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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - June 30, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather generally fair and warmer through will a Day. Lows to night in a a. Highs wednesday upper is to lower 90a. Established 1909 Washington daily news eight pages Washington North Carolina tuesday afternoon june 30, 1970 if you do not got your paper. Dial is is 48 Between a 90 and 1 00 o clock and one a Ftp be delivered to yarn daily except sunday president . Will renew efforts for Indochina peace .planes, guns hit Over Border senior officers contend .foray into Cambodia to Speed v Vietnam Pullou t a �?~7 7genrl s talk a key figure at a meeting monday of City leaders to map plans for a new census count Here in an Effort to show the preliminary government figures to be too Low included Bill Abeyounis. Manager of the chamber of Commerce Edward a Wyatt City manager Earl Bonner director of the Public workers department and Tom Boyd president of the Washington Jaycees the Jaycees Are coordinating the new count and volunteers Are doing the leg work local citizens Are urged to cooperate m the new count Effort photo by Walker Blackmun a role looms larger on High court a a a lutherans Okay m women ministers by John Lundquist associated press writer. Minneapolis Minn. Apr delegates to flit lutheran Church in America convention have shattered tradition by moving to admit women to the ministry. It was the first time a lutheran Church body in this country had decided to give women the right to he ordained on a Par with men. The la with 1 209.000 baptized members is the largest of three major lutheran denominations. After 25 minutes of brisk debate monday night during which delegates turned Down a move to postpone action until 1972, a. Roar of Quot Aye votes approved the proposal authored. By a commission on doctrine of the ministry. There were a few barely audible a a not votes in the spacious Minneapolis auditorium. The convention action directs that Church bylaws and bylaws and constitutions of the 33 synods and 6,186 congregations be changed so that the word a a person shall be substituted for a a Many in outlining qualifications for ordination. The study commission declared a the Church in its thinking and its action has up to this Point lagged seriously behind secular society. The Crux of the matter is or Techert a Marshall of new Yarik president of the Church told a reporter later it a was a momentous decision and wholly in Accord with our churches understanding of script Ture and with the status of worn in in our or Fredrik Schiotz. President of toe american. Lutheran Church with Headquarters in Minneapolis said he was pleased with the decision and that he supports ordination of women in his Church As Well. The american Church Council its Board Between biennial conventions has voted to recommend ordination for women when delegates meet in san Antonio tex., in october. However a demurrer came from or. Jacob a. O. Preus presiden of the lutheran Church Missouri Synod with Headquarters in St. Louis. A a i was amazed at the spec it went through and the size of the vote a he said. A i am rather sorry it was done because it will not help inter lutheran relations and i think personally we should not do it. A i just feel that the biblical see lutherans Page 8 Washington a freshman Justice Harry a. Blackmun a Pivotal role looms even larger As the supreme court begins a Quot three months summer recess today with Many major Legal problems unsolved. Capital punishment obscenity the Vietnam War and the draft and the Pace of school integration Are among the unsettled areas As the 1969-70 term ends. Mum As the court is the Public is in the dark about what May be hanging the justices up one Safe guess however is that on some issues there is a 4-4 deadlock that Only the new Man can break. For More than a year the court has operated with eight justices which leads to tie votes on Many of the knotty problems the court must Cope with. Blackmun a Assumption of the Long open seat could be the Luterman. Key to a highly Active and governing important. 1976-71 term. The position he will take Are still mostly unknown. But he indicated monday he will line up with his old Frie Jid chief Justice Warren e Burger and with. John m Harlan another con by Richard Pyle associate press writer Saigon apus planes and artillery today pounded cambodian Border areas Vacat As the last american advisers were pulling Back into South Vietnam. Military sources said some advisers were still with the South vietnamese forces who Are remaining in the neighbor ing country but a fall of the americans will be out of Cambodia Hymi night the aircraft and artillery attack were aimed at suspected Supply dumps and base Camps which american ground forces did not have time to explore before the june 30 deadline set by president Mixon for them to withdraw. It