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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - December 23, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather flow cart tonight with Low in upper 40s Nur Day. Showers ending followed by partial Clearing and cooler highs thursday in 50s Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. Deal 94215 Between a so and 7 00 o clock and one wll be delivered to you established 1909 Twenty six pages Washington North Carolina wed Nesnay afternoon december 73, 1970 daily except sunday every 800 years a you Are North vietnamese join on Christmas o withdrawal demands by Nils j. Bruzelius Alao coated Presa writer Boston a put a Early Christmas morning three Quot wandering stars Quot will appear together to reproduce a rare celestial event that May have led. The Wise men to the Bethlehem Manger where Christ was a bom. The actually the planets Venus. Jupiter and Mars will mass that morning near the Crescent Moon in a phenomenon very like one that occurred in 7 b.c., the year the Christ child is believed to have been bom in that year. The planets Jupiter Saturn and Mars came tee Gether in the heavens an event that happens once every 000 years said Walter n. Webb assistant director of the Charles Hayden planetarium of the Boston museum of science. The massing of three planets will not be a visually spectacular event this year said Webb nor would it have been in the year Jesus was bom but to an astrologer and the three wide men Are thought to have been expert in the occult science of interpreting heavenly signs the planets coming together May have seemed fraught with meaning some historians believe the Wise men came from the area of Mesopotamia if so said Webb the apparent Westward movement of the three planets caused by the rotation of the Earth could have suggested to them that the new born King they sought was to be found in the West in the direction of Judea Quot in those Days everything in the sky was described As a Star a a Webb said. A the planets were wandering stars meteors were shooting stars and an event like the massing of three planets would have been called a the massing of the three planets on that morning he suggested. May have been what the ancients called the Star of Bethlehem. Bulletin Washington apr Secretary of state William p Rogers said today the United states Quot is prepared to play a role Quot in guaranteeing a Middle East peace settlement and would consider participating in a . Peace keeping Force. At a news conference Rogers also blasted North Vietnam a tuesday release of prisoner of War lists As a a contemptible Man Euver. For propaganda Louise hotel older folks will get a Christmas present late and it will Cost them Money but hopefully help them enjoy their seniors years. Work is advancing on 39 new apartment units inside a renovated Louise hotel. The Washington housing authority leasing the apartments expects they will be ready Early next year. Safety features Are being stressed with the installation of a direct fire alarm system connected to the fire department,., a Modem stairwell a dumb waiter Type garbage system on each floor and a continued sprinkler system. A a photo by Lite Miett South Chicago Heights i la. Apr thousands of radio listeners heard a Youthful gunman trapped m a Bank blurt helplessly. A i m surrounded. In a going to take my life a seconds later came the barked commands of police charging into the american savings Bank and disarming Anthony j. Boekley 27of new York. The dramatic tape of a Telephone conversation Between Boekley and win radio newsman Don Harris was played Over the air a few minutes after the arrest Harris had telephoned the Bank twice on a tip received by the win news department. The first time there was no answer. The second time this conversation. Took place Harris a a what a going on out thare a Yokel Eye Quot who a this a Harris this is win Yokel Eye Quot this is the robber a so called robber i guess a Harris a what Are you doing in there a yoekley�?�?o1 want to Tell you honestly. I tried to make it the shortest Way possible and it a see Bank Page 12 j. Daniel Alligood Dies a Daniel Alligood age 80, resident and Fanner of i. 2, Washington i River Road died suddenly tuesday afternoon at 3 of clock following a heart attack. He was bom in this county feb. 7, 1890 son of the late Jim and Martha Wilkinson Alligood he was a Mem ber of the Mizpah free will Baptist Church a charter member of the Church and a former Deacon. He was married to the former Lena Willis of this county on april 17, 1912. Surviving besides his wife Are three sons James d. Alligood of Chocowinity Merrill Alligood of Norfolk va., and Vandy Alligood of Jacksonville Fla. Five daughters mrs. M. G. Skinner of san Diego Calif. Mrs. Vernon e. Lane of Hampton va., mrs. Mayhew Mcroy of Chocowinity mrs Arthur m. Smith of blounts Creek and mrs William v Stewart of Milton Fla. 45 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home thursday afternoon at 2 30 of clock conducted by the Rev. Willie Bell pastor of the Mizpah free will Baptist Church