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Griffin Daily News ■ . iv I r ^ r \ Six H Ixl •fix a m ,y ■X fm. Vi r x-:: >2* IS. f K & SO in! * I m " : -■ ■■ X ■■ . V ;x . 1 .» 1 •>.;X yi : f Mim x: or x: •. 11 i- : V ^ / 0 : M ■ A - if ' SS>x ij ..Si S'S- 7 te, jf'A iy>‘ in ■X *i I /SSf'vS ■ : Mm - . - j % ■m. M mm , Immtm ^ffl ^ '111 \ piSSS'....... \ x.xxl JOYOUS JUMPER—Patrizia Valturri, 17, has good reason for jumping with joy. Italian The young ballerina has been selected at Treviso, Italy, for the top role in a new film, “The Birds, the Bees and the Italians.” Nightrider Killing Under Full FBI Probe HATTIESBURG, Miss. tUPI) —President Johnson Monday asked that the full resources of the Justice Department be thrown into the investigation of the nightrider firebombing slay ing of a prominent Negro merchant and civil rights backer. The death of Vernon Dahmer, B8, late Monday from fatal burns set off a demonstration by 300 angry Negroes who marched on the courthouse and demanded action against his attackers. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzen bach said the President "ex pressed to me his deep concern over the tragedy,” and asked the full resources of the Justice Department be employed in the Investigation. Although so badly burned that he died several hours later from the fire touched off by a volley of “Molotov cocktails,” Dahmer managed to fire a shotgun blast that struck his attackers’ car. The automobile was recov ered about three miles away with Its tires and rear end shot up. It remained a prime clue for scores of FBI and state agents Investigating the attack. The car’s owner reported it stolen. Authorities said they const- ARTHRITIS? If you are suffering from pain, soreness, stiffness or swelling caused by arthritis, neuritis or rheumatism, I think I can help. Write me .for free information. KAYE SMITH 2301 Terry Road, B-S Jackson, Missssippi • 39204 ?/ CHINA PAINTING CLASS TO BE HELD AT SOUTHERN STATES PRINTING CO. Mr*. Elsie Davis, talented Griffinite, will be in our store Friday, January 14, 1966 Between 10-12 AM and 1-3 PM to display and demonstrate china painting. We invite you to join us for coffee and admire this fascinating hobby. Mrs. Davis will conduct a class in China Painting in the Annex of Southern States starting January 21st. Registration will be taken for this class on Friday. All equipment and accessories will be available at the SOUTHERN STATES PRINTING COMPANY "THE BOOK STORE" 120 East Taylor Street Phone 228-8646 A 6 Tuesday, January 11, 1966 dered it significant that the occupants of the automobile were fleeing in the direction of Jones County, home of the super seceret Mississippi White Knight of the Ku Klux Klan. Local officials issued staet ments of indignation over the attack and, in New York, Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, urged that Katzenbach give the case “more than usual attention because it seems to fall clearly under the prohibl- 4 i 1 } w I! a t S' THIS TELLS THE STORY?— This photo made in Hollywood didn’t tell the story between actor Peter Lawford and wife Pat, one of the ICennedys, when it was made, but maybe it does now, since her apartment in Sun Valley was rented Dec. 20-Feb. 22. Six weeks is the Idaho time of residence for divorce. They have four children, and she has been living in New York, he in California. They wed 11 years ago. Georgia Dateline Hews Georgia Roundup Smith Reelected ATLANTA (UFI) Rep. George T. Smith, who was re elected House speaker for another session Monday, said the real test before the Gener al Assembly was to show that government can be adapted to changing times. Smith wa« nominated by vet eran House member George L. Smith of Swainsboro, former Viet Casualty; WASHINGTON (UFI)—A La fayette, Ga. serviceman was Identified Monday by the State Department as a casualty in Viet Nam. Negro Appointed ATLANTA (UPI) — An Atlan ta Negro optometrist has been appointed head of a committee to formulate plans for precinct level Republican conventions across the state March 5. The appointment of Dr. C. Clayton Powell was announced Monday by GOP Chairman G. Paul Jones of Macon. The lower-level conventions wiU elect delegates to the state convention at which new state Republican officers from the tion of the new law designed to restrain those who would interfere with the right to register and vote." Dahmer was generally re garded as a quiet-living family man. He was a past president of the local NAACP branch and only Sunday had gone on radio to announce that he would help collect poll taxes for payment to the state from Negroes who were personally afraid to go to the sheriff’s office with the payment as a requirement to register and