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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - October 2, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather a partly Cloudy and mild through saturday with Chance of Shower saturday. High so turd a its or lower 8�o>� let tonight near 66 Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. Dial me 21u i Maraon a Krand 1 00 i clock and. One will tie deliver to to you Sta Bosho 1909 ten won i now Carol lat of tidal amt no Ohi october 2. I97�&Quot daily except sunday in North arabs find some peace spaniards give . President Scott lauds i textile _ Industry enthusiastic Welcome today by the associated press Jordan s new government said thursday it would recognize Only one palestinian guerrilla organization Ai Fatah headed by Yasir Arafat. Arab truce teams persuaded Gerril and Las and army troops to step shooting at each other in palestinian strongholds in Northern Jordan maj. Adnan Abu Odeh Jordan s information minister said the move to recognize Only Ai tfx i a a Shii Waii. Ria it a a via in clip a Mill it wimp Taftt n f 1 Quot a. A few i a against the palestinians a we Are against chaos and he sail. A i Tell you the struggle in Jordan has been Between the government and the Odeh suggested that members of other guerrilla groups join Ai Fatah. The jordanian government has offered a $14,000 Reward for the capture of or. George Habash head of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine a pro peking guerrilla group responsible for the recent spate of airline hijackings to the Middle East in Beirut an Ai Fatah spokesman said Amman government forces and guerrillas were persuaded to Lay Down their weapons at Ramatha a jordanian Border town on the Damascus am Man Highway the commandos a principal Supply route from Syria. The guerrilla spokesman said Ramatha and nearby Irbid Jordan a second largest City were quiet after reports of shelling by jordanian troops earlier in the Day. Jordan s King Hussein said the truce that ended his country a civil War was largely the work of Egypt s president Gamal Abdel Nasser who died monday of a heart attack. A correspondent for the parisian newspaper Figaro Jean Francois Chauvel wrote that Hussein said Nasser a threw All his weight into the balance Quot in negotiations for the cease fire and a it was thanks to him that it succeeded. Kindergartens double growth Raleigh apis the North Carolina Board of education has been told that children in the state s 18 experimental kindergartens last year doubled their rate of mental growth. Or. Richard Ray director of the learning Institute of North Carolina which conducted the evaluations said thursday that tests shoved the five year Olds gained an average of two months mental growth for each month sent in kindergarten one of the Pilot programs is located in. Chocowinity. A it a said the great is. 6o.s in mental maturity were made. By children who scored lowest �>3.ss on achievement tests when they act the Board officially named former Rocky mount school supt. Or. W. O. Fields or. As special assistant for management and leadership development. Fields said the project would work toward a streamlining management state superintendent Phillips and 23 other Nistra Tore already have begun management training sessions in Durham As part of the program. Mrs. Christine enter a kindergarten. He said this indicates hat the ones who Benefit most from kindergarten Are those who would be least ready for first Grade if they Hadnot attended kindergarten. State superintendent of Public instruction Craig Phillips said the Success of the experimental kindergartens shows North Carolina should be a ready to go with a full statewide program. About 750 children were involved in the Pilot kindergartens. The 1971 general Assembly will be asked to provide $21 million to establish kindergartens for an additional 20,000 children during the biennium. The Board of education was also told thursday of plans to study two school districts to see if techniques used by business can Cut some of the red tape out of education. The american management association Wiit conduct the year Long Pilot program in the Scotia and Laurinburg school system and the Cabarrus county system. The u. S. Office of education is providing $350,000 for the Pilot program which will also involve schools in Maryland. In connection w Ltd the pro engine failures mrs. Christine Stallings Bass age 55,. Resident of 540 East 15th Street died in the Beaufort county Hospital thursday afternoon at 1 a 15 of clock following an illness of 20 months. Mrs. Bass was born in Wilson july 23, 1915, and was the daughter of the late Ernest and Ada Bowen Stallings she was a former resident of Wilson and had been making her Home Here for the past 21 years. She was a member of the first