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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - October 19, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather of urine a with a tart at _ rain in Fadini Over us state a a u might and tuesday is id eith High near to Lew in might in lower so Washington daily news if you do not got your paper. Dial 946-8145 Between 0 30 and 7 of of Cly act and it it or will be delivered to you. �,4ia8ushto 1909 Washington my both f-apquf4. Monday afternoon 19. 1970 daily except sunday Suez violations . Undecided on report to . Fly grows tougher with years massive Hunt underway for Montreal terrorists the proposed East coast corridor freeway which will connect the Norfolk Virginia and the Savannah Georgia areas. Scott coastal route important Myrtle Beach governor Robert w. Scott told an estimated 500 persons Here monday he is convinced that a proposed coastal corridor Highway linking Norfolk vi., la Savannah ga., a is of critical importance to the economic development of our coastal Plains and coastal a similar response was heard from South Carolina gov. Robert e. Mcnair during the East coast Highway conference in convention Center. Gov. Scott reviewed avenues of financing the Highway noting that the states were committed to a governmental partnership in Highway construction. A the Challenge at All Levels of concern during the next few months must be on the decision making process in Washington a he said. A the Success or failure of a coastal corridor rests to a Large extent on the continued interest and support of people such As you at this he called on the audience representing business and civic interests from Maryland to Georgia to a a commitment to follow upon ibis program and to effectively represent our needs to the National administration and to the these present for the conference unanimously adopted a Resolution noting the urgency of the coastal corridor Highway in terms of economic development and Quot strongly recommending housing slump the earliest construction of the Highway the Resolution also petitions the governors of North Carolina South Carolina Delaware Virginia Maryland Florida and Georgia to accelerate planning and construction and Calls on the Secretary of transportation to authorize the route and provide special funds through the coastal Plains regional commission. Several Public figures from Maryland through Georgia presented testimony in support of the need for the coastal Highway. Among the speakers were mayor Dallas Truitt of Salib Bury my. And former executive director of delmarva hospitality inc. Wilbur s. Smith Columbia of Wilbur Smith and associates the firm which contracted the transportation study and plans for the Castal Plains regional commission Robert b. Morgan North Carolinas attorney general Lucius j. Kellam chairman of the Board of Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel commission Fred p. Brinkman and formerly with the South Carolina Parks and recreation department Gilliam k. Horton chairman of the North Carolina department of conservation and development Charles e. See corridor. Page 8 by Lewis it lick associated press writer United nations by api a the . Government has not decided whether to show the general Assembly evidence of egyptian soviet violations of the Suez canal cease the . Decision they said will be heavily influenced by How the debate shapes up when the general Assembly takes up the Middle East situation next monday Light after the .�?Ts 25th anniversary Observance Secretary of state William p. Rogers expects to take up the Middle East Berlin and other questions with soviet foreign minister Andrei a. Gromyko tonight but Rogers has already received Gromyko a denial of soviet involvement in the alleged violations. On sunday egyptian foreign minister Mahmoud Riad denied new soviet antiaircraft missiles had been moved into the truce zone and said Aerial photos which the United states contends prove otherwise a mean nothing and prove nothing Israel says it will not come to the proposed Arab israeli peace negotiations unless there is a missile Rollback. Rogers wants enough a a rectification of the alleged violations to bring the Mideast foes Back to the Indi rect negotiations. In the . View Egypt which asked for the in. Debate a to trying with soviet backing to relieve the onus of the violation charges and swing world opinion against the United states. Riad speaking on abcs a a if sues and answers a took the line that Washington made the charges As a pretext to break a commitment not to. Ship new weapons to Israel. Israeli Premier Golda Meir arrived sunday night for the . Session and said Riadi a weapons charge was not productive. A making speeches at one another never solved any problems a mrs. Meir said. A fall Riad and his government have to do is recreate the situation according to the cease fire a. See Rogers Page 8� snipe resigns school Post Swan Quarter a Jef. Ferson r. Snipe principal of the o. A. Peay elementary school Here today announced his resignation from the local school Post. Snipe said he is accepting an administrative position nearer to his Home in Alamance county. A i hate to leave Hyde county but the distance is great Between Swan Quarter and Mebane a snipe declared adding a for or. R. O. Singletary Hyde school superintendent and my associates in Hyde county 1 wish the Best in everything and that this will be a Banner year