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E VENIN GOOD G
By Quimby Mellon
May Good Evening suggest
that everyone, especially our
young people, read Edward Ev
erette Hale’s “The Man Without
A Country”? If one does not
have it in one’s library it may
be found at the public library
and in many school and church
libraries as well
This gripping story appeared
In 1863 shortly after the “draft
riots” in New York City in whi
ch more that 1,000 persons were
killed. The riots were protest
ing the drafting of men into the
Union Army. The story has been
called fiction, authentic, and
partly true — but regardless —
it is interesting and should im
press all who would be true
Americans.
During the early days of Am
erican history, according to Hale,
there was a young lieutenant In
the U. S. Army. He fell under
the spell of Aaron Burr who had
visions of establishing an inde
pendent nation in the west. The
young lieutenant was named
Philip Noland, and when there
was a military trial of officers
who had joined Burr in his sc
heme, the young lieutenant was
made the “scapegoat”. Officers
of higher rank were “whitewash
ed.” When the military court
handed down its decision in the
Noland case, the y oung man was
stunned and exclaimed in a fit
or frenzy “Damn the United Sta
tes. I wish I may never hear of
the United States again.”
His request, or demand, was
followed to the smallest detail
and he was placed aboard a na
val vessel and for 50 years was
shifted from ship to ship where
he led a lonesome life, never
hearing any information about
or mention of America and ne
ver setting foot on his native
land.
One gripping part of the story
tells how one day as he was
reading Sir Walter Scott’s “The
Lay of the Last Minstrel” aloud
to a group of sailors, he came
across that part that runs “Brea
thes there a man, with soul so
dead. Who never to himself hath
said. This is my own, my native
land.” He continued to read the
whole poem, left the group and
for days and days remained In
his cabin. His arrogance, bit
ter resentment of his country
changed and Hale tells how be
fore he died in 1863 he pleaded
with all with whom he came in
contact to be loyal to America,
to serve America and to give
their very life for her if neces
sary.
There Is a no more gripping
short story than “The Man
Without a Country”. Once again
we suggest that the entire story
be read by all, especially our
younger generation.
For our hope for the future—
the hope for America — is in
their hands.
And this senior citizen for one
believes that by and far a great
majority of our youth are not
only loyal but are worthy of o u r
confidence in them.
One reason we decided to wr
ite about ‘The Man Without a
Country” is that the other night,
watching the TV news, was al
armed with the fact that there
are organizations here In Am
erica, and in Canada as well,
that are helping young Ameri
cans escape military service of
their country by seeking asylum
in Canada: and once there they
are told how they may renounce
their American citizenship and
be free of any chance of extradi
tion.
Harboring draft dodgers is no
thing new in Canada.
Nathan Hale got his inspira
tion for his “The Man Without
a Country” from an incident that
happened early in the War Bet
ween the States. It so happened
that an Ohio “Copperhead”, who
had once been governor of the
Buckeye State, fought Lincoln’s
election and when Lincoln was
elected announced he would ne
ver live in America as long as
Lincoln was president. He fled
South but the South wanted no
thing to do with any of his kind
and he was ordered to leave
Dixie and fled to British Can
ada to spend the rest of his life.
CONFLICT AVERTED
PITTSBURGH (UPI) —Alleg
heny County commissioners
were confident today they have
averted a serious political
situation—alienating the moth
ers of the area.
The commissioners had set
aside May 13-14 for the county’s
annual fishing contest but when
L it was pointed out that May 14
f was Mother’s Day the contest
dates were changed to May 20-
8L
GRIFFIN
DAILY NEWS
Established 1871
South Viet Deputy
Faces Trial If He
Returns To Country
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPI) Deputy
Prime Minister Nguyen Huu Co,
third ranking man in South
Vietnam’s government, has
been warned he will face a
military trial on corruption
charges if he returns to the
country from abroad, reliable
sources said today.
Co, who also holds the
powerful post of defense minis
ter, was touring Taiwan when
the government—at Prime Mi
nister Nguyen Cao Ky’s order
sent him a telegram telling him
not to come home, they said.
Observers said it is too early
to tell if Co’s ouster would have
serious repercussions through
out the countryside.
Ky faced the possibility of one
of the greatest crises of his 19
months in power. Co has been
the highest ranking “souther
ner”—a native of South, not
North Vietnam—in "norther
ner” Ky’s cabinet. The souther
ners have shown a willingness
to rebel.
Sources said American offi
cials gave quiet approval to the
anti-Co action.
Ky, scheduled to Teturn
Thursday from a 10-day good
will visit to Australia and New
Zealand, Just smoothed over a
cabinet crisis that developed
during last fall’s Manila Confer
ence attended by President
Johnson. The crisis centered on
regionalism, southerners charg
ing Ky with packing his cabinet
with northerners.
