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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - August 5, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather partly Cloudy a a a thursday with tui Etc at fan Mountain High a to Bradlay around 90 Low Toni it in the 00 Washington daily news if you do not got your Tel Mo-xi4ft Between �.90 and 1 90 clock and one 11 to delivered to you established 1909 fourteen pages Washington North Carolina wednesday afternoon August 5, 1970 daily except sunday two projects rec Center bids opened by Roland Engelhard staff writer bids for two proposed recreation centers Tere were opened tuesday afternoon by City officials de Wyatt City manager said afterwards Quot we feel that the bid figures Are in line with seventh Street a a bid of 1109,865 was offered by d. G. Manning construction . For Genera contracting climate Craft offered a Low bid of 18,991 for heating and air conditioning bids for add alternates increased the figures the add alternates would bring the subsidies ceiling Bill allies trying to Block in trouble the bids will be reviewed by the building committee and later presented to the City Council which will make the final decision on whether to award them bid were received separately for the Bridge Street arid seventh Street centers they were As follows Bridge Street a Low general contract bid of 985,557 was offered by f. G. Gardner of Kinston climate Craft of this City offered a Low bid for heating and air conditioning with a figure of 97.740 to be ordained John r Thompson. Or minister of music and education at the first Baptist Church for the a st two years will be or a Faril Riet nearer to completion Quot gained sunday at 11 . Into Washington a Preal Dent Nison and the House agn culture committee have endorsed a 956.000-per-crop limit on farm subsidies but chances of passing a ceiling that High Are rated no better than even some House members Are holding out for a 930.000 limit. There is no limit in present Law on How much a Farmer can get from the Federal government for not growing crops president Nixon jumped into the fray tuesday by supporting red troops w a supplies Lenore Romney appears certain Winner in Mich it hard along Laos Border area by the associated press present Secretary of hous in major races by George i sly or in some instances fewer than the required three bids were received this Means that in these cases there must be re advertising for new bids which could delay the final lettings. A november 7 the 1969 recreation Bond Issue furnished the City with 225,000 with which to finance the proposed two centers if the bids that Are floated come to More than the Bond Issue then the City Council will have to decide on what Steps Are to be taken. The gospel ministry specializing in music and education. Charles Gatwood director of associational work in the music department of the Baptist state in Raleigh will take part in Thisa a a la service. Rev John Moore associational missionary for the South Roanoke Baptist association will also take part in the service along with Rev. Luther j. Matthews pastor of the first Baptist Church Here. The Public is cordially invited to attend. Schools have until Erve Gas Friday to object clues reports f nature meeting by Elizabeth Windley Dally news correspondent Belhaven routine reports were heard at the monday night meeting of the Belha Ven town Board of aldermen Robert Anderson m Washington Beaufort county dog Warden appeared before the group and discussed the dog 1 problem in Belha Ven. He recommended that the town draw up a dog ordinance the town manager and the chief of police were instructed to draw up such an ordinance subject to the approval of the Board. Or. Anderson promised his full support toward carrying out the ordinance. Tolice chief Sam Boger reported 12 arrests for july. The police car was driven 2905 Miles using 363 Gallons of gasoline. The department assisted with two funerals there were three illegal entries that were not cleared. The bid was let to Stackhouse electrical for a line Crew to Complete work on the electrical Unes for upgrading the sub station. A f t e r o n s i d e r a b i e discussion the Board agreed that All tile in drainage ditches would be subject to inspection by town inspectors. Mrs. Barbara Voliva reported for the recreation commission saying that litter consisting mostly of Beer cans and whiskey bottles in the Community Center area. Were becoming a nuisance and the Raleigh apr eight school units in North Carolina have until Friday to file objections to desegregation plans recommended for them by the u. S. Office of education. The Federal Agency filed the plans in u. S. Eastern District court in Raleigh tuesday in response to a court order handed Down last week by u. S. District judge Algernon Butler. The eight school units involved Are the City units of Raleigh Goldsboro