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By Quimby Melton
Weekend Notes:
Griffin High Eagles took a dou
ble header Friday afternoon and
night from the ’omerset, Ken
tucky “Briar Jumpers”, win
ning 3-2 and 4-3. The Kentucky
team was returning home from
a spring vacation trip to Florida
where they got in some practice
In preparation for the season up
in the Blue Grass State.
Of course, the games Friday
afternoon and night do not count
in the Region 4-AAA standing,
but it’s nice to know that our
Eagles can win not only from
teams in Georgia but from the
fine team that makes its home
in Kentucky.
And it’s always a pleasure for
Griffin to have visitors, such as
the Somerset boys, visit us.
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From time to time Good Even
ing has suggested that it would
be a good idea for our athletic
teams to arrange a schedule that
would take the players to some
other state. In fact, way back
yonder, when Model T was the
latest and snappiest automobile,
w e suggested that Griffin High
arrange its football schedule to
^include a trip to Griffin, Indiana
—arrange it on a return basis
with the two Griffin teams play
ing one year there and the next
year here. The idea caught fire
and one of the civic clubs assu
med sponsorship of the game
and contacted someone in Grif
fin, Indiana. It was then that
we found that Griffin, Ind. at
that time, was a small town, no
larger than Orchard Hill, and
that there was no Griffin, Ind.,
High School. A post office and
a general store was about all
Griffin, Ind. had at the time.
So we then set about trying to
find another Griffin large enough
to have a high school and a
football team. Through the post
office we found there were but
three Griffins with post offices.
One here, one in Indiana and
another one In Texas. Since
that time, according to postal
records the one In Texas has
been closed.
Anyway we still think it would
have been a good idea to have
a Griffin High School, In some
other state, had there been
such a school, play the Griffin
Georgia High School for the
Griffin championship.
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Speaking of high school:
Talking with friend the other
day who graduated from GHS
some years ago. We were talk
ing about how beautiful our city
is with the dogwood and azaleas
and wisteria in full bloom. And
she made a good suggestion.
Said this young lady:
“I drove by Griffin High the
other day and noticed several
dogwood trees in full bloom and
it added much to the appearance
of the school. Won t you suggest,
in your Good Evening column
that alumni of GHS arrange
with the school authorities to
plant dogwood trees on the cam
pus? It would add much to the
high school commencement to
have a day set aside for Alumni
Day and have old grads return
to school on that day and each
class represented plant a dog
wood tree in honor of their
class."
Well, that sounded good to us
and so, acting on the request
of this young woman, we sug
gest to Principal Christie, the
faculty and the GHS student
body that they do just that.
The main highway through our
city passes in front of our high
school. We know of nothing that
would make a more favorable
impression on those passing
through our city than a well
planted school campus with the
dogwood in full bloom in the
spring.
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Hospital. Page 2.
About Town. Page 2.
Stork Club. Page 2.
Funerals. Fage 2.
Sports. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
One Fourth Of Mankind. Page 5.
Cave Tragedy. Page 5.
Society. Fage 6.
Polly’s Pointers. Page 6.
Ruth Millett. Page 6.
Dateline Georgia. Page 7.
New Bank. Fage 7.
Want Ads. Page 8.
Comics. Page 9.
Bom's Near Hanoi. Page 10.
Churches Pull Out. Page 10.
GRIFFIN
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Avid Reader
Ezra Ljann, well known Griffin businessman, figures
he has spent some 4,680 hours reading the Griffin
Daily News during the past 30 years. An avid news
paper reader, Mr. Mann spends about 30 minutes a
day reading the news.
Jones, Callaway Backed
Senoia Man Named
District GOP Head
M. H. Elder of Senoia was el
ected chairman of the Sixth Dis
trict Republican Party it the
convention in .Macon during the
weekend.
He succeeded Ralph Dough
erty of Griffin.
Frank Stovall, former chair
man of the Spalding Republican
Party, was elected secretary of
the district organization.
The convention approved re
solutions backing the possible
candidacy of Howard (Bo) Cal
laway for governor and G. Paul
Jones for representative of the
Sixth District in congress.
Neither of the men have an
nounced whether they will run
but there has been much specula
tion In recent weeks about the
possibility.
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Un-Bare-Ahle
WHEN THE THERMOMETERS reached 96 de
grees in Salinas, Calif., little two-year-old Lori Mc
Nett found the weather unbearable but her own ver
sion of air-conditioning saved the day. It was the
hottest Apr3 day in Salinas’ history.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, April 18, 1966
The convention approved a re
solution praising Dougherty for
his leadership as chairman for
the past two years.
Delegates gave the outgoing
chairman a standing ovation.
Mr. Dougherty Is a pilot f or.
Eastern Air Lines and makes
his home In Griffin on North
Second street extension.
Mr. Stovall, the new district
secretary, is an officer with
United Cotton Goods Co. In Grif
fin. He has been active In coun
ty party affairs for the past se
veral years.
