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By Quimbjr Melton
We like that statement made
by Georgia’s Senator Richard
B. Russell, Jr., the other day
When he said:
“It’s time that we demand, not
ask, that our allies to whom we
have been so generous, join us
In a genuine way.” He was re
ferring to the situation in V i e t
Nam, his suggestion that Hai
pong, the chief port of North
V ; t Nam, be quarantined, and
, that bombing of North Viet Nam
be stepped up.
Too many of our allies are Just
giving lip service to Uncle Sam,
and some are not even going that
far.
Opposition to closing the port
of Haipong comes from England
for the simple reason that En
gland wants to do business with
anyone who can buy their pro
ducts. And France, it would
seem, is doing everything she
can to block our efforts to save
South Viet Nam from the com
munists.
Has England forgotten the
days when the Kaiser bombed
the island and was threatening
invasion of the tiny isle? Have
they forgotten that it. was Am
erica’s entrance into World
War One and subsequent Ameri
can victories on the battleifled
that saved England, as well as
the European continent, from
being subject to the whims of the
Kaiser?
Has England forgotten the Am
erican billions poured into her
that enabled John Bull to stag
ger to his feet and with continu
ed American aid once again be
come a great nation?
Has England forgotten World
War Two when the threat was
even greater from Hitler’s hord
es? And has England forgotten
the billions more poured into her
economy by an America that it
self was seeking to rebuild its
economy after the war?
Still England seems to prefer
Just giving lip service to Amer
tea.
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And as for France?
This long time ally of the Uni
ted States, a nation that knew
the devestating invasion of en
emy troops in both world wars,
and that underwent occupation
troop government during the
i latter, does not even go as far
' lip service.
as giving
Led by a selfish, out-moded
senile old man, who dreams of
personal grandeur and holds
himself as the only savior and
hope of the French people, Fran
ce is “giving aid to the enemy”
and is joining the severest crit
ics of our nation, telling us to
get out of Viet N„m, to abandon
our commitments there, and
leave the Reds to sweep all over
Asia.
We’d like to suggest to the lea
ders in England and in France,
especially deGaulle, that they
read Kipling’s “Lest We For
get.” We also suggest to De
Gaulle that he pay a visit to
the Amercian cemetery at Mar
graten and see for himself the
graves of American boys and
girls, row on row, who gave
their lives that Hitler could be
stopped, driven back in defeat
and wiped out as a threat to
i France and the world.
Had it not been for these Am
erican soldiers and sailors, and
those who were brought home
to graves, some in national ce
metaries, some in cemeteries in
their home town, if it had not
been for them there would be no
free France today and DeGaulle
probably would have been exe
cuted as an enemy of Nazi
France and would not be here
to double cross his ally - the
U.S:A.
Yes, Senator Richard B. Rus
sell, it is time that we demand
—not ask — our allies to d r o p
their mask of friendly relations
with us and become honest-to
God allies.
Gratitude, me of the greatest
words in both E~~lish and Fren
ch, seems to be a word the so
called allies have forgotten.
Too many of our allies want to
“eat their cake and have it too”.
They want our foreign aid, but
they also want their trade with
the red block.
No cooperation, no aid —how
would our allies like that?
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly cloudy and
warm tonight and Thursday.
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 60, low today 47, high
Tuesday 68, low Tuesday 41.
6unrise Thursday 7:20, sunset
Thursday 6:18.
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Established 1871 Griffin, Go., 30223, Wednesday, February 9, 1966 Vol. 95 No. 32
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Almost Like Spring
It was February 8 but the warm sunshine made it seem almost like an early day
in spring in Griffin. The warm weather here Tuesday afternoon was in such con
trast to the minus one degree weather just a week ago it prompted Kitty Cart
ledge, Griffin High student, to test the water in a stream on the Griffin Golf
Course. The water was still cold but not enough to chill the smile of the pretty
co-ed.
