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By Quimby Melton
“America does not have to
apologize for her part in the
war — she can be proud of it,”
said former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower, who before becom
ing President was commander
in-chief of American troops in
Europe and Africa in World War
Two.
President-General Eisenhower
made this statement about the
war in Vietnam after a three
hour visit with General William
C. Westmoreland, commander
of U. S. forces in Vietnam, who
was en route back to the fighting
front after a visit to Washing
ton.
Former President and former
General Eisenhower also com
mented “I hope America will
wake up to the fact that our
soldiers are dying for something
we believe in.” He called Gen
eral Westmoreland’s task ‘‘the
toughest soldier’s job yet. And
he has conducted it admiring
ly.”
We prefer this statement of
the former president to that of
the many, who for one reason
or the other, are criticising Un
cle Sam and his involment in
the fighting in the far Pacific.
If there is a man living who
knows the “task” of a President
as well as the “task” of a sold
ier better than Eisenhower, we
don’t know who he might be.
Contrast this statement, of an
experienced national leader and
Army general with those of peo
ple, who, maybe some uniten
tionally, are giving “aid to the
enemy” by their harping critic
isms.
Those who burn the Ameri
can flag, those who destroy their
draft cards, those who seek to
escape military service by one
subtefuge or another, those who
advocate withdrawal from Viet
nam, thus surrendering all Asia
to the rising tide of commun
ism all fall into this group.
Also, consider that Eisenho
wer, in making this statement
endorsing what we are doing in
Vietnam, does so because he lo
ves America and all she stands
for; and has no selfish ambi
tion.
Also consider that Eisenhower
made this comment after many
years experience both as a long
time Army man and national
executive. He is no novice in
world affairs and the important
part America plays in shaping
the destiny of all mankind.
Contrast his comment with
that of some others, who with
their eyes on possible election
to office, including the Presi
dency, are either openly criti
cal or lukewarm in supporting
Uncle Sam.
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Eisenhower has no pet sche
me he hopes to put over.
He believes in putting “first
things first.”
During his campaign for Pre
sident, there was a slogan “I
Like Ike”. We did not support
him in his campaign; but this
forthright statement of the man,
who now lives in retirement on
his farm at Gettysburg, Pa., ma
kes Good Evening say today “I
Like Ike” and his firm stand for
the nation he has served in the
Army and in the White House.
The greatest hinderance to
Uncle Sam’s program is found,
first in those who admit they
“don’t like anything” about this
country, by their open criticism;
and those who under the veil of
"America First” seek to pro
mote their selfish interests or
pet theories to remake this na
tion one that suits them and
their organizations.
There are far too many whose
attitude seems to be “to hell
with the rest of the world, let It
look after itself,” and would sur
render to the communists. These
are, in our opinion, like the old
time isolationists, who fail to
realize that there is no such
thing as isolating our nation
from other nations. Once there
may have been, but with mo
dern transportation and with
modem communications, there
is not a nation on the globe that
is not our next door neighbor.
America must look facts in the
face and realize we are living in
a dangerous age and must be
prepared for anything that can
happen.
Then, too, we’d like to make
the statement that there are
some, who are refusing to ser
ve Uncle Sam, for the simple
reason that they are afraid they
might get hurt or killed.
“We like Ike” and his fearless
statement.
Changes In Draft
Come Into Focus
WASHINGTON (UPI) —
Emerging from the mountain of
studies, blue ribbon commis
sions and presidential messages
is a fairly clear picture of what
the young man in the street can
expect in the way of changes in
the draft.
It started to come into focus
Tuesday after the House Armed
Services Committee completed
its first day of hearings on
extending the Universal Milita
ry Training and Service Act,
due to expire June 30.
The sessions continue today
with testimony from congress
men and private groups.
From the testimony of the
Pentagon’s manpower expert,
assistant Defense Secretary
Thomas G. Morris, and the
questions and statements of
committee members, it became
apparent that:
—The present order of calling
youths would be reversed, with
19-year-olds going first. Both
President Johnson and a
citizens’ panel advising the
Armed Services Committee
recommended the change. No
one on the committee voiced
any objection.
