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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - August 7, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather Valia or cloudiness through saturday with charter at Moet i or afternoon and evening Thun Deral Torra highs in 90s lows in 90a Washington daily news established 1909 ten pages Washington North Carolina Friday afternoon August 7, 1970 if you do not get your paper do mki14ft Between a a and 7 00 o clock and on wll a delivered to you daily except sunday Mideast talks americans envoys meet strategy on procedure chief Aims p v by the associated press u n. Envoy Gunnar v. Jarring was seeking agreement Between Arab and israeli diplomats to _ _ _ _ _ Day on peace talk procedures Verhal a a Low a 90urce in Jerusalem said Der Way on the Island of Cyprus in about 10 Days. Jarring is meeting in new York with the ambassadors from Egypt., Jordan and Israel whose governments All have accepted the u a. Proposal i for a 90-Day cease fire and Indi rect negotiations with jarring As the go Between in Tel Aviv israeli defense officiate met to work out details of a cease fire plan and reliable sources said it could take effect a in a matter of the israelis were reported giving serious consideration to a suggestion that Egypt and Israel police the cease fire themselves. But the sem official Cairo newspaper a1 ashram said Egypt had turned Down the idea apparently because it called for flights by israeli reconnaissance planes Over egyptian territory As Well As egyptian flights Over israeli territory. Informants in new York said the United states was negotiating with Arab and israeli officiate in Cairo Jerusalem and Washington on procedures for policing the cease fire and the ban on military buildups that is to accompany it. There also were reports of disagreement Between the arabs and the israelis Over where the peace talks would take place and the level on which they would be conducted. One informant in new York said the arabs wanted the talks to be held on the ambassadorial level at the United nations while the israelis preferred that they w held on the foreign ministers level in Nicosia Cyprus. Another source said the israelis were open minded on both questions by t considered ambassadorial talks a break from precedent since jarring has dealt with foreign ministers on previous occasions. In. A statement in Cairo today egyptian information minister Mohammed Hassanein Heikal told the palestinian guerrillas that the a total War against Israel they seek is a an the guerrillas have vowed to do All they can to sabotage any cease fire. Heidal a confidant of president Gamal Abdel Nasser reiterated Egypt a support for the palestinian cause but declared a the palestinian resistance no matter How valiant definitely cannot Lead a total War of liberation against Israel because it is just beyond its capacity. Quot the Middle East conflict should never be portrayed As anything but a pan Arab conflict comprising All arabs. The palestinian resistance has great moral value but All it can do on at narcotics. Police chief Phillip Paul in a verbal blast at marijuana and other drugs last night told Washington rotarians that smoking pot is More dangerous than drinking alcoholic beverages a discovery of the smoking of one i a ret the Conta 1 n ing marijuana is enough to be cause for alarm Quot the chief declared he said the use of marijuana leads to the use of harder drugs such As Ltd Paul said apparently there is Little drug use Here. He said if there was there would be More evidence of it noting that local police have been called to the Hospital on Only one occasion to a suspected drug user. The chief voiced his personal conviction that narcotic Laws should not be liberalized to permit use of marijuana As advocated in some quarters. The greatest dangers in the use of drugs Are not Only health and violation of the narcotics Laws but other violations which it leads to such As forgery theft and other unlawful acts to get Money with which to Purchase them in the illegal Trade a he declared. Paul a member of the governors committee on Law and order pointing out some recommendations in the making for changes in the Law enforcement and judicial system in the state said Public support will be urged when these proposals go before the general Assembly. The speaker reviewed some of the proposals which will be made All designed to Speed up the court system and at the same time bring improvements in the judicial setup. Paul was presented by Reid see rotary Page 10� jobless rate up Washington it a it a the nation s unemployment rata bounced Back up to five per cent of the work Force in. July highest rata in More than five years the labor department reported today. The jobless rata had also. Hit five per cent in May and then declined to 4.1 per cent to june. The total number of unemployed in july was 4.s million an actual drop of 160,000, but it usually declines More sharply in july and the Bureau of labor statistics figured it As a Rise of 275,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis. See Mideast. Page 10 by George Esper associated press writer Saigon map it a american officers today disclosed a shift tit strategy and said because of it . Forces possibly could be reduced in the nest ii months More than the 50,00 Man Cut president Nixon has promised the shift puts South vietnamese forces in blocking and patrolling roles along the cambodian and laotian Borders re Are being pulled Back to the in Warior