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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - February 4, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather generally air. Windy and vary Ltd tonight increasing Ltd it Udin a and warmer thurs Day Low tonight mostly teen and Low 30 Washington daily news if you do not got your paper. # dial m44d4s Between �30 and 7 00 o clock and one Wittl be delivered to you. Established 1909 twelve pages Washington. North Carolina. Wednesday afternoon. February 4. 1970 balls except sunday about Mideast situation a i 7 Tyz a enemy Iro opt a re Jill Ltd s vow arming 23arek�lled hints reds scared enemy troops Nixon a Vietnam budget Senate passes mass Emma eur c.lj11 Dill transit jul asian Iii by William l. Ryan a special Corrow pendent the tone of the Kremlin s diplomacy suggests that it is frightened by the Prospect of a gathering storm Over the Middle by Job Hall associated press writer Washington a after a relatively smooth ride through the Senate a 93.1 billion mass transit subsidy Bill May face rougher going in the House As supporters begin the push for final action this session. The Senate gave the measure overwhelming 83-4 passage tuesday bolstering the Hopes of sponsors that the House s traditionally less Friendly attitude to such legislation can be overcome the House banking committee announced the Start of Public hearing March 2 on the Bill but the real trouble could come in the powerful House appropriations committee that committee is expected to oppose the contract authority feature of the Bill feeling it amounts to backdoor financing but Senate sponsors said the new Federal Grants and Loans proposed under the measure would save Many subway systems now on their last legs make it possible to Start new ones in cities across the nation Cut traffic congestion and reduce air pollution originally supporters hoped for a bigger program wanting the Aid to come through a Trust fund As Highway spending is financed but president Nixon rejected the Trust fund idea this led to a Compromise under which the contract authority provision was substituted. In addition the total authorization was held to $3.1 billion instead of the $10 billion originally suggested and strict limits were put on the amounts that actually could be spent in the Early years. Under the Compromise cities see mass transit Page 12� governor Scott says. He was misquote Dacre native killed in Pitt wreck Dalton Paul Harris jr., age 25, resident of 775 Dowie Al drive in Fayetteville died As the result of accidental injuries received when the car he was driving struck a tractor trailer truck on Highway 43 near Falkland in Pitt county last night at about ii of clock. A sister mrs. Bobby Latham and her two children Robbin and Michael who were Riding with or. Harris were admitted to1 Pitt memorial Hospital in Greenville. They were in route to Fayetteville after visiting relatives in Beaufort county and Washington. Or. Harris was born at acre oct. 3, 1944 son of Dalton Paul and Dera Mae Sullivan Harris or. He attended the local schools and graduated from Pantego High school in 1962. He attended the Wilson technical Institute for two years and graduated with a certificate As an electronic technician. Or. Harris served three years in the submarine corps of the u. S. Navy. He was a member of the acre Chapel Church of Christ and was employed by the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph company As a technician in Fayetteville. Surviving Are his parents or. See Harris Page 12� Raleigh a it gov. Bob Scott says he believes if the last presidential election were held All Over again now. President Nixon would carry North Carolina again but As for what will happen in 1972, the governor said he in t making any predictions. Scott made these comments in a statement issued by his office tuesday after an associated press dispatch from California monday quoted the democratic governor As predicting Nixon would carry the state again in 1972. A i did not predict that or. Nixon would win in 1972.