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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - May 16, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather of Miwa it Chmid Tiews and War a with showers Toty tonight and sunday lows tonight i per �0 High sunday my. Washington daily news if you do not get your paper ,. Nth i mm34& Between a a i 00 o r Leek and Ana wll be delivered to you blab to shut Ivy fight Palm Washington. Not path Marchina. Saturday afternoon. May 16. 1970 daily except sunday Black panthers grand jury rebukes police raid party czech leadership c claims popularity an a Newt Ana Lytic by Gene Kramer associated press writer Prague a czechoslovak communist leaders say their elaborately staged Welcome for Kremlin leaders last week and recent celebrations prove that there is popular support for their policies and for the soviet Union. The claim was made Friday night in a statement by the presidium of the party after a Jne eting to evaluate Quot the course of the glorious May Quot the most characteristic feature of the celebrations was that they became a demonstration of spontaneous support of the internationalist policy of our party support of the Alliance with the soviet Union a the statement said. It declared that Quot the warm reception for the soviet delegation Quot headed by communist party Leader Leonid i. Brezhnev and Premier Alexei Kosygin a and the whole course and character of the May celebrations in our country Are irreversible proof of the strength and vitality of czechoslovak soviet it was regarded As unusual to draw such conclusions from parades and ceremonies staged in the typical communist manner Western diplomats speculated whether the czechoslovak leaders were merely propagandizing for local consumption or whether they Felt a need to convince Moscow of Prague a loyalty. There is speculation Here that Brezhnev is still less than satisfied with communist party Leader Gustav Husak a performance at converting Czechoslovakia into an obedient ally in the Wake of the 1968 soviet invasion. Many foreign spectators and czechs As Well regarded May festivities As simply a theatrical performance. Despite Roll Calls by work supervisors fewer than 10 per cent of Prague a population marched in the capital on May Day. The russian leaders were never really exposed to the population during their May 5-7 visit. Imperial tobacco dropping buyers meetings scheduled at Bath Bath a a series of meetings Are scheduled Here Over the weekend and on monday which Are related to the restoration work underway Here. On sunday the St. Thomas restoration committee and congregation will sponsor a service and luncheon honouring Samuel g. Jones and family of Norfolk in appreciation of his refurbishing of the Glebe House former rectory Here and now one of the historic structures being preserved. The1 service at 11 . Will be followed by a luncheon at the Glebe House honouring the Joneses. The Public is invited to the service which will be conducted by the Rev. Robert w. South new Rector. The Rev. A. C. D. Noe Rector emeritus will also participate in the service. Later in the Day the annual meeting of the Bath historic commission will open when or. And mrs. Edmund Harding of Washington entertain at supper at their Home on the River at Sunnyside at 6 . A business session will follow the supper and a social hour which will be hosted by or. And see Bath Page 8 Raleigh n. C. A Imperial tobacco co., the third largest buyer of . Bright Leaf tobacco confirmed Friday that it will no longer place buyers on 18 Small flue cured auction markets in the Southeast. John m. M. Gregory of Wilson n. president of imperials american Leaf organization confirmed the move by Imperial he declined to elaborate other than to say the action was Quot a matter of business Gregory refused to identify the markets affected but Trade sources said they included eight in North Carolina six in Georgia and one each in South Carolina and Virginia. A the markets reportedly involved have Only one set of buyers they Are Chare City Van a Dillon s. C. North Carolinas Mebane Greensboro Aberdeen Carthage Clinton Roberson Ville Clarkton and Fayetteville and Georgia a Fitzgerald Hahira Pelham Quitman Sylvester and Thomasville it appeared doubtful that any other company would take similar action at present. But a warehouse spokesman asked whether this was the first step in an attempt by some buying interests to reduce the number of markets to a very few. The North Carolina agriculture commissioner James a. Graham and Lawrence h. Wallace of Smithfield n. �,., president of the Bright Belt warehouse association publicly caused on Imperial officials to reconsider. Chicago apr a Federal grand jury has rebuked Law enforcement agencies involved in a fatal raid on Black Panther party members and its subsequent investigation. No one was indicted the grand jury s 253-Pege report issued Friday says the work of the Law officers involved a gives some reasonable basis for Public doubt of their efficiency or even of their two Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed when negro and White notice from the state s attorneys office raided Hampton a apartment dec 4 in a search for illegal weapons the whole concept of the raid the jury said a seems the grand jury also was critical of seven Panther members who survived the raid for refusing to testify at its hearings the report had harsh words for the Black Panther party. A the Panther tactics and policies help create much of the very tension and conflict they have complained of in this and other cases a the jury reported. The jury was commissioned to