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T7 JLLi GOOD P venin VJ v By Quimby Melton 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." — + — 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. — + — 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. Country Parson « t w. \ [J « I? V “If you ask enough people, you usually can find somebody who’ll ad* * vise you to do what you were going to do anyway.” GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS Established 1871 flllllllill 1 Ss-s-s -j m £ m 1.....: m F !-■ i . : 7^ y 1 x I ■ j ili | ' ill . A j : ; v . 1^ • X\; j ■ n 9 MWt . m l V : " Pi r ! ;:/7 m J x. ■: IS k' i I 11 (Staff Photo - - - James Stewart). 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 * 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 ■M 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 Grand Duke Jean of Luxem bourg, Prince Harald of Nor way, Princess Benedikte of Denmark . k • is t w N r * f f" ■m Iill J - HI m -A y X V vk mm : . Ki ........j »J' -A ■Kit# IS J 1 ‘J k mUC r A - r Am Wu-'& h ; m rj M j HR - J m L .<__.J ; a 3: (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo). He’s Their Man Brenda Biles (I) and Gerrit Gustafson (r) check campaign poster they will use 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 their battered cutpost on the - m :: • rnm is » «ig iiiii 7x¥ a. ii X Y£ i3*. mw- .. 1 1 i X * ■ •X . ig.-X'—xf •: . 8 ■ 1 X : iWxj ■ v ■ I ' x • r : ; * B w® • / ^ '' i ' U * .V ■ \x (Staff Photo - - - Duane Paris). 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.