—Student deferments would
continue, but in general would
be confined to undergraduates.
The committee’s panel, headed
by retired Gen. Mark W. Clark,
and the administration agreed
on this point. Sentiment for
doing away with them complete
ly, a recommendation put forth
by a White House study group
but not forwarded to Congress
by Johnson, was not apparent
on the committee.
—The nation’s 4.000 local
draft boards will continue to
function, but may undergo some
overhaul so that all men will be
judged by the same national
Soviets
To Cut
By K. C. THALER
United Press International
LONDON (UPI) —Diplomatic
sources said today that the
United States and Britain will
ask the Soviet Union to cut back
its forces in Eastern Europe to
match the planned withdrawal
of 40,000 allied troops from
West Germany.
The sources said the Russians
may respond favorably, if only
because they need the troops to
reinforce their defenses along
the uneasy border with Commu
nist China.
The U.S. will pull back 35,000
men and the British 5,000 to
lessen the drain on their foreign
exchange reserves. The troops
Tornado Lifts
Before Hitting
Hospital Area
GREENVILLE, S. C. (UPI)—
A small tornado ripped into
suburban Greenville Tuesday
night, smashing trees onto hous
es and ripping down power
lines, but leaped over Green
ville General Hospital.
Police Sgt. Frank Cox said he
spotted the tornado from his pa
trol car and began following as
it aproached the hospital. He
said he watched as the funnel
cloud lifted and missed the
Georgian Files Suit In
Colorado For Deer Damage
DENVER (UPI) —A Georgia
man is suing the state of Colo
rado because a deer ran into
his car.
Robert E. Scott Jr. filed a
$546 suit in district court here.
He said the deer struck his car
last Oct. 20 while he was driv
ing along a state highway five
miles east of Maybelie in north
west Colorado.
His attorney, Michael Marion
of Denver, filed the action un
der a little-known 36-year-old
state statute which makes the
state liable for damage caused
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standards, regardless of where
their board is located.
The major battles within the
committee, after it completes
its hearings next week, will be
over how much central control
should be placed over local
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Nine students were left to hold' down the “home
front” today following the exodus of many of Mrs.
Elizabeth Holmes’ East Griffin students to Washing
ton, D. C., with the School Safety Patrol. Special
activities, such as visual aid and field trips, have been
planned for the “home” students. They are (1-r, left
Will Be Asked
Europe Troops
will be held in ready reserve to
be rushed back into service with
the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) if neces
sary.
British Minister of State
George Thomson told Parli
amnet Tuesday that the project
ed withdrawal should spearhead
force reduction “on both sides
of the Iron Curtain.”
Anglo-American consultations
with European allies on the
projected approach to the Soviet
Union were expected shortly.
East Europeans reportedly
would also favor a reduction, if
not a total withdrawal, of the
Soviet forces stationed on their
territory.
building.
A Weather Bureau spokesman
said the twister apparently lost
its tornadic force after leaping
over the hospital, and caused
relatively minor damage as it
moved into the city.
Ihe twister first hit in the
Judson community outside
Greenville, ripping down trees,
and damaging buildings. It
caused minor damage on the
southern edge of the city, most
ly around Sterling High School.
by wild animals.
“It’s a very unimportant little
case,” said Marion, who refus
ed to identify his client’s home
town.
State officials think different
ly, however.
“We’ve always been afraid of
this, but until now it’s never
happened,” said Peter T. Hans
son, information chief for the
Colorado Game, Fish and Park
Commission.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Gerald
Wischmeier, who handles the
commission's legal matters, a-
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, May 3, 1967
Marines Push Cong
Off Bloody Hill 881
... And Nine Were Left
There are two Soviet divisions
in Poland and four in Hungary
which have been there since the
1956 uprising. The Russians and
the Hungarians have repeatedly
asserted that they would be
removed if the United States
and Britain reduced their forces
in Germany.
The Soviet Union also has 22
fully equipped divisions—plus
planes and nuclear weapons—in
East Germany, which are
backed by a score of divisions
in adjoining western Russia.