was not Clear whether the bombing and artillery would continue after Midnight the ii a command Quot refused to discuss the possibility that big guns installed in a series of fire bases along the Border would be used in support of South vietnamese troops operating in Cambodia. South vietnamese officials announced the withdrawal of some 5,0qp of their troops leaving 34,600 Souto vietnamese troops still inside Cambodia the Saigon government said the 5,006 troops were withdrawn after completion of two operations in which they killed 1,149 Viet Cong and North vietnamese and captured More Shan weapons and 58 tons of munitions. The . Command reported the death of one american and the wounding of another in a cobra helicopter gunship shot Down Over Cambodia monday in the final hours of the withdrawal of . Combat troops. An a new Anel Sis by Peter Arnett Auw a if pre a writer is brought Pekin Cam total . Casualties in Cambodia to 338 killed an8 1,529 wounded it was the 36th helicopter lost in Cambodia the command said. It . Officials also issued a report claiming that the a average daily results in Cambodia from May a to june 23 in terms of enemy casualties and weapons and munitions seized was 10 Serva Tive of obscenity cases3 times greater than the daily a inquiry urged by Carl c. Craft associated press writer Washington apr sen. Margaret Chase Smith has called for an investigation of the Navy a $2.1 billion destroyer contract charging that Industrial espionage May have influenced the outcome of the largest military shipbuilding contract in history. The Maine Republican reported at least one alleged incident in which secret financial details were disclosed two months prior to the awarding of the destroyer contract. She requested any payments for the contract be delayed pending a full investigation by the general accounting office. The Navy awarded the contract last week to Ingalls shipbuilding division at Pascagoula. Miss. The firm is a subsidiary of Litton industries. The contract for 30 destroyers also was sought by Maine s Bath Iron works. A the very heart of the competitive process a she told the Senate monday a Baa been nullified in the destroyer Todd Fig by apparent flagrant discus Sions of proprietary data a a it has been alleged to me that personnel of shipping lines for whom Litton has built or is building merchant she continued a told a member of the House of representatives at a Golf and country Cluj that Litton had under bid Bath by $9 million a ship or $270 million on. The 30-ship contract and that this disclosure was made More than two months before the award of the contract. A if this is True there has been a criminal violation of the . Code by one or More persons in illegal disclosures prior to contract said the investigation also should cover a a the possibility that the contract pricing re set provision. May have permitted a contractor to take an irregular advantage of the regulations to lower estimated costs with the full knowledge that costs can be negotiated upward several years after the award1�?� a a the rationale for awarding a $2 billion shipbuilding contract to a company already carrying see shipbuilding Page 8 in his first opinion Blackmun dissented from the summary reversal of the convictions of two St. Paul booksellers. _ this suggests that Blackmun like Burger and Harlan would allow More room for the states to set their own obscenity standards. He also obviously believes the court should reexamine its generally Liberal View of sexy literature. Ail this will take on import next term when the justices reconsider two Holdover cases a ban in Boston on the popular swedish film a i am curious yellow 1�?� and suppression in Dallas of an underground newspaper. What Blackmun thinks about these issues becomes vital when the court reconsiders the latitude available to juries in see court Page 81 rage in South Vietnam in the previous 12 months while the Cost in ., and South Viet namese killed was about one twentieth. A it said 2v times As Many weapons and 15 times As much Rice and ammunition were Cap hired per Day As in South Viet Nam in the previous year. The ammunition was enough to Supply All North vietnamese and main Force Viet Cong in three of South Vietnam a four military zones for about 16 months it said. Saigon a the two month military foray into Cambodia will enable american troops to be withdrawn from Vietnam even faster than already scheduled even though the War May have been enlarged indefinitely by the Allied attacks on enemy Border sane quaries a that is the View of senior Amer Lynn officers who Pori in a Ted in the drive that ended in the Monsoon Rains monday a this operation has made All the difference. I would Send troops Home with much less trepidation now Quot commented a planning officer in the 25th infantry division that has guarded the Western approaches to Saigon. A i think we have worked ourselves out of a Job a declared a senior officer of the . 