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By Quimby Melton
Charlie Randall Is dead.
This man, who has meant so
much to Griffin and who had
won acclaim over the nation as
a pioneer in the Rotary Exchan
ge Student program, was strick
en Saturday night, taken to the
hospital, seemed on the road to
recovery, and then died Sunday
morning. Randall is
The news “Charlie
dead” stunned many as they
prepared to go to Sunday School
and church Sunday morning. For
everyone knew Charlie Randall.
Probably the greatest contribu
tion Charlie Randall made to the
world was pioneering a plan
whereby Rotary Clubs sponsor
ed the exchange of students bet
ween this and other nations. The
Griffin Club, of which Charlie
Randall was onetime president,
took the lead and probably has
sponsored more foreign students,
attending Georgia colleges and
universities, than any club in
Rotary. Randall was Georgia
chairman of the program and
was on the board of directors of
the national student plan.
There are many other things
for which Charlie Randall will
be remembered. One of them
was the way he handled Griffin’s
Centennial Celebration in 1940.
Randall was general chairman
and as such was the producer,
the director, and the inspiration
of one of the finest city birthday
celebrations ever staged.
Charlie Randall will be missed.
And no one will miss him and
his enthusiastic spirit that cau
sed him to go all out in promot
ing anything he believed was
good of his community, than will
Good Evening.
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One of the Sunday T - V pro
grams that we enjoy is General
Electric College Bowl In which
teams from various colleges and
universities compete In a gener
al quiz show, live over one of the
national networks. The one this
Sunday was especially interest
ing. It pitted four girls from
nearby Agnes Scott College —in
Decatur — against a four man
team from Princeton University.
It was a nip and tuck event,
with first one team in the lead
and then the other. Finally,
when the whistle ended the
game, Agnes Scott had won 220
points to 215.
Next Sunday the Agnes Scott
girls will take on Marietta Col
lege, Marietta, Ohio. Judging
from the way the Georgia girls
handled themselves Sunday,
Marietta College will have a
hard time unseating the new
champs.
Agnes Scott College has long
been one of the leading women’s
colleges, not only in Georgia but
anywhere in the nation. There
. have been none that have excell
ed it in academic accomplish
ments.
There are many women in Gr
iffin who have attended and
graduated from Agnes Scott
College. Those who know any of
them know why it is that today
Agnes Scott continues to turn out
remarkably smart women. We
almost wrote “well rounded”
but that might have carried the
Inference Agnes Scott graduates
were so engrossed in the
books, while students, that they
had lost their shape. “Well
rounded” in intelligence; but at
the same time mighty well shap
ed in contour — that’s the aver
age Agnes Scott girl.
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It may have been the sunshine,
it may have been the publicity
given the opening of the First
Baptist Church — but regardless
of what was the cause reports
from all over the city and coun
ty, from many denominations,
show a large increase in atten
dance at Sunday School and at
Church yesterday.
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“Nothing a father gives
his son will help him more
than attentive ear.”
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
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Congratulated
Griffin High School student Lonnie Dutton was congratulated today by Griff in
Spalding the County Chamber of Commerce President Frank Thomas for winning
State Semi-Final Sales Demonstration Contest in Atlanta Saturday. The con
test was held for students in Distributive Education. Lonnie will compete in the
state finals in April. Barbara Hamilton was entered in the speech contest and
Charles McElroy (1) was entered in the job interview contest. Both placed
fourth. Merchandise for the contests was furnished by Griffin merchants. John
Lovin, teacher - coordinator, accompanied the students to Atlanta.
Sunday ‘Great Day’
At First
Hie First Baptist Church of
Griffin was filled to capacity for
the morning worship service
Sunday. The service was the first
to be held in the new sanctuary.
The Rev. Alastair C. Walker,
pastor, said it was a “great
day.”
US Court Says
Voting Bill Is
Constitutional
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
Supreme Court today upheld
the heart of the 1965 Voting
Rights act which suspended
literacy and other voter qualifi
cation tests in six Southern
states. /
Chief Justice Earl Warren
spoke for the court, dismissing
a complaint filed by South
Carolina against U. S. Atty.
Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach to
test the law.
“Hopefully millions of non
white Americans will now be
able to participate for the first
time on an equal basis in the
government under which they
live,” he said in the historic
opinion.
