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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - July 23, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather partly a Tower thro a Friday with Shower and umuder4iw a Era Tow Nam to us warmer Friday in a to we Washington daily news if you do not got your paper ,. Dial mi21u Between a a and 1 00 o clock and one fwu be delivered to you established 1909 twelve pages Washington North Carolina. Thursday afternoon july 23, 1970 daily except sunday farm subsidy Nixon will fight cuts by Don Kendall a farm writer Washington apr the Nixon administration has vowed to fight congressional efforts to reduce1 a proposed 156.000 ceiling on annual Federal subsidies to Farmers for not working their Dand the House agriculture committee wednesday approved an omnibus Mil limiting payments to individual and corporate Farmers who participate in Federal programs to reduce acreages planted in Cotton wheat and feed grains. The $55.000 ceiling would apply to each of the three categories reps. Silvio o Conte r-mass., and Paul Findley mil., charged the ceiling was too High Findley said he would attempt to lower it to $20.000 per crop the maximum amount approved earlier this month by the Senate. The statement brought a response from agriculture Secretary Clifford m. Hardin who told reporters the administration support the $55,000 ceiling and will fight efforts to reduce it. There is no limit presently on the1 amount a Farmer can receive from the Federal government for not planting crops. Five individual payments of Over $1 million each were made by the Federal government in 1969 under the three categories of crops involved the subsidy program costs about $3.5 billion a year and benefits about 2.5 million Farmers. The payments average $1.400 one third of All payments Are $500 or less. Presumably under terms of the Bill a Large corporate farm with holdings in various parts of the country could receive a maximum of 11 �5,000 for withholding land from wheat feed Grain and Cotton production Conte said he would introduce an amendment to prevent Large corporate farms from breaking Down their holdings into smaller unite to avoid the $55,000 ceiling the House twice in recent Only to have it upset in conferences with the Senate. Hardin called the measure a a Good Bill Quot that will a enhance the economic position of Farmers Quot in the years ahead. The Bill expected to be taken up by the full House next week provides voluntary control a plan for setting aside excess crop land Price support Loans and payments for Cotton wheat and feed grains three1 of the nation s most abundant and troublesome crops. It also includes sections dealing with Dairy Wool and food for peace and cropland retirement. Government spending would continue at about the present level slightly More than $3 billion a year in payments for the three crop categories the plan however would allow More flexibility in adjusting Price supports a t less than prevailing world prices thus making . Farm products More competitive As exports officials say. Lawyers argue Over their unruly by Barry 8chweid associated pres writer Washington api a prominent trial lawyers recommended today that judges combat courtroom disturbances by knocking unruly lawyers out of the Case or suspending their right to appear in the court for six months in a report the american College of trial lawyers also encouraged contempt action and census count in Washington population below City level a. \ v voluntary count shows 8,415 people Ray named of it w drive chairman Robert m. Ray personnel manager for the Hamilton Beach division of Scovill manufacturing company Here has been named 1970 United Campaign fund chairman it was announced today by Robert w. Bob Tyndall president. Tyndall in making the announcement expressed his pleasure at the acceptance of the Post by Ray. Quot Bob Ray will do a Good Job for the United fund Here and we Are pleased to have him on the team a a Tyndall declared. The United fund budget p now neing drawn and the Campaign goal will be announced later. Ray who joined Hamilton Beach in 1969, was educated at Indiana Stele teachers College in Indiana a. He taught school served in the army on two occasions saw combat Robert m. Ray nationally known firms. Ray is married to the former Louise Smith of Williamsport action in Korea in 1951-52, and do r ,. _ o. D a they have a daughter Tina received the Bronze Star and purple heart prior to joining Hamilton Beach Ray. Was associated with Proctor Silex inc. In Altoona As personnel manager. Schas held staff positions As personnel director and Industrial relations manager for two other Louise age 7, who attends Eastern elementary school. The rays reside on. Fairview venue in Washington Park. Ray is a member of the Washington rotary club the Washington Moose Lodge and see of Page 8 disbarment proceedings against lawyers who engage in disruptive trial tactics the report said such to Utica Post a a new direct jugular threat to the judicial process Quot to Arm judges with suspension Powers the 2,000 member group s committee on disruption of the judicial