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By Quimby Melton
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“The Gospel Goes to Europe”
is the subject of this week’s In
ternational Sunday School les
son. Background Scripture is
Acts 15:36 through 16:12.
The Memory Selection is: “Af
ter he had seen the vision, im
mediately we endeavored to go
into Macedonia, assuredly ga
thering that the Lord had call
ed us for to preach the gospel
unto them.” (Acts 16:10.)
This lesson tells of further ex
pansion of the early church in
to Europe; already the Gospel
had been preached in Rome and
many had been converted to
Christianity.
This lesson also tells of a div
ision between the early minis
ters of the church. Paul was a
great evangelist, no doubt about
that, but at times he seemed to
lack “brotherly understanding”
with those who did not see eye
to eye with him. In this lesson
we find him deciding that he
would no longer consider Mark
a worthy companion, so he broke
relations with him. However,
Barnabas, recognizing Mark’s
true worth teamed up with him
and they proceeded to preach as
a team.
It’s interesting to note that not
only did Paul “fall out” with
Mark but in Galatians we read
of Paul quarrelling with Peter
and with Barnabas.
But the pleasing thing about
this lesson is that if we turn to
Colossians 4:10 we find the split
between Paul and Mark was
healed. For when Paul was a
prisoner in Rome. Mark was
there to help him.
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A “split” in any church is not
only unfortunate but can be dis
astrous. Unfortunately there
are many churches, many de
nominations, even in the entire
Christian body where there is
far too often a lack of harmony
and brotherly love and under
standing, that hampers a church
in truly worshipping and serving
The Master.
There are those who are cri
tical of the minister, maybe sim
ply because he does not call as
frequently at our home as we
think he should; or because he
preaches a sermon of love ra
ther than one of damnation. Or
we may not approve of him be
cause in some sermon he man
ages to touch on some sin of
which we are guilty, a sin we
condemn in others but a sin we
excuse in our case.
But all “splits” in the church
are not between a member and
the preacher; for there are
far too many who are critical
of their fellow church members.
Too many of us expect fellow
members of our church to agree
with us on everything, even the
most trivial matter; and if they
don’t then we criticise them as
being lukewarm, or even a hy
pocrite. “Do it my way, or I
won’t play ball” is far too often
the childish attitude of some
members of the church. This
stiff necked, know-it-all, egotis
tical attitude is as much a dan
ger to the church as all the
movements that openly defy the
existance of God Almighty.
Charles M. Laymon in com
menting on this writes “Person
al problems are difficult and
often sap the energy of the chur
ch. They not only weaken its
image before the outside world,
but they also interfere with the
spread of the gospel.”
“If every member of my chur
ch were the same sort of a
member as I am what sort of a
church would my church be?”
Remember reading this many
years ago. That’s a pretty good
question for all church mem
bers to ask themselves and then
to offer a sincere prayer that
God will make them the sort of
church member God wants them
to be.
Country Parson
“Man’s kind words are like
apple blossoms — his good
words like the apples.”
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SUDSY STORY in Duarte, Calif., started with a
chemical company pipeline rupture spilling concen
trated detergent into a street. Cleanup crews hosed
down the area. Result: a block-long bubble bath and
fun for the kiddies.
Nasser Names
War Minister
By WALTER LOGAN
United Press International
Cairo radio today tersely
announced president Gamal*
Abdel Nasser has named a new
Egyptian war minister. Diplo
matic reports in London said
Nasser’s leadership of the Arab
world was under fire with his
prestige waning in all but
Egypt.
The Cairo Radio broadcast
said Amin Huweidy, state
minister in the current cabinet,
became war minister in the
second switch for that key post
since the Arab-Israeli war.
Huweidy replaced Abdul Wa
hab Elbishri who had taken the
place of Shamas Badrans after
the latter resigned in the major
shakeup of Egypt’s military
command. The broadcast gave
no further details.
In London, diplomatic sources
said Nasser’s prestige was
fading noticeably in Arab
quarters outside Egypt. They
said a major power struggle
was under way with Moscow
holding off crucial Mideast
decisions until the outcome is
clear.
Increasing attention was said
to be focusing on Algeria’s
austere President Houari Bou
medienne who has been playing
a leading role in post-war
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(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Two-year-old Lucy Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Moore, is the youngest Griffinite taking baton
lessons this summer at the Griffin Recreation Depart
ment. The Griffin Daily News “Camera on the Go”
visited the classes at city park and got some candid
shots of the girls, which will be in Saturday’s paper.
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diplomatic maneuvering.
There were indications Mos
cow was eyeing the taciturn
Boumedienne with growing in
terest.
In Khartoum, Sudanese oppo
sition leader Saddick El Mahdi
called for urgent replacement of
“old regimes and leaderships”
in the Arab world and voiced
“reservations” about Nasser.
