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By Quimby Meltoa
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As Good Evening read the re
port on the State of the State ad
dress delivered this morning
by Governor Carl Sanders be
fore a joint session of the Geor
gia General Assembly, couldn’t
help but think "Like Griffin,
Like Georgia!” For just as Grif
fin is On The Go — so is Geor
gia on the Go.
The governor’s address, of
course, concerned the first three
years of his administration, and
a look into the future.
Ed Rogers, veteran capitol re
porter of United Press Interna
tional, in the lead of his story
says Governor Sanders painted
a picture of “our beautiful Geor
gia” — a young vibrant state
with her best years ahead —
bustling with opportunity and
repeatedly abundant harvest for
its 4,400,000 citizens.
Rogers’ report on the stte of
the state address is published on
page five.
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Boiled down here are the main
points of the governor’s address.
—A state where all who
want to work have no trouble
finding Jobs; with the lowest un
employed figure (1.4 percent) in
the history of the state and
considerably below the national
' average.
—Increase, during the three
years of his administration, in
sales of agricultural products of
$One-Billion;
—Increase of $1.6 Billion per
sonal income;
—When he reitres from office
he will leave a surplus of $40
. Million to $60-Million;
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Governor Sanders asked the
General Assembly to pass sup
plementary appropriations total
ling $18,555,000 to meet the needs
of a growing state.
Six million would go to schools;
and $4,475,000 would be used to
establish two mental health hos
pitals, one at Thomasville, the
other at Bainbridge.
The governor also asked the
General Assembly to make cer
tain changes in the laws that
would help improve the educa
tional setup of Georgia. These
concerned simplifying selection
of school boards and superinten
dents; would facilitate school
mergers; and would allow an
increase from 7 to 10 percent of
property values in issuing school
bonds.
The governor talked of the pro
blems that face the cities of the
state and called for urban and
rural cooperation and under
standing. He asked a study of
rapid transit and increased war
on crime with special attention
paid to halting organized gamb
ling from moving into the state.
Then the governor turned to
what might be called “his first
love" —the schools of Georgia.
Better schools was the chief
plank in his platform when he
ran for governor three years
ago.
He told the legislators that
during his three years as gover
nor—
—Seventy-five thousand new
students were enrolled in the
public schools;
_Ten thousand new teachers
have been employed;
_Teacher’s salaries have been
increased $1,200;
—College professors salaries
have been increased 25 percent;
—Enrollment in the state col
leges and universities has in
creased 50 percent;
_Enrollment in graduate and
professions courses has increas
ed 135 percent;
—More than 6,000 new class
rooms have been provided;
i —$162 -Million has been spent
for college and university build
ings. beautiful Georgia”
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is on the Go!
It’s Great to Be A Georgian!
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“History seems to say the
world needs more people
to protest—-not fewer.”
DAILY NfEWiS
Established 1871
Rusk To Speak At
‘Affirmation’ Meet
ATLANTA (TJPI)— Secretary
of State Dean Rusk will be the
main speaker at an "Affirma
tion Viet Nam" mass assembly
in Atlanta Stadium next month,
Rep. Howard (Bo) Callaway,
R-Ga., announced.
Callaway told the U. S.
House of Representatives in
Washington that Rusk will de
liver a 20-minute speech on the
government’s commitment to
Viet Nam.
“Affirmation Viet Nam” is a
movement of students at 49 col
leges throughout Georgia. The
movement, which started two
months ago, also has a state
wide speaker’s bureau of stu
dents who speak to civic clubs
on the historical background of
the Viet Nam situation and
polls citizens regarding their
opinions.
Motorcades from across the
state are being organized to
transport people to the rally
from outside of Atlanta.
Rusk, a native of Cherokee
County, has said that it is right
for United States citizens to de
bate actively all great issues of
public concern.
“But," Rusk said ,"it is quite
true that Hanoi lives on expres
sions of dissent and disagree
ment here within our own so
ciety.
"I think the repeated demon
stration of unity in this country
is very important in persuading
Hanoi they cannot rely upon
differences here at home to
cause Us to pull away from our
commitment to South Viet
Nam.”
Leaders of the movement em
phasized that “Affirmation Viet
Nam" does not necessarily sup
port the government’s day-to
day policy but the comment
in which the nation is presently
involved.
Boy, 17, Held
In Robberies,
Burglaries Here
Griffin police today held a 17
year-old boy in the investigation
of armed robbery and burglary
at four establishments in the
city and county.
