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By Quimby Melton
t Profiles of two men:
One: — Lyndon B. Johnson,
President of the United States;
The Other: — Alexei N. Kosy
gin, Premier of Soviet Russia.
Locations: — The President in
Washington; the Premier in New
York.
Act One: President Johnson,
speaking to a group of educators
meeting in Washington, spelled
* out five essentials to a genuine
settlement of the Israeli-A r a b
dispute that led to a short con
frontation of armed forces and
* a speedy victory for the smaller
nation. The outstanding one of
the five things he advocated, in
our opinion, was when Presi
dent Johnson said after all it
was clearly up to the Israelis and
the Arabs to sit down and
work out an agreement that wou
ld bring and preserve peace in
* that part of the world. “Those
who live in the Middle East
have the responsibility of settling
this” he said.
* The President’s speech was a
genuine plea for peaceful set
tlement of the entire matter. And
in his five-point program he of-
* sered worthwhile suggestions.
He did not attempt to put the
blame on any one people.
Act Two, One hour later; Pre
mier Kosygin, speaking to the
emergency meeting of United
« Nations, immediately “took
sides” and in an attempt to be
cloud the issue, pictured the Is
raelis as “the bad guy”, and
, the Arabs as the “poor little,
‘good guy.’ ”
His was nothing but a propa
ganda speech. It had a two fold.
* purpose; First to fan the flames
of hate against the western po
wers; second to try and "save
face” for Russia and lull the
* Arabs into believing that Rus
sia had not deserted them when
the shooting began.
United Nations has seen anoth-
* er Russian Premier — one Kru
shchev — .take off his shoe and
pound the desk in an effort to
put over his charges that the
'' entire world, with the exception
of Russia and her benighted
Communist allies, was the ene
my of the “little people.”
And United Nations has also
seen another representative o(
the Communist world pay it a
visit, turn his quarters in a New
* York hotel into a slaughter pen
for chickens and come striding
into the meeting room with fea
thers on his hands.
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Both those antics were disgust
ing to say the least.
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Kosygin branding the Israelis
as the aggressors, and trying to
link America and Great Britian
y with them, called for United Na
; tions to condemn Israelis, force
/ them to give up every inch of
territory they had seized, and,
admitting their guilt, pay “for
the damage done.”
One sad thing about his speech
is that there are enough “dup
es” who are members of United
Nations, who will follow the Kos
ygin line and may go so far as
to vote what he asks.
United Nations is on trial.
Not just Israel, America, the
rest of the decent world, not
even the Arabs and their allies
—but United Nations.
That President Johnson was
and is sincere in his efforts to
bring about peace and better un
derstanding between nations, is
once again proven.
That Kosygin and his evil co
horts are not interested in any
thing but a settlement “on their
terms” is also quite evident.
And to cap the climax note
Kosygin, invited to meet with
the President, refused to meet
him, saying in effect that he did
not have the time to discuss
anything with anybody who did
not agree with his terms for set
tlement.
Go home Kosygin!
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and con
tinued rather hot. Wednesday
with widely scattered afternoon
or evening thundershowers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 91, minimum today
69, maximum Monday 93, mini
mum Monday 69. Sunrise Wed
nesday 6:32 a.m., sunset Wed
nesday 8:51 p.m.
Ronald Lee Smith Charged
With Murder In Brutal Killing
Gunboats, Infantrymen
Kill 196 Communists
By EUGENE V. RISHER
Uni*ed Press International
SAIGON (UPD—The U. S.
Navy using gunboat tactics
borrowed from American Civil
War strategy teamed with U. S.
infantrymen to kill 196 Commu
nists Monday in a river battle
only 17 miles south of Saigon,
military spokesmen reported
today.
The battle was one of five
that raged from the Mekong
Delta to the fringes of the
Dematerialized Zone (DMZ. The
Communists lost 368 dead in the
five battles and American
soldiers and Marines counted 49
dead and 216 wounded.
The air war flared with new
intensity and U. S. planes
bombed the Bac Giang fuel
burning plant 27 miles north of
Hanoi for the ninth time
Monday in a “highly success
ful” raid. Other planes hit the
Hai Duong road and rail bridge
linking Hanoi and Haiphong and
rail yards 39 miles northeast of
Hanoi.
Communist MIGs took to the
air but did not attack the
American raiders and no U. 6.
losses were reported.
