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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - August 31, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather partly Cloudy through tuesday with Aratt ered a Netter after Noonam evening skews and founder alarms mainly Over the South portion tuesday. Washington Dacia news if you do not get your a Toper. Dial mt&45 Between 6tm> Aad 1 00 o clock and one we to delivered to you. Vista bushed. A ii Iii Del to i 1904. Jitou pages Washington my atm daily except sunday Meany w Omen liberation could Cost by Neil Gilbride a l Abor writer Washington apr al Cio president George Meany says the politically powerful labor federa lion opposes the women s liberation movement for absolute Equality because millions of women Union members wrong with the world and what should be done about it to a greater extent than a person who Baa had years of experience Quot he asked. Meany said there is a limited role for youth in the nations labor movement but suggested they must win their spurs Don t want to give of the Job through Leuce before Ever moderates Lead elections by Carl Robinson associated press writer Saigon apr a moderately pro government slate and one backed by the opposition an Quang Buddhist faction were leading today in first returns from South Vietnam a senatorial elections the three top 10-Man tickets will win election making up half of the 00-member Senate. Sixteen slates made the race. In first place was the pro gov Nixon says peace in South Vietnam for u. S. Is certain Ernie no Eckel headed by sen Huynh Van Cao a former general with. 708,807 votes the an Quang ticket headed by Vul Van Mau had 829,288 in third place was the slate of sen. Nguyen Van Huyen the Senate president with 549,882 votes by Frances lew1ne associated press writer san Clemente. Calif i a it a president Nixon said today that Quot so far As the United states involvement is concerned in Vietnam peace is he referred in a taped television interview for today subs morning news to the program of withdrawing . Troops and replacing them with South Viet namese the president also get pressed the View that there is Quot some Hope Quot for the Middle East situation now that a cease fire has been called he played Down suggestions at this time for a .-soviet peace keeping Force in the area Nixon said he would predict nothing and expect nothing As Hanoi s chief negotiator Xuan Thuy returns to the Paris peace talks thursday. There Are no new . Initiatives. Nixon said but Quot we Are fan Day. Asked whether he thought chances for peace were better in the Middle East or Southeast Asia Nixon declined to speculate before the cease fire. Nixon remarked the Middle fast situation Quot had no Hope. Since the cease fire it has some a cautioned against being Overly optimistic saying differ Knees and passions going Back thousands of years Quot Are not settled quickly Quot however As far As we Are concerned ire of Steve we have made mgt me Progress he said Quot because after All there is a fire people a Ren t being killed now and As Long As that goes on. It looks better than it was Quot Nixon was asked about a suggestion mentioned by High administration officials at a Western White House briefing for news executives last week of adding "1 do xxx believe that Sugges Lions of that Type Well Intel boned As they Are Are going to he particularly helpful at a time when the jarring Mission is going Forward Quot he referred to the israeli Arab talk being conducted at the United nations by Amba Saa Dor Gunnar .1 arring protections they have won in Federal and state taws. Quot there Are Laws in some states that women cannot work in Coal mines Quot Meany said adding that Moat women Don t want to win the dubious right to mine Coal or other heavy dangerous work. He said the al Cio one of the strongest lobbying blocs in Congress wont help enact the amendment to give women absolute Equality which was passed by the House and is pending in the Senate. Meany in a pre labor Day interview also said negroes Are making Progress in getting better paid Union jobs Quot but the process is very very and the 76-year-old labor chieftain father of three grown daughters gave Short shrift to today a generation of rebellious youth. Quot if the younger generation Are the Hundred thousand kids that Lay around a Field in Wood Stock n.y., i am not going to Trust the destiny of the country to that group Quot Meany said. A by what stretch of the imagination can you say that a 20-year-old kid knows what is mid East idea rising any major influence on Union members Here Are questions and answers from the interview q Are you going to help the ladies get their equal rights amendment a Cross 7 Meany no. Q Why Meany Well there Are cer Tain protections in the Law for women that we have been fighting to put into the Law for Many Many years. I passed a number of then 30-Odd years ago in the new York state legislature. And All of this legislation was prepared by the ladies. Now of course we get these militant feminists and they done to want any Protection. They Are equal and so on and so Forth. We represent millions of women who Are in our unions and if they were willing to lose these protections it would be All right with the al Cio. But we Are going to take our policy from the women who Are represented in our unions and they Are opposed to this so called equal rights amendment see Meany Page 10 a very flexible negotiating position Quot and Quot now we shall see whether the other Side is interested in one the interview was filmed at the Western White House Satur the possibility of a .