in the Public school system in. Hyde county quote snipe said he had enjoyed working with the Hyde county school unit. Montreal api a the Quebec liberation front appeared on the French Canadian scene in 1963 As a youth movement but an older tougher Breed emerged in a few years seven years ago Youthful advocates of Independence for French Canada planted Bomba on such a colonial symbols As a Woffor the Tartt Ash general who captured Quebec in 1759, and red mail boxes with Royal Coats of arms lining the streets of prosperous weat mount an English speaking enclave in Montreal. A Man Manaa if in Iii Fri filth i in Tai imwhmmju11 a bw8u8p r Lafe front s French initials was closely identified with a wave of separatist then rising in Quebec politicians thought it could be defused with a better Deal for the provinces 5 5 million French canadians they promised equal status for the French language More Federal government Joba for French speaking canadians and were even discussing associate state status for Quebec but in 1964, the front took a harder tack and began to shove its revolutionary Colora. Two guns hop operators were killed in Montreal by three terrorists after firearms death threats were issued in Advance of a visit by Queen Elizabeth to Quebec City resulting in one of the most awesome Security screens Ever seen in Canada in contrast to the Young enthusiasts of the Fly a a first years one of the gunshot raiders was 3� More men in their 36s became Active in the organization in 1 966., when it launched a. New wave of bombings directed mainly against struck Indus trial plants. One was 32-year-old Pierre Vallieres who was sentenced to life in prison for the bomb death of a 64-year-old woman in 1966. After a Long fight he won another trial. Out on bail he was among the first arrested last Friday after prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau invoked the War measures act because of the Fly kidnapping of British Trade commissioner Cross and Quebec Trade minis ter Pierre la Porte. Terrorists threatened to kill Trudeau if he came to Montreal in 1968 for the City a st. Jean baptists Day Parade. Trudeau defied the threats and stayed in the reviewing stand after other politicians fled during a riotous Battle be Twefi police and agitators other such Battles also were underway. In education revolt . Committees Ono Kidnap senators receive enormous victim a murdered signs by James r Polk associated press writer Washington a it a hundreds of thousands of dollars in a a a rom Gien ii a. Senators through hidden fund raising groups set up in Washington where a loophole lets the lawmakers keep the contributions secret. Senate majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana and his gop counterpart sen Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania head the list of candidates using the hid Den committees to help bankroll their re election races this year. Labor groups Are making Large donations to another Washington committee set up for men Harrison a Williams d-., who is in one to become chairman of the Senate labor committee if he wins. In political circles the hidden Campaign groups Are known As , committees the District of columbian in contrast to the Home states of most senators a has no Laws re Quiring Public disclosure Quot of Money raised and spent for candidates As a result dozens of senators and congressmen have , committees set up Here to raise Campaign funds particularly from lobbies. Names of the hidden committees came to tight in a study of the detailed list of donations that other political groups such As those for labor organizations or Industry lobbies must file with Congress the records show groups rep resenting restaurants Coal Cable to steelworkers. Team sters. Shipping and savings associations Are among the contributors to "d.c. Committees a even the Republican and democratic National Campaign chests have funnelled Large chunks of Money to their candidates through these groups sen Winston l. Prouty r-vt., locked in a Tough Battle this fall has at least tour Quot a c. Committees set up to get Money from the gop his democratic foe. Former gov Philip h Hoff has at least two committees Here also. Among others using the de vice Are Sens Joseph m. Montoya d n a Frank e. Moss d Utah William Proxmire a Wiki Ralph t Smith r Iii. Ted Ste Vens. A Alaska. And former vice president Hubert h. Humphrey running for the Senate from Minnesota Many of the . Committee have raised As much As 150,000 or More. But few Are willing to Tell. However jute re is and re ports of various political groups traced at least 1306.761 As being channelled into various Senate candidates committees the True total May be Many times that amount because of the tack of reporting require meals. Some . Committees could stay hidden forever and. As one Senate aide said. �?�1 gather that every senator Here has a committee like these a the loophole in reporting Laws has been recognized for years but chances of it Ever being plugged Are slim mainly be cause the legislators who use it Are the Only ones who can close it however the fund raising groups have become More controversial because of recent bribery charges against former sen Daniel b Brewster d my the indictment which was dismissed by a judge this month charged that $34,500 had been routed to Brewster As a bribe from a mail order company lobbyist through a hidden group called the "�?