Called Monitors
Navy Lt. Augustine Marano,
3T, Clearfield, Pa., who dis
closed the use of the Civil War
techniques, said the gunboats
used were called "Monitors”
after the Union “cheesebox on a
raft” that fought a five hour
draw with the Confederate
Merrimac on March 9, 1862. The
Confederates burned the Merri
mac in May to prevent its
capture; the Monitor sank In a
storm off Cape Hatteras in
December.
Actually the flotilla “has been
making history for the past two
weeks” Marano said. He did not
elaborate on other actions but
said the gunboats are heavily
armed with 40 and 20 millime
ter cannons and machineguns to
protect troops aboard troop
carriers and command boats.
U.S. infantrymen have been
training aboard barracks ships
since February in preparation
for carrying the war to the
rivers and marshlands of the
Mekong Delta. For the battle
they switched to floatipg troop
carriers that carried them
along the Rach Cat River' below
Saigon.
The troops landed in waist
high waters of the marshland
and attacked the Fifth Viet
Cong Independent Battalion.
With South Vietnamese troops
supporting from the south, the
infantrymen poured in from the
north and west and began the
seven-hour battle that ended at
midnight Monday.
Close From River
Tlie Monitors closed in from
the river and attacked the
trapped Viet Cong from barely
100 yards away. Marano said
the gunships poured 2,000
rounds of 40 mm cannon fire on
the Communist position as well
as 70 mortar rounds and a large
number of grenades and small
Soviet President,
Nasser Plan Talks
CAIRO (UPD—Soviet Pres
ident Nikolai Podgorny was
flying to Cairo today for talks
on the Middle East crisis with
U.A.R. President-Premier Ga
mal Abdel Nasser.
There were no immediate
details on Podgomy’s program
in Cairo.
Official sources said he would
not arrive from Moscow until
Wednesday, indicating a stop
enroute possibly in Yugoslavia
or some other East European
country.
Official sources in Cairo said
the trip was being made at the
initiative of the Russians. It
was seen as an additional Soviet
DAILY
Daily Since 1872
arms fire.
Troops of the 9th Infantry
Division suffered 28 killed and
John M. Jones Shot
By Masked Gunman
Johnny Mills Jones, 61, was
listed in fair condition this morn
ing at the Griffin-Spalding Hos
pital where he was admitted late
Monday night suffering from a
gunshot wound in the abdomen.
He apparently was shot at his
home in Lamar County just ac
ross the Spalding County line.
Lamar County Sheriff J. C.
Waller was conducting an inves
tigation today.
The assailant apparently step-
Country Parson
“Usually we’re willing to
give others some credit for
what we are — especially
when we’ve failed.”
More Stores
May Enter ‘War’
ATLANTA (UPD — It’s a war
housewifes can be concerned
with a supermarket food
price war and it’s to be fought
partly in Georgia.
Two supermarket chains have
announced price slashes, an
other chain has vowed not to be
undersold and yet another de
cided to watch the war from a
safe distance and “wait and
see.”
Kroger Co. announced price
cuts on 2,000 food items and it
would c<ose its stores until
Wednesday to mark prices
downward. It said slashes
would be effective in its Atlanta
division and in Birmingham,
Gadsden and Anniston, Ala.
Colonial released a statement
saying it would sharply cut
prices. A spokesman said re
ductions “are being brought
about by a special competitive
situation which has all the char
acteristics of a price war.”
He said Colonial’s reductions
would be effective throughout
effort to pacify military Arabs
following the stiff defense of the
Arab point of view Monday by
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin
before the U.N. General Assem
bly.
Kosygin’s speech reiterated
every major anti-Israel point
he Soviet press had made since,
the beginning of the war, but
conceded that Israel had a
"right” to existence and obliga
tions as a U.N. member.
Some Arab newspapers at
tacked this concession as
weakness on Kosygin’s part and
a possible faltering of the Soviet
stand in their defense.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday, June 20,1967
1 126 wounded. The Navy men
protected by armor plate
I suffered only 15 wounded.
ped from the shadows as Mr. Jo
nes, a bondsman, drove into the
yard of his home about 11 p.m.,
relatives at the scene related.
Jones apparently tried to keep
the armed man who had a hand
kerchief over his face from en
tering the home.
Jones’ son Julian who lives
nearby, and Harris Perkins, al
so a neighbor, came to the Jones
home when called shortly after
the shooting.
Sheriff Waller was Inves
tigating this morning and was
not available to discuss details
of the shooting.
