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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - May 19, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather hair Toni fit and Low tonight to Gimp 90s wednesday a miss a in Law High Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. Dial man5 Between a ii and t m o Lorli and a me we be delivered to you is Tabushi 1909 ten pages worm Cai Kutna. Tuesday a of Nign May it a daily exc�p1 sunday Laird acknowledges . Moves in Laos by Walter r Mars associated pm writer Washington apr Secretary of defense Melvin r Laird has acknowledged Small numbers of american troops have ventured briefly into Laos and might do to again testifying monday before the Senate foreign relations com but sen j w Fulbright d ark., the committee chairman said there is nothing in the record to suggest the Legisla live bar on ground Forres in Laos allows any exemption for protective reaction strikes across the Border n the while Home also declined Laird also told the committee he had not anticipated the extent of the protests the Nixon or Ders would produce Al did not estimate that As accurately As perhaps i should have As a politician. A he mid Quot but i Don t think that anyone could anticipate the situs lion at work. Money. Cooperation and a new face Stewart Parkway. Washington so new look a will be dedicated in ceremonies saturday. June 1�. As port of the annual summer festival. Dignitaries representing Federal state. And local government will be on hand As the City officially Recognises its accomplishment the Marine corps band will present a concert just prior to the dedication at 9 . Staff photo by Litchfield t Rev. Archer Turner services slated baptists by Burger says be careful by Barry Soi we id associated press writer Washington apr chief Justice Warren e. Burger cautioned today against a judicial a Verr Eastlon to rebellious defendants and others challenging the american system of Justice. A some say that we must a crack that we must a smash the challengers and restore tight discipline a a Burger said in a speech prepared for the american Law Institute. A in periods of stress there Are always some voices raised urging that we suspend fundamental guarantees and take Short cuts As a matter of self Protection. A but this is not our Way of doing things Short of a giant National the chief Justice told the1 assembled lawyers judges and Law professors that americans have never been a tightly disciplined people and the nations Legal Structure consequently has been More relaxed Thani in Many other countries. A if this has negative aspects a he said a it also gives us a resiliency to tide us Over and enable us to meet any crisis As Spring evangelistic Bible it arises. We will respond slowly services will be held at the first but that is the nature of a demo Baptist Church Here starting Era tic society. Wednesday. May 20, at 7 30, a in those few periods of our of clock. A history when we suspended Bas the Rev. Archer Turner in guarantees of the individual pastor of the Union Baptist in times of great National Emer Church in Archilles va., will be gency we often found in Retro the guest speaker. Spect that we had overreact or. Turner received his educational Virginia polytechnic Burger said the supreme Institute and Wheaton College court responded to disruptive Wheaton in. He is also a trials with the unanimous Deci graduate of Eastern Baptist Sion March 31 upholding the Seminary Philadelphia a. And Power of judges to maintain or has held pastorate in North Der Carolina and Virginia. A it would be Foolhardy not to pastor of the first Baptist or. Be concerned about the turmoil Luther j. Matthews says a this Man presents a message everyone should hear. He not Only gives a Clear interpretation said of the scripture but. Also helps the audience to apply the scripture to the times in which we live and to ones personal or. Matthews continues �?othese1 meetings will give answers to anyone who is honestly seeking a personal relationship with special music will be under the direction of John b. Thompsonjr. Minister of music and education at the Church. He will be assisted by the organist miss Gladys Alligood and Church see baptists Page 10 Many Library books overdue a record number of books loaned by the Brown Library Here is overdue Library officials said today. An Appeal was made to school children to Check their lockers at school and housewives doing Spring cleaning were asked to make a special Check for books that May have been Library officials say Loes of books is a serious matter and borrows Are responsible for books taken out on loan. N. C water wage Price control project jaw boning appears has support j p a comeback Washington a a -�-1.1. J. I i in ulv it in Washington a a $13 million appropriation for water projects in North Carolina during fiscal 1971 has the support of both senators from the state. The request for the funds came in testimony monday by sen. Sam j. Ervin or. And sen. B. Everett Jordan before a group considering Federal spending on Public works for the new fiscal year. The requests however run $7.8 million above the $5.2 million in president Nixon a budget for the state water projects. Froth senators emphasized the urgency of the Money for the new Hope Reservoir in Chatham county. They asked for the $4.3 million in the presidents budget to continue construction of this project plus the $2.2 million which already has been appropriated but not spent on it. The senators asked also for $300,000 to begin building the Falls Reservoir on the Neuse River 10 Miles from Raleigh the state capital which they said needed the water to be supplied by the project my John m. Pearce associated press writer Washington apr the old tactic of a Uja boning Quot wages and prices into line ridiculed and discredited by the Nixon administration seems to be Mak my a comeback. Carefully choosing their words Federal Reserve chair Man Arthur f. Bums and housing Secretary George Romney both indicated monday the government a current tools May not be enough to Stop inflation with out s Long period of rising prices Ana Fain pro our Ion m Burns talked in