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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - December 5, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather sunny Cool this a Fie Moon highs so and Low 80s partier i Mommy a Wiki. It Jimiy. Tune in colder sunday lows to night upper s0� and into so Christmas Parade sunday at 4 p. Washington daily news established >909 eight pages Washington North Carolina saturday afternoon december 5, 1970 if you do not got Yaw pm of. Dial mas14s Between a so and 7 00 o clock and on will be delivered to you. A a a a anal a a a a a daily except sunday near fungo Lake big Forest fire rages in Hyde ambassador y Ost will quit . Helicopter Jaxon launches Effort rescues 2 sergeants to Roll Back prices by Max Harrelaos associated press writer United nations by. Apr Charlea w boat la quilting at the chief . Delegate to the United nations after this session of the Genera Assembly according to a High ranking source in the delegation hit resignation has been expected since word leaked out three weeks ago that he was being replaced. The session ends dec. Is and boat will make his. Announcement shortly thereafter the source said. Newspapers in Washington Boston and new York reported last month that president Nixon planned to replace boat with Daniel p. Moynihan a White House adviser and that Moynihan had accepted the appointment. The White House never confirmed the mow but Moynihan wrote a letter to the president saying he was returning to Harvard University from which he had gone on a leave of absence for his White House Job. To shall continue to be at your service Moynihan wrote to Nixon hut he added that for anything that you might want that i might be Able to provide a his original commitment to the president was for two years both Yost and Moynihan took their government posts in january 1968. The reports that Yost was being replaced came As a Surprise to the 83-year-old career Diplomat who served As no. 2 Man in the . Mission to the United nations under Amba Saa Don Arthur j. Goldberg and and la 1 e. Stevenson. Moynihan reportedly turned Down the appointment because Yost Wasny to informed before the change was published. Quot it seemed to me that somebody bad to make amends that it had to be me Quot Moynihan was quoted As telling the Washington Star. Yostos impending retirement was reported Friday night after see Yost Page 8 sex i testifies c Alley killed by Harry p. Rosenthal associated press writer it Benning a a an sex i testifying at the court martial of it. William l. Galley jr., estimates that 300 people were killed at my Lai and says Calley was a major contributor to the toll Dennis Conti a 21-year-Oid High school dropout who was in galleys platoon during the assault on the vietnamese Hamlet told the military jury Friday that Calley shot Down screaming men women and children. And he said when some tried to run Calley yelled at his men to Quot get Mem get Mem kill of 31 witnesses. Conti is the first who testified to seeing Calley shoot civilians. Calley is charged with the murder of 102 civilians during the March 16, 1968 sweep of the Hamlet Conti an a impassioned witness. Who remained unflappable under Cross examination said he saw Calley firing his m16 automatic Rifle at the Trail intersection where the lieutenant is charged with. 30 deaths and Fet the drainage ditch East of the Village where he is charged with 70 deaths. The number of my Lai residents left dead in the assault has been estimated variously from 280 to More than 500. Conti estimated 300. Quot on what do you base the estimate Quot asked the prosecutor capt. Aubrey Daniel. A on the number of people on the Trail people in the ditch and people in the Hootchew huts a Conti said. As he went through the Village the former i from Providence r.i., said he saw some soldiers cramming people into bunkers then blowing them up with hand grenades. Conti had undergone numerous previous interrogations about the Day in my Laid to the army s criminal investigation division twice to the High ranking commission that investigated whether the army had covered up and at the earlier court martial of sgt David Mitchell. Forest fire fighters were battling a raging Forest fire control Northwest of fungo Lake in Hyde county today the fire started Friday when Strong coastal winds sparked a controlled ground fire into a roaring Forest fire fire fighters with heavy equipment have been on the scene since then but have been unable to bring it under control a smaller blare in the j. And w. Poc Cosin North of Washington was reported under control this morning. Only in acres were involved in this fire including about 100 acres of four year old Trees owned by Weyerhaeuser