UN Asked To Endorse
LBJ’s 5-Point Plan
By BRUCE W. MUNN
UNITED NATIONS (UPD—
U.S. Ambassador Arthur J.
Goldberg asked the General
Assembly today to endorse
President Johnson’s five-point
peace program as the basis for
a permanent settlement in the
Middle East.
Goldberg put Johnson’s pro
gram before the assembly in
the form of a resolution after
the North Georgia area and in
Augusta, Macon and Columbus
and would range up to 30 per
cent on some items.
A spokesman for the Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) said
that chain was “waiting to see
what happens.”
Big Apple promised it would
not be undersold.
One supermarket spokesman
said "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.”
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ATTACKS ISRAEL, U. S. ‘AGGRESSION’ — Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin
asks the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Israel’s “aggression” against
the Arabs and demand unconditional withdrawal from Arab lands. In his major
policy speech, Kosygin also made a similar demand against American forces in
Vietnam.
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Secretary General Thant dis
closed Israel had refused to
accept U.N. peace-keeping for
ces on its territory after Egypt
demanded their withdrawal.
Israel in part blames the
withdrawal for start of the war.
Goldberg rejected a resolution
offered Monday by Soviet
Premier Alexei N. Kosygin
demanding that Israel withdraw
its forces from captured territo
ry and pay reparations for war
damage.
Goldberg said that resolution
would “run the film backward"
to conditions before the June 5
outbreak of hostilities.
Kosygin was not present for
Goldberg’s address. The Soviet
premier arrived at the United
Nations five minutes after
Goldberg finished.
The U.S. resolution, like the
Soviet measure, would leave
future action up to the Security
Council where the five per
manent members have veto
power. The five are the U.S.
Britain, France, Russia and
Nationalist China.
Goldberg’s measure would
have the assembly endorse the
Security Council cease-fire,
declare that its objective must
be a “stable and durable peace”
and that the objective should be
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achieved through Israeli-Arab
negotiations “with appropriate
third party assistance.”
He said these objectives,
should be based on the five
points outlined Monday by
President Johnson:
—Recognized right of national
life.
—Justice for refugees.
—lnnocent maritime passage.
—Limits on the wasteful arms
race.
—Political independence and
territorial integrity for all.
Goldberg requested that the
Security Council “keep the
situation under careful review.”
Secretary of State Dean Rusk,
who had conferred before the
meeting with Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei A. Gromyko on
the dwindling possibility of a
Kosygin-Johnson meeting, was
present for Goldberg’s speech.
But he left as soon as President
Noureddin Atassi of Syria began
to speak.
Thant made his disclosure on
the U.N. troops before Goldberg
spoke.
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba
S. Eban told the General
Assembly Monday that abrupt
withdrawal of the U.N. forces
was a major cause of the brief
war with the Arab countries.
Arrest Made
This Morning
Ronald Lee Smith, 23, of Sp
alding County today was arres
ted and charged with the mur
der of Charles L. Vaughn, 22,
Sheriff Dwayne Gilbert announ
ced.
Sheriff’s officials said he was
out of prison on parole.
The arrest was made this mor
ning about 7:30 at the home of
his mother on the Williamson
road just west of the Carver
road.
(The man charged with the
killing is not the Ronnie W.
Smith, 17, listed in the City
Directory as helper, Jones Con
struction Co., Williamson road.)
The suspect was asleep when
a group of law officers moved
in to make the arrest. He offer
ed no resistance.
“He didn’t have a chance,"
the sheriff said.
The suspect sat shirtless and
looking at the floor in the sher
iff’s office under the watchful
eye of a deputy while the sher
iff announced his arrest to news
men in another office.
Officers making the arrest
were: the sheriff, Chief Leo
Blackwell, Asst. Chief Bobby Joe
Conner, Captain Ronnie Irvin,
Det. Wallace Pitts, all of the Gr
iffin Police Department; GBI
Agent Billy Darsey, Spalding
Warden Floyd Wilkerson, and
three Atlanta detectives B. L.
Anderson, R. A. Davis and R.
Radovich.
The sherff announced the ar
rest at a hurriedly called news
conference in the Spalding jail
shortly after 8 o’clock.
At an early afternoon news
conference, the sheriff revealed
Smith’s wife, Carol Jean Smith,
21, was being held at the Spald
ing jail in protective custody.