1st air cavalry division which secured the largest hauls in the cambo Dian foray. The Quot continued Success of our withdrawal and Vietnam ration programs was Given by president Nixon As one of his Mejor reasons for dispatching Ameri can troops into Cambodia another of his major objectives that of shortening the War remains in doubt. Quot we have left ghost towns along the Border a commented Quot a 1st cavalry Bilker referring to the destroyed rubber Plantation centers of Sunol and Minot and other cambodian towns a they will remain ghost towns As Long As the area is in tur moil.�?T1 thousands of South vietnamese. Troops remain inside Cambodia. The u.8. Command in Saigon is planning to support these forces with air strikes and artillery fire from new f ire basis built within Yards of the Border american officers expect the South vietnamese to a straighten out a the twisting Border for Ffield own Benefit particularly. West of Saigon where the parrots beak jabs into Vietnam almost to the capita City. Other ambitious plans for the Border areas include the recruiting and arming of cambodian militiamen fighting for the South vietnamese.,. American Confidence in the current War scene in South Vietnam comes from a feeling that the raids against the Sanctuary Supply caches dealt a heavy blow to the other Side. A i done to think the enemy can resume full scale military operations in the 3rd corps area for a whole year a commented a., senior 25th division Field commander. A 1st cavalry officer was less bold but commented a the War in the Sou then half of Vietnam has undergone significant Chat Gas Titei i ingot Mimi tip to Jar the vietnamese into Qon trued action the cambodian aum to Waal Viat reports it n Cambodia pullout i y h Ink or Mike asserts pre writer san c Leaf n the a a i if t apr president Nixon reporting on the end of All u 8 ground opera Uona m Iam Hutiu. Pledged or kind of offensive they have been tired to i do not see them Able to perform anything significant for at least six months. A during ims Pertosi american commanders intend to use All their persuasion to push South vietnamese regular units to Bor Ter areas where the american used to operate virtually alone the Ulm amp the division intends m Jurn Many a a the tira a a Over to v vietnamese Mili tia units and adopt a Mobile stance that should Forte the vietnamese into protecting cities like try nah and others for year a a cured by american Fortes some americans see the time right for a drama t in troop withdrawal possibly of an elite unit. Namenie units particularly the big armoured task Force that used to he showpiece and pal Ace guards the americans waft to keep these unit nut commitment of Large vietnamese forces into Gambo Dia did result in slippage in Par if atm in the Southern half of the country but knowledgeable american Don t seem Eon corned about this they a tee the main american military task now As beefing up Saigon a regional Anil popular Force to keep the backyard quiet while the regular troops fight to can i Nidia. No american officers arc Impact Page. A approval looms for restrictions try it i Sclia Vretz Iii Quot. Washington ap1 the Senate headed today for approva1 of restrictions on future u. S opt rations in Cambodia with democratic Leader Mike Mansfield telling Nixon Ait Nunis a Ilion forces their delaying tactics have helped focus Public attention on the Issue. A Quot 1 they Jual kept the Issue alive by their tactics and kept it on the front Burner when they could have got it done the first Mansfield told reporters before a final vote admin re traction forces mounted a final assault on the restrictive Coop or Church amendment with two amendments one by assistant gop Leader Robert p Griffin would make it possible Foj the United states to pay for troops and advisers from other asian nations in Cambodia. A a a second by sen. Henry m Jackson d Wash. Revised the amendments provision barring direct air support of Cam Bodian forces sen Ernest f. Hollmes d declaring he would support the Cooper Church amendment declared that to fac vat Tom Issue has created a National credibility Gap that a threatens the very fabric of our National life a twist the Constitution a Little bit Here wrench it Little there and before Long All the Safe guards which have served us so Well will perish on the very eve of our 200th Celebration of Independence a hotting said. Another Southern moderate Democrat William Spong of Virginia also said he would sup port the Cooper Church proposal. After the Senate finished work in the Cambodia proposals the schedule called for final Actium on the foreign military sales Bill which Cooper Church amended sen Robert j. Pole r Kana leading administration spokes Man conceded before today a vote there was Little Point in trying for outright defeat of the amendment sponsored by Sens John Sherman Cooper r ky., and Frank Church d Idaho Dole said in an