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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - January 14, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWe weather a partly Cloudy tonight a and thursday Low Tori oct mostly la i. High thursday a is Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. ,. Dial 48-21 <1 Botar son a and 7 00 o Stark and on Srull be de verse you Star usher 1909 ten pages Washington North Cacouna. Wednesday afternoon january 14, 1970 daily except sunday Blud Laws foreign Aid of businessmen a efts Nixon s first budget message want Day off by Edward Cody Alao coated pres writer North Carolina merchants largely Are clinging fast the tradition that sunday is for rest and worship not Commerce despite growing weekend business by some drugstores and discount houses. The Tenor of sentiments shared by Many store owners and operators was caught recently in a letter sent All 84 Rose s variety stores in North Carolina Over the signature of a h. Harvin jr., president and treasurer of the Henderson based Chain. A yes we May lose some of our competitive position Quot Harvin wrote his employees a and we May lose sales and profits because of our determination remain closed on sunday a with this admission As a preface. Harvin explained Why Agency remained closed on sunday because his employees Are Quot Good citizens Quot a we would Hope that they go Church and spend the Day with their he said this determination flexed during Ehe Christmas Ataii unlit Greensboro where downtown department stores began opening on sunday after Bons about six weeks before Christmas the stores were reluctantly following suit after Sears Roebuck co led the Way by two weeks and the other merchants began fear losing their share of the Holiday Bonanza. But once the Yule season passed All the stores including Sears resumed their sunday closings stores that Welcome sunday shoppers a chiefly super drugs and discount department stores a report Strong sates on both by Mort ho0enbujm associated pre writer Lagos Apt a a squabble Between nigerian organizations Over directing Aid for Biafra appeared today have been settled but there was no Green Light yet. For foreign governments waiting Send massive shipments of food Medicine and supplies the War zone maj. Gen. Yakubu gown. The nigerian head of state rejected help from joint Church Aid and other private agencies which will show very Small surplus Nasa begins 70s barely Able remain aloft Rose s would lock up on sunday saturday and sunday. Even through the Christmas shopping Rush. A we believe sunday is a special Day and not just another Day of the week. Our people who operate our stores and our customers need have an Opportunity go Church with their friends and neighbors and think about things other than those material he said. �?othe1 deterioration of sundays adversely affects the moral values and fiber of our Way of similar feelings were expressed by George Ivey president of the Iveys department store Chain headquartered in Charlotte. Asked about sunday openings Ivey said firmly a not for in an extra step keep Commerce out of sunday Iveys draws a curtain around its downtown Charlotte show windows a making even window shopping impossible. Cecil Glover general manager and vice president of City Chevrolet in Charlotte said his 1 their experience is that shopping is family fun. A a in be been in toe retail Trade business for nine years and we always got More business when the father is Home from work and the whole family can go shopping a said Larry Cohen assistant manager of a Kmart discount store in Charlotte. Though state Law allows sales of anything except wine and liquor on sunday most cities have municipal ordinances barring the Sale of Beer As Well. Other cities have sunday Blue Laws that bar the Sale of specific types of goods a mostly those not used As my Diane or nourishment. In Asheville for example shoppers can buy a Cigar because they use it on their person. But they can buy a match with which Light it. The increase of Genera 1-goods sales i giant drugstores combined with the inconsistency of Many City ordinances has led challenges of some Blue Laws. Three discount stores in High see Blue Laws Page 2 flew mercy shipments Biafra during the civil War. The Relief program was reported stymied by a dispute Over its control Between the government affiliated National commit akm Lor rehabilitation and the nigerian red Cross. But the head of the rehabilitation commission Timothy Omo Bare. Said today that the commission a is in charge of determining priority of emergency Relief operations while the red Cross is in charge of emergency operations a we done trouble them at All a he added a the decree sharing our responsibility is very Clear. All we need now is get the Field and meet the needy masses and not sit Down in Lagos quarrelling Quot a defense department spokesman said the