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By Quimby Melton
They had to change the rules— f
but baseball fans will be glad!
that they changed them — to
make it possible for Casey Sten
gle to be elected to Baseball’s
Hall of Fame. His election was
announced Tuesday and it is said
that Casey was so surprised that j
“almost without words.” '
he was i
That is hard to believe for this
man who wound up his career
as manager of the New York
Mets, and whose team though
losing, in fact being so far down
the standing at the close of each
season that they upheld the rest
of the league, was never with
out “something to say” and
whose wise cracks and comment
were known as Stengelese”.
There has been no more color
ful figure in baseball than “Ole
Casey”. And it’s great that he
and his contribution to baseball
has been recognized.
— * —
Mayor Lewis Goldstein gave
what our reporter classed a “pep
talk”, like those given by a coa
ch to his team in the dressing
room Just before they take the
field to play their arch rivals.
This "pep talk” was given at
the regular monthly meeting of
the Griffin Jaycees.”
If Mayor Goldstein can “sell”
the members of the Junior
Chamber on his program he will
have a mighty effective group
working with him. Members of
the Jaycees are old enough to
have good Judgment and no so
old as to be "sot in their ways.”
Certainly we have an excellent
city, but even as fine a city as
ours can be even better. Noth
ing stands still very long. It’s ei
ther up or down. And even thou
gh there may be those who dis
agree with the Mayor’s sugges
tions, still if what he suggests
starts everyone thinking and
wondering “what can I do to
help my city and county?” his
efforts will not be in vain.
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Good Evening liked that edi
torial written by Green Cooper,
in the Marietta Journal, and re
printed in Tuesday’s Griffin Da
ily News, in which he suggested
that the great city of Atlanta
take a look at itself from the
viewpoint of smaller cities that
surround it. He used as a jump
tag off springboard part of that
famous quote from Bobby Bums.
“Oh wad some power the giftie
gie us.
To see oursel’s as others see
us!”
All of which causes Good
Evening to wonder what Griffin
neighbors, in the surrounding
area, think of this city of ours.
Doyle Jones, of the Jackson Pro
gress Argus, Bill Dennis, of the
Bamesville News-Gazette, Fred
Linch of the McDonough Week -
ly Advertiser, Mrs. A.Q. Quat
tlebaum of the Pike County Jour
nal, and Leon Smith of the Tho
maston Times, might like to
comment on this. We value the
opinion of these neighboring edi
tors and certainly we would like
to have the approval of all those
who . „ live , in the „ area served by
these neighboring newspapers.
Good Evening likes Griffin, in
fact, he likes it so much it’s
hard for him to see any faults
—and there are bound to be
faults. Our fellow editors in nei
ghboring cities can help us “see
oursel’s as others see us.”
Country Parson
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A man’s life is his ser
mon and, like all sermons,
isn’t necessarily improved
by being prolonged.”
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Sing A Happy Song
These members of the Griffin Music Club were all smiles when they returned
home from a state convention in Atlanta with five first place trophies. Shown
with the awards are (I-r) Mrs. Webster Chandler, Mrs. George Dixon, Mrs.
William Scott and Mrs. T. J. Berry. (Story on Page Eight.)
Families; Homeless
In Flooded Newton
NEWTON, Ga. (UPI)—More
^ two dozen famUles wer
left homeless today by the ram
paging waters of the flooding
Flint River.
The muddy river continued to
rise Tuesday pushing toward a
36-foot crest, 12 feet above flood
level.
The 529 residents of this Baker
County town had plenty of warn
ing and most left without in
jury. Authorities said there
-were not. health problems or
danger to the town’s water
supply.
Recent heavy rains sent the
Flint flooding from Montezuma
to Newton,
All roads into Newton were
blocked by water. Most of the
population and businesses evac
uated ahead of the water ^
f0U nd refuge in schools and
and wlth friends and relatives.
Across the state, the Ogeechee
River began flooding 25 miles
south of Savannah.
The flood threatened to close
U. S. 17, but posed no immedi
ate danger to people or pro
perty.
Reapportion
Suit Hearing
Set March 21
ATLANTA (UPI) Federal
Judge Elbert Tuttle has order
ed a hearin g March 21 on a
sui * ; aimed for forcing the im
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Tuttle, chief judge of the 5th
u. S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Tuesday ordered the state to
show cause at the 9:30 a.m.
hearing why a request to re
quire the prompt reapportion
ment of the Georgia House and
Senate should not be granted.
The suit was filed by the
original group of plaintiffs in
the reapportionment case that
has been pending since 1962.
The Senate was reapportioned
in that year and the House in
1965.
