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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - February 24, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather tonight increasing Chou dimes with Chian up of Rall Wadw wily it tinal Man and Mlkle in tonight a to High twp Washington daily news ii Cartret Washington if you do not get your paper. Dial Multi brew to a a and 1 00 o Cork and one will Bada lev Trad to few tuesday Aru noon of a in Uain a 24, 1970 daily except sunday specialist says a Pill hearings bring wave of pregnancies Arab terrorism bringing widespread condemnation by ii 1. Schwartz Iii associated pre writer Washington api a a woman birth control specialist told a Senate subcommittee to Day that its hearings into the safety of the Pill had created International panic and prompted a wave of unwanted pregnancies. Or Elizabeth b. Connell of Columbia University said a St Pup in pregnancies a strikes profound fear in the hearts of those who Deal daily with women and population she also criticized some of the conclusions reached by wit Nesses at hearings last month by the Senate monopoly sub committee testimony then linked the Pill to scores of sus Pec Ted Side effects including to concede his data was limited and that Many of his conclusions were based on unsupported speculation she commented m lev. R. Archer to Twy itt father Tor Rey cancer fatal blood clotting diabetes and heart trouble. A from a purely scientific Point of View much of the information displayed thus far can be likened to the relationship Between a Drunken Man and a Light Post More for support than for illumination Quot she said or Connell a Mother of six and the first woman to testify at the hearings said even the most violent of critic of the Pill had prepared for delivery before the panel headed by Democrat Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin the subcommittee is resuming for two Days hearings on the Pill or. Connell was invited to testify a at the insistence of Republican members of the sub committee some of the gop members have said the hearings and others in a three year probe by Nelson of drug Indus a see Pill Page it Gene tampering dangerous business by Paul Recer associated press writer Houston apr tamper ing with genes the Basic elements of heredity May be More dangerous to Mankind than the atomic bomb unless proper controls Are created a scientist says. Or. Max Tishler. Who aided in the development of sulfa drugs cortisone and the commercial synthesis of vitamins said monday that science May be on the verge of a breakthrough in genetics which would bring new benefits to Man but also staggering problems a a there Are those including Many in the scientific Community who fear the consequences that May follow in a world unprepared when those scientists engaged in the chemistry of the senators seek to broaden lunch program by Joe Hall associated press writer Washington apr the Senate focused today on More new proposals to broaden the scope of a school lunch Bill after voting to authorize the Federal government to pay the full Cost of bringing free or reduced Price lunches to needy school children. Among the series of amendments to be offered during floor debate is one by sen. Jacob k. Javits r-n.y., making eligible for school lunches All children from families of four with $4,000 or less annual income. Javits a amendment provides for equivalent adjustments for different size families. Under the current program individual school principals determine eligibility by applying widely varying standards. Sen George s. Mcgovern d-s.d., chairman of the special Senate hunger committee won 38 to 32 approval monday of the amendment stepping up Federal participation in the program. The 100 per cent financing feature overrode the Senate agriculture committee which had see lunches Page 8 genes finally learn How to manipulate them a Tishler told an american chemical society dinner audience. Tishler spoke after receiving the Priestley medal the highest Honor accorded scientists by the society. Tishler of Westfield n.j., is a vice president of Merck amp co., inc., in charge of research dangerous and less controllable than the Power of the advances by science he said have lowered the death rate transformed Oil into useful Energy and split the atom but uncontrolled use of this new knowledge has led. To overpopulation air pollution and creation of nuclear missiles. A one of our most extreme critics claims that we Are re genetic engineering Tishler placing nature As the prime erne said could prevent illnesses my of Mankind a he said. Such As juvenile diabetes Mongolis and sickle cell anaemia. Such knowledge he said could perhaps also conquer cancer which some believe results from Gene mutations caused by a virus. A a a Tishler said however that some scientists fear that genetics a once in the hands of imperfect humans might prove Tishler said the danger of new knowledge in such areas As genetics will Lead to demands for controls he said men of science must develop leadership in these controls or a we May soon Wake up to find not Only that technology has been crudely shackled but that fundamental scientific inquiry itself is in school Board to ask funds for Bath gym to speak at St. Peter s the Rev. Tlarcher Turre. Iii. Jesus Abbey Kwangju Kan Wondo. Korea is the lenten speaker at St. Peters episcopal Church wednesday feb. 25, at 7 30 p a with the subject a commitment to Christ his Church what to do about god s Call to his world father Torrey born in China of Unis sonar parents graduated from Davidson College and the school of theology of the University of the South. Sewanee. Tenn he also studied at Princeton theological Seminary and Harvard University he served churches in Georgia Missouri Massachusetts. And headed the anglican