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By Quimby Melton
“The entire community is sho
cked and sympathizes with the
loved ones of Charles Vaughn,”
thus the Rev. Alastair Walker,
pastor of Charles Vaughn’s chur
ch, the First Baptist Church,
summed up the situation as he
spoke at the funeral of this yo
ung man Sunday afternoon.
One might say that the com
munity as a whole is in a state
of collective shock; and is de
termined that the fiend or fiends
responsible for the revolting
crime shall be apprehended.
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert, in
charge of the investigation to
day called on the public for help,
asking that anyone who had any
information that might be help
ful communicate with him or his
office. Meantime every effort is
being made to solve the crime.
There are dozens of theories be
ing discussed whenever people
meet. But what it will take will
be information, not theories, that
will lead to apprehension. And
sometimes the smallest clue can
be followed up and can lead to
solution.
This crime must be solved!
And this layman believes it
will be and has a strong hunch
that it won’t take too long to do
so. It is possible that some in
formation the officials already
have may lead to an early "Br
eak” and it may be that some
one may know this “clue” that
will hasten the solution.
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Noticed they have started work
on preparing the location for the
Veteran’s Memorial Park on
Highway 41. The creek that cros
ses the triangle, where the park
will be located, will run through
a big culvert, and the land will
be leveled off and landscaped.
The first monument that pro
bably will be moved is the Wor
ld War One Doughboy that now
stands on the parkway on the
south side of Hill and Taylor;
later the World War Two monu
ment, across the street, will be
moved. Probably the last one
to be moved will be the Confede
rate Monument at Hill and Solo
mon. This is such a hugh monu
ment, that there are few firms
willing to tackle the job, but
this too, wll eventually be relo
cated.
Sometime ago Good Evening
suggested that it might be ap
propriate to move the Little Joe
Wheeler marker, at S. Hill and
Wheeler Place. A friend, Ken
non White, onetime Griffin re
sident, who is now general ag
ent of the Central in Chattanoo
ga, seeing this wrote Good Even
ing an interesting letter about
the marker.
Kennon White is a member of
the family that once made up
the most important Central of
Georgia family in Georgia. There
were half a dozen of the Whites
who worked for the railroad. Old
timers will remember the fath
er of the family who for many
years was the ticket agent here.
When the Wheeler marker was
received in Griffin and the
question of erecting it on the cor
ner of the lot of the Henry Smith
residence came up, it was found
that it was little less than a “gi
ant” and that it would block the
view of anyone coming from the
south seeking to turn into Wheel
er Place. So it was agreed that
the marker should be buried in
the ground with only the peak
of it showing.
We pass this information on
to the city; if they decide to
move the Joe Wheeler marker
better be ready to dig deep into
the ground and better have a
larger than usual hoist to put it
on the truck.
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Good Evening also would
like to see a suitable monument
erected there for the vetrans of
the Korean War and suggests
the American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars pool
their interests and provide a
suitable monument. Raising the
money for this sould not be too
difficult a job.
Country Parson
•Rr
“I’d rather deal with a fel
low who is enthusiastically
against me than half-hearted
ly with me.”
Sheriff Issues Plea For
Information In Slaying
SOVIET PREMIER ALEXEI KOSYGIN (right) and his Foreign Minister, Andrei
Gromyko, inspect an earphone prior to the opening of the Soviet-requested session
of the U. N. General Assembly.
Lists Five Needs
End Arms Race,
Johnson Asks
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
WASHINGTON (UPD—
President Johnson today spelled
out five major principles needed
to bring peace to the Middle
East, including an end to the
arms race and a public
accounting to the United Na
tions on arms shipments to the
explosive area.
In a major foreign policy
speech, Johnson declared that
the Arabs and the Israelis bear
the main responsibility of
establishing a long-range peace
for their peoples.
Johnson advocated that the
United Nations require all
member nations to report on
any arms shipments made into
the area to help dampen the
chances of a new outbreak of
war.
He listed an end to the arms
race in the area as an
immediate priority and suggest
ed that outside nations such as
the United States and the Soviet
Prices Slashed In
Food Price War
ATLANTA (UPI) — A food
price war appeared to be shap
ing up in Georgia today with
announcement by two major
supermarkets of price slashes.
One other supermarket chain
announced it was waiting to see
what happens and another ran
a full-page newspaper ad vow
ing not to be undersold.
The Kroger and Colonial
stores announced price cuts.
Kroger said its stores would be
closed today and Tuesday so
that “drastic” reductions in
prices could be marked on
some 2,000 different food items.
