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By Quimby Melton
Monday Good Evening called
George Osborne, adjutant of the
Georgia Department American
Legion anq asked him if Legion
headquarters had any more
small American flag lapel insig
nia that we could get and give
to the students at Griffin High
who are conducting the Affirma
tion Viet Nam campaign here.
The Griffin American Legion
post had alread given out some
1,000 of these in its “Show Your
Colors” drive, early this monh.
When we told Adjutant Osborn
why we wanted some of the la
pel flags, asked him to order
some for us, and to send us a
bill he replied:
“I’ve been keeping up with the
Affirmation Viet Nam campaign
and have noticed there is no
school, or college, working hard
er on It than the students In Grif
fin. I happen to have some of the
lapel flags left, and will send
them to you to give to the stu
dents. And there’ll be no cost.
It’s great to help out any group
of young people who are loyal
Americans.”
This morning here came the
lapel flags.
Speaking of “Show Your Col
ors” —
Only recently a man asked
Good Evening, “Why don’t you
advocate sending the draft card
burners and anti-American de
monstrators to the front lines in
Viet Nam?”
That question is easy to ans
wer.
We don’t advocate anything
like that for the simple reason
that only men and women who
are tru e to their country should
be trusted with places of honor
and responsibility. They should
not be forced to associate with
enemies of America. Not only
would It be dangerous to send
these dissenters to fight for Un
cle Sam, but it would be an in
sult to every man and woman
who is loyal and willing to risk
their lives If necessary.
To wear Uncle Sam’s uniform
Is, In our opinion, one of the
greatest honors that can be con
ferred on any man or woman.
This “send the bums to the
fighting” is nothing new:
Back in World War One there
was a police court judge in Chi
cago, or some other big city,
who would sentence hoodlums,
brought into his court, to 90
days in jail and then tell them
“If you will go right out of here
and enlist in the Army or Navy
I’ll cancel your sentence.” News
of his tactics soon became
known. And although he claim
ed he was doing what he thought
■would “provide a lot of good
fighting men”, he was soon
shown the public did not agree.
Mothers and fathers here in
America, whose sons were fight
ing “over there”, became in
furiated. They did not want the
chances their sons had of sur
viving the fighting lessened by
having some “jail bird” fighting
beside him.
News of this police judge and
his ideas of recruiting men for
the services finally reached
France and there was a story
about it in The Stars and Strip
es. That story so infuriated the
men, who were actually in the
fighting, that they seemed to at
tack with renewed vigor. That
bit of news hit our outfit as we
entered fighting in the Argonne,
and Good Evening, can truth
fully say he has never seen the
outfit as fired with indignation
but at the same time with deter
mination to increase their indi
vidual efforts to end the war.
Send the draft dodgers to Viet
Nam?
Hell Nol
They’re not good enough, or
loyal enough, or trustworthy
enough to wear Uncle Sam’s
Uniform!
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anything he wanted, would
ask for something to do.”
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TROUBLE US PANAMA
ANTI-AMERICAN OUTBURST — P«n«m.m«n
University students step on the American flag during
a march to a cemetery honoring students killed dur
ing the 1964 Canal Zone riots. The marchers later
burned the flag.
LBJ Reports To
Nation
By MERRIMAN SMITH
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Pres
ident Johnson goes before
Congress and the nationa
tonight prepared to express
new determination to fight on
two fronts—for peace in South
east Asia and to achieve the
domestic goals of his Great
Society.
The Chief Executive, grave
and at times tense about the
Viet Nam war, will deliver his
State of the Union message
before a Joint session of the
House and Senate. It will be
televised in color across
the country.
The live message will broad
cast at 9 p.m., EST.
The nation was anxiously
awaiting the report from the
President, particularly in view
of his campaign to bring the
Communists to the conference
table in the war.
But the highly delicate peace
offensive, which has reached
the point of direct contact with
the government of North Viet
Nam, was forcing Johnson to
tread carefully.
