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By Quimby Melton
There’s so much about which
Good Evening can write today,
for this is February 12th.
The birthday of Georgia; the
birthday of Abraham Lincoln;
the birthday of one who is dear
to Good Evening: and the day
on which Griffin young folk take
their stand, as loyal American
citizens, and play an important
part in the student sponsored
Affirmation Viet Nam rally in
Atlanta this afternoon.
'Tvas on Feb. 12, 1733 that the
first English settlers, led by
General Oglethrope, landed at
what is now Savannah, and es
tablished a colony which was
named Georgia for King Geor
ge H. Georgia was first looked
on as a bumper between the
Spanish, in Florida, and the
English settlements, in the Caro
linas, Georgia was the fourth col
ony to ratify the Constitution of
the United States of America.
The history of Georgia is one of
which all Georgians may well
be proud.
Today we say “Many Happy
“Returns of the day” to Geor
gia, the state in which we live,
the state which all true Geor
gians love.
It’s very appropriate that the
Affirmation Viet Nam rally Is
being held today — February
12th — the Birthday of Our
State.
It’s very appropriate that the
chief speaker at this student
sponsored rally is a native of
Georgia — Secretary of State
Dean Rusk.
The young people of Georgia,
who are responsible for this ral
ly are the same type young peo
ple who have, from the first
been willing to work, to fight,
to be loyal, to stand up for what
is right. Like other Georgia yo
ung people they are not afraid
to take a stand.
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Then, too, this is the birth an
niversary of Abraham Lincoln,
the President of the United Stat
es at the time when this nation
met its greatest challenge.
There was a time when few
Southern newspaper editors paid
much attenton to the brthday
of Lincoln, for the simple reason
that much of the hatred generat
ed by the Civil War was center
ed on the man, who lead the
north in that time that “tried
men’s souls.” But as the smoke
of battle cleared, and as people
began to study events of the
1860s, it began to dawn on
many that Abraham Lincoln was
not only not the evil person he
had been pictured, but was a
great American, and that had
he lived there would have been
quick healing of the wounds of
civil war, there would have been
no Reconstruction years that
penalized the loosers to such an
extent that it took more than
half a century to even start the
“come back” of the South.
Many things that Lincoln said
have been repeated time and
time again. Good Evening came
across one the other day, one
with which he was not familiar,
but one that he believes may
have been as great a statement
as the war-time President ever
uttered.
“Die when I may, I want it
said of me by those who knew
me best, that I always plucked
a thistle and planted a flower
where I thought it would grow.”
An interesting thing to Good
Evening, both of whose grand
fathers fought in the Confeder
ate Army, is that many stu
dents of history class Abraham
Lincoln and Robert E. Lee as
two of the greatest Americans
who ever lived. They had much
in common. Both were god-fear
ing men whose examples we
might well copy. Both believed
firmly In doing what they con
sidered their duty. Remember it
was Lee who said “The greatest
word in the English language is
•Duty’. ”
Would that today this nation
of ours had more men like Ab
raham Lincoln and Robert E.
Lee.
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mach it very long.
400 Meet In Griffin
Lions Hull Program
Praised At
“The things we most desire In
life and strive for, w e must
honor,” Dr. Noah Langdale, Jr.
told Lions attending the Georgia
District 18-E meeting Friday
night at the Griffin Moose Lod
ge.
“The most frequent cause of
failure in life is due to the fact
that we want to hunt with the
hounds and run with the hare at
the same time," Dr. Langdale
said.
Dr. Langdale, president of
Georgia State College in Atlan
ta, praised the Lions in District
18-E for their humanitarian work
and challenged them to remain
true to the ideals of their mot
to, “We Serve.”
Dr. Langdale was Introduced
by Frank Hollberg III of Senoia,
District 18-E Governor, who pre
sided over the business session.
Several past district gover
nors participated on the pro
gram which featured singing by
Will Fussell and the Left Over
Four of Atlanta.
Use Planes, Ships
More, Nixon
By ANTHONY HEFFERNAN
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI) _ Former
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon Friday night urged great
er use of air and sea power in
Viet Nam and an economic
blockade of Haiphong to shorten
the war.
Nixon, in a speech to a $50
a-plate Lincoln Day fund-raising
banquet, advocated “that this
war as much as possible be
fought in the air and on the
sea.”
This would “shorten the war
and reduce American casualties
on the ground.” He said he
would not suggest targets, other
than that they be only military,
because that was the job of the
people running the war.
He said last year more than
50 per cent of ships that en
tered the North Viet Nam port
of Haiphong were from non
communist nations and the
United States should convince
its allies not to trade with the
North Vietnamese.
If this effort fails, shipping
firms should be given the
choice of trading with North
Viet Nam or the United States.