and the Rev. Ernest Bass pastor of the Chocowinity missionary Baptist Church burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. His grandsons i will serve As pallbearers. Clinched fist Salute Angela Davis flies to California by Doug Willis associated press writer san Rafael Calif. A Angela Davis flown a Cross the continent under heavy guard and secrecy was today at the scene where four died in a shootout she is accused of helping to plot. The Black and Beautiful avowed communist scheduled for arraignment today in Superior court was placed in a jail cell tuesday under the Blue domed Marin county civic Center background of the killings last August. % although not present at the shootout she is charged with murder kidnapping and conspiracy under state Law holding accomplices equally guilty with those who actually carry out crimes. As the steel Grill jail Gates clanged Down behind the car carrying miss Davis to the jail tuesday afternoon she raised a handcuffed wrist and gave Den bed fist Black Panther Salute to a group of newsmen and a others nearby. For most of the 12-hour flight miss Davis 26, did not Wear the Handcuffs said Evelyn Gosser Marin county jail Matron who was one of her guards. The Handcuffs were affixed As the California air National guard plane prepared to land at near Hamilton air Force base aft the nonstop transcontinental hop. Authorities had refused to divulge in Advance the plan for moving miss Davis to California from new York. After being booked at the jail miss Davis was allowed to Telephone her Mother in Birmingham ala., and an attorney who was not identified miss Gosser said. Miss Davis whose hair was Cut Short when she was arrested in a Midtown Manhattan Motel oct. 13 while on the of big a ten most wanted list was wearing it in Fluffy afro style again. For Imi hours after her arrival about 200 of her supporters rallied in front of the san fran Cisco Federal building. Speakers included her sister fania Davis Jordan 23, of Birmingham. A Angela is innocent san Quentin pigs fired into the . They should be the ones indicted Quot mrs Jordan said. The shooting took place in a driveway outside the courthouse As a commandeered carrying convicts try to escape and a number of hostages was being driven away. Killed in the Melee were a judge two san Quentin convicts who tried to escape from his courtroom and 17-year-old Jonathan Jackson. A the state says the abortive escape1 was part of a plot to take hostages to be used in demand for the freeing of three Soledad prisoners accused of t murdering a guard. One of the prisoners was Young Jackson a brother. Miss Davis was accused of providing the guns used in the escape attempt. Laboratory door is special staff photo by let Whifield Hospital decorates Southern troops for Holiday in Cambodia you have to gel sick or at least have a Friend or relative sick this Christmas to enjoy one of the City a most prolific outbursts of Holiday decoration. The personnel at the Beaufort county Hospital has outdone itself in its Effort to bring Christmas to those unable to be at Home. Each floor and each department competed. One visitor remarked that a several of the patients were so pleased that they spent most of their time walking up and Down the Halls observing each of the decorations. The second floor was awarded first prize in the contest according to one judge the see Hospital Page 121 Jaycees to sponsor Santa visit by George esp he. Associated press writer Saigon apr South vietnamese paratroopers pushing deeper into Cambodia ran into a North vietnamese Force and called in bombers and artillery South vietnamese Headquarters said 26 North vietnamese were killed and nine weapons and 20 mortar rounds captured in the Battle 1,0 Miles Northwest of Korn Pong Cham. One South vietnamese paratrooper was reported killed and 13 wounded a spokesman said the size of he North vietnamese Force was not known but it was the biggest fight reported since 2.500 South vietnamese paratroopers were lifted into Cambodia More than a week ago in an attempt to break the North vietnamese stranglehold on the phenom penh governments Northern front South of phenom penh North vietnamese troops attacked a cambodian task Force trying to reopen route 4, phenom penh s Highway to the sea. The attack see War Page-12 condition for release of pow s by David Mason two talc press writer Paris a North Viet Nam returned today to its de Mand that the United states withdraw All troops before next june 3t> before any discussion of the release of american War prisoners last week the communist Dele a i inn at the Paris peace talks called on the United states Quot la propose any Quot reasonable Date Quot for a withdrawal the United states rejected the proposal contending that the setting of any deadline for a troop pullout would permit the communists to Quot is on their hands and refuse to negotiate Ilian Thuy the chief North vietnamese Delegate gave no reason for tits renewed hard stand but presumably it was because of the . Rejection 5 before entering the 96th ses Sion of the peace talks Thuy told reporters he would a expressly demand that the United states withdraw All american and Allied troops before june 30. In. Amp a to Eil. By Doi j t trom North and South Vietnam the Viet Cong and the United states indicated no sign of Progress at the talks two Days before Christmas ambassador David h e see pow. Pago 12 Manker funeral 11.