Atlanta Prisoners
Refuse To Eat
ATLANTA (UPI) — The 2,500
inmates of Atlanta's huge fed
eral penitentiary staged a
“quiet general demonstration”
today and refused to eat in the
prison dining room.
Acting Warden C. J. Ecken
rode said the prison was quiet
and orderly. He said there bas
been no violence.
Eckenrode issued the follow
ing statement and refused fur
Problem For
Peach Growers
Is Marketing
CHARLOTTE, N. C. (UPI)—
Sen. Donald Russell, D-S.C.,
said here Tuesday night that
the peach grower’s greatest
problem is marketing.
The South Carolina
told the National Peach
cil’s annual convention
southeastern growers need
markets to “fully capitalize
their opportunities.”
Russell noted, for
that in Georgia more than
per cent of the state’s
crop is wasted. He added
least 50 per cent of the crop
the Southeast should be
cessed in some form.
George Nicholson of
Kan., was installed as the
president of the council.
Gaines of Inman, S.C.,
e’ected first vice
placing him in line to
Nicholson.
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“T h e most important
thing many committees de
cide is when to hold
next meeting.”
ther comment:
“The population of the insti
tution is staging a quiet gener
al demonstration and has re
fused to eat in the institution
dining room.
“The causes of the dem
onstration are being investigat
ed by institution officials. Com
plaints appear to be focused on
food preparation.
“The institution is quiet and
orderly with no outbreak of vi
olence.
“During the investigation the
men are being held in quarters
and all but essential work activ
ities have been temporarily dis
continued.”
BIG SNOW JOB
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (UPI)
—Fifteen members of Signa
Chi fraternity at Colorado State
University built a 13-foot
snowman Tuesday, and claimed
it as a world’s record.
House OK’s Birth
Control Clinics
By ED ROGERS
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI)—The House
today passed a bill to set up
birth control clinics under the
State Health Department and
the Department of Family and
Children’s Services.
The bill was sponsored by
House Floor Leader George
Busbee of Albany who acted on
his own and not for the admin
istration.
Busbee said he had given
more than a year of study to
the problem raised by too-large
families of the poor.
The federal government and
the state are working for better
education and job opportunities
but neither has made a move
in the birth control area which
he called a third essential to
eliminate poverty.
“Fifty years from now this
bill will have meant more to
the state of Georgia than any
other passed at this session,”
Busbee said.
The program would be strict
ly optional and contains a pro
vision that welfare and other
state aid cannot be cut off to
anyone refusing to participate.
Revenue Loss
The House voted to broaden
diesel fuel taxation to prevent
multi-million dollar losses of
Regents Up
College Fees
By $25
ATLANTA (UPI) — The
Board of Regents voted today
to increase the matriculation
fees within the University of
Georgia system $25 per quarter.
In addition, the board voted
to add $10 a quarter to the tui
tion charged nonresident stu
dents.
The new fees will become ef
fective at the beginning of the
summer quarter this year.
They are the first increases on
a system-wide basis since 1961.
The increases were ordered,
the board said, to close the gap
between costs of anticipated en
rollment and state appropria
tions available for the year be
ginning July 1.
Appropriations for the univer
sity system for the fiscal year
were based on anticipated en
rollment of 37,800, but the board
said the figure now is expected
to be 45,602.
revenue under two recent ap
pelate court decisions.
The courts excluded the tax
on diesel sold to highway con
tractors for construction and re
pair and to dealers selling the
fuel for both highway and non
highway use.
The bill was designed to re
verse both decisions. The vote
on the administration measure
was 152-16. Proponents said
that unless the measure be
comes law highway contractors
stand to get a $15 million wind
fall in refunds on fuel used for
work on past contracts.
Will Change Vote
Tuesday, Rep. George Bagby
of Dallas voted In committee to
allow possible exemption of
standing timber from property
taxes but said he would oppose
the measure on the House floor.
The committee vote was 11-10.
