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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - May 20, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather of nutty Latr throw a Tvr a my a it to warm Day Lam tonight or witty in the a Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. Dial 94ft 21 is of town a to and 7 00 o clock and Ana Wal halt to Livard to you is Tarush 1909 twt1vt Quot agr to Noth Cartoun. It top no so a i Anilu Hyou. May 20, 1970 daily except . Vietnamese open Nixon concedes deficits 13 the Allied front a St wants tax on leaded Gas Antiwar lawyers lobby for peace by George eater Ai Dalh pm writer Saigon api a thousands of South vietnamese infantry men opened a new front in Cam Bodia today assaulting the last of the known North vietnamese and Clef Cong sanctuaries near the Border the a aldermen by Martha Cole associated pres writer Washington apr a Well established part of the Stab i i a m Lish ment headed for the nation s Kyj Lect Ivl Avo r a pm i Ion top Btu dents already thronging the Capitol to lobby for an end to the War in Indochina sponsors said More than 1,000 East coast lawyer mostly from new York and including a former attorney 1 and ambassador to the United nations were spending today on what they frankly called a lobbying trip. Led by such prestigious Legal names As former atty Gen. Ramsey Clark and former . Ambassador Francis Plimpton the attorneys broke up into teams for visits to each House and Senate member some administration officials also were included on the schedule. At the same time some 1,500 local lawyers set up a noon session in a Church auditorium to plan a separate program. A we plan to continue on the lobbying Effort after the new yorkers leave a said one of the Washington attorneys explaining Why they weren t joining the out of towners congressional offices have been filled in the two weeks with students lobbying for an end to the War the majority of the lawyers Are Young according to a spokesman tart Many Are senior partners and associates. Other Well known names include Robert Mckay Dean of the new York University Law pro Tern Belhaven Henry e Boydjr was elected mayor pro Tern monday night at a special meeting of the town Board of aldermen he will rept Are or. Charles o. Boyette who was recently elevated to mayor following the resignation of w. P. Of Neal. But the Board deferred until the regular meeting on june 1 the filling of the Fao Ancy on the Board caused by the Fca ignation of or. Ohm in other actions the Board a heard Lewis Dibble electrical Engineer of Washington explain the Progress on upgrading of the electrical substation Here and make recommendations regarding bids on equipment. A voted to accept the bid from the Mill Power Supply company in Charlotte for the total project. A approved a Call for bids on a new electrical line truck a voted to Call in a drainage consultant from the soil c on s e r v a t i on. Department regarding a request for improved drainage in the Riverview and Heber Street area. A heard an announce my it by the mayor that or of Neal wishes to remain As a signatory on the epic electric Power in Carolina contract and agreed to go along with the request. See lawyers. Page 12� in Accord reached on sewer line rotary club set to Mark 50th year the Washington rotary club will Mark its Golden anniversary at a ladies night banquet at the Washington yacht and country club thursday at 7 . Two charter members Carl Goerch and Edmund Harding will appear on the program. Or. Goerch will talk on a town gossip in 1920�?� and or Harding will speak on a looking Forward to 2020.�?� District governor j. Talbot Capps will bring the official greetings and John Thompson minister of music a the first Baptist Church will Lead in singing of songs Sang in 1920. Beverly Moss will introduce the guests and the Rev. Irwin i see rotary Page ill f j the Washington City Council in a move indicating a favourable climate for new Industry has agreed to pay half of the coat of the materials for a new sewer line to the new Seacrest Marine company Plant site West of the City. The company will pay for the other half. A the company had requested at the councils May meeting that the City install the line to the Plant. An answer was promised within 10 Days. The Compromise has been approved since that time. The City will also provide the labor for installation of the new line. The company will provide the land for the lift station and easements for the line. City policy provides that sewer lines run outside the City be paid for by the property owners asking the service. However the lift station and easements offset the other factors normally involved it was said. Figures on Coats were not immediately available. South vietnamese sense ministry said the opera Tion was under Way at least 10 Miles inside Cambodia West of Prang and due Lap special Force Campa which North vietnamese troops Laid siege to Tost year. The area opposite Vietnam a Southern Central Highlands and about is Miles Northeast of Saigon it was the 13th Allied front opened in Cambodia. The South vietnamese infantrymen went in after1 massive raids by the . Air forces big bs2 bomb a to helicopters began Landing several thousand South vietnamese infantrymen from the 23rd division and their american advisers in the thickly Jun led Region at Dawn a u. S. Spokesman said probably less than 100 advisers were taking part a a there Are no . Ground forces involved in the opera Tion Quot the . Command said adding that . Support of the