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By Quimby Melton
(Good Evening is out of
city. He will resume his
later this week when he returns.)
People
Don’t Think
Much Of South
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI)
—People who don’t live In the
South generall don’t think too
much of the South. But if they
had to liv anywhere in the
area would prefer Florida. This
is according to a national study
released Monday.
Of the 14 criteria used in the
study, Florida scored highest
on 11. People thought Atlanta
had more culture than Miami
and Texas was preferred for
industry.
The survey was conducted by
the Firt Research Corporation
of Miami with the cooperation
of the Florida Development
Commission, and southern cor
porations and organizations.
The study was made prior to
the November national and
state elections and the recent
racial strife in Atlanta.
The study said those consid
ered “opinion leaders” differed
from the general public in sev
eral areas.
Among the opinion leaders
the over-all image of the South
Is more favorable and the rela
tive ranking of individual states
and cities changes significant
ly. From the standpoint of bus
iness leaders, for example, the
state of Texas possesses the
most favorable image of any
southern state. Florida and
Georgia are tied for second.
The opinion leaders said they
most favored Atlanta over oth
er southern cities. Dallas and
Miami followed in second and
third place.
With the general public, Flor
ida as a state was judged a
fast-growing area with both old
and young populations, with
cultural advantages, liberal,
clean, progressive, a good
school system and good work
ing conditions with a high stan
dard of living. The public rank
ed Texas first as an industrial
state.
Mississippi was the state
which ranked in the public
mind as a high crime state
with small population, a con
servative viewpoint and low In
come.
Alabama won the category of
“dirty.” It was also described
by the public as racially prej
udiced.
The dirtiest city in the south,
according to the public survey,
was New Orleans. Birmingham
was described as the city with
the highest crime rate.
Atlanta won the culture rating
while Miami was tops ta being
clean, liberal and having a high
standard of living.
The survey said “although,
the South as a whole does not
possess a favorable image ta
the opinion of the general pub
lic throughout the United
States, Florida and a few' other
states have been successful ta
projecting a more favorable
image to the public than the
unfavorable one possessed by
the region as a whole.”
HOT HOUSE
LEVELLAND, Tex. (UPI) —
It cost Martin Alsup $2,000 to
put an electric lingh ta a dog
house to keep his chihcahua
warm.
Defective wiring started a fire
which spread to Alsup’s home
and caused $2,000 damage. The
dog, found hiding under a bed,
was revived by firemen.
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DAILY f NEWS
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Spalding Commissioners Wilson, Moss and Elder (1-r) begin 1967 work.
Moss Chairman Of
Spalding County Board
Jack Moss who began his 11th
year as a Spalding County Com
missioner today, was elected
chairman of the board this mor
ning. He succeeded David Elder
who served as chairman for the
past two years.
Z. L. Wilson who began his
15th year on the board was elec
ted vice chairman. Mr. Elder
who began a new six-year term
became the Junior member of
the board. He began his twelfth
year as a commissioner.
The commissioners have fol
lowed the policy of electing a
commissioner chairman during
the last two years of his six-year
term.
The county Began the year to
day with a bank balance of $1,-
664.64,. Chairman Moss com
mented that he thought that was
estimating expenses and income
pretty close.
The county did not have to
make a loan to meet expenses
during 1966, something It has
avoided for the past six of se
ven years.
The commissioners made the
following county staff appoint
ments at Its organization meet
ing today: Mrs. Maurine Jack
son, clerk; Thomas Lane, pur
chasing agent; J. C. Owen, Jr.,
county attorney; Floyd Wilker
son, county warden; Joel L. Ste
phens, deputy warden; and Sam
Cobb, building inspector.
County appointments to boards
were as follows: Wayne Smith
was reappointed to the Board of
Tax Assessors for a new six
year term. The other two asses
Henry County's
Water Loan
Turned Down
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A federal loan for development
of a Henry County water expan
sion program has been turned
down.
Henry County officials said the
loan request had been pending
about a year. It had been sought
through the Public Works and
Economic Development Act 0!
1965.
J. D. Burk, chairman of the
Henry County Water Authority,
was notified that the loan had
been turned down. The author
ity was set up to provide water
outside the county’s incorpora
ted municipalities.
The authority has turned to the
Farmers Home Administration
for a loan and grant.
