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By Qtnmbjr Mefcoa
There’s a story elsewhere on
i this page that reports 40,
some
000 workers in the Griffin area
were paid $40-Million during the
three months of the second quar
ter of 1965. These 40,000 work
ers were employed in those busi
nesses that are covered by the
Georgia Department of Labor’s
Employment Security branch.
The story also tells of an In
crease In both the number of
Workers, and total wages, over
the corresponding quarter of the
previous year.
But that story does not tell the
complete story of economic
growth In the Griffin area; for
the figures furnished by the De
partment of Labor do not include
any for those who are self-em
ployed (many of our best paid
workers are those who are self
employed). Neither does the re
port include thousands of work
ers who are not covered by the
employment security act. Neith
er does it include any income
from interest on stocks and
bonds, nor dividends paid stock
holders In various corporations.
It would be wild guessing but
Good Evening would not be sur
prised if the total income of
workers, in all classifications,
and those who have interest and
dividends to add to their income,
would not triple the $40-Mlllion
for the quarter.
Good Evening can’t help but
believe that this immediate part
of Georgia is as prosperous as
most areas in the nation and
certainly more prosperous than
many.
It’s great to live in the Griffin
area!
Thia will be a week In which
Viet Nam will figure more pro
minently than in any other week
so far. For:
President Johnson is in Haw
aii in consultation with Viet Nam
and American leaders. With
him are Secretary of State
Dean Rusk and Secretary of De
fense Robert McNamara, and
Gen. William Westmoreland, not
to mention dozens of lesser gov
ernment officials. There’ll be an
important story growing out
of these conferences every day
this week.
Today’s first dispatch from
Hawaii tells of the President re
affirming Uncle Sam’s policy of
, keeping our commitments to Viet
Nam.
... Just about the time the UPI
wire brought the story from Ha
waii it also carried a story from
nearby Macon where Senator
Richard B. Russell, Jr., advocat
ed closing the North Viet Nam
port of Haipong, “using what
ever means are necessary.”
The senior senator, chairman of
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee, probably the best post
ed man in the senate on Viet
Nam, was in Macon to attend
the state convention of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce. Sen
ator Russell said that the pre
sent administration had bent
over backward in its “peace of
fensive”, but since these efforts
have failed Uncle Sam should
now intensify his efforts.
Describing Just how far the
U.S. went in its efforts to bring
the enemy to the confemce ta
ble, Senator Russell said Uncle
Sam “almost humiliated aim
self — almost got down on h i s
knees “. begging the enemy to
join in seeking an end to the
war;
Dick Russell is a practical,
well Informed, patriotic Ameri
can. Better listen to him rather
than the stupid, the ignorant,
the evil, who so# withdraw and
leave Asia to the Reds.
Speaking of the Reds:
There also is a story today that
tells of Castro hitting at the
Chinese Reds charging “econo
mic aggression” and that the
Reds have reneged on the “su
gar-for-rice” trade pact.
China’s response is that Cas
tro is “lying.”
There are signs that Havana
Pepking relations are somewhat
1 strained.
“When thieves fall out . . it’s
dog eat dog.”
But lets not become too opti
mistic.
AN ECONOMY MOVE
SHAW, England (UPI)
Se cr e tary-organizer Bill
Chewter of the South Kri/U ftmig
branch of the National Grocers
Federation did not know when
to leave well enough alcne.
Chewter, 72, sent a letter to
the home office urging that
economies be adopted. Back
came the reply, saying: “As an
economy, you’re sacked.”
GRIFFIN
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His And Hers
TOGGED OUT IN MATCHING flight suits and
white scarves, South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen
Cao Ky and his wife inspected the battle zone at
Bong Son where more than 700 communist dead
have been claimed in a combined U. S. - South
Vietnamese drive against the Viet Cong.
Wage Report Shows
Gains In
Nearly 40,000 persons (39,423)
in Spalding and the nine coun
ties adjacent to Spalding, were
working and drew total wages
of $40,663,179, during the second
quarter of last year, according
to the report of the State De
partment of Labor. This report
is on workers employed In busi
nesses covered by the Georgia
Employment law.
The payroll for that quarter
In the Griffin area was $9,724,-
656 more than that of the same
quarter in the previous year.
Spalding County led the coun
ties in this immediate area with
total payrolls for the quarter
of $9,460,985, an Increase over
the corresponding quarter in
1965 of $699,726.
There were 10,251 persons
working in insured jobs in Spal
ding last June, compared with
9,681 in June the year before.
