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This week the International
f Sunday School Lesson begins a
series of studies on The King
doms of Israel and Judah. There
are eleven lessons in all.
From this history we can
learn lessons. One writer has
said that the person who turns
his back on the present and looks
to history alone is foolish, that
the person who refuses to look
backward at all is just as fool
f ish and that the ideal attitude Is,
while looking to the future one
should look over one’s shoulders
quite frequently so as not to
make the same mistakes that
were made in the past.
The lesson this Sunday is “The
Kingdom is Divided.” The
background Scripture is from 1
Kings 11:1 through 12:24; and
2nd Chronicles 10. The Memory
/ Selection is “If a kingdom be
divided against itself; that king
dom cannot stand.” —(Mark 3:
24.)
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What brought about the divis
ion of the Kingdom, the splitting
of the tribes; and are there sim
( liar conditions today that threa
ten to divide not only nations,
but the world and even the
Christian Church? History is
sometimes glorious and is an
inspiration for all. But sometim
es history can tell us of things
that a people should avoid. His
tory might well be compared
with the old-time railroad cross
ing markers “Stop, Look and
( Listen.”
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Now why was the kingdom di
vided?
One might first throw all the
blame on Rehoboam. But one
should go back a little and see
if there was not dissatisfaction
among the “grass roots” even
in the closing days of King Solo
mon. When King David died his
f son Solomon became king of 12
tribes that in many ways
were a different sort of people.
The ancestors of Judah came
from the south and had never
been in Egypt. The ancestors
of Israel, however, had lived in
Egypt and had been followers
f of Moses and Joshua. (There is
no mention in this story of the
tribe of Benjamin.)
Judah and probably Benjamin
believed in the succession of
Kings, the other tribes believ
ed that their rulers were cho
sen by God and accepted by the
people, as in the days of the
Judges.
Here we have fundamental po
t litical differences. The tribe of
Judah might be called a mon
archy; the other a theocracy,
or even a democracy.
Now Solomon in spite of all
his glory and power and might
and at times popularity, had
brought about certain doubts
among the people. Biblical stu
dents say that his “tolerance”
of the religious views of his 700
wives and 300 concubines, that
led to him allowing them to wor
ship the god they chose, even
going so far as to set up altars
to these false gods, was respon
sible for much of the division;
others hold that his building pro
gram brought about “slave la
bor” — he had 30,000 laborers
who lived in labor camps, that
some say were as void of hu
manity as the Russian labor
camps, brought about unrest.
f But be it as it may when Re
hoboan came to Shechem to be
crowned the majority of the tri
bes refused to follow him, es
pecially after he had failed to
heed the pleas of the people
and said that where his father
had been hard on them he would
be even harder.
As we study the 11 lessons we
/ can realize that the same dan
gers of that day exist today and
unless we unite as one people
under God the very existence
of today’s world is in danger.
One of our greatest dangers is
carrying the tdea of ‘tolerance”
too far, just as Solomon was too
tolerant in allowing his wives
to worship false gods. Solomon
probably hid behind the idea of
f “religious freedom”, “freedom
of speech," etc.
How far can tolerance be car
ried without danger?
There are certain tilings a
Christian should refuse to treat
with tolerance. The devil him
self is able to mislead many by
talking about “tolerance.” There
are certain basic truths that
should not be ignored. One of
them is seeking to replace the
r Living and Compassionate God
with a substitute.
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Established 1871 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, April 15, 1966 Vol. 95 No. 88
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Victory March
TWO BOYS SHARE A ROOF-TOP view of a
peaceful procession of thousands of banner-carrying
Buddhists through Saigon streets. The “victory”
march celebrated Premier Ky’s agreement to Budd
hist demands for election of a civilian government
within three to five months.
Ticket Scalping Law
Faces Court Test
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPI)—Two
attorneys said Thursday they
will challenge the constitution
ality of the state’s law against
ticket scalping.
The attorneys, Kenneth
Chance and Rodney S. Cohen
Jr. are defending two Augusta
men charged with violating the
law by selling Masters Golf
Tournament tickets for high
prices.
Assistant City Solicitor Eu
gene Kerr said he believes the
issue may become a test case.
Five men were arrested last
week on charges of scalping.
One was acquitted of the
charges and four came up for
preliminary hearings Thursday.
The two men challenging the
law are Billy W. Sipes, 29 of
Augusta, and Warren W. Hair,
28, of North Augusta, S. C.
