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Obey Lights, Chief Advises 17 Vl WESTS GOOD f VJ ^ By Quimby Melton With science finding more ways to do more jobs by auto mation, one sometimes cannot help but wonder if there could come a day when the individual may become less and less im portant in making this and mak ing that. But even modern science cannot eliminate the value of two human instruments —the hand and the mind. Today it’s as true as ever “the mind of man is mistress of the world.” And “The hand of man is the instrument of instruments.” Reading that second quote from Lingus, a philosopher of many years ago, set Good Even ing to thinking of the way a 11 mankind has relied on the hand to build and tear down, to esta blish and to destroy, to bring Joy and to bring sorrow. We thought of the hands of a newborn baby; we thought of the “folding of the hands” that comes with the end of life. — * — Algenon Swinburne (1837-1909) said of baby’s hands, "The sweetest flowers in all the world —a baby’s hands.” Leslie Savage dark, con temporary American poet, wrote: “A Baby’s hands in Bethlehem Were small and softly curled, But held within their dimpled grasp The hope of half the world.” — * — Good Evening will never for get, as he stood by the casket that sheltered his precious moth er, it was her hands, folded in peace, that impressed him most. For it was those hands that held him when a baby in her sweet embrace, that guided him throu gh his youth, and were always willing, and always ready, to help him in any way she could even when he grew to manhood. Those hands were wrinkled and bent in her last days, but those hands were always tender and beautfiul to her son. There probably has been more poetry written about the hands of man than any other part of the body. The Holy Bible itself is full of references to the hand. In Galatians Paul speaks of the “The right hand of fellow ship.” Would that all today ex tended the hand of fellowship to all others; not just to personal friends, not Just to those who can be helpful to one, but to the less fortunate, to those in trou ble and in distress. In Psalms David sings of "Clean hands and pure hearts.” And Jeremiah refers to man kind as “Clay in the potter’s hands.” And Isiah warns that one should “keep his hands from doing evil.” The definition of "hand” as found in the dictionary says of the hand “the part of the arm below the wrist, used for grasp ing.” But the hand is certainly more than that. Lingus, whom we quoted earlier in this column, calls the hand "The body’s sol dier; the blind man’s cradle; the minister of wrath, and friend ship’s sign.” We’d like to complete the quote from Leslie Savage Clark, which we referred to earlier. The complete poem “The Hands of Christ” reads: "Baby’s hands in Bethlehem Were small and softly curled, But held within their dimpled grasp The hope of half the world. A Carpenter’s in Nazareth Were skilled with tool and wood; They laid the beams of simple homes And found their labor good. A Healer’s hands in Galilee Were stretched to all who came For Him to cleanse their hid den wounds Or cure the blind and lame. Long, long ago the hands of Christ I Were nailed upon a tree, But still their holy touch re deems The hearts of you and me.” — — May we conclude this column on hands with this quotation from Ecclesiastes: “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might," and let’s pray that what we do will not conflict with the lessons we were taught when our mothers led us by the hand down the paths of right eousness. Griffin Police Chief Leo Black well said today traffic lights blinking red at nigh tare to be treated as stop signs. Chief Blackwell said drivers approaching the lights on the side blinking yellow should use caution. He said by using the word caution that he did not mean for a driver to go ripping through at 30 miles per hour. Drivers on the red side of the lights should pull to the light, stop, make sure the way is clear and proceed, Chief Blackwell 11 Injured In Tornado COLUMBUS, Ga. (UPI) — Shattered glass, uprooted trees, and a courthouse spire tilted crazily at a 45 degree angle greeted citizens today in this southwest city, battered Mon day evening by a tornado and severe thunder squalls. Fire department rescue squads and power crews worked far into the night clear ing trees from streets and re placing utility lines so that traf fic and power could be re sumed. Eleven persons were recovering from injuries re ceived in the big blow. No official estimates have been made as yet of damages to the city, but many reports estimated hundreds of thou sands of dollars worth of de struction had been wrought by the twister, which hit about 6:20 p.m. Nine persons were reported injured by flying glass during the storm. No casualties were listed at local hospitals. A 10th man was hurt in a traffic ac cident in the storm, and the 11th injury occurred in Phenix City, Ala. The statue of justice, blown down