~. Committee for Maryland Educa lion another group the committee for Montana Progress Quot was reported to be involved in the Justice department probe on postal rates it was set up Fot rep Arnold of see Money Pune 8� local boy gets High scout award 4- voting act Oes into High court a a Quot 1 a a in see Fly Page 8 tobacco Box score the Washington tobacco Market to Date has sold 9,437,141 pounds of tobacco for $6,763,528.46 for an average of $71.67 per i al pounds Billy Dawson super % tear says Quot there is no waiting now in Washington just bring your tobacco to Market and get a Sale that on tuesday first Sale goes to sermons warehouse second Sale goes to Talley warehouse third Sale goes to Hassell warehouse Samuel Knox Oakley son of or. And mrs. James Ray Oakley of this City received the of meritorious service1 awarded by the National court of Honor of the boy scouts of America. The medal was presented during religious services at the first United methodist Church sunday the presentation was by Roland Modlin chairman of the advancement committee of the Beau Waty District Young Oakley received the award for being instrumental in the saving of at least seven lives in a Large fire in South Boston. A. A department store burned and the boys Grandfather Tost his life in the Blaze % a the boy cleared the store after the fire was discovered and stayed at his Post until relieved by firemen at which time his own clothing was burned and scorched. By Barky 8cweid associated press writer Washington api the 1970 Federal voting rights Law went before the supreme court today at a hearing pitting the Powers of Congress against the prerogatives of the states. In the balance Are perhaps 17 million votes enough to swing a a presidential election or change the composition of Congress on one Side was the government arguing the constitutionality of the Laws principal provisions on the other the states of Oregon Texas. Arito a and Idaho arguing confess had exceeded its authority the Law signed june 22 by president Nixon gives the vote to 18-year-Olds, bans literacy tests in All states for five years abolishes residence require ments of More than 30 Days to vote for president a and requires All states to provide Absentee ballots. Although Nixon and several Justice department lawyers have expressed misgivings about the 18-year-old provision the government decided to de fend it against suits brought in the High court by Oregon and Texas the three other provisions were advocated by the administration before Congress the government is suing Art Zona which challenges the abolition of to literacy tests and Idaho. Which requires 60 Days of residence in the state to vote for president and which has no Absentee ballot procedures for ext silents. The court is giving the Law fast consideration indicating a decision May be reached within see 90otus. Page 8� met Kcal if it a a Tive Hunt for the terrorists who killed Pierre 1.a Porte gave Montreal today the appearance of a City at War the search went on for the terrorists other Kidnap victim James r Cross army a Jet police helu nil res hew constantly Over the Quot City Faical arid Royal Canadian mounted police Spoh checked cars on the Busy streets Road blocks and checkpoints were set up on Bridges and routes Lead ing out of Montreal which has 1.3 million people and is Canada s largest City Security checks were in res snip at the r s Border Par tit Tarly in new Vork. Vermont �?1 and new Hampshire the Canadian Arroy. The. Mounted polu and Quebec s own provincial police expanded their operations under the War measures act imposed by prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau last Friday. Trudeau himself pledged that the Law forces will find a a a these vicious men Quot Ami bring them to Justee Quot in the Calm and dispassionate .111 courts a he predicted More terrorist violence but declared the government will not Hack Down. The prime minister., himself a Luebecker flew to Montreal sunday night to pay his respects to the family of i a Porte. Que been a labor minister and to Confer with officials he then flew Back to Ottawa the Federal Cap Kal a warrants were issued for the res t. care a a. 37, a taxi Nvvf i and i ill ros27. A teacher on charges of Tak it in part in the kidnapping of Lapete oct 10 and Britain s Trade commissioner. Cross two weeks ago was shot n the head sat Brela and his la by found Early sunday a letter in Cross handwriting bit reached authorities sunday night said he a was alive but m danger of execution at the hands of the Quebec liberation front Fly police raided a Frame Bungalow in st Hubert this morning a half mile from where Laporte s body was found and said it May have been used by Laportes killers a there was blood on the floor detective sgt Albert Lisacek said it was believed Rose May have used the Bungalow but he did not say what led police to see Canada. Page 8 2nd phase Nixon vote Hunt a. A moves Westward no. 1 Oregon Issue economics editors note the following article first of a series of five on House races in which the key Issue is a major National problem examines the effect of the economic slump in Oregon s 4th congressional District by Edmond a Breton associated press writer Eugene Ore. Apr the Green of the towering Douglas fir is As Brilliant As Ever despite a dry summer but the sounds of timbering Are but a muted Echo of better times. Oregon s 4th congressional District where stands one tenth Wood in the entire United