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By Quimby Melton
“Happy Days are Here Ag
ain!”
Monday night the umpire baw
led out “Play Ball” and Grif
tin’s Little League opened the
1967. season.
The opening Monday night was
just like the first game played
in the Big Leagues. Griffin
High’s ROTC unit presented the
colors and the National Anthem
was played.
I hen play began with the first
game, of a scheduled double
header, being in memory of the
sudden and tragic death of a
former Little Leaguer David
Bass — who was stricken one
day while at school with menin
gitis and died the following day.
Following the first game
opening day ceremonies w T ere
resumed. With the players, man
agers, coaches, league officials,
and officers of the Little Lea
gue Auxiliary lined up in a V
shape down first base and third
base lines, all present were
welcomed, a prayer was offer
ed, and then two men who have
meant most to Little League in
Griffin were honored.
The first was a memorial to
the late Hartford Green, whose
widow was present and who was
presented a corsage. Hartford
Green not only organized the
first Little League teams here,
but he nurtured it through many
years until the program was an
established fact. One might say
that Hartford Green looked af
ter the League until it was
“weaned” and its success as
sured.
The second man to be honor
ed who has meant so much to
Little League here was W. H.
“Bill” Beck 111, who today is
Commissioner of the setup and
a Southeastern official of the
program. The important part
played by Beck was recogniz
ed some time ago when the dia
mond on which games are play
ed was officially named “Bill
Beck Field.”
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There is no program for our
young people that is better ope
rated and better supported than
that of Little League.
One can get an idea of how
popular and successful the pro
gram is when one realizes:
There are two Leagues ope
rated here — the American and
the National — each league has
six teams and each team has 15
players. That means 180 boys
participate in well supervised
spring and summer sports. In
addition to the players there are
many adults involved. There is
a manager and two coaches for
each team; there is a team mo
ther for each, there also are of
ficials of each League, presi
dent, vice-president, sect-treas.,
player agent, safety officer and
three umpires, all of whom
operate under the supervision of
the Little League Commissioner.
That is not all: There is a Wo
man’s Auxiliary that operates
effectively. And don’t forget the
crowds that attend every game,
they root and they back their
team, every game.
What with Little League and
other youth baseball programs
here, the T-League, the Pee Wee
League, Babe Ruth and Connie
Mack League, there are upward
to 1500 persons, players and
adults, in our Youth baseball
program.
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Good Evening was present
Monday night and enjoyed ev
ery minute of it. But there was
one little “Side Light” that im
pressed him most.
He could not have been a day
over nine, the age a boy becom
es eligible to play. He was sm
all for his age, and he wore that
brand new uniform proudly. He
walked down to the Jaycee con
cession stand taking as long st
rides as his little legs would al
low. He walked with a swag
ger such as one expects of a big
leaguer.
And right behind him, trying
to take as long strides as he,
was a little girl. She may have
been four years old, maybe five.
Maybe she was his sister or
“the girl next door”; there was
admiration in her eyes and in
her stride and the erect man
ner in which she walked. Her
beautiful blonde hair was tied
up in a ponytail and he and she
were worth a picture — but
Good Evening did not have a
camera.
May every Little Leaguer have
a successful season in the field
and at the bat, and learn the
lessons of fair play and good
sportsmanship.
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Children’s book author Robert Burch of Fayetteville spoke to classes today at
Beaverbrook Elementary School and Spalding Junior High. He discussed hi s
books with the students. Three Beaverbrook students (1-r), Lynn Smith, Melba
Dunn, and Lois Ann Wasson, who have read all of Burch’s books, talk with him
about them.
Complaints Filed
Against 3 Prisons
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA (UPI) —A dismal,
stinking isolation cell and possi
ble brutality against two prison
ers were charged to the Gwin
nett County prison camp today
by a special prisons committee
of the Georgia House.
The committee, which is inves
tigating all prison camps, is
sued a report on 11 more
camps, making complaints a
gainst only three.
Chairman Jake Dailey of
Cuthberg said most prison
camps were staging a crash
program to clean up and fix up
in anticipation of the committee
visit. He said he was certain
the threat of investigation had
pushed county authorities into
action.
The report said the isolation
cell or “hole,” at the Gwinett
County camp had “poor ventila
tion and a very bad odor.” A
committee member said he al
most passed out from the smell.
The report also said one in
mate complained he had seen
warden Clyde N. Phillips strike
two prisoners on different occa
sions with keys. Another inmate
said his glasses had been either
lost or stolen and he was denied
the right to see a doctor to get
new glasses.