They were arrested in a Joint
city - county raid April 5. Au
gusta Police Chief Broadus Be
quest said Sipes sought to sell
his series Masters ticket for
$250 to members of the police
vice squad. He said Hair
wanted $100 for his ticket.
The other two defendants,
Raymond E. Head Jr., 30, of
Belvedere, S. C., and Bryant E.
Guatemalans
Visit Here
Twelve Guatemalans were In
Griffin today to visit the Geor
gia Experiment Station a n d se
veral industries.
The group was entertained at
a luncheon at LuAnn’s Restau
rant by the International Rela
tions Committee of the Griffin
Kiwanis Club.
They were taken on a tour
of the Experiment Station this
morning and , visited industries
this afternoon.
At the Experiment Station,
the group was told about agri
cultural economics, agricultural
engineering, a southern pea har
vester, metering devices used
in applying herbicides and in
secticides, fruits and grapes gr
own by the Horticulture Depart
ment and the Food Science De
partment.
Establishment of a Kiwanis
Club of Guatemala was discuss
ed with the group at the lunch
eon.
A Reminder
Carriers who collect for the Griffin Daily News
this week will charge 35 cents for the week. They
will receive two of the five cents increase as their
share. The price adjustment was announced March
31 and went into effect Monday, April 11. Single
copy price is six cents, and longer periods have been
adjusted accordingly. All prices include sales tax.
We appreciate your cooperation in this small ad
justment, and thank you for your continued patron
age.
Elusive Con Man Jailed;
Pull Swindle In Griffin
He Had Jumped
Bail After
Pleading Guilty
ATLANTA (UPI) — An elusive
suspected con man who jumped
bond five months ago after
pleading guilty to impersonating
an FBI agent and swindling
thousands of dollars from rich
elderly women is now in thp
Fulton County jail.
The FBI reported Thursday
that Charles Andrew Johnston,
34, of Atlanta, had been appre
hended and would face sentenc
ing In a federal court as well
as possible charges from De
Kalb County authorities in con
nection with a $22,000 gas sta
tion theft.
Johnston Jumped bail in De
cember after pleading guilty to
charges he impersonated an FBI
agent and swindled money from
unsuspecting bank depositors in
Georgia. He was charged specif
ically with using the ruse to
commit two $900 swindles in
Griffin and Carrollton and one
in Newnan of $3,600, He was
to have been sentenced Jan. 7.
When Johnston left town $22,
000 disappeared from the BufOrd
Highway service station he had
worked in, the FBI said. The
large amount of cash was kept
at the station to cash payroll
checks from nearby auto plants.
FBI Special Agent Joseph
Ponder said Johnston apparent
ly worked with an accomplice
to choose depositors with large
bank accounts and trick them
into releasing large sums of
cash. The victims were told
Johnston worked for the FBI and
was trying to nab a suspected
embezzler at the bank.
The depositors, usually elder
ly women with large accounts,
would agree to help the “agent”
by withdrawing cash and pass
ing it to Johnston in a paper
envelop.
Johnston was first arrested
Oct. 1 by the FBI and Atlanta
City Police as he was in the act
of taking an envelop stuffed
with cash on a downtown At
lanta street.
Over 1,000
Sign Callaway
Petitions Here
Between 1,000 and 1,200 signa
tures have been secured in Spal
ding County on petitions for Rep.
Howard (Bo) Callaway for gov
ernor.
The petitions are being circu
lated by the Spalding Republi
can Party.
A spokesman said that the
party had set as its goal getting
10 percent of the registered vo
ters in this county on the peti
tions. This would have been ab
out 1,200 or 1,300.
The spokesman said that this
goal might be increased.
Some 65 petitions still are be
ing circulated in the county, the
party said.
State Republican leaders hope
to get 100,000 signatures on Cal
laway for governor petitions.
School System
Signs
Compliance
A certificate of compliance
has been signed by the Griffin
Spalding School System under
regulations for new guidelines
issued by the federal govern
ment.
School Board Chairman C. T.
Parker signed and mailed the
document Thursday. The Grif
fin-Spalding Board of Education
voted at its meeting this week
to instruct the chairman to sign
for the system.
The system here will continue
to be in compliance with federal
programs, Supt. George Patrick
said.
Phillips, 31, of Gaffney, S.C.,
have asked for Jury trials.
Indo Students
Storm Embassy
Of Red China
JAKARTA (UPI) —Thou
sands of Indonesian students of
Chinese descent today stormed
the Chinese Communist Embas
sy, battered down the doors
with a truck and shot an
embassy employe in a wild
demonstration against the Pek
ing regime. Indonesian troops
guarded the students with
armored cars.
