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VENIN
By Quimby Melton
We probably crowded more
i “sight seeing” tours into our
j stay in Holland than in any oth
! er country we visited. And ev
’ ery minute of it was worthwhile
■ —for Holland, or the Nether
i lands, is a nation made up of
' people of various backgrounds,
various interests, and living in
; communities that are different
| in many respects.
Our second day tour in Hol
' land took us to The Hague,
i where the Permanent Court of
International Justice was estab
lished in 1899. This organiza
tion is supposed to arbitrate in
ternational squabbles, and while
in the past there have been tim
es when it has been effective, it
seems that now there is little,
that will be binding, they can
! do. But The Hague has outlived
i the League of Nations and may
outlive United Nations as well.
The Netherlands has two capi
tal cities — Amsterdam, where
the General Assembly, or Parlia
ment meets; and The Hague,
where the Queen maintains the
Royal Palace. (The Queen also
has a palatial palace in Amster
dam where she holds ceremon
ial dinners for visiting dignitar
ies). Incidentially the Queen
and the royal family live in a
palace located ‘‘out in the coun
try” far from the noise of the
j big cities.
If we followed the same plan
i in America the President would
live in the White House in Wash
ington, and Congress would
meet, say in Baltimore, or New
York, or in Atlanta. And the
President would spend most of
i his time at neither, but back on
the ranch in Texas.
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Believe the most interesting
feature of the trip through Hol
land was when we went by mo
ii tor coach up into the area kn
own as “Waterland”, where we
spent some time in a typical old
styled Dutch village, then took
a motor launch to an Island
some miles away. (It was on
this trip over the lake that we
ran into the first, of several peo
ple who “knew” friends of ours
t living in Griffin. Later we will
do a column on “How Small Is
the World” telling of those meet
ings.)
An Interesting thing to this
traveller was the fact that the
large lake across which we tra
velled was a fresh water lake;
as are all the Inland waterways
in Holland. We had Imagined
that since the North Sea is, of
course, salty and tides run high,
that water, even in the rivers
would be contaminated. But this
is not true. Thanks to modern
engineering there are hugh dik
es and locks where the rivers
flow into the North Sea; when
the tides are running in they are
closed and when the tide is run
ning out are opened and the st
reams rush out and keep the
salt away. This has resulted in
practically every inch of land in
the waterland area being rich
farming land. (Incidentally Hol
land is a big dairy fanning na
tion; and after enjoying the
sweet butter and the cheese they
served in profusion, it was hard
getting back to margarine on re
turning home.)
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There was one little thing that
was especially interesting to
this Griffinite. As we rode along
following a large canal Into Am
sterdam noticed a U. S. naval
vessel, whether it was a destroy
er or a patrol boat we do not
know. It was tied up in a dry
dock yard and the name of It
was “John Willis” — could not
help but think of "Papa John”
Willis, Griffin’s long time rest
aurateur.
But as much as we enjoyed
Holland had to leave the next
morning for Brussels, Belgium.
We still maintain that the
chief thing that Impressed us
about Holland, or the Nether
lands as it is properly known,
is the seeming love for the land
possessed by all with whom we
came in contact.
Country Parson
“Folks used to plan ahead
for what they wanted to buy
—now they plan what they’ll
mortgage next.”
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Paintings
Library To Display
Art Collection Sunday
The Griffin Utility Club and
Library Board of Trustees will
sponsor an open house at Haw
kes Library on Sunday, July 23
from 3 to 5 p.m.
A new art collection of famous
reproductions will be on display
to acquaint the people of Griffin
and Spalding County with a new
cultural service of the library.
This service, the free loan of
paintings, will start in August
and it is anticipated that indivi
duals will be able to borrow one
or two prints to hang in their
home, office, classroom or busi
ness. The reproductions may be
borrowed for approximately a
month at a time.
The purchase of these paint
ings was made possible by a fe
deral grant sent from the state
to the Flint River Regional Lib
rary.
