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17 JLi VEMN GOOD f VF ^
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By Quimby Melton
A Fourth of July message
from J. Edgar Hoover, came
across our desk this morning.
As Griffin, along with the rest
I of America, plans to celebrate
the anniversary of the signing
of the Declaration of Indepen
\ dence, we believe it well worth
i e space to pass on as much of
this message to the public as
our space will permit.
Here is what J. Edgar Hoover
has to say about “Independence
Day _ a Glorious and Meaning
ful holiday.” '
“It commemorates the birth of
ti new Nation, conceived in lib
erty and dedicated to the belief
i the* all men are created equal.
It commemorates the courage
I ous stand of American patriots
for the principle that freedom
under God is man’s destiny.
And it remind: us that there is
still virtue in recognizing and
supporting the ideals of our
great heritage.
“In the past 190 years, patrio
tism has been a sustaining po
wer for America in her darkest
< hours. It has been a dominant
force in our Nation’s survival
and in the preservation of the
self-evident truths which were
so dear to our Founding Fath
ers. However, some sophisticates
today think an open show of pa
triotic emotion is old fashioned.
Patriotic symbols and teachings
a— scorned and neglected. In a
Nation founded on an unfalter
ing faith in God and made great
by a rich reservoir of spiritual
Inheritance, it is shocking to
now hear that “God i» dead”
i, and that patriotism is unneces
sary. Is this trend the vision
seen by our forefathers who,
‘wii.- a firm reliance on the pro
tection of Divine Providence,’
ir-”.tually pledged their lives, for
tunes, and sacred honor to the
establishment of independence?
I think not.
i “Love of country is a matter
of the heart. It is a deep appre
ciation of the unalienable rights
of life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness. It is a sincere be
lief in our way of life and a de
I termination to preserve it. Pat
riotism also is an open declara
tion of faith and confidence in
our constitutional concepts and
a heartfelt gratitude for the
many blessings God has given to
us. If we love our country, why
should we be ashamed to say
so?
“Our rights and privileges can
* not endure unless each of us dis
charges the duties and obliga
tions that go with living in a free
society. We are governed by
laws which protect and secure
t' - rights of all citizens. One of
our major duties, individually
and collectively, is to respect
and obey these laws. Those who
obey only the laws they choose
and violate the ones they dislike
are undermining the concepts of
democracy. Respect for law and
order goes hand in hand with
love of country.
“The need of America in 1966
1 Is for full-time citizens — pat
riots all, who have pride in our
country and in its historic ac
complishments. Let us profess
our faith in the ‘living God’. Let
Us shed the cloak of timidity and
stand as proud and true patriots,
defenders of the priceless heri
tage forged by the men of ’76.
Tentative Vote
Leaves Housing
Section In Bill
WASHINGTON (UPI) The
House Judiciary Committee
Tuesday refused on a tentative
' 17-15 vote, to eliminate the
con
troversial open housing provi
sion from President Johnson’s
t civil rights bill.
The vote, which is subject to
reconsideration, came as the
.committee tackled the last and
toughest part of the legislation.
It already has approved provi
sions designed to eliminate dis
crimination in jury selection,
strengthen penalties for racial
t violence and speed up desegre
gation of schools and public fa
\ cilities.
It defeated an amendment
that would have allowed the
owners of their own homes to
discriminate among prospective
buyers. Also defeated was a
proposal to exempt owner-occu
pied rental units—the so-called
“Mrs. Murphy” units—from the
law.
A final showdown vote is ex
pected Wednesday with the out
come In doubt.
GRIFFIN
DAILY f NEWS
Established 1871 Griffin, Go., 30223, Tuesday, June 28, 1966 Vol. 95 No. 151
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A Big One
Steve Johnson, 9, displays a king size cucumber from
his garden at his home on Hamilton boulevard. It
is 10 inches long and weighs a pound and a quarter.
Steve is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Johnson.
Judge McGehee Says
Escapee Smarter
Than Legislators
Judge John H. McGehee of the
Griffin Judicial Circuit told a
prisoner Monday that he w a s
sr. ' i than legislators.
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Judge McGehee made the re
mark after complaining that it
was pathetic that Georgia law
forbids juries’ seeing a defen
dant’s record before passing sen
tence.
The case that brought about
the statement was William L.
Dover, who was in court char
ge 1 with escaping from a prison
work detail.
je McGehee said that he
had often complained because
juries coudn’t see a defendant’s
record before passing sentence.
“It applies to this case,” he
said.
Associations
Raise Interest
Griffin’s two Savings and
Loan Associations today announ
ced an interest increase on vari
able rate certificates of $1,000
or increments there of held for
six months or more.
The Federal Home Loan Bank
has authorized First Federal Sa
vings and Loan Association and
Griffin Federal Savings and
Loan Association to pay five per
cent interest on the certificates.
