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On, You Huskies! End To State Tobacco Tax Is Urged During i M. i tobacco growers and ware- lousemen told the state Tobacco Tax Study Commission. Monday hey had one recurring dream that the state tobacco tax vould go up in smoke. Rep. William C.

Wampler, R- expressed the consensus his way: "It seems to me that this tax is discriminatory." He called tobacco the leading Industry in Southwest Virginia and noted "there are 12,000 growers Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brulport of JoJa, mush through the snow with the dog team they plan to enter in the national races to be held in St. Paul, soon. The Brulports raised the Siberian huskies.

(NBA Telephoto) Virginia News In Brief WASHINGTON posals for state W) Pro- election law reforms in Virginia were presented by two Republican leaders Monday to assistant Atty. Gen. John Doar, who heads the Justice Department's civil rights division. State Sen. James C.

Turk and Del. M. Caldwell Butler, who conferred for an hour with Doar, said they came away with the impression that the Justice Department is sympathetic to their objectives. "Our aim is to get more people in Virginia to register and vote," Turk told a newsman. He and Butler both said reform of Virginia's election laws is "long overdue" and "badly needed." They said that in their discus sion with Doar they agreed that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would be no hindrance to election law reforms.

Butler said there is no immediate prospect for Virginia to get out from under restrictions of the Voting Rights Act. "We've got to live with it and reform our election laws," he said. The way to proceed toward reform, Turk and Butler agreed, is to have Virginia Gov. Mills E. Godwin, Jr.

take the initiative. The Republican reform plan includes passage of a law calling for statewide use of simple, uniform voter tion forms, a proposal already rejected by Godwin and other Democratic leaders. Turk and Butler said Doar remarked that most other states do use such forms, as do federal registrars. They said they did not discuss with Doar the details of the plan such as required signing of the form by the voting applicant. Virgimia Democrats have maintained that required signing of the form by the applicant would have to be ruled out, since the voting rights act forbids state enactment of any kind of literacy lest.

receive a salary as an employe of a member of the House. unless such employe actually works in and performs duties Abbitt said in a statement accompanying his bill. The measure would make a false certification a felony punishable by imprisonment, a fine, or both, and prohibits the payment of any salary until an em- ploye certifies he is working for a House member at one of the permissible locations. trol approach is to reduce sur pluses by stopping self defeating race for highe yields among farmers. Acreage allotments were cu The Register: Feb.

14, 1967 3-A (AP) Dozens in the Ninlh District alone. The hearing, before the commission headed by Del. W. C. Daniel of Danville, is one of several to determine the effect of the tax on the state's tobacco industry.

Daniel said the tax started in 1960 a.s a temporary three-cent levy on cigarettes that now seems to be permanent. About 60 persons attending the one day public hearing Washington County denounce Iheiaddctl, "I want to help Ihcibacco tax in recent months. farmers, hut I don't want loJ' as December, tho commission I was told the should tax as "unjust." Johnson said he wotild be for removal of the lax if I was He said most aro.i residents its assured the profits would go apparently hoped the tobacco back to the farmers and not to 1 tax would end when the new 3 big industry. "1 got my education cent state sales tax the from I law Jast year. duccd to ''I think tho reason At that time, the Tobacco Tax Council told the commission in money provided by tobacco sales," he said.

Del. Orby L. Cantrell of'iis because tobacco is consiY- Pound said lie was in "full Sym- era! a luxury," Cantrell said. complclcly two years Ine commissi finding to Gov. (i ih orhvin and the.

the one day public hearing pathy" with tobacco fanners on The hearing brought forth tie 068 T'n" heard Del. Joseph Johnson of line tax situation. However, he i second onslaught againsuhe to Brown Says World Very Near To Nuclear Ban Treaty LONDON (API Foreign uv's pastern frnntW LONDON (AP) Foreign Secretary George Brown. Monday forecast an early global treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weapons and hinted at a possible breakthrough to solve delicate problem of Germa- Virginia's Mental Work Rapped While Handicapped Program Is Lauded RICHMOND federal official praised Virginia's efforts to rehabilitate the physically 15 per cent for 1966 but nationali andicapped Monday, but gave the state failme eradns on simi- WASHINGTON The manager of a branch bank told police Monday he had been abducted and forced to turn $16,000 over to a man who told him his wife and children were being held as hostages. The family of John F.

