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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - December 19, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather Chanc at Shower tonight and sunday Loara tonight Ign or 50a and pm a of High sunday in 80s. Washington Diu news if you do not got your papor., dial 40-2145 Between a 30 and 1 00 of clock and ooh will a delivered to you. Established 1909. Ten Pafras Washington Noain cabq�h4a f two higher education reshuffle Tob talked two youths arrested in Choc Omelee Raleigh apr North Carolina gov. Bob Scott will meet with presidents and chancellors of the state s is Public colleges and universities in Raleigh Jan 4 to discuss his Call for to organization of higher education in Tow state. Scott a proposal got Strong support Friday from the executive committee of the North Carolina. Board of higher education which voted to support his drive. The trustees of the consolidated University of North Carolina Are scheduled to meet dec. 29 to discuss the proposal Scott got the Ball rolling last sunday when he met with trustees of the state s Public institutions at the executive mansion. Scott told the members of the executive committee of the Board of higher education Friday that news reports of what transpired at the meeting were Quot substantially it was reported that. Scott a major recommendation at that meeting was to do away with the current Board of higher education and consolidated University trustees and come up with a completely new governing Structure for higher education in the state. Scott told the executive committee Quot there is a need to have some new direction some new approach Means of coordinating our system of higher education in North Quot whatever is done should come from the trustees Quot said Scott who is chairman of the Board of higher education Quot it cannot be Bob Scott s program. Or the University a program or the Board of Haj plot education a program a he added several members of the executive committee praised Scott for taking leadership in the problem Doris Horton a Board member who attended sundays session told scott1 want to commend you. You could avoid this whole Kettle of fish and go off fishing it was announced at the executive committee meeting that Scott sent a letter in dec. 10 calling the Jan. 4 meeting of Public University presidents and chancellors. The letter was prompted by differences Between Public and private University officials Over proposals for state financial Aid to College students but reorganization of higher education is now expected. To be a major topic of discussion. Consolidated University president William Friday has endorsed Scott a proposal but East Carolina University president Leo Jenkins has remained silent on the subject two men have been arrested and charged with assault As a result of the Melee which took place in Choco win to last tuesday night following basketball games with Oak City High school Latham Dixon age 19, charged with assault on Earl Clark. Chocowinity police chief and with assault on Phil Griffin. Oak City basketball Viet Cong Mark anniversary attack . Troops Saigon Compromise measure Clear air Bill passes Congress his a 24 y since ears w a coach. He is being held under total Bonds of 1700 at 10 90 of clock this morning Mitcheo Sinclair age 20. Is free under a Bond of 1500 he is charged with assault upon Deputy sheriff Adrian Waters thi followed the basketball game on december 15. It was alleged that. Deputy sheriff Adrian Waters police chief Earl Clark and coach Phil Griffin were assaulted outside the Chocowinity gym after the basketball games. No school officials or basketball players from Chocowinity were involved. Sheriff Jack Harris assigned Deputy sheriff Ottis Davis to the Case. Or. Davis assisted by Deputy sheriff Waters and chief Clark made the arrested. It. Was alleged that after the basketball game a fracas developed in which the three men above were assaulted the Oak City bus tires Cut and allegedly the Buss was shot through on the Way Home Sinclair was arrested yesterday afternoon Dixon was arrested this morning. Both Are see Choco Page 10 a by hike Shanahan a associated prep writer Washington Jap Prest Dent Nixon has been handed a stringent Antipol Hitam Bill its chief congressional i sponsor says promises Quot clean air to breathe to the Utosh and critics claim could shut Down the Auto Industry Hie Compromise measure which passed both houses of Congress by a voice vote Friday. Sets Jan. 1,1975, As the tar get Date for dramatically reducing the level of harmful emis Stow from new car exhausts Auto Andua try executives say they can t meet the deadline a House Senate conference com Mittee included a Compromise provision allowing a Extension of the deadline if the Industry proves its trying to find the technology to make pol kit ton free cars. There was no immediate indication if Nixon would sign the measure which also authorizes $1 billion to fight pollution Over the1 next three years and. Provides new Federal muscle Gamit a variety of private and Public polluters but before the Mil left the Senate there was discussion of a letter from Secretary of health Elliot l Richardson which asked the conferees to Grant More time for the industries to improve their Anopol Litton technology the Secretary will be responsible for deciding if the 1975 deadline will be extended sen Thomas f Eagleton. D to. Said the letter represented