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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - November 21, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather fan Tom Titbit through sunday rather Roki to might with lows in 40 in Tow my. Id Sundri dts High Washington daily news if you do not go of your paper dial 44-1143 Bdrm a 10 and ? 00 o clock and one will a delivered to you t5ti�5rnrrw eight pages Washington. North Carolina. Saturday al Ember 21 Ivy daily except sunday acquittal a army frees Mitchell w by Robert heard. Associated or can writer it. Hood Tex apr . David Mitchell has been acquitted in the first my Lai Ense to reach a court m Art is verdict. Mitchell. 30. A 10-year army Veteran had been charged with assault with intent to murder by shooting at 30 unarmed civil Lana q at the vietnamese Hamlet on March 16, 1966 _ when the jury returned to announce Ita verdict. Mitchell stood at attention and saluted. Quot sgt David Mitchell this court has found you not guilty Quot said col Francia Giacom Oszt nine other gis Are charged in connection with the incident that occurred during a combat swing through my Lai. �?�1 always thought the army was a great outfit. Now. I know it a said Mitchell son of a Baptist minister who lives in st. Francisville la a military jury of seven officers. Including six Vietnam veterans returned the verdict Friday night after six hours and so minutes of deliberations Mitchell was a squad Leader in company a the same outfit in which i. William l. Galley jr., was a platoon Leader. Galley is being court Martiale at it. Benning Aon charges he murdered 102 civilians. The army is still processing charges against eight other members of the America division. President of the court Mitchells wife. Rosa leaped to her feet and shouted. Quot of a Quot sit Down in the ordered. Col. George r. Robinson. The military judge who a Ingrid his Gavel until the1 an was seated Mitchell returned to his chair and slumped Down into it. His attorney Ossie Brown strode past him patting Mitch Ell on the shoulders Mitchell had taken the stand in his own defense with tears streaming Down his Cheeks he testified tatar Day �?~1 shot at no eight other defense witnesses testified that. Mitchell was not at. A ditch in my Lai where the army charged he fired at huddled men women and children the prosecution presented three witnesses two said they saw Mitchell fire his Rifle into the ditch. One said he saw Mitchell raise his Rifle but neither saw nor heard a report from it. None said they saw any bullets strike the people huddled in the ditch. China vote leads to speculation by Tom Hoge associated press write United nations. By apr the majority vote in the . Genera Assembly to give communist China a seat has led to speculation that peking May be admitted to the world body As Early As next year Waves of . Bombers hit deep into North territory c Alley testimony a turns to d itches i by Kathryn Johnson associated press writer it. Benning a a the prosecution in the court Mai thai of it. William. L. or. A Tai Lur Tai for i first time from testimony about bodies found on a trial near my Lai to a ditch filled with bodies of dead vietnamese one of the specific acts with which Calley is charged is the murder of 30 unarmed vietnamese civilians along a Trail near the Village. Another charge alleges that. 70 others were executed after being herded into a ditch. Thus far in the court martial which began tuesday no witness has testified that he saw Calley kill anyone. For three Days Charlie company veterans have testified to seeing the bodies of 10 to 20 vietnamese along the North South trial during their combat assault on the a shaped Hamlet. Friday David b. Hein 23, of Janesville wis., testified to seeing bodies in the ditch but he say How Many. Richard Pendleton 22, of Richmond calif., a slight thin faced youth with shoulder length hair said he looked into the ditch and saw an estimated 40 to 50 bodies piled on top of each other. He said the ditch was seven to 10 feet deep and about 10 to 15 feet across and the bodies were scattered for a length of 30 feet. He said they were piled in one group in the Middle and there were bodies on both sides. Quot they were All Ages that i could see and both sexes Quot he said. Pendleton testified he and two other gis were at the ditch on the morning of the my Lai assault March 16, 1966. He said he and his companions whom he identified As William Doherty and Michael Terry were the Only american soldiers in the area about 10 or Peoples 11 of clock that morning. Pendleton said the others talked about whether any of the vietnamese in the ditch were still alive. A q. Did one of those two soldiers fire into the ditch at the people who were alive a i can to say whether the people were alive. Q. But they were firing into the ditch a. Yes. Doherty now is being investigated on murder charges in connection with my Lai it was not Clear however whether these charges were made in connection with the incident at the ditch. Four of the five witnesses who testified Friday said they encountered no hostile fire at my Lai. Pendleton now a student testified under crass examination that he