W. C. Huskey, manager of Gr
iffin Federal Savings and Loan
Association, today issued the fol
lowing statement concerning the
interest rate increase:
“Savings and Loan Associa
tions throughout the United Sta
te- found themselves in an un
fair competiti- position recent
ly when U ° Federal Reserve Bo
ard increased the discount rate
for commercial banks.
“Our local Savings and Loan
Associations were limited to \\ r 2
percent until Thursday, June 23,
1966 when the Federal Home
Loan Bank issued authorization
for Savings and Loan Associa
tions in Spalding County to pay
Many Stores Opened All Day Wednesday
For Vacation Value Days Shopping
“The defendant is a cronic
runner-offer.
“It’s not your fault that you
couldn’t see his record. It’s not
r-ine, either.”
The judge said the defendant
came into court for a trial. He
said the sentence would have
been stiffer if had entered a
plea of guilty.
The jury found Dover guilty
and fixed his sentence at o n e
year and recommended misde
meanor punishment.
Judge McGehee called Dover
before him and said:
“You’re —larter than legisla
tors.”
Judge McGehee has long felt
that juries should see a defen
dant’s record before passing sen
tence.
5 percent on variable rate certi
ficates of $1,000.00 or increments
there of held for six months or
more. The new certificates have
features which we hope will at
tract more investors.”
Country Parson
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“When you give someone
a piece of your inind, what
you part with is your peace
of mind.”
Weather
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Par”" cloudy and hot
this afternoon, tonight and Wed
n—day with widely scattered
showers or thundershowers in
the afterm ns.
LOCAL WF * "TIER — Maxi
mum today 90, minim -m today
72, maximum Monday 90, mini
nr Mo: ' y 72. Sunrise Wed
nesday 5:32 a.m., sunset Wed
nesday 7:49 p.m.
Alabama Police
Nab Terrorists
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (UPI)—
Poice this morning captured a
man they said has been terror
izing north Alabama in a series
of home holdups which has net
ted thousands of dollars.
The arrest came after a Fort
Congressman
Raps Draft
Procedures
WASHINGTON (UPI) —A
congressman complained today
to the House Armed Services
Committee that "low grade
civil servants often decide who
is drafted and who is de
ferred.”
Rep. Chet Holifield, D-Calif.,
estimated that 85 per cent of
die screening and classifying of
youths was performed by
clerks of Selective Service
boards.
Holifield was one of several
House members who testified
bdfore the committee which
currently is holding hearings on
the draft.
Holifield charged that poor
and uneducated youths some
times are summarily drafted
simply because of some techni
cal violation such as failure to
inform the board of a change of
status.
“The boards may be techni
cally correct but the practical
result is punishment of men
trapped by poverty, ignorance
and illiteracy,” he said.
Another House member sug
gested that young men be
offered a choice of enlisting for
two years of military service or
face being drafted for three.
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He’s Just One Of The Boys
These young businessmen realize the importance of advertising so they erected this “man-like” statue to
point people in the direction of their plum sale. The boys set up temporary quarters at 317 North Second
street. They are (1-r) Terry Connally, Charles Gasaway, David Smith and Keith Smith.
Military Ousts
Argentina Leader
*
Payne businessman was sub
jected to several hours of tor*
ture this morning by three gun
men who bound and gagged his
wife and another woman, strip
ped his clothes from him and
held him under water in a
bathtub.
Wendell West, 42, owner and
operator of several small busi
nesses, office buildings and pres
ident of a land development
firm, was the victim.
Arrested was William
Knight, a 6-foot-4, 200-pounder,
who told nolice he was from
Georgia. When asked what city,
Knight said tr—’y, “just Geor
gia, that ought to be enough.”
Police pieced together the
horror-filled hours this way:
About 11:30 p.m., Mrs. Cleo
West, about 45, and an employe
of the Wests living with them,
Ida Bell Wilson, 27, were wait
ing for West to come home.
Two gunmen, wearing masks
over the lower parts 0 f their
faces from the eyes down, en
tered through the unlocked
front door. The men were
wearing cover-alls and gloves.
They forced the Wilson wom
an to lie on the floor, cross her
legs wijd put her hands behind
her. Mrs. West was told to lie
down on a small couch. Both
were handcuffed, their feet
bound and mouths taped.
One of the men asked Mrs.
Wilson if she was “related to
Wendell and Cleo.”
About 12:30 a.m. West ar
rived home. A third man, ap
parently a lookout, preceded
him into the house. When West
came in, a bandit appeared on
either side of him and put a
gun in each ear.
Feared Return
Of Juan Peron
No Peace
Sign, Rusk
Tells SEATO
CANBERRA, Australia (UPI)
—Secretary of State Dean Rusk
told Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization (SEATO) foreign
ministers today there were no
signs of peace in Viet Nam
despite U.S. efforts to seek a
negotiated end to the fighting.
