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More honors for Griffin.
The Griffin Music Club has re
turned from the Georgia Fede
ration of Music Clubs convention
In Atlanta with no less than five
first place trophies. A picture of
four members of the club, chair
men of the various programs
that won prizes for the Griffin
Club, was printed on page one of
the Wednesday Griffin Daily
News, making the page layout
Van interesting and attractive
one.
Then the pictures of GHS girls,
who are among those observing
National Business Education
week, that was also published on
page one, just added to the at
tractivness of that paper.
Wednesday’s paper also fea
tured a story announcing that
retail sales in 6palding County,
v during the year just closed,
showed a $7-Million increase
over the previous year. Percen
tage wise the increase amounts
to some 11 percent. Total retail
sales, taken from sales tax re
cords show Spalding’s total re
tail business amounted to $67,-
127,021.
And Spalding was not alone in
increased retail sales. Neighbor
ing counties and their increase
show:
Butts (Jackson) $2.4 Million;
Henry (McDonough and Hamp
ton, $1.4 Million; Lamar (Bar
nesville) $1.7 Million; Pike (Ze
bulon) $200,000; and Upson (Tho
maston) $4.1 Million.
Griffin — and the surrounding
territory is definitely “On the
Go."
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The new telephone directories
are being distributed; some
15,000 of them. Not only are the
phones in Griffin and Spalding
County listed in the new direc
tory, but also those of Concord,
Hampton, Locust Grove, McDon
ough, Senoia and Zebulon, and
calls may be made direct from
Griffin to these cities.
The 1966 edition lists several
hundred additional telephones
in Spalding alone.
Another example of Griffin
on the Go.
Griffin people are being re
cognized nationally for their bus
iness ability. Only recently En
nis Parker, of Pomona-Stokely
was elected president of the Na
tional Canners Association.
Atlanta’s Trust Company of
v Georgia, one of the strangest
financial institutions in the
South, has announced election
of J. M. (Mac) Cheatham to its
board of directors.
We’ve already congratulated
the Canners on their wisdom in
electing Parker, now we con
gratulate the Trust Company of
Georgia on having Cheatham in
their lineup.
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Noticed a s t o r y in Wednes
day’s paper that we did not like.
. The story announced that Bob
Smith, director of the Flint Riv
er Regional Library with head
quarters in Griffin, has resign
ed and on June 1 will become
director of the library at Geor
gia Woman’s College in Milled
geville.
We hate to see our library
lose Smith as its director,
you can’t blame a man for ac
cepting a better position in his
profession. Librarian at the big
woman’s college is an
position that challenges the dir
ector.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Mostly fair and a little
Warmer tonight and Friday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 60, minimum
31, maximum Wednesday 56,
minimum Wednesday 28.
\ rise Friday 6.-54 a.m., sunset
Friday 6:41 p.m.
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New President
Joe “Butch” Bell (r) accepts the gavel of office of
student body president at Spalding Junior High
School for the 1966-67 school term from 1965-66
president Rusty Ogletree (c). Bell was elected this
morning in a run-off with Donnie Robinson (1).
Bell, who will be presented the gavel at the honors
day program, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe M.
Bell of 1264 Chreokee avenue, Griffin.
Gaissert Chides
‘Discourtesy’
Rep. George Gaissert chided
House Speaker George Smith for
“legislative discourtesy” the Sp
alding County lawmaker said
was shown him during the clos
ing hours of the 1966 General As
sembly,
Rep. Gaissert referred to the
incident briefly in a report to the
Kiwanis Club Wednesday on the
recent session.
The Spalding solon, serving his
first term as a Republican In the
House, said he asked for time to
speak against a highway beauti
fication measure.
Mr. Gaissert said it was 10
minutes till midnight when he
was granted permission to
speak. But he said when he star
ted, the speaker recessed the
house and told lawmakers they
could go get something to eat if
they wished.
Most of the lawmakers left,
Rep. Gaissert said, but a few
stayed to hear him out.
He said his 13-minute talk
could hardly be called a “filibus
ter.”
Mr. Gaissert made it clear he
did not oppose highway beauti
fication. He said he was all for
that. But he did not approve the
way in which it was being done.
He called the highway mea
sure a "carrot and stick” bill,
explaining that “if you don’t take
the carrot, they prod you with
the stick."
The federal measure would
take away 20 percent of the fed
eral highway funds from Geor
gia if it had refused to go along,
Mr. Gaissert said. This would
mean about $20-mlllion to the
state, be said.
The measure passed.
The Spalding county farmer
and businessman said he disag
reed with those who called it a
“do-nothing” session. Mr. Gais
sert said some constructive bills
came out of the session.
Rep. Gaissert said he was by
no means an “administration
man” of Gov. Carl Sanders but
be backed the anti-gambling
measure sponsored by the gov
ernor. The measure made pos
session of a federal gambling
stamp prima facia evidence of
gambling.
The Griffin lawmaker said a
measure to elect state senators
by district instead of county
wide might prove to be a bless
ing in disguise to Republicans,
rather than a detriment as some
Democrats had thought.