saw capt. Ernest l. Medina commander of company a in the my Lai area. Q. While you were with capt. Medina did you observe a four year old child a. Yes. Q. Was that child dead or alive a. Living. Pendleton was then asked to describe that happened to the child. Quot he was shot by a Bullet a a Pendleton said. A i looked Over and there was capt. asked if Medina ordered medical treatment for the child Pendleton said he heard of no such order. Gen Oliver 24, now a. Salesman from Cincinnati Ohio was the first witness to mention seeing a Viet Cong. A fast talker. Oliver testified that he saw one Viet Cong with a weapon. However he did not say if the Man was alive or dead. Joe , a. Dark Wavy haired Man with a muscular Torso also testified he saw a Viet Cong but said he was a see Calley. Page 8 there were also forecasts by peking s supporters that the United states would not succeed again in employing the parliamentary device which kept the communists out. Fridays vote. The delegates voted 51 to 49 to seat peking and expel the chinese nationalists Twenty five members of the 127-nation body abstained. It was the first time in the 20 years of voting on the China question that peking backers had won a majority. But under the Resolution declaring chinese representation an important question a two thirds majority was needed for approval the United states in statements issued in Washington and new York conceded that a new situation had Arisen which might Force a change in its opposition to seating peking. The statements stressed however that the United states also opposes the expulsion of National 1st China a founding member of the 25-year-old world body. This View was echoed privately by other diplomats As Well Muhammed Yazid of Algeria spokesman for the sponsors of the pro peking Resolution told a news conference that proposal to require a two thirds vote a which was passed 66 to 52�?got less support than it did in 1966. Quot it is one of those . Tricks and does rules of our a predicted that Quot very soon and maybe next year we will at last have people who speak chinese among us a the nation Alista usually deliver their . Speeches in English Lions pay tribute to mrs. Mitter Washington Lions pioneers in work with the visually handicapped in this area last night saluted mrs. Laura Miller Veteran Eastern North Cambest Blind Case worker. Mrs. Miller who retired earlier this year after 28 years in Blind work was presented gifts in Honor of her services to the Blind in Beaufort and nearby counties the presentations came at the end of the program entitled Quot this is your life Laura and Berkie Berkie is her seeing Eye dog the program presided Over by Jesse Spruill a Long time Leader in the Lions White Cane campaigns was held in conjunction with a ladies night banquet attended by wives of Lions club members and numerous guests including friends relatives and associates of mrs. Miller Lions club president Bill Deans presented the gifts to mrs Miller. A the members of the Washington Lions club appreciate the work y of have done wry and for the visually handicapped in Washington and Beaufort county and Are pleased to pay Honor to you tonight Quot or. Deans declared. The club president continued officials claim retaliation a gift for l a or a or s. Laura Miller seated retired Blind Case worker who spent most of her 28 years in social work in this area receives a Lions dub gift from Bill Deans president of the Washington club 1�ttng on is her daughter. Mrs Elvah we the of Charlotte Lions last night honoured or Miller for her Long work with the visually handicapped at a ladies Quot night banquet Here staff photo by Irving itch Fitwi a it has been a pleasure for our members to have the Opportunity to work with you through the years you have earned a place of love Ami respect in our organization and we want you to remember that we will always feel a closeness to you. The same sentiments were rest ask knife kills City unit youth at Chapel Hill also expressed by or Spruill. Quot we with for you Mahy years of happiness in a Well deserved be e Lions. To axe 8 Flection school assistance debate .-1 to. Contin yes Singleton funeral set we Fred Singleton age 71. Retired Farmer of it. 1, Washington Cherry Road died in the Beaufort county Hospital Friday morning at 5 45 o clock following an illness of several years funeral services Wilt be held from the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home sunday at 2 . Conducted by Jack w. Mays pastor of the old Ford Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the Cherry cemetery it 1, Washington. The following will serve As pallbearers Sam Singleton James a. Ball Jack Rodman Ball Lindsay Woolard James Edward Hardison and Herman Grissom. The family will be at the Home of or. Singletons brother Harvey Singleton Market Street Extension it. 1, Washington. Or. Singleton was bom in Quot Beaufort county son of the late Robert a. And Frances Ball Singleton he was a the old Ford Church of Christ and a Veteran of world War i serving with Battery a 113th Field artillery. He was married to the former Sadie Dot Cherry of Beaufort county. Surviving besides his wife Are one son William Robert