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1GOOD £^ Hi VEND! VX By Quimby Melton This is National Girl Scout Week. There is no organization in this or any other community, that is more important than Scouting. More than three million girls, of all creeds and races, are Sc outs and more than three-quar ters of a million adults are in Scouting as volunteer leaders. Every Scout and every volun teer adult Scout leader are unit ed by a firm belief in God. Girl and adult alike dedicate them selves to the highest ideals of personal character, conduct, pat riotism and service. Every girl Scout, young and old, takes the following Girl Sc out oath: On my honor, I will try: To do my duty to God and my country. To help other people at all tim es. To obey the Girl Scout Laws. The Girl Scout Laws which they promise to obey are: A Girl Scout’s honor is to be trusted. A Girl Scout is loyal. A Girl Scout’s duty is to be useful and to help others. A Girl Scout is a friend to all and a sister to every other Girl Scout. A Girl Scout is courteous. A Girl Scout is a friend to ani mals. A Girl Scout obeys orders. A Girl Scout is cheerful. A Girl Scout is thrifty. A Girl Scout is clean in thought, word, and deed. Everyone who knows the val ue of Scouting is proud of the program. But we in Georgia have more than passing reason to be interested in and to sup port the Girl Scout program. For it was a Georgian, Mrs. Ju liette Gordon Low, who in Sav annah organized the first Girl Scout troop in America. Troop One, USA, was formed in 1912 and became nation-wide in its organization in 1215. An encyclopedia has this to say about Girl Scouting: “GIRL SCOUTS: An organiza tion of girls, very similar to, and based on, that of the Boy Scouts. It was founded in England by Sir Robert Baden-Powell, origi nator of the Boy Scouts, and is known in British countries as the Girl Guides. The name Girl Scouts was adopted in America in 1915 by an organization founded in 1912 at Savannah, Ga., by Mrs. Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927), and previously known as Girl Guides. "Girls from 10 to 18 years of age may become Girl Scouts. There is also a younger group for girls between 7 and 10, call ed the Brownies. On reaching the age of 10, a Brownie becom es an intermediate Girl Scout, and at 14 or on entering high school a senior Girl Scout. The local unit is the troop which may be divided into patrols. Each patrol chooses its own leader. A troop is led by an adult. “The badge of a girl scout is the trefoil, the three-fold divis ion of which reminds her of her three promises: to do her duty to God and her country; to help other people at all times; and to obey the scout law. This law, as well as the motto, “Be Pre pared,” is the same as that of the Boy Scouts.” There is no organization in Griffin of which the general pub lic is prouder than the Girl Scouts. Fortunate the girls who are enrolled in Scouting. — + — GHS’s Department of Distribu tive Education was well repre sented in the State semi-final de monstration contest in Atlanta Saturday. In Monday’s paper there was a picture of Frank Thomas, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, congratulating Lonnie Dutton on winning first place and becoming eligible for the state finals in April. In addi tion to Dutton’s winning first place, two other GHS students were winners. Barbara Hamil ton won fourth place in the speech contest, and Charles Mc Elroy fourth in the job interview contest. Congratulations to the three. COFFINS BLOCK ROAD SAN PIETRO VERNOTTCO, Italy (UPI) —Forty empty coffins blocked traffic for two hours on a road near here Monday. The coffins fell off a truck during a seven-vehicle traffic pileup caused by fog. The carpenters who made the coffins were injured in the pileup, police said. GRIFFIN DAiE\r f NEWS Established 1871 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, March 8, 1966 Vol. 95 No. 55 / J 9 ! • aw: ; : : ' W- ' ~ “i ■ ^ - f 1 * m m S§ i —f as m m m * m m m i - ft m m Sv :n Is; m i (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo), Mayor Louis Goldstein (r) presented a decorated sledge hammer to Jaycee President Brack Pound Monday night. The hammer is Goldstein’s symbol in his campaign to tear down city hall and replace it with a city - county administration building. Goldstein Gives City ‘Pep Talk’ Mayor Louis Goldstein gave what sounded like a locker room pep talk to the Griffin Jaycees Monday, calling on the commu nity to “get behind Griffin.” He said the community was on the threshold of growth and ex pansion. But the mayor cautioned that many problems lie ahead which must be solved in Griffin’s mar ch into the future. The mayor who has been ad vocating construction of several government buildings here took a swipe at the lag in getting a new post office building. “We should have had anew post office 20 years ago,” the mayor declared. He