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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - November 24, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather fair nid continued very tonight Orith Low in the i or re my of Ciudin w Day with High in so Cruft wanting on coast Small Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. ,. Dial a tiflis Between a a and t id o clock and Oas Wui. Be deliver and to you. Established ten pages Washington North Carolina tuesday after november 24 1970 daily except sunday census shows population up slightly Chapel Hill api a the Carolina population Center announced today that preliminary 1970 Cense a figure show that North Carolina is growing at a slower Rale than the real of the South. The preliminary reports indicate that the total population of the state increased by 406,000 during the decade an increase of 8.9 per cent. The census South which includes 18 states and the District of Columbia increased in population at a rate of 11.9 per cent during the decade the figures were released by or. Horace Hamilton associate director of the Center on the University of North Carolina Campus. Hamilton said the 8.9 per cent increase indicates an average annual growth rate of 0 853 per cent which would result in Uto population doubting within 81 years. The Ito population of the state was reported to be 4.962, 000, Hamilton said but because of an Quot estimated 3 per cent in de enumeration the population of the state in 1970 must have been at least 5,115,000.�?� the number of households in the state is increasing faster than the population and the size of the average household is continuing the Long term trend downward. The number of households in a st population. Page 10 High court ruling supports Nixon by Barry Schweid associated press writer Washington a the supreme court has Given its first Clear indication that president Nixon May be Able to count on his kind of criminal Law decisions. A 8-3 ruling monday on the the five other justices. The ruling dealt with a Winston-salem., n.c., Man Henry c. Alford who pleaded guilty to second degree murder in 1963 rather than face a jury and a possible death sentence on first degree murder charges. Alford insisted he was inno first important criminal Case of cent but was pleading guilty the term upheld guilty pleas from defendants who insist they Are innocent.4. In what May become a pattern the three solid liberals remaining from the Warren court found themselves in a losing bloc. They Are William o. Douglas William j. Brennanjr. And Thurgood Marshall. The Case was the first important vote for Justice Harry a. Blackmun who sided with chief Justice Warren e Burger and Only to Rule out a death penalty. He was sentenced by the judge to 30 years. The supreme court decision keeps him on a North Carolina prison farm instead of in a courtroom fighting at a new trial for his Freedom. The . Court of appeals in Richmond a. Had held Alford was entitled to a new trial. Plea bargaining is a useful see Law Page 101 elections Board reviews returns Raleigh a the North Carolina Board of elections was to meet today to canvass the official returns from the nov. 3 election and certify the winners of the congressional and legislative races. Alex. Brock executive Secretary of the Board said the largest vote. 941,074, was cast in the 11 congressional races. He had predicted the state vote would total 925,000. The state Hoard does not. Certify county and local races. This is done by local boards of election. Brock said Only two thirds of the voters cast ballots for or against the seven constitutional amendments. Quot Many people did not feel they were advised enough to vote on the amendments a be said. Here Are the official returns in each of the states 11 congressional districts �?1st District democratic incumbent Walter Jones. 41,674, Republican a Frank Everett 16,217, american party candidate Gene Leggett 1,452. �?2nd District democratic incumbent l. H. Fountain unopposed 38.,891. �?3rd District democratic in october incumbent David Henderson 41, 065., Republican Herb Howell 27,224. �?4th District democratic incumbent Galifianakis 49,-663, Republican Jack Hawke 46,386. �?5th District a Republican incumbent Wilmer Mizell 68,-937, Democrat James White 49,663. �?6th District democratic incumbent Richardson Preyer 47,693. Republica Clifton bar it Sce elections. Page 10 a wards banquet the coastal Plains development association will hold it annual banquet tonight at 7 o clock at the Moose Lodge in Greenville presentation of annual awards will highlight the meeting. They will be made by James Joyner be Taven banker who to in charge of the regional development awards committee. More than 200 area leaders from Beaufort Edgecombe Martin Nash Pitt and Wilson counties Are expected to attend. Pm new car prices by Stephen h. Wildstrom associated pres writer Detroit apr general motors has announced an average s24 increase in the Price of new cars on the same Day its new contract with the United Auto workers went into effect. The firm said monday the increase. Which applies Imine i Meiyr represents an average boost of seven tenths of 1 per cent in the manufacturer s suggested retail prices. Based on the nearly 4.s million cars pm sold last year the increase will coat american consumera$107.6 million a. Year the new increase comes on top of an average 8139 Price hike announced when pm i new models went on Sale in september. The new Model introduction came As a strike by the Law was in its second week and the latest increase came just As pm was gearing up to resume production. The first new cars built since sept. 14 were scheduled to begin rolling off pm lines today. A pm spokesman noted