Rocky mount Tarto Oro and Max tor and the county unite of bladen., Edgecombe and Guilford. Two other units Wen involved in the original order Burlington and Union county. But the two units submitted acceptable plans to the department of health education and welfare at the last minute and were not included in the office of education action tuesday. Most of the plans Call for alteration of school attendance lines and pairing or clustering of schools. There is no indication How much busing the plans might require. The suit against the school units was originally filed by the a act Legal defense fund to Force the units to put Complete Desa Grega lion plans into affect by Gregg Herrington associated press writer. Washington a con Gressmen investigating army plans to dump deadly nerve Gas into the Atlantic Ocean have been told the project poses less danger than the everyday transportation of commercial chemicals. It a i think wed Tetter get rid of this stuff a . Surgeon general Jesse l. Steinfeld told a House merchant Marine subcommittee tuesday after being urged to delay the project. Quot in the absence of any reasonable alternative proposal for disposal 1 the. Cdr taint in the interest of Public health and safety to expedite this disposal action a Steinfeld said. Transportation of the 15,540 Gas filled rockets Quot is less hazardous than that occurring daily in similar mass movements of chlorine phosgene anhydrous ammonia or liquified Petroleum Gas a he added. The army contends chances for catastrophe Are virtually nil in its plan to ship the Gas by rail text week from the Lexington Blue grass depot near Richmond ky., and another depot at Anniston. Ala., to sunny Point org see Belhaven Page 10 this fall. The u. S. Justice department intervened in the suit two weeks ago at the invitation of judge Butler. In the original order handed Down last week. Butler ordered the state Board of education and the state school superintendent Craig Philips to see that the 10 units submitted acceptable desegregation plans by tuesday. That portion of the order was blocked by u. S. 4th circuit court of appeals judge j. Braxton Craven last Friday at the request of atty. Gen Robert Morgan. Morgan said the order would see mixing Page 10 plans rail for the Airt we jacketed Concrete coffins to be loaded aboard a ship at sunny Point and hauled 280 Miles off the Florida coast where the vessel will be scuttled. In testimony tuesday chairman Alton Lennon d-n.c., rep. Paul Rogers d-fla., rep. Joseph e. Karth a Minn. And rep. Charles Raper Jonas r-n.c., reiterated questions concerning the danger of one of the coffins eventually decomposing in their Ocean burial ground and the deadly nerve Gas escaping to contaminate the Ocean envy the 955,000 limit approved by the agriculture committee for each of the Cotton feed grains and wheat categories despite the president s opposition reps. Silvio o. Conte a mass and Paul Findley Roll forged ahead with their bipartisan drive for the $20.000 figure for the same three crops plus Wool. They also want to make sure the Law is not evaded through such tactics As subdivision of farms. The controversy Over the payment , has been the chief one surrounding the com Muttee approved three year major farm Bill to which the 155. 000 ceiling the attached the farm program expires at the end of the year. House democratic farm leaders agreed tuesday to put the Bill Back on today a docket after a Nixon letter to rep Page Belcher r-okla., ranking gop member of the House committee outlined the chief executives position House democratic whip Hale Boggs of Lousiana said however. That he did no to consider Nixon s stand a firm one. Quot he s on both sides Boggs told the House in the letter. Nixon said the subscribes to the analysis by the House committee and his Secretary of agriculture Clifford Hardin Quot that too Low a limitation would make it impossible for Many farm producers to participate efficiently in the program a Quot you May therefore inform your colleagues a he \ tto Belcher Quot that despite the obvious Appeal of a lower limit for these technical reasons i must prefer the limitation proposed by your the 168 House republicans still were divided on the payment Issue after Nixon s letter was read during a closed meet ing tuesday which preceded de Bate on the Bill twice in past years the House has voted for a $20,000 payment limitation but that came on separate appropriations Bills to finance the agriculture depart ment. On both occasion How ave re it was scuttled or a entire Romney appeared certain Winner today in ter bid for the Republican Senate nomination from Michigan one of four states holding Priman elections tuesday mrs Romney s opponent in and a Fth development Missouri ten smart sym tog us uni writer Huber announce me it came is slow election returns gave mrs Romney 52 per cent of the votes cast in the race with 