Colonial countered by releas
ing a statement saying its pric
es would be cut sharply begin
ning today. Colonial said its
stores in northern Georgia
would be open today and Tues
day “so consumers may take
immediate advantage of price
reductions.”
A spokesman for A&P said
that chain was “waiting to see
what happens.”
Big Apple ran a newspaper
ad proclaiming that it would
not be undersold.
There was no indication
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Union take steps to accomplish
this.
Pledges America’s Part
Speaking to a meeting of
educators at the State Depart
ment just before the U.N.
General Assembly met to hear
Sovit Premier Alexei Kosygin,
the President pledged that
America “will do its part for
peace in every forum, and at
every level, and at every hour.”
But he said there is no escape
from this central fact: “The
main responsibility for the
peace of the region depends
upon its own people and
leaders. What will be truly
decisive in the Middle East will
be what is said and done by
those who live there.”
He was critical of the Russian
demand that the Israelis
withdraw so that the situation
would return to that of June 4
before hostilities erupted. “This
is not a prescription for peace,
but for renewed hostilities,” he
commented.
Enunciating a five-point ap-
which firm touched off the ap
parent price war or what fac
tors were involved in the re
ductions.
One spokesman said the price
war included the entire state.
Kroger declined to say how
much, or on what items the
price reductions would be ef
fective. But it said the cuts
would also be instituted at its
stores in Birmingham, Gads
den and Anniston, Ala.
A Colonial spokesman said
the price reductions “are being
brought about by a special
competitive situation which has
all the characteristics of a
price war.”
He said the chain’s price re
ductions will be effective
throughout the north Georgia
area and in Augusta, Mauuu
and Columbus. The price slash
es, he added, will range as high
as 30 per cent on some items.
One of the chains summed up
the situation by saying, “We
don’t like price wars but once
they have started we have no
other course than to join the
battle, and we want it to be
known that we are in this one
to stay.”
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Monday, June 19,1967
proach to long-range peace,
Johnson listed them as the right
of every nation in the area to
national life; justice for re
fugees; free, innocent maritime
passage, limits on “the waste
ful and destructive arms race,”
and “political independence and
territorial integrity for all.”
Fundenmental Principles
“These five principles are not
new, but they are fundamental,
the President said, “taken
together they point the way
from uncertain armistice to
durable peace. We believe there
must be progress toward all of
them if ther is to be progrss
toward any.”
Johnson did not go into any
specific details except for his
suggestion on th arms race.
He described the action of
Egyptian President Gamal Ab
del Nasser in blockading the
Gulf of Aqaba as “a single act
of f011y... more responsible for
this explosion than any other.”
The Chief Executive said
there could be no hope for
lasting peace “in threats to end
the life of any other nation”,
and that such threats had
become a burden to the entire
world, as well as to the Mid
east.
He said no nation adhering to
the U.N. charter or its own true
interests should permit military
success to blind it to the fact
that “its neighbors have rights
and interests of their own.”
Learn To Rea s on
In urging Israel and the Arab
nations to take the lead in
achieving peace, Johnson said,
“it is hard to see how it is
possible for nations to live
together in peace if they can
not learn to reason together.”
At another point, he com
mented: “They can seek
another arms race if they want.
But they will seek it at a
terrible cost to their own people
—and to their long-neglected
human needs. They can live on
a diet of hate—though only at
the cost of hatred in return. Or
they can move toward peace
with one another.
“The world is watching, for
the peace of the world is at
stake. It will look for patience
and justice—humility—and mor
al courage. It will look for signs
of movement from prejudice
and the emotional chaos of
conflict—to the gradual shaping
of peace.’
Hideous Crimes
In Spalding;
Why?
- - Editorial, Page 4
Kosygin Asks UN
To Condemn Israel
By BRUCE W. MUNN
United Press International
UNITED NATIONS (UPD—
Soviet Premier Alexei N.
Kosygin asked the General
Assembly today to condemn
Israel’s “aggression” against
the Arabs and demand Its
unconditional withdrawal from
Arab territory. He said Israel
must pay full damages.
Kosygin opened his major
policy speech with an attack on
American “aggression” in Viet
Nam and a demand for
withdrawal of the American
forces there. He then accused
the “imperialist powers” of
aiding Israel.
TJie Soviet leader presented a
resolution asking the Security
Council to take “immediate
effective measures in order to
eliminate all consequences of
the aggression committed by
Israel.”