A REAL DEAL
MALVERN, Ark. (UPI) —
Jim Simpson got a lot more
than he bargained for in a used
car when he drove away from
Sparks Motors. After he left,
the lot manager rea’ized he left
a $2,700 bank deposit in the car.
He went to Simpson’s home and
retrieved the bag of cash from
the parked car. Simpson was
not aware of the “deal.”
City Turns Down
Federal Project
Citizens Oppose
US Funds, Control
The Griffin City Commission
ers voted unanimously Tuesday
night at inst appointing a Com
munity Action Committee to
quality for participation in the
federal Economic Opportunity
program.
A group of citizens had ap
peared at the previous city com
mission meeting and asked that
such a committee be formed.
The group said it was interested
in getting a kindergarten pro
gram set up here under the fed
eral program.
A group of 16 citizens that ap
peared before the commission
ers Tuesday night, however, had
different views on the proposal.
Most of them opposed the use
of federal funds for setting up
such a project. They said they
opposed the federal controls whi
ch accompany such projects.
Frank Stovall, chairman of the
Republican Party in Spalding
County and active in the Conser
vatives of Griffin organization,
said he feared “the long arm of
the federal government when
they come in and offer such en
ticements.”
He said he was opposed to the
prevailing attitude in federal
programs that "you can get
something for nothing.”
Mrs. I. F. Scott, Spalding
County citizen, said she oppos
ed the program because it me
ant “too much control by the
federal government.”
Rep. George Gaissert, Spald
ing County Republican represen
tative in the Georgia General
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Teeth Braces
Sell For $1.05
Teeth braces are expensive
when purchased through a den
tist, but the price drops drasti
cally when they are sold at pub
lic auction on the steps of the
courthouse.
Dr. Ben T. Gleaves purchased
a set of upper and lower braces
this morning for $1.05. The bid
was the only one entered.
The braces were auctioned
by Constable Ray Sutton. He
had gained possession of the bra
ce* by a fi fa levied by Dr. Glea
ves against Maude Willis.
The bid for Dr. Gleaves was
entered by a dental assistant.
She said when installed, the
braces cost more than $200.
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Planning Fashion Show
Shown making plans for the annual BPW Fashion Show (front, 1-r) Jeanne Monroe, Beck Frankel, Louise
Dallas, Hope Avery, Mattie Shivers, Bonnie Mavity, Ruth Marx, Mildred Burnett, Jerrie Blackmon (back)
Mary Glover Newton, Frank W. Crum, Donald H. Perkins, Kathleen Skipper, Inez Brown and Martha Martin.
Assembly, declared he was “fed
up with federal money.”
He said that Tuesday morn
ing he had attended an Educa
tion Committee meeting in the
House. He said that Jack Nix,
State School Superintendent, had
reported that 52 percent of the
money being spent in Georgia
schools came from federal sour
ces. Rep. Gaissert said he was
surprised to learn the figure was
that high.
Once programs involving fed
eral funds are started, he said,
“it’s hard to pull back.”
Ted Courtney, an educator who
makes his home in Spalding Co
unty, said he was opposed to the
project if for no other reason
than there are too many federal
forms to fill out.
He said there is less and less
local control with more and
more federal money being spent
in education.
Ralph Dougherty of Griffin,
commercial airlines pilot and
Sixth District Republican Party
Chairman, said he thought that
statistics would show “we are
getting back about a nickel out
of every dollar paid into the fed
eral government.”
He opposed the principle of
federal aid to schools, stating he
thought it was the wrong thing.
Lloyd C. Connell, citizen of the
community, rose to declare
his opposition to the federally
financed program.
After hearing the objections
to the program, Commissioner
Kimsey Stewart made the mo
tion that the city not appoint a
Community Action Committee.
It was seconded by Vice Chair
man Carl Pruett and Mayor Lo
uis Goldstein made the vote ag
ainst the committee unanimous.
Mr. Pruett made the obser
vance that the request had come
from a small group and that
“one of two of them wanted a
Job out of it.”