The move against Co broke
into the open two days ago. The
government flashed an alert at
Saigon’s Tan Son Nhut Airfield.
The base was sealed off and
troops moved into the area.
Machine guns lined the road to
the base.
The base-sealing came at the
time two airliners were sche
duled to arrive from Taipei and
from Hong Kong. It was learned
later the government knew Co
was not aboard either airliner—
but had been alarmed by
reports of an approaching non
scheduled airplane from Tai
wan. The reports proved false
later.
There were no details imme
diately available on the report
ed corruption charges.
Co’s massive defense ministry
—the largest arm of the Saigon
government—long has been the
target of criticism of waste and
corruption. Late last year Ky
publicly threatened personally
to shoot Defense Ministry
military supply officers if they
took part in the theft of some of
the flood of U.S.-financed goods
flowing into South Vietnam.
Co long has been regarded as
one of the most powerful
political figures in a country
where the military holds the
reins of political power. Co is a
general and is reported to have
a network of friends placed
throughout the Vietnamese
armed forces.
Union City
Evacuated In
Gas Threat
UNION CITY, Ga. (UPI) —
about 1,000 residents of Union
City were evacuated from their
homes today when a leaking
gas tank threatened to explode.
“If it goes off, it’ll blow up
the whole place,” said patrol
man Kenneth Hambry of the
nearby College Park police de
partment.
He said the leak came from
one of nine gas tanks, contain
ing butane or liquid oxygen,
which are used for heating
homes in the rural Fulton Coun
ty community.
Hambry said it was not de
termined immediately which
tank was leaking. Firemen were
spraying the air with water to
dilute the gas.
State, county and local police
sealed off a three-square mile
area and evacuated a grammar
school of abo-1 300 children two
blocks from the leak.
Hambry said the leak was
discovered when someone called
the police station.
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“I wonder if these fellows
who say God is dead aren’t
trying to make man God.”
Suit To Free Lunch
Funds Is Planned
By DON PHILLIPS
United Press International
ATLANT A (UPI) State
Schools Supt. Jack Nix said to
day a "friendly” court suit
aimed at allowing the state to
finance Georgia’s school lunch
program would be ready for
INSIDE
General Assembly. Page 2.
News In Pictures. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Society. Page 5.
Sports. Pages 6, 7.
Triple Star. Page 8.
Lighter Side. Page 8.
Bruce Biossat. Page 10.
Bay Cromley. Page 10.
Hospital. Page 12.
Stork Club. Page 12.
Funerals. Page 12.
Dr. Brandstadt. Page 14.
About Town. Page 12.
Baptists. Page 14.
Minister Pay. Page 16
Want Ads Page 22.
Comics. Page 23.
Dateline Georgia. Page 24.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy to oc
casional cloudy, warm and
humid tonight and Thursday
with chance of a few widely
scattered light showers tonight
and Thursday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 72, minimum today
54, maximum Tuesday 70, mini
mum Tuesday 51. Sunrise Th
ursday 7:39 a.m., sunset Thurs
day 6:07 p.m.
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, January 25, 1967
Spring-Like Weather
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By CHARLES R. SMITH
United Press International
HONG KONG (UPI) —The
official Peking People’s Daily
said today the Chinese army
moved in to crush an attempted
coup against Mao Tse-tung in
Shansi province. But the revolt
against Mao appeared to be
spreading with anti-Maoists said
to be taking over two other
provinces in heavy fighting.
Japanese press reports and a
Polish-language broadcast by
Moscow Radio said workers and
peasants opposing Mao seized
control of Nanchang, capital of
Kiangsi province in south
central China, In a series of
clashes in which 60 of Mao’s
Red Guards were injured.
Students Lead
Radio Sofia said anti-Mao
forces gained control of Huho
haot’e, the capital of Iner
Mongolia, in a four-day “armed
struggle” two weeks ago. The
Bulgarian broadcast indicated
the anti-Mao fight was led by
students. Other East European
reports told of mounting resis
tance to Mao in neighboring
Manchuria.
Reports that the army had
Intervened in Shansi province to
filing in a few days.
The thorny problem of Geor
gia’s school lunch program was
the main topic of discussion
during a morning of detailed
discussion of Georgia’s pro
posed budget for education be
fore the House Appropriations
Committee.
Atty. Gen. Arthur Bolton has
ruled that state funds cannot
legally be used for lunch pro
grams.
Nix said the court suit would
first be filed in a superior court
and then would be pressed to
the State Supreme Court as
soon as possible.
He said the Supreme Court
would have to make the final
decision.
A bill has been introduced in
the Legislature to put the
state’s money designed for
lunch programs out of their
maintenance fund and be reim
bursed from the state fund.
Merchants To Stage
March Of Values Here
The Merchants Steering Com
mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce today announced plans to
sponsor a March of Values Mar
ch 9-11.
