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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - June 20, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather partly Cloudy and warm a a rough sunday with Chance of afternoon and evening Thunder Shower my a Itear 90. Low mostly 06� Washington daily news h you do not got your Papor. Dui m94dm a tween it w Mno 1 90 o clock and one Ali be do it Verad to poit. Established 1909 fight pages North cab Una. Saturday afternoon june 20, 1970 daily except sunday mass executions chinese better off but live in fear arabs say Heath at no. 10 Downing air attack with a glum Wilson out by pop Tiu Arr a Dwarf associated press writer honk Kong a Resi dents of communist China Are living better these Days but travellers to Hong Kong Tell More and More tales of political and Masa executions clothing and food still a re very Plain in the Mainland chinese cities but people Are reported dressing and eating be Ter than they have for several years and stores in peking tientsin. Shanghai and Canton Are putting consumer goods in their display windows replacing the political posters that had dominated until recently. At the same time however. Peking continues to drum up fears of War and mass trials and executions Are common throughout the nation of some 700 million because of a widespread War psychosis the cities of peking tientsin and Canton sit atop mazes of tunnels and bomb Shel ters observers say. Hundreds of thousands of chinese Are reported digging underground shelters and fortifications in every major City. Many Western analysts who have studied the reports of shelter construction believe peking Leader do not really Pec War but have launched a War preparations Campaign to unite factions and people Separ a Ted during the China s bloody cultural revolution. Most of the reports indicate Fiir he shelters an shallow and weak and would not provide any Protection from the effects of even Small conventional bombs. The reports Are those of travellers mainly european and asian traders and Western government experts who visit the Mainland and leave through Hong Kong a British Crown Colony at the tip of the Kowloon Peninsula in Southeast China. The travellers say that in the town and Countryside villagers and peasants Are eating and dressing better Bice stocks Are adequate in Moat areas meat is. More available than at any time since 1966, when the great cultural revolution began but it remains expensive and its con sumption Sull 4toply a Ieada ounces per person per month they believe Coal Iron and steel production Are up and that factories Are producing More trucks and More Industrial and agricultural machinery. How. Much More cannot be precisely determined a considerable number of the persons reported tried and executed recently in China have been City Village and commune officials accused of graft and corruption during the cultural revolution. Others have been charged with looting robbery and murder during the revolution the sources say. ,3,096 drunk Church activism . Drivers last month Raleigh apr the North Carolina Highway patrol arrested a record number of motorists on Drunken driving charges during May. Patrol commander col. c. Guy reported Friday that 3.0% persons were charged with driving while intoxicated. It was the first time Drunken driving arrests had Ever topped 3,000 in a single month. The total was 43 per cent greater than the Drunken driving arrests in May 1%9, and a 91 per cent increase Over May 1968. Arrests during the first five months of the year totalled 14,-069, a 45 per cent increase Over the first five months of 1969. Guy also reported that Highway deaths in the state Are Between % and 40 less than last years count and he Hopes 1970 will be the second year in a Row in which Highway deaths have been lowered. At least 701 persons have died in tar Heel traffic accidents so far this year compared to 742 at this time last year. Guy gives at least some of the credit for the lower death toll to the crackdown on Drunken Drivers. A we definitely know that its saving lives preventing accidents a he said a but we done to know to what Guy said conviction rates of Drunken Drivers Range from 95 per cent in some counties to As Low As 35 per cent in others. But he said the use of the breathalyzer has unquestionably increased the conviction rate. Guy said the rate of Drivers agreeing to submit to the chemical test has gone up about 10 per cent a from 72 to 82 per cent a since the a implied consent Law took effect sept 1, 1%9. A in May 2,564 of the 3,0% Drivers charged with driving while intoxicated took the breathalyzer test another 445 Drivers refused to take the test and face suspension of their licenses for 60 see drunks Page 8 by Randolph Schmid associated press writer Memphis Tenn. Api