>ld at 2 30 graveside funeral services for Gus Lee Manker age 60, resident and commercial Fisherman of Hobucken were held at the White Hill cemetery i 1, Aurora at 1 3ft pm. Wednesday conducted by the Rev j b Stone. Or Manker who was born in Pitt county aug 1, t�l0, son of the late Jim and Lena Smith Manker. Died in the Craven county Hospital in new Bern saturday night follow ing a Brief illness. _ he was married to the former Annie Hopkins of Pamlico county on dec 8. 1929 surviving besides his wife of it. 2. Belhaven Are two grandchildren work incomplete la a a a Quot Quot Quot. Quot a. X \ congressmen will return to debate set welfare a the Tate of California and gov. Reagan took her Job and now Are trying to take her life a mrs. Jordan told the san Francisco demonstrators who carried posters with Angela s picture and red cloth banners printed with Quot free University of California regents voted last june not to extend her one year contract As a philosophy instructor at Urcla after an unsuccessful attempt earlier to fire her. With Liberal. A see Davis Page 12 Jones rite8 held funeral services for mrs. Betty Sadler Jones who died monday were conducted today at 2 00 . From the1 Chapel of the Stampley funeral Home by the Rev. Horace s. Garris. Burial will be in Oakdale cemetery. Active pallbearers will be l t. Harris Roy m. Moore Jesse t. Jones Eddie Jones Gene Piver Dallas Berry Avalon Swain sr., and calk1 Garris. Swan Quarter Jaycees of Hyde county Are sponsoring again this year a Santa Claus visit to All communities in the area. It will Mark the third year such a project has been carried out. This Christmas tradition was started by Durwood Tunnel and friends of Swan Quarter. For Many years they were responsible for bringing Christmas cheer to the Young and old alike. The Santa caravan will consist of several Small trucks playing Christmas music Over speakers and followed by a larger truck on which Santa will be Riding. There will be fruit for All children handed out by Santa himself and a tree decorated by Santa and his helpers. The time schedule for Santa s visit will be As follows a a Lake Landing 8 a.m., last Chance 0 15, Nebraska 9 00, see , Page 12 a political writer Washington a leaving a legislative shambles behind it. Congress has gone Home for Christmas. But the work in t done and the run on 91 st Congress is by no Means Over. The Senate returns to session dec 28, still facing a deadlock and a filibuster Over appropriations to continue1 Federal subsidies for the supersonic transport a st air plane. It faces also a struggle Over the triple header Bill to boost social Security benefits Institute president Nixon a plan of welfare Reform and impose new Trade restrictions the house1 voted to recess until. Dec. 2ft�?after the two senior. Members of the ways and Means committee declared that social Security and welfare Reform measures cannot be enacted this session no matter what the Senate does despite that prediction from rep Wilbur Mills d-ark., and rep. John Byrnes r-wis., sen John j. Williams a Del said he would move soon after the Senate re convenes to. Strip All but the so it dal Security provisions from Quot the Bill and try to get that passed the House already has passed differing and separate versions from those embodied in the catch All Senate measure. President Nixon however does t want it done that Way he wants action on the whole a package and administration supporters could Force a new deadlock on the matter next week Byrnes and Mills said it wont be possible for House Senate negotiators to work out the necessary clip in omis in Tyjer the time pressures which we Congress did struggle out of one deadlock tying up fore if Aid and defense Bills. Both Chambers agreed on Compromise legislation authorizing Aid to Cambodia but barring the use of . Combat forces or military advisers there. It also declares that the assistance does not represent a commitment to the defense of Cambodia. The Senate. 41 to 20, and then the House approved tuesday night a Bill authorizing $255 Mil lion m military and economic Aid for Cambodia with the stipulations the Senate had insisted upon All told that Bill authorized a total of $535 million in supplemental foreign Aid spending. Warren Eunez al today Aurora a funeral services for Marvin c. Warren who died monday will be conducted today at 3 00 . From the White Hill freewill Baptist Church by the Rev. Graham Lane burial will be in the Rowe cemetery. / Active pallbearers will be Warren Harris Wallace Cay ton. J. G. Carrow Orville Walker Richard Tingle and r. H Paul visitation was from the Stampley funeral Home until 12 30 today at which time the body was taken to the Church to lie in state prior to the funeral hour. A a it

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