an Effort a to undercut the Hospital costs to Rise if Bank Loans involved new dolls brighten Christmas there will be eighty children and Many adults a lot happier this Christmas when Santa arrives at less fortunate Homes with new dolls. Donated by the Beaufort county department of social services the eighty dolls representing the work of several Church and civic organizations in the county will be on display in Hoyte a window until their monday afternoon pick up by Santa. The dolls arrived with shoes socks and. Underclothing but Many women in the Community volunteered to dress them. One Little dolls is outfitted in Green velvet with a Matching Tarn looks another has a pants suit with poncho top. Some Are dressed As baby dolls in Long flowing dresses and blankets. Many have dresses with bows in their hair to match and one even has a Small pair of sunglasses. Mrs. Lori Winberry social worker at the ass is chairman of the project. She explained that some of the dolls will be delivered by social workers to children in their caseloads who will not have a toy. The remainder will be donated to the salvation army to be Raleigh a the medical care commission says patient costs May Rise As much As $15 per Day if North Carolina hospitals Are forced to turn to Bank Loans to finance capital projects commission executive Secretary William Henderson said Friday that Federal cutbacks in funds of Hospital construction May Force hospitals to this Point. A we be never had to turn to Bank Loans in North Carolina Quot he said a this will be a first for Henderson said another result of the Federal cutbacks will i of Coj i. It it to Kra pm construction or renovation in poorer North Carolina counties a Federal Grants under the Hil Burton act usually have paid for about 40 per cent of Hospital construction costs with the state and local governments sharing the difference. But this year Congress has Cut Back the program and changed it from a straight Grant program to one of Grants and loan guarantees. Henderson said the new scheme which has already been approved by a House sen ate conference committee is expected to provide North Carolina with about $5 5 million to Grants and another $4.7 million in loan guarantees the commission had earlier Enji acted the state to receive Between $10 and $11 million in Grants under the loan guarantee system a Hospital would submit to the commission a feasibility study of the Bank financing of its construction or renovation project once the project was built thi Hospital would have to repay tha Toan with the Federal government backing the Hospital in Case it defaulted Quot the importance now will be placed i whether the project can repay the Money a Hender son said Quot and the patient is going to have to shoulder the Burden of these additional costs. Quot but we be just about at the breaking Point in patient see hospitals Page 101 staff photo by Litchfield a smile Christmas morning distributed to the families they Are providing for this year. A mrs Wilbeny said that the dolls had been done up so Well that she had received Many requests to buy. None of the dolls Are for Sale. The social service department expressed its appreciation to the ladies of st. Peters see dolls Page 10 or. Bailey unable to preach Here a series of services scheduled at the first United methodist Church Here in january has been cancelled because or. A. Purnell Bailey who was to conduct the meeting has had to Call off the engagement. The Rev Horace Garris minister in making the announcement said he was disappointed that it was necessary to cancel the meeting. He explained that or. Bailey internationally known United methodist Clergyman has been summoned to Vietnam. Or. Gurris said it had been known from the first that conflict might develop that see methodist Page 10 High Speed Chase police car hit by 20 bullets Hubert Humphrey lure of White House still there by Walter r. Mears and Carl p. Leubsdorf a political writer Washington a for i Stiert h. Humphrey two years of political exile Are ending and if the Odds against another p re s i Den t i a 1 nomination the lure of toe White House is still there. A i am not seeking the presidency a says the Man from Minnesota who Hasni to even been sworn in yet to his new Senate seat. A a i have not renounced the possibility. A today according to Humphrey sen. Edmund s. Muskie of Maine is the Clear democratic Leader and president Nixon looks like a formidable Opp nent a an incumbent president is hard to Quot but you done to judge what is going to happen in 1972 by what is happening in 1970,&Quot Humphrey said. A a who can Tell what a going to happen a in fact Humphrey says he sees a possibility that president Nixon., May not seek a. Second term choosing the path of former president r John son. Quot of course this is All conjecture but i think the president has a sense of history that if the Domestic situation looks truly bad and his political prospects Are not Good i have reason to believe he Humphrey who swept to the nation two years ago says while not very probable economic woes could do to Nixon what the Vietnam War did. To Johnson Lead him to renounce a re election bid. Quot i think or. Nixon is a proud Man. And if he thought that his candidacy would not be honoured if it looked bad very bad he might very Well say a look in be been president through difficult times. In be served my country ill step a that would be a whole new Ball new Ball game