They said he would be charg
ed wih armed robbery and
burglary.
Police were handling the in
vestigation as a juvenile case
and did not disclose the identity
of the boy.
They said they had establish
ed that he was involved in the
Dec. 27 armed robbery of Holi
day Inn and the armed robbery
of Kip’s Kwik Kurb store on the
Zebulon road last Friday night.
Police said that the boy also
was linked to the burglary that
occurred at Stuckey’s on the
North Expressway in December
and the second time Sharp’s
Time Shop was hit in a burglary.
Police said that their investi
gation was continuing.
Police said they telephoned the
boy’s father and asked him to
bring the youngster to the police
department.
The father did, and the boy
was taken into custody there.
Law enforcement officers
working together on the case in
cluded Police Chief Leo Black
well, Asst. Chief Bobby Joe Con
ner, Dets. Ronnie Irvin and
Glenn Whidby, Sheriff Dwayne
Gilbert and GBI agent Billy
Darsey.
Victims of tiie armed robber
ies at the Holiday Inn and Kim’s
Kwik Kurb store told police the
robber wore a ski mask.
City Using Water
From Reservoir
Since Dec. 17 the Griffin com
munity served by the city water
system has been using water
from the billion gallon reservoir.
Lewis Simonton, superinten-
State Of State
Address. Page 5
Griffin, Ga. r 30223, Tuesday, January 11, 1966
Gambling Stamp
Law Proposed
By Webb
ATLANTA (UPI) Senate
floor leader Julian Webb today
filed a bill that would make
possession of the $500 federal
gambling stamps “prima facie”
evidence of gambling in viola
tion of Georgia law.
This would not mean a man
could go to jail simply because
of possessing the stamp. He
would be given a chance to
convince the jury, if possible,
that he had not gambled even
though he bought the stamp.
Webb, of Donalsonville, said
solicitors general need the law
to bring such cases before
Juries when other evidence is
difficult to obtain.
Webb disclosed legislation is
also being prepared to prohibit
the State Revenue Department
from allowing persons to claim
a tax deduction for deprecia
tion of gambling equipment he
owns.
Webb said the measures,
aimed at organized gambling,
“have the support of the ad
ministration” of Gov. Carl San
ders.
Sanders Backs
Refusal To
Seat Bond
ATLANTA (UPI)—Gov. Carl
Sanders said today in his State
of the State message that the
General Assembly acted as it
should have Monday in refusing
to seat Rep.-elect Julian Bond.
Sanders also promised to do
all in his power to keep the
deliberations of the General As
sembly from being interrupted
—an obvious answer to a threat
of demonstrations by civil
rights leaders.
The governor did not mention
Bond by name in his speech.
But he said:
“On yesterday, the House of
Representatives of this General
Assembly faced an almost un
precedented and difficult task.
“It was acted upon with dig
nity and a proper sense of re
sponsibility by all concerned.
“This is as it should have
been.
“This is as Georgians would
have it done.
“Let me assure you that, as
governor, I will do everything
possible to see that the orderly
processes of government, and
the deliberations of the General
Assembly, will neither be in
terrupted nor intefered with by
anyone.”
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair and a little cool
er tonight. Wednesday partly
cloudy and little warmer.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 69, low today 32, high Mon
day 63, low Monday 33, sunrise
Wednesday 7:40, sunset Wednes
day 5:52.
dent of water production said
that the Flint River pumping
station was closed on that day
for repairs.
No difficulties have been ex-
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THE CHANGING FACE OF GRIFFIN
The face of Griffin continues to change. The old Manley home which has stood at
College and Hill streets for many years is being tom down to make way for busi
ness expansion at that site. This is another of the historic Griffin homes that is com
ing down to make way for new buildings.
Bond Feared
For His Life
reverse the vote against him.
Bond said his feeling “was
accentuated because one of my
fellow workers, Sammy Younge
Jr., was recently killed in Ala
bama as he sought to exercise
his constitutional rights."
Younge’s death in Tuskegee,
Ala., last week touched off civil
rights demonstrations.
“Other civil rights workers
have been beaten in our own
state and people have been
killed in Georgia in the process
of exercising their rights,”
Bond said at a news confer
ence at the Capitol steps as
Gov. Carl Sanders inside de
livered his State of the State
message.
“I am black and I feel these
injustices," Bond said. “I am
black and I remember my
treatment In this House.” He
said some public accommoda
tions are still segregated in
Georgia and that Negro veter
ans and soldiers still fear driv
ing on Georgia highways.