that when 1971 prices were first announced the firm said the amount of increases was tentative and that the ultimate prices would depend on the outcome of the strike and other economic factors. Pm said the new Price increases will be As much As $40 on some models while some station Wagon prices Are reduced by 818 the $2,091 Price of the subcompact Vega 300 remains the same. Increases will not apply to orders placed during the strike based on the old Price lists. However persons who ordered models on which the Price has been reduced will receive a refund. Gmys initial Price increase was the smallest among the big three automakers. At new Model introduction time Ford motor co. Announced an increase averaging $153 and Chr Yalter corp. Raised prices an average of $143. The Law currently is negotiating new contracts with Ford and Chrysler with a dec. 7 strike deadline in effect at Ford it is not yet known whether the eventual new contracts expected to be similar to the pm pact will cause those firms to raise their prices further. The manufacturers suggested retail Price includes Federal excise tax but does not include transportation and dealer preparation charges or state and local taxes. More raids May be planned to free prisoners of War major Esca la Tion commando raid bombings by Carl p. Leib8dorf associated press writer Washington a the american commando raid near Hanoi and the bombing runs Over North Vietnam during the weekend have stirred questions about the direction of Nixon War policy in the angriest Senate de Bate since summer sen. J w. Full night. Joined by fellow democrats Edward m Kennedy and George s. Mcgovern carried the Dove s fight monday when he called the weekend actions a is very major escalation of the War that it seems to me. Will entail greatly intensified conflict a this suggested the Arkansas my Quot Rii Lait Ami Ilif al Ali 11 if flip 1jwoii pc twin Wior who Tow Senate foreign relations committee. Would seem to indicate that the actual policy to to Esca late the War and to seek a military fun Bright reacted to the unsuccessful attempt to liberate americans erroneously thought held in a Camp near Hanoi by saying the commando strike was Quot a certainly a very provocative act to mount a physical invasion sen Robert j. Dole a Kan defended both the bombing 1 a. I. Fogt is i in an Exchange with Kennedy marked with such heavy sarcasm As to Strain Normal Senate Courtesy a we have heard so much about the efforts that were being made new efforts new initiatives Kennedy said to Dole. Quot is the senator satisfied that this commando raid provides a much better Way of freeing the prisoners than negotiations Quot the Best Way is through no got Tal ions he Kansa a re pub l i Lions have failed what do we do in the meantime sit Back and Waif Quot Kennedy then asked Quot whether the american people ought to be preps red for other strikes such As this Are we going to have other kinds of surprises similar to Thil Quot Dole said he did t know but a see Senate Viet Page 10 . Declines comment on vietnamese Sams Woolard rites scheduled Here funeral services for Frazier Thomas Woolard Iii age 13, will be held at 10 . Wednesday at the first United methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Horace s. Garris pastor. Burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. The following will serve As Active pallbearers or. Dave Tayloe John i Morgan Samuel grist Maurice Flynn Wayne Watkins and William Watkins. The body will be moved from the Paul funeral Home to the Church one hour prior to the service. Young Woolard died in an Orangeburg s. C. Hospital sunday night following an illness of 10 Days. Surviving Are his parents a brother twin Sisters and his maternal grandmother. Living costs take Sharp Washington apr living costs in october took the sharpest jump in six months the government reported today. The Rise of six tenths of one Pelee appeared to dash White House Hopes that the nation s worst inflation in 20 years was easing. The labor department reported at the same time that the average pay of some 45. Million rank and file workers dropped 33 cents a week to 8121.03 because of a drop in the work week and inflation Cut purchasing Power 2.5 per cent below a year ago. The Bureau of labor statistics the source of the living costs report said the Only break for Consumers in october was a drop of three tenths of one per cent in grocery prices. The report followed by one Day these other a Eton Wnenta affecting the Economy a the Federal. Home loan Bank disclosed plans to pump More than $1 billion into the slumping Home mortgage Market to drive Down interest rates next year. A a a in committee for economic development ced composed of Industrial and financial leaders called for a return to voluntary wage and Price guidelines to help curb inflation. The living costs report showed transportation Coats shot up 1.9 per cent for october because of by George Esper associated press writer Saigon a the . Command refused to comment today on speculation that North vietnamese surface to air missiles the Sams supplied Hanoi by the soviet Union have been fired recently at . B52 bombers attacking the to Chi Minh Trail near the Border Between Laos and North Vietnam. An american military spokesman said no b52s have been lost to enemy fire but he declined to say if any had. Been fired on. Because the b52s Fly at 30,000 feet the Sams Are the Only antiaircraft weapon in the North vietnamese Arsenal that might hit. Them. The speculation that Sams May have been fired at b52s Over Laos stemmed from information Given in Washington about the . Raids on North Vietnam last weekend officials said the main targets were missile and antiaircraft gun positions