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By Quimby Melton
Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 25,
Spalding County voters will go
to the polls and vote on a pro
posed $350,000 county-wide bond
issue for a new library. If vot
ers authorize the bond issue
there will be $250,000 in federal
funds available, making a total
of $600,000 for the proposed
new library.
There is no doubt but that the
present library, on the Griffin
High campus, which now ser
ves this and several adjoining
counties, through the Bookmo
bile, is too small and that the
present building is in need of re
pairs.
However, there are many in
the county who are of the opin
ion that, even though a larger
and better library is needed, this
is not the time to build it.
Both those who urge one to
vote “Yes” and those who urge
one to vote “No” back up their
arguments with a lot of con
vincing facts.
It’s up to the people, themsel
ves, to decide this important is
sue. Because of its importance
to the entire community Good
Evening hopes that a record
vote will be cast. We sincerely
hope that the vote cast will be
sufficiently large to truly re
present a majority of the peo
ple.
We've said it time and time
again on the eve of election day,
and we repeat it today —
Vote as You Please!
But Please Vote!
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Speaking of voting:
Sunday the people of Puerto
R!co voted to maintain the “sta
tus quo” in their government—
that is to remain a “common
wealth” of the United States.
Some 70 percent, of those regis
tered, voted. There were three
questions as to the future status
of the island (1) to remain a
commonwealth; (2) to become
a more closely allied part of the
United States by petitioning Con
gress to declare them sovereign
state; (3) to declare their inde
pendence and establish a gov
ernment of their own.
We’re glad they voted to re
main a commonwealth. We don’t
need any additional sovereign
states in this country of ours
Incidentally note that 70 per
cent of the registered voters
went to the polls and voted, this
despite rain and an attempted
boycott by some who favored
becoming a sovereign state of
the USA. Would that this many
of the Spalding voters will go to
the polls and vote tomorrow.
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Puerto Rico was captured
from Spain in 1898 at the same
time the Spaniards were thrown
out of Cuba. After a period of
military rule, Congress, In 1917,
granted American citizenship
to the islanders with the Presi
dent appointing the governor
and other officials.
In 1947 the act was changed
and Puerto Rico attained com
monwealth status, which the
Puerto Ricans approved in a
new constitution. Congress in
1952 officially made the island a
commonwealth of Uncle Sam.
The Puerto Ricans elect their
own governor who appoints de
partment heads. The only U. S.
officials are an auditor and
some other minor office holders.
The Puerto Ricans pay no
U. S. income tax and manufac
turers enjoy certain advantages
when it comes to imports to the
mainland. The island is attrac
ing many industries there and is
prospering.
But enough about Puerto Rico,
except to say once again they
turned out 70 percent to vote.
Keep this in mind and tomor
row make it a point to vote—
Vote as You Please
But Please Vote!
Country Parson
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“Worry about the future
doesn’t improve the future—
it only ruins the present.”
Detroit Riot
Uncontrolled
Romney Asks
For 5,000
Federal Troops
By WILLIAM B. MEAD
DETROIT (UPIi — Gov.
George Romney today appealed
to President Johnson to send
5,000 federal troops to back up
the 10,000 National Guardsmen
and policemen battling unsuc
cessfully to control a riot which
spread fire, arson and looting
through Detroit Negro neighbor
hoods.
DETROIT (UPI) — Gov.
G e orge Romney announced to
day that President John.s°n
had granted his appeal to send
5,000 federal troops into De
troit to help battel the Negro
riotng which has spread death,
arson and looting through wide
stretches of the city.
As Romney issued the call on
the second day of the rioting, at
least four persons were con
firmed dead and there were five
other reported fatalities for a
total of nine. Three of the
confirmed dead persons were
white civilians.
More than 1.000 persons were
arrested. Damage soared past
SIOO million. Looting and arson
fanned from one Negro neigh
borhood to another.
Many Homes Destroyed
Blocks of homes were de
stroyed by fire. Snipers traded
shots with police and guards
men.
