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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - July 6, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather generally fair to Fiauu Tuse 4my wit mild a bemoan a a Coal it hit highs a a. Lows Washington daily news if you do not got your paper. Dial Nahm Wei t at and i n o clock and Ana Wal be 4a levered to you Tab usher 1909 eight pages Washington North Carolina monday afternoon play 6, 1970 daily except sunday u. S. Officials expect Battlefield offensive think reds want to show Power Beauty pageant slum lords question comes up Raleigh apr commissioner Clifton Craig of the North Carolina department of social services say he does not know How much land the department hold liens of from welfare recipient. The question was posed by a report issued saturday by the Southern regional Council the Council a private civil rights group said North and South Carolina and two other South Arn states were collectively a the largest slumlords in the South the report said the stole welfare agencies of the Carolinas Florida and. Virginia acquired title to land through enforcing liens on the a property owning the North Carolina Law covering the lines was enacted in 1961 and 1963, Craig said. It covers recipients of old age assistance and Aid to the permanently and totally i addled a added. The Law is administered locally Quot he said Quot and we know it. Is administered unequally a the report from. Atlanta said the Laws were passed to assure the states they will he repay i when their client died Quot one of the Mast misunderstood things of it is people say it is going to take my property away from me a said Craig. Quot the Lien does no to go into effect until the Man or hit spouse or his dependent children proceeds from the sales of the land go to county state and Federal governments with the Meney divided according to the amount contributed by each Agency to the1 we Faro program in the county concerned. The three Levels of government collected just Over $1 million from 196r to 1970 after expenses of telling the land and burying the owners were deducted Craig said. This compares to a total welfare budget in North Carolina of $300 million. A we dec re these truths to be self evident Large turnout Belhaven Marks Independence by Fred s Hoffman a military writer Washington a key . Of dicta i expect the North vietnamese to launch a Strong Battlefield offensive before sep Tanber to demonstrate their strength the move authorities said would be North Vietnam s meth and of saying its strength was not diminished by the two month Allied Campaign that destroyed an estimated 60 per cent of the enemy s supplies stored in Cambodia there was no firm Intelli Fence estimate of what form a new initiative might take. But military expert suggested the possibility of widespread rocket api a compete Tion will begin tuesday night in the annual miss North Carolina pageant with to of the states prettiest Girts competing for the title % the contestants began arriving in Raleigh sunday night for the pageant which its sponsors say will be a bit different this year miss Susan Mathias. Miss Beaufort county for 1970, is among the 70 state contestants she is being sponsors by the Washington Junior chamber of Commerce Quot it wont be an old fashioned show featuring a White columned Southern mansion it s going to be a f Aal moving youth of today Type of show Quot said Ruth general chairman of the pageant which is sponsored by the Raleigh Jaycees today s highlights included the arrival of Pat . Miss America registration and the Start of rehearsals and inter views of contestants by judges followed by a Luau tonight judging will begin tuesday night with three fourths of the it be pageant. Page ii my Beaufort county budget men visiting state ports Belhaven a if heat did no to prevent the founding fathers from declaring Independence from England it also did no to prevent Beaufort county from celebrating the anniversary of the declaration. Saturday july fourth was Independence Day in Belhaven and a Large turnout of Beaufort county a people was determined to celebrate it properly. Hundreds turned out for the Days opening event a water ski show featuring Baths Tom Sawyer wind and rough held Tom Hack a Little but his. Flying Kite stung pleased All. The crowds spirit was heightened around 11 . When it assembled along the main thoroughfare a and the music of a . Marine corps drum and Bugle corps marched through the City leading a Parade of professional and Amateur floats decorated with pretty girls and lots of color. Bicycles antique cars fire engines and bagpipers proceeded past a delighted crowd. A fish Fry at noon prepared everyone who attended with sustenance for the Eye appealing Beauty pageant at 2. Miss Annette Shoulars was selected by judges in the afternoon and crowned. In. The evening As miss. Independence of 1970. Miss Shoulars daughter of or and mrs. J. Everett see Belhaven. Page i miss Independence crowned Wilmington . Apr the North Carolina advisory budget commission visited state Porta facilities today As they began a four week tour of state institutions and agencies to learn their capital improve reent needs. The biennial visit to the inn Tut ions and agencies is part at the process that will wind up when the commission presents its spending recommendations to the 1971 general Assembly after inspecting the pod. Facilities the group went to it. Fisher and the of North Carolina at Wilmington a plane is being used Between the More Distant spots. From Wilmington they went an to Morehead City to visit port facilities the commercial and aporta fisheries division fort Macon and Beaufort they want to Elizabeth City state University and at a . Ware scheduled