79 per cent of Michigan s 6.044 precinct reported the unofficial mid morning that he was Quot preparing to concede Quot Victory to the 6l-year-old wife of Michigan a former governor and Ney and 232.885 for Huber in the other three states with primaries tuesday the unofficial count showed these results ton was s landslide Victor in his bid for the democratic Nomina to on to hit fourth term in the Senate. The november gop opponent will be atty Gen John Danforth All id incumbent con Gressmen nine democrats and one Republican won Nomina Tion Kansas atty Gen Kent Friz Saigon a it the United slates and South Vietnam Are waging a massive air Aid see election Page 10 defense attorney jailed for Quot wilful contempt j Celia damage put at $300 million by Paul Recer associated press writer. Corpus Christi Tex. A it a estimates of damage neared $30d million today in Texas coastal Bend vacation area in the Wake of Hurricane Celia. The storm claimed 32 lives. 13 in Texas figures kept mounting on death and destruction from the effects of Celia a blows in the Corpus Christi area and North into a it Xiv we re the storm finally teat itself out tuesday. Five persons perished As the Murro battered across Cuba and 4 drowned in Florida Waters it a red turbulent by the storms in Massage through the Gulf of Mexico. With damage to More than free fourths of the budding and houses in Corpus Christi and dozens of neighbouring towns officiate tentatively put the property damage total around 233 million. Crop losses were estimated at nearly to million. Winds ranged up to 160 Miles per hour the weather Bureau said As Celia surged ashore monday across Corpus Christi Bay. Before crossing the International Border to hit Mexico a Mottry by it a 11 peek. A wind a High As 89 h. T in big storm dealt lessening tews As far As 250 Miles Inland. However Celia brought Rains mounting to less than nine inches along the watershed of the Rio Grande where Down i Hira up to 39 inches set off massive floods on the heels of let Ceu a Page 10 israeli parliament House Senate conference. Fund climbs to $1,567.51 Rosment. A i done to see How the gases could travel through 16,000 feet see nerve Gas Page 10 tentative conclusion no link seen Between the a Quot David Taylor fund Quot a stands at $1,567.51 this morning according to Jim Mizzelle. Treasurer. His Mother mrs. Janie Taylor a former waitress at a local restaurant is at his bedside in Chapel Hill. David underwent brain surgery last week at memorial Hospital. The tumor was too deeply embedded to be removed and he teen petted to Start a Ray or Cobalt treatments sometime next week. It is hoped that at least 2,500 can be raised shortly for this cause. It is believed that this sum will be enough to meet emergency needs. By the associated press by a vote of bettor than two to one the israeli parliament tuesday night endorsed the government a acceptance of the american plan for a 90-Day cease fire and indirect peace negotiations with the arabs meanwhile five Arab nations decided to go ahead with a meeting in Tripoli despite an iraqi Boycott mortar fire from Lebanon wounded five israeli teen agers in a Border Settle ment and israeli troops killed three Arab guerrillas on the lebanese and jordanian Bor Ders. Before the 66 28 vote in the Knesset israelis parliament Premier Gold Meir said israeli would remain in Arab captured during the binding peace obscenity and sex crimes those wishing to give to the drive should Send donations to the Quot David Taylor fund Box 1.202, Washington n. C. Troops territory 1967 War until agreement is reached even then she said Israel Quot will not return to the 1967 Borders but will pull Back to Quot secure recognized Ano agreed Kiu Danes to be determined in the Peate agreement a withdrawal of israeli troops from the captured territory the a stipulation of the Security a ounce Resolution of nov. 22, 1967, which 1s to serve As the basis of the new peace talks but the israelis have said repeatedly they will never surrender old Jerusalem the Arab sector of the City and Are also expected to insist on holding the Golan Heights seized from Syria toe Gaza strip taken from Egypt and possibly the Sinai coast past the Strailo tiran which Over looks the Southern water route to Israel Israel also captured the Jor Danian territory on the West Bank of the Jordan River and the rest of the Sinai desert from Egypt mrs Meir said her govern ment Quot continues to feel grave by Linda Dei tic h a Luto muted pres writer los Angeles apr a de sense attorney the spending three org arts in toe same jail As Charles m. Manson the shaggy haired clan Leader who briefly halted the Sharon Tate Mur Der trial by flashing at the jury a newspaper headline Reading Quot Manson guilty Nixon declares Quot the trial judge ruled attorney Daye Shinn committed Quot a wilful and deliberate contempt of court by leaving toe paper with