process recommended passage of new authorization Laws where they done to already exist. A disbarment would continue to be the function of traditional disciplinary proceedings in appropriate situations Quot the report said a while they were getting underway however suspension of the right to appear in court would prevent an evil from continuing or the committee headed by a new York City lawyer Whitney North Seymour said disruptive tactics by defendants their attorneys and sometimes by prosecutors a threaten to become systematized and popularized among Small but militant segments of the profession and the general the report added Quot recently lawyers responsible for court room disturbances have been warmly welcomed by University students even Law students As if somehow their conduct was responsible and heroic. A Little thought seems to have been Given to the fact that aside from the violation of traditional standards of professional duty such conduct prejudices the in Teoste of the clients however much they May encourage and participate in it. Wells infant Dies last night Christina Leigh Wells infant daughter of Shelton Ray and Judy Everett Wells of 3 26 East 13th Street died in the Beaufort county Hospital last night at 7 30 . Surviving other than her parents Are her paternal grandmother mrs. Daisy Sadler of it 4, Washington., maternal grandparents or. And mrs. Ray h. Everett of it. 2, Washington maternal great grandmother mrs. Lottie Everett of this City maternal great grandparents or. And mrs. Walter s., Wright of this City and maternal great grand step father John Sadler of Scranton. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at Oakdale cemetery Friday morning at 11 of clock conducted by the Rev. Charlesb. Yeargan or. Pastor of the Hanoca presbyterian Church. The body will remain at the Paul funeral Home and be taken to the graveside at the funeral hour. Scoff. Pollution states must work to solve problem much to the Chagrin of local officials it turn appears that the Quits Patroi under Raleigh a gov Bob Scott soy he Hopes interstate Coop Catow a will enable our Stales to solve Many of our environmental problems without f ire some Good some bad report hits top brands of Cereal by h. L. Schwartz Iii associated press writer Washington apr some of the most heavily advertised cereals including wheaties cheerios and the top brands of shredded a beat are4 Corn flakes a have about As al value As a shot of whisky. Senate investigators were told today. A in Short they fatten but do Little to prevent malnutrition they have calories and Little else Quot Robert b Choate a Washington nutritional specialist told a Senate consumer subcommittee a if a family likes dry cereals and can afford them there Are several with respectable nutritional Content Quot he said i a prepared statement accompanying a detailed study of 60 Cereal brands on the Market Quot but Quot he added a it is apparent in this first of several food Industry analyses that we humans Are viewed not As beings to be nourished but As suckers i see Cereal Page 8� Leaf sales open at $73.22 average v�lm5t�, a. Apt t75j� by George Esper associated press writer Saigon a heavy North vietnamese Fin that killed 61 americans and wounded 345 in the area in the past three weeks forced the United state today to abandon a patrol base in the Northwestern sector of Smith Vietnam troop hastily pulled out of fire base ripcord near the laotian to order. Spiking some of their own artillery less than 24 hours after a patrol opera Ting a mile away suffered the heaviest casualties in a single action in 2. Months . Command releasing its casualty figures said 12 americans were killed and 51 wounded in a mor ter and. Ground attack wednesday nit patrol operating a mile from the base. Enemy hisses were in i a had listed six wounded a command spokesman said ch47 Chinook helicopter was shot Down during the evacuation but. There were no Ca Pupkies the base want evacuated under enemy fire and at least three Floore a american were killed and 20 wounded in the i Sec War Page it mrs. Minnie l. Harris Dies mrs Minnie Latham Harris age 82. A life time resident of Pinetown died at the Home of her daughter mrs m a Johnson of Pinetown wednesday morning. Mrs Harris was born july 18. 1888 in Beaufort county Che Quot daughter of the late George lash Fgli and belly boy to Federal agencies to do the Job Scott spoke at a Public hear my wednesday on interstate in Var Tom rental pollution Pridem the bearing is sponsored by in Quot Quot fat dec Twig a Southern regional environmental conservation Council similar hearings were held throughout the area covered by the Southern governors Confer Ltd sci a other speakers at the Raleigh meeting also stressed interstate cooperation asst atty Gen Bernard a Harrell suggested that an inter state compact could serve As a device for solving environment a Pru Iii is that plague adjoin my states. A it permits the states to act effectively in an area which is of interstate or National concern but without the province of the Federal government Quot Harrell said he said such a compact is restricted Sonly by the authority of