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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes;
How time flies! Here it is the
14th of March, a month later
than Valentine Day, which
seems just to have been yester
day; and four weeks till Easter.
If the next four weeks pass as
quickly as the last four it will be
Mothers Dav (four weeks after
Easter) before we have time to
catch our breath.
Of course to the youngsters
• time lags — school will never
let out, and Christmas will ne
ver come — but to older folk it
passes by so quickly that it tak
es one’s breath. They call this
the jet age — and jet age it cer
tainly is, not especially for the
youngsters but for the oldsters
who realize there is so much
they would like to do and so lit
tle time left in which to do it.
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Speaking of time and how
quickly it passes;
Griffin, a busy Griffin, always
finds time to stop long enough
to honor those who achieve. This
will be the case tomorrow, Tues
day, when the Exchange Club
will devote its program to ho
noring Griffin’s Man of the Year
for 1965. Young businessman,
Warren Haisten, will be the ho
noree. He and his family and
many of his closest friends, as
well as all living former Men
of the Year and their wives, and
members of tire Exchange Club
and other organizations will be
on h&nd to say to Warren Hais
ten “We are proud of you, you
have done much for the com
munity and we believe the sel
ection committee made a good
choice.”
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Mrs. Grabam Mitchell, of
Hampton, was the winner of the
Mrs. Griffin contest Friday
night. She will represent the
Griffin area in the contest to
select Mrs. Georgia. There were
five nominees for this honor, two
from Hampton, and one each
from Griffin, from Barnesville
and from Thomaston.
Here’s hoping that Mrs. Mit
chell will carry Griffin colors to
victory.
Good Evening is mighty glad
that he was not one of the jud
ges, for no doubt making a fi
nal choice was hard to do. Many,
many years ago this senior citi
zen decided there would be cer
tain things he would not do —
one of them, and he has kept
By TOM TIEDE
LONG BIEN, Viet Nam —
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tentious, round-roofed buildings
are settled in the dust of a small
hillside. Each one is newly
constructed but already drying
and aging under a sun with no
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hospital.
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hope.
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come here, the piteous creatur
es of combat, bruised and bleed
ing. . . to suffer, to sleep, and to
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Medicare Month
City and county officials have joined the Griffin Social Security office in observ
ing “Medicare Month.” The office has urged all eligible persons to sign up before
the March 31 deadline. Shown with a proclamation supporting the month are
(1-r) Mayor Louis Goldstein, Dr. George Walker, David Elder, chairman of the
Spalding County Commissioners; Miss Kate McLaurin, director of the Griffin
Social Security office; and Jack Moore, hospital administrator.
Gemini 8 Trip
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this promise to one pro
mise was that he would never be
judge to pick the cutest baby,
to select a beauty queen, to pick
out the best cook and homemak
er, to decide in a speaking con
test or debate between young
folk.
There’s no quicker way to lose
friends and make enemies than
to say this baby is cuter than
the others, or this beautiful gal
Is prettier than the others.
Today is the birthday of Ell
Whitney who, while living in
Georgia, invented the first cot
' ton gin. Eli Whitney was bora
in Massachusetts on March 14,
1765. After graduating from
Yale University he came to Ge
orgia and while living here in
vented the cotton gin, that re
volutionized the manufacture of
cotton cloth. However Whitney
realized little monetary gain
from the gin, for as quickly as
he had made the first one, imi
tators copied it and claimed to
be the inventor. There was con
siderable litigation, which final
. ly resulted in Whitney’s being gi
ven the credit. But this came
too late for any pecuniary gain
Whitney, while known chiefly
for inventing the cotton gin, was
also inventor of many other
things, among them improved
firearms. He built factories in
Connecticut and died a wealthy
man. In 1900 Eli Whitney was
admitted to the Hall of Fame
as inventor of the cotton gin.
Braves On Trial
Milwaukee Fans
Were Last To Know
MILWAUKEE (UPI)— With
out stating it flatly, a mem
ber of the Braves front office
revealed three months before
public announcement that the
club was going to leave Mil
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Hospital. Page 2.
