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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - July 31, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather Chance at mostly afternoon and evening thundershowers % through saturday warm and. Humid. Saturday he to pm 90s Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. Taj ms-�45 Between a a it 1 00 o Dork and one a a be slivered to you. Sta blushed 1909 eight pages Washington North Carolina. Friday afternoon. July 31, 1970 daily except sunday integration % % court Grants delay to state districts Chapel Hill api a judge of the us is. 4th. Circuit court of appeals granted a delay today in enforcement of a precedent setting order requiring 10 North Carolina school die tricks to submit Complete desegregation plans by tuesday. I Craven ruled the order be stayed while atty. Gen. Robert Morgan presents arguments against it to the appeals court. Morgan had appealed to Craven thursday to Grant the de toy. A a Quot a we Are very pleased with the decision Quot Morgan said. Quot this will now permit it to be heard in the Normal procedure and determined on its the desegregation order had been issued tuesday by . District judge Algernon Buter directing state education officials to see that the local districts submit acceptable plans judge Craven said he was granting the delay because Quot i believe there is a likelihood of Morgan s position prevailing on Appeal a Morgan had argued to Craven that state officials have no control Over Pupil assignment and therefore could not legally com ply with Butler s order. Quot in my judgment the attorney general a position is not a subterfuge intended Butler however. That the responsibility of eliminating a dual school system Quot Falls not Only upon the local school Board but also the state Board of education and state department of Public Craven said his ruling should israelis agree to accept . Plan for 3 month cease fire russians Nasser warning Egypt s orbit space bomb Arab critics Over split difficult the vindication of constitutional Craven ruled Quot but is instead a genuine indication of state policy with respect to local govern ment of Craivan a amp tii or a Taw bail a iwo i Ruhr i w brought to his attention during thursdays arguments that gives state officials Quot any Power or authority to prescribe school attendance plans for any school District. Quot the responsibility for the assignment of children to the Public schools has been that of local school boards since at least 1951 and has been recognised in at least one prior decision of the . Court of appeals for the 4th circuit Quot Craven ruled Craven said he agreed with state authority gets court of parking meters up next week the City it i warning ten will begin installing Park info meters next week of new of Street parking lots in the Central business District. Along with the installation of the new parking meters the City will also Institute a new series of parking meter fees. Earl w. Bonner director of. Public works said today that parking meters located nearest to Central business District businesses will be of one hour duration for a Nickel two hours for a dime,., and 5 hours for a Quarter and will be of ten hour duration these meter posts will be painted beige in color he gain a off Coj quoth a greatest distance from business operations will have meters of two and one half hours for a Nickel five hours for a dime and ten hours for a Quarter. These meters will be mounted on Gree posts. Motorists wanting to Park for All Day should use the cheaper meters which Are farther away from the business District. You May Purchase a monthly sticker to Park in any of the parking lots for $5.00 per month. These can be purchased at the City tax office. Pollution fight o Raleigh a the North Carolina supreme court reversed a lower court decision and ruled today the legislative act. Creating the North Carolina housing authority is constitutional. A. Superior court judge James h. Pou Bailey had ruled last december that the act set up to Issue tax exempt Revenue Bonds to build Homes for the to Fiji poor War unconstitutional. In an opinion written by chief Justice William h. Bobbitt the supreme court said Quot we accept the legislative findings which Are supported by facts set Forth in of cd stipulation that there exists in North Carolina a a serious shortage of decent Safe and sanitary residential housing available at Low prices or rentals to persons and families of lower income. The court also accepted the legislative finding a that private Enterprise and investment have not been Able to produce with assistance Quot a thu by a i associate Justice i. Beverly Lake wrote a dissenting opinion in which he expressed the opinion the Superior court decision should be affirmed because the act 1 appropriates tax revenues for a purpose other than the Quot Public purpose a and 2 it purports to exempt from taxation Bonds to be issued by the housing corporation. The $2 00 million Govert ment program is aimed at making see housing Page 8 not be construed to prevent state officials from offering help to local school boards in working out desegregation plans neither he said should the fact that an Appeal is pending be used to prevent butlers Mirt from Tonsi dec my action aimed at requiring the local school districts concerned to proceed with immediate desegregation the order would affect the City school units of Burlington Goldsboro Max ton Rocky mount Tarbor and Raleigh and the county units of Bladen a see ruling. Page 8i local boy has brain surgery David Taylor 14 year old Washington lad lies today critically ill in memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill after brain surgery yesterday