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VENIN VT
By Quimby Melton
Today is Armed Forces Day.
And while there is no special
program planned here, it will be
most appropriate for all to think
about the men and women who
today are in the Armed Services
protecting the freedoms and
rights of American people. And
let's not forget the men and wo
men who in past years, by their
service in the Armed Forces
have laid the groundwork for
America 1967.
Especially, this year, we shou
ld think of the men and women
in uniform in far away Vietnam,
and thank God for them and
pray that He will protect and
strengthen them and crown their
efforts with success. We all
should be, and most people are,
proud of them.
Armed Forces Day is most ap
propriate this year with sinis
ter forces at work attempting to
destroy our nation. Among oth
er things they are doing is to
“low rate” the men and women
in the various branches of the
Armed Service. Sometimes Good
Evening wishes we were actual
ly fighting a "declared war” so
that the punks, who tear up their
draft cards, could be handled as
the traitors they are; and that
those contemptible people, we
don’t even call them "punks”,
for “punks” know no better,
who openly preach defiance of
law’ and order, gloat when the
enemy wins, and desecrate the
American flag, could be dealt
With as they should be.
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There is no man living who
hates war more than does Good
Evening. He knows the toll of
life and the sorrow and misery
war brings. But there are worse
things than war itself and we
hate such things even more
than we hate war; we hate them
to such an extent that we are
willing to go to w r ar to halt such
things.
There are people who are ho
nest in their aversion to fighting
in a war; they are genuine con
scientious objectors; but many
with these convictions volunteer
their services, in non combat
roles, and serve well.
The other day Good Evening,
looking over an old scrapbook,
came across the picture of a
young man, a fellow w r orker on
the Constitution, when war was
declared in Germany in 1917.
Everyone was talking about join
ing the Army and many of us
did. This young man had very
little to say except that on one
occasion he said he could not
fight because he did not believe
in killing. He did not argue, he
just stated his position.
One night Good Evening hap
pened to go into the file room
and saw this young man, over
in one corner down on his knees
praying. We backed out of the
room without disturbing him.
Noticed several nights, when he
W’ould catch up with his work,
he would go into the same room
end remain sometime.
Then, one night, he came out
with his face wreathed with smi
les and walking up to my desk
said "It’s all right now, I’m go
ing to enlist tomorrow; I have
gotten permission to fight for
my country; I know I have got
ten it.”
And that chap went onto make
one of the finest combat records
of any man in the 82nd division.
(Incidentally, Sgt. York, the
famed 82nd Div. hero was also
a conscientious objector when
he reported to Camp Gordon
as a draftee from Tennessee.)
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Talking about our young peo
ple and how proud we are of
them — and a majority of the
men and women who bear the
brunt of the fighting in all wars,
declared and undeclared, there
is another group of young people
of whom we are proud — The
Griffin High Eagles who have
just won the 3-AAA baseball
championship.
Griffin's Fairmont Bears also
ran high in their baseball circle
having captured the runner-up
spot in the state tournament.
There is no region setup for them
to capture in this group of High
School athletics.
Maybe fans who have attend
ed high school baseball games
here this season saw some em
bro Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron,
Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays per
forming in those high school
teams.
Weather:
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AREA — Variable cloudiness
Sunday. Not quite so warm Sun
day. Widely scattered showers
or thundershowers this after
noon or evening.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 87, minimum today
63, maximum Friday 85, mini
mum Friday 61. Sunrise Sunday
6:38 a.m., sunset Sunday 8:35
p.m.
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AT THE READY following the United Arab Republic’s demand for withdrawal of
the United Nations peace force, a UAR soldier takes up a forward position with his
unit in the Sinai desert.
US Jets Keep
Pressure On
Viet Reds
By EUGENE V. RISHER
United Press International
SAIGON (UPI) —U.S. jets
shot down five more Communist
MIG Interceptors in raids over
Hanoi today, bringing the
number of kills to nine in the
past two days, U.S. spokesmen
reported. American planes also
caught and bombed 31 MIGs
sitting on an airfield near the
North Vietnamese capital Fri
day.
On the ground, U.S. Marines
staged another helicopter as
sault today into the Demilita
rized Zone (DMZ) and joined
the massive allied “hunt-and
destroy” attack against Com
munist troops fighting back
with tear gas and heavy
artillery.
