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By Quimby Melton
News out of Vietnam telling
of loal elections Sunday say
that in spite of efforts of Viet
Cong terrorists to freighten vot
ers away from the polls, even
going so far as to kill one or
lnore of the candidates, better
than 90 percent of the eligible
voters cast their ballots.
The Vietnam people are not
as well educated as we Ameri
ens; they do not live in com
fortable homes as we do; auto
mobiles are few and far between
and not considered a necessity
as they are in America: few of
them would recognize a bath
tub if they saw one, and an el
ectric or gas stove, refrigerator,
a washing machine, not to men
tion telephones, radio, T-V and
daily newspapers are something
very few of them have ever he
ard of.
They don't know what a balan
ced diet is; in fact a great many
of them go to bed hungry, every
night.
We might go on listing the
many differences between them
and us J —for the difference is
great. America as a nation is
classed among the “haves” wh
ile Vietnam is one of the “have
nots”.
But it would seem they have
one thing that we do not have—
that is they have it to a greater
degree than we.
They value their right to vote
and they go to the polls and cast
• their ballots. Ninety percent
did this Sunday.
But here in enlightened Am
erica, the most powerful nation
In the world, the richest nation
in the world, with people enjoy
ing a mode of living the world
has never before known — if as
many as 60 percent of the re
gistered (qualified) voters turn
out for an election we strut with
pride.
Threats from the Viet Kong
did not stop those folks over in
Vietnam from voting.
But here in America excuses
for not voting are as numerous
as the scales on a 45 pound tar
pon. And to add to what should
be our shame that the “heath
en” out-vote us should be the
fact that those who stay at home
In America on election day, sp
end the rest of the year criticis
ing the officials who are elected.
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What has become of the skill
ed craftsman?
Tlie man who took a pride in
his work.
Has his place been taken by
“mass production”; auto
mation; by workmen who turn
out inferior work being satisfied
if they “get by.”?
Wherever he is, wherever he
has gone, America and the wor
ld miss him.
With the “vanishing crafts
man” and his respected place
In society becoming a stranger
In industry and business we
have lost one of the greatest as
sets this nation has ever had.
This may sound as though
Good Evening is trying to write
a speech to be used at a pep
rally of employes in some busi
ness. But thatjis not so. We thou
ght of the above when we read
the report from the review bo
ard that has been investigating
the tragic burning of the Apollo,
with the death of the three trap
ped spaceman.
This report classes much of
the work and the designing as
“sloppy”. And one part of the
report tells of some mechanic
leaving a socket wrench behind,
lying between two electric wir
es, that could have, and may
have caused a short circuit that
started the fire.
The best scientific brains were
gathered to study and design
this and other space ships; bil
lions were spent in experiments
that sent other space craft into
orbit, in preparation for the
Apollo launching.
And the workmen, the men
who actually constructed this
and the other ships, were among
the best paid workmen in t h e
world; and they worked under
the best conditions and the gov
ernment, their employer, did not
restrict them by any “right to
work” laws. They were free to
protest if they did not like this
or that and to strike if they saw
fit.
This was free enterprise at its
best, free enterprise backed by
unlimited capital.
One thing was lacking —Pr
ide in what they turned out. Call
it pride of authorship, or call it
old fashioned craftsman’s pride
—whatever you choose — but
lack of it cost three brave young
men their lives — and maybe
the man who left the wrench
in the cabin shrugged his should
ers and sand “so what!”
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Study Southeast Asia
Students in the sixth grade at Orrs Grammar School have made bulletin boards to
use nlong with their studies. Terry Bunn, Patty Perry and Debbie Sims (1-r) look
at a map of Southeast Asia. The students are studying a chapter on Southeast Asia
in social studies.
Southern Governors
Plan Top Level Meet
ATLANTA (UPI)—A top-level
meeting of Southern governors
will be held soon to map strate
gy against the latest federal
court desegregation order, a re
liable Capitol source said today.
No time or place has been
set for the meeting but it was
learned Georgia Gov. Lester
Maddox, former Alabama Gov.
George Wallace and Mississippi
Gov. Paul Johnson had agreed
to attend.
All three governors were crit
ical of a sth U. S. Circuit Court
of Appeals ruling that ordered
desegregation of all classes in
the South by fall.
Wallace, Maddox and Johnson
have been in touch by telegram
Dr. Wynne Solves
Mystery Df Worms
A shipment of 50,000 sea
worms from Asia that threw
customs inspectors into a tizzy
will end up in Griffin.
They were secured by Dr. Hil
lary Wynne who will use them
in a new fish bait product from
United Products Inc., formerly
Wynne Precision Co.
Customs inspectors at Char
leston, S.C., didn’t know what
to do when they received the 20
cans containing the worms.
Some wanted to turn them over
to the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture plant quarantine divis
ion.