Singleton of Norfolk a. Two granddaughters and one brother Harvey Singleton of it. 1, Washington Chapel Hill . Api a a Young negro Man was stabbed to death Early this morning during fighting on the Campus of the University of North Carolina Between negroes and a White motorcycle gang. Two victim 22-year-old James Lewis Cates 22, was stabbed about 2 . Outside the student Union building where a dance was being held. He died about an hour later in North Carolina memorial Hospital of stomach Stab wounds. Cates was not believed to be a student at unc. Police charged Ronnie Broad Well of nearby Durham with murder and said another Man also May be charged in the slaying. Broadwell who is White had not been arrested by mid morning. At least three persons were injured according to Chapel Hill police chief w. D. Blake. The injured were treated and released at memorial Hospital he said. The police chief said he did t know the cause of the fight. Only four or five of the motorcycle gang the stormtroopers from nearby Durham were believe to be involved in the fighting he said. The fighting lasted Only a few minutes Blake said. The dance was a part of pregame festivities for the unc puke game this afternoon it was sponsored by the student Union and the unc afro Amer Sec knifing. Page 8> program begins the Washington City schools have received a Grant of 145,081 under the emergent \ school assistance act for Aid to schools in meeting special needs in Dent to the elimination of. Racial segregation and discrimination among students and faculty in elementary and secondary schools according to Jasper Lewis superintendent the project submitted by the City schools provides a human relations and in service education director a director of student activities two learning Laboratory directors and a director of a Center for students with severe emotional and or behavioural problems. Or Lewis said to staff the new positions have been or Are in the process of being employed he also announced that the following persons have been named to an adult advisory committee to serve As a consulting body for matters arising in the administration and operation of the project mrs. Helen Rodman. James Woods mrs. Florence j. Moore. Johnny Goodard. Mrs George Salle Bartow Houston sr., r l. Drake Rev. Alpha Martin Rev. Irwin Hulbert and Jesse w Moore. A student advisory committee has been selected by the High school students the superintendent said he added that school officials will consult with toe committee with respect to establishment of standards regulations student activities. Etc. Members of the committee Are Grover Boyd Katie she Pant Mary. Gibbs. Lynelta Moreno Joyceline Ebron Greg Whitaker Richard Moore Dorothy Smith Steve me Williams. Leigh Taylor Patsy respess and Wanda Woolard a interested persons who have positive suggestions or ideas for helping improve the schools especially with regard to elimination of problems related to desegregation Are encouraged to convey such ideas to the superintendent or other administrative personnel or Lewis said. Every thursday 50 mothers Are invited to meet with the superintendent in the Board of education conference room at 9 00 . To discuss the school program and to Exchange views. However attendance is not limited to those who receive a specific invitation. Any Mother is invited to come to any or All of the meetings. Raleigh api the North Carolina Board of elections planned to continue deliberations today on Republican requests for two vote recounts and two new elections because of alleged irregularities during the nov 3 election Board chairman of Rocky mount expressed Friday Hope that decisions would be made today on at four requests the Board spent most of the Day Friday hearing testimony in the cases. The four cases Are a request by Republican Hubert Lowe for a recount in the Almance county state Senate race which he Tost to Veteran democratic sen Ralph Scott by 13 votes a a petition by Republican Thomas Harrelson of Southport for a recount of the votes in Columbus county in the Brunswick Columbus state House race which he lost to democratic rep. Arthur Williamson by two votes. A a request by the Craven county Board of elections and Sec elections. Panto 8 by George Lewun press writer Saigon map it a Waves of . Fighter bomber pounded missile and gun positions in North Vietnam today m the deepest Ray a he to bombing halt of the North More than two it Raj ago officials said the raids in real attacks on unarmed reconnaissance planes flying Over the North would be of limited duration but other sources speculated they May continue for a few Days the raids were As deep As 135 Miles inside North Vietnam there was no immediate assess Meni of results. Eyewitnesses at Danang 100 Miles South of the demilitarized zone in the Northern Par of South Vietnam said nearly 50 air Force warplanes armed with bombs and rockets had taken off from the american base there throughout the Day up to 300 other jets were available from Bun in Thailand and from two carriers off the Tonkin Gulf one of which steamed into position Friday night just before the air raids began in Paris the North vietnamese delegation to the Viet Nam peace