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Washington Daily News (Newspaper) - September 24, 1970, Washington, North CarolinaWeather generally al and Rattler hoi through Friday with Early 9 morning flog High near 90 lows near 70, Washington daily news if you do not get your paper. Do 04tt h0s Between h 10 and t 00 o clock and one Wittl Hadw love Rad to you 131 a i i shed 19q9 ux1len pages Washington. North Carolina. Thursday afternoon 24, 1970 daily except sunday . Studies can soviets be trusted fierce jordanian offensive russians bring Moon rocks Back Breaks palestinian resistance by Endre Marton Assoc rated Presa writer Washington api a under orders of Secretary William p. Rogers state department experts Are preparing a wide rang tag study on whether the soviet i. Non Van be trusted in our Tiger expected to completion has been set informants say officials Are taping a preliminary report will be available before big four representatives meet sept 30 to discuss the status of Berlin at that meeting soviets Are efforts to relax East West tensions. The key question is whether relations Between the United states and the soviet Union will permit limited perhaps reluctant cooperation in the future. The study was prompted by reports of soviet collusion with Egypt to violating the Middle East standstill ceasefire which shattered Hopes of those in the Nixon administration who believed the world was approaching a general detente. Some of those officials now agree with israeli Premier golds Meir who has said the soviet Union acted to bad Faith in agreeing to conditions of the cease fire. The study was begun shortly after the United states satisfied itself soviet missiles were moved into the Suez canal zone to violation of the cease fire. Although no target Dale for proposals for improving conditions to and around the communist encircled City. If mrs Meir s a a bad. Faith Quot charge is Correct Washington officials reason the United states should look behind the facade and determine the real Aims of soviet foreign policy. The study they said should try to discern Moscow a Long Range goals in the Middle East and. See1 what is behind soviet willingness to conclude a no aggression pact with West Germany and to negotiate with the United states on elimination of strategic nuclear weapons virtually All soviet specialists to Washington including some outside the government were asked to take part in the study. The state departments Bureau of european affairs is coordinating the opinions offered by the experts. By Michael Johnson associated press writer Moscow api the soviet unions Luna 16 Moon probe returned to Earth today carrying the first samples of Moon soil Ever gathered by an unmanned spacecraft the soviet news Agency Tass reported helicopter borne search teams recovered the capsule its cargo on Sta Dawool fighting in Jordan gun dead Phillips foresees attack on schools Raleigh a North Carolina s top school official says the 1971 general Assembly will be faced with a a number of new reactionary voices calling for retrenchment for drastic cuts to the use of our resources even for possible band Ament of our Public 4 or. Craig Phillips state superintendent of Public instruction said these voices a can and will Block the real Progress of a great state if allowed to his comments were made wednesday As the Board of education presented requests to the advisory budget commission for a $295 million boost in state spending for the Public schools during the coming biennium. The Board also asked for an additional $66.4 million for Community colleges bringing its requested increases to $362 million. The requests included $120.8 million to hire and pay school teachers on a 10-month basis and give them pay boosts totalling 15 per cent for the biennium. Also $21 million to expand the kindergarten program to cover about a fourth of the states 5 year Olds and $20.9 million to expand occupational education programs. The Board repeated a longstanding request for $3.7 million for the traru., Tolion or Urban school children. Phillips told the commission the requests represented the boards a responsible judgment As to the real priorities for Public education to 1971-73.�?� he said the Board assigned these priorities to its requests 1. The kindergartens. 2. The occupational education increases. 3. The 10-month employment of teachers. 4. A $4 million program of planning research and development. The Board proposed to give teachers a 5 per cent pay boost the first year of the biennium and a 10 per cent the following year at a total Cost of $59.5 million. It said that paying teachers see budget Page 13� Steppe Brushfield in soviet Kazakhstan about 1,400 Miles Southeast of Moscow and 50 Miles Southeast of the kazakh town of Tass said the Craft parachuted to Earth at 1 36 Sot six minutes later than expected. The Moon material will be turned Over to the soviet Academy of sciences for analysis. The soil was gathered. Sunday from the sea of Fertility a heretofore unexplored area of the Moon s surface. Luna 16 was launched u Days ago with Little fanfare and no word from the soviet informants on the to it purpose of the Mission. Its controlled soft Landing on the Moon was announced. Sunday As if it were no More significant than previous 9oviet soft landings that were not intended to return to Earth. Only on monday did toss an ounce that the Craft would attempt to return to Earth with a Load of Moon soil. Sem official sources say the previous soviet Moon shot Luna 15, was an unsuccessful attempt to bring Back soil samples. That Mission 14 months ago coincided with the . Apollo 11 manned Moon Landing and apparently was calculated to beat the americans Back to Earth with the first Moon