Delicate Balance
For this reason hi s message
wa s designed to stress reality
without sounding too grim to
the home audiences or overly
anxious to the Communists.
Moreover, with the peace
offensive still in progress,
Johnson could speak of it only
in generalities.
Those, close to him said no
major surprises would be in the
message. Should some impor
tant word come from Hanoi
during the day, there was little
chance it would be reflected in
his address. Any such commu
nication would have to be
examined with great care
before a public response.
At the same time, Johnson
was well aware his remarks
before Congress would be given
microscopic study in Hanoi,
Peking and Moscow, although
the speech was drafted prima
rily as a message to the
American people.
Johnson tipped his theme
Tuesday when he told AFL-CIO
President George Meany he was
determined to keep building his
Great Society programs while
meeting increased costs of the
U.S. war effort. This idea will
be expanded tonight.
Later this month, the admi
nistration will follow up the
message with a request for a
supplemental appropriation of
about $13 billion during the
current fiscal year to meet
higher war costs; the 1967
budget which is expected to rim
close to $115 billion, and then
the annual economic report
which will carry a blueprint for
combating inflation in 1966.
Johnson’s speech, his third
State of the Union message,
was a long time in preparation.
The President and hi 3 chief
advisors have spent much of
the past several night* working
over section after section into
the early morning hours.
While this sort of effort is
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somewhat customary, there
seemed to be a greater degree
of care and caution this year as
Johnson undertook the task of
expressing himself simul
taneously on fighting a war and
still not letting up in his
expensive domestic programs.
Diphtheria
Danger Passes
In Spalding
The Griffin - Spalding County
Health Department reported
that diphtheria tests of children
who have had contact with a six
year-old boy who has diphtheria
have been negative and that the
first grade boy, has nearly re
covered. He was not identified.
Mrs. Isabelle Flournoy of the
Health Department stated that
it would be advisable for child
ren who have not had the im
munization shots to have them,
but there was no danger of a
diphtheria epidemic.
Bandit Had
Flair For Words
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) —
An elderly man in a gray suit
with a flair for wordiness
robbed a First Western bank
branch of $580 Tuesday.
He presented a carefully
printed filing card to teller
Twila Casellucci which read:
“Sound the alarm and you’ll
be the first to go. Give me all
the big bills. Then you’ll get up
and walk to the powder room
without turning your head right
or left. I’ll watch you every
step of the way and blast you if
you falter.”
Governor Says
He Meant It
ATLANTA (UPI) — Gov. Carl
Sanders said today he meant
what he said in his State of the
State address — that he will do
whatever necessary to prevent
any interference with the legis
lature.
Since the governor’s address
Monday there have been reports
of plans by Negro groups to
picket the Capitol because of
the House vote not to seat Ne
gro Rep.-elect Julian Bond, pos
sibly starting today.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
head of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, was re
ported planning a “march” on
the Capitol later this week.
Sanders In his address said he
would do everything possible to
see that orderly process of gov
ernment and General Assembly
deliberations “will neither be in
terrupted or interfered with by
anyone.”
The governor said today the
statement “speaks for itself.”
“It simply means we are in
session transacting business for
the benefit of all citizens and
House Panel Works On
Sanders ’66 Budget
Committee Likely
To
By ED ROGERS
ATLANTA (UPI)—The House
Appropriations Committee today
began a second session of hear
ings on Gov. Carl Sanders’
$18.5 million supplemental bud
get in an apparent move to
spend everything the governor
sought.
The committee, in tentative
votes on 13 of a total 25 items,
approved every proposed out
lay Tuesday including $216,000
to finance raising salaries of
Superior Court judges from
$16,000 to $18,000.
Floor action in both the House
and Senate was expected to
deal only with routine matters
today.
Action was postponed on ag
riculture, highway and health
department budget-increase re
quests along with several
smaller agencies either because
of darkness or because depart
ment heads were not available
for questioning.
