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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - December 12, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather variable cloudiness imm a sunday with scattered Der Art lat tonight. Emkin sunday Coots sunday. Low tonight 40a highs sunday �0� Washington daily news if you do not got your Paspor. ,. Dial ms-tl�5 Betsso a m and ? 00 o clock and Goa will Boda to Varad to you. Tight pagf5 Washington North Capo Itna saturday Apt noon of Cist t7t tg70 Dalty except sunday University bomb a blast damages Kansas computer death for rape Christmas Appeal continues the salvation army is continuing to press its annual Christmas Opportunity Appeal Here. Capt. Phil Rawls said today the need will be great and urged Public support in the army s Campaign to bring Christmas cheer to those who otherwise would have a Bleak Christmas Holiday. Capt. Rawls announced that Young people of the army will be Selling the Christmas War cry the army s Magazine door to door beginning next monday. He said each boy or girl will have a salvation army Box and not a Tamerin he added that the salvation army will be plainly visible. The army commander expressed appreciation for the Many toys local residents have brought by the army Headquarters to be repaired and used in the Christmas Opportunity program. Meanwhile to has announced this new list of Opportunity cases 61. Mother with two boys. Mother very sickly. Local. Roys Ages 11 and 26. See cheer Page 8 Richmond. A the 4th . Circuit. Court of appeals noting a a National and worldwide trend away from capital punishment a has ruled unconstitutional the death penalty for rape when a life is neither taken nor endangered. The court upheld Friday the plea of a negro Man sentenced to death for raping a White woman and said the 8th amendments ban against cruel and unusual punishment was violated. Judge John d. Butzner jr., who wrote the opinion said the United states Malawi nationalist China and the Union of South Africa Are the Only nations to which a rape conviction is punishable by death. A it. Appears. That the overwhelming majority of the nations of the world Legislatures of More than two thirds of the states of the Union and Congress. Consider the death penalty to be an excessive punishment for the crime of rape Quot Butzner wrote. The Appeal was brought by William Ralph sentenced in 1961 after his conviction by a three judge court sitting without a jury in Montgomery county my circuit court. The Federal court sent the Case Back to the lower court with instructions that the state of Maryland be permitted to impose a lesser penalty. Butzner a opinion noted that to the United slates 455 persons have been executed for rape1 since 1936, but that none has see rape Page 8 Lawrence. Kan apr an explosion damaged the computer Center and injured three students on the University of Kansas Campus Friday night three minutes after a telephoned warning of a bomb a University spokesman estimated the loss at 810,660. John k. Seitz night supervisor of the computer service. Said a Man a voice came on the main Campus Telephone line at 10 57 . And stated there s a temp in the machine room. Its set to go off in three minutes. This is no joke Quot at 11 . The explosion occurred in an outside stairwell with a Concrete Block Wall Between it and the machine room. Seitz and the four members of his staff immediately left the computer Center after the warning. One of the injured was standing in the Hall about 30 feet from the outside door and the other two were in the stairwell unaware that the bomb was behind some cardboard boxes near them., Seitz said. The three victims were treated at a Hospital for concussion and. Were released. They were Carol duster Victor Harrison and Vernon s. Brett. All were student employees of the Center. The 13.5-million computer sustained some damage. Seitz said but continued operating through the explosion. The most damage he said was to.300 users tapes stored in Racks along the machine room Wall next to the stairwell. An investigator said he believed it was a pipe bomb. The Center is on the ground floor of the four Story $1.5 million Summerfield Hall which also houses the school of business and economics department. The computation Center operates around the clock on research and University business. B oth sides ready to talk in Battle of Hughes men demo exec gets new position Wilson n c. Apr the executive director of the North Carolina democratic party Charles d. Barbour will take Over As director of the state travel and promotion division Jan. 15. Barbour will replace William f. Hensley who resigned to take a Job a vice president in charge of marketing for the Ca Cirn i ifttpen�1 Suwa or. Which is developing a 1,900-acre resort residential Complex South of Charlotte. Hensley will stay on with the travel and promotion division of the conservation and development department until March 1 in order to help effect a smooth Transfer of leadership gov Bob Scott confirmed the changes in a speech Friday night before the state Board of conservation and development at its quarterly meeting in Wilson. Scott said in his speech that no one will be named immediately to fill the Post of executive Secretary of the state democratic party. Cad director Roy Sowers or. Acknowledged in september that a personality clash existed Between Hensley and Roy Wilder jr., representative of the Charles Crone associates in Raleigh an advertising firm that handles the state advertising contract. Wilder a former assistant director of cad is a close associate of gov. Scott. However at the meeting Friday Scott Sowers Hensley and Wilder All scoffed st rumours that Hensley had been under political pressure to resign. Hensley said be was accepting a the Opportunity of a lifetime Quot in his new position. He reportedly will receive