“We may finally look forward
to the day when truly ‘the right
of citizens of the United States
to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States
or by any state on account of
race, color or previous condi
tion of servitude.”
Warren spoke for the entire
court except Justice Hugo L.
Black, who agreed with a lot of
the 31-page opinion but not all
of it.
The main part of the law at
issue today suspended literacy
and other voter qualification
tests in South Carolina, Virgi
nia, Alabama, Mississippi, Loui
siana and Georgia. The law
applied if less than 50 per cent
of the voting age population
was registered on Nov. 1, 1964,
or voted in the presidential
election that month.
On the basis of the 50 per cent
“triggering” provision, federal
registrars were sent into the
affected states to register
Negroes.
Since President Johnson
signed the act on Aug. 6, 1965,
federal registrars have signed
up more than 80,000 Negroes.
Another 240,000 have registered
through normal procedures.
Congress relied on the 15th
Amendment to the Constitution,
which bars discrimination in
voting on the basis of race or
color. The amendment also
gives Congress power to
enforce the ban through legisla
tion.
He said the day started with
an attendance of 1,070 in Sunday
School. Prior to the morning
worship service, seven new adult
classes were organized under the
leadership of Melvin Bradley,
Minister of Education, and Ho
ward Collier, Sunday School Su
perintendent.
The Rev. Walker said the
church was filled to capacity for
the morning worship service and
people were turned away becau
se of a lack of seating space. The
crowd in the church was estima
ted at 1,100. He estimated that
1,200 people came for the ser
vice.
The first anthem led by Jerrell
Bunn, Minister of Music, in the
new sanctuary was "Surely The
Lord Is In This Place.”
The Rev. Walker said his ser
mon was based on verse 20 of
the third chapter of Revelation:
“Behold, I stand at the door and
knock, if any man hear my voice
and open the door, I will come
into him.”
Eleven people were baptized
at the evening worship service.
An announcement of the for
mal dedication of the church
March 18 through 20 was made
at each of the services. Gov.
Carl E. Sanders will be one of
the featured speakers during the
dedication.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair and not quite so
cold tonight. Tuesday partly
cloudy and wanner.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 50, minimum today
24, maximum Sunday 43, mini
mum Sunday 28. Sunrise Tues
day 6:58 a. m., sunset Tuesday
6:39 p. m.
Funeral Today For
Mr. Charles Randall
Mr. Charles D. Randall, 68, of
714 Maple drive, died early Sun
day morning at the Griffin-Spal
ding Hospital where he was ad
mitted Saturday night.
He was a native of Morristown,
Tenn., but came to Griffin 40
years ago. He owned and opera
ted Randall-Blakely Ford Agen
cy. Mr. Randall was a member
of St. George’s Episcopal Chur
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ch where he served on the ves
try and was senior warden for
four years. He was a veteran of
World War One, serving with a
telephone battalion.
Mr. Randall was past president
of the Griffin Rotary Club and
served as secretary for 14 years.
He was secretary-treasurer and
past chairman of the Georgia
Rotary Student Fund. He
Tough r New Rules On
Desegregation Ready
Schools To Have
Much Closer
Supervision
By ROBERT F. BUCKHORN
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
government was ready today
with a tough new set of rules
for desegregating public schools
and hospitals that seek to qual
ify for federal aid money.
The guidelines, tighter than
any yet proposed, were to be
issued jointly by the U.S. Of
fice of Education and the Pub
lic Health Service, the agencies
responsible under the 1964 Civil
Rights Act for deciding when to
cut off federal funds to public
facilities not complying with
the law.
The new school rules were
expected to call for much clo
ser supervision of the so-called
“freedom of choice” desegrega
tion plans in widespread use in
the South. Under these plans a
student may attend any school
in his district or geographical
area.
In a report issued last month,
the U.S. Civil Rights Commis
sion said such plans were more
fiction than fact. It noted a
large increase in the number of
school districts beginning de
segregation during 1965. But it
said that not more than one Ne
gro child in 13 actually attends
school with white children in
the Deep South.
“A substantial factor in the
reluctance of Negro parents
and children to select white
schools is fear,” the commis
sion said. It cited instances
where Negroes lost jobs and
homes while trying to take ad
vantage of “freedom of choice"
school plans.
