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By Qmmby Melton
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Anyone who watched the Se
nate Foreign Relations Commit
tee hearing Friday, or who read
the accounts of it in newspapers
could not help but be proud of
the way Dean Rusk, native Geor
gia, conducted himself.
He was prodded, insulted, and
rudely interrupted time and time
again. But he kept his temper,
answered all questions, and re
mained a gentleman throughout.
That Rusk’s testimony wos so
forceful that it angered those
who are out to embarrass Uncle
Sam, would have him go back on
his commitments, would pull out
of Viet Nam and leave all Asia
open territory for the Commu
nists, is borne out by the fact
that before his testimony was
concluded a warning was re
ceived that he would “be shot
between the eyes’’ as he left the
hearing. Rusk, already under
heavy security guard, was es
corted safely from the building.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
and U. S. Senator Wayne Morse
differ in many ways. One differ
ence between them was brought
out in the hearing Friday. Morse
has continually talked about “not
sending our boys to slaughter on
the battlefields.” At times he
tells of the horrors of battle as
though he had been in the thick
of it; But Friday one of the other
Senators asked Dean Rusk if he
had ever been in a war.
It was then brought out that
when World War Two broke out
Rusk was a captain in the Army
Reserves, that he was called in
to active duty and placed in
command of a combat unit. Af
ter a year he was called to Was
hington to serve in the defense
department and a year later was
.sent back to the fighting in the
Pacific. Rusk, not Morse, knows
first hand the horrors of war;
and Rusk’s idea is bring about a
lasting peace if possible, and to
reduce the threat of future
wars. Good Evening a former
commander of a fighting unit in
World War One, believes if Sen
ator Morse had been with a com
bat unit he might be taking a
different attitude towards our
“involvement” in Viet Nam.
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Senator Morse — he was elect
ed senator in 1945 — as spending
the war years as a civilian serv
ing on various wartime govem
ment commissions.
The crowning statement of
Dean Rusk, in our opinion, was
when he calmly told Senator
Morse — in fact he almost chal
lenged him to bring it up
—that if the Congress were to
vote on the same measure they
passed in 1964, giving the Presi
dent power to proceed with the
campaign in Asia, the results
would be the same. In the 1964
voting there were but two who
voted against the motion, Morse
.being one of the two.
Now, admiration for Den Rusk
is not restricted to men of Good
Evening’s generation; Not by a
long shot.
This morning, at breakfast in
one of our better eating estab
« lishments, there was a young
man, a student at Griffin High
School. He was getting breakfast
before reporting to a store here
where he works afternoons and
nights.
Several of us were discussing
Rusk’s appearance before the
Senate Committee. This young
man as he left the restaurant
said to Good Evening, “Isn’t it
a shame that a man as brilliant
and polished and well educated
and devoted to America as is
i Dean Rusk has to be insulted
when he tells the truth. No won
der it’s hard to getf competent
men to act as government offic
ials. Georgia and the nation
should be proud that we have a
man like Dean Rusk for Secre
tary of State.”
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Heart Fund Drive
Set Here Sunday
Bill Huskey, chairman of the
Griffin Heart Fund for 1966, an
nounced today the appointment
of four area chairmen, who will
begin the Heart Fund drive with
a door-to-door campaign on Sun
day afternoon.
The chairmen appointed were
Mrs. Gordon Futral, area one;
Mrs. B. F. Harris, area two;
Mrs. James Doughtie, area
Mrs.
Jim Joiner, co-chairmen for area
four.
Approximately 100 other ladies
have been organized to call on
Griffinites Sunday afternoon
from 2 to 4 p.m., for a contribu
tion to the Heart Fund. A goal
of $6,000 has been set for Spald
ing County.
A luncheon for the division and
area workers of the Heart Fund
was held at Luann’s Restaurant
Friday with Carl Matthews of
Atlanta as guest.
Achievements which the Heart
Fund have helped to develop
since 1949 include: death rate
from stroke decreased by 26 per
cent for men between 45 and 64;
BOW VS. BAND
PACHECO, Calif. (UPI) —I
had to come to this: Three
teenagers tried to hold up a
service station with a bow and
three arrows.
However, attendant David
Cline, 23, had a 20th century
trick up his sleeve. During the
attempted robbery they let him
wait on a cusomer who he
recognized as having acitizen’s
band radio installed in his car.
The trio fled, but was picked
up minutes later by a patrol
car alerted by the radioed plea
for help.
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age of heart attack victims re
covering; prevention of most ini
tial and recurrent attacks of rh
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LONDONER JOHN BOURN dutifully feeds a meter after parking his helicopter
on a street in the British capital. But it wasn’t quite the ultimate in commuting.
Bourn, executive of an air company, brought the copter in by road.
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GRIFFIN
And Orange Drink In Senate
House Stops Clocks Again;
Session Ends A13:14 A. M.