Others said the Pure Food
and Drug act should handle
them.
Someone finally said the
worms which came packed in
brine are used in school labor
atories. So the inspector stamp
ed them “unfit for human con
sumption’’ and passed them
as laboratory material.
Dr. Wynne said the worms
would be used in a new type
fish bait the Griffin concern will
market. He said other ship
ments of worms from other
parts of the world are on the
high seas now and headed for
Griffin.
Gov. Maddox
Vetoes Radar
ATLANTA (UPI) — Gov Les
ter Maddox today formally ve
toed the radar bill but its spon
sor vowed it will rear its head
again in the next legislature.
The measure would have al
lowed es and counties to use
radar in traffic enforcement.
SLY FOXES
CARLYLE, 111. (UPI) —Tally
ho! The foxes had the last laugh
at the Illinois Fox Hunters
Association annual field trial.
Hours after the weekend trial
ended, 20 of the 200 hounds
entered were still missing. The'
dogs are worth up to SSOO each.
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and telephone to discuss the
meeting.
The source said Wallace,
Student Rioters
Rock Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) —
Police armed with shotguns,
rifles, machine guns, pistols and
tear gas early today patrolled a
30-block area where 300 Negro
students went on a rock
throwing rampage in a third
successive night of violence.
First Graders
Must Have
Measles Shots
Beginning this fall, the Griffin-
Spalding School System will re
quire first graders to have mea
sles vaccine.
The policy was adopted Mon
day night at the meeting of the
school board.
The Spalding County Medical
Association had urged the board
to require the immunizations.
The doctors also urged that
the school system be “militant”
in seeing that first graders have
other required immunizations.
These include small pox, diph
theria, typhoid and polio immu
nizations.
Supt. George Patrick, Jr., said
today he would instruct princi
pals to make certain next fall
that all first graders have re
ceived the immunizauon..
Country Parson
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“To predict how men will
treat each other, read the
Old Testament—it tells how
men have treated each
other.”
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Go., 30223, T uesday, April 11,1967
| Maddox and Johnson would try
to get all Southern governors to
I attend the meeting.
The Tennessee House of
Representatives, in a night
session, blamed the riots on
black power advocate Stokely
Carmichael and called on the
federal government to deport
him back to his native West
Indies.
However, despite a legisla
tor’s charge that Carmichael is
an alien, the civil rights leader
is a citizen and cannot be
deported. Carmichael came to
the United States with his
parents when he was an infant.
When his parents were natura
lized, Carmichael automatically
achieved full citizenship.
Police used gunfire and tear
gas to break up the jeering
crowd on the campus of
Tennessee A&I University Mon
day night after a police car was
pelted by rocks and a bullet
creased another patrol car.
The students, tears streaming
down their faces, fled back into
the night, disappearing in cloaks
of fog that hung over the
campus.
A Molotov cocktail set fire to
a pile of lumber. Police let it
burn rather than present
targets for the rock throwers.
Thirty persons were arrested.
Ten of them were white men
stopped at police roadblocks
ringing the campus. Some were
armed with shotguns and pellet
rifles.
Violence flared the two
previous nights at A&I and two
other predominantly Negro col
leges here.
Mayor Beveral Briley blamed
Carmichael for Nashville’s ra
cial unrest. Carmichael had
made several speeches in
Nashville last week.
Rep. Harry Lee Senter of
Bristol called Carmichael an
"insidious enemy and an
unscrupulous demagogue.”
Monday night’s violence was
confined to the Tennessee A&I
area. Authorities reported no
trouble at predominantly Negro
Fisk University and Meharry
Medical College where distur
bances erupted Saturday and
Sunday nights.
Senter’s resolution said Car
mihael had been “going about
the country loudly advocating
the overthrow, by force and vi
olence, of the government of the
United States and has been urg
ing from public platforms in
numerous places utter contempt
for and disobedience of the
laws of the United States and
the states thereof.”
U. S. Planes Strike
Gun, Missile Sites
Clark Says Stay
A Sign From God
ATLANTA (UPI)—A Catholic
priest who helped prepare Wil
liam Patrick Clark for death in
the electric chair says Clark
took Gov. Lester Maddox’s de
cision to stay the execution as
“a sign from God.”
Father Del Holmes, assistant
state chaplain at Reidsville State
Prison, refuted reports that the
convicted rapist felt Maddox had
done him an injustice by delay
ing his date with death.
Tlie priest said he told Clark
early Monday that if a stay
were ordered, it would be “a
sure sign God has further work
for you on earth.”
After receiving word of the
stay at 9:49 a.m. — 22-minutes
before he was to be strapped in
to the electric chair — Father
Holmes said Clark told him,
"Well, we’re going to find out
what it is He has for me to do.”