a $25.000 annual salary and gain Stock options in the Disneyland like Ca Rownds Park. At cad Hensley has been receiving an annual salary of $30,184. Hensley 44, a native of Asheville has headed the travel and promotion division since 1965. Under his leadership the see Barbour. Page 81 Congress will probably ban troops in Cambodia along with military Aid Bill Camp followers it seems to be a family Type War in Cam trodia. With this overloaded bus keeping close behind cambodian troops on Highway 7, which runs through Kampong Cham Northeast of phenom penh. Family posse Ion it Are inside in. Front on top and underneath and the kids Are along too. Quite a Lark. Quot cambodian forces locked in hand combat with pc by John t. Wheeler associated press writer phenom penh. Cambodia apr cambodian forces were locked in hand to hand combat with North vietnamese and Viet Cong troops today after a heavy enemy assault 38 Miles North of phenom penh. There were no reports on the number of casualties in the seven oof at prey toting one of the last major Strong Points on the cambodian government s Northern front. But reports reaching phenom penh said the cambodians had lost Well Over 1,000 men killed us wounded during the communist commands current five Wees old Northern offensive if prey toting Falls it would leave the government s Northern front guarded Only by positions at Kampong cham., 47 Miles Northeast of phenom penh. And Skourn. About the same distance North of the capital. The government has no significant positions in Between bombers assaulted the North vietnamese and Viet Cong Force through the night and after Dawn but apparently were not enough to break the heavy attack. artillery support is virtually non existent because of a shortage of shells Christmas cards d riving bulletin by Terry Ryan associated press writer Las vegas Nev. Apr with both sides holding handwriting experts in the wings serious negotiations appear ready to begin in. The struggle for control of Howard Hughes vast Nevada holdings. A court session Friday ended with a two hour closed discussion in the judges Chambers after which a source close to one Side said Quot they have agreed to the parties had no comment but Chester Davis general counsel for the Parent Hughes tool co. Of Houston tex., later silenced a company director who walked from the courtroom see Hughes Page 8 Russell Norman Washington 4 apr president Nixon today rejected the conclusion of his commission on Campus unrest that he bears the major responsibility for providing the moral leadership to heal the division in american society. In a letter to William w. Scranton chairman of the commission Nixon said moral authority in. A nation As great and diverse As the United states resides in Many others besides the president. Quot there Are thousands upon thousands of individuals clergy teachers Public officials scholars writers to whom segments of the nation look for moral intellectual and political leadership a Nixon said. The presidents lengthy letter was his first official comment on the controversial report of the commission which when issued sept. 26, was met with immediate criticism from other administration spokesmen. Comfort enemy st. Petersburg Fla. A claiming Unicof Christmas cards give Aid and Comfort to the enemy by sending Money to North Vietnam anti communist groups have halted the Sale of the cards in st. Petersburg a main Post office. Unicof the United nations International children a emergency Relief fund Sells the cards to Benefit children in underdeveloped nations a i can to accept the idea of people denying children especially children who have nothing a said Marjorie Yingst who for five years has set up a Unicof card Booth in the Post office. She said she had been told by st. Petersburg postmaster Robert k. Harwood that he Quot had received telephoned threats that pickets would come to the building and he let us have space this year unless specifically authorized by higher asked if he had denied the Unicof group space Harwood replied Quot the Only thing i can Tell you is. That they did it last year and we just got the Devil from veterans organizations and other agencies we did no to have the space so they were not permitted this year a two weeks ago in Lakeland 40 Miles to the East a minister led a group of 10 pickets in front of the Federal building to protest the Sale of Unicof cards the Rev. Morris Mcdonald pastor of Faith Bible presbyterian Church said he organized the picketing to protest sending Aid to North Vietnam. Quot the Unicof folder says Aid goes to North Vietnam and although it says american dollars ret Unicof Page. 8 cases top docket motor vehicle violations will dominate a second criminal term of Beaufort county Superior court Here next week. Other charges on the docket include breaking and entering and larceny and receiving assault with a deadly weapon and burglary. Judge Howard h. Hubbard will preside Over the term the docket is As follows monday a William Ellis Moore driving under influence Robert Lee Haddock assault Sec court Page 8 by Lei Byrd sorts ted press writer Washington a after delays spanning several months. conferees were expected to agree today to a Senate measure Banning use of Quot a j. Combat troops Snead Vosti in Cambodia that development in turn was Likely to enhance chances for Swift action on the Nixon administration s request for $256 million to military Aid to the War torn nation ranking members of the Senate foreign relations committee indicated after a heated session Friday with Secretary of Latante Melvin r Laird that they would not Clear the cambodian Money without guarantees such As those in last Summers Cooper Church amendment the Way apparently waa cleared for House adoption of an amendment prohibiting american ground forces from re entering Cambodia. When. Secretary of state William