of South Vietnam one senior officer said South vietnamese regular made a real strides in some areas in the last six months of 1969 and san m la two. #1��-, Ira inn Len it fail flip Iff first Terrp motions or i Fri he said their performance in the operations in Cambodia a provided sort of a dramatic revelation of the Progress that had really been made.,�?T�?T officers said the takeover by South vietnamese forces of Large chunks of Border regions once patrolled by . Troops is proceeding Well. They said it could pave the Way for enlargement of the american with drawa.1 program before next Juge 30. One such South vietnamese Force caught a Large Force of Viet Cong and North vietnamese soldiers thursday along the cambodian Border 50 Miles West of Saigon. After pounding them with bombers and artillery the Saigon troops reported 99 of the enemy killed along with 13 South vietnamese killed and 13 wounded the Viet Cong meanwhile slammed four 100-Pound rockets into a military stockade in Hue. Killing 14 South vietnamese soldiers accused of various military offences and wounding 63. It was the first shelling of Hue in More than a month. It. Gen. Michael s. Davison commander of american forces in Saigon and the 11 surrounding provinces said that in his Region the National police Are moving out into the Countryside the Peoples self defense Force is being expanded and trained and the popular forces have been expanded and improved. Quot hopefully by the time next june Rolls around. The Security of the population ought to be in pretty Damn Good hands so that the regular South vietnamese army divisions no longer have to concern themselves about the populated areas a Davison said. Quot the theory is that when you be got that situation the South vietnamese divisions can move out to the Border areas and do the interdicting role that we were doing in 1969 and the Early part of this year this is beginning to take place. Quot he said South vietnamese forces had already taken Over four provinces to the Southwest West and North of Saigon bordering Cambodia and that some american units already had pulled Hack. In Cambodia three battalions of the Mekong Delta cambodians trained by the , special forces joined the government forces at Skourn 40 Miles l see Indochina Page 10 soviets West germans initial new no aggression pact today Donohoo to succeed Mcbride new York or Charles f. Forgarty president of Tacas Gulf Sulphur company today forming a new agricultural division with Headquarters in Raleigh How Donohoo a vice president of the company in charge of the Potash division has been named vice president of the new division. A. Donohoo succeeds or. Guy t. Mcbride who resigned recently to accept the position As president of the Colorado school of mines. He will make his Home in Raleigh the company said it has Long been its plan to merge All fertilizer materials operations including production and sales into one division. Effective August 15, the present phosphate and Potash divisions will be combined to form the new agricultural division earlier year established worldwide sales Headquarters for phosphate and Potash in Raleigh Donohoo has been general manager of the Potash division since july 1966 he joined the company in 1967 As assistant manager of the exploration department and worked mostly in Cuba and Canada in 1961 he was trans erred to Houston. Tex. As manager of exploration. With responsibility for All exploration activity in the Gulf coast area he was the company s chief geophysicist until his assignment with the Potash division following his graduation in 19391 from the Colorado school of mines he worked for Phillips st Nolind Oil and Gas company in the Gulf coast he was an instructor at Cornell University from t4l to 1m3 and served with the . Naw As an electronics officer lit both world. Mar .11 and tin korean War rising to lieutenant commander following graduate work at the Colorado school of Minea and Columbia University he became an assistant professor at the University of Utah where he organised the department of geophysics he was with the exploration see tags Page 16 h. V. W. Donohoo after nearly Tivo centuries Congress releases grip a a 0 a on the u. S. Mails water use by tags to be studied by Mark Brown associated press welter Washington a Congress has released its grip on the . Mails after nearly two centuries and the Poat office looks Forward to shedding handicaps that prompted one Post master general to say the department was in Quot a race with loading of nerve Gas continues by Carl c. Craft associated press writer Washington a coffins containing nerve Gas. Destined for burial at sea next week Are being readied for rail journeys from storage centers in Alabama and Kentucky As the army advances with plans for the controversial disposal operation. The army also arranged for newsmen to witness loading operations today at depots in Anniston ate., and Richmond by the loading is expected to take several Days. The slow trip by train then will begin next week. The first of the 3,000 ton of nerve Gas rockets in steel and Concrete coffins was lifted onto rail cars at the Alabama facility wednesday with loading to see nerve Gas Page 10 draft hits men w born late in year Kasabian Breaks Down on the witness stand by Stan Benjamin associated press writer Washington a the nations first Post world War ii draft lottery was designed to As sure that a each Man has an equal Chance of being selected first selected second or not selected at All Quot defense Secre