The commission also said
that a study it made last year
showed that hospital de
segregation in the South was
proceeding at a slow pace.
It accused some southern hos
pitals of converting wards into
private rooms in an effort to
keep Negroes out. The report
also criticized doctors as a
source of continuing segrega
tion. It said the doctors refer
red patients to all-Negro or all
white hospitals.
The commission made a num
ber of legislative recommenda
tions in its report. A good
many of these were incorporat
ed in a new civil rights bill 18
House Republicans planned to
introduce today.
The GOP bill would:
—Set up nondiscriminatory
methods of selecting juries in
both federal and state courts
without regard to race, color or
sex.
— Toughen federal criminal
penalties for anyone depriving
an individual of his guaranteed
civil rights.
—Provide federal safeguards
against either private or offici
al violence for civil rights
workers.
—Make it easier to prose
cute public officials involved in
violence against civil rights ad
vocates.
—Subject state or local gov
ernments to damage suits in
areas where officials violate an
individual’s civil rights.
— Give the Justice Depart
ment authority to initiate civil
rights lawsuits on its own.
Nix Sets Meets
On School Rules
ATLANTA (UPI) State
School Supt. Jack Nix said to
day he would hold meetings in
Atlanta, Metier and Albany to
have a federal official explain
to local superintendents the new
government guidelines to speed
school desegregation.
Nix said Stan Kruger of the
U.S. Office of Education would
explain the g u i d e 1 i n es, an
nounced in Washington today,
and answer questions.
The meetings will be at 10
a.m, Wednesday in the House
of Representatives chamber
here, 2 p.m. Thursday at Met
ter elementary school, and 2
p.m. Friday at Albany in a
to be designated.
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Cravey Nearly
Announces For
Bentley Post
ATLANTA (UPI) Former
State Comptroller Zack D. Cra
vey came close today to an
nouncing that he will seek to
regain the office he lost in the
1962 elections to James Bentley.
The 72-year-old Cravey called
a news conference at his busi
ness offices to blast Bentley
for a statement Bentley made
last week that more than 50
per cent of all fires in Georgia
result from acts of arson.
Cravey said that at the "pre
sent time” he was not a can
didate for the office of comp
troller general, which also In
cludes the office of state fire
commissioner.
But he said there is “ground
swell” among the voters for
him to run again.
“I don’t care to get back
into politics,” Cravey caid. But
he added “I will be a candi
date if these people I know con
tinue to encourage me to run.”
Cravey charged that Bent
ley’s comment concerning
widespread arson in the state
was a “wild statement” and an
“invitation” for insurance com
panies to ask for rate in
creases.
He indicated that Bentley
probably did not realize the
“enormity” of his statement
and said he should be called on
to either prove it or issue a
retraction.
was a past president of the
Griffin - Spalding Chamber of
Commerce and served as Griffin
centennial chairman.
He was past president of t h e
Deck Club, a member of the
VFW, a member of Lodge 1207
of Elks, past president of the
Georgia Automobile Assocaition
and a member of the Dealer Ad
vertising Committee of the Ford
Motor Co.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Dorothy Gibson Randall; a dau
ghter, Mrs. Robert Eubanks;
and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduc
ted this afternoon at 2 o’clock
from St. George’s Episcopal
Church. The Rev. Douglas Winn
officiated. Entombment was in
Oak Hill Mausoleum. Pittman
Rawls was in charge of arrange
ments.
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Girl Scout Awards
Several special awards were presented at the First Methodist Church Sunday
night as part of the Girl Scout Week observance. Mrs. Ethel Conkle (1), received
a Girl .“Thanks. Scouting. Badge,” Dr. Delma which Hagood, is the highest award of the an church, adult leader can receive in
appreciation. pastor received a certificate of
Mrs. Norma Linhart (third from left) troop leader of junior troop
274, received a certificate of appreciation. Mrs. Betty Skinner (r), chairman of
the Evergreen Area, made the presentations.
50 Families Forced
From Homes In Albany
China Intent Clear,
McNamara Declares
WASHINGTON (UPI) —De
fense Secretary Robert S.
McNamara said today that
Communist China’s aggressive
intent is clearly demonstrated
by Peking’s determination to
attain a strategic nuclear
striking force while “her people
are starving."
