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VENIN O’
By Quimby Melton
•‘The Power of Faith” is the
subject of the International Sun
day School lesson this week.
The background Scripture is
Acts 3.
The Memory Selection is ‘‘All
things, whatsoever ye shall ask
in prayer, believing, ye shall re
ceive.” (Matthew 21:22.) Note
the key words of this: "in pray
er” and "believing ” "Believing
is just another word for “Faith.”
There are two parts to this
incident. The first is the healing
of the man who had been a crip
ple since his birth: the second
is the sermon delivered to the
people who stood in awe at this
most remarkable miracle.
Here, as in the lesson last Sun
day, after the Pentecostal ex
perience of those gatherel toge
ther, Peter followed it with a
sermon in which he called for
repentance and faith in God
and His Blessed Son — The Mes
siah. Peter never missed a
chance to preach (witness) for
Jesus Christ.
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This lesson tells of Peter and
John going together into the tem
ple at the hour of prayer. As
they entered the temple they
saw a lame man who had been
placed there “to ask alms” of
the people as they came to wor
ship.
This incident is probably as
well known as almost any other
incident in the Bible. Here was
a man "lame from his mother’s
womb” who had day after day
been taken to the entrance of
the temple to beg. On this par
ticular day, when Peter and
John came, the poor cripple
looked at them and begged.
Whether he knew they were dis
ciples of Jesus Christ or not, we
are not told. They probably
were, to him, just two men who
might give him something.
Peter answered his plea by
saying "Look on us.” He might
have said “Look me in the eye”.
Anyway, the man did so and Pe
ter then said “Silver and gold
have I none, but such as I have
give I thee. In the name of Je
sus Christ of Nazareth rise up
and walk.” Then Peter extend
ed his hand, helped him to stand
and the man leaped and strode
into the temple. His infirmities
he had had since birth immed
iately left him and he was whole
again.
The people in the temple, all
of whom knew that he was the
lame begger were astonished
and amazed. The man who had
been healed started imnjedia
tely to praise God. He, like the
blind man, told of in John 9:25
knew nothing about Jesus Christ,
but he did know “whereas I was
lame now I walk.” Remember,
the blind man when questioned
about the restoration of his si
ght said while he did not know
anything about the man who
had healed him “This thing I
know whereas I was blind now I
see.”
Peter in his sermon to the
people called attention to t h e
fact that it was his (Peter’s) fai
th in Jesus Christ that had
brought about this miracle.
Rhoda C. Edmeston writes
“This event, which the crowd
had witnessed, was the result
of faith in the name of Jesus;
therefore, it was incontrovertible
evidence of the power of this
faitn and of the truth of the mes
sage the disciples were proclai
ming: that Jesus is the Accep
ted One of God, the Messiah.”
If one doubts that faith is all
powerful suggest they turn to
Hebrews 11, and read the re
cord of men who “by faith” did
this and that. And notice espe
cially the sixth verse which
begins "But without faith it is
impossible to please Him.”
Every true Christian wants to
please Him — God Almighty
—and by having complete faith
in Him, we not only please Him,
but can have in our hearts the
"peace that passeth understand
ing.”
Henry Burke Robins may not
be one of America’s better kn
own poets but his poem “Bet
ter a Daj’ of Faith”, is a pret
ty good way to end this column.
Better a day of faith
Than a thousand years of doubt.
Better one mortal hour with
Thee
Than endless life without!
BURY HATCHET
BOSTON (UPD —The Yale
Club of Boston held its
centennial dinner Thursday
night—at the Harvard Club.
Army Takes Over In Greece;
Constantine Declared Ruler
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Gift From PT A
A new copying machine has been purchased for
Griffin High School with a $350 donation from the
PTA. Mrs. J. W. Landham, Jr., president of the PTA,
presents a check for the machine to Principal D. B.
Christie.
Food Shortage?
Nation Faces
Trucking Strike
CHICAGO (UPD —A nation
wide trucking strike with a
possibility of a resulting food
shortage loomed on the horizon
today as a result of action taken
Thursday by one Chicago
Teamsters union local.
A walkout by Teamsters
Local 705 against eight local
and suburban truckers brought
a halt to the already deteriorat
ing contract talks in Washing
ton.
Some industry spokesmen
said they feared the walkouts, if
expanded and coupled with
lookouts, would result in the
halting of food and produce
trucks and may even cause a
repeat of the violence that
marked the Chicago area
lockout of last week.
Some of the local trucking
company officials affected said
they did not expect a return of
their truck drivers today.