tary Melvin Laird said last no vember. But the final tabulation shows that men Horn in the last half of the year and especially those born in november and Deceron Berk bore a heavier draft Bur Den than individuals whose a it birthdays fell in the first six Calendar months. A Quot a a a the results became known thursday after it was announced that men in the 1970 draft Pool whose draft numbers Are 1% or higher probably would escape induction into the armed forces. The 366 Days of the year were ranked in order As pulled from the bowl last dec. 1, the dates were matched with a registrants Bir today to determine the order of Call. Critics have charged the see draft Page 10� disaster a a More than two years after a presidential commission recommended it and More than one year after the legislation was in Traduce Congress sent to Tate Day to president Nixon a Hill creating an Independent . A postal service. The White House hailed the occasion As a a a landmark Day and u landmark piece of legislation for users of the postal serv ind postal workers Quot and said Nixon would sign the Meas Urc next week. It provides for establishment of. The corporate like Feder Agency within a year and a retroactive 8 per cent pay hike for postal workers it also makes Likely an increase in first class postage rates from the six cent to an eight cent stamp Early next year. The new postal service will a be rumby a nine Man presiden. To ally appointed Board of Gover nors who Wilt select a postmas ter general and Deputy postmas ter will be set not by con Gress As for the past 181 years but by a five member rate com Mission with the approval of the Board of governors. The postmaster general frequently in. Toe past a political Handyman of toe president rather than a wording head of the mail system will be removed from the Cabinet. The new system is designed to modernize and streamline delivery of the mails and eventually to eliminate the huge deficits that have been an annual Fea Tore of the Post office budget of the past 16 years. Rather than going to Congress for higher wages postal employees will bargain with the Board of governors through their unions which will have All see postal Page 10� by Linda Deutsch associated press writer los Angeles apr with a gasping cry of a to huh a Linda Kasabian buried her head in her hands and sobbed after Charles Manson a attorney thrust in front of her a color picture of actress. Sharon Tate in death her nearly nude pregnant body bathed in blood. Court was hastily recessed thursday after the Petite witness was led from the stand weeping. A she was terribly said Ronald Goldman one of mrs. Kasabian s attorneys. A we took her upstairs to lie Down and put a cold compress on her head to try to Calm her Irving Kanarek representing the shaggy haired clan Leader on trial in the slayings of miss Tate and six others pulled out the photograph while Cross examining mrs. Kasabian the states Star witness. Kanarek was asking what mrs. Kasabian Tod seen when she looked into a window of miss taters Home. Quot i show you Quot said Kanarek As he flashed the photo in front of mrs. Kasabian. He got no fur ther the witness recoiled shifting in her chair and turning tor head away. Then she broke Down. The picture showed the blonde miss Tate wearing Bikini pants and a Bra lying on the living room floor in front of the Couch. The prosecution said the Angle of the picture was meant to show tor 16 Stab wounds. The photo part of material the prosecution said it planned to present later Tod not been entered in evidence. A prosecutor told newsmen to Tod not shown the photo to mrs. Kasabian because Quot she is a sensitive girl Quot and there was no reason to do so because the state says she never entered the House where miss taters body was found. Attorneys for mrs Kasabian 21-year-old Mother of twp protested to the judge. In a conference with defense attorneys and prosecutors in the judges Chambers Goldman alleged that Kanarek Tod no question to ask relating to the picture but a did it for no other purpose than to cause my client serious Dia Goodman said later the judge ruled that in the future before any exhibit is shown to a wit Ness the state will to Given the Chance to object. Asked later Why he took the photo out of a folder to show it to mrs. Kasabian Kanarek would say Only a i believe anyone should be Able to see a Public Paul. Fitzgerald attorney for defendant Patricia a Quot Katie Quot Krenwinkel 22, said a i disagree that or. Kan Rekus sole intent was to Shock the witness. It May have been that Linda Kasabian a reaction was a Shock of recognition. It May also to that it was a Shock of horror or terror. We done to know also on trial with Manson and miss Krenwinkel Are two other women followers of Manson Susan a a Sadie Atkins 21, and Leslie Van houten., 22. The Green eyed mrs. Kasabian once a member of Manson a clan has been telling her Story of the slayings after being promised immunity from prosecution she has said she went on murder missions with Manson a Dan but remained outside the death Bouses the nights of the see Tate Page 10 Beaufort tech Survey Charlie flagged Bank of Washington official is shown giving Survey information to Beaufort tech student Eva Gurganus. Kenneth Chalk right tech business administration instructor is heading up the Survey designed to determine employment skills needed in the Small businesses of the area. Survey results will help deter ii what courses Beaufort tech will offer in an Effort to provide personnel for businesses with 25 or less employees. Chamber of Commerce officials urge Small businessmen to cooperate with die Survey which is just getting underway photo by Litchfield. Raleigh the state Board of water and air resources thursday decided to Call for a year Long study of the effect Oft ground water Ltd pump age by Texas Gulf Sulphur company mining in the Castle Hayne area the state contends that pumping ground water out of open pit phosphate mines allows Salt water to intrude Inland in other action the state Board voted tot the state retain jurisdiction eve or pow tort caused by 1 fuel Burnt if by the states 12 najor electric plants. 