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T? GOOD P Jj VENIN VJ By Qmmby Melton I 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. i Who's Who records the now 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.” WEEK’S TV IN MAGAZINE DAILY NEWi ■< Established 1871 INSIDE TODAY Menas. SslilHlSsSlH 2. Griffin Singer. 2. Mission School. 2. Barnesviile News. 2 . Pike News. 2. Property Transfers. 2 . Dateline Georgia. 2. GHS Wins Squeaker. Sports. 3. Editorials. 4. Religion, Billy Graham. 4. Churches. 5. Want Ads. 6 . ' ■ I J ■ : a * a 1 ■y mm hfcli * * : $ J E&SHS *V- •@8 ft :: W s ^5 | A ' J i! m :>■ iB m I k-'c; * A". M . My- - i v- Mi i l-\ III — ; m • -1 •st ■Hi 38;,........................' I ■■ i : ; ' M W-7mm ■■■■■I K : \ - mm mil (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo). Queen Crowned Highlighting the Hospital Auxiliary Ball held Friday night at the Moose Club was mwrnsmm 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. Griffin, Ga., 30223, Sat. and Sun., Feb. 19-20, 1966 Comics. Page 7. Dental Health. Page 8. Society. Page 8. Weather: FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Mostly fair and colder tonight and Sunday. LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi mum today 60, minimum today 36, maximum Friday 38. Sunrise Sunday 7:16 a.in., sunset Sun day 6:17 p.m. control of high blood pressure re ducing damage to many vital ar eas of the body; higher percent age of heart attack victims re covering; prevention of most ini tial and recurrent attacks of rh eumatic fever; and surgical pro cedures correcting heart defects in 30,000 to 40,000 babies born each year. ’ , ; ; ... i® m m ‘ Wm, ; i&Stvfc. w i 1 Hi nn HI I L mi f f________________ BrH mm " ' ' HI P mm til m mm r\j l i * HI >: m i ; I Jg §g fl! m ft j wj i \ N m i : ■ v ii ii m Hi 111111 I Ijl m '£\ ■ s ISlff' ! i ^ ■mm - (NEA Radio-Telephoto). Curbside Copter 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. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5-STAR WEEKEND EDITION 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. Country Parson k§\\ I ffi si 1 % i *♦ >y ■as *-t* “I’m afraid church mem bers are more easily dis turbed by a pair of squeeky shoes than by the sermon.” 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. “ 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.” >