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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - September 14, 1970, Washington, North Carolina1# weather fair and mild with tows mostly in 60s tonight mostly sunny tuesday with highs around 90. Washington daily news if you do not get your paper ,. Dial m9stt thin to a i 1 00 o clock and one 11 be Uve Rcd in you established 1909 eight pages Washington North car Yina monday 14 m. Jln i m i a 11 a 1t�i�i&Quot of Cambodia o i guerrillas communist Jor it anians Israel warns Arab guerrillas up. To i Stin fish not to harm Hijack hostages i 1 11 to amp a 1 i c by the associated press al m. W al Macau palestinian guerrillas and by John t. Wheeler associated Preas writer phenom penh i a enemy troops smashed the Vanguard of the cambodian government s first major offensive of the War today forcing cambo Dian soldiers Back after an abortive attempt to recapture country s heartland. Enemy gunners fired More than 400 mortar shells into Forward positions of the government soldiers in the Village of Taing Kauk. 55 Miles North of phenom penh and followed Tow barrage with ground assaults and volleys of rocket grenades forty Hodian soldiers vere killed and nearly 50 % minded in the attack that last i from just after Midnight until past Dawn. Communist losses were Given by government commanders As 20 dead left on the Battleground and an estimated 200 More dead and wounded carried away during the night. The government operation was aimed at reopening so1 Miles of route 6 from Skourn to the provincial capital of Korn Pong Thom 80 Miles North of phenom penh. The 50-mile segment has been in enemy hands for three months. It al though an amphibious Force broke the siege of Kampong Thom last wednesday in a strike up a flood swollen River from cambodians huge Lake of tone sap Success of the entire operation would be judged on the governments ability to reopen route 6 and retake More than 1,000 Square Miles of Rich Rice and food producing area in other Battlefield action a Tow North vietnamese kept up their siege of fire base o Reilly in the Northern Quarter of straight Day of heavy air strikes by american bombers enemy gunners poured More than 100 rounds of mortar shells into the base near the laotian Border and soul it vietnamese positions around it and clashed with government infantrymen sunday a the . Command said activity across South Vietnam had increased slightly sunday with a 24-hour fight 00 Miles Northeast of Saigon and four Brief clashes in toe Central Highlands and northernmost Quarter of South Vietnam. Headquarters said 21 enemy and five americans were killed and eleven americans wounded in the five clashes. A in Laos a government military offensive near the Plain of jars was reported bogged Down because of heavy fatal that have hampered american bombers supporting the government forces. The . Command in Saigon announced today More cutbacks in american forces and said troop strength has dropped to 396,300, the lowest level since january 1967. The command said two . A see War. Page 8� by the associated press palestinian guerrillas and jordanian army troops clashed again sunday part of the Middle East confusion casting a Long Shadow Over tuesday s opening of the . Genera As Sembly s 25th session. The bloody fight near the cease fire line with Israel left 12 guerrillas and two soldiers dead according to palestinian violence. Coun ter terror Threa tens a amp a Board backs Leader in fight sources source est the guerrilla Central commit to said the commandos were from a1 Fatah largest of the palestinian groups the government radio said the guerrillas were elements of die Palestine liberation Amy. Iraq claimed there was increased israeli military activity along tha Israel Jordan cease fire line but the military command in Tel Aviv denied this. Further confrontation Between the guerrillas and the jordanian army appeared imminent As radio Baghdad reported Iraq had handed Over to the palestinians a 3,000-Man brigade of commandos who had been serving under the iraqi command since the 1967 Middle East War. Another palestinian Force of 5,000 regulars is stationed in Syria. The palestinian Central committee nominally in control of the Many guerrilla groups has called on Syria and Iraq to put All palestinian troops under its command the Appeal was made last week during heavy fighting that caused an estimated 500 casualties in Jordan. The clash sunday was the first reported since a cease fire Between the army and the guerrillas went into effect thursday. At the United. Nations diplomats Are pegging their Hopes for a continuation of the Middle East cease fire on the Chance a see mid East. Page 8 mid East past mocks at present deals Nas terror w ins Over patience reprisal or a tar t a Teh pm Kew Quot by William l Ryan a special correspondent in the tormented Middle East the past often mocks the present a history riddled with terror has convinced not a few that violence works where patience fails that ruthlessness brings results. Hijackings and terror nation of captive passengers Are perpetrated by persons professing to have lost Faith in the ability or willingness of the world Community to answer to their complaints but it has been so for decades violence has signalled other violence terror has fore Toke Ned coun tort error often it worked and of Tom a a found itself mirroring the other today the arabs have armed organization which Span the political spectrum from far left to