Griffin, Go., 30223, Thursday, March 10, 1966
Mr. Gaissert said he was not
too much in favor of a measure
that would allow annexation of
property into a city on 60 per
cent petition of 60 percent of the
•property owners.
He said he opposed measures
that tend to take away private
property rights.
The Spalding solon said he op
posed measures that would for
ce school district consolidation
without the approval of the peo
ple involved. He said he would
not oppose consolidation if the
people indicated they favored
such moves in a vote.
Newton Businesses
Move To Land
NEWTON, Ga. (UPI) — The
rampaging Flint River flooded
this small southwest Georgia
town with 10 to 15 feet of wa
ter Wednesday but chipper res
idents undaunted by such na
tural disasters carried on busi
ness as usual.
“And that’s as it should be,"
said postmaster Mrs. Cordelia
Floumey, who moved th e post
office out of town and set up
in her home outside the flood
area.
All the business shops were
flooded out but several proprie
tors set up temporary head
quarters.
The bank moved into a school
and a cafe owner opened his
farm home with the appropriate
name, “Catfish Lounge."
The 629 residents have been
flooded on and off for years
but this is the worst flood since
1925 when water was several
feet high.
Baker County residents have
a history of coping with floods
and crop failures since the
1700s.
They had plenty of time to
pack up and head for high
ground, which they did routine
ly. The Weather Bureau pre
dicted flooding during the past
weekend and the folks moved
Monday to wait out nature. Two
dozen families were homeless
and Gov. Carl Sanders has
asked the federal government
to declare Newton a disaster
area.
The river finally crested at
36 feet Wednesday morning, 12
feet above flood level. The wa
ters should recede by early
next week.
Meantime Mrs. Flounory will
continue sorting the mall in her
home. She took with her files,
stamps and other important
documents.
i Daredevil
Pilot Rescues
Fellow Flier
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DA NANG, South Viet Nam
(UPI) —A daredevil U.S. Air
Force fighter pilot from Idaho
today landed on the airstrip
outside the A Shau Special
Forces camp In a hail of
Communist fire and pulled off a
spectacular rescue of a fellow
flier.
Maj. Bernard Fisher of Kuna,
Idaho, touched down on the
small strip alongside the
besieged outpost and picked up
his wingman, who had crash
landed in the field minutes
before.
“This Is the most daring
rescue I have heard of since
World War n,” said another
officer. “I can’t think of
anything we did In Korea to
match it.”
The A1E Skyraiders were
flying support for the beseiged
camp near the Laotian border
when Fisher's wingman took an
enemy bullet through his engine
and his plane burst into flames.
The flier had the choice of
landing on the airstrip which
was ringed by Communist
soldiers, or crashing into the
forbidding rain forests.
He aimed his crippled ship at
the embattled airstrip.
Capt. Dennis B. Hague, 28, of
Kellogg, Idaho, who fley cover
during the rescue, said,
“he tried to land with his
gear down and I heard Maj.
Fisher shout ‘snatch your gear
up.' He did and the plane
skidded to a halt on the short
runway.”
The downed pilot leaped out
of his plane and dived Into a
ditch between the runway and
the burning buildings of the
camp.
There were Communists be
tween him and the lone bunker
still holding out In the camp.
He had no place to go.
Fisher decided he could not
leave his wingman to the
Communists.
He swung his Skyraider down
Into a landing pass and touched
down.
“Maj. Fisher taxied up to
where he (the downed pilot)
was lying In the ditch. He
ambled out, climbed aboard
and Maj. Fisher taxied 400 or
500 yards, turned around and
Just took off,” Hague recalled.
The downed pilot suffered
burns one one arm when his
plane caught fire, but his
injuries were not serious.
Hague’s wingman in flying
cover during the daring rescue
was Capt. John Lucar, 28, of
Steubenville, Ohio.
“We’re doing Just fine from
here at home,” she said.
“We’ve got stamps, money or
ders and people ar e still able
to send or receive letters. They
don’t mind waiting when I sort
through this makeshift cab
inet.”
Her two rural carriers have
braved muddy waters to make
sure the mail goes through to
the 1,500 mail patrons. “They’re
a long ways from dry but the
mail went through every time.”
The Newton elementary
school, usually the center of
learning, is temporary head
quarters for the bank of Baker
County. The only time the bank
closed during regular banking
time was the couple hours It
took to move.
Mayor O. C. Sindersine said
he could faintly recall the 1929
flood when he was 7-years-old.
“I remember coming to town
with my daddy, getting into a
boat about a half mile outside
of town and he rowed to a drug
store and got me a candy bar,”
he said.
J. R. Rhodes, a 65-year-old
farmer, remembered the 1925
flood in a more serious vain.
“You could row a boat
through the courthouse,” he
said. “What hurt so then was
that people doubted there was
a flood coming and didn’t move
out.”
He also contended the 1929
flood was worse, though not as
deep, because the current was
so swift.