immediately today a fund has been started to help this boys Mother pay Hospital and medical Bills. There Are five Young children at Home and the father died suddenly last May 27. The family is now totally dependent for help upon others. A the brain tumor which was removed yesterday will mean that. David roust remain at the Hospital for two weeks alter which he will begin a Ray or Cobalt treatments it was said today. The youngsters before becoming ill recently was a news Carrier for the Washington daily news. He will be in the 9th Grade when school opens. A special committee has been named from the first free will Baptist Church in Washington located on the Corner of Bonner and 9th str ets. The Rev. Wayne w. Smith pastor is chairman of the committee. Others serving on the committee Are Irr or Drake and Jim Mizzile. Or. Mizzelle is serving As treasurer. An All out Appeal is made now in behalf of this sick boy. It is estimated that at least $2,500 Are needed immediately. He is in intensive care at memorial Hospital and the Road ahead of him is rough. Expenses Are mounting rapidly. Those wishing to contribute to this fund Are asked to Send donations to a David Taylor fund Box 1202. Washington incl Quot by John Lent al associated. Press writer Washington api a the russian space bomb that orbited the Globe this week is seen by some strategists As the soviet unions answer to Ameri Ca s development of an ant Bat Lis tic missile system. There is no defense against the space bomb. Pentagon officials said and the Sovita Are believed to have already deployed the weapon. In announcing the test the defense department warned Quot this is further evidence at the continuing momentum of the soviet development and test pro Gram for strategic weapons a the main response to a space bomb would be the . Strategic mix of land and sea missiles and aircraft. The safeguard antimissile system satellite monitoring and new Long Range radars All Bear on the space bomb but Are still under development. The soviets tested their space bomb or fractional Orbital bombardment system fobs a vehicle tuesday the Penta gon said it was launched from the soviet spaceport of thu rata Kazakhstan travelling eastward across Mongolia red China Japan Chile Argentina East Africa and Back to the aral sea recovery area. The orbit was As High As 130 Miles and As Low As 90 Miles the whole trip took 90 minutes. The payload if any. Was not disclosed. By the Pentagon . Ply a a Macak to fobs As a Way for Russia to get a sneak shot at american defences it is seen As coming at the United states from Over the South pole eluding the extensive radar warning network already aimed northward for 1cbm attack detection the Best use for fobs they say would be a general target such As a b52 air base or possibly cities. It is consid ered less nearly accurate than icbms and therefore worthless against such pinpoint targets As . m i nut Eman silos. Fobs would descend from its orbit on command delivering a by the associated press a makes Man fur president Gama i Abdel Nasser warned Egypt s Arab critics today to avoid Quot division in the Arab lines Quot Over the cease fire plan Nasser has accepted information minister to Faa Mcd Hassanein Heikal struggle with the enemy other than i i Power it Are it Urr. Heikal said. But he added that if the United states Quot fails to exert pressure on Israel at least we shall Dace Fie Tea m better conditions internationally and militarily to enable us Loen Force this pressure right w ingers who have threat ened to null if the it s proposal a without prior conditions is accepted. On the Battlefront. Arab gun ners in Jordan fired rocket sat Vos today at the Tel Sacir and Shaar Tagolan settlements South of the sea of Galilee hut there were no casualties the is sci. Aviv. a warned that Israel Mav undertake a Quot crazy act Quot if the arabs turn their attention to matters other than the armed struggle with the enemy a in a full Page editorial in his newspaper. A Abram Heikal defended Nasser s acceptance of the . Proposal As Quot a last Chance to Settle the Middle East crisis Quot he criticized As Quot childish Quot the stand of Quot certain Arab elements Quot opposed to the plan. Heikal agreed with the palestinian guerrillas and other Arab opponents of peace negotiations that the ., proposal will not succeed in bringing peace Quot nothing will succeed in our Reading w workshop Heikal said the current division in the israeli Cabinet Over the plan May Quot drive Israel to undertake a crazy act Quot against the Ai Abs noting that similar division was present in Israel just before the 1867 War meanwhile pravda. The soviet Quot communist party newspaper. Praised Nasser for his a a High responsibility in accepting the peace initiative in a slap at Syria Iraq and the palestinian guerrillas it said Nasser had to overcome extremist Sentif tents in the Arab world which were caused by the frantic extremism of the israeli military the israeli Cabinet failed again thursday to reach agree ment on the american peace plan the Cabinet met for five hour s the longest of three sessions this week in an Effort to draft a reply that would satisfy Radii comma announced the fire was returned if said in Beirut. Palestinian publications and communiques said the guerrillas Are escalating Mth tary operations in All israeli of copied territories As an answer to the american peace plan the newspaper at Fatah which Speaks for most of the guerrilla groups reported is of rations wednesday to which israeli patrols were attacked outposts and settlements hit by rockets and installations blown up the paper said the Guarno Las killed six israeli soldiers and destroyed three israeli tanks and their Crews for the