and stockpiles of 3-year College program urged san Francisco a study for a bachelors degree should be reduced to three years by having College level 1 courses taught in High school the Carnegie foundation commission on higher education recommends. The one year reduction would save colleges $3.5 billion to $5 billion a year the commission said m a 55-Page report issued monday. Commission chairman Clark Kerr former president of the University of California said the report seeks to Correct the Quot aimlessness of what is now called general education and to meet the needs of older students women and minorities. Quot we think too much time is being spent by Young people in higher education a Kerr said a we think that the High schools can take on a Good Deal More than they Are now Kerr said the report was approved unanimously by the 18-member commission of educators and industrialists which includes five University presidents. A students should be Given the option of taking some time off before or during College without being called dropouts or failures Quot Kerr said. Quot our gis came Back to school and turned out to be some of the Best students we Ever had a the commission also recommends that All High school Grad a. Big hike in prices of new and used cars and gasoline. Clothing prices were also up sharply nine tenths of one per Abbt. _ the big october Price Rise pushed the governments consumer Price Index up to 137.4, meaning it took $13.74 last month for every $10 Worth of typical family living costs in the 1957-59 period in which the Index is based. The Rise pushed living Coats up 5.9 per cent above a year ago close to the 6 per cent annual rate of Rise that has prevailed for most of the past two years. Before the october jump living costs in the previous three months had tapered off somewhat and the Nixon administration had began hinting at easing some of its stringent fiscal and monetary policies that have sharply slowed the Economy in an attempt to curb inflation. The Bureau said that on a seasonally based adjustment the october Rise was slightly lower five tenths of one per cent. The unadjusted figure of six tenths was the largest monthly jump of that size since last april and the fourth of that magnitude in the past 18 months. Housing costs Rose five tenths of one per cent in. October recreation costs were also up five tenths. Medical care Rose two isec Economy Page 101 rates regardless of grades be Able to attend two years of College or vocational school at any time of their lives. The commission said an Quot educational Security program might be added to social Security to be paid through payroll taxes on employers and employees. The commission also recommended granting of More academic credit for nonacademic Job training regardless of the students age a v a establishment of two new graduate degrees master of philosophy and doctor of the arts. A creation of More Short term College programs night and summer courses for which degrees or certificates would be Sec education Page 10� Nicholson funeral set funeral services for John l. Jack Nicholson of 624s. Taylor st., Rocky mount will be held this afternoon at. 4 00 of Quot clock from the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rocky mount conducted by the Rev. Charles Penick Rector of the Church. Burial will follow in Pineview cemetery. Or. Nicholson a native of Washington died Early monday morning in veterans Hospital in Durham following a critical illness of two Days. A Quot he was bom in Washington january 3, 1910, son of the late or. John a Nicholson and Francis Hill Nicholson and was married to the former Katherine Hicks of Rocky mount who survives. Also surviving Are three sons or Thomas w Nicholson of Oklahoma City okla., Samuel Timothy Nicholson and John l. Nicholson Iii of Rocky mount a daughter miss Katherine Hicks Nicholson of new York City a sister mrs Eugene Tankard of Washington and a Large number of relatives in Washington. Active pallbearers will be j. J. Haggerty jr., t. D. Jeffress Robert Pitt Sam Gorham jr., Robert Quigley and William Coleman. Gay Yost funeral Home in Rocky mount has charge of funeral arrangements. War materials on approach routes to the Mugia and ban Karai passes Between North Vietnam and Laos and on other routes to the demilitarized zone Between North and South Vietnam. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird said the purpose of the strikes was to protect the lives of american pilots flying reconnaissance Over North Vietnam and also those a flying missions associated with interdiction of North vietnamese military sup plies throughout Southern Laos moving toward South Vietnam a this raised the possibility that the enemy had fired on the b52s As Well As smaller fighter bombers both Fly missions against the enemy Supply traffic through la06 North vietnamese missile batteries _ were first moved into Laos nearly a year ago. Six Sam launch Sites were observed in the area where the Mugia pass a major North Tai names Supply route enters the laotian Panhandle fighter bombers attacked the missile Sites than after three Sams were fired at a flight of b52s the . Command spokesman also refused to say whether any of the giant Strat fortresses participated in the weekend raids on Supply depots in North Vietnam. He referred newsmen to Laird a statements which did not specify the types of aircraft that made the strikes. Inthe War today Only ground skirmishes were reported in South Vietnam and the . Command said Field reports indicated there were no american a see Indochina. Page 10 physicians Mother Dies mrs. Edward d. Partrick 75, of Wilmington Mother of dr., c. T. Partrick of this City died monday. Funeral services will be held