Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 1

Offensive In Cambodia Picking Up Momentum Published in the Heart of the Dairying and Industrial Region of Piedmont North Carolina Statesville Record Landmark Vol 97 Statesville NC riday November 26 1971 No 282 aw KsajaassaaSiMta' iX'iiiiiiBMiimjf siy lh JE 1 1 if i Kzyffl 'UotwS? rW Thrusts At Snuol orecast SAIGON (AP) A 25000 man South Vietnamese offen sive into eastern Cambodia picked up momentum in its fifth day today with a ranger thrust into the rubber plan tation of Mimot Only light con tact was reported It marked the first time in six months that South Vietnam ese forces had swept into Mim ot a key North Vietnamese staging area for thrusts toward Saigon It is 25 miles southwest of Snuol from which South Vietnamese forces were driven in May with more than 500 cas ualties Other government troops were poised along the border apparently ready for similar thrusts into Snuol itself It appeared that North Viet namese forces from the 5th and Ifioi a 1 4Rv Ur AML 'v EASY GOING The northern end of Iredell and Alexander County received a much heavier ice accumulation snow sleet and rain than the Statesville area AAotorists were still finding the going treacherous at noon on Thursday but Billy Linney found a minibike would go almost anywhere as he traveled over the icy slopes around Linney's Mill in northern Alexander County Mooresville Youth Is Killed In Chase Alabama Crash in Suits Set NORMAN MORROW Morrow Morgan iles Brief McLean Said To Be In Error Bell Construction in Mooresville District this morning before Hal Walker of Ashe act was well es who hos told WEATHER Increasing cloudiness tonight with a chance of rain Local tem peratures for the past 24 hour period: High 47 Low 20 sale and consumption of alco holic beverages as well as the distribution of profits and other administration of these pro Third he contended declar ing part of the act uncon stitutional at the only created confusion and because of the decision is doubtful that the voters cast an informed vote on the McLean ruled in October that the mixed drink referendum was constitutional but that mixed drinks if legalized could only be sold in govern ment owned facilities The voters approved mixed drinks but a bill passed in the October special session of the General Assembly would make the vote void if deci sion is upheld The Bell Construction Co bid was low of five bids submitted Other bidders were I Wilson Building Co of Statesville Gil bert Engineering Co of States ville Culp Brothers of Gold Hill and Brown Construction Co of Boone Pegram said the bids were very close to the estimated cost and said he anticipated that the award would be made to the low bidder in the near future lie indicated that more details of the projHised develop ment would be made in coining days COLD THANKSGIVING I Somehow we wish it had been I another day We had looked forward to Thanksgiving at home with the family since last summer i It would be the first time we had seen the grandchildren since August And things had 1 been humming in the Landmark Kitchen for the past several days The leaves were about all down and the pond was clear and full making excellent con ditions for slingshot and air rifle practice or a tramp in the woods But we had not counted on the weather and several other things To begin with the weather started looking bad Wednesday afternoon but we attach too much significance to that After all a family can have fun even when the weather is bad But then about the middle of the afternoon we got a call from out in Our Dell that the power was off And out there that means everything else is off heat water and cooking We tried to call Crescent Electric but apparently every body else was trying to do the same thing for we never got through But after about an hour the power came on and the cook went to work trying to get ready for six additional people for supper Wien everything was in the oven and about half cooked the power went off again And so did the heat And so did the water We tried to stick it out with the house getting colder and colder and darker and darker inally we called the Holiday Inn and reserved rooms for our selves and our guests To get warm we went on out and checked in We went back to the house about 7 pm because that was the time we expected our guests to arrive from Athens The power was on but the furnace refused to budge We called our friend Wilbur Schrimp at Public Service Com pany and outlined our trouble He suggested that he could send a man out that evening and try to get the furnace going but we told him we had company coming that we did not want to put the children in a cold house and had already arranged rooms at the Holiday Inn Sc it 1 was agreed the gas company would send a man out early Thanksgiving