Chairman Burke said that Se
nators Herman Talmadge and
Richard Russell and Rep. John
J. Flynt, Jr., had done every
thing possible to assist Henry
County ta obtaining the loan.
Henry is the home county of
Sen. Talmadge.
Henry County officials called
the action a major setback to
the water authority. They said
Henry County’s immediate grow
th prospects suffered a tempor
ary setback. Installation of a
county water system for rural
probably is the most im
portant factor in the county’s
growth, they believe.
“It is much too early to tell
what success we might have ta
securing a loan from FHA”, one
authority official said.
Griffin, Ga. # 30223, Tuesday, January 3,1967
sors are John R. Breen and P.
W. Hamil.
James (Red) Head, was reap
pointed to the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital Authority for another
four-year term. N. V. Davis was
reappointed for a five-year term
on the Planning Commission.
Emmett Powell was reappointed
to a four-year term on the Grif
fin Industrial Building Authority.
George Patrick, Jr. was reap
pointed to the Vocational Tech
nical School board for a five
year term. Commissioner Moss
was appointed to the County Bo
ard of Health to represent the
county.
The commissioners made the
First National Bank of Griffin
the county depository for the next
two years. They follow the po
licy of alternating between the
Commercial Bank & Trust and
First National Bank every two
N. Vietnam Rejects
TOKYO (UPI) —Communist
North Vietnam today
Britain’s peace talk offer
reiterated its demand the Viet
Cong be Included In any
negotiations.
The Viet Cong “is the only
genuine representative of the
South Vietnamese p e o p 1 e.”
North Vietnam said in a Hanoi
radio commentary on British
Foreign S e cr e t a r y George
Brown’s peace proposal.
An official North Vietnamese
news agency broadcast moni
tored here called Brown “Amer
ica’s speaker” and said the call
for the United States, South and
North Vietnam to immediately
start peace talks on British
territory was designed to
deceive world opinion.
The broadcaast claimed the
proposal a “demand.”
“It was nothing new com
pared with the United States’
terms for unconditional talks,”
it declared.
“The Brown peace appeal was
made not. only for the sake of
giving help to the United States,
but to evade denunciations from
impartial public opinion and to
deceive world opinion.”
The bradcast claimed the
Viet Cong controlled 80 per cent
of South Vietnam and had the
support of 75 per cent of the
people.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
area Wednesday further
clearing and colder.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
today 57, minimum today
maximum Monday 47, mini
mum Monday 42. Total rainfall
1.45 Inches. Sunrise; Wednesday
7:45 a.m., sunset Wednesday
p.m.
COUNT
JOHANNESBURG, South
(UPI) —Police Wednes
reported 29 murders here
the Christmas holiday
and said most of those killed
victims of drunken brawls,
quarrels, robbery and
the settling of old scores.
lack Ruby Is Dead;
Denies Plot To End
Building Declined
In Griffin In ’66
Building in Griffin dropped
more than a half million dollars
in 1966 from 1965. The number
of building permits issued by the
city also showed a decline from
450 in 1965 to 408 last year.
Building in the city dropped
from $3,000,815 in 1965 to $2,432,
083 last year. The 1966 figure
was up more than a million dol
£r ?^ the reported
Ub7 in 1956. c
The figures were released
by Harold Buckalew, Building
Inspector for the city of Griffin,
A year-end report shows that
the highest valuation of build
tags was for new homes. Fifty
eight permits were issued for
single family homes with a to
tal value of $863,675. One permit
for $10,000 were issued for a two
family residence and three per
mits were issued for three and
four family units with a value
of $30 000
Fermlts for store buildings
took the lead value-wise in t h e
field ' Three Permits
for $331,000 were issued for new
aore buildings.
Other permits in the commer
cial field included: one for a
bank for $48,400, one for a doc
tor s office for $28,000, two for
food stores for $44,000, four for
industrial buildings for $288,224,
eight for office buildings for
$95,864, one for a pharmacy for
$18,000, one for a restaurant for
$3,750, eight for service staticns
and car washes for $145,045.
years.
The commissioners set the fol
lowing fees and donations for
the year: Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Commit
tee office rent $60 per month;
City of Griffin Recreation De
partment $400 per month; Haw
kes Library $500 per month; Ve
terans Office rent $40 per mon
th; Georgia Industrial Home at
Macon $125 per year.
