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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - June 15, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWashington daily news weather partly Cloudy through Twe Day with slow warming. Chanc of afternoon and evening thundershowers Inland Section both Day. If you do not got your pm por ,.dial mi1iu Between it a it 1 00 o clock and one Wal be Vered to you est Abu shed 1to9 eight pages Washington North Carolina monday afternoon. June is. 1970 daily except sunday a mayor not present Honor paid to Stewart in Parkway dedication Honor was paid mayor a. Thomas Stewart saturday in a ceremony dedicating the new waterfront Street and Park Here named. In his Honor but the mayor was unable to attend of tech i at Iya. Representing or Stewart at the program were his wife and two children. Redevelopment chairman Dave Milligan noted that the dedication of the Parkway was dignitaries pay tribute to mayor Stewart High court rules conscientious a objectors exempt garbage dump rules announced sails space and form festival �?T70 ends in style Washington it a the supreme court today exempted from military service All Young men who have Strong moral or ethical objections to military duty so Long As their beliefs Are deeply held and Are not based on expediency interpreting the draft Law Section that provides for Constien Bous objectors Justice Hugo l. Black wrote Quot a a that Section exempts from military service All those whose consciences spurred by deeply held moral ethical or religious beliefs would give them no rest or peace if they allowed themselves to become a part at an instrument of the decision reverses the conviction and three year prison term of Alliott Ashton Welsh ii a los Angeles computer Engineer who refused army induction. Justices William o. Douglas William. A Brennan jr., and thu r Good Marshall joined Black s opinion. Justice John m. Harlan supported the result forming a five Man majority. Black said Welsh qualified for the exemption even though he did not base his plea to be spared from military duty on a direct belief in a supreme being. Pm. fact the Justice noted Welsh struck the word a religious from the . Application and characterized his beliefs As having been formed a by Reading in the Fields of history and the important thing Black said is that Welsh adhered to his beliefs with a strength comparable to that of traditionally Sec court Page 2 beginning july 1, Washington s heavily used City dump will be placed on an opening and closing schedule and. Non., residents of Washington will have to pay fees to dump on the facility. The schedule and the fees Are being imposed in order to attempt to rut Clown the traffic Al. The dump. The City dump will be open from 8 to 5 monday through Friday. It will be open from 8 . To noon on saturdays and will be closed All Day Sun. Days those non residents of Washington wishing to dump garbage at the Washington City dump will have to Purchase tickets to allow them to do so it was announced Bye Earl Bonner. Director of Public works for the City of Washington. Tickets for three Quarter ton trucks and larger will be $2.w per Load. The fee for trucks dumping under three Quarter ton size wll be $1.00 per Load. Automobile fees will be $1.50 per month or $18.00 per year non residents who wish to disclose of old motor vehicles will have to Purchase a ticket at a fee of $2.00. All tickets May be purchased at City Hall in Washington or at the City warehouse on West third Street in Washington. Tickets will be collected at the dump before garbage is allowed to be dumped it was pointed out. Dies in Virginia Clarence Newcomb age 49, native of Virginia died in the veterans administration Hospital at be Loughtan. A sunday night following an illness of several months. He was the husband of Frances Woolard of it. 4, Washington. A a i funeral arrangements Are incomplete and will be announced by the Paul funeral Home. The official reason for the program but he added the real reason was to Salute the mayor a prime mover behind the project Beverly g. Moss vice chair Man of the redevelopment commission said a it is appropriate fitting and proper that the City Council and the redevelopment commission concurred to name this ribbon of Asphalt and Concrete with the artistic accoutrements. A a. Thomas Stewart Parkway Quot others Jan the program included. John t. Edmunds regional administrator of the department of housing and Urban development or. Leo Jenkins president of East Carolina University and us. Rep Walter b. Jones members of the City Council and redevelopment commission a mayor pro Tern Jesse Spruill received the deed for the property from Dave Milligan chairman of the redevelopment commission. Former chairmen of the redevelopment commission and mrs Stewart participated in the ribbon cutting Moss remarks reflected the tributes a id the mayor. Noting that the Federal Urban renewal program was implemented Here in 1981. Moss said. A it was Tom. Stewart who sought my this Aid to rid us of items and Wight to in ahoy for this Feder d program the City revamped its entire odes and ordinances so that with the Urban renewal program conditions could no longer deteriorate to the Low level before Moas Allum Fhanor said at the time Quot this action by the City Council is probably the Moat sign infant action that has Ever taken place in behalf of the health and welfare of the people of Washington Quot the City was among the first 10 in North Carolina to develop a redevelopment program under Urban renewal and today has one of the largest Urban renewal programs of any City of like size in the country under Urban renewal Here 304 substandard structures have been Demolt a tied and replaced with More