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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - September 15, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather West fait and warm through hitch around 90 Washington daily news if Yoy do not got your Pape. Dial 94� >148 Between a arid i 00 u clock and on will be Ltd livers to you w Tefft Kab Washington is Isth Carolina tuis Oay of tits Oon sep Umsu 15, 1970 daily exc up f sunday at . Opening Thant wants joint action one Issue raises others on traffic by Max Harrelson associated press writer United nations by. Apr Secretary general u Thant opened the 25th session of the general Assembly today with a Call for joint action to end the Middle Ealco Felkl the City Council voted last night not to remove parking from the North Side of John Small Avenue from fifth Street to the Eastern City limits pending further study a two state Highway commission engineers had advised the Council that a was needed at John Small and Brown Street but said the she would not install one there unless perking was removed and the Avenue which is also u. S. 264, made four lanes. The recommendations were dated july 30 however it turned out that the figures on which the recommendations were based were taken from a Survey made in 1968 with five per cent increases added for each year since that time the study and report made at the request of the Council to provide information needed in Street and traffic planning showed that 7,964 cars use John Small Avenue daily a surprisingly heavy flow businessmen on John Small attended the hearing on the parking question and voiced opposition to the removal of parking Bonner Paul of Paul funeral Home voiced the View that the Street is too narrow for four lanes of traffic which see Council. Page 8> order to Block crab Plant asked some 20 residents of Belhaven entered a petition to restrain the building of a crab factory on a site adjoining a new residential area there. The hearing on the restraining order was held monday afternoon in Beaufort county Superior court before judge Howard Hubbard of Clinton John a. Wilkinson attorney for the petitioners cited the reasons Why a crab factory would be undesirable on the present site. Or. Wilkinson told the court that a we do not claim it would be a nuisance per be but we do say that the effects accruing from such an Enterprise could and would have such bearing on the nearby the construction is underway at the end of Pantego Street. Harry Jarvis of Engelhard is the defendant in the Case. He is represented by Darris w. Koonce lawyer of Trenton. The construction of the Plant is already underway. Judge Hubbard in a conference in his Chambers advised or. Jarvis to Stop construction immediately and he asked the petitioners to try to find another suitable site in the Belhaven area for the building of a crab Plant. While his request has no bearing under Law. It is understood today that other probable Sites will be looked at immediately. Or. Jarvis has Given no indication at the present time As to whether he will Stop construction or not. Meanwhile the matter of the restraining order is still before the court. Judge Hubbard is holding a criminal term this week and it is not certain today just when he will act upon the request for the restraining order the Appeal was in Thant san halt Nual report to the Assembly re four leased in Advance of today a opening session. The Secretary general also proposed in a speech before the . Association of the United states monday night that a new International tribunal be established to try airline hijackers and that All governments agree to turn Over to it All persons accused of hijacking. In both his annual report and in his speech Thant said he hoped that leaders of countries attending the 25th anniversary session would hold private talks on the Middle East and on Steps to strengthen the United nations. He added that he had urged leaders of the big Powers to meet from time to time a to initiate a change from confrontation and division to the building of a Safe and peaceful Thant said the 10-Day commemorative session in mid october would bring together the largest gathering of top government leaders in history. A it is my Hope that they would consider ways and Means of strengthening the United nations and promo Ting its authority and effectiveness a he said. I would also Hope that member states May give special consideration to re establishing the financial solvency of the organization.�?