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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - December 18, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather partly Krudy and not a Mol saturday parity Cloudy and warmer lows Toni Tiht mostly Jos highs saturday near 70. Washington daily news if you do a no get your paper. ,. Dial m-h4i bet san a m and 7 00 o clock and of a til a to you established 1909 twelve pages Washington North Carolina. A hoax december 18, 1970 daily except sunday n.\c. Government americans Scott to receive South win reorganizing plan s pot builds up Raleigh api a gov Bob Scott will receive in about a week a study committee s plan for Iota reorganisation of North Carolina s state government a major recommendation Ai the report strongly supported cease fire by George Esper Lasara a ted pres writer Saigon api a american and South vietnamese Forrea fan Vietnam will observe 24 hour cease fires for Christmas and new years but informed sources said american bombers would continue heavy raids on North vietnamese Supply routes in Laos and Cambodia during the truces the Allied commands an Warsaw radio reports condition fully Normal financing merger okayed by comptroller f by John Stowell associated press writer Washington api a marijuana smokers May become More and More sensitive psychologically and physically to the Weed As its chemical byproducts build up in bodily tissues a Public health service research team say but the scientists Labelling their study an Early step a in a series of 10,000 Steps that May have to be taken Quot emphasized they cannot say if pot smoking is harmful to humans. The experiments involved injecting the the major ingredient of marijuana into the bloodstream of a Man and two women who did no to smoke marijuana. The researchers said the or Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol. Lingered in the bloodstream for Inore than three Days and byproducts persisted for eight Days. This May indicate the scientists said that marijuana residues build up in such bodily tissues As the lungs and brain a if indeed the is. Bound in lung then in Man this would be even More significant since inhalation is the usual route of administration said report to the professional journal the four run Chari from the National Institute of mental health include or. Julius Axel Rod co Winner of the 1970 Nobel prize in Medicine. The study was part of a $2 million a year investigation of marijuana. The body Quot retention of the and its byproducts May explain the a reverse tolerance Quot phenomenon. In which chronic marijuana smokers appear to get More and More effects with each additional dose said the report. A the findings represent first evidence of the physiological disposition and Fate of the drug in Many and this is important to know in order to begin to Inver Ligate possible hazards of Short term and Long term use of marijuana a said or. Irwin j. Kopin chief of the Laboratory and a member of the team. United fund exceeds goal help still needed capt. Rawls the salvation army a Christmas Opportunity program is getting Strong support but. Help is still needed in providing funds and Staple t goods capt. Phil Rawls commanding officer said today. Capt. Rawls said 28 cases have been taken but about that Many More remain on the list. Cases taken include 8, 9, 12, 16,20, 22, 30, 36, 59. 66, 67, 80, 83, 86, 8789, 91, 9596, 9796, 102, 104, 108, 113, 119, 121 and 127. Capt. Rawls expressed appreciation for those who have j Given toys and said that if any others wish to donate toys they should turn them in at the salvation army by saturday dec. 19. The Captain also commended the work of civic club member in Manning the Kettle House on main Street. Meanwhile he announced the following list of cases not yet taken 111. Family living in Chocowinity. Father in prison. Young ladies Ages 5 and 10. Young Man age 14. Needy. 116. Local family with Young daughter who has been in Hospital six times since november. Young lady it see cheer Page is advisory panels _jjj4fcwjw, United fund has exceeded its goal and for the third str ight year will make 100 percent of its budgeted payments to the organizations it supports. In making the announcement today Bob Tyndall local chairman said the fund now exceeds $41,012 with a few pledges yet to come in. The goal for the 1970 fund drive was $40,200 a i can Only express on behalf of the Board our deepest appreciation and congratulations to the Many people who have helped us meet and exceed our quota a Tyndall said. A to the citizens of Washington and this area who have contributed so generously Quot a he said Quot we can assure you the Money will be Well spent in helping those in awards will be presented to outstanding contributors at a special banquet ceremony in january the local Board has adopted a new criteria for making recognition possible to three categories. An individual award will be Given to recognize