Stork Club?. Page 2.
Science Fair. Page 2.
Funerals. Page 2.
Editorials. Page 4.
TV Schedules. Page 4.
Dateline Georgia. Page 5.
New Autos. Page 5.
Brothers Caught. Page 5.
Ray Cromley. Page 5.
Society. Page 6<
Sports. Page 7.
Want Ads. Page 8.
Comics. Page 9.
Theology Debate. Page 10.
LITTER DRIFT
NEW YORK (UPI) —Keep
America Beautiful, Inc., esti
mates that there is enough
litter buried beneath snow
drifts lining American high
ways this winter to form a five
foot high “litter drift” from
New York to Seattle.
DIP IN THAMES
CHERTSEY, England (UPI)
— Charles Lewin took his daily
dawn swim in the icy Thames
River Sunday, which was his
82nd birthday.
Lewin, who says he plans to
live forever, has crawled
through the river every morn
ing for the last 40 years.
Country Parson
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“Be gentle with the fellow
who irritates you—you can
escape him, he can’t.”
GRIFFIN
fj NEWS
Established 1871
walking.
The buildings are wood-wall
ed, cement-floored, and shaped
as uncolored crosses. The doc
tors and attendants are wrest
ling with time in the intersec
tions. The living and dying are
wrestling with hope in the wings.
The postoperative ward is in
the center of the grounds. It is
at once the best and the worst
of all. Soldiers enter it who
should die, but don’t. . . and
soldiers enter who shouldn’t die,
but do.
Hard men are humbled in this
building.
And no one who sees its sights
can forget.
There are 64 beds — thin cots,
really — holding patients under
waukee, it was testified today,
and Wisconsin fans were the
last to know.
Duane Bowman said Dick Ce
cil, now an assistant to Presi
dent John McHale of the
Braves, made it clear to him
in 1964 the team was going to
get out of Wisconsin. Bowman,
president of a Madison dairy
and former head of the now
defunct Class D Wisconsin state
League, testified, however, that
McHale wouldn’t confirm Ce
cil’s revelation.
Bowman was called as a
state witness as the unprece
dented antitrust trial against
the Braves, the National Lea
gue and its other teams started
the third week. The state’s suit
charges the defendants with
conspiring to boycott Milwau
kee and seeks the return of the
Braves from Atlanta unless the
city gets another franchise.
Bowman discussed a conver
sation he said he had with
Cecil July 7, 1964 at Denver,
where Cecil was then business
manager of the Bears, the
Braves’ prime minor league
team.
Bowman said he used the ex
pression “our Braves.” He said
Cecil then commented, “Your
Braves, they’re long gone.”
“What do you mean?” Bow
man said he asked Cecil. “No
body In Milwaukee knows this."
Bowman said Cecil then re
plied, “Well, they’re the only
ones who don’t.”
The Braves didn’t make an
official announcement of their
intention to go to Atlanta until
October 1964 after the season
was completed. Throughout the
summer of 1964 they made re
peated denials.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, March 14,1966
intensive care. Many are still
in shock, some are incognizant,
and all are freshly patched,
sewn, wrapped and injected.
A boy near the middle is cov
ered with a sheet that form-fits
his leg and then drops off
where his foot used to be.
An older man next to him is
twisting in torture from a body
mummified with tape that tears
at opened flesh when he moves.
A Negro soldier whimpers, “Oh
God. . Oh, God.”
.
Somebody in the rear bites his
thumb in pain.
Immediately off the center
vestibule, a blond Pic. is spraw
led on his side, his legs drawn
up as if in defense. His eyes
have been wired shut because
High Speed Chases
Keep Police Busy
Occupants
Of One Auto
Being Sought
Two high speed chases by
Griffin Police over the weekend
resulted in one wreck and the
arrest of four people.
Assistant Police Chief Bobby
Joe Conner said one of the chas
es was Saturday night and the
other was Sunday night.