-soviet military Force under United nations Ai Kph futo keep the mid die fast peace Quot i would not comment on it at this the president said Nixon has scheduled a general review of Uto Middle East situation at the Western White House tuesday with state and defense see Nixon. Page 10 despite More than 80 Viett a a a m Cong and North vietnamese Elj cilia i Vic us a a citizens meet rocket and mortar s attacks which killed 55 vietnamese civilians and wounded 140, the government said 4.3 million votes were cast. That was two thirds of the registered voters the an Quang faction boycotted the 1967 elections which brought in the present government of president Nguyen Van Thieu and the current Senate traditionally the an Quang buddhists have been militantly anti government. In the Campaign the slate demanded Quot instant peace and the abolition of Quot illiteracy corruption hunger disunity and dictatorship Quot which it said tends to encourage the growth of communism. Its Leader Vul Van Mau was foreign minister under president Ngo Dinh diem. The favored Cao slate includes representatives of numerous religious and ethnic factions men from the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai sects a montagnard Mountain tribesman and a cambodian. The cambodian is the brother of son Ngoc Thanh Leader of the anti Sihanouk Khmer Serei movement and a close adviser to cambodians Premier Lon Noi to push Highway White rites slated Here killed in Accident Bath a Eugene Artis 26, of it. A Bath was killed Early sunday morning when he was hit by a car As he Lay in the Road the Highway Patrel said he was hit on n. C 92 about two Miles West of his Home town. Funeral services will be held wednesday at 3 . From the st. Delight Church. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery. Artis was the son of or. And mrs. William Henry Artis and the husband of mrs. Gloria s. Artis surviving besides his parents and wife Are two sons Milton and Eugene Artis a daughter Sharon Denise Artis paternal grandmother mrs Martis Artis Brown All of Bath his paternal grandmother mrs. Millisa White of Washington three Brothers and three Sisters Joe Edwards 87, succumbs pullout legislation seems doomed but doves Happy Myrtle Beach s. C. A a planning committee met sunday to set the stage for a six state Quot citizens conference in october to promote a modern coastal corridor Highway reaching from the Norfolk a. Area to the Vicinity of Savannah a. The conference is set for october 19 at the Myrtle Beach convention Center. It is expected to attract As Many As 1500 interested citizen and development Leaden from the Caro Lings Virginia Georgia Maryland and Delaware. Florida is expected to Partick Pate. The Kitinos movement a a conference idea was originated and. Launched by the mid East economic development commission with offices in. Washington North Carolina. Frank m Kivett executive director of mid East is a Secretary to the conference committee which met in Myrtle Beach sunday to draw up an Agenda and make arrangements. A. Committee members represent each state involved in the proposed coastal corridor and terminals or. Leo w. Jenkins was named chairman and Moderator for1 the october East coast Highway conference. Or. Jenkins is president of East Carolina University at Greenville and is a Long time Leader in pushing educational Industrial and economic development in the coastal Region. Or. Jenkins says Quot we have Long recognized the need for adequate Highway transportation in an area which has been neglected in the past. Cooperative action by those concerned speaking with one voice appears to be a positive approach to getting things the Agenda for the conference adopted by the committee includes testimony on such subjects As tourism and recreation Agri business Aqua business. Industry and Industrial development business and finance spor tation. General economics inter government relations and regional humanistic All see Highway Page 10 tobacco Box score the Washington tobacco Market to Date hat now sold 2,675,182 pounds of tobacco for 11,923,467.61 for an average of $71.98 per lit pounds. All Eastern Bright Belt tobacco Market will he on a four hour Selling Day each Day this week according to Billy Dawson supervisor. Tin tuesday first Sale goes to sermons warehouse second Sale goes to Talley warehouse third Sale goes to Hassell warehouse. Funeral services for l. Dow White age 70, will be held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home tuesday morning at 11 of clock conducted by the Rev. Elbert e. Edwards of Chocowinity. Burial will follow in Riverside memorial Park in Norfolk a. At 3 . Tuesday. Or. White a resident of Core Point it. 1, blounts Creek died in the Beaufort county Hospital Friday morning. He was a retired electrician with the Norfolk shipbuilding and dry docks corp. Of Norfolk. He Church. A surviving Are his wife mrs. Ruby Herndon White one son . James h. White of the . Air Force in the Philippines one daughter mrs. George h. Hodges or. Of Norfolk a. Four grandchildren one brother Carolos White of it. 1, blounts Creek. Mrs. Annie Jackson Dies mrs. Annie Jackson a former resident of e. Second Street died in a local nursing Home at noon today. Funeral arrangements Are incomplete and will be announced by Paul funeral Home. The family will be at the Home of or. And mrs Ellis Alligood at Mimosa shores it. 2, Washington Joe Edwards age 87, a former resident of Bridgeton died in the Beaufort county Hospital saturday afternoon at 4 30 of clock following a critical illness of several hours. He had been in failing health for the past several years. Or. Edwards