Seminary in Seoul prior to beginning his present wort in 1965 Jesus Abbey is dedicated primarily to intercessor prayer for revival in the Church in Korea for the korean nation and for world peace. Building began in 1965 in a Remote Mountain Valley near the East coast and byproduct activities Are , conferences Rural development literature and evangelism. Thirty people Are now at the Abbey from a variety of denominations. The Torrey have three children one an adopted korean. Mrs. Torrey is an. Accomplished artist and Painter and a native of Charlotte the Are Long Tiu it friends of the Rector of St. Peters. Man gets $6,000 with Cape pistol White House Steps up Pompidou s welcoming by the associated press condemnation of Arab terrorism mounted today in the Wake of the am Bush of a Busload of american christians in Israel hut the Cairo Presa was defiant. M slate department spokes and two americans and an it Man said the us government in a a Mude were wounded mra shocked Premier Tolda by Endorf. M a ton associated pres writer Washington a the White House has stepped up its Pompidou of France trying to counter possible Strain on new Friendship Between the two nations from demonstrations Here against French Middle East pot icy 1 Pompidou who arrived with his wife for an eight Day visit in the United states monday wid be formally received by presi Dent Nixon today after private meetings the two Heads of state will attend a White tie dinner at the White House in Pompidou s Honor in a last minute switch of plans Nixon dispatched vice president Spiro t Agnew to Greet Pompidou at Andrews air Force base. My meanwhile demonstrators wearing buttons that declared a Long live France. Down with Pompidou Quot in weighed against what speak ers at a jewish sponsored Wash my ton rally described As a profile East specifically. The speakers complained of the French Sale of Jet fighters to Libya while refusing to deliver 50 aircraft already paid for by Israel the possibility of continued demonstrations coupled with his exp did snubbing by mayors of new York and Chicago later in his visit and a partial Boycott of his address to a joint session of Congress w wednesday worries u s diplomats Pompidou was sufficiently pet pred that out every thing will be milk and Honey during his visit though the French head of state is a sophisticated its Teaman Tome american diplomats. Expressed concern he Tsee Pompidou Page 8> was shocked Premier Meir of Israel denounced Arab governments for financing and sheltering palestinian guerrillas Quot lacking All. Conscience and re the Swiss and West German governments also Arab terrorists. Condemned but their pro tests were a result of the crash saturday of a Swissair Jet bound for Tel Aviv in which 47 persons were killed Arab guerrillas Are believed to have set off an explosion that caused the crash the Busload of american Pil grim was attacked monday North of Hebron in israeli occupied Jordan the wife of a Baptist minister. Barbara Ertle 31, of Grandville Mich. Was killed. Kyrtle s husband Theodore was sitting to her but escaped injury the wounded women were Tabea Damico 55, Ventnor. N.j., and Lai Colte Draper Buffalo . Both were i Wuerf slightly a in the leg by bullets mrs Ertle and the two wound men were sitting on the right Side of the bus when a sudden 1 Hirst of fire came from hat Side of the Road israeli troops began a massive search of the Rocky Hills in the area Hebron i a Center of Arab agitation on the Jordan River s West Bank. Terrorists so a see mid East. Page 8 n. Doctor testifies for less hospitalized anti inflation hurts president gives labor Little encouragement the Beaufort county Board of education voted last night to ask a special appropriation of $100,000 for construction of a. New gymnasium at Bath High school at Bath. The request will go to the Board of county commissioners next monday at a time when the commissioners will be seeking to close a half million Dollar Gap Between Low bids and Money available for a new courthouse. While the school Board did not detail its request members indicated that appropriations Over a two year period would be acceptable. The motion to make the Reques t was made by David c. Lee of Paniego advocate of a Central school for Eastern Beaufort county. But Lee observed that a physical education Plant would be needed at the Bath school site even if consolidation eliminated the High school there. Stancil Lilley of Washington seconded the motion. The action followed the appearance of a delegation from the Bath school District headed by Braxton Davis chairman of the Bath school committee and Jack Wallace school principal. Spokesmen for the group told the school Board that the present facility is sub Standard and is affecting the athletic program at Bath High school. They also pointed out that the present space could he converted to classroom use. Ashley b. Futrell editor and publisher of the daily news and a candidate for the state Senate joined in urging the Board to support the request. School Board members said they were aware of the situation at. Bath noting the continuing efforts of Bath Board member Thad Tankard keep the Issue before the Board. They agreed that the facility would be needed even if the Long stalled consolidated school should get off dead Center and be built. Or. Lee in making his motion observed that while he favored the improvement at Bath he thought a facility similar to the one erected at Belhaven would meet the needs. Other members indicated agreement. The Board also a heard a food service report by mrs. Sarah Cutler and r. B. See school. Page 8 Charlotte apr police swooped in on a Bank Bandit wielding a Cap pistol and forced him to surrender $6.350 and two hostages Token during an afternoon Holdup monday at a Charlotte Branch of North Carolina National. Bank., the