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By Quhnby Melton
Good Evening likes to get
mail, especially letters from
former residents of Griffin who
have made the news in their new
homes.
Received such a letter this
morning. It was from Mrs. Char
les A. (Toni Walls) Cox, who
with her husband and children
now live In Port Pierce, Fla.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Cox were
born and reared and educated
ta Griffin. Before moving to Flo
rida Mr. Cox was with the Sa
voy Electric Co. in Experiment.
In her letter Mrs. Cox includ
ed announcement from William
McCoy, president of Sherold of
Florida, that Mr. Cox has been
named Production and Quality
Control Supervisor for the con
cern. Sherold of Florida is a ma
jor manufacturer of crystals
for colored T-V. This company
was organized in Florida as
the successor to Savoy Electric
Co., when that Experiment firm
was burned out, and directors
of the company moved it to Flo
rida.
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We’ve “tipped our hat” to Gr
lffinites so much lately, and
everytime we have tipped it
we’ve been delighted that we
could, that the old hat is be
coming frayed.
But we like nothing more than
to tip the hat to folks who have
won honors for themselves and
for their community.
Yesterday’s paper carried a
story about, and a picture of
eight students at Griffin High
who have won signal honors.
Five of these were named on the
Governor’s Honor program
and three were named alterna
tes.
The Governor’s Honors Pro
gram provides that students na
med to it can attend a eight
week special school held at Wes
leyan College this summer.
There will be no tuition charged.
There will be about 400 students,
selected from high schools ta
the state and stress will be on
the creative factor of education.
To be nominated, students in
the academic areas were requir
ed to have a minimum I.Q. of
120. They had to be in the upper
10 percent of their class, have
an overall B average and an A
average in the subject ta which
they wish to concentrate.
The eight students from GHS
nominated as principles and al
ternates are: Donna Mostiler,
Kerry Crawford, Ferrell Sams,
Frank Thomas, Tim Savage,
Emily Brisendine, Margaret Sp
angler, and Sammy Kent.
Our hat’s off to these eight out
standing students.
Noticed two stories in last
night’s paper that we did not
like. But both were news and
both further unmasked that se
nile old fool in France who is
deluded with dreams of his self
importance.
One story was headed DeGaul
le Declares He Won’t Wait
Forever’. He implies that un
less Uncle Sam gets his troops
out of France and abandones
all bases there that he will do
something about it.
The second story tells of this
onetime friend of America re
fusing to grant a permit for cer
emonies in Paris honoring Am
erican soldiers killed in Paris,
when America freed that city
from German occupation. For
20 years the ceremony has been
at the Invalides, shrine of Fren
ch military heroes and the tomb
of Napoleon. The refusal to
grant the permit is classed as
•’brusque.’’ Of course the refusal
was not signed by deGaulIe but
by his defense minister. But
there is no doubt that it came
as the result of instructions from
the Big Boy, for no one holding
office in France is allowed to
spit without deGaullian permis
sion.
and Stalin; deGaulle and Bene
diet Arnold is that DeGaulle is
a Frenchman.
Time has been unkind to de
Gaulle. Had he died years ago
he would have been remember
ed as a heroic Frenchman will
tag to die for his country. Now
he will be remembered as a
stubborn, pompous, senile old
fool whose ideas of his impor
tance to his country and the
world can bring nightmares to
the rest of the world.
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
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(Griffin Dally News Staff Photo).
Mayor Louis Goldstein (1) and David Elder, County Commission Chairman,
look on as Albert Blanton (seated at table) and Frank Stovall of United Cotton
Goods check papers on new plant.
