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I A I 17' 1 ITHE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, Feb. 1, 1969 wnw lieu i' iiiiertus $185,000 Set 111 Henderson Dick Gregory Speak At Standard Oil Boycott Ends WASHINGTON (AP) Th Teamsters Union said Friday It has ended a boycott arainst Man Gives Up After Holding Two Hostage LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -A man gave himself up to police Friday night after he had held estranged wife and another woman hostage in a sixth floor office of the University of Arkansas Medical Center for more than five hours. The man was identified as Civil Suit HENDERSONVILLE A Henderson County Superior Court awarded a local man $185, 009 in a civii suit Thursday. This is one of the largest set-1 Duke University DURHAM (AP) Dick Greg-I ory, Negro comedian and civil.

rights leader, heads a list of speakers that will appear at ail, puuuy, Ulcuild, uiuou; aim political topics, All are designed to "educate the Duke community in black culture" said Tommy Axam, a Duke sophomore from Atlanta, Funerals Today Thomas Henry Peck, 11 a. chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home. Miss Ada Robinson, 2 p. of Groce Funeral Home, George E. Justus FLAT ROCK George E.

Justus, 70, of Rt. 1, died unexpectedly Friday in a Hender-sonville hospital. Thos. Shepherd and Son Funeral Directors, Hendersonville, will announce arrangements. McConnell Infant WEAVERVILLE Kenneth Lee McConnell, infant son of tlemcnts made in Henderson Due university Feb.

4-11 dur- The boycott was ended at the corts' "Beauty nf Black." 1 19-week strike against Gilbarco Sn Hvdef3'6 DukTTo American soothe Teamsters' Eastern Confer- includes seminars on black ence. sald the contract settle- )(! nil rn nf New Jersey parent oi Inc of Greensboro. ment with bareo nc uded a jay i hum: ui d-j ueiiu an nuui and ether benefits. The contract will last 18 months. Products Miat were targets of the boycott included Esso gas Now'i The Time To Buy four MINK VOGUE FURRIERS 2 Haywood St.

253-4754 that Monroe M. Redden, execu tor of Hydcr's estate, had failed to pay two notes executed by Hvder to Whitley and D. R. Flowers The nnlcs were in the amounts of $120,000 and $65,000. Court records showed thct Flowers had executed his in terests in both notes to Whitley who is a member of Mr.

and Mrs. Marty McConnell Oriole, Mrs. T. N. Neigh-of Weaverville Rt.

2, died Fri- bors of West Asheville and Mrs In his verdict, the jury foundjalso heads the Afro-American Duke Student Union major speakers committee. Axam Society committee arranging the eight-day program. nrorlAril will -j L' tir miKlis appearances at Duke Feb. 10. I day morning in an Asheville hospital.

Surviving in addition to the parents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Henry McConnell and Mr. and Mrs. James Wiitted, all of Weaverville.

nrawacirfo earvipps will ho ViplH 6t 2 p. m. Saturday in Whittedwil! announce arrangements High Blood Pressure In many types of abnormal blood pressure, chiropractic therapy has proven very effective in reducing the pressure, and maintaining nonliability. If you suffer much with this condition, have a chiropractic examination. It may be the answer to your problem.

Chiropractic, the largest drugless healing profession in the world, has proven effective in a wide range of aiimems. the notes were signed by that Hyder was mentally com petent at the time they were signed and that they were is-i sued "for valuable eonsidera- tion." Redden immediately moved to have the verdict set Judge Lacy H. Thornburg de-, nied the motion. Redden filed notice of appears to the N. C.

Court of Appeals. READ Classified Ads DAILY We give the stamp of faihlon WW Presented as a public service by THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY CHIROPRACTIC SOCIETY James Sweet. 30. Police said when he took the two women as hostages about 3:45 p.m., CST, that he had threatened to shoot them and himself. State Trooper Jim Wooten said the man was taken out of the hospital, placed in a car and taken to the State Hosnital where he admitted himself for treatment Wooen said that his wife, Theora, and Polly Wilson, the hostages, accomnanied Sweet to the police car.

