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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - June 22, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather partly Row Der and cooler to met tuesday partly dowdy and. Cooler. Lows tonight mostly m i Pis tuesday mostly Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. Dial mss 45 Between a a and 7 00 o clock and cast we bad it lie wred to you it Abt Rushfo eight pag�,5 Washington. North Ca Iduna monday afternoon. June 22,1970 Dahy except sunday Allied troops in Vietnam report heavy fighting during weekend staff photo new demo officers a new Beaufort county democratic executive committee officers Are shown above As follows Louis t Randolph 2nd vice chairman w. F. Veasey treasurer Thad Hodges 1st vice chairman James Edwards 3rd vice chairman mrs Lillie Pittman Secretary and mrs Mary Winfield democratic National committee woman who presided Over the meeting last saturday in the absence of Lloyd p. Sloan jr., retiring chairman mrs. Verona Cratch new chairman is on vacation and did not attend the meeting 4. At convention saturday demos elect mrs. Cratch mrs. Verosta Cratch saturday was elected chairman of the Beaufort county democratic executive committee succeeding Lloyd p. Sloan or. Who did not seek reelection. Other officers elected at the county convention included. Thad. Hodges 1st vice president Louis Randolph 2nd vice president James Edwards 3rd vice president mrs. Lillie Pittman Secretary and a p. Veasey treasurer. Special committees named included congressional mrs. Hilma Elliott and mrs. H. E. Boyd judicial John Rodman and Milton Brownjr. Senatorial Cecil Lilley and mrs. Robbie Abeyounis representative Ray Brooks and mrs. Julia Rumley. All Loyal democrats were named delegates to the District and state conventions. The District con Rentto Tywhid be held in Greenville next saturday june 27, while the state convention will be held in Raleigh on july 14. Floyd Lupton brought greetings at the convention from congressman Walter Jones. Or. Lupton called upon democrats once More to embrace the democratic principles of Jefferson and Jackson. James Barrow 2nd precinct a see demos Page 8 debate on Cambodia nears end by Carl p. Lei Bodorff associated press writer Washington apr the six week Senate"3ebat� on . A a policy in Cambodia is nearing its end amid Strong disagree ment Over whether its ultimate Impact will be More symbolic than real every indication is that the Cooper Church amendment to restrict future u. S actions is beaded for approval once opponents permit the final vote probably next week even if the House defeats the measure there is widespread agreement on both sides that a the lengthy Senate debate will Quot influence president Nixon if he is it necessary to take another step such As the attack into Cambodia sen. Robert j. Dole a Kana leading administration supporter who believes statements in debate and amendments reasserting the presidents constitutional authority have weakened the original proposal nevertheless told a reporter a aft s still an indication that Congress has some definite responsibilities and we re willing to assert democratic Leader Mike Mansfield a leading Cooper first step Penn Central Railroad files t a for bankruptcy by Lee Linder associated press writer Philadelphia apr the Penn Central Railroad the nations largest has received court permission to reorganize under Federal bankruptcy Laws because it is unable to pay its Bills. Meanwhile it continues Normal operations. Directors of the Railroad part of a giant company with assets of More than $6.5 billion said they went into court sunday be the cause the line was caught in a giant a severe Cash squeeze and unable to borrow new funds a from any a last ditch plan for a $200 million government guaranteed loan fell though last week the bankruptcy petition was signed by . District judge c. William Kraft or. It was rushed to krafts suburban Home by a chauffeured limousine following approval by the 12 directors of the Penn Central transportation co. After a six hour emergency meeting. Simply it meant that the business of the line created Early in 1968 with the merger of the Pennsylvania and new York Central was in the hands of the court and that the passenger and freight trains would keep on running. Action affected Only the Railroad with its 42,731 Miles of track in 14 states and two Canadian provinces. The Parent Penn Central co. And its profitable subsidiaries Buckeye pipe line co., the great Southwest corp., Arvida corp., realty hotels inc., and two tiny railroads the Pitts. See Penn Page 8 Smithwick elected by Hyde demos Swan Quarter a William t. Bill Smithwick of Ponzer was named chairman of the Hyde county democratic executive committee at the convention held saturday. Or. Smithwick succeeds Herbert Rhem also of Ponzer who did not seek reelection to the