terms of an a uti Nuniss policy a a phrase that can mean anything from open wage Price controls to mild but formal government efforts to keep labor settlements and Price increases within Bounds. A although he did no to spell it out Burns told an american Bankers association meeting in hot Springs va., a we should not dose our minds to the possibility that such an income policy might play a a very modest role in shortening the time they said the water needs necessary to bring prices under for Raleigh alone will exceed control the City s Supply in 1972. Origney was considerably a there is plenty of water in blunter straying farther than the Neuse River below the Falls Ever the reservation of Eon dam site but it is not stored a for mity to try a Little jaw boning sen. Ervin said a instead it of is own me spoke critically overruns the land and towns the administration econ Jawbone no. A Romney told a collective bargaining forum in new York the administration has amended repeatedly that the method of informal but Strong government pressure failed during president Johnson a years. In hot Springs with Burns. Budget director Robert p. Mayo delivered another piece of news Federal budgets for this year and next will show slight called on president. Nixon to name a a watchdog commission to make Public any Price and wage changes that Are inconsistent with the general objective of speedy deceleration of the inflationary spiral Quot mrs. Dellar w. Jefferson Dies mrs Dellar Walker Jefferson age 51, widely known registered nurse Here died in the Beaufort Dunty Hospital late monday afternoon after an illness of Vural months mrs. Jefferson was born in Beaufort county october 21, 1918 daughter of mrs. Bertha Annie Gaskins Walker of Greenville and the late William s. Walker. She Mittee the Pentagon chief did not go into detail on the laotian incursions but he ruled out future Large scale american military operations in Laos u,8. Force he a Aid have Tirad Laos Only in a protective reaction situations hot Pur suit of enemy troops fleeing South Vietnam Rescue opera Tion. Or in support of air strikes against the to Chi Mink Trail. The Secretary made the statement shortly after the Florida White House stated there Are no american ground forces in Laos and a no change in our activities in a your forces in Vietnam have had that particular he said of the protective reaction into Laos adding his belief it does not violate a congressional ban on the use of . Ground forces in Laos or Thailand Finch has problem with nerve Washington apr welfare Secretary Robert h. Finch whose unprecedented confrontation with critics within his own department was called off when he was suddenly hospitalized plans to reschedule the mass meet inn As soon As he is Able. Finen called the session for monday to discuss charges from hew employees that he has let important policy matters Drift from his hands particularly dealing with civil rights. But an hour and a half before the after noon meeting Finch was rushed to Walter Reed army Hospital with numbness in his left Arm and hand. Hew undersecretary John g Veneman told the department employees who filled an auditorium and several other rooms of Finch s ailment and said the Secretary would reschedule the meeting at the earliest possible time he then read the state ment Finch had prepared for the meeting. Monday to comment on a report that South vietnamese troops were fighting in Laos Laird said Only that american Advt ent sometimes accompany South vietnamese troops into Nixon has declared that no us ground troops were involved in the fighting adding that 1.040 americans including dipl mate and advisers Are stationed there when questioned about Cambodia. The Secretary refused As he has in the Paat to Rule out continued us air strikes on North vietnamese sanctuaries in Cambodia after american troops have left. He also said such strikes might be launched at targets More than 21 Miles from the cambodian Border the limit Nixon set or american troop operations Kent University or some of the other. Confrontations that have taken place a i do feel however that the support for the president of the United states is very Strong. Iteld said Quot i behave there to no question that a majority of a Tuer tean people support the president. The desire of the president to destroy the sanctuaries Quot Herbert Klein director of communications at the White House said in Chicago j s military operations in Cambodia Are a a Story of he said report i rom the Bat the Imelda indicate american troops in two weeks have captured some 8 5 million rounds of ammunition and 9.1-00 weapons at enemy bases Quot this was More than was set red m the last year m he said mile protest March set today by Angl Castillo associated press writer Perry a a Black draped coffins on wagons pulled by mules Lead a Multi pie Pur led protests involving school affairs and alleged discriminatory hiring practices in City bust Nesses on saturday the marchers pose protest March leaving Here and persons from other states today the coffins and predominantly negro marchers walking be Hind them. A headed of the Tomb of assassinated civil rights Lea Der or. Martin Luther King or. About 120 Miles Northwest of Perry in Atlanta. The coffins symbolize six negro men killed in a racial Dis Turba Nee in Augusta two plan to gather at King s tomb., then March to downtown Allan to past the state Capitol and on. To kit Gas Alna mate More House College a rally is scheduled at which speeches Are planned by abet Nathy. King widow. Suite rep Julian Bond. Sen George Mcgovern . And David Hil negro youths killed at Jackson. Of a Black Panther Par miss. State College and four to a White College students killed at the Campus of Kent state uni verify in Ohio the March was organized by the Southern Christian Leader ship conference sul the a i la Nta based civil rights organization founded by King the Rev Ralph David Aber Nathy who succeeded King As president of the Sulc after and cities and causes nearly a million dollars damage a year. See water Page 10� mists and spokesmen who so far hold Sway in the White House. A we have jaw boning but it has been jaw boning