government had not cleared a Relief Airlift from Britain because the government had no official information. A fall we know is what we hear on the radio a he nigerian officials said the government has All the food it needs but the problem is getting it those needing it. They said All efforts must be Chan need through agencies approved by the government. Persons returning from the War zone said biafran troops were surrendering without difficulty and refugees were pouring out they said there were 2,000 prisoners of War at Ikot Ekpene and port Harcourt and that they saw no signs of mistreatment of biafran troops or civilians. Six thousand biafran troops were reported have surrendered commanders of Federal see Biafra Page 2 by Harry f. Rosenthal associated press writer Washington apr after a a Joying Kwh funds in the a us for its exotic forays into space. Nasa is beginning the 70a with a purse drawn so tight it can barely stay aloft it won the 80s race with the russians it is King out the National needs of nil my a a its already shrunken work Force is being Cut by 50.000 people other curtailments May signal an indefinite delay in sending men Mars and a slowdown by at least a year in close Friend administrator with three Moon flights in the next by space moves Thomas o. Payne announced the current fiscal year Nasa s cuts tuesday saying he is a a a ending will be about 13 i Bli the next big space moves building a space shuttle and and v need Earth Slat ions ing actions redi reel portions limn from a High of i save Money the space Agency will stretch out its Moon Landing flights two a year for the seven flights remaining skipping 1972 entirely. It will postpone a planned unmanned Tang on Mars by at Toast two years and order no More Saturn 5 rockets beyond the eight being built or nearing completion in the manner of a Man Dis cussing the terminal illness of a of our space program bring nasal a total operations in line with the budget which we will work with in fiscal 1971&Quot he did not How much space Agency Money president ii w a inst i kill flt Emilil life rom if Iff in Lii Millati of Lull l. To it Ali Wei in will a a a a a a ppr up Pic Quot mils his budget Jan 27, bul it was obvious the figure will be no More than $3.7 billion the lowest in a decade the total May even go below $3 5 billion cars and Coron Aries cigarette s Carbon monoxide linked heart disease. Cholesterol excess by Brian Sullivan a science writer new York api a swedish scientists said today that Carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke is a very Likely part of the reason smokers develop More coronary heart disease if this is so. They said it Means that scientists concerned about preventive Medicine will have take a look at All forms of exposure of people Carbon monoxide such As automobile exhaust. The Carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke gets into the bloodstream the scientists said Wheir in appears pave the Way for the accumulation of cholesterol in the arteries an excess of cholesterol is one Factor that has been implicated in the incidence of heart Dis ease. Deposits of the fatty substance clog the arteries preventing Normal flow of blood and oxygen the new report came from drs. Poul Astrup Knud Kjeld sen and John Kanstrup of the department of clinical chemistry at the Royal Hospital in Copenhagen or. Astrup described work on rabbits and studies of humans at a conference on biological effects of Carbon monoxide sponsored by the new York Academy of sciences or. Astrup said his depart ment noticed High concentrations of Carbon monoxide in the blood of Young men with Core nary artery diseases Carbon monoxide a poisonous Gas released by combustion combines with haemoglobin in the blood displacing vital oxygen. About 10 per cent let the smok ers they studied. Drastrup said had unusually High Levels of a compound formed by the Carbon monoxide and Bem glob in a compound called carbonyl haemoglobin. The Levels reached see monoxide Page i researcher finds Pill hormones cause cancer across state demos looking at Delegate selection by Richard Daw associated press writer Raleigh apr buoyed by initial Success a study commission revamping North Carolinas democratic party Structure took aim today at what May be a Hornier question a How pick delegates presidential nominating conventions. The committee walked at Only one of the commission s major proposals one aimed at encouraging greater participation by All party members and especially negroes and Young persons the Lone rejection was on a key proposal limit precinct officers two consecutive terms. Rep. Liston Ramsey a Madi son charged that the limitation would a cripple the party a and it was Defeated by a 9-vote margin out of 130 votes cast. An Effort Ted by Ramsey a defeat a similar limit for county officers failed however. James Hunt of Wilson who headed the study commission