Newspaper Page Text
T? JCj venin GOOD P 17
By Qinraby Melton
Today was a great day for
the Tap Bennetts, father and
son; and it was a great drfy for
Griffin, their home town.
Tap Junior and his father Tap
Sr. were the honor guests at the
noon meeting of the Kiwanis
Club, attended by members of
many other civic clubs. Some
250 persons were present, horfored
The two Bennetts were
by their homefolk, Tap Jr., for
his fine work with the State De
partment and the important role
he played in the recent events
in the Dominican Republic; and
for having been promoted to be
ambassador to Portugal. .
I Tap Senior was honored for the
important part he played in our
community at Spalding’s first a
gricultural agent and for the
fine influence he has had on ag
riculture, not only in Georgia but
In the south.
- ♦ —
It just so happened that the
Joint recognition meeting was
held on the birthday of Tap Sr.
He was seated at a table, in
front of the speakers table.
Friends of the years when he
lived and worked here and the
other agriculture agents sat
with him; and the'table was cen
tered with a huge birthday cake.
Tap was touched. There’s no
doubt about that. It’s great to
Lave friends celebrate one’s
birthday and all that. But Good
Evening has the belief, that as
much as Tap Sr. enjoyed bis
, birthday party, he enjoyed even
more the praise that was given
his son, Tap, Jr. Tap Sr. was
proud of his son, as are all who
know him. For Tap Jr., has dis
tinguished himself as a career
diplomat and in doing so has
brought honor to the Griffin and
Spalding County.
— ♦ —
There were many telegrams
and letters praising Tap Jr. read
at the meeting today. All were
addressed to Bennett himself—
that Is all but one of them.
This one was from the White
House and was addressed to the
Citizens of Griffin and sent to
them in care of the Griffin Daily
News; This message from the
President of the United States
read:
“The citizens of Griffin have
done well to set aside a day of
tribute to one of its native sons,
Tapley Bennett, Jr., whose con
tribution to his country are most
deserving of your recognition.
“I am sure that it is more
than coincidence that you have
chosen to honor him on his fath
er’s birthday. I wish you would
convey my congratulations to
Tap as his home town honors
him today. And I wish you would
send us more public servants of
his calibre. Lyndon B. Johnson.”
— ♦ —
Among other telegrams was
one from Dean Rusk, Secretary
of State. It read “It gives me
special pleasure to join witjj my
fellow Georgians in saluting two
distinguished citizens of Griffin,
Georgia. My heartiest congratu
lations to you and your father on
Tap Bennett Day. Dean Rusk.
44 Degrees Here
Equal Record
The temperature fell to 44 de
grees here this morning, equal
ling the all-time record for May
11 .
The only other reorded time
that May 11 had a similar read
ing was back in 1909.
Tuesday’s 41 degree tempera
ture nearly matched the all-time
record for May 10, according to
Weather Observer Westbrook
Country Parson
1
t
Y?
4
“Whether you photo*
graph a man or describe
, him, he’ll think you
haven’t done a good job.”
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Established 1871
Johnson, Rusk
Send Greetings
The Griffin Daily News today received a tele
gram from President Johnson who joined Griffin
citizens in a tribute to Ambassador W. Tapley
Bennett, Jr.,
The telegram from President Johnson said:
“The citizens of Griffin have done well to set
aside a day of tribute to one of its native sons, Tap
ley Bennett, Jr. whose contributions to his country
are most deserving of your recognition.
“I am sure that it is more than coincidence that
you have chosen to honor him on his father’s birth
day.
“I wish you would convey my congratulations to
Tap as his home town honors him today. And I wish
you would send us more public servants of his cali
ber.’’
Lyndon B. Johnson
Secretary of State Dean Rusk also sent a tele
gram to Ambassador Bennett through the Griffin
Daily News:
He said:
“It gives me special pleasure to join with my
fellow Georgians in saluting two distinguished citi
zens of Griffin, Georgia. My heartiest congratulations
to you and your father on Tap Bennett Day.’’
Dean Rusk.