Earlier at a news conference,
Nixon said if this also failed,
a “Kennedy-type Cuban quaran
tine of North Viet Nam” would
be appropriate.
Asked if be meant blockad
ing Haiphong with U. S. ships,
he answered, “there are more
sophisticated ways, such as
mining a port.” But he again
declined to be specific on
grounds that was the job of
military strategists.
Another Wheat Deal
He said it appeared another
deal to send U, S. subsidized
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., Feb. 12-13, 1966
The pledge of allegiance to the
flag was led by Past District
Governor W. E. Bizzell. Past
District Governor Ethan L.
Taylor gave the invocation.
Lion Don McIntyre led the
group in singing. Guests were
introduced by Past District Gov
ernor Frank Holliday. Follow
ing the address by Dr. Langdale,
the response was given by Lion
Ray Tucker, who is the Henry
County representative to the
Georgia General Assembly. ■
Pike County received the aw
ard for having the most mem
bers present. The presentation
of the award was made by Lion
John Haney, cabinet secretary
and treasurer.
Past District Governor Gor
don E. Sanford gave the bene
diction.
The meeting was attended by
more than 400 Lions and their
wives. The Griffin Lions Club
was host for the meeting. Ben
F. Hoard is president of t h e
Griffin Club.
wheat to Russia was brewing
and urged “no more exporting
of any subsidized material to
the Soviet Union until the So
viet Union stops exporting rev
olutions around the world.”
Nixon said republicans must
continue to support President
Johnson’s Viet Nam policy so
long as it is “firm,” even
though it might be good politics
to oppose it as are 20 demo
cratic senators and 76 repre
sentatives.
He said the “appeasement
wing of the Democratic party”
is courting disaster by urging
compromises with North Viet
Nam to get U. S. out of South
Viet Nam.
He said Johnson has failed to
communicate effectively to the
American people that this is
“a war for peace.” He said
that in the long run it is more
dangerous to stop the war
through appeasement than to
continue fighting. He said
“Communist China is a fourth
rate military power” now but
in a few years will have nu
clear capability and be more
difficult to deal with.
Warmly Greeted
Nixon was warmly greeted by
the several hundred Georgia
Republicans attending the most
successful GOP fund - raising
event in state history. He is on
a tour of Lincoln Day banquets
throughout the country and to
day goes to Louisville, Ky. to
address another.
He made a strong pitch for
party unity and insisted the
GOP could win big in the No
vember congressional, guberna
torial and local elections but if
the party failed, it may mean
its end.
House Okays School Bill;
Senate Wants Longer Terms
Game And Fish,
Prison Funds
Are Approved
By ED ROGERS
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI)—The Geor
gia House of Representatives
Friday passed a proposed con
stitutional amendment allowing
local option of methods of
choosing school superintendents
and boards and approved sup
plemental appropriations to the
prisons and game and fish de
partments.
House members, however,
tabled a measure which would
shorten some of the residence
requirements for voting in the
state and defeated a bill spell
ing out a suspected drunk mo
torists’ right to a drunkenness
test.
In key committee action the
House Banks and Banking Com
mittee passed two related
measures which would require
private banks to come under
state regulation. The judiciary
committee approved a Senate
bill making possession of fed
eral gambling stamps evidence
of guilt under state law.
The Prisons Department
would receive a supplemental
appropriation of $300,000 and
the Game and Fish Department
$900,000 for the rest of the cur
rent fiscal year and next fiscal
year in two of the bills passed.
The $300,000 was financed from
Gov. Carl Sanders’ emergency
fund to reduce the work week
of prison guards from 72 hours
to 60 hours.
The other bill merely chan
nels Into the Game and Fish
Department extra revenue ex
pected from a new act increas
ing hunting and fishing licenses
$1 each.
Much of the House debate
Friday centered on the voter
qualifications and drunken driv
ing bills.
The voting measure would re
duce the residency requirement
In the state from one year to
six months, In one county from
six to three months, in order to
be eligible to vote In Georgia.
It would also set up a special
way for new residents to vote
for President and Vice Presi
dent and would require a con
stitutional amendment.
Rep. Quimby Melton, Jr., called
the bill a move to “weaken the
electorate” further In the wake
of federal laws that in some
cases require the registration of
illiterates.
Rep. Henry L. Reeves of
Quitman said, “Soon they’ll
have voting booths in the street
and tourists can vote as they
pass through.”
After an amendment was at
tached that ballots must be
counted in the precincts where
they are cast, a move appar
ently intended to make the bill
Impassable, House members
voted to table the measure, 109-
48.
House members voted down
the drunk driving bill 56-100.
Rep. Jim T. Bennett of Val
dosta led the fight against the
measure and said he would be
"amused to be present If a law
enforcement officer attempted
to explain his rights to some
drunk under this complicated
bill.”