so me period. Israeli sources reported one Arab Home attack on a children a Dor Mitory near the Leba Roe Hor Der. One Small clash alongside the Jordan River and Only one casualty an Arab infiltrator. Rented today the United states peace proposal for the Middle East and agreed to a three month cease fire with the egyptians a government announcement Maui. Israel had. Decided. A a to. Suth. Scheduled farm subsidy u under f ire the1 Washington City schools Esea title i program will sponsor an educational improvement in Reading workshop in the Washington High school Library August 3�? August 7. The workshop will be under the direction of miss Mary Purnell and mrs. Rachel Carter known throughout the state for their work with children in Reading at present they Are consultants for the Institute a at continuous Progress and cooperative teaching Institute in Greensboro prior to this. Mrs Carter served As a primary staff member of the Model developmental Reading school with miss Purnell As an intermediate staff member of toe same school. -. They will be assisted by miss Madeline Tripp consultant of by Robert a hint associated press writer Washington api a Back ers of a House move to Cut the $55,000 farm subsidy ceiling Arentt ready to Nedie Victory yet hut claim growing support for a $29,000limit per crop a a in think we re making Progress Quot rep Silvio o. Conte h Mas said of the bipartisan move thursday. Conte who is leading the drive to go along with the sen ate on the $20,000 figure has the support of Republican Leader Gerald r flt ird it it of Michigan and .��f., the al cir americans for demo Metic action the Urban warhead in the three megaton raffle. Without the new radar or satellite detection fobs would Cut . Nuclear attack warnings to about three minutes. The new Long distance surveillance however would provide an hour Long View of fobs from launch to its first Opportunity to Impact making it virtually worthless planners say. The soviets have had 1.4 fobs tests half of them failures see bomb Page 8 Sheqi Menat Arzota 1 us action in Nril and ceiling i Jamal ton wheat and feed Grams i largest was $4,370,�57 to the j o. Roswell of a at corp Oron cd if. A major Cotton wants to Cut the Selling to $20.000 for those three crops rep Paul Findley. Kill wants to extend the limit to Wool payments. Some members argue that a $30. My 1 ceiling might endanger passage of the Over All farm Lull but others Sug talk might he Only a scare Tat lie Secretary of agriculture Clif Ford Hardin a backs the $55,000 figure approved by the committee but proponents of a lower the wi>11<� 1 imm the . State department of n Ixon w ants t a on Gas w Ith Lead by James Phillips associated press writer a Washington a the Nixon administration has stressed a $1,6 billion tax. Chi Lead additives in gasoline As a Means of cutting Down on wors ening air pollution and raising needed Federal funds the tax on Lead additives was one of three Revenue raising proposals toe administration sent to Congress thursday. It came As a Blanket of smog Cov of ered new York City and much of toe East coast other proposals included speeding up payment of gift and estate taxes and. Delaying scheduled reductions in excise taxes on automobiles and Telephone Calls. Speaking at a news conference in los Angeles Nixon noted the current heavy Blanket of smog on the East coast and said there Wasny to much time left for the nation to solve its air pollution problems. Treasury Secretary David m. Kennedy said the tax on Lead additives Quot is a vital element in the administrations priority program to reduce air pollution. It will create an immediate effective incentive for the rapid conversion to gasoline with a Low and eventually Lead free Content a Kennedy said the tax would bring in an estimated $1.6 billion a year. But he expected the amount to gradually diminish As manufacturers began wider distribution of Lead free or slightly leaded gasoline. The Secretary added that postponing scheduled reductions in excise taxes would prevent the loss of $650 million this fiscal year and $1.25 billion during the next fiscal year. Quot this postponement has already been taken into account in the fiscal 1971 budget and is essential to maintain a fiscally responsible position Quot be said. The accelerated payment of gift and estate taxes would bring in about $1.5 billion this year., Kennedy said and Quot will assist in providing for the Cost of the government wide increase which accompanied the postal pay my amp staff photo tor object of tax Public instruction and miss Nedra Mitchel Consulta it of the n. Quot a. of Public instruction. Approximately 40 teachers of grades 1-9 shall be attending each Day. School officials say the purpose of the workshop is to give the teachers a thorough understanding of the Reading skills and to assist in implementing these skills into daily schedules the five Day event will feature lectures Small group discussions and Demon Stratton a period will be set aside each Day for the participants to work on their individual projects utilizing the latest professional materials and literature consultants will assist teachers with their projects and a professional Library will be available. Each participant will be. Asked. Id Complete a written proposal implementing the findings of the workshop or some similar project which they will use with students during the school year on monday the teachers will study formal and informal techniques of diagnosing Reading. Following Reading diagnosis the participants will pursue effective grouping patterns and techniques for maximum learning for each individual. Wednesday sessions will feature two Reading demonstrations using children in grades 1-3 and 