Tlie raids on Hanoi were the
second in two days. In Friday’s
attacks, American planes
dodged through missiles and
other anti-aircraft fire and ’
tangled with Communist MIGs
to bomb a key power plant only
1.1 miles from the heart of
Hanoi and also hit a sprawling
army supply base just five
miles to the south.
There was no immediat word
on American losses, if any, in
the raids on Hanoi today.
The air raiding Friday on
North Vietnam President Ho
Chi Minh’s 77th birthday cost
the Americans seven planes—a
loss exceeded only on Dec. 2
when eight U.S. planes went
down.
The Americans caught and
bombed “on target” 31 MIGI7s
camouflaged just south of the
Hoa Lac base 20 miles west of
Hanoi. U.S. pilots shot down
four and possibly five of the
Communist planes that rose to
meet them.
Helicopter Assault
In the border’s Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ) a battalion of
Leathernecks whirled into the
middle of the battleground from
ships in the South China Sea.
They joined Marines making
America’s first offensive into
the DMZ, long used by the
North Vietnamese as a war
base.
UPI staff correspondent
Robert Kaylor reported heavy
fighting on several fronts. Some
of it came at such close range
that U.S. jets could not drop
their bombs.
The North Vietnamese,
pressed on three sides with the
Ben Hai River blocking their
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retreat to the north, used
recoilless rifles, mines and
artillery from North Vietnam as
well as the tear gas in attempt
to halt the Leathernecks and
their South Vietnamese para
trooper allies.
The Marines, who launched
the offensive Thursday with
land, sea and air’ assaults,
reported killing so far at least
232 Communists. The South
Vietnamese killed another 40.
Marines reported at least 27
men killed and about 226
wounded seriously enough to
need evuacation. The govern
ment troops reported light
losses.
Strong Defense
In Friday’s air raiding, a
Navy strike leader said the
camouflaged MiG’s, of which
the North Vietnamese have only
about 120, according to U.S.
intelligence, were in the “most
heavily defended” spot in the
Communist country. He report
ed pilots "all went in there,
evading madly, wildly, with
SAMs (surface to air missiles)
exploding all around. Right into
the target.”
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Equipment for Southern Beil’s information center in Griffin is being installed by
Twigg Smith (1) and B. J. Griffin. Equipment has been installed in a training room.
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Senate Panel
Recommends
Prison Transfer
By DON PHILLIPS
United Press International
ALPHARETA, Ga. (UPI) —
Gov. Lester Maddox told about
200 county commissioners and
prison wardens Friday he would
not rest until reforms were
made in the Georgia prison sys
tem.
"It is my hope that I can
make sufficient funds available
to provide individual cells for
inmates so that fights, illegal
sex acts and overcrowding can
be reduced and hopefully elim
inated,” he said.
Maddox urged the officials to
apply the Golden Rule in deal
ing with prisoners and their fa
cilities.
"Think of yourself in the
place of a prisoner and treat
him the way you would want
to be treated if you had made
a slip,” he said.
The officials first toured two
Fulton County prison camps at
the governor’s request. He said
they were examples of what all
prison camps should be like.
In a later talk to the Georgia
Probation and Parole Associa
tion at Jekyll Island, Maddox
said there was no place In the
operation of parole and proba
tion departments for fear and
favor.
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ARMOR FOR HANOI similar to this mobile ground-to-ground rocket unit is being
supplied by Moscow, according to East European sources. The rockets are reported
capable of hitting Saigon or American carriers off the Vietnamese coast.
Syria Forces
Await Go Ahead
By MICHAEL DENNIGAN
United Press International
CAIRO (UPI) —Syria today
said its armed forces are ready
to begin "liberation” operations
against Israel. The Arab nation
said it had taken into considera
tion the possibility of “interfer
ence” by the U.S. 6th Fleet.
Syrian Defense Minister Maj.
Gen. Hafez el Hassad was
quoted by the official Syrian
government newspaper Al-Tha
wra (revolution) as saying:
"We are awaiting the go-ahead
signal from the political com
mand.”
“We are awaiting the go
ahead signal from the political
command.”
“There is unanimity in the
Syrian army ... to speed up
the battle,” he added.
El Assad said: “We have
taken into consideration the
possibility of American 6th
Fleet interference.”
The fleet is based In the
Mediterranean, reportedly with
in 24 hours sailing time of the
Middle East crisis zone.