morning He came and started the furnace but it would not hold that is it would run until cut off by the thermostat and then would not start up again He called in more help and they spent the entire day on it When they left at 7 pm they thought they had it going for good Meanwhile we had all checked out at the Holiday Inn and Mamaw was busy pre paring a warm Thanksgiving dinner in a cold kitchen The rest of us walked around with our sweaters and overcoats on We did have the dinner turkey and all and it was good but the dining room was colder than the kitchen We stuck it out and finished During the afternoon the men had got the furnace to running intermitently and the house was warming up some We still have electric heat in three bedrooms and they were getting pretty comfortable The children were playing in those rooms and the adults shivered through the Nebraska Oklahoma game By the time the Georgia Georgia Tech game was on the whole house was comfortable We took off our coats and sat back to enjoy what turned out to be a really good game But before it was over they were talking about ice forming on the playing field We knew exactly what they meant Our furnace had gone off again and it felt as if ice were forming in our living room We all went to bed making up for the lack of heat with an i abundance of blankets Today i looked like a replay of yes terday The men were back on the furnace and the rest of us were looking for someplace to go where it was warm We hope you all had better luck than we did on Thanks giving The turkey was not cold but the rest of us were 7th divisions who normally op erate around Mimot had pulled back 1 They had plenty of advance warning since the South Viet namese announced two days ago that Mimot and Snuol would be targets of the often sive Despite the advance an nouncement a senior South Vietnamese field commander declared: believe the North Vietnamese are trying to regroup and figure out what our targets are We expect big fighting within the next five to seven ield reports said that the en tire offensive was being con ducted with minimum US heli copter support There are no American helicopters flying South Vietnamese troops across the border but they are flying reconnaissance and gunship support The UD Command in Saigon disclosed that in the past two days American helicopters had flown 320 missions in eastern Cambodian in support of the South Vietnamese A spokes man said most of these were gunship missions There has been no significant contact since the drive began last Monday The South Viet namese have moved slowly and cautiously and are now oper ating as deep as 30 miles from their border Associated Press correspond ent Wolkerstorfer report ed from Krek that hundreds more South Vietnamese para troopers poured across the bor (See 2 Page 2 A) Harris Case Is Continued MOORESVILLE A case charging Jack Harris Statesville attorney with carelessness and negligent operation of a motor boat has been continued for eight weeks The case was scheduled to be heard Court Judge boro Judge Walker who had been called in to hear the case con tinued the hearing on a motion by the solicitor William Whittenton Jr on grounds that the private prosecutor for the state was involved in a ederal Court Hearing in Charlotte tablished that the General As sembly can by reasonable classification pass general laws which because of the classification contained thereinire nevertheless applicable to only a few he said of the more metro politan characterthere would be ample justification for the General determina tion that Mecklenburg County should be separate and apart as far as liquor regulation is concerned he added And Morgan said even if it were a local act it does not He said it is instead an exercise of the police power He said the legislature has a long history of on a very local basis the various facets of the transportation In Strike WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department said it will file suit today in 12 East and Gulf Coast port cities to force 45000 striking dock workers to return to their jobs under the Taft Hartley Act The department said the pri mary suit against the Inter national Union will be filed in a New York court But since employers re fused to be considered as a single group suits for an 80 day injunction against the strike will have to be sought in other port cities as well The other cities where suits are expected to be filed later today or on Saturday include Boston Philadelphia Alexan dria Va Baltimore Augusta Miami Mobile Houston Provi dence RI Portland Maine The name of the 12th city in which a suit will be filed was not immediately available In a letter Thursday from the Western White House in San Oemente Calif Nixon ordered Atty Gen John Mitchell to seek an injunction against the 57 day strike