vote. Teacher’s Trial COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI) — The trial of a Negro school teacher, charged with taking part in the holdup of a Unadil la bank and beating its presi dent with a steel rod, has been tentatively set for Monday, Jan. 17. Federal Judge J. Robert El liott Monday rejected a plea by Leroy Mobley, 27, that his in dictment be dismissed and turned down a motion that the trial be moved to Atlanta. The indictment said Mobley Two Negroes Die BRUNSWICK, Ga. (UPI) — Carbon monoxide from a gas heater suffocated to death two young Negroes in a tightly closed cabin at a motor court over the weekend, according to a State Crime Laboratory doc tor. Glynn County police identi fied the victims as Johnnie C. Still Learning GAINESVILLE, Ga. (UPI)— When police arrested Walter Watson, 49, after he allegedly ran a stop sign and hit a school bus, he produced a learner’s driving permit which had ex pired. Officers said he explained that he was a recently dis- Electric Grant WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Department of Agriculture has granted a $1,511,000 electrifica tion loan to the Walton Elec tric Membership Corporation in Monroe, Ga. Sens. Richard Russell and Herman Talmadge said Mon day the grant will be used to bring electric power to 1,200 new members and for extensive system improvements- The counties served are Bartow, Clarke, DeKalb, Green, Gwin nett, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Rockdale and Walton. The senators also announced that the Office of Economic Op portunity has awarded $123,000 in federal funds to seven Geor gia planning and development commissions for the develop ment of war-on-poverty in the state. Commissions awarded the funds are in Eastman, Bruns wick. Waycross, Milledgeville, LaGrange, Atlanta and Valdos ta. In addition, Talmadge and Want Ads Pay CARD OF THANKS The family of Mrs. Annie Rogers wish to say they are sincerely grateful to friends and neighbors for their many kind acts of sympathy during our sad breavement. We would like to thank the friends for the food and flowers also the nurses at the hospital, the staff at McDon ald Chapel and Dr. Landrum. Our Appreciation cannot be adequately expressed. Daughters: Mrs. Cassie Feltman, Mrs. Bessie Addleton, Mrs. Jessie Hand, Mrs. Lena Hambrick, Sister: Mrs. Cleo Harris. House speaker. The reelection of Smith and all of the other officials was made necessary by an attorney general’s ruling that reappor tionment of the House made this a new session rather than a continuation of the 1965 ses sion as it normally would have been. The victim was listed as Army Pfc. Richard E. Tucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tucker of Lafayette. chairmanship down will be se lected. Powell’s committee will organize precinct groups across Georgia where there is no strong GOP organization, Jones said. Mrs. John Cauble of Canton was appointed ahead of a com mittee to plan county conven tions and state Republican Na tional Chairman Roscoe Picket will lead coordination and plan ning of the state convention at Macon May 6-7. and another Negro school teacher, Andrew Rozha Oliver, 25, held up the bank last March and beat its president, Thomas E. Woodruff, 71. Woodruff died three days later. Oliver pleaded guilty but Mobley contended Negroes were systematically excluded from the grand Jury that returned the indictment. He also claimed he would be unable to receive a fair trial in the Americus District Court because of race. Cooper Jr., 22, of Brunswick and Ida Mae Gilchrist, 21, of Baxley. James Jones, the op erator of the Pine View Tourist Court near here found the bod ies Sunday. A gas heater was going at full force and all of the win dows were closed when the bodies were discovered. charged veteran and had planned to get a proper license but had not gotten around to it yet. Asked how long he had been out of the Army, Watson was quoted as saying. “Well, not too long. I was discharged in 1946.” Russell announced that Savan nah has received approval from the Department of Health, Edu cation and Welfare of a $46,800 grant for additions of an aera tion basin, pumping station, force main and outfall sewer to the existing waste stabilization pond. ^SAULS •RIPEN GEORGIA Cote Wed. A. M. 21 Wool Jumpers and Dresses Values to 14.99 — Sizes Girls’ 10 to 14 — Teen 6 to 14 13 Men’s <c Zip-Liner 99 Coats z *p - 0ut Llnin * Values to 16.99 — Sizes 20 to 44 — Regulars and Longs. 20 Ladies’ and Children’s Slippers Broken Sizes Sizes Values 9 Girls’ 4 to to 14.98 Teen Car 14 Coats CJT 17 Girls’ and Teen’s Wool Skirts Sizes 7 to Teen 12 Values to 8.99 11 Ladies’ Wool Skirts Sizes 5 to 18 — 11 Values to 10.99 yj l a a SSiSSSsS : llllll : ■ £ II 111! •> ■' • ip » illllll | : i K * ini M *# ■ ■ V n v:;X; - _ i r is Wn II II iS:;S : S' mm S'S x'x:;xxy :iSxSv: m r ' :g:i: HIP ■;* u •X mm : m i If y . < fr! ** * ~,j yyx.