In its last order, however,
the federal court said the re
districting of the two houses
varied too much from a strict
population basis. It allowed the
existing reapportionment to
stand but set a deadline of 1968
for finding a more equitable
population basis.
UNFRIENDLY NEIGHBORS
NEW ORLEANS (UPI) —It
might seem that a used car
dealer and an auto glass shop
would make compatible neigh
bors. That’s not the case with
Gerald Hennings and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Pasco.
Hennings went to court
Tuesday to try to force the
Pasco’s to take a sign off their
roof which says that Hennings
sells cars that were flooded
by Hurricane Betsy last Septem
ber.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, March 9, 1966
Pilot Error
Blamed For
Most Crashes
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
Civil Aeronautics Board’s latest
study of 50 private plane
accidents shows that pilot error
was the chief cause of about
three of every five crashes. A
total of 56 persons died in tho
accidents.
The results of the CAB study,
made public during the week
end, also showed that poor
maintenance, faulty pre-flight
inspection or inadequate pre
flight planning caused nine of
the crashes. Bad weather was
the cause of five —in two cases
inadequate or inaccurate weath
er forecasts contributed to pilot
difficulties.
Commies Say
US Plane Loss
At About 1,400
TOKYO (UPI) —Communist
North Viet Nam today claimed
the United States has lost about
1,400 planes in the Viet Nam
war.
The official Hanoi newspaper
Nhan Dan, quoted by the North
Vietnamese news agency, said
the United States had lost one
seventh of its entire fighter
aircraft strength.
The North Vietnamese Reds
said 904 American planes had
been shot down over the North
and nearly 500 downed or
destroyed in South Viet Nam.
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Students Learn About World Business
Business students at Griffin High this week are observing national Business Edu
cation Week. Shown ready to demonstrate their skill at shorthand are ( 1 - r )
Jaye Scott, Janice Hardwick, Brenda McCormick, Barbara Brooks, Shirley Glass
and Lillian Gilleland.
City Approves
Law Against
Lawn Rolling
City officials today had an or
dinance on the books they hope
will help them to curb the prac
tice of "lawn rolling”.
The ordinance was placed on
second and final reading Tues
day night by the commissioners
at their regular meeting.
The ordinance says people who
mar the appearance of property
by throwing, placing or other
wise putting paper, trash, paint,
signs, cans, bottles or other such
material or objects on another’s
property without their consent
may be held on disorderly con
duct charges.
The commissioners also put on
second and final reading an ordi
nance to consolidate all beer and
wine sale regulations.
They put on first reading an
ordinance to install a lateral se
wer line on Meriwether street
east to the present line. It will
run about a block.
Purchase of fire hose for the
fire department at a cost of $1,-
653.41 was approved.
Purchase of supplies for the
Light and Water Department
costing $1,266.41 was approved
also.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly fair and a little
warmer tonight and Thursday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 52, minimum today
28, maximum Tuesday 50, mini
mum Tuesday 26. Sunrise Th
ursday 6:55 a.m., sunset Th
urdasy 6:41 p.m.
Reds Sweep Down
On u S. Forces
Special Forces
Caught Up In
Heavy Battle
By MICHAEL T. MALLOY
SAIGON (UPI) —Communist
troops swarmed out of heavily
jungled mountains today and
attacked a U.S. Special Forces
outpost near the Laotian
border. Intense fighting was
under way, an American
military spokesman said.
The fighting broke out at the
A Shau special forces camp. It
is situated in the Rao Lao
River Villey three miles east
of the Laotian border and 375
miles northeast of Saigon. The
area is about 55 miles due west
of the Da Nang airbase.
Radio contact with the camp
was lost but a U.S. spokesman
said this did not necessarily
indicate it had been overrun.
News of the Communist
attack came after it was
disclosed that American planes
using super-sensitive radar to
pick out targets through thick
clouds dropped hundreds of
bombs and high explosive
rockets on North Viet Nam.
Six of the targets were close
to Hanoi. Others included the
Son La petroleum storage
dump 125 miles west of the
Communist capital. Son La was
bombed for the first time
Monday.
In air action in South Viet
Nam, U.S. B52 bombers from
Guam chewed up acres of
dense jungle 35 miles north
northwest of Saigon, dropping
750 and 1,000-pound bombs on
suspected Viet Cong concentra
tions.
At least three Communist
regiments have been spotted in
the region since Jan. 1.
In the A Shau fighting, the
Viet Cong shot down one of the
U.S. Force’s C47 “Puff the
Magic Dragon” planes. The
aircraft gets its name from its
armament—30 caliber machine
guns which spit out rounds at
the rate of 6,000 per minute.