The local library staff selec
ted each picture individually.
Each is custom framed and a
high quality reproduction. The
oils are hand varnished by por
trait artists. Each frame is dif
ferent and carefully selected to
fit the period and subject of the
painting. The framing is done
by expert craftsmen.
It is hoped that in offering this
service the library will help
meet the cultural needs of our
community and that art educa
tion and art appreciation will
result.
All of the paintings on order
have not been received; how-
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Clear to partly cloudy
Thursday. Warm days and mild
nights.
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mum today 84, minimum today
66, maximum Tuesday 83, mini
mum Tuesday 65. Sunrise Th
ursday 6:45 a.m , sunset Thurs
day 8:46 p.m.
Could It Be Atlantis?
Scientists Find Buried City
By GUY DARST
BOSTON (UPD—The con
tinent of Atlantis, its civilization
far ahead of its time, was in
legend the model of the world to
come. But for the land fabled in
the writings of Plato the future
never came.
Plato told of the mysterious
continent “sinking beneath the
waves.” For all the world knew,
Atlantis and its treasures—if
they ever existed—were lost
forever. Even its location was
lost.
But Tuesday two scientists
reported finding on a Greek
island ruins of a city buried by
a volcanic eruption 3,400 years
ago. They believe it could be
part of Atlantis and it could be
the greatest archeological dis-
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872 Griffin, Ga., 30223, Wednesday, July 19, 1967 Vol. 95 No. 168
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
An open house and art show will be held Sunday
afternoon from 3 to 5 p. m. at the library to give
Griffinites a chance to see paintings which can be
checked out. Mrs. Lillian Kapiloff, Miss Marjorie Mc-
Kenzie and Mrs. Ann Smith unwrap one of the paint
ings. Mrs. Kapiloff and Mrs. Smith are two of t h e
Utility Club members who will serve as hostesses Sun
day. Miss McKenzie is a member of the library staff.
The paintings were purchased through a federal grant
to the Flint River Regional Library.
ever, over 40 reproductions will
be exhibited on Sunday. Some
of the artists represented in the
showing include Chagall, Fran
ch, Lloyeras, Monet, Van Gogh,
Utrillo and Wyeth.
Refreshments will be served
and Mrs. John M. Garrison, pre
sident of the Utility Club, has
announced that Mrs. Lee Roy
Claxton, Mrs. Mark C. Kapiloff,
Mrs. Dan Smith and Mrs. Jack
son W. Landham will serve as
hostesses for the event.
The Library Trustees Will be
on hand to answer questions.
They are Dr. John E. Clouse,
Jr., chairman, Mrs. Edna Ol
son, Jake Cheatham, Will Best
Plowden, Gerald Bilbro, Geor
ge Patrick, Mrs. Edith Newton,
Lewis Thomas, and the Rev.
Alastair C. Walker.
All ages are invited, children
especially.
Hawes Charges:
Assessment Mix-Up
Used To Raise Taxes
ATLANTA (UPD—State Rev
enue Commissioner Peyton
Hawes said today the confusion
over Georgia’s tax assessment
rates has been used by local
county officials to raise taxes
when they normally would not
have the courage to do so.
Appearing with Gov. Lester
Maddox at a news conference,
Hawes was obviously angered
at the office of Fulton County
Tax Commissioner Jack Camp,
although he did not mention
Camp by name.
Maddox said an undercover
man for the governor’s office
had called Camp’s office, de
manding to know who was re
sponsible for a sharp increase
covery since Pompeii was
unearthed in the 17th Century.
Find Buried City
The archaeologists said they
found on the crescent-shaped
island of Thira in the Aegean
Sea the remains of a whole
Minoan city buried 1,500 years
before the birth of Christ.
“Plato described a flourishing
metropolis,” said James Mavor,
one of the discoverers. “And
now we’ve found one.”