in Marnoni a reach at the counsel table. Shinn said head done it by mistake Manson move came tues Day after Superior court judge Charles h older denied without comment a defense motion Fot a mistrial based on Nix on a statement later withdrawn that Manson was guilty directly or indirectly of eight murders. Defense attorneys said later they would consider a further mistrial motion based on their Contention that the jury has been Quot tainted Quot by exposure to Nixon s statements made to newsmen in Denver monday Quot this the a massive kind of prejudice Quot said Paul Fitzger Aid attorney for Patricia Kren Winkel 22, one of four defend ants charged with killing miss Tate and six others a year ago he added Quot a what we want to in Lap is what a null happen if such a motion were granted would it be humanly possible to find a jury that had t been tainted by publicity a older said that since Nixon s remarks were made he had ordered special precautions to protect jurors from exposure to the news reports he had win Dows made opaque on buses that ferry jurors to court and ordered their Access to telephones radio and television sus Pended. A i m satisfied there has been no exposure a he said Shinn attorney for Susan at Kins 21, was the third defender to be jailed in the past week Ronald Hughes representing Leslie Van Houten 20, was locked up for a a flight for making an obscene comment during a Bench conference. Irving Kuna Rek Manson s lawyer spent a night in custody for numerous interruptions of the testimony of the state s Star witness Linda Kasabian. Shinn will be per a massive air ground offensive along 200 mites of the laotian Border Reg to Block North vietnamese troops a rot War map Tow destined far South y ctn am and Cambodia the South vietnamese com Mand announced that several thousand troops from its 1st and 2nd infantry divisions and a Marine brigade were conducting Quot several operations Quot along the Border from the demilitarized zone to Points Southwest of Danang. Ltd her sour it gets rept red l a t &52 bombing strikes in the laotian Panhandle had been intensified during the past few Days a spokesman mid the ground operations had produced no significant results yet probably because the Monsoon Rains in Laos have slowed North Vietnam a activity. Sources said the South vietnamese command had no immediate plans to Send Large ground forces into Lane because the United states fears that might disturb preliminary overtures now under Way Between the laotian government and the Patchet 1-Ao american sources said some 40 bs2s dropped 1.200 Tona of bombs during the might on North vietnamese Supply depots along toe to Chi Minh Trail in luos Ami Down to the cambo a a Dun Bonier. One source said there has been no significant activity in Vietnam since july 1 and there Are Quot no Good targets in South Vietnam for the b52s so they go into Laos to hit Supply sonic american troops Are involved m the ground offensive though the bulk of the Force is South vietnamese troops of the . 196th Light infantry brigade were attacked Early today. At the Kham due artillery base 13 Miles from the Border moving behind a 60 round mortar barrage about 35 North vietnamese sappers blasted their Way to the base perimeter triggering a two hour fight 4ti which 1 a inc Ali. U la Tuimaa ang two americans were reported killed and 14 americans wounded Light material damage ateo was reported it was the first serious attack on Kham due since the base was reopened three week ago to support the Border operations. The base had been abandoned More than two years age under heavy North vietnamese pressure . Ground forces also reported killing 33 North Viet namese and Viet Cong Soldier in three Small clashes tuesday at Points 8 to 69 Miles Souther of Danang no american casualties Wen reported1 thes clashes occurred considerably to the East of the Border Offen Sive. Ayden Man a appointed Raleigh apr George w. King of Ayden will serve another four year term on the North see Mideast Page 10 see Tate Page 10 it Carolina milk commission. Gov. Bob Scott announced the reappointment tuesday. King has served on the commission since november 1966 a a by Jim Adams a elated press writer Washington a the presidents commission on pornography has reached the tentative conclusion that obscenity does not cause sex crimes or corrupt youngsters morals. Discounting two overriding fears of effects of the current wave of sexual Freedom in films books and magazines the first draft prepared by the commission staff says a there is no evidence to suggest that exposure of youngsters to pornography has a detrimental Impact upon moral character sexual orientation or and Quot research indicates that erotic materials do not contribute to the development of character defects nor operate As a significant Factor in antisocial behaviour or in crime. In. Nun Mere the no evidence that exposure