United methodist Church and the women a society of Christian service of the Church. Mrs. Bass was married to Addison Rudolph Bass of Lacarna on july 9, 1939. Surviving besides her husband Are a son Addison Rudolph Bass or. Of the Home and a sister mrs. Robert Williams of Wilson. Funeral services will be held in the Chapel of the Paul. Funeral Home saturday morning at 11 of clock conducted by the Rev. Horace s. Garris pastor of the first United methodist Church. Burial will be in Oakdale cemetery _ the following will serve As Active pallbearers Robbie Roberson Johnny Rodman Johnny Brown Larry Smith Wick Jim Douglas and Hilliard Woolard Pinehurst it apr a gov Bob Scott praised the Lex tile Industry for an a increasingly enlightened attitude toward the problem Quot of Brown lung Dis ease today and called again for Steps to reduce the import of textiles. A i believe it is time for our Federal government to give primary consideration to the needs of american producers and american workers and second Ary attention to the needs of foreign producers and foreign workers Quot Scott declared in a prepared talk to the 94th annual convention of the North. Carolina text me manufacturers association Scott said he sup ports passage of the Mills Bill that would place restrictions on the import of textiles. Scott said he is aware of the risks involved in placing quotas on textile imports a i am aware of the tremendous importance of tobacco exp Tala Japan and i am aware that textile quotas May Well result in higher prices to Consumers a he stated. 01 the other hand Scott said he is a painfully aware that. 7,500 North Carolina textile workers have lost their jobs in a year that a number of textile plants in the state have closed Down and Many others Are operating on shortened work weeks. In commending the textile Industry for displaying in the past year a an increasingly enlightened attitude toward the problem of Bys Sirosis Brown lung in textile Mills Scott noted that Burlington industries had an a no danced it would cooperate with the state Board of health and the Duke University medical Center in a joint study of Quot environmental conditions which May Lead to Bys Sirosis or Brown a textile executive said in a speech to the association thursday american companies get a raw Deal under free Trade policies. A american goods Are Diserio mated against almost every where a said Robert t. Stevens chairman of the executive committee of j. P. Stevens and co. He said that the american a see textiles Page 101 mrs. Ernestine a. Cutler Dies mrs. Ernestine Adams Cutler age 64. Resident of 925 Brandon Avenue in Norfolk a died in the Norfolk general Hospital in Norfolk thursday night at 9 of clock following a critical illness of several hours she had been in failing health for the past several years. Mrs. Cutler was born at Yea Tes Vil i e feb. 18, 1906 daughter of the late William Bryan and Elizabeth Windley Adams she had been making her Home in Norfolk for the past 45 years. Mrs. Cutler was a retired Telephone operator a member of the Telephone pioneers club and a member of episcopal Church at Ocean View. Surviving Ace her Stepmother. Mrs. Katie Adams of this City three half Brothers Henry Adams of Leesburg Fla William Joseph Adams of Norfolk a and Bill Adams of Madison Ala. And one half sister mrs. Phillip l. Paul of this City. Funeral arrangements will be announced. In september unemployment climbs sharply by Neil Ltd a Laito writer Rose some 75.000 to 4.3 million Tail the Bureau said in a season Bureau said Hun Ever . The unemployment l Ali Iii do i a to. A i total in i a Nimi Washington api a Ute employ men t climbed sharply in september to 5 5 per cent of the nations work Force and millions of employed workers brought Home smaller paychecks he cause Shorter working hours the labor department reported today the National jobless rate up from 5.1 per cent in August was the highest in nearly seven years said the Bureau of labor statistics. The number of unemployed Landfill fires costly two extensive and disagreeable fires at Washington s sanitary Landfill called by citizens the City dump during the last eight months have caused both citizens and City officials some Mcern. W e had one extensive fire at the dump at the Start of the summer and another just two weeks ago a Edward a. Wyatt a Washington City manager said today. A we Quot have not yet convinced ourselves that both fires were not set by an individual even though fires do Start in on of 4 in i Soi f instances through internal combustion Quot he reported Wyatt said the fire that occurred two weeks ago required a week of Effort to extinguish and that special equipment had to be called in to get it out. Quot this was an expensive operation and we not want it to happen again Quot Wyatt said. The City manager said the