The National Guard said it
had ordered five tanks and two
armored personnel carriers into
the heart of the riot area, a 175-
square block neighborhood on
the West Side three miles from
downtown Detroit. The guard
said police sharpshooters were
firing from helicopters on
rooftop rioters.
Romney toured the riot areas
with Mayor Jerome P. Cavan
agh after dawn today and then
returned to city hall, where he
sent President Johnson a terse
telegram:
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BE ISSUED BY SPALDING
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Tax League Calls Sum
‘Utterly Unreasonable’
The Spalding Tax Payers Lea- :
gue issued the following state
ment today:
“On the eve of the bond elec
tion the Spalding Tax Payers
League is firm in its opinion (
that the amount of tax money
being requested by tht Library
Board is utterly unreasonable.
“The amount asxed for in tax
dollars is $738,000 and as our
statement shows is $250,000 fe
deral tax dollars, $350,000 Spal
ding tax dollars from bonds to
be issued, and $138,000 Spalding
tax dollars for interest. These
are facts which are indisputable.
“The proponents of the bond
issue are claiming that portions
of this amount being Federal tax
dollars should not be considered
DAILY NEWS
Daily Since 1872
“I do hereby officially request
federal troops to restore order
in Detroit,” the wire said.
He elaborated in a longer
telegram to Atty. Gen. Ramsay
Clark, asking for 5,000 soldiers
and saying "time could be of
the essence.”
Unanimous Agreement
“It is the unanimous judg
ment of state and local officials
and the Michigan military
establishment that our situation
may continue at least through
tonight,” Romney told the
attorney general.
"Last night the combined
efforts of 1,400 Michigan Nation
al Guardsmen, 2,000 state and
Detroit police and the fire
departments of Detroit and 30
surrounding communities were
unable to contain this massive
outbreak of violence, fire, theft
and general disregard for law
and order,” Romney said.
He asked for “immediate
deployment of federal troops
into Michigan to assist state
and local authorities in esta
blishing law and order in the
city of Detroit.”
More National Guardsmen
arrived today, bringing the
guard force to 8,000.
Sniping broke out again late
this morning after a brief lull.
Israel Demands
Direct Talks
By WALTER LOGAN
United Press International
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba
Eban today restated Israeli
demands for direct peace
negotiations with the Arab
nations despite U.A.R. Pres
idtnt Gamal Abdel Nasser’s
return to a hard line and his
threat of a Vietnamese-like
guerrilla war against Israel.
Nasser in a speech Sunday
night on the 15th anniversary of
the overthrow of King Farouk
called for total mobilization of
the Egyptian people to ensure
final defeat of Israel. He also
said he was reorganizing the
armed forces for the second
round against Israel.
as part of the cost and while we
as taxpayers consider federal
tax dollars or state tax dollars
as taxes we all pay, this still
leaves $488,000 tax dollars to be
paid by Spalding taxpayers dir
ectly for the library and $250,000
federal tax dollars which are
paid by citizens of the United
States of which we are a part,
and of which we pay our share.
“Further discussing the tax
situation as it exists in Spald
ing County, we say that until
some reworking of our ad va
lorem system is accomplished
no levy should be made for any
purposes other than those things
of utmost necessity.
“We stand on our statement
that while some improvement
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Go., 30223, Monday, July 24,1967
Lightning Kills
Man; Baby In
Arms Unharmed
BEAUFORT, S. C. (UPI)—A
bolt of lightning struck and
killed a 20-year-old man Sun
day, but left almost unharmed
a small child he was carrying
in his arms.
Authorities identified the vic
tim as Edward Simmons. They
said he, his cousin and a one
year-old boy Simmons was car
rying were walking on nearby
St. Helen’s Island when the bolt
struck.
Simmons was instantly Killed.
The child and the woman were
treated at a nearby hospital for
minor burns and were released.
Witnesses said the lightning
struck during a slight drizzle.