�. Today a opening meeting of the three month session was expected to be devoted to the election of norwegian ambassador Edvard Hambro As president. The Veteran Diplomat is unopposed. Ali. Pickets shut Down 3 railroads by a labor writer Washington apr despite a Federal court restraining order Union pickets shut Down a major portion of three railroads today while awaiting in True tons from their leaders . District court judge Howard f Corcoran halt of issued the last minute temporary res training ardor of Effort to Law shuts off pm car production with strike arabs Lay Down terms for prisoner Exchange by the associated presi Arab guerrillas demanded to the spokesman. Hasaan Ken Matni maid a my of the the 12 01 am strike try al Cio unions against three railroads the chief Railroad negotiator John p hits said that any strike against the Baltimore 4 ohm up Imad the cheap risks 4 Ohio railway and the Southern Pacific could Lead to an Industry wide shutdown in a retaliatory lockouts Union spokesmen said they had not yet been officially notified of the court order a b40 spokesman at Haiti More said All service had been stopped including commuter lines Between Baltimore and Washington. Picket lines were reported at Southern Pacific facilities at Houston Elpaso and san Antonio Tex pickets carrying Quot on strike signs appeared at Midnight at Southern Pacific s san Francisco Headquarters Ami at rail mental health must Rea Hyoung Thant s proposal for a special International tribunal goes much further than previous suggestions that hijackers be tried by the governments of the countries that seize them he acknowledged that his solution would mean a surrender of some National sovereignty but said he believed there was no other Choice. Scott names committee Only one cent of every Dollar being spent in the United states today in the Field of mental health is being spent of children. A if we Are to prevent mental illness in adults we must do a better Job of providing the kind of Community services that will allow children to grow up As healthy and Normal human beings a mrs. R. P Mackenzie jr., president of the Beaufort county mental health association said today. The Beaufort county mental health association is a citizens organization that works to encourage the <3�vfel6pfhettf a of a adequate services to meet the needs of people with emotional problems. It also is working to do be Fop Morez adequate prevention programs in the Field of mental health. A some say we Are experiencing a 45 percent failure rate in rearing children for Normal adulthood a mrs Mackenzie pointed out. A if an Industry had that kind of failure rate in its production it would have to close shop a she said. A this country needs healthy Young people to be its productive Force of the future a she said. A we can to continue to fail in this the Beaufort county mental health association is an Agency of the United fund of Washington it has been Active Here in the development of adult treatment facilities which also has to handle children a problems in Volunteer services at Cherry Hospital , in education for professionals in the Community working with people and in. Many other activities. A practically All the mental health treatment services in North Carolina Are designed to see of Page 8 Raleigh a gov. Bob Scott announced appointment of a 24-member committee today to beat the Drums in support of seven amendments to the state Constitution on which the people will vote nov. 3. Former chief Justice Emery b. Denny of the state supreme court will head the group. The constitutional amendments Call for l a general editorial revision of the Constitution 2 a procedure by which the general Assembly May Call itself into special session. 3 revision of constitutional provisions dealing with state and local finance 4 elimination of it Cwm tax a eruptions 5 for distribution of blounts escheat among All Sta a sup Warren ported universities 6 a if qui rement for major reorganization of the executive Branch of government and 7 elimination of the constitutional requirement of a literacy test for voters. A Yards in to Angeles Santa Barbara. Sacramento Roseville and Yuma arte. Judge Corcoran set a hearing sept. 22 on the wage dispute involving some 500,000 workers a the carriers have demonstrated absolute inflexibility Quot said c. B. Dennis. President of the brotherhood of railway clerks in breaking off govern ment sponsored negotiations and announcing the strike plans i he said the railroads had refused to Budge from a one year 7 per cent wage hike offer compared with Union demands of 40 per cent or More Over three the workers now aver age Abi iut a. T erho. R. Dennis was backed in the strike Call by president Charlee Luna of the United transportation Union president Harold see rails. Page 8 county native Dies in Pitt it Greenville Thomas l. Hannaford age69. Died monday night at 9 of clock at his Home near Greenville funeral services will be conducted at 2 30 . Wednesday at the Wilke Sori funeral Chapel by the Rev. Lawrence p. Houston. Burial will be in Pinewood memorial Park. Or. Hannaford a native of Beaufort county served in the u. S. Navy during world War i. He had lived in Greenville since 1945 and