to reach Roanoke Island. W the tuesday tour starts at Ocracoke Island at 1 15 . And the program for the Day Calls for visits to Somerset place at Lake Phelps historic Bath the alcoholic rehabilitation Center and East Carolina University at Greenville and the Caswell Center at Kinston the wednesday schedule gets under Way at Wayne com Muni to College at Goldsboro at 9 . And visits to Cherry Hob Pital and the of Berry Center at a Oakboro follow that after noon the grasp will he at the Eastern . School for the deaf at Wilson and the Richard t. Fountain school at Rocky mount. The Budge Teers will be m Raleigh thursday for Visita to Dorothea Dix Hospital and the governor Morehead school and in the afternoon will hear a presentation by president William c. Friday of the consolidated University of North Carolina and. Mortar attacks against South vietnamese cities and military bases accompanied perhaps by ground assaults designed to disrupt pacification. If an enemy offensive should develop in july or August it would come about the time the latest round of . Troop withdrawals was gaining momentum . Johns Mccain jr., commander in chief Pacific is opening a. Five Day conference today at is Honolulu Headquarters to plan the specifics of the withdrawal of 50,000 More . Troops from Vietnam by mid october Gen. Creighton Abrams . Commander in Vietnam is reported to have recommended a a package which would pull ��4 some 19,000 marines 17,000 army troops 10.000 airman and about 3,000 Navy men. There were indications at least one regiment of the 1st Marine division and possibly the entire division May be trough out this in effect would virtually end the Marine combat role in Vietnam and leave the remaining ground fighting to the . Army. Some sources have said they . Military leaders who All along have favored a slower withdrawal Pace might once again urge a delay in removing further american forces. U. S. Seeks cooperative Effort for space lab an a news special by How Ard Benedict a aerospace writer Cape Kennedy Fla apr the United states is trying o convince other nations to join with it in a cooperative Effort to create a True International space Laboratory later this dec Ade specifically. American offi Ciao want several nations to participate Ift developing a Large space station which will accommodate dozens of men and women and a space shuttle a reuses Hie r pocket plane that will service the orbiting station. 1 several countries Ifft considering the proposal. Acceptance by them would be a financial lift to the National aeronautics and space administration whose future programs have been delayed because of dwindling budgets development Cost of the shuttle alone Over the next seven or eight years to estimated at More than 910 billion. Or. Thomas o Paine Nasa administrator has led discus Sions in Japan Australia Canada and Europe All of which have space programs. He recently headed a a Teegai it a which briefed the Lunation european space research or Gam nation Kisro in Paris feelers for cooperation have gone to Russia but As in the past hers has been Little enthusiasm expressed by the soviets Paine notes the United. States has been involved in More than 250 space agreements with 80 nations these includes launching foreign satellites on . Rockets placing experiments of other nations on american spacecraft sharing Moon Rock a with scientists of other lands and use of foreign ground Sta Lions for tracking and receipt of data from communications weather and other types of satellites by pooling the resources of Nanon Rase coup Rifea we can work on larger projects with greater Promise of return to ail the administrator said in an interview. A i would create a Nev capability for Man to explore a and utilize space Quot Quot the United states is going to build the space station and the see space Page Merrill rites scheduled Belhaven mrse in Merrill age 58 years died suddenly this morning funeral services will be held thursday afternoon at 3 08 of clock in the Chapel of Paul funeral Home Here conducted by the Rev. Macon Harris. Burial will be in the Belhaven Community cemetery surviving with her husband Harry North Merrill Are two sons Rodney and Harry Lee Merrullo of Belhaven. A daughter mrs. Betty Merrill Squires of rt-2 Belhaven nine grandchildren three brethers. George Forbes of Pensacola fla., Pete and James Forbes of Morehead City and two Sisters mrs. Amanda Wagner of Bridgeport Conn and mrs. Peggie Thompson of Morehead City. Roy t. Willis of Aurora Dies Roy t Willis age 57. Resident and or tube of Atif Tufi died in North Carolina memorial Hospital in Chape Hill saturday afternoon at 5 of clock following an illness of several weeks. Or. Willis was born at Aurora april 21, 1913, son of Annie Ingram Willis and the late Leo l Willis he was married to the former Elaine Rowe of Aurora aug. 22, 1936 surviving Are his wife one son Terry Willis of Newport news a. One grandchild his Mother two Brothers Joseph Willis of lilith Aleo Willis of Aurora and two Sisters mrs. Charles Kiel of Lancaster. A. And mrs Joseph Newton of Springfield a. Funeral services were held from the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home this afternoon at 3 of clock conducted by the Rev Rufua h. Walker. Burial followed in masons memorial gardens at blounts Creek the following served As pallbearers Hyman Lewis Willis Lewis Jesse Jones Eddie Jones Malcolm Rowe and Steley Rowe. Washington a key . Officials say they expect the North vietnamese to launch a Strong Battlefield offensive before september to demo trate that their strength has not. Been diminished by the two month a i lied Campaign into their Cam Bodian Supply storage areas phenom penh Cambodia apr the cambodian army has battled its Way to