meanwhile a number of smaller fires in Beaufort and Hyde counties were reported under control a spokesman at the local n. C. Forest service office said Quot we stayed on the jump High winds and dry conditions were the cause of the Forest fire outbreak. Meanwhile Woods fires raged in sections of Eastern North Carolina and authorities ordered the evacuation of residents in the path of one of the largest of the blazes fires fanned by High winds raged out of control in lower Harnett county on both sides of Highway 87 and it was along this route toward Cameron in neighbouring Moore county that the evacuation was ordered. The Harnett county sheriffs office said at least five houses and a number of trailer Homes were reported destroyed As the flames worked southward from the Johnsonville area toward the it Bragg military Reserva to on. To the Northeast in Wilson county at least one Woods fire was reported still out of control Friday night while More than a dozen others had been brought under control. More than a dozen Woodland fires of relatively minor size also were reported in Western North Carolina Mountain sections. No injuries were reported in connection with any of the fires but the Harnett a Junta sheriffs office said it had reports of at least five houses and a number of trailers destroyed by the flames. Harnett county authorities said firefighting units from lil Lington Sanford Fayetteville and Southern Pines plus Volunteer departments from Harnett Moore and Cumberland counties were joined by it. Bragg troops and equipment in battling the biggest of the fires. In Raleigh the n. C. Forest service said High winds and record Low relative humidity see fires. Page 8 by Richard Pyle associated press. Writer Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam apr army Rescue helicopter plucked two Bady injured survivors from a fog bound Mountainside today i Days after a plane crash that apparently took the lives of 42 other Persona. The two survivors. U s air Force sergeants had endured nearly a week of chilling and log. Hunger threat and threat of being killed or captured by Viet Cong troops they were identified As sgt. Gary Lee Aldredge Navarro calif., and sgt Vincent fair brother. Riverside r i. Both were flown to a Hospital at Cam Ranh Bay where Aldredge was reported in Quot fair condition Quot and. Fairbrother Quot seriously ill an air Force spokesman mid Fairbr other had a fractured knee with infection and Aldredge had a fractured leg. One of the two it was not immediately known which one told rescuers he had crawled up and Down the Jungle covered slope looking for survivors the other Man had been pinned in the wreckage until a Rescue party of ground troops found the crash site Friday afternoon. Rescuers quoted both men As saying they were on the first leg of their return to the United states after completing their one year duty Tours in Viet Nam. The . Command in Saigon released scanty details on the crash hut Little Hope was held out for any of 30 other americans including five crewman and 12 vietnamese aboard the air Force c123 cargo plane t applications to be t Aken the doors to the salvation army will open monday dec. 7j at 9 00 . And All those who anticipate need at this christmastime should apply a please make your Appeal in person if at All possible says capt. Phil Rawls adding that each applicant should have with him proper identification which would mean Driver s License. Social Security card selective service card Etc. A applicants will not be considered without proper identification. The Captain said also each person who applies for Christmas assistance should be Able to give at least one re Ference with address and phone number. Positively no applications will be taken by phone. A the office will be opened each Day with exception of saturday and sunday until 3 00 Through dec. 15. Tuesday the 15th will be the deadline for All applications. Boerema presented Cha plaque Swan Quarter or and mrs. Gerritt Boerema of rat Pantego were presented the banners Home administration Quot farm family of the year award plaque in a ceremony held Friday at 1 30 ., in the Hyde Cority courthouse auditorium by James t. Johnson Cha state director. The Boerema family was selected for the award earlier in the year for the Cha farm family of 1.970 for North Carolina. They were honoured at ceremonies held Prev Souly which were attended by several Hundred families and Guesta. Donald Peterson Branch manager for Sperry Rand corporation new Holland division from. Charlotte was present for the presentation. Although the Farmers Home administration conducted such a recognition program in North. Carolina for several years it was Only this year that the