Mr. Goldstein, voting against
the committee, said he felt the
majority of the citizens did not
want such a program.
Jack Langford, city manager,
announced at the city commis
sion meeting that the Vocational
Technical school here, had ar
ranged for a course training
municipal supervisors. Mr. Lang
ford said that 18 city employes
would take it.
He expressed appreciation to
the Vocational-Technical School
for cooperating with the city in
that project.
In the only other action at the
Tuesday night city commission
meeting, purchases of equipment
and supplies for the Light and
Water Department were approv
ed, totaling $39,963.13.
Grand Jury Wants
Screening Of
Pistol Licenses
The Spalding County Grand
Jury Tuesday called for tighter
controls on pistol carrying licen
ses. It recommended that appli
cants for such licenses be finger
printed and that these be check
ed with the GBI and FBI.
The grand jury said in its
presentments for the February
Court it thought that such a
screening would help “eliminate
those applicants who may be
unworthy” of such permits.
The grand jury recommended
that the ordinary not issue pis
tol licenses until applicants had
been screened by the Spalding
County Sheriff’s office through
the fingerprint check.
The grand jury was critical of
the manner in which some Jus
tices of the Peace kept their
court records.
Said the jury: “We have ex
amined carefully the Justice of
Peace dockets and have found
that they Were incomplete in
many particulars. We feel it is
an injustice to the taxpayers of
Griffin and Spalding County to
furnish Justice of the Peace
courts with itemized dockets
which they fail to complete in a
satisfactory manner.
“We therefore recommend that
the Justice of Peace dockets be
returned at the next session of
the Grand Jury properly com
pleted in detail for said Grand
Jury examination.”
Fashion Show
Set March 19
Mrs. Hope Avery, president of
the Griffin Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club annomiced
that “Spring On The Go” has
been chosen as the theme of the
fashion show.
The 1966 Fashion Extravagan
za will be held March 19, at Grif
fin auditorium.
Mrs. Martha Martin is general
chairman for this year’s show.
Miss Louise Dallas is staging
chairman. Miss Dallas outlined
tentative plans for the staging
of this year’s show at a meeting
this week.
Other committee chairmen
are: Louvale Hollingsworth and
Edith Smith, ads; Eir“y Harris,
The next session of the grand
jury will meet on the third Mon
day in June. The same mem
bers of the grand jury who ser
ved during the February session
will serve #gain during that ses
sion.
Included in the presentments
was the appointment of Mayor
Louis Goldstein to the Spalding
County Board of Health.
The grand jury returned 49 in
dictments and 17 no bills on cas
es they considered.
The people indicted are sche
duled to be tried next week dur
ing the criminal session of court.
INSIDE
Legislature. Page 2.
Green Beret. Page 2.
Affirmation Poll. Page 2.
Dateline Georgia. Page 2.
War Against Crime. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
TV Schedules. Page 4.
Sports. Page 5.
HospitaL Page 10.
Stork Club. Page 10
About Town. Page 10.
LBJ Returns. Page 12.
News Commentary. Page 14.
Forestry Tips. Page 14.
Food Tips. Page 16.
Letter Discounted. Page 1 G .
Want Ads. Page 18.
Comics. Page 19.
Society. Page 20.
models; Mary Norton, tickets;
Mary Parks Stewart, posters;
Evelyn English and Jewel Carr,
ushers; Jeanne Monroe, public
ity; Myrtle Brown, dressing
rooms; Ann Harris and Clyde
Wright, line-up; and Rubye Al
ston, program.
Firms that will participate
are: Bonnie Shop, Crouch Com
pany, Fads and Fashions, Fash
ion Shops, Goldstein’s, Griffin
Outlet Store, Jerrie and Don’s,
Morrow-Powell Clothing Co., J.
C. Penny Co., Saul’s, Ira Slade
Clothing Co. and Smith-Roberts.
Mrs. Jeanne Monroe will be
narrator for the show. Tickets
will go on sale In the near fut
ure.