenity harmful to minors when it a predominantly appeals to the prurient shameful or morbid interest of minors and is of. Pensive to. Prevailing standards succeeding of lenses could m the adult Community concern draw a maximum 10 years in jail and $10,000 Fine the same penalties could be imposed for mailing such material to adults who put their names on a poet office department Register of people who want it. The supreme court has made no hard and fast definition of obscenity but it has upheld s ing what to suitable material for minors and to substantially without redeeming social value for minors quote Quot the one change which the Acle says make the Bill More general is that while the court approved new York statute says a utterly without redeeming social value the Bill uses a substantially a

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