The State Hospi tal is adjacent to the Milical Center. Wooten said Sweet had told Dr. Stuart Harris, the resident osychiatrist at the center, whom Sweet had requested to talk to, that before he would come out he wanted no newsmen around and that he had a great fear of going to jail and being there for the rest of his life. Harris said he told him that he would not be thrown into jail and forgotten about. Wooten said Sweet was led out of the building through a back entrance to avoid newsmen.

SI Store Hours: Downtown Westgate 10-9 2 Convenient- Charge Plans BankAmericord and First Bank Cord Saturday Last Day so hurry on down to our mm De Gaulle Booed In Brittany RENNES, France (AP) -President Charles de Gaulle, champion of French-speaking separatists in Canada's Quebec Province, was booed and jeered in Brittany Friday by those who want this northwest province freed from France. Amid shouts of "Free Brittany," separatists brawled with Gaullists in front of City Hall while De Gaulle was inside viewing plans for new sections of Rennes. Speaking to regional planners in the hall, De Gaulle expressed sympathy with Bretons who for decades have agitated for autonomy or separation. Brittany's ambition, he said, "should be a national ambition, with, of course, its Breton character." The remark was taken by some to imply that De Gaulle's upcoming regional reform plan might include measures to appease French Basques, Corsi-cans and other minorities with separatist elements. The plan is to be put to a referendum sometime this year.

It is expected to give more power to regional au thorities, who now rely on deci sions by functionaries in Paris for even such everyday things as water towers and sewer lines. De Gaulle's address followed a speech by former President Rene Leven, who repeated Bre ton complaints of being under developed and generally ignored and disdained by the powers in Paris. "I was shocked, but not sur prised, by what you said," De Gaulle replied. "Along with the good points, you have brought up the bad, and I noted them." He said he would speak later in his visit of the proposed action he hopes will rectify Breton grievances. Conviction Of Marine Is Upheld WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S.

Court of Military Appeals Friday upheld the conviction of a young Marine for killing a South Vietnamese civilian during a combat patrol in 1966. The opinion was handed down in the case of Pfc. Charles W. Keenan, 22, Nitro, W. who was sentenced to a five-year prison term.

The sentence was later reduced to a three-year term by a Navy clemency board. Keenan was released from h'ortsmoutn Naval in! New Hampshire Jan. 13 because of accumulated good behavior time and is now back in West Virginia. The case involved the deaths of an elderly Vietnamese man and woman during a 10-man reconnaissance patrol of which Keenan was a member- through Viet Cong-infested terri tory west of Chu Lai. The much-publicized patrol was led by Cpl.

Stanley J. Lu- czko of Gardner, who also was convicted in the case. Luczko, originally sentenced to life imprisonment for the slay ing of the woman, won a retrial. Last May, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to three years in prison and received a bad conduct discharge. i Keenan, also given a dishon-, orable discharge for his part in the slayings, has contended! throughout his various trials I that he was only following the; orders of his leader.

Senate Agrees i To Study Pay Issue Tuesday WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate agreed Friday to take up next Tuesday the issue of whether it should block a $12,500 annual pay raise for members of Congress. 1 A resolution to reject the in crease was put on the agenda, for that day under pressure' from its sponsor, Sen. John J. Williams, R-Del. It was not certain, whether there would he a re-! corded vote on the which would also head off raises for federal judges, Cabinet members and other high-level federal officials.

A motion to table the Williams resolution, thereby killing it, is coiered a possibility. And Senate sources reported the prospect of a challenge on the ground that a res((ution, rather than a bill, was not sufficient to block the increase. Congress begins next Friday a Lincoln's Birthday recess extending to Feb. 17. Without direct action by either house to turn down the increases, they will go into effect automatically on Feb.

14. The pay of members of Congress would go from $30,000 to a year. his Alcoholic Outpatient Clinic Opens CHARLOTTE (AP) Randolph Clinic one of the first community outpatient facility for alcoholics in North Carolina, has opened in temporary quarters in Charlotte. Dr. D.

