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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - March 4, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather Cloudy and mild will show spreading to a it this evening. Clearing and Coder thursday morning thursday highs 3�. In weal and. 58 to a Ala where Estabi smed 1909 Washington daily news twelve pages Washington North Carolina wednesday afternoon. March 4, 1970 if you do not it you paper. Dial a a let Between 4 to and t 00 to Torh and one will be delivered in my daily except sunday # with labor president wants Law by Neil Gilbride a labor writer Washington api presi it Dent Nixon in his first big labor crisis asked Congress to whip into Law today a mandatory contract settlement for 45,000 shop Craft workers to Block a mid a Winpisinger predicted Congress will pass Nixon a com put Sory settlement a it s a really ingenious proposal albeit not unexpected the three of us who have already ratified the agreement his proposal embraces Are in no night nationwide Railroad strike Randi Titi to complain a said a we must not submit to the chaos of a nationwide rail stoppage because a minority of the affected workers rejected a contract agreed to by their leadership Quot Nixon said he urged Congress to impose a settlement agreed to by three Al Cio unions but rejected by the Sheet Metal workers International association. The Senate labor committee and the Commerce commit tee promptly scheduled hearings today on Nixon s proposal the Senate committee calling in Secretary of labor George p. Shultz. While Nixon a proposal could be put through. Congress by thursday afternoon under rarely used procedures leaders were guessing action would take at least a week and even longer if heavy opposition develops. There is longstanding opposition in Congress to imposing compulsory settlements in Quot labor disputes but chief Union negotiator William win Finger. Vice president of the International association of machinists largest of the four unions. The Sheet Metal workers smallest of the four fears loss it jobs under me proposed change in Jot jurisdiction rules. Sheet Metal workers president Edward f. Carlough called on Congress to reject Nixon s proposal As unconstitutional and. Unjust negotiators for the machinists electricians and boilermakers Union agreed to the proposal dec. 4 in a memorandum of understanding and their members approved it in ratification votes. Sheet Metal negotiator Wally o Brien agreed tentatively to the memorandum but refused to accept it after his members voted it Down. The Railroad Industry refused to Settle with just three of the unions a i am forwarding to you today legislation that merely see labor. Page 12 political pot on Back Burner Boyd will not seek re election Onnie Boyd local Bank executive said tuesday he will not seek re election to the Board of county commissioners from Washington township. Boyd who is ending up his first term on the Board was High vote getter in the commissioner races in 1968. The it 2 Man said tuesday that Quot due to business and personal commitments i feel that i would be unable to give the Job the time that it he added a therefore i am not offering As a candidate in the May Boyd expressed his appreciation for the support Given him by the voters and the Opportunity for him of serving on the Board. The local Man was the second. Member of the five member announced for re election from Board to announce that he would pc an it township and Calvin not seek re election. Previously than a Chocowinity a chairman Alton Cayton of political newcomer announced Chocowinity announced that he today that he would seek the seat would not be a candidate to ing vacated by Cayton. Succeed himself. Cayton has except for a race for sheriff in served eight terms on. The Board which de Brown Washington More than any other members service station operator is Only one incumbent and one challenging sheriff Jack Harris newcomer had filed for seats on political contests have Onnie Boyd pot is on a Back Burner. Incumbent Linwood Cayton has the Board so far and no candidates have announced for the developed for county offices. At the District level. Daily three seats to be tilled on the news editor and publisher Alhley Board of education indicating b fulre11 a Chall Muni sen that the Beaufort county political see politics Page 12 Whites riot i n South Carolina by Rob Wood associated Gnu writer Lamar. S c apr High Way patrolmen in riot gear sealed off the trouble scarred Campus of Lamar High and elementary schools today and patrolled the nervous Street of Thea Small farming Community in the aftermath of racial violence brought on by opposition to Complete school integration it was Early tuesday Mare ing when a group of about 100 angry White adult some of them armed with a handles chains and bricks overturned two empty school buses and then clashed for s violent few minutes with Highway petrol men. Gordon Cole principal of Lamar High school said a for some 35 minutes out there on that Campus it was hotter than the adults sent the