While the members virtually
rubber-stamped the items be
ing given an initial once-over
they apparently retreated from
any possible move to spend
beyond the officially declared
surplus.
Gov. Sanders had stirred a
controversy in the committee’s
opening session with the an
nouncement in his State of the
State address that he expected
to leave his successor a surplus
of $40-$60 million.
Rep. Jones Lane of States
boro said the surplus was not
to the liking of a number of
Georgians who have been hit
hard by local tax hikes to fi
nance the governor’s educaton
program.
Former House Speaker
George L. Smith, a representa
tive from Swainsboro, wanted
to know where Sanders got his
estimate of the anticipated sur
plus. He asked State Budget Of
ficer Wilson Wilkes but Wilkes
replied only that the estimates
resulted from a tug of war be
tween the Revenue Department
and the Budget Bureau.
Wilkes, who had a hand in
setting limits on appropriations
based on his official expected
revenue estimates, did say he
had urged Sanders not to men
tion the surplus. Wilkes said he
made such a recommendation to
the governor “only this morn
ing” and urged Sanders just to
ad lib and omit it from his
prepared text.
Chairman Brack Blalock then
ruled the question out of order.
Wilkes never gave a further
answer on where the governor’s
estimate came from. Sanders
himslf told United Press Inter
natonal last month that the $40
million estimate came from
Wilkes and the $60-million esti
mate from Revenue Commission-
taxpayers of Georgia and it is
necessary that the representa
tives of the people have an
opportunity to do so without
interference,” Sanders said.
“This being the case, I am
going to do whatever I can to
see that the people’s business
which is being transacted at the
Capitol I s not interrupted or in
terfered with.”
Sanders pointed out he also
said in his address that the
“unprecedented and difficult
task of deciding Bond’s qualifi
cations was “acted upon with
dignity and a proper sense of
responsibility by all con
cerned.”
Sanders said he had Intended
this to include the manner in
which Bond and his attorneys
and his gallery supporters con
ducted themselves.
There were no demonstra
tions on that day. The huge
Negro group of Bond supporters
in the House gallery maintained
almost absolute silence and the
floor debate followed the pat
tern of a court proceeding.
er Hiram Undercolfer.
Wilkes said he had to keep
estimates on the conservative
side. He said the fact *hat
revenue for the past six ir
has been $30 million abovt
estimate does not necessarily
mean the year will end in such
good shape.
Special action to raise Wilkes’
official estimate would be need
ed to enable the 1966 legislature
to appropriate more than $18.5
million, the suprlus as of last
July 1.
Wilkes said if the revenue
estimate is changed and if the
new estimate is not conserva
tive "you’re in trouble.”
The committee then worked
on half of the supplemental
appropriations bill making no
changes in its tentative deci
sions.
Besides the $216,000 for Su
perior Court Judges’ pay raises
the committee also approved
tentatively $200,000 to train
driving teachers for a future
driver training program in
schools, $350,000 to finance
bonds for a huge “government
square” mall, $3.3 million for
public schools, $3 million for
college facilities and $125,000 to
launch work on a dental college
in Augusta.
Sanders, in his State of the
State address, reviewed a rec
ord studded with expanded pro
grams in education, mental
health and many other fields.
Rep. Nathan Dean of Polk
County called the addres s “one
of the most vibrant and excit
ing speeches I’ve had the plea
sure of witnessing.”
Melton Bill
Would Limit
Demonstrators
ATLANTA — Spalding County
Representative Quimby Melton,
Jr., today introduced a bill in
the Georgia House which would
limit the number of demonstra
tors in proportion to the num
ber of peace officers avail
able.
It would forbid the number of
demonstrators to exceed one
half the number of policemen in
cities or towns, or to exceed
one-fourth the number of state
patrolmen if the demonstrations
are held in unincorporated ar
eas.