than 400 units of Public housing land has been made available for schools and Parks More than 14 Miles of streets have been paved and More redevelopment in scheduled in slum areas. The waterfront Street and Park area completed in april stretches from Gladden and main into Bonner Street it includes boat Docking facilities and 700 new parking spaces and is part of the $2.2 million downtown and. Waterfront project which is changing the face of the Central business District a a. A a Goose humps and honors in addition to the 53-foot wide Street the project includes new sidewalks along both sides of the drive and an Esplanade along the Bulkhead. A Brick Park Bench extends the length erf the Park unsightly waterfront buildings a see dedication. Page 2 second fish kill found mail Reform Bill appears a x x in Yadkin headed for House \ Victory Well trained muscle spirit Winston Salem apr a second severe fish kill has occurred on the Yadkin River South of Winston Salem thousands of fish were killed sunday when a second mass of waste material passed Down the River following heavy Rains. The material was apparently similar to what was called a a slug of organic waste that passed Down the River thursday. Sundays incident sent state wildlife employees Back to the River for the fourth consecutive Day. Despite extensive investigation there is still no explanation for the origin or composition of the pollution that caused the two kills a state official said sunday. The fish that were killed sunday were in a 20-mile stretch of River Between Advance in Davie a see fish kill Page 2> Rowe funeral held today funeral services for Billie m. Rowe age 77, of Aurora were held this afternoon at 3 of clock at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home Here with the Rev. P. A. Oward pastor of the Washington Church of god officiating. Burial followed in the Mason memorial cemetery at blounts Creek. Pallbearers were Ira Staley Malcolm and George Lee Rowe and Jesse and Eddie Jones. Or Rowe died suddenly at his Tome saturday at 1.2 15 of clock following a heart attack. He had in failing health for several months. Or Rowe was born at Aurora nov. -12,1.882, son of the late John Calvin and Annie Elizabeth Satterthwaite Rowe. He was a merchant and was a member of the Aurora methodist Church or. Rowe was married to the Annie Essie Cayton of Aurora who preceded him in death aug. 21, 1987 surviving Are a son Billy r. Rowe of Middlesex n. J. Two daughters mrs. Joseph j. Fulford of Norfolk a. And mrs. Roy Willis of Aurora seven Quot grandchildren and. One great grandchild and one brother Jesse Rowe of Long Island n. Y. By Jim Adams associated press writer Washington a one of the must sweeping plans to overhaul the american mail service since Benjamin Frank Lin set it up in 1753 still appears headed for Victory in the House but not without some hard nosed floor opposition. The Assumption that the Post Al Reform Bill including an 8 per cent pay raise for mail workers will pass the House when it comes up for a midweek vote has been so widespread that neither party bothered to take a headcount on the Issue but during committee hear mrs last week the Bill ran into heavy fire Over compulsory Union membership retroactive pay and Congress impending loss of 181 years of control of. The Post office including patronage those i Ssu is part in u i a r 1 y compulsory Union membership remain alive and opponents Are prepared to fight Ever them during debate. Not All the potential roadblocks will be in Congress. The National letter carriers Union which played a major part in the nation s Only mail strike earlier this year has raised the threat of a walkout v this weekend if the House kills the Bill. And postmaster Gen. Win ton m Blount says he May recommend a veto if the Bill carries with the costly retroactive pay feature intact. The timing of the pay boost is a major difference Between the House version and a Bill approved by the Senate Post office committee. As sent to the House floor the 8 per cent pay increase will be retroactive to april 16 the Senate measure Calls for it to take effect upon passage. The Cost of the pay raise just for the fiscal year starting july 1 has been estimated at $538 million and. That on top of a previous 6 per cent boost for All government workers including mail employees. The big fight Over compulsory Union membership always a volatile Issue in Congress stems from opponents claims that it will break Down govern ment control Over its workers and. Lead to tons ant strikes. But backers note the Bill prohibits strikes and say it Only gives postal unions the same right As those in private Industry to negotiate contracts requiring employees join unions within 30 Days. The 19 states that prohibit compulsory Union membership Are exempted by the Bill. The Reform Bill a Compromise of president Nixon s original postal corporation plan would give the mail system its first Basic Ace lifting since 1788 when Congress took control of postal rates wages and policy. The Hill would take control of the mails away from Congress and turn it Over to an depend ent us Pon Tal service with a corporate Powers and with orders to put the service on a self paying basis by 1918 under the House Bill the a service is to set postal rates necessary to meet operation costs subject to congressional veto and would be authorized to Bor pow up to to billion for modern a Iza Tion and construction a the service would to run by a a postmaster general and an Liman Board. Nine members would be appointed by the president and they would name the postmaster general and his Deputy both of whom would be Board members. Flowers provide Beauty photos by Litchfield a

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