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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - August 8, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather variable cloudiness through sunday with Chance of mostly afternoon and evening Shower and thundershowers High 80s lows Tipper 80s Washington daily news if you do not get your Piper. Dial m8-h4i Between t 10 and t 00 o clock and one a Ftp bed a Vered to you established 1909 eight pages Washington North Carolina saturday afternoon August 0, 1970 daily except sunday. Backed by planes cambodians take town Banks of Suez canal reported quiet today by John t Wheeler associated Presa writer phenom penh. Cambodia apr cambodian strike forces backed by fighter bombers fought their Way into full control of the heavily damaged Crossroads town of Skourn As a one week communist offensive on the Northern front seemed to be running out of steam the cambodian High command reported today. A military spokesman said cambodians recruited and trained by . Special forces m Vietnam recaptured the town Friday ending a seven Day occupation by the communist troops. Skourn a District Headquarters Miles Northeast of phenom penh was considered the most critical Point for the government during the Broad Northern offensive that started aug. I. The1 Market town sits on the Junction of Highway 6, heading North to the provincial capital of Kampong Thom and Highway 7, leading East to Kampong Cham another provincial capital and military regional Headquarters. The spokesman said the cambodians lost 10 men killed in recapturing the town and a commander at the scene told cambodian journalists he believed about 500 communist troops had been killed during the week of fighting air strikes covering the cambodian counterattack came from the . And South vietnamese air forces As Well As Cambodia s tiny Force of t28 fighter a Boshera the spokesman also reported a fresh attack by communist troops against the outer de tenses of phenom penh during the night at a Village 15 Miles North of the capital five cambodian troops were wounded during the action the fighting Early saturday involved a communist unit attempting to infiltrate phenom penh itself the spokesman said but enemy pressure on the Capi Tal now is quite Tow compared to late May and june when a major attack on the capital by a Large Force seemed imminent he added. Elements of nearly a division of communist troops hit the siem reap Airport with mortars during the night and fired on a Hospital with automatic weapons for one hour. Siem reap is 109 Miles Northwest of phenom phen at Kampong Thom 80 Miles North of the capital encircled see Indochina Page 8 the stench of War a jumbo Dan troops Cocci their noses from the stench of bodies troops found along Highway 4 at sic Klong Cambodia about 1wt Miles nut Hes t it i mini Pruiti t fears May h ave played major role to cd the War in Cambodia looking Foi food a pig pays no attention to two bound Viet Cong suspects awaiting. Interrogation at Kampong Trybek Cambodia. Final preparations made today to move nerve across South by the associated press the army moves two freight trains carrying 3.009 tons of nerve rockets into Remote locations of ordnance depots in Kentucky and Alabama today to make final preparations for their trip across the South. The two trains carrying 12,500 of the rockets Are scheduled to depart monday on Stow winding trips to a terminal judge 3 others d in in shootout by Tim re1terman associated press writer san Rafael Calif. a a judge in his Black Robe of office and three men who marched him and four other hostages at gunpoint from his courtroom were killed Friday in a gun Battle outside the Hall of Justice. Two others involved in the escape try were seriously wounded a convict and a hostage assistant District attorney. Three women jurors also taken hostage suffered lesser injuries. The drama unfolded during a mid morning trial session in the Marin county Hall of Justice a Blue domed Structure designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright 10 Miles North of san Francisco. Witnesses said an intruder in the courtroom banished an automatic carbine and Satchel of pistols passing them around to three san Quentin prisoners. The gun Battle erupted when. They tried to flee in a panel truck sheriffs inspector Ronald Retana said. It. Was unclear whether the first shots came from police or the escapees killed were Superior court judge Harold j. Haley 65 convicts James d. Mcclain 37, and William Arthur Christmas 27 and the intruder identified tentatively by prison officials As Jonathan p. Jackson 17 Deputy dist. Atty. Gary Thomas was shot in the spine and convict Ruchell Magee 31, was shot in the Chest. Both were hospitalized Thomas in serious condition and Magee in fair condition. One woman juror Maria graham., 45, was wounded in the Arm. She was taken to letter Man army Hospital where her condition was called satisfactory. Two other jurors Joyce Rodoni and Doris Wittner were it Sec shootout Page.8near Wilmington. N.c., for eventual disposal of the rockets at ��?