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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - March 9, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather Parivar Troudy and tool t�q8rt lows 31 to 48. Mir a a a ing Cwm umm. Mui Chan to Trig was Tures High meekly to Washington daily news if you do not got your paper. Dial �-21 48 tto Lwan 8 >4 i lock Ami one will be Vlad to Pon established 1909 ten pages Washington. North Carolina monday am Knoon. March 9. 1970 daily except sunday . As Helper Nixon wants new approach to Aid protestantism initial step set f or c Hurch u nity Washington apr presi Dent Nixon praising the findings of a presidential task Force says he will propose legislation next january to carry out a a new . Approach to foreign assistance for the 1970s Quot As the White House disclosed by George w. Cornell a religion writer a St Louis. Me apr Church representatives went to work today on a unification plan that could reshape the life of much of american protestantism in this decade. The initial step was up to the consultation of Church Union whose annual meeting opened Here. Predictions were that it would give a go ahead to the plan. Nine denominations with a total of 25 million members Are involved in the discussions with a specific plan of Union on the Agenda for action for the first time. The Rev or. William a. Ben Field jr., of Charleston . Head of a commission that drafted it. Predicted its approx six it will make the next two years the most creative effective years in the history of the american protestant churches and have still greater significance in the years beyond that Quot he said. In those two years participating denominations Are expected to consider the plan As it is shaped Here this week and offer their suggestions before it is finally revised and put before them for conclusive action. Particio Hng outpost in Laos watches trails Jack Swindell. Swindell seeking 2nd term Jack e. Swindell Rath. Merchant and Farmer today announced his candidacy for renomination and reelection to a second term on the Beaufort county Board of commissioners. Or. Swindell is the second incumbent and fourth candidate to announce for commissioner seats. Lin Wood Cayton of Richland township is also seeking a second term and Calvin Pittman of Chocowinity is seeking the seat now held by chairman Alton Cayton. Cayton has announced that he will not seek re election. Lilley of Washington is seeking the Washington township seat held by Onnie Boyd. Boyd is not a candidate for re election. Or. Swindell graduated from Bath High school attended Oak Ridge military Academy and . State University and received his . Degree from. See Swindell. Page 10 by Horst Faas associated press writer k along Laos apr Twenty Miles West of this outpost in the heart of the Southeast laotian Panhandle is one of the main arteries of the How mirth Trail the North vietnamese Supply line to South Vietnam. A dirt track leading past the laotian army Camp is route 9, and Khe Sanh one of the famous battlefields in South Vietnam is go Miles away. But Only special guerrilla teams of seven laotians each venture East from along. The guerrillas reconnaissance operations along the to Chi Minh Trail Are one of the reasons for the existence of along outpost and its Garrison of Iso laotian soldiers ranging from boys of 13 to wrinkled veterans of a Quarter of a Century of fighting. The guerrillas get some of their supplies from along a and surface occasionally for a drink and a Good nights rest at the nearby Village of Muong Phalanx. These special guerrilla units see outpost Page 10 school meet set in Hyde Swan Quarter a Bob Strother of the hum an relations division of the state department of pub la instruction will address a county wide meeting of parents at the o. A. Peay school Here tuesday night at 7 30 o clock. The meeting will be the first of a. Series of three scheduled for Hyde county parents. The next one will be held at Mattam skeet school on april 14 and a third one will be held May 12 at Davis school. All parents Are urged to attend All three meetings in order to know More about their schools. The 49 Page report of the presidential task Force sunday calling for More International cooperation Nixon said the recommendations were Quot fresh and exciting,.�?T�?T _ the1 president in a statement _ issued shortly before he returned to Washington from a. Three Day stay at key Biscayne fla., reported the new overseas Aid approach he will offer Congress will be among his major foreign policy projects for the future the 16-member panel beaded by Rudolph a. Peterson former president of the Bank of american recommended a Basic revision of the . Foreign Aro program and an increase in Money for economic development abroad. Nixon agreed with the Peterson panels conclusion that the United states has a profound interest in cooperating with developing nations in efforts to improve their conditions of life. The task Force listed no specific Dollar amount but said the downward dip of . Assistance for development abroad should be reversed. Economic development Aid should be split from projects for