Pickup Ist pgh: Signs of
hardening
Landslide
Hits Train;
Several Die
BOLZANO (Bozen) Italy
(UPD —A landslide crashed into
the Rome-Munich Express to
day, derailing the train which
was then struck by a freight
train.
Several persons were reported
killed and scores injured, but
first reports from the scene
were sketchy.
The accident occurred about
10 miles from the Austrian
border.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Friday, July 21, 1967
WASHINGTON (UPI) —
Thirty-two school districts in
seven southern states were
back in good graces today with
the U.S. Office of Education
and eligible for federal funds
for the coming school year.
The office said the 32, which
had federal-aid funds deferred
because of non-compliance with
the Civil Rights Act, had met
desegregation requirements for
the coming term.
Thirteen of the districts in
Alabama submitted desegrega
tion plans under provisions of
a federal court order and the
Office of Education said this
met requirements. All others had
individual plans approved.
The districts included:
Georgia — Madison County
schools, Evans County Board of
Education, Bleckley County
schools, Pike County schools,
Americus public school and El
bert County schools.
Shirley Temple
About To Enter
Political Ring
WOODSIDE, Calif. (UPD—
Ex-movie moppet Shirley Tem
ple Black is about ready to toss
her bonnet in the political ring
as a Republican candidate for
Congress.
Miss Temple, 39, now the wife
of investment banker Charles A.
Black, said Thursday she will
decide “within a week or two,
perhaps sooner” whether to
enter a special election to be
held Nov. 14 to fill the seat of
the late Rep. J.. Arthur
Younger, who died earlier this
year.
“My position is this— a great
many people have urged me to
run. I will now certainly give
the matter most serious con
sideration,” she said.
Miss Temple was Hollywood’s
box office champ in the late
19305, when she starred in such
movies as “The Little Colonel,”
“Heidi,” and “Little Miss
Marker.”
Four other Republicans have
already announced for the race:
Attorney Paul N. McCloskey,
San Mateo County Sheriff Earl
B. Whitmore, businessman Wil
liam H. Draper 111 and former
New York Congressman Robert
R. Barry.
Edward M. Keating, former
publisher of Ramparts Maga
zine and a critic of U.S.
Vietnam policy, is the only
announced Democratic candi
date.
Ennis Parker, Jr.
Enroute Home
From Pacific
Lt. (j.g.) W. Ennis Parker, Jr.,
is enroute home from the Paci
fic area and is expected to ar
rive in Griffin sometime Satur
day. Young Parker is serving in
the Navy in the Pacific battle
area. He was aboard his ship
when word was received that his
father had been killed in the
I plane accident Wednesday. He
was taken to a naval base and
from there boarded a plane for
the trip home.
Funeral services for Mr. Par
ker will be held at the First Bap
tist Church with the pastor, the
Rev. Alastair C. Walker officia
ting. Mr. Parker was a deacon
of the church and a long time
worker in the Sunday School.
Burial will be in Oak Hill ceme
tery.
The time of the funeral will
be announced by Haisten Fun
eral Home as quickly as final
arrangements have been com
pleted.
POUTNG PIGEON
SHERBORNE, England (UPI)
—lt was just one of those days
for Percy the racing pigeon.
First he flew into the jaws of
the family terrier.
After he was rescued, he
nosedived into a neighbor’s
washing machine. He was later
returned to Leslie Richards,
who is taking care of him while
his owner is away.
NEWS
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
warm Saturday with widely sc
attered showers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 84, minimum today
66, maximum Thursday 84, mini
mum Thursday 69. Sunrise Sat
urday 6:46 a.m., sunset Satur
day 8:45 p.m.
Tift Citizens
Line Up For
Typhoid Shots
TIFTON, Ga. (UPD—Despite
Health Department warnings
“not to panic,” citizens lined up
four abreast for more than a
block Thursday to get typhoid
immunization after a third case
of the disease Was reported in
Tift County.
All three cases of typhoid—
one of them fatal—were in one
family in the Omega com
munity. The latest victim—the
3-year-old sister of a 17-year-old
girl who died —was hospitalized
last Friday.
At the regular weekly im
munization clinic Thursday, a
crowd of 777 persons received
shots, swelling the total im
munized by the Health Depart
ment alone to more than 3,000
in a month.
“We urge Tift County citizens
who do not live in the Omega
area to give us at least three
weeks to handle people who
have already started their im
munization series,” officials
said. They said the local office
was being “taxed far beyond
its capabilities and supplies”
and insisted “there is no pres
ent danger.”