The Harris County camp was
cited for a poor heating system
and inmates complained they
were cold during winter. Heat
came from wood heaters.
In Jackson County, inmates
complained that 33 men were
put in the “hole” one weekend
and never told why.
Also investigated were the
Grand Commandcry To Open
Annual Meet Here Wednesday
The Grand Commandery of
Georgia, Knights Templar, will
hold its 106th annual conclave in
Griffin Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Some 500 Sir Knights and their
ladies from all over the state
and nation are expected to at
tend.
This will be the first time in
its 105 year history that the Gr
and Commandcry has met in
Griffin.
Sir Knight James E. Mose
ley, a member of Griffin Com
mandery and former resident of
Griffin, as Grand Commander,
will preside at the meeting.
A parade is scheduled Wed
nesday morning beginning at
10:30 a.m from the Eighth st
reet parking lot behind the Gr
iffin Hotel. It will move up So
lomon street to Hill, turn right
on Hill and pass the reviewing
stand and go to the First Bap
tist Church where regular Div
ine Services will be held at 11
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Daily Since 1872
Calhoun, Carroll, Hall, Meri
wether, Meriwether state peni
tentiary, Muscogee, Randolph,
and Stewart camps.
The committee praised Cal
houn County as having the best
managed and operated camp it
had seen. The others were de
scribed as in good condition.
Erwin Elected
President Os
Jaycees Here
Leonard Erwin, Griffin busi
nessman, was elected president
of the Giriffin Jayceees for 1967-
8 at the Monday night meeting
pf the club.
He will succeed Wayne Smith
when the new slate of officers
is installed June 9.
Others elected were: Buddy
Irvin, external vice president;
Larry Neill, internal vice presi
dent; Charles Neel, treasurer;
and Joe Ballard, secretary.
Directors named were: Son
ny Foster, Joe Rainwater, Jim
Wiggins, Colin Reeves, Tom
Perkins and Clarence (Chubby)
Williams.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Sunny and mild Wed
nesday. Fair and cool tonight.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 72, minimum today
51, maximum Monday 76, mini
mum Monday 51. Total rainfall
.01 of an inch. Sunrise Wednes
day 6:46 a.m., sunset Wednes
day 8:27 p.m.
o’clock.
JAMES E. MOSELEY
Grand Commander
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, May 9,1967
U.S. Charges
Hanoi Violated
War Accords
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
United States has accused
North Vietnam of violating
international accords on war
prisoners by parading American
pilots through streets of Hanoi
Saturday.
Robert J. McCloskey, State
Department news officer said
Monday a formal protest was
being made to Hanoi through
the International Red Cross.
The protest was based on
news reports, some of them
from Communist sources, that
said three American pilots were
walked through the streets, with
crowds heckling and threatening
them. A Moscow account said
the three were captured after
their planes were down in raids
on Hanoi Friday.
McCloskey said the actions by
North Vietnam in the street
exhibition and in putting the
prisoners on display later before
newsmen in Hanoi were “espe
cially disturbing in the light of
indications that one or more of
the prisoners were wounded or
unwell.”
A photo by Tass showed
bandages on the head of one
prisoner. Tass identified the
pilots as Lt. Col. James L.
Hughes, 46, of Iowa; Lt. Col.
Gordon A. Larson, 40, Minneso
ta, and Lt. J. Richard Shively,
25, whose home state was not
given. The Pentagon gives out
only names and ranks of
Americans missing in action.
The Griffin High School band
will lead the parade and the sc
hool glee club will fill the choir
at the church.
The Rev. William V. Dibble,
Grand Prelate of the Grand
Commandery, will bring the
message. The public is invited.
After the church service, the
Sir Knights templar and their
ladies will be entertained at a
luncheon at the National Guard
Armory. .
The commandery will recon
vene at 2 p.m. at the Masonic
Temple with the Griffin Com
mandery as host.
A tour of Dundee Mills has
been planned for the ladies
during this period.
The annual grand banquet will
be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednes
day night at the National Guard
Armory for the Sir Knights and
their ladies.
Entertainment will be furnish
ed by the Banjo Band of Yaarab
Temple of Atlanta.
U.S. Bombs KO
Key MIG Airbase
Manned Space Flights
Resume In Early ’6B
WASHINGTON (UPI) The
space agency today disclosed
new schedules for manned
Russia Planning
Massive Military
Aid To N. Vietnam
By K. C. THALER
United Press International
LONDON (UPI) —High Com
munist diplomats said today the
Kremlin had decided upon a
program of massive military
aid to North Vietnam “to
forestall an American success.”