interview the amendment apparently would pass he said a big push for de a feat might at Best bring a clone vote for passage that would a be blown up into a big Victory for them and a defeat for the administration a Dole said Cooper Church had been made More palatable by several amendments approved a since debate by Gan shortly after pres i Delft a Quot Nixon a Vou need april 30 that . Troops were being sept into Cambodia. Republicans also succeeded in blocking passage of Cooper Church until after the president Day that a a a shall renew our Effort to end the War 1 All of Indochina with i Eta a rating the pro a ident raid he seek a age Meljie negotiation both in pan and for All of Indochina Quot the Pari a talks involve Only the Vietnam segment of the conflict and Nixon did no indicate what further Strun he might take to seek an a Pradt settlement thaw Iii Atao embrace Cambodia and lao the occasion for Nixon a pro noun enu to wan passage of the a deadline for that exit of All troops from cambo did. Saying hat the venture was a military Surcy the. Nixon declared that Quot we still fare substantial problems but the cambodian operation will enable us to pursue our goals with greater Confidence a i a a King ahead he said in a 7, our word statement a with a men it an ground operations in 1 Mitodio ended we shall move Forward with our planto end the War Quot Iti Vietnam and to secure just peace on which All americans Are United a Nixon lengthy explanation 01 his april 30 movement of. What he Aid we 32,000 Neri can i 0 to mob a �1 stained Rio be a priv of Quot ins a a at. It was May a most elaborate explanation to a Date of Why he undertook the Nuy Teeven though in his words a we anticipated Broad disagree ment and dissent on the Home front reporting that Alt ground forces and logistic and advisory a personnel have been w withdrawn Nixon listed guidelines for a your future policy for Cambodia a first of All. He said a there will in no ground personnel in Cambodia except for the regular staff of our embassy in Phon penh a also he stated. There will 1m no american advisers with cambodian units. The president reported too that South vietnamese forces remaining in Cambodia will conduct their operation without the assistance of advisors or american air or logistic sup port a in Only one area did Nixon indicate. Chut Inui no u a. Military Quot involvement in Cambodia saying we will conduct a with the approval of the cambodian government a air interdiction a a. Missions Agama of the enemy of it shed removing All american ,. J a a a j t a a _ a fort to move supplies and per troops from Cambodia monday one Day. Before his. Promised deadline. The end of the Long debate coincided with Nixon s report on Theca Bodian operation which a a see Senate Page 8 sonnet through Cam Bodia. To. South Vietnam and to reestablish base areas relevant to the War in Vietnam we do this to protect our forces in s. It a Tony Page 8 Phillips visits were you Choco counted were you counted in the census the question is still being asked Here As recount gets underway in the Hope of getting an accurate census figure. A preliminary government figure for 1970 showed Washington has Only 8,633 residents in 1970, compared with 9.939 in 1960 and 10,175 in 1966. Monday two More Calls were re Cleved at the City offices reporting a i was not counted a one from the City and one from the county. The monday figures bring the total to 124 of which 49 came from the City and 75 from the county. If you have not been counted you Are asked to Call bed Walker or. City editor Chocowinity the significance of the demonstration kindergarten and Early childhood program Here was fully revealed Here monday when or. Craig Phillips state superintendent of Public instruction visited the primary school and placed the program squarely in the Vanguard of Early educational Reform in North Carolina. Philips and Dick Ray head of the state s learning Institute flew Down to observe and discuss the development of the summer Institute Here and at East Carolina University. The summer program was initiated to evaluate and prepare for the coming expansion of the state p u Blic k i n d e r g a r a n i Chocowinity was my of the original eight begun last year a figure which will be expanded to 10 More in 1970-71. Teachers in Tho by Walker or. Phillips left talks w Ith kindergarten teachers from. Eastern Carolina have been working with five to nine year Olds Here for the past two weeks preparing for their own fall a Strong advocate of educational Progress raid his department is a a encouraging change in All facets of education and especially a a change toward More local control of the change process itself the state superintendent indicated that educators should recognise that what they Are doing especially in programs like the one Here will have major consequences throughout see Phillips Page 8

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