&Quot said Scott who is on a trip to Ca 1 fornia a anything could happen Between now and the next presidential election. I said that if the presidential election were today that or. Nixon would again carry the Scott also said in the statement that the news dispatch had incorrectly quoted him As saying the democratic party in North Carolina is in disarray. My statement about the democratic party being in disarray referred to the National level and not the state a said Scott. A the reason for the party being in disarray at the National level is because at the moment there is no Strong National democratic Leader speaking out. A i think the state democratic tarty is in better shape than in several months and enthusiasm and optimism is increasing As see Scott Page is Nixon offers to sweeten the pot a in fight Over education funds by John w. Beckler associated press writer Washington a presi Dent Nixon has offered to sweeten the pot by $449 million in his fight with Congress Over education funds but it apparently wont be enough. Democratic leaders Are willing to risk another veto if necessary in their Effort to Force a reshuffling of National priorities that upgrades education. A Shmay be necessary to pare it said House majority Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma a shut we re not going to capitulate on the education Nixon a new proposal sent to Congress tuesday makes official a Compromise he put Forward last week to help get the necessary votes to sustain his veto of a $19.7 billion education health Money Bill. The $449 million Nixon is now willing to spend Over his budget amounts to a 63 per cent Cut in the $1.2 billion Congress added to the vetoed Bill. Some of the key democrats who helped add the original funds say they will fight any Cut that amounts to More than 10 per cent. The Battle is now being fought n a House appropriations subcommittee w Here Little Progress was reported tuesday after another session. Members said there was Only an outside Chance that a Bill would be ready for House action before Congress takes a week Long recess starting feb 10 in a letter outlining his new proposal Nixon said the extra $449 million a does not contribute unduly to inflationary pressures which today Are of serious concern to the entire he vetoed the $1.2 billion increase because of its Impact on inflation. Nearly half the added fund is unwilling at this time to face a new major crisis and is seek my some Way to head it off while its bargaining May be Tough Moscow appears concerned that its whole foreign policy drive May be thrown of St a tailspin by the intensifying Arate Israel i Host Ili t in. In its latest note to Washington. has threatened to escalate the arms race in the Middle East by sending More arms to Egypt yet the thrust of its diplomatic activity suggests deep worry the Kremlin has been sending out warnings to the americans. British and French of rising peril in the Middle East As if the russians were digging in for a round of horse training the Middle East is a tangle for both superpowers for each More is at stake than just its explicit interests in the area for the russians a red hot new crisis could upset plans to take some of the heat from East West relations in Europe. For both it can Jolt whatever Hopes have been invested in Salt the strategic arms limitation to iks due to reopen in Vienna in april. Washington and Moscow have parallel interests in limiting super weapons. For each the race has been a heavy Drain. This has been especially True of the soviet Union which has been wrestling with prote see Mideast Page 12 Ross a tune succumbs Loci a Ross a. Tune age 86, resident and retired tobacco buyer of 804 East eighth Street died this morning at 7 o clock in the Beaufort county Hospital Here following a critical illness of three weeks and declining health for three months. Or. Tune was born in pit Sylvania. A. Jan. 15,1884. Son of the late Richard a and Susan du.ni�. Tune. He was a member of the first Baptist Church the Saracca sunday school class and served As class Secretary for 15 years. He was married to the former Nannie Furgerson of Halifax a. June 21, 1910, who survives. Other survivors Are one daughter mrs. W. B. Jefferson of this City two sons Roy a. Tune of Atlantic City n. J. And Cecil tune of Richmond a. Six grandchildren six great grandchildren funeral services will be held Friday morning at 11 of clock from the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home with the Rev. Luther j. Matthews pastor of the first Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. A the following will serve As pallbearers Paul Waters Dorsey Weich Guy t. Swindell Hardy Lewis Albert Daniels and Earl keel. By George exp he aah elated pit writer Saigon i a it american reconnaissance helicopters spot Ted 1 1� North vietnamese troops moving Down a Stream bed 21 Miles North of Saigon tuesday night and 23 were killed by hell Ropier gunships. Bombers and artillery military. Spokesmen reported today. No american casualties were reported although some of the helicopters Drew Small arms iter foe tet Gre Ramg fire military spokesmen said eight