Republican Rep. Jack Edwards
of the First District m Alabama
addressed a $50-a plate fund
raising dinner following the
convention.
Truck Fire Destroys
Atlanta Rail Bridge
Rail Traffic
Blocked For
Several Hours
ATLANTA (UPI) — A tanker
truck loaded with 5,000 gallons
Of flammable asphalt struck a
bridge over the main lines of
the Southern Railway today,
touching off a spectacular fire
that destroyed the bridge and
blocked street and railroad
traffic.
The truck driver, identified as
Ralph Campbell, 38, of
Bryant, Ala., was reported in
serious condition at a hospital
suffering from burns and pos
sible broken bones..
The accident occurred before
dawn In northwest Atlanta as
the truck started to cross the
wood and steel bridge over the
Southern tracks on Howell Mill
Road at 14th Street, about a
mile from the downtown sec
tion.
The truck apparently plowed
Into the side of the bridge and
ruptured an eight-inch gas
main. Hie gas and the asphalt
in the truck ignited and burst
into flames, setting the bridge
and the truck on fire.
Soon after the fire was
touched off, the wreckage of
the bridge and the truck, burn
ing fiercely, fell onto the South
ern Railway tracks below.
Campbell managed to drag
himself away from the fire and
was found several hundred feet
down the tracks by rescuers,
waving a white handkerchief,
apparently trying to flag down
any approaching trains. Au
thorities said Campbell worked
for the Russ Transportation Co.
of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Several hours after the fire
had been extinguished, cleanup
crews were still trying to clear
the railroad tracks. Atlanta po
lice, fearing a mammoth rush
hour traffic tleup, set up detour
signs in the area. Authorities
said it would be several months
before a new bridge can be
constructed.
‘You Have Touched My Heart’
Decatur Poster Girl
Gets Letter From Gl
DECATUR, Ga. (UPI) — It
will probably be quite a while
before pretty, blue-eyed, blonde
Leigh Ann Huff answers the
letter she received from “Ser
geant Jack” in Korea.
It’s not that she doesn’t rea
lize how much a lonely GI sta
tioned overseas likes to hear
from a girl back home. Mainly,
it’s that she’s only four years
old and isn’t quite up to writing
a letter.
“You have touched my heart
deeply,” the sergeant’s letter
said. Leigh Ann, who was born
with spinal berfida also won
the hearts of persons all over
the country when she appeared
on an Easter Teal poster with
Jimmy Durante.
“Such Strong Courage ”
SP.5 Jack E. Kohlhammer
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Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Clear to partly cloudy
and warm tonight and Tuesday,
LOCAL WEATHER — High
today 80, low today 53, high
Sunday 78, low Sunday 47, sun
rise Tuesday 6:04, Sunset Tues
day 7:09.
SHEARED ANGELS
REDWOOD CITY, Calif,
(UPI) — Seven members of the
Hell’s Angels motorcycle club
were shorn of their beards and
tresses at the San Mateo
XZ* being arrested J at f for day a ’ scuffle a X r
with police.
“We got enough hair to stuff
a mattress,” said the jailer.
Griffinite’s Husband
Bedgood To Run
For Li. Governor
Rep. W Randall Bedgood, Jr.
of Clarke County, announced to
day that he would run for lieu
tenant governor.
He Is the husband of the for
mer Eleanor Banks of Griffin,
daughter cf Mrs. Willis Banks
and the late Mr. Banks.
They make their home in Ath
ens and are the parents of four
sons and two daughters.
“During the past few months,
much speculation has taken
place concerning the various
state offices in Georgia. I have
been mentioned as a candidate
for lieutenant governor. In or
der to eliminate any further
speculation, insofar as I am con
cerned, this is to let you know
that I will be a candidate,” Rep.
Bedgood said.
He added: “There will be
many progressive recommen
dations expressed by me as the
campaign gets under way. I con
sider that I am a conservative
who believes that progress must
be made, but that it must be
sound and carefully studied.”
He Is a member of the Clar
ke County Commissioners,
chairman of the Clarke County
Board of Education and chair
man of the Northeast Georgia
Area Planning and Development
Commission.
He serves on the State of Re
public Committee and Welfare
Committee in the House.
Rep. Bedgood is a member
of the board of trustees of the
Georgia B a p t s i t Children’s
Home.
He Is a veteran of World War
II and piloted B-17s on 42 com
bat missions in the European
theater.
Mr. Bedgood owns a large ho
tel in Athens and has other busi
ness interests there.
Commenting on his candidacy,
Mr. Bedgood said:
saw Leigh Ann’s picture in Ko
rea where he has been sta
tioned for six months and wrote
a letter promising he would
send her a Korean doll. ‘‘I am
doing this for you because you
have such strong courage,” he
wrote.
The sergeant, whose home is
in Indiana, also said he would
like to bring his daughter, Peg
gy Susan, “over to your place
to play, for she is living real
close by where you are stay
ing.”