hostages David Arthurs Bank manager and Rachel Warwick a customer service pm by Neil Gilbride a ichor writer Miami Beach api pro Idem Nixon has Given labor leaders Little encouragement in their demands that he ease up on anti inflation policies which they say Are hurting workers Consumers and the efforts of negroes to better their lot a the Workingman must know the Dollar he earns is not being secretly eaten away by inflation even As he earns it a a Nixon said monday in a message to Al Cio leaders �?othe1 result of these few attempts to slow Down the Economy is higher unemployment Quot retorted a report of the 13 6 million member labor federation s executive Council. And it added the hardest hit Are hard Core ploy were unharmed after a unemployed negroes and other two mile flight during which the minority group workers i gunman held the toy pistol to mrs. Warwick a neck and forced Arthurs to drive toward a freeway. charged 38-year old . Crosby Graham with two counts of kidnapping and held him in the it to jail. The Fri was called into the Case to handle any charges arising from the Holdup Arthurs and mrs Warwick told police a Man emerged from a Bank Resti bout 5 05 . A just a Tew minutes after closing time at the Eastern Charlotte Branch Bank the Man brandished what appeared to be a pistol and ordered mrs. Warwick to have a Teller fill a shopping bag he was carrying the two hostages said after their release. George Meany 75-year-old president of the Al Cio and other leaders talked pointedly if politely with secretory of labor George p. Shultz about their mounting differences with the White House. A they got at the Windup session of the councils Winter meeting was Nixon a message urging their cooperation and Shultzz a Oral Assurance the president would take Strong measures if his economic policies Spur any big jobless Rise a we done to think there is going to be any Steep Rise any general Rise in unemployment at All Quot Shultz said. Nixon a written message included without mention by either Shultz or the labor leaders in a sheaf of news releases $3,265 added to Price of $30,495 Home effects of tight Money come Home to Roost on Home builder editor s note tight Money is invisible yet it s having a profound affect on housing Cost. This article the second of five from the a special assignment team probes the whys and Hows of it a Money squeeze. By Dick Barnes associated press. Writer Tustin Calif a walk into a $30,495 four bedroom Home at Tustin Meadows and you la see vaulted ceilings in the living room and. Parks through the windows Hallmarks of California living. What you wont see is $3.265 that tight Money has added to the Price of the House but it s there too and its the hallmark of High interest rates and Money Scarcity. The effects of tight Money Are everywhere in the housing Field they increased the builders costs., boost monthly payments if the buyer can find a mortgage and make it harder to sell a House. Virtually All these tight Money costs come Home to Roost on the buyer of a House. Robert h Grant Developer of 900-Home Tustin Meadows located in Tustin calif., Between Disneyland and the Western White House outlined Bow tight Money added $3,265 on to the Price on the . He has to give eight Points to the Lender to get a government insured mortgage for the buyer each Point is i per cent of the mortgage so that Cost alone could reach $2,400 the rate of interest for construction Loans has gone from 5n4 per cent to 10 per cent for Grant on the $30.495 Home that Means an additional Cost of $565. Holding land for that House during the year of acquiring planning and building costs $00 More said Grant because land Loans Are 10 per cent instead of the fomer 6 per cent. Thus. $3,265 of the Price is it directly attributable to the higher costs of tight Money. A study by the House banking committee released this month found that half of All american families could not afford payments on a $20.000 mortgage. A virtually All moderate income families have been priced out. Of the housing market.,&Quot said committee chairman Wright Palman. A Tex viewed another Way,.a family taking on a $20, tit. 25-year mortgage would Page $42,418.37 Over the life of the loan if the interest rate were 7 per cent but if they take the same loan at 9 per cent they ill a pay $50,399.41 a a difference of 981 04what is it that makes Money for buildings anti mortgages so scarce basically the Federal Reserve Board he of restricted the Money Supply As a Means of fighting inflation the theory is that if less More is available the demands for goods and services will decline and prices will tend to Sto Bili but the demand has. Not declined business and Industry wants Money for expansion Consumers want it for credit purchases. Home buyers want it for mortgages As Competition for Loans has sharpened inter est rates have soared since Home mortgages traditionally pay the Lender a lower rate of return than most other types of Loans less and less Money has been going into Home or t gages another Factor is involved too. Basically the Money for Home mortgages comes from a Pool of capital made up mostly of americans savings Bank and savings and loan association deposits for example. But this Pool of capital has been shrinking instead of put see housing Page 8 handed to reporters asked Al Cio cooperation in fighting if of tatty and a a priding training and jobs for All America quoting Abraham Lincoln Nixon said labor is the source of most human needs and comforts. A the Central social and economic questions of our time Are can we As a free people make that source available to those who have been denied its use and can we maintain a stable Economy that will enable All workers to Purchase those com forts and . Without the cruel hidden tax of inflation Nixon said. A this