groups of North vietnamese were spotted moving to the Southwest a the North vietnamese ran into a Bamboo Thicket a said s. Ski of Ferkins of Fra hitch. La a helicopter of Titian a the gunships. Fired into the Thicket and the North vietnamese started running out fun every w Here intelligence sources said the troop apparently were from the Dong Nai regiment which spearheaded an offensive against Saigon in May 1968 and was Hadly mauled the sources said the regiment is still under strength and Short of arms ammunition and food but they expect it to be Active during the tet period in the area North of Saigon Little other fighting was reported As tet the lunar new year Holiday approached a four Day Viet Cong cease fire is scheduled to begin at 7 . Thursday 6 today Ami a 24-hour Allied truce Start 11 hours later. A a american air cavalrymen and helicopter gunships a reported killing 52 North vietnamese soldiers in two clashes along the cambodian Border North of Saigon no american casualties were reported. American and South vietnamese forces said they killed another 59 enemy troops in three clashes Smith of Danang two South vietnamese Soldier were killed and two americans and fit Sobut v i it wounded the . Command reported 31 Erie my rocket and mortar at lacks hut said Only 11 caused casualties or damage seven teen americans were reported wounded and South vietnamese casualties were described As Light. American b52s Kepi up their heavy raids around the Ben Het special forces Camp in the Cen trial Highlands. 28� Miles North of Saigon. Some 15 bombers dropped More than 1,000 tons of explosives on suspected enemy positions along the cambodian harder a South vietnamese air Force major was killed near Saigon a Ptan son Nhut air base when a bomb attached to the engine of his jeep blew up As he started the vehicle in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Phong a put at $16-$l7 billion government at against threat last acting of Oil spills by a Tan Benjamin associated press writer Washington a there were bigger Oil spills tout it was the Santa Barbara disaster just one year ago that finally Lubrit Raleff the Creaky wheel. 4 government today white1 triblets of Oil still Streak the sea off the Cali Fomia resort area the Federal government at last has begun to Ingild the bulwarks needed for years against the growing threat of spilled Oil that danger already had been emphasized almost two years Lefure Santa Barbara when in March 1967. The giant Oil tanker Toney Canyon rammed into another ship and spilled 19.000 Toas of crude Oil Acra the water. To Blacken the coasts of Southern England and France for the maritime nations of the world it was an Eye opener a before the sinking of the Torres says Kenneth High. Be the Interior depart Menc. Lop Oil pollution expert a the world had not realized so Many Square Miles of water or land could he insulted by Gist one Accident president Lyndon a Johnson com research or Teg sift lion to Cope with spills from ships tin notions Best weapon was a i a a a jaw. Applicable because of o amendment Only against a a a no ask be client or wilful Quot secrecy draws protest from sen. Fulbright Washington a press tent Nixon so Orrt budget for ordered the secretaries of infer or and transportation to i Isles the Poth Uon defend xxx of the1 United states of n 88.833 Miles of Shoreline in february 1988 they reported a this country is not fully prepared to Deal effectively with spills of Oil or other a ardous materials Large or Small and much less with a Turrey Canyon Type disaster Quot the report recommended tougher ant pollution Reg la Lions stronger legislation and funding expanded re search strengthening of inter National agreements and development of a Domestic font Ingen by plan hut there was Little motion on subcommittee urges sweeping draft changes see War Page 12 Doyle Hardison Dies last night by William j Waugh associated press writer Washington a a Senate subcommittee has called for sweeping executive and legislative changes in the selective service system to make the draft fairer and More uniform the subcommittee headed by sen Edward m Kennedy d-mass., called on the Nixon administration tuesday to end occupational deferments immediately student deferments in time of conflict abolish state and local quotes establish a uniform National policy and kick the military out of the selective service system a of necessity a a the subcommittee report said a the military traditionally operates with less regard for individual rights and procedural niceties than we expect and require in civilian the report suggested