Die five trucking associations
which collectively clai m mem
bership of all area truckers, set
a meeting for 1 a.m. (EST)
50,000 Idle In
Rubber Strike
AKRON, Ohio (UPD —Nearly
50,000 workers across the nation
were idled today in a strike by
the United Rubber Workers
against three major rubber
firms.
The strikes were called at
midnight Thursday against B.
F. Goodrich, Uniroyal and
Firestone after negotiations
failed to produce contract
agreements.
In negotiations with Goodyear
in Cincinnati, the union agreed
to continue working on a day-to
day basis.
Negotiations were to resume
there at 10 a.m. EST today.
Union representatives had
met with Goodyear and Uniroy
al in Cincinnati, Firestone in
Cleveland and B. F. Goodrich in
Columbus. There was no
immediate word when the
negotiations would resume.
The fifth firm of the rubber
industry's big five, General Tire
and Rubber, began negotiations
Tuesday, working toward a May
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Established 1871
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Saturday, with their Washington
negotiators participating.
The initial walkouts Thursday
were made against the Willett
Co., Frank Cordray Motor
Service Inc., and Lasham
Cartage Co. The owners of the
Willett and Lasham companies
are two of the prime negotia
tors participating in the bar
gaining sessions with officials of
tlie International Teamsters
Union in Washington.
The Washington negotiators
have been talking in terms of a
70-cent-an-hour wage and bene
fit increase package, but
Chicago drivers have been
demanding a 90 cents an hour
package over the three-year life
of the new contracts.
International Teamsters
Union leaders, who were
reported in favor of accepting
the 70-cent offer, held off on the
national agreement for fear the
Chicago settlement would be
higher and would bring them at
odds with the rest of the 450,000
workers who would be covered
under a national contract
15 contract deadline.
Company and union represen
tatives refused to discuss
issues, although wages were
said to be the chief matter of
dispute.
A long strike could affect the
auto industry and defense
production.
Contracts with the big five
are generally the basis for
negotiations with smaller firms.
In all, contracts for 108,000
workers or 60 per cent of the
union's membership will be
negotiated this year.
SPRING CELEBRATION
CINCINNATI (UPD —Spring
is here and a local disc jockey
plans to celebrate this Sunday
with a “love in.” What could be
more appropriate than Eden
Park?
“We just want folks, young
and old, to come and make a
friend, share an orange, listen
to guitar music, hold hands and
delight in the joy of spring,”
says Dave Michaels.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Go., 30223, Friday, April 21, 1967
Troops Seal
Off Country
From World
By WALTER LOGAN
The Greek army seized
control of Greece today in the
name of King Constantine. The
Turkish news agency Anatolia
reported the 27-year-old mon
arch had declared himself a
dictator.
The army sealed off Greece
from the outside world but
reports reaching Yugoslavia
said troops were patrolling the
streets of Athens and that
sporadic firing was heard, the
first indication of resistance to
the coup.
Reports reaching neighboring
Turkey said the army had
begun arresting Constantine’s
political foes and had placed
Premier Panyiotis Canellopou
los under protective custody.
An army announcement over
Athens Radio said the military
seized control in a midnight
coup in an attempt to bring
political stability to the nation
that has been torn in recent
weeks by rioting between pro
and anti-monarchists.
Among the first persons
arrested were former Premier
George Papandreou, who will be
90 this year, and his son
Andreas Papandreou, a one
time California University econ
omics professor who once held
U.S. citizenship. They are die
hard opponents of the mon
archy.
Preventing Coup
From all appearances the
army coup was prompted by
fear that Communist and other
left-wing supporters would put
Papandreou back into power in
parliamentary elections sche
duled for May. His aim would
be a Socialist regime with the
monarchy, if any, reduced to a
figurehead.
The military acted with swift
efficiency, aided by a communi
cations strike which had
blacked out most of the country.
At midnight, tanks rumbled into
Athens and took control while
troops sealed the country’s
borders and halted international
communications.
An army proclamation or
dered citizens, in the name of
the king, to keep off the streets.
It imposed a curfew on the
ancient capital and announced
anyone seen on the streets after
sundown will be “shot without
warning.”
Army tanks and troops took
over Athens, Salonika and other
important cities at midnight
and set up guards around radio
stations, government ministries
and other key points. Tourists
were advised to stay close to
their hotels and no great fear
was felt for their safety.
A special detachment ringed
lhe white placed of King
Constantine and his Danish
bride, Princess Anne-Marie. The
palace is set in a walled park
behind central Costitution
Square.