The commissioners again set
the license fee for carnivals ta
the county at $1,000. The only
exception will be for the midway
show at the Spalding County
Fair.
Circuses will be charged $100
per day and will not exceed
$1,000 per year. The county said
it would continue its policy of
not selling fortune telling licen
ses.
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Line Up For Auto Tags
People by the hundreds lined up today at the Spalding County Courthouse to get
their 1967 automobile tags. This year they had to pay 1967 taxes on their vehicles
before they could purchase the new tags. A long line already had formed in the
courthouse this morning when sales began.
County Would
Save Money
Under Proposal
The Spalding County Commis
sioners today were urged to seek
legislative support for a propo
sal that would put forest fire
protection on a per acre cost ta
the state.
The commissioners were told
the measure would save Spald
ing County in the neighborhood
of $2,000 annually.
A1 Smith of the Newnan Fores
try office told the commission
ers that other county boards in
the 18-county district of this area
were being contacted and urged
to support the move.
The Spalding Commissioners
said they would write the Spal
ding delegates to the General
Assembly and urge their support
of the measure. It is scheduled
to be considered at the 1967 ses
sion.
During the current 1966-67 fis
cal year of Spalding County, a
total of $4,784 will be paid for
forestry service. This is one
third of the total amount Spald
ing pays. The state pays the oth
er two thirds. Smith explained
this averages about 6.5 cents per
acre for protection of the 73,300
acres of forest land ta Spalding.
Spalding has a total of 128,640
acres of land.
Under the proposed change,
counties would pay four cents
per acre for protection. Smith
said the state would be expec
ted to make up the difference.
Under the 1967-68 budget pro
posal, Spalding would save $1,800
he said. And ta the 1968-69 fis
cal year, the county would save
some $2,100, he said.
Spalding is served through
a forestry unit which protects
Spalding, Pike, Upson and La
mar Counties.
V) Planned Attack
c Hanoi
By BRYCE MILLER
United Press International
SAIGON (UPI) The air
over North Vietnam in
American pilots shot
seven Mig21 jets without
marked the first time of the
U.S. planes have deliberate
set out to destroy Hanoi’s air
the U.S. Air Force
in Vietnam said
Gen. William Momyer, the
of the U.S. Air
stopped short of calling
battle an escalation of the
but he said it was the first
aimed primarily at crip
the MIG fleet recently
Vol. 96 No. 1
One permit for the new state
patrol barracks was issued in
the public works and unitities
buildings category. The permit
for the building was for $57,900.
Thirteen permits for $17,120
were issued for residential car
ports and garages.
Three permits were issued for
school buildings. Two for educa
tional buildings were valued at
$140,604. Another for a training
building was for $15,000.
Four permits for $7,070 were
issued for structures other than
buildings,
_ Perm .. ts f , additions, altera
°r
tl0ns and conversions to residen -
a ™° unted
t0 $166 ’ 002> Permits for 149 such
jobs wer « issued. Forty four per
mltS in the same category were
c ^ mercial buildings
f ° r $96 ’ 719 ' Four permlts were
issued for additions, alterations
and conversions to other build
ings. They were for $1,670.
Eight permits with a total val
ue of $400 were issued for the
removal of homes. Reroof per
mits were j ssued for $15,539,
Thirty-seven re-roof permits
were issued,
Twenty-four permits for the
erection of signs worth $2,560
were issued. Eighteen permits
were issued to wreck buildings,
January, June, April and De
cember were the city’s best
months In the building category.
Permits issued in January
were for $502,795, tops for the
reinforced by planes from the
Soviet Union.
He also confirmed the jets
shot down were the most
sophisticated planes in the
Communist arsenal—sleek, del
ta-winged planes capable of
speeds of 1,500 miles per hour
and armed with the latest
Russian electronic gear and air
to-air missiles.
In the past the American
pilots have shot at Communist
MIGs only when directly
challenged. They have never
bombed enemy air bases
although raids have been
directed at a big oil suply
year. June was second with a
valuation of $392,969. April was
third with $333,150 and Decem
ber was fourth $205,852. All oth
er months dropped under $200,
000. July and September were
the worst months with $55,375
and $64,034, respectively.
One permit was issued for a
single family home for $20,000
in December. No permits for
new homes were issued in No
vember. November was the
first month in many years that
a permit had not been issued for
a new home.