program was developed into a National Cha program. In. Developing the National program it was determined that state winners would be eligible for the National Competition. The new Holland division of Sperry Cor Peterson or. And mrs. Boerema Johnson portion of new Holland pa., agreed to sponsor the National Competition As Well is recognise each state Winner. The Gerritt Boerema family has been nominated for entry in the National Competition by the North Carolina Farmers Home administration. The outstanding nation family to a selected in Early 1971,. Will he guests of the sponsor at the awards ceremony to be held in Washington d. C. The Boerema family was previously selected for the farm family of the year award from among All county and so tract winners in. North Carolina. The families Are judged for utilisation of All resources for individual initiative for the ability to overcome adversity in efficient farming operations and for 1 laughter w a a and _ smiles Santa sent his ambassador from the North pole and i annual office hours at Washington s at the end of Market Autret the excitement and Joy of this time for the very Young is perhaps the Best tonic for those who Are not so very Young flushed and laughter a wit the the it a i stir tit on Santa s knee and to Nev who share mis them. The Man with the big round Willy and a t to Mutch will be at his Headquarters from 9-4 30 in a a a. Us i us i or end a he with he do downtown area Between the hours of 4 30 and 5 same Days. Children can bring their letters to during the Parade sunday which begins at 4 letter Carriel s will collect the letters in a mail in delivery to the North pole. Staff Jih Oto by Lite at the Santa postal re for tend awards Britain alerted Good citizenship in their Rural communities. The Boerema family was outstanding every category and today they stand out As one of the a Success stories Quot of american farm families. The Story of the Boerema family briefly told is this or and mrs. Boerema were born and educated in Holland see family Page 8 night set a a 4 by Jaycees Swan Quarter a the Matta Muaket Jaycees of Hyde Quot county Are planning their annual awards night banquet for monday dec. 14, at 7 30 At Cora bus. Townhouse in Fairfield. The guest speaker will be Jim Cochran of Albemarle who is administrative National director for the n. C. Jaycees. The banquet will tribute to the outstanding Young Farmer and outstanding Young educator in Hyde county. The distinguished service award will also be Given to a Young see Jaycees Page 8r Jamie Bonner a passes today Jamie Mixon Bonner age 65 of Bonnerton died Early this morning in a local nursing Home following an extended illness. Or Bonner was born dec. 5, 1966, the son of the late Thurston and Mollie Nixon Bonner. He was a Veteran of world War ii serving in the u. S. Army in. The Middle East he was a member of the Christian Church. Survivors Are his wife mrs Sadie Fagan Bonner one ton Jamie Bonner or. Of Bonnerton one brother Thurman Bonner of Bonnerton one half Sitter miss Ella Bonner of Grifton and one half brother Sam Bonner of Virginia Beach a. T. Funeral ser vices will he conducted sunday afternoon at 3 of clock at the Chapel of the Stampier funeral Home by the Rev. John Yount. Burial will be in the Bonnerton cemetery. The family will be at the funeral Home saturday evening from 7 o clock until 9 of clock to receive visitors. Pallbearers will be Lee Williams Hinton Smithwick Edwin red Tripp Jowdy Lewis Woodrow Lewis and Clyde Rae Stilley. For Gem thieve9 by Rodney Pindar associated press writer London a Britain a air and sea ports were on Maxi mum Alert and a massive Hunt was under Way by Scotland Yard today for three masked bandits who stole $254,000 Worth of Gold and diamonds from an airline truck in the Middle of London. A spokesman for Kim Royal dutch airlines said he believed it was the biggest robbery Ever staged against his company. He said the Gold Bullion and Dia my Sig were1 being shipped by several clients in the London area and were on their Way to Hea throw Airport for shipment to several clients in Amster dam. Quot it must have been a brilliantly plat Ped operation and it worked perfectly a a he said a our vans always take different routes. We a re very the thing that puzzled Scotland Yard most was How the robbers found out that the Kim truck was carrying such a valuable Load. The Means and times of moving such cargo Are normally closely guarded secrets detectives were also handicapped by inadequate descriptions of the bandits. The robbery took place in the Middle of the Rush hour Friday night and a Bee robbery a Page 8� Gas. Oil construction i included a bit i Tiki he associated press writer a Washington map it who a