Kosygin’s only direct refer
ence to Washington’s Middle
East policy was an accusation
that Britain and the United
States hatched a plan to bring
pressure on the Arabs by using
their Mediterranean fleets to
protect Israel.
Makes No Reference
He made no reference to
Preside n t Johnson’s policy
speech at Washington—made 90
minutes earlier—in which John
son spelled out five major
principles needed to bring peace
to the Middle East. This
included an end to the arms
race and a public accounting to
the United Nations on arms
.'■hipments to the area.
Johnson also declared the
Arabs and Israelis bear the
main responsibility of establish
ing a long-range peace for their
peoples.
Court Tackles
Heavy Calendar
The Spalding County Superior
Court tackled one of the heavi
est calendars in its history this
morning.
Judge John H. McGehee made
no formal charge to the grand
jury.
He told them they faced one of
the heaviest calendars since he
had been on the Griffin Judicial
bench. Judge McGehee said he
saw nothing to be gained by go
ing over and over their duties.
He said most of them had ser
ved before and were familiar
with their duties.
Judge McGehee asked them
to go to the grand jury room,
elect a foreman and send h i m
back to be sworn in.
Cooper Mills, Jr., was elected
and came back shortly. Sol. Gen.
Andrew Whalen, Jr., administer
ed the foreman’s oath to Mills
and the jury began its session.
Judge McGehee noted also
that a heavy calendar faced this
week’s civil term of court.
This is a new grand jury. Us
ually the June grand jury is a
carry-over from the February
term of Court in Spalding Coun
ty. But the jury commission had
to draw up new jury lists from
voter registration rolls. After the
Supreme Court ruled jurors
should not be drawn from tax
digests, Georgia turned to using
voter registration lists.
Some 119 cases are to be con-
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Rep. Melton
Chairman Os
Committee
ATLANTA (UPD— Gov. Les
ter Maddox today appointed
the chairmen and vice chair
men of task force committees
to help direct the state tax re
vision study.
The 47-member study com
mittee will be broken up into
five task forces, each assigned
a differen phase of Georgia’s
fiscal system. The objective of
the committee is to revise state
tax laws.
The committees:
—Magnitude of Fiscal Prob
lem Committee, to work out a
projection of Georgia’s fiscal
position for the next five to 10
years under the existing tax
structure: Rep. Quimby Melton
Jr. of Griffin, chairman, and
James A. Jacobs of Atlanta,
vice chairman.
—Personal and Corporate In
come Taxes Committee: Sen.
Frank Coggin of Hapeville,
chairman, and Clifford Clark of
Atlanta, vice chairman.
—Property Taxation Commit
tee: Ed. W. Hiles of Atlanta,
chairman and Edward Smith of
Atlanta, vice chairman.
— Governmental Structure
Committee: Rep. Michael J.
Egan, of Atlanta, chairman,
Charles L. Gowen of Atlanta,
vice chairman.
—Distribution of Tax Respon
sibility Committee, to study the
equity of taxes among fam
ilies on different income lev
els: Sen. Eugene Holley of Au
gusta, chairman, Hugh P. Co
mer of Macon, vice chairman.
sidered by this session of the
grand jury. More than 300 wit
nesses had been subpoenaed to
appear before the grand jury.
Talmadge Says Cities
Need More Tax Power
ATLANTA (UPD— Sen. Her
man Talmadge, D-Ga., today
urged that the Georgia legisla
ture give cities the “power and
authority” to levy additional
taxes to enable them to meet
increased municipal services.
Talmadge, in a speech to the
34th annual convention of the
Georgia Municipal Association,
said ways and means should be
found to solve urban problems
at the urban level.
“The General Assembly
should enact such legislation as
may be necessary to give cities
the power and authority to levy
the taxes required to carry out
the services that are needed by
the people,” he said.
The demands on Georgia’s
rapidly - expanding municipal
ities "have been multiplying
faster than the cities’ abilites
to meet them by raising the
No Arrests Made;
No Suspects Found
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert today
issued a plea for Information
that might be related to the
death of Charles Vaughn, 22, of
Griffin.
The sheriff was heading up an
investigation of the death. The
The City of Griffin today
posted a SSOO reward for any
information leading to the ar
rest and conviction °f any per
son or persons In the brutal
killing of Charles Vaughn.
West Georgia College senior was
found late Friday afternoon just
off Dutchman road. Investiga
tors found six bullet holes in his
body. His hands and feet had
been bound behind him.
Working throughout the week
end with the sheriff have been
all of his deputies, the GBI, the
FBI, state crime laboratory men
and city police.