Landfill is staffed during the working hours for the convenience of citizens who May use the dump in addition to the City s garbage trucks which move in and out there a if someone did set the two see fires Page 10> Jones night Belhaven next monday night october 5, is Walter Jones night Here. Residents of be Haven and surrounding communities Are cooperating in reception plans which will Honor the congressman and mrs. Jones. Mrs. Helen Boyd of be Haven and mrs. G. D. Elliott or. Of Rath Are co chairmen of arrangements. The reception will begin at 7 30 o clock and continue until 9 30 o clock at the recreation Center in be Haven. Or. And mrs. Jones will be in Hie receiving line to Greet All Comers. And the committee is urging a heavy turnout of the citizenry to come to this reception. Al basis the increase amounted to 375.inmi because unemployment normally drops substantially in september total employment in septem her was 7s.2 million Down from August but figured As about tin changed on a seasonal basis the report said that the aver age pay of some 45 million rank and file workers Rose three cents an hour to $3 28. But because of a drop in the work week average weekly pay dec Lim d 84 cents to $121 36. The checks of some 20 million work ers Rose $2 14 weekly to a a Ord $136 17. The report said it added that total Man fac during jobs were unchanged after five straight monthly drops. The refer my meat., i the. Rise in unemployment was among Young people Agod 16 to 24 and that the big jump May have resulted because of an ear by Survey week Many Young people in that week May not have stopped actively seeking jobs to return to school the Bureau said. Women and 1,131.900 teenagers the jobless rate fur men aged 20 to 24 shot up from 8 5 to t1 per cent highest in nine years unemployment rates i creased for both White and Negru worker a. Up Trum. 1,1.1a crowds Greet motorcade per cent for Whites and from 8 4 to 9 per cent for negroes the report said the jobless rate Lor men Rose from 3 7 to 4 per cent the rate for women went up from 4 8 to 5 1 per cent and the rate tor teenagers increased from 15 9 to 16 8 per i m i Jor maritime Bill May make lakes a a coast by Hill neik1hk associated press writer Washington apr a Long time dream of turning the great lakes. Into a a fourth major Tea coast May he fulfilled under a far reaching of maritime Bill on the verge of passage by Congress. With its Complex tax subsidies tax Breaks and debt forgiving features officials say. The Bill should Clear the Way for revitalizing the sagging strip Ping Industry on the lakes. A it puts the lakes on an equal footing with the other three said Robert j. Black Well assistant administrator of court puts off ruling on busing Raleigh a the North Carolina supreme court today deferred until monday consider at Ion of a request by the state Quot that it delay the effective Date of a court order which would halt the busing of thousands of North Carolina City school children. Next wednesday. The request for the delay was filed wednesday by the office of atty. Gen. Robert Morgan it contended that if the order takes effect it will result in a great harm and irreparable damage to the state s Public schools. The attorney general a office asked for the Detoy while it aft Calsa rung by Superior court judge James h. Pou Bailey that use of state funds for busing City school Quot Quot children con tary to the Law and declared Public policy of the state of North Bailey delayed the effective f Date of his order halting use of Quot slate funds for busing of City children until next wednesday to give the state time to Appeal _ i Bailey a order came in a suit filed by Raleigh attorney George a Ragsdale in behalf of tree Winston Salem men at stake in the suit is free the maritime administration a it could be a turning the Bill is primarily designed to rebuild the nations merchant. Marina Fleet Bat amendment a adopted in the House and Senate expanded it to give a big boost to great lakes shipping the key provision appears to be1 opening a lucrative tax loophole to great flakes shipping companies allowing them to defer corporate income a tax pay ments in return for pledges to put the Money into a special fund for new ship construction the Hope is that the tax deferment provision will encourage new capital and More ships in the great lakes Industry Blackwell said. Sen. Walter f Mondale d Man. Said the tax Foak and a a provision it Rigi v my i Lulius of interest owed by the st Lawrence Seaway develop men corp to the . Treasury a should be a Boon to shipping on the lakes it was Mondale who won Pas Sage of an amendment cancelling future interest payments owed by the Seaway As Well As $22.4 million deferred interest charges. What it Means is that the sea a a Bee ska last Page. 19j. I 11 toll s work of chamber