He vowed the United States
would stay there until the Viet
Cong halt their war of
aggression.
Rusk addressed a closed
session of the defensive alliance
following secret talks with
British Foreign Secretary Mi
chael Stewart. A spokesman
said the talks dealt with
Southeast Asia, the SEATO and
NATO pacts, and recent
developments in the Geneva
disarmament talks. But he
declined to elaborate on details
of the session.
Two members of the eight
nation alliance who are in
disagreement with the chal
lenge to communism in Viet
Nam, sent non-participating
observers to the meeting.
France maintained a stony
silence and Pakistan continued
its opposition against military
action in Viet Nam.
The alliance was set up in
1954 as the Asian counterpart
of NATO by Australia^ France,
New Zealand, Pakistan, the
Philippines, Thailand, the Unit
ed Kingdom and the United
States.
DALLAS (UPI) —Comedian
Chester Galloway, 23, who did
not like the way a night club
patron criticized his act, drew
20-year prison sentence Friday
for shooting the customer.
By WILLIAM HAMILTON
United Press International
BUENOS AIRES (UPI) —A
three-man military junta de
posed Argentine President Artu
ro Illia in a bloodless coup
today and installed retired Gen.
Juan Carlos Ongania as Pres
ident. Illia was reported going
into exile in Uruguay.
Military fears that ousted
dictator Juan D. Peron might
return to power because of
Illia’s softness toward extre
mist political groups was
primarily responsible for the
coup that ended his 32-month
old regime.
Ongania is a firm anti
Peronist. He was army com
manner in chief until he
resigned early this year in a
dispute with Illia over Illia’s
appointment of Brig. Gen.
Eduardo Castro Sanchez as
secretary of war over Onga
nia’s objections.
The army ringed the presiden
tial palace and Illia and his
followers were escorted , to
waiting cars while a crowd
outside shouted “death to
to evil military men!”
The confrontation between Illia
and the commandess in chief of
the three led forces had been
building up for weeks.
It came to a head Monday
night when Illia attempted to
dismiss Lt. Gen. Pascual A.
Pistarini, the commander in
chief of the army. Instead,
Pistarini and his military
colleagues announced they were
firing Illia.
In a series of swift develop
ments:
—Pistarini fired Maj. Gen.
Carlos A. Caro, commander of
the 2nd Army Corps and Illia’s
chief military supporter, and
replaced him with Gen. Jose J.
Toscano. Toscano and the 3rd
Coips Commander, Gen. Nico
las C. Hure, immediately
pledged their allegiance to the
military.
—Army units took over the
main post office, the telephone
company and the government
television.
—The other two commanders
in chief arrived at the
presidential palace for a ,
showdown —Rear Adm. Benig
no Varela of the Navy and
Biig. Gen. Mario Romanelli of
the air force.
—IJiia ordered Pistarini re*
moved from office; the milita
r y rejected his demands,
—The army high command
the armed forces
control the nation and appealed
for calm. Troops occupied the
ministry of foreign affairs,
Other troops surrounded the
Casa Posada, the presidential
palace,
—A column including seven
tanks and armored cars sped to
the presidential palace today.
Soon afterward Illia left in a
scene of noisy confusion and
went to the suburban home of
his brother, Ricardo, where it
was announced he will stay for
several days before going to
Uruguay.
—The junta made up of
Pistarini, Varela and Romanelli
announce they ar e running
Argentina as of 11 a.m. (9 a.m.
EDT).
The ousted of Illia was tha
fourth violent overthrow of a
government in Argentina and
the 35th in Latin America in
the past 15 years. \
The series of events in
Argentina stem from tha
unfinished business of the 1955
revolution that overthrew Per
on and sent him into exile in
Spain.
US Planes
Blast Oil
Storage Area
By BRYCr MILLER
United Press I n t e rnational
SAIGON (UPI) —U.S. Navy
and Air Force pla"^ struck
Communist North Viet Nam’s
oil storage facilities another
devastating blow Monday, a
military spokesman announce;!
today. Smoke and flames from
the burning oil soared thou
sands of feet into the air.
The oil shortage in the
Communist North was becom
ing so severe that Hanoi was
reported trying to move some
of the fuel into bomb proof
underground storage facilities.
It was the second consecutive
day of raids against oil tanks.
Raids Sunday also sent flames
and smoke rising so high into
th e air the smoke could be seen
from an aircraft carrier 150
miles at sea.
LONDON (UPI) —A VIP
passenger, who disappeared for
24 hours at London airport
enrouie from Moscow to the
United States was found by I
airpoit police “flirting in a
nearby garden.” The missing
passenger was a female poodle.
HOUSTON (UPI) —The Hous
ton Astros tonight will try to
soft soap baseball fans. The
ateam has asked each customer
to bring a bar of soap with
them to aid the clean-up in Viet
Nam.