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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - October 12, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather partly Cloudy and mild through Tuc Aday a in rahy mor nifty fog Likely scattered afternoon and evenly afternoon am evening in unde Nee Owen through tuesday High am Kkt lows Flonoi Washington daily news if you do not Oft your paper dial �46-214& to Murai �10 and ? 00 o a clock and on will be delivered to you a a Esi Ali std 1w tin pages Washington North Carolina. Monday afternoon october 12, 1970 daily except sunday busing balance High court opens school hearings commission says u. S. A Fot living by Barry 8chweid associated press writer Washington it apr the supreme court was urged today by a Black civil rights lawyer to outlaw a a racially identifiable Nixon into Connecticut to pull Republican vote failure of negotiations Kidnap victim Senate race May up military spreading Calm a a up to promises City moves for pay efficiency by Austin Scott associated press writer Washington apr the Federal government has failed to live up to its own promises on civil rights the . Commission on civil rights said in a landmark study today. It Laid ultimate responsibility on Quot. The Quality of leadership exercised by the president a the tightening of the Economy is having its effects on almost every business these Days. Its also having a big effect on local governments. They re having a thought time getting their jobs done with the Money they have. This is True in the City of Washington As it is in other cities around the state and the country. A a we re just having to organize better if we Are going to be Able to take tight resources and from them get adequate production a Edward a. Wyatt a Washington a City manager explains one of the major Steps being taken by the City of Washington is the development of a position classification and pay plan for All the City a employees. The development project was recently approved by the Washington City Council and assistant commission staff director Martin e Sloane said the remark was not aimed specifically at president Nixon but at Quot every president. We be never had any period in the past when civil rights was enforced at any particularly Good in a l.u5-Page report the size of the Manhattan Telephone directory the commission said minority groups still run into an Equality in dealing with the Federal government on a variety of Levels from hiring to housing and contract compliance and regulatory agencies. The commission called generally for much tighter surveillance of the governments performance with More Money and manpower spent on enforcement of existing Laws and orders. Quot the great Promise of the civil rights Laws executive orders. Schools in areas with a history of school segregation. At the same time however Julius Levonne Chambers appearing for the a act Legal defense and education fund said he was not insisting on Quot racial balancing Quot in All these schools. Arguing in the Charlotte Mecklenburg county n.c., Case Chambers said what is unconstitutional is Quot a disproportionate concentration of Blacks or Whites in schools in districts where segregation was enforced by Law. Quot we Are not arguing for an absolute ratio in each school Quot Chambers said under questioning by chief Justice Warren e. Burger the Charlotte Case and cases from Mobile county ala., and Clarke county ga., will be heard Over two Days As the court moves toward a fresh def. Ignition of the constitutional rights of Black Chi Dren and the obligations of school boards. The fund lawyer the first to make a presentation appealed to the court to uphold District court judge James b. Mcmillan of Charlotte and the vigorous desegregation plan he has ordered the school Board to adopt. The Black lawyer under questioning by Burger and justices Potter Stewart and Harry a. Blackmun said a definition of Quot racially identifiable schools Quot depends partly on the particular situation and circumstances. The Charlotte Mecklenburg where 71 per cent of the student Kidnap victim alive Well i fee City Page 2 see rights Page 2 i see court Page 2> bombs continue Rochester hit Luther Mayo Aurora Dies by the associated press Montreal apr one Quebec terrorist group responded Early today to a government demand that it demonstrate that kidnapped British Diplomat James Richard Cross was still alive. Nothing was heard immediately from another cell of the Quebec liberation front which kidnapped Quebec labor minis ter Pierre la Porte but a com Mun que from Cross s Kinda pers said both men would be freed if the government met two de mands the communique said Cross was alive and Well. It was accompanied by a letter in his handwriting to Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa who in a broadcast sunday night called on the kidnappers Quot to enter into communication with Bourassa said his government wanted to set up machinery to insure the safety of Cross and Laporte the communique which we sent to radio station Calm said Cross and Laporte would be released if the government let 23 men convicted or awaiting trial on terrorist charges go to Algeria or Cuba and halted police investigation of the two Kidnap Irros both the Federal and provincial governments have repeatedly rejected these demands. No deadline was set in the communique Laportes Kidnap by Kenneth j. Freed associated press writer Washington a the failure of .