She was taken into custody Mon
day afternoon before the sheriff
led a group of lawmen to Atlan
ta to look for Smith. The Smiths
had been married three months,
the Sheriff said.
The sheriff said he had infor
mation that Smith was in Atlan
ta. When he found out about 7
o’clock this morning that Smith
was in Spalding, he returned
here and placed him under ar
rest.
Robbery was the motive for
the killing, the sheriff said.
He said, however, that Smith
got no money from Vaughn.
Vaughn was slain at the trash
dump on Dutchman road where
his body was found, the sheriff
said. He said a pistol was used
in the slaying and that he expec
ted to have the weapon by
night.
The pond at Dundee No. Five
mill was being drained this af
ternoon. The sheriff expected to
Bricks, Bottles Rained
On Police At Dixie Hills
By TEE DENT PONDER
United Pre®s International
ATLANTA (UPD — Negro
leaders searched the troubled
Dixie Hills section of Atlanta
today for 25 youths willing to
form a “youth patrol” to help
head off another night of
violence.
Hundreds of Negroes, making
use of high ground on hillsides,
rained bricks and bottles onto
police in a barricaded shopping
center Monday night after
Stokely Carmichael tola a rally
that “we need to be beating
heads.”
Sen. Leroy Johnson, the
state’s first Negro legislator in
modern history, and Dixie Hills
civic leaders announced they
would try to form a “youth
corps” of Negro boys like the
one that helped bring order to
riot-torn Tampa last week. They
began calling on likely pros
pects.
City Aiderman Q. V. William
son, a Negro, stood by early
today and watched a city work
crew get ready to grade off an
area near the shopping center
for a playground. The lack of a
proper playground in the
find the murder weapon when
the pond was drained.
Vaughn was taken from his ve
hicle and to Dutchman road
where the slaying occurred, the
sheriff said. The Vaughn automo
bile was found on County Line
road Monday afternoon, June 12.
The sheriff said that the mur
der apparently Occurred some
time Sunday night but he was
unable to pinpoint the time any
closer than that.
John Carlisle, Griffin attor
ney, has been appointed by Jud
ge John H. McGehee to talk with
the accused man. Smith had re
quested an attorney be appoint
ed for him.
It’s possible, but not likely
that the charge of murder again
st Smith might be carried be
fore the Spalding Grand Jury in
session this week, the sheriff
said.
Another grand jury is not sc
heduled to meet until October.
INVESTIGATION
It climaxed an intensive in
vestigation that had been un
der way since last Friday night
when Vaughn’s body was found.
A man and his wife looking for
scrap iron in a trash dump off
Dutchman road found the body.
Vaughn’s hands and feet had
been tied behind him and he had
been shot four times in the head
and twice in the chest.
Sheriff Gilbert said that as far
as he knew Smith was unemploy
ed. The sheriff did not know
the identity of his mother.
BURGLARY
Smith had served time in the
Public Works Camp in Spalding
County on burglary charges. He
was arrested in connection with
the burglary of Pridgen’s Hard
ware in October 1964, Griffin Po
lice records show.
Sheriff Gilbert and fellow law
officers working on the case
went to Atlanta after midnight
this morning. He declined to dis
cuss details of the Atlanta end
of the investigation.
LAWMEN WEARY
The sheriff’s offices at the
Spalding County jail this morn
ing were filled with lawmen who
had worked on the case. All of
them were weary eyed from the
loss of sleep during the past se
veral nights and days of inten
sive effort to locate a suspect
in the killing.
Vaughn was a senior at West
Georgia College and was to have
completed his work there this
summer. He had accepted a tea
ching job in Forest Park and
was to begin work this fall.
Vaughn was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Vaughn of 704
Woodland drive.
crow'ded Negro housing develop
ment area was one of the
sparks that set off the violence,
Negro leaders said.
Williamson said the play
ground had been planned for
some time and was not a direct
result of Monday night’s melee.
Griffin Man
Killed When Car
Falls From Jack
John Walter Head, 27, died of
suffocation when an automobile
he was working on fell from a
jack at his home, 127 Eller st
reet. The vehicle pinned him and
he was unable to call for help,
according to Sheriff’s Deputy
Gray Pinson.
The man’s 10-year-old daugh
ter found her father under the
vehicle, Pinson said.
The accident happened about
11:40 a.m., Pinson said.
Head, a Negro, was dead on
arrival at the Griffin-Spalding
Hospital.