right. Some arabs deplore the acts of their Brethren not so much because of the terror it self As because of the possible Impact on world opinion a generation the / jews of Palestine had armed or Gamzat ions spanning the Politi Cal spectrum some exponents Mem Ben of a paramilitary Force others extremists whose acts sometimes were denounced by their own Brethren As damaging to the cause the 20th Century has brought Little respite from violence in the Middle East and in today. Sensitive would. With superpowers armed to the Teeth for Over kill each explosion tends to he More nerve wracking than its predecessor jews dispersed 1900 years ago by the romans and persecuted since in Many count Rio to return to the Homeland of Saul. David and Solomon Theodor Herzl. Zionism a a the jewish question can he see terror. Page 8> More enforcement Power Hyde child for . Peace keepers nags head . A the North Carolina Board of conservation and development is supporting cd director Roy Sowers or. In his stand against a proposal to separate the departments conservation and development functions. The Board adopted a. Motion saturday endorsing a statement Sowers made sept. 3 to a subcommittee studying reorganization of state government. Sowers told the subcommittee creation of a separate state Agency for conservation would Only weaken the cause of conservation in. North Carolina. A committee looking into reorganization of state government has tentatively proposed creating separate departments of conservation and development. In other action the cd Board turned Down a land Swap proposal from the Raleigh Dur Ham Airport authority and offered a counter proposal for consideration by Airport officials. The Airport authority had proposed swapping 378 acres of Airport property for 220 acres of land in Umstead state Park to enable the Airport to build a new 10,000-foot runway. The Board offered a counter proposal under which the Airport authority would receive the 220 acres and an. Additional 1,050 acres in the northeastern part of the Park in Exchange the state wants 178 acres originally offered by the Airport plus the acquisition of another 1,250 acres for the Park. The state Parks committee1 of the cd Board rejected the airports proposal As a not in the Best interest of North Carolina citizens. The Airport authority lamed a statement Saj dog the Board s proposal a has much but it added a there Are Legal entanglements involved in the Airport authority buying any land no directly needed for Airport expansion which will necessitate further study on our part Newman rites held at 3 . Swan Quarter Richard d. Newman sr., commercial Fisherman died in the fungo District Hospital in Belhaven sunday morning at 8 o clock. He was 61 years old. A graveside service will be held this afternoon at 3 . In st. John s episcopal Church cemetery in Slanesville conducted by the Rev. Paul Mears. Surviving Are his wife mrs. Muriel Wahab Newman four sons Gilbert Newman of Paniego Marvin Newman of a Scranton Tommy and Mitchell Newman of Swan Quarter three daughters mrs. Florence Williams mrs. Nancy Williams and mrs. Neil Sears All of Scranton a two Sisters mrs. Zelma Hodges of Belhaven and mrs. Delilah Swindell of Norfolk a. 18 grandchildren and. Two great grandchildren. Or. Newman was a member of the st. Johns episcopal Church. Pallbearers will be John Garris Jay Carawan Eugene Midgett Jack Mason and Henry Spencer. The body will remain at the Williamson funeral Home and be taken to the graveside at the funeral hours is. Flossie b. By Max Harrelson associated press writer United nations by. Apr the . General Assembly opens its 28th session tuesday amid mounting demands that it be Given broader Powers to enforce its decisions in the peace keeping Field diplomats Are using the occasion to take a close look at the weaknesses and possible Steps to prevent it from eventual collapse Many already have expressed the View that member nations must consider yielding some of their sovereignty to the International body thus giving it the needed authority to put Teeth in its decisions. As delegates of the 626 member countries began arriving sunday for the three month session a White House commission issued a report in Washington noting what it called deep seated weaknesses in the United nations and recommending Steps to strengthen it in peace keeping narcotics control Environ mental Protection and discouraging aircraft hijacking. Some of sese Quot questions al ready have been under discussion among in diplomats and they Are expected to get major attention by the 60 to 70 Heads of government and Heads of state who will attend the anniversary com memory a live segment of the Assembly session oct. 14-24 most agree that the Organiza Tion has lost the Confidence of Large segments of the Public because of its inability to Deal effectively with the Vietnam War the soviet military intervention in Czechoslovakia apartheid in South Africa and the Long Middle East conflict the Middle East problem will undoubtedly have an important Impact on the anniversary observation because of last weeks aircraft hijackings by Palestin Ian guerrillas and the standstill in the israeli Arab peace talks Secretary general u Thant and others Are placing some Hope in reviving the talks a see ., Page 8� killed when hit by car a two year old Hyde county child was fatally injured when she was hit by a car on a read near her Home in Engelhard Over the weekend the Highway patrol said Michelle Fulford ran into the