Soviets Charge
'Voice’ With
Phony Report
WASHINGTON (UPD—
Russian officials here accused
the Voice of America today of
broadcasting a phony report
aimed at stirring up trouble
between Moscow and its Arab
friends.
The Russians said the report
was falsely attributed to Novos
ti a Soviet news agency.
Novosti officials here said
Moscow had advised them that
the report in question “abounds
in gross concoctions” designed
to set the Soviet Union and the
Arabs “at loggerheads.”
They did not immediately
charge the United States with
having fabricated the report
declaring that it was distributed
under the Novosti imprint by
persons unknown.
A spokesman for the Voice of
America acknowledged that the
U.S. government radio service
had been broadcasting the story
ovrseas but now is carrying a
Soviet denial at the end.
The alleged Novosti article as
made available to UPI here
was intended—in the opinion of
American officials — to cast
blame for the Middle East war
principally upon Egyptian Pres
ident Gamal Abdel Nasser
among other things.
VOA officials said they picked
up the report after it was
published in Pakistan and
Moscow.
Four Arrested
In Still Raid
CHICKMAUGA Ga. (UPD—
Four persons ■were arrested
near here Thursday when fed
ral state and county officers
smashed a moonshine whisky
distillery with a capacity of
4000 gallons.
W. W. Williams area super
visor of the Federal Alcohol
and Tobacco Tax Unit identi
fied those arrested as Joel Burl
Arthur and Rufus Avery Oliver
both of Rossville and Woody
Lamar Williams and Hall Rob
inson both of Chickamauga.
They were charged with
working an illegal distillery. Of
ficers said the still was found
in a barn about a mile west of
here.
FILIPINO REVOLT
MANILA (UPD—A Philippine
Rep. Luis Hora said the items
are “suggestive” and “much to
blame for the sex crime wave.”
congressman Thursday night
introduced a bill to ban mini
skirts and padding for the
female bosom.
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US Jets Down
Three MiG’s
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GET A HORSE, and a taxicab in Caracas, Venezuela
got one—belonging to the city’s new mounted police
force. The cab cut across a troop rehearsing for its
official debut and sent Officer Pedro Garcia and his
mount tumbling.
LBJ Appointment
Blasted By GOP
WASHINGTON (UPD —Sen.
John J. Williams, R-Del., moved
today to have the federal
appointment of Simon McHugh,
husband of one of President
Johnson’s former secretaries,
returned to the Senate for
reconsideration.
The selection and rapid
confirmation of McHugh for the
$26,000 a year job as a member
of the Subversive Activities
Control Board came to light
Thursday.
Williams submitted two mo
tions —one asking that the
nomination be returned, the
other asking senate reconsidera
tion.
Another Republican senator,
Gordon Allott, Colo., called the
appointment “an outrage and a
disgrace.”
McHugh, who married the
former Victoria McCammon, a
favorite Johnson secretary, was
confirmed for the post on July
17 without debate. Hie confir
mation came three days before
a deadline listed in the
congressional record for filing
any objections to the appoint
ment.
The 29-year-old McHugh, a
native of Washington, D.C., is
an accountant and worked with
the Small Business Administra
tion a short time before being
tapped by his wife’s ex-boss,
Johnson, for promotion. Mrs.
McHugh is from San Angelo,
Tex.
The White House defended the
appointment.
“The President has a high
regard for the qualifications of
Mr. McHugh, knows him to be
able and loyal man, a good and
efficient employe,” explained
George Christian, Johnson’s
press secretary.
McHugh’s previous experience
in government consisted of a 15-
week tour as a minor official of
the Small Business Administra
tion.
Christian -was questioned
about a Wall Street Journal
article about the rise in
McHugh’s fortunes at about the
same time last August he
married Victoria McCammon, a
Gunman Robs
Griffin Store
A lone bandit robbed West
Side Package Store on Meriwe
ther street of an undetermined
amount of money Thursday ni
ght.
Griffin Police officers said the
white men, believed to be about
25-years-old, entered the store
and held several people at bay
in a back room while he took
money from the cash register.
Griffin Police officers refus
ed to disclose the amount of mo
ney taken. However, unofficial
sources said the bandit got away
with $630.
The bandit, armed with what
was believed to be a small cali
ber pistol, began to tape the
hands of one of the men in the
back room when a Negro man
favorite secretary of Johnson’s.
The newspaper said McHugh’s
nomination to the control board
was slipped through the Senate.
The article was, said Chris
tian, “a hatchet job.”
Power Outage
Scheduled
Here Sunday
The Griffin Light and Water
Department today announced a
scheduled power outage on a
portion of one circuit Sunday af
ternoon.
The outage will affect the Nor
th Expressway between West
Griffin Lumber Co. and Ellis
road plus a few east of the ex
pressway.
