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E VENIN GOOD G
By Quimby Melton
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* One reads so much in
pers, and hears so much on ra
dio, and sees so much on
about “students” spending
Easter holiday on Florida
ches and their antics there, that
one may be prone to
believe that those who seek “sun,
sea and sex”, defying the law,
both of man and of God, are typ
ical of our American youth.
Such a conclusion is as far
* from the truth as the east is
from the west. Even with the
thousands who rush to the Flo
rida beaches for “relaxation”
they are an infinitestimal
centage of our young people.
For every boy and for every girl
who takes part in these orgies,
there are hundreds of thousands
of young people who not only do
not approve of their conduct, but
who day by day do their best
to lead decent lives.
It is highly regrettable in this
“modern day” the news media—
newspapers, radio and T-V are
guilty of “playing up” the doings
of the criminal, the punk, the
degenerate, the careless,
guided, and thoughtless.
— + —
* Now here is an example of
what many college students are
doing that Is far different from
the exploits of those “thrill seek
t ing” vacationing students.
They are concerned over the
fact that there are spiritual pro
blems on the college campus and
want to “Influence world opin
ion by publicly recognizing the
privileges and responsbility of
students in a ‘Nation under
God.’ ” That quote is from a
C page one story In a recent edi
tion of the Wheaton (College)
Record.
The fact that a Griffinite, a
* student at Wheaton College, is
taking a lead in what Is planned
makes the story more interest
ing to Good Evening.
This student is Bill Hollberg,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Hollberg of Griffin. He is a jun
ior there. (Bill last summer,
along with a fellow student at
. Wheaton, whose parents are mis
sionaries in Korea, took a trip
to the Orient.)
The Record reports “Junior
* Bill Hollberg and two graduate
students, Landley Patton and
Russ Cadle have been leaders
in planning a state-wide Illinois
* Student Leader’s Prayer Break
fast, which is modelled after the
President’s and the Governor’s
Prayer Breakfasts.” This will be
* held May 13 in Springfield, the
state capital.
Laying the groundwork for
the state-wide prayer breakfast,
Hollberg, representing Wheaton
College along with coach Don
Church, and several other col
lege men, met Governor Otto
Kerner to make plans. As a re
sult of this meeting, invitations
were sent to student body presi
dents of 50 Illinois college invit
ing them to send delegates to a
% Governor’s Prayer Breakfast on
Feb. 1. Hundreds of students at
tended this meeting and at a la
ter meeting held at Loyola Col
lege plans were made for the
Student Leaders Prayer Break
fast to be held May 13.
Student Leader Prayer Break
r fasts have been held in Mary
land and Montana and the Illi
nois breakfast will be modelled
after these.
Hollberg describes the purpose
* of this state-wide meeting of stu
dent leaders as one “to get stu
dent leaders to recognize the ex
istence of spiritual problems on
t every college campus.”
As long as there are college
students like Bill Hollberg —and
there are thousands of them —
who recognize the existence of
“spiritual problems on the col
lege campus,” and are willing
to meet at prayer breakfasts to
ask the guidance of God Almigh
ty, there is no reason to raise
the hue and cry that our young
people are “going to the dogs.”
Good Evening is many years
away from being a student but
he wishes that he could attend
such a Student’s Prayer Break
fast and see the enthusiasm of
those who gather to join in help
ing solve the spiritual problems
that exist on our college cam
puses.
Weather*
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Cradual clearing this
afternoon. Fair tonight and Wed
nesday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 72, minimum today
59, maximum Monday 72, mini
mum Monday 52. Total rainfall
.50 of an inch. Sunrise Wednes
day 6:34 a.m., sunset Wednes
day 6:67 p.m
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Butler Promoted
To Lieutenant
W. E. (Gene) Butler, who has
been commander of the Griffin
State Patrol for four years, has
been promoted to lieutenant and
will be assistant troop comman
der of Troop B.
Lt. Butler’s promotion is effec
tive Saturday, April 1. A serge
ant has not been named to com
mand the Griffin Post.
Lt. Butler will be assistant
trooper commander for posts
at Washington, Athens, Toccoa,
Lawrenceville, Blue Ridge and
Gainesville. He will work under
Capt. Theron Aldridge. He also
will be working with Lt. C. H.
Bentley, who was promoted
from sergeant at Hinesville.
Most of Georgia’s northeast
counties are in Troop B.
Sgt. Butler succeeded H. W.
(Red) Barrow as commander
of the Griffin Post in January
of 1962.
A sergeant will be named to
command the Griffin Post before
Lt. Butler assumes his duties
Saturday. The announcement is
expected before Thursday.
Sgt. Butler said he does not
know if one of his men will be
elevated to sergeant or if one
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Members . of the Citizens Club (Griffin Dally New# Staff Photo#)
acmor sponsored by the Utility Club visited the Griffin Duily News to see how the newspaper is published.
