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era nteynflefili Main J. If i IH miiiiinira Report Says .1 1 .1 Ford Third To Receive Price Hike WASHWGTON AP) Ford Motor Co. has become the third big auto-maker -to win approval of a price hike from the Price Commission. 4 In approving the 2.9 per cent hike for 1972 Ford cars, trucks and optional equipment Mon ilW arriving in Washington The. National Christmas Treeis bundled in burlap as it is trucked past the Washington Monu- ment The tree was presented to nation by the state of North Carolina.

(AP Wirephoto) Heads Rehnquist Is Qualified WASHINGTON '(AP). A majority report of the Senate JnHipiary TjimmUlixt terms. totally unfounded" charges made by opponents of William Rehnauist nomination to the SupremsCourt. In recommending his con- firmation by the' -Senate, the committee said "the prime pre-" requisites for service on the Suv preme Court Are professional open-mmdedness- and a of fairness." The committee said in its opinion Rehnquist has these qualities. Thef report also recommends the confirmation of Powell Jr.

to the Supreme Court and terms him, "thoroughly qualified." assistant attor ney general, and Powell, a Richmond, lawyer, were named by President Nixdh to succeed retired Justice John M. Harlan and the late 1 Justice Hugo Black. Powell has run into virtually no opposition, but Rehnquist has been strongly opposed- by labor and civil rights leaders in testimony before the committee. The panel, has. 16 members- nine Democrats and seven Ue- mblicans.

unanimously approved the nomination of Powell last week but divided 12 to 4 support ofRehnquist, a former. Phoenix, Ariz. lawyer: ine tour Democrats on the committee who voted flPainst Rehnquist "nomination are be filed They contend he has failed demonstrate a commitment to civil rights, and civil liberties. Senate leaders plantobrtag Panel ton a vice president of the ILA said the men were ready even though union locals "haven't LONGSHOREMEN REPORT Boston longshoremen and steamship clerks report at union hiring hall on Commonwealth Pier Mon-" day in Boston "ready for work." Edward Dal- got a word from the shipping association." Brian Sco RALEIGH (AP) Gov. Bob Scott has announced ap- pointment of a.

bipartisan com mission 10 majre a wuj TJnrth Carolina's election ma- rhinfirv. and to probe voting abuses in the Unrest'ln NC Schools Will Be Studied RALEIGH (AP) Two civil nnvft (AP Wirephoto) System Will44erge Sandy In announcing membership of the studyXgroup Scott said J. Brian Scott, Rocky Mount attorney and -chairman of the state Board of -Elections would serve asYchairman. of the Commission onV Elections and Voting Abuses North Caro lina. The 1971 General Assembly createa tne commission ana structed it to make a- thorough study of registration and voting procedures and to explore all possibilities of fraud, abuse of voters, or attempts to influence voters with offers of payment The commission is expected to hold a -series of public hear ings across me state oetore making its recommendations; for the 1973 General Assembly Members of the commission addition to J.

Brian Scott are Hubert. JBLjSoodson Tlof I Into Ha rdee's Food; Sy $1,011,000 or 34 cents-' per share on 3,031,000 shares a. 4- -na The-agreement in prmanPirtty-repo scheduled hearings three rnrMinaiities this week the nominations' up for. debate Thursday, and hope for a vote before ia and ol, Ute The committee majority re- Winston-Salem, a member oli9U-''t-. f- to explorejhe causes unrest 4- k- nnhiip schools.

The first one will be, held in Charlotte to 1rThe hearings were announced Justice and the state chapter of 7. rhrictian Lead- me ouutuci i ership Conference. wu5 T.oon White, execa- Nixon Is Due In Red China On Feb. 21 WASHINGTON (AP) Pres ident Nixon will arrive in Pe king on Feb 21 or talks with Chinese leaders a historic mis sioo he hopes "will become a journey for peace r-. The White House announced the long-awaited date on Monday, although' presidential ad viser Henry JKissinger.

