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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - July 10, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather a Wini a lid Waif in try Derecho Wrux Likely tonight and so Tunda cant i titled Arm High rata Niay in so Lamm tonight mid toi. Washington daily news if you do not get your paper dial Matt la Between a a and. I 00 o clock and one wll he delivered to you established to ten pages Washington North Cacouna. Friday afternoon july 10, 1970 daily except sunday in Vietnam by Daniel a Luce associated press writer its fantastic to see what $30 billion a year buys for the United states in South Vietnam. You can watch a million of those dollars go bang in just one Mission by b52s they be been flying 2.500 missions a year in South Vietnam the average Mission consists of six Strat forts dropping a instruction equipment from the so called socialist bloc is s tiny fraction of what the United states reconstruction Effort amounts to South of the 17th parallel. All the sino soviet trucks bulldozers graders rollers and cranes in the North which i counted in a thousand Miles of Road travel could get lost in just a Corner of a . Supply depot at Danang. Board approves $1.56 tax rate after eliminating medicaid japanese reject Power role or. Marshall Leggett u1 of 180 tons of High Espoo Supply depots in four corps by Spencer Davis associated press writer Tokyo it a it a the Japa Nese people would never permit Japan to take Over the military Rok of flue United slates i amp Auto of resident Marcos let me say Hist Rica 11 y countries with eco Norme might have great military Power in the Case of Japan. We Are resolved not to use the armed forces. Attil protectionism he said we shall never be ungrateful Lor the support the United states extended to us which in a bled us to rehabilitate our selves Afler world War he state William i Roger during the visit which ended today Quot a although it is regrettable about textiles the thread be tween the two countries has not turn bad Kennel budget adopted last night do a Sives from six Miles up on a Patch of ground the flight Crew knows by map coordinates but american dollars Are South Vietnam a Lifeblood in ways that go beyond the High Cost of waging War with 415,900 americans and More than a million vietnamese under arms Vietnam foreign Trade it runs a deficit of More than $700 million yearly. The United states picks up the Tab All of it. National employment there Are 150,000 vietnamese and 20.000 a third country nationals on american payrolls. Together with their dependents about 750.000 civilians. The Cost is More than $400 million yearly right out of the . Treasury. Every give away program of the Saigon government is financed by the United states the programs proliferate. Resettlement. Pacification. New life development. Open arms. Handclaps. Land for the Tiller. Work for peace. All Are part of the political War. Last february in North Vietnam i saw relatively Large amounts of equipment from the soviet Union and China for repairing the Road and rail communications which . Bombers had smashed in a four year offensive. I also saw an array of imported armaments at the Peoples armed forces exhibition in Hanoi which ranged from tanks to surface to air a missiles. But As i know now after touring South Vietnam the gift con areas Are stockpiled with Multi million Dollar reserves of new military and civilian equipment materials. Seaports Are congested with shipping. On the docks you see mountains of Rice from Louisiana and Pine lumber from Oregon with other . Products. South Vietnam imported $745 million of commercial items alone in the past year. Its exports amounted to $16 million. The deficit equivalent to 140 for each of 178 million vietnamese was entirely covered by the United states. Backed by . Aid the Saigon government is distributing a special gift of 1 million plasters to every country Village for a Public works project of its own Choice. This program will Cost More than $18 million if completed there Are 2,517 villages. Another program promises Cash to millions of vietnamese for new housing besides welfare allotments for food and clothing. The sums Are Small for individual War victims refugees and Viet Cong defectors cumulatively they have exceeded $100 million. A feverish War Boom grips All the cities at the Back door of american logistics bases. In the shops foreign perfumes liquors textiles and other luxuries Beckon. But the slums or. Leggett elected to Church Post or Marshall Leggett senior pastor of Broadway Christian Church in Lexington by. And native of this City has been elected president of the 1971 North american Christian convention meeting in st. Louis Modr. Leggett is the son of mrs b. Frank Leggett of East second Street and the late or. Leggett. The local Man graduated from Washington High school in and the Pacific after american forces withdraw. Prime minister Ela Aku Sato says the japanese Leader sharply rejected the View of philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and Tomc other asian leaders that Japan ultimately would have to assume major responsibility for Law and order m Eastern Asia Quot we May be Able to possess military strength adequate for self defense a he said in an interview a but the japanese people would never allow us to take Over the role of the . Quot to avoid any misunderstandings such As entertained by we proclaimed 25 years ago in the no War Constitution a Sato said Japan a future poll by would be to a extend cooperation commensurate with our strength for the Prosperity of the countries of Quot in extend him such