outstanding citizenship. This award will be presented to individual citizens contributing $200 or More to the Campaign. Everyone is eligible including persons whose gift is included in a company report. The award is a plaque. Campany or organizational awls Are presented in two categories. An award of Merit plaque inscribed with year and company name will be awarded to Small and Large companies with eligibility determined on a fair share basis using minimum see u.f., Page 12� the office of lieutenant Gover nor is mad a full time position. Basically the plan Calls for regrouping the states More than 300 agencies and depart men is under 19 Cabinet level departments. The governors committee on reorganization of Slat government gave final approval to the report thursday William e. Stevens or. Of Leonoir vice chairman of the panel said the report will be put into final form and presented to gov. Scott in about a week. Although the committee did not release its final report it adopted without change the recommendations made by four subcommittees which have been working for seven months. Scott is free to change any of the committees proposals before he makes his recommendations to the 1971 general Assembly which convenes Jan 13. The plan Calls for 19 major functional departments eight of them headed by Council of state officers a Secretary of state treasurer auditor superintendent of Public instruction commissioner of agriculture commissioner of insurance attorney general and commissioner of labor. Eleven new departments each headed by a Cabinet level administrator appointed by the governor would be transportation and Highway safety natural resources economic development health and social so rites Commerce. Economic development health and social services Commerce military and veterans affairs social rehabilitation and control Art culture and history administration local affairs and Revenue. The proposed grouping of agencies under the new departments includes a number of controversial provisions including the splitting of the functions of the present department of conservation and development into the new natural resources and economic development departments. Also the wildlife resources commission and the department of veterans affairs have both objected strongly to giving up their Independent statuses. The reorganization study was authorized by the 1969 general Assembly at the urging of gov. Scott. The voters of the state approved nov. 3 a constitutional amendment requiring that the state s executive agencies be regrouped to no More than 25 by 1975. The committee approved a two Hase timetable for the reorganization i the 1971 general Assembly would a get the Ball rolling Quot by setting up the proposed 19 departments and assigning existing agencies to the new depart ments where possible. The governor would be authorized to begin appointing the department Heads the 1971 general Assembly would also be asked to authorize the governor to establish a staff and commission to handle a see state. Page 13 bounced today that their in in Vietnam would hold their fire unless attacked from 6 pin. Dec. 34 Saigon time until 6 . Christmas Day. And from 6 . New years eve to,6 Jan. 1. The Viet Cong Annoura. Or her that its forces would observe cease fires of three Days Roch Over Christmas and new years and four Days for the Tel festival of the lunar new year the last week in january. The cease fires proclaimed last year by the opposing ides were of the same length the american and South Viet names commands said nothing about a tet cease fire but they Are expected to announce one of at least 24 hours duration unless they detect a massive enemy buildup indicating a repetition of the 1,968 tet offensive. Launched under cover of a cease fire that was the biggest enemy offensive of the War neither the Allied nor the Viet Cong cease fire announcements said anything about Cambodia where 12,506 South vietnamese troops Are currently operating and american bombers Fly in support of cambodian troops As Well As the South vietnamese. The spokesman in phenom penh for the cambodian command said he personally does no to think there should be a cease fire but he indicated his government has reached no decision on the matter. Gen. Creighton w Abrams the commander of . Forces in Vietnam told his men in a Chris tuna message that a i Teri fide is As much a part of Chrnart Mas As Are the Joy and warmth of being with family and loved ones. A your sacrifice for the Viel Narry Ese people who Are fighting for theto Freedom of is in the spirit of this Abrams said. The . Command announced the loss of two More see War. Page 12 concert tonight the Washington choral society will present its annual Christmas concert tonight at 8 15 of clock in the auditorium of Washington Quot High school and the Public is invited to attend this Holiday presentation. The program a Christmas through song includes religious and secular music