is a retired businessman i he was a member of st. Paul a episcopal Church. Surviving Are Hia wife mrs. Lucy King Hannaford it daughter mrs Frank s. Reid of Wilson two sons Thomas l. Hannaford or. Of Chapel Hill and Hunter p. Hannaford of Sacramento Calif. Three Nfn Ste st mrs. A Quot Dan Boykin of Day that Israel free 13 specify prisoners and an number of palestinians in Exchange for americans and is Rathe among 54 remaining air line Hijack hostages laying Down its Dei Alec terms for the first time the popular front of the liberation of Palestine declared a to Start with a want the israeli government to announce accept a Nee of the principle of an then a spokesman ticked off a four Par demand calling for release of a Swiss Man charged in Haifa witty spying for the popular front two algerians taken off a British jetliner in Israel last month. 10 lebanese soldiers taken prisoner last Jan 1 and an unspecified number of palestinians negroes clash with police a a palestinian whose Freedom the popular front seeks would be released Only after Israel agrees to Exchange prisoners at least 21 american were among the remaining hostages but the guerrillas also hold eight britons eight Swiss and two West germans the guerrillas already were demanding that Brill in free miss Leila k a led a commando captured in an abortive Hijack attempt sept 6, and that West Germany and Switzerland re lease three Arab terrorist each for the return of the British hostages the popular front added a second demand today the return of the body of miss Khaled s companion. Patrick Joseph Anguello. Slain by israeli Security agents in the attempt to Hijack an al al Airliner on a Righi from Amsterdam to Lon lengthy strike predicted Don with Minie 9a hostages from airline hijackings Stilt in the hands of Arab guerrillas. U n Secretary general u Thant a proposed that hijackers a be pro a six cd m the name Ollic pc. Pies of the world by a special International tribunal % aun spokes Man said Thant was suggesting establishment of a court separate from the presen world court at the Hague hijacking and abduction of foreign diplomats by extremist groups seeds of inter National anarchy. Quot the Secretary general told about 2,000 persons at a $i50-a-Piate dinner on the eve of today s opening of the 25th general Asa Embt. H in a cd a attempt foiled by guard Creek mrs s. E of Farmington Mich and miss Elmyra Hannaford of Cincinnati o. Three Brothers Edward l. Hannaford of Knoxville tenn., Hall Hannaford of Cincinnati o. And the Rev. Lee Hannaford of Bir Mington Ala a massive revamping sought Nixon asks Aid Reform today new Orleans la. A gunfire broke out today As police moved into a predominantly negro housing project to arrest Black panthers accused by officers of conducting a a systematic reign of terror monday night. Police said they were being fired on by snipers As they entered Tolfe area end that officer were returning the fire a number of Black families were seen leaving the project As police moved in. Some families left in autos others walked out with bags of clothing and food project residents had Hen urged to leave their apartments before police advanced. There was no indication what prompted the outbreak of Vio Lence monday night police chief Clarence Giar Russo said felony arrest War rants were being held for Many members of the Black Panther party and that the arrests would be made. Police said Black panthers beat two negro men and fired at police and fire units monday might. Giarrusso said the panthers also burned two Automo Biles and dumped them into a canal. A a if these persons resist violently and we have every reason to believe that they will we shall use every Means at our disposal to bring about their arrest a Giarrusso said As police prepared to move into the hous ing project Ara. He said observers reported before Dawn that 10 to 15 persons had taken up sniper Posi sons around the Panther Headquarters in the desire Street housing project a a the police chief listed these met Denta monday night in the area As part of a a systematic Region of terror a two negro men were severely beaten. Two uniformed policemen were fired on and injured by flying Glass a Man and his wife were a dragged from their Auto and severely beaten a two residents of the housing san Francisco a a male passenger demanding to. Go to North Korea attempted to Hijack a trans world airlines jetliner today he was shot by another passenger a private guard for a shipment of securities. After being in control of the plane for a Little More than an sheriffs said. Robert e. De Nisco 34, an employee of brinks Ftp stood up and shouted a a police and begat struggling with the Hijacker after the Pilot announced the Hijack after the plane landed. One shot was fire. The Hijacker described Only As i Young White Man. Was reported in serious condition at nearby