�0. The sea dumping came under a new attack Friday Asu a. Secretary general u Thant said it violated a general Assembly Resolution prohibiting pollution of the oceans. The state department denied this. However in Washington the House merchant Marine subcommittee on oceanography said testimony had convinced the panel that this is the Best method of disposal. And. Mayor Ronnie Thompson of Macon ga., who once said he might use police to keep the train from moving through his town said Friday he was con a a Vinced Quot there is no danger to the citizens of Macon and he will assist the army if necessary. He had returned from Annis ton Ala where loading of 305 Concrete and steel vaults containing the old rockets was completed Friday. Loading at the Blue grass army depot near Richmond ky., was expected to be completed today it began Friday with derricks gingerly lifting the first of 113 vaults aboard the open Gondola Type freight cars the vaults covered with Quarter Inch steel casing measure about 4 by 5 feet and each contains 30 of the aluminium jacketed rockets. At Miami two military scientists said that in addition to the rockets containing go the shipment would include a foot wide land mine containing vex the substance which apparently killed 0,000 sheep when tested at a Utah proving ground they said vex is five times More deadly than go a hit that the 10.5 pounds to be dumped would dissipate in the Ocean quickly. The two army officials spoke to a conference of 27 Florida oceanography experts called by gov. Claude Kirk to discuss pos sible dangers of the dumping of. Col. Allen Light told them Quot possibility of catastrophe a virtually the two trains will Cross sex eral Southeastern states to the sunny Point n.c., terminal where they will be put it Foj. Barges that will be towed to a Point 213 Miles off Cape Kennedy. Fla., and scuttled in witers 16,000 feet army contends the sea water will dilute the nerve and make it harmless the army has put the trains under tight Security military police Are on station around the trains which Are inside Chain link fences and newsmen have been barred from the Anniston depot. In separate but similar Brief Ings at the Anniston and Blue grass depots. Army chemical experts stressed the Security and safety precautions to be taken during the Croas country movement a coi. S. M. Burney command Quot see nerve Page 04 by Lew is Click associated pres writer Washington api fear that the Arab israeli dispute could flare into a soviet showdown May have played a for a Long term peace ii Middle East. The Mideast opponents Are said to be increasingly weary of the fighting and established leaders of the area could Ibave rising apprehensions that militant Arab Rad ical groups such As fedayeen commandos might spurt out of control these Are among the reasons . Authorities believe May have led to acceptance of the peace initiative after numerous unsuccessful efforts to get the Mideast rivals to Stop shooting and Start talking since their 1967 War. With the silencing of the at Midnight Friday and the be ginning of talks in. New York Tuider . Mediator Gunnar jarring. A Nixon administration strategists have fresh Hopes that the 22jear old Middle East conflict May finally be brought to an end. Loft the1 soviet Union and the United states Are believed interested in avoiding a big Power confrontation Over the Middle East and each nation has link to the opposing sides in the mid East quarrel. From the standpoint of the Mideast states it is natural they would not want to become the site of a big Power fight i Sherifi Ore the israelis Are believed concerned Over soviet involvement with their Arab enemies and the arabs themselves May be worried about How dependent they May become on Moscow. Informed sources Here also think that egyptian president. Gamal Abdel Nasser May consider his leadership in the Arab world weakening if soviet or rival Arab influences grow and in Jordan the Power of Arab radicals to undermine the authority of King Hussein a Rule already has been displayed a killed in War Washington a the name of a North Carolina sol Dier was on a list of nine persons the defense department said Friday had been killed in action in Southeast Asia he was army spec. 4 John b Proffit son of or and mrs. Cease fire begins in Mideast War a or. Wow a my m of flaunt methodist supt. To preach Here the Rev. Howard m. Mclamb District superintendent of the Greenville District will preach at the 9 00 a m service on sunday August 9, at the first United methodist Church in Washington the regular to 00 o clock worship service at he Church will be held but de Gunter recently named assistant to the pastor Here m r. M Clam b a i id or c ton ter will be preaching in the absence of the Rev. Horace s Garris who is on vacation. Or Mclamb is a native of Sampson county a graduate of Clinton High school. Rutherford College and Duke University he has served appoint men to at Pink Hill Fairmont in Raleigh Ahoskie Hamlet. Jarvis in Greenville Davis Street in Burlington and by has previously served As Goldsboro Friday in Washington it at to Jerusalem and the United nation in Mew York prompted limited optimism for settlement of the hostilities that have existed among the Middle Eastern neighbors since Israel became a state in at the United nations special envoy Gunnar v jarring of Sweden scheduled meeting to Day with israeli. Egyptian and jordanian diplomats on my Chamey of the cease fire which is to continue at least through 4�mt111 ate if to Fri to the Banks of the suet