Williams, 31, was not held as hostages at any time, police said they later determined. Police said Williams reported he was met outside his apartment at Suitland, as he 1 left for work by a man carrying a weapon, which has not 1 been further identified. He was ordered into his own car and told to drive to the bank, the Naval Research Laboratory branch of the National Bank of Washington, Williams said. The bank manager said the man, a Negro male about 30, had told him another man would hold his wife and two daughters hostage to make sure he followed directions. At the batik, Williams said, his abductor remained in the car while he entered, opened the safe and took out the money.

Williams told police his abductor let him out near a service station at Newington, from where he telephoned police. The car was found a short distance away. production was down only 6 per cent. Producers' sales on Virginia markets brought an average price of $67.11 per 100 pounds as against 567.85 a year ago, according to the crop reporting service. Sales totaled 21,058,521 pounds compared with the previous year's 22,239,298.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) Edmond Howell, 49, of Radford, was found dead behind a house in a field here the state failing grades on similar programs for mental patients. Miss Mary E. Switzer, com missioner of the Vocational Re habilitation. Administration sak Virginia "is in the bottom 15 per cent of the states, so far as re habilitation of mental patients is concerned." Miss Switzer was in Richmond on an unofficial visit, although she conferred briefly with Gov Godwin Monday morning, anc later toured the state's vocational rehabilitation headquarters.

She told a Richmond News Leader reporter that Virginia is using only $6.7 million of its $10 uy's eastern frontier. These disclosures by the foreign secretary, fresh from days of talks with. Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, were made at a news conference in the presence of Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Brown said: world is very near a nuclear ban treaty.

British government is "in a way" moving toward rcc- gnition of the Oder-Niesse Riv- line as the final frontier be- ween Germany and Poland. "I think the world is very near to conclusion of a nonproliferation treaty, acceptable powers," Brown said. He added significantly that he thought he terms would suit the non- nuclear powers, such as West Germany. "So far as West Germany is concerned, the arrangements we have made inside NATO for about planning wiL last weekend, police said Mon- million federal allotment for vo WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Wat-kins M.

Abbitt, urged the House Monday to take action to tighten its control over its payroll practices to assure the public that "things are in order." Abbitt made his remarks in re-introducing a bill he had of fered late last fall. He said the measure is needed lo "clarify" the House's payroll practices. "It is apparent from recent disclosures that the law dealing with congressional employes' pay is so loosely drawn that it is not clear who has the duty and obligation of seeing that an employe actually performs services for the congressman before receiving pay," Abbitt said. Abbitt's bill would require an employe of the House to certifj that he is working in an office of a congressman either in the District of Columbia or in the congressman's home district or state. day.

He apparently had been dead for several days. Death may have been due to exposure, officers said, but an nvestigation is being made. Howell had been released from a Veterans Administration Hos- )ital here Dec. 10. Howell is survived by a daugh- er, two brothers and two sisters- RICHMOND (AP) Richmond Henrico Del.

Edward E. Lane indicated Monday he wili seek re election to the House of Delegates this year by the reverse process of announcing he will not run for the State Senate. There had been speculation that Lane might go after the Senate seat to be vacated by the retirement of Richmond Sen. FitzGerald Bemiss. No one has yet announced for Bemiss seat.

Lane has been in the House for 13 years and is the sixth- ranking of 17 members of the House Appropriations Committee and chairman of the House Welfare Committee. He also is on the governor's budget advisory board. "I feel that should I become a candidate again, at this time it should be for re-election to the House," he said in a statement. RICHMOND (AP) Sales of 1966-crop hurley tobacco on Vir ginia markets were 5 per cen smaller and prices were lower than in the previous season, the Virginia Crop Reporting Service said Monday. A mail ballot referendum is scheduled Feb.