full control of the town of Saang 20 1 Miles South of phenom penh after suffering some of the heaviest losses it has reported for one Day of fight Rome api a Premier Mariano Rumor s Center left government. Has decided to resign on the eve of a nationwide Gen eral strike the israeli air Force continuing its bombardment of Egypt s missile Sites along the Suez canal has admitted its third plane loss to the egyptians to six Days. Toronto a More than 20 americans have been identified among 196 persons killed sunday in the Era a of an air Canada jetliner in a Field North of Toronto International Airport. The crash was the second most deadly in Canadian aviation history Sanclemente Calif a president Nixon returns to the White House today afters 12-Day stay at his Western Retreat at Tention during his California stay alternated Between foreign policy and Domestic issues Sun Day the president and mrs. Nixon welcomed daughter Julie and. Husband David Eisenhower Home from a Goodwill Mission to Japan new York a a study conducted for the new York chamber of Commerce con eludes that drug abuse in the business world has increased to a Quot startling extent during the past two years and has become a an ominously growing problem Quot baffling and costly too common cold of oldest maladies Honor America Day hails it As great Success by Frank Carey _ a set Ewe writer Berkeley Camf. A if you catch a Cam by Yaari Send a As Yaw and Mast other americans probably will Yaw should Tiepe it to caused by the Carona virus. Mat that you Wal. Be any teas miserable. You wont Mot that your doctor will have any More Luck curing the attack. He wont but with a Corona Caus of Eold you la be one of the a a in or mid upper respire Tortal to Ipa Ahng that is you la be suffering a rom the latest thing in the common cold a virus in effect As mod and up to Date As the mini skirt. The coronal to named because it to shaped somewhat Mke a microscopic regal Crown a is a newly recognised recruit in the varied and Ever growing brigade of villainous bugs that can cause the common cold. But with discovery of the Corona virus comas this conclusion of prominent researchers chances appear Slimmer than for any major break in the near future toward developing conventional preventive vaccines against All the multiple varieties of cold causing germs. As the International quest continues for ways to cure or prevent the common Cokl the legions of water eyed Runny nosed Sera thy throw Tod americana Are involved in statistics like these a virtually All the nation s 300 million people have at least one cold a year and Many have up to five for a total of nearly i billion bouts. A colds coat the nation More than is billion yearly in lost wages lost production and medical expenses. A nearly every employed american loses about four work Days a year and nearly every child about six school Days from respiratory ills. A children get twice As Many colds As their elders and women appear More vulnerable then men. A for reasons still unknown City folks average fewer colds than Small town residents peo pie on the Atlantic and Pacific Conata average fewer colds than Fogt to elsewhere in the country and Farmers Are the Moat susceptible from an occupational standpoint. Treatments even the most potent and versatile of the Antibiotic wonder drugs such As penicillin and its Tater Day Follower Are Power less to prevent or cure the com Mon cold this is because colds Are caused by viruses As distinguished frown such other my Cross As bacteria fungi and Nick ettarae for which the antibiotics and certain other drugs ire bad news. At present scientists Are employing prisoner and other Volar leers to test newly developed drop including one called poly i a that Are designed to stimulate the body to produce extra quantities of a. Natural virus fighting chemical called also being tested Are Ether experimental compounds developed by several drug firms designed to kill cold germs direct to or. Robert Couch of Baylor University College of Medicine Houston. Tax a one of the Cen see cold Page a it Quot Washington a Honor America Day a fourth of july Celebration which attracted thousands to the nation s capital has been hailed by its organizer As a great Success and by president Nixon As Quot the kind of patriotic thing we j. Willard Marriott the Motel restaurant executive who was the main planner behind the gala show said he received Calls from All Over the country after the Day Long Observance saturday one of the Calls came from president Nixon in san Clemente Calif. Marriott said the president congratulated him for a great show. The ceremonies had All the a ingredients of a traditional fourth of july Celebration the color spirit and flavor. Only minor incidents were reported. Elsewhere across the nation americans proudly displayed the Flag marched in parades set off firecrackers and. Watched brightly coloured fireworks illuminate the night sky in Washington evangelist Billy Graham set the tone of the Honor America Day events by saying. A today we Call upon All americans to atop this polarization before its too a a As he spoke wild haired hippies carried signs spelling out Antiwar slogans and a four let ter word. And super Patriot raised their banners with slogans such As a god. Guts and Gunpowder maintain the note of Independence Day included a 56-gun Salute for the Sta Tea and territories and. Popping Aerial Bomba that showered Little Flap on memorial Bridge by the Lincoln memorial. Police fired a few tear is grenades to disperse hands of Young people around the Washington Monument but no Seri Ous confrontations were reported. Trouble erupted again saturday night when hundreds of see America Day. Page i

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