The priest, who was with
Clark from 7 a.m. on, said it was
a false impression that Clark
wanted to die. He said the man
■was prepared to die and it took
some time for him to adjust to
the reality that he would live—
at least for another 60 days.
Warden A. L. Dutton, who sup
plied the governor with his in
formation through Corrections
Director Asa Kelley, said that
when he gave Clark the news,
the prisoner “just looked at me
for some time.”
“I got the definite impression
that he wanted to be exe
ecuted,” he said. “It was sur
prising to me.”
Kelley said an around - the -
clock watch was being made on
Clark to insure he didn’t at
tempt suicide. Kelley said
Clark’s cell had been stripped of
all objects that he could use to
harm himself.
But Father Holmes insisted
Clark has no suicidal tendencies.
“It’s undertandable ... the way
he reacted,” said Father
Holmes, “Part of the problem
was he didn’t think there was
any hope.”
Maddox stayed the execution
for 60 days to give a three-man
psychiatric commission an op
portunity to examine Holmes.
“Even animals want to live,”
the governor said after being in
formed that Clark wanted to
die.
Maddox said he stayed the
Court Refuses
To Recall
School Order
NEW ORLEANS fUPI)— The
sth U.S. Circuit Court of ap
peals Monday refused Louisiana
and Alabama petitions to recall
or delay its order for complete
public school desegregation in
six Southern states by next fall.
Louisiana Atty. Gen. Jack
P. P. Gremillion then said he
will take the matter to the U.S.
Supreme Court, applying to Jus
tice Hugo Black for a stay or
der.
The ruling, which affects Lou
isiana, Alabama, Texas, Missis
sippi, Georgia and Florida, was
handed down March 29 by the
full 12-member court.
It follows the desegregation
guidelines set down by the fed
eral Department of Health, Ed
ucation and Welfare and backed
up an earlier decision by a
three-judge panel.
The ruling directs public
school authorities to create sys
tems “in which there are no
Negro schools and no white
schools—just schools.”
Last week Gov. John J. Mc-
Keithen said the HEW guide
lines would be hard to accept
in Louisiana, but he said the
state was law abiding, indicat
ing he would not lead a pattern
of massive resistance like the
one pledged by Alabama Gov.
Lurleen Wallace.
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execution after consulting with
his wife, Virginia, and the moth
er of Clark’s teen - aged rape
victim The mother had asked
during the trial that Clark be
9,500 Seen In
Schools In Fall
The Griffin-Spalding School
System expects to enroll about
9,500 next fall.
This was the estimate made
by Supt. George Patrick, Jr.,
after he reviewed registration
reports made during March.
Under the system’s freedom of
choice program, registration bl
anks had to be filled out by
March 31.
Enrollment dropped about 100
last year because a large senior
class which had held enrollment
high graduated, Mr. Patrick ex
plained.
Tlie system next fall expects
to pick up some of the loss with
the natural growth increase ex
pected again this year, he said.
Since consolidation of the sc
hools here, the system had re
corded a two to three percent in
crease in enrollment each year.
Last year was’the first time it
had dropped.
The system can anticipate 10,-
000 in about four more years, if
Westbrooks
Marks 15 Years
As Observer
Horace Westbrooks was pre
sented a pin by the U. S. De
partment of Commerce Mon
day marking 15 years of ser
vice as the weather observer for
Griffin.
David S. Hill, chief regional
substation management section,
said, “This is an outstanding
record of public service. The
results of your efforts are used
every day by many organiza
tions and individuals in govern
mental activities as well as in
private enterprise. Without the
wholehearted support of persons
like yourself, this valuable infor
mation could not be made avail
able.”
In his function as local weath
er observer, Westbrooks records
daily high and low temperatur
es, rainfall and other data for
government weather bureau re
cords.
His daily recordings are part
of the Griffin Daily News pub
lished on page one every day.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Gradual clearing and
mild tonight and Wednesday.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 86, minimum today
62, maximum Monday 82, mini
mum Monday 57. Sunrise Wed
nesday 6:16 a.m., sunset Wed
nesday 7:07 p.m.
Robbery Suspects
Nabbed In Coweta
ATLANTA fUPI) — Two men
were held today under a total
of $85,000 bond in connection
with the armed robbery Mon
day of an Atlanta bank.
The state patrol arrested Ar
thur E. Williams, 54, Jackson
ville, Fla., and William H. Flat
man, 18, Chanute Field, 111.,
Monday after they fled from a
routine license-check road block
in Coweta County near Newnan.
punished—but not put to death.
She later appealed to the State
Board ol Pardon and Parole to
commute the sentence to life
imprisonment.
the growth pattern continues at
its present pace, Mr. Patrick
said.
This, Os course, is subject to
change, he noted.
Mr. Patrick said he did not an
ticipate any shortage of class
room space next fall. However,
he said that some pupils may
not be able to attend the school
of their first choice because of
some anticipated crowding.