p. Rog Sre Cambodia. Page 8 mrs. Estelle s. F Oreman Dies Belhaven mrs Estelle Sawyer Foreman wife of Hugh Gordon Foreman of re 1, Bath died this morning in the fungo District Hospital Here she was 48 y ears old funeral services will be held sunday at 2 . At the Paul funeral ,., Here with h Qioan sucks astute1 w m cordon officiating burial Wilt be in the rider Hill cemetery it 2, Belhaven mrs Foreman was a member of the st Claire a Church of Christ. Surviving besides her husband Are three sons Harold Lee Foreman of the Home Charles o. Foreman of it 1, Bath and Hugh Curtis Foreman of lowlands one daughter mrs George b cordon of it. 1, Bath her Mother and father mrs. Mary Sawyer of it. 2, Belhaven and Alonza Sawyer of it. 1, Bath three Brothers Ralph Sawyer of it. .2, Belhaven May Hue Sawyer of Goldsboro and Talmadge Lee Sawyer of Norfolk a. And four Sisters. Mrs. Roy Kirk of it 2. Belhaven mrs. Wilbur Lewis of lowlands mrs. But Ormond of Bath and mrs. Nell Thompson of Goldsboro pallbearers will be Louis Paul Murl Moore Allen Paul Thorn Paul alias Lewis and Roscoe Mason Dies in Calif. Doctor says prisoners a a suffering malnutrition photo by Litchfield will serve in East new substation nearing Jan. Completion Date the department of electricity of the City of Washington today announced the near completion of a new $150,000 electric substation and connecting transmission lines. Charles w. Johnson director of the electric department said the new Forest Hills electric substation is scheduled for completion shortly after january 1. The 10,000 Eva capacity substation will handle 30 percent of the total electric Load being distributed by the electric Acmar Trent it is the first Remote substation constructed by the City of Washington and will serve Bath Bayview Pinetown Terra Ceia and All Points East of Washington. In addition it will serve part of the City. Washington owns its own electric distribution system which serves the City of Washington and the outlying area. The Power distributed Over the system is purchased from Virginia electric Power company and. Then resold by the electric department to its. Russell w. Norman age 48, former resident of it. 4, Washington died in san Pedro Peninsula Hospital in san Pedro Calif. Friday morning following a Brief illness. He had been in failing health for the past year. Or. Norman was born in Washington county feb. 18, 1922, son of Nancy Swain Norman and the late William Thomas Norman. He was a Veteran of world War a serving in the submarine service and was a retired Seaman of the u. S. Maritime service. He was a member of the Rosemary Church of Christ surviving Are his Mother mrs. Nancy Swain Norman of it. 1, Chocowinity four Brothers Mccoy Norman of this City Richard Norman of Minneapolis minn., Lloyd Norman of fort Wayne ind. And Murray Norman of Loa Angeles Calif. Three Sisters mrs. Jack Gray of William Aton mrs. Ransom Shiflett of Chesapeake a. And mrs. Charlie w. Grissom of it 1, Chocowinity. Funeral arrangements Are incomplete and will be announced by the Paul funeral by Carl c. Craft associated press writer Washington a the Only doctor in the recent . Rescue raid on a War prisoner Camp near Hanoi says the Type Cal american pow Baa severe malnutrition shrinking Arm and leg Muscles and Bruise prone skin. Estimates based on information front 1 Quot various intelligence sources and world War ii pow Camp experiences it col. Joseph r Cataldo adds Are that 25 of 100 prisoners a might have Active tuberculosis about 50 of that 100 would certainly have intestinal Quot a have lost a tremendous amount of weight from 20 to 30 per cent of to some Are probably extremely ill and Are not getting proper medical care a he told reporters Friday after be briefed the army surgeon general a staff about medical aspects of last months opera Tion. A i think it was a. Tel planned be a Aid. And. While it failed to find american prisoners Quot tactically it was a he recommended More be conducted and said he was willing to a go tonight on the same Mission knowing there would be Quot greater risk. He said a typical pow Quot will be probably somewhat disoriented. Because some of them have had. Absolutely no physical con tact whatsoever in five years a not even touching another human hand just sitting around in a cell a elsewhere Friday there were these developments on the pow matter a the state deportment said a list of 203 . Servicemen missing or being held captive contains Quot significant and new the Hanoi government compiled it at the request of Sweden s prime minister Olaf palme . Officials said they were told by the swedish government. American officials handling the prisoner matter said about i min fourth of those on the list were in North vietnamese prisoner of War Trampas and families previously received letters from them. Some three quarters of those listed were described by Hanoi As Quot never captured a although the . Had these men recorded As missing. A on Capitol Hill Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird and Senate foreign. Relations com Mittie chairman . Ful Bright d-ark., clashed over1 whether the son tay raid might have been conducted for reasons other than to free prisoners. Laird told Fulbright Quot that charge is completely without foundation of the Secretary added that intelligence information indicated the Camp was used for american prisoners. Fulbright insisted he was making no charges just raising questions stemming from published accounts of the raid. At a news conference Cataldo see fqw�?Ta., Page 8 he a to Becky a Washington a Frederick Jones 30 this Tricky Between the legs dribble and a driving Lay up. Outwitting Kinston a Reggie Bryant 41. ,. For two of the packs Points in last nights. 60-52 Victory Over the Vikings. For the Complete Story see today a sports Page. 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