talks said the . Attacks Quot gravely affect the Par is conference on Vietnam a Quot the Nixon administration must Bear entire responsibility for al consequences arising from its hostile acts against the m democratic Republic of Vietnam a statement issued by the statement called the bombings Quot an extremely serious act of War against the dem oxalic Republic of Vietnam a Brazen violation of Ita Lover eighty and North Vietnam said in a radio broadcast that the attacks were Quot an extremity serious act of War a a a in Washington defense Secretary Melvin r Laird said the american planes. Were Bitting North vietnamese missile and antiaircraft gun positions Quot in response to attacks on our us armed reconnaissance aircraft Quot he said Quot limited duration protective reaction air strikes Quot were being conducted against antiaircraft Sites and related facilities South of the 19th parallel. This line is Well South of Hanoi and the port City of Haiphong Hanoi charged however that Quot the . Imperialists recklessly sent Many flights of aircraft to encroach upon the air space of the democratic Republic of Vietnam in Haiphong. Quang Ninh Hatay and Hoa Bah areas Quot Haiphong is 135 Miles North of the 19th parallel Hoa Binh is 130 Miles North of the 19th parallel and 85 Miles Inland from a Sec bombs i Rogers on firing line Over cambodian decision p a it to Maglo tf7 a w a Hington Peoples store 7 i or part ill w. A part ill president of Peoples drug stores and w. R. Roberson jr., president of Washington shopping Center inc., jointly announced today a proposed new promotional drug store for Washington Square. The drug store will include a prescription department and Luncheonette. The Home office of Peoples drug stores is. In w 1 Wilif Altott d. C. They operate extensively in the District of Columbia and architects sketch of proposed new Peoples drug store Virginia area. The closest store that they have to Washington Square is currently Peoples drug at Southgate Mai. In Elizabeth City. Peoples is currently expanding their operation in North Carolina with major emphasis on Eastern North Carolina. They plan to open stores in several Eastern North Carolina cities during 1971. W. E. Pannill said a we Are very pleased to be coming into the Washington n. C. Trading area. We believe that the services and the depth of merchandise that we offer will a draw customers not Only from Beaufort county but from surrounding counties a James m. Kane of the real estate and construction department of Peoples expressed the Hope that the new store which will contain 15,000 a. Feet can be see Pix Isles Page 8 by Carl p. Leub8dorf associated press writer. Washington a Secretary of state William p. Rogers faces stiff questioning from the Senate foreign relations committee on Why the administration is recommending expanded military and economic Aid a or Cambodia seven months after Rogers warned against it. The Date of the possible confrontation Over the a Duimstra Tiona a proposals seems Likely to be delayed at least until the week of dec. 7 by previous commitments of Rogers and Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird. Laird and Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott Sou gift in separate statements Friday to put political pressure on the sen ate by contending failure to approve the new program could slow or halt . Troop withdrawals from Vietnam. The foreign relations committee in a statement issued Friday by chairman j. W. Ful bight d-ark., noted that it last discussed the cambodian situation with Rogers last april 27-just, before and South vietnamese troops entered that country to clean out communist Quot at that meeting a the statement added Quot Secretary Rogers expressed the administrations concern that a Large scale military assistance program would probably be followed by a need for military advisers and subsequently by troops he also emphasized the danger of becoming supportive of the cambodian although the transcript of that appearance remains classified it is understood that fridays summary understates How strongly Rogers Felt about the need to avoid Large scale Aid programs in Cambodia and the dangers that could arise. is Likely to influence sceptical foreign relations committee members when they question Rogers president Nixon a proposal Calls for ii55 million in new Aid for cambodia�?170 million of it economic and $85 million military plus $100 million to reimburse foreign Aid accounts for Formosa Greece and Turkey depleted by earlier transfers for Cambodia. It also Calls for $150 million for South Korea $65 million for South Vietnam and smaller amounts for a handful of other nations. In addition the proposal would provide $600 million to finance credits for Israel. Unlike the other items which require both authorization and appropriation legislation the israeli Aid already has been authorized. Thus it could be appropriated separately from the rest of the package something administration forces Are determined to avoid because Aid to Israel has Appeal for some senators who oppose Aid to Cambodia. Laird failed to mention the a see Cambodia Page 8

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