wednesday at 10 30 . In st. Theresa a. Catholic Church by father Raymond Donahue. Burial will be in Clinton cemetery in Clinton David m. Milligan Milligan re elected chairman Laird says us Effort David m Milligan was unanimously re elected _ chairman for the third consecutive time by the redevelopment commission this week in the annual Board meeting of the commission Beverly g. Moss was also unanimously re elected vice chairman for the third time Milligan was appointed to the redevelopment commission by the Washington City Council in Quot october 1987, and Moss was appointed to the commission in August 1968 in other Board action the commission heard Randy Ellis of the department of Urban affairs Community planning division outline that Agency s Quot initial housing element study being prepared under contract for the City of Washington this study which examines existing housing conditions and also proposes solutions was endorsed by the commission. No garbage pickup the sanitation division of the department of Public works of the City of Washington announced today that there will the no garbage or trash pickup in the City on thanksgiving Day november 26 the regular pickup schedule will be resumed on Friday after thanksgiving those missed on. By Robert a Dobkin a military writer Washington a the United states is keeping its of i a. J 11. J a a t m jul t v Iii More commando raids to free american prisoners similar to the daring but fruitless weekend Mission just 23 Miles com Hanoi. According to Pentagon source in describing the almost fiction like raid to newsmen monday Secretary of defense Mel Van r Laird said the commandos were sent far beyond the North vietnamese Border because of frustrated diplomatic efforts to free captive americans Quot we shall continue to make a very Effort to free our Laird said during a news conference Quot this Mission this daring Mission Quot he went on Quot does show our dedication to these men and we will do everything that we ran in our Power to accomplish their Early release Quot when asked later if this meant More raids the Pentagon Morco declined to Rule them out saying officials weren to closing the door or the possibility Laird himself had hinted at possible Stotlar tactics m the future during his opening re Marks monday when he told of preparing contingency plans for commando raids in the face of Hanoi s refusal to negotiate the pow Issue Laird s description of the saturday raid made even More dramatic by the presence of the commando Leader caught newsmen by total Surprise As he related How specially trained army and air Force volunteers flew helicopters through enemy fire in Post Midnight darkness to land right in the suspected prisoner of War compound Quot Quot regrettably the Rescue team discovered the Camp had recently been Laird said in solemn tones Quot no prisoners were located a but he went on a if there had been prisoners in the compound at a see l�ird-ha1d. Page 10� Miltenberger named to Post Charles w Johnson director of electric utilities for the City of w a s Hing ton. A a bounced today the appointment of Del Jay Miltenberger a jr., As customer consultant. M Miltenberger is a 1962 graduate of Washington High school. He received his Bachelor of science degree from East Carolina University in 1966 and has completed a number of drafting courses. Miltenberger was formerly employed As a designer at National spinning company. He replaces Donald Bainbridge who was recently promoted to Field estimator. Thanksgiving Day will be picked the new City official and his up the following monday their family reside at 322 Park Road regular collection Day. A Washington Park. Sustained action drugs sometimes dangerous by h. L. Schwartz i associated press writer Washington a there is. No evidence so called time capsule drugs Are More effective than regular preparations and in some cases May be highly dangerous Senate investigators have been told. One possible Hazard cited in testimony was described by or. Sidney Merlis director of psychiatric research at new Yorkus Central Islip state Hospital. Merlis a id a nurse at the Hospital died from an Adverse reaction to a powerful tranquil Izer called chlorpromazine when tiny pellets from the time capsule or sustained action drug were caught in the crevices of her stomach lining and could not be flushed out. Merlis testified monday As the subcommittee chaired by sen. Gaylord Nelson d-wis., opened four Days of hearings into government purchasing of drugs. Sustained action drugs generally take the form of capsules containing tiny pellets with a protective coating of varying thicknesses that wears off gradually releasing steady and continued Small dosages the subject of this Type of drug came up during questioning of Merlis or. Leo e Hollister a medical Vestiga Tocwish the veterans administration and or. Jonathan Cole superintendent of the Boston state Hospital. Subcommittee counsel Ben Gordon told Hollister that in 1969 the a bought a tranquil Izer called meprobamate from a danish firm for $1.55 per 500 tablets while at the same time it was buying the sustained release form of the drug from an american firm for $7 25. Per 100 tablets. Gordon said the sustained release front Cost the a 2,300 per cent More and he asked a does this kind of buying seem sensible to you a Hollister said it did not because there was no evidence the sustained action form of the drug was More effective. Cole commented that he too was against such drugs and said he once told a drug Salesman that if he could prove a sustained action preparation was More effective than the regular dosage he would buy it. A i Haven to heard from him yet a Cole said

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