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Hospital
The following were admitted
to the Griffin-Spalding County
Hospital Wednesday:
Mrs. Barbara Mashburn, Mrs.
Darlene Copeland, Mrs. Margie
Gregory, Mrs. Janie Bowls,
Paul Lewis, Mrs. Mary Bran
nan, Mrs. Lillie Bryans, Mrs.
Jannie Harper, Mrs. Ruth Stall
ings, Robert Chambley, Calvin
Perry, Mrs. Hazel Califf, Mrs.
Geneva Taylor, Mrs. Gladys Gi
les, E. E. Ogletree, Mell Favors,
Mrs. Linda Kingsberry, Id us
Cochran, Sr., Jerry Zellner.
The following were dismissed:
Chris Storey, Vickie Fowler,
George Chappell, Mrs. Elizabeth
Cheaves and baby, Ernest Hood,
Mrs. Betty Nicholson, Mrs. Lin
da Lewis and baby, Mrs. Linda
Stribling, Clifford Acree, Jimmie
Buchanan, Mrs. Margie Fausel,
Mrs. Louchis Roberts, William
Buchanan, Leonard Doxey, Mrs.
Mamie Barrow, Mrs. Sallie
Reeves, Arling Jones.
Stork Club
LITTLE MISS KINGSBERRY
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Kings
berry of Route One, Brooks, an
nounce the birth of a daughter
on July 19 at the Griffin-Spald
ing County Hospital.
LITTLE MISS GREGORY
Mr. and Mrs. William Craw
ford Gregory of 370 North Hill
street, Griffin, announce the bir
th of a daughter on July 19 at
the Griffin-Spalding Hospital.
LITTLE MISS COPELAND
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Langford
Copeland of Route One, Griffin,
announce the birth of a daugh
ter on July 17 at the Griffin-Sp
alding County Hospital.
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Thursday, July 20, 1967 Griffin Daily News
RAY CROML.EY
Soviet Builds U.N. Bloc
Favorable to Its Proposals
By RAY C ROM LEY
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
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WASHINGTON (NEA)
It is all very well to talk about Russian defeats in the
emergency General Assembly sessions on the Israeli-Arab
war. But that isn’t the whole story.
It is true the Soviet Union, which called the special session
to condemn Israel as an “aggressor,” failed to achieve the
necessary votes. Every section of the Russian proposals was
voted down.
The Yugoslav resolution demanding an immediate Israeli
withdrawal from all occupied Arab territory failed of the
necessary two-thirds majority.
But on the other side of the coin, the U.S.-backed Latin-
American proposal, which called for tying a withdrawal to a
peace solution, also failed of a two-thirds majority.
Furthermore, though the Yugoslavs were unable to gain a
two-thirds majority for their proposal, they did get a majority
vote.
The major Communist-backed proposals—Yugoslav and
Russian—did gain votes ranging from 34 to 53 votes.
On the Yugoslav resolution for unconditional Israeli with
draw!, the Communists had 13 African countries south of the
Sahara, eight non-Red Asian countries, 12 Communist-bloc
votes, 13 Arab nations three European countries and four
Middle East nations not part of the Arab bloc.
Against the La tin-American resolution favored by the
United States, which conditioned a withdrawal on a settle
ment, the Communists had the 12 Communist-bloc countries,
the 13 Arab countries, five non-Communist Asian nations and
10 African countries south of the Sahara, two Middle East
countries not part of the Arab bloc and one European nation.
Obviously, in this round in the United Nations, the Rus
sians were making a play for the Arab-Moslem groups.
There are more than a half billion Moslems, between a
sixth and a seventh of the world’s population.
If Moscow establishes itself as the “protector” of the
Arabs and Moslems, it may be able to count on a considerable
number of these votes.
There are 12 Communist bloc countries (or votes) in the
United Nations. This bloc votes with the Soviet Union—
though Romania sometimes is a maverick.