Representative Melton said
that the measure is designed to
aid law enforcement through the
relief of the over-taxing of po
Ace departments and the State
Patrol. He emphasized that his
measure is non-racial. “It would
apply to everybody,” he said.
“So often,” he declared, “we
have seen large numbers of
demonstrators pour into a place
and load undue burdens on the
law enforcement officers. Some
times the demonstrations con
tinue for lengthy periods of time
and officers must neglect other
essential duties. The first duty
of the State is to protect the liv
es and property of its citizens—
to keep the peace. This mea
sure would deprive nobody of his
constitutional right to demon
strate. It would assist in requir
ing that demonstrations be con
ducted in reasonable numbers
and with a minimum of disrup
tion to other essential law en
forcement.”
Representative George Gais
sert, also of Spalamg, co-spon
sored the Melton bill.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
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and warmer tonight. Thursday
cloudy and cool with rain. Pro
bability of rain 60 percent.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 55, minimum today
32, maximum Tuesday 60, mini
mum Tuesday 32, sunrise Thurs-
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TALKS SUCCESS
PROGRESS IN TASHKENT — Soviet-sponsored
talks between India and Pakistan scored a success
with decision of the two countries to pull back troops
in the disputed Himalayan state of Kashmir. Paki
stan’s President Ayub Khan, left, and Indian Presi
dent Shastri, meeting in the Soviet central Asian city
of Tashkent, marked the agreement with a hand
shake.
Australians Hit
Cong Underground
By MICHAEL T. MALLOY
SAIGON (UPI) —Australian
troops reported today they had
captured a three-story under
ground Viet Cong labyrinth
believed to be the main
Communist political headquar
ters for the city of Saigon and
a guerrilla regimental com
mand post.
The major discovery barely
25 miles northwest of Saigon
came as B52 bombers from
Guam struck two Viet Cong
areas—in western Feiku Pro
vince and in central Quang
Nam Province 15 miles south
west of Da Nang.
U.S. Marines immediately
launched an attack in the Da
Nang target area.
Other Marines striking only
four miles south of the Da
Nang airfield ambushed a
group of Viet Cong and then
used a tank to wipe out the
unit. Five Viet Cong bodies
were found and there was
evidence from trails of blood
that 12 other bodies had been
dragged away.
In another Da Nang develop
ment a U.S. Air Force
Canberra B57 jet bomber
exploded into flames on takeoff
at the Da Nang air base
tonight. There was no imme
diate report of casualties from
the crash or of damage to other
air base personnel.
Meanwhile, American and
Vietnamese military spokesmen
in Saigon today reported
nationwide decrease in Commu
nist attacks and acts of
sabotage and terrorism last
week.
Neither attached any particu
ar significance to the decrease,
however, nor did they link it to
President Johnson’s current
peace offensive. The U.S.
moratorium on bombing raids
against Communist North Viet
Nam went into its 19th day
today.
The U.S. military commu
nique said:
“The number of Viet Cong
initiated incidents decreased
throughout the country. Friend
ly activity remained at about
the same level. Contacts with
Vite Cong forces were up,
particularly as a result of small
unit action.”
The South Vietnamese com
munique backed up the Ameri
can statement and added that
enemy regular forceo failed to
make a single appearance
during the week ending Jan. 8.
It said local guerrilla activity
appeared scattered except for
three battles with government
forces in the province of Phu
Yen, Hau Nghia and Bac Lieu.
The total number of Viet
Cong “incidents” for the week
was given as 973, down from a
record high of 1,133 incidents
the previous week.
Spalding Demo
Asks ‘Fair Play’
For Republicans
ATLANTA Rep. Quimby
Melton, Jr. of Spalding County
Tuesday introduced a resolution
in the Georgia House calling for
space to be provided for Repub
licans in the General Assembly.
Melton is a Democrat.
The Republicans now have 23
House members and nine in the
Senate.
Rep. Melton said he felt it only
fair that members of the Repub
lican party be provided space in
which to handle their affairs.