Although the Army seized
control in the name of the king,
the 118,000-man army itself is
ridden with dissension. Many of
its highest leaders support the
king without a quaver of
loyalty; others do not.
It was this army dissension
that lay at the root of the
political turmoil, the parade of
fallen governments and the
waves of street fighting. The
anti-monarchist Army group is
called the Aspida clique and
was formally accused of plot
ting to overthrow Constantihe
and set up a socialist regime.
A number of Army officers
were arrested and convicted in
what was known in Greece as
the Aspida plot. Young Papan
dreou was reported involved but
his membership In Parliament
save him from prosecution.
Now he could face a trial—and
possibly a death sentence.
Discovery of the Aspida plot
brought matters to a head, and
caused the downfall of the
Papandreou government in
July, 1965, following a quarrel
between Papandreou and the
king. Since then the political
turmoil has gradually worsened.
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Tiger?
2 US Planes Lost In
Air Fight Over Hanoi
Police Car In
Four-Vehicle
Wreck Here
A new Griffin Police car was
involved in a four-car smashup
Thursday afternoon at 13th and
Taylor streets. It was on its way
to another accident at North Ex
pressway and Hammond drive.
The car was driven by Benja
min C. Giles, 25, of 311 South
Fifth street, Griffin.
Other drivers were listed as
Robert Wesley Branch, Jr., 36,
of 1119 Skyline drive, Griffin,
Wilbur Garlan Hiatt, 62, of 905
East College street, Griffin, and
Emmett Lee Digby, 66, of 1259
North Ninth street, Griffin.
Investigating officers estima
ted damage to the police car at
SBOO. Damage to the other cars
was estimated at $775.
Mrs. Dorothy Virginia Vining,
33, of Route One, Griffin, suffer
ed a bruised chin in the mishaps
at North Expressway and Ham
mond drive. She was listed as
the driver of one of the cars. The
other was driven by Mrs. Lois
G. Shirah, 47, of 1445 Upland dr
ive, Griffin.
Damage to the cars was esti
mated at $775.
Spalding PWC
Ready For
Check Anytime
The Spalding County Public
Works Camp is ready lor inspec
tion by state officials anytime,
according to Warden Floyd Wil
kerson.
He said that no inspection has
been scheduled by state offic
ials.
Gov. Lester Maddox announ
ced from the capitol that he
would have all of the public
works camps in Georgia inspec
ted. His order came following
an investigation at the Wilkinson
County prison camp where a gu
ard drowned last December re
trieving ducks for a guard hunt
ing.
Wilkerson said the Spalding
Camp had been inspected by
state authorities many times be
fore and always had been found
to be in good condition.
He said that the camp had not
changed its operations or made
any changes in preparation for
any inspection that might be
forthcoming.
Vol. 95 No. 93
EITHER THESE LIONS are checking the tires or they
want to find out why a Cougar is in their midst. The
scene is the Marquis of Bath’s wild animal park in
England.
By EUGENE V. RISHER
United Press International
SAIGON (UPD —Two U.S.
planes, one already crippled by
ground fire, were shot down in
dogfights with Communist jet
fighters near Hanoi during one
of the worst antiaircraft barra
ges of the war, American
military spokesmen disclosed
today.
At least one and possibly five
MIG jets were shot down in the
aerial battle, which took place
Wednesday. Details were with
held until today in hopes the
downed American pilots could
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Ray Cromley. Page 2.
Teacher Charged. Page 2.
Highways. Page 3.
GwinneUe Wreck. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
Billy Graham. Page 4.
Television. Page 4-
Hospital. Page 5.
Stork Club. Page 5.
Funerals. Page 5.
About Town. Page 5.
Society. Page 6.
State Briefs. Page 7.
First Lady. Page 7.
Sports. Page 8-
Comics. Page 9.
Want Ads. Pages 10, 11.
Finding The Way. Page 12.
Lyle Wilson. Page 12.
Commentary. Page 12.
Computer Age. Page 12.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly coludy and
warm tonight and Saturday.
Slight chance of shower late
tonight or Saturday in the north
portion.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 83, minimum today
54, maximum Thursday 79, min
imum Thursday 52. Sunrise Sat
urday 6:04 a.m., sunset Satur
day 7:14 p.m.
Interest To Stop On $6,734
In Postal Certificates Here
United States Postal Savings
certificates totaling $6,734, whi
ch are on deposit at the Griffin
Post Office, will cease earning
interest for 66 local depositors on
April 27, 1967, Postmaster John
W. Hammond, Jr. said today.
Nationwide, the Post Office
Department is holding more than
S9O million in the now obsolete
program which was discontinued
by the Congress on Mardh 28,
1966.