to pornography operates As a. Cause of misconduct in Eibe youths or the commissions report is not to be released until late this month but most of the first draft has been leaked to a House subcommittee that is trying to whip up hearings to Challenge the findings next week. Other major findings in More than 300 Dages of the report obtained by the associated press a All subject to revision or deletion from the final report a women As Well As men Are Quot highly aroused by Stag films and erotic pictures. Tests often showed that women who did not think they were aroused actually were. A political conservatives Are not As easily aroused by pornography As liberals. A despite the arousal and the some cases increased sexual activity the the 26 hours after seeing highly erotic material Basic attitudes and sexual Pata Teros do not change. A in general 90 per cent of couples aged 20 to 25 were aroused by erotic films in three studies while Between 30 and 60 per cent of persons 40 to 50 years of age were aroused by the same films. A a a there Are no recorded instances of sexual aggression homosexuality lesbianism exhibitionism or sexual abuse of children attributable to Reading or viewing erotic stimuli among the several Hundred participants in the twelve experiments the 18-member presidential commission of experts approved by Congress two years ago to conduct a 2 million investigation of the effects of pornography reportedly has not approved any of the report and much of it momentum predicted for teachers Union see smut1,. Page 10 by William j. Waugh a education writer Washington a teacher labor leaders Predi that Union activity will gain me centum this fall in Urban Sut Urban and Rural schools of All 5. States bringing with it the in creased Chance of Tea Che strikes. Their forecasts come afta1 a decade which saw dramatic escalation in the number erf teacher walkouts. In the past three years there have been 425 teacher strike a nearly six times As Many As there were in the previous seven years. The labor movement which was confined mostly to ele men tary and secondary schools in the 1969s, now has begun to spread to the two year and four year colleges both the National education association with million members and the al Cio american federation of teachers with 200,000 members Are Lively organizing higher Edu action personnel. The most dramatic change in the next few years will be in the Field of higher education Quot said Robert h. Chanin Nea general counsel. Quot there will be a revolt of staff relations to administration to every universe in three years the Nea affiliate National higher education association has chartered 157 chapters with 7,770 members at two year colleges and 132 locals with 23,000 members a four year schools. Negotiations now under Way in new Jersey with 14 state col Leges Are at an impasse that could Lead to a strike showdown. Chanin said in an interview. Aft spokesman John Converse said the organization has enlisted 15.000 higher education members spread Over 200 locals he. Said at the Quot present time the Only place we Are having difficulty the at Seattle Community adding thrust to the Educa Torso labor movement Are new Laws in Hawaii and Pennsylvania legalizing teacher strikes. Similar legislation is sought by both teacher groups at state and National Levels. What happens in Pennsylvania will be watched closely by the Nea and aft Quot Pennsylvania could be smooth if the school boards play the game a said Chanin. Quot we Don t expect them to love it but we Hope they will accept it and bargain in Good Pennsylvania had 15 teacher strikes last year and Chanin said there undoubtedly will be More. Converse and James e Mun by aft director of organization said among their locals they could end up with strikes in Illinois new Haven and West Haven in Connecticut Philadel phia and Springfield mass Converse added that there is a Quot grave possibility of trouble in Washington d c., and a distinct possibility of it in san Francis . I a in 1,m,i, Birttain Iii since aft has negotiated Multi year contracts there the Little likelihood of labor trouble in new York Chicago Detroit Kansas cite or Pittsburgh schools he said. Both unions look tor considerable activity in the Northeast. In the Midwest Michigan has had a lot of strikes and Chanto said Quot Well have fun and games in Michigan Quot again. Munday agreed. 7�?�there�?Ts a lot of grumbling to California a Chanin said mainly Over a state Law which pro limits Union teacher contracts. Although last years 180 strikes is Small in relation to lumber of school districts in the country More than 21,000�?the increased activity nonetheless reflects a changing attitude of the teaching profession in general toward unionism. For years the Nea refused to identify a strike As a strike. In it see teacher Page 10 a

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