The official report on wages
and employment lists 30 coun
ties with population in excees
of 25,000; these employ 78 per
cent of covered workers and pay
82 percent of the states total
wages.
Spalding County is among this
selected group ranking 15th. Oth
er counties in the Griffin Con
gressional District in the top
30 counties are Bibb (Macon),
Goes To Church
Mrs. Lynch Ready
To Mark 100th Year
Mrs. Lillie Crawford Lynch of
Digby community got ready to
Woman Suffers
Burns At Home
The Griffin Fire Department
answered an alarm to the resi
dence of Tyler Powers on 116
Woodlawn avenue Sunday at
12:23 p.m. when cleaning fluid
on the floor Ignited from the pi
lot light on the stove.
Mrs. Dianne Powers suffered
third degree bums on her hands
and back. Her condition was re
ported good today at the Griffin
Spalding Hospital. Burns on her
legs were reported to be minor.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Considerable cloudi
ness and little warmer tonight.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 63, low today 36, high Sun
day 57, low Sunday 24, unrise
Tuesday 7:28, sunset Tuesday
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Griffin, Go., 30223, Monday, February 7, 1966
Troup (LaGrange), Clayton (Jo
nesboro), Carroll (Carrollton),
and Coweta (Newnan and Sen
ola.)
The “Big Five” in Georgia are
Fulton-DeKalb, Cobb (Marietta),
Chatham (Savannah), Muscogee
(Columbus), and Richmond (Au
gusta). Richmond beat out Bibb
for fifth place by the narrow
margin of $268,000.
GRIFFIN AREA
Counties adjacent to Spalding,
their 1965 second quarter pay
rolls and the Increase over the
previous year are:
Upson (Thomaston) $7,353,361
an increase of $718,683;
Lamar (Barnesville) $2,188,-
528, an Increase of $571,594;
Butts (Jackson) $1,230,588, an
Increase of $151,730;
Henry (Hampton and McDon
ough) $1,942,271, an Increase of
$250,656;
Clayton (Jonesboro) $7,580,669,
an increase of $1,352,012;
Fayette (Fayetteville) $956,-
864, an increase of $256,311;
Coweta (Newnan-Senoia) $7,-
109,298, an Increase of $852,905;
Meriwether (Manchester and
Greenville) $2,658,943, an in
increase of $405,536;
Pike (Zebulon) $181,672, an In
crease of $19,503.
celebrate her 100th birthday next
Friday by attending church Sun
day.
Relatives carried the alert
Spalding County citizen to the
morning worship service at the
County Line Christian Church In
a chair.
Mrs. Lynch was confined to
bed nine years ago after she
fell at her home and broke her
hip. Otherwise, she has enjoyed
good health all of her life. She
doesn’t even use glasses.
Mrs. Lynch was bom Feb. 11,
1866 near Fairview community
shortly after the end of the Civil
War. She was one of threa chil
dren bom to Mac and Sarah
Crawford.
Mrs. Lynch was married at the
age of 17 and has lived in the
same house In Digby In which
she first began housekeeping.
Two of her daughters, Miss
Mary Lynch and Miss Thelma
Lynch, both live with her still.
Another daughter, Mrs. Ida Cas
on, makes her home in Griffin.
Mrs. Lynch attributes her
long life to eating good food, go
ing to bed early and working
hard.
f South Viet Chiefs
Swap Ideas At Honolulu l 1
Steer Away
From Talks Of
Escalation
By MERRlMAN smith
UPI White House Reporter
HONOLULU (UPI)
President Johnson and leaders
of South Viet Nam today began
an exchange of ideas designed
to make the Allied war effort in
Southeast Asia more effective.
High-ranking officials of both
countries steered away from
any suggestion that the
Honolulu conferences would
lead to escalation tf the war,
but they conceded that a more
effective military effort was
needed before extensive non
military development programs
can be fruitful.
The first business session of
the principals was set for 10
a.m. HST (3 p.m. EST) today
at Camp H. M. Smith, a U.S.
Marine installation overlooking
Pearl Harbor. Conferences will
continue off and on into this
evening.
Vietnamese Arrive
Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, the
South Korean chief of state,
and Prime Minister Nguyen
Cao Ky arrived here last
Sunday from Saigon with Henry
Cabot Lodge, U.6. Ambassador
to South Viet Nam and a
delegation of Vietnamese
officials.