by John Thompson minister of music and education of the first Baptist Church. The choral society is composed of outstanding voices throughout the area. Accompanists will be mrs. John g. Hough mrs. John Thompson. Mrs. Altan Weatherly and mrs. James Bagwell. The finale of the evening will be the presentation of a a Ghl of miracles Quot a John Peterson cantata. Soloists in this Are Bob Frowein mrs. Mary elks. Preston Phillips and Jim Vosburg. Thomas Apperson. Minister of the first presbyterian Church will narrate the Story. Distracting face state after four Davs of r voting by Reese Hart associated press writer Raleigh a House speaker Phil Godwin. A Gates. Said today appropriations and $75 million supports duplication a merger Between North Carolina National Bank and the Bank of Washington has been approved by the u. S comp Trotter of icy the merger will he effective by Carl c. Craft associated press writer Washington apr a a House committee estimated today the1 Federal government spends $75 million a year supporting 3,200 advisory panels Many of which it said Are meaningless obsolete or performing duplicate jobs. While declaring proper use of such committees is necessary and help the government operations committee deplored inactive ones that Are tucked a away in bureaucratic obscurity accomplishing nothing. The report said there Are to advise advisory committee committees without appointees committees with appointed members which do no meet committees with staffs which do not meet and committees which go on forever. Some committees exist in name Only the congressmen said new members Are appointed to expired boards Many panels waste time started some committees cover territory already explored by a previous Board and often conclusions and recommendations Are flatly ignored by the people who appoint panels. The panel proliferation began during George Washington a administration the House group said and now has reached the Point where no one really knows the extent of manpower being consumed and there is no Way to effectively evaluate the finished product. In the report climaxing an 18-month review the House panel said was the first comprehensive look at the situation the committee stated presidential panels those with at least one member picked by the White House a generally Lack adequate administrative guidelines and management the average Cabinet member serves on about 30 inter Agency committees which the House group said makes him no More than a Token representative. The executive Branch occasionally goes on a Quot committee killing spree of Short duration a a the Home group said. Rep. Johns. Monagan d-conn., chairman of a special studies group which prepared the report said of the known and unknown advisory bodies a i think of them As being like satellites. They go out into outer space but they keep circling around and. No one really knows How Many there Are or what direction they re going the House committee s recommended remedies include a creating a committee management secretariat in the office of management and budget to make an annual review of the need for inter Agency and advisory committees. A having the president report annually to Congress on the activities status and changes in. Composition of advisory panels a including a list of Thorn he see panels Page 12 Gest problems confronting the North Carolina. General Aasem my which convenes Jan. 11. Quot our biggest problem is Money How much to appropriate and where it should go. Quot god win said in a Telephone inter View a i would place redistrict ing As the second problem Quot Godwin said his plan is to have one committee in the House to consider congressional redistricting and another to tackle the equally thorny prob Lem of legislative re apportion men a Redis noting and reapportionment Are required after every Federal census to reflect Basic changes in the population Godwin predicted the Legisla Ture will reject attempts to re peal st ale axes enacted by the 1,969 general. Assembly. A two cent tax was placed on each package of 2 1 cigarettes and a two cent increase was levied on each gallon of gasoline a if there is going to be any tax repeal the one that stands the Best Chance is the one cent tax on soft drinks a Godwin said. He added a we would lose about $30 million in Revenue for the biennium if this should be repealed 1 think the Public would expect and demand a reduction in the prices of soft drinks if the tax was contacted at his office in Gatesville. Godwin said the taxes enacted in 1969 Quot were the real Issue in the november general election and i believe the people had an Opportunity to speak then. The gains demo crafts made both in the House and Senate were an expression of the Quot there might be some tax adjustments made a. The 1971 session but no tax increase a Godwin stated. He said he had conferred with it. Gov. Pat Taylor pre see speaker. Page 12 nominations still sought the Washington