Bond said he sought election
to the legislature to fight ra
cial injustice and now that he
has been denied his seat he
will continue the fight on the
outside.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
today said he doubted the
House would have taken the
same action against a white
man.
King charged that among the
representatives who voted
against Bond Monday “are
many of those who have really
defied the constitution.”
He said these men were guil
ty of “irresponsible words and
irresponsible actions which may
have led to a riot at the Uni
versity of Georgia” when it in
tegrated in 1961.
“Nobody talked about unseat
ing them, so I think that there
is a racial element here,” said
King, who is registered to vote
in Bond's district. ./
The House barred’Bond for
his statements against U. S.
Viet Nam policy. King said "it
Is an unfortunate, unjust and
unwise decision.”
By PATRICK CONWAY
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI)—Ousted Ne
gro Rep.-elect Julian Bond said
today he feared for his life
when he went to the state
capitol Monday to seek his
place in the legislature. He be
gan planning court action to
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Marriages In
1965 Top Year
Before By 34
Thirty-four more couples ap
plied for marriage licenses in
1965 than did the year before,
Judge George C. Imes, Jr., jud
ge of the court of ordinary re
ported this morning. There were
459 applicants in 1965 compared
with 424 in 1964.
Judge Imes says the months
of June and December lead oth
er months in the number of cou
ples taking out marriage licen
ses. For many years, he says,
December was way ahead but
in recent years June has caught
up with the Christmas month.
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perienced in switching to the re
serve supply, Mr. Simonton said.
He said that the contractor
making repairs to the Flint
River pumping station may take
six weeks or more to finish the
Job.
Mr. Simonton said that there
is plenty of water in the reser
voir to take care of the city
needs.
He said that the billion gallon
reserve should supply Griffin for
six months under normal condi
tions.
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Tag Sales
Slow Down
If Spalding County automobile
owners don’t start buying their
license tags soon, there’ll be a
big traffic jam at the county
courthouse come April, says Or
dinary George C. Imes. Appli
cations started off with a rush
on Jan. 3 but in a few days fell
off. To date approximately 1,200
tag have been issued. This is just
10 per cent of the estimated
number of autos in the county
—12,000.
Judge Imes, who is in charge
of license tags said, with a plea
in his voice, “Please come on
and get your tag. There is no
rush these days and one can get
waited on almost instantly.”
Plane Rides
Penny A Pound
The Griffin Aero Corp., will of
fer an airplane ride over the city
for the price of one cent per
pound per person Sunday. A 11
money received will be turned
over to the March of Dimes.
Marvin Goldstein, operator
of the flying service here, is co
operating with the March of Di
mes in staging the event.
People wishing to participate
will be weighed and charged one
cent per pound for their ride
over the city.
The event will get under way
at 1 p.m. Sunday and continue
until sunset.
There will be a $1 minimum
charge for people weighing less
than 100 pounds.
Spalding Solons
Vote Against Bond
Both of Spalding’s representa
tives in the General Assembly
voted against seating Julian
Bond in the House when the is
sue was brought before it I a s t
Monday night.
Rep. Quimby Melton, Jr. and
Rep. George Gaissert both cast
votes against seating Bond after
the issue was debated before the
House.
Suspect Captured
Patrolmen
KINGSLAND, Ga. (UPI) — A
gunman robbed the Citizens
Bank of Kingsland of $3,500
today and killed a Florida dep
uty sheriff at a roadblock.
Within minutes after the slay
ing of the Florida officer, iden
tified as Baker County Deputy
Morris Fish, 36, Georgia high
way patrolmen captured a sus
pect near St. George. He was
identified by the patrol as Al
vin Collis Campbell of Nassau
County, Fla.; a federal parole
violator.
Campbell was taken into cus
tody about 10:30 a.m., approx
imately an hour and a half
after the robbery of the pri
vately-owned Kingsland bank.
Money taken from the bank
was found scattered along
Georgia 121, the route that the
suspect apparently took after
the slaying of Fish. Authorities
said all of the loot was recov
ered.
Authorities at first believed
that Georgia desperado Jesse
James Roberts was involved in
the Kingsland holdup but this
apparently was not borne out
by later events, they said.
Officers said the car driven
by the Kingsland bandit
matched the description of the
vehicle used in the robbery
Jionday of the Bank of Lenox
in Cook County and the at
tempted robbery of the Bank of
Alapaha in Berrien County,
where a bank officer was
wounded.