Peninsula Hospital where he was immediately taken to surgery passengers said he boarded the plane in los Angeles the flight had started at new York my i a Fiji pm Csc moment before the pilots announcement to the passengers the Hijacker had passed a note to him Reading a i have a gun and want to go to North it was Nof known if the Hijacker was actually armed de Nisco brinks said was carrying an undetermined amount of securities from los Angeles to san Francisco. The plane flight 15 from los Angeles had landed at 6 06 and the Pilot advised the Tower that a White male passenger had told him Quot this plane is being hijacked. It will be going the Pilot said there were 17 aboard plus the Crew. A of 7 04 a m the Pilot reported that one shot had been fired inside the plane. After the plane set Down it was directed to an outer runway away from the passenger Termi Nal while sheriffs deputies and Airport Security officers rushed to the area the Pilot radioed that officers should stay inside . A strike scene quiet today the Hamilton Beach Plant strike scene was quiet this morning. Sheriff Jack Harris said at noon the strike which started at Midnight wednesday has resulted in several arrests for infractions of the Law sheriff Harris said Larry o Neal Woolard was charged with simple assault monday after a woman striker at the Plant signed a warrant. The warrant alleges Woodard Turuck the women after stopping his car As he drove his wife to work at the Plant pickets had been arrested previously and charged with putting nails and tacks in the Entrance ways to the Plant. Former school teacher Dies Boone a mrs. Josephine Reed Joyner a former Beaufort county school teacher died monday in the Watauga county Hospital Here. Graveside funeral services will by held wednesday in the Williston cemetery in Williston s. C. Folk has chargej3f the arrangements a mrs Joyner was the widow of Elijah Joyner she taught school in North Carolina from 1914 until her retirement mostly in Quot Beaufort and Wilson counties. A Limi i t Mckirgan or ii Wal try Detroit al�?T�1 the United Auto worker went on strike against general motors it Orp today choking off car production Hgt the world s largest Man fac Turig firm and id Irig Wuh dress of thousands of workers in the United states and Canada pickets were posted around pm facilities in it states Ami two Canadian provinces after last minute negotiations failed to product a new pattern set Ting contract for the Auto Industry both pm and the Union said they were far apart on reaching a now contract but pledged talks to make the strike As Short As possible they said they would try for another meeting 1 Wade Eddy. _. However some Union and Industry sources predicted the strike would he lengthy and might exhaust the Law s 1120 million strike fund Union officials said the strike funds would last seven to eight weeks with the 344.000 workers on strike drawing up to 640 weekly each. The strike is the first National shutdown of pm since 964, when failure to agree on a new contract closed the firm for 10 Daya. A. _ f_1 the Only other major strike against pm lasted 113 Days in 1945-46 that was the longest National work stoppage Ever in the Industry. The strike comes just As pm is introducing its 1971 models including the subcompact Vega 2300, designed to help fight off the Challenge of Morud Snail cars. Gmys inventory of new cars is expected to last eight weeks. Law president Leonard Woodcock severely criticized live pm contract offer and said that Auto Rhalter held out no other choices but to strike Earl Bramblett. Pm vice president in charge of personnel and the firm s chief negotiator the Law s action was a Quot strike against reason Quot he described the pm contract offer As a economic proposal that is unprecedented in it at history in the Sise and scope of its a benefits Woodcock asserted that a Chrysler was turned away from a settlement by a pressure exerted by but the Law said sunday Chrysler would a not be an immediate strike target Ford motor co. Was told two weeks ago to would not be struck. Contracts covering 713,000 workers at the big three automakers expired at Midnight monday the american motors up tract expires october 16, Bramblett said pm conservatively estimated that the a awl a demands to costs and fringe Lien fits amounted to a More than 12 65 an hour or an increase of Over 45 per cent Over a m Wittsr a a tie Law has not a a its Cost estimate of requested. Fringes and wages Over three years but one Union spokesman said them figure was a Sec shooting tobacco Page 8. Nixon considering quota system foe aided housing by Lewis Gulick associated press writer Washington apr president Nixon called today for a massive revamping of the . Foreign Aid system including setting up a new a International Security assistance program to help carry out the Nixon doctrine abroad. Under