Members of the embassy
staff shouted curses from a
balcony and fought hack with
long knives and spears but the
weight of numbers of the
students prevailed. The demon
strators surged over the walls—
accompanied by troops—and
battered through the massive
teak portal of the embassy with
a truck.
Ten thousand youths had
attended a rally announcing
their support for Defense Chief
Lt. Gen. Suharto and then
streamed toward the sprawling
Chinese Embassy compound.
Army troops and armored cars
moved in to divert traffic. One
armored car parked in front of
the gate with its cannon aimed
at the courtyard.
Before attacking the embassy
complex the youths adopted a
resolution at the rally in
Banteng (Buffalo) square de
manding that Indonesia break
diplomatic relations with Red
China, shut down all Commu
nist Chinese schools in Indone
sia and end the legal distinc
tions between Indonesian na
tions of different ethnic origins.
Indonesia, made up of
thousands of islands with many
different ethnic groups, has a
huge Chinese population. Chi
nese businessmen dominate the
business world as they do in
many other parts of Southeast
Asia. Many have been reported
leaving the country in the face
of anti-Chinese outbursts.
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Another One Goes
The Mrs. A. C. Bennett home on South Sixth street is being tom down to make
way for the continued expansion of the Griffin First National Bank. The home
has been a landmark in Griffin many years and its removal is another milestone
in the changing face of Griffin.
Buddhists Okay Ky For
Caretaker Government
By RAY F. HERNDON
U n ited Press International
SAIGON (UPI) —The Unified
Buddhist Church tonight accept
ed the military junta’s promise
of a civilian government in
three to five months and
endorsed the regime of Pre
mier Nguyen Cao Ky as a
caretaker government.
A communique issued follow
ing a meeting of the Buddhist
hierarchy said, “it is not
necessary to have another
government for only three to
five months.”
“It was understood that the
church plans to send a
delegation to the rebellious
northern provinces to try to
persuade extremist Buddhist
elements there to halt their
anti-government resistance.
Only hours before Lt. Gen.
Nguyen Chanh Thi, popular
Buddhist general whose ouster
by Ky touched off the nation’s
political crisis, assumed leader
ship of the northern rebel
elements. He told newsmen at
his home in Da Nang that
“there must be an immediate
change in the government” and
that “in this area the demon
strations will continue.”
The announcement apparent
ly signalled a victory for
harried U.S. diplomats who
have been working behind the
scenes for a successful com-
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Is Dead In River
CHARLES CITY, Va. (UPI)
— “Minnie,” the wounded whale,
died today, to the sorrow of her
thousands of fans.
A report from a helicopter
over the James River said
“Minnie,” who astounded ma
rine experts by swimming 70
miles up the river from the
Atlantic Monday, was dead and
floating on her side.
The two-ton baby finback
whale was suffering from at
least 30 bullet wounds when she
arrived here and quickly drew
the sympathy of thousands.
After a few days of rest,
however, “Minnie” appeared to
be recovered and frolicked in
circles on the river spouting
streams of water to the cheers
of spectators.
She became the object of
national attention when Ber
nard W. Haynes of Richmond,
the son of a commercial
fisherman who first spotted the
whale, shot her 12 additional
promise to the month-old
government crisis which threa
tened a number of times to
plunge the already troubled
nation into civil war.
The communique warned the
Ky regime that “appropriate
action” would be taken if the
government did not keep its
promise for a civilian regime
by July.
It also warned of retaliation
if the government “finds ways
to punish those who have
participated in the movement”
for a national assembly, a
reference to the adamant
Buddhist demand that the
government not punish the
riotous demonstrators.
The communique was ham
mered out in a day-long session
of virtually the entire Buddhist
hierarchy, including Thich Tri
Quang, firebrand leader of the
extremist elements in the
northern cities of Hue and Da
Nang.
Thich Man Giac, a spokes
man for the church’s moderate
wing which is centered in
Saigon, said before the session
that he saw no reason why the
Ky government could not
continue in office until the
civilian regime is elected. He
expressed the “hope that the
Central Committee will be able
to convince extreme elements .
. . this is the best course.”
times with a 30-30 rifle
Wednesday night.
Haynes said he shot the
whale “because she was
becoming a menace to boat
traffic.” He then angered
“Minnie’s” fans further by
tying her tail to a tree and
suggesting she be sold to a
tallow factory.
Haynes said the act was “In
the interest of humanity” and
said he was only trying tp
relieve “Minnie” from the
misery of the first shooting.
Haynes also said he had
checked and there was no
Virginia law against shooting
whales.