Fayetteville JP
Dies In Fire
I
Memory N. Stinchcomb, 86, 1
Fayetteville Justice Os The Pe
ace, died Saturday when his
home caught fire and burned. I
His body was found on the I
floor of the kitchen.
The belief in Jerusalem was
“for us the struggle Is only
beginning.” It was echoed in
Cairo where Egyptians pre
pared to tighten their belts
another notch in preparation for
an austerity budget Nasser
promised will “end privilege.”
“We shall ask the people for
new sacrifices dictated by the
necessities of war,” Nasser
said. "In this, we have taken
into consideration that the
greater burden should fall on
those capable of shouldering it.
. .” He said Egypt had lost a
battle but not a war and
pledged that the war against
Israel has not ended.
No Altennative
The restaement of Israel’s
position came when Eban
paused in London for a news
conference en route from New
York to Israel. He said the
Israeli view is that there is nos
no alternative but a choice
between war or peace.
He said there can be no
indefinite cease-fire since Israel
holds that an armistice tends
more often to lead to war than
peace. He said the Israeli
government envisions this se
quence of events: Cease-fire
negotiations, peace.
And if Egypt insists on a
continuation of a war-like status
there can be no Israeli
withdrawal from captured Arab
territories. He said the Nasser
speech shows no change of
philosophy but that If Egypt
uses the Suez Canal, Israel
must use it too.
Eban said Russia appears to
have restored about half of the
Arab air force lost in the six
day June war and nearly half
the armor. He said if there is a
new arms race in the Middle
East Israel is determined not to
lose it and that it will hope for
U.S. and British aid.
and enlargement of the present
facilities may be needed, that
the sum of $738,000 tax dollars—
and we emphasize the words
‘tax dollars’ — is an unreason
able request at the present time.
“Our request is that you read
today’s ad in the Griffin Daily
News and after checking the fi
gures taken directly from the
official audit, see if you don’t
think our stand is the correct
stand.
“We are confident if you will
abide by your sense of good
business Judgment and your de
sire to do what you think is best
for all people within the county,
you will vote a big ‘no’ tomor
row.”
Bond Vote Gets Hot;
Balloting Tomorrow
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Mrs. Carolyn Theroux, Athens District Traffic In
structor, and Mrs. Thelma Fields, Chief Information
operator, aid operators in the new telephone informa
tion center.
Phone Info Center
In Operation Here
Griffin’s new telephone infor
mation center on the second
floor of Southern Bell’s Hill st
reet office is in operation.
Announcement of the opening
of the new center was made to
day by W. F. Myers, local Sou
thern Bell manager.
The center handles calls for
information from Griffin and
surrounding towns as well as
some from metropolitan Atlanta.
“We now have 97 employes
working at the center,” Myers
said.
“The 34 new information posi
tions in the center were placed
into service early this month.
They make it possible for us to
serve customers in this area
Negroes
Named To
Draft Board
ATLANTA (UPD— Gov. Les
ter Maddox has appointed a
bout 15 Negroes to local Geor
gia draft boards since he took
office in January, it was report
ed today.
A spokesman for Maddox con
firmed that the governor has
named several Negroes to draft
boards but said he has not been
keeping count.
The state Selective Service
office here said 15 Negroes had
been appointed to draft boards
since the first of the year.
Maddox took office on Jan. 10.
. Maddox was quoted by his
news secretary, Bob Short, as
saying “everyone serves in the
draft, and everyone should be
represented on draft boards.”
The governor recommends
the appointment of draft board
members to President Johnson,
who makes the final selections.
SUMMER SNOWFALLS
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.
(UPD—The United States Ski
Association is conducting a
summer skiing camp for
youngsters and teenagers, even
thoug the weather is more
suitable for swimming.
The youths are actually
schlussing on $5,00 0 worth of
snow—made of plastic.
ART FANS
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis.
(UPD—A poll of senior students
at Assumption High School here
showed they favored money of
various colors, not just green,
by a 4-to-l ratio.