said the question of National convention delegates had not been included in the report tuesday because More work on it was needed. A it will be taken up later a Hunt told the executive committee. The Issue boiled up into an open fight at the last National democratic convention when or. Reginald Hawkins of Charlotte a negro challenged the North Carolina delegations right represent the state. Hawkins contended the delegation did not have enough negroes on it. His Challenge was rejected and the tar heels were seated. Despite the debate Over the tenure proposal tuesdays meeting brought no great surprises. As expected w. Eugene Simmons of tar Boro was elected chairman succeed James v. Johnson of Charlotte and dates affairs in several ways. One requires that there be three vice chairmen at various party Levels distributed like this one woman one person under 30 and one negro if negroes make up at least 20 per cent of the registered democrats a other change requires that precinct committees and other party bodies a reasonably reflect the makeup of registered democrats with regard sex. Age race and geographical residence. A third change allows persons Between the Ages of 18 and 21 participate in party affairs if they declare their intention Register As democrats on becoming of age other changes require All precinct county and Dis same Date and at the same time throughout the state. A a District conventions be held each congressional District were announced for party meet strict conventions be held on the Ings from the precinct the state1 level. All precinct meetings will be june 6, All county conventions june 20 and All District conventions june 27. The state convention will be july 14 in Raleigh. The1 adopted changes assure negroes and Young persons of greater representation in party in rather than in Raleigh county and District officers be elected at the county and District conventions. All Levels use the practice see demos Page 2 by h. L. Schwartz 111 associated press writ tbsp Washington a a birth control researcher told Senate investigators today there is Strong reason believe the Pill can cause cancer a breast cancers have been induced in at least five different species of animals by treatment with the same synthetic hormones being marketed in the Oral contraceptives a said or. Hugh Davis of the Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine. Davis told the monopoly subcommittee of the Senate Small business committee in prepared testimony that every agent which has been shown cause cancer in humans also has been shown . Cause it in animals. A Quot a there is no reason presume a he said a that the single exception will turn out be Oral there is even less reason for such a presumption Davis added since the same compounds have been shown produce breast cancer in males. Calling this a a very rare finding under other circumstances a Davis asked the subcommittee a shall we have millions of women on the put for 20 years and then discover it was All a great mistake a he said no woman should take the Pill continuously for More than two years. Davis was one of four research is called testify As the subcommittee chaired by Democrat Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Opened five Days of hearings into the safety of the Pill now used by 8.5 million women in this country and an estimated 10 million abroad. The hearings two Days this week and three next Are the first by Congress on the safety of the Pih which has a inti linked everything from head aches fatal blood clotting most of the 18 witnesses scheduled have been critical of the Pill for one reason or another. Scheduled with Davit today were three researchers who cited possible genetic damage one reported a study showing a form of synthetic female hormone used in one Type of Pill had caused Cleft palate in mice. Main purpose of the hearings As outlined by Nelson is determine whether women Are being adequately warned of the pills known and suspected Side effects. A Davis said Little attempt has been made either inform or protect women. Davis also said intrauterine Sec Pill Page 2 scientist discloses unexpected evidence toll Ion in 1915 and $5 t.?i billion �s1 1988a Nasa can move Forward strongly while still achieving greater Economy in 1971,�?