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By Quiraby Melton
Turner or Sullivan will be the
president of the GHS student
body next year. Which of the
two fine young men it will be
will be decided in a general el
ection next Tuesday.
In the primary yesterday Rich
ard Turner received 470 votes
and Jim Sullivan 218. With 1,164
qualified voters there were 923
votes cast. That’s a mighty good
example the high school students
have set for us older folk. An 80
percent turnout guarantees that
the successful candidate is truly
the “choice of the people.”
i Whether it be Turner or Sulli
van as the final winner GHS stu
dents will have a good leader
next year. As a matter of fact,
If any of the five boys who were
nominated by friends had been
the winner, student affairs at
GHS would have been in g o o d
hands.
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Right now there are two base
ball pitchers who are getting all
sorts of publicity because they
have refused to sign a contract
With the Dodgers, insisting they
be given a longer contract than
Usual and asking for a cool $1
Million.
For this is baseball weather
and everyone is ready for the
season to open.
And open it has for Griffin
High.
The other day the Eagles lost
• game to Lanier High.
Yesterday they bounced back
and defeated the Gordon College
nine 3 to 2, behind the fine pitch
ing of Ken Strickland. He fan
ned 12 and gave up six scatter
ed hits. The interesting thing
Strickland Is that
this was the first high school
ball game he had pitched.
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Good Evening is not responsi
ble for any dreams, especially
nightmares, that his writings
may bring about.
Some years ago we wrote
about an old time wedding.
The next morning a young la
dy called, said she had dream
ed that she was being married
to her boy friend but before the
preacher pronounced them “man
and wife” she awoke.
It was a pleasant dream, she
said, but she was disappointed
that it turned out to be Just a
dream.
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Well, the other day a friend
called and said something we
had written caused him to have
a dream.
Earlier Good Evening wrote
about the disappointing crowds
that attended the two Atlanta
Braves — Dodgers ball game In
the big stadium.
And he asked the question
could Atlanta support big league
baseball with the high costs of
doing business passed on, of
course, to the fans in high ad
mission prices. He also was
brash enough to ask:
How long will it be before the
Braves will be looking for an
other home?
Well this friend dreamed that
the Braves were looking for a
new home and that the Griffin
Area Chamber of Commerce,
wanting to get some publicity
( for Griffin, put in its bid.
Lo and behold the Braves lik
ed Griffin and decided to come
to Griffin and play here. The
decision to move did not come
until a few weeks before the
opening of the National League
season.
Griffin did not have a ball park
suitable for big league baseball.
But the Braves reported to
Griffin ready for exhibition ga
tnes. This friend dreamed that
they got permission to practice
on the lawn of the First Baptist
Church for a few days. He went
to the emergency practice field
and watched Aaron and Matt
hews, while in battling practice
knock the ball over Bunn’s laun
dry, across Hill Street.
Meanwhile according to this
dream Ray Brokaw and Frank
i piomas, ber of Commerce officials of the Cham
were scurry
ing around trying to find a base
ball field that could be “home”
Cor the big leaguers.
Did they find a place to play
the games? We asked.
Just about that time, said the
baseball fan, I woke up, the
dream did not last long enough
to answer that question.
We, like Uncle Remus, “gin
It to you, like it was gin to us”.
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Tag Line
A steady line of people was at the ordinary’s office in the courthouse here to
day buying their automobile tags before the March 31 deadline. Here Mrs. BiU
Hancock issues tags in one line while another at the left files into the ordinary’s
office.
Woman Stabbed
19 Times In
Downtown Store
A Griffin woman, who was
stabbed 19 times with a home
made ice pick, was in good con
dition today at the Griffin-Spal
ding County Hospital where she
is undergoing treatment.
The stabbing occurred this
morning in a downtown depart
ment store.
Det. Sgt. Glenn Whidby listed
the victim as Louise Griggers of
Griffin.
The woman, who allegedly did
the stabbing was listed by police
as Mary Thomas of Zebulon.