front of an automobile driven by John Thomas Bryant also of Engelhard she died in route to Fritz Memy Ial Hospital in Greenville the fatality was one of 16 reported on North Carolina highways Over the weekend the. Weekend deaths brought the toll for the year to 1,133 persons compare cd with t at jute Saint time Las year the Quot in Trot Nelson passes mrs. Flossie Bell Nelson age 64, resident of 820 East sixth Street died in the Beaufort county Hospital Here sunday morning at 1 30 of clock following a critical illness of one hour. She had been in failing health for the past year. Mrs. Nelson was born Here sept. 21, 1905, daughter of the late Levy and Lula Phel Randolph. She was an Active member of the w a Noca presbyterian Church a former sunday school teacher and a member of the woman Scircle of the Church. She was married to William b. Nelson of Beaufort county. Surviving besides her husband Are three sons Bill Nelson of it. 1, Chocowinity George Nelson of Como and Gilbert Nelson of it. 2, Washington two daughters mrs. Tad Couch of Union Lake mich., and mrs. Frank Banks of this City nine grandchildren one brother Robert Randolph of Raleigh two half Sisters mrs. Elijah Plum Alligood of it. 4, Washington and mrs. Edison Warren of blounts Creek. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of the Paul funeral Home tuesday at 2 . Conducted by the Rev. Charles b. Yeargan pastor of the Hanoca presbyterian Church. Burial will follow in Oakdale cemetery. The following wifi serve As Bea Rera Kenny j ones Walter Wright n. J. Schmitt. Ottis Allen Oliver Alligood Mayhue Woolard and Jack Campbell Eagle award Blount Swain jr., Center received the Eagle scout award during ceremonies held at a court of Honor during the regular sunday morning service at first Christian Church sponsoring institution of troop 21, of which Blount is a member. He is pictured with his Mother and father. See Story Page 8 photo by Litchfield pm strike appears i certainty by Lowell Mckirgan associated press writer Quot Detroit a a strike against general motors seemed a certainty today As negotiators for both the Mammoth Corpora Tion and the United Auto work ers claimed the other Side was inflexible negotiations at pm were scheduled to resume at 10 . Est just 14 hours before the Midnight strike deadline pm was chosen by the Law sunday As its strike target if no agreement was reached the Union and pm met for two hours sunday and each Side termed the meeting Quot Quot they said there was plenty of time to reach a settlement today but each insisted the other should make the first Concession. The strike would Idle some 344,000 Union members in 145 to isee Auto Page 8 Superior court opens a one week term of Beaufort county Superior court got underway Here today with a review of the docket and Calendar of criminal and civil the pedestrian victims killed in separate accidents Wejbe three men and a girl the patrol Sai Thomas c. Spears. 25, of it 1, Wilkesboro was k 11 led w Hile Waik ing on i s 421 four Miles West of his Home to in. He was hit by a car. Troopers reported. Billy Jacob Beasley. 38. Of it 3. Benson was killed when a vehicle hit him on n. C. 210 about 15 Miles West of Smithfield a Wiitam Pant Lex. Of Jav of Fri tit. Ville was killed the patrol re ported when he was struck by a vehicle on . 14 one mile North of his Home town. A car went out of control on a dirt Road and overturned into a River near Durham late saturday killing three1 teen agers they were identified As Carl Carter 16, of Roxboro Lee Ray Ellis 19. And William Clementsjr. 17. Both of Bahama the patrol also reported these victims Charles d Thigpen 37, of it -2, Trenton who was killed car veered off a Rural see fatalities pa�?Tge�?~8� state primaries Israel has warned palestinian guerrillas it will impose the death penalty on 450 sympathizers rounded up in occupied Arab territories if the remaining Hijack hostages in Jordan Are Ayr closed today or Wail a Amawi of Nablus m israeli i i i Jordan said my. Carried the warning to Amman Over the weekend at the Behest of the Jerusalem government. He said the israelis also threatened to now up House of guerrillas convicted by israeli court and to confiscate their property. A known sympathizer of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine which is hold my the hostages the Nablus doctor was one of three Arab emissaries dispatched to Jordan by the israelis after the three arrived in Amman. The israelis disclosed they had minded up 450 arabs in Jordan s occupied West Bank and in the Gaza strip the popular front said sunday it would Reta hate tor the mass arrests a with Complete ruthlessness a a the guerrilla leadership revised its figure today on the number of remaining hostages to a about 50 after airline officials reported 88 persons still accounted for the popular front had claimed saturday it retained Only 40 rapt the last of the other 257 hostages. Held tor As Long As a week reached Nicosia sunday Many then left tor Zurich and London others Yien thu night of Freedom in Cyprus. They were passengers in a Swissair dc8 and a trans world airlines Boeing 707 that the popular front hijacked sept 6 and a Boac vc10 Comman a see Hijack Page it a a tobacco Box score. Toburen sales were Resi med in Washington and All Over the Eastern Bright Belt this morning. A weeks Holiday was t ailed Iasi week in order to give retrying plants time to Rath up. The Washington Market to Date has sold 3. it a units of to bar i of for j2,h07.k in2 for