The Rev. Thomas E. Langer,
who surveyed his class of 140
students, said he was told: “In
this psychedelic age, color Is
in.”
Vol. 95 No. 172
with more speed and flexibil
ity,” Myers said.
The $175,000 installation means
an increase of about $400,000 an
nually in Southern Bell’s payroll
in Griffin and Spalding County.
When the center was announ
ced late last year, Southern Bell
said Griffin was chosen for the
site for the facility because of
its excellent labor supply and the
city’s favorable geographic lo
cation.
“We began interviewing for
the job of information operation
in February and training of new
operators started in the spring,”
Myers said.
“We are very pleased with the
qualifications of those who ap
plied for the new positions and
the skill displayed by those we
hired for the jobs,” he said.
“This reaffirms our choice as
the site for the new center.”
Myers also announced the in
stallation of three new positions
in the toll information section of
the telephone facility. The new
toll positions are expected to be
put into operation in about six
weeks.
The new positions will bring
the total in the toll section, whi
ch handles long distance calls,
to 29.
Mrs. Thelma Fields is chief
operator of the new information
center and Mrs. Effie Ragon is
chief in the toll section.
Information calls from throu
ghout the United States for por
tions of Atlanta, and the Griffin
area are handled through the
Griffin area.
“Say a person in Portland calls
information for an Atlanta num
ber, the call is routed through
the Griffin center,” Myers said.
He also said one person in At
lanta could call for the number
of his neighbor across the street
and the call would come through
Griffin.
Library Board Raps
Tax League, Asks ‘Yes’
Chairman John E. Clouse of
the Hawkes Library Board said
today that tomorrow’s bond
referendum has been "turned
into a political football.” The
board, through Dr. Clouse, ac
cused the Spalding Tax Payers
League of “misleading and dis
torted facts.”
Under the heading “Library
Board Answers Statements by
Tax League,” the board issued
the following statement which
is published in full:
“The Hawkes Library Board
today announced through its
Chairman, Dr. John E. Clouse,
Jr., that its members were dis
turbed at the misleading and
distorted facts given to the pub
lic through the local newspaper
Interest Mounts
In Referendum
Spalding County voters will
decide tomorrow whether or not
to issue bonds to finance con
struction of a new library. In
terest in the election has increa
sed steadily and the question
“got hot” over the weekend;
The Hawkes Library Board
asked for the referendum and is
asking a “yes” vote on issuing
bonds. The Spalding Taxpayers
League is opposed and is ask
ing for a vote of “no”.
The election is county-wide.
Polls will open at 7 a.m. and
close at 7 p.m.
Some officials, who have wat
ched Spalding elections for ye
ars, had predicted a light voter
turn-out. However, interest stir
red by the last-minute controver
sy may cause the vote to run
much larger than first thought.
Voters will cast ballots on a
$350,000 bond issue, which if ap
proved, will be used to help build
a new library.
Federal funds amounting to
$250,000 will be added to the lo
cal bonds for a total oulay of
$600,000.
Election officials will set up
15 polling places in the city and
county.
Funeral Held
For Mr. Parker
Funeral services were held to
day for W. Ennis Parker, Sr.,
61, who was killed last week
when a jetliner and small pri
vate plane collided over North
Carolina.
The funeral was held at 3 p.
m. from the First Baptist Chur
ch, where Mr. Parker was an
active member and deacon.
The Rev. Alastair C. Walker
officiated. Burial was in Oak
Hill cemetery.
Pallbearers were T. T. Blak
ely, W. H. Beck, Jr., Ernest F.
Carlisle, Howard Collier, Dr.
Thomas J. Floyd, Charles B.
Elliott, Jr., W. L. Joiner, Jr., T.
C. Owens, Jr., W. O. Patterson
and C. T. Parker.
Mr. Parker was a vice presi
dent of Stokely-Van Camp and
president of Pomona Products
Co.