Johnson motored to the
Honolulu International Airport
to welcome his guests and Join
with Ihieu in statements of
determination to push the war
to a successful conclusion.
In addition to the three
principals, the cast of leading
participants in the meetings
included four American cabinet
officers and six ministers from
Saigon. The ranking U.S.
military representatives
included Gen. William C.
Westmoreland, commanding
officer of U.S. forces in
Southeast Asia; Gen. Earle G.
Wheeler, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, and Adm. U.S.
Grant Sharp, commander in
chief, Pacific.
Prepares for Talks
Leading up to today’s
business sessions, Johnson
conferred at some length
Sunday with Westmoreland,
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
and Defense Secretary Robert
S. McNamara.
This afternoon, the plenary
session was scheduled to break
into working groups to discuss
and plan U.S. and South
Vietnamese action in the fields
of diplomacy and international
politics, rural construction,
economics and stabilization,
health, education and agricul
ture.
Johnson will entertain at
dinner tonight for Thieu, Ky
and chief members of both
delegations, The conference
was scheduled to reconvene
Tuesday morning for a final
plenary session and issuance of
a joint communique before
Johnson and the South Viet
Nam leaders part and speed
back to their respective
capitals. Johnson is due back in
Washington early Wednesday
morning.
Registrars
Office Open
All Day Tuesday
The Spalding Voter Registrars
Office will be open all day on
Tuesdays beginning tomorrow.
O. M. Snider, of the Board of
Registrars, announced the of
fice would be open from 9 a.m.
through 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, in
cluding the noon hour.
The office will continue to be
open on Saturdays from 9 a.m.
till noon.
Mr. Snider said that the new
hours would be in effect until
further notice.
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WELL, ONE CAME, right through the living room wall in Denver, Colo. No
body home. The out-of-control “entrance” resulted from a street accident.
Stewart Named
Foreman Of
Grand Jury
Judge John H. McGehee ap
pointed Kimsey Stewart as fore
man of the grand jury which
met this morning at the opening
of the February term of Spald
ing Superior Court.
Judge McGehee said he made
the appointment in the interest
of time so the grand jury could
get down to business immedia
tely.
By appointing a foreman, the
jury did not have to return to
the courtroom and hear a char
ge from the judge.
Judge McGehee said he didn’t
have anything to complain about
and would not make a charge.
He said that the records of
Justices of the Peace would
have to be inspected by the
grand jury this session. He said
he would see that the justices
had been notified and that their
records would be brought to the
jury for inspection.
Sol. Gen. Andrew Whalen, Jr.
administered the oath of office
to the foreman and to other gr
and jurors.
The civil session of superior
court got under way after the
grand jury left the courtroom.
Mr. Stewart, the foreman, is a
city commissioner and Griffin
businessman.
Bill Would Raise
Officers
A bill will be introduced in the
Georgia General Assembly with
in the next two weeks to raise
the base salary of Spalding Co
unty’s elected officials.
Part of the salary adjustments
were recommended by a Grand
Jury Committee and all were
unanimously approved by the
Spalding County Commissioners.
A spokesman for the County
Commission said today that the
bill to increase the base salary
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would do anyway.”
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Two Hurt In Wreck
At Orchard Hill
Two Barnesville men were in
jured this morning in a wreck
near Orchard Hill, the Griffin
State Patrol Post reported.
They were listed as Tony
Shiver, 22, of 129 Cherry street,
Barnesville, and Luther Butler
Manry, 42, of 338 Lee street,
Barnesville.
Both were brought to the Grif
fin-Spalding Hospital. Shiver suf
fered lacerations about the mou
th and a possible rib fracture.
Manry suffered a fractured left
ankle and a possible rib frac
ture.
Manry was to be transferred
to an Atlanta hospital.
Trooper J. T. King of the Grif
fin Post said the two men told
him the man driving the car ran
after the accident. They said
they didn’t know his name.
The car rammed into an em
bankment on the Swint road.
Manry who was listed as own
er of the car was charged with
driving too fast for conditions,
driving under the influence of
intoxicants and driving with a
revoked license.
Trooper King said since the dri
ver’s name was not known, he
had to charge the owner of the
vehicle, since he was responsi
ble for it.
Five people were injured in
automobile accidents investiga-
of elected officials was being
prepared and the county hoped
to turn it over to Spalding’s re
presentatives within the next
few days.
Offices affected by the bill are
Sheriff, Ordinary, Tax Commis
sioner, Clerk of Court, Commis
sioners and Coroner.