military and Security connected economic assistance the panel said. The panel also suggested there should be More economic Aid applied through International institutions and emphasis on self help and use of private Enterprise the panel recommended that new agencies take Over functions now performed by the Agency for International development which was created under the Kennedy adm Nistra lion to run the economic Aid program. A new a institutional framework suggested by the panel would incl Yie a a International development Bank that would be an Independent government corp see foreign Aid Page 10 Gardner rites held today George Wiley Gardner jr., age 36, died in the Beaufort county Hospital Here sunday morning at 3 of clock. He had been in failing health for several months and critically ill for the past two weeks. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 of clock at the Wilkerson funeral Chapel in Greenville by the Rev. William Haney pastor of the Bath Christian Church and the Rev. Fred Fordham Rector of the Belhaven Christian Church. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery in Greenville. Or. Gardner resided at 514 Bank Street Here. He was reared in Greenville and attended the Greenville City schools and fort Union military Academy in Virginia. His higher education was received at los angles City College in los Angeles Pace Dena playhouse in Pace Dena Calif and East Carolina University. At the time a a see Gardner. Page 10 arabs raid israelis threatening Tec Aviv api Arab guerrillas kept up their raids from Lebanon into Israel sunday despite israeli warnings of retaliation israeli troops reported killing five guerrilla infiltrators near the israeli settlement of Zara it the site of some 20 sabotage incidents Over the past several weeks. The lebanese based guerrillas also blasted a water pipeline and planted land mines one is a a Ali a was reported observer finds enemy equipped and motivated first District republicans organize for elections with their sights zeroed in and wounded when his vehicle hit a mine a mile from the lebanese Frontier in Amman an at Fatah commando spokesman said five guerrillas were killed Whan an Al a a Fth a a to it 1 to it j i. F get i1 ii n i1 f it f in mar it if win ins we my Onyx a Mav ii was upper Galilee area and fought with israeli Force for an hour the guerrillas destroyed a Bridge and a troop Carrier and planted land mines in the area a commando spokesman said he added the action took Many israeli lives. The new guerrilla strikes followed an israeli reprisal raid into the lebanese Village of Aita ech Chaab Friday night Israel reported killing one guerrilla capturing two prisoners and blowing up five houses. Israel has warned Lebanon that recent increasing guerrilla raids across the Hilly 50-mile Border they share would Lead to reprisal raids by israeli troops israelis foreign minister Abba Eban told a group of american rabbis in Jerusalem today that his country would he , a at any time to sign a peace treaty with Lebanon according to the present Borders Between the two countries mrs. Keech Dies sunday Helen Clark Keech age 52, a former resident of this City died suddenly in Moyock sunday. Mrs. Keech was a native of Pitt county daughter of the late Noah and Lilia Edwards Clark she was a member of the first free will Baptist Church. She was married to Heber Keech of Beaufort county february 1981. Surviving besides her husband Are three Brothers Marshall Clark of Simpson Harvey Clark of Grimes Arvd and Walter Lee Clark of Bel voir one sister mrs. Bessie Johnston of Greenville one step son Kenneth m. Keech of it. I i net own one stepdaughter mrs. Elsie Keech of it 1, Pinetown. Funeral services will be held wednesday at 2 . From the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home conducted by the Rev. Lynwood c. Boyette. C. E. Marlin Dies sunday i Clinton e. Martin age 60, resident of Core Point it. I blounts Creek died in the Beaufort county Hospital sunday morning at 1 45 of clock. He had been in failing health for the past two years. Or. Martin was born in Beaufort county aug. 21, 1909, son of the late Dudley and Martha Ireland Martin. He was a Farmer a member of the Core Point holiness Church a. Member of the Board of directors of Pamlico Beaufort electric membership corporation. He was also a member of Aurora Lodge no. 300, a. F. And a m he was married to the former Beatrice Bennett on May 17,1934. Surviving besides his wife Are see Martin Fia be 101 Quot John Wilkinson at their elected chairman first District republicans Wen about organizing themselves her saturday for the upcoming Appeal to the voters approximately 106 Dele a Toa from is of the districts it counties gathered in the Beaufort county courthouse choosing Wilkinson As Leader mrs Ken Mcalphine of Pitt county As vice chairman and Dick Greene of Pitt county As Secretary treasurer the districts nine representatives on a the state gop executive committee were Atoo selected members include Frank Rouse of Lenoir county. Or. H. J. Liverman of Hyde county Vernon Gaskill of dare county Ralph Forrest of Pamlico county mrs. Betty. Poole of