The diplomats said the
decision followed a recent
reappraisal of Soviet Vietnam
policy in the light of what they
termed “growing indications of
threatening American escalation
of the war.”
“We just cannot stand by and
watch the destruction and
attempted submission of the
country,” the Communists said.
The diplomats would not
specify what Russia will send
under the stepped up aid plan.
They said Hanoi would deter
mine its own needs. It appeared
from their comments that
Russia would send heavy and
sophisticated equipment includ
ing aircraft and a variety of
rockets.
The diplomats said that in the
light of the mushrooming
Vietnam conflict, chances of an
East-West accord must be
considered extremely slender.
The informants made it clear,
however, Russia still wanted to
conclude an agreement with the
United States and other nations
banning the spread of nuclear
weapons.
Hoffa Denied
Motion For
Continuance
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.
(UPI) —Attorneys for Team
sters Prsident James R. Hoffa,
citing mysterious “new informa
tion,” refused today to go on
with the union chief’s hearing
on a new trial motion.
U.S. District Judge Frank
Wilson refused to continue the
hearing and took under advise
ment a government motion that
the motion for a new trial be
dismissed.
Hoffa was returned to the
county jail, and presumably will
be taken back to federal prison
in Lewisburg, Pa., to continue
serving his eight-year term for
tampering with a jury in
Nashville, Tenn.
Wilson set the evidentiary
hearing on the union boss’
fourth motion for a new trial.
The other three had been
rejected.
Hoffa was brought here
Saturday from Lewisburg to be
present at the hearing.
When proceedings began, one
of his attorneys, Morris Shen
ker, asked Wilson for a 90-day
continuance because, he said, he
had new information of such a
nature that it “would be
improper to proceed with our
motion.”
Wilson denied the motion for
continuance.
Shenker then moved to
dismiss the new trial motion
"without prejudice.” Wilson
overruled that motion, too.
Then he asked if both sides
were ready to proceed with the
hearing.
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space flight calling for the first
three-man Apollo mission early
next year and possibly a
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AWARDED $930,000 —
Frances Moore, 47, of Oak
Lawn, 111,, was awarded
$930,000 damages in cir
cuit court in Chicago, to be
paid by the Drackett Pro
ducts Co., for damages she
sustained when a can of
Drano exploded in her face
Nov. 22, 1959, causing total
blindness.
Romney Favors
Negotiations
With NLF
LANSING, Mich. (UPI) —
Gov. George Romney said today
he favors peace negotiations
with the National Liberation
Front (NLF) in Vietnam.
Romney said the South
Vietnam government should be
encouraged to negotiate with
the Viet Cong in the South in an
effort to split them from the
North Vietnamese Communists.
Romney, one of the frontrun
ners for the GOP presidential
nomination, said his information
indicates that “the largest
percentage of Viet Cong are
“disenchanted nationalists in
the South” and not Communists.
“The objectives of the Viet
Cong differ from those of North
Vietnam,” Romney said.
Romney’s remarks were
made at a news conference in
response to questions about a
statement of Sen. Edward W.
Brooke, R-Mass.,, Sunday that
he thinks Romney favors
negotiations with the NLF.
Country Parson
strain
“It looks like if war can
break out, peace ought to be
able to break out.”
manned moon landing as
originally planned by 1970.
James E. Webb, administra
tor of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
(NASA), outlined for the Senate
Space Committee the agency’s
plans and the adjustments
created by last January’s
spacecraft fire which killed
three astronauts at Cape
Kennedy. His outline indicated
that the first Apollo flight has
been set back by just about one
year.
NASA had scheduled the first
Apollo flight for Feb. 21 of this
year. The three-man crew for
that flight, commanded by Col.
Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, per
ished in the Jan. 17 fire in their
spacecraft during ground tests.
Webb said NASA has “deve
loped a plan under which the
first man-rated Apollo Block II
space craft will be delivered to
Cape Kennedy late this year
and launched three months
later.”
Webb said the crew will be
the three-man team which had
been back-up support for the ill
fated Grissom mission—Navy
Capt. Walter M. Schirra, Walter
Cunningham; and Air Force
Maj. Donn F. Eisele.
Webb noted that Schirra
would thus become the only
astronaut to fly “three genera
tions” of U.S. spacecraft—
Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.
Webb said the new, Block II
spacecraft will “use a 100 per
cent oxygen atmosphere, but
the use of non-combustible and
fire-resistant materials will
minimize the risk of fire.”
A change in the pressurized
pure oxygen environment for
the apollo spacecraft was
strongly suggested by some
experts after the fire becaust
the oxygen fed the blaze.