two buses crashing on their Side shortly after 32 Black children had left the vehicles. The Whites then fought the state troopers dispersing Only after the patrolmen had fired tear Gas into the crowd. At one Point a shot rang out apparently fired by one of the White adults. No one was hit. The troopers Drew their pistols but did not fire one Highway patrolman was injured slightly. Several of the negro children suffered cuts and bruises from thrown objects and others were Cut by splinters of Glass shattered by bricks no arrest were made during the Melee but authorities said they expected u. S. Marshals to pick up at least three White men soon. Sources said the three were considered ringleaders of the demonstration. The White adults were de isee violence. Page 12vocational night slated the Beaufort county Hyde county and Washington City schools Are sponsoring a vocational night program thursday mar. 5, Between 7 00 . And 9 00 ., at the Chocowinity High school at Chocowinity. The program is designed for All. High school juniors and seniors who Are planning to attend a Community College a technical Institute a vocational school or enter directly into the world of work. Repasan Tati ves from 15 technical institutes operating under the Community College system will be on hand to give information concerning the programs they offer admissions policies and financial Aid. Each student is afforded the Opportunity of meeting with three of his Choice Industrial and technical personnel. A Short time at the end of each conference is reserved for questions and answers. This is one in a. Series of programs planned yearly for High school students. Parents students and interested patrons Are requested to attend. After assessment Fulbright says Laos a scares me to death report a a from High officials Hyde Board set to decide Roberson is seeking re election w. R. Quot Bill Quot Roberson jr., Washington business Man and civic Leader today announced that he is a candidate for re election to it the North Carolina House of representatives from the second North Carolina House District the second District has two numbered seats and or Roberson announces that he is running for seat number one from the District which embraces Beaufort Hyde Washington Tyrrell and dare counties Beaufort county has a Over 50 percent of the population of the five county area or. Roberson a a currently completing a second term m toe general Assembly. During the 1969 session he served on seven house1 committees. They Are vice chairman conservation amp development vice chairman education finance Banks and banking water res lures a control agriculture and commercial fisheries amp Oyster industries. Roberson is a Nam fee of Beaufort county a Leader in North Carolina in the fileds of soft drink bottling radio television and real estate development. He is the son of mrs. W. R. Roberson. Or. Of Washington and the late w. R. Roberson or. Or. Roberson is married to the former Frances Morgan of Beaufort county and they have see Roberson Page 12 ecu theatre ticket sales ahead of �?T69 by Tom Spencer managing editor Swan Quarter the a Vic county Board of county com missioner will meet Friday Quot Malm a tigcttk1 which Region to join following a reshuffle of regional lines by the state the commissioners deferred action on the question at their regular meeting mar. 2 they have until monday to advise the North Carolina state planning office in Raleigh of their views. Hyde it presently associated with both the 10-county Albemarle area development association and the six county mid East economic development commission. The slate planning office recently tentatively placed Hyde 111 a District which comprises All of the mid East area counties but there is sentiment Hydro of Wiit nip Futra Tinor with the Alec Merlc Region in which the county has been tied since the founding of the area development association districts in 1961. Leon Ballance chairman said a the idea of leaving the Albemarle association seems like turning your Back on counties with whom you hgr been working cooperatively for almost 0 years he said Hyde has benefited by Many programs sponsored by the Albemarle association such As arts crafts agriculture health and the Many faceted oco program Ballance also said if Hyde should pull out of the mid East breakup of the economic development commission. Because Hyde is one of two required Eda counties those with High unemployment and1 Low family income in the organization a we would not like to he responsible for the breakup of the mid East economic development commission a Ballance said Quot on the other hand Quot he noted a see Hyde. Page 12� Pottinger chosen for hew position by James Phillips associated press writer Washington apr the Nixon administration has named a minor government official whose desegregation views Are Little known to a sensitive High level civil rights Post. Health education and Wei fare Secretary Robert ii Finch announced tuesday that j. Stanley Pottinger a department lawyer in san Francisco would succeed Leon e. A nett�., who was