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<* ' • Published In The Most Beautiful Little City On The North Carolina Coast v Volume LLill Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, July 23, 1987 Single Copies 25 Cents Looking the Other Way One aspect of the Iran-Contra hearings now hearing completion in Washington has not received t)ie attention we believe it ought to hftve been given. We are talking about the business structure used to finance the operation. , Here we have one agency of the government, the CIA, ordering up arms from another agency, the Department of Defense, at bargain basement prices, and then turning them over to another “agency,” Lake Enterprises, to be sold at enormous profits, which were then diverted to support the resistance movement in Nicaragua, i So far as we have been able to discern, nobody on the Joint Com mittee seems to question serious ly the basic nature of this setup; it is only the final step, the diver sion of profits to the Contras, that B receiving all the attention. ] But what it all amounts to is the Sale of taxpayer-owned property to raise funds to pay for secret operations, to maintain, in the words of the late William Casey, * CIA director, an organized unit ijirhich he could take off the shelf any time he needed it. Lt. Col. Oliver North, who masterminded the operation as a member of the National Security Council staff, was adamant in his testimony that he could see nothing wrong with it. His im mediate superior, Adm. John Poindexter, testified he thought it a neat idea that be didn’t nr Leaving aside statutory prohibi tions of aid to the Contras, of the exporting of arms to the Iranians and all the lies told in an effort to cover up the operation, it is still important that somebody, somewhere address the policy of selling government assets to maintain covert operations. If the CIA can do it, so can the Department of Interior, the Department of Agriculture or almost any other depjitment of the federal government, thus rais ing and appropriating money without going through Congress. What's to keep the Department of Ulterior, for example, from selling drilling rights on the North Slope or timber rights in some of the na tional parks and using the money to support some cause deemed no ble by the appropriate people? Or the Department of Agriculture from selling off government Continued On Page 4 Teenager Dies * In Accident A teenager who would have celebrated his seventeenth birth day Tuesday drowned Sunday during a family reunion near Snug Harbor. Jake Wilson Hobbs, Box 371-A, Hobbeviile, was pronounced dead of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie C. Hobbs of the same address. According to Dr. Ite^ert E. Heavy Rains, Prolonged Heat Cause Reappearance Of Algae By JEANETTE WHITE Owners of property adjoining Albemarle waters are facing th< unpleasant affects of the firs significant algae blown since I960 Capt. Alfred Howard; USI' (Ret.) of Arrowhead Bead), sait the first blooms there wer< noticable about two weeks age and now are accompanied by the smell of "dead fish”. On the algal index, an instru ment used to measure density Howard said the green growth is registering seven to eight on i scale of 10. Ernest Knighton of Unitec Piece Dye Works said he had seei a green growth on Edenton Baj adjacent to ms nome on mount ; Street, but he would not call it : algae yet. ‘ ‘But here at the plant it’s terri ble,” Knighton said. “It’s as green as grass.” The plant is located on I Chowan River at the Rocky Hock community. i Knighton said he had been ex : pecting the problem this year. “Everything is just right for an algae bloom,” he said. Heavy spring rains and a i lenghty time of hot weather com bined to unleash conditions that promote the dreaded bloom in ! area waterways. Howard said released flood waters traveling down Roanoke : BK& TROUBLED WATERS—Wynn Hampton of Arrowhead Beach holds a jar of water from Chowan River. The cloudy water shows just how quickly algae is getting a stranglehold on the nutrient sensitive river and its marine life. Water experts say unless the area gets heavy rain fall or cooler weather, the problem will worsen. uiuuais ui Hiucuuiu puui tu get rid of junkyards and abandoned vehicles inside town limits by get ting tougher on enforcing the zon ing ordiance. City fathers are requesting pro perty owners to remove all junkyards and abandoned vehicles within 30 days. If proper ty owners do not comply, the town will take action against offenders. By definition, the town or dinance says a junkyard is the “use of property for indoor and • /v v^uitiiuck. uusniess will come into the county and remove junk ed vehicles at no cost to owners. The vehicles are collected, crush ed and taken to Virginia to be sold for scrap metal. Residents who are interested in the service should call the town manager's office at 482-2155. Failure to comply with the town’s request will bring a $50 per day fine after 72-hour notice. River to Albemarle Sound slows normal flow that flushes nutrients into the sound. The slimy growth has been spot ted in Chowan River, Edenton Bay and the lower Perquimans River. Blooms have also been reported in the Neuse River. Howard said no fish kills had been reported around Arrowhead Beach, but as the algae caused stress for marine life, fish could be seen jumping from the water to get oxygen in late afternoon. When rains wash nutrients into the waterways, hot weather causes nutrients to sit on the lower part of the water. The algae begins to grow and causes solid matting on some parts of water’s surface and streaking in other areas. The next phase of development comes when the algae blooms and begins to turn blue, coveming parts of the water with a blue foam. As the blue-green algae begins to die, the foam looks white and the next cycle begins. At United Piece Dye Works, the bloom causes other problems when algael water deposits a green dye on drying cloth. If this happens, the plant must strip the cloth of color after the water supp ly is switched from