Jaycees Are asking anyone who wishes to Quot nominate a candidate for Dsa award or for a Boss of the year Quot to Send the nominations to Box 454, Washington n. C. The Dsa or distinguished service award is Given annually to a Young Man Between the Ages of 21 and 35 who has Given great Community service above and beyond the Call of duty it is recognition for outstanding service. The a Boss of the year award is also Given annually to some Boss who is nominated by those who work with him the Tetter of nomination should Tell Why one is nominating his or her Boss for this Honor. The annual awards banquet will be held on january 27. Details of the banquet will he announced later Tom Boyd is president of the Washington Jaycees. Mrs. Holditch Dies in Heoji mrs. Novella Bonner Holditch age 48, of Nashville Tenn. Died thursday in a Nashville Hospital following an illness of several months. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 30 of clock in Nashville followed by burial there. Mrs. Holditch was the daughter of or. And mrs. Jamie a. Bonner or. Bonner being a native of Washington and brother of John h. Bonner surviving with her parents Are her husband Charles s. Holditch a son Charles e. Hoiditch or. Of the u. S. Coast guard two daughters mrs Ralph Hodges Iii of Raleigh and Jeannie Holditch of the Home and a grandchild. A it it. Hal. St Fig to Sam t. Moore president of the Bank of a Ashing on and Luther h. Hodges. Jr., executive vice presiden of non Quot we Are delighted with the Opportunity to Combine the resources of these two Banks in offering greater Hanking services to the people of the Central coastal Section of North Moore said a the Hank of Washington has an excellent 17 year history of performance for us to follow .1 the banker went on. Adding. We think this merger will be Good for Washington. Beaufort tto Cihiy and he cil Liurni of the area the Bank of Washington which has Deposit of More than $20 million waa established in 1893 it now has three offices no changes will be made in personnel in the Washington operations the merger will extend non by a statewide banking system into 3f communities by Nicholas limit of Sor is ted press writer Warsaw Tapi Warsaw radio reported today that life a riot torn Gdansk was Quot fully nor male Nizam after four Day of Rig i Victory House May pass cambodian Bill by Carl p associated press writer Washington it apr a key House member says he expects acceptance of Senate restrict Tiona on ., Aid to Cambodia in what looms As the biggest a congressional Victory yet for senators seeking to curb the american role in Southeast Asia but a lengthy Senate fight appear Likely Over the watering Down by Senate House contort a of a pro visit no designed to bar . Combat ground troops from Laos. Thai land and Cambodia a in the 166.6-billion defense Money Bill. Action a both cases May be put off until at least next week a amid indications Congress is Likely to be kept in session until close to its Jan 3 expiration Date the curbs on . Aid for Cambodia were included by the Senate tit its vers Ion of the $506-million authorization measure that includes $255 million for that embattled Southeast asian nation. They bar . Combat ground troops and. Military advisers disclaim any . Commitment to defend Cambodia and require Advance notice of any Transfer of Aid funds to Cambodia a i see no real problem in the Senate language a said rep. Clement j Zablocki. Of wisc on on the House foreign affairs committee and one of seven House conferees on the Aid Bill a i believe the executive Branch can live with it a he told a reporter noting the language is somewhat different from that a the Cooper Church amendment on Cambodia passed last june by the Senate and stalemated since by House objections the earlier amendment enacted after seven weeks of de Bate also contained provisions hotly opposed by the admits ration barring . Air sup port of cambodian forces and prohibiting . Underwriting of Aid. For Cambodia by other nations. Sen. Frank Church a Idaho. A principal sponsor of the new curb told the Senate president Nixon advised him the restrictions Are acceptable. The Nixon Arr Tab trave nth endorsed extending to t Ambo do the year old ban on ground combat troops for i aos and Thailand. But Nona a conferees agreed to water do n the ban by permitting actions in those countries to facilitate troop withdrawals from Vietnam and to fret . Prisoners a Loop Hole Senate critical fear could Sanction almost any conceivable military move in Southeast Asia a including an invasion of North Vietnam As a result sen. Alien Ellesiv Der d-la., acting chairman of the Senate appropriations com Mittee abandoned plans thursday to Call up the defense 1hbk# ure for action. Also held up is the foreign Aid appropriations Bill. Conferees overrode objections of Senate foreign a emotions gon Wattee members including $260 Mil lion in unauthorized military sales funds. The fourth Bill involved