The Legislative Service Com
mittee was scheduled to take up
the matter today.
Man Held In Bank
Death
WOODBINE, Ga. (UPI) —
Alvin Carlos Campbell, a parole
violator from Florida, was held
today on charges of robbing a
Georgia bank killing a Flor
ida deputy sheriff in a wild
escape attempt.
Campbell, 26, was captured
when Georgia state troopers
closed in on him at a roadblock
near St. George in Charleston
County Tuesday. Most of the
$3,500 he took at gunpoint from
the Citizens Bank of Kingsland
was recovered, part of it scat
tered along the highway.
Authorities said Campbell shot
a handcuff off his own wrist and
fled back and forth across the
Georgia - Florida line after he
disarmed Deputy Sheriff Morris
Fish, 36, of Baker County, Fla.,
and shot him dead with the of
ficer’s own pistol.
Fish had stopped Campbell
after the bank robbery.
Officers reconstructed this
chain of events:
Shortly after opening time
Tuesday, a gunman entered the
Kingsland bank and pointed a
gun at cashier Paul Tiller and
assistant cashier Miss Nora
Brewer.
“This is a holdup,” he said.
The gunman scooped up all
the money from a cash drawer.
Taxi Drivers
Air Grievances
At City Meet
Fourteen taxi drivers in the
city discussed a number of grie
vances with the city commiss
ioners Tuesday night at the city
hall.
Among other things, they want
ed the ban lifted against politi
cial signs on cabs on election
day. The drivers said candidates
no longer were interested in em
ploying cabs to take voters to
the polls on election day.
The commissioners said that
they had had no complaints
from any candidates since the
ban was put into force.
The drivers asked about low
ering the cab license fee from
$40 to $25. The commissioners
answered that it yas one of the
lowest fees charged by the city
and a $15 difference couldn’t
make that much difference in
the successful operation of a cab
business.
The drivers said that a num
ber of streets needed repairs.
One complaint was particularly
lodged against Boyd’s row. The
commissioners said an extensive
resurfacing program would get
under way in the spring but that
about two years would be need
ed to get the city streets in top
condition again.
Taxi drivers questioned the
ban against delivering package
beer and wine in cabs. They
were told that a state law pro
hibited this.
The drivers als 0 said they
thought that suspending a taxi
permit after three traffic viola
tions was too severe. City offic
ials explained that the regula
tion has been on the book* for
some years but not enforced.
They said that no driver has lost
his taxi permit this year so far
because -of the three-accident li
mit.
In other action the commiss
ioners agreed to accept a subdiv
ision into the city being develop
ed by Judge D. R. Cummlng in
the MacArthur drive area.
The commissioners said they
would agree to the annex provid
ed all subdivision regulations
were met.
The commissioners refused to
issue a package beer and wine
license to Roger and Marian Ac
kiss for a package store at 1332
West Taylor street.
The commissioners said that
in their judgment the city alrea
dy has enough such licenses in
force. They have turned down a
number of applications recent
ly for such permits.
then ordered the bank employes
into the vault where he took an
other $1,500.
He tried to lock them into
the vault. Being unsuccessful,
he ordered them to "come with
me, you’re going for a little
ride.”
Miss Brewer said when they
got outside “Paul pushed me
into a grocery store and fol
lowed me in, and we spread
the alarm.”
The gunman jumped into a
car and fled.
Racing into Baker County,
Just across the state line, the
robber drew the attention of
Fish who began a hot pursuit.
The holdup man’s car slid into
a ditch and Fish arrested him.
After getting one handcuff
on, the gunman suddenly slug
ged Fish, grabbed his pistol
and fired two bullets into him
at close range.
Georgia trooper W. P.
Strickland said Campbell shot
th e handcuff off his wrist and
drove the deputy’s car back
into Georgia where he ran into
the roadblock. Officers arrest
ed him without a struggle.
Campbell was Identified as a
federal parole violator who had
served time on a bad check
charge