Orrs and Atkinson may have
some space problems, he said.
If crowding develops at these
other schools, some students mi
ght have to be shifted, the super
intendent said.
Tire space is available; It’s
just a matter of getting the pu
jils assigned, the superintendent
said.
President
Arrives In
Uruguay
Fly MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay
(UPI) —President Johnson ar
rived today in the capital of
Uruguay with a pledge to
quicken the pace of hemispheric
development through a renewed
and strengthened Alliance For
Progress.
The President then took off
by helicopter for Punta Del
Este, 70 miles to the east, for a
summit conference of the chiefs
of state of the Western
Hemisphere.
Heavy security prevailed
throughout his brief stop in
Montevideo and there were no
incidents although a number of
pro-Castro leftists and anti-
Vietnam war demonstrators
were marching elsewhere in
Uruguay.
Johnson was greeted by
President Oscar Gestido of
Uruguay and then in a brief
arrival statement quoted Gen.
Jose Artigas, the father of
Uruguayan independence; “The
cause of the people does not
admit of the slightest delay.”
Johnson spoke of the Alliance
For Progress which was forced
at Punta Del Este.
“Six years ago a great
charter was written at Punta
Del Este,” he said. “We are
demonstrating that free men
working through democratic
institutions can go forward.
“Our experience of the past
six years has shown that we
must quicken the pace.”
He ended his speech with
“muchas gracias” and then left
for Punta Del Este.
The FBI said the men had
approximately $8,500 in a brief
case that matched the descrip
tion of one used in the robbery.
The FBI said the men were
charged with the robbery of the
Ben Hill branch of the South
side Bank of Atlanta.
Bank manager Charles Sterl
ing described the lone gunman
who entered the bank as young
and polite. Sterling said he tried
133 Missions
Flown Over
North Viet
By BRYCE MILLER
SAIGON (UPI) —U.S. planes
aided by clearing weather hit
North Vietnam with 133 mis
sions Monday—the second lar
gest strike since the monsoon
rains blanketed the North in
November. One plane and pilot
were lost—the 503rd plane shot
down over North Vietnam.
While pilots of the 400 or
more planes were raking anti
aircraft and missile sites in the
North troops of the U.S. 9th
Infantry Division fought to
annihilate a trapped Communist
battalion within earshot of
Saigon. Smaller battles flares
on all sides of the capital.
A spokesman said the Ameri
can troops which trapped the
battalion of 400 to 600 men
against the Do Mai River had
killed 224 guerrillas by body
count anil estimated another 50
dead by air strikes. The
American losses in the lopsided
battle were announced as one
dead and 25 wounded and one
helicopter shot down.
The number of planes in
volved ir Monday’s massive
airstrike was not announced but
a mission runs from two to five
planes and at least 400 were
believed involved in strikes
which touched off the orange
flash of exploding ammunition
supplies from one end of the
country to the other.
The last heavy raid against
the North was on April 3 when
pilots flew 147 missions from
Navy carriers and from bases
in Vietnam and Thailand. Tlie
plane shot down was an FlO5
from Thailand. Tlie pilot was
listed officially as missing in
action.
Just 11 miles northeast of
Saigon, Communist terrorists
fought through two South
Vietnamese popular forces pla
toons and blasted a road bridge
at Ong Nhieu. collapsing it. At
about the same time, another
Communist force struck the Go
Cong bridge one mile away. But
they did not succeed in toppling
it.
In the Central Highlands, U.S.
Ist Air Cavalry Division troops
surrounded a fortified village in
the An Lao Valley about 300
miles northeast of Saigon.
A spokesman said it was
believed they had trapped a
North Vietnamese force of
undetermined size. The troopers
discovered about 200 camou
flaged bunkers on wooded
hillsides nearby.
The Cavalrymen have lost 19
killed and 27 wounded in action
in this area. The spokesman
said 78 Communists have been
killed in the two days of
fighting.
In the air war, U.S. pilots
took advantage of slightly
clearing weather and pounded
North Vietnam in 133 missions
Monday. The second highest
number since late November
when heavy monsoon rains
moved over much of the
Communist nation.
A spokesman said one Air
Force FlO5 Thunderchief was
shot down by gound fire and
that its pilot was missing,
presumed dead.
In the heated-up ground
action near Saigon, feared C 47
Dragonship aircraft supported
the troops with their banks of
Gatlin guns capable of firing
6,000 rounds a minute
to talk the gunman out of the
holdup, but the young robber
opened a brief case, scooped up
the money—about $8,500 — and
thanked him.
Sterling said the courteous
bandit got away in a late model
car driven by an accomplice.
The FBI said Flatman alleg
edly entered the bank for the
hold-up. Williams was placed
under $5,000 bond and Flatman
under $35,000 bond.