E. MacDonaid, medical director for the clinic, said Friday, "We are attempting to fill the gap in treatment services for alcoholics in the county." Previously, he said, the state mental facility. Wilmoth Hospital, or the jails were the only institutions for acoholics in the Charlotte area. Wilmoth is a private facility. MacDonaid estimated that there are some 15,000 people with serious drinking problems in Mecklenburg County.

He said group therapy sessions involving about one dozen patients and their husbands or wives are being conducted by the clinic's four-man staff. "Right now we are in the first sessions with patients," Dr. MacDonaid said. "One of our staff a group leader-meets twice a week with the group." The clinics program leans heavily on group therapy in working with alcoholics. "People with common problems, meeting together, find it easier to reach an understanding of the emotional conflicts and personality problems which lead to their drinking," he said.

The clinic staff has a back ground in counseling and social work and is supplemented by a consulting psychologist. Finch Gives Orders On Compliance WASHINGTON (AP) Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch ordered Friday no bending of guidelines, no special concessions and no wavering in efforts to help five Southern school districts comply with the federal school desegregation law. Finch met for about an hour with three three-man federal teams created to help the dis tricts in Mississippi and North and South Carolina agree on acceptable integration plans. The secretary upheld Wednes day an order cutting off the districts' federal funds but amended it to restore the money if the schools adopt plans to comply with the law within 60 days.

His instructions to the three negotiating teams at a closed meeting Friday were reported to newsmen later by a Health, Education and Welfare Department spokesman. He said the teams were told not to make any prejudgments but to go into the negotiations with the school districts with an open mind and a positive approach. Finch will call the three state school superintendents and ask their cooperation, the spokesman said. He said the three teams will leave Washington as soon as appointments can be set up in the five districts, hopefully Monday. Ralph Howland Officially Leaves Vehicles Post RALEIGH (AP) Ralph L.

Howland stepped down Friday as North Carolina's Motor Vehicles Commissioner and received an $1,800 check as a go-ing-aiway gift. The check was presented by Joe W. Garrett, who becomes the new commissioner Saturday. The money was raised through voluntary contributions among the 2,500 employes of the Motor Vehicles Department. "I believe I'll start my retirement early," Howland said.

"This is a great and wonderful surprise and it has touched me deeply." He said he feels "pretty good about leaving because I know that the department is in good hands." Howland, who has been on leave from Chatham Manufacturing will return to the company as a Raleigh representative. "I'm leaving with the feeling that I've done some good," Howland said, "but I'm appre hensive about the continued public apathy to the grave problems of highway safety." GI Dies In Plunge From Hotel Window COLUMBIA (AP) A Ft. Jackson soldier plunged to his death Friday from a 12th floor window of the Wade Hampton Hotel. Police identified the victim as Thomas Casey, 18. His home town was not immediately avail able.

Police said a suicide note was found in Casey's room, L. Woodson Amnions MARS HILL L. Woodson Ammons, 63, of Mars Hill, died unexpectedly at his home Friday afternoon. Holcombe Funeral Home will announce arrangements. Mrs.

Mary Burnette Mrs. Mary Williams Burnette. 87, of 15 Howard West Asheville, died Friday afternoon in a local hospital after a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and a member of Grace Baptist Church in West Asheville. She was the widow of Luther Burnette.

Surviving are three daugh- iters, Mrs. W. E. Francis of E. H.

Stirewalt of Fairview; two sons, Claude B. of Asheville and Herman W. Burnette of West Palm Beach, 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and three great-greatgrandchildren. Anders-Rice Funeral Home Ferdie E. Whisenant VALDESE Ferdie Earsel Whisenant, 79, of Valdese Rt.

2, died early Thursday in a Valdese hospital following a period of two years declining health. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in High Peak Baptist Church, of which he was a member. Mrs. Alfred Larson ROBBINSVILLE Mrs.

Alfred Larson, 58, of Robbinsville, died Thursday in a Cherokee County hospital after a long illness. The body is being sent to Philadelphia, for services under the direction of Spencer videon Funeral Home. Burial will be in McCoysville, Pa. C. J.