endorses coastal Highway the Board of directors of the Washington chamber of Commerce has endorsed the concept of a coastal corridor Highway from Savannah a. To Norfolk a. A a the coastal Plains regional commission. A meeting. In Atlanta a in mid August passed a Resolution calling for construction of the Multi Lane Highway which would run through Eastern North Carolina and Cut through Beaufort county. The action by the on the heels of action wednesday by the executive committee of the Southern Albemarle association at a meeting in be Haven. The chamber directors also voted to promote attendance at a conference in Myrtle Beach. A. 1.on.oct. 19 to a limited Access route the club and meeting Jsu an idea of the mid other a East economic development commission headquartered Here. The one Day meeting scheduled to be held in the convention Center in Myrtle Beach is expected to be attended by 1,500 persons from Merce coastal states from Georgia to Delaware a athe chamber will sponsor a Quot chartered bus to the meeting. It will leave sunday and return late monday interested persons should Contact. The chamber office for further i n f or m a t i a he Tel e Pho tie number is 946 2531 in another action the chamber directors adopted a Resolution saluting the late a Rabat Elliott for his1 contributions to the City county and state Elliott was a member of the chamber Board of directors and chairman of the Industrial development Council. He was a past president of the chamber and a former member of the state Highway commission past president. Of. The Washington Vasht and country Active in numerous civic and Community activities. Quo Quot several members commented a this Community has lost one of its Best leaders in the death of Graham Elliott his death is particularly a hard blow to the chamber of com Quot by prank 4 or m l i r sch mint writer Madrid spaniards give president Nixon an nuut Mastic Welcome today As hear five it in Franco so Spain after making the first visit by a i s president to communist 5 Ugo slav to Spanish radio sources Esti Mattel the size of the crowd along the motorcade route from the Airport into and through the City to number about a million a Hundred mounted horsemen screened Nixon from thi crowds during the first part of the drive but a motorcycle escort re placed them about Halfway and the Crim Dos re amp to Toad doubled Spanish National radio de scribed the reception As a the most spams Leader. Gen Francis coi Franco arrived at Madrid s Barajas Airport minutes before Nixon s plane landed wearing the uniform of a general in , Franco waited at the Bottom of War Hal Der As the president and mrs Nixon got off the Plant the two chiefs of slate Shook hands warmly. Francois wife Dona Carmen Polo gave Nixon a wife Pat. A fax Tuquet of Flowers decorated with the Spanish Flag. It was the second time Nixon and Franco had met they first met in Barcelona in 1963 when the p s chief executive visited Spain As a private citizen. In Belgrade three hours ear her president tho. Airs Tito ant top y . I annals had accompanied the Nixon and their party to the Airport and had a presidential Jet air Force one look Oft into an overcast sky the presidents Airliner touched Dow n in Madrid shortly after noon Quot it Brt Tow France he was _ a greatly if ignored to be the first president to vat spa my a since president Dwight d Eisenhower s Stop Heve in i8��. After the ceremonies at the Airport which were colourful and warm the two chiefs of stat drove off to Madrid in a closed limousine flanked by motorcycle outsiders. Nixon s Niue look him past the Plaza of Eisenhower named after the late president , Nixon s six minute speech Laid emphasis on military cooperation Between the two countries a but also stressed social and economic relations his and Francois remarks on the new agreement on . Bases in Spain underlined the of both govern a ments to carry them out by executive agreement despite Senate opposition and mild Antii cism of the pact sin Spain. Before the presidents visit. Communist leaflets called for demonstrations against Nix on Nixon entered Madrid under the tight a of Security m thetty history to a a transportation for approximate _ _ _ _ by 111,500 City children in 114 stuffed in boxes ent 747 inspected North Carolina school systems Many of the systems depend on state financed transportation to Cipry out school desegregation t see court Page w accused Man leads police by John s. Lang associated press writer Washington a the Federal government has quietly ordered the nation s airlines to inspect the engines of All 747 jumbo jets because of similar engine failures and fires during two flights. The order was issued two weeks ago by the Federal aviation administration but was not disclosed until thursday when the National transportation safety Board reported