The United States has the
equivalent of six divisions in
West Germany. Britain has
about 55,000 men in its army of
the Rhine.
What They’ll
Be Seeing In
Washington
Nearly 200 patrolmen
from the Griffin-Spalding
School System were en
route today to Washing
ton for their annual tour
of the nation’s capital.
They will visit a number
of well known national
buildings and memorials.
Some of these are in a
special picture layout to
day on Page 24.
greed.
“My understanding is that be
tween 1,000 and 2,000 deer and
elk are maimed each year by
cars,” he said. “Uusually all
that results is a dead deer.”
Motorists sometimes are
charged with careless driving
for running into game animals.
“I suppose we could file on
them for destroying game, but
I don’t think we usually do,” he
said.
The lawsuit is the first ever
filed under the 1931 statute.
row) Patricia Spratlin, Diane Fulghum, Terry Rivers,
(center row) James Smith, Melba Dancer, Don Sloan,
(right row) Darryl Huckaby, Lester Fuller, James
Smith. Mrs. Holmes prepares to show the class a
visual aid on Europe.
Man Mistaken
As Escapee
Shot In Atlanta
ATLANTA (UPI)--A police
man shot and wounded a man
Tuesday night who was mistak
enly identified by a woman as
her husband, an escaped con
vict from Spalding County.
Ralph Daniel Jr., 22, Alpha
retta, was wounded in the right
side. Grady Hospital at first
listed his condition as poor but
said today he is in satisfactory
condition.
Police said Daniel was mi?
takenly identified as Rufus
Chance, 29, who escaped a week
ago from the Spalding County
prison camp.
Chance, police said, boasted
he would never be taken alive
and also threatened to kill his
wife, Mrs. Vivian Jeanette
Chance.
Officers said Mrs. Chance
was riding in the back seat of a
police car and pointed out Dan
iel. They quoted her as saying
excitedly, “That’s him, that’s
him.”
The two officers said that in
the dark it appeared Daniel
matched Chance’s description.
They said they shouted at Dan
iel and he ran.
The officers started shooting
and Daniel kept running. He
was wounded but hid near the
road until patrolman R. C. Stev
ens came along whom Daniel
knew. The wounded man whis
tled at Stevens.
Daniel, at the hospital, told
officers he was returning home
from a shopping trip. He said
he ran because he feared the
driver of the police car was
trying to run him down. He said
he did not recognize the vehicle
as a patrol car.
Chance was serving a 20-year
term on a robbery conviction.
To Talk At
First Baptist
Pitcher Ken Johnson of t h e
Atlanta Braves will make a
brief talk at the First Baptist
Church during the noon service
Thursday.
He is a member of the First
Baptist Church at West Palm
Beach, Fla., where the Rev.
Jess Moody is pastor. Rev.
Moody is conducting revival ser
vices at the church here this
week.
The noon service begins at
12:05 and lasts 35 minutes.
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President Rutherford (1) and Past President Beck.
Excliange President
Raps Taw Rreakers*
The national president of Ex
change Clubs told the Griffin or
ganization Tuesday that civil
disobedience has been carried
to the point that it means to br
eak the law.
Those who advocate law
breaking because they do n o t
like certain laws are chipping
away at the principles which
have made this nation great.
Wilson Rutherford of Alhambra,
Calif., said.
It was sidelight observation
he made in a talk to the Grif
fin Exchange Club.
Freedom carries with it the
responsibility to do what is
right, the national Exchange
leader said.
He called on Griffin as well
as other clubs in the nation to
seek to increase memberships
and thereby provide the oppor
tunity of service to others
through the Exchange organiza
tion.
It is inevitable that members
will be lost so every club must
always seek new people, he
said.
President Rutherford told the
Griffin club it is important to
lets people know about, Pre
grams of Exchange. He urged
that an active program of pub-
Ground War
Blazes Up
By EUGENE V. RISHER
United Press International
SAIGON (UPI) —Elite North
Vietnamese troops today coun
ter-attacked U.S. Marines on
the bloody slopes of Hill 881
near the North-South Vietna
mese border but were hurled
back in close quarter combat. It
was one of four major battles
which cost the Communists
1,212 dead.
