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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - May 23, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather generally fair and Crit iacued a Arm through sunday Quai a of afternoon and evening thundershowers sunday a a it in Low in established 1909 Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. Deal it 1146 la fwd no a and t 00 o clock and one we he delivered be you Elk Jet Paob was Notor. Norm can out. New Aein woo on May 2x1570 daily i Xci it 13 arrows locate the 11 South vietnamese spearheads into came Odia Georg Mcgovern . Mark Hatfield it Ore. Of Aruba cd dalt Rny. Frank Church a Idaho Harold Luchea a Ovva Brake on Indochina theae Are the five senators who Are major sponsors of a legislative attempt to halt the War in Indochina. Their a Mcgovern Hatfield Quot amendment would Cut off funds for . Military operations anywhere in Indochina by . 31, 1970. All served overseas in the . Armed services in world War ii or in Korea rubber Plantation South vietnamese b Egin t Ank d rive by George Esper associated press writer Saigon apr two South vietnamese task forces launched a two pronged thrust today into Indochina s biggest rubber Plantation the 70-Square-mile chup Plantation in Eastern Cambodia. About 10,000 South vietnamese troops and hundreds of tanks and armoured personnel carriers pushed northward along Highway 15 and Westward along route 7 toward the Plantation to smash a crack Viet Cong regiment said to be operating there. The Plantation is East of Kom Pong Cham cambodians third largest City. Associated press correspondent David Rosenzweig reported from the front that task Force 318, driving northward toward the plantations Southern Edge killed 12 Khmer Rouge the Viet congas cambodian allies and captured 13. To the East of the Plantation 25 other enemy troops were reported killed. Two South vietnamese soldiers were reported killed and 11 wounded. Rebuffed at first South vietnamese bombers knocked out eight antiaircraft guns in the southwestern Corner of the Plantation officers said. It Gen. Do Cao tri commander of the South vietnamese forces said intelligence indicated that most of the 272nd regiment of the Viet Cong 9th division was on the Plantation. A captured North vietnamese Soldier told South vietnamese interrogators that 2,000 men of the 272nd were there. According to Allied intelligence estimates about 80 per cent of the regiment is made up of North vietnamese soldiers. A this is a Hunting game Between my forces and the communists a said tri. A if the communists stand and fight we will destroy the main objective of the drive is to destroy the regiment but the South vietnamese forces also Hope to link up with vietnamese civilian irregulars and open up route 7 East of Kom Pong Cham. The South vietnamese task Force moving along route 7 had advanced by mid afternoon to see War Page 81 baccalaureate speaker a the Rev. Thomas Apperson pastor of the first presbyterian Church Here will deliver the baccalaureate Sermon to the John a Wilkinson High school graduating class in Belhaven sunday May 24, in the school auditorium. On Friday May 29, the Rev Gene Raymer of Belhaven will give a Brief Challenge to the seniors at commencement finals which will feature the presentation of awards and diplomas and addresses by Alice Annette Shoulars valedictorian and Carolina Ada Brinson salutatorian. Duane Tolan class president will preside Over the program. The glee club will present special music facing deficit Nixon to ask Congress to hike debt ceiling t rooms Massington Border of Lebanon for reprisals by John m. Pearce Agio curd Pru write Washington f apis the Nixon Admi intr faring heavier than expected need for financing year has ded til to ask conf few for in Icren about $16 billion in the National debt ceiling. The Piam firmed if by of by the associated press Israel is massing troops and tanks on the Ibanes Border to prepare More reprisals for the guerrilla ambush of an israeli school bus official sources in Beirut said today. They said the troops were positioned on the Eastern and Central sectors of the 59-mile Frontier and that israeli tanks were grouping North of acre on the Mediterranean coast 12 Miles South of the Border eight children and three adults were killed Friday when Arab guerrillas fired three Bazooka shells into the school bus near the lebanese Border Twenty two other persons were wounded. Within half an hour after the ambush according to military Esmin unt ties tamed try Beirut the israelis opened heavy artillery fire on four i Chana Border towns. Israeli warplanes also went into action All along the Frontier lebanese officials said 30 per sons were killed and 20 wounded in the reprisal raids and that my houses were destroyed. The lebanese government braced for More trouble today hundreds of civilians in towns that were shelled piled their be tas is their a israelis worried about . Action tech Art exhibit set May 30-31 the first fifi ii t l l. And Sale sponsored by the combined Beaufort county technical Institute student alumni Art group is planned for saturday May 30th and sunday May 31st, at the Wachovia Bank building Here. Ahart student and former Art dents at . Are invited to show their paintings. ,. Registration of submission will be from 8 00 until noon on saturday May 30th. The e is no limit to the number of pieces any member May submit and there is no registration fee. Pictures will not be judged m Competition a nor will prizes or awards be Given. The exhibit will be open to the Public on saturday from noon until six ., and from one unti i see Art