cooperation he added Quot a bilateral formula May cause misunderstandings that Japan seeks economic domination. So we prefer a formula in association with other countries in giving on relations with the United states. Sato said Japan must take a courageous step toward liberalizing Quot its Trade position a i done to think we can continue said Quot but even close friends and Loving couples have Misun Ders windings a fortunately Japan relations Wilt not be broken we Are Good friends although it is regrettable that the textile negotiations failed Kir relations will not be spoiled or distorted by the passage of the Mills Hill Quot that legislation by Wilbur Mills chairman if the House ways and Means committee would impose quotas on Woolen and synthetic textile imports at the 1967 level for countries which do not agree to limit such shipments voluntarily Sato said he told Secretary of a the though 1 said threat and he looked surprised the prime minister added the prime minister advised caution in the reduction of i s forces in Asia own if the United states wants to withdraw will the situation permit it a he asked Quot that is one thing the should consider a a a consequence of the last w orld War there Are Many prob lems remaining Orve of the Moat important of these prob lems is that of the four divided countries three of the four managing editor the Beaufort county Board of commissioners after voting a second time to eliminate the federally sponsored medicaid program voted last night to a Dpi a 1 1 it budget and to Sei i Sec Sato Page 1�l see log get Page 10 mrs. Mason Dies thursday one suicide chinese release Bishop Walsh Are growing. The austerity of life in North see Vietnam. Page 1 b Edmund Harding turns 80 today by Ashley b. Futrell editor amp publisher if life begins at b0, the a a old Hossy the Squire of the Pamlico Edmund Harding is on a Stampede today. A the a old Hossy today is celebrating his both birthday and members of his family Are giving him a family dinner party tonight to observe the occasion. A born on july 10, 1880, Squire Harding has been around a Long time and he has talked his Way Many a mile. He has seen Many changes come to Washington and the entire Pamlico area. And he has been a part of so Many of the changes which have taken place. Squire Harding is still Galavan Ting All Over the country Quot making Mem laugh and he still makes More than 200 talks a year. An accomplished organist and musician the a old Hossy has been playing the Organ at st. Peters Church for More than 63 years and he was organist Swan Quarter mrs. Verdi a o. Mason age 78, died thursday. Graveside funeral services were held at 2 . Today in Soule cemetery near Here conducted by the Rev. Macon Harris or. And the Rev. A j. Gab he . Mason was the widow of the late b. F. Mason and was a member of the Swan Quarter Baptist Church surviving Are two sons. Fred a Mason and Benjamin e. Mason both of Swan Quarter one daughter Quot mrs. Ruby m. Stevens of Greensboro two Sisters mrs. Nelda sacks of Newport news. A. And mrs. Annie Harris of Swan Quarter one brother Jay Overton of Oneco Fla. The body will remain at the Williamson funeral Home and be taken to the grave site at the funeral City count grinding to end Field Day a Edmund Harding and choir master there for 41 years. In his time he has played for 320 brides and he takes great and justifiable Pride in the fact that his brides have in Harding Page Kab Aurora a North Carolina cattlemen today Are attending a Field Day for beef producers at the Texas Gulf Sulphur farming and phosphate mining site Here. Or Eastern North Carolina cattlemen s Field Day and family Outing is. Featuring production in. Formation presented by n. C. State University scientist and tags farm personnel. The program is being sponsored by the University the n. A. Department of agriculture and the n. C. Cattlemen s association. Texas Gulf Sulphur will be the Host. The company s Board chairman c. O. Stephens of new York City is taking part on the program. Washington a special Volunteer census was grinding toward completion today w Ith a lot of work still to be Carrieri out. Feiss Tom Boyd president of the Washington Jaycees reported that about 75 percent of the canvassing of the City has now taken place with Volunteer workers completing the remainder of the canvassing this week. As soon As the volunteers have completed their work a thorough Check of their work will be made and then special canvasses will be made by City employees to cover those areas that May be missed by the volunteers. Quot it will be about two wee before we have a final count a Edward a a Whf off Frt. Washington a City manager said today. ,. The City of Washington initiated the special Volute census Here when Feder a 1 census officiate reported that Washington a preliminary count amounted to a Little More than 8,600 when local officials expected the total to be above 10,000 the Jaycees Are coordinating the census Effort and the chamber of Commerce is assisting in the Effort. Volunteers from other civic and service organizations and other residents of Washington Are serving As Volant apr census takers. By Forrest Edwards associated press writer Hong Kong api red China released roman Catholic Bishop James Edward Wala i today after nearly 12 years in communist Captivity but the chinese announced that another american prisoner. Hugh Francis Redmond of Yonkers n.y., committed suicide three months ago. Border sources said the 79-year-old prelate from Cumber land md., Quot walked Croaa the Border Bridge unaided and appeared in fair condition considering his age and the of Feal he has undergo a a . Consulate spokesman said Bishop Walsh was being Given a medical examination and a we will not know his real condition until after that a the spokesman said he doubted that the Bishop would be made available to talk to reporters or be photographed Quot for isome he reportedly has been in a of son Hospital in Shanghai most of the last eight years. The Bishop was arrested in october 1958. He was convicted in 1960 of espionage and sen tended to 20 years imprisonment. Bishop Walsh 79 and from Cumberland md., has been imprisoned since 1958. He was convicted in i960 of espionage and Quot Tiff Cage this is one it of tin Concrete pit Tiger Cage used to i online political prisoner m Quot on son is juju prison off Tiff South a Luuki. Two Conn n r the a r. In Rutn. A staff Oumi of Moos Fiu i fire Hon qom Iii tee visited it and return i tale of enforced with dueling of choking Lime nod other torture harking resigned charging the committee majority y in a to suppress the report the alienation was it tamed the i97o 71 tax rate at $1 m the preliminary budget which included the medicaid program had projected a tax rateoi$1 agora six cent Levy on each Slot of assessed property valuation the commissioners instead in Hided Only a to it it cent Levy for to cover Hills through july medicaid Stamps had been distributed for the month based on the preliminary approval. The second Vole to reject medicaid came after county attorney William Mayo warned again that it might precipitate Legal action by either the state or federa i governments to fore participation a Mayo explained that if the court should Rule against the county and make it participate an order would Likely be entered spelling out that the necessary Money be borrowed May said a suit brought by the state against Jones county for failure to appropriate Money for both the work incentive and medicaid programs is now on the court Calendar and that a ruling in that Case might resolve the question Beaufort commission run also a a voted tuesday to phase out the win program a rhe budget Noah Iii Uii $4,000 Tyr expenses a the agent a a cd the two rent Levy to cover throws of medicaid through july to a Dick a care for the a vide for demo seeks info on a Tiger cages administrator Ltd county Hospital Piaf would lose >0 a month in Medica id was do la red the to a in trouble sentenced to 20 years imprison ment. By Bill Neikirk associated press writer Washington api a conservative Democrat who was among president Nixon a chief defenders in the latest Senate Battle Over Southeast Asia called today for an investigation of the reported use of Tiger cages to hold political prisoners in South Vietnam a shocking and abhorrent. A sen. Robert c. Byrcle said of the both Vietnam As focal Points of compassion from the l s pub Byrd said americans Are shocked by reports of the Tiger cages shackling and beating of prisoners acid poor food served the inmates. Quot a Byrd a floor Leader in the fight to resist limitations on president Nixon a Powers in Cambodia joined a widening or. Poor John Davi the beaut or said the hot about $20 i Revenue it dropped and Hospital Wei without it Davis said on a possibility of making up Quot to a the loss of the Money would be an increase m rates Topay Reg a Tiefs but said wit tied Thutt psf Quot pub tir relations move Joe tuns tall manager of Tayloe drug store present to learn whether medicaid Stamps in current Issue would be honoured suggested Thal the a see budget Page 10r i see Walsh Page to not a bad Job How to sleep and earn a living reports which surfaced after a congressional committees trip to con son prison if the report Are True West virginian said in a speech prepared for the Senate the United states should withdraw any financial Aid which contributes to the conditions. And he said Quot our govern ment should use every Means at Ita disposal to compel the gov froment Insa Ige notre prisoners at the same time Byrd called l for pressure on Hiff Noi to gain the City of Washington today humane treatment of. Us. City issues note of thanks. Group t ailing for an investigation into the con son reports the prison conditions came to Light when two congressmen reps Augustus f Hawkins a Calif and William r Anderson a Tenn. Visited the prison last week in Geneva the International commission of jurists called for an inquiry into the allegation for Hyde it appear that we Are unable to get anyone to by Frank Carey a science writer Houston Tex. Apr a an insomniac who works in a sleep shop come now Doc you be got to be a across my heart and Hope to die and May Hippocrates haunt me if in a fibbing Quot grinned or. James d. Frost jr., a Young Baylor University medical school Neur physiologist who is doing research on How people sleep or done to sleep. A come on upstairs to the sleep lab and ill introduce you to and so As Midnight approached and most of the lights were out in famed methodist Hospital the doctor and the newsman went up four flights to an eerily hushed Laboratory Complex where they met Lester Jordan 26, a 230-Pounder, six footer. Indeed be is an insomniac a never since i was a and indeed he does work in a Houston sleep ship a where we sell darned Good Beds but even. They done to completely help remember his name Lester Jordan because he might wind up in the annals of Medicine As one of the Pioneer participants in research that could provide new Aid to millions of insomnia sufferers throughout the world. The affliction is widespread and it has Broad ramifications a insomnia besets at least one out of three americans at some time during their lives. A insomniacs account for a major proportion of the $500 million