administration says we must and we can. It is As immoral to Stop a Man from getting a Job for which he is qualified As it is to allow a worker to be robbed of his Money by the nation s jobless rate has risen from $3 to 3.9 per cent of the labor Force a level of some 3.4 million unemployed since Nixon took office and Meany is predicting it could go As High As 6 per cent soon under Federal policies to slow the nations worst inflation in 20 years. Bulletin Washington apr the supreme court ruled 6-2 today that states Are not required to spend As Mich Money educating poor children As children who Are financially better off. The decision affirmed a ruling by a Federal court in Harrisonburg va., in a Case from Bath county a there 11 Appalachia a families claimed they were victims of a Quot dual Quot school system. That is they said schooling in their relatively poor area was not comparable to the Edu cation children receive in better off Virginia districts. Their Appeal to the supreme court was backed by the National educational association the Al Cio the Urban coalition and former a try. Gen. Ramsey Clark. The High court turned the Appeal Down without amplification justices William o. Douglas and Byron r. White noted they favored a hearing. Tickets. Available Raleigh a about 400 tickets to wednesday nights Duke at North Carolina state basketball game Are now available at Reynolds coliseum. A University spokesman announced monday that the game was previously a sellout but students did not pick up All the tickets that were set aside for them. Three file for school Board in Hyde Swan Quarter like the weather there is a slight War mag on the political scene in Llyde county three More candidates two incumbents and a newcomer filed tuesday with elections Board chairman Fred Mason for seats on the Board of education however no races have developed As yet. The new filers include Walter Lee Gibbs of Engelhard a Veteran school Board member who has been through All he modern school problems in trouble plagued Hyde education and Seth b Credle or of Swan Quarter who has served one term the third Filer is John r Spencer of Scranton a negro there Are five seats on the school Board other incumbents who have filed for reborn Natton and re election include sheriff Charlie Cahoon who was the first candidate to toss his hat into the ring. Or Cahoon has served As sheriff for 20 years longer than any other Man All three members of the Hyde county Board of commissioners Are seeking re election they Are Leon g Baila Nee of Engelhard Leonard Smith of Swan Quarter and Tommy Jones of Fairfield. A see Hyde Page i hears demands by Walter Mears associated press writer Washington apr a family doctor from North Carolina testified today that about 30 per cent of the people admitted to hospitals done to need to be a these patients could receive As Good or perhaps better certainly Les expensive health and medical care by Means other than by lying horizontal in a Hospital oed said or Amos Johnson of Garland. . A for Mer president of the american Academy of general it Dice Johnson s testimony was pre pared for the Senate antitrust subcommittee opening hearings on the High Cost of hospitalize tie. Sen Philip a. Hart a Mic the chairman said he hoped to find ways in which More Competition could bring Down Hospital prices or at least prevent further increases Johnson blamed unnecessary Hospital admissions on the health insurance system and Abo on physicians who find it much More convenient time saving and financially rewarding to see patients on an in hos Petal basis he said medical education has for 20 to 30 years conditioned students to believe that the highest Quality of care can be provided Only if a patient is hospitalized. A Well trained family physicians can comfortably Quot and effectively care for 85 per cent of the usual Ordinary illnesses that beset Johnson said Quot and they can largely do this in see hospitals Page unc executive group to discuss hew plans Raleigh apr the exec live committee of the consolidated University of North Carolina trustees will discuss March 13 a Federal demand for greater racial mix on its campuses the full Board of trustees listened without comment. Monday As University president William Friday presented the Federal a Noti hmm fridays report simply recalled that a directive from the department of health Educa Tion and welfare made Public several weeks ago had been received by him and relayed to the trustees in a memorandum. The directive called for Steps a mainly increased recruiting among negroes to increase racial mixing at the University a main Campus at Chapel Hill its Branch at Greensboro and at North Carolina state University in Raleigh Friday said that since then hew teams have visited unc campuses at Charlotte and Wilmington but no reports on those visits have been received. He made no mention of the Campus at Asheville. At the end of its regular meeting the Board went into executive session for about five minutes. But Friday said after the session that the hew action was not discussed he said the purpose of the closed door session was to discuss the awarding of honorary degrees and the selecting of a recipient for an annual University award. Gov. Bob Scott chairman of the trustees left after the regular meeting ended. Scott received a letter from hew last week directing North Carolina to take Steps to increase racial mix. At All state supported institutions in other action the trustees the appointment of Nelson Ferebee Taylor a new York attorney As vice president of administration for the consolidated University. Taylor 49, an Oxford n. C., native graduated from unc in 1942 and from Harvard Law school in 1949 and then attended Oxford University in England see unc Page 8

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