operation included a helicopter and logistics support tactical air artillery and. the drive was preceded by nearly 100 b52 raids along the Border in the past four Days to soften up the suspected North vietnamese bunkers and gun positions the defense ministry announcement gave no indication whether the ground Force had run into any opposition. Allied Headquarters said it had no reporto of enemy Contact or other operational details yet. The new operation is an Extension of the sweep which the South vietnamese 22nd infantry division is making in these san area to the North of today a Landing. Between 25,000 and 30,000 South vietnamese troops and More than 10,000 americans now Are operating inside Cambodia along a 600-mile stretch of Border. At the Southern end of the Frontier a task Force of More than 10,000 South vietnamese troops with armoured cars gunboats and . Warplanes in support pushed deeper into Southern Cambodia today after smashing a North vietnamese base Camp and Sampan Fleet South vietnamese military Headquarters announced in a drive launched sunday the big land and River Force is trying to destroy base Camps from which the North vietnamese 1st infantry division attacks South Vietnam a southernmost provinces and the samoans in which it moves a abut the Delta areas network of Rivers and canals. The three prong Force is moving northward along highways 2 and 3 and the Barsac River from the southernmost stretch of the vietnamese cambodian Border Between a Tien and Tinh Bien. A South vietnamese communique said 96 North vietnamese soldiers were killed tuesday and 100 samoans and 30 storage huts were destroyed. Washington api a a leading Senate critic of the administration s Indochina policy Saya there remains Hope for a Compromise in the fight Over limiting president Nixon a Range of action in Cambodia democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said tuesday a same sort at an accommodation Quot might still be reached in the struggle Over an attempt to Cut off Funda for military operations in Cambodia in spite of Mansfield a statement there has been no indication the White House intend to Back off from its stand that As commander in chief the Peai sent has the unrestricted right to use american troops As he did in sending us. Ground forces into Cambodia administration supporters apparently outnumbered if the Issue came Down to the showdown stage have sufficient numbers to keep the debate going for a Long time possibly right up to the june 30 Date set by president Nixon for withdrawal of the . Force currently in Cambodia Quot there Are a lot of us who want to discuss this pretty Thor. sen. Gordon Allott of to Colorado told reporters tues k i pf�1vp Day but added a a in a not talking 1a7vuvc in terms of a filibuster. Fri a a we la just debate As Long As 1 bldg it tg6 we have to to help educate the Public a he said. W earlier in the Day Mansfield �4 of re 1 k pm pointed out that if opponents of w age Price controls not on tap a $2 billion investment by firms in these Arab a Oil Sites i in peril with. Syria an Nonne ement that the us Oil Waltl be Cut off if Washington Doe not hold Israel in Check Arab Oil totals a 31-Bluton�Barrct Rem rvs the i�., Reserve la 3 7 Milton Barreta the proposal sponsored by Sens John Sherman Cooper and Frank Church delay a vote a it will hold up legislation in which the administration is interested appropriations and the like. A Republican Leader Hugh Scott was reported by aides to be engaged in a very delicate Quot negotiations in efforts to find a Compromise that would water Down the Cooper Church proposal which would bar funds for a a retaining . Forces in Cambodia the associated press lists 47 senators in favor of Cooper Church five others leaning in favor and 34 opposed with the rest undecided Leon Edwards d ies tuesday Leonard p. Leon Edwards age 77, died in the Lenoir memorial Hospital Kinston tuesday evening at 6 00 of clock following a critical illness of three Days and failing health for past several years. Born in the Edward Community of Beaufort county August 8. 1892, he was the son of the late e. J. And Ida Heath Edward. Or Edward had spent mo6t of his lifetime in the Edward Community and was a member of the Christian Church. Surviving Are a sister mrs. I. A Edward of Clearwater Fla. Two half Brothers e. E. Edwards of Edward and j. O. Edwards of Winston Salem and a number of nieces and nephews. Graveside funeral service will be Hel j at the family plot in Oakdale cemetery thursday afternoon at 3 00 of clock conducted by or. R. A Alexander pastor of the first Christian Church. The body will remain at Paul funeral Home until the funeral hour. It is requested that Flowers be omitted. Free reflective tape will be applied to youngsters bikes in a a elite a Bike program to be conducted Here by the veterans of foreign wars Post 6orr tape will be applied to bicycles at John Small school on Friday May 22 from 3 00 . To 5 00 . Strips of reflective Tope will be put on the rear to a for. Handlebars and front fee Fca of the bicycles making each Bike visible after dark from All angles the highly reflective tape a the same material used to reflective traffic signs and License plates is visible at dista urea up to 1.500 feet in the headlights of an automobile a youngsters should t be out Bike Riding after dark but if they Are their bikes ought to have reflective tape Quot said Reuben Woodard. Director of the local a elite a Bike program he pointed out that some 600 persons Are killed each year in Bike accidents 