general Assembly delegates of the presbyterian Church in the . Have Gorie Home Van Ter a week Here in which they liberalized the churches stance on abortion and drinking and named a group to study Black Particio Tion in the predominantly Southern denomination. Meeting amid often stifling heat and parliamentary rhetoric the 460 delegates almost equally divided into conserva the and Liberal factions also faced the question of restructuring their million member denomination. But action on it was delayed pending further study. The tone of the convention was perhaps set last sunday with the election of a Moderator. Or. William a. Benfield of Charleston w. Va., considered a Liberal was elected he Defeated or. Harry a. Fifield of Atlanta a moderate backed by conservatives who feared that entering their own candidate would split the vote and result in Benfield selection. As it was Benfield edged Fifield by five votes. This narrow margin had its effect As both liberals and conservatives seemed to realize there was Little Hope of any major changes being approved in so evenly divided a group. Restructuring of the divisions of the Church itself synods and presbyteries was probably the most burning Issue within the see Church. Page 8 f fashions Complex by Ann Hencken a fashion writer new York apr no wonder some women Are confused about the fall fashion look. It is complicated. A simple mini dress is easier to understand than the new sporty separates idea. Just zip up a mini dress and you re ready. But a layered ensemble demands More planning the Blouse should be right with the Midi skirt a the skirt just Long enough. It should be split or Cut Well to give a Young feeling. The whole thing should fit neatly under a wrap whether its a new poncho or a Midi coat. A a what a cooking in fashion a was the theme for fridays round up of fall fashions from j p. Stevens amp co., a. Large textile firm. One answer was a mixed ingredients a the layered idea. Anne Fogarty interprets it in rust plaid jacket rust Midi jumper and yellow Turtle . Sleeveless wraps can give the same separates message a red fringed Vest Over Turtle and jeans by Jack Winter or sleeveless coat hooded mid tunic and stovepipe pants a Vogue pattern. The casual layered look of Good for evening too. On a dressier note there is a Grey flannel jumper with glitter Belt and White Satin shirt from Rembrandt. Adolphe Zelinka offers a Black Cape lined in red Satin Over Short jacket and miniskirt you can get a dress with a built in separates look from designers such As Bill de Natale for Jeunesse he makes dress bodice and skirt in contrasting colors or fabrics like his dark and Light Harnes s dress for $60 separates can take jewelry Well like Maryll Lavinus Chain belts at the Waist or dog collars at the Throat. Her Silver trimmer Lucite shapes blend Well with the new tailored look for evening. The shows Are part of the National press week held by the new York couture business Council inc. Many sign petition Raleigh a in Between 550,000 and 600,000 signatures were obtained in North Carolina on petitions urging better treatment for prisoners of War in North Vietnam. Thursdays one Day drive was sponsored by the National guard and the states Junior chamber of Commerce. Repelled by the associated press Egypt mid 88 Israel warplanes attacked its positions along the Suez canal Friday but that antiaircraft fire prevented them from carrying out their Mission israeli spokesmen in Tel Aviv mid Only that israeli planes continued their daily pounding of egyptian targets in the canal zone striking intermittently throughout the Day. Both sides mid they suffered no losses in the raids in Cairo one of 16 kuwaiti soldiers killed in action in the canal zone was buried with military honors Friday press reports mid the kuwaitis were killed during an israeli air strike wednesday. The funeral was considered a tribute to All of the 16 Quot fallen the egyptian minister of War it. Gen. Mohamed Fawzi who is commander of the Kuwait brigade in the canal area led the funeral procession a crowd of thousands marched with the cortege chanting a Victory for lebanese Interior minister Kamal jumbo Flat met with egyptian president game Abdel Nasser in Cairo and reportedly gave him a message from lebanese president Charles Helou. The contents of the message were not. Disclosed but in formed sources mid it dealt with the lebanese governments relations with palestinian resistance movements an israeli military spokesman in Tel Aviv mid an Arab guerrilla was killed Friday night in a clash with an israeli army patrol South of the dam a a Bridge a a see mid East Page 8 Post office bids sought bids Are now being received for the construction of a new Post office building at blounts Creek. Interested parties May Contact Jesse Tripp