said he had not received any reply from Pre sident Jhonson on a request he made as mayor that considera tion be given a new post office here. Brack Pound, president of the Jaycees, told the club of a tele phone conversation he said he had recently with Rep. John J. Flynt, Jr., of Griffin. Pound said Rep. Flynt told him he (Flynt) had turned down the offer of a $275,000 post office for Griffin more than a year ago. “I rejected it because of infer ior construction,” Pound quoted Mr. Flynt as having said. Pound also said in the same conversation that Rep. Flynt had said he was working for the location of a federal building in Griffin. Then the Jaycee presi dent said he was surprised to read last week in the newspa per published in McDonough that Rep. Flynt was working to secure a federal building for Henry County. Mayor Goldstein called on the people of the community to be ready to act when a special stu dy committee makes recommen dations. The 10-member committee was appointed by the city and coun ty commissioners to look into building and other community needs. The committee is expected to explore the possibility of con structing a city-county adminis tration building. Mayor Goldstein has advocat ed such a building to consolidate the present city hall, courthouse and county jail and put them un der one roof. Several new industries have established here within the past several years, Mayor Goldstein noted. But he said Griffin could not afford to be content with past accomplishments. “Let’s make our community so desirable that we won’t be able to accommodate all industry that seek what we have to offer,” he challenged. Mayor Goldstein said that two local industries were plan ning sizeable expansions but he declined to name them. He said announcements about the expan sions are planned soon. The contributions of industries which have been established here over the years were prais ed by Mayor Goldstein. He com mended them for their interest in the development of the Grif fin area. Following his talk, Tommy Le wis of Griffin explained plans he developed for a city-county building as part of his work on a masters degree in architec ture at Georgia Tech. Lewis said some of his ideas might be of benefit to the com mittee and government officials looking into the possibility of such a building here. Rotary Plans ‘Customer’ Contest The Buyer-Seller Relations Committee of the Griffin Rotary Club announced today that it will sponsor a contest to select the 10 most courteous customers in Griffin. Retail merchants in the fire limits of Griffin will participate in the contest. Salesmen and clerks in down town stores will cast ballots. The Rotary Club will furnish post-card ballots to all sales per sonnel. The 10 most courteous custo mers will be honored by the Ro tary Club on April 7. Felton Rainwater is chairman of the Buyer-Seller Relations Committee of the Rotary Club. A Nutty Report? He Wasn’t Lying, There Were Lions MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (UPI) —The caller wasn’t lying when he telephoned police saying, “I don’t want you to think I’ve been drinking or anything like that, but I just saw myself a lion looking out from the back seat of a car.” Police went to the scene and apologized to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conners, explaining that “police have to check out all sorts of nutty reports.” Mrs. Conners replied that the "nutty report” was correct. In fact, there were four lions sitting in a car belonging to friends, John Elrod, 26, and his wife Lesley, 21. The Elrods of Nutwood Street in Anaheim, Calif., were en route Sunday to the desert with their pets—Tawny, Taussy, Henri and Sampson —when their car developed trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Elrod decided to stop at the home of the Conners, where the unidentified motorist saw the lions and telephoned police. The officer who checked out the report consulted his law books. “There were ordinances covering chickens, sheep, cows, goats and pigs,” he said, “but none on lions.” The Elrods had their auto fixed and resumed their trip with the four lions in the back seat. The couple said they hoped to develop an animal training center and raise animals for movies and television. “I know some people think Students Storm US Embassy n Jakarta LBJ Gets Blunt With DeGaulle By STEWART HENSLEY United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) —Pres ident Johnson has bluntly informed French President Charles de Gaulle that the United States will not bargain away the foundations of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance (NATO) behind the backs of its other allies. In a swift note to the French president, Johnson re Jetted a French proposal for immediate Washington - Paris discussions Aimed at eventual liquidation of U.S. bases and supply lines in France. De Gaulle, who is fearful that too close ties with the United States might drag France into a war it doesn’t favor elsewhere in the world, wants to get rid of NATO headquar ters within the next two years. Include NATO Allies But Johnson said the other 13 NATO allies must have a voice in any such move. He also turned down De Gaulle’s demand that any U.S. troops remaining on French soil after NATO headquarters are dis banded must be placed under French command. The unusually swift and firm American response to this country’s oldest ally was in reply to a French note in which De Gaulle demanded early renegotiation of a bilateral 1951 agreement covering the assign INSIDE Local News. Page 2. Ga. News. Page 3. Faculties. Page 3. Editorials. 