reached agreement-on the -trip's timing during his second trip to Pe king a moptn ago. Further, details, including the length of Nixon's visit, were to be made public today, according to White House Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. A terse joint statement released simultaneously in Washington and Peking' said: "The" government of the People's Republic 'of China and the government of the United States of America have agreed that President Nixon's visit to China shall begin on ehJU, it followed a week of an nouncements about a series of presidential summit meetings in December and January with allied leaders. The, Peking trip will come about threexmonths before Nix.

on travels to Moscow in late May for talks, with Soviet lead ers. He will be, the first Ameri can president to, visit either e- king or MoscowX. In Decemberv and early January, Nixon will hold rate talks with the leaders of France, Britain, West-Germa- ny, Japan and Canada. White House officials say these, meet' mgs, all announced within the paSt week, are intended to col lect allied views prior to the Peking and Moscow trip: WILSON (AP) A has taken tiie life of a victim, identified as the house amile south the fire. CHARLOTTE AP- 5 charged a Monroe doctor 7 port, drafted for -submission to said charges that 1 II 'a 4 I 4 Rehnquist is usensiuve to the -civil rights of minority citizens are Vutterly without factual, or- inferential suppor It said ve director of.

the Committee f- P8Mni said Gov. i' lilt UbTt (,. t4.ii attemDted to di atfa'ntian I aMcav from the real "(causes -ofthe- present orieie when he for although he opposed public accommsdations ord- nance adopted by Phoenix in -1964, he had testified he no longer is against such meas- -ures and 'does not question the power of Congress to enact civil rights legislation. Also, the report said, at- tempts to picture, Rehnquist as See COURT Page A elusive of about7 $40 million in retail sales hy its franchise operators. 7 Hardee'sFood Systems- Inc reported 9-month sales of $51,033,000, and net income of V.

fVidening Of Highway Said Needed RALEIGH AP) Talk of th4 possibility of widening portions of Interstate 85 in North Carolina followed massive traf fic' jams, Sunday night near Greensboro Turlington and state Highway Commission assistant planning and research engineer deW etrs.aadsin nr engineer, Teu Wajters, said there are no definite plans for widening the highway lyust hopes; Something obviously wUl have to be done." Waters) noted that the inter state highway was built with 90 per cent federal funds and. only 10 per cent state- money and mere is no provision in the fed eral highway program for' re building or improving interstate nignways Today's Telegram Bridge. 2A-Business 4B Class. 5-6-7B EnfrnTT 4B Horoscope 6A Local 'IB Comics 6A Obituaries 2A Crossword 6A Editorials 4A Sports 2-3B Women 5-7A "TELEGRAM PHONES r. All a statewide task force as the results of 'stacks and stacks of letters' he- has received from concerned (white) White referred to Scott ac tion in, setting up "Force to investigate causes of school The group will meet in.

Raleigh Jec. reached by the two companies provides for the issuance of 260,000 shares' of the common stock of Hardee's in exchange JoralL of-the-commonstock of Sandy's Systems Inc. The transaction-vwilL, not -i irewtrt Vit approvar' of; Hardee' stockholders rnor will, it, re-, quire a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service. It is expected the transaction may be completed in January, 1972. Following the merger; the two chains' will continue to be operated' under- their existing individual trade The preliminary plan Si to continue the Iranchise unit and company owned unit expansion -of both chains without significant changes in management or operating format, Probe Of RALEIGH (AP) probe" of law enforcement methods employed months' of ra- eiai sirue ai Ayaen nas oeen requested by the North Caro lina advisory committee to the U.S." CivJ -Bights" In.

camng for federal and state investigations the committee said there is "serious polarization in the Greenville area of which of the white community is 1--The 'committee- said- in a re port that blacks- have charged that "police brutality-was during hundreds of Police day, the panel also put large public utilities on notice their rate increases' are, subject to rollback. Utilities with annualt revenues of $50 million or more were told to report to' the commission when tney ask lor increases trom state regulatory bodies. Even if a regulatory agency approves an increase, the com mission said it ''reserves the right to reduce the rates If nec essary." The panel said utility rates would oe eyed carefully for flationary trendsr- though -e pansion to meet future power and service needs would be In other the com' mission for the first time de nied a price increase on grounds that a firm's profits have been too high to allow it Though Oscar Meyer Co. had asked approval of a modest 1.31 per cent price rise, the com. mission said when compared with the base jieriod, the company's pre-pnee-freeze profit margins were sufficient to cov er added productivity costs, But productivity Ttosts-lor Ford, the commission were sufficient to permit an crease.