With respect to other struc
tural deficiencies highlighted in
the investigation following the
fire, Webb said:
“In oxygen piping, stainless
steel will replace aluminum
lines that previously were
joined with solder. For fluid
lines, aluminum will be re
tained, with special protection
for soldered joints in from 15 to
20 of the most vunerable
locations.
“Improved methods of assur
' ing strength of soldered and
mechanical joints will be
introduced. Wiring runs will be
shortened and protected.”
Webb also told the committee
that North American Aviation,
prime Apollo contractor which
has come under criticism in the
wake of the fire, will be
contractor for manfatcure,
test and delivery of a standar
dized Block II Apollo capsule.
“Under our plan, the 11th of
the 15 Saturn V flights in the
program will take place toward
the end of the calendar year
1969. If the lunar landing can be
accomplished on that fight, or
an earlier one, the landing will
be made in this decade and the
total cost up to that point will
be within the $22.7 billion
estimate of runout costs sup
plied to your committee last
year,” Webb said.
Hurricanes
Are Named
MIAMI (UPl)—The hurricane
season begins June 1 and the
National Hurricane Center here
has christened the yet-unborn
first storm Arlene.
After Arlene, until the season
ends Nov. 30, the storms will
be named Beulah, Chloe, Doria,,
Edith, Fern, Ginger, Heidi,
Irene, Janice, Kristy, , Laura,
Margo, Nona, Orchid, Portia,
I Rachael, Sandra, Terese, Verna
I and Wallis.
Spokesman
Says Base
Inoperative
By EUGENE V. RISHER
Unite dPress InternaHonal
SAIGON (UPI) —American
bombing raids have knocked the
key North Vietnamese MIG
interceptor base of Hoa Lac,
near Hanoi, out of action, U.S.
spokesmen said today.
“As of now I would consider
the base inoperative,” a milita
ry spokesman told newsmen.
U.S Air Force FlO5 Thun
derchiefs struck the base 20
miles west of Hanoi Monday for
the fifth time since a bombing
ban on the base was lifted
April 24.
“There was lots of ground fire
but our bombs appeared to be
darned accurate,” said Maj.
Roy S. Dickey, 37, of Ashland,
Ky., who piloted one of the
Thunderchiefs aganist the base
in the latest raid.
In previous raids on the base
U.S. pilots destroyed 12 to 15 of
the MIG jets sitting on the
ground.
Pilots reported Hoa Lac’s
paved strips today lay broken
with deep craters and its
buildings were largtly in
shreds. The mission against Hoa
Lac was one of 121 launched by
American pilots Monday.
Pilot Lose
Spokesmen said an Air Force
FlO5 was shot down during
Monday’s raiding over' North
Vietnam. The pilot was reported
.missing. It raised to 535 the
number of U.S. planes lost over
the Communist nation.
American 852 Stratofortres
ses today dropped hundreds of
tons of bombs aimed at
Battered Communist battalions
chased by U.S. Marines just
below the North-South Vietnam
border.
U.S. spokesmen said the Air
Force bombers struck three
times at suspected camp sites,
troop concentrations and mortar
positions to aid Leathernecks
threatened by three North
Vietnamese divisions poised on
the frontier.
Twice the thundering blasts
ripped just inside the six-mile
wide Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
border buffer strip and once
just to the south.
Attackers Retreat
The bombing shook the
ground far in front of Marines
who killed at least 197 troops of
two North Vietnamese batta
lions that Monday had tried
vainly to overrun the key
Leatherneck border bastion of
Con Thien. The Marines also
pushed into the 852 path
Communist mortar and rocket
units that attacked three other
Leasterneck posts at the same
time.
U.S. spokesmen reported 44
Marines killed and 135 wounded
in the fighting.
The Stratoforts then swung
south. They hit Communist
targets in Quang Ngai province,
southernmost of the five north
ern South Vietnamese provinces
making up the Military I Corps
area, the Vietnam war’s current
hotspot.
New Push Revealed
Between the 852 target areas,
in Quang Nam and Quang Tin
provinces, more Marines have
been rushed in to help clear the
area of Communist troops,
spokesmen revealed. They said
a multi-battalion Leatherneck
force had been driving through
jungles there in Operation
Union. The push was revealed
only now because of security,
they said.
But the unannounced fight has
been brutal.
U.S. spokesmen said 346
North Vietnamese were killed in
the first 17 days of the
operation, just inland from the
coast about 365 miles northoast
of Saigon and between the
Marine base at 2 Hoi An and
Tam Ky.
U.S. losses thus far in Union
have been 52 Marines killed and
232 wounded, spokesmen said.