Griffin, Ga. f 30223, Tuesday, March 28,1967
will be named from outside the
Griffin Post.
Sgt. and Mrs. Butler plan to
make their home in Griffin until
he is established in his new pos
ition. “We will probably move
to the Lawrenceville or Gai
nesville area,” he said.
“We have enjoyed working
with the people of Griffin. They
have shown us much kindness
and cooperation,” Sgt. Butler
said. He praised the news media
of Griffin for their aid in trying
to prevent accidents in the five
county area.
In his new position, Lt. Butler
will assist posts with problems,
inspect the posts and be of ge
neral assistance.
Lt. Barrow was named as
sistant troop commander of
Troop D in 1962. During this
week’s appointments, he was
transferred to Troop C which in
cludes Griffin.
Barrow will be assistant
commander for posts at
Newnan, Villa Rica and Griffin.
He has been assistant troop
commander for posts in North
west Georgia.
Newnan, Coweta
Votes To Pay
Ambulance Fee
NEWNAN, Ga. (UPI)—Action
was taken Monday by the city
of Newnan and the Coweta
County governments to ensure
that ambulance service will con
tinue in the Newnan area.
Funeral homes had announced
they were discontinuing ambu
lance service April 17 because
of operating expenses.
The governments agreed the
city would pay 25 per cent and
the county 75 per cent of the
cost for a private service.
Estimated cost of the service
was $12,000 per month for the
first six months.
Melton Named
To Building
Study Committee
ATLANTA (UPI) —A special
three-member committee today
was under instructions to study
the possibility of a new legis
lative building at the state capi
tol complex.
The three legislators were ap
pointed by the Georgia Legisla
tive Services Committee* Mon
day. They are Reps. Quimby
Melton of Griffin and James H.
(Sloppy) Floyd of Trion, and
Sen. Lamar Pluncket of Bow
don.
They were ordered to make
recommendations for the 1968
General Assembly.
The proposal has the support
of House Speaker George L. Sm
ith and Lt. Gov. George T. Smi
th but is opposed by Gov. Lester
Maddox.
Speaker Smith said the legis
lature has outgrown its present
chambers.
Subcommittees also were ap
pointed to study the advisability
of remodeling the current Sen
ate chamber and air condition
ing the House.
Blast
Kills 13
Marines
DA NANG, Vietnam (UPI) -
A mine exploded in a U.S.
Marine mine training class
today, killing 13 Leathernecks
and wounding one.
First reports said the Marines
had thought the M16 mine
disarmed.
The blast came during a
demonstration in the class at
the base camp of the 1st Maine
Division’s 7th Engineers.
Fuel Set Afire
Royal Air Force
Bombs Oil Tanker
LAND’S END, England (UPI)
—Royal Air Force jets today
bombed the stricken tanker
Torrey Canyon with 42,000
pounds of high explosives,
turning her cargo of crude oil
into a burning mass that
belched smoke thousands of feet
into the air.
Eight twin-jet Buccaneer at
tack planes blasted the Ameri
can-chartered tanker which ran
aground on the notorious Seven
Stones Reef ll days ago while
carrying 118,000 tons of crude
oil.
Tens of thousands of tons of
the cargo already had spewed
out of the tom hull to be
washed up onto southern
English beaches in a stocky,
smelly mess that threatened a
major disaster to holiday
resorts and wild life.
The bombing unleashed the oil
still inside the 974-foot tanker,
one of the largest in the world,
and the fuel caught fire as was
hoped.
It was a last ditch attempt to
wipe out what Britons called
their greatest coastal threat
since the RAF blocked a Nazi
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Best Talkers
James Harrison (I) and Leonard Erwin of the Griffin
Toastmasters Club have won first place trophies in
the Area 15 competition. Harrison won the humor
division and will compete in Atlanta April 15 on the
district level. Erwin who talked on Americanism will
compete at St. Simon’s Island April 29-30 in further
elimination competition. C. A. Collier is president of
the Griffin club this year. The Area 15 competition
was held at a motel near Atlanta Airport.
invasion threat in 1940.
British scientists, working
behind the thousands of service
men and civilians fighting the
Incoming black tide, said the
Torrey Canyon had belched only
half the 118,000 tons of oil it
carried onto the reef 12 days
ago.
The jet bombers headed for
the 974-foot U.S.-chartered ship
as the helicopters loaded special
incendiary devices.
Despite a public outcry for
destruction of the vessel and the
threatening oil, Prime Minister
Harold Wilson held back the Jet
bombers until the last hope of
salvaging the supertanker had
passed.
The moment came this
morning when the Dutch
salvage firm trying to save the
ship gave up. Within minutes
Wilson’s military aides declared
1,070 miles of coastline a
“battle area,” ordered away all
civilian ships and sent scramble
orders to the RAF bomber
command.