Mavor, an engineer at the
Woods Hole Oceanographic In
stitution in Massachusetts, and
Mrs. Emily Vermeulle, profes
sor of art and Greek at
Wellesley College and a fellow
in research for the classics
department of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, an-
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Local News. Page 2.
News Map. Page 3.
High School Grads. Page 3.
Social Security. Page 3.
Editorials. Page 4.
David Poling. Page 5.
Malta. Page 5.
Fire Bombings. Page 5.
Society. Page 6.
Sp°rts. Pages 8,9, 10.
Computer Check. Page 12.
Shipyard Strike. Page 12-
Puerto Rico. Page 16.
Deceased Vets. Page 20.
P a nama. Page 20.
Want Ads. Page 22.
Comics. Page 23.
Oil Critics. Page 24-
Ray Cromley. Page 24.
Racial Unrest. Page 24.
The Mutes. Page 24.
in county property taxes this
year and was told it was the
governor’s office.
“Make no mistake about it,
your taxes can be raised by on
ly one group—your local offi
■ cials,” Hawes said.
Maddox angrily declared Ful
ton County was “trying to get
their monkey to ride on my
back. And they picked the
wrong governor in the wrong
place in the wrong time.”
Georgia’s tax picture has
been in a state of confusion for
more than a year since a court
ruled that all Georgia property
must be assessed at the same
rate.
nounced their discovery at a
news conference in the
museum.
The ruins of a city, believed
to be part of the Minoan
civilization which flourished
before the Greek civilization,
has been partially unearthed on
Thira, they said. The city, about
one-half mile square and with a
population of about 30,000, was
engulfed by volcanic ash about
1,500 B.C.
The discovery was made
under one of the vineyards
which support the 4,000 people
of Thira, an 11-square mile
Island about 60 miles north ot
Crete.
Find Many Artifacts
In chipping away the ash “to
a shallow depth,” the research
78 Feared Dead
In Air Collision
Burglars Strike Four
Griffin Business Firms
Burglars struck at four Grif
fin businesses Tuesday night,
but apparently took only a small
amount of money from vending
machines at each, according to
the Griffin Police Department.
Officers said burglars took an
undisclosed amount of cash from
the petty cash box at Orkin Ex
terminating Company on Eve
ree Inn road.
Burglars entered the building
by prying a moulding off the
back door, officers said.
Two dollars was taken from
a soft drink machine at Holt
Sheet Metal Works on Hammond
drive.
Burglars entered the building
by prying open a side window.
A neighbor saw the burglar
enter the building and called po
lice, but officers arrived after
the burglars had opened the
machine and took the money.
He left the building by the fr-
House Moves To Stop
Traveling Riot-Rousers
WASHINGTON (UPD—Goad
ed into action by the fourth
consecutive summer of ghetto
riots, the House moved today to
put traveling rabble - rousers
behind bars.
Called up for short debate and
expected overwhelming , appro
val was legislation that would
make it a federal crime to
operate across state lines with
the intention of inciting riots.
A handful of members was
ready to fight the bill on
grounds that (1) it wouldn’t stop
riots and (2) it probably was an
unconstitutional invasion of free
speech and other rights. But
after Newark’s recent searing
and bloody experience, this
opposition was likely to make
little impression.
Supporters of the bill, which
would provide penalties of up to
five years imprisonment, $10,900
fine or both, say it is the least
federal government can do to
stem the rising tide of civil
disorder. They charge that
many of the recent outbreaks
have been fomented by travel
ing “professional agitators”
who specialized in whipping up
Negro resentments and then get
out of the area when violence
starts.
Opponents contend that the
bill, which would also have to
pass the Senate before it went
to the White House, could be
used against legitimate civil
rights and labor union activi
ties. Supporters deny it, point
ing out that the measure
specifically exempts “the mere
advocacy of ideas or the mere
expression of belief” from the
definition of inciting to riot.
team—working in coordination
with Greek officials — found
three-story houses, multi-co
lored frescoes, skeletons of
domestic animals, a loom and
many beautifully-colored earth
enware jars still filled with
what appeared to be olive oil
and wine.