27-March 3 for CAMP PICKETT nation's second highest military award, the Distinguished Serv- ce Cross, was presented post- lumously here Monday to Army Staff Sgt. Lloyd Fields who was killed last spring in Vietnam. Fields' parents, Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Fields Sr. of Rt.

1, Blackstone, received the award from Maj. Gen. V. J. MacLaughlin, commanding general of Ft.

Lee, in ceremonies here. Sgt. Fields was killed by a sniper's bullet April 13, 1966, while leading a scouting party iu clearing a road. He was cited for heroism in personally assaulting and wiping out a machine gun. nest that threatened the scouting party.

A sniper shot him. as he led the party forward- The present law requires growers to say whether employes be assigned at these they want to switch from acre- places but there is no assurance an employe actually is "working." "My purpose is to rectify this by providing that no one shall age only controls to an acreage poundage program such as that used for flue-cured tobacco. Aim of the combination con- LEXINGTON" (AP) Washington and Lee University starts its annual four-day "Contact" series Wednesday, described as a symposium on public issues. The symposium features such diverse public figures as author Tom. Wolfe, who wrote the best selling "Kandy-Kolored Orange Flake Streamlined Baby," former Alabama attorney general Richmond Flowers, and James Farmer, former director of the Congress for Racial Equality.

Also on tap for the symposium are protest singer Phil Ochs anc a pair of "underground movies," described by some above-ground viewers as avant garde films that cither protest various things or cause sleep. LEBANON continued investigating Monday the shooting death of Thomas Gordon Munsty, 37, whose body was found Sunday lying alongside U.S. 58 near the border of Scott and Russell counties. Munscy, of Lebanon, had been shot three times in the head, po lice said. He worked as a con ductor for the Norfolk Western railroad.

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sorted- in in Bonn lhal' lias il as a fact. i a Lulled Slates have contended the final boundaries are to a peace treaty. mand West German member 1 vorci ship in the nuclear club and who lm "ilc In West Germany, for the sec-1 A ond lime in four days, 10 1 0311 CI IUJ1UCU pcrs published a. purported lhc a llesed leak may have been cct planted by elements who de-j --iiv- i Kcporls Record Sales want to torpedo the treaty. Brown did not n.mic the nu- of the countries of Western Europe," Brown 4 In Western Germany the thought the eastern fro.m'cr alwav! clear powers he GREENSBORO Conejf.f«rncnt on a draft treaty jtfccfin u-hfTthc issuc'ofGernnn K.lcarlv Franrn lima VJI.MIMII Mills sales for 1966 reported have lo hc consuUc(l and and its highest have argued for a ban net earnings in more than a decade.

Sales were up 330,156,832 above 1065 sales of all nuclear weapons before proliferation could be approached. Brown and Wilson may know more about Bonn's attitude The textile chain's net come rose to $12,478,675, up over 1965 earnings of $9,633,747. Earnings per share were $3.58 for 1966 or 87 cents per share above the 1965 figure of $2.71. when they fly there Tuesday, primarily to take up the issue of membership in. the jLuropcan Common Market.

The Oder-Nicsse line has been. Germany's eastern frontier' since World War II. The Poles, the Czechs, the East Germans and above all the Russians have Sukarno Has Refused To Step Down But May Leave Before Showdown cational rehabilitation. Federal funds are granted on a basis of three federal dollars or every state dollar and "the isn't paying in enough, 1 she said- "I'd say this is be cause of Virginia's inherent con servatism, its lack of leadership and its lack of public understauc ng-' The state's rehabilitalion for physically handicapped persons kind words from Miss Switzer, however. "The quality of the program a this sphere is outstanding," she said.

Miss Switzer said that although the state leaves much to be desired in the treatment of mentally handicapped persons, Virginia is a leader in the number of patients treated on an over-all basis. "The national average is treatment of 78 mentally and physically handicapped patients per 100,000 persons," she said "Virginia treats 108 per 100,000, making the state 15th from the top. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Military leaders have failed to get President Sukarno to step down, but he may leave the country 'before a showdown with Congress in March, informed sources said Monday. Sukarno was said to have offered Friday to yield temporarily -what powers he has left to Gen. Suharto, Indonesia's strong man, but the leaders of the armed forces turned down the offer.