Post. . Grace s. Ballance a named 1st vice president and Elbert Eborn was named 2nd vice president mrs Doris l. Smithwick was named Secretary and treasurer. Herbert Rhen Albert Whitaker Allen Credle and Roger a. Spencer were named to the congressional committee. Other committees Are As follows judicial Worth Moore and Dick of Neal Sorici trial Woodrow Spencer and Joe Swindell and state democratic executive committee1 w. J. Dick Lupton. The meeting was held at the Hyde county court House with about 50 democrats present. V Republican rebels new bloc lines up against Nixon air pollution notices pressure slackers in Cambodia mailed by state Agency see debate Page 8� Roland Taylo d yes suddenly Roland e. Taylor a Washington store manage and resident of the Gilead Community it. 2, blounts Creek died suddenly in the Beaufort county Hospital Here this morning at 9 30 of clock following a heart attack he had been in failing health for the past six weeks or. Taylor was born at Gilead nov. 29, 1929, son of Otho and Rosa Hill Taylor he we the manager of the giant discount store Here and previously was an employee of the Thomas Howard wholesale grocery company. He was a member of Ephesus free will Baptist Church and a member of the Board of deacons of the Church or. Taylor was a Veteran of the korean conflict and was married to the former Sally Griffin of this county on sept. 16, 1950 surviving besides his wife and parents All of it. 2, blounts Creek Are two sons Rand and Jeffery Taylor both of the Home two daughters mrs. Harold Wayne Woolard of this City and miss Windy Taylor of a be Home one sister mrs. Roland Mccoy of Dover. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Paul funeral Home. A news by eclat by Yvonne Baskin associated press writer Raleigh apr More than 1,000 North Carolina cities schools businesses and industries will begin receiving notices this week that they Are polluting the state s air the notices will be the1 first step in removing the Clouds of dark smoke which pour from smokestacks open trash dumps and incinerators across the state. The air pollution control division of the state department of water and air resources will Send the notices to All persons and facilities which do not con Farmers w Elcome rainfall Light rainfall improved crop prospects in Beaufort county Over the weekend varying amounts fell in the area but not As much As most Farmers would like to have seen the rainfall reported As .15 of an Inch at the rainfall observing station in Washington came with a cold front which moved through the state bringing thunderstorms with rain and Hail the Hubert Bennett farm in Chocowinity township was hit by Hail which did extensive crop damage and wind a roofed some tobacco barns no other reports of Hail damage were reported in the county. Rainfall was general throughout the area but amounts varied from comm Unity to Community. Reports reaching Here this morning said the Eastern end of the county May have fared bet Ter than the Western Side. Meanwhile a High pressure system moving toward North Carolina from the West is expected to again dry out the state s weather skies Are expected to become generally fair tuesday As the result of the system which is following a cold front. The front brought severe thunderstorms to some parts of the state sunday. There were reports of High winds and Hail in some areas and in at least a two locations. Mooresville. Mon Rie and Burgaw North of Wilmington there were Power failures at Burgaw lightning started a Woods fire. At new Bern where winds of see weather Page if were you counted the div won ity standards the standards1 will take effect july and they will a uni Rol the open burning of refuse and the emission of smoke the Regula tutors also provide for the classification of Karnats air contaminants which May new a cd control William. E Knight chief of the air pollution control do vision. Said he expected to have a Complete list of persons and firms which do not meet the anti pollution standards ready today hut he did not plan to make the list Public Knight s department planned to begin mailing out notices to the polluters immediately ask whal they plan to do to Correct the situation a there arc two approaches to compliance the voluntary and the non voluntary Quot Knight said a persons needing to take corrective action will have an Opportunity to ind Cale the method they choose to take a Knight said the corrective action cannot be accomplished to mediately so his division will use the mechanism of a reasonable time Quot in working with the polluters those persons or industries who intend to comply voluntary see pollution Page a i by hit hard Pyle shoe la fed or r % i r 11 r i Saigon it a it us and South vietnamese today reported their hardest weekend of fighting m Vietnam be swimmer s body found in River Mcmillan is survived by wife daughter Mother. His