Congress consider the need for a selective conscientious objector status. A a one committee witness proposed a draftee seeking such status should be a required to undergo noncombatant service of comparable risk to that undergone by draftee Quot and if this were not possible a to serve for a longer the report said the lottery of last dec. 1 which used birth dates to determine order of Cal hip did not actually achieve Rah Der a the sul committee concluded that ouch disparity is i ireme k by significant and must Stem from the failure properly to mix the capsules containing the birth Date As a result the report recon mended that Tutor random be by a i computers the report said Only hardship and High school deferments should he continued in time of conflict the report suggested the administration could restructure the system into a consolidated selective service system this would include a National Headquarters to establish poll by eight regional offices see draft Page 121 to Doyle j. Hardison age 79, passed away tuesday night in the St Lect on Quot ins Lead the $238 million would be for the impacted area Aid program which Nixon has sharply criticized and for which he has declined to budget any Money for next year unless it is drastically revised. His new proposal would increase the appropriation for this year to 144� million. The program which provides funds for school districts in which Large numbers erf children of Federal employees Are enrolled has wide support in Congress. A Teda of $600 million was provided for in the vetoed Bill. Nixon would also boost spending for vocational education by $70 million to a new total of $300 million still $52 million Short of the amount in the Bill the other Nixon increases would be spread Over a variety of health and education programs. Whatever Compromise the a it see hew funds Page 12 Beaufort county Hospital after a critical illness of two months. He had been in failing health for two years. Or. Hardison son of the late Josh and Bettie Little Hardison was born in Beaufort county on june 26. 1890. And had spent his entire life in the old Ford Community where he was engaged in farming he was married to the a former miss Carrie Jackson on january 5, 1914 who preceded him in death april 25, 1958 he was a member of the old Ford Church of Christ surviving Are one laughter mrs. Carolyn Harris of this City three sons Elmo s. Hardison it. 1, Washington Jeffrey j. Hardison of Jacksonville and John Ray Hardison of Dunn two Brothers Sylvester and Simon Hardison of it 4. Washington eight grandchildren and six great Gran Chi Wren. Funeral services will be held. Thursday at 2 30 p.m., in the Chapel of the Oden funeral Home with or. Jack w Mays pastor of the old Ford Church of Chrtt officiating burial will be in Oakdale cemetery serving As Active pallbearers will be Edward Hardison Cecil Cherry Mervin Cherry Durwood Hodges. Earl Hardison Linwood Woolard Etheridge Ricks and James Ricks. The family will be at the Home of or. And mrs. Elmo s. Hardison at stalling crossroad. Report said a birthdays from the end of the year were disproportionately near the top of the induction or Jaycee awards banquet tonight the annual Washington Jaycee aka awards night banquet will be held tonight at 7 at brents Imd Lodge Here. The outstanding Young Man of the year Here is ill he honoured As Well As the a outstanding Boss of the awards will also be presented to the Quot outstanding Young Lawman of the year Quot and the a outstanding Young Farmer of the or. Joe poo vice president of Wachovia Bank in Greenville will be the principal speaker. Violations the word lawyers said it virtually Torntore Cable it did not cover spills from 1.1rut to used land cities a a a critic tally significant omission according a the %cret4ties�?T re port Interior department regu Latum Wen equally weak legislation to bar pollution by land anti sea facilities under threat o lines and imprison ment. And to put the cleanup costs on the polluter was Intro a kicked in 1968 but faded to pass tin Jan 15 in sed Edmund s Muskie. D Maine introduced similar legislation which is still alive in Congress at the Lime then alas la gov Walter j Lickel was getting a hard time from the Senate Interr committee As president Nixon a nominee to be a As Refard it it i the Interior critic suspected him of being Rympa Hetre to the i Industry and unsympathetic to the environment Lickel was confirmed How cd or and was sworn in Jan 24 it air Days later an almost completed nil Well being drilled i rom a plat Tor in mites Oft Santa Barbara went out of control ten i Days tie my coated some 