under provisions of the Taft Hartley Act necessary papers are being a Justice De partment spokesman said fol lowing the White House an nouncement civil division undoubtedly expected some thing like this We will be ready to move tomorrow (ri (See 1 Page 2 A) PRISON UNDER CONTROL Two wings upper left and center foreground of Rahway State Prison in New Jersey are again in control of prison officials Over 500 rebellious prisoners held the two wings of the maximum security prison for over 24 hours and held the warden and four guards as hostages The five hostages were released Thanksgiving night in return for a promise of no reprisals (AP Wirephoto) supporting the mixed drink law passed by the 1971 General As sembly Anti liquor forces who brought the original suit have filed a brief supporting contention that the law was a local private act regulating trade in violation of the 14th Amendment The Supreme Court is ex pected to hear the appeal Morgan contended that the judge erred first in overruling a motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that the plaintiffs had no standing to sue He said the group's standing as dents and did not give them standing to challenge cither the statute or election Second Morgan contended that the Mecklenburg not a local act is Largest Deficit Is Recorded WASHINGTON (AP) The United States recorded its larg est trade deficit with other countries in October since World War II the Commerce Department reported today The department said the country imported goods worth $8214 million more than it ex ported during the month That figure compared with a $2654 million surplus recorded in September Stricken Norman Morrow 55 of Perch Church Road Troutman died at 11:30 am Thursday at his home Mr Morrow owner operator of The ood Basket at Troutman was stricken by a heart attack A native of Iredell County he was born on June 18 1916 and he was a son of the late Burton McCauley and Dora Lee Perkins Morrow He had been in the produce business for 30 years and he was a member of the Statesville Moose Ixidge and the Iredell ish and Game Club Mr Morrow first operated The ood Basket on Turners burg Road in Statesville He later opened his store across from the Iredell County fair grounds the first supermarket in the Troutman area and operated both facilities About a year ago he sold the Turners burg Road store to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stikeleather Surviving are his widow the former Lois Lippard two daughters Miss Vickie Ann Morrow and Miss Penny Morrow both of the home and a sister Mrs Dorothy Menscer of Statesville Mr Morrow was a member of New Perth Associate Reformed ITesbytcrian Church in Trout man where funeral services will be conducted at 11 am Saturday with Rev Robert Sherer and Rev Gwaltney officiating Burial will follow in Iredell Memorial Park The family will receive friends at Nicholson uneral Home tonight between 7:30 and 8:30 TTicy request in lieu of flowers that memorials lie given to the New Perth ARP Church building fund Hostages Released By Rebel Prisoners RAHWAY NJ (AP) Officials are again control of Rahway State Prison after reaching a peaceful agreement with 500 rebellious inmates who held two wings of the maximum security prison for 24 hours The prisoners released their remaining five hostages on Thanksgiving night in return for a promise of no reprisals against them They also were permitted to air their griev ances to three newsmen who entered the prison Officials pledged full negotia tions on the grievances A team of eight attorneys headed by State Public Defend er Stanley Van Ness planned to meet with prisoners this morning Under the agreement the in mates were returned to their cells as fellow prisoners watched to ensure against pos sible reprisals The demands in cluded better medical care bet ter food prompter parole hear ings and an end to alleged rac ism by white officers Gov William Cahill sought the release of the tages without bloodshed newsmen relate Attica to this situation Each man that is confronted with the situation has to make the best decision under the In September 43 persons died when armed troopers and cor rections officers broke up a rebellion at Attica State Prison in upstate New York with gun fire and tear gas The Rahway hostages includ ed Samuel Vukcevich the prison superintendent He was treated at Rahway Hospital for cuts apparently caused by stab wounds and injuries to the pel vis and spine Prisoners contended that Vukcevich 43 was stabbed by a prison guard who pulled a switchblade knife when fighting began Wednesday night The prisoners released a statement purportedly signed by the su perintendent in which he said the inmates did not harm him and sought medical attention for him Two of the guards held hos tage were hospitalized with in juries