In addition, the Soviet Union can frequently count on the
votes of five other countries—Cambodia, India, Tanzania,
Congo (Brazzaville) and Ceylon.
Whether the Russians can establish a lock on the votes of
a sizable number of the Moslem countries Is not certain, of
course. But it is clear Moscow is working on it.
A sizable U.N. minority could be used:
To bring unrelenting pressure on the United States to get
out of Vietnam.
To ease the economic-political pressure on Cuba’s Castro,
leaving his agents more freedom in Latin America.
To step up pressure for the United States to remove its
troops from Thailand, leaving that country open for heavier
Communist infiltration.
This reasoning adds up to one conclusion: The State
Department had better see to its fence building in the
Moslem countries.
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'Petty’ Issues Led To
Violent Shipyard Strike
By RICHARD B. LEGGITT
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (UPI)
—Spokesmen for both sides
called the issues “petty.” But
the strike at the world’s largest i
privately owned shipyard last
week resulted in the nation’s i
first labor-connected mass vlo- ,
lence in three decades.
Not since the “Little Steel” '
street battles of 1937 had a la- i
bor dispute turned into mob i
violence.
Members of the Peninsula '
Shipbuilders Association, a usu-1
ally affable independent union, 1
voted 4-1 on Sunday, July 9, to '
strike the Newport News Ship- 1
building and Drydock Co., '
which stretches for a mile and
a half along the wide James
River and is Virginia’s largest ;
employer.
The walkout, which really ‘
didn’t begin to take effect until ,
the next morning, “severely (
curtailed” work on the new (
super aircraft carrier John F. : |
Kennedy, five nuclear subma- ,
rines and at least 10 other ves- i
seis, most of them Navy. ,
The union, which represents
15,000 of the yard’s 22,000 era
ployes set up pickets at the J
mammoth shipyard’s 10 gates. 1
The company attempted to per- 1
suade as many employes as 1
possible to come through the 1
picket lines and keep working.
When that met only partial sue- :
ces it took legal action.
Injuncton Ignored
An injunction was issued by \ '
a Virginia circuit court pro- , 1
hibiting the strike. It was g
nored by the union and if any- j'
thing helped raise the already
heated tempers of the strikers.
Tuesday night some 25 New
port News policemen, complete- (
ly unprepared for mass vlo- ,
lence, allowed a crowd of about ‘
3,000 strikers and thrill seekers
to build up near the yard’s 1
main gate. Jerrlng turned into ,
bottle and brick throwing. ,
Morning showed a littered
battlefield. Two police cars had I,
been burned, windows had been j
smashed and pawn shops and ! •
stores looted, and at least 30 ■
persons including nine police
men had been injured.
Police called the mob "total
ly integrated” and declared ■
there were no racial overtones .
to the action. A police spokes
man said Negroes and whites
"attacked us together, like they
were brothers.”
Gov. Mills E. Godwin dis- i
patched 150 state troopers with I
nightsticks and shotguns and I
orders to keep the peace. God
win also took a mediator's role 1
and got union and company
spokesmen into negotiations.
Federal officials, worried about j ■
military vessels being built at ■
the yard, ordered two federal |'
mediators into the talks.
Police in Strength
A returning crowd Wednes
day night was met with police i
dogs, troopers and all the mus
cle the Newport News police
could muster. Streets were '
cleared and kept clear for the
remainder of the week. Bars,
which line the street across
from the shipyard, were heavi
ly patrolled and in some in
stances closed.
A settlement was reached I
late Friday. The shipyard prom
ised a “thorough study and af
firmative action” on union com-
Poisoned Stakes, Wall
Fail To Halt Rescue
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPI) — American
paratroopers leaped across poi
soned stakes, smashed through ,
a 10-foot bamboo wall and freed
22 starving Vietnamese from a
Communist jungle jail, U.S.
spokesmen said today.
"Thank you, GI, thank you . .