Lenoir county Harvey Dixon of Beaufort county Billy Greene of Martin county Leon Eason of Pasquo tank and Ronald Sawyer of Washington county. R Frank Everett gop congressional candidate from the first. District addressed the assembled republicans letting them know Quot How Sweet it is to a a Republican Quot and How clean his Seo gop. Page 10 v vigilance is Peoples Patchwork Miura a press staff member Daniel de Luce has just returned from a visit to North Vietnam Here is ins report on military aspects of the situation in the North As he was Able to see it during an 19 a. to in the Moat Talbot i its 91y at d9mos Blacks look Over european housing j. Of Tancl Lilley j. S. Lilley running for Board seat military repels arrests indians want land move on fort Seattle apr the army "11 has repelled a band of Indian who attempted to take Over part of a fort arresting actress Jane Fonda and about 85 other persons in the process. After the Day Long demonstration sunday eight indians said they had been beaten and. Clubbed by military police in a cell at the it. Lawton stockade Here. A a e miss Fonda and 13 other persons were seized by maps at it. Lewis about 35 Miles South of Here after a larger group was unsuccessful in efforts to occupy a Section of 1,100-acre it. Law ton part of which is. Scheduled to be made surplus by the army and May become a Park the indians numbering approximately 160, were met by the 392nd military police co. On their second attempt to enter it. Lawton. The group which caled itself the a United american Indian it. Lawton occupational Force a climbed Over fences and scaled a High Bluff the indians some carrying sleeping bags and food read a proclamation Dema Ding that an a Indian University a and cultural Centorbe developed on. The fort. Addressed to Quot the great White father and Al his people Quot the proclamation said Quot in the name of All indians we reclaim this land for All Indian col. Stuart Palos it. Lawton commander said miss Fonda a lawyer was Given a a letter of expulsion Banning Ter from the Post after she took part in the demonstration. About 72 persons including women and children were held briefly at the Post stockade for illegal entry. At the main Gate other members of the group Sang and teat Drums while the 72 were questioned and re leased. Palos said miss Fonda was a found with about 14 others in an army tactical area Quot at it. Lewis after she was ejected from it. Lawton j Quot she was Takeh into custody because she was in violation of the expulsion letter a he explained. A aft. Lawton is a satellite base of it. Lewis a miss Fonda and the others taken into custody at it Lewis were held briefly. After Ter release she visited the Tacoma shelter House a Coffee House for soldiers. J. Stancil Lilley local House moving contractor today announced his candidacy for the Beaufort county Board of commissioners. Or. Lilley a present member of the Beaufort county school Board a position he has held for three years was born and reared Here in Beaufort county. He attended local schools and for Many years he has been a Leader in the civic Community and religious life of the Community. He has been a contractor for 24 years. A member of the Church of god he has served on the official Board and he was chairman of the Church building committee he has served on the Washington chamber of Commerce Board of directors for two terms at present he is a member of the Community development committee of the chamber. He has served As a member of the City planning Board married to the former miss Carolyn Shaw he is the fatter of three children All boys two of whom Are associated in business with him and the third is a Stu Derit at Carolina military Academy. In making his announcement today As a commissioner candidate from Washington township. Or. Lilley said Quot i will look at every Issue coming before the Board and every decision on my part will be made in a most conscientious he added Quot our Beaufort county people Are vitally concerned today Over our tax situation. Let me say that i am aware of this see Lilley Page 10 a Fuby Rodney Angove associated press writer Paris a i we had to come abroad to find people with experience and know How a in construction i who do not care what the color of our skin is thus William r Morns of new York National director of housing for the National Asso elation for the advancement of coloured people answers the question everyone asks him Tere Why did he come to Europe for solutions to the amen can Low Cost housing problem Morris is heading a to Mev Ter tour of Black americans through advanced housing Sites it in Italy Holland France Brit am and Sweden. They Are negotiating for european firms to jut up the housing that amen can firms Haven to every place we go it s the same Morris said in an interview sunday before leaving for London. Quot they say. Quot Why do you come here1 we re not solving our own problems a Quot White political institutions have not been willing to share their know How and their sue ceases Vith a Morris Money off of them yes. But not a european builders Are interested in profit not color a he said american