samples. Luna 15 crashed into the Moon about 500 Miles from the sea of Tranquility where . Astronaut Neil a. Armstrong took Many a first Steps on the lunar surface just moments earlier. The soviets have not announced How much Moon soil the Craft carried Home and there has been no word on whether any samples of it will be distributed to non soviet scientists for study. Tass hailed the return of the capsule As a an outstanding space the soviet press has Given the Mission heavy coverage since monday seeking to make a propaganda recovery after the americans won the race to put a Man on the Moon cosmonaut Alexei s., Elise yes a civilian Engineer who orbited the Earth last january in soyuz 4 and 5, read a statement on Moscow radio shortly after the Landing was announced. See Luna. Page 13� editors 1 associated. Press Vio tont one act plays correspondent Elias Antar was the Thunder of the guns a trapped for six Days in am symphony of death for thou Many a intercontinental hotel while civil War raged around him. Hero Are some of his impressions. By Elias Antar associated press writer Amman Jordon api a Day blends into night and time loses its meaning As scenes of Battle Flash in the streets outside like Sands of Amman s 600,000 citizens ebbs and flows like the pounding of surf. One of the most pleasant sensations to Amman during the fall is the clean fresh air blowing in Felt it a a a a a a a r hit Nim the air is thick with cordite which stings the nostrils. Colors play a dominant role in ones impressions of the Battle Diers opens up with a machine of Amman like the Orange gun. Ignoring instructions to Tiro Flash of on explosion the Gray it a few rounds i m time and White puff of an artillery Shell hitting a Honey coloured House and the thick Black smoke of an Oil fire. It is dark now and some Tang moves on a rooftop nearby it a East do it to a Emir Toust tempt to tomcat or a guerrilla without asking questions one of King Hussein a bedouin sol 5,000 guerillas surrender the heavy bullets Lead Cov ored with Copper smash against the House and Crimson tracers blend with yellow Sparks until the Walls Are bathed in Scarlet Light guerrilla if it was a guerrilla i Sec Battle Page 13� threatened rail strike postponed for 2 weeks by Jim Luther associated press writer Washington a a threatened strike that could shut Down the nations railroads has been postponed two weeks to give negotiators More time to Settle a dispute Over elimination of firemen a jobs. The postponement worked out by the railroads and the United transportation Union was announced Early today after negotiations continued past the 12 01 . Strike deadline. A the parties agreed to continue negotiations for a period not to exceed two weeks in an Endeavor to resolve the Tang standing firemen a dispute said Secretary of labor James d Hodgson a naturally 1 am disappointed that no sett Lomen to As reached but i am appreciative of the fact that further Opportunity for negotiations now exists without an immediate threat of a the lingering dispute is one of toe toughest to involve government mediators. The debate Over using firemen on diesel locomotives is almost As old As the diesel the railroads eliminated 20,000 firemen s jobs under a special act of Congress in 1963 the Law expired two years later and the Union contends it has the right to demand the jobs be restored since 18,000 still work ask Junen. Under prodding of a presiden tial emergency Board the Union and railroads have agreed to the principle of combining the jobs of firemen and head Brake men but no method has been worked out the Hoard recommended the fireman brakeman classification be eliminated gradually through death and retirement. The Industry argues firemen Are not needed on diesels and accuses the Union of Feather bedding. The Union says a third Man is needed in the locomotive for safety reasons. The two sides bargained al Tsee rail Page 13 boost to welfare Uick Cherr it to Young is key or former slowdown to pose problems a it a t a a a a -4b for 1971 Assembly Scott Raleigh a the present slowdown in North. Carolinas Economy Likely will present the 1971 general Assembly with Money problems. Gov. Bob Scott raised this possibility today when he told his news conference he expects the states surplus next june 30 to be lower than it was this year. He said it could drop below $100 million. Scott pointed out that the surplus of $118 million last june 30 was less than it was a year before. Scott noted that some 7,500 textile workers Are without jobs _ some textile Mills Are on a Short work week and some have closed Down As he pointed to a a substantial slowdown to our he said he expects this to be reflected in lower Revenue collections Early next year or the last part of this year. For this reason Scott said he does not look for an increase to the states surplus and a i think it will be somewhat lower As of this moment. In answer to another question at his news conference Scott called for a a Tough legislation to conserve North Carolinas water Supply in order to assure an. Adequate Supply for future needs Scott was asked for comment on the recent ruling by a Superior court judge that state funds cannot be spent legally for the transportation of City school children. Scott reiterated Bis opinion that if the ruling is allowed to stand it could mean an end to free transportation for Rural children As Well. Scott noted that the ruling is being appealed to the state supreme court. Raleigh a a boost to welfare payments for dependent children has been Given top priority in the North Carolina department of social services financial requests. The department has asked for $15.7 million in state funds for expanded welfare programs in the next two fiscal years. The