“It was something so asto
nishing, we were not equipped
to deal with it,” Mrs. Vermeule
said.
"It’s certainly one of the most
Important archeological finds of
this generation—perhaps, the
most important archeological
discovery since Pompeii in the
17th Century. It may be a little
better than Pompeii because of
Its size, importance to its
culture and preservation.”
ont door, officers said.
A cigarette machine was hit
at Sigman Rambler on North
Expressway. An undisclosed am
ount of money was taken from
it.
Burglars entered the building
by breaking a pane of glass
from one of the doors.
Burglars took $2.90 from the
cash drawer at Roy’s Bait and
Tackle Shop on Experiment st
reet.
The building was entered
through a side window. The bur
glars took a pane out of the
window and replaced it when
they left.
Officers said the burglars may
have been committed by the
same person. A screwdriver
was used to open windows and
doors to each of the buildings
entered. It was used to open the
vending machines and cash
drawers.
Crisis Brewing
Over Use
Os Suez Canal
By WALTER LOGAN
United Press International
A new confrontation between
Egypt and Israel over use of
the Suez Canal built up rapidly
today. The head of the United
Nations Truce Observation
team appealed to both sides to
“do nothing which could aggra
vate” the tense situation there.
Gen. Odd Bull of Norway, the
U.N. cease-fire representative,
sent identical letters to Pres
ident Gamal Abdel Nasser of
Egypt and Premier Levi Eshkol
of Israel asking them to order
their troops to hold their fire.
He expressed grave concern for
the fragile cease-fire.
Bull also cabled U.N. Secreta
ry General Thant about the
contested canal demarcation
line and the tension mounting
because of the mutual claims
and counter claims regarding
the movement of patrol boats in
the 200-foot wide waterway.
No major cease-fire violations
have been reported since the
heavy fighting last weekend, but
Israel reported a single Egyp
tian mortar round was fired
across the canal Tuesday for
the first time since U.N. truce
observers arrived. The mortar
shell missed a half-track near
El Qantara. No major damage
was reported.
Incid e nt Not Reported
The incident was not reported
by the U.N. cease-fire mission,
Both Egypt and Israel ap
peared to fear some action in
the canal area would develop
into a fait accompli which
would permanently change its
status. Egypt has never permit
ted Israel to use the canal and
is determined to keep it that
way; Israel believes its crush
ing military victory gives it the
right to use the waterway.
Militant Arab chiefs fresh
from intensive arms aid talks
with Kremlin leaders held a
new round of anti-Israel discus
sions in Cairo today while the
President of militant Sudan
declared the Arab world would
neither negotiate with Israel
“nor ever let her live in peace.”
UNEXPECTED SUPPORT
CHICAGO (UPD—An angry
mob formed when robbery
suspect Frank Ross, 34, was
shot by a policeman. But they
went away when Ross said:
"Shut up. They could have
killed me.”
Bus Wreck
Kills Two;
Injures 32
By JOHN J. SANKO
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
(UPI) —A scenic-cruiser bus,
packed with a group of elderly
Maryland tourists on the last
lap of a nationwide tour, veered
off a narrow, winding highway
on 14,110-foot Pikes Peak
Tuesday and crashed, killing
two women.
Thirty -two other persons
aboard the silver-and-red bus,
including the driver, were
injured. They were rushed in
nine ambulances and three
patrol cars to hospitals in
Colorado Springs, 15 miles east
of the accident site.
Authorities said at least four
passengers were injured criti
cally. Six of the others had been
released by late Tuesday and
spokesmen said most of the rest
would be allowed to leave
today.
The two victims were identi
fied as Mrs. Lester Banks and
Mrs. Elizabeth Gangler, both of
Baltimore. Mrs. Banks was
tossed out of the vehicle. Mrs.