two Goldsboro tomorrow at 2 3 p m James Wright Dies sunday the body of a Goldsboro Man missing since saturday afternoon in the Pamlico River was Sisters and a brother fun Era i recovered Early this morning off services will he conducted in Hills Point about a mile from whelp he was last seen in the water. A search for Gordon r i Han. "jr., 29, manager of a Goldsboro printing firm had been going on since he disappeared while swimming in of Jongh water with two companion the body was found at 6 a m. By Williams o Neal who called the Washington Rescue squad which had conducted a search saturday afternoon and sunday but had called off a night search because of darkness and rough water in the River. The sheriffs department gave this account of what happened three couples were on a Houseboat in the area saturday when Mcmillan Tommy Bridges of Goldsboro a and Dean Harrell of Wilson jumped off the boat owned by Harrell and went for a swim Mcmillan developed some Type of trouble and tried to make it Back to the boat amid rough water although help was. Given him he disappeared under water the sheriff s department was not Able to verify the Nann Quot of those involved except that of Mcmillan a. Or James Welgh age 67., resident of 3j1 East f a Ortee nth Street died in the Beaufort county Hospital sunday after noon at 2 15 of clock following a critical illness of several hours. Or Wright was born at cinnabar Mont. Nov 22 r5w2, son of. The late William Thomas and Mary Garr Wright he was a retired member of the Ana Conda Mont. Police department and served As desk sergeant for -27 years. Mr., Wright lived All of his life in Montana before moving Here in sept 1968 he was a parishioner of St. Peters Catholic Church in Ana Onda Mont and was married to the former Doreen Smyth of that City on feb 4.1928 surviving besides his wife Are a son Thomas j. Wright of Macis Woods two Brothers. Harry Wright and John Wright both of see Wright Page 8 in than two months but enemy pressure eased across cambo do am. . Troops began their major withdrawal from Border areas South vietnamese forces claimed a Mekong Delta Victory saturday in which 70 Nemy were killed and said 49 More were slain in two Battles sunday in the same Region action involving american units tape red off after an upsurge of Sharp fighting which helped to push the enemy toll for the weekend past 220 the1 l b command disclosed that portions of two battalions of the 1st air cavalry division s 2nd brigade began moving Back across the Border into South Vietnam today with More expected to move tuesday the movement involving several hundreds troops marked the beginning of the american pullout from Cambodia that is scheduled to be completed by a week from tuesday the june 30 deadline set by presiden Nixon some 9,700 americans were still across the Border when the withdrawal began military sources said farther West in Cambodia communist forces relaxed their up Rauie u. Nosaf Tad provincial. Capital oif k urn Pong Thom to mites North of phenom Petit bul it appeared that both woes were taking a breather before what might be a showdown Battle _ North vietnamese troop. Had captured about Hall of the battered town on saturday and were holding on despite continuous hammering by South vietnamese planes and helicopters flying m support of the cambodian ground troops but a cambodian spokesman in phenom penh said the fighting had died see War Page 8 bulletin Washington a breaking away from 72 years of tradition the supreme court ruled 7 to i today that juries in criminal trials May be composed of less than 12 people. A a we hold that the Liman panel is not a necessary ingredient 11 in said Justice Byron h White for Thi court Justice Thurgood Marshall was the sole dissenter from minorities poor Ama considers committee to receive complaints by h. L. Schwartz Iii associated press writer Washington a in the Senate Battle Over Cambodia president Nixon once again is being opposed by a band of Republican rebels who have turned a casual weekly get together into an influential political bloc. Known informally As the a wednesday luncheon group a they Are a Loose knit leaderless faction with a flexible membership that hovers around a dozen. Each week they Drift together in the office of a member who sometimes May forget its his turn to be Host if indeed he has even been told. There with increasing frequency these republicans Are finding it easier to Swallow the Capitol a Chancy luncheon fare than the policies of their president. Although called Liberal Moder ates by most people they Are a divergent group. The membership ranges from James Pearson who must keep a watchful Eye on his conservative base in Kansas to Charles Goodell of new York noted for his edwardian suits Collar length hair and Ultra Liberal politics. They done to always agree Over their weekly sandwiches Sher Bert and Coffee. Or