bold attempt to Roll Back gasoline and Oil prices and an ultimatum on construction Coats president Nixon has launched the toughest anti inflation chive of his administration not Only did Nixon announce direct government action Friday night to Force Down the Price of crude Oil but he issued a warning to All Industry and la Bor against betting on future inflation a criticizing this year s big wage increases in the1 construction Industry Nixon offered this ultimatum unless the Industry wants government to intervene in wage negotiations on Federal projects to protect the Public interest. The moment is Here for labor and management to make their own reforms Quot in he speech to the National association of manufacturers. In new York the president took up a new economic strategy Long held in Disfavour by his economic adviser using the Power of his office directly to Otish Down a specific Price increase he considers inflationary Nixon was interrupted by applause Only once by the business executives the president noted some businessmen Are concerned because their children Are saying 4"business is not for Roe-1 done to want to get. In the rat race. I want to my nth get Leoj a Quot ceiling has done More to help Propfe a this be unify and people throughout the world than the private economic sys Tern a he said to bring on the Only applause of the night whether his administration will go further m jaw boning Quot business and labor was not disclosed in his speech. But Nixon used the toughest language to Date to his anti inflation drive a is the moment for Tabor and to atop freezing into wage settlement and Price actions any expectation that inflation will continue in the future at its Peak rate of the past Quot he a Aid Quot any wage or Price decision that makes the Flat and Irever Sibie Assumption of a High rate of inflation ahead is against the Public interest and against the real interest of the he added Quot this is also the moment with productivity newly on the Rise for business to take a hard new look at its Prlc-., ing policies and to pass along to the consumer its savings in production . Nixon said his bid to Roll Back the 25-cent-per-Harrel increase in Oil Price a and the resulting gasoline Price hike is not a move toward government wage and Price controls bachelors degree does Holder Little Good now by Tom Wells associated. Press writer Durham apr a bachelors degree used to get a Man a lot of Job offers. Now in certain Fields it wont get him to the front of the line in the employment Security office. That a the Way College placement offices in North and South Carolina say graduates Are feeling the bite of the taut . Economy. For instance the number of companies coming to Duke University to recruit employees is Down about 50 per cent from last year according to miss Patricia of Conner Job placement director at Duke. Some companies have declared an absolute moratorium on. Hiring a she said. Quot one company said that it will hire 50 per cent fewer engineers this year than two years ago a students with Bachelor s degrees who ordinarily would go into some sort of training pro Gram with a company she said Are finding jobs almost nonexistent and at the graduate level students mostly with about eight years of College Are having to Settle for lower paying less glamorous jobs than they could have demanded severs Yean ago Quot there s the . Who wanted to teach in a four year col lege now teaching in a com my nity two year College Quot miss of Connor said. Quot and the . Who wanted to work to advanced research and is working in product development Quot she said. That Means he is doing things like making tooth paste whiter and better smelling rather than trying to discover something entirely new. Right now there Are 18 . Candidates to chemistry at Duke who have been looking for jobs for several months some since june. None has. Nailed Down a Job yet As far a miss of Connor knows. And that is unusual., miss of Connor says 56 companies have cancelled plans to a a recruit at Duke and these include some really big ones. The situation probably to much More critical at smaller and less prestigious universities. Duke is known nationally for the Bill Tom workers it has contributed to the Fields of math chemistry physics and other sciences Quot for the first Lima to their lives these kids Are finding the word a not in their vocabulary Quot miss o Connor Quot they once could have anything they wanted and now they re really having to scramble to get she said Bright Young men and women come to her discouraged after finding the doors slamming shut As they try to find jobs a Why did 1 spend All this see unemployed. Page a

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