or old Humphrey obviously sees himself in the lineup. He sits in the office he has kept in Washington for the past two y ear Sand talks of politics and the Senate and the role of a Khmur Zuur not nnk1i. Cal fund raising and the polls and Quot that the place is the White House and when Humphrey mentions it he d Oes so with a wave Over his right shoulder. His geography is perfect the presidential mansion is three Rainy blocks away in just that direction. A at 59, Humphrey caste himself As a sort of political elder statesman the Man who has been the route and can advise others and possibly just possibly run the race against himself. Quot i really Don t see much possibility of my being involved in presidential politics As a con tender. I am not saying that the door is locked shut. I have no organization. I am not opening up any offices. I Hope to be Able to counsel some others. Quot but lets say that it should come around to january next year january 1072, and no one seems to be really out in front there does no to seem to be and coalescing Well then 1 think Well All take another look and see where we Are Quot i want to be a flood senator that a what 1 really want to be and i want to be a Good Leader in toe party. And i think the Best role that i play is when i done to have ambitions when i a not seeking position or title and i m not seeking position or title now. A the Only one i missed was the top Job Yop sea. So want to spend any time trying to see if i can get another title or to see if i can get to be a chairman or to contend for an office in the Senate. I done to think i need to do Humphrey says what he will do is help shape democratic policy help raise democratic Money and promote democratic Unity. He adds that he already has consulted with some of the obvious 1972 candidates. A a in be been trying to i done to want to say admonish but to suggest to our democratic leaders that the Only Way we can win in 1972, and i think we can win is some degree of Unity in our party. A i the former vice. See Humphrey. Page 10 Morehead City . Apr a car with three policemen in it was riddled with 20 bullets this morning during a 24-hour High Speed Chase to catch two men who had fired on the Morehead City police station. The Chase began at 11 55 Fri Day night and ended at the a David f. Ambrose Dies David Franklin Ambrose age 7t,of the Everetts Crossroads Community died Friday afternoon in the Beaufort county Hospital following one week of sudden illness and several months of declining health he was born september 6, 18%, in Beaufort county son of the late Richard and Issie Ann Mizzell Ambrose and was married to the former Annie Silverthorne who survives. Or. Ambrose was a. Member of the Athens Chapel Church of Christ and former member of the Bath puritans. He was a Rine base at Havelock about 2i> Miles away. The circuitous route took both a cars through the downtown streets of Newport with gunfire being exchanged. Occupants of the two cars were shooting at each other All during the Chase according to Morehead police sgt h. N. Overman one of the policemen in the Chase. No one was hit. In either car. A car was finally stopped at the Marine base and two men were arrested. They Are being held in the Carteret county jail a on $12,500 Bond each. No motive was established for firing on the police station the two men were charged with resisting arrest firing at policemen and discharging firearms. The Windshield of the policemen a car was spattered with see Chase Page 10u Strong Senate Bill Mil m played Quot the adm Nistra t ions obvious sympathy with the Auto makers Quot administration supporters defended toe letter As a legitimate Effort by Richardson to present Ibi views Mil toe mba a sport Kef sen Edmund s Muskie. D a Maine said the letter did to arrive until six weeks after the conference took up the Bill the measure requires Auto makers to Cut Back by 90 per see pollution. Page 10 Scott will Correct omission Raleigh a gov Bob Scott says he will appoint a doctor and Public health worker to the North Carolina Board of water and air resources when seals become vacant the Law requires that a physician and Public health worker be represented on the Board. Their commission from the cur rent 13-member panel was pointed out thursday Quot obviously we will have to Taka Steps to Correct it Quot Scott said Friday but he added that he could not do anything about it until he terms of some current members a Pip. A a a a "1 Wasny to aware of urn.1 Scott said key it in a up with this kind of a thing is a problem he said this Type of problem illustrates the need for reorganization of state government five positions on the Hoard will open it till and ail 13 members will have been replaced or reappointed by 1973 the current Bon nine members of the original Board and four members a mull d h. The a question of the com position of the Board marked the second time it the past week that the Board has come under fire. Don Goodwin director of the . Air pollution control offices division of control Agency development said tuesday it had too Many members a who Are connected with industries which often contribute to Board chairman. A. Vernon Stevens or denied this and said the Board s makeup Quot is Perfy Coly proper and in keeping with the by statute the Board is to contain two representatives of agriculture two from Industrial production two from municipal government and one from a county government one