Det. Whidby said the stabbing
apparently was the result of do
mestic problems.
Mrs. Thomas was charged with
quarrelling, fighting and stab
bing.
Mrs. Griggers was charged
with quarreling and fighting.
Det. Whidby said Mrs. Thomas
was released from jail on $27
bond.
State Panel In
Washington On
Guideline Rules
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Geor
gia’s congressional delegation
meets today with a committee
of educators from the state to
discuss ways of modifying the
federal desegregation guide
lines.
Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton said
Tuesday he did not have time
to prepare a legal opinion on
the guidlines which call for
speeded integration of faculty,
administration and students in
September.
“We have to have confer
ences with lawyers and others,”
Bolton said. “We have to gather
more information on the guide
lines.”
The committee, whose co
chairmen are M. S. McDonald
of Rome and W. L. Robinson
of Atlanta, had hoped to come
here armed with a legal opinion
from the attorney general but
the committee’s request was
made only two weeks ago.
Bolton said the guidelines
were “utterly absurd and with
out foundation” and predicted
court fights over the Issue.
Sen. Herman Talmadge, D
Ga., told the Senate the federal
guidelines were “arbitrary and
capricious and "dictatorial.”
Dr. Jack Nix, state school
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, March 30, 1966
State Hospital
Probers Recess
By DON PHILLIPS
United Press I n ternational
ATLANTA (UPI) House
Speaker George T. Smith and
Lt. Gov. Peter Zack Geer are
expected to receive today a
preliminary report on the leg
islative investigation of Dr. Ir
ville H. MacKinnon’s resigna
tion as superintendent of Mil
ledgeville State Hospital.
A House and a Senate com
mittee recessed indefinitely
Tuesday after adopting the re
port on MacKinnon amid criti
cism of the Investigation into
the hospital.
The contents of the report
were not made known publicly
following Tuesday’s session be
hind closed doors, but Sen. Cul
ver Kidd of Milledgeville, chair
man of the Senate committee,
and Rep. Phillip Chandler of
Milledgeville, House committee
chairman, hinted at what might
superintendent, said the Geor
gia superintendents were in no
position to contest the guide
lines. He added, however, that
he believed the guidelines have
gone far beyond last year’s de
segregation plans and it would
be almost impossible for the
superintendents to comply with
them.
He said they would comply
with the original plans.
McDonald, superintendent of
Rome schools and Robinson,
chairman of the Fulton County
school board, were Joined by
R. D. Blakely, Gainesville
school superintendent: E. D.
Cone, Thomas County superin
tendent Jack Acree, executive
secretary of the Georgia School
Board Association and Nix.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Fair weather. Slightly
cooler with scattered frost
tonight.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxt
Imum today 69, minimum today
39, maximum Tuesday 63, mini.
mum Tuesday 32. Sunrise Th
ursday 6:28 a.m.t sunset Thurs
day 6:56 p.m.
be expected. They indicated
much of the report would deal
with the practice of full-family
maintenance under which some
state employes receive ex
penses for groceries and other
household Items.
MacKinnon resigned after it
was disclosed he had padded
his state-paid grocery bill $20
his state-paid grocery bill $20 a
month for 18 months.
The MacKinnon issue has
been the only aspect of the
hospital that has been investi
gated by the committees thus
far, Chandler said.
Brands it Witch-Hunt
Dr. Bruce Schaefer of Toc
coa, who headed a blue ribbon
panel that investigated the hos
pital In 1959, branded the cur
rent Investigation a “witch
hunt.”
Schaefer said the new trou
bles at Milledgeville “never
would have happened” if his
committee’s recommendations
were followed. One of the rec
ommendations was establishing
an advisory board for MacKin
non.
The administration of Gov.
Ernest Vandiver set up the
board but it was abandoned
when Gov. Carl Sanders took
office, Schaefer said.