LBJ Replies To
Arrogance
By ALVIN SPIV Alt
United Press International
PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI) —
President Johnson today replied
to charges of American "arro
gance of power” in world
affairs by saying this nation
has used “great restraint" in
Viet Nam and other world
crisis spots.
“The exercise of power in
this century has meant for the
Commissioners
Okay Purchases
The City Commissioners pur
chased a tractor and side moun
ted cycle mower for the Parks
Department at a cost of $2,561.98
Tuesday night.
The low price quotation from
Piedmont Equipment Co. of Gr
iffin included the trade of the
present tractor and related eq
uipment.
The commissioners approved
purchase of supplies and equip
ment for the Light and Water
Department totaling $19,521.20.
They authorized City Manager
Jack Langford to execute a con
tract with H. C. Chastain to
paint the radio tower at the Ci
vil Defense building for $120.
Consolidation of zoning regu
lations into a single publication
was put on second and final
reading.
No changes were made in the
zoning ordinances.
They will be published In a sin
gle booklet and made available
to people needing such informa
tion.
Mrs. Ogletree
Dies At Hospital
Mrs. Joyce Ogletree, 28, moth
er of six children, who was shot
in the head and chest with a .22
caliber pistol last Sunday, died
shortly after noon today.
Mrs. Ogletree’s husband,
Charlie, 40, was charged with as
sault with intent to murder to
connection with (he shooting.
He was serving a five year
probated sentence at the time
of the shooting.
Judge John H. McGehee of the
Griffin Judicial Circuit, revok
ed the probation term Tuesday,
and Ogletree was transferred
from Spalding County Jail to
Reidsville State Prison this mor
ning to serve the sentence.
A spokesman for the Spalding
County Sheriff’s office said today
that a new warrant probably
would be sworn out against Og
letree this week.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, May 11, 1966
United States not arrogance but
agony,” the President said in
apparent reply to recent
statements by Chairman j.
William Fulbright of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
“We have used our power not
willingly and recklessly but
reluctantly and with restraint,”
Johnson said to a speech
prepared for delivery at
dedication ceremonies for
Princeton University’s Wood
row Wilson school of public and
international affairs.
Johnson said that in the area
of America’s “sternest” chal
lenge — Southeast Asia —- “our
great power is tempered by
great restraint.”
“What nation," he asked,
“has announced such limited
objectives or such w il lingness
to remove its military presence
once those objectives are
achieved?”
Made Vast Effort
“What nation," the President
continued, “has spent the lives
of its sons and vast sums of its
fortune to provide the peoole of
a small, striving nation the
chance to elect a course we
might not ourselves choose?”
Johnson’s statement presuma
bly referred to U.S. willingness
for South Viet Nam to elect any
government it chooses.
The President flew to Prince
ton to make his speech and
accept an honorary degree in a
hastily announced trip, He
replaced Welfare Secretary
John w. Gardner as the main
speaker at the ceremonies.
While Johnson was away
from the capital, high adm.nis
tration officials continued a
broad review of the Viet Nam
situation.
Henry Cabot Lodge, the u.S.
ambassador to South Viet Nam
who is home for consultations,
planned meetings with Defense
Secretary Robert S. McNamara
and Agriculture Secretary Or
ville L. Freeman.
Johnson did not refer to
Fulbright by name in his
prepared speech.
Notes Academic Status
TTie President emphasized
the increasing link between the
academic world and *ovem
ment. He noted that 371
persons whom he appointed to
Important U.S. posts In the last
two and one half years
collectively held 758 advanced
academic degrees.
“In almost every field of
governmental concern, from
economic to national security,
the academic community has
become a central instrument of
public policy," the President
said.
“This affluence of power for
an intellectual community that
once walked on the barren
fringes of authority has not
been one without some pain,”
he said.
“An uneasy conscience is the
price any concerned man pays,
whether politician or professor,
for a share of power in the
nuclear age.”
Griffin Pays Tribute
To Bennett Family
■
m ■ •T::. mm
.
■
4*
;:/: : :v- : s." 'X •
: ;:v :
: ®W : xx: 1
■'■ olM. fflfftl ;
sJ s r 2
mm
* •
.