The Marines captured the
twin peaks of the 1,500-foot hill
just below the Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ) Tuesday after
three days of fighting that cost
the Marines dearly—97 dead
and 277 wounded. But by today
they had killed 735 of the
enemy.
The battle was not yet over.
Frontline reports said the fight
for the fortress peaks com
manding the invasion routes
from the Laotian border three
miles away raged through the
day with the North Vietnamese
charging to within hand grenade
range only to fall back.
Vicious Fighting
It was some of the most
vicious fighting of the war,
carried out on steep rocky
slopes covered with 10-foot high
elephant grass. The Commu
nists charged out of the
surrounding jungle at dawn and
swarmed up the mile and a half
long ridge and re-occupied
bunkers and fortifications the
lic relations be carried out.
The world will beat a path to
the door of the man who builds
a better mousetrap only if he
lets people know aboutit, Pre
sident Rutherford said.
The man who actually finish
ed Paul Revere’s famous ride
has been lost in history, he said.
Revere who didn’t finish the
ride, however, is well known
because he had a good publicity
agent, Rutherford cracked.
W. H. “Bill” Beck, Jr., Grif
fin attorney, introduced the na
tional president. Beck, a past
national president himself, first
became acquainted with Ruther
ford in 1936 when he attended
a national meeting in Califor
nia.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA Fair and cool again
tonight. Thursday partly cloudy
and mild.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 75, minimum today
48, maximum Tuesday 75, mini
mum Tuesday 63. Sunrise Th
ursday 6:51 a.m., sunset Thurs
day 8:13 p.m.
Marines had not yet blown up.
While artillery pounded the
Communist rear positions and
jet fighter-bombers seared the
hillsides with napalm and
rockets the Marines battled
back with small arms and
mortar shells bursting in their
ranks to hold their defense
perimeter.
The ground war blazed with
new intensity and in a series of
other battled the Viet Cong and
North Vietnamese suffered en
ormous losses with compara
tively light American and South
Vietnamese casualties. The war
blazed up from the north-south
border to the Mekong Delta in
the south.
The principal actions:
Delta Fighti n g
—The 3rd Brigade of the U.S.
9th Infantry Division carrying
out Operation Palm Beach in
the Mekong Delta 30 miles
southwest of Saigon trapped the
514th Viet Cong battalion in a
battle that began at 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday and raged through the
night. The U.S. troops killed 191
guerrillas at a loss of 18 dead
and 48 wounded.
—South Vietnamese rangers,
paratroopers and armored
troops cornered a Communist
battalion of about 500 men
barely three miles west of the
old imperial capital of Hue on
the coast 50 miles south of the
DMZ and killed 150 enemy while
suffering only “light” casual
ties.
—The U.S. 4th Infantry
Division battling Communist
hordes 21 miles southwest of
Pleiku in the central highlands
near the Cambodian border
killed 136 Communists in a
three-day battle. A spokesman
said they suffered only light
wounded.
In the air war bad weather
curtailed U.S. activities over
North Vietnam. But American
jets using radar to guide their
bombs sliced through the key
railroad link northwest of Hanoi
along the Red River links with
Communist China.
During the 104 missions flown
Tuesday anti-aircraft gunners
shot down an Air Force FlO5
Thunderchief piloted by Maj.
Charles C. Vasiliadis, 39, of
Huntington, N.Y. Vasiliadis
parachuted to earth and was
plucked from the jungle by a
rescue helicopter. His was the
529th American plane shot down
over North Vietnam.
Police Begin
Making Cases
On Old Tags
Griffin police today began
making cases against people
who have not put their 1967 au
tomobile tags on their automo
biles.
Chief Leo Blackwell said a
state case will be made against
anyone who does not have their
tag on the car. He said tags
must not only be purchased,
but must be on the automobile.
He said the cases made will
be state cases and will be tried
as state cases.
The Griffin State Patrol began
making cases Tuesday against
drivers who have not changed
their tags.
Country Parson
“We invent devices to save
time and use what we save
to hunt ways to spend it.”