-soviet arms control talks and other negotiations could Lead to a major boost in american military spending within a year according to Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird the warning came sunday in a joint appearance of Laird with Secretary of state William p. Rogers in which the two administration leaders took a two handed. Firm hard approach to recent soviet attacks on . Peace proposals for Indochina and the Middle East Laird s defense spending re Mark exemplified the hard approach. Quot unless we have Success in Salt strategic arms limitation talks and these other Rve got is t i no areas Quot he said Quot we Are going to have to face of it to some hard Tough decisions Here which could require a tremendous increase As far As defense expenditures Are concerned Quot Laird said As $ matter of fact some new arms programs have been held up pending the out come of the Salt talks being conducted in Vienna when asked How Long the United states could afford such a delay Laird responded i done to believe from the stand Point of a defense planner we can delay these decisions More than 12 months Quot Rogers took a slightly softer turn wry to soviet intentions by Kman Cormier a a serrated press writer Washington a presi Dent Nixon on the Isles t leg of his Effort to bring about Kepus lican gains in the off year elec when he said recent statements from Moscow attacking peace proposals in the Mideast and Indochina May tie Public window dressing Quot the Public position they take in the press does no to necessarily coincide with the official attitude Quot the nations top Diplomat said Quot its certainly disappoint two hended today far of met see Rogers Page 2 a inner tax repeal boosts Scottie gop College Cut. Scene of a potentially Cru rial Senate contest the president and mrs Nixon were bound for Hartford the stale capital and a noon hour motorcade into the City where the chief executive planned a closed door briefing for new spa per and broadcast executives from states ranging from Vir Gima to Maine afterwards Nixon Ami the first i Ady were to entertain the news Media representatives at a Buffet the president whose Wilt pick up Speed in the Mil three weeks Joi election Campaign also scheduled an appearance at Stamford 4 4 i see Kidnap Page 2 by Don Waters associated press writer Rochester . A it a a. Federal office building the Monroe county office building two churches and a private Homo were hit by bomb explosions within a 25-minute period Early today. These were the fifth and sixth government buildings in the country to have been struck by such blasts since thursday. The explosion against a sub basement window at the four Story county building twisted Healing ducts ruptured water pipes and knocked out windows and some chunks of Concrete from the Wall. County officials estimated damage at $100, 150 in the Granite building. One Man was Cut by flying Glass but no serious injuries were reported. The storefront churches the new Bethel . Church and the greater Bethlehem pentecostal Church and the government buildings Are in the City Core. The private Home occupied by or. And mrs. Richard t. Clark and or and mrs William Harkin is several Miles away in Northwestern Rochester. All of the blasts occurred outside the buildings As police said Sticks of dynamite were either throw or placed next to them by persons who then sped off by car. The Radical Weatherman group has announced a Quot fall offensive Quot to Quot attack the enemy around the but there was no immediate indication of who might have been responsible for the Rochester bombings radicals have claimed to have done the bombings on the Luther r. Mayo age 58, of it. 1, Aurora. Died in the Beaufort county Hospital Here sunday morning at 3 45 of clock following a critical illness of three Days. Or. Mayo was born at Aurora March 18, 1912 son of the late Charles c. And Marion Tuttle Mayo. He graduated from Aurora High school in 1932. He was owner and operator of Mayo s Esso service station in Aurora. Swain funeral held sunday the annual Beaufort county Fellowship dinner of the free will Baptist churches netted it. Olive College the sum of $1.853 the dinner held on saturday night at the Chocowinity school lunchroom Drew about 85 people. Or Burkette Raper president of it Olive College was the principal speaker or. Raper told of the Progress made at the College in recent years and he shows a group of movie slides of the Campus scenes today. It is not really changes we have made but rather improvements a a said or. Raper Quot and we re challenging our free will Baptist churches every Day. If you give tie $250 in scholarship Money we have a foundation which will match it with an equal amount Quot be said Oscar