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And Funerals L. Woodson Ammons 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 daughters, Mrs.

W. E. Francis of Oriole, Mrs. T. N.

Neighbors of West Asheville and Mrs. 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 will announce arrangements. 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, C. J. Davis Dies; College Official ANDREWS Dr. Claude J.

Davis, 47, of Morgantown, W. formerly of Robbinsville, died Wednesday in West Virginia en route home from the campus of West Virgina University. He was a native of Asheville and had spent most of his life in Robbinsville. He was chairman of the department of political science and government research of West Virgina University. 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 in Morgantown, of which he was a deacon. Graveside services will be held at 3 p. m.

Sunday in Valleytown Cemetery, Andrews. The body will arrive in Andrews 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 Friday after it leaped from a 57-foot yacht and mauled a 9- year-old boy, police said. Police said yachtsman, Michael Posen of Chicago, had docked at a luxury apartment building a without authorization. The spotted cat, which weighed about 100 pounds, was aboard.

John Porto, assistant manager of the apartment building, said the complex manager, Nester Grommel, walked out to the Intercostal Waterway, where the yacht was docked, and told the captain he'd have to move on. Meanwhile, said Porto, two boys wandered upon the scene the 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 animal, who can manage speeds up to 65 m.p.h. Then, he said, the big cat began chasing a police motorcycle patrolman who wounded it with his service revolver. Police reinforcements 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. MORRIS-HENDON FUNERAL HOME MODEST COST FINEST FACILITIES 304 MERRIMON AVE. 252-1821 (THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, Feb. 1, 1969 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. MacDonald, 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.

MacDonald 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. MacDonald said. "One of our staff a group leadermeets twice a week with the group." The clinic's 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's staff has a background 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 federal teams created help the districts in Mississippi and North and South Carolina agree on ceptable integration plans.

The secretary upheld Wednesan 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 down Friday as North Carolina's Motor Vehicles Commissioner and received an $1,800 check as a going-away 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 apprehensive 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 hometown was not immediately available. Police said a suicide note was found in Casey's room. Man Gives Up After Holding Two Hostage entrance to avoid newsmen. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A man gave himself up to police Friday night after he had held his 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 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 Hospital where he admitted himself for treatment.

Wooen said that his wife, Theora, and Polly Wilson, the hostages, accompanied Sweet to the police car. The State Madical tal is adjacent to the Center. Wooten said Sweet had told Dr. Stuart Harris, the resident psychiatrist 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 $185,000 Set In Henderson Civil Suit HENDERSONVILLE A Henderson County Superior Court awarded a local man $185, 000 in a civil suit Thursday. This is one of the largest settlements made in Henderson courts. The judgment was awarded to C. J.

Whitley who brought against the estate of the late Leon D. Hyder. Whitley claimed in his suit that Monroe M. Redden, executor of Hyder's estate, had failed to pay two notes executed by Hyder to Whitley and D. R.

Flowers. The notes were in the amounts of $120.000 and $65,000. Court records showed that Flowers had executed his in terests in both notes to Whitley In his verdict, the jury found the notes were signed by Hyder, that Hyder was mentally competent at the time they were signed and that they were issued "for valuable consideration." Redden immediately moved to have the verdict set aside, Judge Lacy H. Thornburg denied the motion. Redden filed notice of appeal to the N.

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Gregory will make two public appearances at Duke Feb. 10. Standard Oil Boycott Ends Funerals Today Thomas Henry Peck, 11 a. chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral Home. Miss Ada Robinson, 2 p.

chapel of Groce Funeral Home. McConnell Infant E. Justus FLAT ROCK George E. Justus, 70, Friday: 1, died unexpectedly in a Hendersonville hospital. Thos.

Shepherd and Son Funeral Directors, Hendersonville, will announce arrangements. WEAVERVILLE Kenneth Lee McConnell, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Marty McConnell of Weaverville Rt. 2, died Friday 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 Whitted, all of Weaverville.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday in Cemetery with the Rev. C. 1 N.

Rice officiating. Berryman-Hall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Lela Robinson MARION Mrs. Lela Lunsford Robinson, 74, of Asheville, formerly of Marion, died in a Western North Carolina hospital Thursday afternoon after a long illness.

Surviving are the husband, Howard Robinson; a daughter, Mrs. Chris ship of Asheville; a Curtis Lunsford of Buffalo, S. and a number of nieces and nephews, including James Lunsford of Marion. Services will be held at 3 m. Sunday in the chapel of McCall's Funeral Home.

The Rev. Earl Duncan will officiate. Burial will be in Providence Cemetery. The will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p. m.

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

died Friday morning in a Clayton, hospital after a long illness. Services will be held at 2:30 m. Sunday in the Dryman's Pin 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. Townson 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.

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.

Mrs. Mildred McAfee Martin W. Barrier 1 JONAS RIDGE Martin William Barrier, 85, of Jonas Ridge, died Thursday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Clark after a long illness. Services will be held at 2 p.

m. Sunday in Jonas Ridge Baptist 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. m.

Sunday in Bethel A. Baptist Church. Williams Funeral Service 856 TUNNEL ROAD PHONE 252-2767 CARD OF THANKS The family of Linda Moses Fisher wish to express their appreciation for the kindness, sympathy and interest shown them during the illness and death of their loved one, also we wish to thank the many friends that we have not been able to thank personally for their kindness. THE FAMILY OF LINDA MOSES FISHER' 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 Ci Gaulle's upcoming regional reform plan might include measures to appease French Basques, Corsicans 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 authorities, who now rely on decisions 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 Breton complaints of being underdeveloped and generally ignored and disdained by the powers in Paris.

"I was shocked, but not surprised, 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 Portsmouth Naval Prison 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 memberthrough Viet Cong-infested territory west of Chu Lai. The much-publicized patrol was led by Cpl. Stanley J. Luczko of Gardner, who also was convicted in the case.

Luczko, originally sentenced to life imprisonment for the slaying of the woman, won a retrial. Last May, he was convicted of voluntary to three manslaughter in and years prison and received a bad conduct discharge. Keenan, also given a dishonorable discharge for his part in the slayings, has contended throughout his various trials that he was only following the orders of his leader. Senate Agrees 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. A resolution to reject the increase was put on the agenda for that day under pressure from its sponsor, Sen.

John J. Williams, R-Del. It was not certain, however, whether there would be a recorded vote on the resolution, 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 a possibility. And Senate sources reported the prospect of a challenge on the ground that a rescution, 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 $42,5.0) a year.

WASHINGTON (AP) The Teamsters Union said Friday it has ended a boycott against products of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, parent company of Gilbarco Inc. of Greensboro, N.C. The boycott was ended at the 19-week strike against Gilbarco was settled. Thomas E.

Flynn. director of the Teamsters' Eastern Conference, said the contract settlement with Gilbarco 1 included a pay raise of 35 cents an hour and other benefits. The contract will last 18 months. Products that were targets of the boycott included Esso gas and oil. Now's The Time To Buy Your MINK VOGUE FURRIERS 42 Haywood St.

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