Page 8 mrs. Effie p. Gaylord Dies mrs. Effie Jane Gaylord age 83, resident of i. 1, Pinetown died in the Martin county general Hospital this morning at 8 of clock following a critical illness of several Days. She had been in failing health for the past several years. Mrs. Gaylord was born in Hyde county july 24, 1886, daughter of the late Benjamin and Kate Midyette Payne. She was Sec Gaylord Page 8 by Hal Mil i i i associated press writer Jerusalem a Israel wants the United states to take a bigger and firmer role in helping Stop the soviet military buildup in the Middle East but there Are some fears Here that Washington is too bogged Down in Indochina and Domestic troubles to help and might already have wanted too Long. A a a the american Don t have to use the a hot line like they did in 1967,�?T�?T one israeli official said a but they certainly should make it Clear to the soviets they have gone far but the official added a we re really afraid Washington in t getting the the message in Israel s eyes is simple the disclosure that soviet pilots Are flying combat missions Over Egypt and the introduction into Egypt of the latest soviet built surface to air missiles have tipped the Middle East Power balance threaten my not Only peace in the Region but in the rest of the world prime minister Golda Meir is expected to voice her concern Over the reluctance of the West to react to the soviet buildup in a speech in israelis parliament next week. The israelis also want the Nixon administration to Grant Jerusalem a request for More phantom Jet fighters. But foreign minister Abba Eban now m Washington has been told that the United states is stand tag firm on its decision to withhold additional phantoms for the time being. A it May be the russians at ready believe the United states see soviets. Page 8 longings aboard trucks and donkeys and fled Homes Many complained of Lack adequate a Halter m Means defense one Man brandished world War i Rifle and a few bul lets and said. A this is All i had to defend myself with a the newspaper be Jour quo de the mayor of Ait Aroun As saying a in this town of 8.000 people there will soon remain Only the owls a lebanese ambassador edouard Ghorra said in a letter see mid East. Page 8� finals set at Pantego High school sources in it ingress Treasury department would bring the ceiling to a record 8393 billion Treasury officials insist the increase to necessary to keep the Public Dew ii Der the Legal ceiling my a 837? bit wants pm a responsible by Charles c. Cainap business writer Detroit apr a group of Youthful newcomers to the business world rebuffed in efforts to make some major changes in general motors operations say they have just begun their Campaign a to make pm top management of pm the worlds largest manufacturing concern easily Defeated the newcomers called the Campaign pm committee Friday. Management received More than 97 per cent of the votes cast on two key issues at a a Bour stockholders the enthusiastic buoyed by Surprise last minute support from Leonard Woodcock who made a personal appearance at the pm meeting hours after his election As president of the United Auto workers Union. Pm observers said it was the first time a Law president had attended a pm annual meeting. Campaign pm leaders whose goal was two per cent of the votes cast exceeded that margin on both proposals they backed. One called for creation of a committee for corporate responsibility made up of 15 to 25 members from the Law academic world civil rights groups and Small Sha re Bolders tha t would prod pm into More action in Fields ranging from Auto safety to hiring and promotion of Black workers. The proposal was rejected on a vote of 227,052,866 shares or 97.27 per cent against the measure and 6,316,299, or 2.73 per cent in favor. The second proposal would have added three new members to the 23-Man Board including the first woman director and the first Black representative. The nominees were actress Betty. Furness former advisor to president Johnson on consumer affairs the Rev Channing Philips a negro and president of the . Housing and development corp. Of Washington . And prof Rene Dubas a Rockefeller University biologist management support came from 227,776,067 shares or 97.58 per cent while 5,691,130, or 2.44 per cent favored the idea at a later news conference be said a a pm is never going to select a director on color alone but rather on what they can bring to the Board. If we could find a Black person who met the qualifications we would support killed in mishap Roanoke is. A \ Goldsboro n. C., Mao was killed Friday when a Bulldozer he ,wg8. To Back off a truck tumbled into a Ravin he waa identified As Kirby House. 55. Fungo Academy speaker a or. J. M. Batten of East Carolina University in Greenville will be the commencement speaker at graduation exercises at fungo Christian Academy in Belhaven sunday May 24, at 8 He will be presented by j. T Keech chairman of the schools Board of trustees. The a valedictory will be by Rebecca Harris. Awards will be presented by e. Jer Nigan principal. Pantego William o. Haney minister of the Bath Christian Church will deliver the baccalaureate Sermon at Paniego High school on May 24 commencement exercises will be Friday May 29 or. Haney has served As a minister for the past 27 years and has worked in seven states. He received the Bachelor of divinity degree from Lexington theological Semina by in Lexington by. Or Haney studied further at Yale divinity school and at the divinity school of the University of Chicago in Many capacities through the years or Haney has been associated with youth work his wife Evelyn