Blore nth a Creek postmaster or write to Lloyd c. Loomis Rea estate officer room 302, John Hancock building 230 Houston St. N.e., Atlanta a. Bids must be received not later than july 13 w Ere y of counted restrictions listed Cooper Church proposal clarified by co sponsor by Carl p. Lei Bosdorf associated Presa writer Washington apr a Coa Ponsor of the Cooper Church amendment has tried. Jet clarify confusing and sometimes contradictory statements by detailing proposed restrictions on future . Troop actions in Cambodia sen Frank Church a Idaho said in a statement Friday that amendment under debate for six weeks in the Senate Quot does not address itself to the Powers of the president but to the Powers of Congress Quot he added it retains its Basic thrust despite adoption of one amendment reasserting the president s constitutional Powers and the likelihood a second one will be approved monday spelling out that these Powers include Protection of american troops earlier. Sen Robert j Dole a Kan said the legislative his Lory of the debate in turned the Amer Mew from an in to granted Challenge to Dent authority to an a do is a ton that president Nixon acted constitutionally in ordering Force into Cambodia As a result Dole mid. A i have concluded that Many of the orig ins implications in the language of i Iff amendment have been resolved in favor of pres Ervin Fig the constitutional Powers of Church mid the amendment which faces an Uncertain future in Senate House conference even if approved by the Senate tries to mgt this to president Nixon a emr president after july i 1970/ there will be no funds available to you Lor retaining United states forces in cambo do a. For sending United states military advisers into Cambodia to instruct or assist cambodian visors or combat Force of third countries to assist Cambodia or for the United Stales sir support to cambodian forces a he listed these five things the amendment does a the amendment denies congressional endorsement in new prime minister celebrates Tii Wiital press write London apr prime min a def tilt Heath Mil at 1ft Downing Street today with the men who will help him Toad Britain a new conservative gov a crowd cheered As Heath still beaming Over his a timing upset of Harold Wilson Thor party arrived at his new official residence he wave gtd and went inside sir Alec Douglas Home the tory prime minister unseated Advance to any future action by Wilson in 1964. Was the next that the president might take in Cambodia in the name of either protecting our Force in Viet Nam or expediting their withdrawal from that country. A a the Cooper Church amendment prohibits use of funds to retain american troops a see iterate. Page 8> Scott no. Renewed efforts prisons communists hit need work in Crim bodice Call 946-3544 if you were not counted in the 1970 census. As of this morning at 1 0ft o clock 42 Calls had been received 14 Ream residents from within the Tity a a Washington and 28 in the county. The tale phone listed above is being manned around the clock and it will be manned All Day tomorrow sunday it was said today. The City of Washington and the Washington chamber of Commerce Are jointly sponsoring the Effort to Correct what appears to be a big error in the 1970 census count in Washington and Beaufort county. The City population has been listed in the preliminary report As 8,633, and the county As 34,641. It is believed that a lot of families have not been counted. Renewed efforts will be made next week to Correct the count. Under Sac command minuteman Iii installed primed by Robert a. Dob i n a military writer Washington ap1 a the newest addition to americans nuclear arsenals global missiles capable of carrying multiple warheads have been installed and primed for launch in Concrete silos buried in North Dakota. The air farce in a terse announcement Friday mid the strategic air command has taken control of the first flight of the minuteman Iii intercontinental ballistic missiles at Minot air Force base . A flight consists of 10 minute Iii missiles. Each missile can carry three independently targe table re entry vehicles warheads known As mires. Some warheads will contain electronic deception devices to confuse enemy radar instead of nuclear bombs. The deployment of the missiles was not unexpected. The air Force told Congress in March the first Mir equipped minuteman ills would be operational sometime in june. But the air Force declined Friday to my if the multiple warheads were already installed on the minuteman is. Nixon administration officials mid the decision to deploy the mires would not impair the prospects for an arms agreement with the soviet Union. Other officials including Secretary of defense Melvin. R. Laird contended the administration s determination to proceed with Mir and