Congress to approve its Ere at Ion Quot the interstate compact is a mechanism which could be employed by the states to assert their Sovereign Powers Fields where they Are fully competent to do so a he added a we have Only begun to explore the quasi Bili Tea of this useful and Intro gute tool Quot another speaker Direel or Roy Sowers or of the state depart ment of conservation and development said Southern states should develop uniform Environ mental criteria that would gov icon uie activities of the state so mat protective standards would apply to each. A a gov Colt told the hearing he s concerned that state offi i97u preliminary census count for Washington As reported by the Bureau of the census is Correct. Shock hit local leaders here1 a month ago when the regional. Irlotte. Announced a preliminary a a the it it of Washington of 8.633 local officials had been sex Imio t of More than 19,000 since a special census taken Here four years ago showed More than that amount. Washington future As a City hinged on the county being above the t mkt Mark. Therefore local leaders in the chamber of Commerce and the City of Washington look Steps to Institute a special Volunteer census to Check against the Federal count the Jaycees agreed to coordinate the Volunteer Effort and local civic and service clubs contributed Volunteer personnel to do the counting Many individual citizens also volunteered to help today the final results were announced the voluntary census showed a of 8,415 persons slightly under the number re muted by the census Bureau it is now the general feeling of lived that the census conducted by the Federal government a was reasonably accurate a in spite of the fact that set census. Page a i a bulletin see Scot a. Sheeny Wynne passes today opening sales on the Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco markets averaged $2.22 a Hundred pounds More than last season s record High of $71 a Hundred the Federal state Market news service reported today. Sales on the 28 markets wednesday totalled 13,464,705 pounds at an average of $73 22 a Hundred on opening Day last season. Ii 1 87,766 pounds brought an average of $71. Sales at Nashville ga., totalled 807.594 pounds at an average of $75.08 a Hundred and the Baxley. Ga., Market reported 397,194 pounds at an average of on the Florida markets Lake City reported the highest average of $73.51 a Hundred on sales of 357,050 pounds. Tropical storm Becky played a hand in the activities forcing a delay of sales of some markets because the heavy a see tobacco Page 8 Latham and was the widow of Joseph c. Harris who preceded her in death feb. 1967 she was a member of the Pinetown Church of Christ. Survivors include two daughters mrs Mjohnson and mrs. Marly Gurkins. Both of a see Harris Page 8� a a Jatha Sheeny Wynne widely known restaurant operator Here. mor Ning at his Home on East water Street he had been in failing health for several months funeral plans Are incomplete and will be announced by the Oden funeral Home London it apr two bombs or heavy fir Errar Ken exploded la the House of commons today sending of. Billowing up in the Mother of parliaments. Members dived for Ike floor in second some a Umbers rushed through eve its. Heading away from the Center of the smoke. \ Man shouted unintelligible from the gallery after he explosions. The first explosion Ramie a a a i $ la ill a i i in. Ill ii f ii ii. Iii i ill a i Quot Iii Iii la l f Bench mrs Barbara Castle former labor Cabinet minister was one of the members who jumped Clear from the Flash and dashed from the chamber. The House of commons temporarily suspended its session. Draft Calls relatives plea captains at pre War Levels my radioactive leftovers garbage will kill for 1,000 years by Donald m. Roth Berg associated press writer Washington a it a a growing pile of nuclear garbage will still be giving off deadly Radia Tion 1,000 years from now. Critics Challenge whether the atomic Energy commission keeps that hot trash safely isolated from Tolje environment. Radioactive leftovers Are an Inest a Pable byproduct of atomic reactors that produce the radioactive elements for nuclear weapons and. Generate a. Growing share of the nations electricity. They include 80 million Gallons of boiling hot liquid stored in 200 giant tanks and More mundane items such As rags clothing and machine Oil that have one big difference they make a Geiger counter tick. Much of the criticism of dec handling of nuclear waste Cen ters on these Points two major facilities the Hanford atomic works near Richland wash., and the National reactor test site it arts at Idaho Falls Idaho Are in j areas of moderate earthquake activity. A while the dec says it now has methods for converting liquid waste to a More easily and safely handled solid form Progress has been slow. A arts is located directly above the Snake River aquifer one of the worlds largest underground fresh water sources. Some Low level liquid waste containing Only minute quantities of radioactivity is pumped into the aquifer. A there have been 11 leaks from tanks at Hanford one in k solved 50,000 Gallons in 26 years. Dec officials say the