the river to the county’s lines. Wynn Hampton of Arrowhead Beach, who voluntarily tests Chowan River water for state agencies, said he noticed the first algae at Holiday Island near his home while on a fishing trip June 20. Hampton said in 1986 the river had seven parts per thousand of salt in its water. This year, the ratio is two parts per thousand. “1 ‘lififlSfitleaiiarSfeofr.Con cerning the algae, I look for it to get worse,” Hampton said. He thinks the low salt is affected by both Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks being closed to the ocean and the floodwaters from the Roanoke River. Hatnpton said he also believed underwater springs in the river may be helping fish to survive. Hampton said some bream with red sore disease had been caught. The disease is believed to be Continued On Page 4 FIRST APPEARANCE—William O’Neal (left) and William Dail are escorted into the old Chowan County Courthouse Tuesday morning. O’Neal has been charged with the murder of Jeff Newsom and receiv ed a first appearance hearing. Dail is charged with shoplifting. Par tially hidden is Sheriff Fred Spruill. O'Neal Charged In Death One Chowan County man is dead and another is jailed on a first degree murder charge following a shooting incident Sun day evening at Arrowhead Beach. Charged with murder is William Clarence (Bill) O’Neal, 30, of Arrowhead Beach. Fatally injured "was Jeffrey Allen Newsom, 20, of Route 3, Edenton. According to Chowan Sheriff Fred Spruill, preliminary in vestigation shows that some peo ple had gathered at the O’Neal home, apparently for a cookout. As the result of an argument, it is believed that O’Neal shot Newsom in the neck with a .357 magnum pistol inside the O’Neal home. Newsom was pronounced dead at the scene by the medical examiner. Newsom was the unmarried son of Kay Cullipher Newsom and Roy Rudolph (Rudy) Newsom and lived with his parents. He was an employee of Ivey Meadows Upholstery Shop in Edenton. O’Neal is married and has one child, but Spruill said the wife and child were pot home at the time of the shooting. A first court appearance was held for O’Neal Tuesday to ascer tain that the defendant understands charges filed against him and has counsel of an at torney. The defendant was not granted privilege of bond at the appearance. Investigation of the murder is continuing by the sheriff’s depart ment and SBI. The SBI mobile crime lab was called to the scene Sunday night. uuiuwi saicui icoawvi junk including, but not limited to, scrap metal, rags, paper or other scrap materials, used lumber, salvaged house-wrecking and structural steel, materials and equipment, or for the dismantling, demolition, or abandonment of automobiles and boats or other vehicles or'machinery or part^ thereof”. An abandoned vehicle is one without a current license plate, or dilapidated and left to deteriorate. Chowan Manager Cliff Copeland recently provided a way for county residents to remove the eyesores from their property free of charge. Few Attend Public Hearing .Attendance was light Monday when the Economic Improvement Council held a public hearing to summarize a proposed anti poverty plan. Hie project, Community Ser vices Block.Grant Program, aids low income families to locate and maintain steady employment and housing that meets standard Large Crowd Attends Legion Post Tractor, Truck Pull By JACK GROVE Traffic was bumper-to-bumper Saturday evening as fans flowed into Edenton’s American Legion Post 40 for a tractor and truck pull. The crowd, estimated at 3,500, filled the bleachers and many sat on the grass along the sidelines. The event Sunday drew a crowd estimated at 1,200 to 1,500 spectators. They came to see souped-up tractors, mini-tractors and trucks pull heavy sleds down a 300 foot track, competing for $8,600 in prize money and trophies. John Yeats, president of the East Coast Tractor Pullers Assoication, said, “It’s excellent,” in reference to the track installed for the event. “The pullers have been impressed with the facilities and the hospitality shown them.” Yeats predicted, “This pull will be a third bigger next year.” He said that a competing pull in South Carolina had attracted some of the larger machines. He also com mented that the Edenton event filled a void in this area left when Roper discontinued tractor pulls there. There was no scarcity of pullers as competitiors came from South Mills, Hertford, Raleigh, Dan ville, Va. and Chowan County, among others. Leon Nixon of Chowan missed a first place in his truck class by five feet. He was edged out by na tional point champion Thomas Carneal of Tappahannac, Va. iH.y HI x, § :Ie, parked ip front of Hoke Motor Co., attracted a stream of admirers and -son (left) add WZBO radio D.J. Pat Flanagan keep both feet on the ground, a loftier view; They are, Cl. to r.) Wayne Cale, Tim Hickman and Rusty Currin. ' ■' '-■ft'' 't_;■ Cameal, who earns his livelihood in pulls, drove a 541 Chevrolet while Nixon pilots a 526 Chevrolet. Nixon called the course a “super power track, the tightest track we’ve pulled this year.” He said that the wellpacked clay sur face caused some pullers to return Continued On Page 4 Suspect Being Sought In N.Y. Pasquotank County Sheriff's Department is continuing the search for a migrant worker believed to have beaten another migrant to death this past weekend. Both men were part of a crew picking watermelons in Chowan County, but were staying near Elizabeth City in an abandoned house. Pasquotank Sheriff Davis Sawyer said it appeared that rob bery was the motive when Moises Guzman Rios of Mexico was slain. Sawyer said he believed the suspect, Leonardo A. Morgan, about 38-years-old. of El Salvador, hired a taxi in Elizabeth City to transport him to Norfolk and then caught a bus to New York. Rios was found around 8 a.m. Saturday and a machine hammer, fbought to be the murder weapon, was lying near the body. Police say the murder appears to have occurred around 13 hours prior to discovery of the body. •. . ' ' • V • V
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