Gangler’s body was found near
the front of the bus where she
had been sitting.
“We were all coming down
from Pikes Peak and everyone
was having a good time,
laughing and joking,” said
Eugene Martin, 66, of Balti
more, one of the 33 passengers.
“We hit a soft shoulder, then
crashed into a pine tree after
rolling over.”
“We were coming around the
curve and I guess the driver
went a little too close to the
edge,” he said. “Everyone was
real calm and they did the best
they could for those who were
more seriously injured.”
Martin suffered a bruised leg
and was among those released
from a hospital after treatment.
His wife broke a wrist.
Colorado Springs police said
the driver of the Colorado
Transportation Co. bus, Merel
Woods, 31, of Denver, was in
shock and was questioned only
briefly after the incident. He
has been driving for the firm
eight years. *
Weltner Running
For His Old Seat
ATLANTA (UPD — Former
Rep. Charles L. Weltner, who
refused last year to campaign
on a ticket with Gov. Lester
Maddox, said today he is run
ning for his old seat in Con
gress. •
Weltner said he had “no oth
er honorable course” last fall,
but added that today “We are
in need of a new dream for
Georgia."
The 39-year-old Democrat told
a news conference he would
campaign for the Democratic
nomination in the sth District,
centered in Atlanta.
Weltner, who in 1964 became
the first “Deep South” con
gressman since Reconstruction
Griffarea
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Jet On Way
From Atlanta
To Roanoke
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C.
(UPD—A jet with 78 persons
aboard collided with a single
engine plane near this little
town’s airport today and
crashed in flames, strewing
bodies along an interstate
highway.
Reports from rescue-workers
at the scene indicated all 78
persons died in the crash.
Piedmont Airlines confirmed
the flaming jet was their flight
22, Atlanta to Roanoke, Va., to
Washington, with 73 passengers
and a crew of five.
The FAA said the light plane,
a Cessna, was believed missing
in the area.
An eyewitness, Grady Walker,
said the two planes collided
over his house near the
Asheville-Hendersonville Airport
shortly after noon.
The airliner plunged to the
ground near the interchange of
Interstate 26 and U.S. 64.
Witnesses said the bodies were
strewn from the highway to the
burning plane, a quarter of a
mile away.
“There is no word on
survivors,” said a Piedmont
Airlines spokesman.
The jetliner is a short range
plane with its three engines
grouped at the tail. It has a
speed of 600 miles an hour and
can carry up to 170 passengers.
The airlines have been flying it
since 1964.
‘I Don’t Know
What I Am’
ATLANTA (UPD— Municipal
Judge T. C. Little looked sadly
at the disheveled, little man
who stood before the bench.
“Do you feel you’re a chronic
alcoholic?” the judge asked.
“Judge, I don’t know what I
am,” the man said.
“I’m sort of like you,” Little
said. “I don’t know what you
are, but Ive known you for a
long time, You’re my buddy.”
“It’s cost me a lot of time
to be your buddy,” the small
man told the judge.
And Tuesday, it cost him 10
days more at the city prison
farm. The man became Atlan
ta’s first skid row drifter to be
sent to the stockade for evalua
tion by medical teams to deter
mine if he is an alcoholic.
If found to be a victim of al
coholism he will be released,
and not convicted on future ar
rests for drunkenness. A Super
ior Court ruled last week that
alcoholism is a disease, not a
crime.
to vote for a civil rights bill,
would face Incumbent Republi
can Rep. Fletcher Thompson if
he wins the Democratic nomi
nation.
Wehner’s announcement drew
an icy response from Maddox,
the man he snubbed in 1966.
“I’m so busy being governor,
I’m not going to be involved in
a race like that,” Maddox said.
“Maybe he’ll get into office
again, and then someday I’ll be
running again. I wonder what
he’ll do then,” Maddox said.
When asked If he would help
Weltner in November 1968 a
gainst a Republican, Maddox
replied, “I’ll just keep on being
governor.”