Weather:
FORECAST FOR GRIFFIN
AREA — Partly cloudy and
warm tonight and Tuesday with
widely scattered afternoon or
evening thundershowers.
LOCAL WEATHER — Maxi
mum today 83, minimum today
67, maximum Sunday 85, mini
mum Sunday 68. Total rainfall
.27 of an inch. Sunrise Tuesday
6:48 p.m., sunset Tuesday 8:44
p.m.
A SIZLER
SAN FRANCISC O (UPI)—
About 350 patrons really saw a
hot movie at the Hub Theater
Saturday night.
As they watched “Fanny Hill
Meets Lady Chatterly,” smoke
filled the theater and the
temperature rose. The patrons
finally had to exit while fireman
battled a $45,000 fire in the next
door building.
and radio stations in their an
nouncement of the action taken
by the Spalding Tax payers Lea
gue in a statement by Mr. Geor
ge Gaissert, Chairman. Dr. Cl
ouse expressed his regrets that
the bond issue for the proposed
new library had to be turned in
to a political football.
“Clouse explained that the Lib
rary Board, as well as the City
and County Commissioners had
been aware of the drastic need
for new library facilities for
many years but had withheld
any request for such facilities
until it became apparent that
the present library building had
been utilized to its fullest cap
acity,
“A number of methods of fin-
There will be a ballot box In
each county district plus six in
city precincts.
The bond issue is being back
ed by the Hawkes Library Bo
ard and several civic organiza
tions.
At least two organized groups,
including the Spalding Tax Pay
ers League, is opposed to it.
Interested in the election heat
ed over the weekend when both
sides issued statements, giving
their views on the bond election.
Records show that 13,915 peo
ple are eligible to cast votes in
the election.
Griffin Police Chief Leo Black
well today reminded beer and
wine dealers that it would be
against the law to sell alcoholic
beverages on Tuesday because
of the bond election.
Law prohibts the selling of
alcoholic beverages on election
day.
Section Os 155
To Be Resurfaced
The State Highway Depart
ment has scheduled resurfacing
7.7 miles of the Orchard Hill-
McDonough road for this fall
and is advertising for bids to
be submitted Aug. 11. The
project will begin at Orchard
Hill and extend to Highway 16.
It is estimated the project
should cost somewhere in the
neighborhood of $38,500.
Toastmasters
Back Bonds
The Griffin Toastmasters
Club announced today that it
passed a resolution Saturday in
support of the library bond re
ferendum.
President Joseph D. Brown
said the resolution passed “over
whelmingly”. He said, "The
Toastmasters Club feels the
Library Board has done its
homework well in laying the
groundwork for the bond issue.
The securing of additional mat
ching funds lessens the burden
on us as taxpayers in meeting
this critical need for a library
building.
“Self-improvement is part of
life and is the aim of Toastjnas
ters. Better library facilities are
a must for self-improvement. In
turn the Toastmasters urge sup
port for this bond issue for
our growing community.”
INSIDE
Local News. Page 2.
Puerto Rico. Page 3.
Viet War. Page 3-
Editorials. Page 4.
Society. Page 5.
Birmingham. Page 7.
Tornado. Page 7.
Bruce Biossat. Page 7.
Sports. P a ge 8.
Want Ads. Page 10-
Comics. Page 11.
Taxes. Page 12.
Quake. Page 12.
Ray Cromley. Page 12.
Death Toll. Page 12.
ancing a new library building
were considered, and it was the
unanimous opinion of the Coun
ty Commissioners that a b o n d
issue would be the best method
to raise the necessary funds.
“In answer to charges made
by the Spalding Tax Payers Lea
gue, Clouse stated that the Lib
rary board furnishes its answers
to the following questions:
“While the sum of $201,845.16
was spent by the regional lib
rary, this amount was not spent
for the operation of Hawkes Lib
rary. The amount included a spe
cial allocation of federal funds
for library building in Clayton
County amounting to $53,550, a
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