had been making his Home Here for the past 20 years. He was a retired lumber inspector. He was born at blounts Creek sept .24, 1882, son of the late Euriah and Mattie Jones Edwards he was a member of the first free will Baptist Church Sudie Belangia of Craven county who preceded him in death in 1927. Surviving Are one son Guy a Edwards of Beaufort one brother George Edwards of it 2, Washington one sister mrs. Mamie Toler of Greenville four grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and one great a great grandchild. Funeral services were held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home monday afternoon at 2 of clock conducted by the Rev. Wane w. Smith. Burial followed in the Hartley family cemetery near Bridgeton. Arthur w aters passes sunday by Lawrence l Knutson associated press writer Washington apr legis lation to Pul All . Troops out of Vietnam by 1972 appears doomed in a Long awaited Senate vote tuesday. But win or Loee backers proclaim strategic dividends the so called Quot amendment to end the War Quot looks to fall several votes Short in a Roll Call. But doves say show enough strength to reflect the Sharp divisions throughout the nation Over the War and View the precedent making Chance to make their formal stand a a Hyde men f ight f ire in West Fairfield seven n. C. Forest service employee in the four county a District headquartered Here Are in the Western United states helping fight serious Forest fires in Idaho and Washington cording to Ken Jefferies District forester Here Jefferies who said this was the first time that forestry workers from the East had been sent to help fight fires in the West reported the men had been dispatched on two separate occasions last wet and would probably be away another week. The District forester said three men were dispatched to Idaho last wednesday and four More on thursday he said his information is that All seven have since been sent to help Battle raging fires in the Wenatchee National Forest in Central Washington. The men six from Hyde and one from Washington county Are As follows Wilton Spear of Creswell Lee Benston of Swan Quarter and Lee Dale Grays see foresters. Page 10 Jor moral Victory whatever the outcome they add. The Nixon administration must regard a significant show for the amendment As a pro found portent that Congress will insist upon s Fuller role in shaping War and peace. It is noted by most observers however that whatever the enthusiasm the amendment May stir in the Senate it Likely would be overwhelmed in. The More hawkish House Quot the vote on this amendment forces each senator to face squarely his own responsibility for either continuing of ending the involvement of american forces m the Indochina con said sen George me govern. sunday in an article written for the associated pres assistant Republican Leader Robert p Griffin said passage would disrupt the vict Ramiza Tion program undercut president Nixon a efforts to end the War and could prolong rather than shorten the conflict. Quot the adoption of such an amendment would trumpet loud and Clear to the asian comm see pullout Page 10 Whites Combine ., Israel clash Over violations Tel Aviv Lap a prime Imater golds Meir said today Israel is a a strenuous dispute with the United states Over israeli charges of egyptian violations of the mid die East cease fire along the Suez canal. Quot As Initiator of the proposal the United states promised that neither Side would be allowed to improve its position through the cease fire Quot she told a meeting of the Hista Drut israelis labor federation Quot Only a few hours passed after the shooting halt took effect aug 7 and already the egyptians began violating the agreement and these violations Are still continuing Quot she said Quot Israel cannot concede on this Point and agree to become weaker if fighting is renewed on the by ted Simmons associated press writer Atlanta apr thousands of schools across the South begin classes this week under orders decreeing the end of dual school systems. But attempts to combat federally forced racial integration continue the latest Effort came sunday with the formation of the National coalition of concerned. Citizens a group of slate organizations claiming More than a million members in 27 states representatives of the coalition from North Carolina. South Carolina Virginia Florida Georgia Arkansas and Texas gathered in Atlanta and do dosed plans to mount a Cam Quot a pain against busing zoning and pairing of schools a part of the Campaign spokesmen said win to get the establishment of a Quot Legal offence fund a to compete in the courts with the Legal defense fund of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. Quot we Are All through reacting to what other people do we Are going on the offensive Quot said Ellis Rubin a Miami Beach fla., attorney. Or Mitcheli Voung of Texas said that although persons from Only seven stoles attended the meeting those present represented states other than their own. A second meeting of the Coli Tien is scheduled sept 12 at Norfolk. A the group announced it is seeking an immediate meeting Witt president Nixon whose administration says this fall will bring the most meaningful school desegregation in the South since the 1954 . Supreme court decision which outlawed assignment of pupils by race. Spokesmen said the coalition will attempt i a impress its views upon the president and seek his assistance in having the supreme court hand Down unspecific terms the definition of a unitary school system. Rule on the. Question of whether either the Constitution or existing statutory Law