that 747 engines Are a normally operating near critical Turbine temperature the safety Board urged the. Faa to take Quick Steps to avoid a potentially catastrophic the Faa did not respond immediately but scheduled a news conference today. The safety Board said it found evidence that excessive temperatures caused similar engine failures on two 747 flights. An explosion and fire damaged an american airlines 747 on Takeoff from san Francisco on sept. 18, but the plane with 142 persons aboard landed safely. An air France 747 had similar failure aug. 1.7 on a Mont real to Paris right but also landed safely. The Faa said it ordered inspection of All 747 engines the Day. After the american. Airlines engine failures which a safety Board spokesman described As a a very near things it nearly the safety Board did. Not Call for grounding of the huge jetliners which can carry More than 300 passengers but urged the Faa a to initiate further expeditious actions in order to preclude recurrence of similar although the Faa refused to release its inspection order immediately the associated press obtained a copy of a Quot Telegram purportedly sent the same Day to airlines by the engine manufacturer Pratt amp Whitney recommending urgent inspection of All engines. The Telegram said preliminary investigation revealed a disc failure resulted from Contact with the second stage Turbine stator inner a Boeing co. Spokesman in Seattle asked about the reports said the firm has a highest confidences in the jumbo jets noting they have carried a More than two million a fall engine problems have received immediate exhaustive attention with fixes identified and safety margins insured a the spokesman added. After the safety Board reported its findings thursday a Pratt amp Whitney spokesman said a we Law great a Mapa our jt9d engine and in the Faass actions that they have an earlier inspection order by the Faa titled Quot a priority one and dated aug 27�?ten Days after the air France engine failure a directed the airlines to inspect 10 per cent of the 747 engines a within the next too hours time in service. A a this order said it confirmed agreements the Faa reached during meetings with the airlines Pratt it Whitney Boeing aircraft the air transport association and the safety Board an Faa spokesman said a special Industry government Force had been meeting privately for several weeks to Dis isee 747, Page 10 tobacco to $63,750 in old House Box score the Washington tobacco Market yesterday sold 2iti,33l pounds of tobacco for $187.698.52 for an average of $70.48 per 100 pounds. The Washington Market to Date has now sold 7,311,063 pounds of tobacco for $5.305.755.93 for an average of $72.57 per 100 pounds. Billy Dawson supervisor reminds Farmers sales will Sturt Alt next week in Washington at 9 30 . And last for three hours and 45 minutes. On monday first Sale goes to sermona., second Sale goes to Talley third Sale goes to Hassell warehouse. Belmont . Apfl police say a textile worker charged with stealing $100,000 from a Home in the mountains led them during thursday night to an abandoned old House where he had stashed $63,750. The Money placed in plastic hags and stuffed in cardboard boxes was recovered from a Back room of the four room House on a dirt Street of Lowell a Small town near Belmont where the accused Man lives the Man James Harland Kirkland 23. Is free on $12,500 Bond pending a hearing oct. 20 in Jackson county on charges of grand larceny and second degree burglary. The $100,000 was reported stolen sept 12 by or. And mrs Lester Arnold of , a. Small Mountain town in Jackson county about 175 Miles West of Belmont. Kirkland is a native of the Cherokee area the Arnolds who Are engaged in several tourist oriented business enterprises said the Money was taken from their Home while they were away. Police said they recovered. $32,136 in a suitcase when Kirkland was arrested tuesday at Gastonia near Belmont after someone told police he was flashing big amounts of Money. Detective sgt Charles Flowers of Belmont said Kirkland told officers he threw away spent and gave away some of the Money because he did not. Know what to do with such a Large amount. Flowers quoted Kirkland As saying he expected to find about $154 in the House Flowers said that after Kirkland was released on Bond he led officers to a Bridge where he said he threw at least two bundles of currency in the tuck Seegee River in Jackson county. The officer added there was probably about $1,000 in each bundle. Altogether the police have now recovered $95,764 Flowers said spent about $5,000 since the robbery and this the Money recovered and that thrown in the River probably represents the entire haul from the robbery. Flowers said the items Kirk see robbery. Page 1�

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