the safeguard ant a ballistic missile system adds to the bargaining effectiveness of the us. Negotiators. Work on the two weapons systems could be halted if an Accord is reached with the soviets administration officials said. The Pentagon ultimately plans to replace Sod of its 1,000 older minuteman i and ii mis Siesz each armed with a single warheads with the Mir equipped minuteman Iii however sources have mid not More than 100 of the new misses will become operational this year. A minuteman Iii with a full 2,-000-Pound payload has a Range of 6,100 Miles and can reach speeds of More than 15,000 Miles per hour. It carries three known As the Mark 12 re entry system which consists of three nuclear bombs with a total explosive Force believed to be equal to Between 170,000 to 200,000 tons of int the atom \ see Mir Page 8 Myrtle Beach. S. C. Apr North Carolina gov Bob Scott says die stage needs to improve its prisons because a we Are Many time turning out Criminate More embittered and hardened than when they in Scott told the North Carolina bar association Friday night the state lacks adequate prison facilities and personnel. A a Good Job is being done with what we be got but much More is he said. Scott challenged the lawyers to work for a better and More modern prisons in North Carolina he said a a you possess the skills and abilities to constitute a powerful lobby which could get things the governor suggested formation of a commission a concerned with the correction system where it stands and where we want to go. A we Are making some Prog Ress the governor told the new $1.3 million mental health Center at Central prison is under Way a new Multi Story Structure is under construction in Morganton several units Are being renovated a in other business Friday night Lindsay Warren of Goldsboro the association outgoing president passed the Gavel to new president j. Mack Holland of Gastonia _ a a president elect and other officers will be chosen today Scott told of his recent tour of prison facilities in the Raleigh area. He said he saw cooking making License tags or at work in the print shop learning useful trades. A this is Good but As the Day continued a the governor added a i Learned that other trades they learn or improve upon while in the system Are How to lie to cheat to steal to assault murder or rape and to bribe defraud and corrupt. In other words putting them behind bars does not prevent other criminal acts a in Many cases it pro see Scott. Paget a a t Rural counties unable Southern Pines n. A a. Apr the assistant director by t. Jeff Williams 1 associated press writer phenom penh Cambodia a communist troops launched a series of new attacks against Tow aft Hiorth and North East of phenom penh today As cambodian forces struggled to keep the capital from being ism baled ,. Along with fighting at several Points along major highways increased pressure at tonic Bel and other locations along the Mekong River was seen Jere As indicating a renewed Effort by the North vietnamese and Viet Cong to seize control of the upper reaches of the vital water 9iy. A a heavy fighting was reported from tone bet a City virtually levelled in a Battle several weeks ago. Tone bet 50 Miles Northeast of Here is on the Mekong opposite the important provincial capital of Korn Pong Cham. T enemy units also overran a government Post at team Chi Kang on the Mekong 13 Miles West of Kampong Cham and threatened Skourn on the main Road linking Kampong Chan with phenom penh fighting involving cambodian and South Vietnam a exam orces flared at several other Points Well inside Cambodia and . Forces lost eight men killed and 29 wounded in a sudden sup surge of fighting along the Bor Der areas where they Are digging out enemy Supply caches More heavy fighting was reported at Kampong Thom a provincial capital 80 Miles North of phenom penh military analysts in phenom penh a that while the capital remain a primary target of in Emry Force trying to Cut All main Highway in a tire North vietnamese Oid Viet Cong also want to Taka Tirol of the Mekong Riv it re upper reaches and Tribu a Sofrom Southern Lana Titan Ebodia for moving troops and supplies the us a. Command said three americans were killed and 23 wounded Friday when North vietnamese troops launched a heavy mortar barrage and a ground attack against a night bivouac of the Lith armoured cavalry regiment m the fishhook. Area near Milmot. Five americans were killed and Nix wounded in two other clashes involving the . 