“it the advisory committee
had remained Intact, this witch
hunt could have been averted,”
Schaefer said. “They would
have had an idea of what was
to happen before lt came se
rious.” %
It was learned that Schaefer
told the committee he would be
willing to have his panel re
vived If desired by the legisla
ture. However, lt was believed
the preliminary report made no
such recommendation. At first
Schaefer was against re-activat
ing his committee because he
felt the hospital’s present prob
lems are administrative and not
medical.
Suggests Decentralization
He also suggested that the
hospital be decentralized to pro
vide better care for the 12,000
patients and advocated a sepa
rate department of mental
health to control the hospital
which Is now under supervision
of the state health department.
Kidd said the legislative com
mittees would meet again in
the future but set no definite
time. Last week they met in
Milledgeville In public sessions.
Officials expressed little hope
of the mental health division,
and Dr. James Venable, head
of the State Department of
Health, told of the many ac
complishments by MacKinnon
at the hospital.
Draft Dodge
Cracked
Up To $5,000 Paid
For Documents
WASHINGTON (UPI) —Tho
FBI announced today the arrest
of 33 persons in the crackup of
a draft-dodging ring centering
around New York City.
The FBI said in announce
ment here that under the
scheme, involving fathers and
their sons in some cases,
youths got draft deferments
with fake papers listing them
as Air Force Reservists. These
documents were bought for
prices ranging up to $5,000.
The initial announcement
made earlier by FBI headquar
ters stated the arrest of 32
persons. The FBI indicated
further arrests were expected.
Cracking of the ring, cen
tered in New York City,
stemmed from the earlier
arrests of two men, Paul
George Miller and Solomon
Gottfried. The FBI said they
supplied the stolen forms and
made the contacts to sell the
draft deferments.
Gottfried, 56, of Levittown,
N.Y., was accused of taking the
Air Force Reserve forms from
Mitchell Field Air Force Base
N.Y.
Through Miller, 28, of Flush
ing, N.Y., he allegedly contact
ed students and their fathers.
After they paid prices averag
ing $1,500, copies of the forms
were mailed to their draft
boards.
This entitled them to a 1-D
Newsprint Price
Increases $5
The cost of the paper upon
which the Griffin Daily News
is printed has increased $5 per
ton.
This was announced today by
the Griffin Daily News. The In
crease is in line with higher pri
ces levied during the past se
veral weeks by practically a 11
the manufacturers of newsprint.
"Newsprint” is the trade name
for the blank paper.
The Increase in the price of
paper is the latest In a series
which Includes everything which
goes into publishing a newspa
per.
Water System
Funds Okayed
For Brooks
The Farmers Home Adminis
tration tentatively has approv
ed funds for a water system at
Brooks, Ga.
The Fayette County town will
receive an $11,000 grant and a
$39,000 loan after final appro
val.
Three water systems are be
ing constructed in this area un
der the program. They are at
Milner In Lamar County, Will
iamson In Pike County, and Ty
rone in Fayette County. Those
three are being financed entire
ly by loans. The system at
Brooks will be the first In t h 1 s
part of the state to receive an
outright grant.
Contract On
Paving Street
Expected Soon
Plans for the state to resur
face Experiment street from
Fourteenth to Riegel’s curve are
shaping up good, a spokesman
for the city and county said to
day.
City and county officials con
ferred with the Highway Depart
ment Tuesday in Atlanta about
the matter.
Chairman David Elder of the
Spalding County Commission
ers said the county expects to
get a contract for the Job soon.
He, City Commissioner Kim
sey Stewart and City Engineer
J. T. Bearden talked with high
way officials about the project.
Vol. 95 No. 74
classification and blocked their
callup by the Selective Service
System, the FBI said.
The plot came to light when
the Air Force made a change
in the forms and draft boards
continued to receive the older
types from the draft dodging
ring.
INSIDE
Dateline Georgia. Page 2.
Editorials. Page 4.
TV Schedules. Page 4.
Society. Page 8.
Polly’s Pointers. Page 8.
Hospital. Page 10.