El Assad, who is also air
force commander, was quoted
as saying all preparations for
war with the Israelis were
completed.
Map Battle Ground
He said Syrian aircraft had
flown over Israeli positions on
reconnaissance missions and
had been fired on by American-
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built Hawk missiles and anti
aircraft guns.
Syrian armed forces, El
Assad said, stand ready “not
only to repel Israeli aggression
but to start the liberaticti
operation itself an dblow up the
Zionist presence in the Arab
nation of Palestine.”
As El Assad asserted Syria’s
willingness to pitch into war his
foreign minister, Ibrahim Mak
hous, accused the United States
Central Intelligence Agency of
responsibility for the Middle
East crisis.
Makhous told the Cairo
newspaper Akhbar El Yuom
that a recent meeting of
American diplomats in Beirut,
Lebanon was actually a gather
ing of CIA agents.
Makhous said the alleged
agents approved “the impor
tance of getting rid of the
revolutionary regimes in the
Middle East, foremost among
them those of Cairo and
Damascus.”
U.N. Pulls Out
The Syrian charges came as
United Nations peace-keeping
forces pulled out of the Sinai
Peninsula desert for the first
time since the Egyptians and
Israelis warred in 1956.
Aras warned that U.S. oil
interests would be smashed if
war breaks out.
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Operators in training for the information center which will be in operation soon on
the second floor of the Southern Bell building. They will handle many information
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2 Physicians
Follow Trail
Os Lindbergh
PARIS (UPI) —Two Ameri
can physicians flew in today
from New York in a private
beechcraft Bonanza aircraft to
commemorate the 40th anniver
sary of Charles A. Lindbergh’s
historic solo flight across the
Atlantic.
Dr. Francis X. Sommer of
Barbourville, Ky. and Dr. John
Rieger of Los Gatos, Calif.,
landed at Pontoise-Cormeilles
Airfield outside of Paris at 9:44
a.m. (4:44 a.m. EDT).
They left New York at 9:49
a.m. EDT Friday.
From Paris, the two plan
stops in Nice, Rome, Athens,
Istanbul, Tehran, Karachi, Cal
cutta, Bangkok, Hong Kong,
Tokyo, Pt. Barrow, Alaska and
back to New York around June
21.
At Evreux Air Base, 60 miles
west of Paris, an exact replica
of Lindbergh’s plane was being
readied for a commemorative
flight to the French capital
Sunday.
Frank G. Tallman, 48, pres
ident of Tailman aviation of
Santa Ana, Calif., is to fly the
new Spirit of St. Louis to
Lebourget Airfield 40 years to
the day after Lindbergh. “I
hope to land as near as possible
to the spot where Lindbergh
originally landed,” he said.
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Message Left;
Auto Taken
CORPUS CHRISTI, TeX.
(UPI) —A curly-haired 5-year
old girl, wearing red pajamas,
was kidnapped from a bed in
her home where she slept with
her 7-year-old sister during the
night, police said today.
Police investigators said De
borah Kay McLean, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard McLean,
apparently was taken by
someone who removed a
window screen near where she
slept. The McLean car was
taken from a garage adjoining
the house in the middle-class
neighborhood.
No ransom message had been
received.
“I don't see how it could be
for money,"McLean, a 28-year
old bakery salesman said. “I
don’t see how it could be for
revenge.
“I don’t know anybody who
would want to take her or
why,” he said.
Detective Lt. W. J. Smith said
a set of man’s shoe prints was
found in a flower bed outside
the girls’ bedroom window.
Smith said the bed was near the
window and someone could lean
in and lift the girl. The screen
had been forced off and laid on
the ground five feet away.
Deborah was sleeping in a
double bed with her 7-year-old
sister. Police said the sister
slept through the incident.
McLean said his wife went in
to check on the girls about 1
a.m. and Deborah was not in
the bed. The parents searched
the house and discovered the
window screen had been re
moved.
They then went outside and
found the family’s 1962 off-white
station wagon was gone. Smith
said Mrs. McLean had left the
auto parked at their home, with
the keys still in it, when she
returned late Friday.
McLean said Deborah has
light brown hair in curls to her
shoulders and her eyes are light
brown.
Country Parson
“Sharing with others is not
the way to get rich—it’s the
way to get happy.”