Bob Grlner was elected chair
man and Mrs. Newton Penny
co-chairman of the Merchants
Steering Committee to serve dur
ing 1967.
In other business handled at
the Tuesday meeting, the group
continued Its discussion of Sun
day closing and said it planned
to hold weekly meetings for fur-
ther study and consideration.
The merchants reviewed se
veral court cases and rulings re
lated to the so called Blue Laws.
They cited a section of the Geor
gia code saying that any person
. . who shall pursue his
business or the work of his ordi
nary calling on the Lord’s day,
works of necessity or charity
only excepted, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor.”
They noted the exceptions
which have been recognized by
Studied
Fire extinguishers and their operation are being studied by science classes in Unit
II at Spalding Junior High. Students are studying the different types of fire extin
guishers and the chemicals used in them to extinguish fires. Students looking at one
of the extinguishers are (1-r) Steve Corley, Beth Bizzell and Summey Brown.
Anti-Mao Revolt
Said Spreading
crush the revolt by forces
trying to return China to
capitalism were from sources
controlled by Mao—the Peking
People’s Daily and Peking
Radio which broadcast the
People’s Daily editorial.
China experts in Hong Kong
said the report may signal an
anti-Mao factions throughout
the country. But the army still
has not formally thrown its
support to Mao.
The Japanese Broadcasting
Corporation (NHK) added new
details of the fighting in Inner
Mongolia, quoting Peking wall
posters which to a large extent
have replaced newspapers
there. It said the action began
when Mao’s opopnents led by
Liu Ching-chin attacked a
H u h o h a o t’e newspaper and
seized control. Red Guards
rushed to the aid of the
newspaper but were defeated
and eventually the anti-Mao
forces won out in the province.
No Mention
First reports that Mao’s
forces had crushed an attempt
ed coup d’etat in Shansi
province did not mention the
use of army units. It merely
said supporters of Mao took
over after a shooting battle
involving “tens of thousands” of
pro-and anti-Mao workers.
A broadcast by the Mao
controlled Peking Radio quoted
the official Chinese newspaper
as saying the takoever was
carried out with the help of the
army.
“The liberation (Chinese)
army stationed In Shansi
military district stood for the
proletarian revolution line re
presented by Mao and support
ed the revolutionary rebel
faction’s fight to seize control,”
the People’s Daily said.
It praised the army’s action
as making “a great contribu
tion” to the purge of Mao’s
enemies. The Peking organ
warned, “there is no neutral in
this struggle.”
China watchers in Hong Kong
said Mao may be deliberately
exaggerating the extent of anti
government plotting in Shansi in
order to justify the use of the
nation’s three-million-man army
in other areas.
Until now the army was said
to have remained largely
neutral in the stunning political
crisis on the Chinese mainland.
However, Peking radio reported
Tuesday that army units also
were used to seize control of the
Peking suburb of Fang Shan in
a drive to crush Mao’s
opponents.
A Japanese correspondent in
Peking reported today that
army units in western Hunan
Province seized control of rebel
Communist party and govern
ment offices in the city of
Changsha. The Mainichi news
paper correspondent said the
army was given sweeping
powers of arrest and confiscat
ed arms and ammunitions of
anti-Mao forces.
An editorial in liberation
daily, the army’s chief organ
under control of Mao suppor
ters, said the military esta
blished Mao’s government by
force “and the people’s army
must protect the government by
the gun.”
legal authorities.
Sunday closing laws do not vio
late the constitutional prohibi
tion of laws respecting an estab
lishment of religion where their
purpose Is not to aid religion but
to set aside a day of rest and
recreation, the merchants said.
They cited the McGowan Vs.
Maryland (1961) as their basis.
The committee said it would
give further consideration and
study to the matter of so called
blue law violations.
Vol. 96 No. 20
6 Killed, Hundreds
Hurt In 3 States
By United Press International
Soft spring-like breezes in the
Midwest Tuesday turned into
savage tornadoes and wind
storms, that killed at least six
persons, injured hundreds and
wrecked communities in three
states.
Freak gulf breezes brought
record high temperatures from
Texas to the East Coast and set
the stage for the deadly storms
which were touched off as the
first cold winds of a pair of
snow storms collided with the
warm air.
The powerful storm moved
rapidly into Canada and left a
trail of snow. Duluth, Minn., got
two inches, and Salt Lake City,
three inches.
Hardest Hit
St. Louis, Mo., apparently was
the hardest hit by the rare mid
winter twisters. Two persons
were killed, at least 213 injured
and more than 20 homes
destroyed when a twister cut an
eight-mile swath through the
county
Heaviest damage was report
ed in subdivisions southwest and
south of the Lambert-St. Louis
Airport. Homes and business
buildings were turned into
kindling as a tornado ripped and
slashed before moving across
the Mississippi River into
Illinois. An estimated 1,200
homes were damaged.