from the courthouse top, was still missing. The largest part of the dam age consisted of broken win dows and twisted roofs. Trees crunched into several houses and littered roads, making traf fic nearly immobile for several hours. Pieces of house roofs were wrapped around telephone poles in the downtown section. Tom Floyd, chief weatherman here, said the tornado, with winds of up to 100 miles per hour, blew up suddenly at the edge of town after thunder storms moved east across the Chattanoochee River from Phenix City, Ala. In the southern part of town, near Hudson Street, several Ne gro families were evacuated from their houses because of high waters. Some were taken out in boats manned by the rescue squads. Floyd said the twister never touched ground, and the main force of the winds was several feet above ground. Had it been Tosses Hat In Race Smith Refuses To Align With National Demos By DON PHILLIPS United Press Internatio n aI ATLANTA (UPI) House speaker George T. Smith of Cairo today announced his can didacy for lieutenant governor and refused to align himseS with the national Democratic party. Smith, ending several months of speculation on his candidacy, said at a news conference, “I’m a Georgia Democratic party member. I’m not running for a national office. Smith’s major opponent, Lt. Gov. Peter Zack Geer of Al bany, wasted no time blasting the House speaker, regarded as a political moderate. “The extreme left wing and the professional disciples of the Great Society have the privilege of running any candidate they see fit for the rffice of lieuten ant governor,” Geer said in a one-sentence statement that did not mention Smith by name. The House speaker refused to comment on Geer’s statement. Smith said he did not think GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS Established 1871 said. Drivers on the other side should use caution and check traffic on both sides until people get used to the lights, he said. Chief Blackwell said if the blinking lights did not work and traffic accidents rise in the city when they are blinking, they will be put back on full cycle. The blinking lights are being used in the area where traffic is light at night. Traffic lights on main streets are continuing their full cycle at night. lower, Floyd said, "the dam age would have been much greater..” The main destruction area ^■vas eral described as a strip sev hundred yards wide and about a mile and a half long. The twister ripped its path mostly within the city limits. County Police Capt. C. B. Faison reported not much dam age occurred in Muscogee County outside of the city area. A city police officer, Don Norwood, was on duty when he saw "this big black cloud com ing, and I knew it was a tor nado.” He ran through the streets shouting for people to get inside, Norwood said. Sud denly the twister struck and blew Norwood about half a block away. The storm lasted only a few seconds and Nor wood was unhurt. The courthouse square, with stately oaks akilter and trees three feet in girth uprooted on the lanw, “looked like a battle field,” said one observer. The ancient courthouse build ing had jagged gaping holes where windows used to be. When the storm hit, city Judge Oscar D. Smith had been hear ing a misdemeanor case for two hours, but called a recess minutes before the courtroom was blasted with high winds. He, 12 Jurors, and witnesses dived under benches in the hall way, then returned to survey the room they had vacated just in time. It was strewn with glass and rain poured in the broken windows. Weathers FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN AREA — Partly cloudy to cl oudy, warm and humid with scattered showers and thunder showers through Wednesday occuring mainly in the after noon or ev e nlng. LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi mum today 70, minimum today 62, maximum Monday 67, mini* mum Monday 6f). Total rainfall .69 of an inch. Sunrise Wednes day 5:37 a.m., sunset Wednes day 7:30 p.m. HI Hill i m iH WL i m § 1 George T. Smith race would be an issue even though Geer is an avowed segre gationist. The Speaker said he agreed in part with a speech Griffin, Ga„ 30223, Tuesday, May 17, 1966 South Viet Soldier Fires On US Copter S1S1 ■ i j m r Ak tes. Ba r >. i i i Si Si 1 j a i V'' ' 1 St SjS sar < r: m Legion Program The American Legion Post 15 of Griffin Monday night held a program in mem ory of chaplains representing three faiths who gave their lifebelts to other sol diers when a ship sank during World War II fighting. Participating were: (1-r) Sam Saul, Claude Williams, Werner Widmann representing the Jewish faith, the Rev. J. K. Kelley representing the protestant faith; and Father Raymond Govern representing the Catholic faith; Johnny Breen of Griffin, and John McCreary of Macon, state chairman of the program. Agena Goes Haywire, Gemini Shot Cancelled By AL ROSSITER Jr. United Press International CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) — An unmanned