As of April 27, a year ago,
Postal Savings were discontin
ued, and no deposits were accep
ted by the Post Office Depart
ment. Certificates whose anni-
be rescueti
The fight took place 37 miles
south of the Communist capital.
U.S. airmen encountered the
toughest antiaircraft defenses
since the war began as both
they and the Communists took
advantage of clearing skies
marking the end of the rainy
season.
Ground action in the south
slackened today but U.S.
officials said 852 bombers
pounded Communist troop con
centrations in six raids since
late Thursday. It was one qf the
heaviest 24-hour bombardments
ever carried out by the eight-jet
Stratforts.
Bomb DMZ
One of the 852 assaults was
inside the Demilitarized Zone
(DMZ) and four others just to
the south of the buffer zone in
an area where an estimated
7,000 North Vietnamese regulars
were believed positioned. The
1352 s also blasted targets in the
central highlands.
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked
nine allied vessels in the
crowded Saigon sea channel,
possibly in retaliation for the
first U.S. air raid on the North
Vietnamese port of Haiphong
Thursday.
Hardest hit by the recoilless
rifle and small arms fire was a
U.S. Navy transport whose crew
was Japanese. One Japanese
was killed and four wounded.
Five Wounded
Five American sailors were
wounded on other vessels
attacked Thursday evening in
the ambush on the Long Tau
River 12 miles southeast of
Saigon.
(In Washington, the Pentagon
estimated that more than half
of North Vietnam’s electric
power output has been knocked
out by U.S. planes. The
estimate followed Thursday’s
raids which severely damaged
two power plants at Haiphong
and blacked out the city.)
versary dates have been reach
ed since last April 26 have ear
ned their final interest payment,
Postmaster Hammond said.
On June 30, he said, all re
maining funds in the program
will be turned over to the Trea
sury Department to be held in a
trust fund until liquidated. There
they will remain available for
payment without time limitation
whenever proper claims are re
ceived.
Postmaster Hammond urged
that all Postal Savings deposi
tors close out their accounts and
invest their funds into United
Daughter Os
Stalin On Way
To New York
ZURICH (UPD —Svetlana
Stalina, only daughter of the
late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin,
left Zurich today for New York
aboard a Swissair jetliner. She
had been denied political
asylum in the United States
after defecting from Russia.
The Swiss police and justice
ministry said it would have an
announcement later today re
garding the end of Svetlana’s
six-week stay in Switzerland.
The 42-year-old sole surviving
child of Stalin decided not to
return to the Soviet Union while
on a visit to India last winter.
She came here after Washing
ton —at least for the moment—
denied her wish to live in
America.
Svetlana left aboard a jetliner
due to arrive in New York at
3:50 p.m. EST.
Svetlana was protected from
the press by federal police and
foreign ministry officials during
her six weeks in Switzerland at
an undisclosed location.
The Swiss treated her as a
“tourist,” not a refugee. She
never asked for political asylum
in Switzerland, only for a three
month tourist visa.
Although she never spoke with
newsmen in Switzerland, there
were reports from other coun
tries she had had contacts
with publishing houses regard
ing her memoirs, a work
Kremlinologists believe may be
the most definitive account yet
of the inner workings of Stalin’s
regime and the circumstances
of his death.
Friendly Gesture
LANSING, Mich. (UPD —The
Michigan Court ,of Appeals
Thursday struck down a Detroit
city law making it illegal for a
“known prostitute or panderer”
to hail, whistle, wave or gesture
at a passerby.
The appeals court said the
ordinance was unconstitutional
because “it makes it criminal
for a person, once convicted of
such a crime, to hail a taxi,
greet a friend, or do any one of
a multitude of innocent, legal
acts.” ,
Country Parson
Wr
Uli
“Most of us don’t try as
hard to be good as we do to
make folks think we are
good.”
States Savings Bonds or the new
Freedom Shares, which on May
1, will pay 4.74 percent interest.
Holders of Postal Savings cer
tificates can arrange to redeem
them simply by applying at the
post office where the certifica
tes were issued. The Postmas
ter there, he said, will provide
guidance and necessary forms
to assist in cashing certificates.
All transactions can be handled
by mail, and certificates issu
ed to persons now deceased can
be cashed by legal heirs in ac
cordance with State laws govern
ing such distributions.