Kingsland is about 100 miles
southeast of the Berrien-Cook
county area and about five
miles north of the Florida line.
Georgia highway patrolmen
said Campbell was driving a
1965 tan Ford, bearing Duval
County, Fla., license plates.
They said the car is believed
to have been rented.
Following the robbery of the
Kingsland bank, the holdup
man fled toward Folkston in
neighboring Charlton County
and into Florida. Florida au
thorities were notified. Fish
was in the process of setting
up a roadblock near the town
of Macclenny, when the suspect
drove up.
According to first reports,
Fish stopped the suspect, who
got out of his car and shot the
deputy. Fish was dead on ar
rival at a hospital.
The suspect abandoned his
car at the roadblock, iumped
into Fish’s patrol car and fled
back into Georgia.
Georgia highway patrolmen
apparently were waiting for
him near St. George in Charl
ton County, and took him into
custody on Georgia Highway
121 .
Large numbers of officers
were available in the area be-
cause of the search for the
man, believed ex-convict Rob
erts, who robbed the two banks
Monday afternoon.
The highway patrol office at
Tifton said a gunman staged a
successful robbery of the Bank
of Lenox in Cook County early
Monday afternoon. Bank Presi
dent R. H. Robinson said a
lone gunman, armed with a
pistol, entered shortly after the
noon hour and demanded mon
ey.
“He cleaned us out,” Robin
son said. He declined to say
exactly how much was taken,
but said it was several thou
sand dollars.
Sack kof Money
Robinson said that after he
had given a full sack of cur
rency to the gunman, he hol
stered his pistol and calmly
walked out of the bank.
Forty minutes later, an ef
fort was made to rob the Bank
of Alapaha, 20 miles from
Lenox in Berrien County.
The vice president of the
Bank of Alapaha, Charles Mat
thews, was shot in the head
when he exchanged shots with
the holdup man in front of the
bank. No money was taken
from the Alapfcha bank, and
Matthews was reported in good,
condition.
Within minutes after the at
tempted holdup authorities
seemed to know who they were
looking for. The Cook County
sheriff’s office identified the
suspect as Roberts, about 40,
of Peach County, an ex-convict.
J. P. Culpepper, president of
the Bank of Alapaha, said the
man entered the bank and sat
down in a chair across from his
desk. He said the man asked if
he knew of any land for sale
in the county. Culpepper said
he didn’t and continued with
his work.
Waved a Pistol
“I thought he was walking
out,” Culpepper said, “But I
looked up and he was waving
his gun at me. He told me to
‘get up and get out of here. tf $
Culpepper said he replied, “I
ain’t gonna do no such damn
thing,” and grabbed the man’s
arm. They fell to the floor and
the man managed to get away.
The bank official said Mat
thews was in another office and
heard the scuffling. Matthews
grabbed a gun and “they had
a gunbattle in front of the
bank.” A bullet enetered Mat
thews’ head above the left eye.
Parker Reelected
Chairman Of
School Board
C. T. Parker, Griffin banker
and civic leader, was reelected
chairman of the Griffin - Spald
ing Board of Education Monday
night.
Russell Smith, advertising
manager of the Griffin Daily
News, was reelected vice chair
man. George Patrick, Jr., super
intendent of the system, was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
The elections came during the
first meeting of the board for
1966.
Tlie board discussed improving
the lighting in the Griffin High
gym during their Monday night
meeting.
They also discussed setting up
a remedial reading program in
the school system.
The board elected the follow
ing teachers:
Franklin C. Strickland of Cor
bin, Ky., to teach algebra at
Spalding Junior High; Artella
J. Reese of McDonough to teach
social studies at Fairmont; and
Elizabeth Ann Thaxton of Grif
fin to teach the sixth grade at
North Side.
The resignation of Gwen
Campbell at Kelsey was accep
ted.
Greer Garson
Refuses Race
For Congress
DALLAS (UPI) —Actress
Greer Garson turned down
Monday an invitation from
Texas Republicans to run tor
congress.
The Dallas County Republi
cans asked Miss Garson to run
against incumbent Rep. Earle
Cabell, D-Tex., in the 1966
elections.
Miss Garson, who won an
Academy Award for her
performance in “Mrs. Miniv
er,” is the wife of Dallas
oilman E. E. (Buddy) Fogel
son.
She wrote the GOP that she
nad decided to decline the offer
after “many hours thinking
about the demands of the
office, both idealistic and
practical, assessing my back
ground, training, experience,
public image and total suitabili
ty for this new^field."