The proposed legislation, if
approved in the General Assem
bly, would make the following
base salary adjustments:
Ordinary from $7,500 to $9,500;
Sheriff from $10,000 to $12,000;
Tax Commissioner from $10,000
to $11,000; Clerk of Court from
$10,000 to $11,000; Commissioner
from $250 per month to $350 per
month, and Coroner from $90 per
month to $120 per month.
A spokesman for the County
Commission said the base sal
ary adjustments were proposed
after a Grand Jury Committee,
headed up by Otis Weaver, ma
de an impartial survey sa^^^k tuSfertu
dy and recommended Sherif^^^^L
creases for the
Clerk ary, Tax of Court. Commissioi^^^B
The base salary
commissioners and
worked out and
commissioner*.
ted by the Griffin post of the
Georgia State Patrol Sunday.
Grady Calvin Pollard and Mrs.
Jeanette Betsil were injured in
an accident Sunday night at 7:50
on the West McIntosh road. Cars
involved were driven by Pollard
and Walter Clarence Betcil.
Investigating troopers estima
ted damage to the two vehicles
at $1,650.
Mrs. Betsil suffered lacera
tions to her face. The extent of
Pollard’s injuries was not list
ed on the accident report.
Sondra N. Bryan of Atlanta
and Marie Miller of Ellenwood
were injured in an accident in
Henry County at Georgia 155
and Panola road. They were in
a one car accident involving a
car driven by Marie Miller.
Marie Miller received injur
ies to her chest and Sondra Bry
an suffered an injured leg.
Both were taken to a DeK a 1 b
County Hospital.
Damage to the car was esti
mated at $900.
Willie Frank McFarlin of 1270
Edgewood avenue, Griffin, suf
fered lacerations to his head and
injuries to his right arm in a one
car accident on Everee road.' He
wa s listed as the driver of the
only car involved.
to his car at $600.
Fred Allen of Quincy avenue,
Griffin, was listed as the driver
of a car involved in an accident
eight-tenths of a mile south of
Griffin at U. S. 19 and Everee
road.
Troopers said the car he was
driving went out of control, hit a
utility pole, a fireplug and a
stack of lumber. Part of the
stack of lumber went through
the car.
Damage to the 1966 car was
estimated at $3,000. Allen was
not injured.
No one was injured in four
other accidents in the area. Da
mage to cars involved was esti
mated by investigating troopers
at $890.
Mayor Out Of
Hospital Here
Griffin Mayor Louis Gold
has been dismissed fronj ]
Griffin - Spalding Hospital
home
Mayor Goldstein was hcl m.|
lized several days for
The mayor said today th:
feeling much better anc
would be back at woi
a couple of day’s rest, i
Cutbacks Put
Ft Gordon GIs
In Army Tents
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI)— Rep.
Robert G. Stephens, D-Ga., has
charged that Ft. Gordon troops
are forced to live in tents in
subfreezing weather because of
recent construction cutbacks or
dered by Defense Seretary
Robert McNamara.
Stephens made the charges
before a subcommittee of the
House Armed Services Commit
tee, he revealed today.
“I cannot justify in my mind
spending money for the Great
Society when we are cutting
back on military construction,’’
he said.
The 10th District congress
man said it had been down as
low as six degrees at Ft. Gor
don during the past week.
“On the eve of letting the
contract at Ft. Gordon, the halt
on military construction was
ordered,” he added.
Stephens, of Athens, said
“the commanding general there
would have been derelict in his
duty had he not cleared the J
way for the contract to be exe
cuted. Men have been cleared
out of the barracks and they
are now in tents and I don’t
know how long that will con
tinue.”
Stephens told the committee
he did not know the actual
number of troops forced to live
in tents. But he said it would
be “some number of months at
least” before the soldiers are
returned to adequate quarters.
City Board Asks
Combination
Of Pay. Expense
A bill has been introduced in
the Georgia General Assembly
to combine the base salary and
expenses of Griffin City Com
missioners.
The bill is in the form of an
amendment to the city charter^
Commissioners now receive a
base salary plus allowances.
Under the proposed amend
the base salary and ex
allowances will be com
A spokesman for the city said
proposed legislation would
the commissioners’
salary from $100 a month
$150 a month.
The commission chairman’s
salary would be increased
$125 a month to $200 -ik
Under the proposed amend
ment, no allowances or expenses
would be paid except those ap
proved by the entire Board of
Commissioners.
The salary adjustment ts the
first for the City Commission in
over 10 years.
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