The state confirmed it was
not a Virginia crime to shoot a
whale, but the Bureau of
Fisheries in Washington said lt
might make a federal case out
of the shooting. A bureau
spokesman said a 1946 act
prohibited “molesting” certain
species of whales and the
incident would be investigated.
It was not immediately
known how successful the
leaders would be in persuading
the northern groups to halt the
agitation for immediate ouster
of Ky and his government.
A number of ambitious
generals were known to be
closely watching developments
for a chance to assume control
of the interim government.
Thi is considered to be close
to Tri Quang and his vow to
keep the anti- government
protests going was made before
the hierarchy issued its commu
nique.
Thi’s announcement marked
the first time he has stepped
from the shadows to take an
active part in the campaign. It
was his ouster by Ky on March
10 that triggered the current
unrest. Two days later the
Buddhists began their demon
strations.
Student groups in the North
have also sworn to press their
demands for a new government
immediately. Two key northern
military commanders and Nguy
en Van Man, influential Bud
dhist mayor of Da Nang were
also actively opposing the
government.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Cloudy and cool to
night. Saturday partly cloudy
and continued cool.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 58, minimum today
47, maximum Thursday 67, mini
mum Thursday 53. Total rainfall
.15 of an inch. Sunrise Saturday
6:07 a.m., sunset Saturday 7:07
p.m.
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live on today’s income are
neighbors who don’t.”
US Dead Tops
South Viet
Losses In ’66
By BRYCE MILLER
SAIGON (UPI) —More Amer
ican soldiers were killed in
combat in South Viet Nam
during the first three and one
half months of this year than in
all of 1965, U.S. military
officials said today.
The officials also said that as
of Wednesday, 205 U.S. aircraft
were downed over North Viet
Nam and 101 over South Viet
Nam since the war began. The
northern losses included 14 U.S.
planes downed by Soviet-built
Surface-to-air (SAM) missiles.
In ground action U. S. Ma
rines stormed Viet
positions on a peninsula known
to the Leathernecks as “Cape
Death.” They dynamited tun
nels, caves, spider holes and
other fortifications the Commu
nists had rebuilt after the
Marines made their first sweep
across the Cape Batanga
Peninsula, nine months ago.
242 VC Killed
In this operation and two
others that have been under
way for up to three weeks,
military officials said a total of
242 Viet Cong had been killed,
41 captured and 944 VC
suspects arrested.
In the air war Air Force,
Navy and Marine aircraft flew
331 sorties against Viet Cong
targets in the South and Air
Force and Navy planes hit
North Viet Nam with 58
missions. Two Air Force B57
Canberra bombers collided off
South Viet Nam, but all four
crewmen parachuted and were
rescued.
Spokesmen said Air Force,
Navy and Marine pilots on 331
air strikes in South Viet Nam
Thursday probably accounted
for the day’s biggest kill of Viet
Cong.
In the northern sector, Air
Force and Marine pilots
reported killing a possible 140
guerrillas 10 miles northwest of
Quant Ngai. On three other
raids, pilots reported killing at
least 20 more guerrillas.
In Saigon, police reported
that they smashed a suspected
Viet Cong spy ring run by an
“extremely comely” teen-age
girl. The young Mata Hari and
two other teen-age girls were
accused of gathering informa
tion and supplies in Saigon for
Communist guerrillas in the
field.
The U.S. officials released
casualty reports which showed
that 1,361 Americans died in
combat between Jan. 1 and
April 9. During all of last year,
only 1,342 Americans were
killed in the fighting.
The officials said the combat
death rate was averaging about
100 soldiers a week. Last week,
for the first time since
Americans began fighting the
war, more GIs were killed than
Vietnamese.
The growing casualty figures
reflect the increased number of
American forces in Viet Nam
and their stepped up prosecu
tion of the war. At this time
last year, there were only
about 25,000 troops in the
country compared with the
nearly 250,000 Americans now
here.
Quirks
type-pals
LOS ANGELES (UPI) —
University of Southern Califor
nia students Paul Liles and Jan
Feltz have a unique system for
communicating between their
on-campus apartments — tele
type machines.
Liles, a ham radio operator,
built the machines from surplus
parts when bis late night
telephone calls to Miss Feltz
annoyed her sorority sisters.
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EMOTIONAL WRECK
SUTTON, England (UPI) —
William Queen was fined $28
Wednesday when he pleaded
guilty to reckless driving last
January. He said he was
driving with his fiance, kissed
her and “let my emotions run
away with me’’ causing the car
to lump a curb.