which americans spend each year on hypnotic sedative and tranquil izing drugs legally obtained Only by prescription drugs that Are potentially perilous if Over used. And this does no to count the additional millions of dollars spent on Over the counter nonprescription items widely promoted As sleep inducers. A while insomniacs collectively consume tons of drugs others try methods ranging from induced hypnosis and self hypnosis to gymnastics or yoga exercises. Still others employ mechanical devices including a fluidized Quot vibrating or automatically massaging Beds electrical head warmers and feet warm ers a anti snoring Quot devices for their mates and various kinds of bedside sound making devices designed to cancel out other sounds. A Young woman in Falls Church va., of example reports she can to get to sleep unless she first uses her Hairdryer. She benefits she says from both its warmth and soothing Whir. Other insomniacs try such techniques As taking a Bubble Bath and playing the harpsichord before bedtime taking Long automobile drives around the Countryside when virtually no one else is up but the owls telephoning few now insomniacs and trying to talk one another to sleep or knocking off a couple of fast martinis by the dawns Early Light. Insomnia comes in different varieties. One form appears directly related to the aging process and is characterized in elderly folks by frequent awakenings another form is called acute situational insomnia Quot usually a temporary thing resulting from such As a business or work problems or students worried about being drafted Quot said or Anthony Kales director of the Urcla sleep research and treatment facility. Another Large group of sufferers possibly up to 70 per cent of the total is composed of individuals with chronic emotional or psychological problems ranging from mild to severe but Short of outright mental derangement. Normal sleep studies reveal consists of a kind of rhythmic cyclic pattern of four separate stages totalling about 90 minutes in which a person progressively slips without dreaming from very Light to see insomnia. Page 10 noted the outstanding Job local people did in storing their garbage while local sanitation workers were on vacation last week and issued a note of apr Precia Tion today. Washington suspended residential garbage collection to the sanitation division of its i department of Public works to allow employees to take their vacations All at one time so that services would not be limited throughout the summer while individual employees might be away from work on vacations. City officials say it appears that the idea tried for the first time this summer had a great Deal of Merit. A we had Only one Telephone complaint during the entire week a Earl w. Bonner director of Public works commented. A your people have informed us this week that our citizens did an outstanding Job of storing their garbage last week a Edward a. Wyatt a Washington a City manager said. A your garbage collectors say the garbage was bagged in Many cases or neatly piled and troops held prisoner by the North vietnamese. He compared the plight of prisoners in the commission s Macbride. Sent a Cable to its South vietnamese Section in Saigon urging it to approach the government for an inquiry. The commission la a private organization with unfed nations consultative status deliver the daily new House to House in Hyde county. We have made very string Effort to get someone hut to Date we have been unable to do no. Because of a situation beyond our control after h#tt�r4 a the dark delivery route in Hyde county will have to be discontinued. It is our Hope hat those have been getting the paper delivered by the Auto Yout will go Hack to the mail delivery. Nixon men into courts fighting school districts see thanks a 10 by Mark Brown associated press writer. Washington a the Nixon administration following what its civil rights chief says was a your game plan All along a has taken spectacular Legal action against hardcore Southern school segregation. Suits naming Mississippi state education officials and 27 school districts in three other Southern states were filed simultaneously by the Justice department thursday Jerris Leonard the assistant attorney general for civil rights said suits will be filed soon to desegregate 78 More districts that still maintain separate educational facilities for Blacks and Whites. The push follows a virtual absence in the past four months of Federal court activity while administration officials attempted to talk Southern educators into doing away with dual systems voluntarily. The switch to Sweet talk and president Nixon a emphasis in his March school desegregation message on Good Faith negotiations May have led some southerners to believe the heat was off. However with classes due to open in but seven weeks. Leonard proclaimed an end to negotiations a this As been our game plan ail along Quot Leonard told reporters he acknowledged that some Southern districts will experience difficulties in meeting a september desegregation deadline but said administrative problems a will not be an acceptable Legal argument for delay a thursdays suits seek to dismantle a total of 46 dual school systems 19 in Mississippi 10 in South Carolina nine to Arkansas and eight it toy Ila still facing Legal action Are 48 districts in Texas seven in Georgia sever in Tennessee. In in Florida file in Virginia two in Mississippi and one a Louisiana the Justice department refitted to name those districts before suits Are filed in addition 14 segregated dts i Sec school Page 10 it

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