-y.; a 8 m la fe 1,1 1 a :>:]y I :■ S I •' II GIVING IT A TRY—The impact of U.S. ways on Viet Nam reaches far. Hamburger stands and pizza palaces blossom in Saigon, and here a six-year-old boy tries out an American cigarette, evidently finding it to his liking.____ Newsmen Ordered From Indonesia JAKARTA (UPI) —Indone sian President Sukarno today ordered the expulsion of all DeKalb NAACP Backed Action Against Bond ATLANTA The DeKalb County chapter of NAACP said in a statement Monday that ac tion should be taken to “cen sure, expel or exclude Rep. Elect Julian Bond from his Georgia seat in the House if and when it is shown that he advoca tes draft dodging and supports the official statement of SNCC which charged the United States with aggression in Viet Nam and urged all Americans to avoid be ing drafted into military ser vice.” The statement was signed by Charles E. Price, president of the DeKalb NAACP. The statement said the posi tion taken by Bond is “unques tionably un-American and unbe coming an elected official.” It said Bond's statements have “tended to nullify any potential effectiveness of Bond as a law maker and created a situation whereby from this moment the district from which he was elec ted is without representation.” r tjmS i .*■ i 1* - .$»>- PI 31 ip*! I . f CSj T5 >• s mm : ;S&i $671,000 PRIZE—Frank Her bert Wall gets a congratula tory kiss from actress June Thobum in London as he holds his check for $671,000 for winning the soccer pooL Wall, 62, Is a baker, or was. j American newsmen from In donesia. He issued the order while attending ceremonies appoint ing a new ambassador to Syria at the Merdeka Presidential Palace in Jakarta. He complained about cover age of Indonesia that appeared in American magazines in general and U.S. News and World Report and Newsweek Magazines in particular. He said he had warned the foreign press that he would expel American newsmen if they did not report properly and added that he was fed up with “lies” in the U.S. Press. Sukarno then turned to Foreign Minister Subandrio and said, “I order you to throw out all American correspondents!” Sukarno repeated, “All corre spondents out!” when UPI correspondent R. E. Stannard asked whether he meant to expeU the Jakarta representa tives of only those organiza tions which had allegedly given offense. The major American news organizations affected are Unit ed Press International and the New York Times, which have U.S. citizens representing them in Jakarta. Subandrio said Sukarno told him he was not prepared to review the decision and there was no Indication whether it would be permament or tem porary. H I ?vXv« ■ 5* I #5 xfy s I: % m m CHS mm M m I Unless you have money to burn, you should hsat with natural gas. Here are 5 reasons why today’s families choose GAS heating. The cost of heating with some fuels is shocking. But with natural gas you can enjoy economical comfort Read these five reasons why natural gas is the pre ferred fuel wherever it is available. 1. ECONOMY—-Natural gas heating in this area costs less than heating with any other fuel. And this economy is a proven dollars-and-cents fact, not a misleading claim. 2. COMFORT—You can keep your whole house at the temperature you want — no need to turn thermostats low or close off rooms. You also enjoy the circulation of fresh filtered air. And the ventila tion of your gas heating system keeps cooking odors and cigarette smoke from lingering. 3. CLEANLINESS — Natural gas is as clean as any fuel or energy you can buy. It is used by business and industry where cleanliness is essential. 4. CONVENIENCE—With any one of several types of central gas heating systems, you simply set the thermostat for automatic operation. And gas heat ing systems require little attention or maintenance. 5. DEPENDABILITY—Natural gas is delivered to your home by an underground, virtually storm proof system. It is the most reliable of all services delivered to you. So, if you don’t have money to bum, Beat with natural gas, as do more than 90% of all new homes located where natural gas is available. ATLANTA GAS LIGHT COMPANY 925 WEST TAYLOR STREET PHONE 227-2221 Si: ‘ i * | ! ■ : ££:■ ff m X pij till ■ % $1$ § . I I f; f 1 m : : : * X * i if 1: f f If If II ■wwm xt ■ ' m 1 S : Si: s X' 4 W tl I mm mmm BARRIE’S BACK—Dancer Barrie Chase, showing a lot of back in a slinky cos tume, is back with Fred , Astaire for a television date. The two are teamed for a number called “Pussy cat” for “The Hollywood Palace” showing on ABC TV Jan. 22. Want Ads Pay