Not since the late Sir Winston
Churchill vowed to “set the seas
on fire” to block an expected
Vol. 95 No. 73
Wants
Of
Happy With
ATLANTA (UPI) — William
Burson announced today he is
happy in his present federal job
and wants no part of the State
Industry and Trade Department
as the agency is now set up.
Burson’s name has been men
tioned for months as Gov. Les
ter Maddox’s choice to direct
the troubled department.
“I am very happy in my pres
ent appointment and would not
consider leaving it for a posi
tion which did not offer authori
ty commensurate with responsi
bility or a reasonable assurance
from the makers of agency poli
cy that the future of its pro
grams would not be a repetition
of its past mistakes and fail
ures,” Burson said.
A former United Press Inter
national newsman, Burson is
currently assistant to the re
regional director of the U.S. Post
Office in Atlanta. He handles
congressional and public rela
tions duties for the Post Office
in Georgia, Florida and the
Carolinas.
The Board of Industry and
Trade reported Monday Bur
son’s application for the Job of
Tide Of Century’
Swallows Treasure
ST. MALO, France (UPI) —
The Atlantic Ocean today
swallowed up the few treasures
and fabulous trivia it uncovered
for an estimated two million
tourists in the ‘‘tide of the
century.”
Only a relative few saw the
prehistoric ruins, fossilized
trees, and the remains of two
invasions—that of Britain in 44
B.C. and that of Normandy on
June 6, 1944.
The rest spotted puddles filled
with shrimp and lobster,
seashells and sand when the
greatest low tide since 1900
rolled back the sea for six miles
along the French coast.
Gold seekers went home
apparently empty -handed.
Asked if anyone found the coins
they expected, a police official
said with a Gallic shrug, “If
some people did, I am sure that
they kept their mouth shut
about it.”
But the sights were there.
The tide bared the ruins of
the jetties Julius Caesar built
before his invasion of Britain
2.011 years ago. There lay stone
tombs said to date from
Neolithic time. Near Colleville
Montgomery the rusty wreck
age of the battleship Admiral
Courbet, scuttled as a breakwa
ter for Franco-Canadian troops
on D-Day lay high and damp for
a few hours.
A few miles away the sea
shrank from the hulks of more
Allied ships sunk D-Day off
Nazi invasion in 1940 has a
British government decided on
such a mammoth coastal task.
But the millions of gallons of
crude oil spewing from the
broken U.S.-chartered tanker
already has caused millions of
dollars in damage, defeated all
efforts to keep it off the
beaches and perhaps doomed
bird, fish and seal life for years
along a 120-mile stretch.
Warning To Ships
“The government has decid
ed, in view of the present
condition of the Torrey Canyon,
that in order to minimize
further pollution an attempt
should be made to fire the oil
on the water.”
It warned all ships to stay
clear from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m.
EST.
The tanker, broken into three,
ran into Seven Stones Reef 12
days ago. There appeared little
doubt flames eating its spilled
oil also would engulf the great
ship.
Defense ministry officials
described the vessel as a
“floating bomb,” waiting for a
spark to set off the oil.
department director was under
consideration.
‘‘To put the record in perspec
tive,” Burson said, ‘‘I wish to
state that the submission of my
name for consideration for ap
pointment... was wholly unsoli
ted on my part and that I am
not now nor have I at any time
been a candidate or applicant
for that or any other state job.”
Former Department Director
James Nutter resigned under
pressue from Maddox after it
was revealed the department
overspent its budget by about
$200,000 last year.
The governor also pressured
Industry and Trade Board
Chairman Pete Knox to step
down after Knox made public
his intention to temporarily suc
ceed Nutter.
Maddox promised “to clean
up the mess” in the department
and indicated Burson was the
man he wanted to head the a
gency.
The board has been reported
not receptive to the governor’s
choice, however, and sources
said Burson did not want the
job under those circumstances.
Flynt Langford
Appointed To
Succeed Ramsey
Flynt Langford of Griffin has
been named secretary-treasurer
of the Georgia Peace Officers
Annuity and Benefit Fund. He
will succeed Bill Ramsey who
has resigned to become execu
tive vice president of the Grif
fin Federal Savings and L oa n
Assn.
Langford who had been asso
ciated with Southern States Pr
inting Co. in Griffin began work
today with the Peace Officers
organization.
His election to the post was
announced today by the board
of commissioners.
Ramsey resigned last week
after having served 12 years. It
was while he was secretary-trea
surer of the Peace Officers pro
gram that the organization lo
cated its state headquarters bu
ilding in Griffin.
Ramsey expects to turn over
the office fully to Langford Ap
ril 10 and assume his new duties
with Griffin Federal.
Langford, a native of Griffin,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Langford of Griffin. He was edu
cated in Griffin public schools
and later studied at North Geor
gia and Auburn.
Before joining Southern States
Printing Co. he was associa
ted with Georgia Business Ser
vice.