department asked the advisory budget commission wednesday for an added $3.5 million As the states share of a $22.8 million increase to the Aid to families with dependent children Ardc program during the 1971-73 biennium. The budget commission is hearing requests of state agencies in preparation for drafting spending recommendations to the 1971 general Assembly. Robert Ward assistant social services , said the department wanted to increase monthly payments under the Ardc program from the present average of $32.10 per child to $39.42 next fiscal year and $41.51 the following year. Ward said this would cover 100 per cent of a poverty level subsistence for these needy children compared to an estimated 86 per cent level covered by the present payments. The $3.5 million in state funds requested for the program would he supplemented by $16 5 million in Federal and $2.8 million in county funds the biggest request in the department a proposed $15.7 million budget was for $8.5 million to be used to relieve the coun ties of part of the welfare administration. Ward said the counties now pay the Lions share of the administration costs and the department proposed to equalize them. The requests also included a $1.6 million increase to a program under which the state and counties share the costs of children in Foster Homes Ward said the additional funds would permit a boost in state Matching funds which Are now limited to a maximum of $30 per month for each child. Clyde n. Rhem Dies wednesday Clyde Nicholson Rhem age 51, of 922 old Winston Road High Point a native of this City died at noon wednesday in High Point memorial Hospital. He had been in declining health for one month and critically ii for two a or Rhem was born Jan 17, 1919 in Washington a son of James Robert and. Sarah Parrish Rhem. He was District manager for the coastal Plains life insurance company. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Or Rhem was a Veteran of world War ii serving in the . Navy in 1942 he was married to the former miss Phoebe Elizabeth Calhoon who sur 1 see Khem Page 13 Coroner Dies for political candidates Senate okays Bill to limit to radio time by Gregg Herrington associated press writer Washington apr All the Money in the world wont help future political candidates buy More than a limited amount of television and radio time under a Bill Congress has sent to president Nixon. And some supporters fear that aspect of the Bill could Lead Nixon to veto the measure during these Days of overflowing Republican Campaign coffers. Approved by the Senate 60 to 19 wednesday the political broadcast Reform Bill would limit radio and television Campaign spending and facilitate broadcast debates Between major presidential candidates. The Bill passed the House 247 to 1.12 test week. A candidate for president vice president senator representative governor or lieutenant governor would be limited to seven cents for each vote cast in the last election for that officer $20,000, whichever is higher. On the 1968 election that would limit republicans and democrats to less than $6 Mill a each for the 1972 presidential Campaign. The ceiling for primary elections would be 3% Cento a vote or $10,000. The Bill requires stations and networks to sell candidates time at the lowest rate offered to other advertisers. The Bill repeals the so called a equal time provision of the communications act As it applies to presidential and vice presidential candidates. This would enable broadcasters to offer debate time to major party candidates without being forced to offer equal time to minor parties. At a press conference following the Senate action wednesday Russell Hemenway National director of the National. Committee for an effective Congress which urged the Bill said he had heard Nixon is having doubts about the measure. Lending support to the veto possibility was the comment from sen. Hugh Scott r-penn., that the Bill was a loosely drawn and he said a if the Bill were to be vetoed 1 would support the Texas sen. John Tower chairman of the Senate re pub f lican Campaign committee added a i done to think the presi Dent is pleased with this however both Tower and Scott emphasized they had not been to touch with the White House concerning administration feelings. Both sides agree republicans see political Page 13 Richard f. Dick Cherry Orage 67. Of 314 East Mam Street died in the Beaufort county Hospital wednesday at 11 40 o a critical illness of 10 Days. He had been in failing health for the past several years. Or Cherry was bom in Beaufort county nov. 251902, son of the late Ponchia and Annie Foley Cherry he graduated from Washington High school and attended Porter military Academy to Charleston C. He was owner and operator of the Cherry furniture company and funeral Home before his retirement due to failing health several years or Cherry was a former member of the City Council and served As Beaufort county Coroner for two terms and was Active in civic and political affairs Here As Long As health permitted. He was a former member of the National and state guard and the coast guard Reserve. He was also a former member of the Washington Lions club and the Washington elks Lodge. Or Cherry was a member of st. Peters episcopal Church a he was married to the former Theodora Rodman of this City on june 25, 1930. Surviving besides his wife Are one son Richard f. Dick Cherry or. Of this City one daughter mrs. Charles Russell of Troy and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Bee Cherry Page 13 tobacco Box score the Washington tobacco Market yesterday sold 283,313 pounds of tobacco for 9205.909.13 for an average of $72.68 per too pounds. New Bank Branch for City okayed the state banking com Mission