against and strife and violence we witness much of it mindless and devoid of constructive ends a he Campaign shaping to repeal taxes Raleigh apr the 1971 Sam Whitehurst executive i North Carolina general a amp sem Rector of the North Carolina Bly is several months away but soft drink association urged n attended the local schools and a Rainy defended Nixon Arminte was graduated from the Fowle traction Domestic and foreign memorial Hospital school of nursing Here. married fit 1941 to Milford d. Jefferson of this City who preceded her in death november 17, 1953. For several years she was in that statement. Finch Gen Kings assassination in april 190s, said the March was being policies but conceded he and other top Agency officials May have become isolated from Dis sen Ting opinion both within and without the department Finch appeared to take Issue engaged in private duty nursing with president Nixon a plea for and then owned and operated the a lowering of voices saying. Quot it Jefferson Home for the aged before ill health forced her retirement in november 1968. She had made her Home with her see Jefferson Page 10� is not sufficient simply a to lower our voices. We must sincerely want to listen and to under stand what people really Are trying to Liy one another Quot 1 held to protest a the violence brutality and killings that have thrown America into a National emergency in recent weeks a the protesters include . War activity in Southeast Asia As one of their targets Aber Nathy also spoke of marshalling Public support for the voting rights act and the 1,8-year-old vote Perry a City of about 8,000, some 40 per cent negro has been the scene of recent Sulc the March starting Point Here waa the Spring Street Annex an old bail dim in the negro Section that used to be a school and now serves As a Community Center the marchers Wii be escorted by members of the 12-Man Perry police Force Houston county sheriffs officers and state troopers him ten funeral held funeral services for Robert Fred Hooten age 81, who died saturday were held this afternoon at 2 o clock from the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home conducted by the Rev Thomas w Apperson pastor of the first presbyterian Church. Burial followed in Oakdale cemetery. The following served As Active pallbearers Bill Corey. Bertie Cartwright William Upton. Bartley Bay. Thud Taylor and Jesse Jones a Campaign already is shaping to repeal the taxes enacted last year on soft drinks cigarettes and gasoline. Spokesmen for the three com Moval of the one cent tax on soft drinks. He said the tax a has proved to be a heavy Burden upon those who can least afford it a housewives buying for modifies urged the state tax their families Young people god and country a Joey Clark Wilson age 12, son of or. And mrs. Robert l. Wilson of Grimesland received the coveted god and country award and the Eagle scout award during sunday services at the Grimesland methodist Church. Joey is the grandson of or. And mrs. Kiwis c. Clark of this City. The Bagut award is scouting a highest rank. The god and country is a special religious award requiring at least one year of work in the Church. Study commission monday to recommend that the taxes be repealed. The commission headed by sen. Herman Moore Mecklenburg county Democrat planned to hold another round of hearings today on North Carolina s tax Structure Charles s. Russell administrative assistant of the state farm Bureau federation told the commission monday that cigarette sales in North Carolina have dropped 16 to 18 per cent since the two cent pm pack tax went into effect last oct. J. A we have always argued that if North Carolina should Ever place a tax on cigarettes it would trigger new rounds of tax hikes in other states and 1969 proved this statement to be Corree a Russell said. A Nineteen states increased their tax rates per pack .7 and one other state increased the tax on tobacco products other than lower income working people in Industry and James c. Little an attorney for the North Carolina Oil Job Bers association said gov. Bob Scott a request for the two cent tax on each gallon of gasoline was based on inaccurate figures. He told the commission a considerable More funds Are being collected from the Road tax than was publicly the commission was urged to recommend repeal of at least one cent of the two cent gasoline tax. Howard Manning of Raleigh., speaking for the North Carolina savings and loan league told the commission tax inequities exist Between his group and Banks. John Morrisey executive director of the North Carolina association of county commissioners predicted that within see taxes. Page 10 commission Tours new Bath Center Bath a a tour of a new visitor Center now under construction Here monday was one of the highlights of the annual meeting of the Rath historic commission. The new Center will help Tell the Story of North Carolinas oldest town and one time colonial capital. It is expected to be completed in july. The new state financed Center will replace the Small Frame Structure now in use. The Brick building will have a Wood Shingle roof with wide Eves. It will House an orientation room Vintage room offices sales desk Public rest rooms lounge for staff heating and air conditioning and storage. Funds totalling $90,000 were voted by the 1967 general Assembly to finance the building which will fulfil the dreams of Many of those who have sought to promote the restoration of Bath. The commission also heard reports on work and activities tour new Center chairman Edmund Hardin Center and members of the bail historic commission tour the new visitor Center now under construction at Bath and scheduled to staff Phi up by Litchfield be opened in Early july. During the past year and discussed some plans for continued work during the coming year. Among the things planned is the moving of and restoration of the Vandiver House donated by mrs. Ruth Gray and her sons. In other activity the commission was told that attendance totalled 14,869 persons last year. Note was also made that the Palmer Marsh House has been see Bath Page 19

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