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ALLEN GUNTER
Editor
George Busbee
When it comes to making a
decison in the Georgia gover
nor’s race this year, the choice
should come naturally.
Loud mouth Macon mayor
Konnie Thompson is probably
the best reason that voters
should elect GEORGE
GUSBEE as the next Georgia
governor. But while almost
anyone would look good against
tricky Thompson, there are
other reasons that Busbee is the
only real choice.
In 18 years in the Georgia
House, the Albany Democrat
rose *n bo majority leader and
worked hard behind the scenes
to promote solid legislative
items. Last year, Busbee
turned away from a good op
portunity to become House
Newt for Congress
Sixth district voters will put
new and needed energy into
their congressional represent
ation if they elect NEWT
GINGRICH as their next
congressman.
Gingrich, a Carrollton citizen
and history professor at West
Georgia, is making his first bid
for elective office with a lively
and promising campaign. He
faces John J. Flynt of Griffin, a
time-worn and seldom seen
incumbent, who apparently
visits his district only around
election day. Gingrich, an
energetic and intelligent
Republican, is a sharp contrast
to the lethargic and apathetic
Democrat opponent.
Gingrich knows about the
problems of sixth district
residents. He knows about
environment problems, about
economic problems and about
problems in education.
Gingrich has been active in
Next Monday, members of
the Carrollton city council are
due to decide the much talked
Harmony
Everything about Tuesday
night’s concert proved to us that
the student government
association and the ad
ministration could make music
if they worked in harmony.
Good vibes came from both
groups oi leaders and the
students present.
Although many students
remarked disfavorablv about
the rules regarding mandatory
abstinence, the crowd seemed
fairly happy less the beer and
pot which usually accompanies
concerts.
.And even though the sponsors
of the concert, the Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity brothers,
probably didn't make as much
money as they would have
liked, we think the concert was
a success
Over SK ;) smiling faces
couldn't have been wrong.
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Speaker and choose instead to
run for governor.
Those 18 years in the House
have given him a reputation of
experience, and illustrate his
competence and ability. More
than that, Busbee s experience
will give him the best op
portunity as governor to strike a
good working relationship in the
General Assembly.
On the other hand,
Republican candidate Thomp
son has earned his reputation
through ballyhoo, rash
decisions, statements, and
party splitting tactics.
Is there any real decision to
make in the governor’s race?
We hardly think so GEORGE
BUSBEE should be the natural
choice.
environmental affairs. Asa
teacher he knows that education
is one of the largest “in
dustries” in the sixth district.
And he knows that once-a-year,
election day speeches will not
solve the economic worries of
constituents.
Gingrich has promised to
remain in constant touch with
voters and listen to them
throughout his term That’s a
refreshing return to true
representation that’s been
lacking during Flynt’s tenure.
It’s time people in Georgia's
sixth congressional district had
a representative who will listen
to his constituents throughout
the term and not just around
election day. We believe Newt
Gingrich will make good his
promise to provide just that
kind of representation.
We endorse our neighbor and
former teacher, NEWT
GINGRICH, for congress.
Beer Law
about issue of legalizing on
premises consumption of beer
and wine. It’s time this law be
approved.
There has been opposition
from a well meaning but
misinformed group saying that
legalized pouring of beer will
turn Carrollton into a “sin
city." We think that’s rubbish.
The law will simply do away
with the “brown-bagging” that
occurs in Carrollton anyway.
We agree with city manager
William Traylor who said, “it’s
time we quit being hypocrites.”
Those who claim the law is
merely condescending to the
college crowd are also wrong.
The law will mean more
revenue and taxes for all of
Carrollton. While students have
been vocal about such a law in
the past, there are plenty of
other townspeople who also
want the law passed. We en
courage the city council to do
just that.
Council approval of the
pouring issue will be a step
forward for Carrollton.
CAREY SMITH
Managing
Editor
Carey Smith
Give A Hand To Heritage
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Tuesday Georgians will once
again be asked to go to the polls
and vote. This means that those
who do vote will wait in line, try
lo find an parking place, hassle
with making decisions, and
sacrifice ten or twenty minutes
or so to cast their ballot.
What a pity it is that this is the attitude of so
many people. So many think of voting as
drudgery, a sacrifice, a “ real display of
dauntless patriotism."
After all, there are those who have not always
had the right to vote. The woman’s right to vote
was not easily gained and it should not be easily
forgotten.
The history of women's sufferage goes back a
long time All the way back to 1776 when Abigal
Adams asked her husband to consider women's
rights. In that day and time, a woman lost her
right to inherit money, sign a contract, or sue
someone, the day she married. John paid little
attention to his wife, and it wasn’t until 1869 that
women won any sufferage. The sparsely
populated Wyoming Territory granted women
sufferage in that year
The uphill struggle to vote was only beginning.
