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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - November 16, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather warm a intend Murk a fair Lor a to throw t no warming trend tar Day Low mid i High tuesday sob Washington daily news if you do not got your paper. Dial me �145 Between a it and 7 of o clock and of will be delivered to you established 1909 ten pages Washington North Carolina monday afternoon. November 16, 1970 daily except sunday Man being held five in farm family killed Congress reconvening today for Post election session no cause found so far pc mines claim lives Sunburg Minn Cap a a authorities were holding a Man for questioning today in the weekend Shotgun slayings of a farm couple and their three children. It Ronald Schneider Kandiyohi county attorney said a grand jury would be called shortly to of nine gis sheriff Harvey m Spaulding earlier had described the killings As a a Complete mystery saying Quot we can t even establish a motive at this the body of James Fremberg 40. Was found in the Bam about 10 . Sunday by Delbert Peterson of Sunburg who Tad stopped at the farm to pick up milk for a Creamery. The milking machine was running indicating Fremberg Tad begun his morning chores when he was shot at close Range about 150 Yards away in the dining room of the two Story farmhouse authorities found the body of Fremberg a wife Gloria 20. A close Range Shotgun blast Tad decapitated her a quart of milk and Cereal bowls were on the table for a meal the family never ate. Toys were strewn about the downstairs rooms. In one of two upstairs bedrooms authorities found the a Jama Clad bodies of the three children. David 7, and Douglas. 4, were in one bed and their sister Patricia 8, in another. There were no signs of a struggle and authorities Tad no clues the sheriff said. No murder weapon was found and the Slayer or slayers had taken away the expended Shell casings apparently from a 12-gauge Shotgun. Quot in be known this boy for 20 Yean 1 said Spaulding. Quot a real Good kid. No problems no family because of the distance Between House and barn shots could have been fired in one building without being heard in the other Spaulding said. Mrs. Vennie p. Federal investigators continue probe into Huntington crash by George e8per associated press writer Saigon apr enemy mines and Booby traps pushed the total of american Battlefield deaths in Vietnam past 44,000 during the weekend while in Cambodia North vietnamese forces tattered two cambodian units on the Northern front. The Viet Cong s crude explosive devices took nine american lives Over the weekend despite the absence of any pitched Battles involving american forces 44 . Troops were reported killed last week the highest toll in five weeks this raised the total number of americans reported killed in action in Indochina to 44,003 since Jan. 1, 1061, but the total will undoubtedly be increased by casualty report which have not yet reached the . Command. Meanwhile . Troop strength in Vietnam dropped to 363,800 last week a decrease of 4,200 during the past week and the lowest in almost four years. Another 10,800 troops Are to be Cut by dec. 31, bringing the authorized total Down to 344,000. North vietnamese forces in Cambodia attacked two sweeping detachments of the big cambodian task Force bogged Down 50 Miles North of phenom penh sunday killing 13 cambodian soldiers and wounding 49. It was the went Ca sutties the cambodian command has admitted in two months and Only seven North vietnamese bodies were found on the Battlefield. It was the first serious ground fighting in the area North of Skourn since the 20,000-Man government task Force recaptured Taing Kauk two months ago and dug in. Cambodian troops continued to hold a handful of key Strong Points along the Northern front but made no major Effort to reestablish government control along the 32-mile stretch of Highway 7 Between Kampong Cham 47 Miles Northeast of phenom penh and Skourn. Miss Tedia Spruill Dies Belhaven a miss Tedia Spruill age 83, a former merchant Here died suddenly in Henderson saturday night. Funeral services will be held at 3 . Today from the first Christian Church in be Haven. By toe Rev. Robert Wilkerson pastor. Burial will follow in. The Odd Fellows cemetery Here. A pallbearers will be Marshall Pete Tommy Donnie Russell and Fred Cutler miss Spruill a native of be Haven had been making her Home in Henderson for the past 18 months with a Foster son l. E. Tuten. She was a sunday school teacher in the Christian Church Here for 50 years before ill health forced her retirement. The local woman was the daughter of the late Betty Bowen and Wilson. Spruill of be Haven. Surviving Are two Foster sons., l. E Tuten of Henderson and Henry Tuten or. Of Baltimore my. One