The company had origi nally asked an okay for a 2 per ceht hike, but upped the figure to 4.4 per cent before the com mission "acted." 4a Among the mother, auto mafc ers, American Motors nas won approval of a 2.5 per cent increase and Chrysler a 4.5 per cent hike'. Chrysler said, how ever, it would raise prices only 3 per cent. The commission nas yet to oe heard from on a 3 per cent price increase proposed by General Motors, the nation's largest car maker. Meanwhile, these other economic developments: Pay Board Chairman George H. Boldt telegraphed congratulations to two Cincin nati union locals for turning down pay Increases they were to receive Dec.

"The patriotic self-restraintTdisplayed in fire of undetermined origin; r45-year-old migrant worker. Jodie Tucker, was alone in of Wilson at the time of Police report they have with1 performing an illegal Shutdoivhs serves to meet winter demands. However, the FPC report added, some areas face possible shortages mainly due to recent -coal strike which, left supplies at 60 electric power plants "critically low." i But Weinhold said the current levels are the same as they were a year ago, when there was no strike. Residual fuel oil used exten sively by major, northeastern industries and power plants should be available this winter. 1 in ample supply, Weinhold said.

Temporary import quotas for home heating oil have been made permanent at the barrel-a-day level, he said, and See FUEL Page A PRICES Page 0netsrm is: 6. aurpe with the governor Dernancled when he says that is wrong'-speciaIly when black, -students cannot receive justice vha' County Board of Elections' and the only black member of the study group. L. Hepler of Wallace, a farmer and businessman and chairman of the Duplin County Board of Elections. State.

Rep. J. Worth Gentry, see ntOTT Page JWl 62 Are Arrested i- in Demonstration GREENVILLE, N.C. '(AP)- Another demonstration protest ing, tne death of a black last' summer has resulted the! arrest of 62! persons, most of them i black and hearly half juvenilis. The: arrests Monday brought to more than 800 the number of demonstrators arrested since last August, All 62 were accused pafjadingx without" a permit.

4, The continuing issae has cen tered on Hisihway Patrolman Billy. Day, who shot and killed farm -worker William after arresting him on charges of public, drunkenness. A coroner jury has cleared Day of criminal intent and Gov Bob Scott has not acceded Pto black demands that he be fired. The protestors have claimed that Murphy Was shot while his hands were handcuffed behind however." testified that the laborer attacked him after the A Pitt County jail spokesman said Monday night that all 62 defendants, including 19 girls and 9 boys ranging in age from 9 to 12, had been-released- on bond or to the custody of their parents. from wnite wwt commented.

1We will expose -and show who are-; violent in the public school systems," -said Bobby I Tnnoc HiTvrw of ithe' state Ayderi's arrests which have Jbeen ttiade -in the area. vMost of the arrests "during demonstrations after the slaying of- a black, Jarm laborer by a. highway patrolman Findings and recommendations' of the committee, grew out' of a closed-door bearing at Greenville It heard tes-, timonyvfrom more than .50 SOnS. The committee i urged Ihe U.S.- Department of Justice to' investigate the death William. Earl who was shot Patrolman Billy Day Aug.

ft. wuuvwf r.iu.. wiiit announced that in aaai- Leonard Rawis, chairman ana president oi uaraee's ITaaI Girtrf am Trtrt anT finer uuu oyaieuui iuu.r uu- uuM, chairman of San uy oysvems wuay au- nounced their e'e i boards of directors have ap- proved in principal a proposed merger Sandy's-, into 'Hardee's. The. transaction to agreement on "several terms and conditions, to the.