that included a possible fractured arm to one Author ities said the injuries were not serious The prisoners originally took seven men hostage One was released Wednesday one '1 hursday afternoon a third be fore newsmen were permitted to enter the prison and the re maining four just before the meeting with newsmen ended The unwalled shaped pris on houses 1143 iiunates 75 per cent of them black in its four wings The rebellious prisoners seized control of two wings aft er a movie in the prison audito rium One prisoner Clifton Bran don said the rioting in the au ditoriinn intensified when Vuk ccvich tried to take tough guy to restore order SALISBURY Thomas Wayne McKay 17 of 219 West Pressley Ave Mooresville died early today when the car he was operating as he was being pursued by the Salisbury Police wrecked Salisbury Police Chief David Shuler said that a car was observed traveling at a high rate of speed through the downtown section of Salisbury Two patrolmen Brown Jr and Norman attempted to stop the vehicle pulling alongside it several times The car continued north bound running several red lights according to Chief Shuler and was exceeding 100 miles per hour at about the time it went off the right side of the road striking a utility pole crashing into a brick wall and overturning in a yard Chief Shuler said that McKay was the operator of the car Two other Mooresville youths were in the car but were not seriously injured Ricky Dwight Shumaker 14 of 303 Bruce St in Mooresville was treated and released at Rowan Memorial Hospital Paul Milton outs 17 of Mooresville was admitted to the hospital for observation Thomas Wayne McKay was born Nov 15 1954 in Iredell County son of Mr and Mrs Thomas isher (Bill) McKay who survives Surviving in addition to his parents are one sister Mrs David Coren of Mooresville one brother Gary Eugene McKay of the home the paternal grandmother Mrs Macy McKay of Mooresville and the paternal grandparent Col McKay of Denver Col The funeral will be conducted Sunday at 3 at Cavin uneral Home Chapel with the Rev Paul Simpson officiating Burial will be in Glenwood Memorial Park Cemetery The body will be taken at 4 Saturday to the home of the grandmother at 730 Main St Mooresville atal To Couple Record Landmark Bureau MOORESVILLE Word has been received here of the death of Mrs Marie Lapish McKnight Irby and her husband (Bill) Irby in an automobile accident Wednesday near Sylacauga Ala Mrs Irby was the widow of Tom McKnight publisher of the Mooresville Tribune who died Dec 13 1968 Irby was vice president and public relations director of Avondale Mills and past presi dent of the Industrial Editors Society of America Mr and Mrs Irby were killed about 12 miles south of Sylacauga Ala where they made their home They were en route to Eufola Ala where Irby had been called due to the critical illness of his mother who died on Wednesday also Police officials at Sylacauga reported that two Negroes in a 1960 Chevrolet pulled out to pass a truck on the highway and hit the Irby vehicle a 1970 Toyota driven by Mrs Irby head on in the accident The Irby couple was killed instantly The oc cupants of the other vehicle both from Dothan Ala were hospitalized The fatalities occurred around 11 am Wednesday Mrs Irby was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church of Statesville and was active in the garden club and community affairs in Troutman before she moved to Alabama Mr Irby is survived by one son David Irby of Marietta Ga Mrs Irby is survived by an adopted daughter Cathy McKnight a student at Jackson State College in Jackson Ala hermother Mrs CB Owens of Troutman and a brother Grant lapish of Troutman uneral services for Mr and 1 Mrs Irby were scheduled today in Sylacauga Ala Submits Low Bid Bell Construction Co of Statesville was low bidder for grading and site improvement for a proposed shopping center on Broad St The bid opening was held Wednesday by Adams and Pegram the architects for the project Tom Pegram said the low bid was $208465 which includes the grading curbing and guttering and drainage and some elec tricalconduits and lighting The site covers some 22 acres of land Judge RALEIGH (AP) Atty Gen Robert Morgan says a superior court decision ruling parts of the Mecklenburg County iiquor by the drink law uncon stitutional in jected the courts into a very political decision to be made by the of the county In a brief filed with the North Carolina Supreme Court Mor gan said that Superior Court Judge Melman erred declaring the statute uncon stitutional and in ruling on the merits prior to the Morgan's brief filed Nov 12 is one of several filed in sup port of an appeal of decision The Mecklenburg county government the county Board of Elections and the lo cal Alcoholic Beverage Control Board have also filed briefs JAW Kffei fi I.