fired Iasi week As hew s civil rights chief a net to said his dismissal resulted from the hard line he had taken on enforcing civil rights particularly in school desegregation moments after Pottinger s appointment was announced two of Panetto Stop associates resigned and More than a third of the Agency a 325 employees signed a letter to the president expressing alarm that White House statements a blend credence to the supposition that the National government has grown insensitive to the cause of enforcing civil rights a Pottinger a civil rights views Are All but unknown. He will not talk with reporters until he is better acquainted with his Job a spokesman said. However Finch said. A Stan Pottinger joins me As committed unequivocally to the in Force my it of constitutional and statutory Law relating to civil a gop activist Pottinger was an Early supporter of Finch in his bid for lieutenant governor of California. I also campaigned in 1968 for Richard m. After draft of of Brien will d Emo Post after refusing top Lions get Check for by w alter r wears a political writer Washington apr Lawrence f. O Brien the Premier professional of the democratic party is headed for a return performance As its chairman the Choice of a consensus not. A sponsor. His credentials As a political pro made him the virtually in Dispersible Man to a party in desperate need of management a and without a party mandate he was not available and he clearly saw none in Hubert h. Humphreys original invitation to resume the chairmanship he left nearly 14 months ago. Not until a Cross Section of party leaders voted unanimously to ask him Back did of Brien reverse his earlier refusal and agree to return to party Headquarters. Tow democratic National committee is expected thursday to overwhelmingly ratify the o Brien draft fashioned by its executive committee after weary hours of stalemate Over other and lesser known candidates. Of Brien 52, accepted no salary during his earlier term As chairman and presumably will serve on the same basis now. Drawing his income from his new York Public relations firm. However he agreed to serve As a full time chairman. The democrats finally settled on of Brien because they had no one else available with the experience and the contacts he has fashioned during More than 30 years in politics. Quot the Best elections Man in the business a the late president John f. Kennedy called of Brien who served As director of his Senate and White mouse campaigns. He had the same role in president Lyndon b. Johnson a 1964 Campaign. Of Brien then became postmaster general but Only Between campaigns. Ten Days after Johnson announced he would not ran again o Brien resigned to join the presidential Campaign of the late sen. Robert f. Kennedy a month after Kennedy was assassinated he took Over management of the Humphrey Campaign. Quot he knows his business a said Humphrey choosing of Brien to be Campaign manager and National chairman As Well. Of Brien served As chairman until Jan. 14, 1966, resigned to become president of a Wall Street brokerage House left that to open a Public relations firm. When sen. Fred a Harris at Oklahoma who succeeded him see o Brien Page 12 the East Carolina summer theatre reports response Well ahead of last year in it annual season ticket sales drive. In tallying up the results of the ticket drive thus far producer director Edgar r Loessin said. A we Are vastly pleased with the Many friends we have heard from already this year and our _ season is now guaranteed. There 11 fifi Vav Are still several tickets to be sold r but in Light erf the immediate i response we Are most optimistic. The theatre returned to its a quota system of sales again this year based on population and distance from Greenville the quota method proved to be largely responsible for the Success of the theatre during its initial years of its operation the goal of 3,000 season tickets has been broken Down into specific numbers for All towns within a reasonable commuting distance of Greenville. Loessin reported that towns of Goldsboro new Bern Rocky mount Tarboro Williamston and Wilson Are All Over the Halfway Mark in their assigned quotas. Washington Greenville farm Ville and Ayden Are approaching the Halfway Mark tickets May be purchased in Washington from Beverly g. Moss w. D. Welchjr. Priced at $18.00 each the season ticket entities the purchaser to see productions of a Thelio Dolly a see tickets. Page 12 Nixon. After Nixon was elected the san Francisco attorney was named a regional attorney for hew in the Bay area Pottinger to not Well known among san franciscans Quot involved in civil rights work but John Busterud. A partner in the Law firm that brought Pottinger to san. Francisco from Harvard Jiw school said a in his spare time he took on various court assignments involving prison Era. A a he a interested in involving a himself with people who Are less announce fortunate he a very thorough he gives consideration to All Points of Quot View a Busterud added in seeking the regional hew appointment. Pottinger stated most of his