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Wednesday, Jan. 4, 1967
Weather Summary
1966 Coldest
On Record
By HORACE D. WESTBROOKS
Coca! Weather Observer
The year 1966 was the coldest
year on record for Griffin.
Records are not complete for
Griffin before about 1895, since
they were not kept for the win
ter season that early in the Co
operative Weather Observer pro
gram for the Department of Ag
riculture. Records were taken
only for the “growing season”,
which comprised the months
from May to about October.
However, in most early Griffin
records, precipitation was mea
sured, and these records are
practically complete back to
1879, the year of the first obser
vations for Griffin.
It was difficult to get indivi
duals to keep weather records,
since there was no financial
compensation, and the task did
involve some time and effort to
record and report. This situation
still exists to some extent pre
sently, and there is still nn com-
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weather observation.
Along this line, it must be mis
understood by the general public
that the present Cooperative
Weather Observer is a forecas
ter, even though we might make
some calculated guesses in our
monthly weather summary. This
observer does not receive any
weather information for this
area, nor for the country as a
whole. We are not in a position
to give “forecasts” or informa
tion over the telephone.
The weather forecasts publish
ed in The Griffin Daily News are
supplied by the Weather Bureau
over teletype circuits, and not
by this observer. We do supply
the factual data — after it has
occurred.
Even though 1966 was the cold
est year in Griffin’s weather
history, there were some “cold”
year in the 1889-1890 period. Re
cords are complete for Atlanta,
and we see that 1885 was their
coldest year in history, with an
average of 58.9 degrees, some
2.5 degrees colder than the At
lanta present annual average of
61.4 degrees. Other “cold” years
for Atlanta occurred in 1886,
1892, 1895, 1901, 1917, and 1940. It
can be assumed that Griffin also
had below-normal temperatures
during these same years.
January 1940 was the coldest
month on record. Griffin was
minus 12.2 degrees, while At
lanta had 13 0 below. Thus, Grif
fin was actually colder that
month than Atlanta! Therefore,
conclusions cannot be drawn for
particular months or years in
comparsion to Atlanta.
December, 1966 ended on the
minus side of normal averages.
This was the 10th month of the
year to do so. Up to the 30th,
the month as a whole was exac
tly normal. The last day of De
cember placed the average for
the entire month four-tenths of
one degree below normal. This
observer had estimated that De
cember probably would be above
normal; we missed only slightly.
The highest maximum occur
red on the 8th, when the
perature reached 75 degrees. The
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lowest minimum occurred on
Christmas Day, with 18 degrees,
the coldest Christmas Day in
over 87 years!
Precipitation for December
was 5.23 inches, nearly once inch
above the normal 4.39 inches.
Total rainfall for 1966 amounted
to 59.88 inches, 10.63 inches ab
ove the normal 49.25 inches.
Snow occurred on three days
in early 1966: Jan. 25 and again
the next day, and again on Feb.
23. All three occasions amount
ed to .01 inches. The greatest
amount of rainfall within 24
hours occurred on Feb. 13, when
4.83 inches was recorded. April
22-23 had 2.68 inches. Thirteen
other days had in excess of one
inch.
Here is a rundown for the 13
months temperatures: January
40.1 degrees, 7.5 below normal;
February 46.3, down 2.9; March
53.7 degrees, down exactly one
degree; April 63.3, down only
one-tenth of one degree, May
68.4, down 2.9 degrees; June 74.4
down 3.5. July 79.6, plus one
tenth degree; August 77.0, mi
nus 2.2 degrees; September 72.2,
down 2.3; October 62.1, minus
3.4; November 55.5; eight-ten
ths above normal; December
17.3, minus four-tenths.
The 1966 annual average was
61.7 degrees, down a whopping
2.2 degrees from the average
i 33.9 degrees, an all-time re-
ed medical bills each calendar
year.
Reimbursement may be made
in either of two ways, but in
each case a claim must be fil
ed with the insurance company
(The John Hancock Insurance
Company in Georgia).
(1) The patient may pay his
doctor bills and file claim with
the Insurance company attach
ing all itemized receipted bills,
(2) If he and the. physician ag
ree, the claim may be filed by
the physician after the patient
signs the claim form authoriz
ing payment directly to the
physician.
in either case, the patient is
responsible for the first $50 of
doctor bills plus 20 percent of
the balance each year. Medical
insurance pays only 80 percent
of the amount over $50.
“A substantial percentage of
claims submitted contain errors
or omissions which require fur
ther investigation,” Miss Mc
Laurin said, “thus resulting in
delays in payment.”
Miss McLaurin makes some,
suggestions which will speed the
processing of claims and allow
the insurance company to make
payment sooner:
A claim may be filed on any
amount, but would normally be
filed when bills total over $50.
The claim form iSSA-1490) is
located in the back of the Medi
care Handbook which was mail
ed to each medicare card hold
er. Additional copies of the
handbook or the claim form may
be obtained from the Social Se
curity office.