canal were reported quiet today for the first time since shortly after the 1967 Middle East War the quiet resulted from implement a Bon of a proposed cease reel Arab israeli peace talks Quot the Southern command re ports quiet i israeli spokesman said at Midnight 4 p m Edt guns remained stilled three hours later and the spokesman melt Law last reported activity along the canal was an egyptian artillery barrage at 14 is pm local time however a number of Rociy is were fired from Jordan at the israeli dead sea Potash works several hours after the cease fire went into effect a military spokesman in Tel Aviv said there were no casualties the spokesman mid there was no information on who fired the Rock Eto but they were believed aimed by Arab guerrillas operating inside Jordan the military command said Arab gunners in Jordan wounded three israeli soldiers in an ambush Early today the israelis returned the fire after the attack in the Southern Golan Heights of Syria a spokesman said. A israelis Deputy prime minister. Viga i All on. Said in an in ton new of qty Acile radio that his government would hold j Urdan responsible for any failure to control guerrillas from her territory. Quot if terrorist other Force should i Kew attack s israeli ullage and towns then Israel would be obliged to invoke its right of a if ,�?� he Sand. Announcements of the cease county. It or a a. A y one Emce Raleigh a gov Bob Scott his wife and their five children Are in Osage Beach. Mo., this weekend for the a t onal governor conference. The Scott family used the state s Gulf Stream air plane the governors conference will a end wednesday. Kasabian May walk out of jail free monday a a _ by Linda Deutsch associated press writer los Angeles a Linda Kasabian who has told her Story of the Sharon Tate murders after being promised immunity from prosecution May walk out of jail a free woman on monday when fat immunity is set to be formalized. Although the pig tailed Young Mother of two is still under Cross examination in the murder trial of Charles m. Manson and three women followers the defense wants her immunity granted monday. They Hope it will encourage her to change her Story. A Linda Kasabian took the witness stand in a dual role,7 defense attorney Paul Fitzgerald said after court adjourned Friday. Quot she was both a witness and a defendant and she knew that anything she said could incriminate he said the defense believes that mrs. Kasabian the state s Star witness tailored her testimony to please prosecutors who have promised her immunity. A once she a Given immunity she might recant a said Fitzgerald attorney for Patricia Kren Winkel 22. The defense1 is concerned test the trial be completed before such immunity were granted. Other on trial with Manson Are Susan Atkins 21, and Leslie Van Houten 20. A hearing on the immunity Grant was set at defense request for monday morning when the trial resumes. Once immune she could leave the jail where she has been held since her arrest last december on the same charges As those facing the other defendants. Prosecutors said she could remain in jail for a time if she chose to do so for fear of her safety. The prosecution has said it will try to provide Protection for mrs. Kasabian 21, once a member of Manson a nomadic hippie style Quot family a her lawyers have reported threats on the Sandy haired woman a life. In court Friday one of her attorneys. Gary Fleischman said he saw Manson look at the witness and whisk his Finger across his Throat in a motion to indicate a Throat being Slit. Mrs Kasabian has testified often tearfully that Manson ordered the knife and gunshot slayings of miss Tate and six others last aug. 9 and 10 she said she saw two victims killed and saw another fleeing from miss Kren Winkel As she gave Chase with an upraised knife the request for immediate immunity came after emotional testimony in which mrs. Kasa Bian sobbed on the witness stand and cried out a ooh god a spicy hams the three co defendants of Charles Man min in the tate�?lubiani3 murder trial in los an be 1 is Ham it up u bit in the sheiff1� Van from left Patricia keen Wink cd. Leslie Van Houten and Susan Atkins. When shown one of several Pic Tures of bloody bodies at Tow scene of last summer s multiple slayings. With tears streaming Down her face she turned to Manson and the girl co defendants and wept Quot How could you do that a District superintendent. He also served As executive director of the conference Board of it evangelism in Raleigh. Mrs. Jane Cox Griffin Dies mrs Jane Cox Griffin age 45 of Quot 1211 Summit Avenue. Washington wife of Ernest m Griffin prominent local druggist died at her Home yesterday around 6 00 of clock in the evening As a result of a Physia Tion. She was born in Damien Delaware on july 10, 1925 she was married to or Griffin on december 8, 1946. She was. An Active member of the first United methodist Church in Washington and Active in the woman a society of Christian service a survivors in addition to her husband include one son. Ernest a Mayo Griffin jr., of the Home and one daughter mrs Jan Hackett of Reidsville her Mother and step father. Or and mrs Lou Eberwien of Penn and one sister. Mrs. Lawrence Kates of Felton Del. Funeral services will be held from the first United methodist Church in Washington on