sister mrs. L. R. Cutler of re 2, Pantego and three Foster grandchildren. By Craig Ammerman associated press writer Huntington w is it apr Federal investigators have found Quot no evidence of any problem Quot with a. Jetliner in which All 75 Persona aboard including most of the Marshall University . Team died in a fiery weekend crash. This was reported sunday by John d Reed chairman of the National transportation safety Board he said there was no evidence so far of mechanical Buck succumbs mrs Vennie Parker Buck age 68, resident of 909 Hudnell Street died suddenly sunday morning at 9 30 of clock in the Beaufort county Hospital following a critical illness of one hour. Mrs. Buck was born in Johnston county feb. 18, 1902 daughter of the late John and Minnie Rogers Pollard. She was a member of the first free will Baptist Church. Mrs. Buck was twice married her first to Carl f. Parker who preceded her in death March 29, 1954. Her second marriage was to Randall Buck of this City on july 271955. Surviving besides her husband Are two daughters mrs Alva Crisp and mrs. Atha Stokes both of this City 12 grandchildren six great grandchildren two Brothers j. L. Pollard of Smithfield and Harrison Pollard of four Oaks. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home tuesday morning at 11 of clock conducted by the Rev. Wayne w. Smith. Burial will follow at 2 . At Benners Chapel Church cemetery near Benson. The following will serve As pallbearers Alva Crisp jr., John b. Stokes jr., Vernon Lindsay Robert Lindsay Gene Campbell and Garry Upton. 300,000 May have died in storm by Arnold zkit1.in associated press writer Dacca East Pakistan apr officials say 300.000 persons May have died in the Cyclone arid tidal Waves in East Pakistan last Friday making it one of history a greatest disasters four islands 60 Miles South of Dacca in the Ganges River Delta were lashed hardest by the 150-mile-an-hour winds and 20-foot Waves from the Bay of Ben Gal officials said so Many were dad or missing that Rescue teams were counting survivors not the dead some sources said there appeared to be almost no survivors on at least one of the islands the 1961 census listed 1.4 million persons on the four islands Shatia ramada to it Aljabbar a Iid Bholat but other sources estimated the population was less than half that when the storm hit. However there had been a recent influx of workers for the Rice Harvest the official death count Rose to 15,943 sunday night but fatality estimates grew hourly from i in scores of reports a former As w Ichta a Hub Varshall sem Blyman said local officials indicated 65,000 had perished in Patua Tapi District to the West of the four islands. A Utility official said thousands of Farmers were swept into the sea when a tidal wave roared Over the 15-foot dam. Which Tad reclaimed the land on which they were living the area is a Cyclone Alley with storms hitting almost every Spring and fall and with huge tolls because of the Lack of a warning system or of speedy transport for the masses of Farmers and fishermen. In june 1965. 30,000 perished in a Cyclone there and historians say 300,000 died in a storm and tidal Waves in 1737. The greatest disaster recorded in history occurred in China a Honan province in 1.887when a flood took 900,000 lives. The head of the Pakistan red Cross appealed for help to meet Quot the Complete devastation in the offshore islands a president Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan ordered army units into the area to restore communications and conduct evacuation and Relief work. The United nations the International red Cross the United states and India offered Relief Aid. Many islands and coastal districts were still Cut off by High water. A Rescue official who. Flew to the Delta area reported seeing at least 3,000 bodies in Graves Short o i i a me i n Ong Ott polities failure in the chartered Southern airways twin Jet Dob and no initial indication of Guot error Reed pledged to find the cause of the Accident the worst in american sports history his i Vestiga Don continues today and could last several month returning the Marshall team coaches and followers from an afternoon game with East Carolina University at Greenville ., the plane Cut a Swath through treetops before crashing into a Hillside Short of the tri state Airport runway saturday night besides 37 Marshall football players and 8 members of the coaching staff the dead in eluded several prominent Huntington citizens three physicians a newly elected state legislator a past president of the Marshall alumni association and the University a Dean of admissions eight married couples parents of 24 children were killed coaches and some married player killed in the crash left 38 More children today and tuesday were declared Days of mourning on the Marshall Campus