DRANK PUB DRY
LEICESTER, England (UPI)
—Six hundred students working
in shifts invaded a pub here
Wednesday night and drank it
dry, dowlning 1,920 points of
beer and ale. >1
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Riot Protests
Royal Wedding
Police Battle
Youths In Street
By ARNOLD DE JONG
United Press International
AMSTERDAM, The Nether
lands (UPI) —Club swinging
police battled 1,000 youths in
the streets of Amsterdam today
as rioting broke out to protest
the marriage of Crown Prin
cess Beatrix to German diplo
mat Claus von Amsberg, a one
time member 0 f the Hitler
Youth and the Wehrmacht.
Students protesting von Am
sberg’s Nazi past hurled
barrages of smoke bombs
which had Wedding guests
coughing as Holland’s future
queen was married to von
Amsberg in civil and religious
ceremonies. The crowned heads
of Europe attending the event
remained as aloof as if nothing
were happening.
The great golden wedding
coach carrying the 28-year-old
blonde princess and her hand
some 39-year-old consort was
almost obscured from the
crowds at times by the swirling
smoke bombs. Some guests
entering the great church were
overcome by fits of coughing.
Demonstrations Anticipated
Police had expected demon
strations by young ruffians and
by persons remembering the
cruel Nazi occupation of
Holland and the Stuka attacks
on Rotterdam. Reinforcement
liad been brought in but they
were not eno-igh.
The “provos”—young provo
cateurs - hurled their smoke
bombs along the processional
route despite the presence of
10,000 ceremonial troops and
thousands of state, city and
military police. As fast as they
clubbed one group Into submis
sion fighting broke out else
where.
Throughout the procession
the princess waved smilingly
from her glassed-in state
STUDY OR ELSE
CHICAGO (UPI) —A bill
board sign on the Chicago
campus of George Williams
College brings the Viet Nam
war closer to home for college
students. It says “Study each
day or you may become 1A.”
coach, laughed gaily to the
generally cheering crowds. The
wedding couple did not seem
affected by the fumes but the
smoke seeped into other
carriages, causing some discom
fort.
Two groups of demonstrators
began building up at the central
railway station half a mile
from the palace as the religious
service was underway. Radio
messages crackled through the
air as police dispatched patrol
cars and trucks of riot police to
the troubled areas.
In the civil ceremony itself
the princess blinked rapidly as
if fighting tears, but her lips
still smiled. Queen Juliana
eaned forward, suddenly
solemn. The moment passed
quickly and the marriage
proceeded. The newlyweds
signed the marriage book and
von Amsberg smiled at the
mayor as the bridegroom
thrust both pens into his left
hand pocket.
Bent Heads Together
Von Amsberg bent his head
to within an inch of Beatrix’s
lips. But protocol held and they
did not kiss. By this time
running battles were going on
outside between police and
demonstrators. One group
raced into the rear of the
Westerkerk where the religious
services took place.
Against this background of
violence was the Imperturbable
royalty—belglum’s King Bau
doin and his brother Prince
Albert, the Prince of Lichten
stein, King Constantine of
Greece, the Aga Khan, the
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in boosting Carl Presley (c) for vice president of the Georgia Beta Clubs organi
zation. The Beta Club convention will be held in Atlanta this' weekend.
Vol. 95 No. 57
Fighting Green Berets
Forced To Surrender
By MICHAEL T. MALLOY
United Press International
SAIGON (UPI) —U.S. Special
Forces troops and Montagnard
tribesmen today surrendered
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What’s New?
Pretty Sharon Pollard of Bamesville gives Griffinites
a sneak preview of some of the bathing suits that will
be shown in the annual BPW Club’s fashion show
March 19. She and Mrs. Jack Evans of Griffin
modeled some of the suits for the Griffin Daily
News camera. The pictures are on page 11.
Laotian border to Communist
North Vietnamese regulars
after a two-day siege. Some of
the defenders were safely
evacuated by helicopters after
the heroic stand.
“We closed Camp A Shau at
17:45, 5:45 this afternoon
Col. William McKean, com
manding officer of the Fifth
Special Forces in Viet Nam,
said in a terse statement.
The decision to surrender the
camp was made after the
weather, which had cleared
earlier in the day, closed back
in and prevented effective air
support for the “Green Beret"
troops and their Vietnamese
allies.
It was disclosed at the same
time that the troops attacking
the camp were North Vietna
mese regulars who had massed
on the other side of the Laotian
border 375 miles northeast of
Saigon. McKean said there
were between 2,000 and 2,500
men in the Communist force.
The end was seen as
inevitable when a pilot reported
earlier today that “we have
orders to hit anything that
moves in the camp now.” The
outpost’s radio operator had
called down air strikes on his
own position and an American
pilot landed on its airstrip in a
hail of Communist fire to
rescue a fellow airman whose
plane had crash-landed.
Casualties were reported
heavy among the camp’s 12 or
13 U.S. Special Forces advisers
and the several hundred
mountain militiamen As night
fall approached, the air ceiling
at the battleground was below
50 feet, pilots reported.
In a political development,
the most powerful general In
the South Vietnamese army
was dismissed today from his
command. Reliable sources
said Maj. Gen. Nguyen Chanh
T' agreed to step down as
commander of the Vietnamese
army’a First Corps.