The claim number should be
on the claim form. It is also Im
portant that the, letter following
the number be shown. The claim
number may be found on the be
neficiary’s Medicare card.
If the patient is claiming re-
Would-Be
Invaders
Arrested
By MATTHEW T. KENNY
United Press International
KBY WEST, Fla. (UPI) —
The pickup army had a
timetable: this week, Haiti;
next month, Cuba.
It never got out of the Florida
Keys.
In a moonlight and tropics
scene the 76 would-be invaders
were rounded up by federal
agents at an abandoned house
at Cocoa Plum Beach.
Waving submachine guns and
protesting to agents In Spanish,
the group was led by Father
Jean Baptiste Georges, an
exiled Haitian Roman Catholic
priest, and Rolando Masferrer,
called the “tiger of Havana”
when he headed a special police
unit under former Cuban
dictator Fulgencia Batista.
Masferrer claimed the Inva
ders planned to take over Haiti
within 60 hours after landing
Monday night because Haitians
would Join the uprising against
President Franciois (Papa Doc)
Duvalier.
Within 30 days after the
Haitian invasion, Masferrer
said, he would have a large
enough army to move across
the narrow windward passage
separating Haiti and Cuba and
strike against Premier Fidel
Castro.
Masferrer and Georges were
among 25 of the arrested
booked at the Monroe County
jail in Key West and charged
with violating U.S. neutrality
laws. Another 51 were in
Miami. Bonds at Key West
renged from $2,500 to $5,000. In
Miami, most were let go on
recognizance bonds of $100.
These Jailed at Key West
include four Americans — Joe
Garman, Martin Casey, Paul
Tbenore and William Heuisler.
Also jailed in the nation's
southernmost city was Cuban
exile Auria Foggio, the lone
woman in the force and
designated as “quartermaster.”
cord, making 1968 the coldest
year in Griffin’s recorded wea
ther history.
One of the most spectacular
electrical storms occurred on
the evening of Sept 4 (Sunday),
coupled with over one inch of
rain, and interrupting electrical
power in several sections of Gr
iffin, This was the most remark
able electrical storm this obser-
Incomplete Forms
Cause Delay In
Medicare Payments
“Some claims for reimburse
ment under the “doctor bill” in
surance part of Medicare are be
ing delayed in Georgia because
claim forms are not being com
pleted fully ,” Miss Kate McLau
rin, Officer-In-Charge of the
Griffin Social Security Office
said today.
Under the supplementary me
dical insurance part of Medicare
a beneficiary may be reimbur
sed for 80 percent of the total of
the reasonable charge on medi
cal and doctor bills above $50.
No reimbursement may be
made on the first $50 of cover-
ver has ever seen.
It goes without repeating that
1967 will again see more
ual” weather, and this observer
will record and report. Our
ess that Christmas Day 1966
would be nice came about; we
now predict that Christmas Day
in 1967 stands a 50-50 chance for
inclement weather.
imbursement on doctor bills he
has paid, the itemized receipted
bills must be attached to t he
claim. Miss McLaurin points
that It is in this area that most
of the problems arise. The item
ized receipted bill should show
additional Itemization of servic
es and charges. The bill should
show the date and place of each
service as well as a full descrip.
tion of the type of medical ser
vice received and the nature
of the illness or injury. Of cour
se, the amount of the charge
should be shown and the b i 1 ]
should be marked “paid” by the
physician.
Miss McLaurin suggests that
the patient let the doctor know
before hand that he intends to
fi,e F° r reimbursement under
Medicare. In this way, the doc
tor or bis assistant will know
that an itemized receipted bill
wiI1 be needed,
Anyone who feels he needs
help in filing his claim with the
insurance company may obtain
help and advice from the 8ocial
Security District Office. The of
fice in Griffin is located at 435
'"est Solomon street, Griffin,
The telephone number is 227
0183. For medical services re
ceived in Georgia, regardless cf
the patient's state of residence,
claims should be mailed to:
Medicare, John Hancock Mut
ual Life Insurance Co., P O. Box
1632, Atlanta, Georgia 30301.
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State Briefs
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Truck Runs Into
j Telephone Lines
j CHAMBLEE, Ga. (UPI)
—
J sand Southern truck Bell Telephone Co.
a ran into their
lines Tuesday ersrupting service
to about 500 customers in the
Chamblee - Tucker area. Full
service was expected to be re
stored today.
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Cromorfie Named
Gainesville Mayor
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (UPI) —
The city commission Tuesday
reelected John L. Cromartie,
president of the Georgia Mu
nicipal Association, to a third
term as mayor of Gainesville.
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Crime Syndicate
Probe Requested
ATLANTA (UPI) — Superior
Court Judge Claude Shaw Tues
day urged the Fulton County
grand Jury to investigate re
ports that major league crime
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