Now Leigh Ann is having a
hard time reconciling the
promise with the fact that her
family has moved from Chi
cago, where they lived for six
months and where Kohlhammer
apparently thinks she still is
atayln ?’ their ori ® inal
home in Decatur.
“I would give anything to
meet the sergeant,” said Leigh
Ann ’ s mother, Mrs. V. A. Huff,
" But 14 Just doesn’ seem pos
sible.”
No one is exactly sure how
"Sergeant Jack,” who says he
funs a self-established school
where he teaches English to
Korean children, found out
about Leigh Ann. He probably
saw her picture with Durante
in a national magazine.
Kohlhammer also wrote, “If
you need any help of any kind
in getting your hospital bills
P ald « let me and I will
ask , aI1 ,, my . buddles here on this
P° s ^ to help get a brave little
girl like you back on her feet
Vol. 95 No. 90
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Rep. W. Randall Bedgood, Jr.
“The office of lieutenant gov
ernor is one that has great po
wer during the time the Gener
al Assembly Is in session. Af
ter the session, our system of
government in Georgia leaves
this office with practically no
duties throughout the remain
der of the year. It is my belief
that this position should be one
of greater responsibility than is
now allowed under our Consti
tution. The' office should be full
time, with adequate pay, with
additional duties given the Lieu
tenant Governor. In the past this
office has been more of a step
ping stone for the office of Gov
ernor, and I think this should not
be the case. The Lieutenant Gov
ernor should be a working part
ner with the Administration. If
the pepole of Georgia elect me
I promise to see that the Lieu
tenant Governor performs in a
manner that continues the pro
gress of our State and works in
harmony with the Administra
tion.”
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It used to be Sinatra and Presley. Now it’s Dylan
and the Beatties who bring out this teen-age response.
If you don’t know about the Supremes, Byrds, Tur
tles, Motown Sound, Sonny and Cher, you should
read “The Pop Music Primer for Parents,” a special
4-part series appearing in this newspaper. Learn
more about your children by discovering what pop
music artists they prefer. Starts today on Page 10.
again, for you are too young
and pretty to stay indoors all
your life.”
Mrs. Huff says Leigh Ann
does indeed spend a lot of time
inside, ‘‘but for the most part
she’s a normal child — other
than the fact she can’t walk.”
She is paralyzed from the
waist down and has undergone
surgery several times as well
as having had her hip socket
replaced. But Mrs. Huff says
sbe * s making progress and
may possibly be able to walk
some day.
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Rescued From Cave
AN UNIDENTIFIED EXPLORER SCOUT is lifted from Howard Cave near
Trenton, Ga., after an explosion, from gas trapped in the cave, left four of his
fellow Scouts trapped underground. Two would-be-rescuers were killed while
attempting to rescue the trapped Scouts and their leaders, (Story on Page Five).
Space Chase Date
Set For May 17
By ALVIN B. WEBB Jr. United
Press International
SPACE CENTER, Houston
(UPI) —Gemini 9 astronauts
Thomas P. Stafford and Eu
gene A. Cernan will be
launched on a unique chase
through space with another
satellite on May 17, the Federal
Space Agency announced today.
The flight will include a
spacewalk.
The manned spacecraft cen
ter near Houston confirmed a
launch date that Informed
sources had reported to UPI
three weeks ago.
Veteran space pilot Stafford
and rookie astronaut Cernan
are expected to fly three days
in orbit. The trip will include
another attempt to rendezvous
and link up with an unmanned
Agena satellite 185 miles above
earth and a walk in space of
more than two hours for
Cernan.
Liftoff time for the Agena
rocket aboard an Atlas booster
at Cape Kennedy was set for 10
a.m., EST May 17. If all goes
exactly on time, Gemini 9 will
leave launch pad 19 exactly one
hour, 39 minutes, nine seconds
later.
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He Over Did
Cleaning Bit
TOCCOA, Ga. (UPI)—A jani
tor working at Toccoa City Hall
was in jail today on charges of
stealing whisky from the city
hall.
Jim Laboone was arrested
after he took some confiscated
moonshine whisky, police said,
The moonshine was confiscated
and returned to its legal rest
ing place.
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This will be America’s second
manned space spectacular of
the year and the seventh
manned flight in the $1.4 billion
project Gemini. The only
previous flight of the year—
an intended three-day voyage
by Gemini 8’s pilot Neil
Armstrong and David Scott
ended after less than 11 hours
on March 16 because of control
thruster trouble.
Gemini 9 will attempt to do
many of the things originally
planned for Gemini 8, including
a space walk that may take
Cernan as far as 125 feet from
the nose of his ship on a tether.
Charles M. Matthews, Gemini
program manager, said Cernan
may remain outside the space
craft for as long as 2 y 2 hours
as Gemini 9 makes nearly two
complete trips around earth.
Stafford will play a key role
in the planned attempt to tie up
with the unmanned Agena.
Armstrong was successful in a
similar effort during the
voyage of Gemini 8.
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“You don’t give a child
everything he wants with
out also giving him bore
dom.”