< 1M i
msm m k ....m ill
H & n
7 H 1 :
, s
I S ... 1 * i
•k ' ■ j — il«§; pit
t; v
■ I
••: ■
i k;j ■ £ it
pi ,/• S : : *tliiii :- :
&i; t mm
mm
'
■* .
.
pfp ‘mv* ■•vSMjj ' fv*- 4
, '1 ; . s ? «*JLa £11 -jrn.j
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo).
Ambassador Bennett, his father, Mrs. Bennett, Jr., and daughter, Victoria.
Doctors Back
Breaking Up
State Hospital
COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI) —
The Medical Association of Geor
gia ended its three-day meeting
Tuesday urging that the mil
ledgeville State Hospital be de
centralized by “the earliest pos
sible transfer” of patients.
The association, holding its
112th annual convention, also
went on record against the cre
ation of a separate state depart
ment to deal with mental health.
A resolution urged that mental
health services remain within
the Department of Health.
The resolution said that “signi
ficant progress” had been made
In the state despite inadequate
funds.
Another resolution opposed
“the use of patients to bring
about social reform by federal
agencies and politicians through
intimidation of hospitals and
through efforts to formulate ad
mission policies without regard
to patient care.”
No direct reference was made
to federally required desegrega
tion, but the resolution said ef
forts were being made by “gov
ernmental agencies and politic
ians to bring about social reform
by the use of unwilling and de
patients for political
gain rather than a concern for
the patient’s welfare."
Dr. Wallace E. Brown of Sa
vannah was installed as presi
dent of tne medical group, and
Dr. John T. Mauldin, an At
lanta surgeon, was named presi
dentelect to take office in 1967.
Dr. Neal Yeomans of Way
cross, defeated by Mauldin, was
an alternate delegate to
the House of Delegates of the
Medical Association.
Other officers for this year
Drs. Lamar Peacock, At
first vice president; M. C.
Washington, second vice
and J. Rhodes Haver
Atlanta, secretary.
Weathert
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
— Increasing cloudiness
warmer tonight. Thursday
cloudy and mild.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
today 70, minimum today
maximum Tuesday 67, mini*
mum Tuesday 47. Sunrise Th-
5:41 a.m-, sunset Thurs-
7:26 p.m.
Teachers Get Raise
Schools Will Spend
$4-Million In 66-67
The Griffin- Spalding School
System will be about a four
million dollar operation during
the 1966-67 school year.
This is reflected in the tenta
tive budget the Board of Edu
cation has adopted.
It will include a teacher pay
increase that will range front
$100 to $300 per teacher, depend
ing on experience.
The pay raise will be hand
led through the local supplement
paid teachers. In addition to the
amount of money the state al
lows the system for teacher pay,
the local system puts up an ad
ditional amount known as local
supplement.
kTT-Y'H /
:
mm n
> ,
m & ■ i
m / j •'-•2
h
■M p it |
Hi
SB si
A > I >
.
i ■.
: „
7
i ifi II
:
P~Xv
r -
(NEA Telephoto),
Some Spring
ICICLES ON TREE BRANCHES are a pretty sight,
especially in the middle of May. A combination of
below-freezing temperatures and sprinklers left on
over-night created this glittering sight for three Mil
waukee, Wis., children.
Vol. 95 No. 110
The operational budget for the
system next year will be almost
three million dollars as outlined
by George Patrick, Jr., superin
tendent.
This does not include money
for building funds, bond sinking
funds, capital improvement mo
ney and other funds that will be
handled by the system.
When it is all lumped together,
the system will handle about
four million dollars tor the next
school year, according to the
superintendent.
The budget adopted by the
school board this week is a ten
tative. Some factors in the over
all financing of the school sys-
tem still cannot be projected.
The blanks will have to be filled
in later and included In the fi
nal budget adopted for the sys
tem.
The system will have an esti
mated 394 teachers next year.
They will have an anticipated
enrollment of 9,600 students.
This is in line with the three
percent increase in enrollment
the system has had since con
solidation.