build ers use Large amounts of highly paid skilled labor from unions to which few if any Blacks the Long the French firms he visited were doing a comparable Job with far fewer men. And 85 per cent of them unskilled three european specialists in Quick cheap but viable lodging have teen approved under governments Quot operation break through Quot which is aimed at solving the housing problem a Glenn a a. A a Quot Quot May fir of new Quot York housing specialist for the Urban Teague emphasized the psychological element m their shopping for european solutions a arms. Cheatham Dies sunday mrs Erna Mann. Cheatham age 6. Of Middleton place. Greenville died in a Raleigh Hospital. Sunday morning following a lengthy illness mrs Cheatham was Tern m Hyde county Quot april 7, 1909, daughter of the late Charles e. And Erna Cox Mann she was affectional in known by her Many friends asunny.&Quot she was a former resident of this City and a former employee under civil service with the government holding several responsible overseas assignments she was. A a life Long member of the episcopal Church she was married to James t a see Cheatham Page 10� extensive permitted to a Western newsman since the United states entered the War by in Nii i or i i i i 4�4fh rated press writer the North Vietnam Peoples army seems highly motivated and Well equipped it appears to have plenty of Young manpower and women Power to accomplish its tasks those Are the key military impressions rom an today visit to North Vietnam made in the company of four escorts. The bombing of the North stopped 16 months ago but the watchword for All army and people is vigilance an attitude that leaps out at the visitor from those aspects of North vietnamese Hie the is permitted to observe what i saw and heard leaves the impression that the armed forces Are capable of a Long tenacious War Effort that is i heir history As they repeat it to a visitor one thousand years of resistance to chinese Rule two Hundred years spent fighting the mongol a Hundred years against the French now. Sophisticated weapon systems and heavy arms Are on hand from the soviet Union a a Isicc War. Page it \ i l i 11 it e. You Nee Dies mrs Lillie Edgerton you Nee. Of 115 East fourth Stree died in the Beaufort county Hospital this morning at i of clock following a critical illness of three Day mrs Younce was born at Rutherford ton daughter of the late James Miller and Johnnie Morrow Edge too she was married to Edward j Younce of Boone on nov. 12.1902 he preceded her in death apr 4, 1959 she was an Active member of the first Baptist Church the Kimete sunday school class and group no 4 of the woman a its tonary society she we Rahro an Active member of the senior citizens Xiu surviving Are two sons. Earl j Younce of this City and James w y ounce of Belhaven one daughter. Mrs Eunice kill of . 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. One brother Harris Edgerton of Rutherfordton funeral services will be held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home tuesday afternoon at 2 of clock conducted by the Rev Luther j Matthews pastor of the first Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. The family will be at the Home of mrs Youncey a son Earl Younce at 125 East fourth Street Goldwater Kennedy support vote at 18 differ Over How by John Chadwick associated press writer Washington a with the see ale Man Euver my Over negro voting rights legislation the Issue of lowering the voting age to 18 was raised anew today by two senators poles apart politically. A Senate judiciary subcommittee called a tearing to give Sens. Bar by do water r-arjz., and Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., a Chance to Advance their arguments that Congress can give the vote to 18-year-Olds. Although Goldwater and Kennedy agree on this they differ on whether it should be made part of legislation to prevent denial. Of voting rights because of face voting age can be lowered to 18 the legislation is embroiled in of by a constitutional Braend a dispute Between senators who Quot by blk a a a Al want to continue the 1965 voting rights act applying to seven Southern states and a nationwide Bill urged by president Nixon and already passed by the House an amendment to lower the voting age to 18 already Tes been offered by democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. One of the co sponsors is Kennedy the assistant democratic Leader. But Goldwater says the proposal should be handled As a separate measure Ratter than entangled in the already voting rights legislation. Many senators maintain the a proposed constitutional amendment lists 67 senators As co sponsors and hearings on it already have teen held by the judiciary subcommittee headed by sen. Birch Bayh a ind however Bayh signed up last week As one of 10 co sponsors of Mansfield a amendment to the voting rights Bill. An aide to sen Marta w cock Ray a a the Ommittee member said he also a concluded the voting age can be lowered by statute and plans to introduce a separate Bill. In the Senate where debate see voting Page a it

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