.” one inmate kept repeating to
the Americans who staged the
dramatic rescue in a raid into a
Viet Cong sanctuary under '
Communist control for years. It !
is 325 miles north of Saigon.
Listing other war develop- ;
ments, spokesmen said U.S.
852 s bombs today smashed two
of the Communists’ greatest 1
troop centers in South Vietnam.
Other American jets flew 142 :
missions against North Viet- '
nam’s oil dumps and missile 1
centers Wednesday. For the 1
first time in six weeks
Communist MIG fighters tried
to turn back the U.S. jets.
But American pilots drove off '
the eight North Vietnamese '
MIGI7 interceptors with no loss .
reported to either side. But the
spokesman, issuing the U.S. ’
high command’s weekly battle
tally, reported:
—175 Americans were killed, 1
1,443 wounded and 38 were
listed as missing in combat last !
week. It boosted U.S. war :
casualty totals to 12,152 killed, ■
72,483 wounded and 713 missing
or captured.
—Reversing a three-month i
trend, more South Vietnamese
troops than Americans died in i
battle last week. Reports said I
202 government troops were
r plaints of no incentive pay for
crane operators and a frozen
pay ceiling for the transporta
tion department. The company
also agreed to lift suspensions
against three union employes
disciplined for refusing to work
overtime.
If these branching issues
were simple, their roots were
more complex.
The union was organized in
1938 and was primarily a “com- .
nany union,” conceived to let
the shipyard and its employes >
discuss problems of mutual in
terest and possibly more im
portant to keep the national la
bor unions out.
Easy Relations
In the early days “petty”
problems were often solved by
a union delegate and a shop
foreman, the lowest level of
negotiations. Through the 40s
and the 50s the company and
the unions enjoyed good rela
tions, and the shipyard business
boomed because the Navy and
other big clients were assured
there would be no delays be
cause of labor disputes.
An increasing number of
ships were built in record time.
And as the company became
more and more concerned with
production its easy-going rela
tionship with the union became
more strained.
In 1965 the union almost
struck before backing down
slightly in contract talks. Even
so it got a four-year pact which
union comanager Robert
Bryant called "damn good.”
Bryant says the union gave in
on some demands because it
was assured the company
would liberally interpret the
union-management agreement.
.Tiey assured us they would
take care of those small prob
lems, and that was the last we
heard,” Brvant said.
The small disagreements be
came increasing more frequent
when the company acquired a
new personnel manager, C.W.
Myers. Myers and Bryant were
at odds often.
Tn late June, Bryant called
Myers to advise him the
union’s 196 transportation em
ployes were going to engage in
a “concerted refusal” of over
time. Bryant said picketing
would begin in behalf of the
other two issues.
Myers said the actions would
bo in violation of the union con
tract and said employes would
be subjected to company dis
cipline. When the union fol
lowed through on its overtime
refusal, three men were sus
pended and the union employes
of the transportation depart
ment. walked off the job.
Tire situation worsened stead
ily, helped by intemperate
statements from both sides by
officials who apparently didn't
realize how quickly small is
sues were growing toward a :
full strike. Four days later the ■
strike vote was taken and the
Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drydock Co. was strikebound
for the first time in its 81-year
history.
It took a week to settle the
strike, during which time the
union employes claimed to
have lost $2.1 million in pay
checks. But most felt it was
1 worth the economic effort.
“At least we proved we can
strike,” a union member de
clared. “They didn’t think we
would.”
killed and 543 wounded. Other
Allies suffered 25 dead and 46
wounded last week, officials
said.
—The Communists as usual
suffered far worse, losing 4.7
soldiers killed for every Allied
trooper slain.
The Communist jungle prison
was found by about 200 of the
Americans, paratroopers of the
Army’s 101st Airborne Division
and commanded by Capt.
Dennis Anderson of Crookston,
Minn., near the village of Due
Pho Wednesday. The Gls fired
and charged. The Viet Cong
guards ran.