Webster president of the association presided Over the meeting attending on irresponsible 55 i it Rickard dam associated press writer Raleigh a gov Bob Scott accused North Carolina republicans today of being Quot highly irresponsible and hypo critical by launching a drive to repeal taxes enacted by the last general Assembly the drive shows the Gopas Quot negative foot dragging do nothing philosophy a said the democratic governor. He said a Republican Conten Tion that the state might wind up the current two year period with a surplus of perhaps $200 million because of the new taxes Quot is absolutely ridiculous Quot Scott made the comments at a news conference. Or. Mayo was a Veteran of world War ii serving in the u. S. Army. He was a member of the Aurora american legion Post an Active member of the Friendship holiness Church and sunday school. He was married to the former Eleanor ree Hollowell of Aurora. Funeral services for mrs. Rebecca Lupton Carawan Swap in age 80, formerly of Lowland were conducted sunday at 2 00 . From the Chapel of the Stampley funeral Home by the Rev Bill Griffin pastor of the Lowland Church of Christ. Burial was in the Sandhill cemetery at ree Shoro in Pamlico county. Mrs. Swain died thursday in a Goldsboro Hospital following several years of failing health. She was born june 8, 1890 in Pamlico county the daughter of the late Griffin and Delila Styron Lupton see feb Page 2 tobacco Box score isee bombs Page 2 surviving besides his wife Are a son Luther r. Mayo or. One daughter mrs Lessie Faye Edwards All of it. 1, Aurora two Brothers Charles Mayo of Vandemere and Horace Mayo see Mayo Page 2 mrs. Swain was twice married first to John Robert Carawan of Lowland who died in 1963 and then to car Leawood Swain of it. 1, Ahoskie who survives. Other survivors in a a use Swain Page 2> tobacco Box score the Washington tobacco Market to Date has now sold 8,412,618 pounds of tobacco a or $6,074. $71.46 for an average of $72.21 per 100 pounds. Billy Dawson supervisor says the local Market is expected to hit the 9,000,000 i Hind Mark this week. On tomorrow tuesday. October 13, first Sale goes to Hassell warehouse second Sale goes to sermons warehouse third Sale goes to Talley warehouse. When he met with newsmen Scott also a suggested the general As Sembly should consider Chang ing the Powel Bill formula under which municipalities get a share of the state gasoline tax giving More emphasis to popu nation charged that those who oppose a suite constitutional amendment for government reorganization because it might include higher education Quot Are doing the state a real a a said he would Issue a statement on charges of prisoner mistreatment at the mcleans Ville prison unit after studying reports of two investigative teams this week. Scott said the fact that pow Ell Bill gasoline tax allocations Are calculated under a system which gives equal weight to a municipality a population and Street mileage Quot leads to some under the Bill municipalities share among themselves one half cent from each gallon of gasoline sold in the state. Scott said the fact that a a question he tin raised Ai my higher education. Is no Rea son to defeat Quot the government reorganization proposal Hep. Ike Andrews. A Cost Ham suggested earlier the amendment should be Defeated because it might require higher education to be included in the reorganization and that a a it the general Assembly s Imit Bon Scott said the objection could be easily rectified. Resa Idhe simply would t include higher education in the reorganization plan which he would have to he butt to the general Assembly Fayetteville. i put gov. Bob Scott said today he would not like to see state tuxes Quot tempered with Quot in the 1971 North Carolina general As a Embly. Quot. Quot there has bom i lot of flask about the two cents Goto to be tax Quot Scott said. A nobody wants the tax but everyone wants the roads the tax makes possible. It boils Down to a Choice of no tax or to Road improvements. I be never heard anyone say he did no to want a better Road going by his House Quot the governor made his comments in a speech prepared tor the annual convention of the North Carolina association of broadcasters. Scott noted he suggested last week the general Assembly increase the Powell Bill tax from one half cent to a full cent to double the amount of Money tar Llewel municipalities receive each year from the state Pafco me tax to improve their streets Conn a to dedicate an italian american Community renter on this Columbus Day All along his route through Connecticut Nixon lined up re publican candidates to appear prominently with him foremast among them was gop rep Lowell p Weicker jr., candidate for the Senate scat of Democrat Thomas Dodd who is running As an Independent also in the race is the democratic primary Winner the Rev Joseph d Duffey a Duffey is National chairman of americans for democratic action., a 1 Republican House members and mayor Evv might a rom 3ml Nixon t att Lite also a fire assigned slots in the con Welcome for the presi Nixon had planned to Fly directly from