Saturday night officers spot
ted a car going south on South
Sixth street and gave chase.
It ended on Maple drive when
driver Mike Helton, 20, of 436
South Sith street lost control of
the 1955 Chevrolet.
Assistant Chief Conner said the
car traveled 231 feet out of con
trol and struck the rear of a car
owned by E.F. Carlysle in. The
car traveled 309 feet further out
of control and overturned two
or three times, he said.
Ronald W. Thompson, 17, of
Old Atlanta road, Griffin, was
thrown out when the car over
turned. Ronald H. Thompson,
21, of 436 South Sixth street, Gr
iffin. Also was a passenger in the
car.
All three were injured in the
wreck.
Ronald W. Thompson was ad
mitted to the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital Saturday night and
dismissed Sunday.
Assistant Chief Conner said of
ficers estimated damage to Car
lisle’s car at $800. The car dri
ven by Helton was demolished.
The car wrecked in front of
1148 Maple drive. Two yards
were damaged by the car when
it overturned.
. Conner said charges were
placed against each of the three
people in the car.
The Sunday night chase began
at the Easy Shop parking lot on
Experiment street and ended in
Bibb County.
Two officers of the Griffin Po
lice Department spotted the
car, a 1965 Dodge, leaving the
Easy Shop parking lot at a high
rate of speed and gave chase.
The officers chased the car
north on Experiment street and
Old Atlanta road to Hampton
where the car was lost.
About the time the chase end
ed in Hampton, Barry Bates of
1324 Drewry ave., Griffin called
ed the Police Department to re
port his car missing.
A lookout for the car was ra
dioed to surrounding cities.
Barnesville police spotted the
car passing through the Lamar
County town and gave chase.
The Barnesville policemen also
lost the car.
Later, the chase was picked
up when the car was spotted by
officers of the Bibb County Sher
iff’s Department. Bibb County
officers chased the car at
speeds in excess of 120 miles per
hour.
The car finally stopped on a
Bibb County road, but the occu
pants jumped out and ran. A 16
year-old girl was the only person
the officers were able to catch.
She was being returned to Gr
iffin today.
Assistant Chief Conner said
warrants had been issued for
other occupants of the car, but
they had not been arrested.
Conner said the Griffin Police
Department chased the car at
speeds of more than 110 miles
per hour on Old Atlanta road
between Griffin and Hampton.
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By AL ROSSITER JR.
li lited Press International
CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) —
Space officials today postponed
the Gemini 8 hookup and
spacewalk spectacular from
Tuesday to Wednesday at the
earliest because of leaks in the
rendezvous target’s Atlas boos
ter and the capsule’s breathing
system.
The double trouble shattered
a smooth string of preparations
for the ambitious three-day
spaceflight of astronauts Neil
Armstrong and David Scott.
“The March 15 launching of
the Gemini 8 mission was
postponed for a least 24 hours
today,” the Federal Space
Agency said.
The agency said leaks were
discovered in the Atlas late
Sunday night during fueling
checks and other leaks were
found In a Gemini spacecraft
system that supplies oxygen to
the Astronauts’ space suits.
The oxygen leak was traced
to a device that separates
cabin air, engineers reported.
The Miami weather bureau
reported that weather condi
tions for Wednesday launchings
of the Atlas-Agena rendezvous
rocket and the Gemini 8
spacecraft were satisfactory
with partly cloudy skies expect
ed at the launch site.
Haisten Honor
To Be Tuesday
Warren Haisten will be honor
ed as “Man of the Year” Tues
day at the noon meeting of t h e
Griffin Exchange Club.
His family, many of his friends
and business associates, are ex
pected to be on hand to honor
him on his selection.
Haisten, a member of the Ex
change Club, will be presented
the Book of Golden Deeds and
other awards to commemorate
the occasion.
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he is unconscious; his stomach
has been probed and stitched be
cause he is seriously wounded.
The private is taking oxygen
from a green container called a
respirator. He has gastric tub
es running from him to the
floor. Dextrose is being fed into
his arm. A tele thermometer is
wired to his leg.