Atlas-Agena rock et went haywire after liftoff today and jinxed, for the second time, plans to launch two astronauts after a target In space. The mission of disappointed Gemini 9 pilots Thomas Staf ford and Eugene Cernan was canceled. “Oh shucks,” said Stafford, who had this happen to him once before while he was copilot on Gemini 6. “Oh no!, Oh no! Oh no!,” echoed rookie Cernan as they were brought out of their waiting capsule atop a Titan rocket. Officials immediately sought to determine what caused the Agena to soar In a bright tail of flame from the launch pad and then, about eight minutes later, to fall into the Atlantic Ocean. Stafford pulled off his space helmet and shook his head disgustedly. “You can’t get your hopes up till that Agena comes across the states (in orbit)," he said, chewing on a stick of gum. “I’ve been up here (on a launch pad) a number of times before.” He and Walter M. Schirra Jr. had the same experience when an Agena target vanished last October 25 while they waited on the pad for liftoff to follow it. First estimates were it would take at least two weeks to re schedule the Gemini 9 flight. But Dr. George Mueller, chief of the manned spaceflight program, said it would proba bly take three weeks. Country Parson IS W,- j .r 14. “Men of intelligence al ways stand together — on our side of the issue.” Saturday by Rep. Charles Welt ner, D-Ga. that the Republican party carried the 1964 presi dential election in Georgia by exploiting the race issue. Geer has not formally an nounced his candidacy but is ex pected to do so in about two weeks. Another candidate for the office, State Rep. Randall Bedgood of Athens, has an nounced. Smith said that if elected he would upgrade the lieutenant governorship or quit in two years if it is the will of the people. He said he would not use the office as a springboard for the governorship and would ex ert leadership rather than mere ly preside over the senate. “If after two years the neople still think the only purpose of this office is to preside over the senate and run for governor,” the speaker said, “then I would not stand in the way nor block any action on the part of the legislature to present the mat ter to the people on whether or not to keep the office,” Smith said. Students Lined Up; Shot By Ex-Cabbie DETROIT, Mich. (UPI) —An unemployed cab driver who thought the country was “overrun with Communists” was under arrest today for lining three college students up against a wall and shooting them, killing one and critically wounding the others. Police said Edward Waniolek, 40, vowing to “shoot some Communists," walked h»to a Socialist Workers party hall Monday, asked for a book by Lenin and shot the three young men. He was arrested Monday night in the Detroit public Yol. 95 No 115 2 Atlantans Indicted In Insurance Fraud GREENVILLE, S. C. (UPI) — Twelve agents of the Kennesaw Life Insurance Company of At lanta — including two Atlanta residents — face charges of fraud involving an alleged $100, 000 swindle of policy holders. Indictments were returned earlier this month against Mar ion Lagerquist and Richard B. Harding of Atlanta and 10 South Carolina men. All 12 were indicted by a special session of the Greenville County grand jury. They were charged with fraudulently ob taining funds in the form of matured coupon benefits, divi dends and accumulated interest from policy holders of the Francis Marion Life Insurance Company. The Francis Marion insurance contracts had been assumed by Kennesaw more than a year ago. Those indicted are expected to be tried here in August. Sniper Kills FBI Agent SHADE GAP, Pa. (UPI) — An FBI agent was shot and killed today by a sniper believed to be the man who kidnaped 17-year-old Peggy Ann Bradnick near this mountain hamlet. State Police reported. The FBI identified the victim as Terry Anderson, an agent from the Harrisburg office of the FBI. FBI agent Ian D. MacLennan said the sniper, believed to be the "mysterious masked moun tain man,” was under surveil lance in an area known as Burnt Cabin in Fulton County about 10 miles south or this hamlet in the rugged Tuscarora Mountains. “We are marshalling a force to go up there,” the FBI said. State Police said the missing girl was spotted with the sniper and apparently was unharmed. library as he listened to a recording of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. H e had a pistol and rifle with him, and a knife strapped to his leg. Jan Garrett, 22, and Walter Graham, 19, both hospitalized with critical bullet wounds, told Police Waniolek lined them up against a wall, screamed “you’re all a bunch of Commies —put your money on the floor,” and sprayed rifle and pistol bullets at them. Leo Bernard, 27, a senior biology student at Wayne State University vho hadn’t enrolled since last September, was killed. Alert Marine Kills Gunman By ROBERT IBRAHIM United Press International HUE, South Viet Nam (UPI) —A South Vietnamese lieutenant fired two pistol shots