A similar measure providing
for mandatory blood tests for
drunkenness was defeated last
month but was revived on the
calendar and was placed in a
commiWee for further study.
Court Opens
Here Monday
Hie criminal term of Spalding
County Superior Court will
open Monday at 9 a.m. at t h e
courthouse.
A number of people indicted
last week by a Spalding County
grand Jury are scheduled to have
their cases brought before the
court.
Judge John H. McGehee will
preside and Sol. Gen. An d r e w
Whalen, Jr., will represent the
state in presenting cases.
Status Of
Legislation
ATLANTA (UPI) — Status of
major General Assembly leg
islation:
Passed Friday:
In the House, local option for
selection of local school superin
tendents and school boards, and
extra appropriations for the
prisons and game and fish de
partments.
The House tabled a bill to
amend residency requirements
for voters and killed a bill
spelling out a suspected mo
torist’s right to get a blood
test.
In the Senate, a comprehen
sive search and seizure law,
compulsory seat belts for rear
seats, an increase on maximum
scholarship loans to freshmen,
and a highway beautification
bill.
Other pending legislation:
On the House table, bills to
restore speed timers to locali
ties and a municipal election
code. The code contains an
amendment that would outlaw
a recent reorganization of the
Democratic party.
In the Senate: House bills to
require uniformly marked state
patrol cars, and require pay
ment of property taxes on cars
when tags are bought. Also a
Senate - proposed constituional
amendment to provide for local
option mergers of school sys
terns across county lines.
200,000 Sign
Opinion Poll
On Viet Nam
ATLANTA (UPI)—The signa
tures of more than 200,000 sup
porters of the United States’
commitment In Viet Nam will
be presented to Secretary of
State Dean Rusk today at
a massive “Affirmation Viet
Nam” rally in Atlanta Stadium.
About 50,000 persons are ex
pected to attend the rally, spon
sored by a group of Emory
University students who said
they want to show American
troops in Viet Nam that college
students support their effort.
Most of Georgia’s political lead
ers are expected to attend, in
cluding Gov. Carl Sanders and
Sens. Richard Russell and Her
man Talmadge.
Rusk, who is scheduled to be
the main speaker, was due to
arrive here at 1:30 p.m. and
speak extemporaneously about
2:45 p.m.
Other scheduled speakers in
clude retired Army Gen. Lucius
D. Clay and Nyguy-Duy-Lien,
South Vietnam’s ambassador to
the U. S. Ambassadors from
many other nations will also at
tend.
Thousands of persons are
scheduled to arrive at the sta
dium in 60 motorcades from
throughout the state. In addi
tion, students from colleges
across Georgia will be brought
here in special trains and
buses.
Henry Studies
Needs
Henry County may lose Its
membership In the Flint River
Regional Library if adequate
library facilities are not made
available In the near future.
The Flint River Regional Lib
rary, with headquarters in Grif
fin, serves Spalding, Henry,
Pike, Monroe, Clayton and Fay
ette Counties.
County and school officials are
looking for an answer, includ
ing the construction of a new
building. At present, the library
building is the property of Plan
ters Warehouse and Lumber
Company. The building has been
used by the library at no char
ge.
Vol. 95 No. 35
4-Year Terms
Sought For
Independence’
By PATRICK CONWAY
United Press International
ATLANTA (UPI)—Sen. Erwin
Owens said Friday that doubl
ing the terms of lawmakers
from two to four years would
make legislators more inde
pendent.
Owens, introducing a pro
posed constitutional amendment
to lengthen the terms, said
“You’ll never have a strong
Senate until you have four year
terms.”
The Dahlonega senator said
that with two-year terms leg
islators often vote for meas
ures against their better judg
ment “because they don’t want
to mqjke the people back home
mad.”
In the Industry and Labor
Committee an argument erupt
ed over charges made by Comp.
Gen. Jimmy Bentley that leg
islators had been pressured to
kill a bill that would end abu
sive practices in the loan in
dustry.
Sens. Mike Padgett and Har
ry Jackson lashed out at Bent
ley for making statements they
said indicated the Senate would
submit to “arm twisting” on a
bill to limit to 6 per cent the
amount of interest charged on
a second mortgage loan.
“I am very, very jealous of
the Integrity of this committee
and of the Senate and I resent
any indications that we might
bend to arm twisting,” Jackson
said.
Padgett demanded that Bent
ley apologize.
Bentley said he had not ques
tioned the committee’s Integrity
and added that the current Sen
ate is the most responsible he
has seen in 23 years.
The bill, Introduced by Rep.
Milton Jones of Columbus,
would also put a 10 per cent
ceiling on extra charges ac
companying second mortgage
loans.