requires a mathematical balance of the races in schools. Rubin Sec classes Page 10 Israel claims Egypt is moving to si1 e in s the so called or my due zone a 30-mile wide strip 8 Long both sides of the canal where according to the cease fire agreement no military Materiel May be moved up at least for the 90-Day duration of the truce bulletin Washington apr the supreme court agreed today to Rule on the busing of school children to achieve integration in the South in a Brief order the court said it would hear argument oct. 12 01 school cases from Charlotte Mecklenburg county n.c., Ute bile ala., and Clarke county a at the same time the court will review a North Carolina Law that forbids a involuntary Quot busing of children. A All six cases were granted review. Together they present what the court Hopes Are All the major remaining school desegregation questions. In Beaufort county teachers hold a tasty meetings strengthens up agnews trip demonstrates Nixon policy ambiguities a an a news analysis by Carl p. Leubsdorf associated press writer Honolulu a vice president Spiro t. Agnew s second asian trip has demonstrated ambiguities inherent in the Nixon far East doctrine while strengthening agnews stature a As a foreign policy spokesman on the eve of the congressional Campaign. In. Korea and Formosa the vice president showed that where conditions permit administration policy stands quite Dost to the View of the a Senate doves agnews favorite pot tit Cal targets that us. Overseas commitments must be reduced. But to the key areas of Vietnam. And Cambodia agnews week Long five nation trip served to re emphasize the . Southeast asian commitment. Agnew made dear to talking with newsmen he Wil. Give the president an optimistic report later this week on the working of the Nixon doctrine the policy announced on Guam a year ago which combines reduction of american forces and increased asian self help with a. Reaffirmation of . Treaty commitments. What if the North vietnamese launch a renewed All out As Sault to either Cambodia or Vietnam itself once . Troops Are reduced to purely a backup and logistic Force on this front Agnew showed considerable optimism. He told reporters on the Way to Hawaii that More than half the enemy forces in Cambodia Quot have been dim Toa ted Quot and said the slowdown of fighting to Vietnam indicates their inability to mount a major drive yet be emphasized that the United states will do everything it to prevent a communist takeover of Cambodia viewing see Agnew Page 10 Arthur Mayo Waters sr., age 84, a native and lifelong resident of Patetown died Early sunday morning at his residence following several years of failing health a or. Waters was bom nov. 14, 1885, to Beaufort county the son of the late Albert and Augusta Waters and was the husband of the late Mary Foreman Waters who preceded him to death to feb. 1968. He was a retired Farmer and a member of the Shiloh freewill Baptist Church survivors include one Foster daughter mrs. Tom Wallace of Pinetown one sister mrs. Thellie Pinkham of Pinetown one brother Staton Waters of Pinetown five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren several nieces and nephews funeral services will be conducted tuesday at 2 06 . From the Chapel of the Stampley funeral Home by the Rev Rufus h Walker. Burial will be to Pamlico memorial gardens. Pallbearers will he Irvin Foreman Dallas Foreman Cecil Moss a toe Wallace Joe Wallace and Jessie Waters Beaufort county teachers held faculty meetings this morning to preparation for Pupil orientation Day tuesday. Supt. Gray Hodges was making a tour of schools in the county and not available for comment. But an administrative assistant said plans had been wrapped up for the new school year with the exception of perhaps one or two staff vacancies workmen have been Busy during the summer painting and repairing buildings. All facilities have been made ready. No great enrolment change is anticipated. At Chocowinity High school h. E. Rogers school principal the Quot open classroom approach Quot is being instituted under this program there is a Multi age grouping involving five and six year Olds and seven and eight year Olds pupils arc assigned to groups with two teachers and a teachers aide. Or. Rogers also announced that a dual bus system will be operated at Chocowinity school this year with one set of buses transporting children in kindergarten to third year and another transporting pupils from fourth year through High id win or Rogers urged parents to watch the buses and see that pupils get on the proper bus the primary school students will be dismissed at 2 30 . While the larger children will be dismissed at the usual 3 20 . Time. The principal said All faculty positions at Chocowinity have been filled. He said a number of local people have been employed. Or Rogers said he did not expect any great change to enrolment but said the figures May show a slight increase. Beaufort county schools Are opening a week later than originally planned the Beaufort county Board of education voted a one week delay to permit farm children to assist with the tobacco Harvest schools in the City of Washington and to Hyde county see schools Page 10 ump Ora Boob of Fuffy my faculty members at Chocowinity High act Aoi look Over a list of new textbooks being used in the Beaufort county school system this year with h. E. Rogers school principal As teachers report tor the 1970-71 term today. Shown from left Are Cheryl tatar Nekta Lowe and or. Rogers. Pupil orientation Day is sched tuesday staff photo Fay Litchf Terri

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