He is not moving.
He is hardly breathing.
He may not last the night, a
doctor says.
At every other bed, bottles of
various solutions are strung to
feed back into bodies what the
ravages of war have taken out.
Under the cots, plastic bags cat
ch bladder and other organic
fluids which drop from comba-
Joint Chiefs Urge
Expanded Air War
By CHARLES W- CORDDRY
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
Joint Chiefs of Staff are urging
an expanded air war against
Communist North Viet Nam,
with oil storage depots and
refineries in the Hanoi-Hai
phong area a top priority
target.
It is expected that President
Johnson will, in time approve
the broader air campaign —
heavier blows against a widen
ing target list —if Hanoi makes
no more toward the peace
table.
Part of the campaign has, in
fact, been ih progress since the
United States resumed bombing
Jan. 31 after the 37-day
Christmas pause. Raids over
North Viet Nam are running at
three times the pre-pause level.
But targets still are the same;
supply lines feeding men and
equipment into South Viet
Nam.
The Joint Chiefs are said to
believe that the rather slow
escalation of the air war is not
having the effect that more
concentrated, more stunning
blows might have. They attach
greatest importance to air
strikes against oil facilities in
the Hanoi-Haiphong area. It is
the military view that this oil
supply is vital to keeping the
Communists’ line of communi
cations running to the South,
Military Seizes
Indonesia Power
By PATRICK J. KILLEN
United Press International
SINGAPORE (UPI) —Milita
Quirks
CAMPAIGN QUIP
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.
(UPI) —When Britain’s Prince
Philip was about to board his
plane Sunday for a flight to Los
Angeles after visiting former
President Eisenhower, an on
looker asked him to turn
around for a picture.
The prince complied and
quipped: “You’d think I was
campaigning.”
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CHANGES NAME
SHEPSHED, England (UPI)
— Sunday school at St. Totolph’s
will hereafter be known as
“Sunday Club."
According to the Rev. Ray
mond Coates, “youngsters do
not like telling their friends
they go to Sunday school. The
new title is much more ‘with
it.’ ”
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QUICK WIG SWITCH
DENVER (UPI) — Denver
policeman Don Gavito was left
holding the wig, while the
missing woman wiggled free.
Gavito said he chased a
woman suspected of soliciting,
but when he grabbed her by the
hair, she kept on running —a
brunette i n s t ead of a blonde.
tants too weak to control the
functions.
Near one door a finger ampu
tee stares at the ceiling; next
to him a man’s eyes glow throu
gh a scribble of sutures; fur
ther on a once beautiful boy gets
his third pint of whole blood.
Back there a man lies with a
shot-away lip.
Up here one rests with part of
his leg bone removed.
Between them is the multila
ted victim of an exploding mine.
Three beds off the end of one
wing, two attendants are plac
ing an oxygen tent around a GI
with several bullet holes in him.
Those who can see watch in grim
solemnity.
“It's a bad sign,” one of them
thus should be the priority
target.
They claim that studies
indicate the kind of bombing
envisioned would kill very few
civilians.
The Joint Chiefs, in contrast
with their position on stepped
up bombing, attach low impor
tance to mining the harbor at
Haipong or to blockading the
North Vietnamese coast.
They believe light bombing in
the Hanoi aria could achieve
the same effects without the
risks. For example, it is
reasoned that bombing in the
Hanoi area might scare off free
world ships now calling at
Haiphong and would not con
cern Russia which is supplying
Hanoi with weapons.
But mining the harbor or
mounting a blockade conceiva
bly could bring on a confronta
tion with the Russians.
They might feel compelled to
put into Haiphong out of
concern for preserving their
influence in an area where Red
China seeks to dominate.
The military assessment is
that a number of other
industrial-type targets may
have to be bombed. But they
apparently now have fairly low
priority. These would include
the Thai Nguyen iron and steel
works north of Nahoi and the
few other plants north Viet
Nam has.
ry leaders decided to seize
power in Indonesia after
discovering a plot by Foreign
Minister Subandrio to eliminate
“rightist elements” within the
army and government, it was
learned today.