The enrollment and the amount
of money it will take to operate
the school system next year will
be largest in the history of the
county, according to Supt. Pat
rick.
Candidates
Asked Views
On Education
ATLANTA (UPI) — Guberna
torial candidates will be asked
to submit statements on what
they intend to do about final
Georgia Education Association
recommendations, which will be
formulated this weekend.
Nearly 125 leading educators
will meet at Perry Saturday to
establish “Operation Blueprint
for Education.” The recom
mended legislation will cover
the next four years, according
to GEA Executive Secretary
Frank Hughes.
Hughes said some items un
der consideration were higher
teacher salaries, a reduced
teacher - pupil ratio in elemen
tary schools, a professional prac
tices law to provide protection
for both teachers and boards of
education, reduction of the
teacher retirement age from 63
to 62 and greater local sources
of funds for education.
The candidates’ statements
will be reproduced In a booklet
and distributed to all 20,800
GEA members.
“Our function is not to tell
teachers how to vote, but t(
give them the information or
which to work," Hughes said.
Top US Leaders
Join City In
Praising Family
Ambassador W. Tapley Ben
nett, Jr., who had a big hand in
preventing the Dominican Re
public from becoming the Viet
Nam of the Caribbean came
home to Griffin today to receive
a tribute from the people who
knew him as a boy.
His wife, a daughter, and his
father beamed with pride as the
ambassador received accolades
at a special Klwanis program in
his honor.
The affair was held at the
Elks Club where more than 225
people came to salute the Ben
nett family. Members of all ci
vic clubs in the Griffin commu
nity were present. Many people
from other Georgia cities and
other states who hold the Ben
nett family in high esteem were
on hand.
Telegrams from President
Johnson, Secretary of State
Dean Rusk, other State Depart
ment officials, congressmen and
senators were received and
read during the meeting. The
telegrams praised the service of
Ambassador Bennett to his
country.
The ambassador’s father, bet
ter known in Griffin as Tap Ben
nett, received “happy birthday”
greetings today. He celebrated
his 75th year Tuesday. He sat at
a special birthday table comple
te with a giant birthday cake for
the occasion.
On hand to salute the elder Mr.
Bennett were the three men woh
have followed him as county ag
ent for Spalding. Mr. Bennett
was the first.
Others have been John Har
low, N. V. Davts and Jack Smith
the present agent.
The pioneer of modern Spald
ing County farming, Mr. Bennett
now makes his home to Carnes
ville, Ga.
Ambassador Bennett, a native
son who cultivated his yen for
the diplomatic corps as a student
on the Griffin High campus,
was the featured speaker of the
day.
It was he who advised Presi
dent Johnson to send U. S.
troops into Santo Domingo just
over a year ago to protect Am
erican lives and later to cut
down an attempted communist
take over of the Republic.
Many top ranking U. S. lead
ers now agree that Ambassador
Bennett’s action kept the Domi
nican Republic from falling into
communist hands.
Early critics of the U. S. in
volvement since have changed
their minds and now support the
U. S. stand.
This week the Senate confirm
ed Ambassador Bennett’s ap
pointment to represent this
country in Portugal as ambas
sador.
Mr. Bennett and his family
are in the process of preparing
tc^leave for that country and a
new field of service in the pro
fessional diplomatic corps.
The Bennett family checked
into the Holiday Inn in Griffin
this morning after driving from
Atlanta.
Otis Weaver, Sr., of th« Klwa
nis .Club coordinated arrange
ments for the tribute to the
Bennetts today. He introduced
the ambassador and his family
at the Klwanis luncheon.
INSIDE
Viet N*m. Page 3.
Auto Stocks. Page 3.
Society. Page 3.
Fashion Fads. Page 3
PoQy’s Pointers. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Television. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Sports. Page 5.
Funerals. Page 10.
Hospital. Page 10.
China Bomb. Page l 1 .
Pood Guide. Page H.
Finding The Way. Page 14.
Bruce Blossat. Page 14.
Bowdoin Report. Page 16
Want Ads. Page 18.
Comics. Page 19.
Bridge-Fashions. Pegs U.