Also affected is the entire area
west of the Expressway, which
lies between Ellis road and the
railway, all rural customers of
the city along Ellis road and
Vaughn road and the area of
Vaughn and the city reservoir.
A spokesman for the depart
ment said the outage would be
gin at 2 p.m. Sunday, weather
permitting, and that all service
should be restored by 4:30 p.m.
The outage is necessary to re
locate a power line to clear con
struction limits for the new high
way bypass.
INSIDE
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Sports. Page 3.
Editori a ls. Page 4.
Prison Ref°rms. Page 5.
Germans Impressed. Page 5.
Society. Page 6.
Comics. Page “.
Want Ads. Pages 8, 9.
Vietnam. Page 10.
Congo. Page 10.
American Legion. Page 10.
entered the store. The bandit
forced the Negro man to finish
the job. He was the only man
taped, according to police of
ficers.
Officers described the bandit
as being five feet, eight inches
to five feet, 10 inches tall, weigh
ing between 135 and 150 pounds,
having reddish-brown hair and
wearing a hat.
The investigating officers said
the bandit is believed to be right
handed.
The robber left the package
store in a late model, dark co
lored automobile, believed to be
dark green.
William Browning is night
manager of the package store.
Commies
Flee US
Assualt
By EUGENE V. RISHER
SAIGON (UPD—South Vietna
mese troops killed 240 Commu
nists fleeing from a U.S. Marine
amphibious assault south of the
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a
military spokesman said today.
In the air war U.S. jets shot
down three MIGs and probably
a fourth in the first dogfight in
six weeks.
Two battalions of North
Vietnamese—upwards of 800
troops—were reported trapped
between the South Vietnamese
who had formed a blocking
force on the coastal plain
between Hue and Quang Tri for
Marines pushing in from the
sea. Heavy fighting was report
ed going on late today.
The Marine landing was
carried out Thursday by 2,000
Leathernecks who hit the
beaches about 15 miles north of
the old imperial city of Hue and
about 15 miles south of the
DMZ. They poured ashore from
amphibious assault ships and
helicopters. Initial contact was
light but one helicopter was
shot down.
The South Vietnamese had
moved secretly to positions
inland and laid into the
retreating Communists with
deadly fire. South Vietnamese
casualties were reported light.
A government spokesman,
meanwhile, said South Vietna
' mese troops had kiled 240
Communists in heavy fighting
■ just south of the Demilitarized
Zone. U.S. Marines and South
Vietnamese have gone into the
area to block invasion attempts
by four or more North
Vietnamese divisions.
No American planes were
reported lost in the dogfighting
over the Ta Xa oil dump 20
miles northeast of the major
North Vietnamese port of
Haiphong.
The three kills, the greatest
since U.S. pilots shot down four
of the Soviet-designed jets May
20 near Hanoi, raised to 80 the
number of MIGs lost in
dogfights with American planes.
The MIGs have shot down 20
U.S. planes, spokesmen said.
The MIGs gave battle today
for the first time since June 5.
Eight MIGs made a feint
Toward U.S. Air Force bombers
Thursday but two missiles sent
them scurrying. Today, with the
F 8 Crusaders from the 7th Fleet
aircraft carrier Bon Homme
Richard continuing a two-week
campaign against North Viet
nam’s precious oil supplies, the
MIGs fought.
It marked a red letter day for
U.S. fliers above and below the
North-South Vietnam border. To
the south U.S. Air Force 852 s
dumped up to a million pounds
in bombs on the major
Communist buildup in the A
Shau Valley.
Three waves of the Stratofor
tresses, at least 18 planes each
carrying 60,000 pounds in
bombs, smashed the forbidden
jungle valley. “Targets were
storage areas and way stations
along infiltration routes,” a
military communique said.
U.S. forces abandoned the
rugged valley 16 months ago. It
was too difficult to defend inch
by inch. The North Vietnamese,
using it as a major southern
terminus of the Ho Chi Minh
supply trail, moved in bulldoz
ers and trucks and built an
offensive base that was threa
tening the Allied force in South
Vietnam’s northern provinces.
The 852 s were unbuilding the
buildup.
The force of their raid today
rivalled the intensity of Ameri
can mass bombing of German
industrial targets in World War
11.
Navy spokesmen said the
pilots who scored the MIG kills
in North Vietnam included
Cmdr. Marion H. (Red)
Isaacks, 37, of Redding and San
Diego, Calif., Lt. Cmdr. Robert
I. Kirkwood, 36, of Fall River,
Mass., and Lt. Cmdr. Ray G.
Hubbard, 32, of San Diego.
In other action:
—U.S. Army troops killed 17
guerrillas Thursday in a two
hour fight 18 miles south of
Saigon. The Americans suffered
one man killed and three
wounded.