Nixon said Reform Dan the Aid administering Agency for International development Aid would also be abolished and new institutions would be created to carry out its major functions. Nixon spoke in a special message to Congress setting Forth his proposed blueprint for a u a. Foreign assistance system for the 1970s. He said the global program born after world War ii has been losing its effectiveness under the present system. The president did not name a specific figure for annual . Aid Levels in the future in his Aid Reform message but argued strongly against contentions by congressional critics that the overseas assistance Effort should be halted or trimmed. A major Nixon Reform would be to separate from other . Economic help programs abroad that Aid which is designed to promote . Security. Both arms Aid and some types of economic projects Are devoted to this cd. The aim of the presidential message at this time aides said is to give Congress ideas for legislation to be acted on next year. Nixon already has sent the executive branches regular global Aid request to Congress for this fiscal year and As usual it is in deep difficulty. The House chopped a half billion dollars off the $2.15 billion program. The Senate has yet to act. Still other administration Aid requests May be in the offing. Secretary of state William p. Rogers has indicated Large scale economic help May be sought for Israel. Officials also Are considering further assistance for South Vietnam and a program for Cambodia. The administration has made Plain however that the Nixon doctrine of . Military pullbacks from Asia envisions continued sizable american economic help until the asian lands affected can stand on their own. And the Peterson report the main source of Nixon a new recommendations Calls for a reversal of the downward trend in economic development assist a Nee that has marked the us program in recent years such Aid should be separated from military and Security assistance the report said. Nixon has broadly endorsed the study issued last March by his foreign Aid task Force under former Bank of America president Rudolph a. Peterson. The study emphasized self help and use of private Enterprise and International institutions it advocated a Sharp paring of . Aid missions overseas and see Aid Page 8 Box score the Washington tobacco Market yesterday had its biggest Day Ever. The Market sold 321,167 pounds of tobacco for $243,796.38 for an average of 175.88 per 196 pounds. The Washington Market to Date has now sold 4,211,975 pounds of tobacco for $3,051.537.20 for an average of $72.45 per 190 pounds Billy Dawson supervisor said Competition was Strong yesterday. A it was terrific a be said. On wednesday first Sale goes to Hassell second Sale goes to sermons third Sale goes to Talley warehouse. By Ken Hartnett associated press writer. Washington it a the Nixon administration faced with the continued division of the nations housing along racial lines is considering adoption of a quota like system of standards for federally aided housing,-1 a the standards or goals would be designed to discourage creation of further All White or Allback developments built with or insured by Federal funds Quot you would say to a Developer. A whatever you do it Isnit going to be All White or All Blacks a said one official in explaining the approach under study a a unless you come up with that its no Deal a the approach under discussion in the upper Levels of the department of housing and Urban development would be similar to that taken by the labor department in its Philadelphia plan for increased minority employment in the building trades despite passage of a National open housing Law negroes comprised no More than 5 per cent of the . Suburban population in 1969�? the same percentage As in i960. At the same time there has been a mass movement of both Industry and Whites into the suburbs an exodus that has deepened the social and economic isolation of negroes left behind in the Central City. Hud officials including Secretary George Romney. Have Long acknowledged that past Hud and Federal housing administration policies helped Cre ate the situation which Romney has described As a the most sensitive and explosive Domestic problem of our time a a the compliance standards under discussion would be an at tempt to begin eliminating effects of previous discrimination As Well As laying guidelines to assure equal Access to federally assisted housing built in the future. Hud assistant Secretary Samuel j. Sito Mons one of the ranking negro officials to the administration is advocating the imposition of the minority goals Quot the minimum goal to shoot at would be a situation where the composition of the project would pretty Well reflect the social composition of the total isee housing Page a

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