800 Square mites of water and lapped onto the White Sand of it i 2f mile Trench front until on 9>b 7 the Hoti was sealed with Concrete shotting off the leak. I i has continued to seep slowly Ever it rare from the at Randy saturated Ocean Bottom spills Large or Small had been occurring without much Public attention at the rate of about a year hot Santa Barbara was too much thousands of letters from i it Rai Jcj citizens throughout the nation poured into Washington Myckel surprised his critics by moving last and hard o tighten up Oil Shore Oil regulations he placed unlimited liability on an. Of Syore operator to clean of any Oil spell Ami Bear the Loti Cost a a bother it was the opera Tor s fault or not Ami he authorized department officials to shut Down immediately am operation polluting or threatening to pollute the Ocean from a Federal lease with a verbal order if necessary. Union Oil co Driller of Santo Barbara s embarrassing Well already had volunteered to pay its clean up costs but Oil companies in general objected loudly to Hickels moves Lickel also started a review of the spill contingency plan a task Force met 20 time to Sharpen up the plan and heir work is awaiting approval at the Cabinet level the Vietnam War in Hie coming fiscal year a a estimated by congressional experts at he tween $16 Hollton and $17 billion this would compare with unclassified estimates that put War spending at Mixail 121 2 Tull turn for the current year ending june 30 Nixon x new budget which went to Cong res this week of to red no estimate of the Cost of the War during or year starting next july Ami this secrecy has drawn a protest rum a ranking democratic critic of i s policy a i can see i justification for classifying the Cost if the said sen j w Fulbright of a Kansas Cha Irthum of the Senate foreign relations committee the Nixon budget said new estimates would offer a tip not to the size or the timing of future american troop withdrawal a i done to think he really knows How much will have to be spent before july 1971,�?� set a George d Aiken of be nowt senior re-1 publican member of the foreign relations committee said in an interview Quot certainly lie has to have flexibility a Oats have been materially reduced in the past Tew months a congressional appropriations experts Basing their estimates on current spending announced troop withdrawals and he likelihood of further Facic later. Have products mr$16 to $17 billion estimate t 1 Secretary of. Defense Melvin r Laird said Jan 7 i Antici paled outlays Between $17, audit in billion for conduct Ltd the War during the new year a if everything goes As planned 1 would say that is a maximum figure a Aiken said to i the Laird estimate Fulbright said he May Call Ccone nests and finance experts tie fore the foreign relations to discuss the Cost of the War. Not Only to budget dollars but in in direct spending mrs. Willie Wynne succumbs tuesday mrs Crissie Cratt Wynn. 70, died tuesday funeral services will be held at 2 30 thursday at the Rose of Sharon free will Baptist Church near Reu grass with the Rev. Robert l Noville burial will tie in the Cratt family cemetery in he family will be at the Kjome of d Frank Wynn in a Washington mrs Wynn was the widow of Willie Wynn surviving Are three sons. W Mack of Beargrass. J. Alton of Buena Calil and d Frank Wynn of near the Home two Sisters. Mrs Nathan Mizzelle and mrs Della Mizzelle of near Washington seven Gransb children and one great grandchild symphony drive kicks off Here the Beaufort county chapter of the North Carolina symphony society a kicked off its 1970 membership drive. Announcement was made by mrs. Harry Mcmullan chapter president. Coordinating the drive with mrs Mcmullan will be John Thompson chapter membership chairman two appearances of the North Carolina symphony in the Spring form the goal of the drive. Tentatively set for March the concerts will include one for area school children and one for adults a the North Carolina Little symphony a annual visit to Washington has come to have special meaning for us and we Are quite excited about the prospects of having the orchestra return this Spring a said John Thompson. A based on the initial support that has been pledged and the interest that is being it see symphony. Page 12 prepare for children s concert elementary school children Are shown participating in the preparation for one of the North Carolina symphony s children a concerts. For the Coil Dren Quot symphony Day Quot in their area is the Climax to weeks of intensive classroom preparation

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