About Town. Page 10.
Miss Wells. Page 11.
Tax Hike, Page U.
Hunger War Page 13.
Easter Seals. Page 13
Gordon Inspection. Page 13.
Want Ads. Page 18.
Ray Cromlcy. Page 18.
Mobilization. Page 18
Comics. Page 19.
Sports. Page 20.
Sanders Won t
Run Against
Sen. Russell
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI)—Gov.
Carl E. Sanders, ending nearly
four years of speculation, today
announced he would not oppose
Richard B. Russell for the U. S.
Senate this year.
Sanders said there was no
point in opposing a man of Rus
sell’s stature at this time in
world affairs.
He said he would either op
pose Sen. Herman Talmadge in
1968 or run again for governor
in four years. He indicated he
would spend the Interim
conducting a “crusade” to
strengthen the Georgia Demo
cratic party.
Sanders chose groundbreaking
ceremonies for a fine arts build
ing at Augusta College to make
the announcement in his home
town.
1st Cavalry
Driven Back
In Viet Nam
SAIGON (UPI) —Troops of
the U.S. Army’s 1st Air
Cavalry Division opened a new
attack today in the Chu Pong
mountain area, where they
scored a major victory last
November, but were driven
back by heavy Viet Cong fire.
Over-all casualties were list
ed as light for the American
force of about two companies—
up to 400 men. But some units
took moderate to heavy casual
ties.
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AH slates would be “saving time” if final approval
is given in Washington to a bill that would make
daylight saving time standard throughout the nation
next year. Photographer Duane Paris rigged up thia
photo of a watch being dropped into a piggy bank
to iUustrate the move.
Daylight Time Bill
To Cover All States
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
cows may not like it, but the
long and impassioned wrangle
America’s summer time
was heading the way of
today.
Only the formality of final
approval stood between
Whiet House and a bill to
uniform dates for daylight
time this year and make
automatic next year through
the nation.
The winners were business
transportation interests,
and vacationers of
road—and even growing
of farmers—who plead
ed for an end to the cost and
confusion of the nation’s
summer time pat
For this year, the bill
any state or locality
on daylight time at all to
it the last Sunday in April
Money Secured
New Patrol Hone 11
Contract All Set
City and county officials hope
contract will be signed this
for construction of a State
barracks on the N o r t h
They made final arrangements
with state officials for
the project.
The low bid was for $57,900
was $17,900 over the ori
estimate.
The state Tuesday agreed to
half of the additional mo
and the city and county ag
to pay the other half.
The state already had agreed
pay half the original estima
ted cost of $40,000 and the city
and county the other half.
City and county officials met
with Gov. Carl Sanders Tues
day to discuss the matter.
Gov. Sanders agreed to dip
into state surplus funds to help
make up the difference.
and end it the last Sunday in
October.
Starting next year, the bill
triggers automatic nationwide
fast time from the last Sunday
in April to the Last Sunday in
October. There is Just one
escape hatch—a state may vote
to exempt itself and stay on
standard time for the six-month
period.
But—and this is the kicker—
the entire state must go one
way or the other; failure of a
state to act puts it on daylight
time automatically.
The strong federal daylight
saving time bill comes to the
end of years of hesitation and
outright resistance. Tn the end,
the national schizophrenia of
clocks across the country
Jumping from standard time, to
daylight time, to double
daylight time—even daylight
time-in-reverse—was too much
for Congress.
The new home for state troop
ers will be constructed next to
the Peace Officers building on
the North Expressway.
Local government officials
hope the contract can be signed
this week and work can begin
soon.
Turner, Sullivan
In GHS Contest
Richard Turner and Jim Sulli
van will face each other in the
general election for student body
president at Griffin High next
Tuesday.
They were the front runners hi
Tuesday’s primary.
Turner received 470 and Sulli
van 218. Other candidates and
their votes were: Steve Goodroa
139, Jerry Maynard 48 and Tim f'
Savage 45.