4-6. Teaching the continuum of Reading skills with emphasis on phonic programs will be presented thursday followed by Friday s study of effective use of materials and supplies teachers who have registered for the workshop Are re minded to pick up their name tags in the Washington High school Library by 8 pm . Monday August 3, killed in War Washington a the defense department has announced that army pfc James e Taylor of Laurinburg ., has been killed in action in Southeast Asia other the test May come next week when debate is expected three year farm Bill to which the subsidy ceiling is attached the $55,000 per crop limit to any producer was set by the House agriculture committee last week there is no limit under present la on the amount a grower can be paid by the Federal government for not planting crops five payments of More than of million each were made last year for the three crop categories involved cot has remained silent on the is sue the key vote is expected Quot on an attempt to substitute the Low. Or figure. That probably will be decided on a non record tally in which members file Down the aisle and Are counted but not recorded individually by tellers if the substitute passes the is sue would be subject to a Roll Call vote later. The House has voted twice to impose a 26.606 payment limit but each time it was dumped by House Senate conferees scribe to the tales peace Initta live of the government of the United states and to appoint at the appropriate time,.a representative for peace negotiations without prior conditions under auspices of u n Middle East envoy Gunnar jarring of Sweden Egypt and Jordan have already accepted the plan but palestinian guerrilla organisations have split on the proposal with the principal commando outfits vowing to continue the fight. The israeli Cabinet reached agreement at its fourth meeting on the u k proposal which encountered Strong opposition from rightist elements who had threatened to quit prime minis. Tsee Israel Page 8 Hites set for sgt. Saunders funeral services for sgt Loyd Howard Saunders of lit. 1, Aurora Wilt to held saturday at Llam from it Shiloh Baptist Church it Idelia burial will take place in the Odd fellow cemetery at Oriental with full military rites. The Rev. Prichard pastor of it. Shiloh will officiate sgt Sau Adera drowned july 21 in Southeast Asia while working there with the us a. S army he was 25 years of age and had served six years to the army son of the late -9� under mrs a Edith Saunders of Oriental sgt. Saunders was a Nat of of Parol Ico county but had made his Home at Aurora Lor a number of years he Wal married to the former Deborah Johnson daughter of or and mrs Fred Johnson of it l Aurora Quot and they had no children surviving with his wife Are a sister. Miss Constance Sutton of new Haven. Conn two Brothers Vernon Sutton or and James Sutton of Washington d c. His grand Mother mrs Julia Cannon of Oriental and a number of other relatives Whitfield and Whitley funeral Home is i charge of arrangements milking government speculators line pockets off Aid to poor program by Jean Zieller associated press writer Washington a congressional investigators have uncovered evidence that a Federal program designed to help poor people buy Homes has been used by speculators to make fat profits on slum hous my the investigators said Cha appraisers have approved substandard housing As eligible for the program w Here the govern ment subsidizes. Interest pay ments so the poor can afford to buy Homes housing involved is supposed to be decent Safe and sanitary in a letter to housing Secretary George Romney House banking committee chairman Wright Patman a Tex charged that the evidence raises the spectre of a a National scandal of the most sordid Type. A spokesman for Romney said Patmann a letter had been received but the Secretary would have no comment until after the charges were studied. The investigation was carried out in two cities Washington and Philadelphia by the staffs of Pat map a committee and the House select committee on crime. A if these two cities Are typical of the rest of the nation then the operation of the program is nothing Short of said an investigations summary attached to the Patina letter. The summary said that More than 120 houses sold under the Cha 235 program had been checked in Washington and reports on 13 houses in Philadel phia were attached a in both Philadelphia and Washington there has been visual inspection of these Homes Quot the report said a they Are slums. Plaster is cracked and falling wallpaper is peeling wiring is faulty Wood is Rotten plumbing is corroded and leaking furnaces have been condemned ceilings a have fallen in roofs leak hot water tanks Are bad rata etc., a it is our understanding that where existing housing is sold minimum Cha standards must be met. Moreover Cha appraisers Are supposed to Check these houses for defects and to order and inspect repairs before approval. Obviously this has not. A been done in one example in Southeast Washington banking committee investigators checked. A House which had been purchased by a Speculator for $9i and sold four months later under the Cha program for 17,500. A housing inspectors flt Aind i housing code violations peeling paint missing plaster holes in Walls no Cranks to open Jin the report said a a defect. Live door lock missing guard rail for porch step and defective plumbing a a Quot what the Congress enacted As a sound and Well conceived Federal program has apparently been turned against the very people it was designed to assist a. Patman told Romney. A the Federal government is fostering slum housing and along see Cha. Pae 8 his a efm i

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