liquid moved Only 15 feet and possibly reach the water table. Some scientists Arentt so certain. A the rapid growth of the nuclear Power Industry is causing a proliferation of privately operated nuclear fuel reprocessing plants waste storage facilities and . Of highly radioactive material on the nations railroads which average More than 15 derailments a Day. Dec scientists worry As much As anybody about nuclear waste disposal. They were going about their work with Little Public notice or outside interference until May 1966. When a National Academy of sciences committee handed in a. Report that gave the dec More than it asked for. The committee on geological aspects of radioactive waste disposal one of Many outside groups that advise the dec concluded that a no existing dec installation which generated either High level or intermediate level wastes appears to have a satisfactory geological location for the Safe local disposal of such waste products neither does any of the present waste disposal practices a satisfy the committees criterion for Safe disposal of such the dec commented that the committee had gone beyond its original scope received a relatively Little information concerning dec operations Quot and made recommendations that would involve spending billions of dollars. The committee1 report Sot in. / files for More than three years until sen. Frank Church d Idaho heard about it and demanded a copy. He got one along with the dec comments and the Agency a note that a new National Academy of sciences committee had been formed to look into waste disposal. No member of the old committee was named to the new one. Despite having a relatively Little information Quot the old committee had presented the dec with a remarkably detailed and lengthy report. Among its observations were these that considerations of Long Range safety arc in some instances subordinated to regard for Economy erf operation and that some disposal practices Are conditioned on overconfidence in the capacity of the local environment to contain vast quantities of radionuclide for indefinite periods without Dan it see Abc. Pase 8 by Fred Hoffman a military writer Washington a Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird said today draft Calls or the rest of 1970 will average below 10.000 a month a return to pre Vietnam Levels. A Laird made this forecast in a speech for about. .550 students working As sum Mer interns with the government a in the remaining months of this year a Laird said �?o1 anti Cipale that draft Calls will average below 10,000 per in the past he has predicted that total draft Calls this year will fall Between 150,000 and 170.000 Young men compared with the 290,000 drafted in 1969 aides said Laird still Sticks to that forecast. Through August draft Calls this year have totalled 1.24,500. In his talk Laird assured the students that a we Are doing All we can to plan and implement a program that will reduce draft Calls to Zero and enable us to establish an All Volunteer but he cautioned that in order to make the shift. Congress must provide a major increase in the defense budget. Laird offered no forecast As to when this might happen. How Ever the trend is toward smaller defense budgets and stronger pressure from Congress to Cut defense spending. By the associated press wife and two children last. Feb relatives of capt Jeffrey 17 at their for Bragg n a Macdonald made plea in new Home. Quot York in his behalf wednesday meanwhile the Federal but night As an army hearing was1 Reau of investigation continued a Hedu led to continue today into its investigation into whether Arges that he murdered his military policemen assaulted it. Bragg Snag Cape. Jeffrey Macdonald and one of his attorneys Bernard Segal Are shown at it. Bragg prior to the a protective custody seizure of Macdonald during which Segal and attorney Dennis Eisman charged they were a roughed up by police. Macdonald is under investigation in the knife murders of his wife and two Young daughters last february. Macdonald a lawyers when they forcibly took a Unta of his hair monday at it. Bragg. Or and tors Alfred Kassab the parents of Macdonald a slain wife Collette Kassab Macdonald. And Macdonald smother mrs. Dorothy Macdonald accused the army wednesday of trying to a abort a the constitutional rights of the Green Beret a physician they asked at a news conference at Laguardia Airport in new York git pretrial hearings be made Public the army dosed the hearings the Day they started. Mrs. Macdonald Aid her son had been a unjustly accused of the murder of his beloved ones and called upon Quot All mothers who have sons Quot to ask president Nixon to exercise his As commander in chief and reopen the hearings which Are to determine if Macdonald wifi be court Martiale on the murder charges. Kassab said the army had made no real attempt to find the murderers of his daughter and. Grandchildren Captain Macdonald is not guilty of anything but trying to serve his he said. Also at the new York news conference mrs. Helen a Ell chairman of the citizens com i see Macdonald. Pay a it

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