Testifying before the congres
sional Atomic Energy Commit
tee, McNamara discussed Chi
na’s intentions in light of its
warlike words.
He spoke a few hours in
advance of a scheduled speech
on China by Chairman J.
William Fulbright, D-Ark., of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
The senator said in his
prepared text that some U.S.
officials expect the struggle in
Viet Nam to mushroom into
war with China. He also said
government experts believe
China’s leaders are convinced
this will come in a year’s time.
Fulbright told reporters last
week that he and McNamara
discussed Red China at a closed
meeting of the foreign relations
group. The defense secretary,
however, did not mention
Fulbright.
McNamara said Chinese Com
munist Defense Minister Lin
Quirks
FIRE BUG
DENVER (UPI) —Denver
firemen, who spend most of
their time dousing fires, will
have a chance to set a few
blazes this week.
Fire Chief Cassio Frazzini
said his men will set at least
two fires a day starting
Tuesday at the 13-floor Park
Lane Hotel, a Denver landmark
which is scheduled for demoli
tion this spring.
“We’ve been looking for some
big buildings where we could
set some fires and get some
experience fighting school and
hotel fires,” said Frazzini.
“This is going to be a
wonderful opportunity ”
Pao has spoken in an “aggres
sive fashion” but that “words ...
and words alone won’t hurt
us.”
However, he said, China also
is moving to supply itself with
nuclear weapons and delivery
systems “of the most horrible
potential” at a time when her
people are starving.
The secretary testified in
favor of a resolution which
would give congressional sup
port to President Johnson’s
moves against the spread of
nuclear weapons.
He began his comments by
stating that a non-proliferation
treaty would serve U.S. inter
ests even if China did not sign
it. He said, however, that
nations who gave up their
nuclear ambition would have to
be assured they would be
protected.
Republicans
Name Delegates
From Precincts
The Spalding Republican Par
ty will meet March 19 and elect
county officers and delegates to
district and state conventions.
The Spalding convention will
be held at noon at the county
courthouse.
The GOP elected precinct del
egates Saturday.
Those delegates wlU elect par
ty officers and district and state
delegates at the county conven
tion.
The District Convention will be
held April 16 in Macon. The state
GOP Convention is scheduled
May 6-7 in Macon.
Officers elected at the county
convention will serve two-year
terms.
Troy Mays, an official of the
county organization, said a list
of the delegates elected at the
precinct level had not been com
piled.
Frank Stovall, chairman of the
Spalding Repubican organiza
tion, was confined to his home
by illness today and was not
available for comment on the
Saturday meetings.
ALBANY, Ga. (UPI)— Mora
an 50 families were forced
from their homes during the
weekend in this city’s worst
flood since 1929, a s the Flint
River left its banks.
They were housed In a high
school gymnasium as water
swept into their homes. Soma
streets were closed.
Police 6gt. Bob Branecky
said today, “We think the river
has reached its crest and
should be receding soon.”
Down river, the small Baker
County town of Newton, popula
tion 529, suffered its worst
flooding in history. All business
es were closed except one gro
cery which is four feet above
ground.
Several residents, businesses
and government offices cleared
their buildings of furniture to
wait for the water to recede,
Flood conditions were expected
to last a week.
Two roads remained °Pen
and „ were expected t 0 stay
open, enabling residents to get
in and out of the area. An offi
cial said many residents had
stocked up on food anticipating
the flood.
Newton’s water supply is m
a deep well on high ground
and Q . should . not be affected by
the flooding.
POLICEMAN TAKEN
NEW ORLEANS (UPI)
Policeman -
Salvatore Gary Raymond and
Macalusa collared a
man apparently in th e act of
stealing a battery from a
parked car.
The suspect insisted he was
only checking the battery for a
friend. So Raymond took the
man into a nightclub to find the
friend, who corroborated hia
story.
Meanwhile, while Raymond
was in the club, someone stole
his nightstick, flashlight and
clipboard.
EARLY START
BRUNTCLIFFE, England
(UPI) Spelunker Mike
Briggs, 28, took his four-month
old son, Andrew, 60 feet
underground to have him
baptized at a subterranean
waterfall.
“Potholing is a fascinating
hobby,” said Briggs. “We want
to introduce ou r children to It
as soon as possible.”