Four crewmen aboard the
p i ane were killed but three
others were rescued by U.S.
helicopters.
It was believed that one "A”
tea m of the Speical Forces-13
men—was in the camp along
with 300 to 500 Vietnamese
militiamen. The latter were
called “strikers” and are
employed and trained by the
elite Green Beret troops to
f*&ht the Communists.
The camp is virtually astride
one of the main Communist
infiltration routes branching off
the Ho Chi Minh Trail from
North Viet Nam. Mountains
ring the outpost on three sides
to the east, west and south.
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Vol. 95 No. 56
Spalding Retail Sales
Up Nearly $7-Million
Retail sales in Spaldtag County
increased nearly seven million
dollars in 1965 over 1964.
A Geor -■> State Chamber of
Commerce survey showed today
that the business volume in 1965
was $67,127,021 compared with
$60,174,250 in 1964.
The figures are based on ac
tual bank deposits of the Geor
gia Sales and Use Tax collection
unit. Retail sales throughout the
state totaled $7,440,882,110 in 1965
compared with $6,807,215,187 in
1964. All but 19 of the 159 coun
ties in Georgia recorded increas
es.
’;er counties in the Griffin
area:
~utts, *10,454,385 in 1964 and
$12,023,509 in 1965; Fayette, $10,-
376,773 -'i $10,535,167; Henry,
$16,306,970 and $17,733,042; La
mar, $13,070,288 and $14,822,962;
Pike, $2,715,564 and $2,974,936;
Upson, $38,603,989 and $42,490,
914.
The figures represent only tax
able sales within any given
county.
Smith Accepts
Library Post At
Woman’s College
Bob Smith, director of the Flint
River Regional Library with
headquarters in Griffin has re
signed to become director of the
library at Georgia Woman’s Col
lege in Milledgeville.
Mr. Smith will assume his new
duties at GWC June 1, accord
ing to Dr. Robert E. Lee, presi
dent of the institution.
Dr. Lee said a new addition
would be made to the present-lib
rary facility at WCG and Mr.
Smith would help in planning its
operation.
Mr. Smith has been director of
the library program here since
1959. He came here from Geor
gia Tech where he was chief of
the science technology library.
While in Griffin, Mr. Smith has
been active in the Griffin Foot
light Players, an organization
which he helped to get started.
He has directed a number of
successful productions for the
Players.
(Staff Photos ■ m - Duane Paris).
These business students at Griffin High learn how to operate the latest business
machines in classe at Griffin High. Shown with new electric typewriters are (1-r)
Peggy Pass, Shelia Kendrick, Nancy Cochran and Cheryle McGuffey.
Congress Asked For
Crime Fight Laws
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Pres
ident Johnson today asked
Congress to support an all-out
national war on crime through
steps ranging from control of
gun sales to comprehensive
attacks on conditions that breed
lawlessness.
In a special message to the
House and Senate, Johnson set
forth a “three-stage national
strategy against crime.” It
would include immediate ef
forts to improve crime preven
tion, detection, and prosecu
tion; a comprehensive long
range follow-through program,
and an attack on “crime at the
roots.”
Most of Johnson’s proposals
called for action on already
pending legislation, such as a
measure for federal regulation
and control of mail order sales
of guns.
The President also renewed
urgings for action to speed
administration of justice in the
courts, reform the bail system
so that it will not be unfair to
the poor, and treat drug addicts
as sick people rather than
criminals while throwing the
INSIDE
Sports. Pages 2, 3.
Editorials. Page I.
TV Schedules. Page 4.
Hospital. Page 5.
Stork Club. Page 5.
Society. Page 8.
Dateline Georgia. Page 9.
Flu Study. Page 12.
Commentary. Page 13.
Wilson. Page 13.
Sales Up In Jan. Page 14.
Finding The Way. Page 16.
Tax Vote. Page 16.
Food Tips. Page 18.
Ray Cromley. Page 20.
Bruce Biosatt. Page 20.
Want Ads. Page 22.
Comics, Page 23.
ftaick Raps. Page 24.
book at narcotics peddlers.
Asserting that the fact and
fear of crime “marks the life
of every American,” Johnson
said, “its unrelenting pace”
includes: "A forceable rape
every 26 minutes, a robbery
every 25 minutes, an aggravat
ed assault every three minutes,
a car theft every minute, a
burglary every 28 seconds.”
injury, suffering and anguish”
for thousands of Americans.
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MISS LAYONA GLEEN of
Conyers, Ga., celebrated
her 100th birthday with
plans to come out of retire*
ment temporarily. A retir
ed missionary, she’ll revisit
mission stations in Brazil
where she served for 35
years. (Story on Page 12.)