his Winter Home in key i Chayne. Fla., to Connecticut but in a switch of plans announced sunday afternoon he was making an overnight Stop at the White House. A White House spokesman said the Stuef executive who was not scheduled to leave Washington until late morning wanted to be in his Oval office Early in the Day to attend to unannounced business it was Learned the president planned a talk with Eliot Rich Ardson Secretary of health de equation and welfare about the administrations family assistance Pian which has been rejected by the Senate finance committee. Coi it term open Beaufort county Superior court opened a one week civil court term Here today with judge Howard h. Hubbard presiding six cases appear on the motion docket for Todd a. . Problem slight pollution now a big fear a news special coastline that so impressed Capr . A Raj a >11 we met .1 a a Ipi a editors note this is the gains Phillip Amadas and Arthur first in a series of five stories Barlow contain 2.2 million acres on environmental pollution in of Rich coastal marshes sounds North Carolina explaining what Bays Island and River Mouths is is doing and what is being the third largest Estu Anne area Nam la control growth along a 300 municipalities Burn untold tons of wastes in j open dumps each Day in our state producing 386 pounds of air con Lii Winants per Ion burned. Done about it by Yvonne Baskin associated pre�4&writer Raleigh a take a deep breath of North Carolina air. Chances Are it wont Burn your lungs fish thrive in our Waters too. And the landscape is not totally obliterated by trash smokestacks and subdivisions does this sound like a Paradise in today s ecology conscious world in the Continental United states. A the state Board of health within North Carolina s $3,712 has closed Down 45,two acres Square Miles grows the greatest out of 1 4 million acres of actual variety of Plant life in Eastern and potential shellfish growing North America from the pal Waters because of pollution met tos of the Semi tropical Ami ties of Dea Fly Mer North Carolinas highways a taxpayers must spend $2 million a year up litter from the states highways. Those things we have done. A individually collectively or corporately Are Only the tip of the iceberg for every example of pollution that makes headlines there Are dozens which go in Natt Cetor r nto does and some people feet living Southern coast to the Spruce and a Balsam fur Trees of the Blue Ridge and great Smoky mountains. A Quot but 400 years have added five million people to the Quot Good Liest land Quot and the people have brought with them the technology to support their Standard of this May be one of North Carolinas major pollution problems this is. Pollution Hasni to gotten alarming enough to arouse the kind of Public concern needed to keep it from getting that Way. In 1584, two englishmen pollution in its simplest terms is the undesirable byproducts of that technology and of the people. It is the cars rusting in the Cornfields along our roads the smog from our heavy Industry City and area experiencing smog driving War hazardous this morning As a Low tog combined with smote which moved across the area obstructing vision beyond Sev la ral feet at its worst the daily news received several reports of a. Targe tend Clearing operation involving fire but Washington county across Lake Phelps. The Pire War de in Washington county could not be contacted for affirmation but one observer reported he could see the smoke traveller from this direction. Staff photo by Litchfield sailed up the coast of North and the four pounds of garbage Carolina and returned Home to that each of our 5,000,000 people describe it As Quot the Good Liest produce each land under the Cope of Here Are a few other things those 301 Miles of tar Heel we be done recently in the Cury have been found in the lower reaches of the peaceful Cape fear River and in several other streams in the state a the Aerial Spray ing of pesticides on soybean crops in coastal Hyde county has caused fish kills in the adjoining Waters a the overflow of untreated i Rotor Diatom treatment Plant and other factors caused several fish kills in the Yadkin River this summer untold thousands of fish died a a poultry company in Pitts Boro has so overloaded the towns sewage treatment capabilities that it is causing a foul pollution in Robertson s Creek. A the Highway department is using the Weed killer 2,4�6-t, already banned for use in Viet some of the problems such As open burning of trash the emission of heavy Industrial smoke Mercury pollution end inadequate sewage treat fiend have brought orders from state officials for corrective action. Other problems take Auto mtr bile emissions persistent Pesti a i de of a Ufie Ai fertilizers and untreated animal wastes into Waterways siltation of streams strip mining regulations and land use policies Are largely in the consideration stage. Until recent years the state s Only ant pollution activity came under the heading of Public health. When sewage threatened a see pollution. Page 2

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