Viet Military Yields
To Buddhists On Vote
By LEON DANIEL
United Press International
SAIGON (UPI) —Vietnamese
military rulers acceded to
Buddhist demands and signed a
decree today pledging an
elected civilian government
within three to five months,
Thousands of Buddhists
marched through the capital in
the biggest demonstration yet
to celebrate the victory,
Some Buddhist leaders, who
scheduled the demonstration
several days ago, tried to caU
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Henry ..... Michaels proudly (Griffin Daily News Staff Photo).
displays his pilots license and driver* license while instructor John Mabry (1) and
Cpl. C. L. Taylor of the State Patrol look on.
Ninth Grader Becomes Pilot,
On His W 16th k#l|
Henry Michaels, Spalding Jun
ior High ninth grader, got his
drivers license and pilots licen
se on his 16th birthday Wednes
day.
It was a day he had been poin
ting to for several months.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Michaels, 314 Hamilton bou
levard > be was excused from sc
hool for his busy day.
First he went to the Georgia
State Patrol headquarters in Gr-
Griffin, Ga. f 30223, Thursday, April 14, 1966
it off after the govnment’s
decision. But thousands showed
up at the main Viet Hoa Dao
pagoda anyway so they sent
them in an orderly march
through the capital as a show
of strength.
About 20,000 started out from
the pagoda and they picked up
strength as htey marched.
All American servicemen had
been ordered to their billets
and only military police jeeps
were in the streets. They kept
their distance.
iffin to qualify for his drivers li
cense.
When this was done, he went
to the Griffin-Spalding airport
to get his pilot’s license.
John Mabry who taught him
to fly, took the youngster to At
lanta in an airplane to pick up
his pilot’s license.
They touched down on their re
turn to Griffin shortly before 5
o’clock.
Henry was all set to solo but
Chief of state Nguyen Van
Thieu, surrounded by Premier
Nguyen Cao Ky and other
members of the military junta
signed the decree in dramatic
ceremonies after a special
political congress issued a 10
point plan for ending the
nation’s political crisis.
Despite the fact that the
Buddhists boycotted the three
day congress throughout, Its
resolution contained virtually
all their demands.
the wind was rather high for an
inexperienced airman.
Instructor Mabry advised that
he wait a little while to see if
the wind would stop.
Meanwhile, he and his student
practiced landings.
Henry’s parents, two sisters
and two nephews gathered at the
airport for the big event. Hen
ry’s mother didn’t want to know
when the Instructor got out of
the Plane and turned it over to
United Cotton
New Plant Set
Building
Will Go On
Everee Road
United Cotton Goods of Griffin
today announced plans to build
a plant on Everee road. The
firm bought the land through the
city and county which had pur
chased it to encourage indus
trial development here.
Construction is expected to be
gin soon, according to A1 Blan
ton, president of United Cotton
Goods.
Newton Coal and Lumber Com
pany will construct the plant.
4 It is expected to be finished
by Dec. 1.
Complete air conditioning will
be one of the features of the new
plant.
The new home of United Cot
• ton Goods will have 52,800 square
feet of space, all on a ground
'floor building. This is about tw
ice the space the plant has now.
President Blanton declined to
'.say how much the new plant
would cost. City and county
commissioners said the land was
sold for a little over $22,000.
This was in line with the $2,000
per acre policy the city and
county had followed.
United Cotton Goods purchas
ed 11.2 acres between Universal
Cotton building and the Heisdorf
& Nelson Farms, two of Grif
fin’s newest industries.
Officers of United Cotton
Goods and the city and county
commisitoners were on hand
this morning in the county com
missioner’s office at the Spald
ing courthouse for the announ
cement.
David Elder, chairman of the
county commissioners, told the
group he was glad that the com
pany had found it possible to ex
pand in Griffin.
Mayor Louis Goldstein said the
city always is pleased when an
(Continued on page 12.)
Judge Harold R. Banke, 49, of
Clayton County indicated today
that he is thinking about run
ning for Congress as a Demo
crat in the Sixth District.
A story in the Fayette County
News this week said that the
Judge is considering the race.
The Sixth District congression
al seat now is held by John J.
(Jack) Flynt, Jr., of Griffin.