Davis Dies; College Official ANDREWS Dr. Claude J. Davis, 47, of Morgantown, W. formerly of Robbinsville, died Wednesday in West Vir ginia en route home from the campus of West Virgina Univer sity. He was a native of Asheville and had spent most of his life in Robbinsville.

He was chair man of the department of political science and government research of West Virgina Uni versity. He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are the widow, Mrs, Lucille Mulkey Davis; a son, Terry and a daughter, Susie Davis, both of the home; the mother, Mrs. Ethel Davis of Asheville; two sisters, Mrs, Gloria Crisp of Asheville and Mrs. Virginia Phillips of Oregon; and a brother, Paul Davis of Chicago.

Services will be held at 11 a m. Saturday in Calvary Church Morgantown, of which he was a deacon. Graveside services will be held at 3 p. m. Sunday in Valley- town Cemetery, Andrews.

The body will arrive in An drews late Saturday night and will be placed in Ivie Funeral Home to await the service hour. Cheetah Shot After Mauling Florida Boy MIAMI BEACH (AP) A cheetah was shot to death here Friday after it leaped from a 57-foot yacht and mauled a 9-year-old boy, police said. Police said yachtsman, Mi chael Posen of Chicago, had docked at a luxury apartment building without authorization. The spotted cat, which weighed about 100 pounds, was aboard. John Porto, assistant manag er of the apartment building, said the complex manager, Nes- ter Grommel, walked out to the Intercoastal Waterway, where the yacht was docked, and told the captain he have to move on.

Meanwhile, said Porto, two boys wandered upon the scene and (he cat leaped over the rail and knocked down Jeff Kenzer, who had turned to run. Porto grabbed the screaming boy and leaped into a parked car to avoid the pursuing ani mal, who can manage speeds up to 65 m.p.h. Then, he said, the big cat began erasing a police motorcycle patrolman who wounded it with his service revolver. Police ireintorcements soon arrived and finished off the cheetah, which had retreated to a service building. The boy was treated for scratches and a bite on the foot.

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Berryman-Hall Funeral Home Is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Lela Robinson MARION Mrs. Lela Luns-I ford Robinson, 74, of Asheville, formerly of Marion, died in a Western North Carolina hospital Thursday afternoon after a long illness. Surviving are the husband, James Howard Robinson; a daughter.

Mrs. Chris Blanken ship of Asheville; a brother, Curtis Lunsford of Buffalo, h. and a number of nieces and nephews, including James Luns ford of Marion. Services will be held at 3 in. Sunday in the chapel of McCalrs Funeral Home.

The Rev. Earl Duncan will of ficiate. Burial will be in Pro vidence Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m.

Saturday. Mrs. Cora Long FRANKLIN Mrs. Cora Talley Loag, 81, of Rt. 2.

died Friday morning in a Clayton, hospital after a long illness. Services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in the Dryman's Chapel United Methodist Church. Mrs.

Eunice Hardin RUTHERFORDTON Mrs. Eunice Digh Hardin, 58, of Rutherfordton, died Friday morning in a Sanford hospital after a brief illness. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday in the chapel of McMahan Funeral Home.

Mrs. Myrtle Robinson MURPHY Graveside services for Mrs. Myrtle Robinson, 76, of Orlando, formerly of Murphy, who died Tuesday in Orlando, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Sunset Cemetery, by the Rev. Al Smith.

ownson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Paul H. West HOT SPRINGS Paul H. West, 48, of Rt. 1, died unexpectedly Friday morning at his home.

Bowman-Duckett Funeral Home, Marshall, will announce arrangements. Mrs. Mildred McAfee OLD FORT Mrs. Mildred Iola McAfee, 76, of Rt. 1, died Friday morning at her home after a long illness.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Ebenezer United Methodist Church. Martin W. Barrier JONAS RIDGE Martin Wil liam Barrier, 85, of Jonas Ridge, died Thursday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Er nest Clark alter a long illness.

Services will be held at 2 p. m. Sunday in Jonas Ridge Bap tist Church. Eddie Thomas Moss BREVARD Eddie Thomas Moss, 55, of 78 Oakdale died Wednesday night in a Buncombe County hospital after a brief illness. Services will be held at 2 p.

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