and throughout the City pub lie offices and schools were closed a special Fri disaster team began today the task of identifying the charred re mams of the 71 victims brought to a temporary morgue established in an Airport hangar Quot this town is dead Quot was the Way one nurse described the i crash. Page 10� no similarities seen Between two crashes ecu Grid players remember see storm Page 10 joint program gets underway Swan Quarter a the Hyde county schools Are participating in a title via cooperative speech program with Tyrrell and dare counties. Hyde county is acting As fiscal contracting agent for the project. This is an Nova tit program and May be the answer to providing some of the services in other areas for Small counties. The program consists of a highly trained speech therapist and three trained paraprofessionals who have been trained by the therapist to direct speech improving activities for the students with speech defects in All schools of the three counties. Neil Singletary. Superintendent of Hyde county schools attended a conference on exceptional children in Winston Salem november 12-14, where he made a presentation describing the program and its effectiveness. By James r. Polk associated press writer Huntington . Apr despite the grim coincidence of two football teams ripped apart in the fiery wreckage of airliners Federal investigators said today they see Little or no similarity Between the Wichita state and Marshall University disasters. Quot we see none a said John h. Reed chairman of the National transportation safety Board who Drew a distinct Ling be tween the sleek Jet Charte de by Marshall that bore 75 persons to death Here saturday and the aging overweight prop plane rented by Wichita state which smashed into the Rockies six weeks ago. Killing 31 persons yet one common thread was Woven into both crashes each involved a plane flown into a Hillside by a Pilot who was not routinely familiar with the terrain. The twin engine dc-9 Jet from Southern airways was trying to land in rain and fog saturday night when it Cut a splintered Swath through the tops of Trees on a High Ridge rising near the Airport runway and nosedive to the ground although the charter Pilot was one of Southern a senior captains no one could say whether he had Ever tried to touch Down before at Huntington a Small one runway Airport that is not on Southern a regular routes. The Airport lacked the More sophisticated Landing aids of larger Fields. Killed in the crash were 38 members of the Marshall football. Squad its coaching staff and athletic director the plane Crew and a group of prominent Huntington citizens flying Back with the team from a 17-14 loss to East Carolina. The tragedy came even As a Federal investigation continued into the oct. 2 crack up of the Wichita state football plane officials say the Wichita state Pilot flew into a Deaden Canyon at the foot of the Continental did vide and was unable to escape the Wichita state disaster sparked a full Federal inquiry into aircraft Charters after investigators found the 20-year-old overweight plane was being flown by Pilota from a firm that lacked a sufficient lie vhf to operate it. Faa administrator John Shaffer called the arrangements for that flight involving separate leasing of plane and hiring of Crew a facade to get around Faa rules governing charter flights the Faa sent tetters to schools across the country warning them to be careful in Thair charter arrangements and to Deal with reputable operators. Marshall was dealing with such an Opara tor Southern a scheduled a wine authorized to conduct charter flights an dub Jet to stringent operating and. Maintenance requirements it was Southern a first flight for Marshall which had taken buses to its other out of town games this season sixteen Days before the Marshall plane crash a twin eng me army plane trying to land through a Low ceiling smashed into an embankment on the opposite Side of the tri state Airport killing a major general and two other officers. The Airport is. Not. Equipped see comparison Page 1� by restoring guarantees i loan Law to boost housing Washington a the new i Home loan Law is expected to give a shot in the to the sagging housing Industry by restoring loan guarantees to b.5 million world War ii and Korea veterans and opening a new Mobile Home program. Although tight Money in Many areas particularly the South and West is expected to reduce the Impact of the measure the veterans administration is estimating that in addition to facilitating Home purchases for Many former gis it will enable 35.000 veterans to buy housing. The major provision of the Bill signed by president Mixom oct. 26, removes All expiration dates for i Home loan applications. That for world War ii veterans was last july 25. The Date for Korea veterans varies