65 per cent of them children aged 5-14. Another 30,000 persons Are injured each year to such accidents. Four out of five fatal Bike accidents occur at dusk or after dark a the extra warning provided tape can save a the vow official will retaliate Israel rejecting c condemnation gop support harder r violence May Hurt 18-year-old vote by John Beckler associated press writer Washington a the recent outbreaks of Campus violence May have endangered one of the students prize go Ais lowering the voting age to 18, with a House vote on the 18-year-old vote due next month sponsors Are worried a backlash effect May be building As anti War sentiment continues to disrupt the colleges. There to also concern the strongly anti Nixon stance of the protesting students will make it harder to pick up the 40 or so Republican votes needed to pass the measure. A a in a have to say its going to be tougher now a said rep. Tom rails Back r-i1l, who to leading the Effort to build House Republican support for the Bill. Rep. Abner j. Mikva d-ill., a Democrat working actively for the measure shares Railsback a concern. A before All this a Mikva said a studies showed that the students weren to in anybody a in states where there is a lower voting age they Haven to changed the voting patterns much. But now or. Nixon has Good reason to believe they Are against president Nixon already has come out against the Senate passed Mil which Calls for towering the voting age by Federal statute. Nixon has said it should be done by constitutional amendment House gop Leader Gerald r. Ford to supporting the presidents position which makes Railsback a Job even tougher. Mikva so id the 40 necessary Republican votes were to. Hand a few Days ago but there to some doubt about the gop support now. The backlash effect of student demonstrations and riots can be seen in letters coming into the House judiciary committee. A Man in Hackensack n.j., no country where students have political Power to to very food shape and a Man. To St. Louto wrote a the past week his shown to the nation the irresponsibility and the Lack of by making qualified judgments the students of this on the other Side the mass of students crowding the Capitol corridors the past several Days lobbying for various Antiwar amendments have made a Good impression on Congress. Many have had their hair Cut. They Are neatly dressed courteous and orderly and show a keen awareness of what to going on. A they have behaved in. An exemplary fashion Quot said rep Emanuel Ceder. . Who As chairman of the judiciary committee will handle the age vote Bill on the floor by reflective child a life a said. In addition to applying tape. Vow members will inspect the bikes for proper equipment Horn or other signalling device headlight rear reflector and functioning brakes. More than 12 million bikes across the nation have been marked with reflective tape to the vow program. Supported by the National safety Council the a elite a Bike Quot program depends on reflective tape donated by 3m company which has Given More than 32 million Worth of the material to Date. . Lemon 11. Sawyer Dies Slanesville a mrs. Lemon Harris Sawyer died monday in the fungo District Hospital in Belhaven after a Short illness. She was 88 years old. Funeral services will be held thursday at 2 . At the Eunice Chapel Church of Christ with c. C. Turner officiating. Burial will be to the mount Olive cemetery at Ponzer. The body will be taken from the Paul funeral Home in Belhaven to the Church one hour prior to the service. . Sawyer widow of the late Leon a. Sawyer was a member of the Eunice Chapel Church of Chr tot. Surviving Are two sons Joseph Sawyer of eau Gale Fla and Ellis Sawyer of Sacramento Calif. Two daughters mrs Elbert Smith of Newport news. A and mrs Max d. Flowers of Jacksonville Fla. 11 grandchildren and three great grandchildren and one brother Sammy Harris of Swan Quarter. By the associated press Israel has rejected a a. Security Council condemnation of its biggest raid yet into Lebanon saying it will continue to retaliate against Arab attacks. The Council approved a Reso 4 Giutian tuesday night sharply re miking Israel for the attack May 12 on Arab iral4tiaw in the Foothills of my. Herman the israelis said they killed 30 guerrillas and captured 15 in the 32-hour operation. The Resolution declaring that such attacks could Quot no longer be tolerated a was approved 11-0. The United. States. Colombia Nicaragua and Sierra Leone abstained. It was the councils eighth warning to Israel since March 1968 the Resolution said Israel had carried out a a premeditated military action in violation of its obligations Quot under the charter and that the Council would a consider taking adequate and effective Steps or measures in accordance with the relevant articles of the charter to implement its resolutions such Steps could include eco nomic sanctions or political or military action israeli ambassador Yosef Tekoah called the Resolution on sided and declared that Israel reserves its right to hit Back at All Arab guerrilla strikes. A we shall always defend ourselves against attack and protect our people from aggression until our neighbors realize that peace to. Better than War a Tekoah said. . Ambassador Charles w. Yost also labelled the Resolution one sided and complained that it did not a take sufficient account of the repeated violations of the cease fire originating from within soviet ambassador Jacob a Malik called the United. States and its followers Quot bad fairies who had done a a