determine whether the civil rights of the persons in Hampton a apartment had been violated. The grand jury said it was impossible to determine whether there had been a violation of anyone a civil rights without the testimony of the surviving Panther members. They refused to take the witness stand the survivors said because the jury was not composed of their Peers. While the panthers were criticized the bulk of the report entered on Law officers. Policemen who participated in the raid said the panthers fired at least 10 to 15 shots at them the jury found. Yet it said a Only one Bullet Hole one Shell and one projectile. Can be identified ballast Icay As having been fired by the apartment the grand jury said police Mol fired 82 to 99 shots the police departments internal investigations division a was so seriously deficient in probing the behaviour of the raiding policemen a that it suggests purposeful malfeasance a the jury said. The he director at the time of the inquiry capt. Harry or Vaman testified before the grand jury that the investigation was the worst he has Ever military Calls off observances by Joe Nicholson or. Associated Orcas writer observances for armed forces Day today were cancelled. By some1 military bases around the nation after announcements of planned demonstrations described by peace groups As a Quot the first nationwide us Antiwar prot eat a Pentagon spokesman said however that he knew of no plans to cancel armed forces Day speeches by about 50 civilian and military defense officials the Pentagon said at least 12 local Bare commanders had cancelled military participation in parades and other it Berv ances. The a Ugi task Force of the new mobilization committee to end the War in Vietnam announced that Gas at 22, military bases would stage Antiwar protests in connection with armed forces Day. The announcement said Antiwar organizations at 43 military installations would participate. It. Bragg n.c., and adjoining Pope air Force Bare cancelled programs open to the Public today. Earlier Gas United an organization of Antiwar soldiers had scheduled a peace rally at it. Bragg and announced that actress Jane Fonda an Antiwar activist would join them. It. Hood near Killeen tex., announced that armed forces Day celebrations would go on As scheduled despite a peace March planned by the May 16 committee. The committee said its membership includes 1,000 it. Hood soldiers col. Bui to. Smith assistant commandant of the . Army aviation school at it Rucker ala., said armed forces Day activities at the Bare had been cancelled in the free of a continued tensions and mires throughout the country and specific threats of violence at it. Rucker North vietnamese pc launch counteroffensive Senate tempers flaring Over presidents pledge regrouping after by Carl p. Lei Bosdorf associated press writer Washington it a tempers Are beginning to flare in the Senate debate Over whether president Nixon can keep his pledge to get troops out of Cambodia by june 30 votes May come next week on proposals to curb his Power to maintain . Forces in Cambodia Sens j. W. Fulbright dark and John c Stennis. The chairmen respectively of the foreign relations and armed services committees clashed angrily Friday As Republican leaders groped for a formula to Block the restrictive amendment proposed by Sens. John Sherman Cooper and Frank Church. Leonard Woodcock Law looks seen ervanian agreed with the characterization of the investigation As a ervanian and two other High ranking police officers were demoted thursday. The coroners office also received Low Marks. Its medical work did not seem to be of High Caliper the jury said. Father Dies Ernest Stallings of Wilson father of mrs. Christine Bass of 340 East 14th Street died Friday morning at 6 30 . Or. Stagings was a frequent visitor and part time resident of Washington. Funeral services jul be held saturday at 2 . At the Joyner funeral Home in Wilson. Mrs. Bernice g. Mayo succumbs for Reuther mrs Barateau Godley Mayo age Ujj 1 4. 35, resident of it 1, Chocowinity. A cd 13,061110111 a died in the Beaufort county Hospital Friday at 7 10 . Following an illness of several months. Mrs. Mayo was born in Beaufort county oct. 8, 1934. Daughter of mrs. Vera. Cox Godley and the late Benie f Godley. Be was a former employee of the Tayloe drug com Pany and was married to Chester Stanley Mayo of this City on dec 1, 1953. She is survived by her husband and Mother one son Chester Stanley Mayo or. Of the Home two Brothers William j. Godley of Chocowinity and Cecil r. Godley of this City one sister mrs. Elton Waters of this City. Funeral services will be held sunday afternoon at 4 of clock at the Washington Church of god conducted by the Rev. P. A. Hoard pastor. Burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. The fou owing will serve As pallbearers Jesse Jones Eddie l. Jones Raeford Lilley Granville Lilley Joseph Godley and Norman Owen. The body win be moved from the Paul funeral Home to the Church one hour prior to the service. The family will be at the Home of her sister and brother in Law or. And mrs. Elton Waters at 305 East 16th Street. By a. F. Mahan associated press writer Detroit api with the opening of Auto labor negotiations two months International executive Board of fee United Auto workers Union plans to meet Friday to elect a president to succeed Walter p. Reuther who died a week ago today in a plane crash. Funeral services for Reuther and his wife. May who also died in the crash were held Friday. A the Union must reorganize its leadership to move ahead with the policies and programs fashioned under the leadership of Walter Reuther a