wednesday gave approval to first citizens Bank amp Trust company of Smithfield to establish a Branch Here sometime ago first citizens announced its intention of establishing a Bank in Washington subject to approval of the state banking commission it was noted that no formal opposition to the new Bank was entered m the hearing held yesterday by the commission in Raleigh the banking commission also acted on several other banking requests in the state first citizens also bad its application for the establishment of a Bank to Rocky mount reaffirmed permission had been granted sometime ago but the existing Banks in Rocky mount opposed the Niove the matter went to Superior court for hearing and judge Pou Bailey remanded the Case to the Hanking commission for further action. In the approval for the establishment of a Branch to Washington first citizens is now expected to move Forward in the Verv near future Garter wins in Georgia Ati Ranta. A. It a Jimmy Carter who combined the Appeal of the underdog with a personal Campaign that stretched for four years throughout the length and breadth of Georgia is the states democratic nominee for governor of Georgia. The 45 year old former state senator Defeated former govt Carl Sanders in wednesday s Runoff scoring a Victory that even considering his primary finish was surprisingly decisive. By to Hhd thathy associated Fren writer Beirut Ijeh anon apr fierce jordanian army attacks were reported to have broken a palestinian resistance in Northern Jordan today and Amman to is id 1 id a unit ill la Iwig surrendered. New fighting broke out to Amman. Jordan s capital and to the outskirts rut the fighting was a not expected to halt the evacuation of americans and others from Amman a chartered Middle East airlines plane was due in Amman to bring out too americans and others in the North where the Jorda Man army reported it drove out invaders from Syria wednesday Palestine guerrilla resistance was broken israeli observers across the Border reported. The fighting entered in and around Irbid. Jordan a second largest City 50 Miles North of Amman israeli observers said the jordanian army opened up with a heavy artillery barrage. The v said t h a t after he Shell my ended. Jordanian troops pursued the guerrillas. One source described the activity As a Quot and said the guerrillas were afraid and were giving up the main syrian Force withdrew across the Border the informants said and was entered near Derma in Southern Syria. It left behind 25 damaged or destroyed tanks and a number of armoured personnel carriers they reported. Intrau a last it Orth of Amman the guerrillas said the 6th Royal artillery battalion was firing to discriminate at the town a but our fighters a holding fast and their morale is High jordanian troops claim they drove fort a from the Irbid area wednesday with a tank led two pronged assault and inflicted heavy casualties guerrilla broadcasts from Damascus the syrian capital said the commandos had pulled Hack some forces from Irbid As a tactical move the guerrillas said they still dominated the City of Ramatha 10 Miles East of Irbid in Amman the government radio announced that a Dawn _ to dusk curfew would be lifted in different parts of the City for four hour stretches so that the International red Cross could step up its efforts to care for the wounded. V Jet the broadcast warned Resi. Dents to be wary of nines m the streets and report their discovery to the army. The Leader of a four Man Arab peace delegation returned a see mid amp ast Pago 13� . Killings final hours gave the Washington Market to Date has told 5.965,602 pounds of tobacco for $4,339,936.74 for an average of $72.75 per 100 pounds. Billy Dawson sales supervisor says All Eastern Bright Belt markets will sell. 3az hours per Day next week. On next monday in Washington first Sale goes to Hassell second Sale goes to sermons third Sale goes to Talley warehouse. By Robert a. Race associated press writer Albany . Api the Bright and penetrating Early morning Sun seemed to be the perfect setting for a Day in which Mary Anne Reinisch had a so Many expectation. A there was a promotion in the offing she bolted from the breakfast table As her parents and younger sister watched her race into the1 womanly flurry of last minute preparations for work. It was 7 30 . Wednesday. One hour later Mary Anne and three other girls Lay dead from a gunman a bullets to a state Effiee building whore they worked their assailant was dead also. While Mary Anne 27, was putting the finishing touches on her hair and makeup Linda Willis 10 Miles away in suburban Waterford jumped into the family automobile with her Mother mrs. Mary Willis the two crossed the Mohawk River turned South and headed toward Albany and the Complex of modern state office buildings where both were employed. Patty Chromik. 22, arose late and shortly after 7 30 was seated at the breakfast table with her family. The one Story Brick House is within walking distance of the office Complex. Patty drove her own car to work. A few minutes before the other three set out for work Sandy Peters. 24, a Bride of three months was whisking along the new York state thruway heading with her husband from their Amsterdam Home toward Albany a four girls came from Middle class Homes in quiet residential sections the Homes were Well kept the lawns Well manicured. Miss Reinisch had worked in the state unemployment office since i960 Sandy Peters had been a senior stenographer for the state labor department since 1966 miss Chromik. With the labor department a a stenographer to 1965 and miss Willis had been a typist for the department since 1968. Wednesday morning Mary see final. Page 13

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