The Americans found some
inmates in leg stocks. All were
‘‘emaciated and suffering from
disease and various stages of
severe malnutrition,” said a
report.
The Viet Cong had planted
thousands of bamboo stakes
with the points smeared with
poisonous matter around the
prison fence.
In the North Vietnam air war,
the eight MIGs appeared as
U.S. Air Force bombers were
hitting the rail lines to
Communist China just 19 miles
north of Hanoi. It took only a
pair of F4C Phantoms, the
fastest U.S. planes in the war,
to scare them off.
Although no loss was reported
in the encounter, American
spokesmen said 615 U.S. planes
have been lost over the
Communist nation. That was
three more than had been
reported.
Library
Continued from page one
ens of all ages. The interior of
the Hawkes Library is poorly
planned for library functions. It
is extremely difficult for the el
derly and the handicapped to
use.
To assist the educational, civic
and cultural activities of local
groups and organizations.
To encourage wholesome re
creation and constructive use of
leisure time.
Q —How will the $350,000 In
bond funds be spent?
A— $250,000 — New building
construction, furnishings and
equipment. This will qualify Sp
alding County for a matching fe
i deral grant of $250,000.
B. — SIOO,OOO — Site acquisi-
I tion (Selection will meet library
site criteria). Federal grants
and matching funds can not be
used for the purchase of land.
Q — How will taxes be affec
ted by a successful bond issue?
A — Based on the present tax
digest, the bonds will cost the
average taxpayer approximately
50 cents per SI,OOO of taxable
valuation (40 percent of market
value).
Q — What will the new build
ing include?
A— Space for adult services,
to include a reference area, lo
cal history section, fine arts
i area, audio-visual facilities, non- I
fiction collection, fiction and'
browsing area, and young ad
ults area.
Space for children’s services, !
meeting and story hour room,
and a multipurpose room for
uitural activities.
Space for bookmobiles and)
dripping and receiving opera
tions.
Space for technical services
and staff work areas.
Mrs. Smith To Be
Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Jen
nie Lou Smith will be held Sun
day afternoon from the Antioch
Baptist Church at 2 o’clock. The
Rev. Glanton will officiate and
burial will be in the Union ce
metery.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Mary Ann Ogletree,
Miss Marilyn Lou Smith; four
sons, John Smith, Jr., John Wil
lis Smith, Jimmy Lee Smith and
Edward Charles Smith, all of '
Griffin; and her mother, Mrs.
Louise Yarbrough of Griffin.
Crockett Funeral Home is in
charge of arangements.
Rites Friday
For Mr. Farley
Funeral services for Mr. Allen
Farley will be held Friday as- -
ternoon at 2 o’clock from the
Shiloh Baptist Church. The Rev. :
F. L. Page will officiate. Burial '
will be in the church cemetery, j
Survivors include two sons, :
Robert Farley, James Farley,
both of Cleveland, Ohio; and one I
uncle Otis Folds of Orchard i
I Hill. ,
Crockett Funeral Home is In :
charge of arrangements.
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Firemen Answer
Automobile Fire
The Griffin Fire Department
answered an automobile fire
Wednesday afternoon at 4:15 p.
m., at Chester Jones Gargage,
1036 Old Atlanta road.
Firemen reported backfire
through carburetor as the cause '
and considerable damage was
reported to the wiring. J am es
Edwards was owner of the 1962
Buick.
For millions of Americans living along the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts, summer is not
all carefree vacation time.
This is also hurricane season. From July
through late fall the Red Cross and gov
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the deadly tropical storms. Individual
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Sheriff At
Jekyll Meeting
Spalding County Sheriff Dway
ne Gilbert is attending the Geor
gia Sheriffs Association meeting
in Jekyll Island.
The sheriffs will hear address
es by Lt. Gov. George T. Smith,
Frank Hitt, who is special agent
in charge of the Atlanta FBI of
fice; and Rep. William Stuckey,
D-Ga.