sunday afternoon at. 3 00 of clock conducted by the Rev Horaces. Garris pastor burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery pallbearers will be Joe Tunstall Charles Daughtridg Eashley b. Futrell James Bagwell. Sam Tim Carter. Milo Gibbs. Owen Rodman and Hilton Sawyer. The body will be carried from Paul funeral Home to the Church one hour prior loser vice. Acc applications Washington a the Federal communications com Mission said Friday it has received these applications from North Carolina assignment of the License of a Pym Greenville from Curtis amp associates to Capitol com Pany and from capital to Greenville radio corp Transfer of control of Sparta Independence radio corp wok from h. Sid Comer h. Clark Comer Vassie w. Comer and Brice a. Miller to Lawrence county broadcasting corp. The it w Ere expected to discuss possible Sites for the Neotia Rons presume my new York. Geneva or Nicosia Cyprus the proposal called for the gov eminent involved to name rep Rexsen t a 11 a cd toe to iks a a isee oed my to such procedure and at such places and times a an jarring might recommend the jarring Mission was abandoned april4, 199, alter is months of talks produced no re suits it was reactivated Friday by secretory general u Thant tiler acceptance of the proposal was made official. Premier gotta Meir of israeli said Quot we have reached this stage due to our military steadfastness and our political struggle ahead of us still lie difficult trials Quot with Alt our profound desire that the lease fire and not Only on this front alone should be a first step toward peace we remember that our Road to peace is still a. Long and hard she made no mention of Jordan a cease fire Between Israel and Jordan technically has been in effect since the 1967 War although fighting has continued on ice at id East. Page a a. A f und stands now to 2.121 the Quot David Taylor fund Quot a Tonda this morning at 82,121.51, according to Jim Mil sell it my it a a. Us r a r w h 11 a tout 1 n u 1. N g reports from me my at Hospital in Chapel Huttl indicate that David ill with a brain tumor is testing comfortably. His Mother is at the bedside the other at Home in washing Tow a to a it is hoped that the drive for funds can be brought to a close next week with the Community Barbecue which takes place at havens gardens next thursday evening from 5 00 8.00 o clock. It is being Pul on by friends and neighbors those wishing to contribute to the fund can Send donations to l the Quot Quot David Taylor Box 1202 Washingto a act opposes Raleigh plan Raleigh apr the a act Legal defense fund is asking the u. S. Eastern strict court to make the Raleigh schools and possibly several other North Carolina school units separate defendants in a desegregation suit. The action would prevent the local units from taking Advant age of a delay granted last week by a u. A 4th circuit court of appeals judge to. Stole officials named in the suit the original suit filed by the Legal defense fund and later joined by the u. S Justice department named As defendant the state Board of education state Board of education con roller a c Davis District judge Algernon Butler last week ordered the state officials to instruct the eight local school units named in the suit to submit desegregation plans by tuesday the . 4th circuit court of appeals judge j Braxton Craven granted a stay of that part of the order at the request of state atty Gen. Robert mor . Morgan contended the stole had no authority Over local Pupil assignments since the local school units were not named individually As defendants in the suit their attorneys have contended that the deadlines set by Butler s order Are not binding m them none of the eight units met the tuesday deadline for filing Plana for the Complete desegregation of their schools this fall. But the u. S office of education following butlers order filed plans for each of the eight units tuesday under Butler s original order the units had until Friday to file their objections to the Federal plans but none of the eight filed objections although in it least one unit Goldsboro the local school Board had al ready voted to reject the Federal plan. A another of the units. Guilford county announced earlier in. The week thai it would accept the federally devise Jilan but civil rights attorney Julius Chambers of Charlotte said the plans drawn up by Federal officials without the help of the a act Legal defense fund did not. Go far enough in de segregating the schools. Chambers and his attorneys mailed in Friday night their notice of objection to several of the Federal plans especially the one for Raleigh the Federal plan for Raleigh would leave two All Black and three All White elementary schools in the City Chambers said the Legal defense fund will ask the court to order a racial balance plan for Raleigh under which the City s 74 per cent White and 29 per cent Black Pupil ratio would be reflected in each school chamber said Friday that his firm had not had time to study the Federal plans for All the eight school units involved and he could not say immediately How Many Othera the a act would Challenge. The units in the suit Are Raleigh Goldsboro Guilford county Tarboro Max ton. Rocky mount Union county and Edgecombe county1.

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