1st air cavalry division farther to the Northeast. Five North vietnamese were know n dead the . Command announced today that an air Force f4 fighter bomber crashed in Cambodia two crewmen were listed As miss ing it was the 35th aircraft and the sixth fighter bomber lost to All causes in Cambodia re. A Quot. Killed in War Washington a army spec 4 Phillip w. Green or. Of try on ., was included in the defense departments list of Southeast asian War dead Friday he had previously been listed As missing in action parly Stalwart to arrive sir Alee was Heath s foreign policy spokesman during the to pain and could have the Job of for engr of Secretary for the asking. But he is 67, and Friend mid he might prefer a less exacting Job As lord privy Seal Heath has indicated he May wait a few Days before announcing his Cabinet choices possibly making some Junior ministerial assignments from among the too new conservatives who won parliamentary seat in thursdays election there was speculation that party Stalwart Lam Macleod might become Chancellor of the exchequer that Geoffrey Ripon might be named defense Secretary and that heaths Deputy party Leader Reginald Mauld ing. Would get a key Post As Leader of the mouse of commons on lord Chancel meanwhile government Orr a Tina Tipoti Tepetl it a the guidance of career under a ret Aries. Who do not change with adm Nistra Lions Heath lost no time taking up residence on Downing Street he moved in through the front door while a tired and glum Wilson moved out through the Back. The new prime mints Ter celebrated his Victory Friday night at it party Given by Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle in Honor of the 70th birthdays this year of Queen Mother Elizabeth the Duke of Gloucester and lord mount Batten. Almost from the moment the returns started coming in from thurs Day a National election computer forecasts indicated that the con Ervy Tive would win an upset Vittory. But it was no until Early Friday afternoon that a the vote count showed the tories had won their 316th spat and controlled More than half of the House of commons final figures showed that heaths party had won a 36-seat majority -330 seats to labors 288, the Liberal party s 6, and another 6 won by other parties. Of the total 28,258.332 votes cast the conservatives received 13,106,965, or 46.4 per cent. Labor polled 12,141.676. Or 43 per cent Black panthers want Black constitutional convention $ the Institute of government at Chapel Hill says Rural North Carolina counties Are unable to afford the Upkeep and staff it would take to have a a decent juvenile detention a Mason Thomas spoke Friday at the closing session of the North Carolina conference of juvenile detention. The conference was told that children Are put in jail with hardened criminals because there is nowhere else to place them. The seven detention Homes in the state Are in largely populated Piedmont counties. By Ken Hartnett associated press writer Washington a the Black Panther party dying the nation s Blacks have no future under the . Constitution has called for a constitutional cod mention in Philadelphia the same place the pigs held theirs the party a chief spokesman who identifies himself As big Man announced the alte and the tentative opening Date of sept. 7 at a Panther rally Friday on the Steps of the1 Lincoln memorial. A Philadelphia pa., that a Rizzo territory Quot mid big Man refer ring to that City a Tough talking police commissioner Frank Rizzo he a not going to like it but we re going to Dayu whether be likes it or chief of staff David Hilliard it san Francisco read the convention Call standing where Martin Luther King blood seven years ago to give his a i have a dream oration a the Constitution of the United states does not guarantee and protect our economic rights or our political rights nor our social rights Quot mid Hilliard As Panther banners and flags fluttered in the Breeze a a it does not even guarantee and protect our Moat Basic human right the right to Hil Jird mid if Blacks Are to remain a part of the nation then a we must have a new Constitution that will strictly guar Antee our human rights to life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happi Ness which is promised but not delivered by the present White eradicate Rennie Davis and David Dellinger were in the audience of 500 persons the overwhelming majority of them Blacks As Hilliard spoke and seemingly open the door to White participation in the convention. A we believe a Hilliard said a that Black people Are not the Only group within Arienca that stands in need of a new Constitution other oppressed ethnic groups the youth of America women Voung men who Are slaughtered As Cannon fodder in mad avaricious wars of aggression. Our neglected elderly people All have an interest m a new Constitution that will guarantee us a society in which human rights Are supreme and Justice is one Radical spokesman said a the convention proposal would be a major item on the Agenda next weekend when a major Antiwar conference is scheduled

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