in the current fight is the supplemental appropriations measure. Conferees discussed Many differences thursday but de payed action on a Senate provi Sion barring appropriation of the foreign Aid funds in it until the authorising legislation is enacted. Rioting and arson touched off by Demount rations against Price in creases rut another broadcast from sick in Poland a biggest port imitated trouble continued Sherpa. Radio stat Erin m an Early morning broadcast appealed for Observance of the nightly curfew instituted there on thu re Day after Puhle buildings were set afire and shops looted although there was no mention of violence today the Road cart was considered evidence that the former German City of Stettin had not returned to Normal the nightly curfew also continued in Force in the tri cities of Gdansk Gdynia and Sopot on Heltay of Danzig ilk Miles East of Szczecin. Passenger train service from Warsaw to Gdansk resumed today after a four Day suspension but plane and Telephone service were still suspended Warsaw radio reported that All shops in Gdansk were open this morning and fully stocked people were queuing to get morning newspaper�., City transport is operating on a full scale basis and so is the inter tri City electric train line a the broadcast said All workers went to their jobs in Alt three cities. Radio Gdansk had reported a or f i rep in Ilii cily twa Day night with Quot gangs of hooligans attacking food trucks. The government meanwhile declared the equivalent of a state of emergency throughout the country and warned that demonstrators resorting to violence would be shot on sight Premier Jozef Cygankiewicz told the nation by television thursday night that 10 to 20 Persona had been killed and Bun in a wounded in the rioting which started monday in Gdansk when shipyard workers demonstrated against increases averaging 20 per cent in the Price of food fuel clothing and other commodities earlier in the night the Premier issued an. A order which said a organs of Mitia. The Security service and other cooperating organs Are under Obliga Tion to take up All Legal Means of enforcement including the use of weapons against All per Sims it Quot i in i i no violent a a it k on the lives and health of informed sources said a bomb exploded in the Back Yard of the soviet embassy in the capital but. No one was injured. Workmen were called to repair the a damage the sources said. Western diplomatic missions in Warsaw tensions appeared to be mounting in other parts of Poland a representative of com my a see Poland Page 12 composition of resources Board still under fire Raleigh a the com a position of the North Carolina Board of water and air resources is again under ques Tion. The Board came in for criticism earlier this week when Don Goodwin director of the . Air pollution control offices division of control Agency development said it had too Many members a who Are connected with industries which of ten contribute to Board chairman s Vernon Stevens or. Denied the criticism and said the boards makeup Quot is perfectly proper and a keeping with the Law Quot but the Law which created the Board and the department of water and air resources a 1957 stipulated that the original Board must include a licensed physician and a Public health worker. A. A neither category is represented on the current Board. The current 13-member Board a made up of nine members of the original Board and four members appointed by gov Bob Scott in 1969 after a review of the statutes thursday assistant atty. Gen Thomas Rosser said he a a can to explain Why these two representatives Arentt on the Board. This is something that is going to have to be looked into and a Little research Quot but it appears that someone might have made a mistake when making the appointments and i. Done to know How we would rectify the situation Quot he said the director of the department of water and air resources George picket said he did not know who the two representative were not on the Board. A i just done to know but i d believe the governor would have consulted with the attorney general before making any a Pickett said. But Fred Morrison Legal aide to Quot gov Scott said the current Board fills the letter of the Law. Morrison said that although a doctor and a Public health worker had to of included on the first Bear the Law allows subsequent appointments to be made from a Liat of eight Cate Gores he said the governor can appoint representatives from any category when seats become open As Long As All eight Are represented on the Buaril by 1973, the expiration Date of the last appointee s term of office. The categories listed in the Law Are two representatives from agriculture two from Industrial production two from municipal governments one from a county government. One from fish and wildlife activities one pubic health worker one physician and three citizens at Large

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