everything in their Power to keep the Resolution from being passed he also repeated the soviet demand that Israel withdraw from All Mccu died Arab territory Yot i yfci1 that in Ltd seized every Opportunity a Enve Nom the atmosphere Quot and had Given not a the slightest sign of a desire to contribute to a peaceful settlement Quot of the 1967 Arab israeli War. In Tel Aviv pm an while the israeli military command de Nied an egyptian charge that israeli jets bombed civilian tar gets along the Suez canal tues Day and killed or wounded several civilians Tel Aviv said the planes hit Only military targets spokesmen reported that israeli warplanes staged a 90-minute raid today on egyptian military targets across the canal and All planes returned following the attacks along the Central part of the waterway. Israeli sources said Arab guerrillas m Jordan fired on an israeli Border patrol South of the sea of Galilee this morning and that israeli gunners re turned the fire killing three guerrillas the israeli military command also reported that a number of mortar shells were fired at a settlement in the same sector during the night. No israeli casualties were reported in either incident. Meanwhile water has begun flowing through the thur i Riga. Tion canal in Jordan after a month of repairs israeli warplanes ruptured Washington a president Nixon conceding i predicted budget surpluses for Tho fiscal year and next have turned into red Ink deficits has railed a a it it a you add gasoline to. A year More in government funds and fight pollution other Revenue increases to balance the budget will not be sought said budget director Robert a. Mayo because higher taxes a would be inappropriate when we have an increase in unemployment a another administration spokesman told Southern businessmen to forget about wage and Price control As a Means of Hatting continuing inflation the announcements were made tuesday As the administration sought to reassure investors and businessmen they can count on Quot a new steadiness of Progress a Nixon who said to february a balanced. Budget was c crucial to control inflation said declining revenues and rising Federal costs would result in a ,8 billion deficit in the 1970 fiscal year ending june 30 and a 31.3 billion deficit for fiscal 1971. Nixon had predicted a s 1.5 billion surplus for the current fiscal year and a 11.3 billion sur for the following fiscal the waterway in a raid Jan 1 in a see mid East. Page 12 plus year. J sagging corporate profit were cited As the reason for the a it i deficit. F atty get a Ohn ,.1�?o rhe in a t Seech written for him at the v Hite Nous Tom the Delta in Lowland miss., they can count on Quot a new Stea dines of the Stork Market a sinking spells he added Are a based on fears rather than facts when a asked about wage and Price controls to stabilize the Economy Mitchell replied Quot forget about sen. Jacob j a Vito of new York ranking Republican on the Senate House economic cd Ommittee urged Nixon in a Senate speech tuesday to pay More serious attention a to the urgent need for an incomes policy which would put More restraint on wages prices and interest rates. Nixon said in a the administration remains Quot determined to curb inflation but he. Added Quot frankly my concern about unemployment and my desire to bring about Price stability without economic dislocation is Why the Campaign to control inflation cannot be accomplished tax revenues this fiscal year. Nixon said Are running about 13 billion below expectations the on Lead in gasoline would boost the coat of motor fuel by an average of 24 cents a gallon spokesmen said and is intended to reduce and eventually Elim Nate the additive in gasoline. Linked to Federal state Al Cio president for new tax Raleigh a North Carolina Al Cio president Wilbur Hobby says the state should scrap Ito present sales and income taxes and Levy a new income tax linked to the Federal income tax. Hobby told the state tax study commission that the states poorest taxpayers Are hit hardest by sales and consumer taxes and that the states income tax to not As progressive As it appears Hobby s testimony came luring the second and. Flat Obday of hearings. During the sessions the commission heard appeals for repeal or modification of the gasoline cigarettes soft drinks sales Bank excise intangibles and inventory taxes Hobby said under is plan taxpayers would pay the slate a Flat percentage of the amount they pay in Federal income takes. The general Assembly could adjust the state income tax rates a simply by varying the percentage applied to the Federal Ivy. He said taking figures from the 1967-68 fiscal year Hobby added up the amount of state sales and Toca me taxes collected and the amount of Federal income tax paid by North carolinians. And he concluded that if the state income tax were pegged at 24.9 per cent of the amount of Federal income tax a person paid the state would have collected 114 million More than it collected from both sales and individual Toca me taxes. He said such a plan offers equity simplicity Low Cost to the state assured enforcement easy withholding and flexibility. The commission was also told that provisions of the state s one cent local option sales tax Are unfair and require immediate j. B Brame of Durham a former member of the Highway a Mission noted that provi a Ona of the Law require merchants in counties having the local option tax to Levy it on goods delivered into a county without see tax Page id

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