� Paine said Quot while we Wilt he reducing air total Effort we will Mil Dis Sipat Chr Strong teams that sent men explore the Moon and automated spacecraft observe the planets/1 Paine pointed out the Agency see space. Page 2� apartment building _ scheduled the redevelopment com Mission of the City of Washington this week approved private development dans for the con i apartments a i East main Street. This apartment Complex will he constructed by housing. Inc., of . A Asi fall housing. Inc. Was the High bidder for the land put up for Sale it the redevelopment commission the proper located on the site which formerly was the Madison tin shop on East main a Street. The property was bought by the redevelopment commission cleared of the old warehouse and sold. Experimental drug May be weapon against frigidity impotence by Frank Carey a science writer Washington a a Georgetown University neurologist disclosed today unexpected evidence that the experimental drug a Dopa can be a powerful sex stimulant that might prove be a Long sought medical weapon against female frigidity and male impotence. A Dopa already has been hailed As a possible breakthrough against crippling Parkinson a disease but or. William e. Of Malley said it also looks like a a True aphrodisiac Quot that could Benefit hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world. Of Malley said in an interview the drug has demonstrated Powers of giving some men a in their 60s and 70s�?� More sexual vigor than the average 20-year-old Man. And he added while predominantly affecting men it also has induced a hype sexuality that is a marked increase in sexuality a in certain women. He reported that the unexpected findings have been discerned As a Side effect in about 2 per cent of the patients being Given the drug for Parkinson a disease the so called a shaking palsy Quot malady known since biblical times. Me told of one male patient about 60who had been sexually Active for at least six years a who started chasing nurses after being treated with a Dopa for quite awhile. Of Malley said the evidence of increased sexuality in certain patients with this which ordinarily tends depress sexual activity is so dramatic that studies appear warranted explore possibilities for using a Dopa As a treatment for female frigidity and male impotence frigidity is the incapacity of certain females for Normal pleasure in sexual Intercourse. Male impotence which is much less common than female frigidity is the inability of certain males perform the1 sexual act a at least 20 other investigators Quot throughout the country had told him privately they had noted similar hype sexuality in some of their a Dopa treated patients o Malley said he added a at first we Felt we ought keep this quiet but now most of us feel that it ought be publicized because of the possibility of engendering studies at some later Date of the possible controlled use of a Dopa As a treatment for frigidity and he stressed that for the present All neurologists Are a fully occupied with further exploring a Dopa is use1 against Parkinson a disease of Malley said researchers Are aware of the possibility that if a Dopa becomes generally available the medical profession in contrast its present status As an experimental drug hippie like kids always looking for any kind of a new thrill a might try get it by improper Means. Quot but anyone with such intentions a he said a should be warned that a Dopa while a very Safe drug in skilled hands is a very dangerous drug in unskilled o Mai Ley told of the new findings in an interview prior the opening of a one Day symposium on a the pharmacology of a Dopa Quot being sponsored by see stimulant Page 2 by Noel Yancey associated pre a writer Raleigh Apt a All factory smokestacks belching Black smoke Long a Symbol of Industrial Progress soon will be a thing of the past in North Carolina. Regulations curb air pollution which Are scheduled take effect july i will outlaw such smoke. Those who violate the new regulations will be required submit a timetable the states Board of water and. Air re sources for compliance. It will be up the Board decide whether the proposed timetable is reasonable. How much will compliance Cost plenty. William. E. Knight chief of the air pollution control division of the state department of water and air resources said in the past 18 months his office has approved approximately 30 voluntary air pollution abatement projects which will Cost approximately $25 million facilities solve the states air pollution problems would undoubtedly Cost Many times $25 million. distinguish Black smoke which the air pollution regulations. Will outlaw a Chart has been devised spot it from acceptable Gray smoke. The Chart is marked off with patches in increasing shades of Gray ranging from per cent density almost White 100 per cent. Pure Black. Under the new regulation Knight said any smoke Blacker than 49 per cent will be illegal. Knight noted most Public see smokestacks Page 2 Smith being transferred patrol sergeant Charles b Smith of this City is being transferred Durham where he will replace sergeant William b. Demarkus it was announced today. Sergeant v. B. Heath of Kinston comes Washington replace sgt. Smith. Sgt. Demarkus is being transferred Winston Salem the1 transfers take place As of january 15 this apartment development is expected Cost about $75,000 and a Ftp be completed within 12 months the apartments will be rented by housing. Inc. Each apartment will have two bedrooms and rent for approximately $125 per month. Redevelopment com Mission officials noted that this now brings 76 the number of private apartments which Are being built in Washington on land acquired through the Urban renewal program. Seventy apartments Are now under construction on East third Street by Larrv Mozingo of Greenville Blue Laws outlawed new Bern. N c i a it Quot a the sunday Blue Laws of the City of new Bern have been decl a red unconstitutional i. Tuesday Craven county. District court judge Robert e. Wheeler approved a motion dismiss charges against three retail food merchants defense attorneys argued that the ordinance amounted class distinction and private prosecution since it had been drafted by the City a merchants association. The defendants were charged with Selling goods on the Sun Day before Christmas Robert Bowers a private Quot prosecutor said the decision will be appealed spending will be around $202 billion by Sterling of Green a associated pre writer a Washington a pt7si Dent Nixon s first budget Mes Sage will Call for a Federal spending total of around $202 billion $203 billion Admonis ration sources estimate help squeeze costs Down arid assure a surplus one Titi rial reported privately the Jan. 27 message Congress May Call for cutbacks in some gov eminent services possibly in chiding operations of the Post office no details were provided. The budget reportedly will a show a. Surplus of Quot a very few billion an official said Wrob the help of an Odds and ends package of tax increases user charges and speedup in tax collections Nixon pet tuesday with his Cabinet the White House re Quot Quot ported for a review of the budget proposals a before totally Locking it up a press Secretary Ronald l a i Eglit indicated the president would he Able keep his prom we of a Tat la Cist budget for fiscal 1971, storting july i however doubts have been rising within fhe administration on whether Nixon can hold spending $192 9 billion in a see budget Page ii missionary set speak Here the Fiat Baptist Church Here will have a foreign missionary speaker this weekend. The Rev Archie Jones Mission fit Ecuador Gnu former Minisi Belhaven will speak Friday and saturday evenings at 7. To o clock or. Jones who lived in Juav Aguil Ecuador will be showing slides of hts work in South a Merica. A a in saturday evening he Wilt give a Challenge Young people and Tell of How Christ has changed Many Young people in Ecuador mrs Jones and their three children will accompany him during the sunday school hour on sunday morning. Mrs. Jones djo speak the women of i Church before going South America. Or Jones was the Paster of Lije Belhaven Baptist Church Tiey v Are now living at Wake Forest and studying at Southeastern Baptist theological Seminary. A emr Jones is in great demand As a speaker a says the Rev v Luther Matthews pastor of the Church. A the is one of the most forceful and challenging men i know and always Quot lists up Christ he also will speak sunday morning at the worship the Jones family will be the guests of or. And mrs. Mac Carawan. Forest Hills a cordial invitation is expended the Public attend. A Nursery for Small children will be provided at All these services n. C. Juveniles often jailed with criminals by the associated press some children in North car a Lina get their first Brush with society a authority alongside adult criminals in a jails. Last september 93 juveniles More than a dozen under 14 years of age were confined in North Carolina jails. Moat stayed there briefly until they could be moved juvenile correction centers however some in the smaller counties stayed behind bars As Long As 39 Days. Officials say they done like jail juveniles but sometimes it is necessary because at the Lack of special centers detail them until they can be placed in the juvenile correction system. Only seven of the states 100 counties now maintain detention Homes for children. Although state Law says juveniles must be segregated while in jail this isolation does not always set off Young offenders from the general prison Popula Tion j. Louis Parrish director of the juvenile evaluation Center at Swannanoa. Recalled a 14 year old lodged briefly in a. Cell next an accused murderer rapist. A the boy seemed fascinated he was in jail with a Man who had murdered and raped a 13 year old girl a Parrish said a on the Way Back of 5 Wanna Noa. He talked about the pleasing personality of the accused murderer he seemed proud of the fact that he knew the Man Quot others warn the experience of being locked up with brutal adults can also have emotional effects on. Youngsters Many of whom Are psychologically Dis Turbed anyway. A Young girl jailed on a bad Check charge in a Western North Carolina town told an interviewer that she spent 30 Days a cell at the front of the block., and a. Steady flow of Pris see juveniles. Page 2 a

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