from fish and wildlife activities one Public health worker one physician and three citizens at Large. Saigon apr the Viet Cong marked the 24th aim Iver sary if the Start of the Indochina War today with two attacks in f Tran pm a my toe find in Saigon in a month and a half to birr were no american casualties from the two 100-Pound rockets that fell up Saigon but six vietnamese civilians were killed and right wounded by the missiles most of the victims were children four other youths were wounded in a bomb explosion that damaged a Saigon vietnamese language newspaper Plant c one of the two attacks on american forces was a 1.2-round, mortar barrage that hit the Headquarters of the 2nd brigade of the 25th infantry division 40 Miles Northeast of Saigon spokesmen said some americans were killed and wounded hut they gave no figures they a unit Over All casualties were Light the second attack on Ameri cans was an ambush of a . Convoy near the Alai Van pass 13 Miles Northwest of Danang. One american was killed and four were wounded . Headquarters said damage to the Convoy was 4aid to be Light there has been a series of anti american demonstration and terrorist bombings in Saigon . And South vietnamese Security has been tight ened with measures including stymied up patrol by in Titan military police. Three americana have been killed and 14 wounded in the past week in three terrorist bomb and grenade attacks aimed at . Billets in Saigon the american casualties in today s actions added to the 44-144 troops already re ported killed and the 292,917 reported wounded in action in the 19 Quot years americans have been fighting in the number of vietnamese civilian casualties in the past five years is Estima led at Quot More than one million including at least 300,000 killed. Today is officially commemorated by the North vietnamese and Viet Cong As National resistance Day it was on dec. 19, 1940, that North vietnamese Ien. To Nguyen Gap issued a Call to arms and vietnamese troops attacked French colonial forces in Hanoi triggering the Indochina War National resistance Day is one of three holidays the communist led forces will observe during the next four Days. Traditionally North vietnamese and Viet Cong forces Shell major cities and step up terror attacks to Mark these anniversaries on sunday the Viet Cong will observe the 10th anniversary of the formation of the National front for the liberation of South Vietnam the Elf was established in Hanoi on dec. 20, 4960. Lanier claims liability retired Farmer my operator and was a merchant operating he Everett service station for several years. Survivors beside his wife include two sons Ernest e. And j Franklin Ambrose of Washington five daughters mrs Golden Everett and mrs. Theadore Baynor of Pinetown mrs. Sidney Bowen and mrs Paul Jarvis of Plymouth and mrs. Leonard Windley of Pinetown two Sisters mrs. David to Howell and mrs. Latham Smith of red Greenville 30 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren funeral services will be conducted sunday afternoon at 3 00 o clock at the Chapel of toe Stampley funeral Home by the Rev. Jim Hensley burial will be in toe Everetts cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons Mitchell Everett Edward Ambrose ted Baynor Sidney Bowenjr Brien , Terry Bowen Billy Ambrose and Michael Bowen. Market drying up fast Raleigh apr charging that the Auto liability insurance Market in North Carolina a is drying up fast Quot insurance commissioner. Edwin Lanier has called for a full investigation of the Auto liability business in the state. Lanier said in a statement issued. Friday that a the near Willy Nilly and fast can Celia tons and non renewal of Large numbers of Auto insurance policies and severe restrictions on writing new policies Are causing near panic among victims of such one sided and unfair restrictions.,.�?� he noted that hundreds of policies have been cancelled by companies in North Carolina this year and said so Many companies have curtailed or halted the Sale of Auto insurance that Quot the Market is drying up fast in North Carolina. Lanier ordered the 258 companies licensed to sell Auto insurance in the state to file with him by Jan. 15 the guidelines they used in Selling insurance this year and what their practice will be in 1971. A i want a full explanation of any in their operations Quot he said. Paul Mize of the North Caro Lina automobile rate administrative office which represents the insurance Industry declined Friday to comment on Lanier s charges because he had not yet received a copy of Lanier s 8lal.em.ent. Mize said the Industry would have a reply to the charges after it had had time to study them. Lanier a order was sent in certified letters to the various com pay yes. He said 61 of toe a in Yiirs ,11-f it . Insurance in this state Quot leaving the others to carry the Jie said a Quot apparently these 61 companies Are unwilling to feed in the trough anywhere except in the deep end. A Quot the agents Are crying to me because companies Are pulling out from their insurance agencies Quot Lanier said a the situation is serious. Thousands of motorists Many with Good driving records Are having to obtain insurance under assigned risk a a he said. A the providing of and the use of automobile insurance in North Carolina is so seriously polluted a he said a that drastic j measures have become to Para see insurance Paye 10

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