an average of 172.17 per i my pounds on tuesday first sate goes to Talley warehouse second Sale go it is to Hassell warehouse third Sale goes to sermons warehouse. Billy. Dawson. Sates supervisor reports a full Sale Loda. Tydings Campaign draws attention. Jurors will report for duty of lives at stake supreme court will soon Rule on death penalties by Barry Schweid associated press writer Washington apr Dennis Mcgautha is served breakfast on a tray but his luxuries end there. A prison guard shoves the tray through a Slot into a four foot wide cell where Mcgautha eats his two meals a Day alone. The 44-year-old negro is one of 89 men in san Quentin a death Wing. He a not nearly As famous As Sirhan Bishara sir Han a prison neighbor who was convicted of assassinating sen. Robert f. Kennedy. But the Fate of al. 89 men and. Of more1 than 550 men and three women in death cells across the land May depend on Mcgautha and on another unknown convict in Columbus Ohio named James Crampton. This fall probably in Early november the supreme court will hear lawyers for Mcgautha and Crampton argue the death penalty is dealt out in a manner that violates the due process clause of the 14th amendment to the Constitution. Should the court disagree the Way will be cleared for what could be one of the Grimm est seasons of executions in recent history. There Hasni to been an execution in the United. States since june 2, 1967, when Colorado gassed Luis Jose Monge for the murder of his wife and two children. Even before the rate of executions had been declining and when the supreme court agreed three years ago to hear the due process arguments it had the effect of blocking further executions until a decision is reached. In the interim toe cells filled. At toe beginning of 1966 there were 345 men and Worden under death sentence. A year later the number jumped to 406. In 1968 to 434, and in 1969 to 479. The Mcgautha and Crampton appeals do not raise the familiar argument that toe Dea to sentence is banned by toe eighth amendments prohibition of a cruel and unusual the court heard arguments on that Point in March 1969. Characteristically its decision Sill it de the Issue and set aside the conviction of Edward Boykin a Mobile ala., negro on another ground through the years., though toe court is indicated the a cruel and unusual punishment provision forbids a the infliction of unnecessary pain in the execution of the death sentence but not the death sentence itself. At san Quentin Mcgautha an itinerant chauffeur who once worked for a los Angeles judge and actor Peter Lawford is Alert to the Prospect of making Legal history. Lawyer Selvin says he spends much of his time Reading accounts of Legal decisions and writing to his attorney. There Isnit much else to do. Up at 8 . For breakfast. Mingling with other prisoners from. 10 30 . Until 2 . In a 200-foot-Long Walkway in front of the cells a privilege accorded All 89 condemned men in san Quentin a Precept Sirhan. Locked inside again at 2 . And the second and last meal of the Day for diversion there is television radio and books from the prison Library. This has been Mcgautha s life for three years Ever since a los Angeles jury first convicted him of murder in the Holdup slaying of a grocer Benjamin Smetana the same jury sentenced him to death. It is the sentencing process that Selvin attacks As unconstitutional. The jury after finding Mcgautha guilty had an alternative. It could have sentenced him to life in prison the sentence it gave William Wilkinson a co defendant who held up Smetana a Market with Mcgautha and was also convicted of first degree murder. A see death Page 8 by Jerry t. Baulch. _ associated press writer six states hold primaries tuesday with the big races a four Way Donnybrook for the Massachusetts democratic nomination for governor and sen. Joseph d. To tongs renomination drive in Maryland. At stake in the six states Are five Senate seats and five governorships. Added focus will be on three roman Catholic priests running for in Rhode Island and two. In Massachusetts. In the Massachusetts governors race Boston mayor Kevin h White 44, and state Senate president Maurice a. Donahue 59. The democratic convention endorsed Candi Date Are Runn ing neck and neck. Polls disagree on toe outcome former it gov Francis x Bellotti 46, and Kenneth p. O Donnell 45, former aide to president John f Kennedy Are expected to Trail the Winner will face Republican gov. Francis w. ,. .55, who is unopposed in toe primary. Sargent took office when John a Volpe resigned to become Secretary of transportation last november of the five Senate races interest will Center on former vice president Hubert h. Humphrey starting his political comeback by trying to capture the seat being vacated by do. Socratic sen. Eugene j. Me Carthy in Minnesota Humphrey who lost the 1968 presidential race is expected to defeat his Senate challenger. Earl d Craig or31, a negro teacher at the University of Minnesota who has been campaigning on a shoestring budget rep Clark Macgregor 48, now serving his fifth House term faqs nominal opposition for toe Minnesota gop Senate nomination from grocer John d. . Jr., .34 in the four other Senate races incumbent democrats Are expected to Vij in renomination Sens. Edward m Kennedy in Massachusetts i emm Jack son in Washington. Tydings in Maryland and John o. Pas Tore in. Rhode Island Tydings race against toree1 see primaries Page 8�

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