today at a U.S. helicopter carrying Pre mier Nguyen Cao Ky’s area commander away from a riotous meeting with anti government officers. The helicopter’s American machine gunner killed the lieutenant. Maj. Gen. Huynh Van Cao, commander of South Viet Nam’s 1st Corps, and the others in the helicopter including a U.S. Marine general — escaped injury. The machine-gun burst fired by Spec. 4 James E. Fulton wounded six South Vietnamese soldiers standing near the lieutenant. The lieutenant fired two shots at the helicopter from a distance of 10 yards. Fulton, who had loaded his M60 machine gun at the sight of the officer’s raised 45-caliber pistol, cut him down with a burst of “six or seven shots.” Fulton saw the lieutenant fumbling with a .45-caliber pistol and loaded his machine gun. The lieutenant fired twice, and Fulton opened up on him. Cao came here as a representative of Premier Nguy en Cao Ky, whose marines and paratroopers crushed anti government forces in nearby Dan Nang in a lightning invasion Sunday. The lieutenant’s motive in firing on the plane was uncertain, but it was assumed he was a rebel sympathizer. One of his two shots hit the tail of the helicopter. The other missed. The lieutenant’s fellow offi cers had given Cao a polite if cool reception. They asked for and received assurance that Ky’s forces would not invade Hue as they did Da Nang. The new 1st Corps comman der asked for cooperation in restoring order to South Viet Nam’s five northern provinces. Americans in the helicopter included Col. Archelaus Ham blin Jr., deputy senior military adviser to 1st Corps. Buddhist monks in Saigon among the strongest of Ky’s political foes, accused “U.S. generals” of helping Ky crush northern rebels. They emphasized the facts that Cao was traveling in a U.S. helicopter and that the lieutenant who tried to assassin ate him was killed by an American. The division has been a focus of anti-government activity in the northern provinces, part of which Premier Nguyen Cao Ky crushed by his lightning inva- sion of Da Nang Sunday. Ky assigned Cao to command 1st Corps Monday. SNCC Rids Itself Of Lewis, Forman ATLANTA (UPI) — Two of the nation’s most militant civil rights leaders, John Lewis and James Forman, have been de posed by the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). One source said they were considered “too moderate.” SNCC announced the changes Monday. Stokeley Carmichael, a found er of the all-Negro “Black Pan ther political party” in Ala bama, was named to succeed Lewis as SNCC chairman and he promptly announced the or ganization would “intensify its efSorts in the area of independ ent politics.” A 24-year-old West Indies na tive now living in New York, Carmichael will be part of a rul ing triumvirate including Execu tive Secretary Mrs. Ruby Doris Robinson of Atlanta and Pro gram Secretary Cleveland Sel lars of Denmark, S. C. Carmichael, one of the origin al “Freedom Riders” who brought about desegregation of interstate transportation facili ties, accused the federal govern ment of “inaction” in insuring equal political rights for Ne groes. He is expected to lead SNCC toward greater activity in voter registration and elections, Lewis, 25, and Forman, 37, remain on SNCC’s central com« mittee, which was reduced from 21 to 10 members. The reor ganization also provided for three new secretarial posts to be named by the chairman. Carmichael designated Char les McLauren, an organizer in Sunflower County, Miss., as one of the new secretaries. SNCC said the shakeup occur red at its sixth annual spring conference near Nashville, Tenn. The SNCC announcement said, “we will struggle in the future as we have in the past for human rights and join with those around the world who know the same op pression we know and the same deception on the part of the U. S. government in its claims for concern for democracy.” Lewis and Foreman have led SNCC since it was founded more than five years ago to direct the sit-in protests of young Negro college students in the South. Lewis became a controversial figure last December when he denounced U. S. policy in Viet Nam in a SNCC statement and called upon Negroes to evade military service. State Rep-elect Julian Bond, SNCC’s publicity director, endorsed the statement and the Georgia House refused to seat him when it convened in January. Bond continued the legisla ture acted against him because he was a Negro, But Georgia lawmakers said they also would have barred a white man hold ing such views. The case has been appealed to the U. S. Su preme Court. Braves Denied A New Trial MILWAUKEE (UPI) — Circuii Judge Elmer Roller today re fused to set aside hts verdict that the Braves move to Atlanta violated Wisconsin antitrust law and he denied baseball a new trial in the historic case. Attorneys Ray McCann and Earl Jinkinson, representing the Braves, had expected to be turn ed down but wanted it on the of ficial court record for a planned appeal to the Wisconsin supreme court.