2 automobile emissions. 3 chemical plants pro during Aetna Feriter Rry Dye stuffs synthetic fibres and Industrial gases and 4 pulp and paper a decided to Call for a year Long study of the effect of a round water of pump age by e was Gulf Fulfur s pit nun my n the Castle Hayne area the state contends that pump ground water out of open i phosphate Mino allows sea water to intrude Inland the Board gave Winston Salem 30 Days to come up with a plan to alleviate conditions which could cause More fish kills in the Yadkin River the Board approved a remu Tion accepting a report of its pollution control committee. The committee re Pool placed the major blame for three of the five fish kills since june on the City of Winston Salema a the report assessed damages in the three kills at $23.202 22 however the Board said final Bonn accepts postwar loss of East areas by join Bat Aman Torii fit press writer Moscow i apr the soviet and West German foreign ministers today initialled a new a non aggression treaty in which accepts to postwar loss of East Ern German territory to Poland and the soviet Union Chancellor witty Brandt Hopes the pact will open the Way to improved relations with other nations of he soviet bloc As Well As with the soviet Union German sources said the treaty is primarily an acceptance of the realities that have existed in Eastern Europe for Many years they said the real significance of the pact can Only to Meas de by the future development of relations Between Bonn and Moscow West German foreign Mims ter Walter Scheel Ipp Hosl foreign minister Andrei Oral Myko put their initials to the treaty and exchanged toasts during a 45 minute be Armony at the Spiridonov reception House the two ministers had agreed on the text thursday night after of negotiations in Moscow the treaty will to submitted saturday to the West German Cabinet in Bonn but there was no indication when it will to signed nor was it known when the text would to made Public. The treaty is a a revision of a preliminary draft worked out by Gromyko Ami Egon Bahr a Spe Cial envoy from Brandt in five months of talk Tbs Togo left january the pact in a to key Stoto of Brandts Ost politic the policy of building new Bridges of understanding Between Bonn and communist Baat Europe the pact includes a renunciation of the Usi of Force against each other and acceptance of Presenal Iundan a in Europe including the Oder Neisse Fine pact Page 10� fund past amps $2,000 Mark the a David Taylor fund Quot stands this morn no at $2,050.51, according to Jim Mizzelle treasurer reports from Chapel Hill indicate that David age it is getting along As Well As can be expected after brain surgery the tumor was too deeply embedded to to removed he will Start special treatments shortly t those wishing to give to the fund can Send donations to the Quot David Taylor fund Quot Box 1202, Washington. N c a Seo e Page 10� Beaufort Hyde Road work oked Raleigh a Beaufort county has been allocated More than $17,400 for one secondary Road construction project and Hyde county has been allocated More than $1,000 for o secondary Road construction project it was announced today. Approval of tie projects was voted at the regular August meeting of the state Highway commission Here the Beaufort county project Calls for right of Way acquisition Grade Drain and stabilize or 1529 from or. 1528 Northwest. The Hyde county project Calls for Grade Drain and pave new addition from or 1326 to de new addition from or 1337 to de. Z the commission approved bids totalling about $21 million for work on 30 primary projects in 38 counties including Craven Beaufort Pamlico Carteret and Jones counties 43 306 Miles of Sand Asphalt and bituminous Concrete surface for surfacing 2 sections of secondary roads and resurfacing six sections of primary and six sections of secondary roads on us 70, no 306, 92, 101 part. The commission also approved an estimated $265 million in Nonty projects Clearing the Way for taking bids on the 120 projects a a list of bids approved included a. Craven county 0 382 Miles of grading bituminous Concrete Binder and surface Quot for improvements on or 1200 first Street and Pembroke Road in new Bern from the intersection of . 70 17 Broad Street southerly to approximately 450 feet West of or 1200 first Street $ 127,623. 05 James Cha Nee construction co., new Bern n. C. Final completion Date july i 1971 the commission added to its list of priority projects thursday the four tan Long or relocation or both of . It from the Virginia state line South to Elizabeth City. Agreement with Virginia officials on the project which will eventually to a four Lane Highway Between Elizabeth City and Norfolk had been announced earlier this year the project was among More than 100 added to the priority list for completion in the next five years

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