Federal court expert ence involved antitrust securities fraud and Hareas Corpus v Paul m. Rilling deep South civil rights director for the department who resigned tues Day. Said in a statement a the posture of Jive administration in the area of school desegregation has at Best been one of a relation and no Leader ship at worst it has tended to support those seeking delay or abandonment of executive action to end segregated education in the c. Peter Gall the Agency spokesman told Finch in his let Ter of resignation that a your efforts were rewarded by equivocation on the part of top administration officials interference with the operations of the office and by a rejection of even those minimal rights reflected in current school desegregation Law Calvin c Pittman Choc Man candidacy Calvin c Pittman of Chocowinity announced today that he is a candidate for fount commissioner from Chocowinity township. Or Pittman is employed As customers service representative with the Carolina Power and Light company for Chocowinity Grimes land and Aurora. He has been with t. Pel for 19 years. A native of Johnston county he is the father of three children Larry Ken Allen Wayne and Lisa Etain. His wife is the former Lillie Totham Tankard the family resides at old fort shores it. I Chocowinity. Or Pittman graduated from Princeton High school and served Quot four years in the Marine corps during world War ii including 30 years in the Pacific theater. The Chocowinity Man is a Baptist is a past president of see Pittman. Page 12< he c Arl p he Milf associate in a writer # Washington api sen. J w Fulbright says an assessment Given him by High Nixon administration officials that than Vietnam a scares me to death a the Arkansas Democrat chair Man of the Senate foreign Bel a 11 on com m i 11 be. D dec i-1 n de to identify the officials it was Learned however he referred to a High stale department official who twice in recent weeks made the argument in conversation with committee members Fulbright made the disclosure tuesday shortly after joining sen George s. Mcgovern. in a Call for a secret Senate session on involvement in the Southeast asian country adjoining Vietnam the Senate held a secret ses Sion last december in considering a proposal later adopted to bar american ground combat troop from being used in either i that was before the new wave of concern Over us involve Merit in Laos concern triggered by a North vietnamese offensive reports of stepped up hmm filing were and a dash Between the administration and full rights committee on release of testimony at hearings on us activities in Laos revealing the claim about the importance of Lams. Fulbright told the Senate that a it suggests an ominous and dangerous future for the Utti Ted states in the Remote country f. A if Vietnam a As a portent enough to justify the commitment of half a. Million american troops a a Fulbri Tgu to went on a a Hen in his View How Many More could justifiably be committed to Laos which is one of the few worse places than Vietnam to fight a War a full Nohva statement came after Secretary of defense Melvin r Laird categorically denied there has been a buildup in Laos in either civilian or military men Laird told newsmen at the see Laos Page 12� to of be in Belhaven mrs Carolyn Taylor executive Secretary of the Board of elections will be at the City court room in re Haven from 9 30 until 4 30 on wednesday March 11. The visit is for the convenience of the people in the Northeast Section of the county. Anyone wishing to Register Transfer from one precinct to another or change party affiliation May come to the City court room during these hours on said Date boy scout employer troop no. 700, last night presented a Check for $60 to the Washington Lions club to be used to Send two local Blind people to Lions owned Camp Dogwood on Lake Norman this summer. The Check was presented to Lions president Richard Harrison by James Bagwell or. Troop 700 is sponsored by the Washington Lions. Charles Harvey boy scout executive for the Beau Waty District and program chairman for the meeting spoke on scouting. Harvey urged the Lions to take note of the Good work of 99 per cent of today s youth. He also urged support for scouts and scouting As an investment in a better Community. In the business meeting the Lions voted to pay for clothing that had been bought for a Blind person who had been outfitted by mrs Laura Miller Blind Case worker with the Beaufort county social services department. The club also voted to buy a Check foe Bagwell. Jr., of explorer scout Post. 700 right presenta a for $60 to Richard Harrison president erf the Washington Lions club to be used to Send two Blind people to the Lions Camp Dogwood next summer. Charles Harvey District scout executive and Lions program chairman looks on t photo by Vann trophy to be Given at the annual visitor a included Arthur Beaufort county livestock show Lorane District 31-j Extension and Sale. Chairman and James Bagwell or. The meeting was held at the knotty Pine inn

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