the executive Board said in a statement a few hours after the funeral. A the reorganized Leader Fulbright mid Stennis argument that presidential authority should be maintained meant the Mississippi Democrat did t believe Nixon s pledge to pull All american troops out of Cambodia by june 30 Quot i done to see How any presi Dent can Call to a Day certain a Day when a Battle will be Over can assure there won t be reverses. Stennis said a a he i already done that a charged Fulbright. Pointing to the june 30 Dale a the made an Sten Nis contended Quot adversity can Quot you confirm what i thought a replied Fulbright. A the did no to mean it when he said we would be out by july 1 it could be dec. Stennis snapped Back a you re putting words in my Mouth which Are false. I repudiate and he repeated that conditions could arise which could Force the president to change his deadline Republican Leader Hugh Scott in the meantime reported no agreement had been reached on a single amendment that could be offered in an Effort to Block the Cooper Church proposal and retain presidential authority in order troops into Cambodia to protect american forces in Vietnam the announced purpose of the current operation. 1st lady generals Washington a with female complaints that its a Many a world heard All the Way to the Pentagon president Nixon has nominated two 28-year veterans to be the1 army a first women generals. Only the . Senate now stands Between the Eagle that signifies the nominees a colonel rank and the single Star of a brigadier general. It is a promotion that until three years ago Wasny to even authorized and until Friday had never actually been Oada. Col. Elizabeth p. Hoisington director of the women a army corps and col. Anna Mae Hays chief of the army nurse corps were not anxious to attribute their promotions to the spread ing and increasingly hot Public campaigns to improve the rela Tive position of american worn in in business government and other areas outside the Home a we be always gotten our due from the army Quot said col Hoisington of Newton. Kan. She is 51 and single. She described herself As a an army her father was a colonel and her three Brothers All went to West Point. The army is my first Lova the country a top wac said she said More and More a Omen aft v being named colonel a a Quot paving the Way for other to follow her and col. Hays prom Tina. Col. Hays a 50-year-old widow when asked about the women a co Cal led Drige for liberation said a a let a not talk about 4 More d oors open pre emotional emptiness Homelike contributes to violence by Edith. My a Lederer associated Orcas writer san Francisco a a Harvard psychiatrist says the emotional Emph Nen of the american Home has set off a series of reactions in a a mint that has a attributed to violence. Or. A. M. Nicholi ii of Harvard medea school told the american psychiatric association Friday that parents today with their churn by with a affection com this gives Rise to a repeated feelings of rejection and resentment a Nicholi said. He added that refusal of parents College administrators and government leaders to listen to students a and affirm Worth As human beings Plica Tes the problem. When the student goes to College and confronts a College administration and government Hierarchy that is also Remote and disinterested Nicholi said he experiences intense frustration and hostility. The psychiatrist said the alienation produced by this Type of Leader a adds to the inner turmoil produced by the real social and political issues issues which in. Themselves Are sufficient to make the sensitive Young person Nicholi based his analysis on a study of the student strike and. Violence at Harvard in april Imi a winding interviews with administrators faculty student leaders and reports on disorders at other campuses. Nicholi said a partial answer May be a a renewed concern some of the premises of human relations premises known some 2,000 years ago rediscovered by modern psychiatry and expressed most simply in terms of patience compassion and he warned that discontent and turmoil among the nations youth will intensify a until faculty see teaching not publishing As their main task until administrators focus their attention on students and not on bodies external to the University and until government leaders visibly respond to Young people not As see youth Page 8 ship a it continued a will serve the teamwork that always has characterized our Union and maintain the Solidarity of our a simple memorial service for the Reuthers was held Friday in Detroit a Ford auditorium. Eleven speakers at the non religious service characterized Reuther As a a giant among men and a an architect of the speakers included John Gardner chairman of the Urban coalition mrs. Coretta King and Witney Young head of the Urton league. After the funeral the bodies in simple wooden caskets were taken away for cremation there was no funeral procession. Contracts Between the 1.8-Mil-lion-member Law and the big three automakers expire sept 14. Negotiations on a new contract Are expected to begin in mid july. Considered front runners for the presidency Are Leonard Woodcock 58, and Douglas Fraser s3, both among seven vice Presidente. Of the two most subordinate Union sources figure Woodcock the Winner but grieving Board members them have Given no indication. By Tad bart1mu8 associated press writer Miami Beach Fla a miss new Jersey Black and Beautiful skipped Over to the tufted elaborate chair miss Usa will sit in tonight. A a in a better do this while i can a a she said jumping into it. A a in la never get another r Ellen Cream a Niece of for Mer world