SHORT CIRCUIT
BOULDER, Colo. (UPI) _
Boulder police thought it might
be a sinister plot dreamed up
by the Riddler, The Joker or
The Penguin when all of the
city’s 15 silent burglar alarms
went off at the same time.
Ice Skating Stars Make
Stage Props In Spalding
See Magazine Section
Rep. Gaissert
Stages Short
‘Filibuster''
ATLANTA - (UPI) — Rep.
George Gaissert of Spalding Co
unty treated the House to a “fili
buster” that lasted 12 minutes
in the closing hours of the Gen
eral Assembly Friday night.
Rep. Gaissert said he would
talk until after the midnight ad
journment to stall action on a
bill requiring beautification al
ong interstates and other major
highways.
He denounced it at the “Lady
Bird bill”, referring to the nick
name of Mrs. Lyndon B. John
son who inspired the measure.
If the state complies with beau
tification requirements, Georgia
stands to gain $13.5 million from
the federal government
Rep. Gaissert gave up on his
filibuster when most everyone
walked out of the chamber.
The legislaure passed the bill.
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BROKEN
LONDON (UPI) —Big Ben
went on strike Friday night.
The famous clock in the tower
of the House of Parliament
failed to chime the hours,
apparently because of mechani
cal trouble. Engineers are
working to restore the clock to
its usual efficiency.
Vol. 95 No. 41
Several Major Bills
Get Late Approval
By ED ROGERS
United Press International
ATANTA (UPI) — The 1966
session of the Georgia General
Assembly ended at 3:14 a.m. to
day after lawmakers pushed
through a las-minute flurry of
bills with the House and Senate
clocks stopped to prevent a le
gal midnight adjournment.
The lawmakers were bound
by law to close the six-week
session last midnight but when
it appeared they could not act
on the huge backlog of bills
someone stopped the clocks,
which operate by remote con
trol. The house clock stopped at
11:31 p.m. and the Senate’s at
11:32 p.m.
The Senate, which had 132
bills on its Friday calendar,
held things up. The members,
as they acted on bills and reso
lutions, spent their last few
hours eating goobers and sip
ping orange drinks.
About half the 33 of the 54
senators who stuck it out to the
bitter end endorsed their pre
siding officer, Lt. Gov. Peter
Zack Geer, for re-election this
year. Geer is expected to run
again and be opposed by House
Speaker George T. Smith.
Several major measures were
passed on the session’s last
day, including a bill to permit
the voluntary consolidation of
school districts, senators to run
in districts, and the administra
tion’s anti-gambling bill.
The proposed constitutional a
mendment allowing school con
solidations must be raified by
the voters in November. Rep.
Hines Brantley of Metter charg
ed the measure would lead to
massive consolidations sought
by the state school board.
The House nevertheless passed
it on a second vote and
the Senate agreed to minor
changes.
The House went along with
senators in urban areas wishing
to run in districts instead of
countywide. Strong opposition
had been expected in the House
but two influential rural law
makers, former Speaker
George T. Smith and Tom Mur
phy of Bremen persuaded their
colleagues to pass it 127-51.
The 1962 Senate reapportion
ment act called for countywide
senatorial elections in muli
county districts but state courts
ruled it unconstitutional and the
senators were elected in dis
tricts. However, the U. S. Su
preme Court upheld countywide
races and without the new law
senators would have to rim
countywide this year.
One of the measures passed
in the last-minute flurry was a
resolution that could again pre
vent Negro Julian Bond from
assuming a seat in the House.
The resolution by Rep. Jones
Lane of Statesboro, who led the
fight to oust Rep-edect Bond
Jan. 10, the session’s first day,
passed 122-17. It sets up an in
terim committee to judge the
qualifications of a person elect
ed to the House in a special
election while; the House is not
in session if membership is
contested in 10 days.
Honse Must Act
The interim committee de
cision would be binding until
acted on by the full House dur
ing the next regular session.
Bond, publicity director of the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee, is running unop
posed in a special election Feb.
23. He was blocked from his
seat for endorsing a SNCC
statement accusing the United
States of aggression in Viet
Nam.
He also said he could admire
the courage of persons who
burned their draft cards out of
conviction.
As the session dragged on to
a close, both houses passed one
uncontested measure after
another rapidly. The Senate Just
did not call up any contested
bills still left on the calendar.
The House, however, diligent
ly worked through its calendar
until lt acted on its last bill, de
feating a Senate measure 80-37
to allow public inspection of
public records. The representa
tives took the action at 1 a.m.
actual time and then sat around
for the Senate to finish.
Many Visitors Attend
Both houses were jam
packed. In the Senate, families
and friends of lawmakers wan
dered around the floor. Some
brought sandwiches to munch
on.