1 Page 4. Sports. Page 5. China. Page 6. Society. Page 7. Want Ads. Page 8. Comics, Page 9. Dr. Brandstadt. Page 10. it’s strange that we travel with lions in the back seat of our car,” Mrs. Elrod said, “but they just don’t understand lions the way we do.” A friend who took the lions to a drive-in restaurant said he “got the quickest service you ever did see” when he ordered 10 raw hamburgers for his “friends in the back seat.” Man Listed Dead By Police Still Alive ATLANTA (UPI) F. J. Stapleton, 40, was pronounced dead by police at the scene of ah accident early today but later was discovered to be alive. Stapleton suffered bums on 80 ner cent of his body when his m r hit a power pole and a transformer exploded, setting his car afire. He was listed as "very criti cal” in an Atlanta hospital. Weather: FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Fair and warmer to night. Wednesday partly cloudy ajnd ' LOCAL mild. WEATHER _ Maxi, mum today 50, minimum today 26, maximum Monday 48, mini mum Monday 24. Sunrise Wed “esday 6:56 a.m., sunset Wed nesday 6:40 p.m. ment of U.S. forces to France. The French note reached Washington Monday. Four hours later Undersecretary of State George W. Ball called in Ambassador Charles Lucet to give him what was described an “interim” answer. In it, the United States declared that the future of the U.S. bases struck at the very heart of NATO, which was created in 1949 to guard against the possibility of Communist aggression in Western Europe. Forceful Reply A high administration official said the President ordered the unusually prompt reply because he did not want France to entertain any idea that the United States would even consider talking about the issue behind the backs of the other allies. De Gaulle has said frequently that although he wants to retain some form of “Western alliance” with the United States, the NATO structure has outlived its usefulness. U.S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen has reported in the past from Paris that De Gaulle apparently wants: —The early removal from French territory of NATO headquarters, with the vast military bureaucracy it ha§ built up during the past 17 years. —The withdrawal of virtually all American forces from French bases, with any who remain being placed under De Gaulle’s command. Gov. Sanders Criticizes HEW t, ATLANTA (UPI)— Gov. Carl Sanders today criticized the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and “clip joints” on Georgia’s coast. The governor, at a news con ference, said complaints have been received that clip joints in some coastal counties lure tour ists and Georgians into con games. He said Col. Lowell Conner, public safety director, is on the coast investigating. “If we can’t get local help,” Sanders said, “I will continue to ask our officers to take whatever measures are neces sary to clearup these places.” Sanders said he will have state officials tear down clip joints if necessary and risk court suits. mmom ■m «'£ mk>. ■■■ 1 % n M hki jgjjj m >1 $ i : ■f f ,y\ l x : : fv;< Im* f 7' ..... I ■■ }5u ' i s>: $ £ I StsU f ■m y- ' -■■ : ITi* ‘C<* : M I it Mm I ■ (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo). The face of Griffin continues to change. This filling station at Sixth and Solo mon street is being torn down to make way for another business. Ralph Free man will construct a fried chicken service on the site. ★ ★ ★ ★ A Logical Explanation TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) — Ron ald Larry Lee, 26, Columbus, Ga., had what he thought was a logical explanation for police Monday when a woman found him inside a laundromat dryer. He told officers he was “only waiting for a couple of friends.” Police found a pint of vodka and a pint of gin in Lee’s pockets. They arrested him for being drunk. * ic + -At Strange Alliance South’s Solons, Powell WASHINGTON (UPI) — The government’s new, stiffer guidelines for desegregation are forging some strange alliances —between Harlem Rep. Adam Clayton Powell and House col leagues from the Deep South. They agree that the new guidelines, outlined Monday with the threat of a cut-off of federal funds to some southern schools, do not hit hard enough at the