with the individual. The Bill took immediate effect except the Mobile Home provision which goes into effect dec. 22. Another of the Many facets of the Law permits veterans to use their benefits for the first time to refinance existing mortgages on Homes or farms. However the current High interest rates Are expected to Puta Damper on this. Purchasers of Mobile Homes originally had been forecast at 15.000 for the first year based on the Assumption the purchasers would be mostly Young vet Erans using the Mobile Homes until they could afford a conventional House. But now the Law opens up Mobile Home purchases to world War ii Korea and Post Korea veterans who have not used their Home loan benefits and thousands of them also will take advantage of the Taw to buy Mobile Homes for retirement years. A Veteran who buys a Mobile Home May use his full i Bene fits to buy a regular Home As soon As his Mobile Home is paid for. But this does no to work in re Greenville A a handshake a Friendly Grin looking into the face of an opposing lineman those were some of the haunting things that East Carolinas football players thought about today sleep came hard for some of them at they remembered seeing Marshall University s football players chatting with them and then hours later hearing that the lives of All who were at the game including the coaches were r Rifet Jan a plane crash saturday fit. T William Mitchell a deem Lac halfback for the ecu pirates remembers the end of the game very Well Quot they were Congro minting us on a Fine game Quot he said Quot and we were congratulating them Quot ecu won 17-14. Mitchell Shook hands with several of the mar shall players before each team trotted off to the locker rooms at the end of the game ecu guard Mike Yopp said the game had been one of the few times he Lead noticed the a face of the Man in front of him�?the1 opposing lineman Quot i will never forget his face Quot Yopp said. A i looked up at him at the end of the game i remember walking off shaking hands patting him on the shoulder a when i heard about it the Crashi went Home and got ecu co Captain Steve Davis kept recalling the body Contact a a Quot see ecu Page a it by Walter h me Ara a Pat Ideal writer Washington a con Gress is reconvening today for its first Post election session in Wynn Fri on rime but Long on politics and problems from this morning democratic caucus on an Effort to override presiden Nixon s veto of a Bill limiting broadcast Campaign spending to the administration s welfare Reform measure the calendars Are crowded with controversial business with members aiming for adjournment by Christmas there a Little time for the 9lst Congress to put Ita affairs in order before giving Way to the 92nd Congress and while republicans managed a two seat election gain in their Senate minority demo crata will enjoy Bonus seat for the duration of the lame Duck session when Adlai e. Stevenson i of Illinois is certified the election Winner probably by the end of the week he will succeed Republican Ralph t. A Smith and the Senate lineup will become 58 democrats 42 republicans Stevenson takes Over at once because he was elected to the unexpired term of the late Everett m Durksen when the 92nd Congress Convene Jan. 4, the Senate Itne up to expected to be 55 democratic vote 46 Republican tha a respect it arg May take for irks or in the Duck eat Ion a i some Cli Ely i sues. Republicans might prefer a delay to take advantage of their gains actually. 10 members of the current Senate and 51 in the House Are Lam Duck legislators their service ends with this session. Their presence might be troublesome As Well since they might not go along a a with the party discipline there Are seven major appropriations Bills awaiting action they cover the fiscal year that began last july 1 Congress could by Resolution continue the spending authority of the agencies involved into the new Yuri with president Nixon claim a my an ideological majority in the new Senate he might prefer that some spending decisions be put off until next year. Appropriations for education and housing which have led to Nixon vetoes Are among those see Congress Page. 101 Verees an sex i can to get a to a a bile Home Loa n even if he spa id it u a k i it 0 s n a re up his regular Home i loan there a a special package in the new Law for the Veteran so severely disabled he is entitled to a specially adapted Home. The a has Long provided Grants for such homes�?50 per cent of the coat up to $12,500 the new Law permits the Veter an to borrow the remainder of the Home coat direct from the a wherever he lives rather than just in areas where commercial loan Money is not Avail remains of sea creature identified to budget cuts next year Green berets to lose third of manpower by Robert a. a military writer Washington a the