Heads of Congress released a tough questionnaire they expected Sukarno to answer. The questions demand that Sukarno explain his actions during the attempted Communist coup Oct. 1, 1965. Witnesses at military trials of coup leaders have testified he supported the Commu- ists. Informants plans to leave Indonesia near! the end of the month, before Congress meets.

They reported he plans to go first to Japan, where his Japanese wife Ratna Sari Dewi is expecting their first child soon. Sukarno has refused to discuss his plans. In rejecting Sukarno's offer, the armed forces commanders said it was up to Congress to decide Sukarno's fate, the sources said. Congress is expected to remove Sukarno's authority and investigate him in connection with Communist par ty links. The disclosures of the talks between military leaders and Sukarno came following three She said the slate is making headway in treatment of handicapped persons, thanks to increased public acceptance of the handicapped.

Carl) on Monoxide Ruled As Cause Of Five Deaths ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Coroner Russell Williams said Monday carbon monoxide from auto exhaust systems killed five persons in three days in Nash County. Williams, who ruled all the deaths accidental, said persons died from carbon Saturday monoxide three night after their car got stuck on the edge of a field. They were identified as Oliv er E.

Lewis, 30, Charlie E. Svant, 42, and Bettie Florence Avent, 41, all of Rt. 3 Rocky Mount. They were not related, Williams said, but lived in separate tenant houses on a farm owned by J. T.

Coley. Last Thursday night, Bland Twisdale, 28. who operated a service station near Rocky Mount, and Leon Fenner, 30, an attendant at the station, were found dead in a car in the wash pit of Twisdale's sta- Ition. BEDFORD (AP) Further steps are going to be taken in opposition to Bedford County's i school integration set-up, a 1 spokesman for a group of coun- jty residents said Monday, At the same time, several Bedford countians called for the resignation of Thomas Frazier, superintendent. A pledge to fight against integrated schools and have the 1 i county return to the so called pfreedom of choice" plan was 1 by the Rev, H.

L. (president of the Citizens for! Better Government in Bedford! I He was the chief 'as approximately 100 persons appeared at a Bedford County i of Supervisors meeting. i During the meeting, a man ifrom the audience yelled that he jwas making a motion that iFrazier be asked to resign. others shouted agree- iment- Faces Trial NAME ADDRESS HI Many seemed to blame Fraz Hjier for integration of the schools. TELEPHONE NO Cooper criticized a survey crkin r- i i Dcin 2 made by the county school SEND: Informed Representative board.

He said the questions were "loaded," that all parents weren't being surveyed. Abdul Haris Nasution, Congress chairman, says Achmtd Sukarno (above), president of Indonesia, soon will be removed from office and tried for treason because of "proof positive" that Sukarno helped lead the 1965 abortive Communist, coup attempt. said Sukarno Fed-Mon- still commands a wide following in Indonesia. The list of questions released by congressional leaders included a demand to know why Su- karno went to the headquarters of the Communist coup leaders after the attempt. The Congress statement also accused Sukarno of perjuring himself and turning over contradictory testimony to Congress.

It also asked why Su- karno received a coup leader, Brig. Gen. Supardjo, on the morning of the coup attempt. The commander of Indonesia's most powerful army division, the SiJiwangi, JHaj. Gen.

H.R. Dharsono, said Sukarno was DO longer acceptable as Power Kale Cul Okayed WASHINGTON oral Power Commission authorized the Carolina Power Light Co. to cut by 5 per cent its rates to 2:1 mil- mcipal and two private electric distribution systems. The reduction was estimated at $362,897 a year. The commission said 21 of the bcnefitting municipalities aro in North Carolina and two in South Carolina.

The private, utilities operate in Laurel Hill and Pinehurst, both in North Carolina. The rale for these 25 customers is the same as that previously accepted by the commission last December for service to the city of Fayetts- ville, N.C. Both the new reduction to tho 25 customers and the Fayelte- ville reduction are effective as of last Dec. 1. days oC-conferences between head of the nation, Antara news Suharto and the armed forces commanders.

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