In 1868, over 170 New Jersey women were denied
the right to vote in a presidential election after
WASHINGTON - Pen
tagon strategists are quietly
formulating plans that could
conceivably drag the United
States into an African racial
war. Here are the inside
details:
Most of the oil consumed
by the West is shipped in
tankers which steam through
the Indian Ocean and around
South Africa’s Cape of Good
Hope. The Soviet Union has
been building up its fleet in
the Indian Ocean and defense
planners now believe the
Kremlin could easily disrupt
the tanker traffic.
Thus, the United States, in
concert with its NATO allies,
is proposing to defend the
“Cape Route’’ from the
alleged Russian threat. Such
plans would undoubtedly re
quire the cooperation of
white-ruled South Africa.
NATO officials admitted
several months ago that
“contingency plans" were
being drawn up. Recent re
ports from South Africa,
furthermore, tell of naval
visits by the British and
French. And U.S. officials
are reportedly discussing
plans to use South African
port facilities.
Once military cooperation
is established. NATO could
eventually be drawn into
South Africa’s escalating
racial squabbles with its
black neighbors.
There is a strong
possibility, however, that the
"Cape Route" issue is a bogus
one. A recent United Nations
report, classified confiden
tial, traces the controversy
back to conservative NATO
officials who for years have
been looking for an excuse to
include South Africa in the
western defense system.
The U N. document, com
piled by consultant Sean Ger
vasi, concluded: "The debate
about the Cape Route ... is ac
tually a smokescreen for hid
Jack Anderson
Pentagon Drafts
| Race War Plans
ing the real motives of those
who organized it."
A secret U.S. foreign policy
document on Southern
Africa. National Security
Study Memorandum 39,
bluntly acknowledges that
South Africa “hopes to use the
small but persistent Soviet
naval presence in the Indian
Ocean as a basis for some sort
of collaboration with the U.S.
... with resultant increased
U.S. naval presence in the
area and use of South African
ports."
Finally, there is the
testimony of no less an
authority than Central In
telligence Agency Director
William Colby. In a closed
door session with a congres
sional committee two months
ago, he described the Soviet
presence in the Indian Ocean
as "relatively small and inac
tive."
There was little chance,
Colby added, that the Rus
sians would increase the size
of their fleet in those waters
unless the United States did it
first.
No Deal: Perhaps some
times investigative reporters
should give the public a re
port on a scandal they have
failed to find.
We have been bombarded
with inquiries, for example,
about Richard Nixon’s presi
dential pardon. Many
suspicious Americans refuse
to believe President Ford’s
explanation before the House
Judiciary Committee that he
thought the pardon would
close the book on Watergate.
They suspect there must
have been a deal between
Nixon and Ford.
For several weeks, we
have been searching for evi
dence of such a deal. We
have questioned trusted
sources who are close to both
Nixon and Ford. One source
was actually present at San
Clemente during the discus-
much dispute. And that story was repeated
countless times.
Finally in 1920, the nineteenth ammendment
passed Women were granted the right to vote,
but this was only after the humble beginnings of
women’s sufferage 144 years prior.
I have been able to vote for nearly a year now.
My grandmother told me,though, that she was
not always that lucky. She lived through pre
sufferage time.
Although she said a lot of women voted the way
their husbands told them to, there were those
who made up their own minds, and for these she
said the right to vote was well worth efforts
made by such sufferage frontrunners as
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
On Tuesday everyone will be given the chance
to vote who registered This is an honor not to be
passed by just because it’s hard to park, or it
might be raining
What if we couldn't vote’’ What if the people
were not given a chance to choose leaders and
laws’’
And what if women had not been able to make
their mark in government? This country would
have been lacking the great leadership qualities
exhibited by women like Shirley Chisolm or
Shirley Temple Black, or Elizabeth Duncan
Koontz.
sions that led to the pardon.
But if there was an ad
vance agreement between
Nixon and Ford, we have
found no evidence of it. We
haven't uncovered one docu
ment. we haven't located one
witness, w'lth information
about a Nixon-Ford deal.
In the absence of any evi
dence to the contrary. w r e
will accept President Ford’s
word that he pardoned
Richard Nixon because he
thought it was the right thing
to do. We question Ford’s
judgment, but we have no
reason to question his in
tegrity.
Nato Communists? Secret
intelligence reports warn
that two Western nations,
both members of the Atlantic
Alliance, are in danger of a
Communist takeover. They
are Italy and Portugal.
Italy is already at the brink
of economic collapse. The
Communist party is emerg
ing as the country’s
strongest, most disciplined
political group.
Intelligence reports note
that the Communists are also
highly sophisticated. They
have toned down the inflam
matory propaganda of the
past and are proposing in
stead a foreign policy that
would be neither anti-Ameri
can nor anti-Soviet.
The intelligence reports
predict that the Communists
will begin to share power
with the ruling Christian
Democrats and then will
gradually increase their
power.
In Portugal, the Com
munists have come out of hid
ing as the best organized,
most powerful political fac
tion in the country. Already
they are moving into position
of power in the new govern
ment.