establishment of a satisfactory working relationship between Hardee's and Sandy's franchisees, Rawls Both Hardee's and Sandy's are engaged in operation of fast food -hamburger restaurant chains with both franchised and company i-owned units. The principal restaurant operations of Hardee's are located in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. There are currently 320 Hardee's unite in operation, of which 125 are company owned, A total of 206 Sandy's restaurants are in "operation, primarily in the MidwesL 4 1 Inc; is a closely held torporatton witn headquarters in Kewanee, HI. Its latest 12rmonths sales are approximately $7 million, ex- Bradsfidw Takes Sowers'OldPost -RALEIGH (AP)- Raleigh realtor Charles vW. will succeed Roy Sowers as secretary of.

the new, state De partment of Natural and Eco nomic Resources. Gov. -Bob announced Bradshaw's appointment Mon day and he would be sworn in at a 9 a.m. ceremony Wednesday in the old House chamber of the State Capitol. i Sowers announced his resignation week, is ex pected to enter the race for the Democratic nomination for lieu tenant governor Bradshaw, a past president of the North Carolina Association-! of Realtors, has beeifSi mem state Board of Conservation and Development over two years and served as chairman of the board's travel and promotion committee.

1 A former member of the Raleigh City Council, Bradshaw attended the" University 1 North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University. He is a member of the UNC board of trustees. Christmas J( 25 more shopping days VlOmore mailing days 41 lor local packages 4 cards- IS todav's hearing on the campus of the University oi North Carolina at hearings will be held at 5 p.m. Wflttipsdsv in the First Congre- gational United Church of Christ In Raleigh and at 5 p.m. -Thursday uuine fu.M.ouiw"' abortion on a 16-year-old unmarried girl.

Dr. Perry 50, was accused of performing the abortion on or about Nov. 12. RALEIGH (AP) Lt, Gov." Pat Taylor's campaign for governor will be managed by former State Lindsay C. Warren it.

of Goldsboro. RALEIGH (AP)- Gov. Bob Scott announced Moh-" day the of State Rep. Chris Barker New Bern as chairman of North Carolina Drug -r -ff WASHINGTON (AP) Hargrove i has been elected a vice chairman of the retirement employment section of the White House Conference on Aging. Church of the Black in Wilmington, tHe said ill-black teachers, administrators, parents and students will be welcome to tes- Winter Fuel Shortage Scon I 0 me Pknts fiLa Fac tify.

Raromerfe reading It Tread i at It a. nu 295 Relative humidity 52 pet Wind 18 Temperature Summary Highest yesterday 6 deg. Lowest this morning 48 deg. 1 PrecipitaUoa Summary -Total for 24 hoars ending at 7 a. ffl.

Sunset today' 4:5 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:03 a.m. The moon is at perigee to- day and rises 3:23 p. m. This Week the planet Venni rides low.

the constellation Sadttarius. Venus sets tonight p. in. further south than the tun ever does. n.

IIS 1 By GAYLORD SHAW Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON '(AP) The chief White House overseer' of the 'nation's fuel supplies says some 'major industrial plants eould be forced to close down this winter because of severe natural gas shortages. Fred Wemhold. energy spe cialist for the White House Of fice of Science and Technology, said in an interview that the heating requirements of homes and such institutions as hospitals will be met. But, Weinhold said, some ma jor incustrial customers who buy gas on an or wnen-avauaoie Dasis, are going to face major curtailment. "In a cold winter, it could go! beyond that and affect some firm industrial customers" who have contracts guaranteeing delivery, he said.

1 The energy- specialist, who receives and reviews reports from other agencies and who sits on a joint board on fuel supplies, said, the nation appears to have sufficient stocks of coal and industrial and home fuel oil as winter arrives. It's with natural gas, he said, that "we're in the; tightest i. His assessment follows-, a Federal Power Commission re port Saturday that the country as a whole appears to have suf- ficient electrical power re- WAITING FOR THE VERDICT John Frazier, 25, charged witr the deaths of Victor Ohta, Santa Cruz eye(surgeon, three members of his family his secretary, waits for the judge to take. the bench in Redwood City, superior court Monday, while- tSse jury has filed box ready viilr a verdict. Mr-r the decision was guilty on five Fraor took the vc: (AP Wirephoto) Cf)'r.