elite army counter guerrilla unit known As the Green berets will lose a third of Ita manpower to defense budget cute next year say army officials. Pentagon officers say they expect the 9,000-Man special forces unit to be trimmed to 6,000 or possibly less in 1071. These officers say the Cut to in proportion to Over All Force re duo one in the military. Present defense department planning Calls for the army to be slashed to 13 and Byo thirds by june from the Vietnam War Peak of 10 and two thirds in 1968. And although it Hasni to officially been announced most of the 2,800 Green berets in Vietnam Are expected to be withdrawn by Christmas. The moves coincide with a shift in the role of special forces from counter insurgency warfare. Quot we re getting away from the blood and guts Side Quot an army spokesman said. The Green berets were a pet project of president John. F Kennedy who first sent them into Vietnam in 1061 to recruit train and advise Mountain tribesmen and other natives in fighting the Viet Cong. But in recent years less was heard about the Green berets As the nature of the War changed. A with the Foross in 1981 buildup and 1m of .the at Tention shifted to the big action and the big units the battalions and the do visions Quot a said the army spokesman. But Intra service rivalry also had a hand in the de emphasis of the Green berets. Ever since the first special Force unit was formed at it. Bragg. N.c., in 1962, Home officers resented the idea of an elite outfit and questioned the concept of counter insurgency warfare. In an interview the former commander of the Green berets in Vietnam,., col. Robert Rheault spoke of frequent disagreement and. Friction Between us men and the High command m Saigon. Rheault now in Boston writing a Book on the history of special forces retired from the army last year after he and seven other Green berets were charged with murdering an alleged vietnamese double agent. The army apparently to see Orden Beret Page 10. i loan Page 10 miss Carriee Best passes miss Carrie e. Best age 74, died sunday night in the Craven county Hospital in new Bern. Funeral services will be held tuesday at 2 . At the Macedonia free will Baptist Church at Ernul by the Rev Walter Sutton jr., pastor. Burial will be in Greenleaf memorial Park in new Bern. The body will be carried f rom the Wilkerson funeral Home in Greenville to the Church a one hour prior to the service. A miss Best a native of Beaufort county had lived in Miami Fla. For 25 Yean and for the past three Yean had lived at Ernul. She was a member of the Grace methodist Church in Miami. Surviving Are a brother Wyatt p. Best of Ernul seven nieces and one Nephew. Scituate mass a the remains of a giant sea creature which washed ashore near Here and for p time defied classification were identified tentatively today by so it a a graphic expert As those of a basking a bait. 1 thousands of spectators lined Rocky Mann Hill Beach sunday after the creature rolled to the Shore on a High tide and touched off report that the remains of a sea Serpent had been found. Andrew Konnerth a research associate at Woods Hole oceanographic Institute said after an inspection today that the creature was a basking shark largest of the Atlantic Sharks. A spokesman for the Institute said the basking shark feeds on Small Plankton and Small fish and has not been known to. Attack Man unless. . They attain a length of to feel. The creature which washed ashore was 28 feet Long although observers said Ita Tail appeared to have been Cut off and that Ita actual length could have been As much As to feet. One of the first experts to examine the carcass was Donald m. Dehart executive director of the new England aquarium at Beaton. He said he did not know what it was but that it was not a whale. He called Ita Quot very wierd Quot it is 32 to .34 feet in length and has a Girth of at least 19 feat the major portion off the body is about two feet High. And it has a cartilage Structure Quot be said Quot it looks like it has a five foot head or neck a Dehart said Quot but the lower jaw is missing so you can to Tell what the Structure of the animal without the jaw he said it looks Quot like some sort of prehistoric animal or sea a crowd estimated by police at 10,000 flocked to the Beach Early today As news of the grisly discovery was circulated. Whales of various dimension have washed ashore frequently along the South Shore of mafia Chusett in the past some not far from the Mann Hill Beach where this one came to rest. A number of Quot sea serpents Quot have been sighted off the Massachusetts coast by seafarers according to ships logs and other records one reported off Gloucester and Manchester in july 1064 was said to be 70 feet Long and so creature pm so u it

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