The St. Louis storm victims
were identified as Diane Schle
gel, 8, Glennwood, and JeM
Cannaday, 6, Creve Coeur.
Authorities had said a third
person was killed but later said
this was an erroneous report.
Walter Sarff, 50, who was
bed-ridden was killed southwest
of Bath Ill. when a tornado
demolished his house throwing
him more than 50 feet from the
rubble.
A tornado that roared “out of
nowhere” smashed the small
northwest Missouri farm com
munity of Orrick, killing Gene
Barber, 18, and injuring at least
20 persons.
Three-year-old Byron Swyter
of Fort Madison, was killed by
one of several tornadoes that
ripped eastern and southeastern
Iowa.
High winds brought death to
an off-duty policeman, Roger
Johnson, who was killed when
wind knocked over the wall of a
building under construction on
the south side of Chicago.
Everywhere the winds blew,
utility lines came down outting
off electricity to homes as
temperatures abruptly dropped
from spring-time levels in the
50s, 60s and low 70s to more
seasonal readings in the 30s and
40s.
Sweeping Storms
The cause of it all—
approaching wintery conditions
—took the form of two fast
moving storms sweeping in
tandem acrss the western
portion of the nation.
Heavy snow warning were
hoisted Tuesday for northern
Arizona and northwest New
Mexico and from northeast
South Dakota to northeast
Minnesota. Freezing rain and
drizzle glazed highways in the
Middle West with “100 per cent
ice cover” reported on roads in
northwest Iowa, northeast Ne
braska, southeast South Dakota
SOBERING STATION
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPI) —The
city police department’s 30-bed
sobering-up station, reputed to
be the first of its type in the
world, was intended to serve all
of St. Louis.
Officials said Tuesday in the
first two months of operation
the station has been running at
or near capacity with only the
drunks from two police dis
tricts.
TOO BAD
DES MOINES, Iowa (UPI) —
Gov. Harold E. Hughes, who
makes no secret of the fact he
is a reformed alcoholic, said
Tuesday he would veto any bill
allowing Sunday sales of liquor
or beer in Iowa.
“If they can’t get enough to
drink six days a week, that’s
tough,” Hughes said.
and southwest Minnesota.
While blustery winds ravaged
the western portion of tha
nation New Yorkers basked in
record breaking sunny weather.
The temperature climbed to
68 degrees setting a new record
for the date. The previous high
for Jan. 24 was 57, set in 1894.
And the weather bureau prom*
isd more of the same for today
and Thursday.
City Plans
To Go Ahead
In Melrose
The city commissioners told a
group of about eight people from
Melrose Subdivision Tuesday
night the city plans to go ahead
with widening, resurfacing and
curbing of streets in that sec
tion.
The group came to protest the
proposal after notices of assess
ment costs were mailed to pro
perty owners affected.
The commissioners told the
group that the ordinance to do
the work was passed about six
months ago.
They called attention to t h e
fact that two-thirds of the peo
ple in the subdivision had peti
tioned for the street work.
The group told the commission
ers they did not object to the
paving but they felt the cost of
widening and curbing was too
high. The cost is $2 per front
foot. They said they would go al
ong without objection to the pav
ing part of the program.
In other action the commis
sioners placed on first reading
an ordinance to regulate the
wrecker service business here.
The commissioners said that the
ordinance does exactly the
same thing as the rules and re
gulations the city has been us
ing for several years, except
that the ordinance would give it
enforcement power.
The seven licensed wrecker
businesses met with city offic
ials about the ordinance last
week and backed it 100 percent,
the city commissioners noted.
Along with the ordinance, the
city adopted a set of rate char
ges for wrecker services.
In other action the commis
sioners turned down an appli
cation for a package beer per
mit from Horace Head, Jr., to
operate at 1317 Experiment st
reet. The city contended that the
building was not suitable without
a lot of changes and improve
ments and that it was located
next to a residence.
The purchase of Light and Wa
ter Department supplies costing
$1,875 was approved. A portable
air compressor, costing $3,340
was approved for purchase also.
Der Stern
Okays Cut
Of 122 Worts
HAMBURG CUPD—The West
German magazine Der Stern
announced today It would delete
“personal passages”—122 words
in all—from Its serialization of
the controversial book “The
Death of a President.”
Editor Henri Mannen said all
portions of the text considered
politically and historically signi
ficant would be kept in the next
installment of author William
Manchester’s account of the
assassination of President Ken
nedy.
Der Stem Monday won a suit
brought by Look Magazine,
owner of the American rights to
the serialization, to force Stern
to abide by deletions requested
by Mrs. John F. Kennedy and
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y.
Tte West German weekly
purchased the serialization
rights for this country for
$72,500. It previously has
carried the uncut text of the
Manchester serialization despite
the Kennedy family’s objec
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