A few hours before the ses
sion ended, Gov. Carl Sanders
received a major legislative
victory. The House reversed it
self and passed his strong anti
gambling bilL
Sanders angrily denounced
the House Thursday for passing
a watered-down version that
exempted slot and pinball ma
chines. The Senate rejected the
House measure, backing up
Sanders, and the measure went
to a conference committee
which approved the bill as
Sanders wanted it. Adminisra
tion leaders said the bill was
even stronger than the original.
The House then voted 151-19
and the Senate 33-0 to send the
measure to the governor. The
bill marks possessing a federal
gambling stamp evidence in it
self of violating state gambling
laws.
Sanders appeared before the
lawmakers in a farewell ad
dress and tears came to his
eyes as his wife looked on con
cerned. He said he was proud
to have been associated with
the legislature and “there is a
sadness in my heart.”
Plans Not Revealed
He gave no indication on his
plans for the future. There has
been speculation he may seek
the Senate seat held by Richard
Russell who is running again.
The House had a couple of
unusual experiences on the final
day, including a good laugh at
a bill the supporters said was
not funny.
The House passed 158-2 Sen.
Roscoe Dean’s bill to oulaw
nudist colonies as representa
tives laughed loudly. “This bill
in the minds of many is a
laughing matter but it isn’t,”
said Rep. Virgil Smith. Rep.
A. C. Duncan of McCaysville
voted against the bill but was
given permission to change his
vote because he said he “mis
understood.’'
Rep. George Bagby of Dallas
said Duncan was confused be
cause he did not think Smith
“told us the naked truth.”
However, the Senate killed
the bill almost immediately.
The House and Senate adopt
ed a measure to immediately
raise the salary of the state
school superintendent $5,000 to
$27,500.
The lawmakers also voted
pay raises to justices of the
State Supreme Court and Court
of Appeals. They will make
$26,500, a $4,000 annual increase.
The legislators also voted
themselves a pay raise. They
will get $4,200 annual salary
and $25 a day expenses dining
the General Assembly sessions
and interim committee meet
ings.
Fin Cuts Attendance
In Georgia Schools
ATLANTA (UPI)—School at
tendance in some areas of the
state is being effected by an in
fluenza outbreak, the state
health Department reported
Friday.
Ten to 15 per cent of the
school children in metropolitan
Atlanta is affected by the flu
outbreak, the Department said.
Absenteeism in some Atlanta
schools is as high as 20 per
cent, * spokesman said.
He said the influenza Type B
virus was isolated in one case
at a DeKalb County school.
Flirts
Entering
Race
ATLANTA (UPI) Rep.
(Bo) Callaway, R-Ga.,
the first Republican congress
from Georgia in modern
times, may decide to toss his
into the gubernatorial race.
Callaway, who visited the
Friday on the last day
of the legislative session, told
newsmen he was seriously con
sidering entering the race. Par
ty sources later told reporters
Callaway’s decision likely would
depend on the outcome of a pe
tition drive to be held next
The GOP sources said Fri
day night that petitions were
being prepared to get Callaway,
of Pine Mountain, on the ballot
in November’s general election.
Five percent of the registered
voters’ signatures would be
needed to get Callaway on the
ballot via petition instead of
being nominated by party con
vention. This has been estimat
ed at between 75,000 and 80,000
names. The filing can be made
between early March and early
September.
Callaway, who has been ru
mored as a possible candidate
for governor, won election to
Congress on the 3rd District
ballot by petition. He had been
insisting his plans are to run
for re-election to Congress.
Callaway said he was inter
viewing General Assembly
members about support for the
governor’s race and that he has
received encouragement from
some members. He said he was
not in any hurry to make a
decision.
$882,685, Bid
Submitted On
1-75 Bridges
An East Point firm is the ap
parent low bidder for construc
tion of eight bridges on 1-75 that
will run through Lamar, Butts,
Spalding and Henry Counties.
The Burtz-Durham Construc
tion submitted a bid of $882,685.
on the projects.
The proposal calls for construe
tion of three double bridge st
ream crossings and five single
bridge highway grade separa
tion structures.
The bids were among a num
ber of those opened at the State
Highway Department Friday.
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FALSE ALARMS
PLYMOUTH, England (UPI)
— For the third time in 24 hours
the local fire brigade sent
engines to the city administra
tion Friday, all false alarms.
The first alarm occurred
when an official misdialed a
telephone number; the second
was a hoax and the third time
the alarm itself malfunctioned,
“It’s getting a big monoon
ous,” complained one fireman.
Heavy school absenteeism al
so has been reported in the Co
lumbus area.
The current influenza out
break In the state was first re
ported in Claxton and Evans
counties.
The U. S. Communicable Dis
ease Center reported that Geor
gia is one of seven states along
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
to be plagued with flu out
breaks. It also said deaths from
flu and pneumonia last week
were above the "epidemic
threshhold.”
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