heavyweight boxing Champion Jersey Joe Walcott pulled her Knees under her Chin tucked her miniskirt Down and said a a it a still hard being Black but More doors Are opening these Days. And by gosh you can bet if a door opens ill cram my foot in it a the 5-foot-7tk, Brown eyed Tel typist was the Only negro in the miss new Jersey pageant finals. She says she is proud she won it and does t worry too much about whether her color and not her physical features and personality won it for her a just being Here has been a Victory for me. I m already a Winner and i think in a helping my race by being one of the 51 contestants Here in a upholding my race True but just like All these White girls in be got neigh hours and friends Back Home on a local level who Are proud of she whipped out a greeting card from an invisible pocket thrust it out and said. A see this is from this old worn an who lives in my Block she knows me. And i have made her proud and Happy she s Black and in a Black. But so what emotions done to Stop at she laughed wiped away huge tears and said a a in a sorry done to know where these came from. It s just that in a tired and a isee miss Usa Page 8 fail Lyngbaek by George a Spur use Tantod press writer Saigon it a it North vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched counteroffensive inside Cambodia today thrusting into Kampong Cham the country a third largest City and standing off american Force 45 Miles to the East in another developing Battle american officers in the Field a a id associated press correspondent Peter Arnett it appeared communist command forces were regrouping and starting to hit Back after initial Retreat from a massive Allied thrust i in Saigon the command announced that thousand More american troops 1 had been pulled Back from northeastern Cambodia from one of a dozen Allied fronts that had been the least productive in smashing North vietnamese and Viet Cong base Camps the command would not disclose How Many american troops had been pulled Back from Cambodia in three announced withdrawals this week but informed sources said the total numbered 5.000 to 6,000 they said 9,000 to Amerl cans remained beyond the Frontier in the drive launched May closeout of the Amer yen Ope Al Pip in the omani a of be b n base area of Lamondia. Jyh mile West of plei Kun City in the Central Highlands marked the first termination of a major drive across the Frontier _ associated press correspond ent John t. Wheeler reported from just outside Kampong Cham 74 mile by Road and 50 by air Northeast of the capital of phenom penh that enemy troops had smashed into the City. He said other North vietnamese and Viet Cong forces encircled three cambodian battalions de fending the area up to a regiment of North vietnamese and Viet Cong troops surrounding the City were hit by repeated air strikes by american made t28 bombers flown by cambodian pilots and South vietnamese bombers supporting the besieged cambodian defenders huge columns of smoke Rose above the town a the situation is extremely grave a said a High ranking South vietnamese officer a the cambodians May not be Able to hold out much longer a Small arms fire was heard on the Southern Edge of the town. Cambodian officers said the enemy had pushed several Miles South of the town along Highway 7, which was Cut in at least one place apparently isolating two Small cambodian units and several artillery pieces it Jackson incident provokes new protest from students by the associated press the shooting deaths of two Young Black students on the. Jackson state College Campus in. Mississippi have provoked new protest on some of the nations campuses. About 20 educational institutions were officially closed and a student strike information Center at Brand is University in Waltham maas., reported student strikes at. 282 of the1 nation s 1,500 four year colleges and universities. The student strikes and demonstrations began nearly two weeks ago to protest president Nixon a decision to Send american copa Bat troops into Cambodia. Later the demonstrations expanded to include protests against the killing of four White Kent state University students during a confrontation with Ohio National guardsmen the slayings of six Blacks in augusts a and the shooting deaths of two Black students at Jackson state. Many students have begun turning away from the demonstrations and seeking ways of influencing americans outside the academic Community. Two students at 13,000-student Virginia Commonwealth University announced the formation of a group to turn student energies from protests to political action. Students at the University of Southern California which 17,500 students sent letters bearing 50,000 signatures to the White House protesting the War. Seven students at the 32,000-student University of Illinois organized a liberation classes to teach adult a what actually occurred during a Campus at Yale University in new Haven. Conn., strike leaders from 200 schools continued efforts to plan political activity during the summer a in new York City several Hundred students joined with an equal number of Union members to plan a general labor strike to oppose the War. The group called the City wide work stoppage committee has not announced a Date for a strike but says it will demonstrate at City Hau May 21 reacting to the Jackson state killings 1,900 students at Morgan state College a 3,w0-Stu Dent negro College to Baltimore blocked traffic aka Busy intersection before i used tear Gas to step ate them some of the students hurled rocks and threw Gas canisters Back at the police

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