The Senate also passed a bill
by Julian Webb of Donalson
ville that woulr provide for a
comprehensive state search and
seizure law.
Two automobile safety bills
by Sen. Leroy Johnson of At
lanta were also passed. They
would require seat belts for the
back seats of all cars sold in
Georgia starting in 1967 and
would make them necessary for
the vehicle to pass the state
auto inspection test.
Before adjourning until 10
a.m. today the Senate passed
13 bills. The legislation includ
ed:
—Legislation by Sen. Jimmy
Carter of Plains to add the
state school superintendent to
the membership of the Georgia
Higher Education Assistance
Corp., and to increase the limit
on state loans to college fresh
men from $900 to $1,000.
—A highway beautification
bill by Webb ana Sen. Ai Hollo
way of Albany to permit the
state to acquire land outside the
limits of right of way to en
hance the beauty of the land
scape.
Flint River Regional Library
has informed Henry County that
the building is inadequate and
that often times books are left
stacked on the floor and that
this cannot continue.
A possible site for a new lib
rary is a piece of property on
Lawrenceville street owned by
the Board of Education. The pro
perty is behind the Post Office
and next door to The Weekly
Advertiser, Henry County news
paper.
Henry County is providing the
smallest per capita financial
support to the library of any
member. Ways are being stud
ied to increase financial support
and secure a new building.
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Left Out
A KITCHEN SINK was exhibit “A” for Reps.
Frances Bolton and William H. Ayres, both of Ohio,
in protesting “absurdities” which showed up in con
struction of Washington’s new Rayburn H o u s e
Office Building. Office suites in the $88.9 million
building have kitchens without sinks and bathrooms
without towel racks.
House Resolution
Aimed At Bond
ATLANTA (UFI)— A proposal
aimed at preventing Negro
Rep.-elect Julian Bond from
being sworn in as a House
member following a special
election is expected to be voted
on by the House next week.
Rep. Jones Lane of States
boro, who launched the protest
that led to the refusal by the
House to seat Bond on the first
day of the 1966 session, intro
duced a proposed change of leg
islature rules Friday. The pro
posal would deny the winner of
an election held while the House
is not in session the right to
take the oath of office for 10
days to provide time for the
filing of objections.
If an objection is filed, the
House speaker would convene a
committee of 21 to 31 House
members to decide the winner’s
eligibility just as the whole
House decided Bond’s eligibility
Jan. 10.
Bond, who was denied his
seat because he criticized Unit
ed States policy in Viet Nam, is
the only candidate in a special
election Feb. 23 to fill his own
seat. The date of the election
falls five days following the
scheduled adjournment of the
Meningitis Threat
Locks Lackland APIS
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPI)
— Tight security measures were
up today against an almost
invisible killer that has caused
16,000 trainees at Lackland Air
Force Base to be confined to
quarters.
The killer, meningitis, has
claimed one airman at the base
and killed two other servicemen
elsewhere.
Lackland Air Force Base
meanwhile continues moving its
training operations to another
base 500 miles north to escape
the outbreak of the infectuous
disease.
Six men contracted meningi
tis at ackland. One has died
and five remain in serious
oondition. All five are basic
trainees.
Lackland, the largest Air
Force training center, started
shifting its training center to
Amarillo Air Force Base, in the
Texas Panhandle.
The 16,000 basic trainees,
however, have been restricted
to the base and the two
squadrons in which the victims
had been in have been isolated
from the rest of the men.
Two other men at other bases
have died recently from the
disease. At Ft. Knox, Ky., Pvt.
present General Assembly ses
sion.
The resolution does not men
tion Bond by name, but fits the
Bond situation. Under present
rules Bond can present himself
as the winner of the special
election and demand to be
sworn in and be recognized as
a member of the House even
though the chamber has ad
journed.
A three-judge federal court
ruled Thursday in a 2-1 de
cision that the House was with
in its rights to deny Bond his
seat. Bond has said he would
appeal to the U. s. Supreme
Court.
Bond said he was “sure” the
Supreme Court would “vindi
cate my right to. have been
seated in the Georgia House of
Representatives.”
He said he wasn’t worried
about the latest move by Lane.
“I’ll face Mr. Lane the next
time I see him but until then
I’m not worried about him,”
Bond said in New York where
he was preparing for a talk
Sunday morning at the Abys
sinian Baptist Church, pastored
by Negro U. S. Rep. Adam
Clayton Powell.
Charles Scholdel of Milwaukee,
died Feb. 4. Twelve other men
caught the disease, including
five in serious condition.
Another soldier stationed at Ft.
Gordon, Ga., died from meningi
tis.
Air Force officials said the
outbreak has not yet reached
the epidemic stage, but the
shift and other precautions
were taken to stop the disease
from spreading.
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endure his neighbor’s fail
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