states is hard hit by the Long National slump in housing construction. Mill closings and layoffs bring into the congressional race the National Issue of an Economy in which unemployment and inflation coexist and High interest rates inhibit expansion especially expansion of housing. If they done to agree on any thing else and they done to the Candida Tes Republican incur Bent John Dellenback and democratic challenger James Weaver Are As one in describing the Economy especially As it effects building As the prime Issue. Quot the tree is Paramount to the Economy of this area a Dellenback told a visiting newsman. A lumber is our Industry a said Weaver. whether the voters see the Issue the same Way is harder to pin Down. Weaver is running As much against president Nixon a economic policies As he is against Dellenback a self described moderate Republican who likes to emphasize his Independence. Quot the leadership has not always been Happy with me a says Dellenback. Who voted to override Nixon a veto of an above budget education appropriation but voted to sustain the administration veto of another Money Bill arguing that it allowed too much for space exploration. In what he describes As Essen Dellenback acknowledges that tally a Blue Collar District a housing starts have been a tro Weaver says be should win if Cious Quot and that unemployment is painful. But he argues that the worst is Over and signs now Point upwards citing a modest pickup in housing a trend to lower interest rates still to trickle Down to the mass housing Market and some reduction in unemployment. Official statistics on unemployment in the 4 the District have improved though they remain above the National average. Joblessness has reached As High As 16 per cent in Grants pass. Weaver whose business is building and real estate contends that a Dellenback just a Alks High interest rates he contends Are the key reason for housing troubles and inflation is the Moat visible economic woes a lots of people Are making less in effective terms than they did when they were the electorate can be made to understand the connection Between Nixon administration policies and the Economy. In this District where a the great spaces is not an empty phrase the unemployed Are hard to find. They Are off with relatives oregonians say or in Cabins Down the country roads that Lead into Woods where a Man can still shoot meat for his. Table. Weaver toured the International paper Bell Mill at Veneta to talk with workers at their lunch break. They knew of layoffs but none seemed especially worried that he might be next. Some complained about taxes a we think of the politicians when that tax Bill comes. A some Young married men decried the coat of groceries. There was one Issue they see Economy Page 8 shows scout medal Samuel Knox Oakley of Tux City display the medal of meritorious service awarded him sunday by the National court of Honor at the boy scouts of America. Looking on Are his parents or. And mrs. James Ray Oakley his minister the Rev. Horace s. Garris and his sister Dianne Oakley. Staff photo by Litchfield by Walter r wears map political writer Washington a Prest Dent Nixon shunt for votes sent him today to the Region he Calls the heartland wooing the silent majority and offering a lower key version of the Law and order Campaign theme hammered by vice president Spiro t Agnew a urging americans to speak up with your votes against obscenity disruptive dissent and violence Nixon s set an opening Day itinerary of Columbus Ohio grand Forks n Dand Kansas City to. All three Dre Senate Campaign 8>i$m. A a a the president campaigns in Johnson City Tenn Asheville n.c., and it Wayne ind., tues Day before returning to the White House. It is the second instalment of a Nixon Campaign expected to cover 18 to 2� states before election Day. Agnew has been on the Campaign circuit for five weeks drumming at the assertion that Republican victories will help counter lawlessness and turmoil on the Campus and on the streets Nixon speaking in generally softer tones than the explicit and hard line approach of his vice president keynote his own Campaign saturday speaking in four states electing senators this year declaring in Teterboro . A one vote is Worth lot obscene in Lancaster. Pay he accused democrats of a permissiveness in High places Quot during their eight years in the White House. In Burlington al he spoke of those who shout obscenities about America engage in violence. Kit and injure policemen. A a let the majority of Amer cans speak up. Speak up on nov. 3, speak up with your votes a Nixon said a that is the Way to answer.�?�, .7t Nixon a first i dwt st re Slbil in Ohio is designed to boost rep. Robert Taft or. Who seeks a sen ate sea l Foo w democratic Taft was t interested in having Agnew appear in Ohio say ing while it would help in some areas it would Hurt in others. Instead. He wanted the Man he is getting the president. In grand Forks Nixon a prestige is being injected into what is. Considered a closely contested Senate race Between Republican rep Thomas Kleppe and sen. Quentin n. Burdick the demo cratic incumbent. _ farm legislation is the Issue Here. But in general Kleppey a Well financed and intensive Campaign has stressed All around support for the president. John c. Danforth Missouri a attorney general and an underdog campaigner for the Senate see Nixon Page 5

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