"There are many factors to
be considered and I will have to
consider them more diligently,
now that this story has been
published," Judge Banke said.
The story in the Fayette Coun
ty News follows:
"Usually reliable Clayton Co
unty sources say that Superior
Court Judge Harold R. Banke,
49, is seriously considering a
challenge to Cong. John J.
(Jack) Flynt, Jr. in the S i x t h
District Democratic Primary
scheduled in September.
“These sources say that Judge
Banke is weighing a race again
st Rep. Flynt, the veteran re
presentative who has served for
12 years and who succeeded the
late Sidney Camp of Newnan in
1954.
"Judge Banke would offer no
confirmation or denial of his
consideration in making the con
gressional race. The Superior
Court Judge did say that several
of bis friends throughout the
district had been kind enough
to mention him as a qualified
candidate for the congressional
seat,
"Judge Banke ta the first De
mocrat to be mentioned as a
possible entry in the primary
against Congressman Flynt of
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her son to fly alone.
A truck pulled up to the plane
and she thought the instructor
had got out. The plane took off
and circled the field again. But
Mabry still was with his student,
And the anxious wait still was
on.
Finally Mabry decided that
conditions were safe for the
youngster to make his solo.
He turned the plane over to
the young pilot who made a fine
flight.
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That Time Again
Hospital Administrator Jack Moore posed for this picture to demonstrate the
plight of many Griffinites who waited until the last minute to make their income
tax returns. Many will be pouring over tax forms tonight to beat the April 15
deadline. Returns must be postmarked before midnight Friday to avoid late pay
ment penalties.
Clayton Judge Eyes
Sixth District Race
mor indicates that Paul Jones
of Macon, Georgia GOP leader
and a state representative will
definitely oppose Flynt as his
party’s nominee in November.
Jones is reportedly strong in the
populous Bibb County. In addi
tion reports are that Flynt is
faring badly in his own county
of Spalding and in Griffin.
"Judge Banke is a lifelong De
mocrat. He was bom in Denton
County, Texas and still sports a
Texas Stetson hat. He was edu
cated in the Texas public schools,
attended Texas Wesleyan Col
lege, the College of Marshall,
and the National University Law
School as well as the John Mar
shall Law School.
"He has worked in civil ser
vice, rose in the Army to the
rank of Lt. Colonel. Just recent
ly he was prominently mention
ed as a federal Judge appoint
ment possibility for the U. 6.
District Court.
"After resigning from the fed
eral civil service, he has held
the positions of city attorney,
county attorney, deputy assis
tant attorney general, assistant
solicitor general, solicitor gen
eral and presently is in the se
cond term as Judge of the Su
perior Court of the Clayton Jud
icial Circuit, a post he has ser
ved since the opening of the
Clayton Superior Court.
"Judge Banke is a Sunday
School teacher, school superin
tendent, deacon and elder in the
Presbyterian Church.
"He is married to the former
Margaret Black, who taught sc
bool in the Clayton School sys
tem. They have two sons, 14 and
16, and have lived in Forest
Park since 1946."
INSIDE
Melton Talk. Page 2.
Social Security. Page 2.
Viet Bombing. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
TV Schedule. Page 4.
Schools Columns. Page 5.
Sports. Pages 6, 7.
Guidelines. Page 8.
Cromley. Page 10.
Society. Page 11.
Hospital. Page 12.
Stork Club. Page 12.
Berlin Wall. Page 12.
$150-Million Class Page 13.
Teacher Pay. Page 13.
Want Ads. Page 14.
Dateline Georgia. Page 1«.
Callaway. Page 16.
Demo Rules. Page 16.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and cool
tonight and Friday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 72, minimum today
53, maximum Wednesday 83,
minimum Wednesday 60. Sunrise
Friday 6:09 a.m. sunset Friday
7:06 p-m.
Country Parson
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£ So far nobody has in
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seed.’*