who is from a Den North Carolina has been a teacher of primary education for 16 years the honeys have two children William and Lynn Pantego High school will graduate apr i Malcov 60 students this year. Joseph Windley principal will officiate at the baccalaureate and graduation exercises the glee club will enrich the program with inspirational choral selections Honor students for this year that will take part in the baccalaureate and commencement Are As follows Keith Cuthrell jr., valedictorian Debra Daw salutatorian. Marshals Are Stevie Fletcher chief Michael Waters Judy Clark Anne Zwaal Gail Chenault Ashley Harris Jerald respess Larry Keech and Gary Keech. Both the baccalaureate service see Pantego Page 8< lion i a a a of fid a afternoon. Treat Ury officials said they planned to ask for an increase of Between Sis billion and 816 billion and one said a i won t Rule nut anything even above Treasury Secretary David m Kennedy and budget Bureau director Robert p Mayo will go before the House ways and Means committee monday to submit the administrations pro Potal a White House spa Kaaman said he did not know if presi Dent Nixon would submit a Mes Sage to Congress As he did last year. U though it had Tomk Clear for some time that an increase would be necessary one official noted that it would have to be higher than expected because of figures released this week show chg a budget deficit of $1.9 Bil lion instead of the predicted it s Tim Lull Tun plus he estimated the switch might Force Treasury to ask for an extra $3 billion in the ceiling which already is included in the Pian the a a temporary 8377 Milton Selling was 8ft wait Yeai and reverts to the a a permanent Cei my of 8365 billion when the fiscal year ends june 30. The debt already has brushed1 against the temporary ceiling coming within St no million on March i and stood at 8373 7 billion when Treasury issued its latest report last tuesday. The effect of the Selling increase on inflation is unclear but k Means Treasury assumes it will have to borrow considerably More next year thus adding to the Competition for Money administration officials have placed considerable emphasis on assuring budget surpluses so they could repay Pari of the debt and thus by reducing Competition help the beleaguered housing Market rut the budget report indicated the government will Quot to it of a borrow More than it repay has. L. L. Woolley sure David said til cry for you Tulsa okla. A two months ago Ralph Hester asked his Best Friend David Daniel if he would cry at his funeral a sure a David grinned a if in a still alive thursday night David cried and Between sobs he explained How he happened to still be alive a cramps hit both my legs and one Arm a he said. A i looked around and saw Ralph trying to yell. But he apparently his lungs were full of water a David 18, and Ralph 17, had joined a group of High school students at nearby Lake Keystone thursday morning and decided to take a swim in the Chilly water. A i could use Only one Arm but 1 swam to Ralph and got him around the Waist. Ralph cleared some of the water from his Mouth and Throat and was Able to Tell me to go both youths were in trouble and were trying to help each other but Ralph repeatedly told David to a go a the last time i went underwater. Ralph grabbed my feet and shoved me toward the Shore. I swim so 1 gave up and started sinking but he had pushed me into shallow enough water to touch David stood up in the cold water and struggled to Shore. Ralph did no to resurface until almost two hours later when men in boats using grappling Hooks pulled his body out. Ralph had been working his Way through High school at the John Ennis funeral Home. The Stretcher which bore him from the late to the Ennis funeral Home was one he had been working on a few Days before. He had remarked to David he wanted to a get r fixed up Nice for someone who needs he will be buried in fort Smith ark., in a casket of his choices a Burgundy color with a softly padded steel Interior. He told someone several months ago it was hit favorite casket of a the ones on display at the see drowning Page 8i York rite masons to meet Here the local York rite masonic bodies will be hosts to k District meeting of Royal Arch chapters Royal and select masters councils and comm Anderies of knights Templar of the first District on tuesday May 26 a dinner honouring the Heads of the state bodies will precede the business meeting at 6 w the District meeting will begin at 7 00 The first District is composed of Temple chapter no 6 Royal Arch masons. Windsor Cherokee chapter no. 14, Elizabeth City Greenville chapter no. 50 Moye chapter no. I. 53. Washington Washington Council no. 17, Royal and select masters Hiram Council no. 18, Greenville Tyrian Council no 19, Elizabeth City Griggs commander no 14, knights Templar Elizabeth City Calvary commander no. 25, Washington and Bethlehem commander no. 29, Greenville there Are approximately 800 York rite masons in the District. The principal speakers will be Dallas it oilman or. Of Raleigh. Grand High priest of the grand Royal Arch chapter of North Carolina Hiram j. Case Bolt of Raleigh. Grand master of the see masons Page Swain infant Dies Joseph Todd Swain five month old son of or and mrs Jasper Swain of 2032 Sandhurst Road Charlotte died of multiple heart problems this morning at 2 of clock the infant was the grandson of or. And mrs. K. Swain of it 4. Washington funeral plaits Are incomplete. The family requests that m lieu of Flowers donations be make to the building fund of the Charlotte Church of Christ

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