even afterwards when newsmen ask what they talked about. But when the smoke clears the rhetoric Dies and the votes Are counted they nearly always end up on the same Side of the tally Sheet. A we Are not a monolithic group a says Oregon a Mark Hatfield a a but we have their commonality has been s major Factor in the closest and most important Senate votes of the past year. It has also been a face within the Senate a 43-member Republican caucus where the wednesday luncheon group can claim with some justification to be the Power brokers. A i done to know about those Guys a says sen. Robert j. Dole of Kansas a leading conservative Republican spokesman. A they done to have Many votes. But they sure win a members of the wednesday group themselves shy away from the word there is evidence the White House consistently ignores their advice vice. But they Are not modest about their significant role in blocking revival of the old gop Sou there democratic juggernaut that once ruled Congress. Despite the election of a Republican president the old coalition is but a rusting Hulk. Quot in the sociopolitical area in a close controversy we can make the difference and have made1 the difference a says Hatfield. A but we done to see ourselves in a Power Rale our Basic psyche is broadening the base of the Republican party besides Hatfield Pearson and Goodell the wednesday luncheon group includes Jacob k. Javits of new York Edward Brooke of Massado set William b. Saxbe of Ohio Richard s. Schweiker of Pennsylvania Clifford p. Case of new Jersey Charles Mcc. Mathias of Maryland Charles Percy of Illinois and John Sherman Cooper and Marlow w Cook both of Kentucky Quot because there Are no minutes no rules and never a formal vote the membership Roll is see new bloc pm 8> if Yogi have not been counted in the census Call s4s-3s44. Day or night. Over the weekend the number of family units not counted swelled to 75. Reported de Wyatt Washington. City manager this morning. Of the 75 reported. 29 of these families live in Washington and 46 outside. According to or. Wyatt. The preliminary census figures for Washington shows a City population of 8,633 and 34,641 for Beaufort county both believed to he woefully Low. Efforts Are underway this. Week to count All families not counted by the census takers. It is a joint project of the City government of Washington and the chamber of Commerce. Aad it la hoped that this week the county will join in the Effort. By Brian Bull Van a science writer. Sion. A a a to a sovide protest groups Chicago a loaders of the american medics. Association accused of ignoring the medical problems of the needy Are considering the establishment of a committee1 Quot to receive complaints from minorities and the poor Quot with a forum the Ama named or. Todd to head a committee to hold a special hearings the first for Consumers in Ama history the consumer groups demanded instead that they be allowed to speak directly to the the suggestion was made by it ouse of delegates. A group of or. Malcolm Todd a former president of the California medical society following a confused and raucous verbal confrontation with consumer groups sunday at the opening of the Ama s annual meeting. Similar disruption marked last year s annual meeting in new York at the 1969 gathering protestors broke into the meeting of the amass governing body the House of delegates this year anticipating trouble. The Ama closed its House of delegates sessions. Newsmen were permitted to watch proceedings on closed circuit Televik about 20 confronted Security guards at the House session but left quietly after being refused permission to Ertter at the hearing they elected their own chairman Jim Wagner of Chicago chairman of the comprehensive City health planners association. Or. Todd and Wagner then vied for leadership of the session each holding a microphone one speaker lawyer James ghee of the National welfare rights organization read an a a indictment of Ama policies and practices contending the Ama Quot has systematically failed to consider unethical practices of Medicine in the eternal of service to persons because of their inability to pay for such service other than through a publicly financed program a or Todd told a news conference later the Ama would reply to the Quot indictment Quot after it had a Chance to study it. In reply to one suggestion at the hearing. Or Todd said it might be a Good idea for the Ama to set up some kind of a Multi ethnic Council to hear complaints from minorities and those who Lack Money to pay doctors. A Quot on the subject of medical care As a right for everyone. Or. Todd commented Quot i think doctors recognize this a a or. Todd also said his special committee May recommend to the House of delegates that a permanent committee be established to listen to consumer groups

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