A source said documents
captured by students who
ransacked Subandrio’s foreign
ministry last Tuesday included
an “agreement” between Suban
drio and Communist Chinese
Prime Minister Chou En-Lai
calling for a purge of anit
Communists.
The students forwarded the
documents to military intel
ligence officers after learning
of their importance, the sources
said.
Diplomatic sources here,
meantime, reported uncertainty
about the fate of Subandrio and
14 other leftist Indonesian
cabinet ministers.
Early reports said Subandrio
and the ministers had been
arrested, but later information
indicated that he was with
Sukarno at the presidential
palace and was not under
guard.
The source said the do
cuments also contained details
to a, secret defense pact which
would provide China with a base
in Indonesia “at an appropriate
time.”
The source said three of the
army commanders who met
Sukarno on Friday with “an
ultimatum” mentioned these
documents to the President.
Subandrio tried to Intervene
and argue but was told to keep
his mouth shut, the source said.
The army was reported to
have arrested 22 persons on
Subandrio’s intelligence staff.
Whispers.
“Looks like he’s had it.”
“Two of them like that yester
day.’
“Wish I was asleep.”
The men tighten their eyes and
look away. They think of other
things. . . of home and children
and neighbors and times made
ancient by artillery and armed
assaults.
They, the inmates of this war
hospital, are also the daily spec
tators of its pain, its odors, its
flies, its dust and its moaning,
mangled men.
Few others have observed the
sights and suffering herein.
And that is the pity.
Every man should witness this
. . . and remember it.
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Sagebrush Sally
Replaces Maggi
LANDER, Wyo. (UPI) —
“Sagebrush Sally,” a 5-year-old
Wyoming mule, is going to Viet
Nam as the mascot of the 1st
Cavalry Division because she
has a good, noisy bray.
She will replace “Maggie,” a
quieter mule who was shot and
killed in the dark by an Army
sentry when she failed to
answer his challenge.
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Georgia Seen
As Loser In
Revamp Suit
ATLANTA (UPI)—Rep. Willis
Richardson of Savannah pre
dicted Sunday that Georgia
would lose a court battle to de
lay legislative reapportionment
this year.
Richardson made the predic
tion after about 30 state law
makers met with Atty. Gen.
Arthur Bolton, who said he
called the legislators together
to sound them out on a pending
reapportionment suit.
The suit, brought in federal
court before a special three
judge panel, seeks to force re
apportionment before elections
could be held this year.
Bolton told the legislators
that he believed Georgia had
less than a 50-50 chance of suc
cessfully combatting the suit.
One man who attended the
closed-door meeting said that
although lawmakers were gen
erally pessimistic about win
inig the court battle, they still
“wanted Bolton to fight it all
the way.”
A hearing has been set for
March 21. The case will be be
fore the same three-judge pa
nel that last year granted the
state a delay until 1968 in re
apportioning.
The suit is based on a recent
U.S. Supreme Court decision
overruling a federal district
court that had given Florida
until 1969 to reapportion.
Richardson said after the
meeting that he believed the
Florida decision would apply in
the Georgia case and that the
state would lose the suit.
“It is obvious what the Su
preme Court will do” even if
the lower court rules in Geor
gia’s favor, Richardson said.
“One thing they overlooked in
the new motion is the district
court in Georgia said the Geor
gia apportionment did not fill
the bill under the 14th Amend
ment, although they delayed
the final deadline.
“This same ruling was pre
sent in the Supreme Court case
in Florida, and I think this is
something we can’t overlook.”
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA ~ Cloudy and mild witli
occasional rain tonight and Tues
day. Rain likely ending Tuesday
afternoon.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 62, minimum today
53, maximum Sunday 67, mini
mum Sunday 56. Total rainfall
.01 of an Inch. Sunrise Tuesday
6:49 a.m., sunset Tuesday 6:44
P.m.
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