Contrary to some wild rumors
about the investigation, the
sheriff said that no arrests have
been made in the case.
He went to Carrollton Sunday
to check out possible leads
there. Vaughn made his home
off campus in Carrollton. He was
to have graduated from West
Georgia this summer and had
accepted a teaching job in For
est Park beginning in the fall.
Sheriff Gilbert said that the
Carrollton area was still being
checked today by the GBI for
[ possible leads in the case.
But today he said no motive
for the killing had been estab
lished. He said he had no sus
pects.
Anyone who might have seen
Vaughn or talked with him after
8:15 or 8:30 Sunday night, June
11, has been asked by the sher
iff to contact him or his office.
Tire sheriff said he wanted to
check out any bit of information
he could get to see if it had any
relation to the death.
Vaughn who was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Vaughn of
704 Woodland drive, was last
seen by members of his family
on Sunday night, June 11. He
left his house to get some gaso
line in his 1962 brown Corvair.
That was the last his family saw
of him.
A widespread search had been
conducted in several areas but
no traces of Vaughn could b«
found.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie McCard
who live in the Dutchman road
area found Vaughn’s body late
Friday afternoon. They were
looking for scrap iron in an area
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
rather hot Tuesday with a chan
ce of afternoon or evening th
undershowers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 91, minimum today
69, maximum. Sunday 90, mini
mum Sunday 69. Sunrise Tues
day 6:37 a.m., sunset Tuesday
8:51 p.m.
necessary revenue to do so,”
Talmadge said.
The senator said that 65 per
cent of the state’s population
now lives in municipalities and
this figure will rise to about 80
per cent in the next 25 years.
Commissioners
At Meeting
Mayor Carl Pruett, Commis
sioners Kimsey Stewart and O.
M. Snider, Jr., represented the
city of Griffin today as the Geor
gia Municipal Association meet
ing got under way. Charlie Smi
th, director of the Light and Wa
ter Department, also accompan
ied the commissioners to the
meeting.
off the road used as a trash
dump.
Funeral services for Mr. Vau
ghn were held Sunday after
noon from the First Baptist
Church and burial followed in
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Dag Made Memo
On Troops In
Gaza Strip Area
NEW YORK (UPD—A me
morandum in the files of the
late Dag Hammarskjold de
scribes an agreement with
U.A.R. President Gamel Abdel
Nasser that the United Nations
Emergency Force (UNEF)
would not be withdrawn from
the Gaza Strip unless Egypt and
the United Nations agreed its
task was completed.
The memorandum relates
how Hammarskjold, who was
U.N. secretary general at the
end of the 1956 Arab-Israeli
fighting, hammered out the
November agreement in which
Nasser consented to limit his
sovereign power over the peace
keeping force and submit the
concept of its task to the
General Assembly before order
ing it from Egyptian soil.
The contents of the memoran
dum indicate that Secretary
General Thant contradictd its
terms by ordering the removal
of the UNEF force last month
upon Nasser’s demand. The
speedy removal of the force
was viewed by many observers
to have precipitated the light
ning war between Israel and the
Arabs.
The memorandum was made
public Sunday night by Ham
marskjold’s close friend, Ernest
Gross of New York, former U.S.
representative to the United
Nations. Gross said the memo
was filed by the late secretary
general in the U.N. archives
after it was agreed to by
Nasser in 1957. Gross said the
memo was not secret but was
previously unpublished.
The memo reveals that
Hammarskjold insisted on the
compromise after rejecting as
Impractical the idea of giving
’.he General Assembly full
authority to order the troops out
of Egypt. The agreement as
outlined in the memo stipulated
that the “concept of the task (of
the peace-keeping force)—which
had to be interpreted also by
the General Assembly” would
be discussed before the UNEF
was withdrawn.
Thant has said he was
required to carry out the
withdrawal of the UNEF at
Nasser’s demand without furth
er negotiaion with the Egyptian
president and without recourse
to the General Assembly or the
Security Council.
A broader tax base in required
for the cities, he ssid.
It has been extremely diffi
cult, he said, to expand exist
ing services and provide new
ones “under a tax structure
that was conceived and estab
lished long ago under vastly
different circumstances and ex
pectations, and that was de
vised completely without knowl
edge or contemplation of condi
tions that would be created by
such mammoth, speedy, and
highly - complicated growth of
our cities.”
With more taxing power at
the local level, cities which re
quire them can raise such rev
enues as are needed ’in ac
cordance with the desires of
their people, he said.
“This is home rule and local,
self-government at its best,”
Talmadge said.