North. Powell’s agreement with his southern counterparts came to light at the U. S. Office of Education briefing on the new rules for about 2,000 school districts in 11 southern states. Rep. Tom Gettys, D-S. C., told Education Commissioner Harold Howe H: “I hope you will devote more time to other parts of the country and stop whipping the South so hard.” “I agree,” said Powell. He pressed the point, telling Howe that he wanted to know “what is being done about de facto segregation in the North.” Pow ell is author of the concept that federal funds should not be used to support racial discrim ination. Howe replied that his agency was investigating complaints to the best of its ability. He said he and his aides had always emphasized that the North as well as the South were covered American Flag Pulled Down SINGAPORE (UPI) —A mob of 200 to 300 leftist students stormed the U.S. embassy in Jakarta today, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails, and setting fire to American cars, U.S. officials reported. The leftists, carrying out the first anti-American demonstra tion since last fall’s abortive Communist-backed coup, pulled down the U.S. flag and ran up an Indonesian flag. They damaged the U.S. embassy seal and molested but did not harm an American woman, a repre sentative of the U.S. State Department reported. While the leftists were demonstrating at the American Embassy an angry horde of 8,000 anti-Communist students occupied the Indonesian foreign ministry, burned the building’s contents and shouted demands for a new national cabinet, rebel radio broadcasts report ed. They carried banners pro claiming “Hang Subandrio,” but pro-Communist Foreign Minister Subandrio was across town addressing a mass rally of women. Subandrio gave his and President Sukarno’s stamp of approval to slogans denounc ing U.S. actions in Viet Nam. There also was an anti American demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, to protest the arrival of Undersecretary of state William Bundy. A mob of 200 leftists tried to storm the embassy but were blocked by police. The men and women march ing on the embassy in Kuala Lumpur carried placards in English and Chinese reading, “America get out of Viet Nam” and “Down with Bunday.” U.S. officials said there were some Indonesian security troops in armored cars in the area but they appeared to be “ineffective.” The students demonstrated about 15 minutes and then left. Broadcasts by the clandestine Voice of Free Indonesia said the 8,000 anti- Communist students seized the foreign ministry although police fired tear gas and warning shots. The reports said six students were overcome by gas fumes and taken to a hospital. by antidiscrimination law. The answer was unsatisfac tory to Powell who said his House Education and Labor Committee will push legislation aimed directly at northern cities which practice segrega tion despite the law. Powell’s proposal in this area would set a four-year deadline on the continuation of racial imbalance in schools receiving federal aid. The measure would find ra cial imbalance in a school where the ratio of Negro to white students is more than 20 per cent higher or lower than in the total enrollment of the school system. Scores Of Lozenges Banned From Market WASHINGTON (UPI) —The U.S. Food & Drug Administra tion today banned scores of widely-sold antibiotic lozenges from the market on grounds they’re no good for sore throats. Affected by the sweeping order are all antibiotic lozenges which are sold “over the counter”—that is, without a physician’s prescription — for treatment of sore throats and other pains associated with colds. The FDA said that although the preparations have been widely used for the past 15 years, “there is no medical evidence of their effective ness.” Dr. James L. Goddard, new FDA commissioner, said the agency also is conducting a large-scale review of antibiotic ointments, sprays, deodorants and other preparations to determine if they really do what the manufacturers claim. “Unless substantial evidence of efficacy is found,” he said, “these products also will have to be withdrawn from the market.” The FDA acted under the powers granted it by the so called “Kefauver amendments” to the pure food and drug laws, pushed through Congress in 1962 by the late Sen. Ester Kefauver, D-Tenn. FDA officials said today’.* order will affect 70 drug manufacturers. Some have only one antibiotic lozenge on the market, while others have as many as 10 different brands on sale. The order is effective immedi ately except for one special class of lozenges—10 products sold over the counter containing the antibiotic bacitracin. Manufacturers of these pro ducts have SO days in which to file objections and ask for a hearing. Country Parson K'r’SS l F mm W /l’. v S i f—I jI*-« ‘Usually the worse we feel the more disagreeable we become — right at the time we most need friends.”