Tight money has been attribu
ted as the cause of the drop in
home building in Griffin in the
last few months.
In addition to the permit for
the new home in December, a
permit for $133,900 was issued
for the new J. W. Morteil Com
pany building in the Industrial
Park.
Another for $35,000 was issued
to Arthur Forrer for a new hard
ware store.
Three permits for $6,050 were
issued for additions, alterations
and conversions to homes. One
permit for $4000 was issued in
this category for apartments.
One permit in the category for
a motel was for $8,000.
One permit for $500 was is
sued for a residential garage.
Seven permits for re-roofs were
for $2,002. Five permits were is
sued to wreck buildings and one
was issued for the erection of a
sign.
dumps where the MiG’s draw
their fuel for the defense of
Hanoi.
Looked For MIGs
Col. Robin Olds, a World War
II fighter ace and former West
Point football star, the mission
leader, said, "this time we went
looking for MIGs.”
No dir strikes over North
Vietnam were reported today
but B52 Strategic bombers
carried out devastating attacks
against Communist troop build
ups in the Demilitarized Zone
(DMZ) and to the south*near
Hue.
Cancer Fatal To
Oswald’s Killer
By WILLIAM E. CLAYTON
United Press International
DALLAS (UPI) —Jack Ruby,
the killer of presidential assas
sin Lee Harvey Oswald, died of
cancer today in the same
hospital where both President
Kennedy and Oswald died three
years ago.
Parkland Hospital announced
that Ruby sank into a coma and
died at 10:30 a.m. CST (11:30
a.m. EST) of the widespread
cancer discovered in his body
last month.
Hospital Assistant Adminis
trator Peter Geilich said he had
no further details. He scheduled
a news conference for 2 p.m.
CST (3 p.m. EST).
Ruby was the last vital link
with the assassination of
President Kennedy, and he went
to his death with controversy
still swirling over the presiden
tial murder.
One of his last acts was to
deny, in a secretly made tape
recording from his hospital bed,
that there was any conspiracy
involved in the killing of
Oswald.
Members of Ruby’s family
were with him when he died on
the seventh floor of the
sprawling Dallas hospital.
His sister, Mrs. Eva Grant,
came out of the room and told a
reporter: "Jack Is dead.”
Justice of the Peace W. E.
Richburg was summoned to the
hospital to pronounce Ruby
dead.
Ruby died on a chilly, windy,
winter morning. It was a hot,
muggy day in Dallas when
Oswald was killed with a single
shot from Ruby’s 38-caliber
revolver—two days after Os
wald killed the President with a
high-powered rifle from the
sixth floor of the Texas
Schoolbook Depository Building.
Ruby was reported conscious
and still alert Monday. “He Just
went to sleep” today, a hospital
source said.
Ruby, who shot Oswald In full
view of millions on television on
Nov. 24, 1963, was once
convicted and sentenced to
death for the crime. But the
Texas Court of Criminal Ap
peals last Oct. 5 reversed the
conviction and sentence.
The court ordered a new trial,
and it was scheduled to be held
In Wichita Falls, Tex., some
time this year.
Ruby’s attorneys last week
asked that he be given a lie
detector test on his contention
that there was no conspiracy
Involved in the killing of
Oswald. But the request was
turned down because authorities
said the drugs he was taking
would make it inaccurate.
In New York, Capitol Records
announced it had secretly
recorded an interview with
Ruby on his hospital bed in
which he denied there was a
conspiracy.
The record company said
Ruby’s statements were, incor
porated into a 46-minute record
entitled “The Assassination.”
Ruby’s talk takes up three
minutes.
The 55-year-old Ruby, a
tough, balding man who came,
out of the slums of Chicago and
ran nightclubs in Dallas, shot
Oswald in full view of millions
on nationwide television as the
assassin was being moved to
the Dallas County Jail.
Ruby was wrestled to the
ground by police and has been
imprisoned until he entered
Parkland.
At that time, his sister, Mrs.
Eva Grant, said: “That guy’s
dying.”
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SLAMS DOOR
BIRKENHEAD, England
(UPI) —Chief Fire Officer
William Middleton notified nine
residents that his men would no
longer help them unless their
lives or property were endan
gered.
The nine repeatedly locked
themselves out of their homes
and called the fire department
to help them get to. Middleton
reached the end of his patience
when a woman locked herself
out three times this past week
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